NEA News Service

New Delhi: Union Minister for Tourism G Kishan Reddy on Monday informed that over Rs 220 crore has been sanctioned to Nagaland under PRASHAD and Swadesh Darshan Schemes for the development of tourist destinations in the state."An amount of...

New Delhi: Making a statement on the killing of civilians in Nagaland during botched-up operations against suspected insurgents, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said in Rajya Sabha that all steps are being taken to bring back normalcy in...

Guwahati: Joining the clamour with other Northeastern states, opposition parties in Assam on Monday demanded repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)-which according to them gives sweeping powers to security forces for committing excess on innocentcivilians in...

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu condoled the death of civilians in the ‘unfortunate’ incident that happened at Oting village in Mon district of Nagaland on Saturday last.He also prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured in...

Bishnupur: To ensure smooth conduct of the forthcoming state assembly election in all the six assembly constituencies of the district, District Election Office, Bishnupur Monday convened its seventh round of meeting at the Conference Hall of DC Complex in...

Imphal: In the last 24 hours leading up to 2 pm of Monday, Manipur’s active cases dipped further to 341 with 38 persons recovering and getting discharged as against 29 new positive cases among the general population. During the...

Shillong: The North East Student’s Organisation (NESO) will be organising programmes in protest against the killing of Naga civilians in Nagaland’s Mon district in the respective state capitals of the seven northeastern states in December 9.NESO Chairman Samuel Jyrwa...

Kohima: Various Church organisations, political parties, Naga political groups and civil society organisations have condemned the Oting firing incident and called for repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.In a release, the Nagaland Joint Christian Forum (NJCF) condemned...

Kohima: The entire state of Nagaland today observed a six-hour bandh, from 6.00 AM to 12.00 noon to protest against the firing incident where 13 civilians were killed at Oting under Mon district.The call was given by the Naga...

Kohima/Shillong: The northeast Indian state of Nagaland observed a six-hour shutdown on Monday as the situation continued to be tense in Mon district, where the death toll in Saturday’s firing incidents during a botched security operation now stood at...