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Cop accused of kidnapping MOKOKCHUNG, MARCH 6 (MExN): A police Havildar attached to the DEF Mokokchung has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping an eighteen year old girl in Mokokchung. SP Mokokchung in a press release informed that the uncle of the kidnapped girl, Havildar Pekruzenyu, who is also attached to the DEF Mokokchung, lodged a complaint on March 5, stating that his niece, aged eighteen, “was kidnapped by havildar Takukaba (DEF Mokokchung) of Yajang ‘C’ Village.” In this connection a search operation was conducted by Mokokchung Police Station-I personnel on the same day and the kidnapped girl along with the accused were located at Hotel Longkumer Semtu, Dilong Ward Mokokchung on the morning of March 6. “The accused has been arrested and a criminal case has been registered and investigation has been initiated to ascertain the facts of the case,” the Mokokchung SP stated.

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KOHIMA, MARCH 6 (MExN): The Nagaland Peace Centre has appealed to the different Naga Political Groups to work with “unity and understanding: in order to “find a solution to their problem with the Government of India.” A press note from the NPC called upon the groups not to “initiate military action against each other such as kidnapping, abduction and killing.” The NPC further appreciated the Forum for Naga Reconciliation in their efforts to bring about reconciliation among all the groups and work towards an acceptable and honorable solution. “The leadership of FNR is no doubt a force to make things happen and they are capable of bringing 31 different groups/organizations together with the sole objective to focus on reconciliation among different factions of Naga Underground to work towards political solution of the Naga political problem,” it added.

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‘need to collectively raise our voices’ Morung Express news Kohima | March 6

Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, the consensus candidate of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, on Tuesday, said that there is a need to collectively raise “our voice” on the problems and the issues of Nagaland state and the North East. Speaking to media persons, Rio lamented that often the North East and particularly Nagaland are in the news for wrong rea-

sons and stressed on the need to highlight the problems of the region to the central leadership. Stating that the people from the North East in Delhi face lots of problems, he called upon the people from the region to come together and fight so for equal treatment. “The mainland people should recognize us, know us and understand us,” he said. He added that the formation of the North East Regional Party Front is to raise common issues of the North East. Also stating that the

whole of the North East is facing a lack of infrastructure and institutions, Rio informed that the NERPF has submitted a memorandum to the President, the Prime Minister and all central leaders. On being asked how he would raise his voice at the centre, Rio said that the government in Delhi, has been running the country on party lines, which he said is not good for the country and for democracy. “We have to collectively raise our voice and make them understand. If we

are a part of Indian union then they have to give us due share and give patient hearing,” he said. On being asked about apprehension on account of him leaving the state, Rio assured that the party is very strong, adding that it has the requisite number, cooperation and had achieved a landslide victory. Stating that he does not foresee any instability, Rio said that there are a lot of capable and experienced leaders who can take care of the state government. With PTI inputs

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Law & Justice Kilonser of the NSCN (K), Kughalu Mulatonu has rejoined the GPRN/ NSCN. Reliable sources have confirmed that Mulatonu, two other senior functionaries namely, ‘Col’ Vikato Commander of Suruhuto designated camp NSCN (K) and ‘Maj’ Hoikhu town commander of Zunheboto NSCN (K) along with four other cadres reached Khehoi designated camp of GPRN/NSCN on Thursday evening. Mulatonu, who was then

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SRINAGAR, MARCH 6 (Ap): Dozens of Kashmiri students were expelled from their university and threatened with sedition charges because they cheered for the Pakistani cricket team during a televised match against India, police said Thursday. Authorities were trying to track down the 66 students for questioning to determine whether sedition charges are appropriate, police officer N.K.S. Chauhan said. Sedition carries a possible life sentence. Love of cricket — a legacy of Britain’s long colonial role — is one of the few things on which Pakistan and India can usually agree, despite a long history of mutual animosity that has fueled three wars since the subcontinent’s bloody partition in 1947. But the fracas over Sunday’s match — which Pakistan won — shows how easily passions are inflamed over Kashmir, a divided Himalayan territory that both countries claim. Insurgents have been fighting for Kashmir’s independence or its merger with Pakistan since 1989. Several of the students said their expulsion reeks of discrimination. “We didn’t do anything illegal,” said Muteebul Majid, a business administration student in his 20s. “Are they slapping these charges against us for being Kashmiris or for cheering for the Pakistani team?”

Like several other students who spoke to the media Thursday, Majid had returned to his home in Srinagar, the main city in India-controlled Kashmir, after leaving school. Gulzar Ahmed, also a business administration student, said he and his friends were never given a chance to explain themselves. “They (local students) attacked us with stones and abuse after the match. Instead of taking action against their hooliganism,

least a dozen other areas in the region. Omar Abdullah, the top elected official in the Indian portion of Kashmir, said sedition charges would ruin the students’ future and further alienate them. “I don’t condone what they did, what they did was obviously wrong and misguided,” he told Indian news channel NDTV. “That having been said, they are young ... (Sedition charges) will further push them to the fringes.” The banned Kashmir University Students Union voiced its support for the students. This “is nothing new, but a testimony to the fact that we have been in a perpetual state of war with India since the past 67 years,” the organization said in a statement. Pakistan’s government showed support for the students. “If these Kashmiri students want to come and pursue their studies in Pakistan, our hearts and academic institutions are open to them,” Pakistani Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said. In an editorial, The Economic Times said the university’s decision was bad for India. “Many Kashmiris see their land as an occupied place, retained by brute force alone,” the newspaper said. “Behavior such as in Meerut only serves to strengthen this feeling, rather than to reduce any degree of alienation.”

