August 6, 2018

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Vol XXVIII No. 240

MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

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Rijiju assures all help to Nagaland Landslides affect 400 villages & 4000 people

INTER-MINISTERIAL TEAM TO VISIT STATE TO ASSES OVERALL DAMAGE

(L) Kiren Rijiju and Neiphiu Rio at the meeting with officials. (R) A backhoe submerged in mud in an area of the ongoing NH-29 four-lane work.

Staff Reporter/DIPR

D I M A P U R , AU G 5 (NPN): Even as Nagaland battles one of the worst natural calamities in recent memory, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home, Kiren Rijiju Sunday assured the State government of all possible help from the Centre.

Rijijiu, who arrived here from Delhi to take stock of the situation, held a brief meeting with chief minister Neiphiu Rio, Urban Development minister Metsubo Jamir, PHE minister Jacob Zhimomi and Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) officials at the

airport lobby.

During the meeting, Rijiju was shown visuals of the massive damage caused across the State by NSDMA officer on special duty Johny Ruangmei.

Thereafter, as scheduled, the Union minister, along with Rio and senior officials took off by chopper for an aerial survey of affected areas in Kohima and Meluri-Kiphire, besides Doyang dam to see rise of water level that has affected downstream areas Golaghat. However, barely few minutes after taking off, the entourage returned as the chopped could not land in Kohima due to bad weather.

Rijiju then held a meeting with Rio and other State government officials at Niathu Resort, during which he assured all possible help to the State to overcome the current crisis from Union home and defence ministries.

Stressing on basic commodities reaching farflung areas, Rijiju said Indian Air Force would be kept on standby. He said he was visibly surprised to learn about the magnitude of devastation in Kohima.

The MoS announced that an inter-ministerial team would be constituted and sent to Nagaland within a week’s time to prepare correct projection of the

financial requirement.

“Very soon we will send the team to Nagaland and, once they submit the report, relief would be released immediately,” he added.

Admitting that problems faced in hilly areas were more acute, Rijiju assured of raising the State’s issue with the next Finance Commission.

Explaining that the Home ministry’s role was limited to rescue and relief as per Finance Commission guidelines, he further assured of following up with other line ministries for restoration and re-building works.

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D I M A P U R , AU G 5 (NPN): N agaland chief secretary, Temjen Toy on Sunday said that around 400 villages have been hit by the landslides, affecting at least 4000 families, who have been evacuated to safety.

According to DIPR, Toy informed to media persons at Hotel Vivor Kohima, while giving a brief report on the status of the recent incessant rains that have wreaked havoc in all the districts.

“Not only were the rains and damages unprecedented but even the response of the various agencies have been unprecedented. The departments, administration and agencies have been tirelessly monitoring and working round the clock,” he said.

As far as connectivity was concerned, Toy said the worst affected was Kiphire district. He however said that the 8 km-patch washed away had been restored to some extent and essential commodities could be transshipped. Toy said some affected people did not even have enough food to last for a day at Kiphire.

“We have made successful droppings of rations at Tening but Kiphire, Tobu and others were unsuccessful because of bad weather,

Road damaged by landslide at one of the location near Meluri.

we hope that in the next few days the situation will improve,” he stated. He further said that ten lives were lost and added that damages could have been much worse had timely awareness and support not been given to the affected people.

Toy expressed regret as he told the media persons that union minister of state for Home, Kiren Rijiju was unable to land at Kohima due inclement weather conditions. Rijiju was scheduled to carry out an aerial survey of the damages across the state. Temjen Toy also

recorded appreciation of officials who had been on the roadside monitoring the repair works. He said that though the repair works being carried out was just a temporary solution, the state needed active technical support and hand holding from the Government of India.

He admitted that the state lack the expertise to tackle such situation.

Chopper drops: Two air-drops with relief consignments were successful at Noksen and one at Tobu on Sunday by 7 Assam Rifles team, a DIPR

report stated. However, they chopper could not land at Kiphire due to bad weather and another attempt would be made on Monday, the report said. DIPR stated that the district administration & DDMA received 30 bags of rice, 100 kg Dal, 10 tins of refined oil (15 litres each), sugar 100 kg, milk 20 kg and tea leaf 20 kg from 7 Assam Rifles for distribution to the affected people.

Kiphire Correspondent adds: According to SDO (C) Kiphire, Longtiba Sangtam, the district administration was trying its best to take stock of the emergency situation but has begun to witness shortage of essential commodities including fuel. He said few essential commodities were brought by light vehicles through an alternate route.

KVGOA offers help: Kohima Village Gazetted Officers’ Association (KVGOA) has offered its help to Kohima district administration in carrying out relief in the State Capital, besides appealing in association with Kohima Village Council to various groups and organisations to help manage the current situation arising out of the natural calamity.

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BJP MLAs to donate one- Don’t fall for voting machine month salary for relief hoax, poll panel urges voters DIMAPUR, AUG 5 (NPN): A day after its alliance partner- NDPP resolved to carry out state-wide fund drive from all rank and file of the party to contribute towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, state BJP also announced that its legislators would be contributing one month’s salary in aid of the people affected by the natural calamity in the state.

While expressing concern over the crisis, BJP through its media cell appealed to all to remain calm and extend cooperation to various agencies that were tirelessly battling the current situation, carrying out relief and rehabilitation in the affected areas.

While appreciating minister of state for Home Kiren Rijiju for assuring all Central support to the state, the state BJP unit also appreciated the Central team comprising NDRF 35 personnel who have been deployed in Nagaland

ANTA warns taxi drivers DIMAPUR, AUG 5 (NPN): All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA) Hqs Kohima has cautioned all taxi drivers- both local and zonal, to refrain from taking undue advantage of the road conditions and charge customers higher than the prescribed (Cont’d on p-7) rate.

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“Kokai, NRC has inter changed our status. It has made you stateless and us citizens.”

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for relief and rescue operations etc.

It said two Indian Air Force helicopters were deployed in the State for the same purpose.

BJP unit for Central aid

Nagaland BJP unit on Sunday wrote to BJP national president Amit Shah seeking Central aid to Nagaland which has been devastated by landlsides/mudslides, posing serious threat to the people.

The letter signed by BJP general secretary, K. James Vizo on behalf of the state president, Temjen Imna Along, informed Amit Shah that the state government, despite doing its best, was unable to address the issues due to its limited resources, inadequate machinery and lack of expertise.

In this regard, the state BJP has requested Shah to take up the matter at the Central level.

NEW DELHI, AUG 5 (AGENCIES): Beware of the warning that asks an electorate to vote for a particular candidate, stating “you have taken money and can’t fool us as the paper trail machine clicks your picture casting vote,” says chief election commissioner (CEC), OP Rawat dismissing the claims as a canard.

This is being spread by some using money to buy votes and the Election Commission would launch a campaign to dispel this myth, he said.

Referring to rumour mongering, Rawat said: “They tell the voters to cast vote in their favour in return of cash and if they do not wish to vote for it, they should not accept cash as the picture clicked by paper trail machine would expose them,” Rawat explained.

He the poll panel would launch a campaign to inform the voters that the paper trail machines do not breach their secrecy at the polling booth. While all required EVMs -- 13.95 lakh ballot units and 9.3 lakh control units -- will be delivered by September 30, 16.15 lakh VVPATs will also be delivered well before the end of November, he added.

Adds Agencies: There is likelihood that the Modi government could order snap polls by November or December. Indications to this effect come from the fact that both Modi and his close confidante and BJP president Amit Shah have been hard at work in preparing campaigns in several states. A snap poll is also a likely option for Modi since it would catch the opposition unprepared as they mull about unity.

LH slams Wka-Merapani road contractors D I M A P U R , AU G 5 (NPN): Lotha Hoho (LH) has expressed surprise at the list of complaints described as “hindrances” against works on Wokha-Merapani highway by National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) and M/s Indian Technocrats Ltd (ITL) on PHE pipes, retaining walls, houses, markets, pineapple gardens, agriculture land, boundary walls, betel nut plantation, etc, submitted to DC Wokha on July 18.

According to LH chairman Mhao Humtsoe and general secretary Er Mhondamo Ovung the list altogether included 29 hindrances submitted by NHIDCL and ITL. LH pointed out that any development work carried in human habitation areas was bound to encounter such “hindrances”, including maintenance work.

Therefore, LH termed such a list as “ laughable” and wondered whether NHIDCL and ITL were so “hopelessly inexperienced and incompetent”.

It also asked why both firms did not coordinate with respective departments and respective village councils so as to realign pipelines, poles, retaining walls, etc?. LH concluded that so-called hindrances listed were “lame excuses”.

Further LH said, even if these were really hindrances, the length of all the 29 items put together in one line, one after another, might not occupy even one km while the total length of the road project is 65.585 km from Wokha to Merapani.

LH said leaving aside the so called hindrances, why did the firms not widen the road for the remaining more than 64 km of the stretch?.

LH reiterated that the entire Lotha community was determined to see the road project implemented as per specifications as the road was lifeline of Wokha district.

It said since no objection certificates by land owners and village authorities were submitted in September 2016, the NHIDCL and ITL have to start work and call Lotha organisations to work sites, wherever and whenever any difficulty was encountered.

LH pointed out that, on July 26, a co-ordination meeting was convened by Extra Assistant Commissioner Englan, where the issue of retaining wall at Doyang (Dhilong village) came up and where the village council chairman clarified that the retaining wall did not pose any issue as the village council was there to take care of it.

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Cleanliness and legal awareness drive in Zbto

ZDLSA and LCC St Anthony’s School Zunheboto organised a Cleanliness drive&-Legal Awareness program on NALSA schemes in Zunheboto on August 4.

DIMAPUR: Under the aegis of Zunheboto District Legal Services Authority (ZDLSA), a day-long Cleanliness Drive-&-Legal Awareness program on NALSA schemes was held on July 4, at St Anthony’s School, Zunheboto.

According to DIPR, the resources person of the program, advocate Tovi Z. Yeptho, project assistant front office ZDLSA, spoke

on the topic of NALSA (Child friendly Legal Services to Children and their Protection) scheme.

After the completion of first session the members of the LLC St. Anthony performed a street play on the topic-NLTP Act, prohibition of smoking in public places, consumer rights, and protection of environment at the streets of South Point Colony,

Tsungremmong festival celebrated at Longsa village

H. Khehovi speaking at the Tsungremmong festival celebrations at Longsa village. (NP) Correspondent

LONGSA, AUG 4 (NPN): Tsungremmong festival was observed with traditional fervour and gaiety at Longsa Village under Mokokchung district on Thursday.

Addressing the festival as chief patron, advisor of Tourism and Art & Culture H. Khehovi spoke about the importance of preserving tribal identity through festivals.

The advisor emphasized on the age old alliance between the two villages of Longsa and Sapotimi and asked to make the neigh-

bourly ties stronger. He appealed to the Nagas to promote and preserve their own tribal cultures through the Mini Hornbill initiated by the government.

The festival was attended, among others, by Merentoshi, former minister and Alemtemshi, (retd) chief secretary and currently CEO of Investment and Development Authority of Nagaland.

Various cultural items were presented by the village. Sapotimi village preformed a folk dance The advisor was accompanied by a host of people from his constituency.

Zunheboto town.

The members of the LLC St. Anthony school also distributed 55 wooden dustbins in an around BOC colony, DC office and District & Sessions Court Zunheboto.

Thirteen bamboo dustbins were installed at Hezukhu Memorial district hospital Zunheboto as a part of the cleanliness drive across Zunheboto Town.

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DC Wokha issues advisories AHF commits to supporting the needy

DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner, Wokha Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon, in view of the of publication of Final Draft Citizens Roll under NRC on July 30, through DIPR, has issued the following advisories as preventive measures against influx of illegal immigrants in the district: All entry point/check gates manned by the Police should be strengthened and mobile patrolling in venerable locations should be activated in respective jurisdictions. Non-locals entering the district should not be allowed in without valid passes issued by the district administration and

any unusual influx of outsiders without valid passes should be promptly brought to the knowledge of the Administration and Police.

All the village, town, municipal authorities have been asked to take measures to strictly monitor influx of people from outside the state in violation of the existing rules/norms. The antecedents of any new tenants should be properly checked and verified by the district administration and Police.

The district administration and Police are to strictly monitor the regulation of ILP, especially along the Border areas of Ralan and Bhandari.

YTC mourns demise of Torupkiu Yimchungrü

DIMAPUR: The Yimchungrü Tribal Council (YTC) has mourned the demise of Torupkiu Yimchungrü who died due to a sudden illness at Wapher village under Tuensang district on August 4. Information and publicity secretary, Mathew K Janger, in a condolence note said that Late Torupkiu Yimchungrü served as head GB of Wapher village till his last breath. He was also an upright and legendary figure, the note stated, and a founding member of Yimchungrü Tribal Council YTC who dedicated his entire life for the greater welfare of Yimchungrü Society. YTC said that it has lost a fatherly figure and the vacuum created by his death would be hard fill, and his death would significantly impact YTC history as he was one of the senior members of the YTC. The council expressed sympathies for the bereaved family members and prayed that the departed soul rest in peace.

Condemnations

DTH condemns murder: The Dimapur Tangkhul Hoho (DTH) has expressed shock at the “cruel murder of Kumugha Chishi perpetrated by barbaric criminals”.

A condemnation note issued by DTH president Tuithing Kasar and secretary Joyous Shingnaisui said that the murder was alien to Naga society and should be nipped in the bud immediately. It further asked that the murderers be awarded befitting punishment as a deterrent.

DTH added that the hoho stands in solidarity with the aggrieved family. DTH also extended its heartfelt condolences to the family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

WSSU condemns murder: The Western Sumi Students Union (WSSU) has vehemently condemned the kidnapping and brutal murder of Kumugha Chishi, S/o Ahokhu Chishi (chairman of Lotovi village council and a bona fide member of WSSU) whose body was found near the primary school of their village.

WSSU president Kakiho A Awomi and general secretary Khekato Zhimomi, in a condemnation note

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said “such a heinous crime is unbecoming of our society” and strongly appealed to the authority to give befitting punishment to the five persons involved in the crime. It also appealed to the law enforcement agency to not grant them bail or the “WSSU will not remain a mute spectator but pursue its own course” of action.

NWA condemns rape: The Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA) has expressed shock and anguish at the reported news of the rape of a mother by one Zasituo Tsukru of Dihoma Village under Kohima District.

A condemnation note from NWA president Neivikuolie Khatsü and general secretary Vekhozo said that while the society gives due respect to wrestlers and the wrestlers themselves maintain high moral standard, this shameful act had brought shame to the society in general and wrestling fraternity in particular.

N WA e x p r e s s e d strong condemnation for the heinous crime committed by one of its members who, it said, was expected to be the guardian of the fairer sex. “This devilish and abominable act should

be condemned by one and all” it stated. The association further requested the authority to take appropriate action as per the law of the land and award befitting punishment to the culprit.

GPPK, GMSK condemn rape: The Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima (GPPK) and Gorkha Mahila Samity Kohima (GMSK) has condemned the rape of a mother of two children on August 2, as reported in local dailies.

A condemnation note from GPPK president Santu Thapa and GMSK president Draupadi Lama asserted that such inhuman acts in a civilized society should be condemned by all.

The two organizations also conveyed their appreciation to the villagers for nabbing the accused and handing him over to the police.

They further appealed to the law enforcing agencies to take up the case seriously to deter recurrence of such incidents.

They also expressed their sympathies for the victim her family members and adding that GPPK and GMSK joins them in prayer to overcome the unfortunate trauma.

DIMAPUR: Akumdong Humanity Fund (AHF), a not-for-profit charitable initiative started on May 2017 held its executive meeting on August 4 in Dimapur. A press release from AHF executive committee said the members reviewed the progress of a 1 year old, heart patient whose treatment was currently being supported by AHF. The members also acknowledged the support extended by Eden Medical Centre Dimapur since its inception.

AHF executive members include Rupin Sharma as Patron-&-Advisor, Dr.

Yan Murry, CEO Pinnacle Skills as chairman, Azungla Imsong, administrator Incessant Welfare Society as v. chairperson, Dr. I Sentimoa, Vet. Doctor DMC as finance secretary, Hongba Phom, Founder Finger Prints as secretary admininstration. Other executive members include N.K Krocha, centre head of The People Channel, P.K Jain, proprietor PK Travels and Chandu Agarwal, business man & social worker.

The initiative has been named Akumdong Humanity Fund in memory of the young boy, late Akum-

dong, who fought against brain tumor. Noticing and acknowledging the notable effort of Samaritans and philanthropists who generously contributed towards supporting late Akumdong’s family to meet medical expenses, a need was perceived for constituting a permanent corpus for such situations.

