Centre enters into 1-year ceasefire with NSCN(K) Niki group
3 years, 4 months ago

Centre enters into 1-year ceasefire with NSCN(K) Niki group

The Hindu  

The Central government on Wednesday entered into a one-year ceasefire agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland Niki Group. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the agreement would boost the Naga peace process, under the guidance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of an insurgency-free and prosperous northeast. With the signing of the Bodo Agreement in January last year, over 2,250 cadres of insurgent groups, including all factions of National Democratic Front of Boroland, along with 423 weapons and a huge quantity of ammunition, had surrendered in Assam and joined the mainstream. On February 23, 1,040 leaders and cadres of various underground Karbi groups of Assam surrendered along with 338 weapons, which was followed by the signing of the Karbi Anglong Agreement on September 4.

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Separatist Outfit NSCN-IM Threatens Armed Conflict In Nagaland Over 2015 Agreement
2 months ago

Separatist Outfit NSCN-IM Threatens Armed Conflict In Nagaland Over 2015 Agreement

ABP News  

Kohima, Nov 8 Threatening "violent armed conflict", the NSCN-IM on Friday sought a third-party intervention to address the impasse over the Naga political issue. In a statement, NSCN-IM general secretary Th Muivah claimed the Centre was "deliberately refusing" to honor the key provisions of the historic agreement, specifically the recognition of the "Naga national flag and constitution". Muivah said the …

NNPG Calls for Finalisation of Naga Peace Pact in 2024
2 months, 1 week ago

NNPG Calls for Finalisation of Naga Peace Pact in 2024

The Hindu  

The Naga National Political Groups (NNPG) urge the Union government to finalize the Naga peace pact according to the terms of the agreement signed in 2019. The NNPG demands the inclusion of a separate page in the Indian passport for the Nagas, a bicameral legislature in Nagaland, and enhanced representation in both Houses of Parliament.

Northeastern View | NIA blaming NSCN-IM for destabilising Manipur could create new friction points at multiple places
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Northeastern View | NIA blaming NSCN-IM for destabilising Manipur could create new friction points at multiple places

Hindustan Times  

On May 15, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Isak-Muivah, the most influential and powerful among all Naga armed groups in India, angrily dismissed reported insinuations made by the National Investigative Agency in a chargesheet filed on March 7. The chargesheet alleged that the group was involved in a certain “China-Myanmar module” to destabilise Manipur and wage war against …

Naga peace talks inconclusive but not deadlocked, says NSCN-IM
1 year, 1 month ago

Naga peace talks inconclusive but not deadlocked, says NSCN-IM

Hindustan Times  

The Isak-Muivah-led National Socialist Council of Nagalim, a Naga separatist group operating mainly in the northeastern part of India, has said that issues surrounding a separate Naga flag and constitution continue to act as stumbling blocks in the ongoing peace process. It reminded that the Framework Agreement acknowledges the unique history and position of the Nagas and also delves into …

Manipur’s silent suffering and the broken promises of ‘peace’
1 year, 4 months ago

Manipur’s silent suffering and the broken promises of ‘peace’

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 24, 2023 11:00 IST - 11 MINS READ First came the scream of the dying in a bad dream, then the radio report, and a newspaper: six shot dead, twenty-five houses razed, sixteen beheaded with hands tied behind their backs inside a church. ‘Peace process’ India’s Prime Minister finally spoke in Parliament on August 10, promising that …

Centre, NSCN-IM look to revive Naga peace talks
1 year, 4 months ago

Centre, NSCN-IM look to revive Naga peace talks

Hindustan Times  

The government of India’s emissary for the Naga peace talks AK Mishra and leader of the Isak Muivah-led National Socialist Council of Nagalim Th Muivah met informally in Delhi on Monday, ahead of the resumption of formal political dialogue between their teams, people privy to the matter said. He said the two sides had made significant progress, particularly on the …

Naga peace talks: Centre’s emissary to meet NSCN (IM), NNPGs in Nagaland
1 year, 8 months ago

Naga peace talks: Centre’s emissary to meet NSCN (IM), NNPGs in Nagaland

Hindustan Times  

KOHIMA: The union government’s emissary for the Naga peace talks, AK Mishra is expected to meet the National Socialist Council of Nagalim Isak-Muivah or NSCN-IM, and the Naga national political groups on Thursday at Nagaland’s Chümoukedima over the unresolved Naga political issue, people familiar with the matter said. who is expected to meet the Centre’s emissary for the Naga peace …

Nagaland: A Ceasefire Without Peace
2 years, 3 months ago

Nagaland: A Ceasefire Without Peace

The Diplomat  

Twenty-five years ago, the Indian government and the main Naga insurgent group, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak Muivah, signed a ceasefire agreement. In 2015, the Indian government and the NSCN-IM signed a framework agreement that was supposed to culminate in a Naga peace settlement. Although in 2017, an umbrella grouping of seven Naga armed groups, now called the Naga …

