31 december 2016

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Mulayam expels CM Akhilesh

FATHER-SON fued SPLITS sp BEFORE 2017 POLLS; BJP STANDS TO GAIN Luc k n ow, D ec 3 0 (IANS): The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh split on Friday between party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav who was expelled from the party following a rift over the selection of candidates for the assembly elections due next early next year.

Also expelled for alleged anti-party activities was Akhilesh-backer and party General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav who had earlier in the day called a national convention of the Samajwadi Party on Sunday after Mulayam Singh finalised his list of candidates for the polls in the politically most crucial state.

The Akhilesh faction with Ram Gopal Yadav’s support came up with a separate list of candidates, sparking crisis in the Yadav family and the party as its five year rule in the state draws to a close.

Asserting his authority, Mulayam Singh said only he, as the party chief, had the right to call a national

Husband set wife on fire

Correspondent

KOHIMA, DEC 30 (NPN): In a bizarre incident, a husband reportedly doused his wife with diesel and set her on fire on December 29 night, critically injuring the latter. The victim was rushed to Naga hospital Kohima. Police sources said both husband and wife were locals, residing at Naga hospital colony. The incident occurred inside the house, sources added. Till the time of filing this report no further details were divulged, stating that the case was sensitive and the victim’s side were yet to register a complaint at the police station.

Th. Muivah New Year greetings

DIMAPUR, DEC 30 (NPN): NSCN (I-M)’s ato kilonser, Th. Muivah in his New Year message to the people said “2017 without Christ will never be a new year” and called upon all to shrug off and exhale the past differences. “No enemies can defeat and destroy the Nagas so long as they are on the Lord’s side. Nagas will be pulled down only by their own mistakes and sins,” he added. Muivah maintained that a nation cannot be built upon the foundation of hatred and communalism.

Mulayam Yadav (File)

Akhilesh Yadav (File)

council meet and nobody else could do so.

“We are expelling both Akhilesh and Ram Gopal from the party for six years.

Both of them showed indiscipline...this is to send a strong message that indiscipline won’t be tolerated,” Mulayam Singh told reporters at a hurriedly convened presser with brother Shivpal Yadav sitting by his side.

The SP chief said Akhilesh Yadav is no longer the Chief Minister and the party would decide who would succeed his 43-yearold son.

“I made Akhilesh the chief minister. Now he does

not even consult me,” said the senior Yadav, adding he was sacking the son to “save the party”.

But a defiant Akhilesh Yadav showed no signs of quitting, throwing up some possible political scenarios in the poll-bound state.

These include the imposition of President’s Rule till assembly elections are held; Akhilesh Yadav asked to prove majority in the assembly if he continues to stay defiant. If he loses, the Mulayam faction may be asked to elect a new Chief Minister. Minutes after the expulsion, hundreds of Akhilesh support-

Situation in Manipur limping to normalcy Correspondent

IMPHAL, DEC 30: As law and order situation in Manipur has improved Mobile, the state government on Friday decided to resume mobile internet services.

The decision to resume the services this morning was taken after analysing the existing situation in the state, an official said.

Mobile data services were snapped since December 17 last after tension erupted when a mob protesting the indefinite economic blockade by United Naga Council (UNC) on the Imphal-Ukhrul road allegedly vandalised 22 vehicles.

Though curfew was withdrawn from Imphal West district, night time curfew beginning from 9 pm continues to remain enforced in some parts of

Imphal East district.

Meanwhile, following the Centre’s support to reopen the national highways, a combined team of state security force and Central paramilitary forces escorted back around 536 goods laden trucks including oil tankers through ImphalJiribam section of NH-37 on Friday morning.

Union minister of state for Home, Kiren Rijiju during his visit to the state recently assured Centre assistance to re-open the two main national highways.

On the other hand, the United Naga Council (UNC) has decided to intensify its agitation by launching the “democratic picketing” of state government offices in four Naga hill districts of Manipur-Senapati, Chandel, Ukhrul and Tamenlong from December 31 midnight.

ers, waving banners and posters with pictures of the chief minister, gathered outside his 5, Kalidas Marg residence here to show their support to him. They accused the party chief of doing “injustice”.

Retur ning the fire, Ram Gopal Yadav refused to accept the expulsion and defended his decision to call an emergency convention of the party. “The action taken against me is unconstitutional. He (Mulayam Singh) acted even before we could respond to the show cause notice (issued earlier),” he told the media.

He said they would go ahead with the party convention on Sunday to let the facts come clear.

The Yadav patriarch came down heavily on Ram Gopal Yadav and accused him of damaging Akhilesh’s future prospects apart from weakening the party through his activities.

“Ram Gopal has weakened the party. He has no right to call party’s national convention. He is also damaging Akhilesh’s political future, and Akhilesh is not

Civic polls to be referendum on note ban: NPCC DIMAPUR, DEC 30 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) on Friday hinted that ensuing civic polls in the state would be a referendum on demonetisation announced by Prime Minister on November 8, 2016.

In a press release, NPCC president K Therie called upon the Congress rank and file to rise and file nominations to fight in all the wards and councils against demonetisation and corruption. He said nothing has changed even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that things would be back to normal in 50 days after denomination on November 8. Therie said that things have rather gone from bad to worse. He said people have been suffering due to demonetization except for some few corrupt politicians.

understanding this,” Mulayam Singh said.

Asked if he would reconsider his decision visà-vis Akhilesh if his son apologised to him, Mulayam Singh said he would “consider if that happens”.

“Why would Akhilesh apologise?...We’ll see if he does,” Mulayam said.

Alert sounded in UP as SP ‘war’ gets ugly Lu c k n ow, D ec 3 0 (IANS): A high alert has been sounded across Uttar Pradesh after the ongoing war in the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) turned for worse on Friday with expulsion of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav.

Officials said instructions have been sent to all District Magistrates and police chiefs following protests by Akhilesh supporters.

Security meanwhile has been beefed up outside the SP headquarters in the state capital, the Chief Minister’s residence, and the house of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

ITANAGAR/GUWAHATI, DEC 30 (AGENCIES): Incumbent chief minister and former Congress rebel Pema Khandu and six other lawmakers were suspended from the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) on Thursday evening for allegedly breaking party discipline.

The regional party had embraced Khandu along with 42 other Congress lawmakers in mid-September.

In an order issued by PPA president Kafia Bengia on Thursday, the party also categorically announced that Pema Khandu is no longer the leader of the legislature party and cannot exercise any of the powers bestowed to him as the leader of the legislature party.

PPA has also warned its legislators not to attend any meetings called by Khandu, failing which disciplinary action would be taken.

Meanwhile, the ruling People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) has chosen Takam Tagar (Pario), an MLA from Palin and the state’s richest legislator, as the man to replace chief minister Pema Khandu.

The decision to name 41-year-old Pario as next chief minister was taken after Khandu, who was lead-

Pema Khandu (File)

Takam Tagar (File)

ing the PPA-BJP coalition government, was accused of leaning towards BJP while keeping the interest of the PPA in the backburner by party leaders and majority of MLAs, PPA chairman, Kamen Ringu told TOI. Pario, a businessman, is the younger brother of former Congress MP, Takam Sanjay and Union MoS for home, Kiren Rijiju’s principle political rival.

Stopping short of accusing BJP of playing a big brother’s role in the assembly where PPA has 42 MLAs and saffron party has just 12, Ringu alleged, “BJP definitely is attempting to be in confrontation with the organization of the regional party and our CM (Khandu) is not taking care of the party. He has only allowed national parties to grow. This was felt seriously among the ranks and files of

the party and majority of the MLAs.” “PPA has been used as a refueling point for national parties and these kind of activities have to be minimized,” Ringu said.

Further, he said that PPA was keen to continue as the constituent member of North East Democratic Alliance, the umbrella organization of regional parties in the northeast floated by BJP in 2106 after its Assam victory. “I called up NEDA convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma to inform him about the development here but his phone was switched off.

We want to remain a part of NEDA,” Ringu said.

Meanwhile, the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh made it clear that it will “only” support Pema Khandu government in the state and “will never” support any other chief minister.

ACAUT Nagaland’s message for the New Year DIMAPUR, DEC 30 (NPN): Extending greetings on the eve of the New Year 2017, ACAUT Nagaland through its media cell, has recommitted itself to the enormous task ahead adding that how all people come together in facing the challenges, would define the course of everybody’s destiny and reaffirmed that “we shall overcome.”

ACAUT revealed that the “immediate challenges” for it would be to file PIL on the fuel adulteration racket and PDS scam under the Food & Civil Supplies department. In addition, ACAUT said its proposal to tour all districts on another awareness campaign on clean election, One Government One Tax (OGOT) would entail “huge expenditure” and so appealed to all , who believed in its cause, to make the difference with contributions which can be deposited in the following:

Account holder- ACAUT Nagaland; Account No.348 548 40151 and IFS codeSBIN0010762.

ACAUT recalled how it began its journey of three years and the impact that was felt throughout the state, beginning with the signature campaign at Clock Tower Junction where thousands appended their signature for OGOT and the October 31, 2013 where several thousand, despite threats, reiterated their support.

ACAUT said the way to achieve OGOT was to “break down the wall” of ego, suspicion, hatred and personal differences among leaders of Naga Factional Groups (NFGs).

ACAUT said despite its journey being a long tortuous campaign of threats, intimidation, lack of manpower and massive financial constraints; it visited schools and colleges to spread awareness and tour to all districts.

On how corruption was incorporated to its campaign, ACAUT said it came about after several NFGs claimed that in comparison with their share, the state government “was taking the lion’s share”. Thus, in order to tackle “unabated taxation”, ACAUT said it decided to also check rampant corruption indulged by the state government under the pretext of insurgency and then blaming it on NFGs. Having launched the RTI campaign, ACAUT disclosed that the battle against corruption was “even more difficult and challenging” than unabated taxation as even the government and bureaucracy were against it (ACAUT). Once corruption and backdoor appointments were raised, ACAUT said many of its members having relatives, friends and people realised that it raised issues in public domain for the sake of transparency. Despite lack

of resources, ACAUT said it had to fight cases in courts and it was only due to “right thinking lawyers” who took up the cases free of cost for more than 30 appearances and some expenses borne by ACAUT members and well wishers.

It said that the campaign against back door appointment in court resulted in a landmark judgment passed on June 6, 2016 by which no appointment could be made by the cabinet or any department. However, ACAUT warned it would take the government to court for violating the court order through a “recent illegal office memorandum” and allegedly illegal appointments made in various departments.

ACAUT also disclosed it had filed several FIRs under various police stations over illegal collection and deduction of salaries by NFGs (Cont’d on p-7)

CMLOA threatens to boycott civic polls in Mon Tribal bodies to meet over quota issue Correspondent

MON, DEC 30 (NPN): Chi and Mon Land Owners Association (CMLOA), Mon on Friday threatened to boycott the forthcoming (Full text on p-6) town council election if the state government failed to implement the 1964 agreement signed between the land owners and the then district administration of Mon district.

To express resentment against the state government, the CMLOA also staged a protest rally at New Site Junction, Mon Hq, attended by around 3000 people.

The protesters held placard that reads “We “True people suffer but demand our Justice, fulfil our demand imsee how much money mediately’, do not take demonetisation has given land owners for a ride us.” and stop torturing the

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Another crisis in Arunachal Pradesh

CMLOA members and others protest outside DC’s office on Friday (NP).

land owner”. Later, they proceeded to DC office Mon and handed the memorandum to DC (that contained the decision of CMLOA to boycott civic polls).

Earlier, CMLOA chairman Kamzei, who addressed the rally, al-

leged that despite numerous representations, the government failed to comply with the agreement signed on February 21, 1964.

He also reminded state government on the agreement no 6,7,8 &10, which stated

that the Chui and Mon should enjoy certain percentage of taxes, not exceeding 50% and not less than 30%, released as house or business taxes and that the taxes would be released by district administration.

He said that both

sides agreed to review the agreement after 25 years.

However, the chairman alleged that even after 52 years, the state government had not called for review meeting nor released a single penny from the taxes.

Therefore, on August 17, 2015, a review meeting was conducted, and the land owners submitted various suggestions for approval from the higher authority on December 10, 2015.

But, since there was no response, the association on November 30, 2016 served an ultimatum on the government to approve their demand before December 31, 2016. However, the land owners claimed that there was no response from the government till date.

KOHIMA, DEC 30 (PTI): Even as political parties and women’s groups in Nagaland are gearing up for the urban local body/town council polls slated to be held on February 1, 2017 with a 33 per cent reservation for women, the apex tribal bodies including village councils have opposed the state government’s decision.

A crucial meeting of the Naga Hoho was likely to be held before the filing of nomination commences.

Kohima Village Council, which does not fall under the Kohima municipality, but as the landowner of almost all the wards under Kohima Municipal Council (KMC), held a crucial meeting on Friday.

However, due to mixed reactions, it was inconclusive and the final call would be taken on January 2, said an insider. The Angami apex tribal body, Angami Public Organisation, is also scheduled to have a threadbare discussion on the issue on the same day, it said.

Meanwhile, Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) president Abeiu Meru said, “Since we are not a political party, we will not be fielding any candidate in the reserved seats. But, we are

glad that many women aspirants have come forward to contest as Independents as well as through various political parties. We hope the parties would field the best women candidates.

Earlier, Nagaland government, through the State Election Commission, had notified on December 21 that the polls to the municipalities and town councils would be held on February 1, 2017 with 33% women reservation.

The ruling NPF has already finalised its list of candidates for almost all the urban local bodies, except Dimapur and Mokokchung municipal councils and Peren and Tuensang town councils, party sources said.

The NPF will also be fielding women candidates in all the reserved seats, they said, adding that the final list of poll nominees has already been dispatched to the respective district units of the party and it would be distributed on dates convenient to them.

On the other hand, Congress, which has already released its poll manifesto, is yet to finalise its candidates, while BJP is also gearing up to contest the polls. Both the national parties, it is learnt, would be fielding women aspirants.

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practically revoke IT exemption for tribals?  Yes most likely  No only speculations  Can’t say

WEATHER FORECAST December 31

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sunshine

26 14

Aizawl

Pleasant with sunshine

23 9

Guwahati Sunshine and some clouds

26 11

Mostly sunny

23 9

Imphal

Itanagar Clouds and sun, not as warm 23 11 Shillong

Sunshine and some clouds

17 5

Kohima

Partly sunny

19 9

Dimapur Sunny to partly cloudy

24 12

Partly sunny

21 8

Mkg

Tuensang Sunshine and cooler Wokha

Not as warm with a shower

Zunheboto Partly sunny and cooler

14 6 18 12 18 7

62nd SBAK (Nito Mount) Youth Conference held at Surumi

DIMAPUR, DEC 30 (NPN): The three-day 62nd Youth Conference under SBAK (Nito Mount) covering 144 villages and towns under Zunheboto district and Sumi inhabited areas in the state affiliated to NBCC was held in Surumi village, Surhuto Sub Division, under the theme ‘24/7 with Jesus’ from December 16-18. The event was marked with speeches by prominent church leaders, as well other themes on clean elections, sanitation and unity. More than 5000 youths and delegates attended the event.

Speaking at the event, wing commander S Akheto Jakhalu , exhorted the youth to effectively utilize their most productive and limited 20 years of student life if they wanted to have a safe and comfortable future ahead.

He encouraged them to, apart from academics, participate in all cocurricular activities, inculcate reading habits, which would improve their leadership skills, personality and boost their confidence to compete in any stage.

Wing Commander S. Akheto Jakhalu addressing the 62nd Youth Conference under SBAK Nito Mount.

Jakhalu also requested parents not to discourage their children if they opted in private sector as govt. jobs were almost saturated in the State.

While calling upon the civil organizations of

Holy Family NPCC Chumu marks 25-yr milestone St. Joseph Parish Chumukedima as the Main Celebrant.

Special invitees namely DGP Nagaland L. L. Doungel and his wife, IGP (HQ) P.F. Zeliang, DIGP (Trg & Bdr) Martin Pienyu graced the occasion on the first day.

Eucharistic celebration marked the second day which was celebrated right after unveiling of the Monolith stone by Most. Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima. Priests and nuns from different Parishes and Churches witnessed the event.

Also, dignitaries from Catholic Association of Nagaland and other denominations also attended and graced the occasion.

Sumi areas to remain united, Jakhalu underscored the need to focus on the issue of infrastructure development and economic growth. The speaker further dwelled on economic and political issues of the

region and suggested various measures for development and economic prosperity in the area.

He further encouraged everyone to participate in the road map vision campaign initiated by All Sumi Student Union (SKK) on “mission doing right” aimed at good governance and clean election campaign in all Sumi inhabited areas, to bring positive perspective changes to meet the aspiration of the youth in the future.

The other speakers included deputy accountant general (A&E) Kahoto J Yepthomi (IAAS) and parliamentary secretary Fisheries, Printing and Stationeries Shetoyi Yepthomi.

They also urged the youth to remain focused and work hard in their ambitions and goals and effectively contribute to the society. The next annual youth conference is scheduled in 2018 at Zunheboto.

Singing and dancing competition between various areas and stage shows

by Dreamz unlimited were the highlights of the event.

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Deo Nukhu graces SSU general session

Parliamentary secretary Deo Nukhu speaking at the SSU general session.

DIMAPUR, DEC 30 (NPN): Parliamentary secretary for Higher & Technical Education, Deo Nukhu Friday graced the 51st general session of Sakraba Students’ Union (SSU) at Sakraba town under Phek district.

