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New Delhi, Jan. 8: All arrangements are in place for NSCN leaders Thuingaleng Muivah and Isak Chisi Swu’s visit to India, including their personal security guards and special cooks flown in from Dimapur. The interaction of Muivah and Swu with India’s top political leadership will set the tone for the peace talks aimed at ending one of the country’s oldest separatist movements.

The Intelligence Bureau will be responsible for the overall security of the two Naga leaders and senior members assembled in the national capital. The inner security cordon around Swu and Muivah will be manned by NSCN...

Jan. 8: After over five years of parleys on foreign shores, the Naga peace process moves to India tomorrow when the “collective leadership” of the NSCN (I-M) meets the “Central leadership” in New Delhi in what has been described as a “historic date” in the five-decade-old Naga movement. Barring a last-minute change in schedule, NSCN (I-M) leaders Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah will meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani to launch the first round of political talks on “substantive issues”.

During their stay in India, the duo, scheduled to reach...

DIBRUGARH, Jan 8 — A controversial decision to put up a boundary wall around the campus of the Assam Medical College (AMC) during 1982-83 by its then principal Dr Nekibur Zaman, has put the institution authorities in a quandary. For, the wall excludes more than 442 bighas of land which old land records say, belong to AMC. The matter has since been taken up by the local Youth Leadership Centre (YLC), which has also filed a public interest complaint before the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC). Earlier too, the matter was reported in a section of the print media, but lost significance as...

Imphal, January 08: Thousands of people marched in a procession in the state capita] here today against any move to disintegrate Manipur during the first over Naga peace talks on Indian soil between the centre and the NSCN(IM) in New Delhi tomorrow. The processionists gathered at Thau ground. Around 12.45 pm the rallyists marched towards Khuyathong, then proceeded towards Nagamapal and passed through Wahengbam Leikai, Keishamthong, Yaiskul and marched on at Thambuthong and Thangapat areas, it proceeded towards Wangkhei, New Checkon, Minuthong and culmianted at Khuman Lampak. where a public...

Imphal, January 08: A BSF jawan was killed and an Ak 47 and a bullet proof vest taken away by the MPLF militants today according to an MPLF spokesperson who informed the press today. With the insurgents belonging to the Manipur People's Liberation Front (MPLF) near Sajik Tampak in Chandel district bordering Myanmar. According to a press release issued today around 5 pm by MPLF it was stated that heavy firing between MPLP and BSF personnel ensued near Sajik Tampak around 9.30 am. The BSF personnel came towards Molnom side. The BSF personnel suffered heavy casualties and compelled to withdraw...