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NNC regrets The Naga National Council under the leadership of Z Royim Yimchungrii and V Nagi decided to issue this regret press statement in connection with Nagaland Post and NNC affairs in the Print Media sometime ago purely basing on an appeal letter by the Nagaland Press Association (NPA) and the officials intervention in the matter. The NNC after thorough deliberation considered and accepted the good intentional intervention of the NPA for the betterment of our people in the homeland especially between the NPA and the NNC in particular. The NNC also appreciate and fully support the stand of NPA that quote” both the NNC and the NPA can inspire the confidence of each other and continue to work together in the spirit of brotherhood for our land and its people” unquote. Therefore, the NNC regretted for the past confrontational paper war in the matter of Nagaland Post. Information & Publicity Wing, Naga National Council
A Filipino holds a duck outside his house as a swollen river slowly recedes in suburban Quezon city, Philippines on September 15. Fast-moving typhoon Kalmaegi blew out of the northern Philippines Monday after causing flash floods and landslides. Three people died when big waves and strong winds sank a stalled ferry over the weekend. (AP Photo)
Abducted truck driver rescued, 5 arrested Morung Express news Dimapur | September 15
The driver of a Manipurbound truck, who was abducted in Dimapur was rescued by the police on September 14. The abduction occurred on the night of September 13 after the truck was waylaid at 3rd Mile, National Highway 29. According to the SDPO, Dimapur, the truck was intercepted by four men at around 10:00 pm on the night of September 13. The truck was left abandoned and the driver taken away. The next a morning, a ransom call was received demanding Rs. 10 lakh for the
release of the driver after which the police was informed of the development. Later, at around noon, Diphupar Police Station received information stating that three people were trying to start-up the truck abandoned the night before on the highway. The three were arrested and on interrogation disclosed the location of the abducted truck driver, the SDPO informed. Based on the confession of the three, the driver’s location was tracked down to a house at Master colony, Nagarjan. The SDPO said that the abducted driver was found confined at a house rented by the abduc-
tors. There were four people at the house guarding the hostage, two of whom were arrested while two escaped, it was added. Police further recovered ‘tax notes’ bearing NNC/FGN nomenclature at the house. The car used in the abduction was also confiscated. The five arrested were identified by the police as Major Kussum Konyak (32 years), Sgt Major Khumong Khiamniungan (32 years) of the FGN; Major Adini Zeliang (42 years) of the NNC; Raju Peyu Levi Zeliang (35 years) of the NSCN (IM); and Leacy Khumong Khiamniungan (35 years) of the GPRN/NSCN.
It may be recalled that on August 12, militants from Nagaland had sneaked into the villages in Golghat and mowed down over 13 Assamese villagers. They also torched hundreds of houses in these villages. Today, over 10,000 families in the district are rendered homeless. Though over 40,000 villagers had returned to their villages, some others are still staying in the makeshift relief camps simply because
they have no home. There were curfews and heavy deployment of central forces in the affected areas. Charges of brutalities were levelled against the Assam police. Huge swathes of territory in Assam are allegedly encroached by the Nagaland villagers. This is hotly denied saying that those disputed villages have been within Nagaland since time immemorial. In the past, there had been such border clashes.
Naga Hoho calls for peaceful co-existence
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Police recover one dead body
Dimapur Police on Monday afternoon recovered a highly decomposed body of a male at 6th Mile, Dimapur. The body was discovered by attendants of Olive Service Station (petrol pump) at around 4:00 pm, who later informed the police. According to the police, the unidentified body was found partially covered by sand. Police suspect it to be a case of murder as a rope was found attached round the neck of the deceased. The body is being kept at the morgue in the Dimapur district hospital for identification.
