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  • Whose election is it anyway?
    Morung Express NewsMokokchung | February 25 The partys over and now its back to monotonous norms. Election in Nagaland usually means free alcohol and easy money until polling day. This 2013 state assembly
    Morung Exclusive / 26th February 2013
  • The End of Democracy?
    Procedural democracy does not guarantee justice, nor does it create conditions that are necessary for peace. All it really cares about is statistics, and so long as the statistic reflects the desired outcome, i
    Editorial / 26th February 2013
  • Highest election related violence in Nagaland
    When the 12th Nagaland State General Election was announced by the Election Commission of India, the signatories of the Naga Concordant declared through print media that they would not involve in the said India
    Public Space / 26th February 2013
  • No incidents of violence, so no re-polls: Mkg RO
    Mokokchung, February 24 (MExN): There are numerous complaint letters from different candidates and their agents citing discrepancies in the February 23, Nagaland state assembly polls, but the District Election
    Nagaland / 25th February 2013
  • NPF, Cong hope to improve tally
    Kohima, February 24 (IANS): A day after Nagaland recorded 83 percent polling in the state assembly elections, Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF) Sunday exuded confidence of crossing the majority figure. Were confiden
    Nagaland / 25th February 2013
  • Election in Nagaland: A glimmer of hope
    Morung Express NewsDimapur | February 24 A day after the State Assembly Elections, reflections from polling day suggest that it was relatively peaceful and probably unfair. Reports of proxy voting have eme
    Nagaland / 25th February 2013
  • The gender faultline in Nagaland
    Dimapur, February 24 (TNN): Dr Yangerla from Mokokchung and Rakhila Lakhiumong from Tuensang didnt just stand for election in Nagaland yesterday, they stood at the intersection of Naga society and democracy. Fa
    Nagaland / 25th February 2013
  • Young vote for development, old for Naga settlement
    DIMAPUR, February 24 (TNN): Though it was a bright and sunny day, it looked like as though there was a bandh in commercial hub Dimapur. Streets were deserted and markets shut. But the scene at polling stations
    Nagaland / 25th February 2013
  • State Bird hunted to near extinction
    Dimapur, February 24 (MExN): Out of five species of Tragopan found in the Himalayan region, Tragopan Blyth (Jerdon) is found only in Nagaland. This rare and endangered pheasant is also the State Bird. Acco
    Nagaland / 25th February 2013
  • Democracy Not Enough
    Amidst the pouring of appeal for free and fair elections, Nagaland on February 23, 2013 stood to the test of democracy as it voted to elect a new set of representatives and a government of the people. While the
    Editorial / 25th February 2013
  • Has the Clean Election campaign been effective in reducing negative practices this election?
    Some of those who voted  YES had this to say:•    It is said Rome was not built in a day. Things cant be changed overnight, but Nagaland clean election campaign has made much impact d
    Weekly Poll Result / 25th February 2013
  • GPRN/NSCN refutes allegation of involvement
    Our attention had been drawn to the report published in the local dailies implicating the GPRN/NSCN government of its involvement in 32 Atoizu A/C. While we do not refute the personal involvement, if any,
    Public Space / 25th February 2013
  • Tension, clashes in high stakes poll
    Morung Express NewsDimapur | February 23In Dimapur, polling in Singrijan (under 3 Dimapur-III) was conducted under heightened security and just as much drama and tension. Incidences of intermittent clashes betw
    Nagaland / 24th February 2013
  • Election goes by in relative peace. But was it fair?
    DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 23 (MExN): In a long time, people of Nagaland have observed peaceful elections. The state that went in for a 12th round of Legislative Assembly elections noticed unprecedented calm following t
    Nagaland / 24th February 2013
  • Media persons prevented from entering polling stations
    DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 23 (MExN): Media persons covering the 2013 Nagaland assembly polls faced an unexpected hurdle in the form of polling officers and para-military forces. At polling station 55 under Chumukedima
    Nagaland / 24th February 2013
  • Some disillusioned voters exercise ‘Right to Reject’
    Morung Express NewsDimapur | February 23 As Nagaland went to the polls today in the backdrop of appeals for peaceful, free and fair elections made from various quarters including the Election Commission of
    Nagaland / 24th February 2013
  • Statistics say high voter turnout
    Our CorrespondentKohima | February 23An estimated 83.29 % polling was recorded for the 59 Assembly seats, which by and large passed-off peacefully. A total of 59 Assembly seats went to polls today, while pollin
    Nagaland / 24th February 2013
  • One dead, two injured in Wokha mob action
    Dimapur, February 22 (MExN): In further reports emerging from Wokha district of mob action before the state assembly election on Saturday, a death and two injuries have been reported from Pongitong village unde
    Nagaland / 23rd February 2013
  • Nagaland policeman arrested on graft charges
    Kohima, February 22 (PTI): A Nagaland police constable has been arrested for allegedly bribing voters and abducting some of them, a day before the state goes to polls. The policeman has been identified as Imlia
    Nagaland / 23rd February 2013
  • Congress candidate and MLA dies
    Kohima, February 22 (AGENCIES): Congress candidate and MLA of Tuensang Sadar-I A/C, P Chuba Chang, died here at around 6 am today, party sources said. Chang died following a brief illness at Naga Hospital in Ko
    Nagaland / 23rd February 2013
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