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50 dead in Orlando shooting incident
(Inset) The gunman identified as Omar Mateen. Policemen and paramedics assist the injured soon after the shooting incident outside the night club.
ORLANDO, JUN 12 (AGENCIES): At least 50 people were killed and 53 injured inside a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando after a heavily armed gunman opened fire and seized hostages early Sunday, making it the worst mass shooting in US history. The incident prompted a police SWAT team to storm the venue, officials said. “We have cleared the building, and it is with great sadness that I share we have not 20 but 50 casualties in addition to the shooter,” Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer told a news briefing, raising the death toll from 20 previously. “There are another 53 that are hospitalized,” he added. Ear-
Consensus needed on India’s entry to NSG, says China BEIJING, JUN 12 (AGENCIES): China said on Sunday that more talks were needed to build a consensus on which countries can join the main group controlling access to sensitive nuclear technology, after a push by the United States to include India. China is seen as leading opposition to the US move to include India in the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), but other countries, including New Zealand, Turkey, South Africa and Austria, also oppose Indian membership, according to diplomats. The NSG aims to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons by restricting the sale of items that can be used to make those arms. A decision on Indian membership is not expected before an NSG plenary meeting in Seoul on June 20. Most of the hold-outs oppose the idea of admitting a nonNPT state such as India and argue that if it is to be admitted, it should be under criteria that apply equally to all states rather than under a “tailor-made” solution for a US ally. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s dubious track record on nonproliferation hasn’t come in the way of its ‘telephone diplomacy’ to reach out to influential members of the NSG to take the wind out of India’s campaign for membership. Pakistan has demanded that NSG follow a criteria-based approach for the induction of all non-NPT states, and not make a 2008-like exception for India.
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lier, FBI special agent Ron Harper said, “Unfortunately there are people who died from gunshot wounds inside the night club. This did turn into a hostage situation.” Orlando police chief John Mina said. “At approximately 0500 hours (0900 GMT) this morning, the decision was made to rescue hostages that were in there.” It was unclear whether all the victims were killed by the gunman or if some died in the ensuing shootout with police. The gunman has been identified as a citizen of Afghan descent, US television networks reported today. Quoting law enforcement sources, CBS News named the shooter as Omar Mateen, who was
born to Afghan parents in 1986 and lived in Port St Lucie, Florida. The network reported that Mateen -- who died in a shootout with police after the hostage siege -- has no apparent criminal history and that authorities are investigating whether he had ties to Islamic extremism. Police said the shooter was dead, four hours after the incident began with a volley of gunfire in the Pulse nightclub in downtown Orlando, triggering a massive deployment of police and emergency vehicles. “We can confirm this is a mass casualty situation,” the Orlando police said on their Twitter account.
“The shooter inside the club is dead,” they said in a separate tweet. It was the second shooting incident in the city in just over 24 hours, coming shortly after singer Christina Grimmie was shot dead late Friday by a gunman who stormed a theater where she had just finished a gig. Witnesses said the shooting erupted at around 2:00 AM amid throbbing music as the crowded club was nearing closing time. Speaking to Sky News, clubber Ricardo Negron, who was inside when the shooting began, described how the gunman raked the club with bullets. “People just dropped on the floor. I guess the shooter was shooting at the ceiling because you could see all the glass from the lamps falling,” he told the network. He described hearing “nonstop firing” which probably lasted less than a minute but felt like a lot longer. “There was a brief pause in the shooting and some of us just got up and ran out the back.” “People have definitely been injured -- or worse.” Emergency vehicles swarmed the area, with at least one crisis command vehicle at the scene. “Shooting at Pulse Nightclub on S Orange. Multiple injuries. Stay away from area,” Orlando police wrote on Twitter. “There are injuries. I am not sure if there are any deceased at this time,” a police dispatcher told AFP. “Officers are going in to search the building and to get people out.” Witness Christopher Hanson said he heard “loud banging noises, like gunshots going off.”
