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Vol XXVII No. 6
DIMAPUR, thursday, december 8, 2016 Pages 12 ` 4.00
Demonetisation not done in haste, says RBI Governor
Djokovic splits with coach Boris Becker
Trump named TIME’s Person of the Year
business, Page 8
sports, Page 11
international, Page 9
Demonetisation logjam in Parl Disruption disgraceful: Advani
NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (AGENCIES): There was logjam over the demonetisation debate in Parliament on Wednesday, leading to disruptions and its adjournment, with the government and opposition failing to reach an agreement over the rules for the discussion. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day as the Opposition did not allow the discussion to continue in the absence of the Prime Minister. The Finance Minister’s assertions that conditions could not be put and that there was no precedent that the PM should be present in the House all the time failed to impress the opposition. Meanwhile, BJP sources said there was no question of extending a hand to the Opposition or calling the rival parties for talks. Enough meetings had taken place and there was no question of any more such attempts, they said. Earlier, as soon as the Rajya Sabha met, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said 84 people had died since demonetisation was effected. He asked, “Who is responsible for these deaths?” adding that the accountability should be fixed. Azad said, “These 84
people included men, women and children, who died because of the poorly implemented scheme. Who is responsible for these deaths? If there is adequate money in banks, why are people not getting the cash?” He said, “If the entire money is expected to come back, where is the black money?” Replying to this, Leader of the House and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the Opposition was using “hathkandas” to stall the proceedings. Jaitley said, “The government is ready for a discussion on the issue from day one, but the Opposition just wanted to speak in Zero Hour and grab the headlines.” BSP chief Mayawati said the PM had asked for 50 days to fix the problems arising due to demonetisation, but nothing seemed to have changed. Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha was also disrupted on the issue of demonetisation. As the House met for Question Hour, Opposition members continued with the demand for a debate on the issue under Rule 184 that entailed voting. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said, “This is everyday drama. If you want to debate you can start the debate right away.”
Gov bats for skilling ESM fraternity
Free NE states from terror and illegal immigrants: Sonowal tells police officers
DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): In line with the Centre’s scheme for re-skilling ex-servicemen (ESM) in order to provide them gainful employment, Nagaland governor, PB Acharya, on Wednesday said eligible dependents of ESM should pursue skills development like nursing, driving, tailoring and plumbing, which he said were in great demand and would lead to employment. Interacting with a team of ESM led by Brig (Retd) KK Roy Choudhury, Directorate of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement (RSB) at Raj Bhawan on the occassion of Armed Forces Flag Day, Acharya emphasized on the need for ESM fraternity to visit schools and colleges to educate the youth on scarifies made by Armed Forces in defending the country against external aggressive and share their experience. Acharya also felt the need to ensure optimum utilization of available resource for welfare of the ESM fraternity. Governor mentioned that various facilities and schemes introduced by the central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like Jan Dhan Yojana, Insurance scheme and skills development must be availed to accrue maximum benefits.
This is it!
“Last time we had problems with cash. This time, you pay us through electronic transfer.” K Y M C
Neither Speaker nor Parl Affairs minister running the house - L.K. Advani NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (IANS) Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani on Wednesday described the unending disruption of the Lok Sabha as “disgraceful” and demanded to know who was running the house. As the house was adjourned shortly before 1 p.m., the normally quiet Advani called Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and asked who exactly was in charge in the house. As other BJP members watched in silence, Advani was overheard saying that neither Speaker Sumitra Mahajan nor the Parliamentary Affairs minister appeared to be on top of the situation. Advani’s remarks came as the Speaker allowed half of the Question Hour and the Zero Hour to continue on Wednesday although opposition members kept raising anti government slogans. The opposition has
Sarbananda Sonowal and Y. Patton seated with the newly recruited officers.
Correspondent
UMSAW KHWAN, DEC 7: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday asked police officers on the need to work towards making the northeastern states free from corruption, terror and intrusion of foreigners. “We need to free Northeast from corruption, terror and intrusion of foreigners. If we work with honesty, we
will have a better country, and you can,” he said in his address during the passing out parade at North Eastern Police Academy here. Nagaland Home minister Y. Patton also attended the function. Acknowledging that the biggest challenge for north-eastern states is terrorism, Sonowal said that the most dangerous threat is terrorists, as they are armed with sophisticated weapons and resources.
been demanding a debate on demonetisation with voting. “Neither the Speaker nor the Parliamentary Affairs Minister is running the house,” said Advani, a former deputy PM and one of the most respected parliamentarians in the country. “I am going to tell the Speaker that she is not running the house... Both the opposition and the government are unable to run the house,” he said even as Ananth Kumar was seen desperately trying to pacify him. Ananth Kumar was then seen gesturing towards the media gallery, after which Advani said: “I will say it publicly.” He asked till what time the Lok Sabha had been adjourned. When he was told till 2 p.m., the veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader quipped: “Why not sine die?” He said the house should not run amid din and slogan-shouting.
