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EM BureauKohima/Dimapur, Nov. 7 (EMN): The Lotha community in Kohima celebrated Tokhu Emong at the Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, on Monday. Addressing the gathering, former Member of Parliament, Khyomo Lotha, said that the post-harvest festival, Tokhu Emong, teaches about work culture and thanked the forefathers for initiating the festival. To this day, the farmers after toiling under the sun and rain, celebrate the result of their works, he added. He said that Tokhu Emong is a time for forgive...

EM BureauKohima/ Dimapur, Nov. 6 (EMN): Various churches in Nagaland including Ministers’ Hill Baptist Church (MHBC) in Kohima, Koinonia Baptist Church (KBC) in Kohima and at Nepali Baptist Church (NBC) in Chümoukedima town celebrated World Sunday School Day on November 6. At Ministers’ Hill Baptist Church (MHBC) in Kohima, World Sunday School Day was celebrated with Adino Zhotso, lecturer at Shalom Bible Seminary, Kohima, as the speaker. Impressed with the performances presented by...

Urban Development bid adieu to retiring director and registrar EM Bureau Dimapur/ Kohima, Sep. 30 (EMN): Departments of Urban Development, Health and Family Welfare and Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship bade farewell to retiring officers on September 30. UD: Urban Development bade farewell to its director, S Takatuba Aier, and registrar, Rita Luho, during a programme held at its directorate in Kohima. Extending best wishes to the two outgoing officers, the advisor of Urban Devel...

EM Bureau Dimapur/Wokha, Sep. 26 (EMN): Union Minister of State for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Electronics, and Technology, Rajeev Chandrashekhar, on Monday, asked the Zunheboto district administration to develop a skill development plan that maps local aspirations and creates opportunities for jobs and entrepreneurships. “Our emphasis should be making optimum use of local resources and reduce migration to urban centres,” he said. He stated this during his visit to Zunheboto distri...

EM BureauDimapur/ Kohima, Sep. 22 (EMN): The NSCN (IM) has resumed peace talks with the government of India after a short hiatus following a stalemate purportedly over the former’s demand for a separate Naga flag and a constitution but the fresh dialogue remained inconclusive. After the first round of talk on Wednesday, the negotiation was expected to continue on Thursday in an attempt to find a solution to the decades-old Naga political issue. However, those involved in the negotiation are no...

EM Bureau Dimapur, Sep. 19 (EMN): A total of 157 cases of crime were registered under Indian Railways Act and RP (UP) Act by Railway Protection force in Nagaland during 2021, showing an increase of 44.04% over 2020 (109 cases). According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, a total of 424027 cases of crime were registered under Indian Railways Act and RP (UP) Act by Railway Protection force in the country during 2021, showing an increasing trend of 66.5% over 2020 (254636 cases). ...

EM BureauDimapur, Sep. 14 (EMN): A total of four prisoners have died while in judicial custody during 2021 in Nagaland, while six prisoners escaped from judicial custody in the same year. The four, who died in judicial custody, were all natural deaths and out of the six escapees, five were re-arrested, as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. According to the report, a total of 2,116 prisoners died while in judicial custody during 2021 in the country, out of which, 1,879 were natu...

EM BureauMokokchung/ Dimapur, Sep. 11 (EMN): Mokokchung unit of the All Nagaland Private Schools Association (ANPSA) organised a district-level literary competitions including quiz and extempore speech at Model Higher Secondary School in Mokokchung town on September 9. In her welcome address, president of ANPSA Mokokchung, Dr. Anungla Aier, stated that classroom teaching is enough to develop a child but also needed other activities to develop in a holistic manner. She also stated that a child ne...

EM Bureau Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): Teachers’ Day was celebrated across the state to pay tribute to teachers and also to commemorate the birth anniversary of noted scholar and the former President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Besides the official Teachers’ Day programme in all the districts, private schools and educational institutions also celebrated the day in their respective institutions. Dimapur: Dimapur district observed common Teachers’ Day celebration at Kuda Youth hall wit...

EM Bureau Dimapur, Sep. 1 (EMN): Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm or lightning is very likely over Nagaland during next 5 days, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) report. Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya are likely to experience isolated to very heavy rainfall in the next five days, while isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm/lightning is expected over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya on September 2 a...