Nagaland Ambush

The Nagaland Police has named 30 Army special forces soldiers, including a Major, in a chargesheet over a botched ambush last year that killed 14 civilians.

Thirty Army special forces soldiers have been named in a Nagaland Police chargesheet over a botched ambush last year that killed 14 civilians. The state police chief said their Special Investigation Team, or SIT, has given the chargesheet to court.

The controversial law AFSPA that gives sweeping powers to security forces has been extended for another six months in Nagaland, where the army is conducting a court of inquiry into an ambush that went horribly wrong on December 4.

The army has agreed to give access to Nagaland's Special Investigation Team, or SIT, to record the statements of soldiers who were involved in an ambush that went horribly wrong on December 4, which claimed the lives of 14 civilians.

A row of graves and mothers wailing and pleading with their sons to return home for Christmas - this heartbreaking video has emerged a week after the civilians were killed in a botched security operation in Nagaland's Mon district.

The killing of Nagaland villagers in an Army ambush gone horrifically wrong has once again turned the spotlight back on the controversial Armed Forces (Special) Powers) Act of 1958.

AFSPA - Armed Forces (Special Powers) Protection Act - does not mean security forces "can go around killing anybody", retired Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Lokur told NDTV Monday, amid outrage over the deaths of 14 civilians in Nagaland.

A leader of the insurgent group NSCN(IM) who was suspected to be involved in the killing of a lawmaker from Arunachal Pradesh was arrested at a remote village in Assam, near the border with Nagaland.

Two security personnel were killed after suspected terrorists ambushed an Assam Rifles patrol in Nagaland's Mon area along the Indo-Myanmar border on Saturday. Four others who suffered serious injuries in the incident were airlifted to the Air Force base hospital in Jorhat.

Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and four others injured in an ambush by terrorists in Mon district of Nagaland on Sunday, an Assam Rifles official said.The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) has claimed responsibity for the attack.

The Mizoram government today announced a cash reward of Rs one lakh each for anyone giving information leading to the arrest of five militants of Manipur-based Hmar People's Convention (Democrats) or the HPC (D) who were involved in the ambush of members of a state assembly committee on March 28.

Niki Sumi, the self-styled military advisor of NSCN-K, is said to be the brain behind the June 4 attack on an Army convoy in Manipur, government officials said.

Manipur is in the news again for the tragic ambush in which 18 precious lives of our security personnel were lost and many more injured. But why do we wake up only after the incident?

The Army is expected to launch a massive counter-insurgency operation in Manipur, where 18 soldiers were killed in an ambush by militants on Thursday. Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag is on a visit to the state.

Eight Assam Rifles personnel were killed, six injured and another four reported missing on Sunday when militants triggered a powerful blast and ambushed a convoy of the paramilitary force at a remote location in Nagaland along the border with Myanmar, officials said.

The Nagaland Police has named 30 Army special forces soldiers, including a Major, in a chargesheet over a botched ambush last year that killed 14 civilians.

Thirty Army special forces soldiers have been named in a Nagaland Police chargesheet over a botched ambush last year that killed 14 civilians. The state police chief said their Special Investigation Team, or SIT, has given the chargesheet to court.

The controversial law AFSPA that gives sweeping powers to security forces has been extended for another six months in Nagaland, where the army is conducting a court of inquiry into an ambush that went horribly wrong on December 4.

The army has agreed to give access to Nagaland's Special Investigation Team, or SIT, to record the statements of soldiers who were involved in an ambush that went horribly wrong on December 4, which claimed the lives of 14 civilians.

A row of graves and mothers wailing and pleading with their sons to return home for Christmas - this heartbreaking video has emerged a week after the civilians were killed in a botched security operation in Nagaland's Mon district.

The killing of Nagaland villagers in an Army ambush gone horrifically wrong has once again turned the spotlight back on the controversial Armed Forces (Special) Powers) Act of 1958.

AFSPA - Armed Forces (Special Powers) Protection Act - does not mean security forces "can go around killing anybody", retired Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Lokur told NDTV Monday, amid outrage over the deaths of 14 civilians in Nagaland.

A leader of the insurgent group NSCN(IM) who was suspected to be involved in the killing of a lawmaker from Arunachal Pradesh was arrested at a remote village in Assam, near the border with Nagaland.

Two security personnel were killed after suspected terrorists ambushed an Assam Rifles patrol in Nagaland's Mon area along the Indo-Myanmar border on Saturday. Four others who suffered serious injuries in the incident were airlifted to the Air Force base hospital in Jorhat.

Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and four others injured in an ambush by terrorists in Mon district of Nagaland on Sunday, an Assam Rifles official said.The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) has claimed responsibity for the attack.

The Mizoram government today announced a cash reward of Rs one lakh each for anyone giving information leading to the arrest of five militants of Manipur-based Hmar People's Convention (Democrats) or the HPC (D) who were involved in the ambush of members of a state assembly committee on March 28.

Niki Sumi, the self-styled military advisor of NSCN-K, is said to be the brain behind the June 4 attack on an Army convoy in Manipur, government officials said.

Manipur is in the news again for the tragic ambush in which 18 precious lives of our security personnel were lost and many more injured. But why do we wake up only after the incident?

The Army is expected to launch a massive counter-insurgency operation in Manipur, where 18 soldiers were killed in an ambush by militants on Thursday. Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag is on a visit to the state.

Eight Assam Rifles personnel were killed, six injured and another four reported missing on Sunday when militants triggered a powerful blast and ambushed a convoy of the paramilitary force at a remote location in Nagaland along the border with Myanmar, officials said.