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  • Organic cultivation in Nagaland
    Our correspondentKohima | December 28  The state has a comparative advantage for the development and promotion of organic cultivation. The state must therefore devise measures backed by appropriate policy
    Nagaland / 29th December 2016
  • Gather, Eat, Laugh at Food Junction
    Morung Express News Dimapur | December 29   A very aptly named food joint called “Food Junction” has been launched in Dimapur recently. One has to visit the place located in DC Court junction, n
    / 29th December 2016
  • With crises set to worsen, what are aid groups’ priorities for 2017?
    LONDON, December 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): After a year of record humanitarian needs, 2017 looks set to be even more challenging for aid agencies as they brace for the fallout from protracted conflicts a
    / 29th December 2016
  • Scottish islanders feasted on 1,600 seabirds a day
    Edinburgh, December 29 (IANS): A 250-year-old census has revealed that islanders on Scotland's St Kilda ate more than 1,600 seabirds every day, a media report has said.   The document is the earliest
    / 29th December 2016
  • Duterte says once threw a man out of a helicopter
    Threatens he would do it again to corrupt officials   MANILA, December 29 (Reuters): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown o
    / 29th December 2016
  • Shoulder pain may indicate heart disease risk, says study
    New York, December 29 (IANS): If you are having shoulder problems, they may be due to some heart disease risk factors - not just physical strain, warns a new study.   "If someone has rotator cuff pro
    / 29th December 2016
  • Delhi lawyer held in Rs 60 cr cash conversion case
    New Delhi, December 29 (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested a Delhi-based lawyer for allegedly converting demonetised currency worth Rs 60 crore into new notes in connivance with a bank mana
    / 29th December 2016
  • Madras HC casts doubt on Jayalalithaa's sudden death
    Chennai, December 29 (IANS): The Madras High Court on Thursday cast doubts on the reason behind the sudden death of J. Jayalalithaa, and asked why the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's body could not be exhumed.
    / 29th December 2016
  • Need crisis management plan to tackle cybercrime: Study
    New Delhi, December 29 (IANS): A leading industry body on Thursday emphasised the need of a crisis management plan to tackle cybercrime in the country.   The Assocham-PwC joint study said it is impor
    / 29th December 2016
  • Over 60 injured in UP train accident
    Kanpur, December 28 (IANS): Over 60 passengers were injured, some seriously, when 15 coaches of the Ajmer-Sealdah Express derailed on Wednesday morning near this Uttar Pradesh city -- the 87th train accident in
    / 29th December 2016
  • Kachin rebels see more Myanmar attacks
    LAIZA, DECEMBER 28 (AP): Ethnic Kachin rebels long at war with Myanmar troops say the government has only escalated fighting since Aung San Suu Kyi took over as leader, crushing the hopes that had led many ethn
    / 29th December 2016
  • AIFFSO Nagaland state unit releases souvenir
    “We have to look back our history and proceed with good understanding” Our Correspondent Kohima | December 29   The All India Freedom Fighters Successor’s Organization (AIFFSO), Na
    Nagaland / 29th December 2016
  • 50 days of demonetisation: Modi continues to face opposition fire
    New Delhi, December 28 (IANS): Fifty days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the scrapping of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, he continued to be in the firing line of the opposition on Wednesd
    / 29th December 2016
  • Asked about Russia sanctions, Trump says 'we ought to get on with our lives'
      PALM BEACH, Fla., December 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that the United States and Russia lay to rest the controversy over Moscow's computer hacking of Democ
    / 29th December 2016
  • Actress Debbie Reynolds dies of a stroke, a day after daughter
    LOS ANGELES, December 29 (Reuters) - Debbie Reynolds, a leading lady in Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 1960s, including "Singin' in the Rain," died on Wednesday, her son said, just one day aft
    / 29th December 2016
  • In China, calls for end to aggressive child custody tactics
    BEIJING, December 29 (Reuters) - Dai Xiaolei last saw her son in 2014 when he was 17 months old and living with her Chinese in-laws outside the capital Beijing.   Her marriage was crumbling and as re
    / 29th December 2016
  • China says party control over religion in Tibet will only increase
    BEIJING, December 29 (Reuters) - The Communist Party's control over religion in Tibet can only increase, the region's top official was quoted as saying on Thursday, vowing to step up efforts to expose the "sini
    / 29th December 2016
  • China completes high-speed rail links from southwest Yunnan
    SHANGHAI, December 29 (Reuters) - China has completed two new high-speed rail links connecting Kunming, the capital of southwestern Yunnan province, with Shanghai and Guangzhou on the eastern coast, according t
    / 29th December 2016
  • China warns northern provinces to prepare for more heavy smog
    SHANGHAI, December 29 (Reuters) - China's environment ministry has warned northern regions to be ready to take emergency action as the country prepares for another onslaught of heavy smog.   The Mini
    / 29th December 2016
  • Trump, Obama patch up over 'positive' phone call
    Washington, December 29 (IANS) US President Barack Obama called his successor Donald Trump on Wednesday to have "a positive conversation", as tension over Israel and transition been build up, media report said
    / 29th December 2016
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