ers to cover costs to compete in open cups. Dimapur | September 15 Then there is the issue of team development. “Our potential needs to “One or two exceptional be tapped and our skills players bursting out is not need to be honed through enough. We need a whole a proper channel,” says T team,” says Paul. He notes Meren Paul, who was rethat it will take years to form cently elected as Vice Presa strong team from the ident of Boxing India. Paul State, for which sustained was elected on September effort is required. This ef11, as part of the new body, fort, Paul advises, needs to during a closely monitored continue unearthing and election under the supervideveloping talent, while sion of two observers from simultaneously ensuring the International Boxing that the current crop of Association. Boxing India boxers are given sustained replaces the erstwhile Incompetition. dian Boxing Federation to He further calls for propoversee development of er conditioning of boxing in India. The recent elec- • T Meren Paul elected as vice boxers to aid their development. Paul tion ended a nearly president of Boxing India cites that the potwo-year-impasse lice department, in Indian boxing • Calls for overhauling which acts as a maofficialdom. jor pool for boxing Speaking to current system of sports talent, also needs The Morung Ex- development in Nagaland to work on providpress on Monday, Paul, who was also the participate in mandatory ing proper dietary suppleSecretary General of the tournaments, leaving them ments to their boxers. The Nagaland Olympics Asso- out of practice and thereby same needs to be done by ciation, pointed to various hampering development. the sports academies in Nachallenges confronting An issue of concern, states galand. Though the challenges the development of sport Paul, is the lack of inter disin general, with particular trict tournaments for box- are massive, Paul notes reference to boxing, in Na- ing, which, if set up, can that boxers from the region galand state. He observed provide the required com- have unique traits, which, that the current system of petition for boxers to de- if properly honed, can become an asset. He explains sports development in the velop. With no inter district that while Naga boxers do State requires a “complete tournaments, mandatory not possess a giant frame, overhaul.” To begin with, Paul la- tournaments and open they have “agility and resilments that the talent search cups remain the only ave- ience.” “And due to this, we method is “faulty” and that nues for boxers to get some are not knocked out eas“scouting techniques” competition. However, ily,” he says. “Our smaller need to be changed. He Paul laments, many boxers shoulders also provide a informed that at present in Nagaland are unable to smaller target area for optalent recruitment is done compete in the open cups ponents,” he adds. Howevtoo late. “We are recruit- owing to financial con- er, Paul laments that talent ing talent who are 13 to 14 straints. Here the issue of is being wasted under the years of age, which is too sponsorship sticks its head current situation. While acknowledging old,” he says. Paul adds, out. He points out that the “We need to catch them at lack of sponsorship avail- that individual coaches are a very young age, at around able to sportspersons in doing their best at localized nine of ten.” This, accord- Nagaland is a major hurdle. levels, Paul calls for a much ing to Paul, will prevent the “Our boxers need proper larger system that strengthyoung recruits from devel- equipment and facilities ens grassroots development oping “faulty” techniques. and for that sponsors are and provides the correct av“When we recruit boxers of required.” Sponsor money enues for boxers to compete 13 or 14 years, they have al- is also a must for many box- at the desired level. ready imbibed faulty skills. And it is difficult to coach them out because old habits die hard.” Here, he describes an intricate web of interconnected issues ranging from the lack of sponsorship to faulty state policy, which deprives boxers in Nagaland of the opportunity to fulfill their potential. If the issues regarding grassroots development are addressed, the next hurdle involves setting up a proper competitive circuit for boxers to go through. He informs that the boxers at present are only able to
Border village chiefs to meet on Sept 22 ‘We want to encourage learning’
IMPHAL, SEPTEMBER 15 (THE HINDU): Over 30 village chieftains from villages bordering Assam and Nagaland will hold a reconciliation meeting on September 22 with a view to bringing about a permanent peace among them. The venue of the meeting Our Correspondent will be announced later. Most of the chieftains will Kohima | September 15 be from Nagaland, while Minister for PWD (Roads & the remaining ones are Bridges) and Parliamentary from some villages in GolaAffairs Kuzholuzo (Azo) Ni- ghat district of Assam. enu today stated that while he was abroad recently, he had heard that the media came out stating that he had filed a defamation case against them, and clarified DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 15 (MExN): The Naga that this was not true. “For Hoho today (NH) called for me, I always maintain very upholding peaceful co exgood rapport with the press istence between the Naga and media persons and I and Karbi people. A press have no intention to hurt the note from the NH stated feeling of the press. I want to that “a little relief and peace continue the relationship,” had been prevailing bethe minister said while ad- tween Karbis and Nagas” dressing the annual freshers after intervention by varimeet of TPGSU here today. ous civil societies; under Azo said that, “interpreta- the aegis of Naga Hoho and tion of the legal notice that the Karbi Anglong collecwas served to two contrac- tive civil bodies.” However, it condemned tors must have been miswhat it termed as the “barinterpreted.” If there is any baric act of Karbi origin Unlapse, I apologise to press derground cadres in manand I will be consulting my handling innocent Rengma legal advisor to take correc- women folks who were tive measures, he added. frisked and misbehaved
