There is a Russian proverb which says: Dwell on the past and youll lose an eye; forget the past and youll lose both eyes. This insight best illustrates the dilemma that confronts the choices we make when it com
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Today Nagaland along with the rest of the country will join the international community in commemorating World Tourism Day. What needs to be highlighted though is that September 27 is not just about tourist adm
At the core of a peoples existence is its collective consciousness and perhaps Nagas must consciously and deliberately take the task to nurture, nourish and evoke a consciousness and perception that is an alter
On September 24th, the occasion of the 125th anniversary of The Tribune, - a Chandigarh based English daily I grew up reading as a schoolboy, Congratulations Tribune! - the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh
The recent conclave on HIV/AIDS organized by the Assam Rifles Wives Welfare Association in Shillong has drawn the wide attention of both the national and local media on the recent disclosure of a near HIV/AIDS
Human trafficking is the modern day name of slavery. According to United Nations reports, the international trade in human trafficking is now the fastest growing business of organized crime. It has become a $7
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjees recent visit to the Northeast may have left many people in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur disappointed. The senior Congress leaders not so enthusiastic comments on the ongoing pe
Thomas Paine once said: Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. The essence of this powerful message lends credence to widely accepted dictum that
In a major attempt at combating the threat faced by Naxal-hit States, decision was taken to set up an Inter-State Joint Task Forces in order to facilitate coordination and synergize anti-Naxalite operations inc
The announcement made by BJP President Lal Krishna Advani to step down from his organizational post as party chief in December will come as a victory to those within the party who had propagated the principle o
What in the world could have been going through the mind of the police jawan who mercilessly shot dead Late Peter Yimchunger on the night of September 15? Many of us must be baffled by the tragic incident where
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharrafs UN address on Wednesday in which he made a mention to Kashmir as the core issue and his reference to implementing the Security Council resolution, has not gone down too
To me, liberty means going to school and learning, says Kimani Nganga, who has waited more than eight decades for his first day of school. The Kenyan villager wants to make sure nobody else has to wait that lon
The news about the initiative taken by the State government to conduct a preparatory workshop on the Right to Information Act is most welcomed. One hopes the local media in the State would also do its part by c
After languishing in prisons, hundreds of fishermen, farmers and others returned to a grand welcome Monday as India and Pakistan carried out their biggest prisoner exchange since the launch of peace talks last
The sudden decision of the Garo Hills Citizens Forum (GHCF) to impose restrictions on the sale of two prominent newspapers published from Shillong has reportedly not gone down too well causing a lot of resentme
While the Department of Higher & Technical Education has gone ahead with disbursement of the Post Metric Central Scholarship (PMCS) amounting to Rs. 5.07 Crores, the All Nagaland College Students Union (ANC
The British Prime Minister, Tony Blairs, visit to New Delhi on September 6 at the head of a high level European Union delegation to attend the sixth EU-India summit the next day followed by a bilateral meeting
India may be at the forefront in terms of economic growth, but it continues to lag behind in quality of life, with its Human Development Index (HDI) remaining static at a low 127 according to the latest United
The governments decision to raise petrol price by Rs 3 a litre and diesel by Rs 2 per litre in line with rising international crude prices, will come as a huge burden for the common man and the consequences of
