Kohima, Aug 9: Although Nagaland has a geographical area of only 16, 579 sq km, it harbours very rich and unique biodiversity with the state being a part of the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot.

The government considers giving corporates more than a nudge towards social initiatives

Thanks to the Satyam scam, the continuing protests against corporate land acquisition and the more recent Bhopal case verdict, public expectations of companies have plunged to a new low.

KOHIMA, July 4

Agartala, June 28: Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Chowdhury has expressed deep concern over degradation of forest land due to shifting cultivation (Jhum) over the years and revealed that Manipur has emerged as the worst-affected State, followed by Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura.

Shillong, June 21 (IANS): Assam's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport appears to have become one of the main transit points for smugglers to transport wildlife products to China and Far East Asia.

In less than a week, customs seized tiger skeletons and pangolin scales worth more than Rs.5 crore (over a million dollars) from the airport.

KOHIMA, June 18: The annual plan size of Nagaland for the current fiscal has been pegged at Rs 1,500 crore, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said. The Centre has also allocated additional Rs 712 crore to the state for implementation of revision of pay (RoP) to its employees on the line of central pay structure, Rio told newsmen at Dimapur on his return from Delhi.

DIMAPUR, June 18

KOHIMA, June 13: Over 9000 child labourers throughout 11 district headquarters of Nagaland work in various sectors for about 16 hours a day without proper accommodation, food and education.