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Churches in Nagaland oppose rice beer at traditional Hornbill festival of Naga people: All you need to know

जयन्ती मिश्रा - 9 December, 2024

The Hornbill festival not only is an expression of Nagaland's distinct culture, but also allows people to learn about the customs, food, songs, and dances of Nagaland's diverse tribes.

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‘Act of dehumanisation and continued colonial violence’: Nagaland CM seeks centre’s intervention to stop proposed auction of Naga human skull in UK

OpIndia Staff - 9 October, 2024

The item, described as a "19th century horned Naga skull," had been slated for auction by the auction house, The Swan at Tetsworth, on October 9. It was initially valued at £3,500-4,500.

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Christian militant group asks LGBTQ groups to leave Nagaland within 3 days, terms them ‘evil forces trying to destroy society’

OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2024

The group said it would not be responsible for any adverse reaction if the non-locals propagating and encouraging LGBTQ in the state fail to leave within three days

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Nagaland: Major drug network operating in NE states busted, group trafficked heroin worth Rs 400 crores in a year

ANI - 14 December, 2023

"It's not a small case, 60kgs of drug(heroin) being trafficked over one year by just one network is a huge case", the DGP said, adding that almost 400 crores rupees of drugs trafficked by just one network is huge.

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Christian pastor arrested in Darjeeling for duping Nagaland woman by making her pay Rs 3.5 crore for ‘mystery box’

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2023

A pastor from West Bengal's Darjeeling district was arrested for allegedly duping a woman from Dimapur in Nagaland into buying a 'mystery box' for Rs 3.5 crore

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DMK leader makes ‘dog eaters’ remark on Nagas, BJP and Tamil Nadu Governor slams him for insulting northeast Indians

OpIndia Staff - 6 November, 2023

DMK leader RS Bharathi referred to people of Nagaland 'dog eaters' during his diatribe against Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi.

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Seven NCP MLAs from Nagaland declare their support to Ajit Pawar, another major setback for Sharad Pawar

OpIndia Staff - 21 July, 2023

A statement issued by Brijmohan Srivastava of the Nagaland unit of NCP read, "Nationalist Congress Party Nagaland has decided that all MLAs and office bearers here will support the party's national president Ajit Pawar."

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Gujarat: ‘The attack on 2 persons from Nagaland not a hate crime but business rivalry’, says Ahmedabad police, assures strict action

Lincoln Sokhadia - 7 June, 2023

Mainstream media peddled that the people from Nagaland were attacked in Gujarat because they were outsiders. In fact, it was a case of business rivalry.

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