The Centre on Monday held another round of talks with the NSCN-IM, the major insurgency group in Nagaland, aiming to hammer out differences, particularly on the outfit's demand for a separate flag and Constitution for the Nagas, and inch closer to a solution to the seven decades old problem, officials said.
A team of the NSCN-IM, led by its general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah, and Centre's interlocutor and Nagaland Governor RN Ravi discussed here the possible ways to find an "honourable" solution by resolving the sticky issue of a separate flag and Constitution for the Nagas.
As talks were progressing with the NSCN-IM, a grouping of seven Naga outfits which is pushing for an early solution to the Naga issue has urged elected representatives to avoid a "neutral stand" and make clear their position.
The issue of a separate flag and Constitution for the Nagas has become the main bone of contention between the two sides with the NSCN-IM strongly pressing for it.
"The dialogue, which lasted for more than four hours, remained inconclusive and both sides agreed to meet again soon. However, a final agreement between the NSCN-IM and the Government is unlikely to take place by October 31," an official privy to the development said.