Nagaland

Various battalions of Assam Rifles conducted civic action programmes in the state for the welfare of public. Chieswema Battalion: Chieswema battalion established eight new solar street lights at Marian village, Wozuro sub-division of Wokha district. According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the solar lights will also augment security during the night. Meanwhile, to commemorate Army Day, Chieswema Battalion conducted a medical camp for Razeiba range comprising of Zhavame, Razeiba, Tsufume and Zelume on January 15.  The camp accompanied by SMO along with eye specialist, Dr. Weweu provided eye check-up, ENT preliminary diagnosis and regular check-up for ailments such as common…

Lotha Students’ Union (LSU), Wokha has expressed serious concern over the “unsatisfactory ATM service” within its jurisdiction. In a press release, LSU president, Ashanthung Humtsoe and assistant general secretary, B Mhajan Tsopoe stated that it was unfortunate to notice how many of the ATM booths were either out of service or out of cash. LSU pointed out that this compels consumers to stand in queue without maintaining social distancing at the ATM booth where cash was available. LSU stressed that ATM service was a basic necessity for all and should not be ignored at any cost as consumers were paying…

Department of Cooperation, Nagaland launched two cooperative marketing buses (CMB) for Pang and Tamlu villages here at the department's office premises on Thursday. The two buses were launched under the Integrated Cooperative Development Project (ICDP), a scheme under National Cooperative Corporation (NCDC) where an area development approach is adopted for development of cooperatives. During the launching programme, Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies (ARCS), Imsunungsang in the keynote address disclosed that NCDC had sanctioned an outlay of Rs 5,209.98 lakhs in the month of January, 2018, for implementation of ICDP in five districts of Nagaland including Kohima, Tuensang, Longleng, Kiphire and…