The National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Isak Muivah (NSCN(IM)) signed a peace accord with the government of India without much buzz on Monday. No one expected that the 18 year long peace process will come to an end in such a silent way. The Naga civil societies including the Naga Hoho was also caught […]
The NSCN(K) on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 termed the reports of it suffering massive casualties in and around Myanmar as baseless and said neither their camp was attacked nor the group did not suffer any casualty. The outfit has challenged the Indian Army to display the bodies of cadres killed in the attack. NSCN(K) – […]
The UNLFW has released pictures of six rifles, those they captured from Indian Army personnel on May 03, 2015 ambush in Changlangshu area under Mon District of Nagaland – killing 8 Army personnel and injuring more than 10. In an email statement sent by ULFA(I) leader Captain Arunodoy Asom on behalf of UNLFW – the […]
Eight Indian Army personnel were killed when two vehicles of 23 Assam Rifles battalion were ambushed by the newly formed UNLFW(United National Liberation Front of West South Asia) in Mon district in Nagaland on Sunday, May 03, 2015. Two vehicles, one a water-trailer and the other a Tata 407, were on their way to collect water […]
While watching television, you must have come across the Incredible India campaign for the North-Eastern states. In those few seconds dedicated to one of the most neglected regions of the nation, you must have seen happy tea planters plucking the best of the tea leaves in the tea gardens of Assam, the region’s sheer beauty […]
There is no doubt that Bollywood Superstar Aamir Khan has been able to inspire not only millions of Indians with his show Satyamev Jayate, but also able to implement many reforms and decision making by the Center of power – the Indian Government. While there are thousands of issues in this country with varied level […]
On 9 June 2013, just before the clock struck midnight, a police contingent in Assam’s Tinsukia district boarded the Chennai-Egmore Express, minutes before its three-day long journey, and pulled out 66 youths. A critical intelligence input received by the police had indicated that these youths from tea gardens, Ahom and Moran communities were going to […]
By- Dr. Abhizeet Asom The Indian administration has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 Assam and Manipur by another six months to continue to subdue all aspects of the rebellion against India’s occupational presence in our region. As per reports, this time the so called Maghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh (Nan Zang, excluding Assam […]
By- Hiranya Saikia Assam became a part of British Indian Empire in 1826 by the treaty of Yandaboo. Since 1874, colonial Assam grew with an area of 2, 55,000 sq km, comprising the Northeast except the princely states of Manipur and Tripura. Assam was governed under a Chief Commissioner with its capital located at Shillong. […]
What more can I write about the North East, which I must here, used the term Prison of Nations? While New Delhi continues to wait and watch like a jailer since her independence, she let AFSPA complete 55 years, turning the entire north east region into a slaughter house. Heirangoithong Massacre, Oinam Massacre, Operation Rhino, […]