January 9, 2017

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Total bandh in Kma, Mkg and Tsg Correspondents

MOKCHUNG/TUENSANG, JAN 8 (NPN): As a countermeasure to the state government’s decision for extending the date of filing nominations in places where total boycott was in force, apex bodies like the-- Angami Youth Organization (AYO), Ao Senden, including Chang Khulei Setshang (CKS) and Tuensang Village Citizen Union (TVCU) have called for a total bandh in their respective jurisdictions on Monday to protest against the state government’s decision.

On Saturday, AYO announced that the total bandh would be imposed in Kohima and Mediphema town areas from 7 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.

Ao Senden: Slamming the NPF-led DAN government for having total disregard and hurting the sentiments of the Naga people by further extending the time of filing nominations till January 9, the Ao Senden, to protest against the state government’s decision has also called for a total bandh in Mokokchung on January 9 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Kiran Bedi to quit as Lt Governor of Puducherry PUDUCHERRY, JAN 8 (AGENCIES): Amid brewing differences with the Congress-led government, Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has announced that she would demit office in May 2018 on completion of two years.

B e d i ’s s t a t e m e n t comes days after the Congress MLAs sought Centre’s intervention complaining Bedi’s style of functioning in the backdrop of her cancelling a circular issued by Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy.

On Thursday, Bedi declared a circular issued CM, banning the use of social media applications such as Facebook and WhatsApp for official communication, as ‘null and void’, stating that such an order falls in contravention of guidelines and rules and policies. “If Puducherry has to be a progressive UT, it cannot be retrograde in communications. Hence @CM_ Puducherry’s order stands cancelled:@PMOIndia (sic),” she tweeted.

Corrigendum: Apropos the news ‘558 candidates file nominations...’, it should be read as ‘19 candidates filed nominations for Kiphire Town Council polls’.

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“The Yadav senior wants to remote control but he himself is remote controlled.”

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A joint statement issued by acting Ao Senden president, C. Angang and acting secretary, Tally Lkr pointed out that the state government’s decision to extend the date of filing nominations has been viewed by the Senden as a direct insult and disrespect to the people.

During the bandh no vehicles or public movement would be allowed. However, police, paramilitary, medical, magistrate on duty, media and other emergency services have been exempted from the purview of the bandh.

While expressing regret for the inconvenience caused, the Senden at the same time sought support and cooperation of the people during the bandh.

Questioning the “sinister design” of the state government’s decision to extend the dateline, the Senden alleged that such arbitrary decision was made only in the interest of few vested individuals who wanted to file their nominations.

Meanwhile, volunteers of the Ao Senden continued to stand vigil in front of DC’s office, Mokokchung on Sunday. However, after the State

Election Commission had clarified through media that Sunday was a non-working day, the volunteers dispersed for the day.

Later, the Senden officials and others held a meeting.

CKS & TVCU: The Chang Khulei Setshang (CKS) and Tuensang Village Citizen Union (TVCU) have also resolved to strictly impose a total bandh in Tuensang starting from January 8, 6 p.m. to January 9, 4 p.m. to boycott the filing of nomination for Municipal & Town Council elections in Tuensang, stated CKS president, M.P. Nokshang through a press note.

However, district administration, paramilitary forces, medical, fire & emergency service have been exempted from the purview of the bandh.

CKS and TVCU further remind all intending candidates to refrain from filing their nominations and warned that violators would be penalized as per CKS & TVCU resolution adopted on January 5, 2017. The organizations have also appeal to the general public for co-operation.

Changes to AYO bandh

In partial modification to the bandh called on January 9, Angami Youth Organization (AYO) president Neinguvoto Krose and vice president Peter Rutsa stated that, in Kohima town, partial bandh would be activated exclusively under the mentioned areas in the ‘bandh zone’- TCP gate to North PS jn. including D. Block area.

Vehicular/pedestrian movement have been restricted in the periphery of the main town area.

All shops within the restricted area have been directed to remain closed, except pharmacies and eateries. AYO has also warned of action against pharmacies and eateries failing to open on January 9. Education institutions and students attending classes and exams have been exempted from the purview of the bandh.

AYO has also appealed Assam Rifles to minimize vehicular movements within the restricted zone.

Further, the youth organization has appealed to all communities and right thinking citizens to participate and show solidarity in the interest of the Nagas.

Interpretation on women quota vis-à-vis Art. 371A Staff Reporter Dimapur, Jan 8 (NPN): Against the backdrop of ongoing confrontation between the NPF-led Democartic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government and women leaders (JACWR) on one side and various apex tribe organisations and village authorities on the other side, Article 371A of the Constitution of India has become debatable over the issue of elections to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) with 33% women reservation.

The DAN government and the JACWR maintain that women quota has nothing to do with Article 371A but apex tribe organisations and village authorities reiterate that reservation infringes upon Article 371A. In an interview to Nagaland Post, former additional advocate general Pius Lotha opined that providing 33% women reservation was not in conformity with provisions under Article 371A, Sub Clause 2-with regard to Naga customary law and practices.

He said this was because Nagaland is covered under Article 371A and so it baseless for a section to say that involving the Act with the current issue was “discriminatory”.

In this, Pius pointed out as per the Nagaland Code (Vol.III) the applicability of Naga customary law and practices is vested with the tribal institutions. He said the current con-

frontation could have been avoided had the state government taken all tribes into consideration, to arrive at an amicable solution instead of brushing past all expressed concerns.

Pius explained that the tribes are the custodians of customary laws and practices and their elected government is supposed to have consultations with them on relevant issues, in order to preserve and safeguard the spirit of Article 371A. He reiterated that Article 371A is for every Naga and it would be unfair and harsh if some see it as a symbol of male domination.

“It is therefore, unfortunate that there is so much resentment against the government of the day, regarding the issue of holding civic polls with 33% women reservation”, he said.

Meanwhile, prominent citizens have said that issuing reservations of any kind in elections or for representation of a constituency defeats the purpose of democracy. “You cannot systematically limit the choices of citizens”, said a youth leader.

Even in Meghalaya, a matriarchal society, the men dominated the traditional system he said. The present crisis in Nagaland may have arisen because of some factors and for which public should maintain unity, said one NGO leader. He felt that it should be left free for people to decide if they want an educated or an uneducated, old or young leader, male or a female leader.

NPF, BJP unit appeal tribal bodies to allow civic body elections DIMAPUR, JAN 8 (NPN): In a last minute move, the NPF and state BJP state unit of the ruling DAN government on Sunday issued a joint statement urging all organizations opposed to the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) poll to pave way for smooth conduct of elections and to allow candidates to file their nominations on January 9.

In a press note, CMO media cell informed that both NPF and BJP issued the statement after an all-party emergency meeting was convened by chief minister, T.R. Zeliang at his residential office on Sunday evening-- to seek the opinion of various political parties in the state in the backdrop of various tribal organizations boycotting the elections to the Municipal and Town Councils The meeting was attended by NPF president Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu, Rajya Sabha MP & NPF secretary general, KG Kenye; NPF working president, Apong Pongener, BJP unit president, Visasolie Lhoungu; BJP vice president, Imsu Yaden and general secretary Eduzu Theluo; NPCC general secretary, Medokul Sophie and secretary Moa Imchen and Home minister Y. Patton.

The house discussed how Article 243T of the Constitution of India relating to women reservation in local bodies did not affect article 371A, CMO stated. After the discussions, CMO media cell said both NPF and BJP decided issue a joint statement.

Lotha bodies ask candidates to withdraw nominations Candidates under Chakhro areas

(L&R) Public of Wokha town and neighbouring villages at the meeting with the community leaders. (NP)

Correspondent

WOKHA, JAN 8 (NPN): The Lotha Hoho (LH) along with all its frontal organizations on Sunday “unanimously decided and resolved that all the intending candidates, who had filed nomination for the ULBs election (Wokha and Bhandari towns), are to withdraw their nominations, immediately.”

This was also stated in a joint press statement issued by LH chairman Mhao Humtsoe and general secretary Mhondamo Ovung.

The decision was made during a meeting called by LH at Wokha Town Hall with the general public of Wokha town and surrounding villages on Sunday-- attended by representatives of all Lotha frontal organizations including-- Lotha Eloe Hoho, Lotha Youth Hoho, Lotha Students’ Union, Kohima Lotha Hoho, Dimapur Lotha Hoho, Wokha Village Council, Longsa Village Council, all colony unions and youth organizations of Wokha town.

The resolution for withdrawal of candidatures was moved by raising of hands by a majority of those present at the meeting. There were also suggestions from various quarters that a joint withdrawal petition could be submitted to the concerned authorities to actualize the resolution for withdrawal of candidatures.

LH said the public and leaders also deliberated on the various provisions of the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001, which infringe on the provisions of Article 371A,

of the Constitution. Many of the leaders including some candidates, agreed to support the decision of the Naga organizations and to safeguard the provisions of Article 371A, for the good of the Naga future generation, LH stated.

A total of 55 (22 Women) candidates have filed their nominations for Wokha district’s two Town Councils: 33 (13 Women) for Wokha Town Council (WTC) and 22 (9 Women) for Bhandari Town Council (BTC).

Of the 33 candidates for WTC, 12 (5 Women) are from NPF, 13 from BJP (5 Women), and 8 (3 Women) are Independents. Interestingly, 2 women (1 BJP and 1 Independent) are the only candidates who have filed their nominations in one unreserved ward.

Of the 22 candidates for BTC, 8 (2 Women) are from NPF, 8 (3 Women) from BJP, 3 (2 Women) from INC, and 3 (2 Women) are Independents.

asked to withdraw nominations

DIMAPUR, JAN 8 (NPN): Chakhroma GBs’ Union (CGBU) on Sunday asked all those candidates who had filed nomination papers within its jurisdiction, “to immediately withdraw their nominations to mitigate the anger of the public against them”.

Issuing a stern warning, CGBU president Thepfukedo Kuotsu and general secretary Atso Gwizan said: “If they go ahead with their candidature in defiance of the public desire, we can foresee serious ramification and consequences even on the polling day and even in the days thereafter”.

CGBU also hit out at the chief minister, saying that it would not allow a “few overzealous and ambitious women to sacrifice our Tenyimi people at the altar of their greed”. The union also expressed shock that some candidates from Chumukedima Town Council submitted their nominations at DC’s office, Dimapur on January 7, 2017, instead of doing so at the office of EAC Chümoukedima.

Criticizing the state government for not paying heed to the voices of the people, CGBU said the latter instead

allowed “petty thieves under cover” to file nomination against the desire of the public.

CGBU alleged that those candidates who had filed nominations were also corrupt and not people to be trusted. Since by filing nominations secretly, the candidates have gone against the wishes of the people, even before facing the trial, the union said. Without respecting the public sentiments, such candidates cannot be entrusted with any public office, CGBU added.

Further, CGBU extended total support to the Angami Public Organisation (APO)’s call to boycott the elections to the Urban Local Bodies with 33% reservation for women. It also reaffirmed the earlier stand for “absolute opposition to any move to dilute and de-sacred our custom and traditions by a few people in power with vested interest”.

The union also vowed not to allow Municipal and Town Councils election within its jurisdiction in the present format, but would muster all means within its capacity to ensure that the customary laws were protected.

Fuel outlets to stop accepting card payments from today Aadhaar mandatory for B E N G A L U RU / N E W DELHI, JAN 8 (AGENCIES): A sudden move by banks to levy a 1% transaction fee on card payments at petrol pumps has taken the oil ministry by surprise and prompted dealers to say they will stop accepting plastic money from Monday, which could inconvenience consumers in times of cash shortage and affect the government’s move to encourage cashless transactions.

In Delhi, ministry officials said they were unaware of the move by the banks and have asked them to put off the levy till a system of compensating the petrol pump dealers is disccused by all stakeholders- staterun fuel retailers, banks and petrol pump owners. The banks’ move will not target the citizens directly as no new charges will be levied on customers using cards.

Stopping card pay-

ments and accepting only cash at petrol stations comes at a time when the Centre is pushing for increased noncash transactions and announced a 0.75% cashback offer on purchase of petrol using plastic money.

Dealers said ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank communicated to them on Saturday night and informed them about the surcharge. ICICI bank, however, has denied sending any such communication to any dealers. “We will not charge any transaction fee on card payments from tomorrow,” ICICI Bank spokesperson told TOI. ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank account for some 60% of card swipe machines de ployed at 52,000 petrol pumps out of the 53,842 public sector fuel retail outlets across the country. There are 56,190 petrol pumps in the country, including those run by pri-

vate oil companies. Following the notice, pump owners took the decision to stop accepting card payments at a meeting of all petrol pump dealers’ associations in Bengaluru on Sunday.

All India Petroleum Dealers Association (AIPDA) president Ajay Bansal told TOI from Bengaluru that all pump owners are firm in their decision to withdraw card swipe machines from intervening midnight of Sunday and Monday.

“They (banks) must apologise to the public,” B R Ravindranath, president, Akhila Karnataka Federation of Petroleum Traders and Bangalore Petroleum Dealers Association, told TOI in Bengaluru.

Dealers say the transaction fee by banks will wipe out their profit, which is set by the state-run fuel retailers. Ravindranath claimed the net profit, after deducting all operational costs,

stands at at 0.3% to 0.5%.

“If the banks straight away levy a 1% transaction fee, where do they expect us to go. It becomes extremely difficult to survive in such circumstances,” Ravindranath said. In a communication to finance minister Arun Jaitley, AIPDA said: “To compound matters further, these credit card machine issuers are delaying settlements and not settling the entire dues as per our settlements. There are disputes about purchases being returned or not delivered.

The reconciliation of swipes to amount being credited to our accounts is causing a lot of hardships and losses to a large percentage of the dealer community.”

According to Bansal, banks usually have agreement with establishments that have a profit margin of 5% or more. “Petrol pumps are the only sector where the banks bear the cost of

even our communication lines used for the card swipe machines. So if they levy the fee, we cannot pass on the burden to consumers as the sale prices are set by oil companies, as also our margin. So that leaves burden sitting on our laps. We don’t have the strength to bear the burden and will collapse unless it is withdrawn or oil companies lend us their shoulders,” he said.

Assuring quick resolution of the issue, ministry officials in Delhi said “to be fair to dealers,” the transaction fee cannot be paid by consumers or dealers.

However, it was reported that the Banks on Sunday night deferred their decision to charge 1% transaction fee on card payments at petrol pumps from Monday. Following the decision by bankers, petroleum dealers have put off till January 30 their decision to stop accepting cards.

MGNREGS work from April

NEW DELHI, JAN 8 (PTI): Beginning April 1, people living in rural areas need to have Aadhaar under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that mandates 100 days work for a household annually.