“We need to fight against terrorism to ensure safety and security of the people. You will be needed anywhere in the country and you have to prove your cuts wherever you are assigned. There will be testing time, and you will have prove that you are worth with sacrifice and dedication,” said Sonowal. Altogether, 98 trainees of the 42nd batch including 86 deputy superintendent of police, 11 sub inspectors and one assistant sub inspector completed the 48 weeks training. The trainees drawn from all the eight NE states-58 from Assam, 15 from Arunachal Pradesh, 9 from Tripura, 7 from Nagaland, 5 from Mizoram, 2 from Manipur and one each from Sikkim and Meghalaya.
NPCC asks DAN govt: why silent over ‘Good Governance Day’? DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Hitting out at the NPF-led DAN government for maintaining a “studied silence” over the declaration of December 25 a “good governance day”, Father’s Day as Yoga day and Good Friday as the ‘Judges Day’ by BJP government, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) accused DAN government of “betraying the trust of the people by continuing to adore and glorify leaders, who have been systematically dismantling the secular fabric of the country”. In a press statement, NPCC working president Ayang Aonok said the move of BJP was a downright insult to all Christians particularly for the state of Nagaland, which comprises of more than 90 % Christian population. In this regard, NPCC affirmed to protect, preserve and safeguard the secular fabric of the country and would not compromise on the dilution of Christmas day and Good Friday and the onslaught of BJP-RSS combined to annihilate Christianity. NPCC also expressed concern on the hardship faced by the people in Nagaland in the wake of demonetization of Rs. 500 and 1000 notes. It claimed that the “dubious measure” would not encourage black money holders to surrender their black money stashed in Swiss bank and tax-havens. It reminded Prime Minister that the first step for cashless soci-
ety was to educate the people not rhetoric. NPCC also slammed BJP government over the lack of proper planning and flaw execution on the demonetization (Cont’d on p-7)
HSDC flays Centre’s move
DIPHU, DEC 7: Hills State Demand Council (HSDC) has opposed the move of the Central government to observe ‘Good Governance Day’ on December 25, Christmas day. Slamming the BJP government for hurting religious sentiments HSDC said: “Christmas is the greatest festival of Christians not only in India but all over the world”. HSDC accused BJP for organizing the event in order to have its stamp over “one nation, one culture, one language and one religion” theory. The BJP’s move is part of a larger conspiracy to introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country, “to suppress religious minorities, including Christians”, HSDC stated. Stating that such move was against secularism, HSDC reminded that framers of the Constitution of India had guaranteed the Right to Freedom of Religion to all its citizens of the country. “The action of NDA government to introduce UCC in the country is against the rights and customs of the hill tribal people and small communities like Karbis, Dimasas, Kukis, Rengmas,” HSDC stated. (Correspondent)
Sacked state BJP unit leaders write to Amit Shah; demand justice DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Senior state BJP unit leaders-- K. James Vizo, Mghato Achumi and Yanghose Sangtam, who were recently sacked as party’s vice presidents and spokesman, have shot off a letter to BJP national president Amit Shah wanting to know as to why they were “sacked without any specific reasons”. In the letter, the three BJP leaders stated that the BJP unit president Visasolie Lhoungu, during a meeting at Hotel Saramati Dimapur on December 5, had claimed that “a direction was given by the Central BJP leadership” to drop them from their posts with immediate effect. “On being asked-- the reasons for dropping us, he (Lhoungu) could not give us any tangible response to satisfy us,” they said. Asserting that as sincere and dedicated party workers, the three BJP members said their main objective was to prepare for the forthcoming 2018 elections. “We have not played anything which would be detrimental to the party,” they added. The BJP members in this regard appealed Amit Shah to deliver them justice in the interest of the party in the state and the national level. Meanwhile, a senior party member claimed that Vizo, Achumi and Sangtam were sacked following the directive of BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav. It was reported that few state party leaders were asked to come to Guwahati and was informed about the decision. Ram Madhav who is also the in-charge of North Eastern states is stationed at Guwahati to oversee the preparations for the forthcoming Manipur Assembly elections.
LRD eyes Nagaland as coffee producing state
Kohima police reminds hoteliers
Correspondent
DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Kohima police has reminded all hotels, guesthouses, institutions etc. under Kohima district having foreigners as guests to mandatorily furnish information by filing the online C-Form. In a communiqué, Sr. SP Kohima, Joseph Hesso further said it was a statutory obligation to intimate the office of the FRO (SP Office) regarding the arrival and stay of every foreigners within 24 hours. With the implementation of IVRT module, Hesso said C-forms are to be submitted online while hoteliers can obtain the user ID by registering with FRO, Kohima at http://indianfrro.gov. in/frro/FormC. Defaulters would invite imprisonment for a term of upto five years and fine under revelant section of the Foreigners Act.
KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): After a successful trial at ongoing Hornbill Festival, the Department of Land Resources and Development (LRD) is looking forward to make Nagaland a coffee producing state. The coffee stall set up the department under the observation of coffee expert from South Africa Dr. at Kisama, has been attracting many visitors particularly tourists. With the intention of promoting “Nagaland Coffee”, the coffee has been sold at a cheaper rate. In an interview with Nagaland Post, deputy director C. Vanjamo Ngullie said the amount generated at the stall would be utilized in purchasing coffee seed and would be distributed among coffee growers as the depart-
ment has plan for bigger project. With the two varieties of coffee richly potential in the state- Arabica and Robusta, the department also plans to expand the project by covering 50,000 hectares of land across the state with coffee plants by 2027. The deputy director also informed that the department has plans to open coffee centre at all the block levels, to facilitate coffee growers in marketing. At the stall, the department is serving mostly Arabica and said almost 80 kgs has been used during the last seven days
out of the total 185 kgs. Department has also installed Roaster machine, procured from South Africa, Espresso machine brought from Italy, Big Roaster machine with 5 kg capacity and grinding machine transported from Coimotor at the stall. He expressed delight that the first initiative of the department has proved well and said Nagaland Coffee would be promoted in all possible manners. The stall was inaugurated by Assam chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal on December 1.
Cultural performances continue to enthral visitors at Hornbill Fest Correspondent
Kohima, Dec 7 (NPN): Cultural dance performances by various Naga tribes continued to enthrall visitors at the ongoing Hornbill Festival at Naga Heritage village, Kisama on Wednesday. On the seventh day, 17 cultural troupes dressed in their respective traditional attires showcased the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the Nagas. During the first session of the cultural programme, Yehemi village cultural troupe from Sumi community performed “axuto inache kukuxu” a traditional game played by men folk. It is a game to test the skill and strength as to who can make the opponent fall down. Pholami Dzuvekro cultural troupe of the Chakhesang community presented “Chute Li” millet sowing song. Phaijol Village cultural troupe of
(From top clockwise) Waromong Village cultural troupe, Kachari cultural troupe, Phoyisha range cultural troupe and Pathso Noken cultural troupe. (NP)
the Kuki community performed “Khulkon lam” dance, that depicts the journey undertaken by the Kuki forefathers from their subterranean under world “khul” to the upper world
in search of good land. Nsong Village cultural troupe from Zelaing community presented a folk song. Waromong Village cultural troupe from Ao
community demonstrated “Arr Atsutepa” (Tug of war). Kachari Cultural Troupe Purana bazaar from Dimapur performed “ gwdan bwthwr”, a dance
performed by the young and old alike to welcome the new year in the Kachari month of Bwisagu. Pathso Noken Cultural Troupe from Khiamniungan community demonstrated “nok-lee”- a dispute between two khels when something is stolen in the village. Phoyisha Range Cultural Troupe from Pochury community performed “ khwizhll” folk dance. This dance, depicts when a male invitees in honour of the feast –giver, singing praises about his generosity, his popularity , the good food and drinks enjoyed by all finally, bidding farewell to the day and the feast. Mezoma Village culture troupe of the Angami tribe performed “Terhü Keho Do” the different tactics in attacking the enemy (head hunting). These tactics were taught to the young boys by the warriors. In the afternoon ses-
sion, Sangphur Village cultural troupe from Yimchunger community performed “jung heh” war dance during head hunting raid. Tuensang Village Cultural Troupe from Chang community demonstrated “ nyeklang khun” the art of weaving unique warriors’ hat used by the warriors during war. Wokha village cultural troupe from Lotha community presented a folk song. Orangkong village cultural troupe from Phom community demonstrated “Yahok Lopho” headhunting/warfare in the olden days when victorious warriors returned after a successful head hunting raid, was celebrated by the whole village. The warriors donning shield, dao, spear and headgear danced with great enthusiasm and sang recounting their achievements. Ekranipathar Village cultural troupe from Di-
mapur Garo community performed the “Wangala” dance, which is one of the most important dance of the Garos during Wangala harvest festival. Angangba Village cultural troupe from Sangtam community performed “Shore-o-Shore” folk song and dance. This is performed when a rich family hosts a feast for the people to celebrate. Kithagha Village cultural troupe from Rengma community performed “Agahli”. This victory dance, which is a skilful and lively, is usually performed and arrayed in their traditional best, while celebrating a war victory. The dance is also performed during important festivals. Chingdang village Cultural Troupe from Konyak demonstrated “ wu leng jun pu hem” traditional fishing song performed during traditional method of community fishing. K Y M C