WWW.EASTERNMIRRORNAGALAND.COM EasternMirror North Korea’s Kim promises no Top DJ Avicii Manika Batra recommended more nuclear or missile tests | P9 dead at 28 | P10 for Arjuna | P11 World Entertainment Sports VOL. XVII NO. 108 | PAGES 12 ` 4/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2018 Nagaland decides to scrub before the shower Photographs showing people participating in the state-wide social work on Saturday (from left to right): Mon town; 4th NAP camp in Thizama, Kohima; and Zunheboto town. The cleanliness drive was an initiative of the Nagaland government. Dimapur, April 21 (EMN): Local cleaning push on April 21. government's sanitation movement Municipal Council (KMC) took commercial hub of the state and bage piles, dark clogged drains, and administrations and community The event prepositioned a grow- in the form of the Swachh Bharat to the streets in the “mass social one of Nagaland's dirtier urban more of the waste miscellany along groups across Nagaland took to ing sense of incapability, or simply may not have been lost of many a work" in all the wards besides centres. Government departments urban roads, streets, open public 'cleaning' their respective local- apathy, demonstrated by citizens in citizen at least in that the people villages in the district, according and agencies besides citizens and centres, and not to forget the nook ity—at least—as part of a sanita- general and community stakehold- could clean their areas for a day. to the government's bulletin the community volunteers took to and cranny of each of them that has tion movement during the past ers, and governing authorities to In Kohima district, the capital's department of Information and public areas to cleanse them of come to characterise the so-called half-a-decade that led to the state's take ownership of the health of en- chief administration and munici- Public Relations. the virtually insistent eyesores and 'most advanced town in Nagaland.' government calling for a state-wide virons and public areas. The central pal authorities led by the Kohima Likewise it was in Dimapur, the health hazards: the ubiquitous gar- (Full report in page-3) Acharya tangles NAMASTE bait to Naga teachers Cabinet approves death penalty for Dimapur, April 21 (EMN): positive and noble mission ‘motivated’ Mumbai Univer- who can teach at least two Governor PB Acharya has for strengthening emotional sity, SNDT Women Univer- dialects of north east for invited retired Naga teachers and national integration, he sity, Mumbai, Dr Babasahib their NE department. The raping children aged below 12 or those who can teach two added. Ambedkar Technical Uni- honorary teacher will be or more ‘local dialects’ to “Governor Acharya has versity, Maharashtra, NITTE teaching once or twice in Minimum sentence for rape enhanced from apply for “NE department/ initiated opening of NA- Medical & Science Univer- a week for an hour. Earlier, chair of different universities MASTE (Nagaland, Aru- sity, Mangaluru, Alva’s Edu- in 2016, NITTE University, seven to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the country”, according to nachal Pradesh, Manipur, cation Foundation, Man- Mangaluru had invited Gov- a Raj Bhavan press release Meghalaya, Mizoram, As- galuru, Manipal University, ernor Acharya to inaugurate New Delhi, April 21 (IANS): of the rape incidents in the The Cabinet also approved on Saturday. sam, Sikkim, Tripura) NE Mangaluru and JNU, New the NAMASTE NE Depart- The Union Cabinet on Satur- country and has decided on a number of important meas- “Selected persons will department/chair in differ- Delhi to start a department/ ment, in the name of Dr.T. day approved an ordinance a comprehensive response to ures in order to give effect to have to go to Mumbai, Man- ent universities of the coun- chair for tribal dialects. Ao an Olympian from Na- that provides for death penalty deal with the situation, with the legal provisions and to galuru or Delhi. The Univer- try to teach local dialects “All the above univer- galand.” Interested person to those convicted of raping a the ordinance approved in improve the capacity of crimi- sities will provide accom- of the North East States,” it sities have requested the have been asked to submit child below the age of 12 and view of urgency and serious- nal justice system to deal with modation and honorarium stated. governor to identify and applications via email to the life term for raping a girl below ness of the issue. rape cases. for their service. This is a Acharya, it stated, has nominate one guest teacher Raj Bhavan within 30 days. age of 16. The ordinance seeks to As part of strengthening The Criminal Law (Amend- amend the Protection of Chil- the courts and prosecution, ment) Ordinance, 2018, ap- dren from Sexual Offences new Fast Track Courts will be proved at cabinet meeting (Pocso) Act by