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Film on conservation efforts by Nagaland villagers wins award

February 15, 2016

‘Nagaland is changing, But…’ film has won the Golden Beaver Best Film Award in the institutional category at the 6th National Science Film Festival held in Mumbai. It also has received the technical excellence award for best sound design at ..

Union Government bans NSCN-K for 5 years

September 17, 2015

Union Government has banned Naga rebel group National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Khaplang (NSCN-K) for five years. The organisation has been banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Decision in this regard was taken at Union Cabinet meeting chaired ..

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Historic and Landmark Peace Accord signed between NSCN (IM) – Central Government

August 3, 2015

Union Government has signed an historic and landmark peace accord with the Isaac Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN). The pact was signed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence at 7, Race Course Road in New ..

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Union Government declares whole of Nagaland as 'disturbed area'

July 8, 2015

Union home ministry has declared entire Nagaland state as a ‘disturbed area’ for one year period with an immediate effect from June 30, 2015. The state was declared as “disturbed” area under Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, ..

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9 agricultural products from north-east India accorded GI registration tag

March 30, 2015

Nine organic and exotic agricultural products from Northeast India were accorded geographical indication (GI) registration tag. GI tag will help to protect these exclusive special local crops and pave way for better branding and marketing of these products both in ..

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Assam-Nagaland Border Conflict

January 21, 2015

Towns such as Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Uriamghat and Karbi Anglong are located on the Assam-Nagaland Border. In August 2014, some Naga miscreants reportedly burnt around 200 houses in seven border villages of Uriamghat area leading to forced displacement of around ..

Nagaland Governor PB Acharya to hold additional charge of Assam

December 7, 2014

President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Governor of Nagaland Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya to take additional charge as the governor of Assam. Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya will continue to hold the additional charge till a new governor is appointed to succeed J B Patnaik, the Governor of ..

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PM inaugurates Nagaland’s Hornbill festival

December 2, 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Hornbill festival of Nagaland. PM Modi by wearing a traditional Naga headgear and by beating the traditional Naga gong three times declared the festival open at the picturesque heritage village of Kisama, Kohima. About ..

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Sikkim becomes most favoured destination of foreign tourists in northeast India

August 11, 2014

Foreign tourists visiting the north-eastern (NE) states of India are choosing Sikkim as their most favored destination in NE region of the country. As per figures released by the Tourism Ministry, while the state received 23,602 tourists in 2011, it was ..

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President appoints new Governors to five states

July 15, 2014

President of India, Pranab Mukherjee appointed Governors of five states, namely Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Gujarat and Nagaland. Given below is the list of Governors and their respective state of appointment: Keshari Nath Tripathi: Governor of West Bengal Balramji ..

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