Promising breakthrough: The Hindu Editorial on NSCN(I-M)‘s decision to resume Naga peace talks
2 years, 3 months ago

Promising breakthrough: The Hindu Editorial on NSCN(I-M)‘s decision to resume Naga peace talks

The Hindu  

The decision by the insurgent Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim to re-engage in talks with the Union government, conditionally, on the basis of the Framework Agreement signed in August 2015, is a welcome one. The possibility of a resumption of talks received a boost last week when the NSCN and other Naga groups represented in the Naga National Political Groups …

NSCN(I-M) to resume peace talks with Centre
2 years, 3 months ago

NSCN(I-M) to resume peace talks with Centre

The Hindu  

The extremist National Socialist Council of Nagalim or Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN has “agreed” to resume peace talks with the Centre based on the Framework Agreement signed on August 3, 2015. Mr Zeliang said an NSCN delegation would be leaving for New Delhi on September 19 to discuss some unresolved matters with Central government officials. There are reports that …

NSCN (I-M) marks 25 years of ceasefire
2 years, 5 months ago

NSCN (I-M) marks 25 years of ceasefire

The Hindu  

The National Socialist Council of Nagalim has rued the lack of progress in the Naga peace process after 25 years of signing ceasefire agreement with the Central government. The extremist group observed 25 years of signing the “Indo-Naga” ceasefire agreement at Choümukedima near Dimapur, Nagaland’s commercial hub on July 1. A statement issued by the NSCN said retired Lt. General …

Is the Naga peace process heading in the right direction?
2 years, 6 months ago

Is the Naga peace process heading in the right direction?

Firstpost  

Negotiating a vexed issue such as the Naga issue would require not only novelty, but also the need to focus on bridging the chasms and ironing out thrust areas A quarter of a century would have gone by on 1 August 2022 since a ceasefire was signed with the NSCN. The bizarre appointment of the interlocutor, RN Ravi as the …

Explained | What is the NSCN and where do the Naga peace talks stand now?
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | What is the NSCN and where do the Naga peace talks stand now?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs released recently said that the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland was involved in 44% of insurgency-related incidents in Nagaland in 2020. One of the largest Naga groups, the NSCN-IM, which signed a formal ceasefire agreement with the Centre in 1997 when the peace …

Nagaland CM, MLAs urge Centre to ink peace pact by Independence Day
2 years, 8 months ago

Nagaland CM, MLAs urge Centre to ink peace pact by Independence Day

Hindustan Times  

A delegation of Nagaland legislators that met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi last week had urged the central leaders to expedite the Naga peace talks and make an announcement regarding the same during the Independence Day celebrations this year, state’s deputy chief minister Y Patton has said. “Patton claimed that the Prime …

NSCN (K) seeks united push for solution to Naga peace process
2 years, 9 months ago

NSCN (K) seeks united push for solution to Naga peace process

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI: The chief of the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, or NSCN, has said a solution to the “Indo-Naga political issue” would be possible if all the Naga political groups come together with a common draft. New Delhi has been holding peace parleys simultaneously with the Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN, or NSCN, and the Naga …

Centre reaches out to Naga insurgents
3 years, 1 month ago

Centre reaches out to Naga insurgents

The Hindu  

Centre has reached out to all Naga insurgent groups including the Isaak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland following the killing of 13 civilians in an armed forces’ operation in Nagaland’s Mon district on Saturday. NSCN-IM, the largest Naga group that signed a framework agreement with the Centre in 2015 to find a solution to the Naga political …

Centre and NSCN(IM) to Resume Peace Talks After Two Years
3 years, 3 months ago

Centre and NSCN(IM) to Resume Peace Talks After Two Years

News 18  

Talks between the Centre and the NSCN to find out a solution to the vexed Naga issue resumed on Monday, around two years after the deliberations stopped, a leader of the outfit said. A directive from the prime minister was sent that Mishra will be the representative of the central government to hold talks with the NSCN, Raising said. Meanwhile, …

Centre signs peace agreement with Nagaland insurgent group: Home ministry
3 years, 4 months ago

Centre signs peace agreement with Nagaland insurgent group: Home ministry

Hindustan Times  

The Union government on Wednesday signed a fresh ceasefire pact with Niki Sumi-led Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland in New Delhi. The ceasefire agreement was signed by Union home ministry’s additional secretary Piyush Goyal on behalf of the central government while Nikato Pilot Sumi and Abel Zingru Thuer signed for NSCN Niki group. “In fulfilling the …

NSCN (IM) slams ‘divisive’ Nagaland Governor
4 years, 1 month ago

NSCN (IM) slams ‘divisive’ Nagaland Governor

The Hindu  

The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland or NSCN has said its status as a State of the Indian Union was the outcome of a few “treacherous Nagas”. Ravi for reflecting a ‘divisive’ agenda while commemorating the 58th Nagaland Statehood Day on Tuesday to “protect the 16-Point Agreement at all costs”. “The history of Naga political struggle …

NSCN (IM) slams Centre on peace process as Army chief visits Nagaland
4 years, 1 month ago

NSCN (IM) slams Centre on peace process as Army chief visits Nagaland

The Hindu  

The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, or NSCN has slammed the Centre for being “ambivalent” about resolving the 23-year-old Naga political issue. This, along with the Centre’s ambivalent attitude, has become the “boiling point of the conflict” after more than 23 years of political talks since the signing of a ceasefire agreement in 1997, the outfit …

Naga peace talks at a dead end?
4 years, 3 months ago

Naga peace talks at a dead end?

