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 …
Unsettled Bill ? The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has decided to quit India and hand over its HIV programme to the government ? Since 2003, the foundation has spent $260 million or Rs 1,300 crore on the AIDS programme in India ? There has been criticism that much of …
Nagaland Government has adopted Chocolate Mahseer (Neolissochilus hexagonolepis) found in rivers and rivulets of hilly terrains as the State fish. According to the latest annual report of State Fisheries Department Chocolate Mahseer has been adopted as the State fish and studies of collections, artificial propagation and research programmes are being …
KOHIMA, July 17: After declaring a drought-like situation in Nagaland affecting cultivation of paddy and horticultural crops, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has shot a letter to the prime minister seeking the Centre
Consequent upon the delayed monsoon and comparatively less rainfall this year, the Government of Nagaland has declared that drought-like situation is prevailing in the State. A government bulletin today quoted the Additional Chief Secretary and Agriculture Production Commissioner, Alemtemshi Jamir saying that against the average annual rainfall of 750.50 mm …
KOHIMA, July 14: Nagaland Government has brought many unregulated coal fields in various parts of State under its control since 2006 by enacting a new legislation. Informing this to the state assembly yesterday, Parliamentary secretary for Geology and Mining Y Patton said the coal mines were being regulated under the …
Refuting all allegations that land in a reserved forest in Mon district has been grabbed, the Nagaland Government clarified that the land would be used for bamboo plantation under Nagaland Bamboo Mission by involving poor farmers. Forest Minister Konyak said that 700 acres of land would be used to supply …
KOHIMA, July 12: Nagaland Government said they have received over Rs 100 crore from the Centre under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in the past three years. "In the last three years, we have received more than Rs 100 crore from the Centre under NHRM. The State has received …
KOHIMA, July 12: Refuting all allegations that land in a reserved forest in Mon district has been grabbed, the State Government today clarified that the land would be used for bamboo plantation under Nagaland Bamboo Mission by involving poor farmers of his assembly constituency. Forest Minister M C Konyak told …
Recently Naga King Chili was rediscovered by the world scientific community when it was declared as the hottest chili of the world. Interestingly this particular type of chili with its unique hotness and aroma is native to the northeastern part of India, more particularly to Nagaland. In Nagaland, the crop …
KOHIMA, June 19: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has convened a meeting tomorrow to discuss the matter of encroachment inside the Intangki National Park. Official sources today said the meeting will be held at the Zonal Council Hall here, which will be attended by all the Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Advisors, …
KOHIMA, June 18: Nagaland Forest and Environment Minister M C Konyak today decried the eviction of Inavi village carried out by NSCN-IM inside Intangki National Park without the knowledge of the Forest Department and appealed to all encroachers to voluntarily vacate the National Park area. In a press release here …
Nagaland is all set to prepare its first district level human development reports (HDR) since it becomes mandatory for each State to review millennium development goal set by UNDP. But to prepare a proper District HDRs the government needs correct data on district GDP and related district level statistics in …
With 99 per cent of the population consuming meat, milk and eggs. Nagaland imports around 19,000 tonne of meat, 5,000 tonne of powder milk and 275 lakh eggs annually. Revealing this during a State-level capacity building seminar on Agro-Marketing, Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee Act and General Rules for Regulations of …
KOHIMA, May 24: The scourge of water scarcity has hit most in many parts of Nagaland, if not all the districts of the state. The scarcity of water has been a matter of worry for the denizens of Nagaland for years now. Had it not been for the timely monsoon …
KOHIMA: Nagaland, which is considered as one of the biggest importers as well as consumers of pork, will soon have a pig breeding farm based on German and UK technology in Jalukie under Peren district. Interacting with media persons at his office chamber at Civil Secretariat Kohima, Minister for Veterinary …