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NEW DELHI, Jan 22 ? As the Centre-NSCN (I-M) peace talks resumed on Tuesday, Manipur upped the ante demanding a Constitutional amendment to protect its territory even though Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee assured an all-party delegation from the state that its boundaries would not be affected in search for a solution to the vexed Naga problem, reports PTI. Chief Minister of Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh, who led the delegation to Vajpayee, told newsmen later that the Prime Minister has assured them that the territorial integrity of Manipur would remain unaltered while discussing a solution to...

GORESWAR, Jan 22 ? ?The non-Bodos have no right to speak against the ongoing process of the formation of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), because the proposed BTC is not meant only for the Bodos but for all who are living inside the previous Bodoland Autonomous Council (BAC) area,? said the president of the Kamrup District Committee of the All Bodo Students? Union (ABSU). Addressing the open session of the 15th annual conference of Goreswar Anchalik Committee unit of the All Bodo Students? Union held in the Bihu Ram Boro High School premises, Balabari recently, he said that the Bodos...

KOHIMA, Jan 22 ?Naga National Council (NNC), which authored the Naga political movement in the mid 1940s, Tuesday said no permanent soultion to the problem could be found from the peace talks between the Centre and NSCN(I-M) and was itself ready to hold dialogues if asked by New Delhi as it wanted a peaceful settlement of the imbroglio, reports PTI. ?The Nagas had given their mandate only to NNC through the 1951 plebiscite... We are ready for peace talks but the offer must come from the government of India. If such offer is made with all sincerity, we are ready for dialogue,? Viyalie...

NEW DELHI, Jan 22 ? Rattled by the posturing of the NSCN(I-M) leaders the Manipur Government is likely to make major concessions for the development of its Naga-dominated hill districts, even as Chief Minister, Okram Ibobi Singh said his Government was open to the idea of sitting across the table with the NSCN(I-M) to discuss the problem if the Union Government allows. But the Chief Minister added in the same breath that any such meeting would possible only the I-M leaders drop the demand for greater Nagaland.

The Chief Minister accompanied by a delegation of all political parties is...

NEW DELHI, Jan 22 ? The Naga peace talks between the Union Government and NSCN (I-M) leaders remained inconclusive. The talks that were scheduled to conclude today would continue tomorrow. With the growing unrest in Manipur over the issue of integration of all Naga inhabited areas looming large, there were indications that the issue has rocked the boat forcing the two sides to extend the negotiations to third day. A joint statement is expected to be made after the conclusion of the first Delhi round.

Even as the all party delegation from Manipur led by Chief Minister, O Ibobi Singh winded up...