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IBAPWO seeks Gov’s intervention
DIMAPUR, AUG 21 (NPN): Close on the heels of encounter between Army personnel and NSCN (K) on August 19, the International Border Area People’s Welfare Organisation (IBAPWO) on Sunday sought intervention of Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya to bring peace and development in the border areas. In a press note, IBAPWO president Rhuletsu Whurr and general secretary Nokshom Konyak said that the Naga people living along the border in both side suffered untold miseries after the inception of Indian Independence and Nagaland statehood respectively due to ongoing conflict. Therefore, IBAPWO cautioned that the people living in border areas would not tolerate this burnt conflict. At this stage, IBAPWO said people living in border areas needed peace and development such as “stability, basic amenities, road connectivity, education, health care but not War”. “Talk is important each in every issue, without peace there will be no solution. War is not an every solution”, the release stated. IBAPWO also pointed out that four International trade centres identified by the government of India- Longwa, Chenmoho, Pangsha, Avangkhul and Mimi under Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire and Phek, have also become “war zone” instead of development. Due to too much of corruption and conflict, the land in border areas which were rich in natural resources could not be utilized economically, IBAPWO said. Meanwhile, IBAPWO has also condemned the “emotional firing” at Chenmoho and urged the public not to panic since the situation was under control.
India’s Olympic hunt over
This is it!
“For me, a gold, silver or bronze medal has no value. The most practical is to give cash prizes to winners.” K Y M C
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Acharya asks MLAs to adopt villages
Women ONLY SAVING GRACE; KEEPS INDIA’S FLAG ALOFT RIO DE JANEIRO, AUG 21 (AGENCIES): Three unassuming women became the redeemers for India at the Rio Olympics as the country concluded its campaign with some good, bad and ugly memories. Defying all odds and showing killer instincts, PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar became the unlikely heroines and saved the country’s pride from returning empty-handed for the first time since Barcelona 1992. The trio notched a few firsts for India; Sindhu, at 21, became the youngest to win an Olympic medal, a silver which was never achieved in badminton; and Sakshi’s bronze was also a first for women’s wrestling. India’s first female gymnast Dipa went on to miss a bronze by 0.15 points but her clean finish in the highrisk Produnova vault won the hearts of a nation. Lalita Babar became the second Indian woman to qualify for the final of a track event at the Olympics in 32 years (PT Usha being the previous one in Los Angeles 1984) and finished 10th in the 3000m steeplechase. An 18-year-old golfer Aditi Ashok slipped away from being in top-10 at the end of second round to finish 41st with an overall score of sevenover 291. But there were some ugly moments as well, when wrestler Narsingh Yadav was
PV Sindhu
Sakshi Malik
slapped with a four-year ban by the Court of Arbitration of Sports which overturned the clean chit given by the National Anti-Doping Agency. The dope shame had returned to haunt India again, even as Narsingh claimed innocence. The grappler cried conspiracy but was evicted from the Games Village. In more off-field controversy sports minister Vijay Goel’s entourage was called ‘rude’ by the Organising Committee, which threatened to cancel his accreditation for trying to bring non-accredited people at the accredited areas of venues. Indian athletics contingent’s middle and long distance coach Nikolai Snesarev was “detained” at a local police station for half a day and later released by the police after a lady doctor at the Games Village made a complaint of misbehaviour. Far away from home, India’s Independence Day
celebration also made news for all the wrong reasons when the players were served merely peanuts in the programme hosted by the Embassy of India in Brazil and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport. Competing in 15 disciplines with their biggest-ever contingent numbering 118, India hoped to go past their best ever tally of six medals in London 2012. But the country stumbled on a tricky road in Rio when shooters fired a blank for the first time since Athens 2004, and boxers lacked punch, also a first in eight years. Tennis continued to have its share of controversies when Leander Paes, an 18-time Grand Slam doubles winner making a record seventh appearance, turned up late for the men’s doubles campaign with Rohan Bopanna. Later, it was the mixed doubles pair of Sania and Bopanna who lifted India’s medal
hopes before losing to the Czech duo of Radek Stepanek and Lucie Hradecka in the bronze play-off. It was a flop show in archery as Deepika Kumari once again failed to live up to the hype and made some costly blunders as the much-fancied women’s team made a quarterfinal exit losing to Russia in a shoot-off. The biggest disappointment was in shooting which had earned India two medals in London 2012, a historic individual gold by Abhinav Bindra in Beijing 2008, in their total count of four medals from the last three editions but they drew a blank in Rio. World No.3 Jitu Rai provided the biggest hope to open India’s medal tally in the 10m air pistol on the second day. With the clock ticking away, a sensational Sakshi came from behind with a threepoint move to clinch the issue as her opponent challenged for a review and heartbeats started pounding. The decision went in India’s favour and it was an overflow of joy and emotions as Sakshi was lifted by her coach Kuldeep Malik and the duo took a victory lap. The next day, Sindhu first ousted world number 8 Tzu Ying Tai in the pre-quarters and world number two Wang Yihan in the last eight but only to be halted by world number one Carolina Marina in a riveting women’s singles final lasting one hour and 24 minutes.
