Nagaland Civil Society

The Nagaland People's Action Committee (NPAC) -- a group comprising Naga civil society organisations, tribal bodies, public leaders and intellectuals of the state -- on Friday called off the statewide bandh (strike).

A civil society group in Nagaland - Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation - has urged people not to participate in the Republic Day celebrations in the state's eastern belt.

A citizens' collective of Nagaland Civil Society Organisations today vehemently objected to the Centre's move to extend the Armed Forces Special Power Act in the state, saying that the extension of the Act is a total violation of human rights.

The civil society groups in Nagaland's Mon district have claimed they have "doubts on the credibility" of the Army's Court of Inquiry instituted to probe the Nagaland firing incident earlier this month where 14 people were killed.

Nagaland's civil society groups today expressed worry over the delay in enquiry in Nagaland firings, almost a month after the tragic death of 14 young people in Mon District during a botched operation by the special forces of the Army.

A crucial meeting between the Nagaland government and civil society groups on the Naga peace talks on Thursday passed a resolution to urge upon the Naga armed groups including the NSCN (IM) and the NNPG to honour and respect the "Covenant of Reconciliation" and maintain the sanctity of non-violence for a "shared Naga future" as members of "one Naga...

Days before the crucial consultative meeting called by the Nagaland government with civil society groups and other stakeholders on October 15 on the vexed Naga peace process, the NSCN (IM), - an armed Naga group - on Tuesday claimed that the Naga peace deal is at the "threshold" of a final solution but that the deadlock over the demand for a separa...

Days after the Naga armed political group NSCN(IM) sought removal of Nagaland Governor RN Ravi as the interlocutor of the Naga peace talks, a leading Naga civil society organisation has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to consider such a move as it would derail the progress already been made so far.

Two influential Naga civil society groups have complained to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against Nagaland Governor RN Ravi, alleging that he is functioning in an "autocratic" manner and without any regard for what has been achieved in 23 years of peace talks with insurgent group NSCN-IM.

Nagaland Governor RN Ravi will meet regional church leaders and civil society representatives in state capital Kohima on Friday amid rising discontent over the slow progress in the Naga peace talks. Representatives of 14 Naga tribes from the northeastern state and the United Naga Council from neighbouring Manipur will be among those attending it.

Members of a civil society organization at Moreh -- the border town of Manipur -- on Thursday rounded up six persons hailing from Bihar on the charge that they cheated several women in Nagaland, Manipur and some other states in this region.

Normal life was affected in Nagaland on Monday during a 10-hour bandh called by civil society organisations in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

In a major development in Nagaland, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) led People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) government is at loggerheads with civil society groups and the opposition party - the Naga People's Front (NPF). The matter of contention here is a letter written by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and his deputy Y Patton to Uni...

False voting one has heard of. Induced labour, too. But induced voting? In Nagaland, that's the term for votes bought and sold to the highest bidder. The magnitude of the problem is so huge, the church, civil society and the Election Commission have launched a clean election campaign. But it is an uphill battle against an old problem that is just n...

Eight members of civil society organisations in Manipur which have spearheaded protests against redrawing the state's boundary, will today meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the proposed Naga peace accord, whose content has not been made public yet

The Nagaland People's Action Committee (NPAC) -- a group comprising Naga civil society organisations, tribal bodies, public leaders and intellectuals of the state -- on Friday called off the statewide bandh (strike).

A civil society group in Nagaland - Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation - has urged people not to participate in the Republic Day celebrations in the state's eastern belt.

A citizens' collective of Nagaland Civil Society Organisations today vehemently objected to the Centre's move to extend the Armed Forces Special Power Act in the state, saying that the extension of the Act is a total violation of human rights.

The civil society groups in Nagaland's Mon district have claimed they have "doubts on the credibility" of the Army's Court of Inquiry instituted to probe the Nagaland firing incident earlier this month where 14 people were killed.

Nagaland's civil society groups today expressed worry over the delay in enquiry in Nagaland firings, almost a month after the tragic death of 14 young people in Mon District during a botched operation by the special forces of the Army.

A crucial meeting between the Nagaland government and civil society groups on the Naga peace talks on Thursday passed a resolution to urge upon the Naga armed groups including the NSCN (IM) and the NNPG to honour and respect the "Covenant of Reconciliation" and maintain the sanctity of non-violence for a "shared Naga future" as members of "one Naga...

Days before the crucial consultative meeting called by the Nagaland government with civil society groups and other stakeholders on October 15 on the vexed Naga peace process, the NSCN (IM), - an armed Naga group - on Tuesday claimed that the Naga peace deal is at the "threshold" of a final solution but that the deadlock over the demand for a separa...

Days after the Naga armed political group NSCN(IM) sought removal of Nagaland Governor RN Ravi as the interlocutor of the Naga peace talks, a leading Naga civil society organisation has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to consider such a move as it would derail the progress already been made so far.

Two influential Naga civil society groups have complained to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against Nagaland Governor RN Ravi, alleging that he is functioning in an "autocratic" manner and without any regard for what has been achieved in 23 years of peace talks with insurgent group NSCN-IM.

Nagaland Governor RN Ravi will meet regional church leaders and civil society representatives in state capital Kohima on Friday amid rising discontent over the slow progress in the Naga peace talks. Representatives of 14 Naga tribes from the northeastern state and the United Naga Council from neighbouring Manipur will be among those attending it.

Members of a civil society organization at Moreh -- the border town of Manipur -- on Thursday rounded up six persons hailing from Bihar on the charge that they cheated several women in Nagaland, Manipur and some other states in this region.

Normal life was affected in Nagaland on Monday during a 10-hour bandh called by civil society organisations in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

In a major development in Nagaland, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) led People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) government is at loggerheads with civil society groups and the opposition party - the Naga People's Front (NPF). The matter of contention here is a letter written by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and his deputy Y Patton to Uni...

False voting one has heard of. Induced labour, too. But induced voting? In Nagaland, that's the term for votes bought and sold to the highest bidder. The magnitude of the problem is so huge, the church, civil society and the Election Commission have launched a clean election campaign. But it is an uphill battle against an old problem that is just n...

Eight members of civil society organisations in Manipur which have spearheaded protests against redrawing the state's boundary, will today meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the proposed Naga peace accord, whose content has not been made public yet