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Dimapur VOL. VIII ISSUE 256
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Congress wants to help poor, youth realize their dreams: Rahul [ PAGE 08]
reflections
By Sandemo Ngullie
Ace comic Amit Tandon to perform in Nagaland
12-year-old gang raped by five ‘minor’ friends GUWAHATI, SEPTEMBER 17 (PTI): A 12-yearold girl was allegedly gang raped by five minor boys in the Hatigaon area here. The girl was gang raped near her home on Sunday night when her mother was out on work as a daily wage earner, police said on Tuesday. The five boys aged between 12 to 16 years, who are her neighbours and play together, called her outside her house and then gang raped her, according to the FIR filed by the mother at Basistha police station. On her mother’s return from work the girl told her about the incident and she was immediately taken to the police station where the complaint was filed, the sources said. All the five boys have been taken into custody and will be produced in the Juvenile Court here on Wednesday, police said, adding, the girl after medical examination was now in the State Home for Women for her rehabilitation.
GPRN/NSCN issues caution
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DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 17 (MExN): The GPRN/NSCN today said it has uncovered the man responsible for recent incidents of death and bomb threats to business establishments in Dimapur. “Lovito, better known as L. Tuccu of Khaplang group, has been the man behind creating terror in the minds of the business community”, stated the MIP in a press note. It said that in the first week of September, the Naga Army apprehended a man suspiciously moving around TK Service station at 2 ½ mile, Dimapur. On interrogation, the man Atobo, who is the younger brother of L. Tuccu confessed to being at TK Service to repair his brother (Lovito Tuccu’s) Vehicle. The Naga Army seized the vehicle and kept it in their custody. It was pointed out that thereafter, L. Tuccu demanded TK Service station for a new vehicle and “threatened” them that the Service station would “be bombed.” “The Naga Army would like to make it clear that, any consequences prevailing in the future with the fall –out of this incident at TK Service station, the blame will be borne by Atobo. And the GPRN will take appropriate actions on him,” added the note. Full text on page 4
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Employment gap between rich, poor widest on record [ PAGE 09]
Jadeja leads bowling list, Kohli fourth in ICC batting rankings [ PAGE 12]
AcAUt to become an ‘inclusive’ movement
say goodbye to “welfare state” A ‘participation society’ is emerging in its place
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AMSTERDAM, SEPTEMBER 17 (AP): King Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the Dutch people from the government Tuesday in a nationally televised address: the welfare state of the 20th century is gone. In its place a “participation society” is emerging, in which people must take responsibility for their own future and create their own social and financial safety nets, with less help from the national government. “The shift to a ‘participation society’ is especially visible in social security and longterm care,” the king said, reading out to lawmakers a speech written for him by Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government. “The classic welfare state of the second half of the 20th century in these areas in particular brought forth arrangements that are unsustainable in their current form.” “The necessary reforms take time and demand perseverance,” the king said. But they will “lay the basis for creating jobs and restoring confidence.” Willem-Alexander said that nowadays, people expect and “want to make their own choices, to arrange their own lives, and take care of each other.” The ‘participation society’ has been on its way for some time: benefits such as unemployment compensation and subsidies on health care have been regularly pruned for the past decade. The retirement age has been raised to 67. The king said Tuesday some costs for the care of the elderly, for youth services, and for job retraining after layoffs will now be pushed back to the local level, in order to make them better tailored to local circumstances.