People registered under the scheme will be required to give proof of possession of Aadhaar or undergo the enrolment process till March 31, 2017, a senior officer in Cabinet Secretariat said.

However, ration card, driving licence, voter identity card, Kisan passbook with photo, job card issued under MGNREGS and a certificate issued by a gazetted officer or a tehsildar will be admissible as proof of identity for people to get the benefits under the scheme till the time they get

Aadhaar, he said.

Those who have applied for Aadhaar can show their enrolment slip or copy of application made to the authorities concerned for getting the 12-digit unique identification number which acts as a proof of identity and address anywhere in the country.

“Necessary orders to make enrolment of Aadhaar mandatory for states like Jammu and Kashmir and few others are being issued by the Centre in this regard. Adequate steps will also be taken to ensure that people face no problem in getting Aadhaar number,” the officer said.

The government has invoked Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 for the purpose.

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WEATHER FORECAST January 9

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Agartala Plenty of sun

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Aizawl

Nice with plenty of sunshine

22

6

Guwahati Nice with plenty of sun

26

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Imphal

Nice with plenty of sun

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7

Itanagar

Mostly sunny and pleasant

22

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Shillong

Sunshine and patchy clouds

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Kohima

Brilliant sunshine and cooler

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6

Dimapur

Nice with plenty of sunshine

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Mkg

Sunny and not as warm

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Tuensang Sunshine and cooler Wokha

42nd SRSU biennial general conference held

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President, All Sumi Students Union (SKK) and former president, All Nagaland College Students Union (ANCSU), Zheito Chophy speaking as guest of honour on the SRSU biennial general conference.

DIMAPUR: Satoi Range Students Union (SRSU) held its 42nd biennial general conference at Ikiye village from January 4 to 6 under the theme “retrospectively marching forward”.

A joint press note by SRSU president, Nikato T. Aye and general secretary, Homugha Achumi stated that on day one public prosecutor, Zunheboto, Khetoholi Yeptho as speaker urged the congregation that every village institution, student leaders, educated persons, government employees, public leaders

and right thinking citizens should have the courage to speak and voice out for public right where human right guarantee right to life, freedom of thought and expression and equal treatment in the eye of law.

She stated that with the progess of socio-economic development legal right and awareness was the need of the hour. She also said that Right to Information (RTI) was very important where every citizen could seek information by filling an application to any government establishments as per

the act and check corruption and misuse of power by certain individuals and institutions to promote transparency, accountability and to ensure public right were not deprived and it is the responsibility of the government agencies to furnish the information.

G. Kaito Aye, MLA 36 A/C Satakha graced the occasion as chief guest on day two, wherein he said that students should be humble and sincere as God had made everyone’s destination. He also pointed out that the constituency

Mao community celebrates Chithuni fest Khekaho graces 41st Zunheboto Sunny and cooler

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general conference of VKRSU

DIMAPUR: Parlimentary secretary of IPR graced the closing programme of V. K Range Students Union (VKRSU) conference. The 41st general conference of V.K Range Students’ Union was held from January 4 to 7 at Mukha village under the theme “adapt to change and be the change”.

The closing ceremony was marked by talent presentations and special numbers by the DGP band.

Speaking on the occasion, parliamentary secretary of IPR, Khekaho Assumi thanked the host village (Mukha village) for the hospitality and all their contributions in making the conference a success.

Khekaho also urged the student community to be the torch bearers in making the society where everyone could live in peace and harmony.

A section of crowd during Chithuni festival celebration on January 7.

DIMAPUR: The Mao Union Kohima (MUK) celebrated Chithuni festival on January 7 at the Naga Solidarity Park, Kohima attended by over a thousand people.

Advisor MUK H. Lokho in his address shared the importance of Chithuni festival stating that “Chithuni is the celebration of the achievements

of the past year”. Dr. Loso in his exhortation to the gathering said celebrating Chithuni had significance as it was an opportunity to preserve our culture.

The programme started with a Chithuni blessing, invoked by former president MUK M. Kaikho. President MUK L. Athikho delivered welcome address and extended Chit-

huni greetings to gathering.

Cultural items were presented by Mao Students’ Union Kohima and other cultural troupes.

Vote of thanks was proposed by E. Krelo, the convenor of the celebration committee. The programme concluded with closing prayer pronounced by pastor MBCK Rev. Losii Mao.

DHD welcomes new chaplain to DH Dmu

Council of Rengma Baptist Churches.

He served as assistant pastor at Khenyu Baptist Church, served 21 years as pastor at Tseminyu Old Town Baptist Church, president Rengma Pastors and Deacons Conference for two term, chairman CRBC Mission Board Secretary of CRBC Ordained Ministers Fellowship. He is presently residing at Sovima DimaNew chaplain of DHD Reverend Yhunlo Thong and his family blessed with pur. prayers during the ordination programme. (NP)

DIMAPUR, Jan 8 (NPN): District Hospital Dimapur welcomed new chaplain, Reverend Yhunlo Thong Sunday, at its chapel hall.

NMM assistant director, Reverend Khevihe Yeptho while delivering his message pointed that hospital ministry was entirely different from other ministry.

However, he elaborated that by getting together, we could deliver in the way that Jesus had done for the people in need.

Re ve r e n d Y h u n l o Thong also shared his experiences. He also committed himself infront of the congregation to love God and to serve God whole heartedly and stand firm to his motto “For to live is Christ and to die is gain”.

DHD Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr. CW Tungoe welcomed the new chaplain and his family for accepting to serve God K

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through the hospital ministry.

He also highlighted the specific area of activities of a chaplain in the hospital which was not a full-fledged pastor but a part of pastoral as well as evangelical service.

He said that besides, all the activities, the foremost activities of a chaplain should be evangelism towards the needy patient and to the non Christians who were admitted in the hospital. He also pointed that 50 percent of the patients included non Christians and therefore it would be an opportunity to deliver the message of God. He further appreciated NMM for sending Reverend Yhunlo Thong to be part of the family.

Short speech was also delivered by RBCS deacon where he extended support towards Rev. Thong in his journey to reach out his service to the community in general. Rengma Baptist Church Sovima (RBCS)

and Tseminyu Town Baptist Church (TTBC), DHD doctors and staff, well wishers attended the programme.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by Dr. Ngopelo.

Rev.Yhunlo Thong new chaplain of DHD was born on March 7, 1970 at Khenyu village under Tseminyu sub division and is married to Gwasenle and blessed with a daughter Nisin Thong. He did his early education from Phenshunyu Govt School, Alichen English School 2nd, BN Mokokchung, Christian School Tseminyu, Matriculation from Bethel School Wokha, Bachelor of Theology from Kohima Bible College. Master of Ministry Degree at International Institute of Church Management, Chennai.

He also went for short term training in a broad, Ministry Training Institute, Kualalumpur, Malaysia (twice), Haggai Institute Training, Singapore. He was ordained as Reverend by the

news in brief DDPODU general meeting: Dimapur District Pick up Van Owners & Drivers Union (DDPODU) has convened a general meeting on January 11 at 10 a.m on the banks of Chathe river, 2 and half mile, Dimapur. All the members have been asked to attend the meeting.

needed more road improvement, while also emphasizing on humble beginnings and respect to elders. He said better infrastructure could only be attained through unity and good coordination.

During the third day of the SRSU biennial general conference president, All Sumi Students Union(SKK), and former president, All Nagaland College Students Union(ANCSU), Zheito Chophy graced the occasion as the guest of honour.

Zheito urged the students to be humble, sincere, God fearing and seek heavenly wisdom and put best efforts to succeed in their academic career. As an advisor to All Sumi Students Union (SKK), he highlighted the recent “doing right mission”, wherein, the prime objective of the mission was also to check corruption in central, state project, schemes allotted by the government for the construction of roads, buildings and other infrastructures for the public. He said that these allotted funds should reach

public and should not be misused but be properly implemented for development in the area and should not be allowed to be fraudulently withdrawn.

He urged upon every citizen, students union bodies of the concerned unions to check their respective village about the schemes, projects, contracts etc to ensure quality works along with All Sumi Students Union(SKK) for accountability and transparency for the whole system in the area. Concluding his speech he said that with the recent development of RBI after demonetisation there would be less corruption where everyone have to disclose their proporty, money and sources to the income tax department failing which penalty would be imposed.

E a r l i e r, p r e s i d e n t SRSU Lika Awomi welcomed the congregation while president SKK, Ninoto Awomi graced the occasion as speaker. SRSU also elected its new office bearers for the tenure 2017 led by its president, Nikato T Awomi and general secretary, Homugha Achumi.

ADC & RO Kohima issues notice for nomination

Foundation laid for hygienic pig slaughter-cum-retail outlet in Jalukie

DIMAPUR: Retur ning Officer, KMC, Lithrongla Tongpi has notified that election would be held of a member to Ward No. 1 (High School), 2 (Bayavü Colony), 3 (North Block), 4 (Naga Bazaar), 5 (Kitsubozou), 6 (D. Block), 7 (Daklane), 8 (New Market), 9 (Midland), 10 (Hospital Colony), 11 (PWD Colony), 12 (Chandmari Upper Colony), 13 (Lower Chandmari), 14 (Poterlane-Old Minister Hill), 15 (A.G Colony), 16 (New Minister HillLerie-NST-Dairy Farm), 17 (Agri-Forest-Electrical), 18 (Paramedical), 19 (P.R.Hill) of the Kohima Municipality.The notice stated that the nomination papers may be delivered by the candidate or his proposer to the Municipal Returning Officer/Assistant Returning Officer at D.C Office Kohima between 11 a.m and 3 p.m on January 9; Forms of nomination papers may be obtained at the place and times aforesaid; The nomination papers would be taken up for scrutiny on January 10 at DC office Kohima. Notice of withdrawal of candidature may be delivered by a candidate or his proposer or his election agent (who has been authorized in writing by the candidate to deliver it) to the office specified in paragraph (2) above at his/her office latest by January 17 before 3 p.m. In the event of the election being contested the poll would be taken on February 1 between the hours of 7 a.m and 3:30 p.m.

TSUD 2nd executive council meet: Tenyimi Students’ Union Dimapur (TSUD) has convened its 2nd executive council meeting for the tenure (2016-18) on January 9, at 2 p.m. in the TUD office. All executive council have been requested to attend the meeting.

KPC 16th foundation day: Kohima Press Club (KPC) would observe its 16th Foundation Day on January 20 in the KPC conference hall, Kohima at 12 p.m. All the members of the club have been requested to attend the programme. KPC executive council further informed that there would be an exchange of gifts worth Rs.500 and above among the members following the formal programme. KPC also extended invitation to the well wishers of the club to join the foundation day observation.

CPO session cum Chakhesang day: Chakhesang Public Organization (CPO) would hold its 35th general session- cum-3rd Chakhesang day on January 10 at Yoruba village, with MP (RS) K. G. Kenye as main speaker. Area/range presidents and colleagues, VCCs and members, pastors, GBs and VDB secretaries and members are mandatory to attend the programme with not less than five members from each village. All the frontal organization, presidents and colleagues, National workers, public leaders, church leaders, government officers and well wishers have been invited to the session. Present and former legislators, CPO executive council members, jury board members, former CPO officials and VCCs have been requested to reach Yoruba at 1 p.m on January 9 for executive council meeting.

(L-R) Monzeung Mpom, H.K Hajong, Dr. Capt. G. Dhayanan Jaya Rao, Ringsanbo Zeliang.

DIMAPUR: Hygienic pig slaughter-cum-retail outlet foundation was laid at Jalukie town by NERLP project director, H. K. Hajong on January 5.

During the programme, H.K Hajong narrated how the project had started the piggery cluster intervention where an assessment was done to understand the gap for intervention. The key intervention point was to support in quality breed from research station ICAR Jhornapani, Medziphema state vety. He said the hygienic slaughter-cum-retail outlet was part of the implementation strategy so that quality and hygienic pork was available in the district and also excess could be supplied to other districts.

Key note was given by district project manager, NERLP, Peren, Ruuvilie Kotsu. The ceremony was chaired by president Honesty SHG Federation of Jalukie town Ward-I,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 09.01.2017

Icaisuile. The invocation cum dedication prayer was pronounced by pastor Jalukie Town Local Baptist Church, Monzeung Mpom.

The number of 1003 SHGs, 93 village SHG Federation and 104 Community Development Groups promoted by the project and 26 CDG implementing Community Development plans was shared. The piggery cluster

developed by the project in 5 villages under Peren block which started with 150 HH in 2015 had increased to 167HH with 668 pigs population today.

Importance of piggery in Peren as livelihood option was also shared by Dr. Capt. G. Dhanan Jaya Rao, the dean of Veterinary College Central Agriculture University, Jalukie.

Happy 25th Anniversary AMENLA CHANGKIRI AND ATANG LONGKUMER 9 January 2017

Mom and Dad

Thank you for raising us properly and bringing out the best in us.

You are our inspiration.

We love you .

Always with love Temsuakum Longkumer and Watisenla Longkumer

Congratulations on your attaining the age of 75 years and on your

HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY

May the Almighty God grant you many more years of happy life, so that you live to be a guide and inspiration for us.

With Love and Prayers.

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Dearest Mom & Dad, May this year of anniversary bring a lot of happiness and joy in your life. On this special day, I want to let you know how blessed I am to have you both in life.

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CHK to hold mass social work for Siikriinye festival

Dimapur: Chakhesang Hoho Kohima (CHK) has informed that a mass social work would be held on January 11 at Kohima

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local ground from 9 a.m onwards in view of the forthcoming Chakhesang Siikriinye Festival 2017.

All the CHK vil-

lage units and concerned members have been requested to come with appropriate tools for the social work.

Siikriinye festival would be celebrated on January 14 at Kohima local ground under the aegis of CHK with the theme

“Strengthening unity & harmony.”

All the members of Chakhesang community residing in the state capital

Kohima have been reAll the members have quested to be at the various been requested to come in gathering points on that traditional attire. day by 9 a.m and march to The designated the festival venue. gathering points include;

T. T stadium, Officer’s Hill, PWD office junction, Keziekie Taxi Stand, CBCK Kitsubozou and TCP gate.

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Over 500 loaded trucks escorted into Manipur UNC resolves to intensify agitation

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IMPHAL, Jan 8: More than 500 good laden trucks including petroleum product carriers were escorted from Jiribam along NH-37 on Sunday morning.

A strong combined security team Sunday left Jiribam with a total of 519 loaded trucks have started crossing Naga dominated Tamenglong and Noney districts and were likely to reach Imphal by late Sunday night, a police source said.

A combined team of Central and state security forces was escorting the vehicles. Central paramilitary forces like the Assam Rifles and CRPF and state security forces like Manipur Rifles and IRB were also deployed at vulnerable places on ROP duty along the stretch of the highway.

