Mokokchung Times
The recent representation submitted by the Kohima Bar Association (KBA) to the Chief Secretary of Nagaland has brought an uncomfortable, long-simmering contradiction out into the open. The Bar’s submission is…
The second edition of The Village Fair in Chozuba brought farmers, entrepreneurs, government departments, financial institutions and community organisations together on Tuesday, with speakers calling for greater focus on agriculture-based…
The first consultative meeting on capacity building of Village Level Functionaries (VLFs) was held at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Nagaland, Kohima, on August 28, with nearly 50 representatives from…
Nagaland has an advantage that many places seeking to strengthen conservation do not: a deeply rooted system of traditional village governance. Every village has a village council, and traditional institutions…
“The soul of India lives in its villages.” These words of Mahatma Gandhi continue to hold profound relevance even in the twenty-first century. As India strives towards becoming a developed…
The village system remains one of the most distinctive and defining features of Naga society. Long before the arrival of modern political institutions, Naga villages functioned as self-governing entities with…
Bamsiakilwa (Hebamlo) village in Peren district has declared the Daukeling–Hebamlo Community Conserved Area (CCA), establishing a protected community zone dedicated to the conservation of the Asiatic Golden Cat. The initiative…
Fresh tensions have reportedly surfaced along the Assam–Nagaland border following the installation of a signboard bearing the name of a Nagaland village at Dimorujan village under the Uriamghat area in…
Legal questions over whether the “Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978” accurately reflects Ao customary governance came under sharp scrutiny at Ao Senden’s Shishatokden Sentong (seminar) held at Mokokchung…
The Aosüngkum Cultural Club organized the Moatsü festival at Mokokchung village on Saturday. Dr. Takosunep Ao, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Mokokchung, attended the programme as Guest of Honour (Tongti Tejaoker),…