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Pfutsero reels ‘Rajnath Singh for CM’ under darkness chorus grows in UP BJP
DIMAPUR, JUN 12 (NPN): Pfutsero subdivision under Phek has been reeling under darkness for the last couple of days due to breakdown of 2.5 MVA transformer, Kalos Society, Pfutsero informed in a press statement on Sunday. The Society said most of the villages and urban areas under the sub-divisions are without electricity and the people are suffering due to non-availability of electricity in the area. In this regard, Kalos Society demanded that the state government install a new transformer with higher capacity at the earliest taking into account the colossal growth of population and developments at Pfutsero town and its adjacent villages. Kalos Society also reminded the power department that mere installation or repairing of transformer with the same capacity would not suffice since it was below the capacity to cater the needs of Pfutsero sub-division usage of 4.2MVA. The society also said that due to low capacity transformer, the citizens for the past few years have been facing frequent power cuts and “unwelcoming” load shedding. It also urged the power department to intimidate the people on such developments so that any miscommunications between the department and public could be avoided. Further, the society has asked the department to review the non-availability of reserved transformers and make necessary arrangements so that such unprecedented incidents could be handled without any difficulties. They also suggested the department to reserve few transformers with various capacities to cater the needs in times of such eventualities. In this regard, Kalos Society urged the concern authority to retrospect and reflect the undue hardship faced by the public and bring “exceptional solution” at the earliest. They warned that prolonging the matter would invite undue consequences for which concerned authority would be solely responsible.
MEERUT, JUN 12 (AGENCIES): Amidst the tussle among UP BJP leaders, local leaders told TOI that home minister Rajnath Singh is emerging as a favorite among the state unit to head the party campaign as its CM candidate in the 2017 assembly elections. Recent reports had claimed that PM Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah had offered the post to Singh, who was reluctant to take up the mantle. According to a BJP leader, the central government was planning a “major internal security operation” in the “near future” and Rajnath Singh would be made to take the credit for the operation to boost his standing ahead of the 2017 polls. While leaders said the selection of a CM candidate was not a topic of discussion at the party’s national executive meeting in Allahabad on Sunday, there were “serious deliberations in the party high command” on whether or not to name Singh as the face of the campaign. The 65-year-old leader had held the post of UP CM from 2000 to 2002. A BJP functionary said Singh would appeal to voters in both eastern and western UP since he has represented both Lucknow and Ghaziabad in the Lok Sabha. “There is a lot of buzz around Rajnath. There are other names doing the rounds, like those of Varun Gandhi and Smriti Irani, but they are
UNTABA wants NLA NSCN (I-M) flays ACAUT’s ‘extreme provocation’ resolution on border row DIMAPUR, JUN 12 (NPN): United Naga Tribes Association on Border Areas (UNTABA) has urged upon Nagaland chief minister, T.R. Zeliang to adopt a resolution on the floor of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) seeking the Parliament to pass an Act for amendment to section 3 & 4 of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 at the earliest possible time with regard to AssamNagaland boundary. This proposal was forwarded by UNTABA chairman, Hukavi T. Yeputhomi and ex. minister and senior advisory board member, Tiameren Aier at the consultative meet convened by chief minister at his residence on June 11, UNTABA general secretary, Imsumongba Pongen said in a statement. UNTABA has also asked the chief minister, to “vigorously” pursue implementation of points no. 12 &13 of the “16 point agreement” of 1960 on amalgamation of the traditional and historical Naga lands to
the present state of Nagaland according to the constitutional provisions of Articles 3 &4 of the Constitution of India. They also briefed the chief minister on the need to file writ petition in the Supreme Court for implementation of “9 Points Agreement” of 1947 on the amalgamation, vis-a-vis bringing back the traditional and historical Naga lands in Assam to Nagaland as agreed between the then emissaries of the Government of India and the Naga people (NNC). UNTABA further asked the chief minister to allow the departments of law and justice and border affairs to jointly pursue in the litigation process undergoing in the Supreme Court and appoint senior citizen having knowledge on the boundary issue as advisor to the department and the government. UNTABA has also appreciated the decision of the state government to file counter suit in the Supreme Court.
