The word democracy is a term which we like to be associated with because of what our nation is, but to our shame the Government of India has not only abused the virtues of it but they also killed people who wer

Aisha Gdour, a school psychologist, smuggled bullets in her brown leather handbag. Fatima Bredan, a hairdresser, tended wounded rebels. Hweida Shibadi, a family lawyer, helped NATO find airstrike targets. And A

Rabies is an English word meaning contagious viral disease especially of dogs. It is also known as hydrophobia (fear of water). It has been derived from Latin word, “rabere” meaning, “madness&

The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, will address the United Nations General Assembly on September 23. At the time of the writing of this article, it is not clear what exactly he will propose in terms of

•-The Kohima Law College Students’ Union have called for immediate declaration of results of 1st, 3rd and 5th semester LLB in the current academic session. KLCSU stated that, the university has al

•-We the undergraduate aspiring candidates for appointment of teachers under the department of School Education who appeared interview in September 2003 would like to state some few lines for favour of yo

Raajellung Gonmei: Domestic Workers in Nagaland are comparatively treated as Slaves in Nagaland with no fundamental rights applicable to them but only as per the whims and fancies of the employee. Unregulated w

Vezo Luruo: These days, most city ride buses (Blue coloured) operating in Kohima are deliberately collecting Rs. 5 extra under some pretext, eg: high school junction to Razu point. The passengers who hand over

Great news! China has confirmed that it will remain a peaceful nation! The Information Office of the State Council (Chinese Cabinet) recently published a White Paper on China’s peaceful development, detai

The best pure tennis match any of us are ever likely to see was played on Wimbledon Centre Court three years ago. Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in a final of such exquisite balance and marvellous sportsmanshi

The events that marked the supreme authority of the British regime in India are now being blatantly followed by the United Progressive Alliance government. But time is running out.The term ‘satyagraha' (s

The recent visit of the union railway minister to Nagaland received wide coverage for a variety of reasons. From the layman’s point of view, the visit can be termed as successful and beneficial to the peo

Most of the WikiLeaks documents on India carried nothing new or sensational. They merely confirmed that many well-connected Indians are given to talking indiscreetly to Americans. The latest revelations reaffir

St Mary’s Basilica in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of Kerala’s Catholic Church last week issued a circular asking believers — especially women and young men — in the parish to foll

The acquisition of land for setting up industrial projects  have become highly controversial matter, involving socio economic implications , particularly for the people in the lower income group and 

After 40 long years of being oppressed and crushed the Libyan people said Enough! - to the self-styled Dictator Muammar Gadaffi. In what was to be one of the most remarkable movements these times, the common pe

Land is far older than human being. Our Nagas land is our ancestral land.Land is our identity.Land is our custom and culture.Land is our heritage.Land is our natural right.Land is our resources.Land is our huma

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the launch of the 25th Round of Inflation Expectations Survey of Households on August 30, 2011. This survey has been conducted by the RBI since September 2005 on a quar

In the days after 9/11, my colleague and I wrote a short article outlining A Long Term Strategy for American Security detailing ways the U.S. could respond to this crisis. But without any real public deliberati

On reading  the present tussle going on between the NVCO and the Police Department on  the issue of lifting up of check gates, one can understand that the rampant money collections at check gates