Nagaland

Both factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) have denied involvement in the attack on a journalist in Kohima Thursday last. An NSCN(Khaplang) leader said in Kohima, "The NSCN(K) gives due respect to the Fourth Estate'' and contended that it had never "committed terrorist acts on innocent people". ASSURANCE: Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio said the attack on Rutsa was '...

Unidentified gunmen shot at two journalists, seriously injuring one, when they were returning from work in Kohima on November 24. Sources said Xavier Rutsa, senior correspondent with Nagaland Post, and Ato Liezietsu, president of Kohima Press Club, who were on a scooter, were accosted by a group of youths on last Thursday evening. When they did not stop, the miscreants fired at them injuring Rutsa...