The corpus will be available for assistance of individuals in dire need, who cannot themselves overcome their problems.

More infor mation about the fund can be had at ‘akumdonghumanityfund.org’.

CSU conducts career guidance seminar

DIMAPUR: Chakhroma Students’ Union (CSU) organized a career guidance seminar under the theme, “Engage. Enthuse. Empower” for Chümoukedima unit at Tenyiphe I council hall on July 28, for which more than 50 students registered.

A press release by CSU president, Rokovi Kruse and information & publicity secretary, Mhalevilie Medoze stated that in the first session, Kevinguto Khate, assistant professor NIT Nagaland spoke on “career options with an engineering degree”. In the second session, Lhoukuo Chüsi, assistant mission director RMSA

Nagaland shared on “importance and scope of science education”.

Earlier in the day, Razouviü Kimho, treasurer, CSU, chaired the function while Rokovi Kruse, welcomed the participants and Khrielie Ziekhrü, pastor CRC Chümoukedima town, invoked God’s blessings. Vote of thanks was delivered by Vitsüzo Meyase, vice president, CSU. CSU also expressed its heartfelt gratitude to the chairman, Tenyiphe I village council, the Tenyiphe I students’ union and resource persons for success of the program.

KVGOA offers help to Kohima district admin DIMAPUR: Kohima Village Gazetted Officers’ Association (KVGOA) has offered its help to Kohima district administration in the State Capital relief efforts, besides appealing in association with Kohima Village Council (KVC) to various groups and organisations to help manage the current situation arising out of the natural calamity.

An emergency meeting of the association was held at Kohima on Saturday to discuss the crisis in the State Capital, wherein it was decided to render a helping hand to affected families.

In consultation with KVC, the KVGOA also appealed to various groups and organisations to share their views and suggestions with an aim to ease the situation.

The meeting appealed to the business community to ensure that prices of essential commodities

were under control, to not unnecessarily burden the general public.

It also appealed to all taxi and public transport unions to extend a helping hand in this time of need by not hiking fares. Stating that it was understandable that many factors were prompting the hike in fares like fuel cost and longer routes, the meeting however, appealed to them to stand in solidarity with the people.

K V G OA f u r t h e r appealed to all banks in Kohima to render a helping hand to help ease the hardships being faced by the general public and displaced families in particular by contributing in cash or kind as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR).

The association also appealed to telecom service providers in the State to do their bit in containing the situation by providing good cellular signal and

also helping individual customers with complimentary free data and talk time to help them cope with emergency situations as part of their CSR. Given the fact that many families had been displaced in the past few weeks and with bad weather being forecast in weeks ahead, KVGOA appealed to citizens of Kohima district to spare their properties to provide temporary shelter to displaced families.

With the hope and belief that the community would be strong enough to weather the crisis, the association consoled the affected families that the larger community was behind them and appealed to them to remain positive despite the circumstances.

This was stated in a press release by KVGOA president Er Keviletuo Yiese and general secretary Er Medozhazo Rutsa.

Chozuba sub-division coordination meeting Swachhhta Pakhwada DIMAPUR: In view of the forthcoming Independence Day celebrations on August 15, ADC Chozuba, Japheth Woch convened a joint meeting on August 1 at Vamuzo Memorial Town Hall, Chozuba town followed by Chozuba subdivision Head of Offices

coordination meeting. The meetings deliberated on work distribution for a mass social work on August 11. Chotisuh Sazo, MLA, attended the meeting as the speaker. The meeting also deliberated the problem of proxy teachers in the Education department

and the cutting off of the entire road stretch leading to the sub-division. It was mentioned during the meetings that due to the shortage of machineries it would take few more days to clear the roads leading to Kohima and the district head quarter.

2018 launched at DBCK

DIMAPUR: The NSS unit ducting various activities of Don Bosco College Ko- under the cleanliness drive. hima (DBCK) launched To observe the Swachhta Swachhhta Pakhwada 2018 Pakhwara in a befitting at the college premises manner NSS units have to on August 1, where state take up various activities in NSS officer C. Theyo ad- the coming forthnight. dressed the NSS volunteers These will include, on the various issues of among other things, four Swachhta. days of campus cleaning, A press release by visit to the adopted village, DBCK media cell stated door to door campaign that C. Theyo elaborated to make the local masses on the NSS focus on per- aware about the imporsonality development of tance of cleanliness etc.

NSS volunteers, who are Special drives may be given opportunities to grow organized to clean statues as future leaders. & archaeological sites and He also mentioned tourist places, organize ralthat Prime Minister Nar- lies, displaying banners and endra Modi had urged the placards to create awarepeople of India to keep ness. The event ended with their surroundings clean the Swachhta Shapath during his first address to (oath) by all the NSS functhe nation on the eve of tionaries including NSS Independence Day. volunteers.

Theyo added that The program was coThe arrested individual in custody since then, NSS units in ordinated by Pinky Sagolrounds of point 22mm live for raising groups in Silchar, Nagaland have been con- sem NSS program officer. ammunition.

Karimganj and Hailakandi On preliminary inter- districts of Assam. rogation, PRO claimed that The individual along Apropos the news item “One held on rape charges”, Md Salim admitted to in- with the recovered items volvement in “extortion, was handed over to Dima- published on August 5, the accused Zasituo Tsükrü kidnapping” and purchase pur East Police Station for belonged to Dihoma Village and not as rendered. The inadvertent error is regretted. (Correspondent) of arms and ammunition further investigation.

Assam Rifles nab BSLF commander

DIMAPUR: Based on specific intelligence, Medziphema and Dimapur Battalions of Assam Rifles along with a police representative of Dimapur West Police Station in a joint operation on July 26 nabbed the “commander” of newly formed outfit Barak State Liberation Force (BSLF) from Notun Basti Dimapur.

In a press release PRO Defence stated that on searching a suspected house, the BSLF “commander” identified as Md Salim Ahmed Alias Soloman Sheikh (34) son of Siddek Ali Shaikh of village Barkatpur, Karimganj district, Assam was apprehended along with one .22mm pistol with magazine and six K

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A large area of a paddy field affected by landslide at Pyangsa village under EAC Lotsu, Wokha. (NP)

Corrigendum

Sazolie College, department of history, comprising of 44 students and four teachers, on July 21 undertook a departmental tour to Khezhakeno village, Phek district.

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Judicial officers from Nagaland with Judge of Supreme Court of India, Justice Madan B Lokur.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland judicial officers attended a oneday fourth round regional consultation on North Eastern states and Sikkim on effective implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 with focus on status of integrated child protection services, at Assam Administrative College, Guwahati on August 4.

A press release from Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) Kohima, public relation assistant stated that the consultation was organized by Supreme Court Juvenile Justice Committee and Gauhati High Court Juvenile Justice Committee in collaboration with State Child Protection Society (SCPS) Assam, Social Welfare Department, Government of Assam and

supported by UNICEF. Delivering the inaugural address, Justice Deepak Gupta, Judge, Supreme Court of India pointed out that juvenile justice should focus on not only the juvenile in conflict with law but more focus should be on the social aspect for benefit of the children. He further stated institutionalization of children should be the last resort and first option has to be provided by the family and community.

He lamented that trafficking of children in the North East was a concern and stated that sensitization was the most important aspect for successful implementation of child welfare programs for children of 0-6 yrs, wherein the mother also had to be taken into account. Delivering the clos-

ing remarks, Justice Madan B Lokur, Judge Supreme Court of India asserted that state action plans should be made formulated for 2019.

Representing Nagaland state, Manla Konyak, program officer SCPS focused on key progress of last three years, ICPS review and the action plan.

The officials of Labour Department, Social Welfare department, chairperson Nagaland Child Rights Commission, registrar Gauhati High Court and member secretary NSLSA represented the state. Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, Judges of Gauhati High Court, UNICEF, department of Social Welfare, Assam, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights were part of the program.

Villagers learn wildlife conservation in Longleng

Forest department officials with Sitap villagers on July 31.

DIMAPUR: An awareness campaign for conservation of forest and wildlife to mitigate human-animal conflict and wildlife crime was organised on July 31 at Sitap Village, Longleng district by Forest Department, Nagaland.

A press release from the department stated that in a keynote address, chief wildlife warden, Nagaland, Satya Prakash Tripathi spoke about the genesis of the human-animal conflict

prevalent in the state in general and migratory elephant problem in Sitap.

He highlighted the policies of the State Government and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, government of India for addressing the problem.

Tr i p a t h i s p o k e o n importance of forest and wildlife, scenario of forest and wildlife in Nagaland and concept of community reserves and appealed to the

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people to protect forest and wildlife and come forward to declare their forests as community reserves.

He also encouraged the people to contact forest officials immediately in case of damage to their crops, properties and human life.

Wildlife Warden, Kiphire, Suman W M Sivachar deliberated on working of a territorial or wildlife forest divisions and detailed the procedures to be adopted for

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declaration of community reserves.

He also spoke about the ecological importance of wildlife with particular reference to the importance of wildlife in the ecosystem with the examples of contributions of honey bees in pollination and communication behaviour among dolphins.

Participants were also made aware about the applicability of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 in Nagaland. Around 80 persons, officers from the Forest Department, chairmen, members, GBS of village councils of nearby villages attended the program.

The program was chaired

by DFO, Longleng, Beizo Suokhire and began with an invocation prayer by pastor, Sitap Baptist Church and vote of thanks was delivered

by Forest Range Officer, Longleng, Ailong Phom.

DFD holds executive field staff meeting DIMAPUR: With an aim to further improve its duty and service to the public, Dimapur Forest Division (DFD) held a meeting-&interaction of field staff under DFD on August 1 at the Conference Hall, Forest Office complex.

A press release by the division stated that in the meeting, DFO Dimapur, K. Ihevi Aomi briefed the field staff on the division’s achievement of recording the highest revenue earned during the financial year 2017-18 since the inception of the division from 2002.

He lauded the staff on their hard work and credited the achievement of the division to the field staff.

Aomi also asked the staff to remain vigilant and ready to render public service in case of natural disasters and the recent National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam issue, apart from their departmental duties.

The release said that several issues to further improve the duty performance were discussed.

Earlier, the division also conducted the quarterly divisional coordination meeting of officers in the DFOs Office, stated the release.

Khehovi takes up tourism issues with PB Acharya Correspondent KOHIMA, AUG 4 (NPN): Advisor of Tourism and Art & Culture, H. Khehovi, paid a courtesy call to Nagaland governor, P.B Acharya on Saturday and discussed various issues with regard to the Tourism sector of Nagaland. During the course of the meeting, the advisor asked Acharya to recommend building a memorial hall in memory of Subhas Chandra Bose in the state. He also appealed to the governor to identify attractive tourist spots and create wayside amenities including pure vegetarian restaurants along the National Highways.

Both the governor and advisor discussed the need to develop and maintain roads leading towards the Amur Falcon roosting site at Pangti under Wokha

H. Khehovi with governor P.B Acharya on August 4. (NP)

and the need to create opportunities for educated Nagas by engaging them as tourist guides.

The advisor suggested that the Mithun being one of the unique animals reared by the Nagas, it should be reared on a high scale to boost the economy of the owners and the state.

Khehovi also asked the governor to identify some attractive places and encourage the local people to plant various varieties of fruits to attract tourists.

He also asked that heritage sites be maintained and preserved by documenting them in the form of books.

NASU conducts sanitation drive

DIMAPUR: Northern Angami Students’ Union (NASU) organised a sanitation drive in Kohima town on August 4. A press release from NASU Kohima stated that, keeping in line with the vision of a “Clean Kohima”, around 250 volunteers under NASU participated in the sanitation drive.

Volunteers of the union cleaned waste materials from the roadsides and also unhygienic places such as taxi and bus stands.

NASU also requested concerned unions to take necessary measures to solve the problem of the accumulation of plastic waste materials. It also asked the public to play an active role in keeping Kohima clean.

The NASU also thanked the Kohima Municipal Council, Tourism Kohima, PHED Urban Division Kohima, CMO Kohima, ADC Kohima, Angami Students’ Union, and all the units and participants for making the sanitation drive a success.

CYO meeting

Dimapur: Chakhroma Youth Organization (CYO) will hold a meeting with all unit (circle) CPO and unit (circle) youth on August 21, 11 a.m. at CPO hall.

Agendas for the meeting will include ‘Kicha presidential meet’ and CYO office bearers new team. All office bearers have been requested to attend the meeting withAn owl gets some shut-eye at Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar. (NP) out fail.

Women learn cutting & tailoring in Padumpukhuri

DIMAPUR: A cutting and tailoring training program was held on August 2 at TRGU vocational training centre, Padumpukhuri village, Dimapur, sponsored

by Village Development B o a r d ( V D B ) wo m e n wing, Padumpukhuri village, Dimapur.

A press release from TRGU vocational training centre, Padumpukhuri Dimapur stated that Apokla,

member of the VDB women wing, in her speech, gave an encouraging talk on women skill training which she said would be vital for gender equality and access. She opined that when women are restricted to the role of housewives, they cannot contribute to family income, making it difficult for families to escape the poverty cycle. She said that woman should

fight for their rights to be self reliant.

Proprietor of TRGU vocational training centre, Padumpukhuri Dimapur, Alienla Jamir shared on the development and entrepreneurship that has come through skill training.

She said that various schemes and initiatives are being implemented to reinforce equality via skill development. She informed

the trainees that there were 25 unit garments centres in and around Dimapur under TRGU vocational training centre, running as a welfare project through donation and contribution.

S. Akala Chang invoked God’s blessings.

VDB women’s wing, members of the tribal community and other candidates attended the program.

NSBSG kick starts ‘Rajya Puraskar Rally’ DIMAPUR: The Rajya Puraskar Rally (Governor’s Award Rally) for 2018 of the Nagaland State Bharat Scouts and Guides (NSBSG) kicked off on August 4 at state headquarters, Bayavü

Hill, Kohima.

A press release from NSBSG state secretary, Chubanungla stated that the awardees along with professional leaders of the state headquarter officials

and district officials held a special service fellowship on August 5. A special prayer was offered for people affected by the recent natural calamities in most of the districts of Nagaland. Offer-

ings were also made where the cash collected will be given towards the NSBSG relief fund for welfare of affected families. Altogether 32 guides and 19 scouts from Dimapur, Kohima and

Mokokchung districts will be receiving the prestigious award at Durbar Hall Raj Bhavan Kohima on August 7 from governor, P.B. Acharya who is also the chief patron of NSBSG.

KVTK & CAN youth teach Orientation on pharmacy operation paper bag making

The BJP ST Morcha delegation with Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram on August 2.

DIMAPUR: A BJP ST Morcha delegation, on August 2, held a meeting with Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram, about the creation of a separate tribal affairs department in Nagaland.

In a press statement, national executive member ST Morcha i/c Eastern Nagaland & Karbi Anglong, Thrijungliba S Sangtam, said that the meeting was held in New Delhi at the official address of the Union Minister. Hayithung Bill Lotha (national secretary BJP ST Morcha); Veniezo Tsurao former president K Y M C

ST Morcha Nagaland and and Thrijungliba S Sangtam made up the delegation who met the Union Minister.

The release said that the delegation apprised the Union Minister about the problems faced by tribals in remote areas. Oram assured the delegation that he would take up the matter at the highest level.

He also said that establishing the separate department in Nagaland would mean that the budget allocation for the state would see a drastic and positive increase. The Union Min-

ister also opined that the bottleneck in various Nagaland departments putting up projects and schemes would also end.

Thrijungliba S Sangtam told the Union Minister that Nagaland being one of the largest tribal land in India, a separate tribal affairs department in Nagaland was very important for the advancement of the Naga people, notably the people occupying remote areas. Therefore, he urged Oram to sanction the new department under the leadership of chief minister Neiphiu Rio.

DIMAPUR: Under the aegis of Naga Women Hoho Dimapur (NWHD), the Kuda Village Thenuko Krotho (KVTK -- Kuda Village Women Organisation), Dimapur in collaboration with CAN youth organised a training program for master trainers on paper bag making on August 3 at community hall, Kuda village, Dimapur.

A press release from CAN youth secretar y, Zhove Lohe stated that Naga Women Hoho Dimapur president, Sungsabeni Jamio spoke on the importance and the responsibility of every individual towards taking good care of earth. She expressed her support for plastic free zones, and also for the KVTK for coming forward and learning how to make paper bags.

CAN youth chief functionary, Jenpu Rongmei, shared on the impor-

tance of preserving the environment by making it a plastic free zone. He motivated the mothers to be role models for their children and community as a whole.

