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India warns Pakistan of action Will respond at a time, place of its choosing says Army on Uri attack

NEW DELHI, SEP 19 (AGENCIES): As clamour for strong action against Pakistan over the Uri attack grew, the Army Monday said it reserves the right to respond at a time and place of its choosing even as various options were discussed in a flurry of high-level meetings. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Pranab Mukherjee to brief him on the developments related to yesterday’s cross-border terror attack, hours after he discussed the issue with senior ministers and top officials at a high-level meeting. The death toll in the pre-dawn attack yesterday, meanwhile, rose to 18 with Sepoy K Vikas Janardhan, who was airlifted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital here after being critically injured, succumbing to injuries. “The Indian Army has displayed considerable restraint while handling the terrorist situation both along the Line of Control and in hinterland. However, we have the desired capability to respond to such blatant acts of aggression and violence as deemed appropriate by us,” Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Ranbir Singh told reporters. “We reserve the right to respond to any act of the adversary at the time and place of our own choosing.” The total recoveries from the four slain

SSSUD reacts to KLNLF ‘diktat’ DIMAPUR, SEP 19 (NPN): Reacting to the ‘diktat’ imposed on sand-laden trucks to Nagaland by Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), Sand Suppliers and Stockists Union Dimapur (SSSUD) has asked KLNLF to clarify whether the restriction was only for sand laden trucks and other trucks carrying iron, cement and stones and trailers. SSSUD said that if the restriction for overload was not imposed on other kinds of vehicles, then the restriction on sand-laden trucks should be lifted immediately. In a press release, SSSUD president Viniho Shohe and vice-president Avishe Zhimo said the union held an emergency meeting with truck owners in Dimapur on Monday, wherein the house decided to impose temporary bandh on transport of vehicles for three days from September 20-22. Asking KLNLF to clarify within three days, the union said failure to get response from the outfit, it would impose indefinite bandh on transport of sand. SSSUD has also ordered local vehicles to stop bringing sand from Assam till further notice. Meanwhile, taking note of KLNLF ordering trucks to cover the sand/body with tarpaulin, the union questioned “why the same has not been asked for vehicles from Assam?” The union has appealed to the suppliers to bear with the inconveniences.

Modi with Rajnath, Jaitley, Parrikar, Doval and Gen Dalbir Singh at a High Level Meeting. (PTI)

terrorists was four AK 47 rifles, four Under Barrel Grenade Launchers, 39 Under Barrel Grenade Launcher grenades, five hand grenades, two radio sets, two GPSs, two map sheets, two matrix sheets, one mobile

phone and a large number of food and medicine packets having Pakistani markings, he said. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, NSA

Ajit Doval, Army Chief Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag besides other senior officials attended the meeting convened by Modi. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was conspicuous by her absence.

India to isolate Pakistan at all international fora

India will move to diplomatically isolate Pakistan at all international fora as part of a multi-pronged retaliation strategy following an attack on an army base in Kashmir’s Uri, a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided on Monday. Sources said the prime minister leaned towards presenting clear evidence of Pakistan’s complicity to be presented at all multilateral and bilateral engagements, including the upcoming United Nations general assembly. India aims to push for more Pakistan-based “terror elements” to be brought under the UN sanctions regime. “I am certain many countries are willing to join hands with India to isolate Pakistan,” former foreign secretary Lalit Mansingh told HT. But any attempt by India to bring Pakistani elements under the sanctions regime has so far been unsuccessful, because of opposition from

China, among others. Sources said India’s response is expected to be “measured” and taking long-term implications into account. The attack squeezed the already shrinking space for bilateral diplomatic détente and jeopardized hopes of any peace to Kashmir that has been rocked by violent protests, which have killed 86 people. But India’s diplomatic charge is likely to run into a wall of resistance from Pakistan, which has swept aside India’s allegations and said any accusation of Islamabad’s hand in Sunday’s Uri attack was not based in facts. “Pakistan categorically rejects the baseless and irresponsible accusations being levelled by senior officials in Prime Minister Modi’s government,” said Sartaj Aziz, the foreign affairs adviser to Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

