Nagaland Sumi Hoho rescues 2 employees from NSCN-K
Kohima:Two employees of Gayatri-Maytas, who were reportedly abducted by NSCN (K) on January 11 in Phek, were rescued by Sumi Hoho (SH) team last night in Kiphire district nearby Zbto-Kiphire district boundary.According to a statement on Friday, the workers were reportedly involved in construction of two-lane SARDP road project in Phek district. SH team was led by its General Secretary Vihuto Asumi. The abducted victims were ‘unconditionally’ handed over to Sumi Hoho at an undisclosed location in Kiphire district. The rescued have been identified as Devendra Kumar Gupta, a resident of Palamau district Jharkand and Kalinga Sethi, a resident of Ganjam district in Odisha. Later, the victims were forwarded to the Phek SDPO and OC Chozuba Police Station, where the FIR was reportedly filed by the company.Meanwhile, Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Phek and the OC Chozuba Police Station appreciated and extended gratitude to the Sumi Hoho for its effort, the statement said. (UNI)
Three UALA militants nabbed
Guwahati:Three United A’chik Liberation Army (UALA) militants were apprehended during a joint operation by the army and police in Assam’s Goalpara district. Based on specific intelligence, a joint operation was conducted by troops of Red Horns Division and police along the Assam-Meghalaya border in the district and nabbed the trio near Mechelkhowa village last night, an army spokesman said on Friday.Two 12 bore country-made rifles, ammunition, two mobile phones and some cash were recovered from the apprehended militants.Two of the apprehended terrorists belong to North Garo Hills district of Meghalaya and one to Goalpara district.The UALA cadres have been carrying out extortions from the local population residing along Assam-Meghalaya border. (PTI)
Anti-Leprosy Day observed in Nagaland
Kohima:The Anti-Leprosy Day was observed on Friday in Nagaland by creating awareness to discern the stigma and myth attached to the disease. “Cure for leprosy was discovered and gradually improvised since the 1940s and on Friday it is considered that more than 90 per cent of the world’s population has high immunity to the disease,” state Leprosy Officer, Dr Ahu Sekhose said during a function here. He said leprosy was long been associated with different myths alongside stigmatising the patients, however the present scenario was changing with scientists finding out that the disease was least infectious. “There are many incurable diseases and leprosy is not one of them,” he said while stressing on the need to spread awareness among the people. Dr Sekhose said the government policy was also changing in many countries and leprosy patients were no longer being secluded in separate health facilities. (PTI)
Nagaland ranks 2nd highest tobacco consumer in country
Kohima:The Nagaland with 57 per cent of tobacco users ranked as the second highest tobacco consumer after Mizoram with 67 per cent and Goa has the least use of tobacco at nine per cent only. Addressing a sensitisation programme for shopkeepers on harmful effects of tobacco and implementation of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003 yesterday, Psychologist of the District Tobacco Control Cell of Kohima, under the Department of Health and Family Welfare Asenla Jamir termed such trend ‘bad sign’ for Nagaland. She told the shopkeepers that tobacco is the foremost cause of disease and death in the world on Friday. There are 1 billion smokers in the world and tobacco kills 5.4 million people every year globally, India is the third largest tobacco producer in the world and second largest consumer in the world. One million Indians die every year due to tobacco.(UNI)
TB claimed 36 lives in Mizoram in 2014
Aizawl:At least 36 people died of tuberculosis in Mizoram during 2014, Health and Family Welfare department on friday said. 9,111 people suspected to have been infected with TB were tested of which 1933 were found to be positive, officials said. Stating that a number of full blown AIDS patients died of TB, the officials said there has been an urgent need to educate people to have TB patients treated under the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP). All private hospitals and clinics were instructed to notify RNTCP officials if they discover new TB infections, they said. (PTI)