Naga Women Hoho Dimapur vice president, Vimenuo Liegise gave an introduction on the importance of paper bags and the purpose of training.

She encouraged the trainers to train more women at Kuda village in order to make Kuda village a plastic free zone as well as provide a source of livelihood.

Kuda Village Thenuko Krotho president, Ketholebino Yhor, thanked the CAN youth team, NWHD and Kuda village women for their time, energy and efforts towards the promotion of paper bags.

All together a total of 35 women participated in the master training.

Participants after the one-day orientation programme on “Operation of Pharmacy.”

DIMAPUR: A one-day orientation program on “Operation of Pharmacy” with regard to legal matters as per Drug & Cosmetic Act 1940 and Rules 195, offences and penalties under Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules 1945 was held with the proprietors and sales personnel of pharmacy in Zunheboto town on August 3 at ART centre, District Hospital.

A press release from district media officer CMO

office Zunheboto, Shekho Sophie stated that the resource person, drug inspector CMO office Zunheboto, Lutovi Phucho briefed the participants on the licence and functions and operations of pharmacy. He elaborated on the proper documentation of files, registers, cash-memo receipt books in pharmacies and maintenance of schedule H1 drugs and responsibilities. He also spoke about procurement

of drugs or medicine from licensed wholesalers or suppliers and also highlighted information on expired drugs and disposal.

Phucho further explained proper storage of vaccines, Sera, toxoids, thermolabile drugs and sale of restricted drugs.

The orientation ended with a questions and discussion hour. Altogether 30 proprietors and sales personnel attended the orientation program.

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MU crisis: Ministers appeal to agitators

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IMPHAL, Aug 5: Ministers of BJP-led coalition government in Manipur Sunday appealed to the agitating students, teachers and staff of Manipur University to allow functioning of the varsity considering the academic careers of the students.

The ministers also appealed joint tribal students’ bodies to review their decision to intensify campaign demanding restoration of normal academic atmosphere in the Manipur University by August 6.

The ministers- deputy chief minister Y Joykumar Singh,CAF&PD minister Karam Shyam, education minister Th Radheshyam, water resource development minister Letpao Haokip, PHED minister Losii Dikho- are members of the High Power Ministerial Team of the government to deal with the crisis in the Manipur University.

Addressing a news conference, the deputy chief minister said that the ministerial team was trying its best to resolve the crisis.

As a result of tireless efforts of the state government, the Union HRD ministry has granted a 30-day leave to Prof AP Pandey besides reconstituting the fact finding committee by

Manipur deputy CM appealing MUSU, MUTA, MUSA at a press conference on Sunday

inducting a retired judge as chairman, he said.

The steps initiated by the HRD ministry was in the positive direction and, therefore, MUTA, MUSA and MUSA must allow functioning of the varsity considering the careers of the students of colleges affiliated to the MU which have been put at stake, appealed the deputy chief minister.

He said that bringing normalcy in the MU campus was not only necessary but also important to facilitate the fact finding committee to enquire into the allegations against the VC in a free and fair manner.

Singh reiterated that resolving the impasse in the Manipur University was

the top most priority of the government as it holds the future of more than 25,000 students.

He also assured that the government is ready to take up further necessary steps with the Centre after the fact finding committee submits its report.

If the result of the committee is not satisfactory, state government will take up further steps in consultation with the stakeholders of the varsity, he added.

The deputy chief minister further appealed the joint tribal student bodies comprising All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM), Kuki Students’ Organisation and All Naga Students’ Association Manipur (ANSAM) to recon-

sider their stand in the larger interest of the people of the state.

Mention may be made that the tribal student bodies have set August 6 as deadline for the fact-finding committee to submit its report and the authority concerned to take all efforts to open the university.

State education minister Th Radheshyam said that they were making the appeal for the sake of the students who will be pursuing their post graduates across 93 colleges of the state as well as outside the state, Meanwhile, a talk between leaders of agitating Manipur University Students Association (MUSU) and chief minister N Biren Singh Sunday afternoon failed to yield any positive result.

The meeting has failed to come to an amicable agreement, a source close to in the chief minister’s office said.

It added that MUSU leaders are firm on their demands and urged the chief minister to convert the fact finding committee into an independent judicial enquiry after Pandey was given forced leave.

However, the chief minister denied the demand following which MUSU leaders walked out, said the source.

2 more die in Assam floods; toll reaches 45

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‘BJP, TMC, AIUDF doing politics on NRC’

G u wahat i , Au g 5 (PTI): Anjuman Minhaj-E Rasool, an Islamic organisation working for peace and communal harmony, today charged the BJP, Trinamool Congress and AIUDF of doing politics over the NRC issue.

“BJP and AIUDF are trying to do politics over the NRC issue. Mamata Banerjee and her party has own agenda. We do not support that and condemn them. Assamese people have rejected them by remaining peaceful in this time,” Anjuman Minhaj-E Rasool president, Maulana Syed Athar Dehlavi said here.

Addressing a press conference here, he said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is being updated under the direct supervision of the Supreme

Court and the document is purely secular in nature.

“NRC is linked to national security. It is related with citizen’s rights. Nobody should do politics with it.

If someone does it, then action should be taken,” Dehlavi said.

He alleged that BJP president Amit Shah was trying to politicise the matter by commenting that those not finding their names in the complete draft of NRC are “ghusbaithiya” (infiltrators) and they will be deported from India.

“When the Supreme Court and NRC State Coordinator Prateek Hajela is saying that nobody can term the excluded people as infiltrators, then why did he say so? Now they are talking about doing NRC in every state. I suggest,

they do it in Tripura first as the demography of that state has distorted most,” Dehlavi said.

He said all the illegal foreigners living in India should be deported after proper verification process irrespective of their religious identities, while no genuine Indians should be left out of the final NRC. Dehlavi appealed to the NRC authority to correct the errors or mistakes detected in the complete draft of NRC while publishing the final document.

Altogether, 2,89,83,677 persons were found to be eligible for inclusion in the complete draft of the NRC, which was published on July 30, out of a total 3,29,91,384 applicants, thereby excluding the names of 40,07,707 people.

G u wahat i , Au g 5 (PTI): Two more persons have died due to floods in Assam that have affected nearly 1.05 lakh people in five districts of the state, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.

According to the ASDMA, the two flood-related deaths occurred at Gogamukh revenue circle in Dhemaji district and Merapani sub-division in Golaghat district.

With this, the total number of flood-related deaths across the state has risen to 45 this year.

The ASDMA said over 1.04 lakh people are affected at present in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Darrang, Golaghat and Sivasagar districts.

The number stood at 1.09 lakh in six districts till yesterday.

Golaghat is the worst affected with over 93,000 people marooned. Around 6,000 people have been impacted in Lakhimpur.

Currently, 145 villages are under water and 8,869 hectares of crop area has been damaged, it said.

The authorities are operating 128 relief camps and distribution centres in two districts that are catering to Caretakers feed rhino calves at Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation 26,764 people at present, the (CWRC), at Panbari Reserve Forest near Kaziranga National Park in Golaghat district, ASDMA said.

Assam on August 5. (PTI)

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S hillo n g, Au g 5 : The powerful All Assam Student’s Union (AASU) Sunday warned political parties not to politicise and communalise the National Register of Citizens (NRC) which was published in Assam on July 31.

The North East Students Organisation (NESO), an apex student’s body of all the indigenous communities in the region, demanded to update the registry of citizens in other northeastern states to segregate genuine and nongenuine citizens.

“There is a propaganda going on by some political leaders of India that the NRC was anti-Bengali or anti-Muslim. The NRC update was anti-illegal Bangladeshis and not against any Indian,” AASU Chief

Adviser, Dr Sammujal Bhattacharya told journalists here in Meghalaya.

Warning political parties from ‘politicising and communalizing’ the NRC in Assam, the AASU leader said, “ ... I want to tell such leaders, India is for Indians and Assam and Northeast is also for Indians but not for illegal Bangladeshis.”

“The Trinamool Congress (TMC) must learn a lesson from the problem in the northeast and save West Bengal from being swamped by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants,” Bhattacharya said.

“Bangladeshis are also entering West Bengal. Concentrate more on securing your borders,” Bhattacharya asked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress have been

extremely critical of the draft NRC in Assam that left out more than 40 people from the list and termed it as a BJP political strategy to drive out “real Indians” from the country.

But the powerful AASU leader maintained that the NRC was a document to protect the identity of the indigenous people of northeast.

Bhattacharya also hit out at political parties for not raising the influx of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the parliament. “This is a grave situation and what’s happening in the northeast should be discussed in the Parliament,” he added.

“We demand updation of NRC in other states of the northeast so that we can know the quantum of problem the region is facing,” NESO chairman Samuel B Jyrwa said.

MZP push for tight border security AIZAWL, Aug 5 (Agencies): Mizo Zirlawi Pawl (MZP), an apex student body in state had asked the government to make strict laws and tighten security along the Mizoram border to prevent the influx of illegal immigrants from Assam.

MZP has also threatened to set up infiltration gates along the Assam-Mizoram border if the government fails to take steps

by August 15.

President of MZP, L. Ramdinliana Renthlei expressed apprehension that Mizoram might face an influx of foreigners from Assam after publication of the draft NRC in which about 40 lakh people have been left out.

He said many neighbouring states of Assam have sounded the alert in view of the possible entry of the foreigners from Assam.

Renthlei slammed the state government for being silent and for not taking any security measures in view of the possible entry of foreigners from the neighbouring state. He said many foreigners, who have been left out in the draft NRC might try to enter Mizoram as well.

He also said that after there were reports about the possible entry of foreigners from Assam, the students’ body had approached the state government to tighten security along the Mizoram border.

contractors

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Diphu, Aug 5: Karbi Hills Development & Protection Organization (KHDPO) and National Students Union of India (NSUI) - Karbi Anglong District Committee has Sunday alleged that crores of rupees meant for various construction works are misused by concerned authority.

In a memorandum submitted to the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) Principal Secretary M. Hazarika, KHDPO and NSUIKA claimed that various construction works under the One Time Special Assistance by NITI Aayog which includes construction of new sports complex at Diphu, sports complex at Dongkamukam and central hall at Hamren are not progressing as per norms. The organisations alleged that the Utilization Certificates submitted are misleading as the physical progress at site does not match with the certificate.

The organisations have, therefore, demanded KAAC to blacklist contractors Chiranjiv Agarwal and Umtang Timung. They also demanded the termination of their works and suspension of all department officials involved in the scam.

Demand for NRC grows louder in Tripura

Agartala, Aug 5 (Agencies): Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) in a high level meeting discussed the current political situation in the state.

The INPT has also decided to approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to carryout NRC in Tripura to identify bonafide Indian citizens.

INPT General Secretary Jagadish Debbarma alleged that the present situation in the state is not at all conducive to carry out political activities and the party has also condemned the attitude of the government in such matters.

A three member delegation team led by President of INPT Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl will visit the national capital in the third

week of this month and will submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister and the Union Home demanding for NRC in Tripura which had witnessed large scale infiltration from across the border.

Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura’s (IPFT) which is the ruling ally of BJP in Tripura along with their alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also demanded NRC to be implemented in Tripura. While speaking to TNT- The Northeast Today, IPFT President N.C. Debbarma said, “We absolutely welcome NRC and we are also demanding it to be implemented in Tripura along with other parts of the country not only in Northeast India”.

However, Chief Minis-

ter Biplab Kumar Deb has ruled out the importance of NRC in Tripura as there is no such problem here.

“There is no need to undertake NRC in Tripura as the citizens have valid documents unlike other states”, he told the media at Nagpur. Former Minister and CPI (M) central committee member Badal Chowdhury also opposed carrying out NRC in Tripura.

“It is not fair to identify those people who have been residing in the state for 30/40 years now. It could have been earlier”, he said.

The Head of the Royal Family of Tripura and the Working President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma on the NRC issue said, “According to me NRC should be

implemented in Tripura. If someone is illegal according to law in Assam or in Meghalaya or in Manipur by the same law they cannot be legal in Tripura. There can’t be two laws in one country. So, instead of saying no to NRC in Tripura the Government should ensure that steps are taken to ensure that there is no spillover of those 40 lakh people (some of whom may be disenfranchised due to NRC ) to our state .”

“We all know that Bangladesh will not accept them and the problem is a few of these people may try to go to neighbouring states from Assam. I appeal to all political parties including Congress/ BJP/CPI(M) to come clear on this issue . Tripura is saturated and cannot be a dumping ground for problems of others,” he added.

Guwahati, Aug 5 (PTI): Connectivity with ASEAN countries is the key to the development of North East and the Assam government, as well as the Centre, have taken several initiatives in this direction to make sure that the region emerges as a major trade hub for South East Asia, Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi said.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always emphasised that the country as a whole cannot progress unless North East India develops and to make that happen, development of trade through the region with the ASEAN countries is the need of the hour,” the governor told PTI in an interview.

He said the earlier governments had realised about 20 years back the importance of developing the North East but they committed a blunder by trying to develop it only through the chicken’s neck, connecting the region with the rest of the countr y. However, the present government has extended the initiative to go “beyond the natural boundaries with the rest of the world”, he said.

The Centre has invested heavily on infrastructure development of the region with the aim to develop connectivity through air, rail, road, water and digitisation which will lead to increased trade

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with the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), he said.

“We want to develop Guwahati as the Kunming of India, where all ASEAN countries will have their consulate and offices and there will be no need for their representatives to go to Delhi for trade needs,” the governor said.

Kunming in South West China houses offices of ASEAN countries and trade is conducted through these offices without the need for one to go to Beijing for all transactions.

“Initiatives have been taken to develop Guwahati with infrastructural connectivity and I have had discussions in this connection with some leaders of these (ASEAN) countries who have expressed their keenness to set up consular offices here,” Mukhi said.

Bhutan and Bangladesh already have consulate offices in Guwahati and other countries may

Infant dies of alleged medical negligence in Manipur hospital

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IMPHAL, Aug 5: A group of people Sunday stormed a government hospital in Manipur’s Bishnupur district after an infant died allegedly due to medical negligence on the part of the doctors.

Parents of the infant have refused to accept the body, demanding appropriate action against the erring doctors.

Reports said that a 25year-old housewife gave birth to the infant without doctor or nurse or any other hospital staff on Saturday around 2 pm.

The infant died just after the birth forcing the father to lodge a complaint with the hospital authority demanding appropriate ac-

tion for the erring staff.

With no visible action initiated till Sunday, relatives and localities stormed the district hospital and shouted slogans demanding justice to the parents.

Angered by the inaction of the hospital authority, anguished people started destroying hospital properties. However, timely arrival of the police from the nearest police station saved the property from large scale damages.

The agitating people demanded that doctors and nurses must be punished for their negligence. “Until and unless the authority takes up appropriate action against them, the dead body of the infant will not be accepted,” said the relatives.

also set up their offices soon, he added.

“I had recently had a meeting with Bhutan Consul General and he informed me that they plan to start a flight to Singapore via Guwahati from Thimphu and they already have a flight through here to Bangkok,” he added.

Mukhi pointed out that he also held discussions with the Bangladesh President during his visit here and he has assured that they have plans to start a flight from Dhaka to Guwahati soon.

“I have also asked the Centre to include flights from Guwahati to ASEAN countries under its UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme as this will open up immensely the trade possibilities with these countries,” he added.

Guwahati presently handles 80 flights daily although it has the capacity for 100, but with the ongoing upgradation of the airport, it will be able to operate 300 flights. The work of the new terminal has been undertaken at an estimated cost of Rs 1,300 crore, he added.

Under the UDAN scheme, 92 new flights have been sanctioned for the North East, of which about 10 have already started functioning.

Referring to road connectivity, Mukhi said special emphasis is being laid

on ASEAN countries and it has been already initiated with Myanmar.

The Indian side of the road was ready much earlier and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) began constructions inside Myanmar in 2004 and handed it over to Myanmar after completing it in 2009.

“Myanmar was expected to complete the bridges connecting the roads but they were unable to do so and now the Indian government has taken up the project and is expected to be completed

by December 2019. Once it is completed, going to Myanmar and Thailand through this road will be opened, thereby increasing trade opportunities with North East and particularly Assam,” he added.

Water connectivity through Brahmaputra was another area which the government was working on but certain parts of the river bed require dredging in both Indian and Bangladeshi side.

To develop rail connectivity, the Centre has introduced nine new trains and during the last four years, 30 trains have been added, hundreds of kilometres of tracks have been doubled, electrified and more than 200 kms of new lines are being created with every NE states to be connected with rail links by 2020, said Mukhi.

