The Nagaland government has decided to give an international company the job of cleaning up the crude oil contamination in a 12 square km area from which ONGC withdrew in 1994. Rahul Karmakar reports.
An army helicopter crashed in Nagaland on Wednesday killing three officers, including the pilot and co-pilot.
At least five people were killed and five others injured seriously today when their vehicle fell into a deep gorge near Tseminyu town in Nagaland's Kohima district.
Rights activists in Nagaland want tribal chieftains to stop throwing criminals into itchy cages. But villagers adhering to customary laws are reluctant to scrap their tradition of scratching out crime.
A joint team of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and apprised him about the need to resolve the Naga political conflict within a definite time frame.
Sitting on one of India's richest hydrocarbon reserves can be uncomfortable. Around 3,000 people of Changpang, Tssori and a few nearby villages in Nagaland's Wokha district have learnt it the hard way.
Rahul Karmakar reports.
Victims of crude oil contamination in Nagaland are caught between an oil major reluctant to own up its responsibility and a state government playing down the pollution issue.
Leaders of the United Naga Council (UNC) and the All Naga Students Association (ANSAM) did not turn up for talks with a joint state and central government team on Saturday.
A week-long budget session of Nagaland assembly began today with opposition Congress members resorting to a novel way of protest demanding actions against what they called "corrupt ministers and parliamentary secretaries in the state".
Putting at rest all speculations and controversies over possible discontinuation of prohibition of liquor in the state, the Nagaland government today clarified that no decision was taken yet to lift the existing ban since there was no consensus on the issue.
A team of potato farmers from Nagaland participated in India International Potato Expo 2010 held recently at Pusa in New Delhi.
Nagaland Home Minister Imkong Inchen was detained at the Kathmandu airport today for carrying Indian currency notes in the denomination of Rs 1000 and Rs 500, which is banned in Nepal.
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Nagaland has demanded an immediate clarification from the state government about the seizure of over Rs one crore from an official of Nagaland Rural Development department.
Nagaland is exporting an idea that marries power consumption with conserving the hill ecosystem, reports Rahul Karmakar.
Home Secretary G K Pillai said today there was evidence of Maoists establishing links with insurgents in the northeastern region. "We have evidence that the Maoists have come to the northeast and tried to establish links with the insurgent groups in the region," Pillai said.
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