DIMAPUR, JUNE 8 (MExN): Organizations and individuals have voiced condemnation over the brutal murder of New Market GB Abdul Kayum Talukdar on the night of June 7 at Signal Bosti, Dimapur by unknown assailants and urged the law enforcing agencies to nab t
DIMAPUR Despite the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) dispatching its garbage trucks every morning to collect waste from various points, in some populated
Dimapur, May 26 (EMN): In a breakthrough, Dimapur Police on Friday arrested two cadres of the NSCN (Khango) in connection with the May 3 incident at the wholesale fish market, Signal Bosti, Dimapur, where unknown miscreants poured chemicals inside 34 boxes of fish. The two who were arrested in Kohima have been identified as ‘Lieutenant Colonel’ and Kohima ‘Town Commander’ Apuloto Chishi (36 yrs) and ‘2nd Lieutenant’ Kaisha Yepthomi (30 yrs) of the NSCN (Khango), DCP (Crime), Dimapur Police, informed in an update. A police team led by ACP West along with OC SBN PS, 2nd OC SBN PS and SBN PS team proceeded to Kohima in the wee hours of Friday and with the assistance of electronic surveillance and human intelligence, the team raided a house at New Minister’s Hill, Kohima, and arrested the two accused. During the raid, police also recovered and seized one 9mm Berreta with 42 live rounds, INR 10,000, 17 booklets of extortion slips and other incriminating documents. “The vehic
DIMAPUR – As the indefinite ban on sale of fish entered the ninth day, the fish market at New Market, Dimapur, which otherwise used to be thronged by customers, wore a deserted look on Saturday with not a single fishmonger found in the vicinity when this newspaper visited in the afternoon. The “fish association” had called for an indefinite ban on trading of fish in Dimapur, starting from May 5, after unknown miscreants poured chemical-like liquid in 34 fish containers at Signal Bosti on May 3. It had said that the ban would continue until the matter is resolved. Fish were available in New Market during the initial days of the ban as traders continued to sell their existing stock, though customers had to dig into their pockets as fish that normally cost INR 150 per kg went up to INR 300. Customers, who came to the market unaware of the ban, were seen leaving dejected after enquiring the price. One of the sellers had told this newspaper that fish supply to Dimapur had been stopped