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Nagaland govt given 30 more days to respond to memo Morung Express News Dimapur | September 17
Four men who claim to be hostages are escorted to a waiting vehicle after being released from the hands of Muslim rebels in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines on Tuesday. About 64 hostages were freed or escaped during military operations early Tuesday, followed by another 14 who walked to freedom in separate batches. That brought to 116 the number of those rescued in the last 18 hours, said military spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala. The standoff, which began Monday when about 200 Moro National Liberation Front guerrillas stormed several coastal communities in Zamboanga city and seized several residents, has displaced more than 80,000, hundreds of homes razed to the ground, forced the closure of businesses and resulted in more than 50 deaths so far. (AP Photo)
Four months since its formation, the movement against unabated taxation is set to take a bigger shape as forums organized along the lines of the Action Committee against Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) are likely to come up in all the districts of Nagaland. It was learnt that a similar forum has already come into existence in Zunheboto, while other districts are likely to follow suit. When queried on this development, ACAUT members in Dimapur replied that such an idea was discussed during a recent meeting though no conclusive decision was yet taken in this regard. Nevertheless, if it takes shape, the forums will function as separate cells taking the campaign against illegal taxation in their respective districts. Meanwhile a public meeting called by ACAUT was held today in the Unity Hall of the Naga Council office in Dimapur, which was attended by representatives from several mass-based organisations. During the meeting, the ACAUT extended the 15-day deadline to a month for the government to respond to its memorandum. The 15 day deadline had expired on September 15, following the submis-
sion of the memorandum on August 30. The memo had urged the government to take remedial measures on several points it had raised. The extension comes in the backdrop of the Chief Secretary’s response to the ACAUT memorandum on September 13, which was published in the print media on September 17. The house further resolved to organise a ‘public awareness rally’ mainly to create awareness on ACAUT activities. It was informed that it will be held in the coming week. It was resolved that the ACAUT will be made more inclusive, meaning; it will reach out to more mass-based organisations to join the movement. It eventually means that the ACAUT will no longer be known as a body under the aegis of the Naga Council, Dimapur but a broad-based conglomeration of the civil society. Kezhokhoto Savi, president of the Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation in the meeting stated that the ACAUT should be more inclusive to make it stronger. Tribe organizations, women and student bodies should also become members, he said. On illegal taxation, he said that the ACAUT should stand firm against any form of unauthorised taxation by government agencies as well as underground groups. He stated that the government is exempting certain business groups from legal taxation and in the same light he added that the business community should also not work with “undergrounds” if they are serious about illegal taxation.
‘Support community wildlife management’ Shortage of local Math, Science teachers
DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 17 (MExN): The Chief Wildlife Warden for Nagaland, T Lotha has stressed on the need to formulate certain guidelines and modalities to support efforts made by various communities towards biodiversity conservation. “Community based wildlife management is to be made a reality for conservation of flora and fauna of the State,” he said in a statement. Lotha informed there are a number of Community Reserves being managed by communities or villagers, where resolutions have been adopted by Village Councils to ban hunting during the breeding seasons, restriction on fishing with explosives, ban
on indiscriminate burning of forest, prohibition on destruction of wildlife habitats, etc. The unilateral decisions or actions taken by the communities will have a positive bearing on the conservation of wildlife, he asserted. The Chief Wildlife Warden stated that community based wildlife reserves can help in promoting Eco-Tourism and said that villagers have forests and wildlife in their holdings, but not the resources to manage it. As such, he advocated that NGOs can play a pivotal role in mobilizing resources for them. He cited that the Bombay Natural History Society (Bird Life in India), through donations has mobilized £9,324.91
for saving Amur Falcon in the State. “Lets us see how this is going to be translated into action,” he added. Lotha informed that the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has tied up with the Nagaland state wildlife wing and forest department to document its biodiversity and conserve its wildlife. He said a comprehensive database of Nagaland’s biodiversity will facilitate the formulation of a wildlife action plan. He informed that HumanElephant Conflict and the killings of migratory Amur Falcon are chief concerns to be addressed by the WTI in collaboration with the state government. CEO, Dr. Vivek Menon from the WTI visited
and interacted with the authorities including villagers from Amur Falcon roosting sites and Elephant bearing areas. It may be noted that a MoU has been signed between the Wildlife Trust of India and Forest Department to help the Department in tackling the problems arising out of Human-Elephant Conflict and Amur Falcon migration. In tune with the MoU, WTI has supplied chicks to the identified hunter groups for poultry farming under a Rapid Action Plan in the concept of ‘Bird for Bird’. In response to this gesture, villagers have signed the MoU with the WTI to protect the birds in course of migration. Full text in page 5
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Kohima | September 17
Minister for School Education, CM Chang today said the government is working on a mechanism for relaxation of recruitment of non-locals, especially for the post of mathematics and science teachers in Nagaland. The Minister said this has been necessitated following non-availability of local candidates for recruitment to the post for the aforementioned subjects. As such, there has been a shortage of math and science teachers in many schools, he informed. Talking to media per-
sons today, Chang said that this mechanism will come into effect in due course of time. “We need to have nonlocal teachers for maths and science,” he said. Chang informed that the Chief Minister has approved of
said a meeting will soon be called in this regard. The Minister expressed serious concern over the poor performance of government schools in the HSLC examinations. He observed that one drawback was the poor management of schools and said that teachers need to be sent for trainings. He informed of the government’s decision to down grade schools falling under nil pass percentage for three consecutive years. On nonpayment of teacher’s salary, especially those appointed under SSA, the Minister said that the sanction has come and that it is being released.
