The Central government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in nine districts of Nagaland including Dimapur, Niuland, Chumoukedima, Mon, Kiphire, Noklak, Phek, Peren and Zunheboto from Saturday (October 1) to March 30 next year, according to a notification issued by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). New Delhi: The... The post appeared first on .

The Central government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in nine districts of Nagaland including Dimapur, Niuland, Chumoukedima, Mon, Kiphire, Noklak, Phek, Peren and Zunheboto from Saturday (October 1) to March 30 next year, according to a notification issued by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). New Delhi: The... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): The Central government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in nine districts of Nagaland including Dimapur, Niuland, Chumoukedima, Mon, Kiphire, Noklak, Phek, Peren and Zunheboto from Saturday (October 1) to March 30 next year, according to a notification issued by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Superintendent of Police, Sibsagar district over the alleged custodial death of a Naga tribal man -E Henveih Phom - who was allegedly tortured by police at Gelekey police station in the Sivasagar district of Assam on August 21.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], January 24 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday held "fruitful" discussions with Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on issues of "mutual interest".

Tuensang (Nagaland) [India], December 19 (ANI): The Indian Medical Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone) pilot project on Saturday made its final and longest drone flight from Nagaland's Mokokchung to Tuensang to deliver medical supplies.

Kohima Nov 23 PTI Nagaland on Tuesday reported eight new COVID-19 cases two less than the previous day pushing the tally to 32068 a health department official said Of the eight fresh cases five were reported from Dimapur two from Kohima and one from Mokokchung district he said The COVID-19 death toll in the state remained 696 as no fresh fatality was reported the official said Seven more patients were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours taking the total number of COVID-19 recoveries to 30186 The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state now is 9413 per cent Nagaland now has 126 active COVID-19 cases while 1060 patients have migrated to other states Altogether 407715 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far the official said State Immunisation Officer Ritu Thurr said 1262395 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to 728015 people till Monday PTI NBS RG RG

Kohima Nov 22 PTI The Congress in Nagaland on Monday opposed the state governments decision to nominate an advisory council to urban local bodies ULBs A November 18 notification of the state government to nominate advisory council members to the ULBs should be kept in abeyance as the matter relating to the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 is pending before the Supreme Court Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee NPCC president K Therie said at a press conference here The state Congress legal cell at a meeting held during the day decided to write to all Deputy Commissioners and Additional Deputy Commissioners to keep the government order to nominate the advisory council by November 30 2021 in abeyance as it is inconsistent with provisions of the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 NPCC working president Khriedi Theunuo said that a special leave petition and Civil Appeal was filed by Naga Mothers Association NMA before the Supreme Court on the conduct of the ULB elections with 33 per cent women reservation but was withdrawn by them in 2017 However another application has been filed by Peoples Union for Civil Liberties PUCL and the matter is still pending before the Supreme Court he said State Congress president Therie said that the action of the government to nominate advisory council members instead of conducting the election to the ULB is against the Municipal Act as it does not contain any provision for nomination without conducting proper elections Three municipal bodies in Nagaland Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation Association of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat and All Ward Union Mokokchung Town - had on Sunday rejected the state governments decision for the nomination of an advisory council to the ULBs They requested the state government to hold ULB elections at the earliest with due rectification and amendment of the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 wherever it infringed Article 371A of the Indian Constitution On October 26 the state government constituted a five-member committee to study if the Nagaland Municipal Act infringes Article 371A of the Constitution Special provision with respect to the State of Nagaland However since the committee would take some time to study the matter before submitting its report the Nagaland government had decided to nominate an advisory council to the ULBs for the interim period PTI NBS MM MM

Kohima Nov 21 PTI Three municipal bodies in Nagaland on Sunday rejected the state governments decision for nomination of an advisory council in the urban local bodies ULBs The decision of the three municipal associations Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation DUCCF Association of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat AKMWP and All Ward Union Mokokchung Town AWUMT was taken during the first meeting of the three municipal bodies here on Sunday Sessional chairman and president of AKMWP Thejao Sekhose along with AWUMT president Limanungsang and DUCCF president Tsenthungo Nyamo told reporters here about the decision of the three municipal bodies He said the three units under the respective municipalities thoroughly discussed the government notification issued through the Department of Urban Development Adopting two point resolutions the meeting decided not to accept the November 18 2021 notification issued by the Government of Nagaland for nomination of ULB advisory council said Sekhose They also urged the state government to hold ULB elections at the earliest with due rectification and amendment of the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 wherever it infringed the Article 371A of the Indian Constitution he said On October 26 the state government constituted a five-member committee to study if the Nagaland Municipal Act infringes the Article 371 A However since the committee would take some time to study the matter before submitting its report the government had decided to nominate an advisory council to the ULBs for the interim period Nonetheless Sekhose said the government should keep in abeyance the formation of an advisory council to the ULBs and instead conduct the ULB elections at the earliest without any bias by hearing the voice of the people We found that some chapters of the Municipal Act 2001 infringe the Article 371A of the Constitution so we want the government to rectify all those clauses and conduct the municipal elections at the earliest he said but refused to divulge the chapters saying that the government knows it better PTI NBS RG RG

Kohima Nov 19 PTI Nagaland on Friday reported eight fresh COVID-19 cases same as the previous day a health official said The coronavirus death toll in the north-eastern state remained at 695 as no new fatality was recorded for the third consecutive day the official said The COVID-19 caseload of the state is now 32040 Six new cases were detected from Dimapur district and one each from Kohima and Mokokchung districts Twelve more patients were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 30165 The recovery rate among coronavirus patients in the state is currently at 9414 per cent Nagaland now has 127 active cases while 1053 patients have migrated to other states Altogether 406000 samples have so far been tested for detecting COVID-19 the official said State Immunisation Officer Ritu Thurr said 1250399 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to 722393 people till Thursday PTI NBS MM MM