Nagaland Clashes

A cop, four civilians and a local gun-runner have been arrested for stealing weapons from the armoury of the Nagaland Police and transferring it to people in Manipur, where months of ethnic clashes have left at least 160 dead.

Amid clashes in several districts of Manipur, the Army said the situation has been brought under control in Moreh and Kangpokpi.

At least 15 people were injured as two communities clashed over the disputed area between Chumoukedima and Peren districts in Nagaland, police said on Tuesday.

Locals clashed with police during an eviction drive in Assam's Karbi Anglong district near the inter-state border with Nagaland on Sunday, officials said.

One person has been killed and two injured in poll-related clashes in Nagaland's Zunheboto district where voting was underway along with Meghalaya today. The two tribal-Christian-majority north-eastern states have 60 seats and elections are being held for 59 seats. The BJP, which is already in power in Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, hopes to...

At least two people have died and over 10 injured in clashes between police and protesters since Tuesday Night in many cities of Nagaland over reservation for Women in the Urban local bodies polls.

A student of Class 9 died in Imphal today after as protesting students clashed with the police. And indefinite curfew has been clamped in the area and the situation is tense.

As for the quarterfinal line-up, the Nagaland team will take on NCC (Maharashtra) in the first quarterfinal on Sunday with a rest day on Saturday, while Assam boys will clash with the Mizo schoolboys in the second quarterfinal.

Curfew has been re-imposed in Golaghat, the epicentre of the violence that has hit the border villages of Assam and Nagaland over the last few days. 15 adivasis or tribals from Assam have died in ethnic clashes with Nagas in the last one week.

After talks with the Centre, the chief ministers of Assam and Nagaland have agreed to initiate measures to de-escalate the tension at the border of the two states, where 15 adivasis or tribals from Assam have died in ethnic clashes with Nagas in the last one week.

The Centre wants the governments of Assam and Nagaland to begin talks as part of an immediate road map to control the violence that has hit villages on the border of the two states. 15 adivasis or tribals from Assam have died in ethnic clashes with Nagas in the last one week.

The violence in Golaghat district of Assam bordering Nagaland began as a land dispute between two men, says a central government note, also alleging that the dispute was fanned by local politicians, social activists and insurgent group, the NSCN (Khole Kitovi).

A two-km stretch of Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat turned into a battlefield today, with Assamese protesters blockading the highway and targeting the police. When batons and tear gas failed to work, the police opened fire. At the end of it, one person was dead -- run over by a truck during the lathicharge -- and 21 people had to be hospitalised.

Ethnic clashes between the Karbis and the Rengma Nagas on the Assam-Nagaland border have led to the death of 20 people since the last week of December and also displaced many people from their villages.

There is no end to tension on the Assam-Nagaland border with many areas, especially those on the Assam side, are either under curfew or under prohibitory orders following clashes between the Karbi and the Rengma Naga communities since the last week of December that has seen more than 16 deaths so far.

A cop, four civilians and a local gun-runner have been arrested for stealing weapons from the armoury of the Nagaland Police and transferring it to people in Manipur, where months of ethnic clashes have left at least 160 dead.

Amid clashes in several districts of Manipur, the Army said the situation has been brought under control in Moreh and Kangpokpi.

At least 15 people were injured as two communities clashed over the disputed area between Chumoukedima and Peren districts in Nagaland, police said on Tuesday.

Locals clashed with police during an eviction drive in Assam's Karbi Anglong district near the inter-state border with Nagaland on Sunday, officials said.

One person has been killed and two injured in poll-related clashes in Nagaland's Zunheboto district where voting was underway along with Meghalaya today. The two tribal-Christian-majority north-eastern states have 60 seats and elections are being held for 59 seats. The BJP, which is already in power in Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, hopes to...

At least two people have died and over 10 injured in clashes between police and protesters since Tuesday Night in many cities of Nagaland over reservation for Women in the Urban local bodies polls.

A student of Class 9 died in Imphal today after as protesting students clashed with the police. And indefinite curfew has been clamped in the area and the situation is tense.

As for the quarterfinal line-up, the Nagaland team will take on NCC (Maharashtra) in the first quarterfinal on Sunday with a rest day on Saturday, while Assam boys will clash with the Mizo schoolboys in the second quarterfinal.

Curfew has been re-imposed in Golaghat, the epicentre of the violence that has hit the border villages of Assam and Nagaland over the last few days. 15 adivasis or tribals from Assam have died in ethnic clashes with Nagas in the last one week.

After talks with the Centre, the chief ministers of Assam and Nagaland have agreed to initiate measures to de-escalate the tension at the border of the two states, where 15 adivasis or tribals from Assam have died in ethnic clashes with Nagas in the last one week.

The Centre wants the governments of Assam and Nagaland to begin talks as part of an immediate road map to control the violence that has hit villages on the border of the two states. 15 adivasis or tribals from Assam have died in ethnic clashes with Nagas in the last one week.

The violence in Golaghat district of Assam bordering Nagaland began as a land dispute between two men, says a central government note, also alleging that the dispute was fanned by local politicians, social activists and insurgent group, the NSCN (Khole Kitovi).

A two-km stretch of Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat turned into a battlefield today, with Assamese protesters blockading the highway and targeting the police. When batons and tear gas failed to work, the police opened fire. At the end of it, one person was dead -- run over by a truck during the lathicharge -- and 21 people had to be hospitalised.

Ethnic clashes between the Karbis and the Rengma Nagas on the Assam-Nagaland border have led to the death of 20 people since the last week of December and also displaced many people from their villages.

There is no end to tension on the Assam-Nagaland border with many areas, especially those on the Assam side, are either under curfew or under prohibitory orders following clashes between the Karbi and the Rengma Naga communities since the last week of December that has seen more than 16 deaths so far.