The last day of the Monsoon Session of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly saw a lively debate on issues ranging across the board, from discussion on mismanagement of funds, corruption in different institutions t
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The introduction of the Nagaland Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Bill 2005 by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on the first day of the Assembly Monsoon Session should be seen as a welcome move. The Fiscal
The bill seeking to guarantee employment in rural areas—a promise made in the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance government—is likely to be soon passed under the nomenclature of the
The Disengagement Plan initiated by Israel is a bold move on the part of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon given that the this former military General, known to be an uncompromising hardliner, had for over four decad
Every Independence Day is a mere ritual meant for school children to rejoice. It is a holiday and plenty of sweets are distributed. The disabled are given sympathetic gestures, free hearing aids or crutches. Ev
Addressing the nation on the eve of 59th Independence Day, the core theme in President APJ Abdul Kalam’s address dwelt on the all important issue of energy security. The First Citizen stressed the need for ac
“Long years ago we made a pledge with destiny and now the time has come when we shall redeem our pledge, not in full measure but substantially… when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom”
The International community through the United Nations has acknowledged the desperate situation of the indigenous peoples worldwide by commemorating the international indigenous peoples day on the 9th August ev
The Village Development Board (VDB) of the Kohima Rural Development Block reached a milestone of sorts recently celebrating its Silver Jubilee. As Dr. Shurhozelie, Minister Planning & Coordination rightly m
When this newspaper first hit the stands about ten days ago, we began with the deep conviction about our human resource potential. We were able to tap a vast pool of young talent with a belief in their capabili
Over 20 years after hundreds of Sikhs were massacred in retaliation for the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards, the Action Taken Report (ATR) of the UPA government on the findi
Relations between India and Bangladesh have taken on a downward slide in the last few years since the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) assumed power in 2001 under the dispensation of the hawkish Prime Ministe
One healthy fallout of the infamous NPSC corruption saga is the public interest and debate it has generated on the (mal) functioning of the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC). How to restore the public f
Today, August 6, Hiroshima will turn into a monument praying for a peaceful and nuclear free global order. Sixty years to this day the first ever atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima and three days
Bertrand Russell once said that Democracy in order to be effective must measure its success in a distinctive way and judge itself by the character, achievement of the men and women who build it up and also the
For some time now, I thought that that acute Brainkruptcy of ideas was stifling only the Naga existence of any human worth, but now I realize even more that the problem of Brainkruptcy has spread beyond the Nag
The Peace process between the Government of India (GoI) and National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) enters into the 9th year with both parties agreeing to further continue the process through the extens
Illegal tax collection on transport vehicles by various registered and unregistered unions remain rampant in the State. This is even after the Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur had passed an order directing the as
The battle against HIV/AIDS demands a combined, committed response if it is to be effectively confronted and surmounted. It no longer remains merely a health problem confined to a certain remote section of the
Although India has been recognized as the first country in the world to officially adopt a family planning program in 1952, serious thinking about population growth was reflected only through the subsequent fiv
