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UNTABA calls for solution based on ‘historical facts’ DimapUr, September 6 (mexN): The United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) has asserted that “if integration of the Naga inhabited areas and return of all the traditional Naga territories are not included in the present anticipated Peace Accord between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India(GoI), the accord will have no meaning for the Naga people.” A press note from the UNTABA acknowledged the GoI for “not only recognizing the unique history but also understanding the deeper stand of the Naga people on its ‘legitimate right’ for integration.” “Such realization on the genuine and inherent stand of the Naga people from the GoI and the persistent pursuance from the Collective Leadership of NSCN (IM), if sincerely adopted on the much awaited Peace Accord between the two entities, the people living in the border areas with other states in particular shall be greatly relieved,” it stated. It urged the GoI to “not shift its responsibilities” and “seriously reflect on its past failures,” while upholding its “professed policies and present understanding made so far in bringing about acceptable and honorable Peace Accord with the Naga people by fulfilling its promises made in the ‘9 Points Agreement’.” The UNTABA appealed that all stakeholders firmly stand on bringing about a final Naga political settlement on the basis of historical facts.

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DimapUr, September 6 (mexN): Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today addressed the 4th Edition of the Pangkor Dialogue at Ipoh city in the Malaysian State of Perak, speaking about the qualities of the Naga people and Nagaland state which could lure global players to enter the state. He spoke of a sustainable world where maintaining and improving the quality of life is done while also ensuring that decisions made today, take into consideration social, economic, and environmental consequences for the future. Sustainable development, he stated means “containing our needs that very often turns into greed.” He went on to say that “greed is indeed at the root of our threatened environment as also of the eroding governance systems.” “This understanding is vital, especially for the underdeveloped and the developing world as we try to catch up with the highly advanced technological societies of the west. Compared to them, there can be no end to our perceived needs. There is, therefore, a need to design our entire lives - our social, economic and political structures and our governance systems that will be suitable for us and which will help to redefine our needs, as also the sacrifices that we have to make so that human existence is made sustainable,”

can be prevented by adjusting lifestyles and food habits

Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang addressing the gathering at the 4th Edition of the Pangkor Dialogue at Ipoh city in the Malaysian State of Perak on September 6.

he added. Sharing the political realities in Nagaland, Zeliang pointed out that the traditional Naga way of life, like many societies of the South East Asian nations, did not quite get along well with western concept of Parliamentary democracy and the concept of universal adult franchise was something new to the Naga people resulting in glaring material corruption and faulty electoral practices in the State. He lauded the Clean Election Campaign launched by the Church in its attempt to cleanse the malpractice in the electioneering process. Zeliang also shared developments in the State such as communitisation of public services like education, health services, electricity etc. “We are grateful that The United Nations had given an award to our State in recognition for instituting such a reform,” he said. He meanwhile spoke

on environmental degradation which has led to drastic climate change in the state in recent years such as drought-like situation for months at a stretch, and damaging hailstones and cyclones in various parts of the state. “We are all aware that such a phenomena, which is global cannot be resolved overnight and by acting alone,” he said and appealed to world leaders “to think together, to share the solutions and to further help each other in reducing the risks through adaptation as well as mitigation strategies in the better interests of our survival.” He urged for cooperation and sharing for “our mutual existence,” as societies in South East Asia grapple with governance, sustainable development and at the same time find answers to the challenges of climate change. “We have to help each other through the sharing,

not only of knowledge but also of pooling our limited resources. In this, one of the great needs is to re-skill the public servants and the policy makers at all levels on issues of governance and the environment,” he stated. This, the Nagaland CM said can be done through appropriate institutions with professionally designed trainings programs that will add value to their work and thereby, enhance governance at their respective levels. “It will also bring about regional cooperation among the countries. This will require initiatives at both the local and the national levels,” he added. Proposing an International Conference to facilitate this, he expressed confidence that the Government of India will be amenable to such proposals “as it will be for the mutual benefit of India and the East along with our partnership for economic growth and well-being.”

