Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

NPA, Rio fight battle of Kohima in Delhi: Dimapur: With the state plunging into political uncertainty following the December 13 vote of no confidence motion and subsequent political developments in Nagaland, the Union Cabinet is expected to decide on the report of the Governor K.Sankaranarayanan by Thursday. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nephiu Rio has rushed back to the state after attending the National Development Council meeting in New Delhi, where he also held a series of discussions with leaders of UPA partners -- NCP, LJP and the Left. CPI general secretary AB Bardhan was reportedly opposed to President’s Rule in the state. On Tuesday, a delegation of the Nagaland Progressive Alliance (NPA) led by its leader I. Imkong, CLP leader, had also met several central ministers and AICC functionaries demanding installation of an alternative government by the newly formed NPA. In Dimapur, the Dimapur District Congress Committee had reportedly resolved at a meeting held on Wednesday that par...

Advani assures support to Manipur all party team: Imphal, Dec 10: Delegates of the state all political party forum currently in New Delhi to campaign for delinking Manipur from the delimitation process met with the Opposition leader of the Lok Sabha, LK Advani on Monday seeking his support for their demand seeking a halt to the delimitation process in the state. The all party delegation briefed the BJP leader on various aspects of the controversial issue of delimitation in the state, and made it clear that carrying forward delimitation in Manipur on the basis of the ‘bogus’ 2001 census report would result in undesirable consequences, according to a statement of the NCP general secretary K Sharatkumar on behalf of the all political parties delegation. The BJP leader has assured the delegation that he would suggest to the Central government to convene an all political parties meet to consider the delegation’s demands, particularly for delinking the states of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam and ...

Central CPI leaders extend support to Manipur demand: Imphal, Dec 9: Central leaders of the CPI have assured support to the campaign for delinking of Manipur from the delimitation process in a meeting with the all parties` delegation from the state on Sunday at New Delhi. The delegation of all political parties are campaigning for the exemption of Manipur along with other states of the northeast like Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, which have cases pending on the matter of the 2001 census report, from the purview of the delimitation commission. They are urging for an ordinance at an early date in this regard or otherwise maintenance of the "status quo" in respect of Manipur. The delegation of the political parties of Manipur led by state chief minister O Ibobi Singh met the CPI leaders AB Bardhan and D Raja at Ajay Bhavan, CPI office at 11.30 am today. They also met CPI (M) leaders like Prakash Karat, national general secretary after the meeting with the CPI leaders, a...