10 July 2022

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Sri Lankans storm President’s residence; torch PM’s home C O L O M B O, J U L 9 (AGENCIES): Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, overran the compound and stormed his nearby office.

Thousands of people had surrounded the leader’s home to demand his resignation, blaming government mismanagement for a downturn that has subjected the island nation’s 22 million people to months of bitter hardship.

As the crowd surged at the gates of the presidential palace, troops guarding the compound fired in the air to hold them back until Rajapaksa was safely removed.

“The president was escorted to safety,” a top defence source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

“He is still the president, he is being protected by a

State logs 2 cases of Covid DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Nagaland on Saturday recorded two fresh cases of COVID-19 taking the total caseload to 35,543.

According to health department’s daily bulletin, the two fresh cases were reported from Dimapur district.

Currently the state has 32 active COVID-19 cases and today’s sample positivity stands at 4.76%.

Altogether, 33,255 people have recovered from the disease and the death toll stands at 762 (including 4 non-Covid deaths but with positivity).

Gov, CM extend Idul-Zuha greetings DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Nagaland gove r n o r P r o f . Ja g d i s h Mukhi and chief minister Neiphiu Rio have extended warm Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) greetings to the people of Nagaland particularly to the Muslim community.

In his message, Prof.

Mukhi said Id-ul-Zuha epitomizes the noble values of sacrifice, trust and forgiveness.

“I hope that this sacred occasion will usher in good will, harmony and further strengthen the values of our society,” governor said and wished good health, peace and prosperity to all.

In a tweet, Rio said “May the noble ideals of the day enrich our lives with peace and harmony.”

This is it!

“Let’s say our trucks are not meant to ply over 4-lane roads.”

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Protesters at the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka in Colombo, on Saturday.

military unit.”

Footage broadcast live on social media showed hundreds of people walking through the palace, with some among the boisterous crowd jumping into the compound’s pool for a swim.

O t h e r s we r e s e e n laughing and lounging in the stately bedrooms of the

residence. The colonial-era state mansion is one of Sri Lanka’s key symbols of state power and officials said Rajapaksa’s departure raised questions as to whether he intended to remain in office.

“We are awaiting instructions,” a top civil servant told AFP. “We still don’t know where he is, but we know he is with the Sri

Lanka navy and is safe.”

Private broadcasters showed what appeared to be a vehicle convoy belonging to the president at Sri Lanka’s main international airport, but there was no confirmation on whether he had left the island.

Soon after the crowd stormed the presidential palace, Rajapaksa’s nearby office also fell into the hands of protesters. Security forces attempted to disperse the huge crowds that had mobbed Colombo’s administrative district.

Three people were hospitalised after being shot along with 36 others who suffered breathing difficulties following intense tear gas barrages, a spokeswoman for the main hospital in Colombo said.

Thousands of people had poured into the capital for Saturday’s demonstration, the latest outbreak of unrest sparked by the crisis.

Protesters set PM’s private residence on fire

Firefighters try to douse a fire at PM Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence, in Colombo Saturday. AP/PTI)

A group of protesters on Saturday entered the private residence of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and set it on fire, hours after he offered to resign to make way for an all-party government amid unprecedented protests in the country for

the resignation of the government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The protestors entered 73-year-old Wickremesinghe’s house on 5th Lane in Colombo and set the place on fire after a tense situation erupted between the protestors and security

Gov concerned over delay of Medical College, HC complex

DIMAPUR/KOHIMA, JUL 9 (NPN): Nagaland Governor, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi on Saturday raised concern over the delay and “unsatisfactory development” of the Medical College (Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences & Research) at Phriebagie and the High Court complex at Meriema both under Kohima district.

In order review the status of the projects, Prof.

Mukhi inspected both the sites on Saturday, PRO Raj Bhavan said in a press note.

Officials present at the time of inspection explained that the Covid-19 was one of the reason behind the delay

Prof. Jagdish Mukhi inspecting the construction site of Medical College and High court complex, Kohima on 9th July 2022. (PRO, Raj Bhavan)

in completing the projects while also non release of fund on time including land issues etc. had hampered the physical progress of the project.

NIMS&R admissions

by Aug-Sept 2023: Concerning the medical college, the officials stated that based on the DPR prepared, the Centre approved grant of

Rs.189 crore in 2014, in which the funding pattern was 90:10 by Central and State Government respectively.

According to the officials, the works to be covered under Package A (Medical College within 189 crores) include-- infrastructure for Medical College building, girls and boys Hostel (250 nos), residential apartment- 200 Sqm (1 block-10 units), residential apartment-100 Sqm (8 blocks- 48 units), dean residence, MS residence, sports block and library & lecture hall building (Rs. 30 crores funding through World Bank). Under Pack-

age B (Teaching Hospital)-New 400 bedded teaching Hospital (Rs. 177 crores funding through JICA), existing 100 bedded Hospital up-gradation (funding through state government), mortuary, girls & boys hostel (250 nos) and intern hostel (100 nos).

