Dimapur Violence

Days of protests in Nagaland have now given way to a fragile normalcy. Roadblocks that paralysed the capital, Kohima, and Dimapur have been lifted. But the protesters have not withdrawn yet.

The situation in Nagaland's Kohima seemed to have calmed down after five columns, or 375 soldiers, of paramilitary forces were deployed across the city, which had witnessed arson and vandalism since Thursday afternoon following the government's refusal to postpone the civic body polls.

Days of protests in Nagaland have now given way to a fragile normalcy. Roadblocks that paralysed the capital, Kohima, and Dimapur have been lifted. But the protesters have not withdrawn yet.

The situation in Nagaland's Kohima seemed to have calmed down after five columns, or 375 soldiers, of paramilitary forces were deployed across the city, which had witnessed arson and vandalism since Thursday afternoon following the government's refusal to postpone the civic body polls.