Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
GUWAHATI - Pre-monsoon maximum (day) and minimum (night) temperatures, during the current month, are on the rise in several places of the NE region this time. These places have recorded above normal maximum and minimum temperatures during the current month, demonstrating a remarkable change in the weather condition. Sources at …
With a population of about 20 lakh, Nagaland is considered the second highest tobacco consuming State with 57 per cent of the populace into the tobacco habit. The statistics is more worrisome as 37 per cent of students are into smoking habit while 41 per cent school children are users …
Nagaland minister for public health engineering department Noke Wangnao inaugurated an innovative water technology project — solar-powered water treatment unit — at Tsiesema village near Kohima on Friday. Nagaland is the first state in the country to set up the unique technology. Wangnao said three similar projects had been installed …
Gariphema village in Nagaland has been declared the country’s first “tobacco-free village”. The declaration was made by Principal Secretary R Benchilo Thong on the occasion of “World No Tobacco Day” on Saturday at the Gariphema Village Council hall near here. It was result of an initiative taken by the Gariphema …
Kohima : The Central Government has proposed developing a number of tourist destinations in parts of Nagaland that enjoy better access to the “mainland side” in terms of connectivity and the proposal is what the Union Ministry of Tourism calls a “comprehensive master plan for Nagaland” that is envisaged to …
Shillong, July 15: The city was awakened by a “moderate intensity” earthquake just after midnight last night although there were no reports of any damage to human life or property. The quake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, occurred around 1.25am, an official from the Shillong Seismological Centre said. The …
Kohima: A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Nagaland and three other north-eastern States in the wee hours of Sunday triggering panic. No casualties have been reported. According to Regional Seismological Centre in Shillong, the quake occurred at 1.25 am. The epicentre was in Kohima, the capital of Nagaland. The tremor was …
KOHIMA, July 5 (PTI) – In the face of erratic electricity supply in the State, the Nagaland government has planned to install solar power facility in most of the directorate building of various departments within this year. Although the Department of New and Renewable Energy (NRE) wanted to install solar …
GANGTOK, May 27 – The two-day ‘2nd Sustainable Mountain Development Summit’ of Indian Mountain Initiative (IMI) hosted by Sikkim concluded with the ‘Gangtok Declaration’ and a momentum to carry on for the third summit proposed to be held at Kohima next year. “We resolve that the mountain States in India …
Kohima, April 8: Deforestation and conversion of land for agriculture has caused habitat loss leading to threat to Blyth’s tragopan, an endangered bird, in Nagaland. According to the latest annual report of the forest and wildlife department, large-scale hunting and snaring of this enchanting bird by people for food was …
Kohima: The Nagaland Landowners Association, whose lands were to be acquired for construction of railway line from Dimapur-Kohima, has rejected the Union Railway Ministry’s offer of Rs 25 per square feet after a two-hour marathon meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Conference Hall on Monday. Azheto Zhimomi, Advisor Cooperation …
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
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 …
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. …
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
Kohima, May 16: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs 78.57 crore to the state to support 37 new rural infrastructure projects. Nabard general manager, Nagaland, U.S. Saha, said the money has been granted under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund to set up …
Nagaland appeared to have sprung a surprise by registering a negative population growth - minus 0.47 per cent , implying its population has decreased since last count. This was, however, easily explained from the fact that the base figure was unreliable. Nagaland had already rejected Census 2001, with the state …
Kohima, March 24: Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio today presented a deficit budget of Rs 602.30 crore. Rio said the current transaction of the coming year 2011-12 is estimated to result in a negative balance of Rs 0.86 crore. However, because of the estimated negative opening balance of Rs 601.44 …
Kohima, March 2: Nagaland government employees working for rural development were today called upon to work together and constructively for sustainable development of the rural areas. The parliamentary secretary of the state rural development department, Pangnyu Phom, who was the chief guest at the annual conference of the Nagaland Rural …
