KOHIMA

Kohima, Feb 19: Four persons including a minor were charred to death in a forest fire at Noklak in Tuensang district, official sources said today. Two women and a 10-year-old boy, who went for firewood collection, were engulfed by the spreading jungle fire near a Mission centre in Noklak town yesterday.

Kohima, Feb 18: The Nagaland Government has noted random burning of jungles in various parts of the State recently and threatened to withhold all government grants if such cases are found in any village.

JORHAT, Feb 2: Teeming with wildlife, the Naga Hills have become an easy target for poachers who kill deer and fowl for flesh, skin and feathers.

Prof P S Ramakrishnan of the Jawaharlal Nehru University

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sanctioned a HIV/AIDS project worth USD 1.47 million for the North Eastern States of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland. The region

Cold wave across the State as temperatures dip

KOHIMA, Jan 16: Seeking to ensure supply of safe and clean drinkable water as also to check the metering system in the State capital, Minister for PHED Dr K Ngangshi Ao today carried out a spot-inspection of the Water Treatment Plant at Jotsoma and the progress of the metering systems in various localities of Kohima town.

KOHIMA, Jan 6: The process of urbanization in Nagaland has taken remarkable strides since the last few decades.

MANOJ ANAND

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale rocked Assam, north-eastern states and neighbouring Burma on Tuesday causing minor damages to properties and cracks in apartments and other concrete structures.