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10-day Hornbill Festival kick starts in Nagaland with colourful ceremony

Displaying traditional diverse culture and vibrant life, the 10-day-long 23rd edition of Hornbill Festival began at the Naga Heritage Village Kisama on Thursday.... read..

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VP Jagdeep Dhankhar pays homage to soldiers at Kohima War Cemetery in Nagaland

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday laid a wreath at the Kohima War Cemetery and paid homage to the soldiers who died in the line of duty in Nagaland during World War II.... read..

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Nagaland's Hornbill Festival begins at Kisama

The 23rd Edition of the Hornbill Festival began at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama on Thursday with Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar as the Chief Guest.... read..

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V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar meets Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio during his visit to state

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday met Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio in Kohima.... read..

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Nagaland: Vice President Dhankhar inaugurates Hornbill Festival in Kohima

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the 23rd edition of the Hornbill Festival at Naga heritage village in Nagaland, informed officials on Thursday.... read..

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Indian Navy organises medical camp in Nagaland's Niuland

Indian Navy organised a multi-speciality medical and wellness camp at the remotely located district Niuland in Nagaland, 35 Km from Dimapur on Tuesday.... read..

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Eastern Nagaland People's Organization leaders to meet Amit Shah, discuss creation of separate 'Frontier Nagaland'

Leaders of the Eastern Nagaland People's Organization will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on December 3.... read..

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9 inmates escape from jail in Nagaland's Mon, search operation launched

As many as nine inmates of a district jail escaped in Nagaland's Mon, following which a massive search operation was launched to nab the fled prisoner, according to an official on Sunday.... read..

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World Bank to support scientific farming in Nagaland

A 12-member World Bank team is on a five-day visit to Nagaland in a bid to support scientific farming and to deal with the effects of climate change, officials said on Monday.... read..

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Union Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja reviews major programmes and schemes for the North Eastern Region

As part of the review of the Ministry's major programmes and schemes for the North Eastern Region (NER), a team led by Union Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja undertook a field visit to interact with pineapple growers from Molvom village located in Medzip... read..

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Poll-bound Nagaland launches massive campaign on EVMs, VVPAT

Months before of the assembly polls, Nagaland Election Department has undertaken a massive campaign to clear doubts of voters on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).... read..

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Special revision of photo electoral rolls in NE states

The Election Commission has directed most northeastern states, especially election-bound Nagaland, Tripura, and Meghalaya to undertake a special summary revision of photo electoral rolls with January 1, 2023 as the qualifying date, officials said.... read..

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Night curfew along Assam-Nagaland border

The administration in Assam's Sivasagar district has promulgated night curfew along the 5 km belt in the state's territory bordering Nagaland as a precautionary measure to prevent the movement of extremists, anti-social elements and unlawful activities, o... read..

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EC begins preparations for assembly polls in 3 NE states

The Election Commission has directed the Nagaland Election Department to undertake a special summary revision of photo electoral rolls with reference to January 1, 2023 as the qualifying date, officials said on Monday.... read..

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Nagaland CM urges people to embrace patriotism

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has said that all people should do away with individualism and be patriotic and come together for Nagaism.... read..

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President Murmu visits Nagaland's popular Kigwema village

President Droupadi Murmu on the second day of her visit to Nagaland on Thursday visited the state's popular Kigwema village where the Japanese had stationed during the Second World War.... read..

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President Droupadi Murmu visits Kigwema Village, Kohima War Cemetery

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday visited Kigwema village on the second day of her visit to Nagaland before her departure to Dimapur.... read..

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NE region has potential to become the country's organic food basket: President

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said that the entire northeast region has potential to become the organic food basket of the country as the good quality agro and horticultural produce of Nagaland has great demand in the market.... read..

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'Unresolved Naga political issue behind backwardness of Nagaland'

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday said the state remained backward in all areas of development as compared with other states and this was due to the unresolved Naga political issue.... read..

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Naga peace talks to resume soon in Delhi

The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) would soon resume the peace talk with the government representative for Naga talks, A.K. Mishra in Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.... read..

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Nagaland Minister Temjen Imna Along reveals he is a "great K-Pop fan"

Nagaland Minister Temjen Imna Along is a K-Pop fan!... read..

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Aiming to boost export, Nagaland plans coffee plantation in 50,000 hectares

In a bid to export coffee to European and Middle Eastern countries, the Nagaland government has undertaken an ambitious plan to cover 50,000 hectares of land by coffee plantation by 2030, officials said on Monday.... read..

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Nagaland CM launches Chief Minister's Health Insurance Scheme

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, on Friday, launched the first of it's kind, Chief Minister's Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS).... read..

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Nagaland govt issues directives to prevent child lifting

The Nagaland government, with an aim to prevent child lifting and kidnapping, has issued 18-point directives including screening of movie clips, allow playing and arranging painting or other competitions by all schools.... read..

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EC gears up to hold Assembly polls in Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya

The Election Commission has started preparations for holding the Assembly elections in three northeastern states -- Tripura, Nagaland, and Meghalaya.... read..

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Naga student body condemns extension of AFSPA in Nagaland

The influential Naga Students' Federation (NSF) on Sunday strongly condemned the extension of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for another 6 months and has urged the people to continue non-cooperation with the armed forces as long as the law is... read..

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Naga national flag is non-negotiable, asserts NSCN-IM

The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) once again reiterated that the "God given Naga Nation Flag is non-negotiable in the name of Naga political solution".... read..

