Nagaland

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding fire inside a rat hole mine killing six workers, Nagaland, 30/04/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of New item titled “Six workers killed in fire inside Nagaland rat-hole mine “appearing in The Hindu Bureau Dated 27.01.2024 Vs Nagaland Pollution Control Board & Others dated 30/04/2024. Cognizance of the case was taken up suo-motu …

Bamboo buyers, sellers to enhance production

Dimapur: In order to facilitate and promote better linkages for bamboo craftsmen in the state, the Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) organised a meeting between entrepreneurs of its micro-processing units and Arunachal Ply Industry Ltd, Timpact, Nanosteel and Maisang - the companies that have been buying semi-finished products from the …

Nagaland Government move to regulate coal mining

Kohima: In a bid to regulate coal mining in Nagaland, the state government has suspended issuance of new coal prospecting licenses (CPL) till further orders. In a notification, Chief secretary Lalthara said CPL holders have to obtain coal mining lease (CML) against their CPLs before the start of the next …

Nagaland Govt asks coal miners to take ‘lease’

Kohima: The Nagaland Government has suspended new Coal Prospecting License (CPL) in virgin areas and has asked all CPL holders to obtain Coal Mining Lease (CML) before the start of the next mining season. Nagaland Geology and Mining Commissioner and Secretary Sentiyanger Imchen has notified the suspension of new CPL …

Japanese Encephalitis in Nagaland, two cases detected

Kohima: Japanese Encephalitis (JE), that killed over a hundred people in Assam, has now entered Dimapur where two cases have been detected. In a press note issued by Director Health and Family Welfare Dr R Imtimeren Jamir disclosed that two out of five samples collected from Dimapur for analysis at …

Japanese Encephalitis enters Nagaland

Kohima: Japanese Encephalitis (JE), that killed over a hundred people in Assam, has now entered Dimapur where two cases have been detected. In a press note issued by Director Health and Family Welfare Dr R Imtimeren Jamir disclosed that two out of five samples collected from Dimapur for analysis at …

Campaign to combat Hepatitis B

GUWAHATI: As a part of its global awareness initiative, the Northeast Digestive and Liver Foundation has started an aggressive campaign across the Northeast to combat the deadly virus of Hepatitis B. A team of specialists will be working towards spreading information about the deadly virus and educating people on how …

Census data shows numbers rising more in urban areas

Affirming the trend of migration of people from villages to big cities and towns, the provisional figures of Census 2011 reveal that for the first time, India has added more people in urban centres than in rural areas over a decade. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of people living …

Continued landslides in Nagaland damage Highways

Kohima : Incessant medium to heavy downpour throughout Nagaland has caused landslides in all the districts and damaged roads, cultivated lands and other property over a month. According to official sources here today, NH-29

Rainfall creating havoc

Kohima: Continuous rainfall hit life in Nagaland today as andslides were reported from across the state though traffic remained largely unaffected. Official sources said landslides were continuing on National Highways 29, 61 and 155. However, due to efforts of the Border Road Organization's unit Border Road Task Force (BRTF) and …

Landslides creating traffic snarls on NH-39

KOHIMA: Due to incessant rains, landslides occurred at various locations along the NH-39 between Dimapur and Kohima. With the onset of monsoon, it is anticipated that bigger slides may occur along this road. The Border Roads Organization has been working tirelessly to clear the slides as and when they occur. …

Heavy rainfall plays havoc in Nagaland

Kohima: Flash floods following heavy downpour in Nagaland inundated many low-lying areas and caused soil erosion in river banks and landslides in hilly areas. According to an official report here today, the Chathe river caused soil erosion, damaging properties and rendering people living alongside the river homeless. Soil erosion threatened …

Naga encroachment on Geleki Reserve Forest threatening its existance

SIVASAGAR: The very existence of Geleki Reserve Forest is on the verge of extinction as nearly 3,000 hectares out of the total 6,400 hectares of forest land is under encroachment of Nagaland. Encroachment in the forest reserve started in 1972 and continued for the last four decades. In an apparent …

Nland road map for drinking water

Kohima, Nagaland Minister for Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Dr Ngangshi K Ao has stated that his department had drawn a road map with a vision to provide safe drinking water to all villages in the state. The minister speaking at the three-week long orientation and capacity building training for …

Tripura becomes third highest tobacco consuming State

Agartala, May 30: Tripura has emerged as third highest tobacco consuming state in the country after Mizoram and Nagaland, Dr Goutam Majumder, Superintendent of Regional Cancer Centre said here yesterday. He said despite imposition of ban on smoking in public places, about 55.9 per cent of people in Tripura had …

Child sex ratio plunges in 431 districts, improves in 149

Is India sliding into a social catastrophe with the number of younger women set to decline in the coming years because of dipping child sex ratio? Or is there any hope of retrieving the situation? A district-by-district study of the sex ratio trends in India derived from comparing Census results …

Rio for better farm practices

Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio today exhorted farmers of the state to adopt better farming practices to increase productivity while distributing farm machinery during a function at the Dimapur sports complex today. Rio said though 75 per cent of the state

PMO meet today on skewed sex ratio

Alarmed by the declining child sex ratio (CSR) in the country, the Prime Minister

Environmental assessment of North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP)

The Government of India through “Ministry for the Development of North-Eastern Region” (DoNER) has initiated the “North East Rural Livelihoods Project” for four north-eastern States (Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) of India. It is proposed to be implemented in 2 Districts of Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura and 3 Districts of …

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