Speaking on the occasion, Nukhu remarked that the presence of primary students in good number from Sakraba was an indication of the bright future prospects of the village.

To u c h i n g o n t h e session’s theme “Living

NPGN/NNC (N/A) condoles demise of late Temjenyanger Aier

DIMAPUR: All rank and According to MIP, late hour of grief. file of the NPGN/NNC Temjenyanger Aier was CAO Ao Region: Imhas expressed deep sorrow elected as the president of kong Pongen, CAO Ao reand pain over the sudden NPGN/NNC (N/A) and gion NPGN/NNC (N/A) demise of their leader presi- shouldered the responsibil- has also expressed sorrow dent NPGN/NNC (N/A) ity till his last breath. at the sudden demise of late late Temjenyanger Aier on “He was a man of Temjenyanger Aier saying December 23. prayer and a great evangelist his death had caused a great In a condolence mes- as well as most committed vacuum in the service of sage, MIP kilonser NPGN/ and visionary patriot who Nagas.

NNC (N/A) N.Mar Ao had sacrificed his entire life “He was a God fearing said his sudden death had for the Nagas,” the message father who always acknowlcaused great setback in the read. edge God in the first place Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima exhorting Government set up as well NPGN/NNC (N/A) and always trust on God the audience. as in the service of Naga na- in its message described for the divine deliverance DIMAPUR: Holy Fam- “Lord, Increase our Faith” tion for self determination. late Temjenyanger Aier as a from the illegal aggressors,” ily Nagaland Police Catho- on December 26-27. On the MIP informed that late “humble, faithful, and hon- CAO stated in a condolence lic Church (NPCC), Chu- first day, Community Mass Temjenyanger Aier joined est leader.” message. mukedima celebrated its was celebrated with Rev. Fr. the Naga national move“Although he is no With his demise the Silver Jubilee with the theme Sajan Joseph, Parish Priest, ment in 1963. Thereafter he more among our midst we Aos in particular and Natook a short break to pursue will continue to follow the gas in general had lost the higher education. After great legacy he has left be- most senior and father of graduation he did not give hind,” MIP stated.

Naga nation who had imup his passion for the comF u r t h e r, N P G N / mense knowledge of Naga mon cause of Nagas and NNC (N/A) conveyed its political history and vision served the nation in various condolences and prayer for the future of Nagas, DIMAPUR, DEC 30 (NPN): NPF Wokha to ensure victory for the party. Patton also categories as the most expe- for solace and comfort to CAO added. CAO further division organized an introductory meet- reminded the candidates that they should rienced and veteran nation- the bereaved family of the extended its prayer to the departed leader during their bereaved family. ing with the NPF intending candidates of not only seek party tickets during such a al worker, MIP added.

Wokha and Bhandari Town council on situation but to remain loyal to the party December 29, at the residence of home min- even after the elections, saying the Town ister, Y. Patton at Wokha. council elections would be the semi final for Altogether twenty candidates-- twelve the 2018 Assembly election. for Wokha Town council and eight for Earlier, NPF central general secretary DIMAPUR: The Socialist Party (India) the party questioned how NVC selected Bhandari Town council attended the meet- (I/c Wokha) and member secretary of the has sought clarification from the Election candidates against ward 8,9,10,11 in their ing. A press note issued by Home minister’s selection committee, Renbomo Kikon also Commission of India (ECI), on or before own interest and further alleged that the PS stated that Y. Patton while addressing exhorted the gathering. He cautioned the filling of nominations for civic body polls, NVC had warned and resolved not to althe candidates, informed them that since NPF candidates from Wokha and Bhandari in respect of Ward No. 8, 9, 10, 11 (4) of low any political party or any interested candidate to contest in the 2017municipal there were many NPF ticket seekers, the rec- Town councils deviating from the party’s Naharibari East Dimapur.

In a press note, national vice presi- elections. ommendations were made after thorough constitution would be disciplined as per the SP(I) termed the selection of candiscreening and scrutiny, by taking into ac- provision of the party’s constitution even dent SP (I), Akhei Achumi asked ECI to count the sincerity and loyalty of the appli- before or after election. Later, all the intend- clarify whether representatives from the dates by NVC as “totally illegal and violacants. He further disclosed that some party ing candidates were made to sign a pledge, abovementioned wards were to be selected tion of free and fair election also against voting right.” Therefore, SP (I) mainloyalists, seeking the tickets, were denied committing themselves to remain loyal to or elected through voting system.

SP (I) stated Naharibari Village tained it will never accept such resolution “with mutual understanding”.

NPF party. Others who attended the meetIn this regard he urged upon the in- ing include CEC members and central office Council (NVC) was dissolved and was made by NVC and has requested the ECI declared a Town Council. In this regard, to verify/clarify the issue. tending candidates to work hard in order bearers of Wokha district.

Meeting of NPF ticket seekers for Wokha, Bhandari town councils held

SP(I) seeks clarification from ECI

LSU, KTBCYD celebrate golden jubilee

Executive secretary, sbak, nm, Rev. Hukugha Zhimo exhorting the Lochomi students.

DIMAPUR: Lochomi Students’ Union (LSU) celebrated it 50-year milestone on December 28 and 29 under the theme “reflect, celebrate and strive towards excellence” with executive secretary, SBAK NM, Rev. Hukugha Zhimo was the main speaker .

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Speaking on the occasion, Rev.Hukugha Zhimo exhorted the students to retrospect and introspect for better future.

Lauding the pioneers for their painstaking contribution in founding the LSU, executive secretary encouraged the young-

er generations to carry the spirit and zeal of their founding members by excelling towards better and glorious generations.

Rev. Hukugha said God has showered a blessing upon Lochomi students as the village had produced good number of doctors, engineers, academicians, theologians, officers and were excelling in all competitive exams. He asked the congregation to forgive and forget past mistakes on the occasion and move forward with common goal and vision.

Earlier, the jubilee monolith was unveiled by founder general secretary, LSU, Vikheto Achumi in presence of executive secretary, SBAK, GBs and LSU executives, while the jubilee souvenir was released by former president and chairman planning

board, Shihoto Zhimomi.

As part of its golden jubilee celebration, LSU also organized a panel discussioncum-career guidance for the students.

KTBCY: Kezo Town Baptist Church Youth Department (KTBCYD) celebrated its golden jubilee on December 28 with director, youth department ABC, Rev. Vicavor Krose as the speaker.

During the occasion, Rev. Vicavor shared on proclaiming the greatness of God for his indescribable nature towards the creation of mankind with his omnipotent attributes.

Earlier, speaker also unveiled the jubilee monolith, while the jubilee souvenir magazine was released by travelling pastor, Japfüphiki Baptist Church council, Rev. Vilhouneio Tacü.

above Mediocrity,” he appreciated the Sakraba village for its leading role in agriculture sector.

He also called upon the students to give their best and excel in the various fields.

Nukhu also appealed the students to develop work culture and involve in manual works even after their graduation and post graduation which would enhance their skills in earning their livelihood.

Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) president Dode Nakro also

shared greetings while Nierayi D. Vadeo, chairman Sakraba Village Council exhorted the gathering.

SSU former president Lehii Lohe acted as the session speaker while SSU former president Kiihiisheyi D. Vadeo acted as critic of the debating hour on the topic “Using of phone in students life.”

Earlier, SSU president Hiikhoto D. Vadeo delivered presidential address while SSU general secretary Shekho Ciikhamu highlighted the union activities.

news in brief PYF Tobacco Awareness-cum-Cultural Resuscitation: Philimi Youth Front (PYF) would be organizing a seminar on Tobacco Awareness-cum-Cultural Resuscitation including a special session on Sutsah Mekua from January 10-12, 2017 at Philimi village. Resource persons for the programme include joint director (Dental) Health & Family Welfare, Kohima, Dr. Hotokhu Chishi, accountant DDK Kohima, Lhovili Swu and office manager, DRDA Zunheboto, Ghukhuli Sema. In this regard, PYF has invited all bonafide members of Philimi village to be a part of the programme.

TMLC 7th triennial general conference: Tening Mai Lun Citizen (TMLC) would be holding its 7th triennial general conference-cum-cultural festival from January 4-6 at Tening village under the banner “Success through unity.” The programme will be graced by MLA Namri Nchang as the chief guest and assistant director evaluation Nagaland, D.Disuang Zeme and senior agriculture engineer Nagaland, Achackbo Newmai as the special guest and guest of honour respectively. The organizing committee has announced that there will be several competitions of extempore speech, cultural dance, shot put, long jump, tug of war for both man and women and special item ‘catching of mithun head’. The president and his colleagues have requested all the Tening citizens to come and participate in the programme.

AFRAUP annual general meeting: Amur Falcon Roosting Area Union Pangti (AFRAUP) will hold its annual general meeting on January 2 at 10 a.m. at C. Khel Pangti. All the present office bearers and members of the union have been requested to attend the meeting.

KNUD condoles: Kandi Ni Union Dimapur (KNUD) has expressed shock and sadness over the sudden and untimely demise of leader and humble servant of God, late Rev.Dr.Chen Rengma on December 27. In a condolence note, KNUD stated that his dead had created a big vacuum which may be hard to fill up by the Kandi community and also Kandi Ni union in particular. Union further expressed its heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family members.

PCPV revokes excommunication oreder: Convenor Peace Committee Pholami Village (PCPV) under Phek district, Tavesu Getsa, has informed that the ex-communication order against tatar NSCN (IM) Sahicu Vezhu (as published on October 28) has been revoked under the initiative of peace committee Pholami village for the larger interest of the village as people desire for peace and tranquillity in village.

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GVC condemns Assam Rifles raid

Correspondent

DIMAPUR: Ghonivi Village Council (GVC) has condemned the alleged raid conducted by 32 Assam Rifles (AR) on December 25 at the house of Ahovi Aye. In a condemnation note appended by chairman Ghonivi Village Council, head GB, GB, three council members and council secretary, Ghonivi Village Council, while condemning the AR action, clarified that Ahovi Aye was a retired peon of Nagaland State Co-operative Bank and his son Khekato Sumi was working under GPRN/ NSCN (U).

The council further stated that “nothing adverse” against the family members of Ahovi Aye could be found during the raid.

DIMAPUR, Dec. 30 (NPN): Poumai Baptist town fellowship new building at Kuda ‘B’ Dimapur was dedicated by general secretary Fellowship of Naga Baptist Association (FNBA) Rev. H. Gideon on Friday.

Delivering the dedicatory message, Reverend Gideon said that the church should be built with right foundation, right plan and with faith. He reminded the gathering that Jesus Christ is the head and owner of the church and nobody should claim the ownership of the church.

He urged the church members to work as one and function according to the will of God with Jesus Christ the head of all.

The programme was led by David Pou, bible reading and invocation

Rev. Gideon addressing the gathering.

prayer said by Mathew, special songs were presented by Roveine Hraile and Poumai Baptist town fellowship members and P.K. Athio pronounced the

benediction prayer.

Around 500 church members including invitees and neighbouring church members attended the dedication programme.

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DIMAPUR, DEC 30 (NPN): Department of Science & Humanities, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Nagaland will be organizing an International Conference on Emerging Trends in Nanomaterials Science and Technology (ICETNMST – 2017) from January 4-6, 2017 at its campus.

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Phek Students’ Union to hold 58th session-cum-seminar on January 6

Dimapur: Phek Students’ Union (PSU) 58th session-cum-seminar would be held on January 6 next at Phek Village Community Hall. A seminar on career

guidance and confidence building for MLA Kuzholiizo (Azo) Nienu will competitive exams is designed for Class be the speaker at the inaugural session 9 & 10 and Class 11 and above respec- while Niechochiyi S. Venuh, District & tively.

Session Judge Zunheboto and Dr. Kiiv-

ezochi Hoshi, Managing Director Royal Foundation School Phek will be the resource persons. The inaugural function will start from 10 a.m.

South Africa, North Dakota University, UK etc. will be participating in the conference. Apart from that, scientists from various IITs, IISc Bangalore, IICT Hyderabad etc will also be a part of the conference.

Young researchers from India will present their work in the said conference.

The basic aim of the conference is to create a congenial atmosphere for the young researchers of the region as well as to create a platform for international scientific collaboration.

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Licence holders in Mnp asked to deposit arms Former Congress MLA joins BJP

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IMPHAL, Dec 30: With poll schedule for Manipur Legislative Assembly likely to be announced soon, district administrations have informed all licensed arm owners to deposit their arms and ammunitions to the police station concerned within seven days after the announcement of election schedule by the Election Commission of India.

The step has been taken up following an instruction from the ECI to the authorities of Manipur government to take all possible measures to conduct free and fair polls, an official source said.

Imphal West district administration, in one of its orders, said that it has decided to collect all the licensed arms within seven days from the announcement of the poll schedule

by ECI after reviewing the

prevailing law and order situation in the district.

Under the Arms Act, 1959, all arm licensed owners should deposit their arms to the police station concerned within seven days immediately after the ECI announces poll schedule, the order stated.

Meanwhile, with political defection taking place in the poll-bound state, Z Kikhonbou Newmai, who recently left the Congress party after tendering resignation from being MLA of the state Assembly, today joined the BJP along with his workers and supporters.

Kikhonbou was also the vice-chairman of the Hill Area Committee Manipur Legislative Assembly before tendering resignation as MLA of the current Assembly.

State BJP felicitated the former Congressman coming to the saffron fold with a reception function at

BJP Manipur Pradesh office in Imphal.

Welcoming the newly enrolled members of the BJP, party general secretary and sitting MLA Th Bishwajit said that the joining of former Congressman will boost the morale of the party workers.

“BJP is sure to capture power in Manipur after the forthcoming elections. The party will get enough seats to form the next government,” he said.

He further said that there was no decline to the popularity of BJP as reported in certain section of media after his only colleague in the state Assembly Kh Joykishan left the party and joined the Congress recently. BJP is becoming the people’s choice, he claimed while urging BJP workers and supporters not to be driven by false propaganda of some vested interested people.

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IMPHAL, Dec 30: A Chinese hand grenade was found at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal West district today, police said.

Visitors at the medical institute found the hand grenade and informed the authorities.

The grenade was retrieved and taken to an isolated place in Lamphel area where it was defused by a team of Manipur Police bomb squad, police officials said.

No armed outfit has owned up the responsibility of planting the bomb at the healthcare centre till the time of filing this report.

Today’s incident is not the first time in which militants have threatened the hospital authorities with explosives. Various militant outfits have threatened the doctors and administrative officials of the institute on various occasions in the past too.

Assam to rename secretariat as Janata Bhavan

Guwahati, Dec 30 (Agencies): Assam government has decided to rename the secretariat as ‘Janata Bhavan’. Moreover, a decision has also been taken to introduce the file management system (FMS) wherein features like electronic file tracking system will be implemented in the secretariat to infuse more transparency and peoplefriendly governance.

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced this at a meeting held in the secretariat on Thursday. Chairing the meeting of the General Administration Department and the Secretariat Administration Department, the Chief Minister said, “Under the FMS, a unique number will be generated for tracking each file in the

4 projects sanctioned for Kamjong dist I mphal , D e c 3 0 (Agencies): Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh announced new projects for Kamjong district which was recently formed. The developmental projects were Tribal Inclusive Infrastructure Projects at Phungyar and Kasom Khullen, Augmentation of Water Supply Scheme at Phungyar and Eklayavas Model Residential School at Kamjong.

Augmentation of Water Supply Scheme at Phungyar will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 382 lakh.

The water supply scheme will benefit population of 1,630. It will have four Service Reservoirs, six Zonal Reservoirs, Surface Water Tank, Conveyance and Distribution pipes, Chowkidar’s Quarter, Godown and Gutter and Drop pipes.

secretariat, as the project will be implemented as part of the government’s bid to render transparency and convenience to the people.”

He fur ther added that the plan also entails electronic tracking of file movement as steps are on the anvil to implement other components for extending governance digitally to the doorstep of every household. “The first component of the FMS will be introduced on April 1, 2017, while the second component, i.e. e-filing, will be introduced subsequently. With the introduction of FMS, public will get acknowledgement of their application either through SMS or email.”

The meeting also assessed the present status

of Circuit Houses, as CM directed the general administration department to repair and refurbish the 51 Circuit Houses so as to reflect unique local and ethnic culture of a district or subdivision. He also directed the department to modernise all Circuit Houses to make them worthy for the food and lodging of the foreign tourists.

It may be noted that the government has already initiated steps of forming the Circuit House Management Committee for its repair and refurbish. The meeting also decided to build an integrated complex on a land measuring 100 bighas in Majuli, involving Rs 278.21 crore.

The complex will incorporate a modern circuit House, centralised district

administration office with all departmental offices, official residences with sports and educational complex.

Sonowal also sought speedy completion of all Assam Houses being constructed at different places in the country.

The principal secretary of general administration department has informed that the Assam Houses at Vellore, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, New Delhi and Mumbai are on the verge of completion and will be inaugurated on April 1, 2017. Moreover, a government level communiqué was also initiated to construct Assam Houses in Pune, Chandigarh, Kochi, Thir uvananthapuram, Bhopal, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Cooch Behar.

Meghalaya rainwater harvesting scheme gets ministry award NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (Agencies): The innovative ‘jal kunds’ project that has been implemented in several rural pockets of Meghalaya has won the Central Board of Irrigation and Power Award.

