Encounter with Naga hostiles
Six armed constables of the Central Reserve Police force were killed on the spot and four seriously injured in an encounter with Naga hostiles near Nungshangkhong on the night of October 14, according to official reports reaching here [Imphal] to-day [October 18]. Of the injured constables, one died in hospital this morning.
The Naga hostiles were reported to have carried away with them six rifles and some ammunition.
Nungshangkhong is in Ukhrul subdivision covered by the cease-fire agreement which covers parts of Manipur State, besides the whole of Nagaland. Reports were also received of two incidents yesterday [October 17] – one in Shangshak of Ukhrul subdivision, and the other at Jhang Kirong in the Sadar area of Manipur. Strong reinforcements were sent to Shangshak for combing operations following an engagement between members of the village volunteer force and Naga hostiles.
Kerala MPs want Kasargod out of Commission’s purview
The members of Parliament belonging to Kerala urged the Government of India In a resolution to-day [October 18, Trivandrum] to instruct the one-man border Commission not to take up examination of the Kasargod issue till a popular government came to power in Kerala. The resolution also appealed to the two different linguistic communities in Kasargod to settle issues of this kind peacefully without recourse to violence. The resolution was moved by Mr. Cherian Kappan (Cong.) and adopted unanimously by the M.Ps. at their informal meeting with the two Advisers to the Governor. Mr. N.E.S. Raghavachari, Adviser, told Pressmen that the State Government would forward the resolution to the Government of India without comments. The resolution said that the members of Parliament from Kerala were of the opinion that the decision of the Government of India to ask the one-man Commission to re-examine the boundary between Mysore and Kerala was highly regrettable and unfortunate. The members felt that the Government of India had done injustice to Kerala by choosing an inappropriate time when there was no popular Government in Kerala, which could be consulted before the appointment of a Commission of this kind and which could express the authentic opinion and feelings of the people of Kerala on a question of this nature.
Satellite TV link-up
Mr. Donald Coyle, President of the American Broadcasting Companies (A.B.C.) International Television, said here [New Delhi] to-day [October 16] that it was proposed to link the east with the “Global Television” service with the establishment of the second satellite in the Pacific on October 26. Mr. Coyle, who is here [New Delhi] to canvass for making India a member of the Global Television network when the Indian ground satellite station near Bombay becomes ready for use by the end of 1967, said the Pacific satellite would be shifted to the Indian Ocean by November 1967 so that India’s Overseas Communication system could be routed through the satellite.
