Monday, April 10, 2000,
Chandigarh, India
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NSCN (K) agrees
on ceasefire
KOHIMA,
April 9 (PTI) Naga insurgent group NSCN (Khaplang)
today announced a formal ceasefire with the Centre.
The NSCN has decided to have formal ceasefire with
the government in Naga-inhabited areas to fulfil the
demand of the Nagas for peace and thereafter a permanent
political settlement, an NSCN (K) press note issued
here said. The note issued by the NSCN (K) information
and publicity wing in-charge, Mr Kughalo Mulatonu, said,
The future of the Nagas will be decided very
shortly with unanimous consensus of the Nagas and
will not be decided by others but the Nagas
alone.
PWG leader
killed
HYDERABAD,
April 9 (UNI) A top leader of the banned
Peoples War Group (PWG) and a woman member were
among three militants killed in an encounter with the
police in Yellareddypet village in Karimnagar district of
Andhra Pradesh, in the early hours today. The police said
Anjaiah, the commander of the Sircila Gorilla Squad who
carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, and two other
extremists flred at a police party which was combing the
area. The police returned the fire, killing the three.
Woman abducted
AGARTALA,
April 9 (PTI) Insurgents of the banned National
Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) today abducted the
wife of a CPI candidate contesting the Tripura Tribal
Areas Autonomous District Council (TTADC) elections and
demanded his withdrawal from the race, the police said. A
group of six insurgents raided the house of Mr Manindra
Reang, who is contesting from the Birchandranagar-Kalsi
constituency in South Tripura district, and abducted his
wife, Ms Parvati, at gunpoint.
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