China instigated Naga outfit: Centre

Edit The Hindu 21 May 2016
Given to violence ... General ... “According to the government’s intelligence report of April 2015, 130 cadres of NSCN-K were camping across the Myanmar border with the intention to assault Assam Rifles personnel and attacking their outposts at Longwa village in Mon district, while another armed group of 30-40 cadres was found to be proceeding towards Chenmoho in Mon district from its general headquarters at Throillo in Myanmar ... ....

Last living headhunters under spotlight

Edit Deccan Herald 10 May 2016
Glory days ... Recognised by their facial tattoos and jewellery — a symbol of victory that was accorded after a warrior brought back the head of the person he defeated — the tribe is concentrated in Nagaland’s Mon district apart from parts in Arunachal Pradesh ... It has very basic facilities. If you need something specific, one needs to drive down the hill for two hours to reach a town called Mon,” he says ... ....

Documentary shows Konyaks of Nagaland rediscovering roots

Edit The Times of India 10 May 2016
Produced by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS) and directed by Ranajit Ray, the documentary won the prestigious Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) National Award for the Best Anthropological Ethnographic film this year. "Aoleang" is based on aoleang, the most important traditional harvest festival of the Konyak Nagas located in Nagaland's Mon district. It is celebrated in April ... "He translated the Bible into Konyak....

Mercury soars in north, Delhi records season's highest

Edit The Times of India 02 May 2016
In Telangana, the sunstroke toll since the beginning of this summer climbed to 178 from the last count of 143 reported on Friday as heatwave conditions prevailed in many parts of Khammam and Karimnagar districts of the state ... Heavy rain and thunderstorm were reported in Chuchuyimlang areas of Mokokchung district besides, Longleng, Phek, Wokha and Mon districts....

Assam floods affect 92,000, Arunachal district cut off

Edit Indian Express 26 Apr 2016
A woman crosses a flooded area over a raft made of banana tree trunks at Bura Bure in Morigaon district of Assam on Sunday ... Landslides have cut off Anjaw district in eastern Arunachal Pradesh and Mon district in Nagaland, official reports said ... In Nagaland on the other hand Mon district has been the worst affected due to landslides caused by incessant rains in the past four days....

Nagaland's Hornbill Festival gets off to a colourful start in Kisama

Edit Yahoo Daily News 02 Dec 2015
Nagaland/Kohima, Dec. 2 (ANI) ... "Nagaland is very rich in biodiversity, both flora and fauna... The inaugural function was marked with a traditional blessing by Angh (Chief) of Longching Village under Mon district, Y Phonlong. The artists from Dreamz Unlimited gave a glimpse of the tradition and culture of Naga people besides dramatising the 11 districts of the state occupied by the respective tribes....

Centre declares NSCN-K a terror outfit

Edit The Times of India 17 Nov 2015
GUWAHATI ... NSCN (K) was involved in the onslaught on 18 Army personnel of 6 Dogra Regiment in Chandel district of Manipur on June 4 this year ... On May 3, NSCN(K) cadres ambushed an Assam Rifles team in Mon district of Nagaland killing eight security personnel ... ....

NSCN (K) weaker, but retains the potential for damage

Edit Yahoo Daily News 17 Nov 2015
In March 2015, however, the NSCN (K) unilaterally called off the ceasefire and, in June, carried out a major attack on security forces, killing 18 soldiers in Manipur’s Chandel district. Earlier, in May, it had killed seven jawans in Arunachal Pradesh, and another eight in Nagaland’s Mon district. It is a fact that a sizeable number of NSCN (K) cadres have defected to other groups in the past few years ... ....

Centre declares NSCN(K) terrorist organisation

Edit Deccan Herald 16 Nov 2015
... districts of Manipur ... Other incidents are injuring four civilians by exploding a bomb at Wokha in Nagaland on March 26, killing seven and injuring nine the Assam Rifles personnel, killing Naga Territorial Army personnel in an ambush on May 3 in Mon district in Nagaland and the massacre of 18 Army personnel on June 4 in Chandel district of Manipur....

Help desks on AIDS launched

Edit The Telegraph India 09 Oct 2015
The deputy commissioner of Mon district of Nagaland, W. Honje Konyak, has formally launched social protection help desks for people living with HIV, children affected by AIDS and most-at-risk population in the district ... ....

Centre bans 'unlawful' NSCN-K for 5 years

Edit The Times of India 17 Sep 2015
GUWAHATI ... The Union cabinet took the decision three months after the outfit killed 18 personnel of the Army's 6 Dogra Regiment in an ambush in Manipur's Chandel district on June 4 ... The NSCN split into two groups in 1988. NSCN (I-M) led by Isak Swu and Th ... On May 3, the outfit ambushed an Assam Rifles team at Changlang Shu village in Mon district of Nagaland ... ....

Vanishing tribe steals museum show

Edit The Times of India 07 Sep 2015
Tattoos of Konyak tribe, a head-hunting tribe of Nagaland, one of the oldest form of body arts of India, comes alive at the Sculpture Garden of Indian Museum on Sunday with the inauguration of photography titled Last of the tattooed headhunters. the Konyaks ... Konyak tribe inhabit the Mon District of Nagaland, India and Sagaing Division, Myanmar, were once known as ferocious headhunters in the heydays of head-taking ... ....

Security forces in Nagaland avert bomb blast

Edit Yahoo Daily News 03 Sep 2015
Kohima, Sep 3 (IANS) A bomb blast was averted in Nagaland's Mon district by security forces on Thursday when they recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the road, an official said ... of Nagaland on the road between Aboi and Mon in Mon district, the official said....
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