Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Friday said the demand for a separate state by the people of the eastern part of the state is “not wrong”.”Nagas, we speak our mind and it is not wrong for them (Eastern Nagaland people) to say what their thinking and desire is but... The post appeared first on .

Kohima (Nagaland) [India], March 19 (ANI): The Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) on Saturday unanimously elected Independent MLA, T Yangseo Sangtam as the Deputy Speaker of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) on the first day of the eleventh Budget session.

Kohima Jan 30 PTI President of Indian Olympic Association IOA and also International Hockey Federation Narinder Batra has urged the Nagaland government to set up a hockey pitch in the state and has assured all support towards it Addressing the gathering during the inauguration of the Nagaland Olympic Association NOA six-storey office complex here on Saturday night Batra said the state does not have any hockey pitch and requested the government to pursue one Batra said he would approach the Indian Hockey Federation to extend all support towards popularizing the game and also training Naga youngsters The IOA president said that Nagas have the natural talent in Archery and Wrestling which need to be harnessed well In this he said the state government should take advantage of the natural talents that are available and produce more Olympians He also said IOA would request the Wrestling Federation of India to organise friendly bouts either on Kohima or Dimapur to give exposure to the wrestlers The IOA president also asked the state government to identify four young athletes two each to witness the Commonwealth and Asian games which are likely to be held in July-August This will help them get exposure to events at international platforms and share their experiences with young budding talents to promote sports in the state Batra said the establishment of an office of the State Olympic Association shows the seriousness of the Nagaland government towards promoting games and sports The NOA office complex was inaugurated by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio in the presence of Vice President IAO President Athletic Federation of India Adille Sumariwala Secretary General IAO Rajeev Mehta a host of state Cabinet ministers Founding President of NOA Lanu Toy and Arjuna Awardee and Olympian Chekrovulii Swuro On the occasion Swuro presented her Archery World Cup Gold medal won at Shanghai China in 2011 to the NOA for display PTI NBS RG RG

Kohima Nov 17 PTI Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Wednesday gave an assurance that the Nagaland government will look into the possibility of making the recognised non-Naga indigenous inhabitants as permanent residents of the state The state government he said is working on strengthening the status of non-Naga indigenous inhabitants through the exercise of the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland RIIN The RIIN is expected to help maintain a record of indigenous inhabitants who settled in Nagaland before December 1 1963 the day it became a full-fledged state The state government in June 2019 had launched the RIIN exercise to streamline the system of issuance of indigenous inhabitant certificates The chief minister was addressing a gathering of Gorkha community people during the inaugural function of the Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima GPPK multi-utility hall in Chandmari here Maintaining that the government is in the process of formulating RIIN the chief minister said you Gorkhas will also figure in RIIN because you are already recognised as Indigenous Non-Naga Local Residents of Nagaland as mentioned in the State Government Gazette Notification of 22nd October 1974 This time in the RIIN exercise the government will work on how to strengthen your position as already recognised people of the state Highlighting that the presence of the NepaliGorkhali community can be strongly felt in many important countries and cities Rio said in Nagaland too they have been living here even before the World War-II or in the pre-Independence years The Gorkhas have made friends with people of Tsutuonuomia Khel a sector out of the four khels in Kohima village and have a very close relationship with them while the latter have adopted and given them all protection he said The division of a village into several khels is based largely on geography but speakers of the same language members of the same clan or groups of immigrants might occupy the same khel Gorkhas are very accessible and have a lot of similarity with the Nagas including simplicity bravery honesty trustworthiness and faithfulness he said We will continue to have the brotherhood said Rio On the grievances of the Gorkhas Rio gave assurance that the government will look into the possibilities of making them permanent residents and make them feel more comfortable in the state Nagaland also has other recognised non-Naga tribes like the Kukis Garos Kacharis and Mikhirs Karbis who have their villages inside Nagaland much before 1947 and the state attaining statehood he said Your category will fall in that and the government will see what will be best for all of us he said Rio went on to state the fact that even during World War-II when many non-Nagas had fled Kohima the Gorkha community stood with the locals and went through the difficult times and even supported the rebuilding process of Kohima town He also said that proper directive would be given to the Art and Culture Department on declaring Gorkha Singha Devi Mandir Chandmari Kohima established in 1880 in Chandmari as heritage of Nagaland GPPK president Santu Thapa said Today is a historic and memorable day for the Gorkha community of Kohima and it will remain cherished by generations PTI NBS MM MM