On the other hand, with good laden trucks ar-

riving in Imphal on regular basis, prices of essential commodities and petroleum products, particularly petrol in grey market have also come down slightly in Imphal.

Meanwhile, the United Naga Council (UNC) has resolved to intensify its ongoing stirs including the ongoing 69-day-old economic blockade after a meeting was convened on Saturday at Senapati district headquarters.

Above the ongoing economic blockade on the national highways passing through Naga inhabited areas in Manipur, the UNC has been imposing ban on the implementation of national projects in “Naga areas” in Manipur and recently launched picketing of government offices in Naga areas.

The council assembly held on Saturday further decided to consult Naga based organizations and

Irom Sharmila camps in Thoubal to take on Ibobi

Irom Sharmila

IMPHAL, Jan 8 (Agencies): Rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu took her mission to fight chief minister Ibobi Singh in the upcoming crucial assembly elections a step ahead on Saturday, getting herself a rented house for her stay in Thoubal, Ibobi Singh’s home turf.

Co-convener of her newly-floated party, People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA), Sharmila went to Thoubal on her bicycle and chose the room herself.

“Today, I found a room on rent at Thoubal Wangmataba for my temporary stay.

It will also be used as PRJA Thoubal office. I’ll move there within the next few days,” Sharmila told TOI. “After putting up there, I, along with my workers and supporters in Thoubal, will kick off our poll

campaign,” the ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’ said, adding that she had already begun canvassing.

Manipur will go to the polls in two phases - March 4 and March 8. The driving force behind Sharmila’s intention of taking on the chief minister is his “failure to scrap the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Manipur and fulfil the people’s aspirations during his 15year regime.”

Sharmila ended her epic 16-year fast against the military act on August 9 last year and announced she would contest polls.

PRJA convener Erendro Leichombam (33), who is contesting from the Thangmeiband constituency in Imphal West, said the party will field at least seven candidates, of which five have been finalised and have begun canvassing.

As part of its unique strategy, People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) has been canvassing in religious houses and holding social interaction programmes at the village and district levels in addition to conducting group discussions with youths and students.

public in chalking out further course of agitation in denunciation of creation of new districts by the state government.

The meeting reaffirmed not to hold talks with the state government until UNC president Gaidon Kamei and publicity secretary S Stephen were released.

However, it resolved to consult with the people if the government send proposal for dialogue.

The council assembly further accepted the resignation letters submitted by TS Warngam and S Kho John in November 2016 to step down from their respective post as UNC vice president and speaker.

Warngam is said to have tendered resignation letter to contest in the ensuing assembly election from Chandel AC while Kho John has been preparing to vie for Mao AC, both as NPF nominees.

Bru repatriation to begin from mid-February Aizawl, Jan 8 (PTI): The proposed repatriation of over 32,800 Brus lodged in six relief camps in Tripura is scheduled to begin from the second week of February, Additional Secretary for Mizoram’s Home department Lalbiakzama today said.

Lalbiakzama, who attended a meeting between the Ministry of Home Affairs and Mizoram government in New Delhi, told PTI over phone that the schedule for commencement of the repatriation of the 5,413 Bru families was fixed during the meeting.

T h e m e e t i n g wa s chaired by Special Secretary (Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs Mahesh Kumar Singla.

Lalbiakzama said the Mizoram government would revise the proposal for expenditure to be incurred in the repatriation process and submit the revised estimate to the Centre.

Earlier, the identification of bona fide residents of Mizoram was conducted at the six relief camps in Tripura was conducted during November 2 to 23 last year.

northeast Encephalitis vaccination drive in Tripura Agartala, Jan 8 (PTI): The Tripura government has decided to undertake Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination drive from tomorrow, officials said.

The drive would be carried out between January 9 and 22 in four districts -- Unakoti, Gomati, South and Dhalai, member secretary of Health and Family Welfare Society Dr Sujit Chakma said here today.

Altogether 5.11 lakh children, aged between 1 and 15 years, would be vaccinated in the four districts, he said adding that schools, primary health centres, community health centres and Anganwadi Centres have been designated places for the vaccination. In the second phase, children of these four districts aged between 9 and 12 months would be given JE vaccines.

The dates for the second phase would be announced later. In the three years starting from 2014, 14, 28 and 28 JE cases were reported in the state respectively. Four died of the disease in 2015, the official said.

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Plans to change Citizenship Act hit Assam accord hurdle

NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (Agencies): The Modi government’s plans to fast track citizenship for minorities like Hindus, Sikhs and Christians fleeing religious persecution has hit a bump with the law ministry pointing out that the proposal runs afoul of the Assam accord.

The amendments to grant swifter citizenship to minorities from countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan is a key promise of the NDA government that argues that India has a duty to help out this section of refugees.

The move has a political element as these refugees have claimed to be victims of forced conversions and assaults. But the proposed amendments to the citizenship act have political ramifications for Assam where chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal had himself successfully challenged the functioning of the Illegal Migrants (Determination

by Tribunals) Act on the grounds that the tribunals were in violation of the Constitution. The Supreme Court had ruled in 2006 that

all cases under the IMDT Act be transferred to the tribunals constituted under the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964 which defines a person of Indian origin as someone who has been a resident of Assam since January 1, 1966.

Thereafter a person who has entered India between January 1, 1966 and before March 23, 1971 and who has been detected to be a foreigner cannot be on an electoral list for a period of 10 years since then. “The proposal to reduce the aggregate period of residence from 11 years to six years appears to be contrary to the Assam accord,” the law ministry said.

It has also pointed out that the case is currently being heard by a constitution bench of the SC and this needs to be taken into consideration when framing the bill. “The amendment of the citizenship act makes it clear that the question of determination or detection of a foreigner is governed by the foreigners act, 1946 and foreigners (tribunals) order, 1964,” the ministry has submitted.

2 ladies allegedly molested in AGMC Village chief, Aga rtala , Ja n 8 (Agencies): The opposition political parties demanded resignation of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar for his failure to protect women following alleged molestation of two patients in the Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) in past two days.

Two ladies in AGMC were physically assaulted and abused by miscreants in the hospital campus. A woman of Indranagar area of Agartala was admitted two days ago, at AGMC hospital’s female medicine ward with a complaint of chest pain, where she was allegedly molested by an unidentified person who entered into the ward while she was sleeping. She along with other patients of the ward started shouting, as the accused took to heels, the victim complaint to police.

After receiving information on the incident, police collected the CCTV footage from the hospital and identified the person as Sunil Das (37), a resident of Melaghar. He was later arrested and a specific case of molestation was slapped against him at East Agartala Women police station.

The second incident of molestation inside the female medicine ward was

reported within a day after the first incident where a 15year-old girl was allegedly molested by a TSR jawan.

Police, however, are yet to arrest the accused.

The Opposition Trinamool Congress, BJP and Congress separately asked Mr Sarkar to relinquish the responsibility of home portfolio, as his administration has failed to ensure security of women even in the hospital.”In an average five ladies are being subjected to fall victim of crime in the state and during last three years the crime on women goes beyond control due to political interference on police functioning by the ruling party. All the criminals are getting shelter in CPI-M,” added Trinamool Congress President Ashis Saha.

In another incident, Avik Chowdhury, a secondyear student of Belonia College in the South Tripura was arrested yesterday on the charge of molestation after a college girl filed a case against him. According to the FIR, when the girl was returning home from her college, a man identified as Avik stopped her and molested her on the road.

However, she managed to flee from the spot and reach home.

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4 held for gangraping 2 minors Tura, Jan 8 (PTI): Four persons were today arrested in connection with the Christmas eve gangrape incident of two minors in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya. The four accused - Chanang Marak (24), Junbirth Marak (22) Pringbal Sangma (20) and Goldistar Marak (24) – are residents of Sankarigre near Garobadha in West Garo Hills, a senior police officer said today. They had forcefully taken three minor girls from William Point area of the town of Tura on December 24 and took them to an unknown place and gangraped two of them, the officer said. The third girl managed to escape. The four were arrested from an area in West Garo Hills few days back.

church leader killed in Manipur Abducted girl reunited with father

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IMPHAL, Jan 8: The dead bodies of a village chief and church chairman kidnapped by suspected militants in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district were found on Sunday.

Chief of N-Gamnom village S Otkhomang (57) and chairman leader Tilpao Haokip (51) were kidnapped by miscreants armed with sophisticated weapons from their village in the evening of January 6, around 7 pm. The dead bodies of village leaders were found in the vicinity of their village on Sunday.

The miscreants also fired some rounds while taking away the duo, a local source said.

Police are yet to establish the reason behind the murder of the village leaders.

Denouncing the murder of the village chief and church leader, a 17-hour Chandel district bandh call has been given by village authority of N-Gamnom village with the support of various civil organizations.

The bandh will commence from Monday at

Tura, Jan 8 (PTI): A 14-year old girl was abducted by three men before being dumped near the Bokmagre petrol pump on the outskirts of Tura in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya and later reunited with her father. The mentally challenged girl was near her house when she was forcefully pushed into an auto at about 6 pm on Jan 6, a police officer said. She was dumped near the petrol pump and rescued by social activists at about 4 pm last evening and later handed over to the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) to know what exactly happened.

The girl insisted that she had not been sexually assaulted and hence was allowed to go home with her father who came to Tura police station.

Second batch of B’deshis to be deported

SILCHAR, Jan 8 (Agencies): Seventeen Bangladeshi nationals who had been detained in Silchar Central Jail for the past two to three years will be deported to Bangladesh on Monday. The group of detainees, the second to be deported, will enter their homeland through the international border in Karimganj, 53 km from here, a senior official of the Cachar district administration said on Saturday. Police and Border Security Force (BSF) jawans will hand over the detainees - five from Maulavi Bazar, two each from Chandpur and Habiganj, one each from Comilla, Sylhet, Brahmanbaria, Madhavpur, Sunamganj, Maymensingh, Gopalganj and Noakhali to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) during the day.

The men and women had been rounded up from different parts of Assam for haviing entered India illegally. In adherence to existing legal norms, they had been tried in a local court and sent to different jails. In the absence of a repatriation pact, they had been kept in the detention camp of the Silchar Central Jail even after their sentence was over. The first batch of 10 Bangladeshi detainees were deported on October 13 last year. Silchar Central Jail sources said a number of other Bangladesh and Myanmar nationals are still languishing in the detention camp despite having served their jail terms.

Assam set to launch home-stay scheme to tap rural tourism ‘Partnerships, not packages, will help NE’

G uwahat i , Ja n 8 (PTI): Assam government will soon roll out a rural home-stay scheme that aims to tap tourism prospects in rural and semi-urban areas besides creating job opportunities.

‘Aamaar Aalohi (Our Guest)-Rural Homestay Scheme’ will give a new dimension and thrust to comfortable home-stay facilities of standardised services to tourists and to supplement the availability of accommodation in the rural tourist destinations, Assam

Tourism Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

“The basic idea is to provide a clean and affordable place for foreigners and domestic tourists alike including an opportunity for foreign tourists to stay with Assamese families to experience local customs and traditions and relish authentic local cuisine,” he said.

The scheme will be implemented by the state government’s tourism department through Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) at an es-

timated cost of Rs 16.29 crore.

In the first phase for the year 2017-18, 200 such home- stays will be set up with the highest of 40 in Golaghat district where the famed Kaziranga National Park falls.

It will be followed by 25 in Barpeta, home to Manas National Park, 20 each in Majuli, Morigaon, Haflong-Umrangsu, 15 in Sonitpur and 10 each in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Hajo-Sualkuchi and Darrang.

as an authorised tourist establishment, professional advice for improvements of home-stays and guest services by experts, free training on home-stay and hospitality services, free publicity and marketing opportunities among others.

For newly set-up homestay units will be entitled for financial assistance with 80 per cent of the project cost for both Assam-type cottage and stilted Assam-type cottage and the remaining 20 per cent fund would have to be arranged from bank or such other beneficiaries.

It will be compulsory for all home-stay units under the scheme to register and obtain license from ATDC and shall follow the guidelines framed under the Aamaar Aalohi Rural Homestay Scheme 2017-18.

As the units will serve the causes of local tourism potential, it is also desired that there will be community participation for their promotion and wherever local village tourism committees exist or are formed, they will monitor different aspects like cleanliness, safety and security of tourists so that the image of the areas are maintained.

TIRUPATI, JAN 8 (AGENCIES): The development of the northeast lies in building sustainable partnerships but not in special packages, opined Assam Science Technology and Environment Council Director Dr. Arup Kumar Misra.

Delivering a talk during a plenary session on ‘Science and Technology in Northeast India’, on the final day of the 104th Indian Science Congress here on Saturday, Mr. Misra said comprehensive development could be witnessed only when there was priority in building of skills and

development of human resources. “This initiative, backed by establishment of more national institutes or laboratories, like what Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) had contributed, would augur well for the region,” he said.

Misra said that mainstreaming of academic, industrial and developmental processes should be done as a rule, but not an exception. He traced the history of the Northeast region to Ahom Era (1228-1826) elucidating on the traditional knowledge used in build-

ing historic monuments, bridges, gates etc., that still challenge the science and technology event today.

IIT-G director Gautam Biswas stressed the need to adopt vocational training in alignment with the existing courses, leading to enhancement of personal knowledge. He highlighted the four key factors for the present situation of the region — exodus of students to other States for education, search for better employment opportunities, socio-political influences and delay in conducting exams and declaring results.

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Bamboo cottages in Assam’s Majuli, the largest river island.

Besides providing standardised and supplementary accommodation in and around tourist areas, a primary aim of the scheme was to empower local community by creating tourism related employment and distributing economic benefits through tourism and to enrich sustainable and responsible development of eco and rural tourism, Sarma pointed out.

He further said the scheme also aims to conserve nature, culture, heritage and traditions, to create positive environmental benefits for rural people and their surroundings and to increase the value for local culture.

The government also aims to broaden the stakeholders’ base in tourism, to expand tourism related activities to rural and interior areas, to enhance education and awareness of environment and culture among hosts and visitors and to strengthen participation and decision-making in tourism of rural committees, particularly of women, Sarma said.

The existing home-stay units will get recognition through online registration

Modi hits out at ‘rajnaitik poojaris’ of black money

Bengaluru, Jan 8 (PTI): Castigating the opponents of demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a swipe at those calling the government’s move “anti-people”, saying these were “political worshippers” of graft and black money which had adversely impacted the economy and polity.

“It is unfortunate that some political worshippers (rajnaitik poojari) of black money are calling our efforts anti-people,” he said in his address at the 14th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) here.

