By Oken Jeet Sandham Citizens took up arms for certain causes and goals. History has shown us many great freedom fighters who took up arms to liberate from the occupational forces. Great leaders of India like Mahatama Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Jawaharal Nehru, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Gopal [...]
By Oken Jeet Sandham KOHIMA, Apr 9 (NEPS): President of the ruling major Naga People’s Front (NPF) Dr Shurhozelie hinted that upcoming by-election in the 26 Aonglenden Assembly Constituency, where former Nagaland Chief Minister and ex-Goa and Maharashtra Governor Dr SC Jamir would be fighting as Congress candidate, would be a “tough one.” He, however, [...]
By Oken Jeet Sandham: The visit of Nagaland by any Presidents is history. The people of Nagaland would be happier to welcome such country’s head in their own soil. Such occasion would be Nagas’ “pride and joy.” The memory is still fresh and it will remain so in the minds of the Naga people of [...]
By Oken Jeet Sandham Baba Ramdev Maharaj, internationally famed Yoga Guru, has done remarkable job by personally visiting Nagaland state to impart his rare “Yoga classes” to the Naga people. He has done this at State’s commercial hub, Dimapur and Capital, Kohima. Participants of his “Yoga classes” included VVIPs, Press personnel and ordinary citizens. Such [...]
By Oken Jeet Sandham Water scarcity has again hit the Kohima residents. During dry season, town dwellers normally suffer but residents in and around state capital, Kohima, have to face the maximum hardships. Even the state assembly used to discuss the matter very seriously. In one of the previous Nagaland assembly sessions, Leader of Opposition [...]
Oken Jeet Sandham When the “Frontier Nagaland State” demand by Eastern Naga Public Organization (ENPO) is steadily coming to the fore and some people from other tribes started putting their thoughts in it, there is another move doing the round. It is said the State (Nagaland) government is toying with the idea of bifurcating the [...]
The manner in which the government is swinging into action to streamline its electricity distribution network as well as to haul up unauthorised connections in the Imphal area after a Public Interest Litigation, PIL, by three individuals, came up for hearing in the Imphal bench of the Gauhati High Court against it abject inability to [...]
By Oken Jeet Sandham New Delhi, though not seen producing good sportspersons in spite of being second largest populated country in the world, has courage to host this XIX Commonwealth Games 2010. This mega sporting event will be held from October 3 to 14, 2010 at Delhi. Initial estimation of the Games was Rs 11,494 [...]
By Oken Jeet Sandham Decades old Naga political movement has a lot to tell tale. Basically, the Naga political movement was for the Nagas to live as a “free nation” but it became complicated when the British left India without settling many problems including Nagas. In fact, they have created a political mess in whole [...]
By: Oken Jeet Sandham PA Sangma’s apology to Sonia Gandhi for raking up latter’s foreign origin issue 10 years ago is not unexpected. Sangma along with Sharad Pawar and Tariq Anwar, all senior Congressmen then, parted ways with Congress on Mrs Gandhi’s foreign origin issue. It rather strengthened BJP in its vitriolic campaign against Mrs [...]