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Vol XXXIII No. 165
DIMAPUR, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2023 Pages 12 ` 5.00
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DMC relocates street food vendors to Naga Arcade D I M A P U R , M AY 2 2 (NPN): After having been barred from setting up night food stalls from Clock Tower to Popular Bakery for obstruction of traffic and movement of pedestrians besides complaints from nearby colonies, the food truck/food cart street vendors have been reallocated space in the Naga Shopping Arcade (Super Market). According to DMC administrator W. Manpai Phom, in pursuance to the decision of the joint meeting on May 10 and as per the joint verification team recommendation, interested individuals/parties have been asked to apply for trade/ vending permit from the DMC office after furnishing/submitting documents along with the application. The documents include site/space allocation certificate from Development Authority of Nagaland, certificate from licensing authority, Food Safety Administration Dimapur Zone, CMO office, Dimapur and no objection/clearance certificate from DCP (traffic),
India’s active Covid cases dip to 7,623
NEW DELHI, MAY 22 (PTI): India recorded 473 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases dipped to 7,623, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,839 with seven deaths which include one fatality reconciled by Kerala. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,86,934). The active cases now comprise 0.02 per cent of the total infections and the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.80 per cent, the ministry said.
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Fresh violence erupts in Govt college student bodies oppose transfer of teachers Manipur; army deployed
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IMPHAL, MAY 22: Fresh incidents of violence were reported in Manipur’s capital Imphal on Monday as miscreants set on fire some abandoned houses. According to reports, a ruckus broke out at the New Checkon Bazaar area in Imphal East district over space in the market at New Checkon on Monday morning. Clashes followed and at around 2 p.m., the houses were set on fire by a mob in New Lambulane area. The police have arrested three individuals for their alleged involvement in the incident. Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh confirmed the developments and said that action has been taken against those involved. Three people, including a former MLA were taken into custody on Monday for their alleged involvement in the violence. Tension surfaced after some armed miscreants intimidated people at Tribal Market to leave the area immediately. Some shopkeepers had a heated argument with the armed miscreants. However, timely intervention by local police and security forces brought the situation under control. A statement by the Army said, “Three Army/ Assam Rifles columns were launched in response to input of four armed suspects threatening the shopkeepers at New Chekon area and then subsequently moving to New Lambulane area of Imphal East district. The area was quickly
Security personnel and local residents outside the Tribal Market. (NP)
cordoned by the joint team of Army, Assam Rifles, police and Rapid Action Force. Swift action resulted in immediate control of crowd which gathered and consequently, three suspects along with two single barrel 12 bore guns were apprehended and handed over to the police.” Curfew, internet ban extended: Following reports of arson, curfew was reimposed from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. across the state. Earlier, the curfew was relaxed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. The ban on internet services has been extended for another five days as reports of incidents like arson of houses and premises were reported from the state. On the other hand, security advisor to the chief minister, Kuldiep Singh said that the situation has been brought under control. Addressing the media, Singh said efforts were on to nab all the armed miscreants involved in intimidating the people of the area. Kuldiep informed that the death toll in the recent chain of violence remained at 73.
Out of a total of 1070 arms looted by mobs at different places in both hills and valley since the violence broke out in the State, only 494 were recovered, the security advisor informed. Govt working for restoration of peace, says CM: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Monday reiterated that his government was taking up all measures to restore peace and harmony in the state. “The government is working to ensure the safety of all communities and also to live together as before,” Singh said, during a press conference held at the CM’s secretariat on Monday evening. He said that the situation in Manipur has remained by and large peaceful in the past 10 days and appealed to people in the state to remain calm and help restore peace and normalcy soon. Other than stray incidents at different places, Singh said timely intervention by security forces and cooperation from the public has made it possible for the state to return to normalcy gradually.
