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  • ‘Refugee’ in our own yard
    Moa Jamir   The resultant cycle of violence that erupted aftermath the February 6 tragic killing of a couple near Shamator is both unfortunate and has ominous implication for the Naga Society if holisti
    Editorial / 21st February 2016
  • Why 2016 Will be the Best Year Yet for Climate Justice
    Kari Malkki CommonDreams   Already in 2016, communities around the world have been forced to confront climate disasters of all sorts.   // Latin American countries are working with a sen
    / 21st February 2016
  • What does inequality really mean for the poor people?
    Adriano Campolina Thomson Reuters Foundation   In Maranhão, Brazil, landless women organise to challenge the power of landlords who are illegally denying them access to the forests on which their l
    / 21st February 2016
  • ARE DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS IN NAGALAND INFLUENCED MORE BY PERSONAL OPINIONS AND VIEWS THAN BY FACTS AND FIGURES? WHY?
    Some of those who voted YES had this to say:   • Yes, very much. In a sense that, many of us, our mentality seems to be very narrow. In many occasions, we really dont sleep on the points/views expr
    Weekly Poll Result / 21st February 2016
  • “Fuocoammare” (Fire at Sea) wins Golden Bear for best film in Berlin
    Gianfranco Rosi's documentary film "Fuocoammare" (Fire at Sea), about the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean off the Italian island of Lampedusa, won the Golden Bear prize for Best Film at the Berlin Internati
    / 21st February 2016
  • Businesses to feel the heat from slavery scrutiny in 2016
    Alex Whiting Thomson Reuters Foundation   Businesses are coming under increased public scrutiny over the use of slavery in their supply chains, making forced labour one of the greatest risks to thei
    / 21st February 2016
  • State-run ONGC board approves Rs. 5050-crore investment in Tripura
    Agartala, February 21 (PTI): The board of state-run ONGC has approved an investment of Rs 5,050 crore in Tripura for drilling of wells and creation of surface facilities to produce 5.1 million metric standard c
    / 21st February 2016
  • New Arunachal govt 'highly illegal': Tuki
    Itanagar, February 21 (IANS): Ousted Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki on Sunday described the Kalikho Pul-led government as "highly illegal" and "unconstitutional" and blamed the Modi-led government
    / 21st February 2016
  • The Future of The Good Life
    In the wake of New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) fiasco, where its student leader has been arrested and jailed over sedition charges, never has the nation’s need to defend an idea of the
    Public Space / 21st February 2016
  • WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN?
    Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd), Kohima   The Good Lord gave every living creature on planet earth a unique gift called brains. Above all His creation He further gave mankind the supreme ability and liberty t
    Public Space / 21st February 2016
  • Weather, power failures, Zika affect Rio Olympic test events
    Rio de Janeiro, February 21 (IANS) Contrasting weather -- from sunshine to thunderstorm -- coupled with power failure were what divers experienced this weekend at an outdoor venue at the ongoing FINA Diving Wor
    / 21st February 2016
  • Another army officer, militant killed in Kashmir gunfight
    Srinagar, February 21 (IANS) Another officer of the Indian army's elite Para Regiment was killed on Sunday evening in the ongoing gunfight between guerrillas and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama d
    / 21st February 2016
  • Jats cripple Haryana, BJP promises reservation
    New Delhi/Chandigarh, February 21 (IANS) With near anarchy gripping Haryana, the ruling BJP promised on Sunday evening that Jats will get reservation in government jobs and a bill will be placed in the next ses
    / 21st February 2016
  • Suarez & Neymar strike again in Barcelona win
    MADRID, February 21 (Reuters): Goals from the prolific Luis Suarez and Neymar earned Barcelona a 2-1 victory at Las Palmas on Saturday that propelled them nine points clear at the top of La Liga. The league's l
    / 21st February 2016
  • Pope calls for worldwide abolition of death penalty
    VATICAN CITY, February 21 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, saying the commandment "You shall not kill" was absolute and equally valid for the guilty as
    / 21st February 2016
  • Two arrested with ammo near Shamator
    At this stage no credible evidence of links to February 6 killing: Police Morung Express News Dimapur | February 20   Two persons were arrested with restricted ammunition near Laskiur village, Tuen
    / 20th February 2016
  • Students and alumni in Nagaland to hold JNU solidarity walk on Feb 22
    Dimapur, February 20 (MExN): Alumni of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (JNU), along with students and alumni from all central universities, in Nagaland State have decided to come out in solidarity wi
    Nagaland / 20th February 2016
  • RMSA in Nagaland: Acute shortage of teachers affects school education
    Morung Express News Kohima | February 20   After four years, the Government High School Diki, Dihoma under Kohima District has received news that six teachers along with a Headmaster will be arriving s
    Nagaland / 20th February 2016
  • PWC of JLF meets TMC
    Kolkata, February 20 (MExN): The Parliamentary Working Committee of the Joint Legislators Forum on Naga Political Issue today met senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Union Railway Minister Dinesh
    / 20th February 2016
  • Orientation held for PLVs & Panel Advocates
    Wokha, February 20 (MExN): Orientation programme for Para Legal Volunteers and Panel Advocates was held on February 18 at the DC conference hall, Wokha. The programme, chaired by Oren Humtsoe, Panel Lawyer, was
    / 20th February 2016
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