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  • Tech breakthroughs take a backseat in upcoming Apple iPhone launch
    SAN FRANCISCO, February 23 (Reuters) - When Apple Inc launches its much-anticipated 10th anniversary iPhone this fall, it will offer an unwitting lesson in how much the smartphone industry it pioneered has matu
    / 23rd February 2017
  • Astronomers find seven Earth-size planets where life is possible
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., February 23 (Reuters) - Astronomers have found a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets, three of which circle their parent star at the right distance for liquid surface water,
    / 23rd February 2017
  • Cambodia jails land rights activist for 2-1/2 years
    PHNOM PENH, February 23 (Reuters) - A Cambodian court convicted and sentenced a prominent land rights activist to 2-1/2 years in jail on Thursday for her role in a protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen's resid
    / 23rd February 2017
  • Iraqi security forces storm Mosul airport, military base
    BAGHDAD, February 23 (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul stormed the city's airport and a nearby military base on Thursday, state television
    / 23rd February 2017
  • Trump revokes Obama guidelines on transgender bathrooms
    February 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathroom of their choice, reversing a signature init
    / 23rd February 2017
  • Clampdown on North Korean trade squeezes Chinese border towns
    DANDONG, China, February 23 (Reuters) - As Beijing tightens its grip on trade with North Korea, the economies of Chinese towns along the 1,400-km border the two countries share are floundering.   On
    / 23rd February 2017
  • Bharti Airtel to buy Telenor India
    (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecoms network operator, said it would buy Telenor (India) Communications Pvt Ltd, in a deal that will bolster Airtel's footprint with additional spectrum in the 180
    / 23rd February 2017
  • ‘Eco blockade will not impact Manipur poll process’
    IMPHAL, February 22 (PTI): The Election Commission is confident that the economic blockade in Manipur will not impact the poll process in the state and has made all arrangements to ensure free and fair election
    / 23rd February 2017
  • AMSU demands details of Framework Agreement
    Newmai News Network Imphal | February 22   Scores of All Manipur Students Union (AMSU) members and womenfolk stormed the Raj Bhavan gate on Wednesday demanding disclosure of the details of the 'Fram
    / 23rd February 2017
  • Naga Feminist Reflections
    The Measure of Gender Justice in Naga Society Dolly Kikon What is the meaning of gender? What is the meaning of Justice? Which comes first in Naga society and how do we understand it? Like many nationalis
    Public Space / 23rd February 2017
  • Naga Women can contest elections anytime
    Charles Chasie   Apropos of Mr Sanjoy Hazarika’s article “Going Beyond the Gender Divide in Nagaland”, first published in the Wire and now in the Morung Express (February 21, 2017), qu
    Public Space / 23rd February 2017
  • Is this the Benchmark set for the Nagas?
    Renponi Lotha   1. Like the game of the Musical chair, the long ongoing music finally stopped this time at the CM’s chair. Even  5 years remains less for some leaders to work, hope the short
    Public Space / 23rd February 2017
  • Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu sworn in as 17th Chief Minister of Nagaland
    New CM convenes first cabinet sitting on February 23 Chizokho Vero Kohima | February 22   81 year old Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu was sworn in today as the 17th Chief Minister of Nagaland State, a
    Nagaland / 22nd February 2017
  • Learning a native culture
    Aheli Moitra  And so it happened, on February 21, a day before they started school, the 6 years and below children in our colony came up with a new game to play. They called it ‘bandh-bandh’
    Editorial / 22nd February 2017
  • Odisha Gov Dr SC Jamir congratulates new CM
    DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 22 (MExN): Odisha Governor and former Nagaland Chief Minister, Dr SC Jamir today congratulated Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu on being sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland. Your assuming the
    / 22nd February 2017
  • NPCC alleges Shürhozelie ‘engineered instability’
    DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 22 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) today claimed that the new Chief Minister of Nagaland, Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu has “successfully engineered instability to his
    Nagaland / 22nd February 2017
  • Nagaland has enough money to pay bills & salaries: ACAUT
    DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 22 (MExN): The ACAUT Nagaland today informed that as per RTI documents, the Nagaland State Government, as of December 7, 2016, “had Rs. 5229.56 Crores parked in its coffers, as released
    Nagaland / 22nd February 2017
  • TR Zeliang says he stepped down for the sake of peace
    Our Correspondent  Kohima | February 22   Outgoing Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today in his final address as CM, stated that the decision to step down was taken “for the sake o
    Nagaland / 22nd February 2017
  • NTC surprised by Rajnath Singh’s statement on Framework Agreement
    DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 22 (MExN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) today expressed surprise at the recent statement made by Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh regarding the Framework Agreement signed between the Go
    Nagaland / 22nd February 2017
  • Offices struggle to get back on track
    Morung Express News  Kohima | February 22   Following the lifting of the month-long bandh in Nagaland, offices that were burnt down on February 2 are struggling to relocate and resume work. Almost
    Nagaland / 22nd February 2017
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