Modi said the government had taken up ‘a big fight’ against corruption and blackmoney, which had been gradually making the polity, society and administration “hollow”. “...You might have noticed and heard that we have taken up a big fight against black money. Black money and corruption are making our polity, society and administration hollow gradually,” he said at the three-day event, which is being billed as the largest ever.

Asserting that the government was committed in its fight against black money and corruption, the Prime Minister thanked the overseas Indian community for their support to it.

Emphasising the role played by overseas Indians in the country’s development, the Prime Minister said they have made an “invaluable contribution” to the Indian economy by investing about 69 billion US dollars.

“For me, FDI has two definitions -- one is ‘Foreign Direct Investment’ and the other is ‘First Develop India’,” he said, asserting that “I can say with full confidence that 21st century belong to India.”

Indian origin Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa, was the chief guest at the convention, which was attended by Chief Ministers of several states including Siddaramaiah of Karnataka, partner to the event, and central ministers.

Referring to the earlier trend of brain drain, he said “we want to change brain drain to brain gain” and added that the government will soon launch a skill development programme ‘Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojna’ for the Indian youth seeking employment abroad.

He said the government’s effort was to provide maximum facilitation and ensure least inconvenience for those workers who seek economic opportunities abroad. Noting that the

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Indian diaspora represents the best of Indian culture, ethos and values and is respected for its contributions, Modi said the welfare and safety of all Indians abroad was his government’s “top priority”.

“The security of Indian nationals abroad is of utmost importance to us...Security of all Indians abroad is top priority,” he said.

“Hum passpor t ka colour nahi dekhte khoon ka rishta dekhte hain (We don’t see the colour of the passport, but see the blood relation),” the Prime Minister said. Emphasising that engagement with overseas Indian community was a key area of priority for the government, he said, “We want to convert brain drain to brain gain”.

Modi said remittance of close to USD 69 billion was being made annually by overseas Indians which makes an invaluable contribution to the Indian economy.

“We welcome all your efforts that seek to strengthen India’s partnership with the overseas Indian community,” he said.

India’s IT capital is hosting what has been touted as the largest convergence of Indian diaspora, with more than 6,000 delegates from across the world reg-

istering for the event.

PBD aims at providing a platform to overseas Indians to engage with the government on issues of concern to the diaspora and to explore opportunities for investment in India and contribution to the country of their origin.

The event also provides an opportunity to overseas Indians to network with other overseas Indians residing in various parts of the world.

The convention being held biennially for the first time instead of earlier annual versions, aims at redefining India’s engagement with its 3.12 crore strong diaspora in diverse spheres, including innovation, start-ups, tourism and education.

President Pranab Mukher jee will confer Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awards on January 9, the concluding day of the event.

Vice-President of Suriname Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin (36) was the special guest at the Youth PBD yesterday, in which he highlighted India’s potential to be a “Vishwa Guru” once again.

Massive security and traffic arrangements have been made by the state administration for the smooth conduct of PBD.

Don’t vote on caste basis: RSS New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI): Using caste as a vote bank is not good for a democratic system, RSS joint general secretary Krishna Gopal today said stressing that people should vote on basis of a candidate’s abilities.

Lamenting that differences due to caste are deep in our country, the RSS pointsman for BJP said discrimination on basis of caste is a social evil which has to be urgently eliminated.

“Some people have personal and political vested interests and they use caste as their vote bank which I believe is not good in a democratic set up. A person should be elected on basis of his qualification and talent and not mere caste,” Krishna Gopal said at a book lauch organised at world book fair here.

Speaking on Hindutva, the RSS leader said it is about continuity, new ideas and innovations.

“Hindutva respects new views and ideas. Hinduism word in itself create boundaries as Marxism or any other theory does but Hindutva is not about stagnation. It gives one permission for debate as well as discussion,” he said. Citing the scripture of Rig Veda, he said in ancient India women saints have given vedic mantras and also men who belonged to so called lower castes. “Everything depended on capability of a person in those days. But this system has somewhere been lost,” Gopal said.

‘Multi-dimensional’ CISF to recruit 35,000 jawans: Rajnath

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates Eastern Sector Head Quarter and Residential building of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) as Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das looks on at Dhurwa in Ranchi on Sunday. (PTI)

Ranchi, Jan 8 (PTI): As many as 35,000 more personnel will be recruited to the CISF which is a “multi-dimensional” force, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

“A total 35,000 more personnel will be added in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which would take the strength to 1.8 lakh,” he said here.

Inaugurating the Eastern Sector Headquarters of CISF and Residential Complex here, he said the “CISF has a multi- dimensional role.”

Earlier, CISF used to

guard industrial units, but now its responsibility has grown-- working in naxalhit areas, being deployed at ports, airports, power installations, nuclear centres -- and they are discharging their duty commendably, Singh said.

Stating that CISF was “special” among the para-military forces, he said whenever personnel are needed for UN peace keeping forces, the attention goes to CISF. Quoting experts, he said India is the fastest growing country and the USD 2-trillion economy places the country among the top 10 economies in

the world. India, he added, could reach to USD 5 trillion in the next seveneight years and probably in the next 15 years, the country could be among the top three economies.

“When the economy is growing, there would be evil eyes as they don’t desire such progress of India,” Singh said and stressed upon fighting terrorism.

He said the forces have the competence but improvement and up-gradation are necessary.

Another area which required attention is technological competence in the cyber sector, he said.

Rs 4,807 cr black income detected, PM’s degree row: CIC allows inspection of DU records of 1978 Rs 112 cr of new notes seized New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS): Following the demonetisation of high-value currency announced on November 8, India’s Income Tax Department has detected undisclosed income of over Rs 4,807 crore and seized new notes worth Rs 112 crore, an official source here said on Sunday.

Since the demonetisation intended to eliminate black money, counterfeit currency and terror financing, the tax authorities carried out 1,138 search, survey and enquiry operations and have issued 5,184 notices to various entities on charges of tax evasion and currency dealing through hawala channels, the source said.

The total undisclosed income admitted or detected till January 5 is over Rs 4,807 crore, he added.

According to the official, cash and jewellery

worth over Rs 609.39 crore has been seized during the same period, while the new currency seized is valued at more than Rs 112 crore.

On Decmber 16, the I-T Department had announced it had uncovered concealed income to the tune of Rs 2,600 crore and had seized a total of Rs 393 crore involving nearly 300 cases. Briefing reporters here, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sushil Chandra said: “We have conducted searches and seizures in about 291 cases, carried out surveys in 295 cases.

“We have seized currency notes over Rs 316 crore in raids, including Rs 80 crore in new notes.

Besides, jewellery of Rs 76 crore has also been seized making for a total seizure of Rs 393 crore.”

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BSP announces final candidate list; 12 more Muslims this time Lucknow, Jan 8 (PTI): BSP today announced candidates for 101 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, completing the exercise for all but two of the 403 constituencies, fielding 12 more Muslim candidates this time to ensure Dalit-Muslim consolidation in a bid to wrest power from Samajwadi Party.

Candidates for the two remaining seats in Sonebhadra district will be finalised after a decision is taken as to whether they are general or reserved for ST, BSP said in a release here today. Out of the 403 seats up for grabs, BSP had prepared a final list comprising 97 Muslim candidates (12 more than 2012), 87 Dalits and 106 OBCs, besides earmarking 113 seats for upper castes -- Brahmins 66, Kshatriyas 36 and others 11.

Since Muslims account for nearly 20 per cent of the voters in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati decided to field more candidates belonging to that community, playing her Dalit-Muslim consolidation card to come back to power.

Muslims, who had by and large supported SP in

the 2012 elections, are in a quandary in view of the squabblings in the Yadav family and factional fight between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav. With a weak Samajwadi Party, Muslims will look for alternatives and Mayawati wants to be at the right place at the right time, say analysts. If she manages to direct the entire Muslim vote her way, she could pose a tough challenge to BJP and SP, they believe.

Before releasing the fourth list of candidates, Mayawati presided over a meeting of party officebearers, leaders, legislators, MPs and party candidates where she told them to fan out in their respective constituencies and work for BSP’s victory.

She also asked her party leaders to expose Samajwadi Party government on lawlessness and the Centre on demonetisation.

She took potshots at the Yadav family spat saying voters should not spoil their ballots by backing Samajwadi Party as doing this would indirectly benefit BJP in the polls.

Income Tax Department also said that 3,000 notices have been issued on the basis of their analysis of deposits made since demonetisation was announced last month.

Meanwhile, describing the currency deposited with banks following demonetisation as money that has lost its earlier “anonymity”, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said such deposits do not automatically become legitimate, and can now be identified with the owner for taxation purposes.

“Black money does not change its colour merely because it is deposited in bank.

On the contrary, it loses its anonymity and can now be identified with its owner,” Jaitley wrote in a Facebook post titled “Demonetisation -- A look back at the last two months”.

I am still SP president, asserts Mulayam New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI): Questioning the legality of the convention which ousted him as president and appointed his son Akhilesh in his place, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday asserted he was still the party chief.

He claimed the special national convention called by his cousin Ramgopal Yadav on January 1 in Lucknow was “illegal” as he as party president had already expelled him from the party on December 30.

“I am the national president of Samajwadi Party and Akhilesh Yadav is (only) the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Shivpal Yadav is still the president of Samajwadi Party’s Uttar Pradesh unit,” Mulayam, who is locked in a bitter feud with AkhileshRamgopal camp for control over the party, told reporters here.

“Ramgopal Yadav was expelled from the party for six years on 30 December, 2016. Therefore the party’s national convention called by him on 1 January, 2017 was illegal,” he asserted.

New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI): The Central Information Commission has directed Delhi University to allow inspection of records related to all the students who had passed BA degree in 1978, the year in which, according to the University, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also cleared the examination.

The Commission rejected the contention of the Central Public Information Officer of the University that it was a third party personal information, saying it finds “neither merit nor legality” in it.

It directed the university “to facilitate inspection of relevant register where complete information about result of all students who passed in Bachelor of Arts, in year 1978 along with roll number, names of the students, father’s name and marks obtained as available with the University and provide certified copy

of the extract of relevant pages from the register, free of cost....”

RTI applicant Neeraj had sought to know from the University the total number of students who appeared in Bachelor of Arts, Year 1978, besides result of all students who appeared in the examination along with their roll number, name of the students with father’s name, marks and result pass or failed. Denying the information, the Central Public Information Officer of the University had responded that the information requested is treated as “personal information of the students concerned, the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest”.

Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu, however, said, “With regard to question whether disclosure of such identification related information causes invasion of privacy, or is that

unwarranted invasion of privacy, the PIO has not put forward any evidence or explained possibility to show that disclosure of degree related information infringes the privacy or causes unwarranted invasion of privacy”.

During the hearing before the Commission, CPIO Meenakshi Sahay said there are 2,00,000 students in “this year’s BA programme, and unless the subject of BA programme is specified, it will be difficult to give the information sought such as the number of students appeared, failed, passed, etc in the year 1978”.

She also said 1978 results were not in digitised form. Neeraj said it is the past practice of Delhi University to publish such results on the notice board and at times in newspapers

also, which means the information sought was available with the public authority and was published or put in public domain without any limitations mentioned by the CPIO. The issue of 1978 DU degree records cropped up after Aam Aadmi Party raised questions about the degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering a controversy. “We have checked our records and it has been authenticated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree is authentic.

He cleared the examination in 1978 and was awarded the degree in 1979,” Delhi University Registrar Tarun Das had said last year after the row erupted.

The Commission said, “There are two frequent questions coming up before

the Commission: whether degree related information of a particular student is his or her personal information or third party information, and whether such information was given to University in fiduciary capacity, as contented by public authority.”

Acharyulu said a University conducts various courses of education openly and registers the graduation of candidates which is a public activity.

“If the degree related information sought is about a celebrity or an ordinary man, the access to information has to be provided by the public authority. The PIO did not come up with any basis for considering the degree related information of the students as third party information, except claiming so,” he said.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVII NO. 33 Dimapur, monday, January 9, 2017

Untaxed and illegal

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hatkhati could have certainly overshadowed and overtaken Dimapur as the fastest developing town in the north east during the early 90s but owing to several factors, chief among which has been the mushrooming of groups collecting “donations” or even the so-called “taxes”, the dream has soured and today, it has instead been overshadowed by dubious industries and activities. Its rapid growth barely hides the fact that Khatkhati town, in Karbi Anglong(Assam) has become a thriving commercial area solely to meet the “needs and wants” of Dimapur. The relationship between both Khatkhati and Dimapur is a thriving illegal business that runs into several hundred crore rupees annually. The needs and wants have overgrown and at least around one hundred of crore rupees each month has indeed made the place a money spinner. Khatkhati has become the main supply of a multi-crore business in smuggling branded and spurious liquor and adulterated petroleum to Dimapur. So long there is demand, there will continue to be supply and that is the principle that drives the wheels of ‘manufacturing’ in Khatkhati. Official sources believe that there are several big liquor distilleries producing various brands of Indian Made Foreign Liquor(IMFL) which are meant for sale and consumption in Nagaland. Not surprisingly, this multi-billion industry has attracted all shapes and shades of sharks from Dimapur. Despite Nagaland being officially declared a dry state, the reality is that unofficially, the state is among the wettest. Crates upon crates of IMFL reportedly pass through various check gates, carrying branded and sub-standard IMFL ‘meant for sale and consumption in Nagaland only’. It raises questions as to whether the destinations are supposed to be the bonded warehouses or distribution centres in Dimapur? There are reports of liquor mafia dons running their thriving syndicates whose turnover would put famous liquor barons to shame. The obvious adverse affect is that so much black money is generated each day in a state when the government itself has no means of earning revenue that could have made a big contribution towards Nagaland’s share for central funds. Most of the liquor manufactured either in Khatkhati or in any of the dens, are not only substandard, in the absence of any quality control, but are more harmful than those manufactured by reputed distilleries. The fact that so many liquor retail shops have sprouted up in Khatkhati, is testimony to the growing number of buyers from Dimapur, a mere one to two kilometers away Like the saying ‘beggars can’t be choosers’, those who drink have no choice. The rate of drinkers falling prey to sub-standard liquor has taken a heavy toll. Something needs to be done by social and voluntary organisations in order to exert pressure on the authorities in Dimapur district including the state government, to seriously address the problem. Aside from the black market and illegal business enterprises, both people in Dimapur and Khatkhati stand to lose in the long run is authorities don’t act soon when the underbelly of criminal dons destroy positive development. The huge amount of black money from sale of banned liquor in Nagaland provides so much leverage to manipulate pliant people in power in order to continue with the smooth and symbiotic relationship.

DailyDevotion Is My Sacrifice Living?

