Dimapur, February 25 (MExN): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has reportedly lodged complaints with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Nagaland for immediate intervention to ensure free and fair polling in the 21 Tuli Assembly Constituency, Mokokchung
In the 2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly elections, three candidates had pending criminal cases making up around 3 percent of the total 196 candidates, who were in the fray. The figure increased to 7 or 4 percent in the 2023 Assembly elections.
Our Correspondent Kohima, Nov. 1 (EMN): Chief Information Officer, I Meyionen Jamir, asserted that the initial enthusiasm for coffee plantations in the state might slow down unless the department does something more to bail out the coffee farmers, as they might be discouraged for want of financial support. He urged the department of Land Resources to take more initiatives to see that the coffee crop is not a failure in the state for the second time. Jamir was addressing the inaugural programme of a four-day hands-on pre-harvest training at Yahweh Empower Stature Agro Park, Gariphema, initiated by the Department of Land Resources, on Tuesday. Meyionen Jamir suggested the department to conduct such trainings on a regular basis and in all the districts to reach out to as many farmers to have the maximum benefit. He observed that coffee cannot be cultivated by a mere villager as it involves availability of land, capital, labour, and technical advice at every stage of farming, apart from ma