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Now therefore, public are hereby asked to file claims/objection. If any, within one month from the date of issue of this notice.

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If any person or society or organization or institution feels it necessary or have any right to claim and object, may contact the person named herein below within the period of one month from the day of publication of this notice, failing which due process for transfer and mutation would be initiated before the competent authority.

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Muzaffarpur case: 6 officials fired

Members of different organisation stage a protest march against the recent incident of Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, in Patna on Sunday. (PTI) Patna, Aug 5 (PTI): Six officials of Bihar’s social welfare department, which has drawn flak after the sexual abuse of girls at a state-funded shelter home in Muzaffarpur came to light, have been placed under suspension on account of “negligence and dereliction of duty”.

Notifications to this effect were issued late last night. The officials put under suspension were posted as assistant directors of Child Protection Units in Muzaffarpur, Munger, Araria, Madhubani, Bhagalpur and Bhojpur districts.

All the officials, suspended with immediate effect, have been charged with “failure to take adequate legal action” with regard to “assault, indecent behaviour and other undesirable activities” at

shelter homes within their respective areas of jurisdiction. The Muzaffarpur shelter home incident had surfaced in a social audit conducted by Mumbaibased Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

An FIR was lodged by the state social welfare department in June, which led to the arrest of 10 people. Medical reports have confirmed sexual abuse of more than 30 girls formerly lodged at the shelter home, which has since been sealed. The case has been handed over to the CBI. The suspension orders also pointed out that TISS had flagged anomalies, which the officials “did not bring to the notice of higher officials in inspection reports”.

The six officials were directed at a state-level

meeting in May to take necessary action in the light of the audit report’s findings, but their failure to do so resulted in lack of timely action against the guilty, which has caused “an embarrassment to the department and the government”, the suspension orders added.

Social welfare minister should resign: Thakur

Senior BJP leader C P Thakur today said Bihar Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma should resign owning moral responsibility for the alleged sexual abuse of minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur.

Talking to a regional news channel here, the former Union minister said Verma of the JD(U) should take a call on the

demand for her resignation by opposition parties, keeping in view the “lapses on part of the social welfare department” on which the scandal has been blamed.

“The scandal points at huge lapses on part of the state social welfare department. How could the department be unaware of such a huge racket taking place right under its nose?”

Thakur asked.

“There are also complaints of similar irregularities having taken place at other organisations controlled by the department,” Thakur said. Asked about the demand by opposition parties for the resignation of Verma, whose husband has been accused of being a regular visitor to the Muzaffarpur shelter home by the wife of one of the arrested accused, Thakur said, “She should take a decision on the same based on her conscience.

I think she should take moral responsibility for the scandal.” The BJP is a partner in the ruling coalition in Bihar.

Asked about Thakur’s statement, the JD(U), which is headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, came up with a guarded response. “C P Thakur has expressed his personal opinion.

It is not that the BJP has come up with an official stand. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, himself a senior BJP leader, has been articulating the government’s position on the issue,” JD(U) s p o k e s m a n a n d M LC Neeraj Kumar said.

Former CECs in favour of EVMs over ballot papers

TMC observes ‘Black Day’ against detention of party leaders in Assam

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS): The demand to bring back paper ballots in the next Lok Sabha elections in place of Electronic Voting Machines being pressed by major opposition parties has not found favour with two former Chief Election Commissioners, who, however, share their opposition to a proposal for simultaneous elections, saying it cannot be “coerced”.

The former CECs say that though both the issues are theoretically in the realm of possibility, but, in practical terms, they are neither feasible nor desirable.

They were reacting to a planned move by 17 parties, including the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, to approach the Election Commission to press for restoring the paper ballot system in view of their apprehensions over the integrity of the EVMS and the possibility of their manipulation and the failure of the VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) slips in recent elections.

V.S. Sampath, who demitted office in January 2015 after nearly three years at the helm of the Election Commission, said going back to paper ballots “makes no sense”. “Nobody will accept it,” Sampath told IANS. He said with the introduction of VVPAT slips, which the Election Commission has said would be deployed throughout the country in all elections hereafter, there is already a paper ballot system that is going to be in place.

K o l k at a , A u g 5 (IANS): West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday observed a ‘Black Day’ in the city and its suburbs to protest against the detention of their party leaders and MPs at the Silchar airport in Assam.

A Trinamool delegation comprising six MPs, an MLA and a state minister went to Assam on Thursday to study the situation after the draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released but was detained and allegedly manhandled by the police.

Condemning the incident, several Trinamool Congress activists marched on the streets in Kolkata and Howrah wearing black badges and carrying black flags.

Roads were blocked in parts of Howrah and Rajarhat for nearly a hour on Sunday morning.

The agitators also created a rail blockade in South 24 Parganas district’s Garia railway station for nearly one and a half hours.

The Trinamool Congress and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have been extremely critical of the draft NRC in Assam that left out more than 40 people from the list and termed it as a BJP political strategy to drive out “real Indians” from the country.

An eight-member delegation of the party reached Assam on Thursday morning, reportedly to talk to those left out of the draft NRC. Some members of the delegation including women

Govt should’ve consulted all parties on NRC: Sharad Yadav Bhopal, Aug 5 (PTI): The Centre should have consulted all parties to work out a “unanimous mechanism” before going ahead with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam, Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav has said.

Taking a dig at the Modi government, the former Union minister said it has been unable to ensure the safety of women and girls in the country but talks of cow protection.

The NRC, a list of Assam citizens, was published on July 30 with the names of over 40 lakh residents of the state not being included in it. “ T h e g o ve r n m e n t should have called an allparty meeting to find out an amicable solution to the problem in Assam. But if you do it just like that, you

Sharad Yadav (file) won’t be able to do it by just declaring a cut-off date... you will get tired,” Yadav told PTI in an interview.

The former Janata Dal (United) chief said he agrees that the issue of Assam has “reflections on democracy”, but asserted they should have found a “justifiable solution of the problem and a unanimous mechanism” for it. Criticising the BJP, Yadav said, “This party is

not giving ticket to any Muslim. Therefore, we are not ready to believe that it will do justice with them.”

“People have come here from Tibet. Bangladeshis had come and gone to Bangladesh. When Pakistan was created, a large number of people went there and were called ‘Mohajirs’, and Sikhs too had come here from there,” he said.

This movement of population took place maximum in India, he claimed.

“No proper debates are taking place in Parliament.

Many agitations are going on in the country. If you find on which date a person had come to this country, then it (country) will get destroyed,” he said.

On the bill tabled in Parliament to overturn the Supreme Court verdict putting safeguards on arrests under the SC/ST (Preven-

tion of Atrocities) Act, Yadav claimed the government has done so “under pressure” in view of the bandh call given by all opposition parties.

“Dalits came to my place and strategies for both (bandh) 2nd (April 2) and on ninth (August 9) were formulated. Everyone, including Ambedkarites and others like Sharad Pawar, and other parties supported it,” he added.

The bill was brought under pressure, otherwise the government could have fallen on the issue, he said. “ T h e g o ve r n m e n t should have brought it at the time when the Supreme Court had given that judgement of diluting the SC/ST Act,” he said.

The Supreme Court had in an order on March 20 diluted certain provisions of the Scheduled Castes and

Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It had laid down new guidelines for police officers on how to ensure that innocent people, especially public officials, are protected from false complaints under the Act. Dalit groups had organised protests across the country on April 2 against the “dilution” of the Act. Asked if he would support the candidature of Congress president Rahul Gandhi for the prime minister’s post in the next elections, Yadav said the party had itself clarified its position on the issue. Therefore, there is no need for him to make a statement on it.

The Congress said its first objective is to stop the BJP from coming to power in 2019, he noted, adding that saving the Constitution and democracy is a major issue.

UP govt wants to bring madrassas US encourages, welcomes qualified Indians: Kagan in mainstream education: Minister Mumbai, Aug 5 (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh government wants to bring madrassas into the mainstream education system, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mohsin Raza said today.

The Uttar Pradesh minister also favoured introducing a “new dress code” for students at madrassas (Islamic schools) across the country and added that he will take up the issue with the Centre. However, Raza did not elaborate on what should be the new dress code in these institutes, where students currently wear white kurta-pyjama.

He rued that no leader from his community has till date thought about standardising the madrassa system. “Our government in Uttar Pradesh wants to bring madrassas in the mainstream education system. And why only in UP, I think all these religious institutions across the country should be brought into mainstream,” he told PTI. Raza said he intends to discuss the issue with Prime

Mohsin Raza (file) Minister Narendra Modi.

“I would meet Modiji in this regard and seek his advise on how we can have a formal education system in madrassas in the country.

Regrettably, so far, no Muslim leader has ever thought about standardisation and formalisation of the madrassa education system,” he said. Last month, Raza had said that the Uttar Pradesh government might “soon propose a new dress code” for madrassa students.

However, Cabinet Minister for Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary had contradicted Raza, saying that “the government has

not formed any new policy” in this regard. Raza was in the city to take part in the ‘Kajari’ festival organised by an NGO run by Mumbai BJP leader Amarjeet Mishra. The minister said the Yogi Adityanath government is sincerely implementing the vision of ‘sabka saath sabka vikas’ (support of all, development of all) and has made “never before provisions” to uplift minorities in the country’s most populous state. “Around Rs 4,000 crore was allocated for minority welfare in this year’s budget. This kind of allocation has not been done before. Besides, we have restarted disbursing education loans to minority students, a practice shunned by previous governments.

“We plan to modernise madrassas and have introduced the NCERT curriculum for them. We want to see a computer in one hand and the Koran in the other hand of madrassa students as envisioned by our prime minister,” he said.

Mumbai, Aug 5 (PTI): As the Trump administration continues to tighten screws on the H-1B visa programme, United States Consul General in Mumbai, Edgard Kagan, says his country encourages and welcomes “qualified Indians”.

US President Donald Trump is “very committed” to relations with India, he told PTI. “The US continues to be as welcoming as it has always been to qualified Indian travellers,” Kagan said, adding a record number of Indians flying to the US last year proves that people in India are aware that his country welcomes them.

“We strongly encourage and welcome Indians to study in the US. We believe that Indians studying in the US and our students studying in India are part of the glue that holds our relationship together,” he told PTI. Indians who are in the US continue to have great opportunities there.

The country is aware that Indians there want to be treated well. “If you look

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at the facts, you will see that the US continues to be just as welcoming as it has always been,” he said.

Responding to another question, he said the US president is “very committed” to relations with India.

“If you look carefully you can see that from the very beginning of his administration, his time in office, the president and his team have emphasised the need to expand and strengthen the already good relations with India,” he said.

“I think part of this is making sure we continue to grow trade in a way that is fair and balanced on both sides, part of it is making sure that both the countries continue to support investment,” he said.

“We welcome and are thrilled with the amount of Indian investments that are coming to the US,” he added. Kagan said the US wants to get the right policy framework favouring investments in both the countries and make sure that ties between people of the US and India remain strong.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) activists take part in a protest rally against the Assam’s National Register of Citizen(NRC) draft, in Kolkata on Sunday. (PTI) alleged that they were beaten up and confined in a separate room by the police.

The Trinamool leaders were arrested later that day and released on Friday.

Leave no Indians out: Left leaders

West Bengal’s Left Front leaders on Sunday demanded that no Indian citizen should be left out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and accused the BJP and Trinamool Congress of trying to communally polarise people on the issue.

“We want all the Indians to be registered in the NRC list. Not a single person should be left out. All the Indian citizens among the 40 lakh persons left out of the draft NRC in Assam should be immediately registered,” West Bengal Left Front Chairman Biman Bose said.

Accusing Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of opposing the NRC to gain political mileage and promote communal polari-

sation, Communist Party of India-Marxist State Secretary Surjya Kanta Misra said that the Bharatiya Janata Party and Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress were on the same page on the citizens’ list in the past.

“Banerjee brought forth this idea of NRC to Bengal.

We all know her mindset regarding the Bangladesh refugees since 2005. Now she is opposing it (NRC) to promote communal polarisation so that people think that the Trinamool and the BJP are fighting. But actually, their stand on this issue is the same,” Misra alleged.

He said that the BJP and its allies would not have been able to get a foothold in Bengal without Banerjee’s support.

“The BJP has been trying to do this for a long time. I can recall that they were attempting this even 40 years ago. But they will not get any foothold in West Bengal without the support of this Chief Minister,” he added.

Parliamentary Panel raps centre on defence spending

New Delhi, Aug 5 (PTI): In a scathing 125-page document, a parliamentary committee led by BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi has called out the central government for “compromising” on national security by not investing enough in defence preparedness.

As per the re por t, spending on defence has declined from 13.5% of central government’s expenditure in 2014-15 to 12.20% in 201718. Defence expenditure’s share in GDP is the “lowest since the 1962 Indo-China War” to 1.56% from 2.06%, the report highlights.

Biggest worrying sign is that capital expenditure on defence, which has a direct impact on modernisation of armed forces, has seen a constant decline over the past few years. While it

was 39% of overall spending in 2016-17, it came down to 33% in 2017-18 and 34% in 2018-19. This is “tantamount to compromising safety and security of our country,” states the report.

Calling the central government “complacent” with respect to defence preparedness for a two-front war in the Indian Ocean, the committee said, “The Committee, therefore, strongly emphasises that allocation of adequate financial resources for defence preparedness both for the current needs and expansion & modernisation plans should be accorded highest priority to enable the services to meet the challenges concerning safety and security of the country.” The report has slammed the government for not doing much on imple-

mentation of the strategic partnership model, wherein Indian companies were to partner with global defence majors.

The report stated that the Ministry of Defence accepted before the committee that there was a shortage of 10-15% ammunition and some of them are of critical nature. The committee’s report has also called upon the government to fix the deficiencies in night-time vision equipment.

The committee would also like “the government to examine the feasibility of inserting a provision in the defence offset policy mandating setting up of defence production facilities in the MSME sector in order to expand domestic production base and promote Make in India initiative.”

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE NAGALAND : KOHIMA

NO. DHFW/PD/MISC/2017-18

Dated Kma the 4th August 2018

ADVISORY

This advisory is issued in view of the current heavy and incessant rain.

And has the tendency to cause contamination of water and food sources thereby triggering outbreak of food/ water borne diseases.

Do’s 1. Use only boiled water for drinking 2. Get drinking water from safe source 3. Wash hands with soap and water i) Before eating food ii) Before feeding your child iii) Before cooking meals iv) After using the toilets 4. Prevent flies from getting to food and eatables 5. Keep food and drinking water always covered 6. Avoid drinking water from ponds, lakes, and streams, if however you have to depend on this source, purify by using bleaching powder or boiling Don’t 1. Eat stale food and other eatables left in the open 2. Throw garbage near the water sources 3. Allow surface water to get into the well 4. Pass stools in the open 5. Go for self medication In the event of any illness, seek medical help from the nearest health facility.

For further enquiry, contact the office of the Chief Medical Officer/ Medical Superintendent Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Nagaland : Kohima DC-1418

Issued by DIPR

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OPINiON/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 240 Dimapur, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018

Colonising the north east

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15-year old youth was brutally strangulated to death in a most cold blooded manner somewhere in the jungles of a village near Dimapur on July 30 after he was abducted the same day for a ransom demand of Rs.2 lakh. Most shockingly, it is learnt that the accused-both local and non-localswere also from the same village. According to police, the boy was abducted and strangulated to death the same day without any transaction being done. The decomposed body was recovered a two days later at a nearby jungle. It was another shock that suspected immigrants in Nagaland, especially those in and around Dimapur, have topped the list of offenders and some of which are very heinous in nature. It may be recalled that some months ago, some local people had altercation with some IBIs who were demanding tax in the name of some outfits of which they(IBIs)were members. The problem is not as simple as inviting cheap labour to work in Dimapur or other places in Nagaland. The problem lies with the mentality among the local people who believe (wrongly) that they can tackle the ‘docile and hard working’ immigrants employed as cheap labour or farm hands. What is being witnessed is that years afterwards, after becoming familiar with the habits and weaknesses of the locals, the immigrants gradually exert their hold . In many instances, immigrants form the largest population in villages along the border areas and have been adopted as members of some villages. Despite being welcomed and treated with equality and traditional tribal hospitality, the immigrants have not shed their intent- to populate and colonise the north east. The movement of IBIs across the entire north east is also not as simple as moving from one place to another. There are many objectives for trans-immigration within the north east. The big picture is they consider the region as a colony to be occupied through continuous influx from Bangladesh. This has been best exemplified by the fate of the Tripuris who have become a minority in their own home. Tripuri tribals were majority in their land prior to Indian independence. However owing to partition, the percentage of Tripuri tribals gradually shrank in the face of massive influx from Bangladesh, mostly by Hindus.From 87.06 % in 1881 and down to 62.06% in 1941 prior to Indian independence, the percentage of indigenous Tripuri tribals decreased to 48.65 % after independence in 1951. On the other hand, the decadal rise in percentage of Bengali Hindus and Muslims etc in Tripura showed quantum increase in 1961 to 68.47%. Today as per 2001 census, out of 31.99 lakh people, tribal Tripuris as only 9.93 lakh whereas as Bengali speaking Hindus and others are 22.05 lakhs. The fact that a large number of suspected Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants(IBIs) are settled in the foothill areas along the border with Assam, is a serious issue. At a time when the NRC imploded in nearby Assam, rendering 40 lakh people stateless; the danger of several thousand or even a few lakhs spilling over into Nagaland is not an imagination but a real threat. A xenophobic response will be disastrous and unsuccessful in tackling the problem. The locals need to first set their house in order before taking up the issue head on.

