Toshinaro is NSACS Naga Idol 3.08

Toshinaro, from Kohima seen here with other finalists of the talent hunt, after the title ceremony in Mokokchung, November 15. Inatoli, Kenei, Shenieta, Mhathung and Lenden were the other list of finalists.

Mokokchung, Nov 16 : Toshinaro from Kohima was crowned Naga Idol at the NSACS Idol 3.08 grand finale held here tonight at town hall. With a total of 1,66,294 votes she took this years crown along with a cash prize of Rs. 100000 and a brand new car.

Inatoli from Dimapur with a total of 1,41,017 votes finished runners up and also took away cash prize of Rs. 100000.

The other four finalists were awarded cash prizes of Rs.25,000 each. Kenei from Kohima came in third with 1,36,929 votes, followed by Idol number 06 Shenieta with 1,31,470 votes, Idol number 16 Mhathung with 84,800 votes and Idol number 12 Leden with 42,767 votes.

The curtains for the third edition of Naga Idol finally came down with the crowning of Toshinaro. The NSACS Idol 3.08 crown in a way was the perfect birthday gift in advance for the soon-to-be-23 whose birthday falls on November 21.

The audience saw an emotionally-charged Naro as she received the winner’s prize, perhaps remembering the hard work put in and the grueling few months of stiff competition.

Nagaland’s minister of Agriculture, Dr. Chumber Murry was the chief guest.

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Clash in Assam garden, 20 hurt

Dergaon, Nov 14 : At least 20 labourers were injured, two of them seriously, when two groups clashed at Jamuguri tea estate under Gheladhari police outpost in Assam’s Golaghat district today.

Golaghat superintendent of police Deepak Kumar said trouble started around 9am when labourers of the garden, who had gone to pluck leaf in a particular section of the estate, were attacked by a 10-member group of former tea workers with bows, arrows and sharp weapons.

He said labourers from both the groups were injured in the clash and two of them have been hospitalised.

The ex-tea labourers reside on the fringe areas of the estate, Kumar added.

The section of the garden in which trouble occurred was allegedly encroached by a powerful labour leader, Paulus Kindu, in 2006. Since then, he has been claiming that this portion of the land belonged to him.

In fact, Kindu had uprooted tea bushes in a large area of this section of the garden a few days back.An official of the Calcutta-based Bhumia Tea Private Limited, which owns the garden located south of Golaghat town, said several complaints had been lodged with the police against Kindu, but no action was taken against him as he had strong political connections.

A civil suit has also been filed regarding encroachment of the tea estate land, he added.

A police official at Gheladhari outpost said nine labourers had been picked up in connection with the alleged destruction of tea bushes on Tuesday and today’s incident was being probed.

Kumar said a police picket has been posted at the tea estate after today’s clash.

A tea garden worker alleged that Kindu’s men were always disturbing them and had threatened to harm them if they stepped into the area of the garden which belonged to him.

“They are armed and we feel scared of them,” he added.

Industry sources said during the period of recession, portions of gardens in Assam were neglected because of the costs involved in their up-keep.

“It was during those bad days that such areas in the gardens were forcibly occupied by people who wanted to put the land to alternative use like paddy cultivation,” one of the sources said.

“The Jamuguri garden also suffered a similar fate,” he added.

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