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Naga peace talks on fast track, NSCN-IM and Nagaland core committee meet 'positive'

The Naga peace talks that had begun in 1997 have been put on a fast track and the crucial meeting between the NSCN-IM and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio-led Core Committee of Nagaland held on Satuday has a "positive" outcome.... read..

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Months ahead of polls, Nadda holds meeting with Nagaland BJP leaders, visits church

BJP President J.P. Nadda, who was on a two-day visit to Nagaland to gear up the party for next year's Assembly elections, held a series of meetings with the state BJP leaders and its allies, besides visiting a church here on Friday.... read..

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Nagaland: Tribal Affairs minister Temjen Imna Along welcomes JP Nadda on second day of his official tour to state

Nagaland Minister of Higher Education and Tribal Affairs Temjen Imna Along on Thursday welcomed Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda to begin his second-day official tour in the state.... read..

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Works are on to settle Naga political issue: Nadda

BJP president J.P. Nadda on Thursday said that since 2015, works are going on to resolve the Naga political issue like various accords signed in other northestern states.... read..

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Congress seeks anti-BJP 'secular alliance' ahead of Nagaland Assembly polls

Opposition Congress in Nagaland is keen to forge a "secular alliance" with like-minded parties before the Assembly elections early next year, its state President K. Therie said on Tuesday.... read..

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Nagaland core group urges Shah to finalise political settlement at the earliest

Amidst frantic efforts of the Nagaland government and all state parties to resolve the decades-old Naga political issue before the Assembly elections, less than 6 months away, the Parliamentary Core Committee headed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio met Union... read..

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Nagaland CM once again demands early settlement of Naga political issues

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, demanding an early settlement of Naga political issues, said that his state government would not obstruct but would pave the way in Naga wisdom and resign for the interim government.... read..

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'One people, one nation': NSCN-IM's mega meet in Dimapur

Thousands of cadres belonging to National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) led by their leaders on Friday held a mega assembly to reiterate their demand for an 'One people, one nation', the Naga outfit sources said.... read..

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Sitharaman stresses on importance of financial inclusion of all

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that to protect people in the bottom layer of the economy, financial inclusion of all is one of the priority missions of the Central government.... read..

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All elected leaders keen to resolve Naga issue: CM Neiphiu Rio

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday said all the elected representatives of the state have come together to make way for the solution to the Naga political issue.... read..

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'Naga national flag' hoisted to celebrate 'Naga I-Day'

The Naga tribals hoisted the "Naga national flag" and organised programmes in Nagaland and at many villages in the Naga dominated areas of Manipur on Sunday to celebrate the "Naga Independence Day".... read..

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2 Assam Rifles jawans injured in attack by insurgent group in Nagaland

Two Assam Rifles soldiers were injured in an attack suspected to be by proscribed insurgent group NSCN-KYA in Nagaland's Mon district in the early hours of Monday.... read..

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NDPP will not merge with BJP, says Nagaland CM Rio

Nagaland Chief Minister and Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio on Friday categorically said that his party would not merge with the BJP.... read..

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Govt, NSCN-IM to soon resolve Naga political issues: Nagaland CM

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said on Friday he is hopeful that the Central government and the NSCN-IM would soon resolve all aspects relating to the protracted Naga political issues.... read..

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Assam Rifles personnel fired upon in Nagaland's Noklak

Suspected militants fired upon Assam Rifles jawans in Nagaland's Noklak district early Tuesday, according to a senior official.... read..

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Thousands take to streets in Nagaland demanding early solution to Naga political issue

Thousands of Nagas under the banner of Nagaland People's Action Committee (NPAC) hit the streets of Nagaland on Friday demanding a speedy settlement to the decades old Naga political issue.... read..

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'Bangkok nearer to NE than Delhi; facilitates investment, promotes tourism'

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and his Nagaland counterpart Neiphiu Rio on Saturday said that Bangkok and other Southeast Asian nations are geographically nearer to the northeast India than India's capital Delhi, facilitating the region suitabl... read..

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Nagaland assembly polls: BJP-NDPP seat sharing deal finalised

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) on Tuesday finalised the seat sharing deal to contest for the 60-member Nagaland assembly elections, which is around seven months away.... read..

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Nagaland govt bans doctors' stir, warns protesters of arrest

The Nagaland government has prohibited the state government doctors' indefinite cease work from Monday and warned them of arrest if they go for the agitation, Chief Secretary J. Alam announced on Sunday night.... read..

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Nagaland: Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reaches Kohima

The first-ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reached the city of Kohima in Nagaland on Monday.... read..

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Nation will move forward with strength of northeast region: Agriculture Minister Tomar

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that it is the belief of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that if the strength of the northeast will increase, then the country's strength will consolidate which will move the nation forward.... read..

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Center, States together engaged in holistic development of northeast including Nagaland: Agriculture Minister Tomar

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said that the Center and States are together engaged in the holistic development of the Northeast including Nagaland.... read..

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Nagaland killings: Prosecution sanction against 30 soldiers still awaited, says police

Prosecution sanction against 30 charge-sheeted Army personnel, named by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Nagaland government to probe the killing of 14 people in Mon district in December last year, is still awaited, Director General of P... read..

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Nagaland Police chargesheet 30 Army personnel in botched ambush case in Mon district

Nagaland Police have chargesheeted 30 soldiers of 21 Para Special Force, including an officer, in the botched army operation in Oting area of Mon district in December last year that killed 13 civilians.... read..

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