DailyDevotion The Bewildering Call of God

“…and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.”…

But they understood none of these things…

—Luke 18:31, 34 God called Jesus Christ to what seemed absolute disaster. And Jesus Christ called His disciples to see Him put to death, leading every one of them to the place where their hearts were broken. His life was an absolute failure from every standpoint except God’s. But what seemed to be failure from man’s standpoint was a triumph from God’s standpoint, because God’s purpose is never the same as man’s purpose.

This bewildering call of God comes into our lives as well. The call of God can never be understood absolutely or explained externally; it is a call that can only be perceived and understood internally by our true innernature. The call of God is like the call of the sea— no one hears it except the person who has the nature of the sea in him. What God calls us to cannot be definitely stated, because His call is simply to be His friend to accomplish His own purposes. Our real test is in truly believing that God knows what He desires. The things that happen do not happen by chance— they happen entirely by the decree of God. God is sovereignly working out His own purposes.

If we are in fellowship and oneness with God and recognize that He is taking us into His purposes, then we will no longer strive to find out what His purposes are. As we grow in the Christian life, it becomes simpler to us, because we are less inclined to say, “I wonder why God allowed this or that?” And we begin to see that the compelling purpose of God lies behind everything in life, and that God is divinely shaping us into oneness with that purpose. A Christian is someone who trusts in the knowledge and the wisdom of God, not in his own abilities. If we have a purpose of our own, it destroys the simplicity and the calm, relaxed pace which should be characteristic of the children of God.

Quotes

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ~ Maya Angelou

Nagaland Post, Dimapur MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018

NGT, RBI imposing severe cost on the nation T he regulators are failing the people.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Reserve Bank (RBI) are unable to protect the people.

The NGT has passed order of removing 10-yearold green diesel vehicles, leading to over a lakh people in the national capital region to be forced to scrap their operational and virtually no-pollution creating cars. Shortly 15-year-old petrol vehicles too would meet same fate.

The RBI has been raising interest rates to counter inflation, but it has not been able to force the banks to pass on the benefits to the depositors.

In both the cases the common man is the worst sufferer. Nowhere in the world quixotic order such as the NGT has passed is imposed on the people.

The regulator may not be promoter for car manufacturers but in default ignoring the hardships of car owners has actually become so.

The banks are adding to their profits by not passing on the higher repo rate benefits to depositors. An obvious that is being seen is in the falling rate of deposits during the past many years. The RBI has done little to save the interest of depositors. It has not been able to stop the banks from

hiking fees and rates and deducting amounts from their accounts for services that are not availed.

A vehicle in a country with rickety and expensive public conveyance is a necessity. It is needed for the sustenance of individuals and their families and growth of the country. Most vehicles are purchased with bank loans and in many cases the repayment period exceeds the stipulated tenyear-period.

The NGT decision is to impoverish the people, benefit the car industry and ruin the economy of the country. It needs to learn from the UK, where 40-year-old cars are not only allowed to remain operational but as an incentive for good maintenance the annual licence fee is waived off.

Is the UK less conscious about pollution?

No, they are aware having gone through severe toils through many wars and economic hardships that depriving people of their wealth on silly pretexts help none. They also know that fuel of any kind, including CNG and battery – an essential component of solar power, is pollutant. But they do not pass orders that are anti-people.

India also needs to be careful. The petroleum lobby has been targeting

[The NGT decision to scrap vehicles is to impoverish the people, benefit the car industry and ruin the economy of the country. It needs to learn from the UK, where 40-yearold cars are not only allowed to remain operational but as an incentive for good maintenance the annual licence fee is waived off.

A new vehicle during its first six months of run causes more pollution and also emits fine metallic particles in the air.]

diesel as a pollutant fuel because poor countries like India uses it the most to reduce crude import and save precious foreign exchange.

The NGT has failed to clean the Ganga and ensure clean air for many cities suffering heavy air Shivaji and water pollution. It has made a soft target of the vehicles, which as per many records and studies contribute not more than 2 (two) percent of the total air pollution.

But it has been harping on it repeatedly because it gives them a good and easy publicity.

It apparently has not taken into account the losses that would accrue to nation in scrapping these cars. The scrapping process itself adds to effluent, metallic and plastic pollution.

The manufacture of new cars also goes through a pollutant industrial process. Of course, it rakes up phenomenal profits for the industry at the cost of pollution and public health.

The society pays for such unnecessary manufacture causing a severe loss. It also calls for a probe if such profits are being shared or not.

Even it has an unnecessary law and order and policing cost. A country that finds Sarkar appointing policemen not an easy task for its high cost would be forced to do an unnecessary job of removing vehicles.

Again it would increase rent seeking. A country of 130 crore people have 191 million vehicles.

How many vehicles can really be removed?

The NGT has not taken that into account.

The nation is passing through crises – it is economic, poverty and even political unrest. More the people are forced into this kind of misery supposedly “legal”, the more would be the unrest and again a cost on policing.

It is also a mistaken belief that this would earn the nation carbon points.

It would lose more be-

cause of adding carbon emission in scrapping and manufacturing of vehicles that would not be needed if the old well-maintained vehicles are operational.

Another cost of dumping the old vehicles has not been taken into account.

Where these would be dumped – at new dumping grounds or river beds?

The NGT instead of a draconian destructive decision should emphasise on having “swachha” vehicles and reduce pollution all around. It must allow vehicles to run their life and may be an extended one too.

It is a myth that old vehicles add to pollution and new one does not. In reality, a new vehicle during its first six months of run causes more pollution and also emits fine metallic particles in the air.

The scrapping order must be reversed to save the country from additional pollution, additional policing cost and rent seeking.

The banking system is also getting convoluted.

It shows that regulator whether in the areas of pollution or any other are unable to protect the interest of the consumers.

The banks also delve into another malpractice.

While they do not mind reducing interest rates automatically, when it comes

to take the benefit of rate raise, a rare phenomenon now, they blame it on the customers – that they have not made a “request”. This is malpractice.

In Australia, ANZ customers resorted to taking class action against the bank to get rid of excessive and illegal charges.

Consumers in India needs to learn. But why cannot RBI takesuomoto action?

The depositors are the unhappiest lot. There is no succour for them.

Fees have only gotten pricier in the US. Overdraft charges, ATM fees and other fares are big business there. It earned them an illegal $ 42.3 billion in 2015.

It is happening in India too.

Where is the remedy?

The failure of regulators like RBI and NGT are severe burden on the society. It costs billions of rupees to the poor Indians.

They must have not only rational approach but also have to act in the interest of the people and not their perpetrators whether it is the industry or the banks.

The regulators do not take into account the political costs. Their inappropriate actions lead to unrest and for that political masters have to pay a price.

The RBI and NGT have to act to prevent such unnecessary harmful costs.

Post-mortem

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A state too poor to build a culvert

aving studied Arts, I have no knowledge of civil engineering and particularly road construction technicalities.

I only know that when a portion of asphalt carpeted road lasts despite of tear, wear and monsoon rain, I considered it to be of good workmanship and of the result of transparency. I am also perplexed as to how some portions of concrete drainage of our roads are elevated higher than the level of the surface of the road.

Did the technical advisers expect the water in those areas flow upward? What technicality is this that water is not allowed to flow by such drainage. When the top layer of an RCC bridge or culvert peels off within short span of its construction, I considered it to be the result of corruption.

When asphalt starts peeling off from freshly carpeted road, I considered it to be the direct result of corruption of the Government.

Why blame Govt. and not the concerned Department?

Because I heard that there used to be percentage deductions for ruling party, for Finance Deptt., for concerned Miniter’s share, for NNPGs, for royalty, etc. against every development project. And all those percentage deduction paraphernalia works out to be more than 50% of the total amount sanctioned for that project. Therefore, firstly the contractor is not to be blamed for the reason

that no quality workmanship can be expected from any contractor when one is compelled to complete a project with a mere 50% or less of the sanctioned amount.

When a road is completed without sufficient number of cross drains, culverts and with no or namesake drainage, I called it to be ‘Naga technical road’. Because our qualified Naga technicians are found to be less bothered about existing specifications for road constructions.

Whereas, many locations in capital Kohima are found to be unstable due to natural loose earth and are therefore landslide prone.

Proper channeling of the flow of drainage water and rain water in those unstable locations should be our priority so as to keep our assets, be it public or private, saved from destructions in disasters. Though it is beyond the capability of human to stop earthquake, cyclone, hailstorm and rain, when we take requisite precautions we can even preempt natural disasters to great extent. Whereas, when we ignore such precautions we become responsible for manmade calamities. The better instance is the road block at Sanuoru from town to New Secretariat at the moment.

My question is, what the successive governments have been doing for this portion of road needing a culvert over Sanuoru rivulet.

This road is the lifeline for

all the activities of Nagaland Govt. as this is the main road leading to NLA, New Secretariat and to several Directorates. Yet, when the old culvert was washed away few years ago, the Govt. has been unable to provide a stronger culvert across the rivulet whereas such daily heavy traffic is made to crawl through rat hole. The Govt. should have constructed a culvert of double lane over it with fund mobilized on priority whatever may be the cost. Because of the Chief Secretary Mr. Temjen Toy who admitted that capital Kohima being placed in disarray is ‘embarrassing’ has soothed me to tone down.

Otherwise, what Urban Development Department has been doing with its crores for Kohima town all these years. Subject to correction, but I heard that not less than 4 crores of rupees was given specifically for the very purpose of building a culvert at Sanuoru. If so, which department is the nodal authority? Whether tender floated? If so, who is the contractor? If tender is yet to be called, what is the reason for withholding the work?

Was this issue raised by any Opposition MLA in any sitting of NLA? If not, why?

Is it not the bounden duty of the Opposition bench to raise such issue of public importance? Is Opposition NPF having any inhibition on issues of public interest?

As it is, Nagaland Govt. has been incapable of building

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a pre-requisite culvert in its Capital. Is it not shameful.

We all know that under the global climatic change, weather cannot be predicted.

Look at the scenario of natural calamities across the globe. The Govt. must no longer remain complacent and satisfied with its stereotype activities. The landslides destroying houses, roads and fields so far must be an eye opener to present day Govt. Apprehensive that bigger disasters await us in the case of Capital Kohima.

Unless the Govt. comes up with comprehensive plan to stabilize the lands with anti-erosion measures for streambeds in particular and landslide prone areas, several localities are already burdened with heavy structures.

Because of the unadvisable and overweight structures in unstable location, the poorer section in the neighborhood can be the victims when disaster strikes.

Treatment of those vulnerable areas is therefore imperative. Drainage being integral part of such treatment, private parties encroaching drainage passage or blocking the public drainage should be dealt with iron hand. I have seen private parties used to be stronger than the Govt. in such cases placing the legal authorities at the receiving end. It is time for the legal authorities to enforce law on its citizens judiciously in the interest of the people as a whole.

Z. Lohe

Swachha Bharat Mission: Dream of Economic Prosperity

(From previous issue) If India and its tourist destinations are clean, it will bring more people and will also bring about a paradigm shift in the countries global perception.

Thus cleanliness of a country is directly linked to tourism and economy. Moreover sanitation improvements can lead to more jobs which would also lead to economic growth. Therefore Swachh Bharat Abhiyan serves dual purpose, will not only keep the country clean and healthy but also enhance the economy.

A further study by the World Bank estimates that nearly 40% of Indians children are physically and cognitively stunted -primarily because of the lack of sanitation. Such a large proportion of our future workforce not being able to reach their full productive capacity poses a serious threat to our biggest strength - our demographic dividends. Solving this problem is at the core of our developmental agenda and to our potential of becoming a global economic super power.

Healthy Body result in healthy mind which is directly proportional to productivity of an individual.

Swachh Bharat Mission will lead to Healthy India which in turn increase productivity of Indians. High productivity means high earning potential. For example, a healthy auto driver can work for 12 hrs a day from existing 8 hrs thus can earn 50% more increasing per capita GDP of the country.

Finally under current economic condition, India desperately need Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Because FDI brings technology, management and marketing skills which may accelerate economic growth and job opportunities. Going by example of Singapore which undertook similar cleanliness drive from 1977 to 1987. It helped Singapore to attract FDI. “Keep Singapore Clean” - campaign transformed Singapore from developing to developed nation. Hope Swachh Bharat Mission will do similar wonders for India. If we want financial growth then we have to collectively make Swachh Bharat Mission - a roaring success in the next 5 years - otherwise we will be leading to an environmental dystopia too.

(Concluded) Amit Sengupta, GHSS, Diphupar - A, Dimapur, (amit.sengupta18@gmail.com)

Reader’s Post

Can NRC Assam be a model formula ?

his time around the climate situ- due to greed, the terrains of Nagaland ation in Nagaland has led to a would be more stable. This year it widespread natural calamity has indeed been a terrible experience unseen in the past. The heavy rainfall for the people of the state since our Sir, Assam shows India the way. But opposition cries foul. We believe putting Indians first has caused so much damage not only bridges etc were washed off last year in India.

A recent threatening by Bengal CM on NRC is totally unacceptable. The peace to crops but in terms of roads and in- and now our road connectivity within frastructure in our state. Many people districts too has vanished completely. loving Assam won’t fall prey to such political vultures. The Rajya Sabha made hue and cry say it is God’s way of making the Naga How much can public contribution in where 4 millions names had been left out from NRC draft. There are also a huge numbers Christians realize their own follies and terms of man power and finances help of infiltrators who did not apply on NRC process. They entered illegally and took shelter it just might be true to a certain extent. to restore the entire road connectivity on the name of humanitarian cause after partition. The continue influx of Bangladeshi However, all these hardships could plus roads within the towns ? People posed a threat to the integrity and security of NE region. Even big cities of India are being have been avoided had government may be generous enough to contribute encroached by suspected citizens. We taxpayers can’t continue bear the additional expense and public paid heed to good quality to the relief fund but how did the relief of supporting illegals. All political parties should come out their position on the policy of roads, bridges and drainages or even fund run out in the first place. We can immigration. Now the next step remains its implementation. Assam accord defines the culverts on the roads. We cannot keep all contribute our bit but at the end of evolution of citizenship statute. The names of infiltrators are be deleted and they are to blaming our soil as prone to landslides the day, management of state finances be deported. The work fencing of Indo-Bangla border is to be completed on war footing and so forth. With proper retaining especially for disaster situations need with barbed wire. Clause 6 of Assam accord must be implemented to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the indigenous communities walls, landslides would not occur and to be seriously maintained. of Assam. Can NRC Assam be a model formula for entire India in the future?

Tialila Pongener, if we had the commonsense to plant Kamal Baruah, Guwahati AG Colony Kohima more trees instead of cutting down Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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President Ram Nath Kovind presents a certificate to a student during the 7th convocation of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad on Sunday. (PTI)

Hyderabad/Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS): President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said that the best scientific universities and institutions of learning are not just teaching shops or degree factories but increasingly they are sources of innovation and incubators of technology and technologydriven start-ups.

He was speaking at the seventh convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad at Kandi in Sangareddy district near here.

“The knowledge ecosystem of public investments in science, academic institutions and universities, research laboratories, commercial applications and private enterprise has an almost magical potential. Its

best example is, of course, Silicon Valley in the US. At the core of Silicon Valley are basic science and technology campuses and their talented faculty and students,” he said.

The President advised IIT Hyderabad to remain relevant to the fourth industrial revolution that he said will write the script of the 21st century. He said that as a second generation IIT, it should borrow from as well as learn from the models of the past. Kovind was happy to note that IIT Hyderabad had made a start by setting up a network of centres for research and promotion of entrepreneurship.

