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Vol XXVII No. 148
DIMAPUR, friday, may 5, 2017 Pages 12 ` 4.00
Army chief hints at action against Pakistan
Higuain strikes twice as Juve beat Monaco
Tax revenue will touch Rs 30 lakh cr, says Gadkari
national, page 5
sports, Page 12
business, Page 8
Army launches massive ops in J&K
S R I NAG A R , M AY 4 (IANS): Thousands of security personnel cordoned off some 20 villages in south Kashmir on Thursday in a massive hunt for militants believed to be hiding in the area, but the operation was called off after eight hours without any arrests, police said. The biggest anti-militancy operation in Kashmir in recent years, described by a police officer as “unprecedented”, followed a spree of bank robberies and spurt in militant attacks in south of the valley -- a militant hotbed -- where insurgents were believed to be moving freely around, recording videos, clicking pictures and posting them on social media groups. Army chief General Bipin Rawat, however, said it was a “regular operation” conducted to “make sure that the situation is brought under control” in the Kashmir Valley where a spate of anti-government protests has rattled the government. “Every day we do it. There is nothing new. Today’s operation is happening because banks have been looted and police personnel have been killed,” Gen Rawat said in New Delhi.
CM condoles demise of Imchen’s mother D I M A P U R , M AY 4 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu has condoled the passing away of Tsüpongchila, mother of Imkong L Imchen minister of Forest, Environment & Climate Change, on May 3 evening. In a condolence message, chief minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu said that the children of late Tsüpongchila occupied high positions in government service and the important role played by them in the polity of the state and society, spoke volumes about how she had raised her children. “A pioneer in Christianity in her own rights, she had been devoutly religious like most of her contemporaries of whom there are only a handful today, and her passing away shall be felt deeply by those few of her peer alive today”, Shürhozelie said. Further, the chief minister on behalf of the State government, conveyed condolences to Imkong L. Imchen and family members, and prayed that almighty grant solace and comfort at this hour of grief and for eternal solace of the departed soul.
This is it!
‘There’ll be not less than six parties in 2018 election. Means more scope for defection and merger.” K Y M C
policemen and two bank guards were killed, have turned out to be new breeding ground for militants since last year after the killing of Hizb commander Burhan Wani. Last week, at least two video clips appeared on social networking sites with gun toting militants in battle fatigues marching in apple orchards in what appeared to be the landscape of Shopian. Bank robberies were also committed in the south Army personnel taking positions in an orchard field during a Kashmir district -- home to crackdown at a village in Shopian district on Thursday. (PTI) some 266,000 people. The operation involv- as if a war had broken out. Civilian killed, 3 ing some 30,000 army men, We didn’t know what was soldiers injured paramilitary and police per- happening,” Syed Arsalan, sonnel started before dawn 20, a student told IANS over A civilian driver was with house-to-house searches phone from Shopian. killed and three soldiers in Shopian, some 50 km from Residents in at least were injured on Thursday here. Drones and helicopters three villages resisted the when militants ambushed hovered above the sparsely operation and came out to their vehicle in Jammu and populated villages spread protest with stones. But the Kashmir’s Shopian district, between sprawling orchards demonstrations were quelled officials said. of apples in Shopian. Secu- with tear smoke. There were “Exchange of fire ocrity personnel stood guard on no injuries. curred between a returning roads and entry points, preA police officer said column in Imam Sahib area. venting people from coming the operation was a hunt for The operation against teror going out of their areas. militants responsible for the rorists is under way,” Army As schools were closed, killing of political activists spokesperson Col. Rajesh men, young and old, were and security personnel and Kalia said. told to gather in central areas those blamed for snatching Nazir Ahmad, who of villages. “We were told to of weapons as well as bank was driving the solders in a move out of our houses robberies. Shopian and its private vehicle, succumbed early in the morning. We neighbouring Kulgam dis- to his injuries, police consaw army men all around trict, where on Monday five firmed.