DIMAPUR, JUN 12 (NPN): Reacting to “extreme provocation” hurled by ACAUT through repeated challenges to the “realm of nationalist government and administration”, NSCN(I-M) said this has “reached the point of re-examining together with the Naga people” on how the “agent of divide and kill the Naga nationalist movement” be given space of tolerance and why befitting action should not be initiated against ACAUT. In a strongly worded statement, MIP asked how could an agent of “divide and kill the Naga nationalist movement” be given space of tolerance and why not befitting actions against them should not be initiated” ?. MIP said it (ACAUT) was spearheaded by a “handful of prejudiced persons whose vested interest were contradictory to the nationalist agenda, patronised and secretly funded by the apparatus of Indian bureaucrats and retired Indian army Generals”, who it said, were hell bent to disturb the progress of Indo-Naga peace
Implement NRC to check IBIs: Thomas Staff Reporter
Dimapur, Jun 12 (NPN): Independent MLA, Thomas Ngullie has urged the state government to implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Nagaland so as to effectively control the growing population of the Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants (IBIs) in the state. Interacting with the media persons on Sunday, MLA Ngullie said if the state government was serious about checking the illegal influx of Bangladeshi immigrants then it should immediately implement NRC effectively. Citing that Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants (IBIs) was a direct threat to the future of the Nagas, Ngullie said the rise in their population was a bigger threat which should checked with all sincerity. The former minister held the Congress government in the past as “responsible to a great extend” for the rise in Bangladeshi Immigrants. He declared that his constituency was free from
any suspected IBI voters. He said, “the future of Nagas is more important than me becoming an MLA”. Ngullie informed that the Central government was ready to assist the state in any possible way to help implement NCR in the state. Taking a jibe at the state government on the IndoNaga political issue, Ngullie questioned the sincerity of the state government as to why the Framework Agreement was still not taken forward although it was signed sometime back. He said it was a crucial time for the Nagas as they need a strong leader to take the Framework Agreement and turn it into a reality. On the developmental front, Ngullie said the government had no developmental activity or programmes for the people. Lamenting over the halfhearted attitude of the people, the MLA said the citizens were just being mute spectators even though they could see the total breakdown in
governance. Ngullie alleged that there had been a huge discrimination in allocation of funds for development and that no funds were allocated to his constituency except those that comes from the Local Area Development Funds (LADF). The independent legislator disclosed that the ongoing tussle within the NPF party had left a fear psychosis which was in total control of the situation. He said the government was maintaining different standards for different MLAs and parliamentary secretaries. Exclaiming surprise at the lack of discipline in the present government, Ngullie said, “I’ve never seen such indiscipline in my 35 years of political career”. On T.R. Zeliang’s educational qualification row, Ngullie said that if Rio was suspended for questioning the authenticity of Zeliang’s academic credentials then the latter should produce his original documents and prove it to the world.
talks. Citing an instance, MIP said when NSCN rebuked ACAUT in 2013, in its initial stage through the media, the first person to defend it was Maj. Gen. (Retd) N. George then CFMG chairman. Further MIP said, as per June 12 media reports, it came to know that “the banned ACAUT had gone to the extent of employing and giving assignment to the VDB of Wokha district remarkably by giving a seven day dateline”. MIP also accused ACAUT of giving “direction of what to do and what not to do to the Naga public by threatening to use the apparatus of their creator to those failing to comply with their directives”. To this MIP questioned, since when did the “Naga public become the ‘subject’ of this nuisance called ACAUT?” It also questioned as to how could “they flaunt such audacity without any compunction and arrogance in Naga territory?” MIP pointed out that “ACAUT should be made to shed its true colour no matter
what it takes to do so”. MIP affirmed that NSCN would “not allow Nagas to be taken for granted while masquerading around like champion of anti-corruption”. It also said that the NSCN “will not allow banned organisation to challenge and confront the activities that concern national interest”. While stating that Nagas could not be fooled around by the catchy name of “One government one tax” without understanding the dynamics involved, MIP said as far as Naga nationalism movement’s history was concerned, “no Naga organisation or party had ever mobilize Naga public support to reject the ‘absolute sovereign rights’ of the nationalist government to impose and collect taxation”. However, taking advantage of the precarious political situation of flourishing factions, MIP said that the “temptation to fish in the troubled water at the service of their master who took pleasure in destabilizing Naga political movement has become too
obnoxious to bear”. It said Nagas in the past withstood the mighty British colonialist and the government of India in paying them tax, and also boycotted the Indian election. “Till today, heeding the wishes and aspirations of Naga people and the seriousness of the current Indo-Naga peace talks, all the Naga MLAs irrespective of party affiliations has taken a unanimous decision to step down and pave way for the negotiated settlement to take place when such time comes despite the Oath of allegiance they have taken under the constitution of India”, MIP said. Such crucial statesmanship, MIP said, would go down in the annals of Naga political history as an important chapter. “It also inspires and rejuvenates the Naga political struggle and such spirit strengthened the bond of camaraderie and proved that despite the difference in our ways of concern to the core of Naga issue the common objective stays the same”, MIP stated. (Cont’d on p-7)