The President said that IIT Hyderabad had been set up in a city and in a metropolitan area where sev-

eral elements for knowledge ecosystem already exist.

Hyderabad had a long tradition of scientific discovery and application, he added.

He noted that in Hyderabad there were as many as 19 research facilities and laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Biotechnology, the Department of Atomic Energy, the Defence Research and Development Organisation and the Indian Space Research Organisation.

The President said that individually, many of these entities were doing excellent work but there was a need for cross-pollination.

“IIT Hyderabad is not envisaged as just an add-on to this ecosystem. Rather, it needs to be the hub of this ecosystem. It must be the connecting tissue and the catalyst for a greater synergy.”

Kov i n d u r ge d I I T Hyderabad to break out of silos and to encourage others to break out of silos. He said that India will judge the success of IIT Hyderabad by the vitality and the output it can ensure for not just itself but for the entire Hyderabad knowledge ecosystem.

Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Telangana

Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Irrigation Minister Harish Rao and others attended the convocation.

Kovind visits ailing Karunanidhi

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday visited DMK President M. Karunanidhi at the Kauvery Hospital here and wished him speedy recovery.

“Visited Thiru Karunanidhi, met Kalaignar’s family members and doctors, and inquired about his health. Wishing the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a veteran of our public life, a quick recovery,” Kovind tweeted.

Kovind was accompanied by Governor Banwarilal Purohit. He met Karunanidhi’s son M.K. Stalin and daughter Kanimozhi at the hospital and enquired about their father’s health.

A five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi was admitted to Kauvery Hospital on July 28 after a dip in his blood pressure and has since been under treatment. His condition is said to be stable now.

Earlier, Kovind was received at the airport by Purohit, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam.

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Rijiju assures all help to Nagaland (From p-1) He also appreciated the State government for pressing into service the entire State machinery and doing its best in combating the calamities. Rio expressed his gratefulness to Rijiju for showing his concern by personally visiting Nagaland and assuring that Delhi had not forgotten the State.

Stating that restoration was the main challenge, the chief minister sought additional Central fund to start restoration works immediately. Rio also urged Rijiju to provide ex-gratia to the kin of 10 persons who died in the disaster. He informed Rijiju that PDA legislators had decided to contribute one month’s salary, while all party workers were giving donations. He also appealed to all government servants to contribute voluntarily to help the government deal with the disaster. Nagaland DGP, T. John Longkumer; state Home secretary, Rovilatuo Mor, Commissioner of Police, Limasunep Jamir, DC Dimapur Sushil Kumar Patel and others were also present in the meeting.

Later, addressing the media at Naithu Resort after Rijiju left for New Delhi, Mor said the MoS had assured to take up Nagaland’s situation on a priority basis.

Mor, who is also holding additional charge of NSDMA, said most of the district headquarters, towns and villages were cut-off due

to massive landslides, mudslides and sinking of roads, adding that 10 lives had been lost so far. He said some emergency commodities had been supplied to Kiphire, which was completely cut off from the rest of the State for last two weeks, with assistance from Association of Offroaders Nagaland.

Despite efforts being made to air-drop commodities for the last three consecutive days, Mor said the same could not be achieved due to bad weather in Kiphire district. He added that after two days, essential commodities were dropped at Tobu on Sunday. Mor also assured that medical teams would assess the situation at the earliest.

Nagaland seeks ‘special package’ to rebuild, reconstruct NSDMA OSD Johnny Ruangmei, who too addressed the press meet, said the State government had sought “special package” for reconstruction.

Ruangmei said a request was made to Rijiju to extend assistance to Nagaland through “special package” as restoration and re-building of infrastructure under National Disaster Response Fund as the fund was “very limited”. A verbal request was also made to High Level Committee through the MoS to recommend allied ministries to sanction “special packages” to rebuild and reconstruct damaged infrastructure. Headed by

Union Home minister, the HLC has Union Finance and Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare ministers as members.

Ruangmei said the State government would send a “memorandum” for the same. He said Rijiju was also briefed about the immediate requirements of the State like food grains, additional helicopter and additional package. With NSDMA identifying 103 locations has having incurred “major damages”, Ruangmei said Rs 100 crore (rough estimate) was required immediately. He added that Nagaland would need “not less than” Rs. 300 crore to rebuild the damage.

Medical supplies, team yet to reach calamity-hit areas Meanwhile, though the ongoing inclement weather condition had entered second week, the State government was yet to dispatch medical supplies and medical teams to affected areas.

When asked whether medical teams had been sent to the affected areas to ascertain possible disease outbreak, the OSD replied in negative and cited landslides and mudslides, which had cut off towns and villages, as primary reasons. Ruangmei admitted that the present medical stock in Kohima would last only for three days. He added that health & family welfare department was looking into the matter and ensure that medical teams were dispatched to far-flung affected areas.

36 ‘divyang’ cyclists set out to conquer Himalayas Shimla, Aug 5 (IANS): Thirty six ‘divyang’ (disabled) cyclists, comprising Border Security Force (BSF) personnel who suffered disability in various operations, set out from here on Sunday for a 10day expedition to conquer the Himalayan ranges, event organisers said.

The 700-km para-cycling expedition named ‘Infinity Ride 2018’ of the BSF was flagged off

by Himachal Pradesh Director General of Police S.R. Mardi. The event was hosted by the BSF Western Command of Chandigarh and assisted by the Aditya Mehta Foundation, an NGO working for the upliftment of para-athletes.

ANTA warns taxi drivers

(From p-1) In a press note, ANTA president Viba Solo warned of action against defaulters.

It also directed all drivers, especially zonal taxis, to ask non-Naga passengers for valid documents such as Inner Line Permits, passes and local proof etc. in view of the present NRC issue.

ANTA also appealed to the public not to harbor any drivers who violate such acts.

LH slams Wka-Merapani road contractors 122 new research projects Centre delayed NRC citing (From p-1)

LH stated that it had been observing that the contractor CS Infraconstruction Ltd and NHIDCL, instead of executing the project, “visited the owner of a so called hindrance” and indirectly threatened that in the event the road widening the house, shop, garden, etc, would be demolished. It said the owner(s) were made to write a claim for compensation or else the roadwork would be done without compensation, it alleged.

LH said such an exercise was done without the knowledge of Lotha organisations, and it suspected that NHIDCL and contractor CS Infraconstruction Ltd had submitted such claims to North Eastern Council and Development of North

Eastern Region ministry to allege that the road could not be implemented due to land owners’ objections.

LH said if NHIDCL and the contractor obtained written claims from owners of “so-called hindrances”, then these must have been done with coercion to serve their vested interest of extracting maximum profit with minimum work.

LH further said that Lotha organisations knew well that there was no provision for damage compensation but NHIDCL and the contractor were playing a game of “hide and seek” so that payment might be given without actually implementing the work.

Referring to NHIDCL and the contractor’s clarification time and again, that no sub contract or power

of attorney had been given to any one and that CS Infraconstruction Ltd was the sole contractor, LH clarified that it was not against any subletting, but insisted that the specifications would have to be followed, whoever the contractor was.

LH said the Lotha organisations were convinced that the ongoing work was likely to be another failure as NHIDCL seemed to be “hopelessly incompetent”, besides having not honoured commitments several times.

Under the circumstances, the apex Lotha body advised NHIDCL and the contractor to pack up and leave the road project, so that the work could be awarded to a more competent contractor through a more efficient agency after retendering.

selected: HRD Minister

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS): Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that 122 new research projects had been selected, costing Rs 112 crore, under IMPRINT-II to strengthen research in higher education institutions.

“Out of 2,145 proposals, 122 best ones were selected for funding under IMPRINT-II, advancing cutting-edge level technology,” Javadekar said in a statement here.

Impacting Research, Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) is a national initiative of the Ministry to address major engineering challenges relevant to the

Prakash Javadekar (file)

county through inclusive and sustainable translational research. “of these 122 projects, 81 are sponsored by the industry... this industryacademic collaboration will bring excellence in research,” Javadekar said, adding that knowledge portal will be launched in October 2018 for monitoring the progress of research projects and dissemination of the findings.

law and order problem: Cong

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS): The Congress on Sunday said the Modi government delayed the preparation and publication of Assam’s draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) by claiming in the Supreme Court that the process can spread fear of violence among the people and pose law and order problem.

Addressing a press conference here, Congress leader Pawan Khera said: “The ‘Shah’ of lies and the ‘Shahenshah of jumlas’ tried their best to stall the NRC. The Attorney General used the fear of violence to delay the NRC.” He said that the Supreme Court had come

down heavily on the government for its excuses to delay the publication of the NRC in Assam. “The Supreme Court ordered on November 30, 2017, that it is ‘sheer inaction’ on part of the executive in dragging the matter for over three years and the absence of any justifiable cause to hold back even a partial publication, which led the court to

direct the publication of the draft NRC on or before December 31, 2017,” the Congress leader said.

He said that the Attorney General had submitted that part publication of the draft NRC could result in law and order problem in as much as a large segment of the people would understand that their names have been excluded from the draft.

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Citing sources, the press release further added that, some of the projects were yet to start as the MoUs have not been signed,

but necessary formalities are being undertaken so that they are signed as soon as possible. These projects are expected to start by the beginning of the 3rd Quarter of Financial Year 2018-19.

The North East India and Myanmar businessmen acknowledged and thanked the Myanmar Gover nment, Myanmar Embassy & Myanmar Consulate and

Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio for facilitating the signing of the MoUs. The managing director of KMMC Limited also thanked one U Wang Yu. It mentioned that for a while, all business done between Myanmar and North East India has been done through U Wang Yu and all the five MoU signed this year had also been signed through him.

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D I M A P U R , A UG 5 (NPN): A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Kaung Myat Mingalar Company Limited (KMMC) and contractor & supplier from Nagaland, D. Yongnyak on July 26 in Kolkata regarding supply of organic goods from Nagaland to Myanmar.

A press release from KMMC project director U Yan Fa Kyauk stated that this year alone five MoUs have been signed between Myanmar and states of North East (NE) India, mostly from Mizoram and Nagaland. Two MoU were signed to supply products from the North East to Myanmar and three MoU were signed for import and export of services and goods from India to Myanmar and vice versa.

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New Delhi, Aug 5 (PTI): The government is likely to hike import duty on about 300 textile products to boost domestic manufacturing and create employment opportunities, sources said.

Foreign direct investment norms for the sector may also be relaxed. Products on which imports duties are expected to increase includes some fabrics, garments and man-made fibres. The duties could be enhanced to 20 per cent from the current level of about 5-10 per cent.

According to government sources, the Finance Ministry may soon issue a notification in this regard.

If the government decides to notify the duty hikes this week, then it would have to be first tabled in Parliament. Increase in duties would give an edge to domestic manufacturers as the imported products are relatively cheaper. Increase in manufacturing activity will help create jobs in the sector, which employs about 10.5 crore people.

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CII examined 818 product lines where the US has raised tariffs for imports from China. Between 2012 and 2017, China’s exports to the US have moved up the value chain with accelerated growth in high-technology items such as telecommunications equipment, automotive, cell phones, etc.

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1500-3000 cc, valve bodies and parts of taps, said the chamber.

Exports of these items stood at over USD 50 million in 2017, according to CII, and can be increased with concerted efforts.

Countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia have increased their exports of these products to the US in recent years, the chamber noted.

Based on India’s current exports to the US in these categories, products such as intermediate parts for the defence and aerospace sector, vehicles and auto parts, engineering goods, etc. have a higher potential for export, it said.

“Sectors like apparel and textiles, footwear, toys and games and cell phone manufacturing are becoming competitive industries in India and need to be encouraged,” CII said.

The chamber suggested that the trade dialogue with

Mumbai, Aug 5 (PTI): Bank credit grew by 12.44 per cent to Rs 86,13,164 crore in the fortnight to July 20, according to the RBI data.

In the year-ago period, bank credit had stood at Rs 76,59,898 crore.

Growth in advances during the reporting period was marginally lower than the increase registered in the fortnight to July 6, when loans increased by 12.78 per cent to Rs 86,60,069 crore.

During the repor ting fortnight, deposits increased by 8.15 per cent to Rs 1,14,38,121 crore from Rs 1,05,75,615 crore a year ago, according to the data.

Deposit the growth, the pace was slower than that in the last fortnight ended July 6, 2018, when they had risen 8.33 per cent to Rs 1,14,85,768 crore.

In June 2018, the nonfood bank credit rose 11.1 per cent as against a rise of 4.8 per cent in the same month last year.

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An analysis by the industry chamber revealed that India should focus on the US market for items in the categories of machinery, electrical equipment, vehicles and transport parts, chemicals, plastics and rubber products.

“India can focus on numerous goods for expanding its exports to the US and China markets following the hike in duties by both countries on imports from each other,” CII said.

Top exports from India to the US which are covered in the list of items for which tariffs have been hiked include pumps, parts of military aircraft, parts for electrodiagnostic apparatus, passenger vehicles of

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Jakarta, Aug 5 (AP): A strong earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok Sunday, killing at least three people and shaking neighbouring Bali, one week after another quake on Lombok killed more than a dozen.

The latest quake, which triggered a brief tsunami warning, damaged buildings as far away as Denpasar on Bali, including a department store and the airport terminal, where ceiling panels were shaken loose, authorities said.

The quake, recorded at magnitude 7.0 by the US Geological Survey, struck early this evening at a depth of 10.5 kilometers in the northern part of Lombok.

A tsunami warning was lifted after waves just 15 centimetres high were recorded in three villages, said the head of Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, Dwikorita Karnawati.

in the world, I am fine, I am alive... A flying object exploded near me, a big explosion. Seconds later there was a second explosion.”

He initially thought the explosions were fireworks which were part of the parade.

Maduro said the investigation into the incident started immediately and that some of those involved in the attack had been captured and charged, although he did not specify the charges against them.

“The preliminary investigation indicates that many of those responsible for the attack, the financiers and planners, live in the US in the state of Florida,” Maduro said.

“I hope the (President Donald) Trump administration is willing to fight terrorist groups that commit attacks in peaceful countries in our continent, in this case Venezuela.”

On blaming Colombia for the attack, Maduro said, “All the investigations point to Bogota... They have tried

EU pushing Britain to no-deal Brexit: Fox

Liam Fox LONDON, Aug 5 (Agencies): British trade minister Liam Fox said “intransigence” from the European Union was pushing Britain towards a no-deal Brexit, in an interview published on Saturday by the Sunday Times. With less than eight months until Britain quits the EU, the government has yet to agree a divorce deal with Brussels and has stepped up planning for the possibility of leaving the bloc without any formal agreement.

Fox, a promiment Brexit supporter in Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet, put the odds of Britain leaving the European Union without agreeing a deal over

their future relationship at 60-40.

“I think the intransigence of the commission is pushing us towards no deal,” Fox told the Sunday Times after a trade mission in Japan.

“We have set out the basis in which a deal can happen but if the EU decides that the theological obsession of the unelected is to take priority over the economic wellbeing of the people of Europe then it’s a bureaucrats’ Brexit -- not a people’s Brexit -- (and) then there is only going to be one outcome.”It was up to the EU whether it wanted to put “ideological purity” ahead of the real economy, Fox said.

If Britain fails to agree the terms of its divorce with the EU and leaves without even a transition agreement to smooth its exit, it would revert to trading under World Trade Organization rules in March 2019.

Most economists think this would cause serious harm to the world’s No.5 economy as trade with the EU, Britain’s largest market, would become subject to tariffs.

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The Venezuelan government has long blamed Colombia for plotting overthrows.

In response, the Colombian government said there was “no basis” to Maduro’s allegations.

“This is baseless. The President (Santos) is engaged in the baptism of his granddaughter, Celeste, and not overthrowing foreign governments,” a source from the Colombian President’s office told the media in Bogota.

NATO forces carrying out operations in Afghanistan. (File)

KABUL, Aug 5 (Agencies): A Taliban suicide bomber killed three NATO forces on a foot patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday in an attack that also wounded a U.S. soldier and two Afghan troops, NATO said in a statement.

The Czech military confirmed that the three killed were Czech service members.

The Taliban claimed the attack, which took place near Charakar, the provincial capital of the Parwan province. “My thoughts and prayers, along with those of all of the 41-contributing Resolute Support nations, are with the families and friends of our fallen and wounded service members, and our injured Afghan brothers and their families,” said U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces

in Afghanistan. “Their sacrifice will endure in both our hearts and history, and further strengthen our resolve.”

Czech Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar also offered his condolences.

