IMPHAL, Mar 9: Chief Mi-nister O Ibobi Singh, who also holds the Finance port-folio has reiterated State Go- vernment’s inability to en-tertain employees demand for release of accumulated arrears of the Sixth Pay Commission recommenda-tion with the assertion that proposals to the 13th Finance Commission has failed to evoked positive res-ponse.
Addressing the second day of …

GUWAHATI, March 9 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday unveiled the foundation stone of the State’s first five-star hotel Vivanta, a venture by Tata group, in the presence of Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Sons, RK Krishna Kumar, vice chairman of Indian Hotels Company Limited, Rockybul Hussain, Minister of Forest, Environment and Tourism, Government of …

Imphal, March 07, 2010: The one day open dialogue on ‘District Council Elections 2010 vis-a-vis Tribal Rights’ organised by Movement for Tribal People’s Rights Manipur on March 5 at Tri Adimjati Complex deliberated at length on the recent decision of the state Govt regarding revival of Autonomous District Council in the hill areas.
While members present …

Imphal, Mar 6: The Autonomous District Council (ADC)`s latest Act of 2008 was declared to be defective, detrimental and discriminating towards the rights of the tribals of Manipur and therefore get it rectified at the earliest by the competent authority. It was echoed by the participants of the workshop on open dialogue on Autonomous District …

DIMAPUR, MAR 6 (NPN): A big round of applause resounded the DDSC stadium Saturday when Q. Tuccu, Joint Working Group (JWG) member representing NSCN (I-M) pointing to Zhopra Vero, NNC/FGN and C. Singson, GPRN/NSCN vowed they will no longer fight among themselves. The applause grew louder when the two leaders also nodded their heads in …

AIZAWL, March 6, 2010 (PTI): Extending her support to the establishment of medical and engineering colleges in Mizoram, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today promised all help for the development of the State.
“Let there be no doubt that we will fulfil our promises to undertake different developmental programmes so that the State would become more productive …

ITANAGAR, March 5 – Arunachal Pradesh is not going to let go even a single inch of its land whatever demands may come from any quarter. This was asserted by the State Home Minister Tako Dabi today.
This strong reaction came in the wake of the ‘Greater Nagalim’ demand made by the NSCN(IM), which is presently …

Imphal, March 4: Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh called on Union home minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi last evening in the backdrop of the Centre’s talks with the NSCN (I-M).
The home minister is understood to have briefed Ibobi Singh on the progress of the talks.
An informed source here told The Telegraph that during …

Guwahati, March 4, 2010: Leading figures from politics, science and the arts are calling for a separate time zone for northeastern India in a bid to save energy.
About 250 prominent members from seven states recently met and pledged to lobby the federal government to advance the region’s clock by at least 90 minutes. The change, …

The Centre, which held a fresh round of talks with Naga leaders in New Delhi on Tuesday, has offered more autonomy for Nagaland but won’t integrate Naga-inhabited parts of Arunachal to Nagaland.

Government is willing to give more autonomy, perhaps even a flag to the Naga’s under Article 371 (A).

“The government hasn’t given …

New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Leaders of a frontline Naga separatist outfit Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after several rounds of talks with a government-appointed interlocutor, a separatist leader said.
The top leadership of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) is here for the peace talks which resumes after a gap of nearly a …

Imphal, February 27, 2010(NEPS): Union Home Secretary GK Pillai reiterated that final settlement to the vexed Naga political issue could only be achieved when the “Government of India holds talks with all the Naga underground groups.” No final settlement could come about by having talks with one Naga underground group, said the Union Home Secretary …