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Imphal, Jan. 12: At a time when it appeared that all hurdles in the way of the Tipaimukh project had been cleared, a group persistently opposing the power project is now preparing a resistance movement against the dam. The Committee against Tipaimukh Dam has resolved to organise public rallies and bandhs on National Highway 53.

The anti-dam front comprises several environmental groups, including those belonging to the Zeliangrong community, that would be most affected by the project. The Manipur government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Neepco to start work on the project. The...

Imphal, Jan. 12: NSCN (I-M) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah’s statement that Ukhrul in Manipur does not belong to Meiteis has evoked sharp reactions from student organisations and political parties in the state. In a grim reminder of the many thorny issues that lay strewn on the path to peace, they have termed the statement as “communal”, saying such utterances indicated that “Muivah’s fight is against the Meiteis”.

President of the Democratic People’s Party Khaidem Mani today said the statement reeked of “communal hatred” and Muivah could be arrested under Section 153 of the IPC for a...

Guwahati/Kohima, Jan. 12: Former Nagaland chief minister and BJP national executive member Hokishe Sema will lead a BJP-led Opposition front — the Nagaland Democratic Alliance — in the Assembly elections starting February 26, amid speculation that the anti-Congress combine has the tacit support of the NSCN (I-M).

A decision to this effect was taken after parleys between the Nagaland People’s Front and Nagaland BJP leaders with NDA convenor George Fernandes and BJP national president Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi.

Speaking to The Telegraph from New Delhi, Hokishe Sema said the BJP high command...

NEW DELHI JAN. 11. Emerging from the meeting with the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) made a significant statement here today. There would be "no more fighting between Indians and Nagas," they said.

"I want to tell you that there will be no more fighting between Indians and Nagas. That is the understanding we have reached now,'' the NSCN (I-M) chairman, Isak Chisi Swu, said after an hour-long meeting with Mr. Fernandes.

"The people of Nagaland have been praying that the leadership of India and the NSCN (I-M) should...

Imphal, January 11: An all-party emergency meeting presided over by Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh today conveyed to the Centre that the territorial integrity of the state would be maintained ‘at any cost’.

The meeting was held in the wake of the NSCN (I-M) leaders’ demand for formation of ‘greater Nagaland’ placed during the ongoing peace talks with the Centre in Delhi.

The resolution adopted at the meeting said the people of Manipur would ‘‘unitedly oppose attempt by any authority to disintegrate the state’’.

‘‘The territory of Manipur belongs to Manipuris (different communities...