The dastardly action of a mob numbering around 50 men molesting a young girl outside a pub in Guwahati city has created outrage, and rightly so, across length and breadth of the country. Mere words are not enou
Thursday, 26th February, 2026
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Part IX (A) of the Indian Constitution deals with Municipalities in its totality—right from its formation, composition, reservation (including 33% for women), powers & responsibilities (including impositi
When it comes to generating discussions or opinions on any given topic, perhaps nothing can beat the flurry of diverse viewpoints or arguments on the issue of liquor prohibition in Nagaland. Each side of the de
In an interesting development, we are seeing differences emanating on the question of leadership with regard to organizational goals as can be witnessed with regard to what is happening in two very different si
We did it for faraway Japan when they were faced with the deadly earthquake and tsunami in 2011. At that time a concert was organised by Music Task Force (MTF) under the Nagaland Department of Youth Resources a
To run a State as compared to say running a family or a business enterprise, it is not the easiest of task and also one should not mix the two because one has to do with public welfare and the other centers aro
The report carried by Time magazine on Indias Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calling him an underachiever is, well not something like a bolt out of the blue isnt it. It really is time for Manmohan to be allowed
It was very distressing to read a news report carried in a local daily about a central road project of 300 plus kilometre and amounting to over Rs 1000 crores being subjected to extortions by underground group/
BJP-supported Presidential candidate PA Sangma has said that Congress will not have a cake walk in the election to the top constitutional post of the country. Perhaps this is going to be so given the way the wi
Its more than just development deficit New States are usually created after taking into consideration a number of factors—ethno-cultural, language, economic viability to name a few. The announcement by t
It is common knowledge that the bane of administration in Nagaland has been that the quality of its work force and subsequently the poor motivation and interest shown resulting in the deteriorating work ethics
The situation in the Northeast region has improved relatively as compared to what it was about five years ago. The Naga groups are in ceasefire with the Government of India and most of the outfits in Assam have
The reports in the last few weeks about the corruption and abuse of office by people running the affairs of the Dimapur Municipal Council should come as no surprise. In fact the rot within the DMC has been well
The objective of the Nagaland Baptist Church Councils clean election campaign, which was kick started with the release of a booklet, Engaging the powers: Elections- A spiritual issue for Christians, is notewort
A few days ago the Morung Express did a report Welcome to the Land of Potholes focusing on the debilitating state of our roads especially in the commercial hub of Dimapur. Not that we should blame the rains but
The Nagaland State Annual Plan Outlay for 2012-13 has been fixed at Rs 2300 crores, which represents a 27% growth over last years plan outlay of Rs 1810 crore. However this time around, the significance of the
Climate Change & Local Ingenious SolutionsRio de Janeiro is hosting the Rio+20 global summit, twenty years after the historic Rio Earth Summit (1992) where for the first time global cooperation was sought o
Reflections (cartoon) on Monday issue, June 18, 2012 of the Morung Express is hilarious and perhaps it rightly depicts our Naga mindset as well as our action and behaviour when it comes to sports and the more s
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday, June 21 announced its support to former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma for the Presidential polls. The BJP has been arguing that as the main Opposition, it does not want to
Zone of Peace & TranquilityIn the year 2008, we were witness to increasing factional killings between the (then) two NSCN groups. Fortunately good sense prevailed and with the positive role played by the Fo
