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KSU organises career planning workshop for students

DIMAPUR — In an effort to empower students with the necessary tools for career planning, the Khezhakeno Students’ Union (KSU) organised a workshop on April 27 at the village council hall in Khezhakeno, Phek district. According to a press release,...

28 Apr 2024

Sazolie College, MGM College bid farewell to outgoing students

DIMAPUR — The 15th parting social of Sazolie College, Kohima, took place on April 26 at Vineizono Hall. According to a press release, Waloniba Jamir, vice principal, speaking on the occasion, urged the outgoing students to maintain honesty and cult...

28 Apr 2024

Deputy CM Y Patton felicitates HSLC topper

DIMAPUR — Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton and his family felicitated Mhachilo Yanthan, who topped the HSLC examination 2024 conducted by the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE), at his residence in Ikishe village, Chümoukedima, on Su...

28 Apr 2024

Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar appointed Deputy Prime Minister

ISLAMABAD — In a major political development in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has been given the additional charge of Deputy Prime Minister in the Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government, it was announced on Sunday. “The Prime Minister...

28 Apr 2024

Shops in Dimapur to open from 12 to 6 pm on Monday

DIMAPUR — On the request of the Naga Council Dimapur and the Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CNCCI), the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has decided to provide a window period by opening all business establish...

28 Apr 2024

AdaniConneX establishes India’s largest sustainability linked financing to raise up to $1.44 billion

AHMEDABAD — In a bid to accelerate digital infrastructure growth in India, AdaniConneX, a JV between Adani Enterprises and EdgeConneX, on Sunday said it has established the country’s largest sustainability-linked financing to raise up to $1.44 bi...

28 Apr 2024

Elon Musk visits China, likely to promote Tesla’s driverless tech: Report

NEW DELHI — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made an “unannounced and surprising” visit to Beijing, according to a media report on Sunday. Musk’s visit has raised hopes for bringing Tesla’s autopilot and supervised full self-driving ...

28 Apr 2024

Australian PM joins mass protests against gendered violence

CANBERRA — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has joined nationwide protests calling for an end to violence against women. Tens of thousands of Australians on Sunday gathered at events across the country to demand action to address g...

28 Apr 2024

UK PM Sunak again refuses to rule out July general election

LONDONA — UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has again refused to rule out a July general election, amid speculation that a disastrous set of local election results for the Tories could force his hand. Sunak said he would not “say anything more th...

28 Apr 2024

Iraq passes legislation criminalising homosexuality

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi Parliament has passed a law criminalising same-sex relations and vowing tough penalties against them in a decision that rights advocates decried as discriminating against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communi...

28 Apr 2024

Bangladesh faces longest-ever heatwave, highest temperature at 42.7 degrees Celsius

DHAKA, APRIL 28 (IANS/DPA) — The authorities in Bangladesh have issued another heatwave alert for three more days from Sunday as the South Asian country is facing its longest heatwave in 75 years. Bangladesh reported the season’s highest temp...

28 Apr 2024

Uttarakhand forest fires: IAF helicopter assists in firefighting for 2nd day, blaze doused in many areas

DEHRADUN — The firefighting operation in Uttarakhand’s forests with the help of an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter continued for the second day on Sunday with the blaze brought to control in several areas, officials said. Efforts have also ...

28 Apr 2024

Karnataka government stages protest against Centre over drought relief

BENGALURU — Karnataka’s Congress government staged a protest on Sunday in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, against the Central government over drought relief. The protest was led by Ch...

28 Apr 2024

One killed, three injured in gunfight between village volunteers in Manipur

IMPHAL — One person was killed and three others injured in a gunfight between village volunteers of two warring communities in ethnic strife-torn Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Sunday, police said. Dozens of gunmen had attacked Koutruk in Im...

28 Apr 2024

Indonesia’s Ibu volcano erupts, ash up to 3.5 km

JAKARTA — The Ibu volcano on Halmahera Island in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku erupted early Sunday, according to the country’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG). PVMBG reported that the volcano...

28 Apr 2024

Hyundai, Kia join China’s Baidu to develop connected cars

SEOUL — South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia said on Sunday that they have inked an agreement with China’s tech giant Baidu to develop technologies for connected cars. Under the memorandum of understanding sign...

28 Apr 2024

LFIC bids adieu to first batch of 6th semester students

DIMAPUR — Livingstone Foundation International College (LFIC), Dimapur organised a parting social programme for its first batch of 6th semester students at LFI Auditorium on April 26. The theme of the event was ‘Soar high,’ a testament to the d...

28 Apr 2024

Sandeshkhali case: Will Mamata Banerjee win polls by threatening people, asks Nadda

NEW DELHI — BJP president J P Nadda on Sunday asked if West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to win the Lok Sabha elections by scaring and threatening people as he hit out at her government over the seizure of arms and ammunition by the ...

28 Apr 2024

People rush to Assam to buy goods as indefinite business shutdown in Nagaland affects normal life

KOHIMA — People made a beeline to neighbouring Assam to buy essential commodities as the indefinite shutdown of businesses to protest “extortion” by Naga political groups threw normal life out of gear in Nagaland, with the stir entering...

28 Apr 2024

DGP Rupin Sharma stresses better investigations to uphold law in Nagaland

DIMAPUR — The Director General of Police (DGP) of Nagaland, Rupin Sharma, stated that the only means by which the Nagaland Police can establish the supremacy of law in the state and enhance their image and trust in the public’s minds is throu...

28 Apr 2024

Shops in Kohima, Chümoukedima to open on Monday

KOHIMA — The Kohima Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has informed that the indefinite shutter down called by the Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CNCCI) will be relaxed in the state capital on Monday, April 29, to ...

28 Apr 2024

Dimapur CSOs urges DCCI and Nagaland government to solve indefinite shutter down issue in 2 days

DIMAPUR — The Dimapur-based civil society organisations (CSOs), tribal hohos and unions on Saturday said that the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), which is spearheading the ongoing indefinite shutter down protest, and the government...

27 Apr 2024

Lions Club Dimapur Japfu organises health camp

DIMAPUR — More than 200 patients from Dimapur availed free consultation during a free health camp organised by Lions Club of Dimapur Japfu, in association with Down Town Hospital, Guwahati, on Saturday at St. Mary Higher Secondary School, Dimapur. ...

27 Apr 2024

NNC president celebrates 68th anniversary in national service

CHEDEMA — The president of Naga National Council (NNC), Gen. (retired) Thinoselie M Keyho, on Saturday celebrated his 68th anniversary in the Naga national service held at Chedema in Kohima district. Addressing the gathering, Thinoselie emphasised ...

27 Apr 2024

Lotha, Phom regions of GPRN/NSCN back top leadership

DIMAPUR — The Lotha Region and the Phom Region of the GPRN/NSCN have extended their support for President Gen. (Retd) MB Neokpao Konyak and Ato Kilonser Alezo Venuh. In a press release, GPRN/NSCN Lotha Region stated that the Lotha national workers ...

27 Apr 2024
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