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DIMAPUR In what could be, perhaps, the first of its kind in Manipur’s Senapati district, Poumai students in Shillong spent their summer vacation at home by adopting cherry saplings at Naamai Zho, an emerging tourist destination in the region. The students not only planted dozens of cherry saplings but also adopted them by taking the pledge to nurture the plants till the age of seven and endorsed environmental stewardship as a way of life, according to an update received here on Friday. Tree guards were also installed to protect the newly planted trees from being destroyed by cattle. The initiative was taken during a one-day awareness programme-cum-tree plantation drive initiated by Poumai Naga Tsiidoumai Me (PNTM), Shillong, in collaboration with Senapati Forest Division and Naamai Eco-tourism Society (NETS) on the theme, “Climate Action: Preserve and Explore the Beauty of Nature”, at Naamai Zho. Speaking on the occasion, P.K. Francis, President of PNTM, Shillong, said th
DIMAPUR Naga organisations including Poumai Naga Tsiidoumai Me (Poumai Students’ Union), Thiimziih Teen Bujuur Ruwrkheh (Moyon Naga Students’ Union), Sirti Thiimjiitam Sourkhe (Monsang Naga Students’ Union) and Kohima Village Youth Organisation (KVYO) have condemned the demolition of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) office at the Naga Club building in the early hours of Saturday. “This heinous act goes against the very principle of humanity and the aspirations of the Naga people in particular. We express our strong disapproval to such barbaric actions and call upon the law-enforcing agencies to promptly initiate appropriate legal proceedings against those perpetrators and their act of goondaism,” read press release from Poumai Naga Tsiidoumai Me. “KVYO condemns the hate and fear that motivates such disgraceful acts. The destruction in the midst of controversy and the random destruction of historical records of the NSF is irreplaceable,” KVYO stated in a condemn
Our Correspondent Kohima, Oct. 29 (EMN): Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday lamented the absence of a “true” Pan-Naga organisation amid division continuing unabated among the Nagas. Therefore, Naga society needs oneness, unity, and harmony at the moment, he said while addressing the culmination programme of the 75 years of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) held on the theme “Call to oneness” at Naga Solidarity Park in Kohima. He also lamented that ‘many well-intended decisions and actions of the government are often viewed and interpreted on tribal lines’. “Sadly, even today, we do not even have a single true pan Naga organization, be it a civil society, a tribal body or a student organisation,” he said. The chief minister said the Naga movement that started in 1918 under the banner Naga Club was to unite the Naga family as one. “Unfortunately, division among the Naga family started in the 1960s and is continuing unabated till today. The Naga Nation