Soon you won’t need to carry multiple documents for air travel BARCELONA, JUN 12 (PTI): Thanks to new revolutionary technology, airline passengers could soon be able to travel through airports and borders with just a ‘secure single token’ eliminating the need of carrying multiple travel documents. Airline solutions and technology provider SITA is exploring the potential of newlyemerging ‘blockchain’ technology to provide travellers with a ‘secure single token’ which was previewed at the 2016 Air Transport IT Summit here in this Spanish city. The revolutionary technology provides the opportunity to allow secure biometric authentication of passengers throughout the journey across borders which could remove the need for multiple travel documents without passengers having to share their personal data. SITA’s technology research team, SITA Lab, is researching how using virtual or digital passports in the form of a secure single token on mobile and wearable devices could reduce complexity, cost and liability around document checks during the passenger journey. Jim Peters, CTO, SITA, said, “Our vision is for seamless secure travel. But the underlying design of today’s computer systems means that
there are multiple exchanges of data between various agencies and multiple verification steps, which reduces the ability to have a single global system”. “Now blockchain technology offers us the potential to provide a new way of using biometrics. It could enable biometrics to be used across borders, and at all airports, without the passenger’s details being stored by the various authorities,” he said. SITA’s researchers are investigating a versatile and secure system to make the single travel token work globally, across all borders. Blockchain technology allows ‘privacy by design’ so that passenger data can be secure, encrypted, tamper-proof and unusable for any other purpose. It also eliminates the need for a single authority to own, process or store the data. The crypto-led computer science of blockchain provides a network of trust, where the source and history of the data is verifiable by everyone. Whether it is used for currency or travel it is simply a record of events that is shared between multiple parties but most importantly once information is entered, it cannot be changed, and privacy and security are by design,” Peters added.
political novices compared to the home minister. UP is not a cakewalk and we will need our most experienced leader at the helm and nobody knows UP like Rajnath Singh. He has already governed UP before and that experience will come in handy. The local party leaders and workers will easily rally behind him. If someone so senior is made the CM, it will also quell the egos of leaders like Yogi Adityanath. The senior leadership, including Amit Shah, is enthusiastic about him,” a BJP functionary said. He added, “There is talk among ministers that the central government is planning a major internal security-related military operation in Jammu and Kashmir. Once the operation is successful, they will hail Rajnath Singh as a hero in the media. That will increase his standing among the people as a tough leader. Once that image is seared into the minds of the people, it will be much easier to project him as the CM face by November. The momentum will be with us and we can win UP.” Rajnath had accompanied the Prime Minister during his rally in Saharanpur last month, to mark two years of the Modi government. While Modi presented what amounted to a report card of the past two years, Singh sounded the poll bugle for the state. He said, “For UP, 14 years of ‘vanvaas’ (exile) are over. Now is the BJP’s time.”
4.5 magnitude quake hits Tuensang
DIMAPUR, JUN 12: Tuensang and its adjoining areas were jolted on Saturday night as a result of an earthquake having a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale. A large number of people came out of their homes. There were no reports of loss of any life or property. According to reports, the epicenter was located at 25.76, 95.199, 67.2 km from Tuensang along the India-Myanmar border at a depth of 88 km. A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake had struck northeast India on January 4 this year, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets.
2 AR jawans inured in lightening strike
L O N G L E N G, J U N 1 2 (NPN): Two jawans of 44 Assam Rifles posted at Longleng were grievously injured when lightning struck them while on duty. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when they were on duty at their makeshift camp at Longleng peak some 100 metres away from the company headquarters. Immediately, the injured jawans were admitted to district hospital Longleng assisted by Longleng police. After providing all possible medication they were shifted to Unit hospital, Mokokchung. (Correspondent)
DRDA pen down strike ends
DMAPUR, JUN 12 (NPN): The three day pen down strike, from June 8-10, called by 11 District Rural Development Agencies (DRDA) ended successfully. However, the aggrieved employees, demanding the pending salaries, cautioned that the “response from the government” would determine the next course of agitation. It may be noted that the DRDA employees have not received their salary from over 12 months.
DD to screen individual success stories from NE
NEW DELHI, JUN 12 (PTI): Union Home Ministry is turning TV producer to showcase success stories from Northeast on national television. The Ministry has already commissioned a 13-episode programme, with each telling stories like that of the all-girls band Hurricane Girls, family planning campaigner Dr Ilyas Ali or gymnast Dipa Karmakar. (More on p-4) K Y M C