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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it DC reviews preparation of Mkg Town 125 years celebrations

We will overcome it: Barack Obama PAGe 9

‘Clock ticking to catastrophe’ UN Secretary General Ban urges strong climate deal

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Yesterday he won the ghost chilli challenge.....Hey, Champ, How’s the morning treating you?

Press conference on Wuzu firing incident on Dec 15 KOHImA, DecembeR 7 (DIPR): The Chairman of the Inquiry Commission regarding the July 16, 2015 Wuzu firing incident has called for a press conference with the local media on December 15 at 11:00am at the GA Rest House, Meluri. C M Y K

Tatar Hoho approves Framework Agreement

German power metal band Helloween performing at the Hornbill Music Festival at IG Stadium, Kohima on Monday, December 7.

Nagaland CM TR Zeliang summoned before court

KOHImA, DecembeR 7 (mexN): Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang has been summoned to appear before the Court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kohima on January 7, 2016. This was stated in an order dated December 7, 2015, passed by the Court, in relation to a complaint registered against the Nagaland state CM alleging that he had filed a “false declaration” in his affidavit while submitting nomination form to the Returning Officer during the 2013 As-

sembly Elections. The Magistrate, examined the records produced by the acting Registrar of the North Eastern Hill University and the Principal, Kohima College on the educational qualifications of the respondent, TR Zeliang. “The records showed that Taditui Zeliang appeared in BA exam in 1979, bearing roll no 598, but failed in all subjects. In 1980, there is no record showing TR Zeliang having appeared BA exam under NEHU. Further, the re-

DImAPuR, DecembeR 7 (mexN): The Tatar Hoho winter session of the NSCN (IM) held on December 4 has unanimously approved and fully supported the August 3 Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM). This was informed by the Speaker, Tatar Hoho, Zarsie Nyuthe through a press statement today. It further appealed for an early fructification of the Framework Agreement to its logical conclusion honourable to both the parties. New DelHI, DecembeR 7 (IANS): The ongoing tripartite peace process among the pro-talk faction of ULFA, Assam government and the Centre is likely to see a new agreement being signed in six months, a senior ULFA leader said. mON, DecembeR “Our peace process is going on 7 (mexN):The Konyak very smoothly. Recently we have Union (KU) today ex- had nice talks with the central govpressed concern that work ernment and there are no differfor drilling and installa- ences as of now... we have mutualtion of deep tube well at ly agreed on several issues. We are the Mon District Hospital likely to see a solution in the next has not been executed by six months,” Raju Baruah, a senior the concerned contrac- member of ULFA’s pro-talk faction, tor. A press note from the told IANS. KU President, S Manlip Konyak and General Secretary, Y Hosea Konyak informed that the work was awarded to Global Tube Wells Regd.No.CGWA/ NER/007/0707 amounting to Rs.32,77,700 for drill- DImAPuR, DecembeR 7 ing and installation of one (mexN): The NSCN (IM) on Monday deep tube well at Mon Dis- issued a clarification on the reported trict Hospital under State abduction of a 60 year old woman in Plan. The KU stated that connection to a land dispute case at for completion of works 6 Eralibill Village, Dimapur. months time has already Kilonser and Central Adminisexpired, and “it has come to trative Officer (CAO) of Union Terlight that, without execut- ritories-1, Khoselie Nagi in a rejoining any drilling & installa- der to the news item appearing on tion works the money had December 5 issue of the local dailies been released.” As such, said the case in question was on the it apprised the Principal issue of a plot of land sold twice by Director, Health & Family the landowner. Welfare and the concerned It stated that in 2009, Kiusimong contractor and Global Tikhir, a ‘Major’ in the NSCN (IM) Tube Wells to “exercise all and his wife had bought a plot of your might to complete land from the owner, whereas sale the assigned works within deed was executed. one (1) month time on or In 2011, the owner executed a before January 7, 2016.” gift deed with Kiusimong’s “now es“Failure to comply on this tranged wife without his consent.” notification, the Konyak Likewise in 2013, another sale deed Union (KU) shall not hesi- on the same land was executed to antate to initiates any legal other buyer, who was also a resident action against concerned of Eralibill, the NSCN (IM) stated. contractor as deemed fit,” With the same land being sold to the KU cautioned. two persons with signature append-

cords showed that Taditui Zeliang has been enrolled as student of NEHU in the year 1975-76, bearing registration no A0004 and signed by him on the record register on 4.9.1975,” stated the court order. Having examined the records, the court declared that “it is a fit case to proceed further. Therefore, the summon is hereby issued to the accused person to appear in person before this court on January 7, 2016.” The complainant, Maziezokho Nisa was represented by Senior Advocate,