While assuring that the medical projects would be completed soon, the officials also informed that Naga Hospital would be upgraded and used as teaching hospital during the first three years and that the medical college admissions would begin from AugustSeptember 2023.

forces on the ground. It wasn’t immediately clear if he was inside at the time of the attack. Despite tear gas being fired on the protestors to disperse, they entered his house and set the house on fire, authorities said.

Videos posted online showed protesters rejoicing after setting the house on fire. Sri Lanka has suffered through months of food and fuel shortages, lengthy blackouts and galloping inflation after running out of foreign currency to import vital goods. Thousands of people had poured into the capital for Saturday’s demonstration, the latest outbreak of unrest sparked by the crisis.

Police had withdrawn a curfew issued on Friday after opposition parties, rights activists and the bar association threatened to sue the police chief.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 13

S r i L a n k a ’s embattled President Gotabaya RajapakG. Rajapaksa sa would resign on July 13, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said on Saturday night. President Rajapaksa informed the speaker about this decision after Abeywardena wrote to him asking for his resignation following the all-party leaders meeting held Saturday evening.

Abeywardena wrote to Rajapaksa on the decisions made at the meeting. The party leaders had demanded the resignation of Rajapaksa and PM Ranil to make way for Abeywardena to become acting president until parliament appointed a successor.

BA.2.75 not severe, won’t bring fourth wave: INSACOG co-chair

NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Omicron s u b - va r i a n t , BA . 2 . 7 5 , which is driving the latest Covid-19 surge in India, is not severe or brought serious diseases and risk of death despite being more transmissible than BA.2 responsible for the second Covid wave in India.

Speaking to The New Indian Express, Dr N K Arora, co-chair of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), said the cases are not being reported from any cluster or any one particular area, despite the transmission (Cont’d on p-8) and efficiency of the virus

being 20-30 per cent more as compared to BA.2.

“The new sub-variant has not led to any major increase or expansion of the case pool or risk of severe disease. These cases are all spread out. I would be worried if they were occurring in one or two districts. It is happening in a scattered manner. This means it is not something which is either spreading too fast or causing too many severe cases,” said Arora, head of the Covid-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI).

India records 18,840 new Abe’s body arrives Tokyo as country mourns ex-PM’s death Covid cases, 43 deaths NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (PTI): India’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 18,840 in a day to reach 4,36,04,394 while the number of active cases increased to 1,25,028, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

The death toll has climbed to 5,25,386 with 43 more people succumbing to the viral disease, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active case count increased by 2,693 in a day and now comprises 0.29 per cent of the total infections, while the national

COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.51 per cent, the health ministry said.

The daily positivity rate was 4.14 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 4.09 per cent, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,29,53,980, while the case fatality rate was 1.20 per cent. According to the ministry, 198.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far.

TOKYO, JUL 9 (AP): The body of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was returned to Tokyo on Saturday after he was fatally shot during a campaign speech in western Japan a day earlier. Abe was attacked in the city of Nara and airlifted to a local hospital but died of blood loss despite emergency treatment including massive blood transfusions.

Police arrested the attacker, a former member of Japan’s navy, at the scene on suspicion of murder.

Police confiscated the homemade gun he used, and several others were later found at his apartment.

A hearse to carry the body of Japan’s former PM Shinzo Abe at a hospital in Nara prefecture Saturday. (AP/PTI)

The attacker told investigators he plotted the shooting because he believed rumours that Abe was connected to an organisation that he resents, according to police.

Japanese media reported that the man had

developed hatred toward a religious group his mother was devoted to. The reports did not specify the group.

A black hearse carrying Abe’s body and accompanied by his wife, Akie, arrived at his home in Tokyo’s upscale residential

NOA vice president decries lack of transparency DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): In a shocking disclosure that exposed how the Nagaland Olympic Association (NOA) is being managed, its vice president and former DGP , K. Kire, Saturday expressed unhappiness over the lack of transparency where all the activities and decisions of the highest body of sports were being taken by “one or a few individuals” while keeping other members in the dark.

In a press release, the K.Kire IPS(Retd) and NOA vice president, who is a renowned sportsperson having represented Naga-

land at the national level in football and badminton, said the association was in existence for many years but it was only through the efforts of present chief minister Neiphiu Rio as the president, that it was affiliated with Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

As NOA, he said the first Olympic games was held at Chümoukedima in 2018 where all districts participated. Towards this, he said NOA advanced a lot of money to associations for participating in the event.

