Officials said that more houses impacted by the landslides would be pulled down today as precautionary measure.
Kohima: The rain-triggered landslides have affected more than one hundered people at Phesama along NH-2, the main road link between Manipur and Nagaland.
Besides damage to the road and farmland, 23 houses affecting 30 families have been destroyed, officials said adding that more houses impacted by the landslides would be pulled down today as precautionary measure.
Meanwhile, the Southern Angami Students Union has informed all the day scholars of St Joseph’s College that accommodation would be provided for those who wanted to stay temporarily in Jakha town and at Viswema village.
For the students of Japfü Christian College, accommodation would also be provided by Kigwema village, the union said.
Naga groups still hope for 'physical integration'
By Ratnadip Choudhury
Hebron (Nagaland), Aug 17 :
Hebron (Nagaland), Aug 17 :
Those out of home rally around NSCN (IM)
The Nagas living outside Nagaland are rallying round the NSCN (IM) after the outfit’s general secretary Th Muivah on said on Saturday that it had not given up on sovereignty issue while ‘physical integration’ was mentioned in the framework agreement signed with New Delhi on August 3.
“Let me be very clear, when we talk of Naga integration, we are not only talking of emotional integration, definitely political integration is a core issue and we have it as a part of the competencies of the framework agreement, Centre has assured us that it will be worked out,” said Gen (Retd) VS Atem, Emissary to the Collective Leadership of NSCN/GPRN while talking to Deccan Herald on the sidelines of the 69th Naga Independence Day on August 14 at Camp Hebron, 35 km away from Nagaland’s commercial hub Dimapur. What Atem said is significant since, a public perception was building in North-East that the Naga integration issue was dropped.
Ever since the framework agreement was signed, the state governments of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur have been pressing the Centre to spell out the details of the deal.
The Centre has been busy trying to assure the states that in no way the Centre will agree to NSCN(IM) core agenda of creation of a Greater Nagalim.
NSCN(IM) has been claiming that New Delhi has agreed to keep the demand of ‘Naga integration’ (read Greater Nagalim) as one of the competencies for further discussion of modalities for implementation in the framework agreement.
“We are not infringing on the right of the Assamese or Manipuris. We have been suppressed and we are fighting for our rights and there is no question for the Nagas to again try to suppress the right of the people. We have decided to work out a shared sovereignty with the Centre. The Naga issue cannot be solved considering Assam or Manipur interest,” Atem further added. The outfit’s stand on Naga integration kept Nagas living outside hopeful. Even since Muivah reached Camp Hebron, various Naga groups have been camping in Dimapur.
No change in ceasefire ground rule in Naga pact: Interlocutor
There has been no change in ceasefire ground rule which
has been in place since 1997 when the NSCN-IM for the first time agreed
for peace talks, sources said quoting Ravi's communication.
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PM Modi in Nagaland for the peace pact (File Photo) PTI
The interlocutor is said to have conveyed to the Home Ministry that it was a framework for a final settlement to bring a lasting peace in Nagaland, sources said. There has been no change in ceasefire ground rule which has been in place since 1997 when the NSCN-IM for the first time agreed for peace talks, sources said quoting Ravi's communication.
The interlocutor's letter came after the Home Ministry sought a clarification on the agreement signed by him and NSCN-IM on August 3. The content of the agreement is yet to be disclosed. However, Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang said that the Naga peace pact is only a "formula" for a final accord.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him that North Eastern states would be consulted before finalisation of the peace accord.
The NSCN-IM, which had given up its original demand of sovereignty a few years ago, has been asking for integration of Naga-inhabited areas in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. All three states are opposed to the outfit's demand.
Naga customs, land holding to be respected across North East: Nagaland Chief Minister
New Delhi: Shedding light on details of the Naga peace pact which have been kept under wraps, Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang on Sunday said it is in line with the demand of Nagas for autonomy to protect their customs and land holding systems in all areas inhabited by the tribe in the North-East.
Highlighting the key aspects of the August 3 pact between the Centre and the rebel group NSCN-IM, which he termed as a "formula" for a final agreement, Zeliang said Naga customary system and land holding system will be respected by the Centre based on the "unique history of Nagas" and it will be applied in all Naga inhabited areas of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang on Sunday said it is in line with the demand of Nagas for autonomy to protect their customs and land holding systems.
#Naga customs #Nagaland #tr zeliang
"The Naga issue does not pertain to only Nagaland. Naga problem is covering the entire Naga contiguous region. So, when we say it would respect the traditional land holding system, customary system, it would cover the entire Naga (community) wherever they are...," he said.
The NSCN-IM, which had given up its original demand of sovereignty a few years ago, has been asking for integration of Naga-inhabited areas in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
All three states are opposed to the outfit's demand.
Zeliang said when he would meet his counterparts in Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, he would tell them that Naga people were asking government of India that their right to uphold their customary system be strengthened "in their own land".
"Whether in Assam, or Arunachal or Manipur, Naga people are living in their own land and they want some kind of autonomy or more power to strengthen their rights and their customary system.
"I think non-Nagas should not have any negative thinking about this," he said.
The Chief Minister said even Bodo issue was resolved and he was very happy when Mizo accord was signed.
"Today we are resolving Naga problem. It is not going to affect any other community, who are not Nagas. Solving the Naga problem is solving the problems of the North East," he said.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh had said on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised him that he would consult northeastern states in finalisation of the details of the peace accord signed with NSCN(IM) last week.
