{"id":19106,"date":"2018-06-17T00:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T00:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2018\/06\/17\/cm-mourns-demise-of-ex-apo-vice-president\/"},"modified":"2018-06-17T00:18:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T00:18:10","slug":"cm-mourns-demise-of-ex-apo-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2018\/06\/17\/cm-mourns-demise-of-ex-apo-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"CM mourns demise of ex-APO vice president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio has expressed pain over the demise of Kevimedo Rutsa, former vice president of the Angami Public Organization (APO) and former Kohima Village Council chairman.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">In his condolence message, Rio recalled that late uncle Kevimedo Rutsa was a \u2018R\u00fcna Peyu\u2019 in the NNC during the 1950s and was imprisoned for the Naga cause.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">He also served as area council member of the Northern Angami and a life member of the Bharat Scouts and Guides, Nagaland.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Rio said he had the privilege of working closely with late Kevimedo when he (Rio) was the chairman of the Northern Angami area council while he was a member representing Kohima village. Rio described him as an upright and dedicated leader, always concerned for the welfare of the people.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Besides his noteworthy social activities, Rio said late Kevimdeo was also a good friend of his late father and thereby a fatherly-figure to him and his family. \u201cI have always held him in high esteem. He was a blessing to all of us and we will miss him greatly,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Rio and his family extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and expressed his regret for not being able to attend the funeral, as he was currently out of the State. He further prayed that the Almighty God grant solace to the family to come to terms with this devastating loss.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio has expressed pain over the demise of Kevimedo Rutsa, former vice president of the Angami Public Organization (APO) and former Kohima Village Council chairman. In his condolence message, Rio recalled that late uncle Kevimedo Rutsa was a \u2018R\u00fcna Peyu\u2019 in the NNC during the 1950s and was imprisoned for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}