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Vol XXVI No. 328
DIMAPUR, friday, november 4, 2016
OROP will be resolved in 2 months: Parrikar
Real Madrid held in six-goal thriller
UK court deals blow to May’s Brexit plans
Sports, Page 12
international, Page 9
national, Page 5
Encroachment on govt. lands irks CM
T.R. Zeliang along with his colleagues and others after unveiling the jubilee monolith. (NP)
Staff Reporter
D I M A P U R , N OV 3 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister T.R. Zeliang on Thursday expressed serious concern over encroachments on government properties in Nagaland, stating that the unfortunate trend practised by greedy individuals have clearly shown utter disregard for public properties. Zeliang said this while speaking as chief guest at the golden jubilee celebration of Dimapur Government College (DGC) here at the college auditorium. Lauding the DGC authori-
Legal quagmire looms as Clinton, Trump in tight race WASHINGTON, NOV 3 (AGENCIES): With only about 100 hours to go before Election Day, more than 100 million American voters who are yet to exercise their franchise are being bombarded with messages that paint of dire picture of the United States if they make the wrong choice. With polls showing an increasingly tight race that could go either way, although the electoral college map is more difficult for Trump, there are signs that the election could get embroiled in a legal quagmire the way it happened in the Bush v Gore battle in 2000, unless there is a decisive victory for one side-- and even that is no guarantee of avoiding a post-election scrap, so rancorous is the campaign. Both sides are already lining up lawsuits: Democrats are going to court alleging voter intimidation by the Trump campaign, after Trump asked his followers “to keep a watch” on polling booths in urban areas where there is a heavy concentration of pro-Democratic black minority or white collegegoing voters. Republicans are suing Obama Administration’s Attorney General Loretta Lynch alleging that she is obstructing the probe into Clinton’s private email server issue.
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“They’re Jihadists allies. They too want to overthrow Assad and instal a democratic government.” K Y M C
ties and students for successfully thwarting several encroachment attempts over the college land in the past, Zeliang remarked that such action should be considered as leading example, which needs to be emulated by other institutions and civil societies. He said encroachment of government property was a loss not only for the government but also the public, as huge amount of money would be spent again to acquire new plot. In this regard, Zeliang reminded that it was a collective responsibility and called upon all to introspect
at the same time change the mindset and attitude. Zeliang also expressed serious concern over the ever increasing number of educated unemployed youths in the state and stressed on the need to engage them in some constructive activities before the assets become liabilities. He wondered whether everyone was too engrossed with academic education, while neglecting the crucial aspect of equipping youths with practical knowledge and life skills. “We need to develop work culture besides book knowledge otherwise
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our youth could be misused by any unwanted social evils prevailing around us,” Zeliang asserted. He called upon the teachers to impart wholesome and quality education to students by inspiring them to become selfreliant and not just focussed on white collared jobs. Zeliang exhorted the students to be wary of antisocial activities and said “if all the citizens are engaged with works and constructive mindset, we can create a better place to live in”. Earlier, the chief minister unveiled the Jubilee monolith and released the jubilee souvenir. Parliamentary secretary H&TE, Deo Nukhu extended greetings to the college on the auspicious occasion. Nukhu also laid the foundation stone for the Science Block. A short speech was delivered by advisor Urban Development, S.I. Jamir wherein he recalled that the past leaders, whose endeavours had led the college this far. He later opened the exhibition. Speaking on behalf of Alumni, secretary Department of Land Resources, Y. Kikheto Sema said jubilee was a time to acknowledge
the pioneers, a time to forgive to forget. He further expressed happiness to note that many DGC alumni have been contributing towards development of the state. He reminded the students that for success, infrastructure of the college was of little importance saying it was “something more to do with oneself.” Welcome speech was delivered by principal DGC, Ngangshikokba Ao. Performing Arts DGC presented ‘God is everything’ and cultural fusion and ‘Jubilee Echo’ by Evangelical Union DGC. DGC jubilee choir enthralled the gathering with ‘Praise ye the Lord’ and ‘It’s Time to Give Thanks.’ Highlights of the programme include-- Dreamz Unlimited (Alumni) Clean Election- a funny, wise, contemporary, thoughtful, and hard hitting play on the grime melange of money, deceit, corruption, power, and selfishness of election politics. Convenor JPC, Khrieo Rutsa rendered acknowledgement. The function was chaired by associate professor DGC Kavili Jakhalu. The chief minister was accompanied his cabinet colleagues.
OROP suicide row: Rahul detained again VK SINGH SPARKS CONTROVERSY; Bank trashes allegation
NEW DELHI, NOV 3 (AGENCIES): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was detained by police for the third time in two days, after he turned up at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, the site of a protest over the suicide of an ex-serviceman over the pension he received under the OROP scheme. Police detained Rahul Gandhi and did not allow him to take part in a candle light march organized by the Congress from Jantar Mantar to India Gate. Rahul had been detained twice on Wednesday, once at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where he tried to meet the family of Ram Kishan Grewal. The Congress has reacted to Rahul’s detention and accused the Centre of enforcing an ‘undeclared Emergency’.
VK Singh says, suicide not due to OROP: Union Minister V K Singh disputed the allegation that army veteran Ram Kishan Grewal committed suicide due to his grievance over OROP. He also said the deceased soldier was a Congress worker, who had won Panchayat election on ticket of that party. Singh, a former army chief, said Grewal’s grievance was with the bank and the not the government. “If he had come to us and if we had not resolved his issue, then it would have been our mistake. The reason of his death is not related to OROP. He was getting a pension of Rs 22,000. His issue was with the bank... the bank had asked him to produce some papers. His concern was not related to orop,” Singh said.
