Recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh led his council of ministers in declaring their personal assets on the official web site. Although many people may not be convinced about the actual wealth being disclosed
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I have always opposed the death penalty for as long as I can remember. Yesterday, the state of Georgia murdered Troy Davis, a 42 year-old African American man, for a crime that he claimed he never committed. To
In our last editorial we had commented that the best solution to tackle crime in Dimapur is to improve the functioning of our police force and not to give too much importance to community policing and given tha
It is a year of significance that held my attention for years after. I had completed a decade of my life and still not understood the meaning or purpose of examinations. Once after writing a paper on English Li
As the commercial hub of Dimapur works on modalities to tackle crimes, the State Home Minister has once again pushed his case for introducing ‘community policing’. The Home Minister feels that if we
The pages of our newspapers should be a good indicator of the moral character of our Naga society because newspapers report about real events and incidents. Newspapers try and report the truth. The last few day
Even as the anti-corruption crusade led by social activist Anna Hazare makes its impact across India with a new found urgency to tackle corruption at all levels, reports about a few Chief Minister’s&mdash
A few days before the one day sitting of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Session, which was held on September 15, 2011, the Leader of the Opposition from the Congress, Tokheho Yepthomi had observed that
Violence. Slavery. Sickness. Harassment. Discrimination. Basically most of the things that all types of societies want to keep at bay. Yet if women, against whom they’re specifically directed, ask for fre
After a prolonged silence spanning over many years the Government of Nagaland has finally decided to make its assertion on matters of governance. In the latest notification issued on September 8, 2011 the Gover
The visit of Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi to Dimapur on Sunday, September 11, 2011 was quite unexpected. However the outcome of this particular visit seems to have been very positive. Due credit should
The Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government was probably the first to publicly welcome the resolutions passed in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the Lokpal Bill and went on to assure all “co
In the last five weeks, two stories about the Northeast made interesting reading since they were published in mainland Indian media. The first appeared in Tehelka, Vol. 8 (32), of August 13, 2011 by Jimi Dey Ga
It was more of a coincidence that when this newspaper decided to publish the story ‘AIDS, Rock Music and the Message’ with its focus on rock themed music events and putting across some of the viewpo
I have always been confused about what the hell it is that created a mammoth media industry in India. It’s not like they produce any great news and opinion, except a palmful of websites, magazines and new
Its September already and the rains and hopefully the heat will subside as we herald a more pleasant two-three months of cooler climate before the rush and excitement of the festive season December and finally
Having made corruption an issue of national importance and getting the political establishment to bow to his demands for a strong and effective Lokpal, it is only natural that electoral reforms would be the nex
When the Armed Forces Special Powers Act was first introduced in 1958 to militarily engage the Nagas and to hinder their call for freedom; people that valued and respected democratic values and principles deepl
Other than Anna Hazare’s fast, nothing else mattered in India for the past two weeks. Since then, there has been a surplus of media induced anger against politicians, though one is not sure if it will be
Recently, the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) came out with a five point charter of demands made specifically to the School Education Department, Government of Nagaland. Among the demands, set with a 45 d