A.D Shira, Parliamentary Secretary for the Water Resources Department, received the award for ‘Best Implementation Project’ on Thursday for the Meghalaya Government’s exemplary work in making the in situ rainwater harvesting technique a success in the State.

Top bureaucrats from the State were present at the programme in the Capital.

The Jal Kund scheme has helped in livelihood and income generation, recharge of groundwater

and springs and creation of awareness on the importance of water harvesting and conservation at the village level.

The scheme is one of the initiatives under the Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion Programme (IBDLP) implemented through communities with support from the Water Resources and the Soil and Water Conservation departments.

Though Meghalaya receives adequate rain, it faces a challenge in other seasons.

Jal kunds are water harvesting structures constructed to collect rainwater in situ or to trap the surface runoff, or natural drainage, and is stored for various purposes like fish-

ery and irrigation. It also facilitates groundwater recharge.

The cost for construction is relatively low and farmers in many cases are chipping in to make the jal kunds even more robust.

The scheme has made significant impact on the lives of small and marginal farmers who were earlier dependent on erratic rainfall during monsoon.

This simple technique has penetrated the entire State and a few international players are also approaching farmers to collaborate with them strengthen their brands.

The government has produced a short film on the jal kund scheme and it is being widely screened to reach out to more people.

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North east to get a dedicated weather service

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New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): The New Year will see the government starting work on a weather service catering specially to north east India, a move that will lead to significant enhancement of meteorological infrastructure in the region.

Under the project, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) will procure 14 doppler radars for the region, a big leap from existing two at Agartala in Tripura and Mohanbari in Assam, and set up 270 surface observatories and eight microwave radiometers.

The 19 heliports in the north east will also have dedicated surface observatories, a facility which is now missing.

M Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) said looking at the region’s diversity and requirement, a separate weather service for the north east was required.

“If you see the observations received from the north east are very scant in terms of data. The norm is that where the topography

is hilly, it is necessary to have more observation systems.

“Plus, there is so much of heterogeneity of topography in the north east that it demands separate weather services and an infrastructure boost,” Rajeevan said.

The north east has a few RAdioSonde And RadioWind Observatories in comparison to the rest of the country. The RAdioSonde And RadioWind Observatories send a balloon in the air twice a day to check humidity, wind patterns and temperature.

Envisaged under the XII Five Year Plan (201217), the weather service was stuck in red tape as it was initially supposed to be funded by the Department of North East Region (DoNER). As funding has not come from DoNER for the last four years, the MoES has now decided to go ahead with the Rs 194 crore project.

Rajeevan said the IMD will start with procuring equipment from next year.

Tripura Cong to protest against demonetisation

Assam rolls out first Music Archive of NE

Agartala, Dec 30 (PTI): The opposition Congress in Tripura today said it will hold demonstration before the government offices against the demonetisation drive which has caused “limitless inconveniences” to the common people.

“Demonetisation has caused limitless inconveniences to the common people throughout the country including our state. So, the state Congress has decided to demonstrate before the offices of DMs, SDMs and other government offices in the state,” TPCC President Birajit Sinha told reporters.

“We will demonstrate before the government offices including District Magistrates and Sub-divisional Magistrates on January 5 to protest against demonetisation,” he said.

Ramen Bar thakur, AICC Coordinator and incharge of Tripura said, “The process of demonetisation is anti-people and anti-poor. It is a disaster caused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

People want a relief from it”. Barthakur said, “It is one of the biggest scams aimed at benefiting the corporate.

Rahul Gandhi had asked many questions including the quantity of black money recovered due to this step, but he remained silent.”

‘Y’ category security for Tripura BJP chief

Agartala, Dec 30 (Agencies): In view of growing insecurity and physical attacks on him during Durga Puja 2016,Tripura BJP president Biplab Deb has been conferred ‘Y’ category of security during his stay at home and during movement. From now on highly trained CRPF jawans of 221 battalion and a few securitymen of the state will provide security to Biplab Deb. “I have already received papers in this regard from union home ministry. I have been subjected to two successive attacks from CPI (M) cadres after becoming state president,” said Deb, adding, “The state government did nothing to punish the guilty or to provide security. Hence the union home ministry has provided the security.”

He informed that he has been put in the number 66 in the number of security cover. “The union home ministry is concerned over Artists from Arunachal Pradesh perform at the inaugural ceremony of 3-day national indigenous the deteriorating law and ordance and music festival ‘Aadirang’, at Ravindra Natya Mandir in Mumbai on Thursday. (PTI) der situation in the state.”

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Minister of State Cultural Affairs Naba Kumar Doley inaugurates Music Archive of Assam (MAA) in Jyoti Chitraban, Guwahati on Friday. (PTI) Guwahati, Dec 30 (PTI): Assam government today inaugurated the first Music Archive of the North East for preserving various works of artistes.

“The first Music Archive of the region will fulfill the aspiration of our artistes. The centre will work for preservation of creations, including folklore,” Assam Cultural Affairs Minister Naba Kumar Doley said during inauguration of the function here.

The Music Archive has been set up inside the Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio complex, which is owned by the state government.

Doley also inaugurated the first ever air-conditioned shooting floor of the North East -- Sudhakantha Dr Bhupen Hazarika Shooting Floor -- in the same premises.

Speaking on the occasion, Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio Society Secretary Monita Borgohain said a number of important projects were in the pipeline to upgrade the facilities offered by the complex for making a film.

“Some of our plans are to build auro and atmos surround sound system for re-recording, digital interference, mini multiplex cinema hall and four camera set-up for online video

studio among others,” she added. Modernisation of the studio is undertaken with financial help from the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting under Assam Accord and also from ‘Film City’ project of the state government, Borgohain said.

Established in 1961, the Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio Society has the world famous Arri-Alexa Digital 35mm movie camera, which is one of the very few available models in Asia.

The complex also houses the Dr Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute.

Assam to hold Brindabani Swachhata App for Imphal Bastra exhibition

Guwahati, Dec 30 (Agencies): Assam government has undertaken necessary steps for exhibition of the Brindabani Bastra, a rare piece of textile reflecting some important aspects of the Vaishnavite traditions in the state.

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, in a meeting held on Thursday directed the cultural affairs department to take all-out measures to hold the exhibition of the Brindabani Bastra, housed in different museums in the world in October 2017.

This unique piece of textile that stands as a catalyst to the Vaishnavite traditions in the state will remain on display for three months from October to December next year.

In this regard, the government will set up a special state-of-the-art exhibition hall at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra fulfilling all requirements needed for proper conservation of the Bastra.

The Brindabani Bastra

is presently in possession of the British Museum and Victoria Albert Museum in London, Guimet Museum in Paris, New Ark Museum in New Jersey, Museum of Venice and Calico Museum of Textile in Ahmedabad.

The cloth housed in the British Museum is the largest in size. The Guimet Museum has two Bastras in its possession.

They are made of pure silk with double layered weaving. All these pieces reflect the textile skill of different ages.

Stating that the Bastra is a piece of cloth with a divine touch which highlights the skill of Assamese weavers and showcases Sankardeva’s hardwork and artistic temperament, Sonowal asked the cultural affairs department to coordinate with the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi for bringing it to Assam for display and also to make necessary provision of fund in the ensuing state budget for the same.

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IMPHAL, Dec 30: Toward making Imphal a clean city, Manipur government has launched a citizen complaint redressal mobile app, Swachhata App for Imphal city. Chief minister O Ibobi Singh launched the complaint redressal mobile and web platform for the city in a simple ceremony at the cabinet hall of the chief minister’s secretariat on Thursday, a communiqué of chief minister secretariat said Friday.

Widespread use of Swachhata App will immensely contribute in making Imphal a clean city irrespective of ranking in the cleanliness completion, said the chief minister after launching the App. The release reminded that Union ministry of urban development launched Swachh Survekshan 2017 project to access and rank 500 class-I cities including Imphal city in the country based on level sanitation and efforts made by respective urban local bodies (ULB).

PM launches digital payments app

goes digital.”

Digital payments company MobiKwik’s Founder and CEO Bipin Preet Singh said this will further strengthen digital payment system and add to building of a cashless economy.

“Going forward, we hope that provisions would be made for adding e-wallets on UPI enabling people to pay through bank accounts or e-wallets using the BHIM app,” Singh added.

Trupay Co-Founder Rahul Gochhwal said, “UPI is the most advanced payment system in the world.

This will develop the overall Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiling the winners of ‘’Lucky Grahak Yojana and payments ecosystem in the country.”

Digi Dhan - Vyapaar Yojana’’ at a Digidhan Mela in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI) New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): In a bid to further push adoption of e-payments in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched an indigenous digital payments app ‘BHIM’ that will enable fast and secure cashless transactions using mobile phones.

Named after the architect of the Indian Constitution, Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is a simplified payment platform designed to make Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and USSD payment modes simpler and usable across feature phones and smart phones.

“The day is not far, when people will conduct their business through this app...It is a simple app and you can download it on your smartphones or feature

phones. You don’t even require internet connection for this,” Modi said in his address at ‘DigiDhan Mela’ here.

The government had announced scrapping of old Rs 500 and 1,000 notes on November 8. While this led to a cash crunch and serpentine queues at banks and ATMs, the decision also pushed uptake of digital payments in the country.

Developed by National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), BHIM is supported by host of banks, including State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Bank of India, Canara Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Punjab National Bank, among others.

The app, which can be downloaded from Google

Playstore, is currently available in Hindi and English, and support for more languages is expected soon.

BHIM is interoperable with other Unified Payment Interface (UPI) applications and bank accounts.

“We all want our country to develop, become economically stronger and a resurgent nation. Through Digital India initiative, the country has take a giant leap towards that direction,” IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

Users can register their bank account with BHIM, and set a UPI PIN for the account. The mobile number then acts as the user’s identifier, enabling transactions like sending or receiving money. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said, “It is only a matter of time before the entire country

Sasikala resolution on legal sticky wicket CHE N NAI , D e c 3 0 (Agencies): The AIADMK general council’s resolution to nominate/appoint V K Sasikala as general secretary in-charge of the party until she is elected as per the provisions of section 20 (2) of the party bylaw has become a subject for yet another debate.

Political pundits are engaged in hair-splitting analysis of the party bylaw to figure out whether the general council’s decision would stand the scrutiny of the Election Commission and various courts of law, especially because the Madras high court has reserved orders in a related petition filed by Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa.

The party bylaw only provides for a collective decision-making body in the absence of an elected general secretary and does not have provisions to nominate anyone as general secretary, said Pushpa’s lawyer K M Vijayan. As per section 20 (5) of the bylaw, for any reason, if the post of general secretary falls vacant, the office bearers who were nominated by the previous general secretary would hold office and continue to function till the new general secretary is elected.

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council has taken cover under section 19 (8) of the bylaw while nominating Sasikala as general secretary in-charge because she is not eligible to get elected at present. This is because she falls short by three months to complete five continuous years of party membership (a prerequisite to become general secretary as per section 30 (5) of the bylaw) after she was reinstated in the party on March 28, 2012, said political analyst Raveenthiran Thuraisamy.

Section 19(8) reads: “The general council will be the supreme authority to frame policies and programmes of the party and for their implementation.

The decision of the general council is final and binding on all the members of the party.” Vijayan said the particular section empowered the general council to only frame policies and programmes, and did not empower the council to nominate anyone as general secretary.

Section 20 (2) was clear that the general secretary should be elected by the primary members of all the party units of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Andaman Islands, he

said.Vijayan said the nomination of Sasikala as general secretary was in clear violation of section 43 of the party bylaw which says that the general council cannot change the rule that the general secretary should be elected by the primary members of the party.

The party is waiting for the high court order to conduct an election for the general secretary post, said Thuraisamy. Moreover, after March 28, Sasikala would be eligible to get elected without carrying out any amendment to the bylaw, he opined.

It is quite unlikely that the EC would strike down the general council’s decision. Former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami said the EC never took up such scrutiny suo motu. “The AIADMK is just one of the 1,700 political parties in the country.

Unless someone challenges it saying it is in violation of the party bylaw, the EC will not act. Even if someone complains, the EC will not resort to immediate major action like de-recognition.

The EC will only ask the party to comply with the bylaw within a timeframe.

Most often, such issues are challenged in the court of law.”

PM hits back at Cong

Hitting back at Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said post demonetisation the narrative now is how much money has come back into the system as against how much was lost in scams like coal and 2G. Addressing a meeting on ‘Digidhan Mela’, he also had a dig at Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on his comment that demonetisation has produced “only a mouse” in terms of black money after digging a mountain, saying finding a “mouse” is needed as it consumes the wealth of poor.

“Three years ago, the dominant theme in the news was how much money was lost in scams. Now it’s about what is coming back. This is the difference,” Modi said.

UP polls: RLD, ally declare Jayant as CM candidate MATHURA, Dec 30 (PTI): RLD leader and former MP Jayant Chaudhary on Thursday was projected as chief ministerial candidate for the party and its allies at a rally at Abairani crossing in Mathura.

“Young RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary would be projected as chief ministerial candidate during the for thcoming Vidhan Sabha elections in the state,” JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav announced amidst applause from the large gathering at the Kisan Adhikar rally.

He also said if voted to power, the alliance government would implemenet total prohibition in the state. “People want change since there has been no development during SP or BSP rule in the state,” he claimed.

He sarcastically said while the cycle (poll symbol of the Samajwadi Party) has reached a “punctured stage”, elephant (BSP’s poll symbol) is without its ‘mahavat’ (controller).

“An elephant without Mahavat would cause heavy destruction to crop,” he said.

Cash crunch snuffs out five-year-old’s life

JALOD (Dhule), Dec 30 (Agencies): Fiveyear-old Sonu cried hoarsely writhing in pain and spread his arms looking at his grandmother before closing his eyes forever on November 16.

“We sat around him for days as he continuously cried complaining of stomach pain. We helplessly awaited his death. One day, he fainted and died without any treatment,” says Sonu’s grandmother, Ejaa, moving her fingers tenderly on her grandson’s identity card-size picture, reports TOI. Little Sonu was his grandmother’s favourite.

He always loved to be in her arms.

“He was very cute,” Ejaa says, holding the picture close to her chest.

Tears trickle down her

cheeks.

Sonu died without treatment as his parents had no money to take him to a hospital. Like other villagers, they are daily wagers in cotton and onion farms.

Post-demonetisation, they hardly get any work.

“We took Sonu to a bhagat (godman), but he continued to cry. We had savings of Rs 2,000, which we gave to a doctor in Warud town. He treated him with a saline bottle and then asked us to take the boy to a hospital in Shirpur.

But we decided to bring him back home because we were completely cashless,” says Sonu’s father, Mohan Shivan Bhil.

“We spent our all savings and it was not possible for me to do anything more.

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villagers because they are as poor as us,” he says.

Mohan did not get to work much over the past one month. Reason: farmers say they have no cash to pay wages.

Jalod, around 400km north from Pune, is a village of Bhil and Pawara Adivasi farm labourers in Dhule. It has witnessed hunger, pain and three deaths (including that of Sonu) without treatment following the government’s demonetisation move.

The average daily wages of farm labourers are between Rs 80 and Rs 100. Post-demonetisation, hardly 5-10 people get work in farms.

Some Jalod residents also work in brick kilns in nearby Gujarat towns. But work is hard to come by even there.

Sonu’s mother is out for work in the nearby onion farmland. “After a week, she has got some work. Only few of us get work these days. Others just sit quietly or wander asking for work,” says Ejaa in her dialect.

Ask her about demonetisation, and she gives a blank look. Except that there is no work available for the past one month, she knows nothing about it.

As community members gather near Sonu’s hut, Ajay Bhandari, the son of the village sarpanch, rushes to the spot. Ajay and his father, Anand, own a grocery shop and are BJP supporters. They want to make it big in politics. The sarpanch away on some work, Ajay stands in the corner and keenly hears the discussions.

CBI challenges challenges ex-IAF chief Tyagi’s bail New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday approached the Delhi High Court to seek cancellation of bail to former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief S.P. Tyagi in the AgustaWestland chopper deal case.

Justice Vipin Sanghi issued notice to Tyagi and asked him to file a reply by January 3.

Tyagi -- the first chief of any wing of the armed forces to be arrested in the country -- and two others were allegedly involved in irregularities in the procurement of 12 AW-101 VVIP helicopters from Britainbased AgustaWestland.

Tyagi was granted bail by a trial court on December 26. He was the Air Force chief from 2004 to 2007.

The CBI challenged the trial court’s order dated December 26.

The CBI told the high court that if Tyagi remained out on bail then he can try to hamper the investigation and tamper with the evidence related to the case.

Tyagi remained in custody for 18 days. He was arrested on December 9 but later released on bail.

The former IAF chief has denied the charges of kickbacks.

The order on bail for the other two accused -- Tyagi’s cousin Sanjeev Tyagi and Gautam Khaitan, a Delhi-based lawyer -- will be delivered on January 4 by the trial court.

Jharkhand mine collapse: 10 bodies found, 40 feared dead

People gather near the coal mine in Godda, Jharkhand, where several workers are trapped, after it collapsed on Thursday evening. (PTI)

Godda (Jharkhand), Dec 30 (Agencies): Ten workers died while over 30 are still feared trapped following a coal mine collapsed on Thursday night in Jharkhand’s Godda district.

This is the latest mishap in a nation with a poor record of industrial safety. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das and asked about collapse in the Lalmatia on Friday.

