The one critical lesson emerging from the recent developments in the Middle-East is that military force can no longer guarantee absolute victory. Yes, it can contain and maybe weaken the perceived enemy, but it
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Close on the heels of the recent NPSC selected lecturer’s appointment standoff, wherein the candidates who were selected after going through a competitive examination had to wait for almost three years becaus
We live in a time where insanity has become the ruling norm. Though there is an air of complacency and indifference, it will be fair to say that people are tired and quite fed up with the direction that Naga so
Nearly half of Asia’s 1.27 billion children live in poverty - deprived of food, safe drinking water, health or shelter. While 600 million children under the age of 18 lack access to one of these basic human n
The murderous ploy of terrorists who blasted the peace train—Samjhauta Express—plying between the Indo-Pakistan border and the killing of 67 people, including some Pakistani nationals, is a cruel reminder t
The landmark decision of the Supreme Court Wednesday February 14 disqualifying 13 Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) legislators in Uttar Pradesh—who broke away from the party to support the Mulayam Singh Yadav go
After a period of lull, the pace of political activity in the State has stepped up thanks to the bye-election for the Dimapur-I and 54 Tuensang Sadar-II Assembly Constituency to be held on March 8. With the las
North Korea agreed Tuesday to take the first step towards nuclear disarmament and shut down its main reactor within 60 days before eventually dismantling its atomic weapons program.Under the deal, Pyongyang wil
Akangjungla A little less than two week time is away for the Christmas Day. The traditions of putting up decorations, lighting up the streets and homes, shopping, making plans for vacation etc are now part
Growing restlessness and lingering lethargy enveloping the Naga skyline is causing an uneasy sense of acute cynicism and unfocused anger, just churning restlessly for its release. The internal and external cond
The Moily Committee report is out. The second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) headed by former Karnataka Chief Minister Verappa Moily has recommended major changes to the Representation of the People Ac
Nagaland’s Annual Plan outlay for the year 2007-2008 was approved on February 6 at a meeting between the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Nagaland, Neiphiu Ri
Putting the peace issue right up front before the people of Nagaland, new Governor K. Sankaranarayanan has rightly pointed out that it is the combined responsibility and the bounden duty of everyone to make use
The murder of seven persons in Kiphire district on February 8 by unidentified assailants is a shameless act of cowardice and one that has shocked the sense of peace loving people. The cruel manner, in which the
Despite mounting threats from different quarters including from an armed underground faction, the Naga students from the four hill districts of Manipur have shown great courage of conviction to come and sit for
At the heart of a peoples existence is its collective critical consciousness; provided as an alternative to the dominant culture and one that refuses to accept the interpretations of reality as defined by domin
As is the case in the run up to every election that comes up at a given point of time, poll promises have become the major subject of political parties and the electorate. The recent slew of election promises a
The passionate and innate relationship between human beings and the land in which they exercise their sovereign rights had and continues to define the dialectical parameters of what constitutes a peoples’ und
The appointment of K. Sankaranarayanan—a former Finance Minister of Kerala and a confidant of Defence Minister A.K. Antony—as Governor of Nagaland to replace former Intelligence Bureau Chief Shyamal Datta i
Expectations from the United Nations depend on one’s perception and understanding of what the organization represents and what it can accomplish. It is agreed that in an increasingly contradicting yet interco