While most of the associations submitted their

accounts after the event, he said it was disheartening that till December 11, 2020, when the new office bearers were elected, some individuals failed to submit their expenditure statements despite several reminders.

He said the individuals took around Rs.70 to Rs 80 lakhs for the meet but had not submitted their accounts although it was not known if they have submitted to the new NOA treasurer.

Kire said he, as then treasurer, had requested several times for an audit to be carried out, but there

was no response from the association.

He also said the at one time, members were informed that association office would be housed in a minister’s building and that other rooms would be added for other associations.

However, he expressed surprise when “suddenly a new NOA building had come up” and wondered how many NOA members knew about it.

Citing another instance where decisions were taken without consultation of the entire NOA body, Kire said even the decision to establish the

Nagaland Police Sports Battalion(NPSB) was never discussed though he has no objection to the NPSB being established.

In the light of the above, Kire said if the NOA was to function as an individual property, he would disassociate himself from it.

Though not saying he was resigning, the NOA vice president said “…I like to work and associate myself where there is transparency for all and everyone is taken on board to ensure that a collective decision was taken unlike the present system.”

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area of Shibuya, where many mourners waited and lowered their heads as the vehicle passed. Abe’s assassination ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary election shocked the nation and raised questions over whether security for the former prime minister was adequate. Police on Saturday said autopsy results showed that a bullet that entered Abe’s upper left arm damaged arteries beneath both collar bones, causing fatal massive bleeding.

Some observers who watched videos of the assassination on social media and television noted a lack of attention in the open

space behind Abe as he spoke. A former Kyoto prefectural police investigator, Fumikazu Higuchi, said the footage suggested security was sparse at the event and insufficient for a former prime minister.

“It is necessary to investigate why security allowed Yamagami to freely move and go behind Mr. Abe,” Higuchi told a Nippon TV talk show. Experts also said Abe was more vulnerable standing on the ground level, instead of atop a campaign vehicle, which reportedly could not be arranged because his visit to Nara was hastily planned the day before.

Japanese Encephalitis claims 8 lives in Assam G U WA H AT I , J U L 9 (IANS): At least eight people died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Assam in the past nine days while 82 were infected, prompting the Health Department to seek authorities to set up District Rapid Response Teams (DRRT) to keep a close watch on the situation.

JE and malaria kill many people in Assam every year, specifically during the monsoon season that usually starts in May and stretches to October. According to the National Health Mission (NHM), since July 1, at least eight people have died

and 82 people have fallen ill after being infected by the vector-borne diseases.

Principal Secretary, Health, Avinash Joshi and NHM Director Dr. M S Lakshmi Priya on Saturday conducted a meeting, through video conferencing, with the district authorities and asked them to constitute DRRTs

by July 16 to deal with the situation. The NHM has also issued a standard operating procedure and guidelines to tackle the situation arising with the outbreak of the JE. Last year, at least 40 deaths were reported due to JE, officials said.

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Longtsung village approach road inaugurated

Advisor, Horticulture and Border Affairs, government of Nagaland, Mhathung Yanthan inaugurated the Longtsung village approach road on July 8. (NP)

Correspondent WOKHA, JUL 9 (NPN): A marathon programme of Lotsu circle tour under 39 Assembly Constituency was held on Friday, July 8, where inauguration of Longtsung village approach road construction through LADP (2021-2022) was done at Longtsung Baptist Church, while a consultative meeting under Lotsu, Pyangsa, Moilan, Pyotchu was held at Lotsu Village community hall.

Speaking at the inaugural programme of Logtsung village approach road, advisor, Horticulture & Border affairs, government of Nagaland, Mhathung Yanthan highlighted on project initiative, funding,

and implementation and appreciated the workmanship of the project.

Yanthan urged the people to not only wait for the government to take up various minor works but called for community participation stating that “community participation is important and it has to come from every individual”. He urged for unity among the people and transparency in the village administration whilst also stating that “politics is an essential element in social life when positively taken into perspective”. He also called upon church leaders to nourish followers with ethics of social life which had become an integral part in human life.

The advisor said that the government had acknowledged the socio-economic survey done at 39 AC Sanis, informing that the centre had taken cognizance of Nagaland state under Ministry of Minority Affairs and that Chanpang and Sanis block under Wokha district had been selected under Minority Affairs for various development programmes addressing the needs of the area.

He further highlighted the issues and challenges concerning development in his constituency and assured his support in any capacity possible. Lamenting on the various challenges concerning the global pandemic, he expressed that many government funds

and schemes were widely disturbed and less could be achieved during the last four and half years of his political career. He asked the people to remain patient as he was constantly taking action to meet various development programmes which were in progress.

