He reiterated that the “Framework Agreement, put in place today between Nagas and the GoI is a result of prolonged, dedicated and prayerful outcome between the two parties who have submitted themselves to settling down the final solution of the Nagas.” Horam further said as per the agreement, “India and Nagas will coexist as two separate entities and that the question of merger with one does not arise since the GoI has recognized the legal rights of the Nagas for integration.” “A roadmap has also been worked out for materializing through democratic process taking into consideration the political rights of the Nagas,” he said. While stating that “a new relationship has been established between the two equals”, Horam said this will ensure the rights of the Nagas and guarantees the security concerns of India. Read less...
The new armed revolutionary organization, the statement maintained, “shall operate with advanced theory of revolution and with principles, ideology and policy based on solid and concrete foundation.” It further expressed “full faith” in the United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) and stated that it will be “always ready” to abide by the rules and regulations of the Front. “We have come closer with several like-minded armed revolutionary parties, having similar principles and ideology, of our region like Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Kamtapur Liberation Organization (KLO), Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), Progressive faction of People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK-Pro), Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) and United National Liberation Front (UNLF),” it added.
The Karbi, an indigenous people of Sino-Tibetan origin of Mongoloid stock, speaking a Tibeto- Burman language, inhabit the Karbilongri, Dima Hasao (erstwhile United Mikir hills and North Cachar hills), some parts of Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal, Assam and Sylhet division of Bangladesh, the PDCK statement claimed.
Mehmood Akhtar, the Pakistan High Commission official who was detained for espionage (October 26), was trying to gather classified information on deployment of Indian security forces along the western coast, possibly to carry out a strike similar to the 2008 (2611) Mumbai terror attack. Akhtar was trying to gather information pertaining to deployment of security forces along the western coast, Sir Creek and Kutch areas and also about military installations in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa, a Home Ministry official said. "There have been intelligence inputs that Pakistan's ISI was planning to send terrorists through the sea route to carry out a Mumbaitype terror attack in India. Akhtar's activities and his interests to gather information about the western coast buttress the intelligence inputs," the official said.
In his statement to police, Akhtar admitted that he was part of the spy ring for more than a year. He has named a few officers of the Pakistani High Commission whom he was reporting to with all the information but Police were yet to take action against them as there was no direct evidence as of now. Read less...
South Garo Hills Superintendent of Police (SP) Anand Mishra said that Security Forces (SFs) had been mobilised and were hunting for the kidnappers. "We are yet to ascertain who was behind the kidnapping but we have a few leads. We believe it could be the handiwork of a breakaway GNLA group, led by Kamdat and Megam, and are pursuing the case," he said. Read less...
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.