The apprehended individuals along with the recovered items have been handed over to Bhandari Police Station, Wokha district.

The general public in Nagaland has been requested to remain cautious and vigilant in view of the ASF outbreak in Phek district.

According to the revised SOPs, all the returnees and travellers entering the State of Nagaland, shall undergo COVID-19 screening test at Dimapur Airport, Dimapur Railway Station, Dimapur- New Field Check Gate and the Dillai Gate, Kohima- Khuzama, Mokokchung- Tsutapela and Watiyongpang, Mon- Naginimora and Tizit, Wokha- Bhandari, Phek-Lanye Junction and Akash Bridge.

Imposition of the Act only shows the insincerity on the part of the Central government, Naga People's Party said on Saturday.

Nagaland in Northeast India celebrates its 58th Statehood Day on December 1

While saying that the role of NPC was rejected and condemned by the Naga freedom fighters including AZ Phizo, the NSCN (I-M) alleged that NPC's 16 Points Agreement sowed the seeds of colonialism and division.

On October 21, the Government of Nagaland had issued a circular directing departments to initiate preparation of their respective allocated areas at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, in view of the forthcoming Hornbill Festival 2020.

The total number of active and recovered cases in the state is now 1740 and 657 respectively.

Four more states/UT were added to the existing 20 states/UT linked with the National Portability scheme on Saturday

The extension has been necessitated by the recent surge in the COVID-19 cases in the district outside the quarantine centres, the District Task Force said.

Kohima Deputy Commissioner Gregory Thejawelie informed that total lockdown of the Kohima Municipal Area under Kohima Sadar Jurisdiction has been promulgated for seven days from July 25 till July 31.

Many places in Kohima and commercial hub Dimapur have been sealed by the respective administrations as precautionary measures.

It may be recalled that the Delimitation exercise of all states and UTs except Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland have been completed in 2008 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 2002. The exercise was deferred in respect for Manipur and other three NE States until further orders on the ground of law and order vide Government of India in Ministry of Law and Justice S. O. No. 286(E) dated February 8, 2008.

Nagaland is small and who pulled the trigger will also be known, it stated adding the WC will not remain a mute spectators in the future.

The Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) has urged the Naga people for a renewed approach to peace with regard to the prevailing situation across the world in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The International Peace and Social Advancement stated that there are errors in the 2011 census report, hence there is no point of carrying out delimitation based on a wrong census report.