Abraham built an altar…; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar…

—Genesis 22:9 This event is a picture of the mistake we make in thinking that the ultimate God wants of us is the sacrifice of death. What God wants is the sacrifice through death which enables us to do what Jesus did, that is, sacrifice our lives. Not— “Lord, I am ready to go with You…to death” (Luke 22:33).

But— “I am willing to be identified with Your death so that I may sacrifice my life to God.” We seem to think that God wants us to give up things! God purified Abraham from this error, and the same process is at work in our lives. God never tells us to give up things just for the sake of giving them up, but He tells us to give them up for the sake of the only thing worth having, namely, life with Himself. It is a matter of loosening the bands that hold back our lives. Those bands are loosened immediately by identification with the death of Jesus. Then we enter into a relationship with God whereby we may sacrifice our lives to Him. It is of no value to God to give Him your life for death. He wants you to be a “living sacrifice”— to let Him have all your strengths that have been saved and sanctified through Jesus (Romans 12:1). This is what is acceptable to God.

Quotes

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. ~ Publilius Syrus

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ndia keenly awaits demand and production boosting central budget for all-round happiness.

It is a wait for new tax policies, public and private investment in industry and agriculture, growth and how the government takes a stride with the new currency.

There would be aspirations as to how the Narendra Modi government breaks from the past and steers the country through a low-price, low inflationary high paced path. The corporate are also dreaming of a budget that would increase production by raising demands. They also want a mix of cash and other modes of transaction for resuscitating the economy.

The budget has also to relook at GDP data. Chief global strategist of Morgan Stanley Ruchir Sharma says the figures are overstated and wants the budget to correct it. Referring to the black money scenario, the RBI Financial Stability Report (FSR) released on December 29, 2016 says the best way to contain this menace is to improve governance, quality of services, avoid excessive regulations and have a compatible tax structure.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur monday, January 9, 2017

Nation awaits all-round happiness Many in the country have the misconception that once black money is removed, somehow India will be magically transformed into El Dorado. The money comes back to the same government system that is the source of embezzlement. The RBI has set a tall order particularly as it also lowered growth projections by .05 percent.

The budget has to take care of each of these moves. It has to present a soft budget.

Modi has to consider RBI prescription. He has shown that he could take independent path by initiating the process of having floor bank deposit interest rate at 8 percent for the senior citizens.

Later it may happen to all deposits. The cut in interest rates for housing upto Rs 12 lakh is likely to give a boost to the housing sector and demand for construction workers.

The country has accepted tough demonetization for two reasons – it will be the end of Manmohanomics and also usher in the low tax regime, a promise the BJP manifesto made in 2014. The people have high expectations. They want an end to personal income tax, highway

tolls, end to raid raj, simplification of indirect taxes and ease of business.

It is true that Indian economy was earning kudos from IMF, World Bank and other international observers. IMF chief Christiane Lagarde said on March 16, 2015, “India is the bright spot in the global economy at the moment”.

Shivaji On March 12, 2016, hailing the Modi government’s Make in and Digital India campaign she said, “India’s star shines bright with the promise of more reforms in coming days”.

Niti Ayog deputy chairman Aravind Panagariya has written to the prime minister to end the income tax raids as it stifles growth.

Chief executive of largest $ 10 billion IT company, Infosys, Vishal Sikka has warned its employees of challenging times of the company. Chairman of the third largest software services, Wipro, Azim Premji told his employees that events in 2016 had raised questions and obstacles that could not be ignored.

The Nikkei/market Services Purchasing Manag-

ers’ Index (PMI) shows the numbers in November at 46.7 and in December at 46.8. A reading above 50 indicates expansion and a figure below that indicates contraction.

“Indian service economy ended 2016 on a grim note, with the average PMI activity index for October-December the lowest since early-2014,” said PollyanSarkar na De Lima, economist at IHS Markit and author of the report. Overall industrial index figures too were not bright. It registered a growth of (-0 1.9 percent in October 2016 with manufacturing at (-) 2.4 percent; mining at and electricity at (-) 1.1 percent.

The cumulative IIP registered a growth of (-) 0.3 percent during April to October 2016.

It indicates stagnation in industrial growth and consequent fall in jobs.

The banks face a new problem. Flush with deposits of Rs 14.96 lakh crore deposits (in the wake of Rs 15.44 lakh crore demonetized) since Nov 8, the banks face significantly high interest payouts.

They face poor loan demand meaning they have sit idle on the huge pile.

Meanwhile bad loans

of banks have shot up to 9.1 percent in September from 7.8 percent in March 2016, according to the FSR of RBI. The RBI says the NPAs of public sector banks may soar to 12.5 percent as asset quality of large borrowers deteriorated significantly. The total NPAs may cross Rs 12 lakh crore – meaning that much of depositors’ money is at stake. The security agencies have told the government that e-push is fine but cops do not have skills to thwart fraud.

Larger fiscal deficit is possible as it has already touched 86 percent of the estimated Rs 5.33 lakh crore during April-November.

The problem is how soft it could be on taxes though it is imperative for future growth and a favourable political climate. It should raise income tax ceiling ideally to Rs 25 lakh by 2018 and immediately to Rs 10 lakh to give a high push to the demand and growth. It is, however, possibly be limited to around Rs 4 lakh income, that is unlikely to pep up the market. Another thing that it can do is to give up inflationary unpopular moves like the dynamic train freight/fare, which is increasing rail losses

as people are either opting for air for long distances or road travel for short distances apart projecting the government as greedy.

Similarly, it needs to cut highway tolls or at least abolish it for private and farmers’ vehicles to encourage movement. The government has to stress agricultural investment. Farmers need storage, warehouses and cold chains.

Big houses have not invested.

Past governments have talked about it but not much has been done. The government can promote big farmers to invest. It can provide them soft loans so that farmers do not have to sell their produce in distress.

Agri-biz also needs to be given a boost through value addition and the cluster-village mode. The government can assist farmers have funds through easy loans. Farmers should also be incentivised – may be given the most despised subsidy - to invest.

The moves would increase rural investment, raise demand, jobs and bolster rural economy. The tack has to change from urban-industry orientation. That can be panacea for overall development the budget pines for.

Post-mortem

Why politics of reservation?

And why it is so dominant in our state?

On women’s reservationletter versus spirit of the law

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ow that nominations to Civic Body Polls have been filed in some towns and prevented from being filed in others; the question before the J.A.C.W.R. are,” Are you satisfied that some women have been able to file their nominations in some Municipalities? Are willing to overlook the fact that many women have been unable to do so in other towns of Nagaland?

Are you happy with the fact that the State Government has had to resort to extending the last date of the filing of nominations; and even changing the venue and time period of the filing of nominations to ensure that candidates are able to do so? Are you certain that if the present State Government succeeds in ramrodding this election down the throats of the Nagas, come the next Civic Polls, all problems will be solved?”

And most importantly, “Will you be willing to live with the fact that when the opportunity arose to address and solve the problems plaguing Women’s Reservation in Nagaland, because the State Government was made vulnerable due to its greed, you chose the path of instant self-gratification instead of considering the fact that women, in the future, would be facing the same problems?”

You have been adamant in your demand that the State Government enforce the Letter of the Law, viz. Reservation of 33% of the seats for women; but did you ever stop to consider the Spirit of the Law behind The Women’s Reservation Bill? Please bear with me while I relate an anecdote. During the early 1990s, I was residing with my friend, Mr. Khekuho (Kuku) Wotsa, (presently the Senior Advocate to The High Court for The Government of Nagaland) in the first floor of a flat at Delhi. The ground floor was occupied by a married Indian couple; every morning, before leaving for work, the husband locked up his wife inside their flat, and only freed her on his return.

We used to wonder what would happen to the wife if a fire broke out, or if the husband had an accident, and was unable to return home. Remember, this was in Delhi, the Capital of India, and not some village in the hinterlands of India. It was with the plight of such women in mind, and those in circumstances a hundred, if not a thousand times worse, that The Government of India passed the law for women’s reservation. And that is the spirit of the law behind the said bill.

Now, in all fairness, you claim that women in Nagaland face discrimination anywhere remotely near that.

There may be a few exceptions, but no Naga girl has ever been deprived of an education, or opportunities to advance in life; no matter how poor the family, no Naga girl has ever heard her parents say, “We don’t have enough money so we’ll send only your brother to school.”

Or “You’re a girl, you don’t need to go to school, just learn how to cook, wash and clean the house.” No Naga Woman has ever been told, “Working outside the walls of one’s house is not a suitable environment for women.“ No Naga woman has ever been deprived of the right to go about freely, anywhere in the world she wished to go. Ever since we gave up the practice of headhunting, no Naga Tribe has ever demanded that their womenfolk go about, escorted by a male member of their family, whenever the need arose for them to go out of their homes. I remember that the Late Madame Rano Shaiza was an elected Member of Parliament in the 1970s. If

any Naga woman from any tribe can prove to me that she, or some woman she knew, was prevented from contesting an election, solely because she was a woman, I am willing to sign any Public Apology drafted by the J.A.C.W.R. and pay all the newspapers in Nagaland to have it published.

The issue is no longer about whether reservation for women infringes on the Customary Laws of the various Naga Tribes; it is now apparent that the radical J.A.C.W.R. is willing to take advantage of the genuine suffering of Indian Women, in mainland India, in their effort to gain easy entry into the various civic bodies in Nagaland.

They are not concerned that there may be genuine grounds for objection on the part of the various Tribal Organisations.

I, for one, do not agree that the Spirit of the Law is applicable in Nagaland, when it comes to women’s reservation; and that the lack of women in our various elected bodies is not due to any suppression on the part of the males in Naga Society; but due to a lack of confidence on the part of the women to face men on a level playing field.

We have seen a couple of women who have filed their nominations in open constituencies. I applaud them and urge their constituents to vote for them, for they are the true leaders. They are the Trailblazers of Naga Society; not the J.A.C.W.R. While the former are planting the seeds for all women, and thereby society, as a whole, to advance; the latter are a group of radicals who are willing to sacrifice the future of all women in Nagaland so that some of them can enjoy the benefits, today.

I, once again, urge the N.M.A. and the Tribal Organisations to hold talks, independent of the State Government(The Devil’s Advocate), and come to a lasting solution. The fact that a few women have managed to file nominations for the reserved seats in a few civic bodies is not a victory for women; it is a defeat for all those who are unable to do so in other places. And that the Tribal Organisations have managed to prevent the filing of nominations in other places is, likewise, a defeat, for they have been unable to enforce their decision in all towns. So, that leaves the Corrupt State Government, like a vulture circling a dogfight, slavering in anticipation of picking clean the bones of the contestants; and swallowing any and all funds that may be released.

The decision now lies in the hands of the Women of Nagaland.”Are you willing to accept this Pyrrhic victory and live with the knowledge that many women have been deprived of an opportunity to serve the people; combined with the fact that this issue will keep on cropping up every time Civic Polls are announced? Or are you willing to see this as an opportunity to hash out matters with the Tribal Organisations and resolve the matter once and for all time?” I also urge the Tribal Organisations not to put forward the proposal for Nominated Women Councillors (with or without voting rights), for, as I’ve mentioned before, it only opens up another avenue for corruption. I humbly beg all concerned to leave aside your Egos, Grudges and Vested Interests, and for just once in your respective lifetimes, and in the History of Nagaland, work for and in the interest of The Common Good.

Kahuto Chishi Sumi, G.B. Hevishe Village, Dimapur, (Kahuto107@gmail.com)

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o wonder the spirit of equality remains a pervasive character of the Indian constitution, and perhaps an important feature for the constitution to create an egalitarian and welfare society by providing socio-economic and political justice to all its citizens irrespective of who is A and who is B. And perhaps with so many provisions laid down, the Indian constitution is recognised to be the longest written constitution in the world. However, the fact remains that even after such a deliberation on its citizens, the country still struggle with unlimited socio-economic and political injustice. The question of cast/tribe representation and exclusion, communal violence, democratic rights, gender rights are still hotly debated and continue to do so with many ramifications. What has emerged from this plethora is quite out of question to address in this short write-up. However as a matter of fact, reservation policy has significantly changed the landscape of our perception to question the democratic institution in our society.

Reservation politics as such is quite dominant and a sensitive issue in our state and perhaps our state in the 21st century has been trying to address this issue economically and politically. But the outcome was neither fruitful nor acceptable by the larger society, in fact it has created more diversity and inequality of representation within the many existing tribal community in our state.

One significant feature of such political blunder was applying the grand theory of reservation policy into our tribal context.

As a matter of fact political vote banks played the dominant role of identifying the character of who is advanced and who is backward. Historically, it is quite true that certain features such as geographical isolation, absence of communication, economic backwardness and absence of modern institutions etc. tends to classify the people within the broad framework of development or so-called civilization.

Thus for that matter, all Naga tribal communities were at one point time possessed all such features juxtaposing the caste

system of mainland India.

It is common and universally accepted norms that categorizing people into certain categories of class are determined by social-cultural, economic and political positions. Thus for example the Dalit’s in India are categories as backward and most ill-represented communities in the country partly because of the above feature, but also largely because they were considered to be out of the caste hierarchical system. Similarly tribal communities were also confusedly viewed on such notion but since tribal communities were characterize by different socio-cultural and political feature no actual definitive concept were ever drawn in Indian constitution, what we have today is a version of political manoeuvres to suite the post-Independence economic policy of exclusion.

Today, the concept of reservation policy in our state is partly the political legacy of the postIndependence India economic policy of exclusion that we have inherited. The notion of who is backward and who is advance in our state is therefore a political version rather than the essence of socio-economic nature. Today if we were to categories on the basis of socio-economic features rather than tribe and political motives we would unrevealed the already inequality of human beings that are persisting in every tribal community that are merely struggling for survival in every corners of the village. The notion of backward and advance category of tribe therefore is simply a myth, and does not even carry any meaningful definition. But rather created for political motives and does not at all address the socio-economic and cultural deprivation of the people, what has resulted from such political creation had tend to splinter into even more narrower category within the tribes who now perceive themselves in the margin within the margin.

Naga society is a patrilineal society, as the saying goes that everyone accepts. But why it is there? Is a question that nobody tends to explore. All arguments on the reservation have always looked back into the historic event of the contested -Article

371(A) in the Indian constitution. In fact, it is the only legal ground for the Naga tribal community to legally protest the encroachment of expanding modernity and ever changing Democracy. It is also a foundation where tradition and the consequence of modernity meet, it also provides all Naga communities of Nagaland a sense of belongingness to a place with a sovereign rights over limited property and resources, within a specific and a limited territorial boundary. Which patriliny had maintained the stability of our limited resources without complication within every village and community. However, apart from patriliny, the concept of patriarchal ( male authority) is an ideology that we have created ourselves in the process. The question is how we can un-think patriarchal? The solution does not come from grand theory of 33% reservation policy but comes from the deeper engagement and human orientations via education and inequality that persist in society.

