In a major attempt at combating the threat faced by Naxal-hit States, decision was taken to set up an Inter-State Joint Task Forces in order to facilitate coordination and synergize anti-Naxalite operations inc

The announcement made by BJP President Lal Krishna Advani to step down from his organizational post as party chief in December will come as a victory to those within the party who had propagated the principle o

What in the world could have been going through the mind of the police jawan who mercilessly shot dead Late Peter Yimchunger on the night of September 15? Many of us must be baffled by the tragic incident where

Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s UN address on Wednesday in which he made a mention to Kashmir as the core issue and his reference to implementing the Security Council resolution, has not gone down

“To me, liberty means going to school and learning,” says Kimani Ng’ang’a, who has waited more than eight decades for his first day of school. The Kenyan villager wants to make sure nobody else has to w

The news about the initiative taken by the State government to conduct a preparatory workshop on the Right to Information Act is most welcomed. One hopes the local media in the State would also do its part by c

After languishing in prisons, hundreds of fishermen, farmers and others returned to a grand welcome Monday as India and Pakistan carried out their biggest prisoner exchange since the launch of peace talks last

The sudden decision of the Garo Hills Citizens’ Forum (GHCF) to impose restrictions on the sale of two prominent newspapers published from Shillong has reportedly not gone down too well causing a lot of resen

While the Department of Higher & Technical Education has gone ahead with disbursement of the Post Metric Central Scholarship (PMCS) amounting to Rs. 5.07 Crores, the All Nagaland College Students Union (ANC

The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair’s, visit to New Delhi on September 6 at the head of a high level European Union delegation to attend the sixth EU-India summit the next day followed by a bilateral meeti

India may be at the forefront in terms of economic growth, but it continues to lag behind in quality of life, with its Human Development Index (HDI) remaining static at a low 127 according to the latest United

The government’s decision to raise petrol price by Rs 3 a litre and diesel by Rs 2 per litre in line with rising international crude prices, will come as a huge burden for the common man and the consequences

Disasters happen. Human beings have no control over it. Disasters are also unpredictable and despite great advance in science and technology no amount of human ingenuity can decipher the power of natures’ fur

On 24th May 1964, a ceasefire agreement was signed between the Federal Government of Nagaland and the Government of India. The ceasefire came into effect on 6th September 1964 with the Indian army suspending it

Every year September 5 is celebrated as Teachers day in India. This is a day to remember, honour and appreciate the role of teachers in our lives. It is also the birthday of the former President of India and a

The origin of the word ‘Morung’ used by the Nagas to mean the traditional educational institution of early Nagas’ bachelors dormitory, has been traced to the Konyak Nagas and not an Assamese word as hithe

Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio while moving a resolution for exemption of Nagaland from the Delimitation Act 2002 in the just concluded Assembly Session had also, on behalf of the House, urged upon the Centre to en

In a landmark judgment the Kohima Bench of the Guwahati High Court has ruled that it is not permissible either for the State Executive or the Legislature to allow a nominated member to cast vote in any meetings

The passionate and innate relationship between human beings and land has and continues to define the dialectical parameters of what constitutes a peoples’ understanding of a dignified existence. A political t

The proposal by the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises to re-invest in the now defunct Nagaland Pulp and Paper Mill at Tuli, with an amount of Rs 480 Crores should come as an achievement