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NPF expels Nagaland CM Zeliang from party

Kohima, July 19 (IANS): The Naga People's Front (NPF) on Wednesday expelled T.R. Zeliang from the party for six years, soon after he was sworn in as Nagaland Chief Minister. The development came w

Nagaland / 19th July 2017
Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. says ready to testify to Congress

MOSCOW, July 19 (Reuters) - The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr after his father won the 2016 U.S. Republican presidential nomination has said she is ready to testify to Congress to dispel what she calle

/ 19th July 2017
Iran's Rouhani says new U.S. sanctions violate nuclear accord - state TV

DUBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday new U.S. economic sanctions imposed against Iran contravened the country's nuclear accord with world powers and he vowed that Tehran would "

/ 19th July 2017
Rising global potash demand puts India's buyers on the back foot as contract talks start

MUMBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - Improved global demand for potash, a widely used fertilizer, will likely lead to India signing more costly import contracts in 2017 than last year, even as the country's demand is se

/ 19th July 2017
Indian banks face $37 billion hit from top 50 stressed assets: CRISIL

MUMBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - Indian banks may have to write off 60 percent of the value of bad loans from their 50 large stressed asset accounts, or a hit of 2.4 trillion rupees ($37.31 billion), ratings agency

/ 19th July 2017
Liezietsu sacked, Zeliang is Nagaland's new Chief Minister

Kohima, July 19 (IANS) Senior Naga People's Front (NPF) legislator T.R. Zeliang was sworn in as Nagaland's 19th Chief Minister on Wednesday, hours after Governor P.B. Acharya dismissed Shurhozelie Liezietsu aft

/ 19th July 2017
India's economy set to reclaim top spot for growth this year: Reuters poll

BENGALURU, July 19 (Reuters) - India will reclaim its position as the fastest growing major global economy this year, partly propelled by benefits from a new tax system and bolstered by an expected central bank

/ 19th July 2017
Supreme Court to decide on right to privacy, but much more at stake

MUMBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday to determine whether individual privacy is a fundamental right protected by the constitution, in a ruling legal scholars say will h

/ 19th July 2017
Athletics: Ennis-Hill to receive gold medal in London after CAS verdict

July 19 (Reuters) - Jessica Ennis-Hill will be presented with the heptathlon gold medal from the 2011 world championships at this year's event in London after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed

/ 19th July 2017
Nagaland CM fails to turn up for floor test

Kohima, July 19 (IANS): Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu on Wednesday failed to turn up for the floor test in the Assembly, even as 47 legislators supporting the return of T.R. Zeliang as Chief Min

Nagaland / 19th July 2017
Mongolian-born wrestler turned Japanese to get to grips with sumo

NAGOYA, Japan, July 19 (Reuters) - The sound of bodies slapping against each other rocks the stifling sumo "stable" in the Japanese city of Nagoya, as 11 gigantic wrestlers wearing only loincloths take turns th

/ 19th July 2017
Malala condemns China over death of fellow Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

ABUJA, July 19 (Reuters) - Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai condemned China's treatment of her fellow peace prize-winner Liu Xiaobo following his death of liver cancer in custody last week. Liu, 6

/ 19th July 2017
Republican push to end Obamacare collapses in U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) - Republican efforts to overhaul or repeal Obamacare collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a sharp setback to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party's seven-yea

/ 19th July 2017
Australian government demands answers on Minneapolis police shooting

July 19 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called the fatal shooting of an Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer over the weekend "shocking" and "inexplicable" and said his diplom

/ 19th July 2017
Bad weather brought down Myanmar army plane, say investigators

YANGON, July 19 (Reuters) - Investigators have concluded that a Myanmar military plane that crashed last month with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board stalled and nosedived into the Andaman Sea due

/ 19th July 2017
Gov directs NLA Speaker to summon special session for floor test on July 19

DMAPUR, JULY 18 (MExN): Nagaland Governor PB Acharya has directed the Speaker of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to summon an emergent Special Session of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on July 19, 2017 at

Nagaland / 18th July 2017
NSCN (K) on political settlement of Nagas

No settlement can be a ‘political settlement’ without interactive participation of the Naga people DIMAPUR, JULY 18 (MExN): The NSCN (K) on Tuesday said no settlement can be termed as a “po

Nagaland / 18th July 2017
Fight the good fight: ‘A Tale of Us’ offer some way out

Morung Express News Kohima | July 18 “Change is a word very much on the lips of everyone. Yet how come few to non changes are experienced in our society?” and “What has become of th

Nagaland / 18th July 2017
Milak Bridge deteriorates, ADC Tuli issues advisory

TULI, JULY 18 (DIPR): The ADC, Tuli has informed all concerned that the Milak Bridge on NH-2 (225 km) Tuli-Molungyimsen road has deteriorated and has been found to be un-safe for the passage of heavy loaded veh

Nagaland / 18th July 2017
NEET, JEE Mains: NSF to monitor seat allocation

DIMAPUR, JULY 18 (MExN): With the results being declared for NEET and JEE mains, the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has demanded that the allocation of seats for MBBS, BDS, B. Tech, Agri and Allied cours

Nagaland / 18th July 2017