Dimapur, Nov. 10 (EMN): A state-level workshop on non-communicable diseases-nutrition, lifestyle, and management, which was co-led by secretary of Health and Family Welfare, Asangla Imti, was held on November 9 at the Secretariat conference hall, Kohima. In her address, Asangla stated that the workshop was organised to discuss on prevention and control measures based on the hazard risk factors, multi-sectoral approach, priority areas that are lacking and focusing on potential areas, stated a DIPR report. The principal secretary and development commissioner, Amardeep S Bhatia, in his virtual speech, asked the officers to look into the challenges being faced in their respective areas. He asked them to draft the non-communicable diseases prevalent in Nagaland and see what the potential solutions to the problems are. He further stated that it was an opportunity for the departments to specifically see what the state requires and to be innovated to tackle the problem. In her powerpoint prese
Dimapur, Nov. 8 (EMN): Top leaders of the NSCN (IM) including its ato kilonser, Th. Muivah; vice chairman Tongmeth Wangnao; and caretaker/ convenor of steering secretariat, KK Angami, have condoled the demise of Chuba Ponger, member of collective leadership and co-convenor of the steering committee, and Imti Ramok, executive member of steering committee, who passed away on November 8. Chuba Pongen from Moayimti village under Ao region passed away on November 8 at Eden Hospital in Dimapur following a massive cardiac arrest, while Ramok Jamir from Mongsenyimti village under Ao region passed away on November 8 at Zion Hospital in Dimapur after a prolonged illness. In a condolence message, Th. Muivah stated that Chuba Pongen was recently inducted into the collective leadership as member after he held various important responsibilities such as kilonser to ministry of chaplee affairs, co-convenor of steering committee etc. Muivah has described him as a young leader whose dynamic characterist
Our Reporter Dimapur, Nov. 4 (EMN): In a shocking incident, three minors including a 9-year-old girl from Longwa village of Mon district were reportedly abused physically and mentally by a woman named Ronika Miachieo, who resides in Burma Camp, Dimapur, and claimed to be an environmentalist. The main accused, Miachieo, is absconding while the co-accused named Amos Ezung was arrested by the police on November 3 in connection with the case, Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) and PRO Dimapur, Bharat Laxman Markad, informed Eastern Mirror on Friday. It may be mentioned that the duo – the main accused and co-accused – was involved in various projects including beautification of dumping sites in Dimapur by collaborating with the Dimapur Municipal Council and Ezung is said to be the chief manager of waste management. They were also involved in the recent felling of trees at Supermarket area in Dimapur, initiated after strong winds brought down two trees, killing two persons. The police
Eastern Mirror DeskDimapur, Oct. 9 (EMN): Dr. Temsula Ao, renowned poet, scholar, novelist and ethnographer from Nagaland, passed away on Sunday at Eden Hospital in Dimapur. She was 80. A Padma Shri Awardee(2007), she was widely respected as one of the major literary voices in English to emerge from Northeast India. She was the recipient of the Governor’s Gold Medal 2009 from the government of Meghalaya, and the Nagaland Governor’s Award for Distinction in Literature in 2009. In 2013, she was the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award. She was also the recipient of the Kusumagraj National Literature Award(for poetry) in 2015. Born in Jorhat, Assam, she attended Nagaland’s oldest college, Fazl Ali College in Mokokchung for her undergraduate degree, while she obtained her MA in English from Gauhati University, Assam. She completed her Post-Graduate Diploma in the Teaching of English from the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (now English and Foreign Languages Unive