Bank trashes allegations: Subedar Ram Kishan Grewal’s bank has rebutted the government’s allegations that it under-calculated the pension due to the late exserviceman. As Grewal’s alleged suicide sent the country’s political temperatures soaring, India Today’s special investigation crew met the chief of the State Bank of India’s Ghanta Ghar branch in Haryana’s Bhiwani, which had been paying out the pension to the army veteran since his retirement in 2004. Ram Singh, the chief manager, explained that the onus of calculating wages and pensions lay solely with the government. Banks, he said, are only disbursing agents and not auditors of such funds, and trashed the government’s allegations.
NPCC protest over Rahul’s detention
NDTV India ordered to be taken off air UNESCO report on tribal NEW DELHI, NOV 3 (PTI): A leading Hindi news channel was today ordered by the government to be taken off air for a day after an inter-ministerial panel constituted by the I&B ministry recommended this action over the broadcaster’s coverage of the Pathankot terror attack in January. An inter-ministerial panel had concluded that the channel ‘NDTV India’ had revealed crucial and “strategically sensitive” information when the terror attack on an IAF base was being carried out, official sources said. The Information and Broadcasting ministry while invoking the powers under the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act said it “orders to prohibit the transmission or re-transmission of NDTV India channel for one day on any platform throughout India with effect from 00:01 hrs on 9th November,2016 till 00:01 hrs of 10th November, 2016”. This is the first ever such order against a TV channel over its coverage of a terror attack, the norms regarding which were notified last year. Efforts were made to reach the channel for its comments, but they
did not fructify. The matter pertains to the channel’s coverage of the Pathankot attack where the committee felt that “crucial information” that was aired could have been readily picked by terrorist handlers and had the potential to “cause massive harm not only to the national security, but also to lives of civilians and defence personnel.” When the operation was on in January this year, the channel allegedly revealed information on the ammunition stockpiled in the airbase, MIGs, fighter-planes, rocket-launchers, mortars, helicopters, fuel-tanks etc “which was likely to be used by the terrorists or their handlers to cause massive harm,” the sources said. The sources said that as the content appeared to be violative of the programming norms, a showcause notice was issued to the channel in January this year. In its reply, the channel replied that it was a case of “subjective interpretation” and that most of the information they had put out was already in public domain in print, electronic and social media.
dialects a concern: Oram
Correspondent
SHILLONG, NOV 3: Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Jual Oram on Thursday expressed concern over UNESCO’s report which pointed out that at least 27 dialects of tribals in the country has almost become extinct. “This is a cause of concern,” Oram said inaugurating a two-day international seminar on “Understanding the tribes of Asia’ organized by the Synod College, Shillong in collaboration with PA Sangma Foundation at the college auditorium. Oram also underscored the importance for the different tribes to develop their own scripts. “There are around 700 schedule tribes and 500 of them have separate dialect. There is a need for them to develop and work on their own scripts,” he said. Stating that over 27 languages in the country are on the verge of becoming extinct, the union minister said, “The centre government has viewed this as a serious concern.” Meanwhile, the Union Minister told journalists that the centre has set up a special committee to study the demands of the Gorkhas and six Assam communities for inclusions in the scheduled tribes list.
Congress workers stage protest march on Thursday in Dimapur.
DIMAPUR, NOV 3 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) and District Congress Committee (DCC) Dimapur on Thursday staged protest demonstration in Dimapur against the “undemocratic detention” of AICC vice-
president, Rahul Gandhi, on November 2, 2016 in New Delhi. In a press release, NPCC media cell, said State PCC members along with Dimapur DCC members took out protest march from Congress Bhavan, Dima-
pur till DC court junction, from where the Congress women and men marched till DC’s office complex. It stated that a memorandum addressed to the President of India through the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur,
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Deeper carbon cuts needed to avoid climate tragedy: UN Paris, Nov 3 (AFP): The world’s nations must urgently ramp up commitments to cut planetwarming carbon emissions to avoid “human tragedy”, the United Nations warned on Thursday. As they stand, these commitments — which kick in from 2020 — would still allow average global temperatures to climb as high as 3.4 degrees Celsius (6.1 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100, a recipe for massive climate damage, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in its annual “Emissions Gap” report. “If we don’t start taking additional action now, beginning with the upcoming climate meeting in Marrakesh, we will grieve over the avoidable human tragedy,” said UNEP head Erik Solheim. UN climate negotiators from 196 countries — tasked with implementing
the landmark Paris climate pact entering into force on Friday — meet in Marrakesh, Morocco, from November 7-18. “The growing number of climate refugees hit by hunger, poverty, illness and conflict will be a constant reminder of our failure to deliver,” Solheim said in a statement. The UNEP re por t tracks the so-called global carbon budget — the total amount of greenhouse gases humanity can add
to the atmosphere without pushing temperatures above the threshold of destructive warming. Going into the Paris climate summit last December, countries had agreed to a maximum of 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial era levels. But a maelstrom of climate-enhanced natural disasters — including deadly storm surges, droughts, floods and wildfires — prompted nations to lower the danger threshold to “well below” 2C, and even
1.5C (2.7F) if possible. These more ambitious targets mean that the “remaining carbon dioxide budget is now considerably lower,” the report said. As a result, CO2 emissions projected for 2030 — including existing carboncutting pledges — must be slashed an additional 25 percent to have a reasonable chance of avoiding crippling climate impacts, it concluded. Even if all national plans for curbing greenhouse gases are fully implemented, including those conditional on financial aid, the carbon budget that would give humanity a twothirds chance of staying under the 2.0 C ceiling would be all used up within 15 years. And under a scenario that would yield 50/50 odds of capping global warming at 1.5C, the budget would be depleted well before 2030. K Y M C