At the consultative meeting held at LotsuCommunity hall, he highlighted the importance of education, water supply, as well as medical institutions which he addressed to the communalized village level organization to strengthen their assigned responsibility for effective implementation of schemes and programmes.

He also informed that funds were yet to arrive through NEPC programmes and

various schools have been put in place in which they will receive funds on instalment basis and therefore informed village education committee to utilise funds judiciously.

While addressing one of the major problems in road repairing from Sanis ‘0’ point to Lotsu village, Yanthan said that no funds were currently available to be procured from the department to address the pressing problem.

He however extended help for immediate repairing of food storehouse at Lotsu and procurement of medicines for first aid to area residents.

During the consultative meet, various grievances were brought forth by the community to the departments present to which Yanthan informed department HoDs present and sought for speedy attention to certain farmers’ problems.

Earlier C. Mozhui in his inaugural speech at the approach road inauguration said that in almost 60 years of Nagaland statehood there was no such major development in the village and the people had

faced untold hardships. He appreciated the initiative of Yanthan for taking keen interest for the people.

DC Wokha, Ajit Kumar Ranjan, IAS who also spoke at the inauguration programme said that only by visiting the ground reality of an area, one understands to address the issues and problems accordingly.

He also said that the real engine of social progress is the people and he called them to play a vital role for social progress through unity and management of proper funds allotted to them.

President, NDPP Wokha region, John Ezung, general secretary (central wo m e n w i n g N D P P ) , Grace T Murry, central executive board (CEB) NDPP, Renbi Lotha, village leaders, elders, and others also spoke on the occasion.

The tour programme was accompanied by director, Agri, Benthungo Yanthan, additional secretary, Tribal Affairs, Ncumbemo Lotha, and officials from food and civil supply, forest, land resource, medical, veterinary and animal husbandry, and civil administrative works department (CAWD).

Five persons penalised for defying COTPA, 2003

COTPA flying squad team along with the sized products.

DIMAPUR: Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) flying squad team leader led by O/C Wokha police station including representatives from National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP), DBs, personnel from Wokha police station and Women police station conducted raid on July 8 in an around school premises to check selling of tobacco products.

On conducting the raid, the team penalised five defaulters for non-com-

pliance of the Act and the tobacco products were also seized.

Seized tobacco products were destroyed the same day in presence of all team members at Wokha police station premises.

It further informed that such kind of raids will be conducted frequently and cautioned all shop keepers selling tobacco products within the restricted area to abide by the laid down Act failing to which, necessary legal action would be initiated as per provision of law.

1st Death anniversary

TSU organises 5th annual literary day cum felicitation ceremony be determined in their future endeavours.

In memory of Lt. Er. Ruokuobiezo Solo, Dr. Theyiephrezo Khimiao presented a cash award of Rs9000 and citation to the best matriculate 2022, Thejakhrienuo Suohu who secured 95.75% in the re-

cent HSLC examination.

Earlier, welcome address was delivered by president, TSU, Vituotsolie Victor Solo, and vote of thanks was pronounced by vice president, TSU, Mhasisetuo Solo. A total of 82 students both HSLC and HSSLC were felicitated.

The TGOA sponsored Rs and Rs 2000 respectively.

5000 for the first prizes Later, winners of the while TYO sponsored 2nd various literary events were and 3rd place with Rs 3000 also awarded.

1st Death anniversary

Z.V. napoleon (Kahangpam)

(11th August 1919 – 10 July 2021) Awo, one year has passed since you left us. The way we miss you is different now. We hope you know how much you meant to us. We think about you everyday. Never will we forget you. Never will we stop loving you. Till we meet again in God's glory. Rest gently.

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of Late ruokuosieü (tsüü) Chadi

Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement

Dr. Theyiephrezo presenting award to the best matriculate. (NP)

Lhoqusho Chophy “Very preciously gifted by God for a time being and taken back forever”

We the family members profoundly appreciate and remember your kindness shown towards us at the time of our darkest day, through prayers, physically, materially and financially. It is our sincere prayer that God bless all those who shared and comforted us.

Our sincere thanks to:Unity Village Sumi Baptist Church SKK, Unity Village.

Ghokuto Village Baptist Church Shitovi Baptist Church Xuvi Ghami Inalimi Kuposhukulu, Dimapur Asu Xuivi Kughuko Tsuruhumi Prayer Fellowship, Dimapur Tsuruhumi Abolomi Welfare, Dimapur Loved ones

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Wife, Family Members & Relatives

A year has gone by since you left us for your heavenly abode, but your smile, love and memories are still alive vividly in our hearts and home. Each moment you are missed dearly.

In loving memories, you shall continue to stay with us, forevermore.