33% reservation policy in the state is highly a political project of the ruling party and does not deal or engages with inequality of gender in any form.

The grand theory of 33% reservation policy (I repeat again) which is applicable to a society which is not only caste based but also historically perceives the gender roles and status position differently from tribal communities like the Nagas, is not at all applicable in our context and only tends to complicates the very essence of Naga culture. The question of gender inequality in which we all tends to engage should also not be carried away with political project and the political apparatus of the ruling party, but rather should engage on the ontological and the epistemological construction of gender and inequality within the specific context of Naga culture.

To conclude I quote Charles Taylor, ‘This is an important stage, but we need to go a little farther back to see how this passage came to have a sense it did.

What changed to make this kind of talk have sense for us?’.

Thepfusalie Theunuo, (thepfusalietheunuo@gmail.com)

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Common people only suffer

A drama has been enacted on the civic polls elections wherein some municipal and town councils have not been allowed to file nomination. On the other hand, there are those who have nominated their candidature for the polls. After all the objections and dissents from various organizations, the government still decided to go ahead with the polls. Now, the time period for filing nominations has also been extended up to January 9 in places where the status is nil. So for those who have nominated they would go on to contest, win or lose and would still form the respective municipals and councils. Now, what would happen in those places where no candidates have filed or contested. Fund meant for the towns would not reach them? Voice of the people is also important for any government. Nobody can be in power forever. Politicians, law makers will come and go but at the end of the day, it is the common man who would have to pay for all these lapses.

Benthunglo Kikon, Jail Colony Kohima

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 monday, JANUARY 9, 2017

Amar gets ‘Z’ category security amid SP rift

Amar Singh

vide security for my life,” Amar Singh said.

“He (Ram Gopal) uses the pen as well as the carbine [woh kalam se carbine tak chalate hain]. He is both an intellectual and a muscleman [woh bahubali aur budhibali dono hain].”

Interesting in 2010, when he was expelled from the party, Amar Singh alleged that there was a threat to his life from SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and then chief minister Mayawati.

Meanwhile, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh are scheduled to meet officials at the Election Commission on Mon-

CRPF refuses to give details on pellet guns used in J&K

year. The RTI activist sought from the CRPF a clear photocopy of Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) required to be used by the CRPF to disperse stone-pelting mobs in Jammu and Kashmir and a clear photocopy of SoPs required to be used by the CRPF to disperse large assemblages of people other than stone-pelting mobs in the state. The query also sought the name and postal address of vendor(s) from whom anti-riot weapon, popularly known as ‘pellet guns’, and relevant ammunition were procured for use in the state, “and quantum of pellet ammunition actually used in Jammu and Kashmir from 1 July, 2016, till date”.

The RTI querry demanded details of “rank-wise number of CRPF personnel who suffered injuries while conducting operations in aid of civilian authority in J&K from July 1, 2016, till date (names are not required); rank-wise number of CRPF personnel injured during operations in aid of civilian authority in J&K who have been paid ex gratia or compensation since July 1, 2016, till date, along with the amount of monies paid.”

said his government was working on new procedures to facilitate the descendants of Girmitiyas in Mauritius become eligible for OCI cards.

“We are committed to addressing similar difficulties of PIOs in Fiji, Reunion Islands, Suriname, Guyana and other Caribbean states,” said Modi on the occasion.

Noting that about three crore people of Indian origin were living across the world, Modi said they were not only respected for their numbers, but also for the contributions they have made to societies they live in.

“The NRIs and PIOs have made outstanding contributions in their chosen fields. They are role models for immigrants from other backgrounds and countries. They take with them our values and culture wherever they go,” Modi said.

Observing that it was special for him to connect with the diaspora, which made India proud on the world stage, the Prime Minister said the government was doing everything possible to deepen the outreach with NRIs and PIOs.

People at a night shelter where a speeding car crushed five labours, in Lucknow on Sunday. (PTI)

L U C K N OW, J A N 8 (Agencies): In a chilling hit-and-run case, a car ran over dozens of people who were sleeping in a makeshift shelter home on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday killing five of them.

The two occupants of the car were drunk and have been arrested, said police.

The incident took place in Dalibagh area.

A Rain Basera (shelter home) located opposite Bahukhandi MLA hostel came under the impact of

Now toilets to help reduce human-elephant conflict

Kolk at a , J a n 8 (IANS): West Bengal has evolved a rather unique solution to growing humanelephant conflicts (HECs) -- constructing toilets so that villagers don’t have to defecate in the open and face the wrath of the jumbos.

This has now become a thrust area for Forest Department officials to tackle HECs, particularly in the southern part of the state, which is a hub for such aggression.

Although Bengal harbours only two percent of India’s wild elephant population (around 30,000 jumbos in the country), they are believed to be responsible for over 20 percent of the total human deaths.

Open defecation is one of the concerns flagged by officials in West Midnapore district, where accidental deaths do occur when villagers, who come to relieve themselves in the wee hours, find themselves face to face with pachyderms in the forests border-

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ing their hamlets.

Range officers are generating awareness and pushing for construction of toilets under the state’s Nirmal Bangla mission to transform all the hamlets to Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages by October 2, 2019.

“We are working in a concerted manner so that the Nirmal Bangla Scheme is implemented involving Divisional Forest Officers (DFO) so that all villages close to forests have toilets,” Chief Wildlife Warden and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Pradeep Vyas told IANS. The state government recently gave the green signal to create a new division in West Midnapore district in view of frequent elephant attacks.

Bankura and West Midnapore account for the maximum number of HECs. In 2015-2016, 108 people were killed and 95 injured by wild elephants in the state. Fourteen elephants have been killed in

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Two youth Ayush Rawat and Nikhil Arora were overpowered by local residents and handed over to Hazratganj police.

Ayush is son of a former MLA and stays at Vishal Khand, Gomtinagar. Nikhil is a son of a businessman and stays in an apartment in Gomtinagar. Both of them are close friends and often hang out together. Around 1.15am owner of the car Nikhil was heading back home from Dalibagh when he ran inside the shelter home.

The car mowed down people who were sleeping. As he tried to reverse the car, more people were injured.

Daily wage labourers and rickshaw pullers sleep in the shelter home which has been erected by an NGO. Additional superintendent of Lucknow (east) Shivram Yadav said the medical test was conducted and alcohol, beyond permissible limits, was found inside the duo’s bloodstreams. The two were booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

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In 2016, a rogue tusker was shot down in the forests of southern Bengal as a “last resort” as per a decision of the state government.

Though there has been a “sizable decrease” in human deaths over the Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Jean-Marc Ayrault, Minister of Foreign Affairs year, Vyas said integration and International Development of France, at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD-2017) of development initiatives celebrations, in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Sunday. (PTI) with environment protection is necessary. And toilets are part of the deal.

“There are several deaths that happen early in the morning when people go out to the fringes of villages to defecate. Out of 18 human deaths (mostly accidental) in 2016 in West Midnapore, four or five can be attributed to open defecation.

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Bhubaneswar, Jan 8 (IANS): The police here on Sunday arrested three persons for allegedly teasing and assaulting three girls and their male friend here on Friday. Twin city Police Commissioner Y.B Khurania said they have arrested three persons and are looking for other persons involved in the crime.

“While three persons have been arrested in less than 36 hours after the incident, the investigation is in progress and some more arrests are expected to be made,” said Khurania.

Three girls were abused and thrashed for resisting eve-teasing in the capital city here on Friday.

The incident occurred at Magnet Square on PatiaNandankanan Road.

Around four to five youths passed lewd comments and abused the three girls at Magnet Square.

When the girls opposed the teasing, another group of boys, suspected to be friends of the eveteasers, reached the spot and allegedly thrashed one of the girls and their male friend, said police.

Bengaluru, Jan 8 (IANS): Lauding the deep and emotional attachment Persons of Indian Origin in Girmitiya countries have for their motherland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told PIOs to obtain Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards by June 30. “We have extended the deadline to convert PIO cards into OCI cards to June 30 from December 31, without penalty,” Modi told the Indian diaspora at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations here.

“We have also set up special immigration counters at New Delhi and Bengaluru airports since January 1 for OCI card holders. Similar counters will be opened at more airports in the country,” said Modi in his inaugural address at the event.

Gir mityas are the fourth or fifth generation of descendents of indentured Indian labourers who during the 19th century went to Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa and the Caribbean islands to work on agricultural fields and settled down in these countries.

Acknowledging the difficulties faced by the PIOs in getting the OCI cards, the Prime Minister

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS): In the wake of death of over 90 persons and injuries to over 12,000 from use of pellet guns during the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, the CRPF has refused to give, in response to an RTI query, details of the number of such weapons and ammunition used.

The unrest in Jammu and Kashmir was triggered on July 9 by the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani a day earlier in a gunfight with the security forces. In reply to the Right to Information application, the Chief Public Information Officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said: “Security forces, including CRPF, are exempted to provide information except for information related to allegation of corruption/violation of human rights.”

“In the instant matter, there appears to be no violations of human rights as well as facts of the case do not attract the allegations of corruption,” it said. The reply was given to Venkatesh Nayak of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) in December last

day with signed affidavits of party MLAs. The SP split into two factions — one led by Akhilesh Yadav and the other

by Mulayam — and both staked claim over the use of the party election symbol, the cycle. The EC asked both sides to prove their majority by submitting signed affidavits of the party leaders.

Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav already met EC officials and submitted a set of documents proving that Akhilesh enjoys a clear majority within the party.

At a national executive meeting convened by Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh was crowned as the new national president, a position held by his father Mulayam for decades.

Mulayam termed the meeting ‘illegal’ as only the party president can convene the executive board, according to the SP constitution.

The first of the seven phases of polling in Uttar Pradesh will begin from February 11 and end on March 8. The counting of votes is on March 11.

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NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (agencies): Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Amar Singh was granted Z-category security cover by the Centre, news agency PTI reported on Sunday. It is unclear why Amar Singh’s security cover was upgraded to the country’s third highest category.

Z - c a t e g o r y c ove r would normally entail 22 security personnel, including four or five NSG commandos and police personnel. Last year, Amar Singh was at the centre of the controversy surrounding Samajwadi Party as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav locked horns with his uncle Shivpal Yadav. Akhilesh also hinted that a few “outsiders” were working against the interests of the party.

In October 2016, Amar Singh claimed that he fears party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav and even wrote to the Centre asking them to provide additional security.

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Rail Display Network will initially cover 25 stations including Old Delhi, Varanasi, Jaipur and later on extended to other major stations.

The policy will offer branding of trains allowing internal and external advertisement and product sampling on trains on a long-term basis to big players allowing marketing flexibility thereby leading to higher realisation of earnings.

Advertisement through vinyl wrapping of train exterior (including windows of AC coaches) and inside the coaches shall be allowed under the scheme, the official said.

There will be distribution of sample products free of cost for gauging passenger reaction to the product. However, no sale of products will be allowed in trains, the official said.

The train branding packages will be offered through bidding in a phased manner starting with Rajdhani and Shatabdi services.

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI): Tax anti-avoidance rule GAAR will kick in from April 1, 2017, the tax department said on Sunday.

In its 2016 year-end review, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, which is the apex policy making body of the I-T department, listed its major achievements.

“Major achievements of CBDT in the current financial year 2016-17 so far include, among others, Enactment of The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016, Implementation of The Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016 and of GAAR from Assessment Year 2018-19,” an official statement said. In May last year, CBDT had started consultation with stakeholders asking them to give their views where they require clarity before GAAR is implemented.

General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) was part of the 2012-13 Budget

speech of the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to check tax evasion and avoidance.

However, its implementation was repeatedly postponed because of the apprehensions expressed by foreign investors.

GAAR, which was originally to be implemented from April 1, 2014, will now come into effect from April 1, 2017 (Assessment Year 2018-19). It contains provision allowing the government to prospectively tax overseas deals involving local assets.

There have been fears that the government may use it to target P-Notes.

Through the use of GAAR, government may try to tax P-Notes as indirect investments, which could attract a tax rate of up to 15 per cent, experts say. To avoid tax altogether under GAAR, an investor may have to prove that P-Notes were not set up specifically to avoid paying taxes.

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ATMs will be on end platforms or prominent spaces in the circulating area of the station, he said, adding stations will be offered via transparent e-auction process for a long-term 10year contract.

The policy envisages that in addition to the existing identified sites, Railways shall allow advertising at areas hitherto unused such as area along tracks, road overbridges and level-crossing gates.

The policy will offer out-of-home advertising policy and allow monetisation of railway assets by means of advertising, the official said.

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI): Eyeing about Rs 2,000 crore annually from non-tariff sources, Railways is all set to reach out to big names from the advertising world for spaces in trains, level crossings and areas along tracks besides offering major platforms for installing over 2000 ATMs. R a i lw ay M i n i s t e r Suresh Prabhu will launch the non-fare revenue policy, a first in Railways, offering various schemes for revenueyielding activities including train branding, rail radio schemes and the mega offer of setting up about 2400 ATMs at platforms of major stations across the country early next week.

“Currently Railways earns less than 5 per cent of its total revenue through non-tariff sources. Our aim is to raise it substantially through concrete offers,” said a senior Railway Ministry official involved with

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“We are definitely eyeing at more than 20 per cent of the Rs 3,000 crore national fund meant for development of marine sector for Blue Revolution,” West Bengal State Fisheries Development Corporation managing director Soumyajit Das told PTI. The state, he said, has already sent proposal worth Rs 250 crore for FY 2016-17 of which proposals totalling about Rs 100 crore is toward processing, Rs 100 crore for de-siltation and rest Rs 50 crore for culture is sent to the Centre for approval.

National Fisheries Development Board is aiming at eight per cent productivity growth touching 15 million tonne production by 2020 through its Rs 3,000 crore umbrella Blue Revolution.

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The BSBDA were introduced to take care of simple banking needs of people, which come with free ATM card, monthly statement and cheque book.

Last month, RBI had mandated that no withdrawal shall be allowed from the accounts having substantial credit balance/ deposits if PAN or Form No.60 is not provided in respect of such accounts.

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI): Tightening the noose around tax evaders, the government has asked banks to obtain permanent account number (PAN) or Form-60 if PAN is not available, from all bank account holders by February 28, 2017.

“Income-tax Rules have been amended to provide that bank shall obtain and link PAN or Form No. 60 (where PAN is not available) in all existing bank accounts (other than BSBDA) by February 28, 2017, if not already done,” a notification by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) stated today.