SC declines plea for making Hindi compulsory NEW DELHI, MAY 4 (IANS): Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea for making Hindi compulsory in all schools up to Class 8 across the country and declaring it as a national language. Observing that this may prompt people speaking other languages to ask why their language was not being taught, the bench of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul asked the petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay to withdraw his plea. Noting that the petitioner was himself a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the bench asked why he does not approach the government as his own party is in power. Upadhyay is a spokesman of the Delhi unit of BJP. As senior counsel R.S. Suri appearing for petitioner Upadhyay addressed the court on the plea, the bench remarked that if the petitioner is asking for Hindi, someone else would ask for Sanskrit and “you and me will say about Punjabi”.
NNPGs, IMTN Implement RPwD Act 2016: CAN-N hold joint meeting DIMAPUR, MAY 4 (NPN): Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) and the Indigenous Minority Tribes of Nagaland (IMTN), which met at the Oking on May 4, 2017, have affirmed that the Nagas of Nagaland must offer solidarity and maintain emotional integration with the rest of the Nagas in Indian states and beyond. In a joint statement, the NNPGs including GPRN/NSCN (MB Neokpao/N Kitovi Zhimomi), NSCN (Reformation), NNC [parent body (Z Royim/V Nagi)], NNC/NPGN (Hozheto/Tsanthungo) and NNC/GDRN (Kiumukam) and IMTN president, K Lun Tungnung, and general secretary, SK Khemprai, stated that the joint meeting was held to exchange views and opinions on the prevailing socio-political confronting the people of Nagaland. According to the joint statement, the NNPGs and IMTN maintained that the “clear pronouncement” of the government of India on the difficulties of Naga integration at a present time implied that the “future generation mainland Nagas, their historical right and political aspiration, must be decided by the Nagas of Nagaland alone.” They also stated that the Nagas were spread across India and Myanmar under different political administration and “therefore at this juncture of our existence, Nagas of Nagaland must offer solidarity and maintain emotional integration with the rest of the Nagas in (Cont’d on p-8) Indian states and beyond.”
DIMAPUR, MAY 4 (NPN): Connect Ability Network-Nagaland (CAN-N) has appealed to the state government to implement the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 (RPwD Act 2016) which had come into force on April 19, 2017. CAN-N executive director and member national committee on rights of PwDs, Diethono Nakhro said CAN-N through a representation, apprised Nagaland chief minister that as per Census 2011, there were 29,631 people with disabilities in Nagaland, 26% below 18 years. It further said that the Nagaland Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in the recently concluded assembly session had quoted the same 2011 figure indicating that there had been no effort to collect data on disability in the State. CAN-N underlined that the number of people with disabilities in the state would have increased considerably by now. CAN-N said the RPwD Act 2016 was much more robust statute than the
1995 Act which is focussed to protect the rights of people with disabilities and provide punishment for their violation. People with Disabilities have remained ignored and marginalised with their rights violated by the state Government and society at large, it said, adding “this unconscionable failure cannot and must not be repeated with the RPwD Act 2016.” CAN-N also cited the April 25 Supreme Court directive, asking all the states and Union Territories to take immediate steps to comply with the requirements of the Disability Act and file compliance reports. The court also directed that special courts be set up in each district to conduct trial of offences committed against them within three months. In this regard, CAN-N said Nagaland government must ensure that these SC directives are complied with strictly and immediately notify steps to be taken to identify and certify persons with identified disabilities. (Cont’d on p-8)
Uniformed personnel demand pay parity with other states Correspondent
K O H I M A , M AY 4 (NPN): Subordinate ranks of Nagaland Police (NP) including the Fire and Emergency services and the state vigilance have urged the state government to restructure the 6th ROP and demanded that complete pay parity on a par with other states should be maintained upon the implementation of 7th ROP. The aggrieved personnel told Nagaland Post in an exclusive interview that as per the 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC) the pay structure was implemented for the higher grades, but for the lower grades, the employees pay structure was modified discounting the recommended pay scale. They said that the pay scale of all categories of uniformed personnel should have been granted on a par with the corresponding ranks of the other states. Further, they pointed out that implementation of the 6th ROP in 2010 was made above the rank
of deputy superintendent whereas below the rank of inspector was not affected. The aggrieved personnel said retrospective analysis of the fixation of pay as revised vide the 6th CPC showed that the uniformed service personnel in the lower grades have been most deprived in the rate of fixation compared with the higher grades and other civil services employees, which they construed as “discriminatory in nature”. As per the declared proposal during the initial process for implementation of the 6th ROP in the state, the provisions of the 6th CPC was assured to be implemented in “toto”, they said. However, the schedules of the revised pay as per the Nagaland Service (ROP) Rules, 2010 in comparison with the 6th CPC recommendations, the parity in pay and emoluments was yet to be fully realized in respect of uniformed services personnel through identical pay band and grade pay in the revised
structure. Besides the inequality in the pay scale, they said there were also differences in rate of various facilities and allowances that required review and restructuring for a comprehensive salary package as envisaged and provisioned by the CPC. Maintaining that they have been deprived of the rights for long, the aggrieved personnel stated that they were not claiming for the lapsed arrears, which might have accrued had the 6th ROP been implemented as per the recommendation. However, they asserted that restructuring of the 6th ROP was necessary so it would go into the fitment of the 7th ROP as recommended by central government and which was approved recently by the state government. The aggrieved police personnel also appealed to the state government to act upon for objective realization so as to enable the employees to have the benefits entailed upon them.