DIMAPUR, MAY 22 (NPN): Student unions of 11 government colleges have raised hue and cry over recent transfers of faculty members (assistant professors) to new model colleges at Mangkolemba and Wakching supposedly on short term basis for six months. In a joint statement, general secretaries of the 11 affected government colleges have expressed disheartenment at the notification issued by the department of Higher and Technical Education whereby permanent faculty members of Kohima College, Kohima Science College (A) Jotsoma; Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung; Mokokchung College for Teachers Education; State College for Teachers Education Kohima and Mount Tiyi College Wokha, were transferred and attached with New Model Colleges at Mangkolemba and Wakching on “short term basis (six
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Council (NTC) has reaffirmed its demand that the state government should enforce December 1, 1963 as the cut-off date for an individual to be counted as indigenous inhabitant of Nagaland. In a statement, NTC said it “would like to ventilate the issues in public domain which are likely to be tampered or altered, the constitutionally delegated privileges bestowed upon the aboriginal and indigenous people at the time of creation of the State- namely; 16-Point Agreement of 1960, Article 371A of the Con-
Notification No. AR-8/8/76 dated Kohima, the 28th April 1978 to maintain 1-121963 as the cut-off year for the purpose of indigenous inhabitant of Nagaland.” The council contended that one of the core issues was the proposal to implement Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN). It recalled that when the people of Nagaland wanted to stem the flow of illegal migration into the State and called for streamlining ILP, the state government came up with the idea of RIIN for the native and aboriginal people, but allegedly
anyone’s comprehension. “Maybe, surreptitiously, the government may even have an unsurpassed purpose for the benefit of some few if not jeopardy of the future of Nagaland,” NTC said. NTC reminded that the 16-Point Agreement, Art 371A and the April 28, 1978 notification were beyond doubt secured by the precious blood of forefathers of Nagas. Terming these as the only protective laws and inherent rights bestowed upon the people against exploitation by outsiders, NTC cautioned that the history of Nagaland should not be
months)”. The signatories pointed out that implementation of the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYGUP) under the New Education Policy (NEP) from the academic session 2023, concurrent with the old Nagaland University syllabus (2012) and the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), will put additional strain on the already understaffed colleges. They also cited the Nagaland University order dated March 24,2023 that NYGUP, NEP “needs to be implemented from the coming academic session of 2023”. They said this require additional teaching staff in all departments whereas the H&TE notification was in stark contrast to the increasing demand in workload and weakening the already battered structure. The union pointed out that any displacement of teachers, irrespective of the duration, is an impedi-
GUWAHATI, MAY 22 (PTI): Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday disclosed that the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was likely to be lifted completely from the state by November-end as the law and order situation in the state has improved considerably. Sarma who was speaking at the first Commandant’s Conference at the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy here, said, “We are aiming at withdrawing AFSPA completely from Assam by the November-
“Rather love and protect it for all times to come in praise of our forefathers who had sacrificed their lives for us for today and tomorrow,” it added. Despite submitting numerous representations with available records, right from the creation of Naga Hills district of Assam to the formation of the present Nagaland, NTC lamented that the government continued turning a deaf ear to this vital issue of concern to date and seemingly was contemplating to do things against the will of its own people. (Full text on p-6)
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end of 2023.” He further said that retired army personnel will be appointed as Additional Superintendents of Police to impart training to the police force in Assam. “This will facilitate replacement of central police with Assam police bat-
the people conducting the census and those working on development planning. “A bill to link death and birth register with electoral rolls will be introduced in parliament. Under this process, when a person turns 18, his or her name will be automatically included in the electoral rolls. Similarly, when a person dies, that information automatically will go to Election Commission, which will start the process of deleting the name from voters’ list,” he said. For all-round and all-inclusive development of a country with such a huge geographical diver-
sity, Shah said it is essential that development planning is based on data, for which we have no better means than Census. He said that the government will now conduct the census electronically, in which every person will have the right to fill the data, it will be verified and audited, and it includes more than 35 parameters of socio-economic status. He said that the data which should be available for development was not there in the earlier censuses, nor was there a system for its analysis. Shah also launched web-portal for birth and
death registration, the upgraded SRS mobile application for geofencing, and the web-portal for online sale of census publications. Shah also released the Treatise on Indian Census since 1981. He said that today the history of all the Census since 1981 has been compiled and published in the form of a book. Shah said that the Census is the process of charting the course of development of the country, for this it is necessary that SRS upgraded mobile application along with geofencing should create an alert system so that officials
educational experts and stakeholders. The unions pointed out that assistant professors at MCTE and SCTE do not possess NET qualification in their own subject and thus, fail to fulfil the minimum UGC norms to teach in colleges. Therefore, transferring them on attachment basis was in violation of the norms. Slamming the H&TE department, the signatories expressed dissent and strong objection at the haphazard transfer of the teachers without consideration of the affected students interests and warned it will not remain mute unless rectification was done by the department. It further demanded that the H&TE notification be revoked; effect recruitment and sanction of posts via proper channel (NPSC/ CESE) and holding prior consultations with stakeholders. (Cont’d on p-8)
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talions,” he added. Sarma also said that attention will be given to ensure that the personnel belonging to different battalions are not used for any purpose other than those exclusively connected to bonafide policing. “Adequate steps will be taken to empower the Assam Police Battalions so that they can deal with law and order in the state. They will also be reoriented to control the mob without using lethal weapons or using them to the minimum extent possible,” the chief minister said.
RBI Governor urges people not to rush
NEW DELHI, MAY 22 (PTI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das Monday urged customers to not rush to banks as they have a time of 4 months till September 30 to exchange their Rs 2,000 notes or transfer the amount to their bank accounts. Das said the impact of withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes will be ‘very very marginal’ on the economy because it accounts for only 10.8 per cent of currency in circulation. He said that the withdrawal exercise was part of currency management operations of the Reserve Bank.
