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  • New Assam cabinet decides to abolish check gates
    Guwahati, May 25 (IANS): The new government in Assam led by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday decided to abolish with immediate effect all the check gates in the state, which have become the hub of
    / 25th May 2016
  • Sikkim becomes the 1st state to ban mineral water bottles in Govt prog
    Gangtok, May 25 (PTI): For effective waste management in an eco-friendly manner, the Sikkim government has restricted the use of mineral water bottles in government programmes and banned the use of foam food co
    / 25th May 2016
  • Meghalaya district leads in tobacco-related cancers
    Kolkata, May 25 (IANS): Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district has the highest relative proportion of tobacco-related cancers (TRCs) for both men and women in the country, the latest National Cancer Registry Pro
    / 25th May 2016
  • Asia’s Indigenous communities marred by militarisation
    Tharanga Yakupitiyage Inter Press Service   Militarisation in indigenous territories in Asia is exacerbating conflict and human rights violations, said Secretary-General of the Asia Indigenous Peopl
    / 25th May 2016
  • Mizoram may hand over dacoity case to CBI
    Aizawl, May 25 (PTI): The Mizoram government is mulling handing over the December-14 dacoity case, allegedly involving the then Commandant of an Assam Rifles battalion, to the CBI, State Home Minister R Lalzirl
    / 25th May 2016
  • A failing ‘anti terror’ mechanism
    Aheli Moitra   On May 22, the front pages of some newspapers in Nagaland were bubbling out an unwarranted fizz. Nagaland joined the rest of the Indian Union in observing something known as ‘anti-t
    Editorial / 25th May 2016
  • Making Good Deals with No Money Out of Your Own Pocket
    At the outset, I must admit that I have made my fair share of bad business decisions over the years. Here are some of them: an investment in a three-bedroom flat in Pune ended in a bitter experience with care-t
    / 25th May 2016
  • More committed to more visits to Nagaland
    Dimapur, May 25 (MExN): The former Indian wicket keeper, Kiran More has given his commitment to revisit Nagaland and continue to assist the state towards the development of the game at the grassroots, especiall
    Nagaland / 25th May 2016
  • 'Asian Century' largely depends on India, China: Pranab
    Guangzhou, May 25 (IANS): The 21st century becoming the Asian Century largely depends on the achievements of India and China, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.   Addressing a gathering of t
    / 25th May 2016
  • MP Kenye urges identification of heritage sites
    Our Correspondent  Kohima | May 25   Nagaland’s lone Rajya Sabha MP KG Kenye today urged Ura Academy, a Tenyidie literature body, to identify the historical and cultural importance sites acr
    Nagaland / 25th May 2016
  • NSCN (K) involved in IG Stadium attack arrested
    Dimapur, May 25 (MExN): 37 Assam Rifles apprehended Captain Nasaka Kinny of NSCN (K) during an operation in Thilixu area of Dimapur on May 23. Captain Nasaka is one of the four NSCN (K) cadres who carried out a
    Nagaland / 25th May 2016
  • Nagaland Govt spent Rs 47 lakh on HPC; Report still under ‘active examination’
    Morung Express News Dimapur | May 25   Nagaland Government spent Rs 47, 88, 476 on the ‘High Powered Committee (HPC) on Illegal and Multiple Taxation’, which was constituted on August 5, 20
    Nagaland / 25th May 2016
  • Speech of Thenucho on May 22, 2015
    Our gathering here today is very significant and historic. Such a big gathering and yet we are not here for celebration of some festival or achievement. We are all gathered here, I believe, because we can&rsquo
    Public Space / 25th May 2016
  • NPCC response to Thenucho Tunyi
    The write up of Thenucho Tunyi has attracted our attention in some areas. There are few things about regional political party and others, for which we appreciated because they were reality, however, he has wilf
    Public Space / 25th May 2016
  • Congolese national's murder: India placates African envoys
    New Delhi, May 25 (IANS): With African heads of mission demanding strong action from the government in the wake of a Congolese man's murder in the national capital last week, India on Wednesday moved to assuage
    / 25th May 2016
  • Cabinet nod for draft bills to increase ST beneficiaries
    New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex post facto approval for the introduction of two constitutional amendment bills in parliament to grant Scheduled Tribes (ST) status to certain
    / 25th May 2016
  • Online petition for second term to Rajan goes viral
    New Delhi, May 25 (IANS): With Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan's current three-year term ending this September, an online petition pushing for a second term for him has gone viral and has ga
    / 25th May 2016
  • Paying the ultimate price on Mount Everest
    KATHMANDU/NEW DELHI, May 25 (Reuters): On his way down from the top of Mount Everest, Indian mountaineer Nava Kumar Phukon saw the woman sway from side to side - a classic sign of severe mountain sickness - as
    / 25th May 2016
  • Afghan Taliban appoint a new leader, Kabul urges peace
    KABUL, May 25 (REUTERS): The Afghan Taliban named an Islamic legal scholar who was one of former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour's deputies to succeed him on Wednesday, after confirming Mansour's death in a U.S. d
    / 25th May 2016
  • Protesters throw rocks, bottles at police outside Trump’s rally
    Brendan O'Brien Reuters   Protesters threw rocks and bottles at police officers who responded with pepper spray outside a rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
    / 25th May 2016
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