Rajasthan Awards Death Penalty to Rapists of Girls Aged 12 and Below
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WWW.EASTERNMIRRORNAGALAND.COM EASTERN MIRROR Serena makes winning Trump signs tariff orders, ignores Meghan baptised ahead of comeback, enters Indian allies and Republicans | P9 royal wedding — report | P10 Wells 2nd round | P11 WORLD ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS VOL. XVII NO. 68 | PAGES 12 ` 4/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2018 Rajasthan awards death Kikon takes oath as protem speaker Kohima Bureau Governor Acharya summons first Kohima, March 9 (EMN): Second-time legis- lator from Bhandari constituency in Wokha penalty to rapists of session of 13th NLA on March 13 district Mmhonlumo Kikon has been sworn in as protem speaker of the newly elected 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) on Fri- day. Kikon was elected on the Bharatiya Janata girls aged 12 and below Party ticket. Governor PB Acharya administered the Jaipur, March 9 (PTI): The Rajasthan with death or a rigorous imprisonment oath of office and secrecy to Kikon at a brief Legislative Assembly today passed a which shall not be less than fourteen swearing-in function in the presence of of- bill approving death penalty to those years and 20 years respectively for the ficiating Chief Secretary Temjen Toy and NLA convicted of raping or gang-raping a girl sections and which may extend to Secretary Benjamin Newmai in Kohima. upto 12 years of age. imprisonment for life, which means Following the appointment of the protem With this, Rajasthan has become the imprisonment for the remainder of the speaker, the governor has summoned the first second state in the country after Mad- offender's whole life, and with fine. session of the 13th NLA on March 13 at 9.30 hya Pradesh approving death sentence According to the National Crime am. Kikon will preside over the proceedings of for those convicted of such rapes. Record Bureau (NCRB) 2016 report, the the assembly till the time a speaker is elected State Home Minister Gulab Chand cases of crimes against children have by the newly constituted house. Kataria introduced The Criminal Laws shown a steady rise in Rajasthan. The list of business to be taken up on the (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018 to- The state recorded 4,034 such cases first day of the assembly session include oath day in the assembly, which was passed in 2016, which is 3.8 per cent of the and affirmation by the elected representatives, in the House by a voice vote following crimes against children (98,344) regis- election of speaker, and proving of majority by a debate. tered across the country. It stands fourth the new leader of the house. The state government aimed to in- in the crime against women category. Meanwhile, the Assembly Secretariat has troduce the bill noting the cases of rape In 2015, the state had registered informed in a press release that Governor Ach- and gang-rape of young girls. Accord- 3,689 cases of crime against children, arya has fixed March 13 as the date of election ingly, sections 376-AA and 376-DD were which increased by 345 in the year un- of a new speaker by members of the assembly. added in the Indian Penal Code, 1860. der review. In this regard, filing of nomination papers for They provide, that whoever com- As per the NCRB data, state police the speaker’s post will be open on March 12 till mits rape/gang-rape on a girl upto registered 728 cases of child rape in EM Images 12 pm, while nomination can be withdrawn Mmhonlumo Kikon and Governor Acharya at the Raj Bhavan on Friday. twelve years of age shall be punishable 2015, which increased to 858 in 2016. between 1 pm and 4 pm the same day. 87 cr. bank accounts Tibet still rising SC dismisses plea to make linked with Aadhaar two-child policy mandatory New Delhi, March 9 tion is likely to pass the – Finance ministry (IANS): The Supreme 1.5-billion mark. New Delhi, March 9 Shukla said Aadhaar-linked Court on Friday dis- The plea said the (IANS): The Union Min- financial transactions pass missed a plea for issing population explosion, istry of Finance on Friday through multi-entity check- directions to the Centre over a period of time, said more than 87 crore points, such as bank (AUA - to ensure strict popu- can lead to a "civil war- bank accounts have been authentication user agency), lation control meas- like situation" and thus linked with the 12-digit NPCI (ASA - authentication ures by making two- needs to be curbed. unique identity number service agency) and UIDAI (au- child policy mandatory T h e p e t i t i o n e r Aadhaar in the coun- thentication/ biometric data across the country. sought a direction to try till early March. The custodian). The court refused the central government deadline for linking Aad- "The connectivity between to entertain the plea to formulate policies to haar to bank accounts is bank, NPCI