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28/10/1959 – 22/06/2022 We , t h e b e r e a v e d f a m i l y m e m b e r s o f late Patricia warjri Zinyu, would like to express our profound gratitude and appreciations to everyone who stood by us during her brief illness and demise on 22nd June 2022.

We regret our ability to thank each and every individual personally, but it is our prayer that Almighty God bless all abundantly.

Loving Family Members

loving Husband, children and grandchildren.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Acknowledgment

“God has made everything beautiful for its own time” ( Eccl 3: 11)

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In GratItude Through this column, we the bereaved family of late k. nihokhe Yeputho (Akukau) Lukhuyimi Village would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all individuals, churches, different organisations and friends for your support and expressions of solidarity and kindness shown to us during our darkest hours of grief and distress at his sudden demise.

We are truly humbled that in the darkest moments you have shown love and concern for one another is neither bonded by time nor by distance.

Although we are unable to mention each and every individual by name, we pray that your kindness, help and generosity be rewarded by Almighty God.

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Born : 1918

Born on : 1915 | died on : 04/07/2022

died on 04-07-2022 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith 2Timothy 4:7 We the bereaved family members of late medochü-ü would like to express our profound and heartfelt gratitude to all the Churches, Doctors and Nurses, Villages, Various Organizations, Individuals and Friends for your overwhelming love and support shown during the sickness and demise of our beloved.

Though unable to mention each and every individual by name, we are forever indebted and it is our earnest prayer that the Almighty pour His bountiful blessings upon each and everyone of you .

loving Husband, children, In-laws, grandchildren and Relatives

31-03-1955 – 01-07-2022 We the bereaved family members of Lt. I. Dangchet Lusang would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to many friends, neighbours and well wishers who stood by us emotionally, spiritually, financially, morally and practical support during this difficult time.

Special thanks to Shri Temjen Imna Along Longkumer, Hon’ble Minister Higher & Technical Education, Nagaland for your kind message and thoughtful gestures, and outpouring support from Japu Union Dimapur, Japu Baptist Church, Japu Village Council and different organizations, groups and individuals.

We share our regret for the inability to thank everyone individually who helped us in any ways. Please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our sincere gratitude.

It is our earnest prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving Wife, Children, Grand Children, In laws and Relatives

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KOHIMA, JUL 9 (NPN): Tsütuonomia Students’ Union (TSU) organised 5th annual literary day cum HSLC & HSSLC felicitation 2022 at T Khel indoor stadium with NCS, Project Director DRDA, Kethosituo Sekhose as special guest.

Kethosituo Sekhose exhorted the students, acknowledged their achievements, and encouraged them to work even harder and to strive for excellence.

He encouraged them to focus on literature and stressed on developing writing skills, which he

highlighted had decreased among the people except for writers and students.

He also encouraged them to inculcate the habit of writing from a young age.

Stressing that participation was more important, Sekhose acknowledged the efforts and initiatives taken by TSU in hosting the programme.

Advisor, Tsütuonomia Gazetted Officers Krotho (TGOA), Zakie Suohu also encouraged students to ‘master their profession’ and also to be humble with their achievements. With much competition in the present generation, Suohu advised them to focus and

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Advisor for Power, H Tovihoto Ayemi with BJYM Dimapur officials and members. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Dimapur district has resolved to re-strengthen the organisation down to the booth level for the upcoming state general election 2023.

BJYM Dimapur held its district executive meeting here Saturday, at Rongmei customary court, Chungaizaeng Rongmei colony, Burma camp. During the meeting, the house unanimously adopted four resolutions.

The house resolved to re-strengthen the organisation down to the booth level for the upcoming state general elections 2023, and ensure to

reach out to the people with the motto “Sab ka saath, sab ka vikas, sab ka vishwas aur sab ka prayas”.

Additionally, the house also resolved to initiate various activities as directed by BJP Nagaland on priority basis. BJYM Dimapur district also resolves to coordinate and cooperate with all the state morchas, mandals and extend assistance in various activities whenever required.

BJYM resolved to adhere to its directives under the dynamic leadership of BJYM president, Hosheto Awomi.

Furthermore, house resolved to firmly comply with the resolution adopted during the state BJYM executive

Training for anti-human trafficking unit conducted in Mon district

A training and capacity-building programme for AHTU and other stakeholders at DC’s conference room, Mon. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Sakhi-One Stop Centre and District Administration Mon, in collaboration with State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW), organised training and capacity-building programme for Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) and other stakeholders dealing with prevention of human trafficking and rehabilitation of victims on July 7 at DC’s conference room, Mon. According to a DIPR report, EAC Mon and nodal officer, Sakhi (OSC), Molosangla Ozukum in her keynote address, urged all stakeholders to work together and help government

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agencies to fight against the “social evil” of human trafficking. She believed in creating more awareness of the trend of ‘cyber-trafficking’ which is on the rise in present day.