The persons who are having bank accounts but have not submitted PAN or Form No 60 are advised to submit the PAN or Form No 60 to the bank

by February 28, 2017, the notification stated.

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rect because the aggregating of accounting entries made at the various currency chests still requires to be reconciled with the actual cash balances in order to eliminate accounting errors and double counting.

The central bank is yet to release the figure of actual deposits of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 demonetized currency notes made up to the deadline for depositing on December 30.

The government had earlier estimated that about Rs 15.4 lakh crore was to be taken out of the system by way of demonetization.

Jaitley also said the large amount of cash with banks will strengthen the banking system, lead to lower interest rates and make more funds available for rural development and social welfare programmes.

Noting that there was no social unrest while implementing demonetization, Jaitley said the opposition protests have been ineffective.

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amendment to the Income Tax Act itself provides that the said money, if voluntarily declared or if involuntarily detected, would be liable for differential and high rates of taxation and penalty,” he said.

Jaitley’s comments come after media reports earlier this week said that about 97 percent of the demonetized currency notes worth Rs 14.97 lakh crore have been deposited back as on December 30.

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS): Describing the currency deposited with banks following demonetization as money that has lost its earlier “anonymity”, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said such deposits do not automatically become legitimate, and can now be identified with the owner for taxation purposes.

“The fact that large quantum of high denominational currency has been deposited with the banks does not render this money to be legitimate cash,” Jaitley wrote in a Facebook post titled “Demonetization – A look back at the last two months”.

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The overall net outflow has made 2016 the worst year for Indian capital markets in terms of overseas investment since 2008, when FPIs had pulled out a massive Rs. 41,215 crore in the wake of the global financial crisis.

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tense selling pressure in the capital markets, experts believe.

“Massive pullout of FPI investment, particularly in debt, happened during the last two months, particularly after the (Donald) Trump victory. This FPI pullout is an emerging market phenomenon, not an Indian phenomenon.

The selling in debt is due to the market expectation of sustained Federal rate hikes starting December 2016,” Geojit BNP Paribas’ Chief Investment Strategist V K Vijayakumar said.

Echoing similar views, Dinesh Rohira, CEO at 5nance.com, said: “Capital outflows started in Indian markets from October over the uncertainty of US election results.

This event was soon followed by the demonetisation drive that created a domestic cash crunch and sparked intense selling pressure in the capital markets.

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI): Foreign investors pulled out more than $3 billion of the so-called ‘hot money’ from the Indian capital markets in 2016, making it the worst period in last eight years in terms of foreign investments.

Surprisingly, it is the debt instruments that have taken the biggest hit, after remaining a preferred investment avenue for foreign funds in recent years, while equities continued to attract net inflows but not enough to compensate the huge outflows from the bond market.

Experts believe that any respite from such a sell-off is likely only in the second half of the new year 2017.

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have purchased stocks worth about Rs. 20,566 crore in 2016, but sold bonds to the tune of more than Rs. 43,646 crore, resulting in net outflows of Rs. 23,080 ($3.2

Mumbai, Jan 8 (PTI): State-run Bank of India today said it has decided to reduce its interest rates on retail loans, including home and vehicle loans, with effect from tomorrow.

The bank earlier reduced its minimum lending rates or marginal cost of funds based lending rates (MCLR) by up to 90 basis points, effective January 7, it said in a release here.

“The revision in rate of interest on retail loans is a consequence of reduction in MCLR,” it said.

The rate on home loans has been lowered to 8.65 per cent for women borrowers, while for others the rate has been set at 8.70 per cent.

The bank has reduced the interest rates for vehicle loans to 9.35 per cent.

For loan against property, the new rates are set in the range of 10.50-11 per cent. The rates for women borrowers will be 0.5 per cent lower than the others, the bank said.

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The taped evidence would be included in one of the two cases being investigated by the police since last year, known as “Case 2,000”. Netanyahu has been subjected to two police interrogations in a week.

place in the cities of Man, Daloa, Daoukro, Odienne and Korhogo.

President Alassane Ouattara went on national TV on Saturday night to announce a deal.

“I confirm that I have agreed to take into account the demands of the soldiers over bonuses and better working conditions,” he said. At the same time he criticised the rebellion.

Aside from better pay, the agreement is reported to include an amnesty for the mutineers.

Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi who had gone to Bouake to

Florida airport shooter could face death penalty MIAMI, JAN 8 (Agencies): US authorities have charged the Iraq war vet accused of shooting five people dead and wounding six at a Florida airport with federal crimes that could carry the death penalty.

The Justice Department on Saturday charged Esteban Santiago, 26, with firearms offenses and carrying out an act of violence when he opened fire at the busy Fort Lauderdale airport. Santiago, who had earlier shown signs of “erratic behavior,” arrived Friday on a flight from Alaska.

A t b a g g a ge c l a i m he retrieved a 9mm semiautomatic handgun and ammunition that he had declared and stowed inside his checked luggage, then allegedly loaded the weapon in a bathroom and opened fire in the crowded baggage claim area of Terminal 2.

Once his ammunition was exhausted Santiago lay on the floor with his arms and legs spread out and peacefully surrendered when a sheriff deputy approached him, witnesses quoted in US media said.

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“Santiago started shooting, aiming at his victims’ heads until he was out of ammunition,” Ferrer said. FBI special agent George Piro said agents were looking into the motives for the attack, including “continuing to look at the terrorism angle.”

Piro said Santiago appeared to be acting alone and that “every indication” is that he followed rules in flying with the weapon.

Santiago is scheduled to make an initial court appearance on Monday.

A former member of the Puerto Rico and Alaska National Guard, Santiago served in Iraq from April 2010 to February 2011. He ended his service in August.

On November 7, Santiago walked into the FBI’s office in Anchorage, Alaska and complained that his mind was being controlled by national intelligence agencies, which were forcing him to watch Islamic State jihadist videos, authorities said.

Paris, Jan 8 (Agencies): France says it was the subject of 24,000 cyberattacks against defence targets last year.

Defence Minister JeanYves Le Drian said such attacks were doubling every year and this year’s presidential elections could be targeted.

He said it would “naive” to think that France was immune to the type of cyber-campaign that targeted the US election, which has been blamed on Russia.

Mr Le Drian is overseeing an overhaul of France’s cyber-security operations.

Cyber-attacks in France have increased substantially in the last three years and have become a serious threat to the country’s infrastructure, Mr Le Drian said.

In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper, Mr Le Drian said that France “should not be naive”.

He said that thousands of external attacks had been blocked, including attempts at disrupting France’s drone systems. His warning comes in the wake of a US intelligence report alleging that Russia was involved in an at-

Pakistan military courts wound up after 2 years ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (Agencies): Pakistan’s controversial militar y courts which had sentenced 161 militants to death were wound up today, two years after they were set up for speedy trial of hardcore terrorists following the deadly Taliban attack on an army school that killed nearly 150 children.

The courts were established through an amendment in the Constitution after the horrendous attack on a school in Peshawar on December 16, 2014.

The move generated heated debate as the courts were billed by rights activists as violation of basic human rights as enshrined in the Constitution of the country and international charters.

However, they were allowed to function after the Supreme Court upheld as valid the 21st constitutional amendment and the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, 2015, enacted

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The amendment ensured that the courts will end after two years through insertion of the “sunset clause”.

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Russia denies any involvement in cyber-attacks or hacking.

French elections in April and May this year are being carefully watched after the surprise victory of US President-elect Donald Trump, who said on Saturday that those who oppose good relations with Russia are “stupid people, or fools”.

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various rebel factions.

Obser vator y chief Rami Abdel Rahman said identification of the dead was being hampered by the fact that some bodies were completely burned in the blast.

Video from the scene showed huge clouds of smoke rising from a street filled with debris and twisted metal, which bulldozers were working to clear.

Raging fires were burning in several vehicles, and the fire brigade was battling to put them out with a giant water tanker and hoses. Azaz has been repeatedly struck by bomb attacks, including in November when rebels said 25 people -- civilians and

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Istanbul, Jan 8 (Agencies): Icy temperatures across Europe have left more than 20 people dead and blanketed even the Greek islands and southern Italy in snow.

Italy saw ferries and flights cancelled and schools in the south are expected to close on Monday.

Turkey has also been badly affected. The Bosphorus was closed to shipping as a heavy snowstorm hit Istanbul.

At least 10 people died of cold in Poland. Night temperatures in Russia plunged to minus 30C. Nor mally milder Greece has witnessed temperatures of minus 15C in the north where an Afghan migrant died of cold last week and roads were closed.

In Athens, the temperature failed to rise above 0C and several of the islands were covered in snow.

Some of the Greek islands are home to thousands of migrants and many are being moved to temporary housing and heated tents.

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Western Sumi Hoho has convened an emergency meeting on 11/01/2017, 10:00 a.m at Hoho Hiyam, Chekiye. Therefore, Office Bearers, Advisors and Executives are requested to attend the meeting.

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Beijing police force to combat toxic smog

Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police.

Beijing, Jan 8 (Agencies): A new team of environmental police will try to reduce hazardous levels of toxic smog engulfing Beijing, the city’s acting mayor has said.

The police will look for local sources of air pollution, including open-air barbecues and dusty roads, Cai Qi says, according to Xinhua state news agency.

The mayor has also promised to reduce coal consumption by 30% this year.

Many residents have been forced to stay in their homes for days at a time to avoid breathing the poisonous air.

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Bouake, JAN 8 (Agencies): A rebellion in Ivory Coast over soldiers’ pay appears to have passed.

Residents and correspondents in the second city, Bouake, described calm on the streets - a day after troops briefly seized the defence minister.

The rebellion had spread from there to other cities, including the commercial hub, Abidjan, but that city, too, is now quiet.

A deal was struck between the mutinous soldiers and the government on Saturday, though details are scant.

A correspondent for AFP news agency in Bouake said on Sunday that there had been no firing there since Saturday evening.

“Traffic has resumed this morning and the shops have reopened.”

The mutiny began in Bouake early on Friday with soldiers firing rocketlaunchers. On Saturday soldiers took over the army headquarters in Abidjan.

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Pangti yan nzontsu thyuta santa (general meeting) ji 14th Jan. 2017 lo enyathung 8:00 ekholo na benkai oyan Community Hall jilona khiala. Hoji tsukona Pangti kyong oyani elani hapoi evan topvu na thyuta santa shilo myanta thetale to jonjia ntsijantala.

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opposition fighters -- were killed in a car bombing of a rebel headquarters.

The rebels accused the Islamic State group of being behind that attack.

The jihadist group is present elsewhere in Aleppo province and has sought to advance on Azaz in the past.

In October, at least 17 people were killed in a car bomb attack on a rebel checkpoint, the Observatory said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday’s attack, but Osama al-Merhi, a lawyer at the scene of the blast, pointed the finger at IS. “These kinds of crimes are only committed by the terrorist group Daesh,” he said, using an Arabic acronym for IS. “They are the ones who target civilians and the cadres who are building this country,” he told AFP. The blast comes during a fragile nationwide ceasefire brokered by government ally Russia and rebel backer Turkey.

The public has been calling on the government to do more to address major sources of smog, including reducing China’s reliance on coal-fired power plants, the primary source of electricity in the country.

Officials say unfavourable weather conditions in the capital have prevented pollutants from dispersing.

“Open-air barbecues, garbage incineration, biomass burning, dust from roads - these acts of noncompliance with regulations are actually the result of lax supervision and weak law enforcement,” Mr Cai was quoted by Xinhua as saying.

5 killed in US winter storm Washington, Jan 8 (IANS): Five people ere killed and thousands were rendered without electricity supply as a powerful winter storm continued to sweep across the US, a media report said.

In the West, parts of northern California and Nevada were filling sandbags as an “atmospheric river” threatened to dump very heavy rains and cause flooding on Sunday. More than half of California was under flash flood watches, state officials said on Saturday.

Vehicle crashes in Georgia and Kentucky on Saturday killed two people, a man died in a Friday crash with a snow plow and a third person died in a Kentucky crash on Thursday, officials said. A tree felled by high winds in Oregon came down on an eight-year-old on Tuesday, killing her, NBC News reported. In Connecticut, a stretch of a major highway was closed for hours on Saturday after a 21-car pileup and other crashes, state police said.

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M t M au n g a n u i , Jan 8 (Agencies): A belligerent 41-ball 94 from Corey Anderson propelled New Zealand to a 27-run win in the last T20 against Bangladesh, sealing a 3-0 clean sweep, here on Sunday.

Anderson and Kane Williamson (60) put up a brisk 124-run stand to power the hosts to a huge 194 for 4 after being asked to bat at the Bay Oval in Mt Maunganui on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.

Bangladesh raced to 82-1 in the ninth over, riding a rapid start from Tamim Iqbal (24) and Soumya Sarkar (42).

But the introduction of New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi (2-22) and other slow bowlers checked their progress.

Chasing the massive target, Bangladesh fell too far behind the asking rate, finishing on 167 for 6 with Shakib Al Hasan adding a fighting 33-ball 41.

The hosts were earlier reduced to 41-3 in the seventh over after Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza

New Zealand players celebrate after sealing a 3-0 series sweep over Bangladesh.

won the toss.

Paceman Rubel Hossain (3-31) dismissed James Neesham for 15 and Colin Munro for a duck in the same over before Mosaddek Hossain struck with his first ball to send back Tom Bruce (5).

Captain Kane Williamson (60) then struck his second fifty of the series while left-hander Anderson provided the

late flourish, blasting 10 sixes and two fours in his unbeaten knock.

Anderson bludgeoned part-time medium-pacer Sarkar for three sixes over mid-wicket, his 10 sixes are the highest by a New Zealander in the format.

Bangladesh stayed winless in their first overseas tour after two years as the T20 series whitewash follows a 3-0 sweep of the

Lack of funds puts India-B’desh Test in doubt New Delhi, Jan 8 (Agencies): The beleaguered Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is facing a new problem with the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) stating its inability to host the IndiaBangladesh Test citing lack of funds, according to a report in The Hindu.

Following the limitedovers series against England, that concludes on February 1, India are set to take on Bangladesh in a one-off Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad from February 8. With the HCA now indicating that it may not be able to play host

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the five-day game, BCCI has been put in a dicey position.

The Supreme Court, in October, had ordered the Indian cricket board to halt all fundings to its state associations until the latter adopted the Lodha panel recommendations in toto. The apex court later allowed the disbursal of funds for the smooth functioning of the IndiaEngland series.

With the Lodha committee implementing administrative reforms in the functioning of the BCCI, including the recent removal of several office bearers, there is plenty of confusion surrounding the

Indian cricket board.