agartala, September 6 (iaNS): India’s northeast region neighbouring Bangladesh and Myanmar is in the high prevalence zone of different types of cancer and the disease can be prevented by adjusting lifestyle and food habits, say experts. Cancer experts from India and other countries, assembled here for the 10th International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN) meeting, opine that while lifestyle diseases like diabetes and blood pressure are not curable, most cancers can be healed if detected early. “The northeast region, Bangladesh and Myanmar are in the high prevalence area of different types of cancer. The cancers’ predominance in the region can be preventable to a large extent by changing lifestyle and food habits,” said G.K. Rath, head of the Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (BRAIRCH) affiliated to AIIMS. He said: “The northeast region has the highest incidence of cancer with 40 per cent of the disease being related to tobacco followed by consumption of fast food, smoked and red meat and alcohol. Physi-

cal inactivity and consuming excess calories can also be blamed for incidence of cancer.” Rath said the country is facing a surge in noncommunicable diseases as compared to communicable diseases unlike the past. “Communicable diseases, which are fatal, have been controlled by medical attention.” “Cancer is among the top three causes of death in the country with an average of 14 lakh cancer cases diagnosed every year. However, 80 per cent of this disease is curable, if detected and attended early, with 60 per cent of cancer preventable and 70 per cent detectable,” Rath said. Ravi Mehrotra, director of the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, said: “If 39 cases of cancer per thousand people are found in rural Maharashtra, the ratio in the northeastern region is about 170 per thousand people. The northeastern region is the highest cancer-prone zone in the country. Besides, adjacent Bangladesh and Myanmar are also in the high prevalence zone of various types of cancers.” He said the mortality rate depends on the type of cancer. “Cancer screening using modern methodologies could reduce 80 per cent cancer burden in cervical cancer, 50 per cent in gastrointestinal cancer and 25 per cent in breast

cancer.” “Oral, tongue, lung, breast, cervical, esophageal and gall bladder cancers are highest in the northeastern states where people are traditionally habituated to consumption of various types of tobacco, smoked meat, betel-nut, alcohol and unprocessed items. Lack of adequate knowledge about the bad effects of these intoxicants has further swelled the incidence of cancer,” Mehrotra said. Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Special Advisor on Cancer Control and Head of the Early Detection and Prevention Section at the France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer, said that earlier incidence of cervical cancer was very high among Indian women but now breast cancer has become the No.1 cancer. “As people in northeast India consume less fruits, vegetables and foods with high protein, they suffer from increasing number of cancer. If we are serious about avoiding cancer, we should go for lifestyle change and altering the food habits,” Sankaranarayanan added. According to a latest report of the ICMR under its National Cancer Registry Programme, Aizawl district of Mizoram and Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh are the two districts in the northeastern region with the highest age-adjusted cancer incidence rate in the country.

Gang of 5 arrested for trying to sell stolen car online ‘come together without the politics of division’

Kohima, September 6 (mexN): A gang of five persons were arrested on September 5 for attempting to sell a stolen car online. Along with the arrest, two stolen cars were also recovered. A press release from the Sr. Superintendent of Police, Kohima informed that the arrest and recovery was the result of an orchestrated operation conducted by personnel of North Police Station. As per the release, the gang tried to sell a stolen car through a social media buy-sell group. Based on the information, police decoys posing as prospective buyers were deployed to make contact with the sellers. After gaining the trust of the sellers over a period of several days, the decoys made a deal to purchase the car. The sellers were asked to bring the vehicle to Piphema to

Photo released by the Kohima police shows the 5 arrested alongwith the 2 cars, which were recovered.

finalise the deal where they were arrested on September 5. As asked, the release said that 3 persons arrived in a black Santro Zing bearing registration number NL07 3295 to meet with the decoy buyers at Piphema. “Af-

ter making sure that it was safe, they made a call and two gang members arrived at the spot with the stolen vehicle Maruti Swift Dzire (silver color),” the release added. Police officers disguised as the prospective buyers took

the Swift Dzire for test drive with one of the gang members in tow, who was subdued and arrested. The other 4 were also surrounded and arrested soon after, the release said. It was later ascertained that the Maruti Swift Dzire was registered as stolen at Hatigaon Police Station, Guwahati in 2015 with its original registration number as AS 01GC 0634. The registration number of the black Santro Zing was also found to have been allotted to another vehicle – a Hyundai Getz, the release stated. The 5 arrested were identified as Kitolu Achumi (20 years), Hotokhu Assumi (27 years), Bokugha Zhimo (21 years), Anam Ali (23 years) and Thomas Singh (23 years), all residents of Dimapur. The latter two hail from Hojai, Assam and Imphal, Manipur, respectively.

