Tag: United Naga Council

Senapati Tripartrite Talk Successful: United Naga Council (UNC) to lift Economic Blockade from midnight tonight

Imphal, March 9: United Naga Council (UNC) to lifts economic blockade from midnight today Senapati Tripartite Talk fruitful with positive result as UNC has announced to lift the 131 days long indefinite Economic Blockade from the National Highways of Manipur from midnight today after 4 hours of talk with representatives of GOI, Manipur Government and representatives […]

Imphal, March 9: United Naga Council (UNC) to lifts economic blockade from midnight today Senapati Tripartite Talk fruitful with positive result as UNC has announced to lift the 131 days long indefinite Economic Blockade from the National Highways of Manipur from midnight today after 4 hours of talk with representatives of GOI, Manipur Government and representatives […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/united-naga-council-unc-to-lift-economic-blockade-from-midnight-tonight/

Eco blockade: Politics wins, common man loses

Ajay Sharma The economic blockade in Manipur this year has exceeded the 120 days record of 2012, something that seems to have become a ‘way of life’ in Manipur. After four months of continuous blockade of NH 2, has the UNC been able to achieve its stated objectives? Have we the Nagas been able to […]

Ajay Sharma The economic blockade in Manipur this year has exceeded the 120 days record of 2012, something that seems to have become a ‘way of life’ in Manipur. After four months of continuous blockade of NH 2, has the UNC been able to achieve its stated objectives? Have we the Nagas been able to […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/eco-blockade-politics-wins-common-man-loses/

BJP MLAs, supporting MLAs shifted to Guwahati

NEW DELHI, Mar 18 :Ahead of the crucial floor test in Manipur, 17 BJP legislators have reportedly moved into a hotel in Guwahati along with an independent MLA and one from the Trinamool Congress, in what is being seen as a move to thwart any attempt to poach MLAs. People in the know said these […]

NEW DELHI, Mar 18 :Ahead of the crucial floor test in Manipur, 17 BJP legislators have reportedly moved into a hotel in Guwahati along with an independent MLA and one from the Trinamool Congress, in what is being seen as a move to thwart any attempt to poach MLAs. People in the know said these […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/bjp-mlas-supporting-mlas-shifted-to-guwahati/

Longest economic blockade Stage set for tripartite talk

IMPHAL, Mar 18: Another round of tripartite talk involving the State Government, the United Naga Council (UNC) and the Central Government would be held tomorrow afternoon at Senapati DC office. Ministry of Home Affairs, North East in-charge Satyendra Garg who would represent the Government of India has already arrived here today. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) […]

IMPHAL, Mar 18: Another round of tripartite talk involving the State Government, the United Naga Council (UNC) and the Central Government would be held tomorrow afternoon at Senapati DC office. Ministry of Home Affairs, North East in-charge Satyendra Garg who would represent the Government of India has already arrived here today. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/longest-economic-blockade-stage-set-for-tripartite-talk/

How to take along the disparate parties Job cut out for BJP

As expected and predicted in this column, it is a hung House, with the BJP managing to clobber up the needed support of other political parties to form the Government. With a score of 21 MLAs, the BJP managed to rope in four MLAs from the NPP, four from the NPF, one from the LJP, […]

As expected and predicted in this column, it is a hung House, with the BJP managing to clobber up the needed support of other political parties to form the Government. With a score of 21 MLAs, the BJP managed to rope in four MLAs from the NPP, four from the NPF, one from the LJP, […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/how-to-take-along-the-disparate-parties-job-cut-out-for-bjp/

‘Will urge Centre to set up a Manipur Regiment in army … will invite all insurgent groups for a political dialogue’

Former BSF footballer turned journalist turned politician, Nongthombam Biren Singh is BJP’s first chief minister in Manipur and its third in the North-East. Singh, who shifted from Congress to BJP in 2016, spoke to Oinam Sunil about his priorities and the implications of BJP’s inroads into Manipur. You have become Manipur’s first BJP chief minister […]

Former BSF footballer turned journalist turned politician, Nongthombam Biren Singh is BJP’s first chief minister in Manipur and its third in the North-East. Singh, who shifted from Congress to BJP in 2016, spoke to Oinam Sunil about his priorities and the implications of BJP’s inroads into Manipur. You have become Manipur’s first BJP chief minister […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/will-urge-centre-to-set-up-a-manipur-regiment-in-army-will-invite-all-insurgent-groups-for-a-political-dialogue/

UNC blockade disrupts GoI-NSCN (IM) talks

After the United Naga Council (UNC)-spearheaded economic blockade on Manipur since November 1, 2016, there has been no talks between Centre’s  Interlocutor for Naga Talks R.N. Ravi and NSCN (I-M) leaders for over a month. Both sides used to hold both formal and non formal meetings almost on a regular basis but the UNC economic […]