Govt to relax recruitment of non local teachers for Mathematics and Science the relaxation. While stating that all posts are reserved for locals in the education sector, he said some relaxations are needed. However, Chang informed that there has been no such notification as of yet and
NAYO supports move Nagaland’s own sound system manufacturer to curtail VIP security Morung Express News
Dimapur | September 17
DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 17 (MExN): The Northern Angami Youth Organization (NAYO) has welcomed recent steps taken by Nagaland Home Minister, G. Kaito Aye to curtail security of VIPs and instead reinforce the police force to tackle law and order problems in the State. The NAYO in particular mentioned the Home Minister’s directive to the PHQ for withdrawal of escorts and security to VIPs. A press note issued by NAYO President, Peter Rutsa and General Secretary, Kekhrie Pfukha pointed out that for the past month, NAYO had been taking up traffic issues plaguing the state capital and as such this move is a welcome relief. It mentioned that NAYO had earlier stressed on the problem of “unregulated and unchecked usage of VIP beacons, name plates, flag post by Government servants, NGOs and politicians who were not entitled” to these facilities.
As such NAYO thanked the Home Minister for what it termed as “his quick response on issuing a directive to the state Police Headquarters (PHQ), instructing them to withdraw all security vehicle-escorts and police personnel attached with the ministers, parliamentary secretaries, MLAs and VIPs while in the station.” The NAYO also applauded the Home Minister for withdrawing his own escorts before issuing the directive and hoped that all legislators will follow suit in his example. It agreed with the Home Minister on utilizing more police forces for maintaining law and order in the state. Also it stated that “an influx in intake of traffic personnel, law enforcers is the need of the hour to address the traffic problem in the state capital.” “From maintaining the purpose of no-parking zones to directing traffic during rush hour, both traffic personnel as well as law enforcers have to work
in tandem to ensure the smooth functioning of the system”, it asserted. The NAYO further lamented that traffic congestion in Kohima has almost become a permanent feature and that the problem “may not be singled out only to the presence of unnecessary VIP escorts.” Various factors such as narrow roads, exponential rise in usage of private cars, landslides, inadequate parking spaces and many such factors have all contributed to the traffic problem, the NAYO stated. However it observed that VIPs and their escorts were largely to be blamed and pointed to the “constant harassment of the public with usage of sirens from VIP escorts, driving past with no speed limit endangering the lives of the public”. The NAYO also referred to an RTI disclosure which mentioned that almost Rs 4.5 Crore had been spent during the past one and half year for the “purpose of buying fuel for the allotted cars to state legislators”.
The big names of the sound equipment industry can make way as Nagaland has also produced its own sound system manufacturer. Dimapur-based Zip Engineering & Innovation Centre (ZEIC), founded by entrepreneur, Lanu Jamir on September 17 launched sound equipments built here. Branded as ‘Zipsound’, it specialises in designing and building speakers and amplifiers. According to Lanu Jamir, the man behind the enterprise, it was the result of months of painstaking research and effort. The launch programme was held at his workshop at Aoyimti village, Dimapur. During the launch on Tuesday, Jamir said that he uses the best available components and technology to manufacture the equipments. “Most of our people totally rely on imported sound systems because of the fact that we don’t manufacture high end sound
The man and brains behind Zipsound, Lanu Jamir (Centre) showing off his wares to MTF project director, Gugs Chishi during the formal launch of the brand on September 17 at Aoyimti, Dimapur. (Morung Photo)
systems in India. This leads to exorbitant rate for any imported systems, only affordable to some select few. With a view that we should enjoy world class quality at low price, I had embarked upon in designing speakers that should fulfil certain benchmarks: High quality, lightweight, small size and low cost.” On ‘Zipsound’, he said,
“It consists of research and manufacturing of sound system indigenously using the best technology available at this present age.” He informed that every component is manufactured in-house, which he added gives an edge over imported equipments with regard to after-sales service. His systems may look small in size but it is power packed
comparatively requiring lesser wattage of electricity than most major brands, while giving out twice as much output with zero noise. “The system is designed in such a way that it will produce minimum distortion (while) maintaining the sound quality undisturbed in its best mode.” “We can manufacture speakers from the range of 100 watts to 2000 watts,” he said of the sound output, while adding that ZEIC can also custom-design based on the requirements of clients. Gugs Chishi, project director for the Music Task Force, speaking at the launch said that the music industry in Nagaland needs people like Lanu Jamir. “We don’t have many people who are venturing out with such bold (ideas) and decisions... this is the way to go,” he said, while adding that it is brain and talent that is going to build the music industry in Nagaland. “We cannot survive in the industry as mediocre; we’ve to standout and shine.”
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