stringent provi- set up in consultation with Yashwant Sinha announces ‘Longleng bridge is falling down’ presided over by Prime Min- sions in case of rape of children states and union territories ister Narendra Modi, seeks to and minors. and high courts. New posts of provide effective deterrence It provides that punishment public prosecutors will be cre- end of his association with BJP against rape and instil a sense for rape of a girl under 12 years ated besides setting up related Patna, April 21 (IANS): Senior political party and will have of security among women, will be minimum 20 years im- infrastructure in consultation BJP leader and former Union nothing to do with party- particularly young girls in the prisonment or imprisonment with the states. Finance Minister Yashwant politics." country. for rest of life or with death. There will be dedicated Sinha, who has been trench- "I am not an aspirant for The government also de- Punishment for gang rape manpower for investigation ant in his criticism of Prime any top post and I am mak- cided to put in place a number of a girl under 16 years of age of rape cases in a time-bound Minister Narendra Modi and ing it clear here that I am not of measures for speedy inves- will invariably be imprison- manner. Police Stations and his government, on Satur- at all interested to seek any tigation and trial of rape cases ment for rest of life of the con- hospitals will be provided with day announced that he was post," he added. including a two month time vict. special forensic kits for rape snapping his links with the Sinha, who was Finance limit for investigation, two In case of gang rape of a girl cases. BJP and launching a coun- Minister and External Affairs months for completion of trial below 12 years, punishment Special forensic labs will be trywide campaign to save the Minister in the Atal Bihari and six months for disposal of will be imprisonment for rest set up in each state and union democracy. Vajpayee government, at- appeals. of life or death sentence. territory to deal exclusively "I am announcing here tended the meeting of the There will be no provision The minimum punishment with rape cases. from this stage to end my Rashtra Manch along with for anticipatory bail for a per- in case of rape of women has The measures will form long time relation with the BJP MP Satrughan Sinha, son accused of rape or gang been increased from rigorous part of a new mission mode Bharatiya Janata Party," he RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, rape of a girl under 16 years. imprisonment of seven years project to be launched within said while addressing the Congress leader Renuka A photo provided by the DIPR on Saturday shows a destroyed ‘temporary The Cabinet also decided to to 10 years, extendable to life three months. first meeting of Rashtra Choudhary and AAP leaders bridge’ which used to connect the two districts of Longleng and strengthen investigation and imprisonment. As part of measures to Manch, founded by him. Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh. Mokokchung. prosecution including setting In case of rape of a girl un- strengthen the national da- Eighty-year-old Sinha, In 2017, Sinha had cre- Dimapur, April 21 (EMN): tongya road’. “This road up fast track courts, and spe- der 16 years, minimum pun- tabase, the National Crime who had joined the BJP in ated a political storm with an A ‘temporary bridge’ in leading to Chuchuyimlang cial forensic labs in each state ishment has been increased Records Bureau will maintain the mid-90s, said "Aaj se article in the Indian Express Longleng district connect- via Mongtikang serves besides maintaining a national from 10 years to 20 years, ex- a national database and pro- mera BJP ke saath rishta claiming that the Indian ing Montikang with Chu- as an alternative route database of sexual offenders. tendable to imprisonment for file of sexual offenders, and samapt ho gaya. Main apna economy was poised for a chuyimlang in Mokokc- not only for the people The ordinance came in the rest of life, which shall mean this will be regularly shared sambandh viched kar raha hardlanding after demoneti- hung district was ‘washed of Longleng district but wake of a nation-wide outrage imprisonment till that person's with states and union territo- hun BJP se. Main BJP se khud sation and GST. away due to incessant rain also for Tobu and Moka over rape and murder of an natural life. ries for tracking, monitoring ko alag kar raha hun (From Again, earlier this week for the last few days in area of Mon district. Peo- eight-year-old girl in Kathua in The ordinance also pro- and investigation, including today my relation with BJP he had written an open let- the region’, according to a ple travel via this road Jammu and Kashmir, and other vides that court has to give no- verification of antecedents by is over.