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DIMAPUR tuesday, july 12, 2016
Kashmir tense; death toll rises to 32
Protesters throw stones on police during a clash in Srinagar on Monday. (PTI) Sources in Srinagar’s S.M.H.S. Hospital said two civilians with bullet injuries were admitted on Monday afternoon and both were from Bijbehara. “One of them was hit in the stomach and other in his left thigh,” a doctor told IANS requesting anonymity. Police sources said a mob set ablaze a police picket in Lassipora in Pulwama district in south Kashmir. Sopore, Handwara, Bandipora and Baramulla in north Kashmir also witnessed stone throwing incidents. Another police camp was set on fire in north Kashmir’s Sopore town. Normal life across the valley was paralysed for the third day amid strict curfew and a separatist-called shutdown.
Public transport went off the roads. Private cars plied at some places in areas where there were no restrictions. Shops and other businesses remained shut. Government offices and banks were also closed as cellphone internet services remained suspended. As the anger in Kashmir simmered, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for a plebiscite in the “occupied” Jammu and Kashmir. India asked Pakistan to worry more about human rights abuses in parts of Kashmir it controls. Radio Pakistan quoted Sharif as saying that the “massacre of citizens by Indian forces and use of brutal force against Kashmir is regrettable”. In New Delhi, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said Pakistan should worry more about human rights violations in the “occupied Kashmir” -- Indian euphemism from Pakistani Kashmir than in the valley. Home Minister Rajnath Singh reached out to political leaders, including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, and discussed the Kashmir situation. He also spoke to former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The Kashmir Valley has been on an edge since Friday evening when senior militant commander Wani was killed by security forces. Wani, 22, a new face of Kashmir’s separatist war, was shot dead with two of his associates in a south Kashmir village.
Tuensang, Kuthur villages agree to restore peace
Bomb blast inside Senapati DC’s office
DIMAPUR, JUL 11 (NPN): In continuation of a joint meeting between Chang Khulei Setshang (CKS) and Yimchungru Tribal Council (YTC) on June 29, 2016 in Kohima at the initiative of mediators for a permanent peace settlement between the Changs and Yimchungrus, the Tuensang village and Kuthur village held a meeting at Tuensang headquarters on July 8, 2016 and “unanimously” agreed to restore the peaceful relationship between the two villages which was “prevalent from time of forefathers.” The meeting, which adopted a five-point resolution in the presence of government mediators, Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) peace committee convenor, Chang Khulei Setshang, Yimchungru Tribal Council and district administration, reaffirmed traditional friendly relationships between the two villages. They also resolved to continue the post of mediators/ambassadors “in order to liaise between the two villages in time of needs.” Further, it was also resolved that should there be any misunderstanding between the two villages either on individual capacity or between groups, a joint meeting of the two villages would be held and appropriate action would be meted out against the defaulters. (Cont’d on p-7)
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, JUL 11 (IANS): Amid recurring clashes in curfew-bound Kashmir Valley, three injured protesters died in hospitals here on Monday, taking the death toll to 32 in three days of bloodshed following the killing of a top militant that has sparked fresh IndiaPakistan tensions. And for the first time, police opened fire hitting two civilians in embattled Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s hometown Bijbehara in southern Kashmir, which has accounted for all the deaths bar one since Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed by security forces on Friday. At least 31 civilians and a police driver have been killed in clashes between the security
forces and angry young demonstrators across the Kashmir Valley since Saturday, various informed sources told IANS. But police put the death toll at 23. There were no fresh deaths on Monday. But the sources said nine more casualties were added to the toll after at least three people succumbed to injuries and five who had died earlier were counted on Friday. Clashes, however, raged on in many parts of the valley as young men armed with rocks defied prohibitory orders to hurl stones at police and paramilitary pickets. Bijbehara, Mehbooba Mufti’s hometown, some 40 km from here towards the south of the valley, was the latest to be consumed by the clashes, police sources told IANS.