NTC responds to opinion poll; wants open debate DIMAPUR, SEP 19 (NPN): Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) took serious note of the opinion poll published in a section of the local press on September 19, 2016 wherein it was accused of being a “co-opted by the government.” NTC chairman media cell, Theja Therieh in a statement asked “which government” did the “accuser” mean as there were more than one government and denied affiliation with any of them. He said Nagaland Area and Village Council Act of 1978 amended in 2009 as Nagaland Village and Tribal Councils Act 1978, provided for all tribal organisations to get registered as state government agency under Home department. Therieh further said those organisations duly registered under the Act receive pecuniary grants or assistance to hold tribal festivals and any assistance deemed fit under section 27 of the Act and may be considered to be co-opted by the state government. Therieh clarified to the “accusers” and general public that NTC was not registered organisa-

Ban Ki-moon condemns Uri terror attack ( 9 )

tion under home department nor any other government . To the second allegation, that NTC has “vested political agenda” Therieh slammed it as “equally serious and malicious attack on the council” as it functioned within the laid down parameters under its own constitution . He added, NTC was never a political organisation nor affiliated with any political party. Therieh pointed out that NTC was launched on October 12,2013 and in its three calendar years normally placed its activities in public domain as this platform(NTC) belonged to Nagas of Nagaland. Assuming that the “accuser” has prima facie evidence against NTC, Therieh said it would be an opportunity for NTC to learn from constructive criticism to take corrective measures. He therefore opined that the newspaper in which the poll was published, was capable enough to arrange a platform for the NTC and “those baiters” to have a democratic and healthy debate and interaction in the interest of all.

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Upgrade Dimapur as Fuel adulteration issue: CSOs Rly division Hq: CM resolve to demand CBI probe

DIMAPUR, SEP 19 (NPN): Echoing the demands of the Railway Contractors Union Nagaland (RCUN) for upgrading Dimapur railway station to a Division; Nagaland chief minister T.R. Zeliang has written to union railway minister Suresh Prabhu wherein he pointed out the ground realities that qualified Dimapur to be upgraded as a Division. According to a communiqué from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Zeliang pointed out that Dimapur station besides being one of the oldest and most important stations in the north east, catering to the needs of Nagaland and Manipur besides parts of Karbi Anglong, also generated the second highest revenue next only to Guwahati. In his letter Zeliang argued that Dimapur deserved to be upgraded to a Divisional Headquarter and with six other railway divisions, adding “Dimapur deserves to be one of them.” The chief minister also pointed out that the geographical distance between Dimapur to Tinsukia was 250 kms while Lumding was hardly 100 kms away and therefore, more convenient as it serves not only Nagaland but also Manipur and parts of Assam. He said relocating Dimapur to Tinsukia would also cause great inconvenience not only to trains passengers from DImapur but also railway officials posted at Dimapur. The chief minister urged upon the union minister that instead of placing Dimapur under another Railway Division, it be allowed to continue under Lumding Division pending approval for upgrading it as a Divisional Railway Headquarter. It may be recalled, that following a series of reports in Nagaland Post on neglect of Dimapur railway station by the NFR and the decision to shift Dimapur from Lumding Division to Tinsukia Division; the RCUN had issued a stern warning against the move and instead, demanded that Dimapur be upgraded to a Division in lieu of it being the second highest revenue earner under NFR. It was also reported that the RCUN had submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister through Nagaland chief minister, seeking immediate intervention on the matter.

DIMAPUR, SEP 19 (NPN): Civil society organizations (CSOs) have resolved to serve a 15-day deadline on the State government demanding that a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) be brought in for thorough investigation on the fuel adulteration scam, said “Coordinating Committee on Fuel Adulteration” in a press statement on Monday. The committee has also threatened to enforce bandh on national highways within the state in any form it deemed fit, in the event of failure by the state government to fulfil the demand. According to the release, the CSOs also resolved that all the kingpins involved in the adulteration should be re-arrested after ACAUT Nagaland explained to them on the “unprofessional and incompetent manner” handling of the whole case by the state government, at the public meeting held on September 10 at Hotel Lake Shilloi, Dimapur. The house has also unanimously decided that there can be no further mishandling of the case. In this regard, they demanded that all guilty parties involved in the racket should be punished as per the FIR filed by ACAUT. Further, the committee said, the house at the meeting, has resolved to constitute “Coordinating Committee on Fuel Adulteration” comprising of two representatives each from Naga Council Dimapur, NTC, NWHD, CAVCA, CCCTA, BAN, YAN, DUCCF, NMDA, DEEHA, Diphupar Naga Students’ Union, ENSUD, DALT, SN, NHRA, EDBA, Consumer Society, Petroleum Dealers’ Association, Chumoukedima Town

