Dimapur, Nov. 9 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla termed Nagaland a land of courage, bravery, and valour, and a place of bold and fearless people.

Speaking at a felicitation program organized by the Sri Marwari Sammelan Dimapur at Lions Club Dimapur shortly after his arrival in Dimapur on Sunday afternoon, Birla said, "If we wish to realize the dream of a developed India, we must work in alignment with the culture and work ethic of Nagaland, a spirit that deeply connects to the idea of an Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India)."

Birla will inaugurate the 22nd annual conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Zone-III in Kohima on Monday.

He said new doors of development have opened in the northeastern stat...