Nagaland Statehood Day: Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio appealed to all the "Naga Political Groups" and the Government of India, and "all others concerned" to walk the extra mile, reach out to everyone in the spirit of understanding in the truest sense.
The MVUs were jointly launched by Union Cabinet Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Parshottam Rupala and Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio on Friday.
Our Correspondent Kohima, Oct. 21 (EMN): Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala, flagged off 16 mobile veterinary units (MVUs) in the presence of Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio at Secretariat Plaza in Kohima, on Friday. The mobile veterinary units are meant for 12 districts of the state, and one each for Elisa laboratory, Veterinary Field Assistant Training Institute, vaccine bank and state-level monitoring centre. The union minister said during the launch of the veterinary van that the prime minister’s sympathy and feelings for animals has reached every border of the country, which is his vision of New India. ‘For a state with hilly terrain like Nagaland, the difficulty lies in reaching the animals on time. While animals cannot come to the veterinary hospital, the veterinarians are also not able to reach them on time and it becomes challenging to provide healthcare to the animals,’ he said while urging livestock farmers to avail the
Our Correspondent Kohima, Oct. 5 (EMN): Discontented over the indifferent attitude of the government towards the demand to regularise their services, despite staging protest for the past 10 days, more adhoc teachers joined the ongoing hunger strike outside the Secretariat in Kohima on Wednesday. The All Nagaland Adhoc Teachers’ Group (ANATG) – 2015 batch has been holding agitation since September 26 and hunger strike for six days. Member of ANATG 2015, Bendangtemsu Ozukum, informed that they are planning to intensify the hunger strike. ‘Some of them have volunteered to join (the hunger strike), expressing dissatisfaction at the attitude of the government. Therefore, we are compelled to increase the number,’ he said. Initially, a total of 36 teachers took part in the hunger strike but at least half a dozen were hospitalised over the course of six days. One member is still in the hospital since Tuesday and her condition is reportedly stable, he added. About three to four
Our Correspondent Kohima, Sep. 28 (EMN): At least three mothers, accompanied by their toddlers and children, were at the forefront of the ongoing indefinite protest called by the All Nagaland Ad hoc Teachers’ Group (ANATG) 2015 batch against non regularisation of their services at the Secretariat Plaza, Kohima on Wednesday. The peaceful protest, which commenced on Sep. 26, entered the third day on Wednesday. A mother of three, who is not from Kohima district, said that they were temporarily lodged at her cousin’s place in Naga Bazaar. ‘Even if it is difficult travelling all the way here and staying at someone else’s house, we will protest till regularization comes through,’ she said. Another teacher said she had left her children at home to participate in the agitation in the state capital. ‘We (have) come here from another district to protest the non regularisation of our service. But, we are hoping that the government will regularise,’ she said.