Additionally, SDPO Mon, Imtiakum highlighted concepts, patterns, and dimensions of human trafficking. He spoke about the cases reported/modus operandi of human trafficking in the district and the role of AHTU, while panel lawyer, DLSA Mon spoke about the existing response system and legal mechanism to address human trafficking.

Meanwhile, case worker (OSC), Anyim Konyak

highlighted the rescue and rehabilitation services for trafficked women and children through schemes under Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India. Director HADO, KBBB, Y.P Wilson Konyak also emphasised the role of civil societies in preventing human trafficking.

Programme concluded with a joint deliberation by all participants about challenges and way forward to address human trafficking.

It was attended by ADC Mon, officers from social welfare and other departments, and representatives from various NGOs and civil societies.

Assessment camp held in Changtongya

DIMAPUR: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, GoI, in collaboration with District Administration Mokokchung and Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) conducted assessment camp for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (Divyangjan) under Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana and ADIP Scheme on July 7 at community health center (CHC), Changtongya, Mokokchung.

In a DIPR report, it informed that

altogether, 96 beneficiaries were assessed and registered during assessment camp to avail facilities where ADIP (Disabled Person) identified 23 persons and RVY (Senior Citizen) 73 persons.

SDO (Civil), Rorheu Peseyie, SMO, Dr. Imtijungshi, staff from CHC Changtongya, Caritas India CBR staff, Mokokchung District Disabled Forum, and ALIMCO team led by Suman Kumar (rehab expert/prosthetist and orthotist) attended the camp.

meeting, 2022.

The resolution was moved by BJYM, mandal president, 1 Dimapur-1, Titus Kath and seconded by BJYM mandal president, 3 Dimapur-3, Kakivi Yepthomi.

Earlier, speaking at the meeting as special guest, advisor, Power, H Tovihoto Ayemi mentioned that the sole purpose of BJYM was to involve the youth of the nation stating that it is a platform, a forum where the youth could voice out giving chance to actively participate in nation building.

Stating that as per 2020-2022 data, there was an approximated population of 1.3 billion, where 50 percent of the population of India is under

25 years of age and 65 percent of population is under 35 years of age showing that the youth consisted of the majority population.

Ayemi therefore asserted that youth has a major role to play in socio-political or in any platform for overall development as they are the future. He then encouraged all BJYM, Yova Morchas, and Karyakartas to unite and work together, to be proactive and assist the people and help them avail the central schemes.

At the programme, short speeches were delivered by BJYM Nagaland state president, Hosheto Awomi, BJP Dimapur district president, Tokuho Suhoi Neho.

Programme was chaired by BJYM Dimapur district secretary, Heli Chishi, presidential address was delivered by BJYM Dimapur district president, Shiyeto Wotsa and later, vote of thanks was delivered by BJYM secretary, Ketholezo Makritsu.

Functionaries of SASRD NU Medziphema along with SARS Yisemyong officials and participants.

DIMAPUR: The department of GPB, School of Agricultural Sciences & Rural Development (SASRD), Nagaland University (NU), Medziphema in collaboration with State Agricultural Research Station (SARS), Yisemyong, under Mokokchung district organised a farmers awareness programme on July 5.

In a press release, department of GPB, SASRD N U, M e d z i p h e m a i nformed that joint director, SARS, Temsiunla urged upon the farmers to recognise the adverse effects of climate change.

She said that farmers need to alter agricultural practices in order to mitigate the ill effects of climate change in agricultural crops.

Meanwhile, assistant

professor and coordinator, Millets Scheme, department of GPB, NU SASRD, Dr. Pankaj Kumar Shah emphasised on the nutritional importance of millets.

He said that owing to richness in nutrition, the millets have been regarded as nutri-cereals and pointed out that they were high in dietary fibre, devoid of gluten and good sources of minerals and vitamins which he said, were needed for normal functioning of humans.

He also provided a brief overview about millets promotion scheme sanctioned to SASRD by ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad.

Further, Dr. Pankaj informed that a primary

processing unit for Millets is being established at department of GPB, SASRD, NU, Medziphema so that initial processing and value addition of millets could be done.

Speaking with farmers, senior scientist & head, KVK, Yisemyong, Dr. Keviletsu Khathe and assistant chief technical officer, KVK, Mokokchung, Dr. Tokiho Achumi said that millets were smart crops since they were helpful in treating diabetes and hypertension.

Dr. Achumi highlighted the importance of various millets with power point presentation while Thepfukolie Kehie and Barbara Humtsoe delivered presentations on enhanced jhum composting and climate change.

