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Remains of 4 Nagas Killed in Attack Brought to Senapati District Hospital

SENAPATI, AUGUST 28: The mortal remains of four persons killed on Thursday in between Makui Ashang and Thanamba Naga in Kangpokpi district by suspected...

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Survivor Alleges 40–50 Kuki Militants Behind Ambush That Killed Four Nagas,...

UKHRUL: The secretary of the Ahangruak Association, Ahjapou MK survived the ambush that reportedly killed four Naga civilians between Makui Asang and Thanamba Naga...

PoSH Act Training Highlights Legal Duties in Addressing Workplace Sexual Harassment

SHILLONG: A one-day training programme on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act, organised by the District Medical and Health Office, Meghalaya, under the...

ANGEWA Appoints New Executive Committee for 2026–29

CHANDEL, AUG 28: The Anal Naga Government Employees Welfare Association (ANGEWA) held its official handing-over and taking-over ceremony between the outgoing and incoming executive...

GNF decries killing of four Nagas, says ‘we are done with...

KOHIMA, AUG 28: A day the killing of four Nagas in Manipur, the Global Naga Forum (GNF) said this was not an isolated horror; it...

No NRC, No Census: JFD Sets September 1 Deadline, Threatens Indefinite Manipur...

IMPHAL: The campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD) has announced a series of intensified agitations in Manipur, including a 24-hour statewide general strike on...

Editorial & Opinion

The Crisis of Naga Politics

THE NAGAS POLITICAL question is one of the longest-standing political issues in South Asia. Its modern political expression can be traced to the formation...

The Mecca Signal: Why Dhaka’s Flirtation Should Worry...

The pact that wasn't supposed to concern Delhi — and now doesFor a country that has spent a decade cultivating the language of “neighbourhood...

Secularism, Majoritarianism, and the Politics of Vande Mataram

WHEN THE BJP-led NDA passed the Bill in the Lok Sabha in 2026, there was a huge outcry from across India. Yet, the uproar...

Tribute to Niketu Iralu

There is strong evidence that Niketu Iralu’s international peace work was extensive, but I would make one important distinction: the available sources do not...

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PoSH Act Training Highlights Legal Duties in Addressing Workplace Sexual Harassment

SHILLONG: A one-day training programme on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act, organised by the District Medical and Health Office, Meghalaya, under the National Health Mission, was held at Maharam Government Higher Secondary School in Mawkyrwat on Thursday, with the participation of members of Internal Committees from seven healthcare institutions in South West Khasi Hills.As the discussion turned to the origins of the legislation, Badapbiang T. Dkhar, a Research Fellow at the National Law University Meghalaya and founder of the Kyrshan Foundation, who was invited as the resource person, explained that the PoSH Act emerged from a landmark legal battle that exposed a gap in India’s legal framework on workplace sexual harassment.The case...
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29,575 Myanmar refugees in Mizoram, 98.9% biometrically enrolled

AIZAWL, AUG 27 (SHABD): More than 29,500 people from Myanmar are currently taking shelter in Mizoram and over 98 per cent of them have been biometrically enrolled by the state government, a Minister informed the state legislature on Thursday.State Home Minister K. Sapdanga said that a total of 29,575 Myanmar refugees are currently living in different parts of Mizoram as per the record maintained by the state Home department till August 20.The state government has also completed biometric enrolment of 98.90 per cent of the refugees from Myanmar, he said.The Home Minister said that the Mizoram government has so far spent Rs 40.60 lakh on biometric enrolment of refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh, while financial...

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