The Supreme Court, which removed BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretar y Ajay Shirke on January 2 owing to the Indian cricket board’s reluctance and inability to implement the recommendations made by the Lodha panel, stated that a committee of administrators will be appointed on January 19 to oversee the business operations of the BCCI. Rahul Johri, the BCCI CEO, who is currently in charge of daily operations, is likely to approach the Lodha committee to put forth HCA’s current predicament.

One-Day series by New Zealand. The teams will next play two Test matches starting on Thursday.

Brief scores: New Zealand: 194/4 in 20 overs (Williamson 60, Anderson 94*; Rubel 3/31, Mosaddek 1/27); Bangladesh: 167/6 in 20 overs (Tamim 24, Soumya 42, Shakib 41; Santner 1/37, Boult 2/48, Sodhi 2/22, Williamson 1/9).

Atletico Madrid rise to 4th in La Liga Eibar, Jan 8 (IANS): Atletico Madrid snatched three precious points by defeating Eibar 2-0 in the 17th round of La Liga football to jump to fourth in the standings. Eibar dominated the first half and was almost first on the scoreboard at Ipurua Municipal Stadium here on Saturday, but a deft save saved the day for Atletico.

After that the game remained deadlocked at 0-0 until the 54th minute, when Spanish defender Saul Niguez kicked off the scoring for Atletico.

Twenty minutes later, Frenchman Antoine Griezmann scored the second goal to foil Eibar’s attempts to catch up.

After this victor y, Atletico are fourth in La Liga with 31 points, while Eibar hold eighth position with 23 points.

Real Madrid, who thrashed Granada 5-0 on Saturday, lead with 40 points, while FC Barcelona come second with 34 points, just one point ahead of third-placed Sevilla.

Dimitrov breaks title drought in Brisbane B R IS B ANE , J a n 8 (Agencies): Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov won his first title in over two years when he upset world number five Kei Nishikori in three sets to win the Brisbane International on Sunday.

In an enthralling final between two evenly m a t c h e d o p p o n e n t s, Dimitrov claimed the Roy Emerson Trophy 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, his fourth singles title on the ATP Tour.

Dimitrov, 25, was ranked as high as eighth in the world in 2014 and was nicknamed “Baby Fed” because of his similar playing style to Swiss great Roger Federer.

Injury problems and poor form saw him slump during 2015 and the first half of 2016 when he plummeted to 40th in the world, but he recovered towards the end of last year and entered the seasonopening tournament ranked 17.

However, the 27-yearold Nishikori went into the final as a firm favourite to win his first Brisbane title in six attempts.

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Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria with the trophy.

s t a r t e d we l l a n d h a d Dimitrov struggling to hold his opening service game, but from then on the Bulgarian dominated the first set, breaking Nishikori twice to take the opener in 36 minutes.

Dimitrov took that momentum into the second set and was comfortable on serve, but at 2-2 he faltered and was broken, with Nishikori seizing the initiative and winning four games in succession to level

the match. Dimitrov had another chance to break at the start of the third set but Nishikori held on and both men were untroubled on serve until at 3-4, the Japanese player stumbled and gave Dimitrov a vital break.

The Bulgarian stepped up and showed no nerves as he served out the match, claiming victory in one hour, 48 minutes when Nishikori sent a backhand long.

‘Russia should be banned from 2018 Winter Olympics’ Lo n d o n, Ja n 8 (IANS): United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) a g e n c y c h i e f D av i d Kenworthy has said Russia should be banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korean city of Pyeongchang.

Kenworthy also said that Russian athletes should have been banned from the 2016 Summer Olympics too, reports Sputnik.

“Yes, I think they (Russia) should (be banned

from the 2018 Winter Olympics). I think they should have been banned from the Olympics in the summer.

The Inter national Paralympic Committee, in my view, got it right -- they banned Russia.

I think the IOC (International Olympic Committee) made a complete muck-up of it,” Kenworthy was quoted as saying by the BBC news on Saturday.

He added that all that

incident “was debasing all of sport.”

“We’re still getting denials of any wrongdoing and strange statements about whether it was statesponsored or not -- what we now need to do is get Russia back in the fold, and that is taking some considerable time and effort,” Kenworthy said.

The doping scandal, simmering since 2014, escalated in July 2016 when the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA)

presented a report accusing Russia of running a statewide doping programme and urging the IOC to consider a blanket ban on the entire Russian Olympic team. The IOC instead let individual sports federations act on the issue.

As a result, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) banned Russian athletes from taking part in international competitions, including the 2016

Summer Olympics. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) later banned all Russian Paralympic athletes from the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2018 Winter Games.

On December 9, WA DA I n d e p e n d e n t Commission headed by Richard McLaren issued the second part of the report on alleged Russian doping abuse, revealing manipulations by athletes in 30 sporting disciplines.

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IN THIS NEW YEAR 2017 WHAT IS London, Jan 8 (Agencies): Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has taken responsibility for the club’s recent inconsistent form and said he is still getting to know his players and how best to use them.

City made a flying start under Guardiola, winning their first 10 games in all competitions, but have won just nine times in 21 matches since, a run which has left them fourth in the Premier League, seven points behind leaders Chelsea.

“At times my ideas were not good, because I’m still getting to know the players, to know what is the best position, the best way to play, to adapt to them,” Guardiola told British media.

“Sometimes I have an idea: three at the back or play a player in a certain way, and sometimes it didn’t work. And, when that happens, I never complain to the players. Because I see them training, how they suffer.

“You have to look at yourself and see what you have to do to help them find each other and play to each other more fluently, not all the time with an aggressiveness,” he added.

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09-01-2016 "Münbü Chüchehba Dearest Hori….."

You went to heaven one year ago (09-01-2016) Today even though you left us, your memory loved grows stronger, remembering every day. All the days past by days to pass till Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a voice of the archangel and the dead in Christ shall arise first, we shall be with the Lord together forever.

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We pray that Almighty God bless you and your family for the love that you have shown.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. Doctors and nurses of Zion Hospital & Research Centre, Dimapur 2. Dr. Tali Longkumer, Zion Hospital.

We regret our inability to thank those individual, friends, families, relatives that could not be mentioned in particulars.

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Reds held; Arsenal win in FA Cup

Emre Can attempts a free kick effort on goal only to see it cannon off the Plymouth wall and away from the net.

L o n do n , J a n 8 (Agencies): Liverpool face a 600-mile round trip next week, after Jurgen Klopp’s men were held to a goalless draw at Anfield by fourth-tier club Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup third round.

Argyle manager Derek Adams set up his side with 11 men behind the ball, allowing the Premier League side to dominate possession in midfield.

But, with their main creative players rested ahead of the EFL Cup semi-final first leg against Southampton on Wednesday and Sunday’s Premier League visit to Manchester United, Liverpool struggled to break down the League

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Two high-fliers’ defence.

Liverpool had halfchances in the first half, with Sheyi Ojo failing to get a clean connection on a 15th minute header six yards out, and Ben Woodburn seeing a shot saved by Luke McCormick.

But, it was mostly torpid stuff from the home side, unbeaten at Anfield for almost a year, as Plymouth became only the third team since the start of 2016, after West Ham, in the FA Cup fourth round in January, and Manchester United, to claim a clean sheet in L4.

Daniel Sturridge, on as a 62nd minute substitute for Emre Can, looked a threat with his movement for Liverpool but Plymouth managed to hold on to

secure a historic replay at Home Park next week.

The draw, Liverpool’s fourth 0-0 in their last five FA Cup ties at Anfield, means Klopp’s side now face playing nine matches in January.

Meanwhile on Saturday night Olivier Giroud’s late goal helped Arsenal recover from an early setback to beat Preston North End 2-1 at Deepdale and book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup. The hosts made a dream start when they went ahead through Callum Robinson in the seventh minute. And they could have extended their lead against a lacklustre Gunners side that failed to

Agut lifts Chennai Open title

hour and 13-minute final in the southern Indian city of Chennai.

Medvedev, 20, was broken in the fourth game of the first set as Bautista Agut set the pace with a 3-1 lead.

The six foot, six inch Medvedev served big but Bautista Agut was clinical as he wrapped up the first set in just over 33 minutes.

Medvedev made a spirited comeback in the second set to stay level at 4-4 but Bautista Agut broke through in the ninth game to edge ahead and sealed the match.

Bautista Agut, who was playing his second Chennai Open final after going down to Janko Tipsarevic in 2013, Roberto Bautista Agut with the Chennai Open trophy. had beaten Frenchman Ch e n n a i , J a n 8 take his first Chennai Open Benoit Paire in the semi(Agencies): Number two title, kicking off the new final on Saturday. seed Roberto Bautista Agut ATP season in style. of Spain humbled Daniil The world number Medvedev with a straight- 14 overcame the unseeded sets victory on Sunday to Russian 6-3, 6-4 in the one

get going. Preston’s Tom Clarke, Jordan Hugill and Paul Gallagher all drawing saves from David Ospina or missing good chances.

Arsene Wenger did something to shake Arsenal out of their slumber at half time as Aaron Ramsey levelled within a minute of the restart with a curling effort from the edge of the box. But they failed to build on that goal until Giroud, named captain for the day, scored a last-minute winner from close range following Lucas Perez’s backheel.

At Goodison Park, Ahmed Musa struck twice as Leicester City came from behind to dump Everton out of FA Cup at with a 2-1 victory.

Romelu Lukaku had put the Toffees ahead on 63 minutes but Musa’s brace turned the game upside down and sees Claudio Ranieri’s men progress to the fourth round.

First, the forward swept home from close range to draw the Foxes level before on 71 minutes Musa finished Danny D r i n k wa t e r ’s c e n t r e clinically from the centre of the area. Try as they might, Ronald Koeman’s side couldn’t force a replay and Leicester, despite an awful defence of their Premier League crown, march on in another cup competition.

Sunderland and Burnley will have to do it all again after they played out a 0-0 draw at the Stadium of Light.

Shooting training camp D i m apu r , J a n 8 (NPN): In view of the 5th North East Zone Shooting Championship to be held at Shillong, Meghalaya, the Nagaland Rifle Association in collaboration with the Aries Rifle & Pistol Shooting Academy, Dimapur will conduct training camp followed by the 2nd JYO Shooting Championships, organized by the Japukong Yo u t h O r g a n i z a t i o n , from January 9-11 at Japu village. The 2nd Aonokpu Rifle & Pistol Shooting Championship, organized by the Aonokpu Rifle & Pistola Shooting Club, will be held from January 12-14 at Aonokpu village. The meet will be conducted as per rules and regulations of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).

Ashwin, Jadeja maintain top slots in Test rankings DUBAI, Jan 8 (PTI): I n d i a ’s s p i n t w i n s Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja held onto the top two slots in the ICC’s latest Test ranking for bowlers while skipper Virat Kohli was a notch behind Steve Smith in batsmen’s list.

Ashwin (887 points) and Jadeja (879 points) were Nos 1 and 2 in the l i s t w h i l e Au s t r a l i a n seamer Josh Hazlewood (860 points), who gained 29 points, by virtue of his good show against Pakistan has risen to the third spot in the list.

South African Kagiso Rabada was another big gainer as he jumped nine spots to be eighth in the list.

The only other Indian in the top-20 is speedster Mohammed Shami, who is in 19th position.

In the batsmen’s list, Steve Smith is still atop the list with 933 points even though he dropped foyr ranking points.

However Indian captain Kohli is a distant second with 875 points.

There is no other Indian batsman in the top-10 while Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are 12th and 16th respectively.

India are the No 1 team in ICC Test rankings with 120 rating points, well ahead of Australia, who are in the 2nd position with 109 points.

Djokovic ends Murray’s 28-win streak

Djokovic lifts the trophy in front of some people bronzed up statues of former winners.

DOHA, Jan 8 (Agencies): Novak Djokovic brought world number one Andy Murray’s 28-match winning streak to an end in Doha on Saturday to retain the Qatar Open title in a three-set thriller.

Serb star Djokovic won 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in a highquality, action-packed match between the two best players in the world lasting almost three hours.

It is Djokovic’s 25th career victory over Murray and puts down an earlyseason marker against his great British rival, before the Australian Open later this month.

Despite going into the third set showing signs of frustration and weariness, Djokovic was able to claw away any momentum Murray had to secure his second successive title in Qatar and the $209,665

first prize.

A break of Murray’s serve in the seventh game of the final set -- when the Scot looked most likely to win - proved decisive.

Serving for the match, Djokovic secured the title on his fourth match point, having squandered three in the second set when Mur ray astonishingly recovered from 5-4 down and 40-15 to win three games in a row and force, at that point, an unlikely deciding set.

It was Murray’s first competitive defeat since losing to Juan Martin del Potro in the Davis Cup back in September.

In a typically cagey start between the pair, Djokovic landed the first blow with his only break point of the first set.

In the eighth game of the opener, he came back

from 40-15 down to win four consecutive points and break Murray’s serve.

Then, in the seventh game of the second set Djokovic broke Murray again despite falling over and banging his head during one rally.

It seemed to be the decisive blow, but Murray would not be easily brushed aside, rallying to take the game into the decider.

Saturday’s match was the first meeting between the pair since Murray beat the Serb at the ATP World Tour Finals in London in November, snatching Djokovic’s number one ranking in the process.

It was also the 20th time Djokovic has beaten Murray after winning the first set.

Despite the defeat, Andy Mur ray retains his world number one ranking.

Maradona defends Tevez’s big money move to China Buenos Aires, Jan 8 (IANS): Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has defended compatriot Carlos Tevez’s big money t r a n s f e r t o C h i n a ’s Shanghai Shenhua from Boca Juniors.

According to Maradona, Tevez “did what he had to do” by going to China and “did not defraud anybody”, reports Xinhua news agency.

Carlos Tevez was transferred to Shanghai Shenhua in December where he will earn around $40 million a year despite pleas from his fellow players and fans of Boca Juniors for him to stay.

Boca Juniors made $11 million from the transfer.

“The fans of Boca should thank him for

coming back (in July 2015 from Juventus) but it is time that a money goes to a player, and not a manager or businessman,” Maradona told sports newspaper Ole. Maradona also criticised another Boca Ju n i o r s l e ge n d , Ju a n Roman Riquelme, who recently stated he would not have gone to China.

“If China had offered 50 million dollars to Riquelme, he would be speaking Chinese today.

Carlitos (Tevez) did not defraud or scam anybody.

He simply offered an amazing offer and he has nothing to feel bad about,” added the Mexico 1986 World Cup champion.

“Riquelme and Maradona would have done the same.”

Carlos Tevez and Maradona

Tevez, 32, is now the highest paid player in the world after the China deal.

Maradona admitted that Boca Juniors would s u f f e r a s “ Te v e z i s

irreplaceable”.

“There is no player to be bought to replace him.

Many are spoken of but nobody is in his class,” said the legend.

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