New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Peace talks between the Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak Muivah (NSCN-IM) will resume later on Tuesday based on the Framework Agreement signed on August 3, 2015.

New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday said that consultation with the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) is underway to resolve Naga political issue.

New Delhi Apr 20 PTI The Centre has extended the ceasefire agreement signed with three Naga insurgent groups for one more yearIn a statement the Union Home Ministry said the agreements are with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-NK NSCN-NK National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Reformation NSCN-R and National Socialist Council of Nagaland K-Khango NSCN K-Khango It was decided to extend the ceasefire agreements for a further period of one year with effect from April 28 2022 to April 27 2023 with NSCN-NK and NSCN-R and from April 18 2022 to April 17 2023 with NSCN K-Khango the statement saidThese pacts were signed on TuesdayOn September 8 2021 the central government had signed a ceasefire agreement with another faction of the Naga insurgent led by dreaded militant Niki SumiThese outfits are breakaway factions of dominant groups NSCN-IM and NSCN-KThe government had signed a framework agreement with the major Naga group NSCN-IM on August 3 2015 in presence of Prime Minister Narendra ModiThe framework agreement came after over 80 rounds of negotiations spanning 18 years with the first breakthrough made in 1997 when the ceasefire agreement was sealed after decades of insurgency in Nagaland which started soon after Indias Independence in 1947However the talks with the NSCN-IM are currently going nowhere as the group has been insisting for a separate Naga flag and constitution a demand rejected by the central government PTI ACB DV DV

Tinsukia (Assam) [India], March 28 (ANI): Troops of Red Shield Division under Spear Corps have apprehended two active cadres of Isak-Muivah-led National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN IM), recovered a huge cache of weapons and rescued a civilian from their custody on Sunday.

New Delhi Dec 17 PTI The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 765 crore belonging to three members of Naga insurgent group NSCN-IM in connection with a money-laundering investigation against them linked to charges of alleged extortionThe attached properties belong to Alemla Jamir alias Mary Shimrang alias Atula Tongar P H Shimrang alias James Jamir and Massasosang Ao and some other members of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland IssacMuivah the probe agency said in a statementNSCN-IM is a Naga separatist and insurgent organisation and Thuingaleng Muivah is its general secretary It is currently engaged in peace talks with the Union governmentFunds parked in 17 bank accounts three fixed deposits and a residential property bought by Alemla Jamir in her name at Mohammadpur in R K Puram area of Delhi have been attached as part of a provisional order issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA the Enforcement Directorate ED saidAlemla Jamir is the wife of self-styled ex-army chief of NSCN-IM Phunthing ShimrangWhile she and her brother-in-law Massasosang Ao are currently lodged in Delhis Tihar jail P H Shimrang is absconding the ED saidIt said Alemla Jamir her husband Ao and other NSCN-IM members had created a network for terrorising businessmen and disrupting their operations with an intent to collect extortionillegal tax money from them Alemla Jamir had created false identities in the names of Mary Shimrang and Atula Tonger to obtain multiple PAN cards passports etcNumerous bank accounts were opened in the name of Alemla Jamir Mary Shimrang and Atula Tonger her relatives and entities Those and were being operated by Jamir and her associates for collecting layering and laundering of proceeds of crime received through extortion or illegal taxation it said The ED claimed the extorted money was used by Jamir and her associates to give loans to business entities and an exorbitant rate of interest was charged by them to continuously grow the illegal funds accumulated by them PTI NES NSD

Guwahati Sept 21 PTI The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee APCC President Bhupen Bora on Tuesday said his party views Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmas talks with the NSCNIM on Nagaland with suspicion and mistrust and fears Assams interests may be compromised in the long run Union Home Minister Amit Shah has deputed the Assam Chief Minister to talk with the NSCNIM in a bid to take the peace process forward The question now arises in what capacity will he talk with the NSCNI-M As a Chief Minister can he go and hold talks without taking the Assembly and Cabinet into confidence The NSCNI-M is known to be a supporter of Greater Nagalim and for all we know it is supposed to include parts of Assam Borah said adding that the Congress was against transferring any parcels of Assam territory Can the people of Assam trust Sarma to defend Assams interests when he had miserably failed to do so in the recent Mizoram-Assam border issue Can he be trusted to defend Assams interests in his talks with NSCNI-M when his blind allegiance is to the diktats of the BJP High Command he alleged It was also reported that the Chief Ministers of Nagaland and Manipur have also been asked to be a part of the talks along with Sarma but we were told that the Manipur Chief Minister decided not to participate in the talks due to differences on the Greater Nagalim issue Bora said The Congress wants the Government of India to place the contents of the Framework Agreement of 2015 before the public It also seeks that the Prime Minister Home Minister and Sarma should make their intentions public to the people of Assam before venturing into such doubtful and dubious expeditions in the name of peace talks the state Congress chief said In 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the Nagaland Framework Agreement of Government of India with NSCN I-M by declaring that this marks the end of a problem However the Framework Agreement was not publicly divulged and though the Congress had demanded at that time that the contents of the Agreement should be made public till today nobody knows what is there in it Bora said Subsequently the Prime Minister appointed a trusted aide Naga Peace Talks Interlocutor R N Ravi as Governor of Nagaland in 2019 However Bora alleged this did not help take forward the talks and the Framework Agreement appeared to have become a Discord Agreement with public spats between leaders of NSCI-M and the Governor becoming news headlines PTI DG JRC JRC