PNHN condemns June 30 incident

DIMAPUR: Poumai Naga Hoho Nagaland (PNHN), the apex body of Poumai community living in Nagaland, has expressed shock at the barbaric act of unknown miscreants who looted five persons in broad daylight at Pherima on June 30.

A condemnation note

from PNHN president, Siilunii Rapaobamai, said the Hoho and all its subordinate units condemn the inhuman act meted out on the chairman of Khodom Khavü village, Senapati district and occupants of the car by hijacking the vehicle and looting valuable items and cash.

The Hoho urged the law enforcing agencies to expedite in nabbing the culprits and that the prompt action would pave the way in preventing such crimes in the future.

PNHN also conveyed sympathy to the victims who had gone through the ordeals of the miscreants.

BJP Angetyongpang Mandal holds executive meeting

DIMAPUR: BJP 24 Angetyongpang Mandal in an executive meeting held on July 8 at Mandal treasurer’s residence, adopted a two-point resolution.

Led by president Imtichizung and general secretary (Mahila Morcha), Bendangla Ozukum, the mandal resolved to remain united and uphold party principles in every village and unit under the mandal setup and also resolved not to accept ‘seat sharing arrangement’ in the forthcoming 2023 assembly election.

CSU to convene union assembly DIMAPUR: Chakhesang Students Union (CSU) has convened its first union assembly (UA) for the tenure 2022-24 on July 23, 11 AM at Pfutseromi Community Hall, Pfutseromi village.

Assembly organs have informed each unit to send two members for the same while stating that the units seeking to place agenda for discussion during the assembly to submit the same in their respective unit’s official letterheads.

Pesocha Baptist Church Council Khriesarüü Krotho (PBCCKK) in collaboration with Koinonia Baptist Church Kohima youth department (KBCKYD) organised a one-day ‘Leaders’ Conference’ on July 9 at KBCK. 20 churches from northern Angami region, 166 leaders attended the conference.

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30,000 to 40,000 houses damaged in floods: Himanta

File photo of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma visiting flood affected areas.

NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (PTI): As many as 30,000 to 40,000 houses were damaged in Assam due to the recent massive floods, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said seeking an advance fund from the NDRF to help the affected people.

Sarma conveyed this to Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a meeting here on Friday evening and sought central help.

The chief minister briefed the home minister that around 30,000 to 40,000 houses were damaged by the deluge, an official statement

said on Saturday.

Sarma requested Shah to release an advance amount from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the rehabilitation of the flood-hit people whose houses were severely or fully damaged.

Later, talking to journalists, Sarma said since Assam’s flood has been labelled “severe” by a central team, which made an assessment of the flood situation, he sought an advance fund from the NDRF to enable the state to help the people whose houses were

Interstate gold smuggling racket busted: M’laya DGP

S H I L L O N G, J U L 9 (PTI): Meghalaya DGP L R Bishnoi on Saturday said the state police have busted an inter-state gold smuggling racket and arrested five persons.

He said the police have seized more than 800 gm gold and Rs 27 lakh cash from the possession of the five arrested persons.

Acting on a tip off, one Abu Bakkar was arrested in Ri-Bhoi district enroute to Assam on June 24 which led to the recovery of 819 gm foreign origin gold biscuits neatly concealed in his waistband, the DGP said.

During interrogation, it was revealed that the nexus is larger since the gold was given to him by someone in Shillong and he was tasked with delivering it to Assam’s Barpeta, Bishnoi said.

Following the lead given by Bakkar, one Shah Jahan of Barpeta was arrested in a joint operation with Assam Police and Rs 27 lakh in cash was seized from him.

His accomplice – Sid-

dique Ali – also from Barpeta was also arrested.

Subsequently, a team was formed and raids were conducted here based on the leads provided by the duo and Aziz Lyngdoh of Laban and Subali Kharbani of Mawlai were arrested here.

From the possession of the five arrested people, 10 mobile phones, ATM cards and fake ID cards were seized. Further investigation is on, the DGP added.

M e g h a l aya C h i e f Minister Conrad K Sangma lauded the state police for busting the inter-state gold smuggling racket.

Taking to Twitter, the CM said – “Well done again, @MeghalayaPolice!”

He added, “Interstate gold smuggling racket busted. @RibhoiPolice intercepted one taxi on June 24. Subsequent smart ops for 15 days resulted in the arrest of 5 accused & recovery of 819 gm gold, cash Rs 27.11 lakh, m/ phones – 10, ATM/Fake I-cards.”

damaged by the deluge.

“The Centre’s door is always open. There is no dearth of funds. Whatever we present legally and logically we will get the required funds,” he said. The chief minister said the home minister assured him that the Union home ministry would actively consider his request for immediate release of the advance fund from the NDRF. Sarma said the state government will give an actual picture of the extent of damage caused by the floods so that it gets the exact funds instead of asking for packages. He said the target of the government will be to make full utilisation of the State Disaster Response Fund, so that the state gets the NDRF as well as additional funds.

