Kohima, March 13 (IANS) Newly appointed Nagaland Governor Nand Kishore Yadav on Friday said the Northeastern region has witnessed renewed focus and investment in recent years, particularly in connectivity, infrastructure and economic development. After assuming office as the 23rd Governor of Nagaland, Yadav addressed the people of the state and highlighted that various initiatives undertaken by the government are expanding opportunities while integrating the region more closely with the national…
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Kohima, March 9 (IANS) The Central government has sanctioned Rs 283 crore for the modernisation of the 123-year-old Dimapur railway station in Nagaland, a state Minister told the Assembly on Monday. Replying to a discussion in the state Assembly on the status of the Dimapur railway station, Health and Family Welfare Minister P. Pawang Konyak said that the Centre has allocated Rs 283 crore for the modernisation of the important railway hub. He added that the Dimapur station remains the second hig…
Aizawl, March 6 (IANS) Vice-President (V-P) C.P. Radhakrishnan will address the 20th convocation of Mizoram University on Saturday, officials said on Friday. After addressing the eighth convocation ceremony of Nagaland University in Kohima, Vice-President Radhakrishnan arrived in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl on Friday afternoon on his maiden visit to the state since assuming office.On Saturday, the Vice-President is scheduled to be the chief guest at the 20th Convocation of Mizoram University, a cen…
New Delhi/Imphal, Feb 23 (IANS) Assam Rifles Director General (DG), Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera held a meeting with Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh in New Delhi and discussed the prevailing law and order situation in the state, officials said.An official in Imphal said on Sunday that during the meeting, held at Manipur Bhawan in New Delhi, the Assam Rifles DG briefed Chief Minister Khemchand Singh on the role and activities of the country’s oldest paramilitary force in Manipur…
Kohima, Feb 2 (IANS) Acting Nagaland Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Monday said that the state is endowed with extraordinary cultural wealth, vividly reflected in its diverse traditions, languages, folklore, music and rich artistic expressions. Bhalla on Monday presented the Governor’s Award for distinction in the fields of arts, music and literature 2025 at a formal ceremony held at Dr Imkongliba Ao Hall, Lok Bhavan in Kohima.Addressing the function, he emphasised that arts and literature in t…
Kohima, Jan 16 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Dimapur in connection with the alleged misappropriation of public funds and substandard construction of the new Gauhati High Court complex in Kohima — Nagaland’s state capital, the central probe agency sources said on Friday. The ED’s Dimapur Sub-Zonal Office, has filed a charge sheet before the PMLA Special Court in Dimapur in the case …