Meanwhile, Das announced Rs 2 lakh to the families of the dead and Rs 25,000 for the injured. He also promised that the severe action would be taken against those accountable for the accident.

As Newsd reported earlier in the morning, mining operation was part of the Rajmahal Opencast Project

of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), carried out by Mahalaxmi Company in Godda district. The incident took place during a shift change late on Thursday.

The rescue operation could not be started immediately due to the darkness, fog and power cut in the area.

“Rescue operation started from 6 am on Friday morning. We are not sure as to how many workers and vehicles are trapped inside the mine. But, as per the information about 10-12 vehicles were operating inside the mine when the incident took place. Besides, there were some workers also. We are only focusing on saving the people trapped inside the mine,” said Godda superintendent of police Hira Lal Chauhan.

A rescue team from

Dhanbad reached to the site. “Additional forces have been pressed to maintain law and order,” Chauhan said as per a report in HT. A National Disaster Rescue Force team from Patna has also been rushed to the accident spot. The state administration has been asked to give chopper facilities to airlift those trapped inside the mine.

Currently, there is no official statement on how many machines, vehicles and people are being trapped. Relief and rescue operations are already under process and the injured are being sent to the nearby hospitals. Most of the things, especially the number of casualties will only become clear as the relief and rescue operations proceed further.

Demonetisation done without Entire currency in circulation forethought: Chidambaram from Dec 31 legitimate: Jaitley

P Chidambaram

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS): Calling demonetisation a “decision taken without forethought”, the Congress on Friday said all its stated objectives have failed and the government’s insistence on digital transactions is infested with “serious issues”, including of privacy.

The opposition party also accused the Modi government of changing the narrative from black money to cashless economy.

“It is now abundantly clear that the whole exercise was undertaken without forethought and planning; without consulting key officials; without understanding the crucial role of money in circulation; and without assessing the capacity of the currency printing presses to supply new notes,” se-

nior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said.

“Altogether, the whole exercise has been a case of total mismanagement, administrative collapse and widespread corruption,” he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the scrapping of high-denomination currency notes on November 8 night, and subsequently sought 50 days to put things in order.

Chidambaram said the Congress would have pledged support to demonetisation if the objectives were to unearth and stamp out black money and end corruption, but that has not happened.

“Events of the last 50 days have proved that none of the stated objectives has been served. Hoards of black money in new Rs 2,000 notes have been found. There is no guarantee that black money will not be generated in future or that bribes will not be given or taken in future in the new currency notes,” Chidambaram said.

The former Union minsiter said the government had tried to change the narrative of the demonetisation move from black money and corruption to a cashless economy.

Arun Jaitley

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that from Saturday onwards, the entire currency in circulation will be legitimate, Friday being the last day to deposit the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in banks.

“With effect from tomorrow the entire currency in circulation would be legitimate,” Jaitley told reporters at a press briefing here on Friday.

From Saturday the legitimate currency that would continue to be legal tender is Rs 100 and other lower denomination notes along with the new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has printed, he added.

The deadline to deposit old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in banks ends on Friday.

Refusing to give any details on the deposits received in old notes postdemonetisation, he said that the data was yet to be tabulated.

“The banks will now have the re-circulated currency, plus what the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is injecting,” Jaitley said.

The RBI on Friday asked the banks, which have accumulated old notes to deposit it in the office of the central bank or a currency chest by December 31.

The old notes cannot form part of banks’ cash balances from the close of business as on Saturday, the central bank added.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVII NO. 26 Dimapur, Saturday, December 31, 2016

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UP political stable

or a long time, the perceptible differences of outlook and management style between the patriarch and son was hidden behind the thin veener of being of the same ‘parivaar’ but it was not long before this had to give way. It finally did after the ‘Neta’ Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday fired the first shot by announcing the names for 325 of the 403 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats, “ignoring” his son’s objections to certain names, and “ruled out” alliance with any party(Congress) for the upcoming polls in 2017. Mulayam announced his list at a hurriedly convened press conference when his son and current chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was reportedly out of station. Mulayam’s list of 325 candidates included names of 176 sitting MLAs. The ‘parivar war’ within the Yadav family has uncles –Shivpal(with Mulayam) and Ramgopal (with Akhilesh) in opposing camps. The family feud has been ignited by the machinations of Mulayam’s own brothers who have their own vested interest in propping up both father and son.Akhilesh had not taken well to his father welcoming back Amar Singh into the party and has made no bones about it. Akhilesh had to deal with trouble creating uncle Shivpa Yadav but was helpless since Mulayam fully backed him. Though some kind of truce was managed; the matter worsened after Akhilesh announced he was going to begin election campaign from November 3 since the ‘parivar war’ had delayed it since October. All other political parties have begun campaign since September-October.

Mulayam, with some prodding from anti-Akhilesh baiters, began a systemic effort to cut down his son. He had began by appointing Akhilesh baiter Shivpal Yadav as state SP president in September and on December 28, unilaterally announced the 325 candidates without the knowledge of Akhilesh Yadav. Akhilesh too did his bit when he chose to ignore his father’s directives to effect merger with gangster Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s Qaumi Ekta Dal but later had to approve it. With differences cropping up, Shivpal threatened to quit the party citing lawlessness and land grabbing and in response, Mulayam launched an all out attack against his son. Akhilesh’s effort to streamline his government was also checked by Mulayam. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has positioned himself as a development-oriented leader and eager to cut ties with the seedy networks of political patronage built by his father and uncles.

The suspected ‘catalytic’ role being played by the BJP to engineer an open war cannot be discounted. There are speculations that the centre was activating agencies like ED, I-T and CBI to the SP chief and his family in connection with DA cases and other shortcomings. The equations in UP has changed and by January 2017 it will be clear, whether the BJP or BSP has gained by the split in the SP. There is however no doubt, that the BJP will be the front runner to win UP and how it takes advantage of its present pre-eminence will matter. For prime minister Narendra Modi UP is a must-win state for the BJP as it will prove to be the biggest and best prize that would greatly help towards returning back to power in 2019.

DailyDevotion “And Every Virtue We Possess”

…All my springs are in you. —Psalm 87:7 Our Lord never “patches up” our natural virtues, that is, our natural traits, qualities, or characteristics. He completely remakes a person on the inside— “…put on the new man…” (Ephesians 4:24). In other words, see that your natural human life is putting on all that is in keeping with the new life. The life God places within us develops its own new virtues, not the virtues of the seed of Adam, but of Jesus Christ. Once God has begun the process of sanctification in your life, watch and see how God causes your confidence in your own natural virtues and power to wither away. He will continue until you learn to draw your life from the reservoir of the resurrection life of Jesus. Thank God if you are going through this drying-up experience!

The sign that God is at work in us is that He is destroying our confidence in the natural virtues, because they are not promises of what we are going to be, but only a wasted reminder of what God created man to be. We want to cling to our natural virtues, while all the time God is trying to get us in contact with the life of Jesus Christ— a life that can never be described in terms of natural virtues. It is the saddest thing to see people who are trying to serve God depending on that which the grace of God never gave them.

They are depending solely on what they have by virtue of heredity. God does not take our natural virtues and transform them, because our natural virtues could never even come close to what Jesus Christ wants. No natural love, no natural patience, no natural purity can ever come up to His demands. But as we bring every part of our natural bodily life into harmony with the new life God has placed within us, He will exhibit in us the virtues that were characteristic of the Lord Jesus.

And every virtue we possess Is His alone.

Quotes

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind. ~ Samuel Butler

Nagaland Post, Dimapur Saturday, December 31, 2016

Post-mortem The old and the new year Muivah’s New Year message

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he sun rises and sets; a generation comes and goes and a kingdom rises and falls, but the word of God stays. Nothing stays, everything is transitional to the final goal. As old things give way to all new things so the year 2016 has gone giving room to the year 2017.However, 2017 without Christ will never be a new year. Every day, every month and every year with Christ is a new day, a new month and a new year.

Similarly, old laws, old cultures, old systems and old traditions must give room to the new ones in order to stay in tune with the revolutionary world. Anything that does not go along with the law of revolution will decay and perish.

We believe in the fundamental principle that we come from the Lord for a divine mission and we will go back to the Lord, the ultimate goal. And that the Nagas are Christ-oriented.

Everything of them – their land, their Churches, their villages, their organizations, their nation and most of all, their life. The movement of the Nagas is inspired and guided by principle of ‘Na-

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galim for Christ.’ Our spirit of continuous resistance against the aggressors, our spirit of tireless service to the nation and our spirit of self-sacrifice for the cause comes from it. If it were not a Christ-oriented movement our sacrifices, our labor, our life-time investment would have been a wastage of time and energy. We are not going to build a materialist state or that of the idol worshippers. We are going to build a future-oriented state. Definitely we are for the kind of country that promotes harmonious physical, mental and spiritual growth of the people.

Our survival lies in clinging to our principle, not in coalition forces of groups of people outside the line.

Our victory lies in our faith force and unwavering stand for the right. Our strength lies in unity in the principle through mutual forgiveness in the name of Jesus Christ. Our solution lies in mutual understanding and agreement to disagreement between the two contending parties, not in confrontation. Our prosperity lies in interdependent relationship with other people and na-

tions, not in isolation from them. Our future lies in our issue, not in the east or west.

As we enter the New Year 2017, let us shrug off and exhale the past differences. No enemies can defeat and destroy the Nagas so long as they are on the Lord’s side. Nagas will be pulled down only by their own mistakes and sins. A nation cannot be built upon the foundation of hatred and communalism. We have already declared a statement appealing to all brothers and sisters in different camps to forgive our past mistakes as we have forgiven them and unite in the political line of the people. If God wills 2017 will be a remarkable and historic year. I believe that it will be a year of rejoicing and jubilation for the long suppressed and oppressed Nagas. Let us welcome the new-year with humble prayer and open heart for God’s abundant blessing. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year, 2017!

Th. Muivah, Ato Kilonser, Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim

Let’s build a green national highway of flowering trees

laces like Nagaland in fifty to hundred years from now will become the lungs of the earth. We are the ones who will have the resources (Trees) to generate the oxygen necessary for the very survival of our species. On average, one tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year. Two mature trees can provide enough oxygen for a family of four.

Two days back, whilst beatboxing alone in the car and driving down to Dimapur bumping, twisting and twerking my internal organs in our potholed national highway, I came across a scene which suddenly took over my highly exaggerated sense of imagination with mixed emotions of hope, sadness, hope, positivity and negativity as I witnessed the work being executed to finally build our dream four lane highway.

I was filled with hope because if this is completed within the anticipated timeline of three years, this highway will further fuel progress in our State by boosting all sectors particularly the USP of our State Tourism and Logistics which will support our agro and allied industries. But as I saw trees after trees being felled and destroyed by these huge machinery, the positive vibes were shadowed by the thought of this highway was becoming a graveyard of once beautiful majestic trees that donned our beautiful roadway.

As concerned citizens and stakeholders of this highway, it is our duty to ensure that the construction company executing the project along with the sub-contractors and our Government to strictly adhere to the Green Highways (Plantation & Maintenance) Policy-2015 to set aside one per cent of the civil cost of national highway development projects for the planting of trees in a “planned manner”.

Here we need to additionally appeal as concerned citizens with our wishes to push for a plan with an aesthetic vision to plant the most visually appealing and beautiful trees that will enhance the overall experience of riding through this highway.

We should aim for our National Highway to be featured among the most beautiful

highways in the world.

But for any idea to become reality, it is the duty of each and every single individual to put our words into action by taking ownership of projects that are based on building public infrastructure and community development.

1. Each of us can buy at least 2 Tree saplings (Might cost around Rs.100 only) after consultation with top experts in landscape and garden designs and making our Government authority of National Highways approve the choice of flowering trees and the plantation blueprint. Once the major digging is complete and the road is ready for plantation, on the Grand Plantation Day, everybody can come together and plant these saplings with our own hands and together we can build one of the most beautiful national highway in India.

2. We can send out a appeal addressed to the Chief Ministers Office, Govt of Nagaland, Minister for National Highways that in line with the Green Highways (Plantation and Maintenance) Policy, 2015, the Government also allow the citizens and public bodies whoever wish to take part in this exercise to fix a day during the monsoons to plant flowering and fruit bearing trees along the highway.

3. Citizens can also suggest the most beautiful flowering and fruit bearing trees suitable to our climate that can be put uniformly across stretches for creating mesmerizing visual appeal for the longest duration(Season).

Most of us Nagas only like complaining and whining but this is our chance to stop complaining and actually getting involved to build something beautiful in our lifetime. Thirty years from now, all of us will be old and maybe some of the lucky ones will be driving and beatboxing down this road with your children and grandchildren.

That day you will tell them of how you planted these flowering and fruit bearing trees that turned the once pothole and dust ridden roads into paradise on earth!

Kind Regards, Sir, Yanpvuo Kikon (Yan)

The New Year breakthrough

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ew year is a moment where we wish to see changes in us.Its a moment where we want to give up the old bad habits that had bind us by its prison of frustration.So,we are busy with resolution but this had been a failur from many past.So,what?

Look to Bible for this.

This is the only last and best solution that i have discovered.According to Bible ,we cant change without surrendering to God.Most of our resolutions go to dust because we dont put God to our fight. Without God we are the same old sinner and we will be the same in 2017 too.So , surrender!

Hope you can recall Zacarus who was on a tree.Zacarus was brilliant!Zacarus was humble too!

In the Bible we find that David and Daniel had faced the same problems like us .In

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nd they shall beat their sword into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” Is. 2:4.

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the world; No I did not come to bring peace but a sword.” Mtt. 10:34.

We are met this night together to “Ring out the old, ring in the New.” And we are at the parting of the ways. This is the time of retrospection and making decision. Then what is retrospection? The year that is just going brings before our mind, among many things the perilous conditions in the midst of which we find ourselves. All around us people are involved in some type of strife and conflict. From the family circle to the inter-national situation, people are venting their aggressive feelings upon one another.

In some cases it may be the rebellious child who is trying to break free of his parents’ hold upon him; in some situations it is the majority group which has received preferential treatment and rejects the just demands of the minority group, and in still other cases there are nations which try to improve their particular ways of life upon all humankind.

Whether ill will, hatred and envy exist among individuals or nations, each point to an object of animosity and each places the blame for the unpleasant situation on the other. I can go on multiplying the perilous conditions we are surrounded by.

We cannot of course close our eyes to the tremendous progress the world has made in our times. Science has contributed much in many fields. Despite all these, we cannot forget the great many problems of our age.

And two of the most severe problems are anxiety and fear. We have gone through these situations. And as those who have believed in the promises of God, we had faced all our trials and temptations. By His never-failing grace we were enabled to overcome these trails and temptations. Let us therefore, give thanks to God. Summing up our gratitude to God let us all say, “Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is within me bless His Holy name, Bless…. forget not all His benefits.”

As God’s children we must learn to put our trust in Him in every situation and when our trust in Him is unconditional, peace settle in our being. As the great poet Tennyson said, “Ring out the want, the care, the sin, the faithless coldness of the times, Ring out; ring out my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel in song of hope, Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.” I wish to say a few words about Peace. The angels’ song was: “Glory to God in the Highest heaven, And peace on earth to those with whom he is pleased.” All of us need peace-peace within us, peace in our homes, peace in our society, peace in our Church, peace in our countrypeace on earth. Yes, everyone desires peace.

Let me cite three illustrations: 1. In front of the U.N.O. Building is installed a statue of a man beating a sword into a plough. The Statue is a gift made by the Russians to the U.N.O. 2. When President Truman took office as President of USA he noticed on the desk of his private room in the White House the model of a gun. He ordered the model to be removed and wanted the model of a plough as a reminder that all planning now must be not for war, but for peace.

These illustrations are a proof to show that humanity does not desire war but peaceful efforts to make life a useful one. I do not wish to comment on the impossibility or the inability of doing away with military warfare by the nations of the world. We cannot overlook the efforts made by those who love peace in order to avoid war. Good

the same way, We are bind by our sin,drinking,smoking and.......

But ,like Jacob we can bring a breakthrough ! Please remember, Jacob stole blessing but got more curse.He got two beautiful wife by serving as a servant for many years but was not happy. More curse!He had seen angel but something was Dark in him.Atlast , he undersrood the secret - surrendering the fight to God. Let us forget our resolution and surrender to God. God donot need you to use pen and papper for it.Forget it! You are the pen and papper. Just surrender! As peoples bring offering to Altar in the Bibles ,let us bring all our weakness and goodness to God.Let us tell him to touch and make us like the vessel of Cannah(The vesel overflew at marriage).

We may be broken vessel but

its nothing .All are broken vessel though we are rich or poor.Martha and Ruth were broken Vessel.Blind Barthemas and the bleeding woman were broken vessel.

So, its nothing new .Even Moses who saw God was broken and unfit Vessel but Grace favoured him as he was willing to go by God and not by his wiseness.

(Moses too murderd ok).

What is your resolution? i know you have full of pain and tear But , Forget it. Come near to God and surrender all your heart and mind .

But do not wor r y.

There is your miracle.

This new year will be our BREAKTHROUGH! Say AMENNNNNN!!!!!!

Jesus Miracle Ministry R.K.Krishta Luke, (lukerkkrishta@gmail.com)

intention on the one hand and prepared men to wage war, if force to, cannot go together.

We must pray that God will hasten the day while there will be lasting peace and when the prophecy of Isaiah will be fulfilled. A day will come when the “Wolves and lambs will eat together; lions will eat straw as cattle do, and snakes will no long be dangerous.