Highlighting the key aspects of the August 3 pact between the Centre and the rebel group NSCN-IM, which he termed as a "formula" for a final agreement, Zeliang said Naga customary system and land holding system will be respected by the Centre based on the "unique history of Nagas" and it will be applied in all Naga inhabited areas of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang on Sunday said it is in line with the demand of Nagas for autonomy to protect their customs and land holding systems.
#Naga customs #Nagaland #tr zeliang
"The Naga issue does not pertain to only Nagaland. Naga problem is covering the entire Naga contiguous region. So, when we say it would respect the traditional land holding system, customary system, it would cover the entire Naga (community) wherever they are...," he said.
The NSCN-IM, which had given up its original demand of sovereignty a few years ago, has been asking for integration of Naga-inhabited areas in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
All three states are opposed to the outfit's demand.
Zeliang said when he would meet his counterparts in Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, he would tell them that Naga people were asking government of India that their right to uphold their customary system be strengthened "in their own land".
"Whether in Assam, or Arunachal or Manipur, Naga people are living in their own land and they want some kind of autonomy or more power to strengthen their rights and their customary system.
"I think non-Nagas should not have any negative thinking about this," he said.
The Chief Minister said even Bodo issue was resolved and he was very happy when Mizo accord was signed.
"Today we are resolving Naga problem. It is not going to affect any other community, who are not Nagas. Solving the Naga problem is solving the problems of the North East," he said.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh had said on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised him that he would consult northeastern states in finalisation of the details of the peace accord signed with NSCN(IM) last week.
Sonia Gandhi questions sagacity of Naga Accord
When Congress president Sonia Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, calling him arrogant for not taking chief ministers of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam onboard before signing the Naga Peace Accord she was both right and wrong.
Right, because Naga Peace Accord, as Prime Minister's Office claimed to have clinched in a high optics drama on Monday evening, cannot take place without taking all the stakeholders on board that includes Nagaland and the other affected states of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and the NSCN (IM) and its faction groups in ceasefire agreement.
In fact, Naga peace accord would not only require signatures of all the stakeholders that includes union home secretary and other officials on behalf of the government of India but will also have to get the clearance of the cabinet after being vetted through by different ministries, especially law, defense and tribal affairs.
And wrong, because as it transpires now that the signed deal is not an Accord but merely a framework of agreement that has put on paper what would be the broad contours of the final agreement or Accord.
"The actual and the difficult part of the work begins now where you have to carefully draft the agreement after talking to all the stakeholders and taking into account their suggestions. The three states, especially Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh will have to be consulted at length on tricky issue of what status needs to be given to the seven Naga-dominated districts," said sources.
The NSCN (IM) that came down from its demand to assimilate these seven districts in Greater Nagalim wants far greater autonomy to be given to these districts so that Naga identity and culture could be preserved there.
Manipur has four Naga dominated districts of Ukhrul, Senapti, Tamenglong and Chandel while Arunachal Pradesh has three – Tirap, Changlang and Longding.
Sources said, it is not going to be an easy issue as the states would not like leave their control on these districts and would want to keep them under their ambit while the Nagas, riding on the feeling of victory, would like to extract maximum possibly autonomy and gains.
The reverberations "secret" peace deal with NSCN (IM) were felt even on Thursday when Naga interlocutor R N Ravi was summoned by union home minister Rajnath Singh to brief his office about the framework of agreement.
Home ministry was taken by surprise on Monday when Prime Minister's office suddenly announced inking of a Peace Accord with NSCN (IM). To its embarrassment it did not have any answers on the "historic Naga Accord".
An updated Rajnath Singh is expected to make a statement on Naga development in the parliament in coming days that will finally throw some light on the contours of the agreement reached between the two sides.
Right, because Naga Peace Accord, as Prime Minister's Office claimed to have clinched in a high optics drama on Monday evening, cannot take place without taking all the stakeholders on board that includes Nagaland and the other affected states of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and the NSCN (IM) and its faction groups in ceasefire agreement.
In fact, Naga peace accord would not only require signatures of all the stakeholders that includes union home secretary and other officials on behalf of the government of India but will also have to get the clearance of the cabinet after being vetted through by different ministries, especially law, defense and tribal affairs.
And wrong, because as it transpires now that the signed deal is not an Accord but merely a framework of agreement that has put on paper what would be the broad contours of the final agreement or Accord.
"The actual and the difficult part of the work begins now where you have to carefully draft the agreement after talking to all the stakeholders and taking into account their suggestions. The three states, especially Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh will have to be consulted at length on tricky issue of what status needs to be given to the seven Naga-dominated districts," said sources.
The NSCN (IM) that came down from its demand to assimilate these seven districts in Greater Nagalim wants far greater autonomy to be given to these districts so that Naga identity and culture could be preserved there.
Manipur has four Naga dominated districts of Ukhrul, Senapti, Tamenglong and Chandel while Arunachal Pradesh has three – Tirap, Changlang and Longding.
Sources said, it is not going to be an easy issue as the states would not like leave their control on these districts and would want to keep them under their ambit while the Nagas, riding on the feeling of victory, would like to extract maximum possibly autonomy and gains.
The reverberations "secret" peace deal with NSCN (IM) were felt even on Thursday when Naga interlocutor R N Ravi was summoned by union home minister Rajnath Singh to brief his office about the framework of agreement.
Home ministry was taken by surprise on Monday when Prime Minister's office suddenly announced inking of a Peace Accord with NSCN (IM). To its embarrassment it did not have any answers on the "historic Naga Accord".
An updated Rajnath Singh is expected to make a statement on Naga development in the parliament in coming days that will finally throw some light on the contours of the agreement reached between the two sides.