Youth Organisation, YAN and DDCF to pursue the matter. In this regard, the Coordinating Committee on Fuel Adulteration said it will be submitting the public memorandum to the state government through the office of the Chief Secretary at its convenient time. However, the committee stated that the public resolution will be effective only after the memorandum was handed over to the chief secretary. At the meeting, ACAUT also explained to the members on how the case has been “mishandled ever since the racket was exposed jointly by ACAUT and Dimapur police”, the release stated. It was expected on the part of the state government to institute CBI inquiry, instead Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up on July 14 to probe the matter, it said. Unfortunately, ACAUT told the house that case had been dragged on at a “painful pace” and the kingpins involved in the fuel racket were all released on bail except Ajay Prasad, arrested by the Kohima Police. It stated that four kingpins were granted bail despite the sensitivity of the case whereas Ajay’s bail was rejected. According to the committee ACAUT informed the house that the court of CJM, Dimapur, on August 10 ordered the release of eight empty tankers from inside the adulteration site at Chumoukedima and accordingly, the police carried out the order on August 31. Interestingly, ACAUT said, the SIT had no clue that the eight tankers were ordered to be released prior to August 30.

NY bombings suspect F&CS deptt director clarifies to NPRAAF in custody, sources say Washington, Sep 19 (IANS): Ahmad Khan Rahami, an Afghan man suspected in bombings in New York and New Jersey, is now in custody after a shootout with the police, sources said on Monday. Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man wanted for questioning in connection with bombings in New York and Seaside Park, New Jersey, is also believed to be connected to the Ahmad Khan pipe bombs found in a backpack on Sunday night in Elizabeth, New Jersey, CNN quoted sources as saying. The New York police announced earlier they are looking for Rahami for questioning in connection with the Saturday bombing in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighbourhood, which injured 29 people. Bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend as well as the discovery of several unexploded devices have led authorities to believe there may be a terror cell at work in those two states, law enforcement officials told CNN on Monday. The New York City Police Department earlier on Monday released a photograph of Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old New Jersey resident, as the suspect in the Manhattan explosion incident. Rahami was described as a naturalised US citizen who was born in Afghanistan on January 23, 1988, Xinhua news agency reported. “I want to be very clear that this individual could be armed and dangerous,” said Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York city.

DIMAPUR, SEP 19 (NPN): Director F&CS Nagaland Alun Hangsing has responded to a demand for apology by Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) on July 4,2016 regarding his telephonic conversation (with a member of the NPRAAF on May 20), which was disclosed to the press. In his statement, Hangsing clarified that he had maintained silence over the matter raised by NPRAAF neither to show that “might is right nor undermine NPRAAF or anybody” but was shocked and embarrassed by the revelation of the

telephonic conversation. He however admitted also that he had hurt “others too by not responding” because of his personal aversion to “public display of personal emotions”. He further asserted that his response to NPRAAF was not for justifying himself over the misunderstanding. Hangsing thanked the organisation for encouraging him on self-introspection and for a positive change. In this he added that “ to err is human, to forgive divine” and appealed to the organisation to “forgive and forget and move on” towards a better, matured and healthier relationship.

Storm uproot trees, snap power line; 3 injured

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(L-R) Residents cutting down a tree to clear the road-block; Snapped power cables; the damaged vehicle. (David Khoboung/Social media)

Staff Reporter

“I may be old but I think this handset is outdated. I want features for music, games and WhatsApp.” K Y M C

DIMAPUR, SEP 19 (NPN): A sudden storm coupled with heavy downpour on Monday evening uprooted trees and damaged power lines in Dimapur city, leaving hundreds of homes without power. Trees fell across roads, pulling down power lines and snapping utility poles.

According to reports, a maruti car was partially damaged after a tree fell onto the car. The occupant received minor injury, sources said. Reports reaching here also stated that two more people were reportedly injured in other parts of the city. No further details could be ascertained. Meanwhile, SDO-III, Dimapur electrical division

has informed that HT (33 & 11kv) and LT lines were damaged during the storm, including electric poles in most parts of Dimapur. The department said efforts were on to restore normal power supply. However, till Monday night, the department said they were unable to restore the 33kv industrial feeder and 11kv feeder at

Thahekhu. The SDO has assured that the power department has deployed its personnel and that restoration works were being carried out on a war-footing. The department said power supply may be restored by Tuesday. In this regard, consumers have been requested to bear with the inconvenience. K Y M C


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