WWW.EASTERNMIRRORNAGALAND.COM EASTERN MIRROR Myanmar Reuters journalists Gaga, R Kelly song Andy Murray to retire, lose appeal against 7-year removed from streaming Australian Open could be last sentence | P9 services | P10 event | P11 WORLD ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS VOL. XVIII NO. 10 | PAGES 12 ` 5/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2019 Anti-Citizenship Bill: NSF to fly ‘black flags’ NPF legislators continue PR assault on PDA govt. Dimapur, Jan. 11 (EMN): The Naga Students’ Fed- Meghalaya cabinet passes resolution against citizenship bill Dimapur, Jan. 11 (EMN): In the public and accordingly eration on Friday an- what appears to be a well- accord them the benefits nounced it would be Roy, who is also the speaker of choreographed PR assault that the centre grants? The hoisting “black flags the Meghalaya Legislative Assem- on the ruling government, department should not be around the state” to bly, told PTI, "There is a great dan- the NPF legislators on Friday adherent to safeguard the show it resentment at ger in accepting the Bill in its cur- continued to attack the PDA misdeeds of a few vested “the perpetration of rent form, and if it's implemented government over the alleged interest individual by mak- state-sponsored atroci- in the frontier states of the North mismanagement of grant- ing unsubstantiated claims ties against the public East, particularly in Meghalaya." in-aid. at the expense of poor inno- and indigenous people” National Peoples Party (NPP) After their counterparts cent villagers,” the statement in the northeast region president and Chief Minister Con- from Mokokchung and Ko- read. recently. rad K Sangma had said his party hima on Thursday, it was They asked the chief This move from the will be meeting in the coming days the turn of NPF legislators minister, who is also the NSF comes in the back- to decide on the future course of from Phek and Wokha today minister in charge of RD de- drop of the North East action of the party with regards to to launch another attack partment, to explain how the Students Organisation’s the Citizenship Bill. on the PDA government. sub-allocation given to the call to protest the pass- The NPP is heading the MDA The party’s Phek legisla- communitised departments ing of the Citizenship government and has 20 MLAs in tors— Kuzholuzo Neinu, as per requirements has (Amendment) Bill, 2016 the 60-member House. On Friday, Yitachu, Chotisuh Sazo, and been “drastically reduced to in the parliament. Sangma flew to Itanagar to meet Kazhienyi Khalo—issued bare minimum.” A statement from the his party leaders in that state. His a statement claiming they In a separate statement, NSF listed the following party is also a part of the ruling were “appalled by the flimsy NPF legislator from Wokha, as reasons behind the government in Arunachal Pradesh. excuse of the department Dr. Chumben Murry sug- decision to hoist “black The Hills State Peoples Demo- of Rural Development in an gested that the “recently flags” (on unspecified cratic Party (with 2 MLAs), and part attempt to shield the PDA discovered anomaly in the days): of the ruling MDA government, mismanagement of grant- management of grant-in- wrote to Prime Minister Narendra • Police firing upon un- in-aid.” aid by the Rural Department PTI Modi Thursday demanding recon- armed protestors in It stated that the de- (sic) may just be the tip of the Guwahati Commerce College students stage a protest and raise slogans against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, in Guwahati on sideration of the implementation Twipra on Jan. 8. Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. partment’s claim to have iceberg.” of the Bill, party MLA Renikton • (Alleged) Police attack released fund to two districts According to him: “Inter- told PTI. on ambulance car- Shillong, Jan. 11 (PTI): The Megha- pose the Bill and we are part of the Party, as well as the opposition and some blocks of another action with VDB secretaries The Bill proposes to accord In- rying the injured per- laya Democratic Alliance cabinet, government," Health Minister and Congress, have voiced their oppo- has been disavowed by the at Wokha (district) reveals dian citizenship on non-Muslims sons. which has two BJP ministers, has BJP MLA AL Hek said. sition to the Bill, reflecting strong respective districts. “Now that schemes have long since from Bangladesh, Pakistan and • Blocking of NESO of- passed a resolution opposing the Asked if he would resign from dissent prevailing in the state the department is passing been submitted; however, Afghanistan. The Peoples Demo- ficials on their way Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, as the BJP on the issue, he said, "No against the proposed legislation, the buck to central minis- Wokha district also has not cratic Front (having 4 MLAs and is to meet the injured at the saffron party's leadership