Malaria kills 10 children in Arunachal village
Dimapur, November 26 (MExN): Thirteen children have died of malaria at M-Pen village in Miao subdivision of Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh since October 2011. All the children belonging to Chakma minority were below the age of 12. A 2 year old child, son of Santosh Kumar, is the latest victim of the vector-borne disease. The child died on November 18. 6 years old Najuk Chakma, son of Judhistir Chakma, was the first victim, who died at Miao Civil Hospital on October 7. The total population of the village is over 1000 persons. The residents claimed that many more children are suffering from the illness. There is no health centre in the village. The villagers have to cover a distance of at least 7-8 kms by foot to reach the sub-divisional hospital in Miao.
Police arrest 2 NSCN (K) cadres
Dimapur, November 26 (MExN): Dimapur Police arrested two NSCN (K) cadres from Church Road while conducting routine surveillance and frisking duties. The police recovered one .32 pistol with two live ammunitions in magazine and a booklet of “tax receipts” of GPRN/NSCN from their possession on November 26, a press release issued by the Additional SP, Dimapur stated. The arrested accused has been identified as “SS Lieut” Bokato Ayemi (28) of NSCN (K) of Ahoto village under Niuland and Joseph Awomi (26) of Ngopzopo village, Zunheboto. One mobile handset and cash amounting to Rs.570 were also seized from their possession. On interrogation, the arrested accused stated that they had served extortion “demand notes” earlier to some business establishments in Dimapur town and had come to collect the extortion money from these shops when they were apprehended. A case was registered in this connection and investigation is going on to identify the business establishments to whom the “demand notes” were served and also take punitive action against the business establishments for abetment to the crime, if money was paid to the extortionists as a result of the “demand notes.”
PGSU (SETAM) demand scholarship
Dimapur, November 26 (MExN): The Post Graduate Students’ Union (SETAM), Nagaland University has sought clarification from concerned authority for not disbursing the students’ scholarship. PGSU (SETAM) General Secretary, Y Abraham Konyak in a press note stated that students in many colleges have not yet received scholarships.
In some colleges only half the students have received scholarship while the rest are yet to receive in spite of providing their account numbers, he added. PGSU (SETAM) has sought to know why the government is causing delays and partially disbursing the scholarship even after providing the bank account number. It suggested that, “if the authorities are finding difficulty in disbursing via bank account, then the amount can be send to the respected head of the institutes like the previous years.” It has requested the government to disburse the scholarship before the Christmas.
