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KOHIMA, May 5 – Although Nagaland is yet to send a single woman member to the state assembly, there was unbridled enthusiasm among female voters in this hill state where 16 polling stations were being manned by woman officials in today's polling for the lone parliamentary seat here, reports PTI.

Officials sources said there were five all-women polling stations at Kohima and 11 at Dimapur. All women polling stations were introduced on an experimental basis last in last year's assembly elections and the outcome was excellent, said Chief Electoral Officer Lalthara.

An official at the Kohima...

IMPHAL, May 5 – Various social organizations have come out strongly in protest of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s pledge to work towards “integrating all Naga inhabited areas as desired by the Naga people” while addressing an election rally in Dimapur on May 1. Denouncing the former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) as an “imperialist agent,” apex Manipur body, All Manipur United Clubs’ Organisation (amuco) stated, “it is really unfortunate that a political figure of Gowda’s stature should try to pass off the movement for self determination in the North...

BILASIPARA, May 5 – The Minister of Forests, Assam, Pradyut Bordoloi has declared the Hakama Beel near here in the district of Dhubri as a bird sanctuary and community conserved reserve. Sri Bordoloi, who visited the beel on the occasion of celebration of ‘Gachh Bihu’ Asom, and Hakama Beel Bird Sanctuary Demand Committee on May 2 praised the two NGOs for rendering conservation services towards the beel to which every winter several thousands of migratory birds like pelicans, sarali hanh and other birds come and make the beel their temporary abode.

The NGOs had to take the initiative for...

GUWAHATI, May 5 – How many of us know that one of the earliest rock inscriptions of Assam lies close to the foothills of Kamakhya? Even if one is in the vicinity of the site, one might probably never know, because there are no pointers to show the way from the nearest motorable road. Ten minutes walk away from Kalipur bus stop, the signboard next to the inscription also wears a vacant look.

“We don’t know what the inscription means, and although curious we don’t know whom to approach to know about it,” said Ashok Sinha, who has seen the inscription. “If this is how we maintain our heritage...

KOHIMA, May 5 – Barring stray incidents of proxy voting, minor scuffles among supporters of political parties and damage to electronic voting machines, the election to the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland remained by and large peaceful today, officials said, reports PTI.

The state’s Chief Electoral Officer, Lalthara, and Returning Officer, T N Mannen, in a joint briefing told newsmen that the exercise remained by and large peaceful with Mokokchung and Longleng districts recording over 90 per cent turnout.

In one polling station in Tuensang district, miscreants snatched away the EVM while...