On Zion my sacred hill there will be nothing harmful or evil”(Is. 65:25).

3. One day in Palestine, where stupid people are stirring up hatred and strife, a visitor heard a sound of sweet music. It was an Arab donkey-boy plying a sort of shepherd’s pipe. As the visitor drew near he asked to see the boy’s flute and found it was half of an old rifle-barrel. It seems the boy had stumbled on the rifle-barrel among the hills. He had filed it into two, bored holes in it and made a flute-God can help us make ugly weapons of war into useful articles such as ploughs and instruments to pipe the song of peace. Let me come to the Cross obtain forgiveness of sin and get reconciled with Him and with those against whom I have something. Let the Lord break me and make me a useful instrument for His mighty kingdom which is yet to be revealed.

Every minute of this period of our meditation must be precious for us. Shall we retrospection consider the path that we have trodden in the year that we are about to end up. Such retrospection will fill our hearts with a sense of gratitude and move us on to an act of thanksgiving. And an act of thanksgiving will lead us on to an act of confession of our sins; and then we shall have the joy of forgiveness of our sins.

And then we shall be prepared for an act of dedication and consecration of our lives when we are on the threshold of a New Year.

First, let us meditate on to the wonderful way the Lord had led us in the past. He kept us in His loving hand. He protected us from the evil influences of the world and from the snares of Satan. His hand was stretched forth for our defense. He loved us as His own children. We had felt His wonderful love when we in all humility and simplicity approached His throne of grace. His hand guided us when we were not sure of the next step we should take. Had we been left to our own guidance, we should have ended our lives miserably.

Again we were in His chastening hand.

Times there were when our Heavenly Father was driven to use the chastening rod. It is written, “For whom the Lord loved He chastened and scourged every son whom He received.” So if we had met with failures or disappointments for which we were largely responsible let us take it that it was all an act of His chastening hand. The Lord had sustained us all these days. There were hour of sorrow. Perhaps in the case of some of His children there was the hour of death.

There were moments when we felt that all human helpers had failed. Did we not feel then the mighty hand of God, touching us and healing us and enabling us to shake off our fears and feebleness and to feel strong and brave to fight the battle of life! Too often we disobeyed our Master Jonah and proved ourselves to be disobedient servants.

We were lazy too, and as a result of our laziness we fell into many a temptation.

Like Peter we denied our Lord before men.

So now with thanksgiving and confession let us bow our head before the Almighty God. In china it seems, New Year’s Day is house cleaning time. Let this thing teach us a good lesson that we should cast from our lives worthless things of the past and begin the year with our lives dedicated to our Master, Jesus Christ.

Dr. Tsuktimeren Ao

Reader’s Post

My personal view on reservation

1. When the Govt of India gives minority scholarships to the Nagas, all those people who are against reservation keep quite knowing well that these scholarships are also a kind of reservation because the rest of Indians don’t get it.

2. A Naga can get an MBBS seat even with 60% marks while a mainstream Indian cannot get even with 85%.

3. In institution like NIELIT, a Naga can study diploma course free of cost while a mainstream Indian have to pay somewhere near Rs 20,000/ for the same course.

4. The Govt of India gives many such offers, reservations to the Nagas and other minorities encouraging us to be at the same level with the others sometimes even at the expense of more deserving people. There is even a film called Aarkshan featuring Amitabh Bachan and Deepika Padukone depicting the difficulties undergo by people of general category. Does the Govt think that we are a weak race? Does it think we are not capable of doing things which are done by others? Then why does the govt give us reservations? Is it because we are so poor? Or is it that our brain is weaker than that of other Indians? Well I honestly think the answer is a big ‘NO’. We are given these reservations only because we have less representations in the big Indian society. We are capable of doing everything that the other Indians do yet the Govt gives us all these privileges so that our society grow equally along with others. The Govt knows that we Nagas are believers of traditions and cultures. It knows very well that it is beyond our dignity to accept something which is given to us from other people’s plate but the Govt still gives us these reservations and we with our brave and proud culture still accepts it humbly... Then when it is our turn to give reservations to women, how does our tradition and culture become so strict? Many elders have said that women are as good as men and sometimes even better so they don’t need any reservation. If that is the case, why do we accept reservations given to us by the Indian Govt?? Why don’t we fight for everything equally along with the rest of Indians? If there was no reservations, how many doctors, engineers etc do you think we Nagas will have today? If we are so much against reservations, why don’t we stage a big protest in Delhi saying we are Nagas, we are equal with everyone, we can do anything that the others do, we should clearly tell the Govt of India not to insult us by giving us reservations.

Finally if our tradition and culture can allow our pride to accept reservations, I think this same culture and tradition should allow our pride to give reservations too.

Yohan G Bendang, Medziphema, (jonbendang@gmail.com)

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.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur saturday, december 31, 2016

Modi assured decision on K’taka drought fund, says Siddaramaiah

All party delegation from Karnataka led by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Siddaramaiah calls on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on December 30, 2016. (PTI)

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured a decision on release of Rs 4,702 crore drought relief to Karnataka for kharif crop loss in 2016 will be taken on January 4, State Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said.

An all-party delegation led by Siddaramaiah today called on Modi and requested him to release the entire drought relief fund sought by the state.

He also asked the Centre to release second installment of Rs 2,856 crore under MNREGA at the earliest and also discussed Mahadayi inter-state water dispute issue with Modi.

The delegation included senior state BJP leaders Jagdish Shettar and K S Eshwarappa, JD (S) leaders H D Revanna and Appaji Gowda as well as state government representative in Delhi Appaji Nadagowda.

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge as well as four Union ministers including Ananth Kumar, Sadananda Gowda and Nirmala Sitharaman were present in the meeting.

“We explained to the Prime Minister the extreme drought experienced in Karnataka. In the meeting, I was told a high- level meeting, headed by the

Union Home Minister, has been called on January 4 to decide on the extent of drought relief to Karnataka,” Siddaramaiah told media after the meeting.

“We have told the PM to put a word to the Ministers concerned to release the entire relief fund sought. The PM told he will talk to Ministers concerned,” he said.

The Chief Minister said the state has also sought additional Rs 386 crore relief for kharif crop lost due to floods in five districts. “The state has already spent Rs 400 crore in drought-hit areas. If the Centre does not give the entire relief amount, it will be

a burden on exchequer. We have asked them to release the funds soon,” he said.

In the meeting that lasted for 30 minutes, Siddaramaiah also discussed the employment guarantee scheme MNREGA and sought the centre increase the number of man-days to 200 considering severe drought situation in the state.

He also sought release of the second installment of MNREGA funds of Rs 2,856 crore to the state at the earliest.

Out of Rs 3,945 crore allotted to the state under MNREGA, the Centre has so far released Rs 1,860 crore, he added.

On the Mahadayi issue, Siddaramaiah said he told the PM that a meeting of three state Chief Ministers to resolve the dispute amicably out of court could not be convened yet.

Karnataka has been facing severe drought for the past six years. The drought in 2016-17 was the worst in 40 years. The state has declared 139 taluks out of 176 drought-hit.

The state had a normal monsoon in June-July this year, but it witnessed a prolonged dry spell in August, September and October affecting agriculture, power generation, ground water recharge, drinking water supply and fodder availability.

Governor nod to Municipal Act 3rd amendment D I M A P U R , D EC 3 0 (NPN): Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya gave his assent to the Nagaland Municipal (third Amendment) Act 2016, which was passed by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on November.

In sections 23A and 23B of the Municipal Act 2001, as inserted by the first amendment Act 2006, the words ‘Schedule Castes’ and the connected phrases and provision relating to reservation for SCs have been omitted.

All references and operative provisions relating to “Tax on lands and buildings” in the Municipal Act 2011 has also been omitted.

The words “be specified by the government, by notification” in Municipal Act 2001 has been substituted by “be proposed by the Municipality and approved by the government which is to be conveyed by notification” in the amended Act. Other omissions in the amended Act includes subsections (4) & (5) of section 120, sections 143,144, 145 and entry (d) in section 182 of the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001. The word “determined” in the Municipal Act 2001 has been substituted by the word “approved” while “sanction” and “sanctioned” in the same Act were substituted with “approve” and “approved.”

From the Nagaland Municipal Act 2011, all references and operative provisions relating to “attachment and sale of defaulter’s immovable property” has been omitted.

BJP unit observes Good Governance Day Countdown for 2017 to be delayed by a second

Visasolie Lhoungu speaking at the ‘Good Governance Day’ event on Friday.

D I M A P U R , D EC 3 0 (NPN): Nagaland State BJP unit observed “Good Governance Day” on December 30 at the party’s office in Dimapur. Good governance day was initiated by Narendra Modi-government to commemorate former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary on December 25.

State unit president Visasolie Lhoungu spoke on the concept and purpose of Good Governance and

declared that the State BJP would observe Good Governance Day on December 30, annually.

Speaking on the occasion, convenor of GCC, S.T. Sangtam explained on the constitutional basis, meaning and purpose of Good Governance Day. Dr. Kuhoi Zhimomi, member GCC also recounted the life history and contribution of Atal Bihari Vajpayee while Dr. Temsuwati, also a member of the

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committee gave a detailed account of implementation of 66 centrally sponsored schemes.

The programme organized by the state Good Governance Committee (GGC) was chaired by Mulai Khiamniungan, GCC member secretary. Viniho Zhimomi, Pastor Hindi Baptist Church, Toluvi, Dimapur invoked God’s blessing and the vote of thanks was delivered Mulai Khiamniungan.

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): The countdown for the new year 2017 will be delayed by a second as horologists will compensate for a slowdown in the Earth’s rotation.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is to introduce a “leap second” after 23.59:59 on December 31.

“The Earth and rotation around its own axis is not regular, as sometimes it speeds up and sometimes it slows down, due to various factors including the moon’s gravitational Earthbraking forces that often results in ocean tides.

“As a result, Astronomical Time (UT1) gradually falls out of sync with Atomic time (UTC), and as and when the difference between UTC and UT1 approaches 0.9 seconds, a leap second is added to UTC through Atomic clocks worldwide,” D K Aswal, Director National Physical Laboratory said .

India too will add a “leap second” in its “atomic clock” in order to synchronise clocks worldwide with the Earth and ever slowing rotation.

Atomic clocks are very accurate and are stable

within one second over a period of millions of years.

On the other hand, the Astronomical Time known as Universal Time (UT1) refers to the Earth and rotation around its own axis and determines the length of a day.

As the leap second is added simultaneously all over the world at UTC 23:59:59 on December 31, 2016, a leap second will also be inserted at IST 05:29:59 on January 1, 2017 (IST being five hours and thirty minutes ahead of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

Adding the leap second to Indian clock is done by National Physical Laboratory (NPL) under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (SCIR). The NPL is one of the oldest laboratory in the country.

In order to follow Indian Standard Time (IST), the clocks need to be adjusted after the insertion of leap second.

Those utilising CSIRNPL time dissemination services need not worry as they will receive the corrected time post the insertion of leap second, Aswal said.

Strike over ID cards to refugees hits life in Kashmir

The combo pictutre shows a protester throwing away a petrol bomb (up) at a police vehicle (bottom) during a clash at Batmaloo in Srinagar on Friday. (PTI)

Srinagar, Dec 30 (PTI): Normal life was affected in Kashmir Valley on Friday due to a strike called by separatists against the issuance of identity certificates to West Pakistan Refugees (WPRs).

Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments in Srinagar — the summer capital of the state — were shut, while public transport was minimal, officials said.

They said there were very

few street vendors visible in the city today due to the strike. Reports of shutdown were also received from most of the other district headquarters of the Valley, the officials said.

Security forces were deployed in strength at sensitive places where barricades were also erected.

The separatists have also been calling for shutdown on Friday and Saturday every week after scaling down their agitation

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(From p-1) and against town commands of NFGs and HoDs of government departments and some HoDs currently under NIA investigation have obtained anticipatory bail. Besides, ACUAT said despite financial and manpower constraints it has taken up complaints on nonpayment of salary, promotions and taxations. It also lamented that unabated taxation continued and opined it would take a collective voice and courage of all to end this completely.

ACAUT admitted that people’s expectations were high and though it may not deliver on all, yet the movement continues to draw strength from truth telling and people’s support to be a conduit to channel aspirations and will of people and not having the power of jury, judge and prosecutor as many expected.

The years of subjugation has taken a toll on the psyche and made Nagas cynical, doubtful and fearful of coming together to do the impossible. ACAUT said it was imperative for the present generation to invoke courage and wisdom from Christ to unshackle the chains of the past and it was now time to wake up for the sake of the future.

Tight security for New Year’s eve in Delhi

DMRC spokesperson said.

Passengers will be allowed to enter the Rajiv Chowk Metro station from ‘F’ and ‘B’ block side gates after 9 PM for boarding the trains, he said.

“Interchange facility between Line-2 (HUDA City Centre – Samaypur Badli) and Line-3/4 (Dwarka Sec21 – NOIDA City Centre/ Vaishali) will continue as usual at Rajiv Chowk Metro station till the end of revenue services,” he added.

In south district, there will be extra security personnel and commandos deployed outside malls in Saket and Hauz Khas Village. Police has been holding meetings with mall managers and pub and bar owners requesting them to deploy additional security guards at the entry and exit points.

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asked to ensure that female guests, who are too drunk to drive or leave on their own, are escorted in cabs by the staff to their houses. Venues have also been instructed to ensure that the cabs are arranged for customers who are not accompanied by a sober driver or who are too drunk to drive on their own.

There will be different patrolling parties at the Inner, Middle and Outer Circle in Connaught Place.

There will be restrictions on exit of passengers at the Rajiv Chowk Metro station.

“The exit of passengers from the Rajiv Chowk Metro station will not be permitted from 9 PM onwards on New Year’s Eve. This is to enable authorities to maintain peace and law and order during the celebrations,” a

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car parking stickers will be allowed, he said. Groups of boys without any proof of booking at any restaurant won’t be allowed entry.

There will be five arrest parties and PCR vehicles will be patrolling the area.

Cops have also been holding meetings with pub and bar owners asking them to ensure that their CCTV cameras and hand held metal detectors and door frame metal detectors are in working condition.

They have also been asked to sensitise their waiters to be alert in case of any suspicious activity or persons.

Staff in plainclothes will be patrolling the venues to ensure that drugs are not being consumed in washrooms and linking areas.

The venues have also been

and organisations. NGTC added that such acts revealed the cowardice of the perpetrators who had no value for human lives.

Further, the council urged the authorities including the police department to bring the perpetrators to book at the earliest so such inhuman incidents did not take place in the future.

KUN: Karbi Union Nagaland (KUN) presid e nt Wil l a im Te r a ng, condemned the blast and termed it as irresponsible and cowardice act.

Extending its sympathy and prayers to the two injured, KUN appealed to the state government to investigate and take appropriate action against the culprit(s). The union also extended support to the law enforcement in their effort to prevent further “terror activities” against civilians.

KUC: Konyak Union Chumukedima (KUC) also expressed “profound distress” over the incident and asserted that such kind of inhuman acts should be condemned by all citizens.

In a press release, KUC president, N Tingyuh and general secretary, N. Hongpe, stated that the incident disrupted the peaceful atmosphere of the society during the festive season.

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New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): With pubs, restaurants and bars anticipating a crowded New Year’s eve, Delhi Police is putting final touches to the security arrangements to avert any untoward incident tomorrow.

More than 2,000 security personnel, including from ITBP, CRPF, RAF, will be deployed at Connaught Place that will witness a huge crowd of revelers tomorrow evening, a senior police officer said.

Cops from Special Branch will also be present in plainclothes at restaurants to ensure that festivities go peacefully.

Entry will be restricted to Connaught Place post 8.30 PM as residents of the area, with valid ID cards and families with invitation cards of restaurants or

D I M A P U R , D EC 3 0 (NPN): Various organisations have vehemently condemned the December 28 blast that occurred near New Dhansiri Bridge, Dimapur, in which two individuals were injured and at least four vehicles were damaged.

DDCF: In a press release, Dimapur District Citizens Forum (DDCF) president Joseph Lemtur appealed to all the citizens of Dimapur to maintain peace and calm specially during this festive season.

He said such incident bring a bad name to the city and also created a fear psychosis in the minds of the citizens.

DDCF also urged the law enforcing agencies to ensure that the perpetrators be arrested at the earliest and punish them as per the law. Meanwhile, DDCF prayed Almighty God for the speedy recovery of the two injured -Among Konyak and Ringhar Girisa.

NGTC: In a press release, Nagaland Garo Tribal Council (NGTC) president Biplab K. Sangma said that such “dastardly acts” perpetrated on innocent public by “anti-social elements” needed to be condemned by all right thinking citizens

which followed the killing of Hizbul Mujahdeen militant Burhan Wani.

The more than fivemonth unrest in the Valley had left 86 people dead and thousands others, including 5,000 security personnel, injured. The separatist groups — both factions of Hurriyat Conference and JKLF — on Thursday appealed the people to observe a complete shutdown on Friday and Saturday over WPR issue.

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Mumbai, Dec 30 (PTI): Continuing its upward trend, gold prices surged by another Rs 205 to close at Rs 27,900 per 10 grams here today on demand from investors, stockists as well as higher local buying interest amid bullish global sentiment. Silver also edged-up following mild industrial buying. In Europe, gold hit a two-week high on weaker dollar and was set to close 2016 more than 9 per cent higher, snapping three years of declines. Standard gold (99.5 purity) surged by 205 per ten grams to close at Rs 27,900 from the previous closing level of Rs 27,695.