RMSA teachers boycott classes
Governor Acharya reaffirms unity and diversity
Correspondent
KOHIMA, JUL 11 (NPN): Following the expiry of sevenday ultimatum served on the on the department of school education (RMSA) to release the pending salary, the Nagaland RMSA teachers association (NRMSATA) 2015-16 on Monday began its “class boycott ” agitation affecting hundreds of government schools across the state. NRMSATA 2015-16 president Renbemo L Patton told Nagaland post that the class boycott would continue till their demand was met. At least 639 graduate RMSA teachers of various subjects across the state were appointed under RMSA in February and May 2016. However, the teachers have not been paid their salaries since their appointment. NRMSATA 2015-16 pointed out that enough reminders and pleas had been made to the responsible authorities but efforts to solve the matter failed. Therefore, the association stated they were compelled to launch agitation in the form of boycotting regular classes. Meanwhile, SMDC of GHS Pokhungri under SDEO Meluri, VEC Bhumnyu village, VEC K. Basa village, VEC under Nyang Village under Longleng District and VEC Tamlu village in separate press releases issued by the respective VEC chairmen appealed Education department to release the pending salaries.
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P.B. Acharya addressing the celebration, alongside his wife Kavita Acharya. (NP)
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DIMAPUR, JUL 11 (NPN): Celebrations of the 202nd Bhanu Bhakta Jayanti organised jointly by the Gorkha Students Union (GSU) and Gorkha Youth Club Dimapur (GYCD) got off to a start after the inauguration by Gov-
ernor Nagaland and Assam P.B. Acharya as chief guest at the Town Hall here Monday. In his speech Acharya lauded Gorkha writer Bhanu Bhakta as a great thinker and also who wrote the Ramayana in Gorkha language. Governor P.B. Acharya expressed happiness in know-
ing that the Gorkha community in Nagaland organised such get-togethers in Kohima and Dimapur. Further, he called on the students to remain united as it brought strength. Acharya said India was a secular nation and all its citizens enjoyed equal rights and no distinction between those living in cities or villages. The Governor also underscored that the nation should not be segregated along the lines of religion since India is a secular country and there are various laws to protect a person from practicing one’s preferred religion. “We have different languages and culture but we are one nation,” he said. Acharya called on the youth present, not to have the notion that only people in metro cities get the chance to progress. He reminded that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had said that unless the North East Region
Be wary of weekly bazaar: AKM, MCCI DIMAPUR, JUL 11 (NPN): Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) and the Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industries (MCCI) have appealed to the people of Mokokchung district to remain vigilant against imminent threats posed by the mushrooming of “so-called ‘Weekly Bazaar’ in the district”, especially around the periphery of the district headquarters. In a joint press release, AKM vice president Akummeren Longchar and MCCI general secretary Limalenden Longkumer reminded of the perilous state the ‘Weekly Bazaar’ was taking the fragile local economy to and stressed the urgency of coming together and tackling the issue. They alleged a diabolical nexus between some influential and a sophisticated syndicate of black marketing goons from across the state border working together to destabilize the local economy by hijacking the formal market. Calling upon the people of Mokokchung to be wary of
the traders involved in ‘Weekly Bazaar’ as “they are of dubious origin and identity”, AKM and MCCI said the products sold were of inferior quality and were not inspected or certified by any competent authority. Further, they reminded citizens that by purchasing from those traders, they were encouraging an illicit business activity as this ‘Weekly Bazaar’ was an illegitimate shadow market. AKM and MCCI also reminded citizens that they were not contributing to the economic development of the district and not contributing anything to the state’s revenue by purchasing from those traders. They said ‘Weekly Bazaar’ was not a registered business and there was no levying and computation of taxes on them as they evaded VAT and all codified fiscal rules. On July 9, AKM and MCCI said 11 undocumented traders involved in the shadow business were apprehended by police at Mokokchung DEF area for not possessing ILP. AKM and MCCI claimed
that those 11 “dubious” traders and their vehicles laden with uncertified consignment to be sold at the Weekly Bazaar were reportedly brought to the Mokokchung police station, but some patrons of “good influence” showed up to bail out the ILP defaulters and their unspecified consignment and vehicles. When they arrived at the Police Station, AKM and MCCI said all the vehicles laden with unspecified consignment, probably with contraband items, were nowhere to be seen. AKM had initiated ‘Survival Mokokchung campaign’ to flush out illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and to safeguard local socio-economic future, but ‘weekly bazaar’ was proving to be undoing what it have achieved so far, they said. MCCI said it stood for safeguarding genuine traders and for promoting a free, fair and healthily competitive market, but added it would be compelled to make drastic moves when shadow markets hijack the formal market.
