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An Account of Nagaland’s Phenomenal Rise in Online E-Commerce | Nagaland’s first e-commerce company: Ilandlo Services Private Limited

Internet shopping has surfaced as one of the state’s most popular trends. Most people prefer shopping online to going to a physical store these days, thereby adopting the technology’s ethos of making things easier and more convenient than ever.   Nagaland has been witnessing a surge in online business with the help of digital or …

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Understanding ‘Clean Election’ campaigner Alem Jongshi, Congress Candidate for 27 Mokokchung Town AC

The Congress candidate for 27 Mokokchung Town AC is campaigning for clean elections, equitable development, and “social change.” Alem Jongshi has been a member of the Congress party since 1979 and remains an ardent supporter.       Alem Jongshi, who was the Deputy Commissioner of Tuensang from 2014 to 2017 and an additional secretary …

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Incidence of vote-buying during elections in Mokokchung – Part 2 | Church leaders speak on how to tackle the problem

With reports of candidates and their agents distributing cash to induce voters in Mokokchung, we asked Church leaders on their take on “cash for vote” and how to tackle it.   According to Rev Prof Dr Mar Pongener, Executive Secretary of ABAM, you get the right to cast your vote as a citizen of India. …

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Mokokchung to celebrate Valentine’s Day with roses and chocolate

Valentine’s Day may have begun as a raucous celebration filled with debauchery, blood, and sacrifice, but it was the Romantic English poets Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare who helped Valentine’s Day eventually transform into a day about romantic love.   Love is something that transcends age, gender, and social status and can be expressed in …

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Incidence of vote-buying during elections in Mokokchung – Part 1

Election season in Nagaland means bribe season, with politicians of all stripes offering a wide variety of gifts in exchange for votes. In the run-up to elections in Nagaland, efforts to purchase votes with cash and other inducements are a common practice.   Electoral politics in Nagaland is reduced to a mere cash-rich business where …

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Assam-Nagaland border tension erupts in Tzürangkong valley

Assam officials erect barricade in Aosungkum village only to dismantle it by themselves     Tensions erupted along the Assam-Nagaland border in Mokokchung’s Tzürangkong range in the villages of Aosungkum and Aosenden on Friday, February 10.   T Likok, one of Aosungkum’s council board members, told Mokokchung Times that at around 11:00 AM on Friday, …

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Battleground Tyui: Will NSN’s ‘Development with Justice’ mantra take down Patton?

“I consider the situation of the constituency to be practically a straight contest between me and Deputy CM”- NSN Lotha         Deputy CM Y Patton has won three consecutive elections from the 37 Tyui AC since 2008. He won from the BJP in 2008, the NPF in 2013, and the BJP again …

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As Bihar politics make inroads into Nagaland, will 2023 elections be any different?

Despite the fact that the election is being held in Nagaland, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to the regional players from Bihar that have been going all out to contest the Nagaland Assembly elections on February 27.   The bitter rivalry between the Janata Dal (United) – Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on …

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Half of her beauty is her brain: Hikali Achumi, the reigning Miss Nagaland & Miss Sümi 2022

IMTISENLA JAMIR | Mokokchung Times     When it comes to beauty with talent, Miss Hikali Achumi should not be overlooked. In a glitzy ceremony held at Zunheboto Town Hall on 5 July, 2022, Hikali Achumi was crowned Miss Sumi 2022. In the same year, she was also crowned Miss Nagaland 2022 at the Capital …

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Dimapur III AC independent candidate Kahuto Chishi finding strong moral support in Mokokchung

It has rarely happened in Nagaland elections when voters from a different district are more invested in another candidate from a different district than theirs. However, the electoral dynamics in Nagaland has been altered this time, at least in the case of 3-Dimapur III assembly constituency.       Dimapur III is getting a lot …

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