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  • With the most slaves globally, India improves response to the scourge: study
      By Nita Bhalla   NEW DELHI, May 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India has the most slaves in the world with over 18 million people trapped in debt bondage, forced into marriage, sold to b
    / 31st May 2016
  • Taliban kidnap 200 bus passengers, keep 18 hostage, kill 17
    Kabul, May 31 (IANS) Taliban militants killed at least 17 people after abducting nearly 200 bus passengers in the early hours of Tuesday in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan.   Local government
    / 31st May 2016
  • Myanmar's Suu Kyi to lead new effort on restive Rakhine State
    YANGON, May 31 (Reuters) - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will lead a new effort to bring peace and development to Rakhine State where violence between majority Buddhists and minority Muslims in recent years has ca
    / 31st May 2016
  • India can be powerful growth driver world is seeking: Jaitley
    Tokyo, May 31 (IANS) With the Chinese slowdown making the world look for other growth drivers, India can become a powerful driver of economic growth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here on Tuesday.  
    / 31st May 2016
  • India unveils first-ever comprehensive draft law on human trafficking
    NEW DELHI, May 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's minister for women and children unveiled a draft of the country's first-ever comprehensive anti-human trafficking law, which would treat survivors as vic
    / 31st May 2016
  • Number of Afghans uprooted by violence doubles, a million "on brink of survival"- Amnesty
    LONDON, May 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of Afghans internally displaced by conflict has "dramatically" doubled to 1.2 million in just three years, Amnesty International said on Tuesday, warning
    / 31st May 2016
  • Extreme weather increasing level of toxins in food, scientists caution
    NAIROBI, May 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): As they struggle to deal with more extreme weather, a range of food crops are generating more of chemical compounds that can cause health problems for people and li
    / 31st May 2016
  • Attempted North Korea missile launch fails - South Korea
    SEOUL, May 31 (Reuters) - North Korea attempted to fire a missile from its east coast early on Tuesday but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean officials said, in what would be the latest in a string
    / 31st May 2016
  • World No Tobacco Day
    Ban on sale of tobacco products in Kohima Our Correspondent Kohima | May 30   On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, Kohima Deputy Commissioner & DLCC Chairman, Rovilatuo Mor, has no
    Nagaland / 30th May 2016
  • NAC Open Supercross 2016
    A professional rider from Assam rehearses for the forthcoming NAC Open Supercross 2016 at Kohima Local Ground. The NAC Open Supercross 2016 will get underway on June 2. (Morung Photo by Chizokho Vero)
    / 30th May 2016
  • Lotha-Rengma Hoho call for bandh on NH2 from June 10
    DIMAPUR, MAY 30 (MExN): The Lotha Hoho and Rengma Hoho will impose total bandh of National Highway 2 from June 10 onwards.   A joint statement from Rengma Hoho President, Kenyuseng Tep and Lotha Hoho Ch
    Nagaland / 30th May 2016
  • ENSF asks teachers to refrain from agitation
    TUENSANG, MAY 30 (MExN): The Eastern Naga Students Federation (ENSF) has appealed to all stake holders in the Department of School Education within the four district of Eastern Nagaland- Tuensang, Mon, Longleng
    Nagaland / 30th May 2016
  • A moment to unite together: Gen Kholi
    ‘In my sixty long years of political career, as a human being, I may have hurt the sentiments of my Naga brethren in some way or the other, yet, I seek your forgiveness’   DIMAPUR, MAY 30 (M
    Nagaland / 30th May 2016
  • Young Naga develops app for farmers
    DIMAPUR, MAY 30 (MExN): A young Naga, Ruchinilo Kemp from Dimapur, is helping farmers in the remote villages of Udaipur, Rajasthan get access to advice and assistance from experts around the country.  
    Nagaland / 30th May 2016
  • IGNOU term end exam starts June 1
    Kohima, May 30 (MExN): The Term End Examination for June, 2016 of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will begin on June 1 and conclude June 28.   The University has established 886 examin
    / 30th May 2016
  • Taxes dept records 45% increase in revenue
    Kohima, May 30 (DIPR): Parliamentary Secretary for Planning & Co-ordination, Evaluation & Monitoring & Taxes, Neiba Kronu inaugurated the new office building of the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes in K
    Nagaland / 30th May 2016
  • Meetings & Appointments
    NVA annual conference today The Nagaland Veterinarians Association (NVA) will hold its annual conference on May 31 at Hotel Japfü, Kohima from 10:00 am. Among others, the conference will discuss on cadre re
    / 30th May 2016
  • News in brief
    NGPTA to abstain from ANSTA/NSSFOF agitation Kohima, May 30 (MExN): The Nagaland Government Primary Teachers' Association (NGPTA) has resolved that though the association had physically and morally supported
    / 30th May 2016
  • Former president of Naga Hoho General Maken passes away
    Dimapur, May 30 (MExN): The Naga Hoho has mourned the sudden death of Naga freedom fighter and former President of Naga Summit/Naga Hoho, General A. Maken on May 30.   General Maken was a long-standing
    Nagaland / 30th May 2016
  • Sovereign Republic of Freeland resolves
    Tuensang, May 30 (MExN): The Sovereign Republic of Freeland (SRF) today stated it is purely a non-violent public organization with no taxation or terrorism and does not stand against any organization, NGO, race
    Nagaland / 30th May 2016
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