Northeast Platform

IMPHAL, May 27: The family of a slain man today refused to receive his dead body lying at the morgue refuting the police charge that the person was a militant and killed in an encounter on Sunday night.Police said the identity of the youth killed by Imphal west commandos late evening on Saturday at Langol Tarung village was established today as that of a member of the Naga National Council (NNC).In another protest rally over the killing of another youth Md Abdul Wahid, 29, from Porompat Thawanthaba Leikai in Imphal east, protesters rubbished the police allegations against the slain youth insisting he was an innocent man.Earlier a sit-in protest was also staged by the local womenfolk under the banner of the JAC against the Brutal Killing of Md WahidMention may be made that a youth who was later identified as one Md Abdul Wahid, 29, son of Md Barik hailing from Porompat Muslim Leikai was shot dead by a team of Imphal east commandos at Keirao Manjor Leikai under Irilbung police station o...

KOHIMA, MAY 27 (NPN): With the objective of creating a conducive atmosphere among warring Naga factions, a joint meeting convened by the Nagaland Joint Forum of GBs/DBs Tuesday here at Red Cross building, resolved to ask all the factions to agree to a one-year ceasefire between them, with effect from June 7, 2008. During the inter-factional ceasefire, the joint forum will take the initiative to bring top leaders from all groups together to a meeting under the umbrella of Joint Forum of GBs/ DBs, to work towards a harmonious and peaceful approach to Naga issue. The joint meeting attended by representatives of frontal organization and Naga national workers including Naga Hoho, ENPO, NNC, FGN, GPRN/NSCN (led by Khaplang) NBCC and GBs/DBs from all districts, also reaffirmed the 5-point resolutions adopted earlier on June 6, 2007, including condemnation of factional violence and cessation of fratricidal killings and bloodshed among Nagas of different factions as well as killings of innoc...

IMPHAL, May 27: Operation New Kangleipak of the KYKL is viewing the process for recruitment for 206 through the Manipur Public Service Commission, MPSC following a Cabinet decision in October 2006, a statement of the outfit said.If any of the concerned members of the selection committee and candidates happen to do corruption by taking bribes or giving bribe money, ONK will not take it lightly and deal them hard punishment, it warned.Amidst the ONK drive against corruption and irregularity in the education sector, if any of them repeated corrupt practices despite giving of punishments like shooting at the leg, it was sure to kill them one day, it said.The outfit is not giving capital punishment to any person who were charged of corruption considering for their families even they were worthy of awarding capital punishment it say if happen to cross the limit, some may befell into the jaw of dead.ONK is well known that corruption prevail anywhere but there is no rule that if they do we al...