‘We are fighting for our rightful share’

Nagaland govt gives written assurance; ENSCU calls off agitation for now

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Kohima, September 6 (mexN): Reiterating their demands for the review of NSEE-II results 2016, the Eastern Nagaland College Students’ Union (ENSCU) held a peaceful agitation on September 6 outside the Directorate of Technical Education with members of ENSCU from most colleges in Kohima gathering in the scorching heat. Protesting in parallel with the emergency meeting that was held on the same day at the Chief Secretary’s official residence, where the concerned department held a meeting with the Chief Secretary, the President of ENSCU, Nokchem Angth said, “We are fighting for our own shares. We are agitating against the government and department for our rightful share. This issue should not be taken on tribal lines.” Earlier, the Union had sent an ultimatum to the Chief Secretary on July 16 after which a representation was further sent to the Chief Minister on August 12. The

Protestors outside the Directorate of Technical Education in Kohima on September 6. (Morung Photo)

Union had demanded for the immediate review of the NSEE results declared on July 15 and for allocation of the four seats missing from the BTs quota to the candidates belonging to BTs by conducting re-examination for candidates of the BTs or award grace marks. It further demanded that backlog seats from the past one year (2015-16) should be given back to BTs without consideration in order to

deliver justice to candidates from the deprived areas. After the meeting, the officials gave a verbal assurance to the protestors however, dissatisfied over the verbal assurance of the Director of Technical Education, the protestors demanded for a written assurance where the officials had to comply. Minutes after the demand, the Director submitted a written assur-

ance to the Union which read, “As per verbal instruction/advice given by the Government during an emergency meeting called by the Chief Secretary, Nagaland at his official residence on 6th September 2016 at 9:30 am, the Department has decided to conduct counseling in three phases. The next and third counseling shall be conducted after the approval of the Cabinet/Government.” Following the written assurance, the Union has called off its agitation temporarily. However, the ENSCU President reminded that if the decision of the cabinet is not according to the demands of the union, it would resume the agitation. It meanwhile expressed gratitude to the Angami People Organization (APO), Angami Youth Organization (AYO), Eastern Nagaland People Union Kohima (ENPUK), administration, police, students and citizens of the capital city for their cooperation. While apologizing to the Angami Students’ Union (ASU) for not intimating an official copy about the ongoing agitation on time, the ENCSU requested all for cooperation if the state cabinet fails again.

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Chedema | September 6

Chedema Peace Camp today commemorated the Indo-Naga Ceasefire that was signed between the Government of India and the Federal Government of Nagaland, 52 years ago. Speaking on the occasion, Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) General Secretary Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho said one must not forget the history of how the ceasefire of September 6, 1964 came into being. “It came at a time when our land was caught up in a warlike situation. The Nagas in general suffered untold miseries, our homes were burnt down into ashes and the common and the innocent citizens, regardless of who they are become prime suspects and suffered torturous treatment and abuse, and the Naga national workers were hunted like animals in and out of the jungles,” he said. He however lamented that the “ceasefire seems to have seized our right to self determination based on our historical and political rights. Therefore, though we honour this day, what value is there if our political will for self determination is made to die a natural death.” He asserted that “if we can once again revisit the glory of those days where nationalism reign supreme without arms, without muscle power in the atmosphere of ceasefire, we can still intelligently continue to travel in the path and vision of our leaders and many of our patriots who have made the supreme sacrifice.” He also urged the people to remember the ideals of signing the ceasefire on this day: “to end hostility but not surrender our rights; to create peaceful

Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho speaking during 52nd Indo-Naga Ceasefire Day at Chedema Peace Camp on September 6. (Morung Photo)

atmosphere without arms and intimidations; to look at each other without superior mentality; to dialogue and negotiate as equals and to reach final solution for which ceasefire comes into effect.” Keyho then lamented that “we have become so comfortable on the one hand, and so divided on the other hand. We have become comfortable because we have taken for granted as if the final show is over.” Keyho admitted that mistakes of stubbornness, pride, and self justification have been made. “This has been not only the problem and mistake of one particular political group but has been the problem and mistake of all the political groups that exists today,” he said. He urged Nagas to “come together without playing the politics of division.” “We must speak in unison to the big India to listen to our rights and aspiration because in the words of J. P. Narayan ‘sovereignty of Nagaland is imminently practicable and negotiable.’ That ‘negotiable’ can turn into possible if we unite,” he concluded. Full text of Rev Dr Zelhou Keyho’s speech on Page 10


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