Kohima: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that holding of timely elections is a constitutional process and the government is bound by the Constitution after several Naga civil society groups and political parties have sought deferment of the February 27 Nagaland elections. The Core Committee[Read More…]
Nagaland-based group Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defer the state’s assembly election and impose President’s Rule in order to facilitate solution to the vexed Naga insurgency.A In a letter to Modi, the ACAUT said: “If elections are held in Nagaland for[Read More…]
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said a solution to the decades-old Naga insurgency is near. On August 3, 2015, the Modi government and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) signed a Framework Agreement. The separatist group has been in talks with New Delhi since 1997 after signing a[Read More…]
TR Zeliang has been appointed as the new chief minister of Nagaland by the Governor, PB Acharya. He will take oath as new chief minister of Nagaland, at 3 pm on Wednesday. Earlier today, former chief minister, Shurhozelie Liezietsu failed to appear for face a floor test at a special session[Read More…]
An official order recently passed by the Nagaland government says that chief minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu’s son, Khriehu Liezietsu, is his adviser with cabinet minister rank, status and pay. On Wednesday, Khriehu was given “the rank and status of a cabinet minister with the portfolio of music task force with immediate[Read More…]
The chairman of the underground Nagaland rebel group NSCN (K), SS Khaplang, 77, a rebel leader for half a century, took his last breath on Friday. He died at the general headquarters of the group in Taga due to prolonged illness. He was also the President of the Government of[Read More…]
In a recent report by police, four men smuggling 75 dogs to Nagaland for meat have been arrested. The Samaguri townfolks spotted the pick-up van on Thursday evening through which the dogs were smuggled. Police said that 22 out of the 75 dogs collapsed due to asphyxiation and seven were[Read More…]
In an encounter in Nagaland, three militants were killed and one Army officer was martyred, the force said on Wednesday. The officer of the Territorial Army lost his life during the battle with terrorists in Nagaland’s Mau. The encounter broke in the early hours of Wednesday. Additionally, one civilian and[Read More…]
Soon after T R Zeliang resigned as Nagaland CM on Monday; the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) which has been in power for three terms in the state has elected him as its chairman. The Democratic Alliance of Nagaland is a coalition of the Naga People’s Front (NPF), BJP and[Read More…]
Normalcy on Saturday returned to Nagaland capital with educational institutions, banks, business establishments and shops opening two days after violent protests. Prohibitory orders are still in force in some areas of the capital with state government offices remaining closed and government vehicles also staying off roads. Mobile data and SMS[Read More…]
Violence erupted across Nagaland’s capital Kohima on Thursday over women reservation in local body polls. The protesters want 33% reservation for women in civic polls to be rolled back. They believe it is a violation of the right granted to Naga tribals as per the Constitution’s article 371(A). Over a[Read More…]