Pure gold (99.9 purity) also climbed by a similar margin to end at Rs 28,050 from Rs 27,845 per 10 grams.

Mumbai, Dec 30 (PTI): Extending its gains for the second straight day, the rupee today ended higher by 18 paise to 67.92 per dollar on selling of the US currency by banks and exporters in view of weakness in greenback in overseas market.

However, the rupee in 2016 witnessed a loss of 177 paise, or 2.68 per cent, against the dollar as compared to its last year’s closing level of 66.15. The domestic currency touched a record low of 68.86 on November 24, 2016 this year.

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and 67.99 before ending at 67.92 per dollar, showing a gain of 18 paise or 0.26 per cent.

The rupee has gained by 32 paise or 0.47 per cent in two days.

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading down by 0.42 per cent at 102.22 against a basket of six currencies in the late afternoon trade.

Overseas,the euro jumped to its highest in three weeks in holidaythinned Asian trade, while a drop in US treasury yields on waning risk appetite reduced the greenback’s appeal.

China’s yuan looked set to end the year down nearly 7 per cent against the resurgent dollar, making it the worst performing Asian currency of the year.

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here to create awareness among customers on cashless payments.

The growth of digital payments in petrol and diesel sale in Kerala comes to around 20 per cent, he said.

Out of 55,000 petrol pumps in the country, about 40,000 are now equipped with digital payment methods and the rest would be supplied with POS terminals in a few months, he said.

“All possible options of cashless transactions are being looked upon,” he said.

On the incentive offered by the Ministry for

1.5 crore LPG connections issued under PMUY

Large borrowers with troubled loans are hurting banks: RBI

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): Government has achieved its target of providing 1.5 crore free cooking gas (LPG) connections to poor households in less than 8 months.

The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUJ) aimed to provide 5 crore free LPG connections to BPL families in three years.

The target for the first was set at 1.5 crore. The first year target has been “achieved within a span of less than 8 months and the scheme is being implemented now across 35 states/UTs,” an official statement said.

A woman member of BPL family identified through Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data is given a deposit free LPG connection with financial assistance of Rs 1,600 per connection. The scheme was announced in the Budget for 2016-17 with an allocation of Rs 8,000 crore for three years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched PMUJ on May 1 from Balia in Uttar Pradesh. “14 states/ UTs having LPG coverage less than the national average, hilly states of J&K, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and all North-East States are identified as priority states for implementing the scheme,” the statement said. The top five states with maximum connections are UP (46 lakh), West Bengal (19 lakh), Bihar (19 lakh), Madhya Pradesh (17 lakh) and Rajasthan (14 lakh).

These states constitutes nearly 75% of the total connections released.

Mumbai, Dec 30 (Agencies): After a focus on demonetisation and its implementation for over 45 days, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has once again ignited the debate around the concentration risk on banks’ books and by the regulator’s own admission, things don’t look rosy.

In the financial stability report (FSR), the regulator pointed out that while the share of large borrowers in total advances inched lower as on 30 September, than at the beginning of the financial year, these large borrowers are still haunting bankers.

According to data provided in the FSR, large borrowers—or those with funded and non-funded loans over Rs 5 crore— form about 56.5% of total advances of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) at the end of the second quarter, as compared with 58% as on 31 March.

However, large borrowers form 88.4% of gross nonperforming assets (NPAs) as on 30 September in comparison to 86.4% at the beginning of this financial year.

“The asset quality of large borrowers deteriorated significantly. The share of special mention accounts (SMA)-2 increased across bank groups. The share of large borrowers’ in SCBs’ total loan portfolio declined between March and September 2016, whereas, their share in GNPAs increased during the same period,” the report said.

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The high concentration of troubled assets among large borrowers might be a result of increased leverage among problem sectors.

While the total borrowings by companies in chemical, computer, food products, hotel, rubber and textiles industries decreased in the one year to September this year, sectors such as cement, construction, electrical machinery, power, iron and steel, jewellery, mining, automobiles, papers, pharmaceuticals, real estate, telecommunications and transport industries contributed towards an increase in total borrowings.

A risk profile of select industries at the end of September showed that iron and steel and power industries had high leverage as well as interest burden.

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from a decline recorded in 2015.

At home, the approval of the goods and services tax bill earlier this year helped boost sentiment, but that was offset later by the government’s move to scrap higher-denomination notes, raising concerns about economic growth.

But analysts sounded optimism for the new year, with the Reserve Bank of India expected to cut rates at its next policy review in early February and the government gearing up to issue the annual budget.

“Markets remain in comfortable zone, most of the lull was over in the last month,” said Deven Choksey, managing director of KR Choksey Securities.

Rupee jumps 18 paise to 67.92 vs US dollar

T h i ru va na n thapuram, Dec 30 (PTI): Making a pitch for cashless transactions, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan today said there has been a phenomenal growth of about 25 per cent in digital payments for buying petroleum products at petrol pumps across the country post demonetisation.

Cashless transactions used to be 10 per cent of sales before the withdrawal of 1000 and 500 rupee currency notes, and now it has come to about 25 per cent in the country, Pradhan said at a function organised

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M u m bai, D e c 30 (Agencies): Indian shares ended the last trading day of 2016 with a positive note with the BSE benchmark Sensex rising 260 points to 26,626 and the Nifty settling 82 points higher at 8,185.80 on account of value buying in recently beaten down stocks.

For the year 2016, The Sensex gained 1.95 per cent, while the NSE benchmark Nifty added 3 per cent.

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scheme. So far, none of the companies facing the retrospective tax cases have come forward.

The scheme provided for waiver of the interest and penalty for retro tax cases only if the company in question withdraws all appeals against the government at all judicial forums.

The tax department had last week come out with the second FAQ on the scheme clarifying that the taxes cannot be paid in instalments.

It had also said companies like Vodafone and Cairn Energy facing retrospective tax demand will have to withdraw legal cases and give up the right to contest constitutional validity of back-dated amendment to I-T laws if they want to avail of the dispute resolution scheme.

“It is, hence, clear that if the assessee avails (of) the scheme, he cannot contest the constitutional validity of retrospective amendment in the high court or the Supreme Court,” the CBDT’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) said.

consumers using digital payment route, he said the 0.75 discount on petrol and diesel is directly credited to their bank accounts.

“Demonetisation is a constructive step by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

It is a challenging task and things are settling down... people of the country have accepted the policy,” he said.

Earlier at a function here, marking conclusion of a 24-hour fast by BJP state president Kummanom Rajasekheran against “anti-people” policies of LDF government in Kerala, Pradhan hit out at the Opposition parties, saying “the policy has caused inconvenience to those who has stashed illegal money”.

Rejecting the Opposition charge that it was the corporates who would be benefited by demonetisation, Pradhan asserted that the common man and poor in the country are the real beneficiaries.

He said the BJP government at the Centre is committed for the state’s development. In this regard, he said expansion work of Cochin refinery was progressing well.

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The scheme provides for waiving interest and penalties if the principal amount involved in retrospective tax cases is paid.

For disputes other than the retrospective tax cases, taxpayers, whose appeal is pending as on February 29, 2016 before the CIT (Appeals), can settle cases by paying the disputed tax and interest up to the date of assessment.

For a disputed tax amount of up to Rs 10 lakh, the penalty will be forgone. In cases where the disputed tax amount is above Rs 10 lakh, a penalty of 25 per cent will be levied. For penalty appeals, the scheme allows the assessee to pay only 25 per cent of the penalty.

Through the scheme, the government hopes to settle major retrospective tax cases facing Vodafone Group and Cairn Energy of UK. It also expects a third of the other tax disputes to be settled.

The notification comes against the backdrop of tepid response from companies to the

or less stable” in the current year.

The statement also said that the fiscal deficit and current account deficit as percentage of GDP have improved, and the growth rate of the economy during the first half of the current fiscal is estimated at 7.2 per cent, which makes India one of the fastest growing major economies in the world.

The growth rates for agriculture and allied sectors, industry and services sectors during the six-month period are estimated at 2.5 per cent, 5.6 per cent, and 9.2 per cent, respectively.

“Inflation measured in terms of Consumer Price Index and Wholesale Price Index has remained in comfort zone during the current Financial Year 2016-17,” the Ministry said.

CPI (Combined) inflation for 2015-16 declined to 4.9 per cent from 5.9 per cent in 2014-15. It averaged 5.2 per cent in 2016-17 April-October period.

Food inf lation, as measured by Consumer Food Price Index, declined to 4.9 per cent in 2015-16 from 6.4 per cent in 201415. It averaged 6.1 per cent in 2016-17 April-October period.

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New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): Finance Ministry today said that the Indian economy grew 7.2 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal, retaining its position as one of the fastest growing major economies in the world.

The Ministry, in its year-end review, said that inflation has remained in “comfort zone” during the year with retail and wholesale inflation averaging 5.2 per cent and 2.7 per cent, respectively, in the AprilOctober period.

“The stress given to fiscal consolidation through expenditure rationalisation and revenue raising efforts and the focus on administrative measures for cooperative financial governance and also steps towards containing inflation have contributed significantly to macro-economic stability,” an official statement said.

It further said that during 2016-17, the economy has continued to consolidate the gains achieved in restoring macro-economic stability and despite the continuing global sluggishness and recent pick-up in petroleum prices, the economic growth has continued to be robust and inflation has remained “more

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New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): Giving companies like Vodafone and Cairn Energy one more month to accept its offer to settle retro tax disputes, the government has extended till January 31 its onetime tax dispute resolution scheme.

The Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the budget for 2016-17, seeks not just to settle disputes in retrospective taxes, but end nearly 2.6 lakh pending tax cases where Rs 5.16 lakh crore are locked in.

The offer to settle the disputes was to end on December 31, but it has now been extended till January 31, said the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

On May 26, the government had notified the scheme saying it would open on June 1 and close on December 31.

“In the said notification, the figures, letters and words December 31, 2016, the figures, letters and words January 31, 2017, shall be substituted,” CBDT said in a notifica-

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KATHMANDU, DEC 30 (PTI): Nepal’s agitating Madhesis today announced a fresh round of nationwide stir on January 2 if the government went ahead with local polls without amending the Constitution, further deepening the political crisis.

The United Democratic Madhesi Front held meeting yesterday and today during which the leaders said if elections were held without amending the Constitution, which was promulgated last year and has been a bone of contention for the community largely of Indian-origin, it would not be acceptable to them.

The Front - consisting of major Madhes-centric parties - added that the constitution amendment bill registered in the parliament could not address their demands if it was not revised, local media reported.

It said demonstrations will be held in major cities nationwide on Monday in order to protest attempts to announce local poll dates before the Constitution amendment.

The meeting also criticised the main opposition CPN-UML for continuously obstructing the Parliament meeting with an intention to block the government from tabling the Constitution amendment bill and holding discussions on it, terming it as undemocratic and against the parliament norms.

B E I J I N G, D E C 3 0 (AGENCIES): One of China’s top leaders told Chinese Catholics that they need to operate “independently” of outside forces and promote socialism and patriotism through religion.

Yu Z h e n g s h e n g ’s Thursday speech came at the end of a meeting of China’s official Catholic church that was being closely watched by the Holy See. Yu is one of seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee, China’s top decisionmaking body. His speech could be a measure of how much Beijing is willing to yield in potential dialogue with the Holy See. State media reported

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In an interview on Thursday with Philippine news channel ABS-CBN, Duterte was non-committal when asked about the incident.

“Helicopter to throw a person?” he asked. “And if that is true, I will not admit it.” His spokesman, Ernesto Abella, suggested earlier the story was an “urban legend.” Duterte also said six people arrested last week during a seizure of more than half a tonne of methamphetamine, known locally as “shabu”, were fortunate he was out of town.

“They were lucky I was not in Manila that time. If I had known there were that much shabu inside a house, I would definitely kill you,” he said.

“Let’s not make any drama, I will personally gun you down if nobody else will do it.” The United Nations’ top human rights envoy has called for an investigation into Duterte’s claims of killing people, to which Duterte last week responded by calling him “stupid,” an “idiot” and a “son of a bitch” who should go back to school.

KATHMANDU/BEIJING, DEC 30 (PTI): Nepal and China will hold their first ever joint military exercise in early February that will focus on counter terrorism operations and disaster management, a move that may raise concerns in India.

Chinese Defence Ministry Spokesperson Yang Yujun said yesterday that China and Nepal had been in “initial communication” on holding the military exercise, and that the details would be announced later.

The Nepal Army has also confirmed the joint military drills with China, saying the two sides have decided to hold the exercise in the northern region of Nepal in the second week of February, the Kathmandu Post reported.

Although Nepal has been holding joint military exercises with other countries including India and the United States, this is the first time Nepali military would be holding such an exercise with China.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, DEC 30 (PTI/AFP): In apparent retaliatory action against alleged Russian hacking during the US presidential election, President Barack Obama has slapped a series of sanctions against Russia and expelled 35 Russian officials. “All Americans should be alarmed by Russia’s actions,” Obama said in a statement yesterday as he ordered a number of actions in response to the Russian government’s alleged aggressive harassment of US officials and cyber operations targeting the US election.

“These actions follow repeated private and public warnings that we have issued to the Russian government, and are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm US interests in violation of established international norms of behaviour,” he said.

The US has also ordered shutting of two of Russian compounds in the country. The executive order issued by Obama provided additional authority for responding to certain cyber activity that seeks to interfere with or undermine US election processes and institutions, or those of its allies or partners.

“Using this new authority, I have sanctioned nine entities and individuals: the GRU and the FSB, two Russian intelligence services;

MANILA, DEC 30 (AGENCIES): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown out of a helicopter mid-air, warning he has done it himself before and would do it again. The fiery-tempered former prosecutor said he once hurled a Chinese man suspected of rape and murder out of a helicopter.

“If you are corrupt, I will fetch you using a helicopter to Manila and I will throw you out. I have done this before, why would I not do it again?” Duterte told typhoon victims in a speech on Tuesday, a clip of which is posted on a video feed of the president’s office.

Duterte’s latest threat came a few weeks after he admitted killing people during his 22 years as a mayor of Davao City, sometimes riding a motorcycle looking for “encounters to kill.”

Some senators have warned Duterte he risks impeachment over his comments.

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Putin says Russia will not expel US diplomats

FILE -- Russian President Vladimir Putin meets U.S. President Barack Obama during the World Climate Change Conference 2015. four individual officers of the GRU; and three companies that provided material support to the GRU’s cyber operations,” he said.

“In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury is designating two Russian individuals for using cyberenabled means to cause misappropriation of funds and personal identifying information. The State Department is also shutting down two Russian compounds, in Maryland and New York, used by Russian personnel for intelligence-related purposes, and is declaring ‘persona non grata’ 35 Russian intelligence operatives,” Obama said. “Finally, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are releasing declassified technical information on Russian civil-

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drugs and his anti-American rhetoric, said it was aware of his statements about the helicopter.

“As we have stated previously, we are deeply concerned by reports of extrajudicial killings by or at the behest of government authorities in the Philippines,” State Department spokeswoman Anna RicheyAllen said in an emailed response to a Reuters inquiry.

Duterte has repeatedly said those killings were part of legitimate police operations, including a hostage incident, and those killed were criminals, not suspects.

It was not immediately clear when or where the helicopter incident Duterte spoke of took place.

ian and military intelligence service cyber activity, to help network defenders in the US and abroad identify, detect, and disrupt Russia’s global campaign of malicious cyber activities,” he said.

Obama said these actions are not the sum total of US response to Russia’s aggressive activities.

“We will continue to take a variety of actions at a time and place of our choosing, some of which will not be publicised,” he said.

“In addition to holding Russia accountable for what it has done, the United States and friends and allies around the world must work together to oppose Russia’s efforts to undermine established international norms of behaviour, and interfere with democratic governance,” Obama said.

President Vladimir Putin said today that Moscow would not expel any US diplomats, a surprise decision after Washington turfed out Russian diplomats over alleged interference in the US election.

“We will not create problems for American diplomats. We will not expel anyone,” Putin said in a statement released by the Kremlin, also inviting children of US diplomats to a holiday party in the Kremlin.

Indicating that the ball was in the court of the next US administration, Putin said however that Moscow reserved the right to retaliate after Washington’s decision to expel 35 diplomats, who have 72 hours to leave the country.

“According to international practice, Russia has all the grounds for a comparable response,” Putin announced, following a statement by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov which suggested a tit-for-tat response was in the works.

“Reserving the right to retaliatory measures, we... will be planning our next steps in restoring USRussian relations based on the policies pursued by the administration of president Donald Trump,” Putin added.

BEIRUT, DEC 30 (AFP): A fragile calm was holding across Syria today after a truce brokered by Russia and Turkey came into effect, a potentially major breakthrough after nearly six years of conflict. There were reports of isolated violence, including clashes in central Hama province between government forces and jihadist factions, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there were casualties among regime forces in the clashes after midnight with jihadists near the town of Mahardeh.

The fighters were believed to be from a faction that did not sign the ceasefire announced yesterday by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and confirmed by Syria’s army and mainstream opposition bodies.

The Observatory reported other minor violations, including the firing of a single missile by regime forces in southern Daraa province, but said the truce was largely holding.

“There have not been any large violations,” said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.