The Czechs had recently approved a plan to deploy 390 soldiers in Afghanistan through 2020, up from the current 230, as part of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission. NATO formally concluded its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014, but some 16,000 U.S. and other NATO soldiers are providing support and training to Afghan troops and carrying out counterterrorism missions.

Last month, the Taliban struck a NATO convoy with a suicide car bomb in the eastern Logar province.

The attack killed two civilians and damaged a NATO

vehicle.

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, the Taliban attacked a newly constructed district headquarters in the southern Uruzgan province early Saturday, killing four Afghan soldiers, according to Mohammad Maruf Ahmadzai, the provincial police chief.

He said nine Taliban fighters were killed in the ensuing gunbattle.

The Taliban claimed the attack and said they captured soldiers alive.

Both the Taliban and a local IS affiliate regularly target Afghan security forces. The IS affiliate has also carried out several attacks targeting the country’s Shiite minority. On Sunday, IS claimed a suicide attack two days earlier on a mosque in the city of Gardez, south of Kabul. The attack killed at least 29 people and wounded another 81.

Bangladesh clashes continue as protests intensify Dhaka, Aug 5 (Agencies): Violent clashes continued in Bangladesh as authorities fired tear gas and shut down mobile internet connections after a week of student protests that brought tens of thousands to the streets.

On Sunday, thousands of students from various schools and colleges started controlling traffic in the capital, Dhaka, for the eighth consecutive day.

Bangladeshi police fired tear gas at students occupying an intersection in central Dhaka.

“It was a peaceful rally but suddenly police fired tear gas shells aimed at us [that] left several injured,” Mohammad Atikur Rahman, one of the protesters, told dpa news agency.

A number of journalists were also beaten and had their cameras taken away, reportedly by ruling Awami League party members.

Telecommunications companies were ordered to suspend 3G and 4G services for a period of 24 hours on late Saturday, the English-language Dhaka Tribune reported, hours after dozens of demonstra-

Iran refuses talks with US under coercion

and medium-sized enterprises, Qasemi noted.

Following Trump’s decision to quit the historic Iran nuclear pact on May 8, the United States vowed to reimpose sanctions lifted under the accord against Iran and inflict punishments like secondary sanctions on nations that have business links with Iran. Washington’s withdrawal from the landmark Iran nuclear deal was criticized across the Bahram Qasemi world. Some of its major Tehran, Aug 5 (IANS): I n t h e m e a n t i m e, European allies have been Iran will not sit down for Qasemi rejected the possi- working to prevent the 2015 negotiations under pres- bility of war between Tehran deal from falling apart. sures, in particular with US and Washington, saying no President Donald Trump country is able to carry out who “has breached obliga- such actions in the current tions,” Iran’s Foreign Min- world. He also said Tehran istry spokesperson Bahram expects the European counQasemi said on Saturday. tries to bring forward a pracIf the US wants nego- tical package of proposals to tiations, it should stop pres- salvage Iranian nuclear deal, sures and sanctions, Qasemi also known as JCPOA, after was quoted as saying by of- the U.S. pull-out in May. ficial IRNA news agency.

Iran wants guarantees Under such circum- from Europe to maintain stances negotiations cannot banking cooperation and be held, he said, adding investments in Iran’s oil that the Iranian people will fields as well as continuaresist the pressures and will tion of cooperation between Iranian and European small conquer finally.

Bangladeshi students are protesting poor road safety after two teens were killed by a speeding bus.

tors were injured during street battles with police on Saturday. Jahirul Haq, chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, told AFP news agency regulators received an order from the government, but didn’t give further details.

The restrictions were rolled out after thousands of students took to the streets in recent days to protest poor road safety following the killing of teenagers Diya Khanam Mim and Abdul Karim

Rajib by a speeding bus a week ago.

Demonstrators stopped motorists in Dhaka and in other parts of the country to check licenses and registrations, causing significant traffic disruptions.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called on students to return home after police reportedly fired tear gas at a crowd gathered in front of the Awami League’s office in Dhaka’s Jigatala neighbourhood.

“I request all guardians and parents to keep their children at home.

Whatever they have done is enough,” said Hasina.

“Our police force has started a week-long drive to bring discipline on the roads.”

A day earlier, witnesses reported seeing police fire rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators gathered in Jigatala. Police denied the allegations.

The Awami League also refuted accusations that its members attacked protesters.

Shahidul Alam, a social activist, told Al Jazeera from Dhaka the protests were driven by “larger” factors than road safety alone.

He highlighted “the looting of the banks, the gaggling of the media, the extrajudicial killings, disappearings, bribery and corruption”.

“Today the police specifically asked for help from armed goons to combat unarmed students demanding safe roads,” said Alam.

“The government has miscalculated. It thought that fear and repression would be enough but you cannot tame an entire nation in this manner.”

More than 4,200 people were killed in road accidents throughout Bangladesh last year, a 25 percent increase from 2016, according to private research group the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways.

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A mysterious rebel group made up of Venezuelan civilians and military on Saturday claimed responsibility for an “assassination” attempt on President Nicolas Maduro, according to a statement posted on social media.

The explosion, which the government said injured seven soldiers, took place during a televised Caracas military parade. It was later claimed by a group calling itself the “National Movement of Soldiers in Shirts.”

“It is contrary to military honor to keep in government those who not only have forgotten the Constitution, but who have also made public office an obscene way to get rich,” the group said in a statement, which was passed to USbased opposition journalist Patricia Poleo, who read it on her YouTube channel.

“If the purpose of a government is to achieve the greatest amount of happiness possible, we cannot tolerate that the population is suffering from hunger, that the sick do not have medicine, that the currency has no value, or that the education system neither educates or teaches, only indoctrinating communism,” added the statement.

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“We have the sad duty to announce that one of our Ju-52 aircraft had a accident today,” the airline said on its website. “At the moment, no further information is available.”

Police said on Twitter that five helicopters and a large rescue mission were deployed to the scene of the accident, which occurred on the west side of the Piz Segnas mountain in the canton of Graubuenden.

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Maduro was evacuated from a stage on Saturday evening during a speech at an event to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Bolivarian National Guard here after what authorities concluded was a “failed” and attempted “terrorist attack against the President”, reports CNN. While he was in the middle of a pledge to lead the country toward an economic recovery, two drones loaded with explosives went off near the podium from where the President was speaking, Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez confirmed to the media.

Photos of the incident showed bodyguards jumping in front of Maduro with shields and one uniformed officer clutching a bleeding wound on his head.

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‘Big Bang Theory’ S-12 may not be its last says CBS boss

'The Big Bang Theory' may continue beyond Season 12 according to CBS Meribeni Patton boss Kelly Kahl. performing during Pinaki here’s good news for when asked about the fu- at another round of nego- Saha Charity held at CHSS those hoping that ture of the series. tiations with its core cast. auditorium on Sunday.

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the end of CBS’ smash-hit comedy “The Big Bang Theor y.” The network seems confident that the show will continue beyond the cast’s current contracts.

CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl told reporters at Sunday’s Television Critics Association summer press tour that he doesn’t think the show will end despite the cast not yet being renewed to continue.

“We don’t believe it’s the final year. We are in preliminary discussions to renew the show with Warner Bros.,” he revealed

creator of “The Big Bang Theory,” told The Hollywood Reporter last year that he believed that Season 12 could be the last for the gang of intrepid nerds. He even acknowledged the fact that no one believed the show would even last this long when it started.

The outlet notes that Warner Bros. Television inked new cast deals in 2017 for an estimated $900,000 per person. However, that deal did not account for anything past Season 12, meaning after the upcoming season, if “The Big Bang Theory” wants to continue, CBS is looking

includes Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik.

Series co-creator Bill Prady, reacted to the news in the most vague way possible, simply commenting “Huh,” on social media.

When last fans left the series, Sheldon and Amy had finally tied the knot after many years of dating. With everyone in their respective happy place, it’s unclear where things will go or if Season 12 has been thought of as the show’s last.

(FoxNews)

Onen Nenty from Nagaland (3rd from R) took part in the recently concluded Himalayan Odyssey Women Edition 2018. She was among a team of 12 riders who made it to ‘Khardung La’, a mountain pass in Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir. The pass is situated at an elevation of 17,582 ft above sea level. The 18-day journey was flagged off at India Gate in New Delhi and it covered a distance of 2,200 kms.

Sir Patrick Stewart to reprise Star Trek role Jean-Luc Picard

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ir Patrick Stewart is boldly going where he has been before - by reprising the Star Trek role of Jean-Luc Picard.

The character will feature in a new CBS All Access series chronicling his life after Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The actor announced the news in a surprise appearance at the annual Star Trek convention in Las Vegas on Saturday, after months of speculation.

His career spans almost six decades and includes the role of Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men franchise. Sir Patrick, who is 78 and British, played Picard in 178 episodes of the sci-fi television series between 1987 and 1994, and in four feature films.

“I will always be very proud to have been a part of the Star Trek: The Next Generation, but when we wrapped that final movie in the spring of 2002, I truly

felt my time with Star Trek had run its natural course,” said the Shakespearean actor, who lives in New York City.

“It is an unexpected but delightful surprise to find myself excited and invigorated to be returning to Jean-Luc Picard and to explore new dimensions with him.”

Alex Kurtzman, the executive producer on the new yet-to-be-named show, said: “It’s a privilege to welcome Sir Patrick Stewart back into the Star Trek fold.”

“For over 20 years, fans have hoped for the return of Captain Jean-Luc Picard

and that day is finally here.

We can’t wait to forge new ground, surprise people, and honour generations both new and old,” Mr Kurtzman said in media reports.

Details on the new series, which will be available through the US streaming service, are still under wraps, including title and release date. Star Trek is a multi-billion-dollar cultural phenomenon, which turned 50 years old in 2016.

(BBC)

Seagal made special US-Russia envoy Bruno Mars makes history in Hawaii

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ussia has appointed the US actor Steven Seagal as a special envoy to improve ties with the United States.

Seagal was granted Russian citizenship in 2016 and has praised President Putin as a great world leader.

Born in the US, the martial arts star gained international fame for roles in the 1980s and ‘90s like Under Siege.

He is also one of the Hollywood stars accused by several women of sexual misconduct in the wake of the #MeToo campaign, which he has denied.

The Russian foreign ministry made the announcement on its official Facebook page, saying the unpaid position was similar to that of a United Nations’

Steven Seagal (L) has praised President Putin's policies.

goodwill ambassador and Seagal would promote US-Russia relations “in the humanitarian sphere”.

The Flight of Fury star, still popular with Russian audiences, has recently defended the Russian government over claims that it meddled in 2016 US elections.

The 66-year-old has called President Putin “one

of the great living world leaders”, and when Seagal was granted Russian citizenship, said he hoped it would be a symbol of how relations between Moscow and Washington were starting to improve.

Seagal was also granted Serbian citizenship in 2016, following several visits to the Balkan country.

(BBC)

rammy-winning singer Bruno Mars has broken a record in his native Honolulu with three back-to-back sellouts at Aloha Stadium.

Mars has become the first artiste to break the Aloha Stadium concert attendance records of popular rock band U2 and of late singer Michael Jackson, both of whom played for two nights at the 50,000-capacity stadium, reports variety.com.

As part of his ‘24k Magic World Tour’, the tickets to the shows quickly flew off the shelves, prompting Mars to add a third date at Aloha Stadium.

Tickets moved swiftly as Mars offered priority sales to zip code-restricted Hawaii residents for the

first 48 hours.

T h e n ew ly a d d e d show will take place on November 8, while the two previously booked concerts will be held on November

10 and 11.

The ‘24K Magic World Tour’ is in support of Mars’ 2016 album “24K Magic”.

(IANS)

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just to do those two shows and a couple of warm-up shows, so we did the Troubadour, one show in Vegas, in Mexico and the Coachella gigs. And that went so well, and everything just fell back into place. So we said, ‘Okay, we’ll do this U.S. run that they’re offering us,’ and then everything just snowballed from there.”

Asked if he was surprised by how much of a commercial success the “Not In This Lifetime” tour has turned out to be, Slash said: “The last shows that we did was ‘94 in South America, so we were at that place where we were playing stadiums. So when this came back around, the first offers were to do stadium-type gigs. So I was, like, ‘Okay. That’s great.’ I think, more than anything, I was just excited about the enthusiasm. Considering, for me personally, being out of

it for so long, coming back into it and seeing these insane crowds… It was, in my opinion, better received this time around than it was in the last years of the ‘90s that I was in it. It was really, really cool.

And it’s one of those times you can appreciate playing in a stadium, because you’re playing for anywhere from 30 to 80 thousand people that are so dialed into your shit that it’s like playing in a club — it’s got that kind of personal toe-to-toe feel to it. So it was really, really a blast.”

Slash went on to say that reconnecting with Rose after nearly two decades was “huge.” He added: “The most surreal moment was soundcheck at the Troubadour [in April 2016] — that was a very surreal moment.

Way before we played the show and everything, just being together with everybody,

being in that particular environment, of course stuffing 10 times more gear in there than we had back in the day.

And then looking over and seeing Axl and seeing Duff [McKagan, Guns N’ Roses bassist], that was a very surreal moment. The rest of it seemed very, very new. I’m with a guy who was a partner in crime with me for many years before we had this, sort of, falling-out thing. And then, obviously, Duff. And we were up there playing these gigs. And I know these guys, I know these songs, but something about it was not really reminiscent of, say, the ‘Use Your Illusion’ tour. So it felt really fresh and new. It’s an interesting thing. It didn’t hit those tiny moments of, like, ‘Oh my God! I remember hitting this chord, and he was there back in 1991,’ or anything like that.”

Guns N’ Roses launched its long-rumored and long-awaited reunion tour in April 2016 with a club show in Hollywood and been on the road around the world ever since. The “Not In This Lifetime” trek, which ranks as the fourthhighest-grossing tour of all time, based on Billboard’s Boxscore archives, features Slash, McKagan and Rose, backed by Fortus and Ferrer, plus keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese.

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isney’s ‘Christopher Robin’ has been denied a release in China by film authorities.

The country is still blocking images of Winnie the Pooh after the popular character was blacklisted by authorities there last year.

An online crackdown last year saw officials deleting social media comments that reference “Little Bear Winnie”, the Chinese name for the iconic Disney character, with users instead receiving the message “This content is illegal.”

As NME reported last year, an official explanation is yet to be given for the unexpected crackdown, but it comes after Chinese President Xi Jinping was previously compared to the honey-loving bear. In June, Chinese authorities blocked HBO after Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver criticised the country.

The PG rated film, which stars Ewan McGregor, brings A. A. Milne’s beloved character to life as he helps to bring back the imagination of his now adult friend, Christopher Robin. Disney have not yet released a statement about the incident.

Film authorities in China never give reasons as to why a film is censored or not accepted.

(NME)

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uns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has not ruled out the possibility of recording new music with the current incarnation of the band, which features three-fifths of the classic lineup. During a surprise appearance on “Trunk Nation LA Invasion: Live From The Rainbow Bar & Grill” on SiriusXM, Slash was asked if the group has considered going into the studio. He responded: “It’s been talked about. I think everybody wants to do it, and we’ll just see what happens. We’ve been busy doing this running around the planet,” referring to Guns N’ Roses’ ongoing “Not In This Lifetime” tour, which kicked off more than two years ago.

According to Slash, the original plan for the Guns N’ Roses reunion was to only play five shows. “That’s initially what it was gonna be,” he said. “We didn’t have a big, long-term thing [planned]. Axl [Rose, Guns N’ Roses singer] and I got together, and we talked for a while and so on, and we thought it would be cool to these Coachella dates, because we [got] offered to get back together and do Coachella every year for years, and we obviously didn’t do it [before]. So now that we were on good terms, it seemed like a good idea. So that was the basic focus —

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AC Milan snatch last-gasp win over Barca SA beat SL to clinch ODI series but his shot was drilled inches wide of the post.

Barca maintained control after the break but Milan began asking more questions. Marc-Andre ter Stegen had to be alert to keep out Hakan Calhanoglu, Patrick Cutrone and Suso.

At the other end, Donnarumma tipped a Malcom strike over and breathed a sigh of relief as a Sergi Roberto effort was

deflected wide.

Referee Baldomero Toledo failed to spot a foul on Munir in the box but it looked like the fans would get to see some penalties anyway when Puig scuffed wide in the final minute of the game.

However, the 51,391 supporters in San Jose were denied a shootout when Milan broke to clinch the game at the death.

Real Madrid demonstrated their potential to enjoy life after Cristiano Ronaldo by thumping his new team Juventus 3-1 in the International Champions Cup on Saturday.