P.B. Acharya interacting with Neiphiu Rio.
DIMAPUR, AUG 21 (NPN): Nagaland governor, P.B. Acharya has appealed to all the elected MLAs to adopt a village or two in their own constituency. According to a press release from PRO to governor, the governor made this appeal when Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio met him at Raj Bhavan on August 19, and apprised him on the development projects taken up at Selouphe village,
Dimapur, which was adopted by the former under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAJY) in November 2014. Quoting the Indian President that “India is a country of villages,” Acharya stated that village development was the development of the whole country. In this regard, he urged all the MLAs to develop the villages and empower the villagers. The release also stat-
ed that Rio had adopted Longwa village in Mon district as his second village under SAJY as suggested by the governor. Accordingly, the traditional Angh’s house had been renovated under SAJY and Rio invited governor to inaugurate in the month of October, 2016, the release stated. It may be noted that SAGY was initiated to bring the Member of Parliament of all the political parties under the same umbrella while taking the responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in villages and turn them into model villages under this scheme. Each MP has choose one village each from the constituency that they represent, except their own village or their in-laws village and fix parameters and make it a model village.
ACAUT condemns assault; hits out at govt
DIMAPUR, AUG 21 (NPN): ACAUT Nagaland while condemning the “mindless” assault on a Naga trader on August 19, allegedly by a GPRN/NSCN member, has hit out at the state government for its failure to protect the citizens. ACAUT media cell in a press note accused that the government did not care for the life and security of its citizens; and that the citizens were left to fend for themselves by taking the law unto their own hands. The media cell demanded the state government to immediately arrest the culprit(s) involved in the assault. It pointed further out that the incident was not the first time that members of business community had been assaulted. Such incidents have taken place in the last several years, it added. However, ACAUT said it was unfortunate that the state government failed to condemn or
offer condolence to the victims, media cell said. Therefore, media cell said it expected condemnation from the home minister and the chief minister on the incident. ACAUT also asked the Naga business community under Naga Business Association Kohima (NBAK) to rally around the victim and ensured that under no circumstances the FIR filed against the three factional culprits be withdrawn. Meanwhile, media cell said that the August 12 incident at Wokha should be a wake-up call for the state government and the district administration. It stated that “no self-respecting Deputy Commissioners can allow the existence of a parallel authority called town commanders”. Further, media cell said that it was unacceptable that the Deputy Commissioners instead of cracking the whip on these “parallel authorities” was giving space to the so-called town commanders.
‘Child bomber’ kills at least 51 in Turkey
No compromise over violence in Kashmir: Govt
J ammu / S rinagar , Aug 21 (Agencies): As unrest continues in Kashmir, the central government outlined its priorities on Sunday, asserting that there will be no compromise with those indulging in violence. Acknowledging that the situation in Kashmir was “serious”, Union minister Arun Jaitley said those indulging in stone-pelting in Kashmir are “not satyagrahis but aggressors” who target police and security forces but some people with limited vision cannot see this. Jaitley also said the country’s unity was being challenged and Pakistan was again at war with India “using new methods” to incite violence in the Kashmir Valley, reported Hindustan Times. “A new serious situation has arisen. Pakistan and various other forces are involved in it, and the country’s unity has been challenged once again,” Jaitley said, adding people of Jammu and Kashmir should jointly fight the aggression. For more than a month, the Kashmir Valley has been rocked by protests that broke out after Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani was killed in a gunfight with security forces on July 8.
