New smuggling routes leading from Myanmar through the Indian border states of Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland, mainly to markets overseas, were developed following intensified law enforcement activities in China and Thailand. |
Muivah is a Thangkul from Manipur and his tribe has virtually no physical presence within Nagaland. |
Local music in Nagaland is fast becoming a full-fledged industry thanks to the efforts of music lovers in the state. |
As a result, India could more easily put down insurgents in Nagaland and Manipur. |
About 20,000 people have died in the rebellion in Christiandominated Nagaland since it began more than five decades ago. |
After four months of peace talks with Delhi, the leader of an insurgent group in Nagaland in northeast India warned that there could be fresh violence unless the talks succeeded. |