New deal with Centre likely in six months: ULFA leader

KU demands completion of work at Mon district hospital

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Emphasising on the need to include deported ULFA leader Anup Chetia in the peace process, Raju Baruah, the former deputy commander-in-chief of the outfit, said Chetia would join the peace talks once his judicial custody is over. Chetia was sent to 14 days’ judicial custody by a special court in Guwahati. He will be produced in the court again on December 9. Stating that the pro-talk faction of ULFA has also given a time frame to complete the peace talks within the time, Raju Baruah said: “We are almost sure that we will complete the peace talks in a very short duration.”

NSCN (IM) clarifies over Eralibill ‘abduction’ and land dispute

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ed by the owner, the NSCN (IM) said its Regional Judiciary Board (RJB) had summoned the landowner on several occasion but she failed to appear. Consequently, a warrant of arrest was issued for non-compliance to the directive and her failure to classify on the land dispute case which led to the arrest on December 3. She was then kept under custody for “interrogation and classification,” the press statement said. It also maintained that the issuance of the arrest warrant was notified to the GBs of Eralibill village. However, with the protest by a joint forum of Eralibill, Ekranipathar, Aoyimti, Dobagaon and K Hollohon villages on December 4, the landowner was released unconditionally, it said. In this regard, the NSCN (IM) has asked the general public “not to misunderstand and protest against the government without knowing the real reason.” It also informed that the case was yet to be settled.

KN Bal Gopal and the respondent was represented by advocate Joshua Sheqhi. The respondent’s counsel raised objection as to the maintainability of the case “as it is barred by the limitation period and the complaint petition should be dismissed.” On this, the court stated that “as per the provisions of Sec 469 (b) (2) and Sec 473 of CrPc, this court is inclined to take cognizance of the alleged offence and in the interest of justice, the question of limitation does not arise.”

PARIS, DecembeR 7 (ReuteRS): Warning that the “clock is ticking toward climate catastrophe”, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged governments on Monday to agree a strong deal to limit global warming and transform the economy to greener energy. “Outside these negotiating halls, there is a rising global tide of support for a strong, universal agreement,” Ban told environment and foreign ministers at the start of an intense home stretch of the talks, due to end on Friday. He urged delegates from almost 200 nations not to duck the hard choices they face as four years of often glacial-paced negotiations peak. The talks are aimed at producing the strongest agreement yet to bind both rich and poor to curb greenhouse gas emissions. “The world is expecting more from you than half-measures and incremental approaches,” Ban told the negotiators, calling for “a transformative agreement.” Ban said a final deal should include a review of national pledges at five year intervals starting before 2020. Some developing nations are reluctant to commit to such an early timetable. He also said the private sector needed a clear signal that a shift to low emissions was “inevitable” and told rich nations to lead in cutting emissions. Ban said emerging nations also needed access to $100 billion a year promised by 2020 to help them tackle climate change. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, dispatched to secure a deal meant to cement President Barack Obama’s legacy as a guardian of the environment, will work alongside ministers from almost 200 nations this week to try to secure a deal. Negotiators approved a pared-down draft text on Saturday, and handed over the

toughest questions to their bosses, who will spend the week hammering out thorny issues including a system for funding developing nations and the mechanisms for monitoring national pledges to reduce emissions. Almost every nation will make brief speeches this week outlining national policies and hopes. They are due to reach a final accord on Friday, but the talks are widely expected to run into overtime, as previous summits have.