After the United Naga Council (UNC)-spearheaded economic blockade on Manipur since November 1, 2016, there has been no talks between Centre’s  Interlocutor for Naga Talks R.N. Ravi and NSCN (I-M) leaders for over a month. Both sides used to hold both formal and non formal meetings almost on a regular basis but the UNC economic […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/unc-blockade-disrupts-goi-nscn-im-talks/

Blockade noise lost in poll din Losing advantage of NH

In the din of the Assembly election, today silence hangs over the ongoing economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council since midnight of October 31 last year. This is in stark contrast to the days ahead of the election when the BJP and the Congress went hammer and tongs against each other over the […]

In the din of the Assembly election, today silence hangs over the ongoing economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council since midnight of October 31 last year. This is in stark contrast to the days ahead of the election when the BJP and the Congress went hammer and tongs against each other over the […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/blockade-noise-lost-in-poll-din-losing-advantage-of-nh/

Polls hardly matter in this Manipur district as Nagas close ranks behind a long economic blockade

Ipsita Chakravarty (Courtesy : scroll.in) The check post is easy to miss from the road – mere sheets of tarpaulin rigged on bamboo poles, an outcrop of rock casting a shadow over it. Then a scrawny young man, face covered by a black pollution mask, steps out on the road to flag down passing vehicles. […]

Ipsita Chakravarty (Courtesy : scroll.in) The check post is easy to miss from the road – mere sheets of tarpaulin rigged on bamboo poles, an outcrop of rock casting a shadow over it. Then a scrawny young man, face covered by a black pollution mask, steps out on the road to flag down passing vehicles. […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/polls-hardly-matter-in-this-manipur-district-as-nagas-close-ranks-behind-a-long-economic-blockade/

To the BJP, Cong is equal to Ibobi Change of tactics in 2nd phase

From the Skybus advertisements that adorn the front page of all the major newspapers published from Imphal, it should be clear that Mr Okram Ibobi is the man the BJP is after. Underlining the point that the Chief Minister is today no longer seen as just the Chief Minister of Manipur, but as someone synonymous […]

From the Skybus advertisements that adorn the front page of all the major newspapers published from Imphal, it should be clear that Mr Okram Ibobi is the man the BJP is after. Underlining the point that the Chief Minister is today no longer seen as just the Chief Minister of Manipur, but as someone synonymous […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/to-the-bjp-cong-is-equal-to-ibobi-change-of-tactics-in-2nd-phase/

HC declares UNC’s blockade illegal

In line with the decisions of the Supreme Court, the High Court of Manipur has declared the more than four months old economic blockade of the United Naga Council (UNC) as illegal. A full bench of the High Court comprising of Chief Justice RR Prasad, Justice N Kotiswar and Justice Kh Nobin passed an order […]

In line with the decisions of the Supreme Court, the High Court of Manipur has declared the more than four months old economic blockade of the United Naga Council (UNC) as illegal. A full bench of the High Court comprising of Chief Justice RR Prasad, Justice N Kotiswar and Justice Kh Nobin passed an order […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/hc-declares-uncs-blockade-illegal/

Naga deal and Manipur: I told you so

As it stands, Naga homelands in Manipur are with Manipur only on paper. It was interesting to read a report in The Indian Express earlier this week which suggested a Naga peace deal was at hand, but assembly elections over 4 and 8 March in Manipur, which has large Naga homelands, had slowed the process. […]

As it stands, Naga homelands in Manipur are with Manipur only on paper. It was interesting to read a report in The Indian Express earlier this week which suggested a Naga peace deal was at hand, but assembly elections over 4 and 8 March in Manipur, which has large Naga homelands, had slowed the process. […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/naga-deal-and-manipur-i-told-you-so/

HC fixes Mar 23 for next hearing

IMPHAL, Mar 3: The High Court of Manipur has fixed March 23 as the next date for further hearing of a PIL case filed against the ongoing economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council (UNC) on National Highways. The hearing date was fixed by a full bench of the Court comprising of Chief Justice […]

IMPHAL, Mar 3: The High Court of Manipur has fixed March 23 as the next date for further hearing of a PIL case filed against the ongoing economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council (UNC) on National Highways. The hearing date was fixed by a full bench of the Court comprising of Chief Justice […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/hc-fixes-mar-23-for-next-hearing/

Absence of pan Manipur leader Game of divide and lead

The BJP has made it clear that they will go in for the polls without naming a Chief Ministerial candidate. For the Congress the question is more or less settled with O Ibobi set to be the Chief Minister provided Congress returns to power. No wonder then that the man from Thoubal Assembly Constituency has […]