The commission recommended the following pay structure for the nongazetted cadres in various CPMF: Designation
Recommended pay scale
Corresponding Pay Band and Grade Pay as per 6th CPC recommendation Pay Band
Constable
5200-20200
PB-1
Current salary
Current Grade pay
5200-20200
1800
5200-20200
1900
Grade Pay 2000
Naik Head Const/Havidar
5200-20200
PB-1
2400
5200-20200
2000
Asst. Sub Inspt
5200-20200
PB-1
2800
5200-20200
2400
Sub Inspt
9300-34800
PB-2
4200
5200-20200
2800
Inspector
9300-34800
PB-2
4600
9300-34800
4400
APO, NSCA laud govt’s decision on Rongmei issue DIMAPUR/KOHIMA, MAY 4 (NPN): Angami Public Organisation (APO) and Nagaland Senior Citizen Association (NSCA) have lauded the decision of the state government headed by chief minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu in heeding to the demand of various tribes in Nagaland by revoking the 2012 cabinet decision on recognition of Rongmei tribe as an indigenous tribe of Nagaland. In line with other civil society organizations, APO on September 13, 2013 had also demanded revocation on State government order of 2012 which notified Rongmeis as an indigenous tribe of Nagaland, said APO vice president Pfukhrielie Peseyie and secretary information and publicity Neisakholie Ziephru in a statement. However, “the previous Government has refused to listen to the voice of the people who voted them to
power”. Therefore, APO while welcoming the cabinet decision hoped that the present government would also resolve other existing contentious issues at the earliest without any fear or favour. NSCA: In a press note, NSCA president, Dr. S.I. Tushi Ao and general secretary S. Ghunakha Swu said the cabinet made a wise decision after taking the cognizance of the consequential hues and cries, discord and dissensions of the civil societies. Further, NSCA said that the maturity, vast experiences and statesmanship of the present cabinet under the seasoned leadership of the Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu had “settled the controversial and one sided action during the previous regime.” NSCA further appealed to the government to review and re-examine the antecedents of those who have been granted the privileges and entitlement of indigenous
status, permanently settled in Nagaland prior to December 1, 1963 based on the following facts that-- nowhere in Nagaland, do Rongmeis possess their own inherited land within the state of Nagaland. NCSA said the fact that the department concerned responsible for election matter, nullified the claim of Rongmei tribe numbering 1313 that they were enumerated in the electoral list for the first election which was held in January 1964. It also noted the non-existence of the names of Rongmei tribe in the e-roll in the election department record under Kohima district since the inception of the state 1963. NCSA said APO, which one of the major constituents with maximum population of the then district had agreed with the other tribe of Nagaland and urged the former CM to derecognize Rongmei as an indigenous recognized tribe of Nagaland
way back in July 2014. It said that when a tribe from outside of Nagaland is accorded recognition as indigenous tribe of Nagaland, other contiguous inhabitants of Nagaland state would naturally demand the same privilege and refusal/denied will term as discrimination. APO having visualized this problem had opposed it at their meeting in April 2014. Citing the biblical event during king Cyrus of Persia, NCSA said a group of people were denied as the tribe of Israel for failure to identity their father’s house or their genealogy whether they were of Israel. “And of the sons of the priest sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy but they were not found and therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled. The governor said that they should not eat of the most holy things till priest could consult,” it said. K Y M C