Ronaldo brought a glittering nine-year stay at the Santiago Bernabeu to a close when he sealed a bigmoney transfer to the Serie A title-holders in July.

The 33-year-old was not involved in the preseason exhibition match at FedEx Field, as he recovers from his exertions with Portugal at the World Cup. While they are still adjusting to the concept of

being without the imperious five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Madrid capitalised on his absence from the Bianconeri line-up by brushing aside Massimiliano Allegri’s men in the United States.

A Dani Carvajal owngoal had given La Signora the lead, but Gareth Bale’s blistering equaliser saw the teams go in level at the break.

And the Liga giants ran rampant in the second half, Brazilian teenager Vinicius Junior impressing off the bench as fellow substitute Marco Asensio struck twice to seal a comfortable win.

Real Madrid beat Juventus 3-1

Fabio Borini of AC Milan and Arthur Melo of FC Barcelona compete for the ball during the International Champions Cup match in Santa Clara, California.

S A N J O S E , Au g 5 (Agencies): Andre Silva scored with the last kick of the game as AC Milan punished Barcelona for failing to take their chances in the International Champions Cup on Saturday.

Riqui Puig had just missed a golden chance to win it for Barca when Milan countered, with Franck Kessie feeding substitute Silva to net the winning goal in a 1-0 vic-

tory at Levi’s Stadium in stoppage time.

Barca were well on top in the first half, ending the opening 45 minutes with nearly 70 percent of possession and seven shots.

It took Gianluigi Donnar umma’s finger tips to prevent Munir El Haddadi opening the scoring inside 60 second as Barca, for their third consecutive ICC game, flew out of the traps.

Milan’s best chance in the first period soon followed as they exploited the space left by Barca at the back. However, Fabio Borini’s shot was blocked

by Marlon Santos.

Donnarumma then made a smart save from a speculative Arthur curler before Malcom hit the post after good work from young left-back Miranda.

Munir then robbed the ball inside the final third and drove forward

Reeza Hendricks (R) celebrates scoring his maiden century as JP Duminy walks to congratulate him. (AP/PTI)

PALLEKELE, Aug 5 (Agencies): South Africa have defeated Sri Lanka by 78 runs in the third ODI in Pallekele on Sunday to take an unassailable lead in the five-match series.

Chasing a target of 364 runs, the home side were dismissed for 285 runs. Dhananjaya de Silva was the top run scorer for Sri Lanka with 84 runs off just 66 balls.

On the other hand, pacer Lungi Ngidi picked up four wickets to pave

Proteas path to victory.

Earlier Reeza Hendricks smashed a century on his one-day international debut to guide South Africa to 363 for seven against Sri Lanka.

Hendricks, whose 89ball 102 gave the visitors strength after being put into bat first, became only the third South African to register a hundred in his first ODI. Colin Ingram and Temba Bavuma are the other two.

Jean-Paul Duminy’s

92 off 70 balls added to South Africa’s hopes of clinching the five-match series, which they lead 2-0.

Hashim Amla gave South Africa a brisk start with his run-a-ball 59 before being bowled by medium-pace bowler Thisara Perera, who returned impressive figures of 4-44.

The 28-year-old Hendricks, who has played 12 Twenty20 matches for South Africa since making his debut in 2014, built crucial partnerships including a 78-run fourth-wicket stand with Duminy.

Hendricks, a righthanded batsman, celebrated his century with a boundary off paceman Lahiru Kumara in just 88 balls but was dismissed on the very next delivery.

Duminy, who got his second fifty of the series to lead the batting chart with 177 runs, carried on the momentum with his blitz.

He hit 8 fours and 4 sixes.

Duminy got support from fellow left-hand batsman David Miller as the two put on 103 runs for the fifth wicket to pulverise the Sri Lankan bowling.

Miller’s quickfire 51 and Andile Phehlukwayo’s unbeaten 24 off 11 balls gave South Africa 98 runs in the last seven overs.

Peaty breaks own 100m breaststroke WR

Gl a s g ow, Au g 5 (Agencies): Adam Peaty broke his own world record for the 100 metres breaststroke on Saturday with a time of 57.00 seconds in the final of the event at the European Championships in Glasgow.

The 23-year-old shattered the mark of 57.13 he set at the Rio Olympics two years ago. Peaty remains the only man in history to go under 58 seconds over the distance.

Britain’s James Wilby won silver in a time of 58.54 while Russia’s Anton Chupkov was third (58.96).

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England drop Malan for 2nd Test vs India

L ondon , A u g 5 (Agencies): England have dropped Dawid Malan for the second Test against India at Lord’s and called up Surrey’s Ollie Pope in his place.

Malan’s place was considered to be under threat after scores of 8 and 20 in England’s thrilling 31-run victory in the first Test at Edgbaston and Pope could now be in line for a Test debut.

The selectors have also brought back Chris Woakes into the squad in place of Ben Stokes, who will miss the second instalment of the five-Test series to attend a court hearing this week in Bristol. Pope has impressed for Surrey as they lead the County Championship Division One and the 20-yearold scored 50 not out in the Lions’ victory over India A last month.

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Liverpool blank Napoli 5-0 in pre-season friendly

the 50-metre breaststroke title and failing to show his best form in the 100m.

“I honestly can’t believe it now - to beat what I did at the Olympics when I was in perfect shape,” said Peaty.

“I turned and I was like ‘let’s have it’ - the emotion, the passion came out then - I did stroke after stroke, yes I was getting tired towards the end but I just kept on the stroke.

You can’t go out there and fight for a world record, you’ve got to let it come to you.”

“It doesn’t matter when it happens, sometimes you just need a loss to give you a reality check - in all walks of life.”

Longtsukumba Ao training out of The Combat Academy- Nagaland, Dimapur raises his hands after defeating Lenin Prakash in the featherweight (66kg) by knock-out in the first round at the X-1 International in Pune. Another Naga fighter, Matsung Ozukum lost his 54kg catch-weight fight against Suhail Solangki by unanimous decision.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Liverpool midfielder Milner celebrates with his team-mates after opening the scoring against Napoli on Saturday evening.

Dublin, Aug 5 (Agencies): Alisson made his debut and Mohamed Salah scored as Liverpool beat Napoli 5-0 in a pre-season friendly in Dublin on Saturday.

James Milner and Georginio Wijnaldum netted inside a bright opening 10 minutes for the Reds.

Summer signing Alisson kept out a shot from Lorenzo Insigne but otherwise had little to do, particularly in the second half when Liverpool ran away with the game.

Salah curled a shot into the top corner in the 58th minute before substitutes Daniel Sturridge and Alberto Moreno added to the scoreline.

After wins over Manchester City and Manchester

United, this was another encouraging display from Liverpool against a Napoli side who have finished as runners-up in Serie A in two of the last three seasons.

The Reds finish their pre-season against Torino on Tuesday before facing West Ham in their Premier League opener on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.

Liverpool made a rapid start in the Aviva Stadium as a 70-yard pass from Alisson help set up the opening goal in the fourth minute - Milner finishing from the penalty spot after Sadio Mane’s pass inside.

I t was 2-0 shortly afterwards as Milner whipped in a cross from the left and Wijnaldum beat Orestis Karnezis to the ball and headed into the empty net.

Alisson did not have much to do until the 26th minute when he saved a shot from Insigne.

Roberto Firmino saw a goal wrongly ruled out for offside and so did Napoli later in the half as Insigne chipped over the top for Jose Callejon. But Liverpool enjoyed the better of the second half, with Salah curling a shot into the top corner in the 58th minute.

Sturridge twice went close before finding the net in the 73rd minute from a rebound after Divock Origi’s shot was saved.

Moreno then fired home in the 78th minute after a brilliant crossfield pass from Sturridge, while Alisson kept out a near-post shot from Simone Verdi late in the game.

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Man City win Community Shield Sindhu settles for silver at Aguero scores 200th City goal as PL champions beat Chelsea 2-0

City goal, making the Argentina striker the first player to reach that milestone for the Eastlands outfit.

Foden’s contribution was the highlight of an assured display from the 18-year-old midfielder that belied his tender age and showed why he is hailed by City staff as the ‘Stockport Iniesta’.

In the absence of Eden Hazard, still resting after the World Cup, Chelsea unveiled a precocious talent on their own in Callum Hudson-Odoi.

The 17-year-old winger gave a glimpse of his blistering pace and nimble footwork when he cut in from the left flank to bring City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo into action with a stinging drive.

Hudson-Odoi was a rare bright spot for Chelsea, with subdued Spain striker Alvaro Morata offering little evidence he can make amends for last season’s flop.

Inspired by Aguero, City could have won by five but they settled for one more in the 58th minute.

Aguero made a clever run to meet Bernardo Silva’s pass with a clinical finish that flashed past Willy Caballero as the champions showed Sarri the size of the task ahead of him.

Badminton World C’ships

PV Sindhu and Carolina Marin with others during the award ceremony.

quite sad and I have to come back stronger and get back to the sessions and prepare for the next tournament,” said Sindhu, who suffered her fourth final loss this season.

Since 2016, it is Sindhu’s eighth loss in major finals, including defeats at Rio Olympics, Hong Kong Open (2017, 2018), Super Series Final (2017), India Open (2018) and Thailand Open (2018).

The 23-year-old Sindhu didn’t have answers to Marin’s blistering pace in the 45 minutes that the match lasted. The second silver meant Sindhu is the only Indian to have four world championships podium fin-

ishes. She had won two bronze medals at the 2013 Guangzhou and 2014 Copenhagen editions.

Marin became the first woman shuttler to win the world championships thrice.

She had won the title in 2014 and the 2015 Jakarta edition.

“I can’t express my emotions. I have so many emotions inside me. I have been waiting for this moment long time. I am happy I could believe in myself this week,” Marin said.

Meanwhile, the men’s singles title went to Japanese sixth seed Kento Momota, who defeated third seed Shi Yuqi 21-11, 21-13 in 49 minutes.

Kohli tops ICC Test rankings PSG win 6th straight France Super Cup

Fognini wins Los Cabos Open title

Manchester City celebrate with the Community Shield after their 2-0 victory over Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

Lo n d o n, Au g 5 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : S e r g i o Aguero spoiled Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri’s first taste of English football as the Argentine’s double gave Manchester City a stylish 2-0 victory in the Community Shield on Sunday.

Blues boss Sarri endured a miserable debut in the prestigious friendly at Wembley as lacklustre Chelsea were swept aside by Premier League champions City.

Picking up where they left off in their record-breaking campaign last term, Pep Guardiola’s team took an early lead through Aguero,

who rewarded City’s dominance with a second goal after the break.

City’s German winger Leroy Sane was forced off injured at half-time, giving Guardiola a scare ahead of their Premier League opener at Arsenal on August 12.

But that was the only sour note for City as they got back in the groove in impressive style.

While the Community Shield serves as the curtain raiser to the new season, City and FA Cup holders Chelsea have very different ambitions for the Premier League campaign, which kicks off on Friday.

Virat Kohli

London, Aug 5 (IANS): India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday became the top-ranked batsman in Test cricket for the first time in his career as he ended Australian Steven Smith’s reign of nearly 32 months.

Kohli scored 149 and 51 in India’s 31-run defeat in the first Test in Birmingham against England and has gone up by 31 points, according to an International Cricket Council (ICC) release.

“The 29-year-old righthander from Delhi also became the seventh India batsman and first since Sachin Tendulkar in June 2011, to top the rankings for Test batsmen, which were

released on Sunday morning following the conclusion of the Edgbaston Test,” ICC said.

Kohli now leads Smith (who had held the top spot since December 2015) by five points, but will have to maintain the form in the remaining four Tests to finish the series as the world’s highest-ranked batsman.

Apart from Kohli and Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag and Dilip Vengsarkar are the other India batsmen to have achieved number one rankings during their careers.

However, at 934 points, Kohli has become India’s highest-ranked batsman,

City are favourites to defend the title and among the top Champions League contenders after becoming the first English top-flight team to secure 100 points last season.

In contrast, Chelsea are starting from scratch after chain-smoking former banker Sarri was hired from Napoli as an antidote to his antagonistic predecessor Conte.

Consigning Conte’s favoured 3-4-2-1 formation to the bin, Sarri sent Chelsea out in a 4-3-3 system that malfunctioned from start to finish.

Sarri has brought Italy

14th overall, on the all-time tally of points. Kohli had entered the Edgbaston Test on 903 points, 13 points behind Gavaskar, and is now ahead of the ICC Cricket Hall of Famer by 18 points.

If Kohli can deliver another strong performance in the second Test at Lord’s, then he can break into the top-10 by leapfrogging Matthew Hayden, Kallis and AB de Villiers, whose highest points tally was 935 each.

Donald Bradman (961) and Steve Smith (947) are the two batsmen sitting on top of this exclusive list.

In the bowlers’ table, Stuart Broad of England and Mohammed Shami of India are the two bowlers inside the top-20 who have dropped their positions, while James Anderson has retained his top position but his lead over Kagiso Rabada has been reduced to two points. Broad is now ranked 13th after falling one place, while Shami is in 19th spot after sliding two places.

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has gained 14 points following his four for 62 and three for 59, which means he now trails South Africa’s fourthranked Vernon Philander by just one point.

midfielder Jorginho with him from Napoli to serve as the pivot for his manager’s attacking gameplan.

But Jorginho made an underwhelming start, repeatedly giving the ball away in dangerous areas.

Phil Foden drove at the heart of the Chelsea defence to set up City’s 13th-minute opener with little resistance from Jorginho or anyone else.

Foden’s incisive run ended with a simple pass to the unmarked Aguero, who applied the finishing touch with a fine low strike from the edge of the area.

It was Aguero’s 200th

S h e n z h e n, Au g 5 (Agencies): Paris Saint-Germain secured a record-equalling sixth consecutive France Super Cup (Trophee des Champions) title with a 4-0 victory over Monaco.

The Ligue 1 curtainraiser was played in Shenzhen, China, but a far-flung destination did nothing to alter PSG’s dominance of the French game.

Goals from Angel Di Maria and Christopher Nkunku in a seven-minute period in the first half set the reigning champions on their way before Timothy Weah and a late second from Di Maria made sure.

It was an impressive way for new boss Thomas Tuchel to secure his first piece of silverware with the club, particularly given the former Borussia Dortmund manager was unable to call on a number of star names.

Kylian Mbappe is still on a post-World Cup break while Edinson Cavani missed out through injury and Neymar was only on the bench.

Veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, 40, started the game while 18-year-

Nanjing, Aug 5 (PTI): P V Sindhu finished second best yet again in a major tournament final as she went down tamely to Carolina Marin in the World Championships’ women’s singles title clash, adding to the Indian’s tale of woes here Sunday.

The Olympic silver medallist settled for another white metal in the showpiece following a 1921 10-21 loss to Olympic champion Marin of Spain.

Interestingly, Marin had also defeated Sindhu in the final of the Rio Olympics in 2016.

“It is very frustrating to loss again. Last time also I had played the finals. It is

PSG players celebrate after winning the France Super Cup (Trophee des Champions) over Monaco.

old Weah, Nkunku and Di Maria formed a front three.

This was the second successive France Super Cup clash between PSG and Monaco, with the capital side winning 2-1 12 months ago to begin a season where they swept the domestic honours.

Ligue 1 runners-up Monaco were missing Radamel Falcao following his World Cup exploits and their hopes of avoiding a seventh successive loss to PSG were soon looking forlorn.

Di Maria scored the opener in the 33rd minute and Nkunku doubled the advantage seven minutes later.

Leonardo Jardim reacted with a double halftime substitution, sending on Keita Balde and 18-year-old Sofiane Diop in place of Samuel Grandsir and Pele. They could

not mount a comeback, though, and Weah scored his first senior goal in the 67th minute before Di Maria grabbed his second in stoppage time.

With their sixth successive success in the competition, PSG matched the all-conquering Lyon side from 2002-07.

Los Angeles, Aug 5 (Agencies): Italian Fabio Fognini captured his first career hardcourt title on Saturday, surprising Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-2, in the final of the ATP Los Cabos Open.

It is the 31-year-old Fognini’s eighth ATP Tour victory but his first on hardcourts after previously winning only on clay.

The win helps validate a career best season for Fognini as this is his third title of 2018 to go with wins in Sao Paulo and Bastad.

Del Potro had won their only previous meeting in 2015 in Sydney, Australia and was going for his second title in Mexico this year.

After dropping the first three games, Fognini fought back and used his forehand to push Del Potro behind the baseline. Del Potro started to come unglued and Fognini was returning everything into play as he went on to win 12 of the final 15 games of the match.

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