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.Noting that about 70 per cent...

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.The BJP President said : "There are certain issues of the Naga political talks. We...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that organic vegetables and fruits produced in Nagaland are in great demand but aggregating, storing and finding markets is a challenge.The Finance Minister while addressing the "Nagaland Corporate Social Responsibility...

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, on Monday said that there are six agro-climatic zones with vast geographical variations in Nagaland in particular and the northeast region in general, with vast scope for growing a variety...

At least 13 people, all coal miners, and a soldier were killed and 11 injured in an unfortunate incident of "mistaken identity" in Mon District of Nagaland, sources said on Sunday.The leaders of various Naga organisations, including Konyak Hoho, claimed...

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship today visited Government ITI Kohima.During his visit he inaugurated the Entrepreneurship Development Centre at Goverment ITI Kohima...

Army Chief General Manoj Naravane, who is on three days visit to North East, inaugurated a new residential facility at Kohima Orphanage and Destitute Home (KODH) in Kohima on 25 November 2020. This facility will be run by the Assam Rifles which is always...

The Union Minister of State (IC) for Development of Northeastern Region ( DoNER), Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Pension and Public Grievances, Atomic Energy & Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today attended the ongoing Hornbill festival...

The Union Minister of State for Tourism & Culture (I/C) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel today participated in the ongoing Hornbill festival at Kisama, near state capital Kohima.Addressing the gathering at a colourful cultural function in Kisama,  Mr. Patel...

Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons on Wednesday said the Central government has initiated many new programmes and schemes for the development of tourism in the northeastern states.Speaking at the Hornbill Festival, the Festival of all Festivals in Nagaland,...

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the hugely popular Hornbill Festival 2018 in Kohima today, coinciding with the Formation Day of Nagaland. Addressing the gathering, the Union Minister said that the annual Hornbill Festival is a spectacular...

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) for the State of Nagaland at Kohima today, coinciding with the Formation Day of Nagaland and the inaugural day of Hornbill Festival 2018. Residents in Nagaland do not...

The armies of India and Japan on Wednesday completed their joint military exercise, Dharma Guardian -- 2018, at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) located at Vairengte in Mizoram, officials said.A defence spokesman based in Guwahati said...

The two day Regional Conference on ‘Good Governance Initiatives,’ got underway at Kohima today. The Conference, held under the theme “Capacity Building / Technology / Best Practices by Aspirational Districts”, is being organized by the Department of Administrative...

Thousands of people across Nagaland on Wednesday celebrated the nation's 72nd Independence Day amidst tight security, as Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio called for lasting peace to bolster the state's economy.Rio unfurled the tricolour at the Secretariat Plaza and...

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday said that the state held immense potential in the tourism sector, which will not only boost economic activity but also help create jobs for youths."We need inflow of tourists throughout the year. The tourism industry...

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday appealed to the Centre and Naga groups involved in the ongoing parleys to expedite the peace process and arrive at a political solution to the insurgency problem at the earliest.He said that the ruling People's...

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him for immediate interim Central assistance and intervention to rescue the state from a crisis-like situation in the wake of the widespread natural calamities.Nagaland...

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday allocated portfolios to his newly-inducted ministers, keeping Finance, Personnel and Administrative Reforms with himself.Senior BJP leader Yanthungo Patton, who was made the Deputy Chief Minister, was given the Home...

Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio was on Thursday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland. This is Rio's fourth term as head of the northeastern state.Governor P.B. Acharya administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 67-year-old...