70 criminal cases registered during 2023 Assembly polls D I M A P U R , M AY 2 2 (NPN): Altogether 70 election-related criminal cases were registered in the State during the last Assembly election and 81 persons were arrested, seven persons charge-sheeted and investigations were going on in 61 cases. This was stated by State police nodal officer and IGP (Range) Limasunep Jamir during a meeting to review the status of all criminal cases registered during the recent Assembly election held at the chief electoral officer’s (CEO)
Govt to bring bill to link birth, death data with e-rolls NEW DELHI, MAY 22 (AGENCIES): Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Monday inaugurated Janganana Bhavan in New Delhi and said the government is planning to bring a bill in Parliament to link data related to birth and death with electoral rolls and the overall development process. Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the new Census will be the foundation for developing the country in a universal and comprehensive manner. He said that earlier there was also no link between
ment to learning process of students as sending away twelve (12) permanent faculty members from the existing colleges for a duration of six months, will cause irreparable repercussions to learning. They also termed the H&TE notification as “a blatant display of incompetence at best and indifference at worst.” While applauding the establishments of the new colleges, the unions however said the hast with which teachers were roped in leaves little to be desired and described the current arrangement of transfers of teachers through attachment as detrimental for all participating colleges. They also said the transferred and attached teachers would have to single handedly manage the entire department. The signatories said this raises questions on whether any prior consultations were held with
Aiming to withdraw AFSPA from entire Assam by November: Sarma
Temperature in Indigenous issue: NTC reiterates Dec 1, 1963 as cut-off year I M A P U R , M AY 2 2 stitution of India, and the let others conveniently go rewritten after 60 years of Delhi crosses 46°C D(NPN): Nagaland Tribes State Government’s standing scot-free, which was beyond statehood and tamper with it.
NEW DELHI, MAY 22 (AGENCIES): With maximum temperature breaching the 46-degree mark, a blistering heatwave swept parts of the national capital on Monday, and the sultry weather is here to stay till Wednesday. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted similar heat conditions in Delhi till May 24, after which rain is expected to bring relief. The city recorded a maximum temperature of 43.7 degrees Celsius, the highest recorded so far in this year, and four notches above normal, according to the Safdarjung Observatory. The ongoing heatwave resulted in straining power grids and posed challenges to outdoor labourers, homeless people and animals.
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doing the census will not go out of allotted area. He said that basic amenities like water, electricity, house, health were not available for almost 70 years after the independence because no one knew the availability of the necessary budget required for them, government led by PM Modi will provide facilities to the poor by proper analysis of the data. He said that schemes were made, targets were fixed but there was no initiative to fix the targets of providing houses to all because no one knew how much budget was required for this purpose.
office, Kohima on Monday. Chaired by CEO V Shashank Shekhar, the meeting was also attended by additional CEO R Khezhie, joint CEOs Awa Lorin and Sharon Longchari, deputy CEO Alila Chang and assistant CEO Toshimeren. The main purpose of the meeting was not only to review the status of electionrelated criminal cases, but to also ensure that active follow-up action continued on such cases even after the completion of the election process. It was mentioned dur-
ing the meeting that the Election Commission of India (ECI) also kept a close tab on any such cases registered and ensured that follow-up action was taken up to act as a deterrent for any future election and pollrelated criminal activities. The meeting decided that all the districts would be regularly sending monthly reports on the status of action taken report of criminal cases registered during the last general election, which would be reviewed by the offices of ECI and CEO. This was stated in a press release.
UDAN 5.1 in the offing for North East, hilly regions N E W D E L H I , M AY 2 2 (AGENCIES): The civil aviation ministry is expected to soon come out with the next phase of its flagship regional air connectivity scheme UDAN 5.1 to award routes in the northeast and hilly regions that will be serviced exclusively via choppers. “The scheme will promote connectivity through the utilisation of both single and double engine choppers. The quantum of VGF (viability gap funding), the number of routes and helipads in the scheme are being finalised,” officials said. To enhance regional air connectivity, the scheme provides VGF to operators that
have been selected via a bidding process to operate flights on under-served or unserved routes. The new scheme will promote chopper usage and grow existing number of helicopters in India. At present, there are only around 280 civilian choppers used in various sectors. Currently, the government has invited bids for regional routes under the scheme’s fifth phase. The fifth phase has introduced new equipment types such as ‘category 2’ (20–80 seats) and ‘category 3’ (more than 80 seats) aircraft operations. Furthermore, the earlier stage length cap of 600 km has been waived off. K Y M C