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with while they were on their way to attend a church service.” It alleged that even the cell phones of the victims were “looted.” The NH stated that “threatening any citizen for attending a church service in itself destroys the very foundation of secularism...” and urged the Assam police to immediately arrest the persons responsible. “Karbi cadres are further warned not to tease Nagas with our religious sentiments,” it added. The NH further asserted that “shoot at sight and flush out orders cannot and will not be tolerated by Nagas.” It called upon Karbi elders to “guide their people in the
right direction” and stated that displaced Rengmas “returningtotheirancestralland should rather be considered as a significance of prevailing good times and not further provoke Rengma Nagas...” “The inefficient Assam Police in booking and bringing the murderer(s) of Late Nzankheng Rengma to justice yet again perceives to display the role of the Assam Government in planting divisive policy rule across the borders, allowing the culprits to take advantage and incite hatred amongst the various communities residing at the border areas,” the NH further lamented.
Morung Express news to educate the people of the country in statistical Dimapur | September 15 methods,” said resource Statistics is one the mod- person, Prof. Ayanendra ern sciences that was de- Basu, while giving an inveloped only in the 20th troduction to the ISI and century—Prof. PC Maha- the workshop. “The cenlanobis realized the im- tral government gives the portance of statistics as ISI funds to conduct statisa tool of research for all tical courses in the North other sciences, and started the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in 1931. In 1959, the ISI was declared an institute of national importance. India’s contribution to the development of statistics has been recognized the world over East 2-3 times annually. in the modern ages. They are held mostly in The Dimapur Govern- Assam, as we generally ment College (DGC) has conduct these courses collaborated with this through departments of elite institution along with either mathematics or the Bayesian and Interdis- statistics,” informed Prof. ciplinary Research Unit Basu, pointing out the lack (BRIU) to build the capac- of a mathematics or statisity of “research interested” tics department in Dimaindividuals and groups in pur. This is the first time the North East of India. such a workshop is being Sponsored by the ISI Kol- held in Nagaland after the kata, the Workshop on DGC reached out to them. Techniques of Data Anal- Encouraging the particiysis is underway at the pants of the workshop, AIDA, Don Bosco, here who flocked from varifrom September 15-19. ous research disciplines Its inaugural session was around the North East, he held today at 10:00am. said that it is a condensed “The ISI has a mandate workshop and demands
the full attention of its participants. Other resource persons for the workshop include Dr. Amita Pal, Dr. Kiranmoy Das, Dr. Nilotpal Sanyal, Prof. Smarajit Bose and Prof. Sourabh Ghosh. Thanking the resource persons for coming to Di-
Dimapur Govt. CollegeISI-BRIU data analysis workshop underway mapur, Principal of Dimapur Govt. College, Kuholi Chishi, stated that the College is “working hard to promote research” in the region, for which it has also instituted a Research Committee. It is also working towards getting accreditated by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. “We have limited facilities here but we want to encourage learning. Through this workshop, we have much to learn from each other, and from different arenas,” she maintained. Coordinator for the workshop, Dr. ML Ngul-
lie, Associate Prof, Department of Economics, DGC, explained the significance of Dimapur city to the participants of the workshop, many of whom have come here for the first time. In academics, however, he said, “Although the city houses 23 secular colleges, there is hardly any post graduate level studies. No known research organization either. The level of literature development is also very low for obvious reasons. Under such circumstances, there is hardly any academic atmosphere or academic endeavours in the city.” In order to encourage research activities, the DGC has organized this workshop to “equip young scholars and teachers with the knowledge and skills to analyse and interpret data which are essential component of any research work,” noted Dr. Ngullie. In line with this, the Dimapur Govt. College had organized a workshop on ‘Research Methodology for Social Sciences’ a few years ago with ICSSR-NE funding.
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