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While officials have been pleased with progress halfway through the two-week summit, Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar cautioned that “substance-wise, we are not midway but ... at a crossroads”. He reiterated New Delhi’s demand that richer nations must shoulder the biggest curbs to “pay back their debt for the overdraft that they have drawn on the carbon space”, highlighting one of the most difficult obstacles to a deal. To speed things along, the host, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, has formed working committees headed by ministers to tackle the biggest themes, which include “differentiation” (the distinction between rich and poor nations, critical for questions of financing) and “ambition” (how to improve on national efforts in future). Some form of agreement seems all but certain, with major powers eager to avoid the failure of the last summit in Copenhagen, six years ago. Still, all sides say the deal will not be enough to prevent global temperatures rising past a dangerous threshold of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial times. Just how strong the accord will be remains to be seen. Some nations want a commitment to phase out fossil fuels by the middle of the century; others see that as unrealistic. Some of the most vulnerable countries, such as low-lying islands, want firm language on how rich nations who have emitted the most will pay for the future damage caused by rising seas

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Ability despite disability

The NSDF stall at Hornbill 2015 promoting a ‘barrier free environment for everyone’ Morung Express News Kohima | December 7

“Despite our disability, we are abled in other areas,” says 30 years old Catherine Rolnu from the Nagaland State Disability Forum (NSDF). The forum which has set up its first stall at the Hornbill Festival, Kisama this year sells products for disabled people or families of the disabled. However, to make their stall more disabled friendly, they set up their stall above the road near the Water tank at Kisama where people with loco motor disabilities are able to visit. To start the stall, the Forum borrowed money to sell calendars to raise funds. The stall was also set up with the help of the Naga Territorial Army, Jakhama who pitched the tent, provided coffee machines, tables, chairs etc. The profits sold from the stall will go to the villages where the disabled people have made the products. With maximum of the State’s disabled population consisting of loco motor disability, the Forum started a poster campaign at the Hornbill Festival, Kisama since day one, where they have been pasting posters all over prominent places in the Festival saying ‘Hornbill Festival is not disabled friendly’, ‘Where is the way for wheelchair users?’, ‘We don’t need your sympathies and empathies. We need your support in creating a bar-

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One of the pamphlets distributed by the Nagaland State Disability Forum during the ongoing Hornbill Festival in Kohima. (Morung Photo)

rier-free environment for everyone’. “We have distributed pamphlets freely to the people but it was a little heartbreaking to find those pamphlets thrown on the road,” said Rolnu, adding that the pamphlets were given out to make people more aware about the plight of disabled people. The Nagaland State Disability Forum (NSDF) was formed in January 2014 following a series of meetings, trainings and workshops facilitated and supported by CBR Forum Bangalore in partnership with NGOs from Nagaland namely Development Association of Nagaland (DAN), People in Need Foundation (PNF), Prodigals’ Home (PH) in Dimapur, Youth Action for Rural Development (YARD) in Kohima and Care & Support Society (CSS) in Mokokchung. As per census 2011, Nagaland has 29,631 people with Disabilities in the state. NSDF currently has 70 Village Level Disabled People Organisa-

tions (VDPO). When we look at others from other states, we realized that we’ve been lagging behind despite Nagaland being one of the first states in the North East, says Kezhaleto Zecho, President of the Forum and because of the social stigma, mostly created by family and society, the case in Nagaland remains a pathetic one. “Most of the public buildings are not accessible for us. At the least what the government can do for us is to create ramps for wheelchairs in public places,” adds Zecho. Further, Nagaland has a Disability Commission with its own Director without any office. Rolnu views that in Nagaland, disabled people are very often neglected by both society and government. “Nobody wants to be disabled in life but we are all God’s blessings. Only the disabled know the needs of the disabled. Sometimes parents are not even aware of the

needs of their own disabled children. We do not want the rest of the next generation to suffer like us. We want them to live a life of dignity. We want them to come out of their house and not hide their disability,” asserts 29 years old M. Wangshok from Mon. Critical of what society always tell them about everyone being equal before the eyes of God, Zecho adds, “We are God’s children but they don’t know our needs and to make us equals they have to provide our needs.” The forum is also critical of many NGOs who misused funds meant for disabled people. “People will forget us until the next World Disability day comes again. We don’t want charity, we want our rights. We want opportunities and we want to make sure that the disabled people in Nagaland are not denied of their basic rights to education, rights to health which is a very neglected aspect, right to work and reservation of jobs,” says the Forum.

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