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People seen gathered at the bombing site. GAZIANTEP (TURKEY), AUG 21 (AGENCIES): A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people, the president said. The attack was the deadliest in a series of bombings in Turkey this year, and President Tayyip Erdogan said Islamic State was likely behind it. “Initial evidence suggests it was a Daesh attack,” Erdogan said in Istanbul on Sunday, using an Arabic name for the hardline Sunni Islamist group. He said 69 people were in hospital and 17 were “heavily injured”. A destroyed suicide vest was found at the blast site,
officials said. Islamic State has been blamed for other similar attacks in Turkey, often targeting Kurdish gatherings in an effort to inflame ethnic tensions. The deadliest was last October, when suicide bombers killed more than 100 people at a rally of pro-Kurdish and labor activists in Ankara. Saturday’s attack comes with Turkey still in shock just a month after Erdogan and the government survived an attempted coup by rogue military officers, which Ankara blames on U.S.-based Islamist preacher Fethullah Gulen. Gulen has denied the charge. The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said the wedding party was for one
of its members. The groom was among those injured, but the bride was not hurt. The bomb went off as guests spilled out into the streets of the city close to the Syrian border after the traditional henna night party, when guests have their hands and feet painted. Women and children, including a three-month-old baby, were among the dead, witnesses said. Blood and burn marks stained the walls of the narrow lane where the blast hit. Women in white and checkered scarves wept outside the morgue waiting for word on missing relatives. “The celebrations were coming to an end and there was a big explosion among people dancing,” said 25-yearold Veli Can. “There was blood and body parts everywhere.” “We want to end these massacres,” witness Ibrahim Ozdemir said. “We are in pain, especially the women and children.” Hundreds gathered for funerals on Sunday, with coffins draped in the green of Islam. But some ceremonies would have to wait because many victims were blown to pieces and DNA tests would be needed to identify them, security sources said.
SWD agrees to take NPRAAF’s demand DIMAPUR, AUG 21 (NPN): Social Welfare Department (SWD) at the joint meeting with Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) on August 19, has “agreed” to seriously take up the issues raised by latter and “fix responsibilities”, claimed NPRAAF in a press statement on Sunday. At the meeting, the department was represented by director including five senior officials while NPRAAF was represented by its president and six officials, the release stated. The demand put up by the NPRAAF included -that those non-functioning NGOs should be identified and ceased from funding. NGOs should be mandatory to submit annual activities report and funds received on any form from the department and that NGOs receiving grants should be informed through an official letter and media by the department giving them at least 45 days to collect the grant. Department should also specify the reason on disproportionate funding of NGOs through notification and that funds should be disbursed strictly on guidelines set by the government of India and that no special committee should override the standard norms as in the past. NPRAAF also wanted that all grant
should be disbursed through an account payee or direct transfer to the beneficiary NGOs current account by the department. On the registration of NGO, the forum demanded that registration from the home department alone should not be the criteria to qualify for grants. Instead, it asked the department to spell out other eligibility criteria so that fairness and optimum utilisation of the grants could be maintained. Department has also been asked to maintain transparency on the eligibility criteria of NGOs receiving special funding. The forum demanded that any NGOs ceasing to receive funds from the department should be notified the reason of its ineligibility or continuance of funding and not abruptly stop without assigning reason. Further, for better coordination, the forum demanded that annual meeting of all the funded NGOs with the Social Welfare Department should be convened. Meanwhile, NPRAAF appreciated the director social welfare, T. Merangtsuba Aier for taking action against one of its staff for deducting percentage from Grant -in- Aid (GIA) of the NGOs. K Y M C