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  • Brazil land conflicts simmer with 23 killings so far in 2016: watchdog
    Chris Arsenault Thomson Reuters Foundation   More than 20 land rights activists have been killed in Brazil so far this year, with most deaths linked to conflicts over logging and agribusiness, data
    / 14th August 2016
  • Naga Students’ Forum Mangalore welcomes freshers
    Mangalore, August 14 (MExN): Naga Students’ Forum Mangalore (NSFM) organised its 9th Fresher’s Meet on August 14 at Summer Sands Resort, Ullal, Mangalore.   // Around 60 students, fresher
    / 14th August 2016
  • NCD presses for booking assailants
    Dimapur, August 14 (MExN): Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) has condemned the “dastardly act” of assailants who attacked Lotha Hoho Dimapur General Secretary and Lotha Colony Council Chairman, Renathung E
    Nagaland / 14th August 2016
  • Support ‘genuine’ Naga businesspersons: NBAK to NPGs
    Kohima, August 14 (MExN): The first general meeting of the Naga Business Association Kohima (NBAK) took place on August 13 at APO Hall, Kohima.   Addressing Naga businesspersons and entrepreneurs, NBAK
    Nagaland / 14th August 2016
  • KNSK condemns attempt to kill children
    Mon, August 14 (MExN): The Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong (KNSK) has condemned the “inhuman act” of Vanthungo Lotha, who allegedly tried to kill his two children on August 7 in Mon. KNSK also recounted a
    Nagaland / 14th August 2016
  • Touch Jorhat project: Relief fund handed over to DC
    Jorhat, August 14 (MExN): The 'Touch Jorhat' project initiated by the I Love Mokokchung Facebook Group in aid of the flood victims of Assam’s Jorhat district culminated today with the formal handing over of t
    / 14th August 2016
  • NPCC welcomes decision to hold ULBs election
    Kohima, August 14 (MExN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) today welcomed the decision to hold Urban Local Bodies election, while stating that good sense had prevailed upon “NPF-led BJP DAN Govt
    Nagaland / 14th August 2016
  • Nagaland Gov says education is foremost factor for development
    DIMAPUR, AUGUST 14 (MExN): Nagaland State Governor, PB Acharya today stated that the first and foremost factor for development of society is education.   In his Independence Day message to the people of
    Nagaland / 14th August 2016
  • Kevin Hart marries girlfriend
    Actor Kevin Hart has tied the knot with girlfriend Eniko Parrishin a romantic wedding ceremony in Santa Barbara, California. The couple, who first met in 2009, exchanged their 'I do's' in front of 200 of their
    / 14th August 2016
  • May India be free from rape: Big B’s pledge on I-Day
    Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says this Independence Day, citizens of the country should pledge India be freed from rape.  The 73-year-old "Te3n" star shared his views on Twitter and posted a still from his upcomi
    / 14th August 2016
  • ‘Star Wars’ actor Kenny Baker dies at 81
    British actor Kenny Baker, best known for playing robot character R2-D2 in the first six "Star Wars" films, has passed away. He was 81.  His niece, Abigail Shield, said the demise was expected as Baker had bee
    / 14th August 2016
  • Here’s how a US-China war could play out
    Peter Apps Reuters   For all the focus on terrorism, one of the most striking features of the last decade is that the risk of war between the world’s major countries has returned. For the first ti
    / 14th August 2016
  • War on Climate Terror: Deserts Bury Two Thirds of African Lands
    Baher Kamal Inter Press Service   Two-thirds of the African continent is already desert or dry-lands. But while this vast extension of the second largest continent on Earth after Asia is “vital”
    / 14th August 2016
  • Should universal human rights be given priority over customary law in Nagaland? Why?
    Some of those who voted YES had this to say: •    Yes. Of course universal human rights should be given priority over and above customary law in Nagaland. The term customary law in Nagaland is an abused t
    / 14th August 2016
  • I-Day: 3,500 girl students to sing National Anthem
    New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Around 3,500 girl students will sing the national anthem when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unfurl the national flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort on 70th Independence Day on Mo
    / 14th August 2016
  • BSNL extends free unlimited calls offer on Independence Day
    New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) on Sunday extended to its landline customers the facility of making free unlimited calls on any network on the Independence Day on Monday.
    / 14th August 2016
  • President attacks divisive forces, Constitutional subversion
    New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday denounced "forces of divisiveness and intolerance" as well as attacks on weaker sections, saying they must be dealt with firmly.   In his
    / 14th August 2016
  • Saina crashes out of Olympics
    Rio de Janeiro, Aug 14 (IANS) India's premier shuttler Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Olympic Games losing to Marija Ulitina of Ukraine in her second match of Group G here on Sunday.   World No.61 U
    / 14th August 2016
  • Brexit 'could be delayed until end of 2019'
    London, Aug 14 (IANS) Britain could remain in the European Union until the end of 2019, almost a year longer than anticipated by the British government, the media reported.   The Theresa May-led Cons
    / 14th August 2016
  • As human trafficking rises 60%, 6 reasons new bill falls short
    IANS By Prachi Salve Every day, 15 Indians are traded against their will to be, among other things, sexual slaves or forced labour, but a draft law to prevent India's growing tide of human trafficking cas
    / 14th August 2016
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