and UIDAI is by saying that "it us a encourage and/or re- March 31. through secured encrypted pri- policy matter" and the ward families adhering "As on March 2, more vate network," he added. court thus cannot in- to the two-child policy than 87.79 crore current On measures taken by the tervene. and punish the erring and savings accounts government to ensure that "It is for Parliament couples appropriately. have been linked with Aadhaar data is not leaked from to decide the issue and The petitioners had Aadhaar," said Minis- organisations handling it, the not the court." cite several reasons for ter of State Shiv Pratap Minister said sharing of infor- The PIL said the the increase in popu- Shukla in a written reply mation or seeding of Aadhaar government should lation, and said that in the Lok Sabha. information with the author- promote family plan- these causes lead to More than 16.65 crore ised agencies is governed by ning and adopt all such other issues like un- income-tax permanent the Aadhaar Act, which has laid measures to motivate employment, poverty, account numbers (PAN) down monetary penalties and people to follow the illiteracy, poor health, have also been linked imprisonment for unauthor- two-child policy. and pollution. with Aadhaar till March ised sharing of information. The petitions, filed The PILs claimed 5, he said. "Any violation of the provi- by advocates Anuj Saxe- that since India has the On security features sions of the Aadhaar Act is a na, Prithvi Raj Chauhan youngest workforce related to Aadhaar-linked criminal offence," said Shukla. PTI and Priya Sharma, said in the world and due financial transactions, Besides, he informed that a A member of the Tibetan community shout slogans during a protest to mark the 59th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the statistics relating to this extreme popu- total of 6,811 Aadhaar enrolment Chinese rule, outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, on Friday. Some 60-70 members of the Tibetan Youth Congress who to population growth lation explosion, the and updation centres are opera- gathered outside the embassy were detained and released later. Tibetans commemorate the anniversary of the Tibetan National in India indicate that youth are driven to- Respect is what tional in bank branches across Uprising on March 10 by paying tribute to those who ‘sacrificed’ their lives for the ‘independence’ of Tibet. by 2022, its popula- wards unemployment. we owe; love, the country, as on March 2. what we give. ~ Philip James Bailey Security beefed up along PRESS STATEMENT Mirror Takes Assam-Mizoram border Hailakandi (Assam), stantly keep an eye on the dering Assam, to attend a March 9 (PTI): Security situation," he said. programme. forces have been deployed The repeated attempts The MZP claimed at along the Assam-Mizo- made by several organi- least 20 students were in- ram border in Kachurthal sations of Mizoram yes- jured in the police action. area of Hailakhandi dis- terday to 'intrude' into The Mizoram Journal- trict to prevent "intru- Assam's territory were ists' Association also said sion", officials said today. thwarted by the police that six scribes who had Tension has been pre- and paramilitary forces, a gone there to cover the vailing in the area ever government release said programme were attacked since some members of here today. by the Assam police per- Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), Around 50 activists of sonnel despite flaunting an apex student body, en- these organizations pelt- their press cards. tered Assam and erected a ed stones at the police and T h e Ha i l a k h a n d i working shed and a tem- CRPF personnel deployed administration today porary checkpost, which along the border, it said. termed the media reports At the outset, I extend my heartiest congratulations to all the 60 elected members of the 13th Nagaland ~ Arien were later dismantled by "The deputy commis- in Aizawl as 'misleading'. Legislative Assembly with full conviction that they would stand true to their calling and deliver the goods Let us prepare for the next the state police personnel, sioner and other officials "Around 50 activists election from now... We will also to the people. I would also like to congratulate the new Chief Minister of Nagaland, Mr. Neiphiu Rio and his they said. of the administration tried to intrude into As- council of ministers and I wish them all success. play in the last minute only. Until The police and the tried to pacify the activ- sam's territory. Despite then, I will not be available. To the 27 NPF MLAs in the Assembly, I sincerely request you all to remember that the mandate of the Central Reserve Police ists and asked them not warnings, the student ac- people is with you and that, being as such, a huge responsibility of paramount importance rests on your Force (CRPF) officers will to enter into Assam's ter- tivists did not care a hoot, shoulder.