The Hindu  

M ore than five years after the Narendra Modi government signed a Framework Agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim, trust deficit and disagreement over the interpretation of its content threaten to push the ongoing peace talks to a dead end. The NSCN has been insisting on a solution on the principle of “shared sovereignty”, which it claims was …

Congress Attacks Modi Govt over NSCN-IM's Claims on 2015 Framework Agreement
4 years, 4 months ago

Congress Attacks Modi Govt over NSCN-IM's Claims on 2015 Framework Agreement

News 18  

The Congress on Wednesday attacked the government over Naga rebel group NSCN-IM's claim that the 2015 Framework Agreement was signed after a series of discussions based on the principle of "shared- sovereignty", and sought answers over the deal. Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in August 2015 that a peace accord has been signed and …

NSCN-IM releases details of 2015 Naga framework agreement
4 years, 4 months ago

NSCN-IM releases details of 2015 Naga framework agreement

The Hindu  

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-IM has for the first time released the details of the 2015 framework agreement and has accused interlocutor R.N. The NSCN-IM claimed on Tuesday that Mr. Ravi, also Nagaland Governor, “craftily deleted the word new from the original” to justify his own narrative and circulated to the other Naga groups including the Naga National Political …

Opinion | When push for Naga peace deal turns to shove
4 years, 9 months ago

Opinion | When push for Naga peace deal turns to shove

Live Mint  

The squeeze on the largest Naga rebel group just got a little harder. Every statement made by federation members, from decrying forced taxation by rebels to diminishing the idea of a pan-Naga tribal organization, was aimed at the National Socialist Council of Nagalim, or NSCN, the largest rebel group and the only significant one holding back from signing a peace …

Naga Peace Accord: Centre misleading people, claims senior NSCN-IM leader as differences remain three months after deadline
4 years, 11 months ago

Naga Peace Accord: Centre misleading people, claims senior NSCN-IM leader as differences remain three months after deadline

Firstpost  

The Naga issue faces an uncertain future with no progress being made on the Naga Peace Accord three months since the supposed conclusion of the peace talks between the NSCN-IM and the Central Government Three months since the supposed conclusion of the Naga peace talks between the Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland — Isak-Muivah, the Nagas face …

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio claims 'breakthrough' in talks between Centre, NSCN (IM); a look at decades-old insurgency as negotiations end on positive note
5 years, 2 months ago

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio claims 'breakthrough' in talks between Centre, NSCN (IM); a look at decades-old insurgency as negotiations end on positive note

Firstpost  

While the Nagaland rebel outfits were able to get the Centre to the table for talks, the neighbouring states – Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur wouldn’t allow would allow even an inch of their land to be added to a “Greater Nagalim”. Although the decades-old Naga insurgency problem is yet to come to a close, there was some glimmer of …

What Prime Minister Modi and His BJP Government Must Do To Truly Achieve Peace in Nagaland
5 years, 2 months ago

What Prime Minister Modi and His BJP Government Must Do To Truly Achieve Peace in Nagaland

The Quint  

Before the current rounds of talks, a framework agreement was inked in August 2015. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with a Naga shawl draped over his shoulder, described it then as a ‘historic agreement’ towards settling the ‘oldest insurgency’ in India. A photograph of NSCN-IM leader Th Muivah along with other top IM leaders and the prime minister, was seen as …

Naga flag, constitution core issues for honourable solution: NSCN tells Centre
5 years, 4 months ago

Naga flag, constitution core issues for honourable solution: NSCN tells Centre

Hindustan Times  

Even as the BJP government at the Centre insists that there cannot be two flags and two Constitutions for one country, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah, which is engaged in peace talks with the Centre, has reiterated that a separate Naga flag and Constitution are core issues to finding an ‘honourable solution’ to the Naga political issue, The NSCN …

Naga peace talks: Konyak faction joins working committee of political groups
5 years, 11 months ago

Naga peace talks: Konyak faction joins working committee of political groups

Hindustan Times  

The Khango Konyak-led faction of the banned NSCN, a Naga insurgent outfit, will take part in the next round of peace talks with the government of India as it joined the Working Committee of the Naga National Political Groups on Tuesday. Khango Konyak-led faction of the NSCN is now the seventh member of the Working Committee which is in talks …

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