“From midnight until

8:00 am (0600GMT) there have been no civilian deaths recorded,” he added.

AFP correspondents on the ground in rebel-held territory in northwest Idlib province and Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus also reported calm after the truce began.

The ceasefire is the first nationwide truce to be implemented in the country since September, and is intended to pave the way for new peace talks in Kazakhstan sponsored by Russia and Turkey.

Syria’s government hailed the agreement as a “real opportunity” to find a political solution to the war, which has killed more than 310,000 people since it began with anti-regime protests in March 2011.

And despite being left out of the process, Washington also hailed the truce agreement as a “positive development”, saying it hoped it would bring new negotiations.

The agreement comes a week after the regime, which is backed by ally Russia, recaptured second city Aleppo in a major blow to rebel forces.

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In this photo taken Saturday Sept. 10, 2016, an aerial view of Beipanjiang Bridge across the Beipanjiang valley is seen in Shuicheng county in southwest China’s Guizhou province. According to local media, the cable-stayed bridge under construction then features a 720-meter span, world’s second longest span of this kind of bridge, and measures 565 meters above the river surface beneath it which makes it the world’s highest bridge. (AP/PTI)

Kandi Ni Union Dimapur held its annual general meeting on 16-12-2016 at Chakro Community Hall Chumukedima and also elected its new term of office bearers for the tenure 2017 to 2019.

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that Yu called on Catholic churches to adhere to “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” — a term that describes China’s model of development, which for decades has favored economic liberalization but not political reform.

China’s ruling Communist Party is officially atheistic. Yu also said Chinese Catholics should adhere “to the correct direction of development.”

China and the Vatican have long clashed over whether the partycontrolled Chinese church could operate outside the pope’s authority.

Beijing severed relations with the Holy See in 1951, shortly after the Communist Party took power, and officially allows worship only in statesanctioned churches.

Many of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics are thought to worship in underground congregations.

Starting under Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican has sought to unite Chinese Catholics under the Holy See. Pope Francis has said that both sides had resumed meetings of working groups over the naming of bishops, an issue central to the dispute between both sides.

But just last week, the Vatican said it was saddened that the ordination of two new Chinese bishops was marred by the

presence of a bishop ordained without the pope’s consent. It said it would watch this week’s conference with hope for new confidence in the VaticanChina dialogue.

Wang Zuo’an, China’s head of religious affairs, said earlier this week he hoped the Vatican would be flexible and pragmatic, and take concrete steps to improve relations, state media reported. No details were given of what Beijing expects.

State media also reported that Bishop Ma Yinglin was re-elected president of one of the groups at the conference, the Bishops Conference of Catholic Church of China.

Ma was excommunicated in 2006 by the Vatican after being named by the Chinese church as a bishop in southwestern Yunnan province.

The Vatican-affiliated AsiaNews service, which closely covers the underground church in China, quoted on Thursday one priest from northern China calling the meeting “a staged theatrical representation.”

“Everything was very well planned: the assignment of roles, their scripts, the well-chosen audience, who raised their hands to vote and approve content, the media coverage,” said the priest, identified only as Father Peter.

Grindeanu is Romania’s new PM

Sorin Grindeanu (C) gestures while answering a question during a press conference in Bucharest, Romania December 28, 2016.

BUCHAREST, DEC 30 (IANS): Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Friday gave the mandate to Sorin Grindeanu, a second candidate proposed for the post of Prime Minister, to form a new government.

The ruling coalition led by the Social Democratic Party nominated Grindeanu on Wednesday, a day after the President rejected its first nominee Sevil Shhaideh, a female Muslim from the ethnic Tatar minority, Xinhua news agency reported. According to the country’s constitution, Grindeanu has 10 days to form a government,

and win a confidence vote in parliament. Grindeanu, 43, became chairman of the Timis county council after local elections in June 2016.

He has been a member of the Social Democratic Party since 1996 and served as Communications Minister between December 2014 and November 2015. The Social Democrats won more than 45 per cent of the vote in the December 11 general elections. Together with its junior partner, the Alliance of Democrats and Liberals, it has an outright majority of 250 seats in the 465-member parliament.

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LATE KHOCHAMO ODYUO (DB) MEMORIAL VOLLEYBALL TROPHY CONCLUDES

The 7th edition of Lt. Khochamo Odyuo Memorial Volleyball Trophy, the first Head Dobashi of Wokha District Nagaland was held at New Riphyim Village on 27th – 28th Dec. 2016 under the theme ”Proclivity Towards Championship”. Shri. Renzamo Patton 1st Class Contractor as chief guest accompanied by Shri. K. Jerry Patton Vice President NPF (Farmers Wing) Wokha Division.

1. Men’s Championship - Mela Meli team of New Riphyim Village 2. Men’s Runners up – ‘B’Khel Old Riphyim Village 3. Women’s Champion - Stars Gang Old Riphyim Village 4. Women’s Runners up - Semi Youth New Riphyim Village

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FILE-- Honoree Debbie Reynolds (L) and actress Carrie Fisher pose in the press room at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. her final moments. Her son Todd Fisher said she told him hours before she was rushed to the hospital: “I miss her so much, I want to be with Carrie,” Todd told TMZ. Their love for one another was strong, Reynolds and Fisher had a somewhat complicated bond — most memorably documented in Postcards from the Edge, the 1990 movie based on Fisher’s 1987 semi-autobiographical novel of the

same name.

Desperately seeking her own identity from the shadow of her mother’s fame, Fisher became estranged from Reynolds.

The two barely spoke for almost ten years. “We had a fairly volatile relationship earlier on in my 20s,” Fisher told Oprah. “I didn’t want to be around her. I did not want to be Debbie Reynolds’ daughter.”

Fisher had started smoking marijuana at 13,

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and by her early 20s her drug use had spiraled out of control, as she abused everything from cocaine and heroin to painkillers and LSD, she said. Later, Fisher would ascribe the drug use to a form of selfmedication for her bipolar disorder, which she was diagnosed in her 20s.

“It’s very hard when your child doesn’t want to talk to you and you want to talk to them, and you want to touch them, you want to hold them,” said Reynolds.

“It was a total estrangement. She didn’t talk to me for probably 10 years. So that was the most difficult time of all. Very painful, very heartbreaking.”

Ultimately, time began to heal their relationship.

“It took like 30 years for Carrie to be really happy with me,” Reynolds told PEOPLE. “I don’t know what the problem ever was.

I’ve had to work at it. I’ve always been a good mother, but I’ve always been in show business, and I’ve been on stage and I don’t bake cookies and I don’t stay home,” she added.

After their deaths, Reynolds’ son Todd Fisher tweeted a touching drawing of his mother and sister — writing, “This is a beautiful love story to witness in my 58 years. I miss them both so much. Love is everlasting.”

Here’s why Akshay is falling in love with Twinkle, all over again

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orld number two tennis player Serena Williams has become engaged to Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of the social media company Reddit.

“Down on 1 knee. He said four words. And/r/ isaidyes,” the 35-year-old American said on the social media site on Thursday.

“I came home. A little late. Someone had a bag packed for me. And a car-

riage awaited. Destination: Rome ... back to where our stars first collided.”

The New York-born Ohanian, 33, confirmed the news on his Facebook page, writing: “She said yes”.

Williams is the best player of her generation.

She has won 22 grand slam singles titles, the same as German Steffi Graf and trailing only Australian Margaret Court (24).

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kshay Kumar who doesn’t miss a chance to show his love for his gorgeous wife, took to Instagram on Twinkle’s birthday, to post an adorable picture of the two of them with the caption, “Your love, humour and madness make me keep falling in love with you every single day...

Happy birthday Tina, never change.”

The two look absolutely adorable in this post.

Bollywood’s power couple is currently vacationing in Cape Town, where they plan to ring in the New Year. They are joined by their kids.

The Kumars make for the perfect couple. While Akshay lets his body language speak for him, Twinkle is the queen of wit; he’s hot, she’s sassy, they perfectly complement each other and that’s the reason their fans can’t get enough of them.

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elebrities like Katrina Kaif, Anurag Kashyap and Emraan Hashmi -- once big newsmakers from Bollywood -- seemed to have faded away this year. With the new year setting in, one hopes the stars shine again. * Katrina Kaif: The darling of the masses, she is adored because she’s adorable. Two back-toback failures -- “Fitoor” and “Baar Baar Dekho” -- and a disastrous love liaison saw Katrina fade from the marquee. It will now take a miracle to see her up there again. Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra may be counted among her friends but we don’t see any of these big names lining up to sign her. * Anurag Kashyap: The self-appointed saviour of Indian cinema, the filmmaker who was destined to put us back on the global map, delivered a row of flops, topped of course, by “Bombay Velvet”. This year, Kashyap’s “Raman Raghav” encored his single-minded devotion to portraying the sordid and the scummy. He K

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seriously needs to reinvent himself. * Emraan Hashmi: End of the road for the serial kisser as other ‘kissers’ like Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh showed up. After a series of flops, his hopes were pinned on “Azhar”.

Sadly, even the biopic boom couldn’t help the film’s collections. Now, a miracle is awaited in Emraan’s career. * Prakash Jha: He pioneered the movement of the new wave cinema into the mainstream. Big budget political dramas like “Satyagraha” and “Aarakshan” have proven box office duds.

“Jai Gangaajal” in 2016, where he played the leading man in his own film, showed how far his creative vision had drifted from its original goals. * Aditya Roy Kapur: Before “Aashiqui 2”, he was struggling to find his voice. Now after “Fitoor” in 2016, he is back where he started. Contemporaries like Ranveer Singh and Varun Dhawan have raced far ahead. Can “OK Jaanu” with his “Aashiqui” costar Shraddha Kapoor save

Aditya’s career? * Parineeti Chopra: A self-imposed sabbatical gave her contemporaries Alia Bhatt, Shradha Kapoor and Kriti Sanon a chance to race ahead. Parineeti should hear what Amitabh Bachchan has to say about actors taking sabbaticals vis-a-vis his own self-imposed exile of three years. “It’s very arrogant to think everything would be the same when an actor decides to return”. We do hope Parineeti’s “Meri Pyari Bindu” pays off. * Neil Nitin Mukesh: What happened to the actor whose name pays a homage to a legendary astronaut and a legendary singer? Neil even tried some villainy in “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” and “Wazir”. Now he is looking at marriage to save his career. Married actors do well in Bollywood. * Randeep Hooda: Sterling performances in 2016 in “Sarbjit” and “Yeh Laal Rang” could not stem his downward spiral. Both Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Randeep, exceptionally talented actors, need to realise audiences don’t want to see them as leading men.

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ate singer George Michael wanted to adopt a child and have a “perfect family”.

To start a family was on his to-do list for the coming year, says a source, who added that following his health scares, Michael made starting a family with partner Fadi Fawaz his main priority.

He was desperate to follow in the footsteps of his friend and singer Elton John, who has sons Elijah and Zachary with partner David Furnish through a surrogate.

An insider told dailystar.co.uk: “George’s dream was to be a father. He wanted to adopt or use a

surrogate. It was his big aim, supported by Elton and David all the way.

When Elton took the step, he (George) knew he too had at last moved into that part of his life.”

“To not have his own family, he felt incomplete.

It was a missing link he craved. George always wanted to be a father, he wished his mother were alive to see the day,” the source added.

“To start a family was on his to-do list for 2017.”

But the star died on Christmas Day at the age of 53.

He reportedly told close friends that his Greek heritage meant he always wanted to be a father and have a big family.

But Michael did not want to be a “chequebook dad”.

“He felt his career made him too selfish to be committed to being a parent,” the source revealed.

“He had seen other ‘showbiz’ kids becoming chequebook babies and wouldn’t have exposed his children to that world.”

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est skipper Virat Kohli on Friday took to Twitter to rubbish media reports of his engagement to Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.

Rumours of the 28year-old Kohli, who recently guided India to a 4-0 thrashing of England, getting engaged to Anushka on New Year flooded in social media after the duo were spotted in Uttarakhand.

Kohli, however, took to Twitter to clear the air

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in a series of tweets saying: “We aren’t getting engaged and if we were going to, we wouldn’t hide it. Simple...”

In another tweet, the prolific batsman hit back at the news channels for spreading false reports and said: “Since news channels can’t resist selling false rumours and keeping you confused, we are just ending the confusion.”

The couple have often been the talk of the town for their on and off relationship.

inger Ed Sheeran is reportedly set to make a comeback at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards after a one-year hiatus.

According to a source, Sheeran will debut new music at the show which is set to take place on February 12, 2017 here, reports aceshowbiz.com.

“Ed became one of the world’s most in-demand musicians with his last album and the Grammys is the perfect place to make his return,” the source told The Sun newspaper.

“Millions will be tuning in for his performance and he is planning to pull out all the stops to really vow everyone,” the source added. The Grammys will just be the beginning of Sheeran’s comeback as he will continue the year with his performance at Glastonbury.

inger Rihanna reportedly felt “sick” when she saw rapper-singer Drake’s Instagram picture with singer Jennifer Lopez.

The 28-year-old was dating the chart-topping rap star earlier this year, and is said to be unhappy about her former boyfriend dating Lopez, reports hollywoodlife.com “That picture of them together, all hugged up, made Rihanna sick. To the point where she wanted to throw her phone down three flights of stairs,” said a source.

However, the “Work” hitmaker is also slightly relieved that Drake has moved on from her.

“Rih is just glad it’s not her falling for this BS. Better J.Lo than her. The only thing Drake’s ever been good at is talking a good game and never following through,” the source added.

This comes after a source claimed that Lopez, 47, is “very smitten” with the rapper.

Another source close to the situation also claimed that the couple have been trying to keep their relationship a secret.

“Jen and Drake have tried to keep their romance under wraps by suggesting they are just working together, but the truth is they are an item.

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t’s been more than two years now since Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan got divorced and went separate ways. However, the equation between the two has remained friendly during this period, so much so that Sussanne even came out in support of her ex-husband when he got embroiled into a legal battle with Kangana Ranaut.

Hrithik is currently in Dubai with Sussanne and the couple’s adorable sons - Hrehaan and Hridhaan.

After they were spotted enjoying a day at the beach and having a family dinner, the former couple was seen together again. Sussanne’s sister Farah Khan Ali recently shared a picture on social media wherein Hrithik, Sussanne, their kids, Farah and Zayed Khan can be seen posing for the camera.

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rammy-award winning singer Justin Bieber has been voted as the most undesirable celebrity neighbours in 2016.

Every December, online real estate marketplace Zillows asks American adults which celebrities they would like to have as their neighbour and with whom they wouldn’t want to share a fence. The “Sorry” hitmaker has topped the list this year, reports aceshowbiz.com.

Bieber had earlier

topped the list in 2014 as well. But this year, he earned the highest percentage of votes in the survey’s history. One in three participants (36 per cent) found Bieber to be the worst neighbour and he was particularly disliked among male voters (39 per cent).

There are particular reasons why respondents wouldn’t want to share a fence with Bieber, according to the publication.

In 2014, the “Baby” hitmaker had egged a neighbour’s house and ended up paying $80,000 to settle the vandalism charge.

The results come from a survey conducted between December 8 and 9 on behalf of the real estate site. The poll used a sample of 1,000 adults in the US, age 18 and over.

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he late Debbie Reynolds lived a fearless life, paving a legendary career for herself at just 16, overcoming Hollywood scandals and bouncing back from a marriage that left her flat broke.

But there was one obstacle that Reynolds worried she wouldn’t be able to overcome: losing her daughter, Carrie Fisher.

I n Re y n o l d s ’ a c claimed 2013 autobiography, Unsinkable, the actress opened up about her fear of losing her daughter to what she called “demons.”

“It’s not natural to outlive your child,” she wrote. “This has always been my greatest fear…

I don’t know if I could survive that.”

She added: “Carrie is my child and I love her with every ounce of strength I possess.

Their bond was strong until the end — dying within a day of each other.

Fisher, 60, was aboard an 11-hour flight from London to Los Angeles last Friday when she went into cardiac arrest. She died Tuesday, in the hospital where she was being treated.

After the heartbreaking loss of her daughter, Reynolds died Wednesday at the age of 84. According to reports, she was only thinking about daughter in

ollywood superstar Aamir Khan’s sports drama “Dangal” has minted Rs 197.53 crore at the box office in its opening week, inching close to the Rs 200 crore mark. It has surpassed what Salman Khan-starrer “Sultan”, 2016’s highest grosser, collected in its first week.

“Sultan”, which reportedly registered a Rs 300-crore collection in India, had made Rs 180.36 crore in the first week.

“Dangal”, which released on December 23, collected Rs 20.29 crore on Thursday and is now expected to cross the Rs 200-crore mark on Friday, read a statement issued on behalf of Disney India, which has backed the Nitesh Tiwari directorial.

The movie has tugged at the heartstrings of audiences for its powerful portrayal of the tale of Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former national champion who, much to the disapproval of his wife and his whole village, trained his daughters Geeta and Babita to wrestle.

Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh said that “Dangal” has stood out as a “winner”. “’Dangal’ emerges a winner. Collects a whopping Rs 197.53 crore net in week one. Expected to sprint towards Rs 250 crore by weekend two,” Adarsh posted on Twitter on Friday.

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Jubilant Australia players celebrate their innings and 18 run victory over Pakistan in Melbourne on Friday.