66 Kashmiri students expelled and threatened with sedition charges for cheering Pakistan against India in Asia cup cricket police bused us to the railway station and directed us to go home,” Ahmed said. The students had been living in the dorms at the private College of Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh state, which is nearly 900 kilometers (560 miles) from their homes in Kashmir. Calls to the school were not immediately returned Thursday. The students’ cheers for Pakistan would not have raised any alarms back home. Minutes after Pakistan won the nailbiter of a match, hundreds of Kashmiris lit firecrackers and chanted “Long live Pakistan!” and “We want freedom!” There were joyful processions and celebrations in Srinagar and at

‘Chaplee’ Kilonser in GPRN/ NSCN, had joined NSCN (K) after the GPRN/NSCN ‘tatar hoho’ (parliament) expelled its chairman SS Khaplang in June 2011 for ‘unilaterally’ expelling its commander-inchief ‘Gen’ Khole. With that expulsion, the GPRN/NSCN split into two – one group retained the nomenclature GPRN/NSCN headed by ‘Gen’ Khole while the other group NSCN (K) was headed by SS Khaplang. With Mulatonu and other senior leaders joining GPRN/NSCN, sources said more were likely to join GPRN/NSCN.

Renomme Coir Industries & Kivifoam Industries located at Thilixu village, Dimapur was engulfed in flames in the wee hours of March 6. Plant machineries estimated at over Rs. one Crore was reported to have been destroyed at the industrial unit, which manufactured coir and foam-based cushioning material. It required six fire trucks along with 20 fire-fighters around one and a half hours to control the flames. Electrical short-circuit was suspected to have caused the fire but it could not be ascertained.

sow the seed of unity: torechu 7-day deadline to nagaland state government

KIpHIRE, MARCH 6 (MExN): Parliamentary Secretary for Excise, Economics & Statistics and LM&CP, T Torechu, on March 4 inaugurated two villages in Kiphire district, which were recently recognized by the Nagaland state government. The villages include Tsurevong and Jenty under Pungro-subdivision. Addressing the villagers at Tsurevong, the Parliamentary Secretary said that one basic nature of human beings is that they first greet each other and make friendship but later on develop animosity and fight with one another. Torechu said this should not be the case of the newly recognized village and urged the villagers to sow the seed of unity and bondship, which would last for generations to come. He also advised Tsurevong villagers to maintain close ties with their parent village and friendly relations with neighboring villages. Torechu further said that the villagers should not create divisions and disunity among themselves by fighting over posts of village chairman, GBs or VDB members. Additional DC Pungro, Tainu, in her address congratulated Tsurevong villagers for recognition of the village and welcomed them to the “administrative fold.” She also reminded

the villagers that along with recognition and privileges comes obligations and responsibilities. The ADC also said that if the villagers want speedy development, then they should follow the guidelines of the government. Tsurevong village council chairman, K Thuveki, chaired the programme and P Retringki, GB, delivered the welcome address. At Jenty village, the Parliamentary Secretary said that ‘Jenty’ (ideal location in Yimchungrü dialect), with its blessed topography, should not be an eyesore to the neighboring villages by remaining aloof after getting recognition. “Now that you (Jenty village) are a recognized village and accorded the status of father and mother, abandon the wanton days of your youth and assume responsibilities”, Torechu said. The responsibilities, according to Torechu, include abiding by the rules of the government, respect for administration, peaceful co-existence with neighboring villages and collective responsibility, as opposed to individual imposition of decrees whether by founders or GBs of the village. “A new village should also bring forth new action, new thinking and ideas for benefit of the present generation and posterity”, he added.

DIMApUR, MARCH 6 (MExN): The All Nagaland Inter-Departmental Field Staff Associations Joint forum has written to the Chief Minister of Nagaland, reiterating its call for revision of pay for work charged employees and regularization of their services, as per the order of the Guwahati High Court, passed on March 5, 2012. The application was jointly appended by representatives of the All Nagaland Inter Departmental Joint Forum, All Nagaland PWD Field Workers Association, All Nagaland PWD Mechanical Field Staff Association, All Nagaland Field Staff Association PHED, Town Planning Works Division Offices UDD Dimapur and Kohima, Medical Department, Police Engineering Project, ANEFWA, I&FC and the Industry and Commerce Department.

The application to the CM stated that over the last 23 years, the pay and allowances of the work charged employees have not been revised, despite the fact that salaries and allowances of other categories of employees have been revised two times, during the

It lamented that despite recommendations submitted by the Work-Charged & Causal Employees Commission, following the High Court order, and Cabinet SubCommittee Minutes thereof, the said recommendations have been “left neglected by the State Cabinet till date.” In view of this, it stated that the workcharged employees and their dependants in the state are “subjected to hapless and helpless conditions.” The organizations further cautioned that unless the Nagaland state government passes appropriate orders within a period of seven days, the dependants of the work-charged employees in the entire state would “come out to the streets in all the district headquarters” and demonstrate against the “indifferent attitude” of the state to their “legitimate rights.”

Work-charged employees demand revision of pay same period of time, in consonance with the escalating cost of living. It stated that the “pendency of contempt proceedings” have had no impact on the attitude of the concerned officials of the Government in the implementation of the orders passed by the Guwahati High Court, “tending to cause loss of faith on all branches of the Government, the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary.”

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