Tag: Nagaland

Mourners put wreaths on coffins of Indians mistakenly killed by security forces

GUWAHATI, India, Dec 6 – Indians outraged by the security forces’ mistaken killing of 14 civilians in Nagaland state held funeral rites for the dead on Monday amid intense security and sporadic internet outages aimed at damping unrest in the remote northeastern region. Security and government officials have […]

Indian villagers protest as army kills 15, fearing rebels

GAUHATI, India — Angry villagers burned army vehicles in protest after more than a dozen people were killed by soldiers who mistakenly believed some of them were militants in India’s remote northeast region along the border with Myanmar, officials said Sunday. Nagaland state’s top elected official Neiphiu Rio […]

Tight security arrangements for counting of votes in Nagaland

Kohima :  Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the counting of votes for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland and by-election to Aonglenden Assembly constituency on Thursday, a top election official has said. Polling for the Lok Sabha seat and Aonglenden bye-poll was held simultaneously on April […]

4 killed in coal mine mishap in Nagaland

Kohima :  Four miners have been killed following mudslides at an illegal coal mine at Yonglok village in Longleng district of Nagaland, police said Monday. The incident happened on Saturday when the four victims, all from Assam, had gone to the abandoned mine to collect their belongings. They reportedly […]

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