in question". "People have voted for cleared already by Lok Sabha. try’s guidelines for the non- received the GIA backlog. part of the ruling dispensation) will Khumlwng Hospital, the state asserted they were "with me. They have entrusted me with The ruling UDP (having nine payment of the GIA. This Parking money meant for be meeting shortly to decide on Twipra on Jan. 11 the indigenous people" on the responsibilities as their representa- MLAs) has aired its opposition is nothing short of incom- development for a prolong how to air its opposition to the Bill. • Police firing upon proposed legislation. tive and I will continue to serve in to the Bill and party president petence on the part of the (sic) period is not acceptable Former Chief Minister and protestors at Imphal, The Cabinet passed the resolu- that capacity." Donkupar Roy slammed the BJP state government and the and the department owes Leader of Opposition Mukul Sang- Manipur on Jan. 11 tion during a meeting on Thursday. The ruling National People's at the Centre for "going against the department. explanation to the people.” ma termed the Bill as the "biggest" resulting in four per- "We are with the people of the Party (NPP), the United Demo- voices of the people", particularly “Are not the state gov- He urged the governor let down to the indigenous people sons’ injury state. The state cabinet had unani- cratic Party (UDP), the BJP and in the frontier states of the north- ernment and department to conduct an impartial in- mously passed a resolution to op- the Hills State Peoples Democratic east region. in the northeast post partition. in place to work and assist quiry. Khango-led NSCN (K) appoints SC asks what action taken against those finance incharge; warns imposters indulging in Meghalaya illegal mining Outfit’s general secretary in New Delhi to begin peace talks with the Centre New Delhi, Jan. 11 (IANS): The operation of illegal mining could best efforts with the high-power Supreme Court on Friday asked not have been without conniv- pumps of Kirloskars, Coal India Eastern Mirror Desk Dimapur—to refrain from Sources informed that leaders; repeal AFSPA/DDA what action has been taken ance of officials. Ltd and that of the Meghalaya Dimapur, Jan. 11: The doing the same in the name the general secretary of the on the enforced Naga areas; against the owner of the illegal Grover, appearing for PIL government pumping out the Khango-led NSCN (K) has of the outfit. Khango-led NSCN (K), Isak and unconditional release coal mine located in East Jaintia petitioner Aditya N. Prasad, told water, the water level has gone assigned Chishi Naga with “The outfit has warned Sumi, has already landed of NSCN cadres arrested af- Hills district in Meghalaya in the court that due to lack of coor- down by just eight inches as more overall finance in charge that no further notifica- in New Delhi for resump- ter the abrogation of cease- which 15 miners are trapped dination and also some hurdles and more water is coming from of Kohima district. Chishi tions will be provided in the tion of peace talks, adding fire and undergoing trials since December 13. being faced by the teams engaged adjoining Lytein river. Naga will deal with all fi- media to restrain impost- that the outcome of the or serving sentences in dif- "What you have done against in rescue operations and working Mehta said all the agencies nancial matters relating ers; military action will be talks would be unravelled ferent prisons across the the person who was indulging in on the site, the desired results are named by petitioner Prasad have to collection of taxes and initiated against imposters shortly. It was also learnt country. illegal mining? What about the not there. already been contacted by the other pertinent matters in without any further notice,” that the Khango-led NSCN- According to the source, officials who were conniving in He said that the Hyderabad- government and everything pos- Kohima. it added. K will be establishing their Isak Sumi was of the opinion the illegal mining," asked Jus- based National Geophysical Re- sible is being done to augment Following which, highly Earlier, it was learnt that monitoring cell in Dimapur that ‘many top functionaries tice A.K. Sikri as senior counsel search Institute (NGRI), Roor- the rescue operations. placed sources told East- the Khango-led NSCN (K) immediately after returning of the outfit are languishing Anand Grover told the court that a kee-based National Institute The court was told that the ern Mirror that Chishi has and the government of In- from New Delhi to monitor in jail and without their par- number of agencies, both govern- of Hydrology (NIH) and some operations is facing difficulty as apprised the public and dia (GoI) had an informal the ongoing political situa- ticipation the talks may not mental and private, are offering other private research institu- water in the mine is muddy.