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Kohima, Jan. 27: Kihoto Hollohon, a former aide to Nagaland chief minister S.C. Jamir, is now all set to contest the Assembly elections after a gap of five years. But the former industries minister will not be with Jamir this time and may join his cousin, K.L. Chishi, another former chief minister and Jamir?s arch rival.

Hollohon was in the news when his wife and family members were killed in a car bomb blast triggered by militants on December 25, 1996. Since then he had taken a sabbatical from active politics.

?My interest is only the Naga problem,? the former minister told The Telegraph...

JIRANIA, Jan 27 ? Suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) (Biswamohan) militants massacred 11 non-tribals including women and children at Mandai Choumuhani, Jirania, in West Tripura district on the night of Republic Day celebration. Six more were injured in the attack and three of them are in serious condition, doctors said. All the deceased and injured were CPI(M) supporters. The area where the attack was committed is about 32 kms from capital Agartala and only about 6 kms from infamous Mandai where the 1980 June riots had taken place to mark the beginning of protracted...

ITANAGAR, Jan 24? Arunachal Pradesh had never been a party in the peace talks between the Centre and the NSCN(I-M) and would never compromise with its territorial integrity, State Chief Minister Mukut Mithi said today, reports PTI. In the name of ?Greater Nagaland?, the NSCN had no scope to demand the territory of Arunachal Pradesh as the area was never part of Nagaland, the Chief Minister told PTI after a swearing-in ceremony at the Raj Bhavan Friday.

The government of Arunachal Pradesh, he said, had already made its stand clear by adopting a unanimous resolution in the assembly in...

IMPHAL, Jan 25 ?Chief Minister Okram Ibobi today reiterated that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had assured a team of all political parties of Manipur that Centre had no plan to re-draw the territorial boundary of Manipur. Chief Minister Ibobi who returned here this afternoon along with leaders of the political parties after camping in New Delhi for more than five days while quoting the Prime Minister said : ?Prime Minister had told us that there is no commitment on the issue of territorial integrity of Manipur?.

Highlighting the political parties face-to-face meeting with a number of...

AGARTALA, Jan 25? Congress released its candidate list for 42 constituencies out of total 60 list Friday night after three months long brainstorming meetings and discussions in New Delhi and Agartala. And with the announcement, as it was anticipated, serious reactions sparked off in various constituents as rival factions of the nominated candidates express their resentment through protest march. There were also reports of crude bombs going off and putting the Congress offices under lock and key by agitated party workers. There were more than 245 aspirants belonging to various groups. As...