Hornbill, Royal Strikers enters WCC semis Dimapur, Dec 30 ( N P N ) : H o r n b i l l C C, Kohima defeated Lower CMHS CC by 28 r uns and Royal strikers ousted Shoorveer 28 Assam Rifles by a margin of 120 runs to enter the semi-finals of the ongoing 21 edition of Winter Cricket Challenge, played at local ground, Wokha.

In the second quarter final match, Hornbill Cricket Club won the toss and electing to bat first set up a total of 173 runs. Tapitu led the runs score with 45 runs. Barjish 33 runs and Ananto 31 runs were the other run scorer. Yingathung and Zarenthung claimed 2 wickets a piece. LCYO strong run chase ended up on 145 runs, 29 runs short of the victory target.

Chumben led the run score with 31 runs. Yingathuing 22 runs, Ebithung 14 runs and Rendemo 13 runs were the other noted contributors.

Akash claimed 3 wickets, Moakum 2 wickets and 1 wicket each by Tiezo, Jhanti, Anato and Tapitu. Tapitu of HCC was adjudged the man of the match.

In the third quarter final, Royal Strikers won the toss and opting to bat first set up a huge victory target of 169 runs to win for shoorveer 28, with a solid knock of 65 runs by man of the match Jubin, Roshan 29 runs, Sajid 28 runs and Hemari 16 runs.

Narender made a haul of 5 wickets while Mon Mohan and Amar Nath claimed a wicket each. Shoorveer 28 Assam Rifles were bowled out in the ninth over for 48 runs. Mon Mohan was the only batsman who defied the onslaught of the bowlers of Royal Strikers who remained unbeaten on 16 runs. Vicky and Jubin shared 3 wickets each, Montu and Sajid claimed a wicket each.

Jubin was adjudged the man of the match.

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but won admiration for their dogged fourth innings resistance.

However, much of that acclaim evaporated on Friday as their shambolic batting display followed an abysmal effort in the field in the morning.

Pakistan’s 52-year wait for a maiden series win in Australia goes on and they have now lost four matches in succession heading to the series finale in Sydney on January 3.

Pa k i s t a n r e s u m e d on an already precarious 91-5 after tea, with opener Azhar Ali and wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed tasked with surviving 36 overs to usher their team to safety.

But their partnership lasted less than three overs after the break when Josh Hazlewood trapped Azhar, Pakistan’s last specialist batsman, lbw for 43.

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thudded a delivery into Amir’s pads when the tailender was on 11 but Smith wasted a review after the lbw appeal was turned down.

I t c h a n g e d l i t t l e, however, as Bird bowled him two balls later.

Sarfraz Ahmed had battled doggedly as his partners disappeared around him but he was bowled for 43 through the gate with a sizzling Starc inswinger.

Starc then gave the same treatment to Wahab Riaz, bowling the paceman for a duck with another fiery delivery that beat the outside edge.

He wrapped up the

win by having Yasir Shah sky an easy catch to Bird at mid-on.

Off-spinner Nathan Lyon, who was under pressure to retain his spot in Sydney after a run of mediocre performances, set Australia on course for the win when he captured three wickets in the middle session, including two in three balls.

T h e t o u r i s t s we r e already one wicket down at lunch, with Hazlewood having bowled opener Sami Aslam for two and Babar Azam soon departed for three off the first ball after the interval, trapped lbw

by Starc.

Azhar and Younus Khan dug in for an hour but Lyon removed the latter two overs after the drinks break for 24, when the veteran coughed up a catch to Peter Handscomb at short leg.

Captain Misbah-ulHaq then departed for a duck two balls later, caught at fine leg by Nic Maddinson following an appalling sweep shot off Lyon.

Lyon grabbed his third victim late in the session when Asad Shafiq deflected a catch off his body for Handscomb to take a fine catch at short leg.

Smith and Starc h a m m e r e d P a k i s t a n’s b ow l e r s i n a 1 5 4 - r u n partnership after Australia had resumed on 465-6 in the morning.

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India to play NZ Davis Cup tie in Pune New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): Keeping in mind the fan support, India will have its second consecutive Davis Cup tie in the evening when the hosts challenge New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Group I e n c o u n t e r, s t a r t i n g February 3 in Pune. The singles matches on Friday will start at 3pm while the doubles rubber is schedule d for 6pm start. The reverse singles on Sunday will again start from 3pm.

During the World Group Play-off tie against Spain in September, the singles had started at 5pm and the doubles at 7pm at DLTA. The players were consulted on the timing even as captain Anand Amritraj was not consulted since the AITA was not sure at that time whether he will continue in the post or not. “(Tournament Director) Sunder Iyer made this proposal of having matches in the evening so that more fans can come to the stadium and support the Indian team.

State team wins 5 medals at NE martial arts championship

Nagaland Mansuria Kung-Fu team with their medals and certificates.

Dimapur, Dec 30 (NPN): The Nagaland Mansuria Kung-Fu team bagged 4 gold medals and a bronze at the 2nd North East All Style Open Martial Arts Championship 2016 held from December 27-29 at Lumding, Assam. The championship was organised

KTF CONDOLENCE FOR LT. REV. DR. CHEN RENGMA

Kandi Theological Fellowship (KTF) has deeply mourned at the sudden demise of Lt. Rev. Dr. Chen Rengma, who was also the then President of our fellowship and Advisor till his last breath. In a condolence message, Lt. Rev. Dr. Chen was a man of visionary, faith, punctuality and humble servant of God. His passing away is a great loss to our Range and Rengmas in particular and the Nagas in general.

KTF while sharing deep pain and sorrows with the bereaved families pray that the departed soul rest in peace.

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by Shaolin Kung-Fu Black Panther Commando Training School, Lumding under the banner of Bodhi Kung-Fu Federation of India. The gold medal winners are Keyisuiding

Lungalang, Parbin Ratne, Perampaugumding Lungalang and Ganesh Ram. Ziulungbe Lungalang bagged the bronze medal.

The team was led by coach Kangkang Lungalang.

FUNERAL SERVICE Ino Ahoshe Ayemi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Date: 31st December 2016 Time: 10:00 AM Venue: Kiyeto Village

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved father

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Starc stars as Australia win series

MELBOURNE, Dec 30 (Agencies): Mitchell Starc shone with bat and ball as Australia dismissed Pakistan for 163 to secure an innings and 18 runs victory in the second Test on Friday, the win giving the hosts an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Home captain Steve Smith smashed an unbeaten 165 and gave his bowlers 68 overs on the fifth and final day to run through their opponents after declaring their first innings at 624 for eight before lunch, a lead of 181 runs.

In the end, they only needed 53.2 overs of the quota as pace spearhead Starc tore through the tail after tea, finishing with 4-36, with Pakistan crumbling on a benign Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch bathed in brilliant sunshine.

Pakistan lost the first Test in Brisbane by 39 runs

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

LATE KEHOZEL TASE “But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift”

Ephesians 4:7

Daddy a year has passed since you left us on 31/12/15 for your Heavenly abode, yet we still remember and cherishe your honest and precious deeds, and the simple life that you lived.

Daddy, you will always remain in our hearts, deeply miss you in silent tears and prayers.

Loving wife, children, grand children and loved ones.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the family members of Late Rev. Dr. Chen Rengma would like to express our deepest gratitude to each and every individual and organisation who offered us their unconditional support and love during the months of treatment as well as the send off and funeral services that were held in celebration of the life of our father. Your prayers for our dad, your emotional, moral and financial support, were all God-sent blessings that helped us get through these tough times that we all had to face. Words can never express the magnitude of the debt that we owe to everyone who contributed in giving our dad such a grand and wonderful send off. We can only pray that God will bless you and your family for the love that you have shown. We will be eternally grateful.

Our special thanks to : 1. Dr. Tali Longkumer 2. Dr. Sashi Walling 3. Dr. Ganesh Das 4. Doctors, nurses and all the staff of Zion Hospital, Dimapur 5. NBCA staff, executives and all the 61 churches.

6. CRBC staff and all the 43 churches.

7. Kandi Churches 8. Rengma Baptist Church, Kohima 9. Rengma Baptist Church, Padum Pukhuri 10. Nagaland Baptist Churches Council 11. Angami Baptist Churches Council 12. Pochury Baptist Churches Council 13. Nagaland Police Baptist Churches Association 14. Lotha Baptist Churches Association 15. Mr and Mrs Savi Liegise and family 16. Nagaland Peace Centre 17. Chosen Brothers 18. Nagaland Mission Movement (NMM) 19. NDO Ministry 20. CRBC Ordained Minister Fellowship 21. Z. Mesen and family 22. John Kath and family 23. Dimapur Sumi Baptist Church 24. Sumi Baptist Church PadumPukhuri 25. Civil Defence and Home Guard Church, Toluvi 26. Association of Gorkha Baptist Church, Singrijan 27. Outreach Challenge Ministries 28. Neighbourhood Gospel Ministries 29. Chang Baptist Church, Kohima 30. Kohima Zeme Baptist Church, Nagabazar.

31. Mao Baptist Church, Kohima 32. Naga Shisha Hoho Prayer Centre 33. Koinonia Baptist Church 34. Sumi Baptist Church, Kohima 35. Shepherd Bible College 36. Christian Union Baptist Church, Jotsoma 37. Pochury Baptist Church, Kohima 38. Police Union Baptist Church, Kohima 39. Assembly of God, Yikhanu, Tseminyu Town 40. Nepali Baptist Church, Thahekhu 41. Police Baptist Church, Dimapur 42. Police Baptist Church, Dimapur, East Police Colony 43. P2 Gamers 44. All individuals, unions, organizations, village councils, fellowships, groups and community that could not be mentioned in particular.

Thanking you all, DP-10690 Loving wife and children

Lt. Seveyi Dozo We would like to express our profound gratitude to every individual, families, churches, groups, societies and friends who stood by us and shared our grief spiritually, physically, materially and financially during the time of illness and sad demise of our beloved father Lt. Seveyi Dozo, who left to his eternal home on 24th Dec. 2016.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each individual but we humbly pray that our Almighty God bless each one of you abundantly.

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Loving wife, children, in-laws, grandchildren and family members

15.06.1928 – 26.12.2016 The family of Lt. Temjenmeren Changkiri Ex. GB wish to express our deep appreciation to those who have offered such kindness, support and messages of sympathy and consolation in our bereavement. Your many acts of kindness and sympathy continue to be a great comfort to us in our times of sorrow.

Our sincere thanks to all our extended families, relations, neighbours and friends, who showed, helped and supported us, prior to and after the funeral, in so many different ways, for which we are really appreciative.

May the Almighty God bless you abundantly.

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IN GRATITUDE Paying Homage to a life so beautifully lived and a heart so deeply loved.

Isiah 57:2

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.

Ecclessiastes 7:1

A good name is Better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.

1936-2016 We the bereaved family of Late Mr. IHOTO. P. ACHUMI, would like to express our deepest heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, families, friends, churches and organisations who stood by us physically, spiritually, materially and financially when our beloved father ceased to be in its fullness of time on 24th Dec’ 2016.

We convey our special thanks to : 1) Mr. Tokheho Yeptho Minister, PHED 2) Mr. Pukhayi Assumi Parl Secretary (Soil and Water Conservation).

3) Mr. & Mrs. Hoto Yeptho, Director (Land Resource) 4) Mr. & Mrs. Toniho Yeptho, President Sumi HOHO 5) Mr. and Mrs. Zhekheto Awomi Jt. Director S/W Conservation.

6) Mr. and Mrs. Hukiye N. Tissica.

7) Mr. Khushito Awom, S.P (Jailor) Zunheboto.

8) Catholic Church Aghunato.

9) 8th NAP D. Coy Fellowship Aghunato.

10) Aghunato Town Baptist Church (B)

11) Athens Church Aghunato.

12) Aghunato Village Union Zunheboto.

13) Azanaqo Block l Aghunato 14) Azanaqo Block IV Aghunato 15) Yimchunger Baptist Fellowship Aghunato.

16) Catholic Youth Aghunato.

17) Pastor Vihoto and the Church staff ATBC 18) Rev Vikuto Shohe AVBC. 19) Youth Dept. ATBC. 20) Missionary Project ADC Colony, Aghunato 21) United North Block ‘B’ Fellowship (Youth), Dimapur.

22) Azano Lejo Aghunato Town.

We regret our inability to thank everyone by name but your kindness and sympathy is deeply appreciated and we pray that Jehovah Jireh bless you abundantly according to his riches in Glory.

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Loving wife, children and grand children.

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2016: India basks in women power; legend of Kohli grows Sakshi Malik

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI): An Olympic campaign saved by the fortitude of three women, a cricket team that rediscovered itself under a bold and zealous Virat Kohli - Indian sports in 2016 was a dramatic mix of highs and lows wherein athletes mostly raised the bar but administrators found new ways to embarrass the country.

As is the case once every four years, Olympic sports found themselves in the middle of inescapable spotlight when India’s largest ever contingent made its way to Rio de Janeiro for the 31st edition of the ‘greatest show on earth’.

A record number of 117 athletes - 63 men and 54 women - landed in the Brazilian carnival city with the rather unrealistic expectations of going better on the half a dozen medals secured in London, 2012.

The Sports Ministry and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had contributed to the unreasonable hype with their outrageous predictions of at least 10-12 medals coming from Rio, a claim hardly questioned before the Games.

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At the mega-event, the script went terribly awry and more than a week passed without India coming anywhere close to the podium barring a couple of near misses, most notable being shooting ace Abhinav Bindra and gritty gymnast Dipa Karmakar’s fourth-place finishes in their respective events.

But just as it seemed that Rio would end barren for India, Sakshi Malik and P V Sindhu saved the country the blushes.

While Sindhu became the first shuttler and the first Indian woman athlete to notch up a silver medal, Sakshi became the first female grappler to win an Olympic medal with a bronze that hardly anyone had predicted.

These two medals and Karmakar’s fourthplace finish in a sport that is not even understood well in India, prevented a complete loss of face.

Fittingly, the three were presented the country’s highest sporting honour Khel Ratna - jointly.

But what their heroics could not cover up was the fact that in all these years, government, SAI and the Indian Olympic

Association have only been able to make it easy for athletes to claim money once they have made a m a r k . S o, t h e h a r s h reality of Indian sports remained the absence of any systematic support for athletes in their formative years which, as seen in Rio, cannot be compensated by doling out crores barely a year before the Olympics.

On the cricket field though 2016 well and truly belonged to India, more specifically to Kohli and his ‘weapon of choice’ Ravichandran Ashwin.

An 18-match unbeaten streak in Tests (starting from Sri Lanka 2015) the best-ever by an Indian team - was a testimony to how well Kohli fitted into the leadership role in white flannels.

When he took over captaincy from the ‘cool as cucumber’ Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the Test format, there were apprehensions that the ever-emotional Kohli might even end up having a meltdown due to the twin pressure of leadership and being India’s top batsman.

So far, he has proved the naysayers wrong with the kind of elegance he

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generally reserves for his strokes. Kohli has remained India’s best batsman and has proved to be a dynamic leader too, transforming a young team into confident world beaters at least on home turf.

In the limited-overs format, where Dhoni is still in charge, India won the Asia Cup T20 before finishing semifinalists in the World T20.

Speaking of individual sports, it was a brilliant year for Indian golf, which found its first female star in Aditi Ashok. The 18ye a r - o l d c o m m a n d e d attention with her Olympic performance, where she led the pack at one stage, and then went on to become the first Indian to clinch a title on the Ladies European Tour.

The LET responded by naming her the ‘Rookie of the Year’, a much-deserved honour for the exuberant youngster.

In fact, it was a year in which Indian sports discovered some new stars, and interestingly, they happened to be women.

Sindhu, Sakshi, Aditi and Dipa became symbols of women’s empowerment with their achievements.

Sports Ministry suspends IOA’s recognition New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS): Dissatisfied with the Indian Olympic A s s o c i a t i o n ' s ( I OA ) response to the show cause notice for appointing the scam-tainted duo of Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as life presidents, the Sports Ministry on Friday suspended the deemed recognition of the national Olympic body.

Following the suspension, the IOA will cease to enjoy the privileges and prerogatives bestowed on it by the government as the National Olympic Committee (NOC).

All gover nment assistance, financial or otherwise, to the IOA will also be stopped. "The government has suspended the deemed recognition, granted by it to the IOA until the IOA reverses its decision to appoint Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Chautala as Life Presidents," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry issued a show cause notice to the IOA on Wednesday after the general body meeting of the sports body passed a resolution on Tuesday to appoint its for mer presidents Kalmadi and Chautala as life presidents.

"The IOA was required to reply to the show cause notice by 5 p.m. on Friday.

In their response, IOA today sought extension of time up to January 15 for replying to the show cause notice, stating that President, IOA was out of the country. The government is not satisfied with the response of IOA since they have not given any substantive reply," the statement read.

Van Dijk, Fonte to stay with Saints L o nd o n , Dec 30 (Agencies): Southampton manager Claude Puel believes neither Virgil van Dijk or Jose Fonte will leave the club during the January transfer window.

The centre-backs have been the subject of much speculation with the Dutch international linked with a

£50m switch to Manchester City or Chelsea.

Fo n t e m e a n w h i l e was the subject of interest from Manchester United last summer as his fellow Portuguese Jose Mourinho looked to add to his defensive options.

However, Fonte stayed at St. Mary’s and Puel has

now confirmed that he and van Dijk will both still be Saints’ players come February.

“Of course they will both stay [for at least the remainder of the season],” he said. “It’s important for them to stay and have a good attitude and improve our position in the table.”

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