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KOHIMA, JUL 11 (NPN): A powerful IED blast was triggered inside Senapati Deputy Commissioner’s office complex, Manipur on Sunday night at around 7.30 p.m. However there was no casualty. According to reports, the IED blast occurred at the ground floor-- inside the office room of the planning section at DC’s office main building. Though no one was injured as the incident happened when the office was closed, the blast damaged some parts of the wall and windowpanes Soon after receiving reports of the blast, 35 Assam Rifles and CRPF personnel rushed to the spot and carried out search operation in the vicinity of the DC complex. Sources said Police and Assam Rifles officials later held a meeting with members of the Naga People’s Organization (NPO) and Senapati District Students Association (SDSA) to ascertain and take up further course of action to book the culprit(s). Meanwhile, NSCN (K) Shepoumaramth Region has reportedly claimed responsibility for the blast on Monday. A statement issued by publicity in-charge of Shepoumaramth Region NSCN (K), claimed that the blast was triggered by the group. “This explosion is the last warning to the Deputy Commissioner and her co-coordinating officers for not meeting their demand that had been neglecting for so long against the Government who sacrifice their life for the sacred cause of the Nagas sovereignty”, the statement read. The NSCN (K) in a warning asked the Deputy Commissioner and the co-coordinating officers to meet them and solve the issue at the earliest. It also warned of “stern action” if any departments, organizations or any individuals fail to cooperate with the Shepoumaramth Region.
Theresa May tipped to be next British PM LONDON, JUL 11 (PTI): Theresa May will take over as new Prime Minister on Wednesday, British Premier David Cameron said today after the home secretary’s only rival in Theresa May the race to become Conservative Party leader pulled out unexpectedly. Cameron said he will chair his last Cabinet meeting tomorrow and attend House of Commons for his last Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday before heading to Buckingham Palace to offer his official resignation to Queen Elizabeth II. “We will have a new Prime Minister in that building behind me by Wednesday evening,” Cameron told reporters outside 10 Downing Street. “I am delighted Theresa May will be Prime Minister. She has the overwhelming support of the Conservative parliamentary party...she is strong, she is competent, she is more than able to provide the leadership that our country is going to need in the years ahead,” said Cameron, who had announced he would be stepping down for a new prime minister to take the Brexit negotiations forward with the European Union a day after the June 23 vote in favour of Britain leaving the economic bloc. 59-year-old May would become Britain’s second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher.
Road connecting Phek cut-off by landslide
progresses the nation would not progress. Citing on the importance of all round progress of the community members, the Governor instructed the youth leaders present to ensure all the members of the community opened up their Road connecting Phek district damaged by landslide. bank account under the central government’s project, ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’. He wished the community success in its future endeavour. Earlier, speeches were delivered by guest of honour Bishnu Bhattacharjee, Dimapur Gorkha Union chairman Kumar Subba and GYCD president Shiva Kumar BK. The programme was chaired by Gorkha Hindu Milan Sewa Sangh joint secy, Gyan Ghataney, welcome speech was delivered by GSUD president Sunil Limbu. While vote of thanks was proposed by GSUD general secretary Anand Gurung. Dance and songs were presented by the members of GSUD.
DIMAPUR, UL 11 (NPN): Major landslide between Phek and Losami village has cut-off the main connectivity for the commuters of Phek district headquarters. In this regard, the deputy commissioner (DC) Phek Murohu Chotso has informed all the villagers of Losami, Khomi, Pholami, Porba, Sakraba, Pfutsero and other commuters to avoid this road until the road was repaired. Meanwhile, DC Phek has written to the secretary Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) and sought assistance in restoration of the said road the earliest.
Amit Shah to launch NEDA on July 13 G U WA H AT I , J U L 1 1 (AGENCIES): BJP president Amit Shah’s ambitious project, North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) which is a grouping of non Congress parties will be launched on Wednesday in Guwahati. NEDA will be launched in presence of Shah and other Central ministers on July 13, reports ET Bureau. NEDA was formed on May 24 last. Besides regional parties, chief ministers of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal, Nagaland T.R. Zeliang, Arunchal Pradesh Kalikho Pul, Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim are likely to attend the meeting. The meeting will also be attended by parliamentarian of non-Congress rules states. NEDA last meeting was attended by Mizoram based Mizo National Front, Peoples’ Party of Arunachal, Assam based Asom Gana Parishad and Bodoland People’s Front, Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura, Meghalaya based United Democratic Party and National People’s Party. K Y M C