The BJP has made it clear that they will go in for the polls without naming a Chief Ministerial candidate. For the Congress the question is more or less settled with O Ibobi set to be the Chief Minister provided Congress returns to power. No wonder then that the man from Thoubal Assembly Constituency has […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/absence-of-pan-manipur-leader-game-of-divide-and-lead/

Let’s teach the communal party a lesson: Ibobi

THOUBAL, Mar 1: Cautioning that allowing those political parties which cannot think beyond one single community/religion to take roots in the soil of Manipur would spell doom for the State, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi has called upon all the people to teach a befitting lesson to those political parties in the ensuing State Assembly election. […]

THOUBAL, Mar 1: Cautioning that allowing those political parties which cannot think beyond one single community/religion to take roots in the soil of Manipur would spell doom for the State, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi has called upon all the people to teach a befitting lesson to those political parties in the ensuing State Assembly election. […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/03/lets-teach-the-communal-party-a-lesson-ibobi/

NSCN(IM) Claims Centre Has Recognised Legal Rights On ‘Naga Integration’

Guwahati, Assam: In what might create political ripples ahead of assembly elections in Manipur next week, the Naga rebel group NSCN(IM), which has signed a Framework Agreement with the centre for the Naga peace deal, on Friday claimed that the centre has recognised the legal rights of the Nagas and proclaimed “integration the legitimate rights […]

Guwahati, Assam: In what might create political ripples ahead of assembly elections in Manipur next week, the Naga rebel group NSCN(IM), which has signed a Framework Agreement with the centre for the Naga peace deal, on Friday claimed that the centre has recognised the legal rights of the Nagas and proclaimed “integration the legitimate rights […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/02/nscnim-claims-centre-has-recognised-legal-rights-on-naga-integration/

BJP rule at Centre is dangerous for Manipur, says Deputy CM Gaikhangam

Gaikhangam , the deputy chief minister of Manipur, is eye sore for militant outfits. His tirade against militant outfits has invited as many as 18 life attempts where he had providential escape besides his convoy has faced several ambushes. In an interview to ET ’s Bikash Singh , Gaikhangam said the BJP government at Centre […]

Gaikhangam , the deputy chief minister of Manipur, is eye sore for militant outfits. His tirade against militant outfits has invited as many as 18 life attempts where he had providential escape besides his convoy has faced several ambushes. In an interview to ET ’s Bikash Singh , Gaikhangam said the BJP government at Centre […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/02/bjp-rule-at-centre-is-dangerous-for-manipur-says-deputy-cm-gaikhangam/

Former CM of Nagaland says Blockade creation of Ibobi

Former Chief Minister of Nagaland and present Chairman of DAN Coordination Committee TR Zeliang said the ongoing blockade in Manipur is the handiwork of the Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh and that to lift it or to let it continue depends on him alone. Addressing an election rally this morning at Senapati, Zeliang said when […]

Former Chief Minister of Nagaland and present Chairman of DAN Coordination Committee TR Zeliang said the ongoing blockade in Manipur is the handiwork of the Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh and that to lift it or to let it continue depends on him alone. Addressing an election rally this morning at Senapati, Zeliang said when […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/02/former-cm-of-nagaland-says-blockade-creation-of-ibobi/

Former CM of Nagaland says Blockade creation of Ibobi

Former Chief Minister of Nagaland and present Chairman of DAN Coordination Committee TR Zeliang said the ongoing blockade in Manipur is the handiwork of the Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh and that to lift it or to let it continue depends on him alone. Addressing an election rally this morning at Senapati, Zeliang said when […]

Former Chief Minister of Nagaland and present Chairman of DAN Coordination Committee TR Zeliang said the ongoing blockade in Manipur is the handiwork of the Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh and that to lift it or to let it continue depends on him alone. Addressing an election rally this morning at Senapati, Zeliang said when […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/02/former-cm-of-nagaland-says-blockade-creation-of-ibobi/

Position of the United Naga Council on the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly Election, 2017

The time has come to place the position of the Naga people in Manipur on the ensuing General Election, 2017 in the public domain. The communal Government of Manipur(GoM) and the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) have – (a) Imposed the Manipur(Hill Areas) District Council (3rd Amendment) Act, 2008 which allows for District Councils to […]

The time has come to place the position of the Naga people in Manipur on the ensuing General Election, 2017 in the public domain. The communal Government of Manipur(GoM) and the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) have – (a) Imposed the Manipur(Hill Areas) District Council (3rd Amendment) Act, 2008 which allows for District Councils to […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/02/position-of-the-united-naga-council-on-the-11th-manipur-legislative-assembly-election-2017/