Our Correspondent/ Reporter Tuensang/ Dimapur, Oct. 7 (EMN): The public walkathon called by the Eastern Nagaland Students’ Federation (ENSF) in all the administrative and district headquarters in eastern Nagaland ended peacefully on Friday with thousands of people in traditional attire hitting the streets at the designated locations in the region, holding placards and chanting slogans to mark the first phase of agitation for Frontier Nagaland statehood. In Tuensang, hundreds of people from various parts of the district converged at the parade ground to participate in the walkathon organised by the ENSF and initiated by Chang Wetoshi Setshang. Speaking at the rally, ENSF president Chingmak Kumchuba Chang briefed how the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) started the demand for a separate state in 2010, along with the representatives from all the tribes in the region, and the ENSF signing the agreement in solidarity. “In this fight, we will need everyone’s contribu
Dimapur, Oct. 7 (EMN): The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) along with its seven federating units — Chang Wedoshi Setshang (CWS) Konyak Students’ Union (KSU), Khiamniungan Students’ Union (KSU), Phom Students’ Conference (PSC), Tikhir Students’ union (TSU), United Sangtam Students’ Conference (USSC), Yimkhiung Akherü Arihako (YAA) — and 63 orchestrated clusters consisting of 451 sub-ordinate students bodies kick started its public walkathon in all the tribal headquarters, administrative headquarters and sub-divisions of eastern Nagaland region as part of its first phase of agitation for a separate Frontier Nagaland state. In a press release, the student body stated that the ‘agitation was peaceful and democratic wherein denizens from different walks of life joined the walkathon which includes leaders of civil societies (CSOs), church, village elders, students and general public. The consolidated gathering marched to the nearest cluster hub holding pla
Dimapur, Oct. 6 (EMN): The Konyak Students’ Union (KSU) has extended support and solidarity to the All Nagaland Adhoc Teachers’ Group (ANATG) 2015 batch whose members are currently on hunger strike. KSU in a press release stated that the state government continue to torture and harass the teachers while other states are striving to develop world class school infrastructure and quality education. “The union questions the government how it strives to empower the students without empowering the teachers? When the department’s justification by citing court order is invalidated, there’s is no legitimate ground for denying and delaying the demands of regularisation any further,” KSU stated. The union further appealed to the state government “to ennoble and dignify the teaching profession and resolve the matter with utmost priority and consideration.”
Our ReporterDimapur, Oct.6 (EMN): The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation’s (ENSF) proposed mass public walkathon in all administrative and tribal headquarters under eastern Nagaland is set to commence today, marking the first phase of agitation for the Frontier Nagaland statehood demand called by the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation. A source informed Eastern Mirror that after the peaceful walkathon, a memorandum on behalf of the federating units will be submitted to the government of India (GoI) through the respective district deputy commissioners on Oct. 7, and the next phase of agitation will depend on the response of the GoI. The public walkathon for the statehood demand has received support from the seven tribal federating units of ENSF — Chang Wedoshi Setshang, Konyak Students’ Union, Khiamniungan Students’ Union, Phom Students’ Conference, Tikhir Students’ Union, United Sangtam Students’ Conference, and Yimkhiung Akherü Arihako. Likewise, the federati
Our Correspondent Kohima, Sep. 10 (EMN): Deputy Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly, T Yangseo Sangtam told students to be diligent and work hard as there is ‘barely any place for an average person’ in this competitive and digital era. ‘God has gifted each one of us with gifts and talents and none is left out. Therefore, one should explore one’s talents and give 100 per cent to excel in that,’ he said while addressing the Konyak Students’ Union, Kohima (KSUK) 37th fresher’s meet on the theme ‘Confluence through education’ at State Academy hall in Kohima on Saturday. Asserting that everyone cannot get a government job, he encouraged the students to work hard as there is no substitute to it. ‘In life, one will cross countless paths and be faced with different situations but the choice is yours,’ he said. Sangtam also told the students to be careful, watchful, and vigilant in the choices they make. ‘Whatever you do today, the efforts you put in today w