''Capi'' is a Tenyidie newspaper published from

Kohima Kohima (; Angami Naga: ''Kewhira'' ()), is the capital of the Northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. With a resident population of almost 100,000, it is the second largest city in the state. Originally known as ''Kewhira'', Kohima was founded ...

, the capital of

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. It is the oldest existing vernacular daily in Nagaland and is widely circulated in

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and

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History

''Capi'' was founded in 1988 by Vikesel Neikha (publisher) and R. Solhou (editor). The newspaper was issued weekly,

biweekly A weekly newspaper is a general-news or current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspaper is published once every two weeks. Weekly news ...

and tri-weekly. In 1997, the newspaper was relaunched as a

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

. ''Capi'' shifted from manual print to

offset printing Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on t ...

in 2003. On 16 November 2015, ''Capi'' published its front page in blank along with four other state newspapers—''

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'', ''

The Morung Express ''The Morung Express'' is an English language newspaper published from Dimapur in Nagaland, India.Nagaland Page'' and '' Tir Yimyim'' to protest against a

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from the

Assam Rifles The Assam Rifles (AR) is a central paramilitary force responsible for border security, counter-insurgency, and maintaining law and order in Northeast India. It guards the Indo-Myanmar border. The Assam rifles is the oldest paramilitary force ...

. The Assam Rifles in a letter to the editors in October had ordered the editors to stop covering news related to the rebel group— National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Khaplang (NSCN-K).

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