It may be mentioned that the Centre had released Rs 324.40 crore as the state share of the SDRF for 202223 as immediate assistance to the Assam government to combat the current floods, the statement said.

COVID surge in Assam with 294 fresh infections

GUWAHATI, JUL 9 (PTI): Assam continued to register a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases as 294 more people tested positive for the infection, the highest single-day spike in the last five months, a health bulletin issued by National Health Mission said. Two more patients also succumbed to the infection, it said.

The COVID-19 tally has increased to 7,26,244 as the fresh cases were detected from 2,625 samples that were tested, with positivity rate as high as 11.20 per cent.

Assam has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases since mid-June after a lull of over four months.

The 200-mark in daily spike in cases was breached after nearly five months on July 6 when 210 cases were reported with positivity rate at 10.14 per cent.

Kamrup Metropolitan, which primarily comprises Guwahati city, reported 92 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, followed by 42 in Kamrup (Rural), 25 in Darrang and 18 in Dibrugarh.

NORTHEAST Droupadi Murmu’s Sikkim visit postponed GANGTOK, JUL 9 (PTI): NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Sikkim on Saturday to meet SKM and BJP lawmakers in the state was postponed in the wake of the one-day national mourning, as a mark of respect to former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, a SKM leader said.

Murmu has been visiting various states to seek support from lawmakers for the July 18 presidential polls.

“Murmu’s Sikkim visit stands postponed in view of the mourning being observed in India as a mark of respect to the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,” senior Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) leader Jacob Khaling Rai told reporters.

All arrangements were made by ruling SKM and BJP leaders of Sikkim to receive Murmu for her visit to the state to seek support for her candidature in the upcoming presidential elections, but we came to know that her visit has been postponed, he said.

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Manipur landslide: One more body recovered; death toll at 50

A dead body recovered from the massive landslide site in Manipur’s Noney district on Saturday.

Correspondent IMPHAL, JUL 9: The death toll from the devastating landslide at the railway line construction camp in Manipur’s Noney district rose to 50 with one more body recovered on Saturday, day 10 of the search and rescue operation. The search and rescue team recovered the badly decomposed body in the afternoon, around 3.30 pm. Officials said 11 missing persons were yet to be traced. The search and rescue operation will continue further.

Even though the exact identity of the recovered body was yet to be officially confirmed, it was suspected to be the body of rail official Kamlesh Talukdar (37) from Assam. Three officials of the railways were victims of the massive landslide that struck the railway construction camp and 107 Territorial Army at Makhuam village in Noney district in the wee hours of June 30.

The dead body of two officials had already been retrieved from the debris of the landslide.

As many as 79 people,

mostly personnel of the TA stationed at the railway line construction camp to protect the officials and workers engaged in the project, were affected by the landslide.

During the initial stage of the operation by a joint task force of NDRF, SDRF, state police, fire service, TA, Assam rifles, CRPF and local volunteers, 18 people were rescued alive The official source said that bones recovered on July 6 has not been confirmed if it was that of a human being or domesticated animal and was not counted as a body.

Assam govt official arrested for accepting bribe G U WA H AT I , J U L 9 (PTI): An official of the Assam government has been arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (VAC) on charges of bribery, a release said.

The vigilance sleuths caught the official red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 in his office on Friday, it said.

The directorate acted on the basis of a complaint filed against the Assam Legal Metrology Service (ALMS) official who had allegedly demanded Rs 25,000 as bribe for issuing a licence to the complainant for opening a shop for selling weights and measures equipment.

Unwilling to pay the bribe amount, the complainant approached the directorate, following which the sleuths laid a trap in the office of the Controller of Legal Metrology here, it said.

The ALMS official was caught red-handed in his office chamber while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant, the release said.

Women organisations oppose proposed Tripura govt abruptly transfers Chief Secy Kumar Alok alternative rail route in Dima Hasao

HAFLONG (ASSAM), JUL 9 (PTI): Several women organisations in Assam’s Dima Hasao district have expressed their strong opposition to proposed alternative rail route from LankaSilchar via Chandranathpur, claiming that it will lead to “another mass destruction” of the local environment.

They claimed that the massive damage caused to the Lumding-Silchar broad gauge section by rains and landslides last month has exposed the “unscientific” project executed by the railways previously, and the alternative route will also face similar risks.

The existing section was badly damaged by heavy torrential rains and massive landslides in midMay this year with breaches in more than 60 locations, resulting in disruption of rail communication to Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam. The route is yet to be fully restored.

In a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday, the organisations objected to the government

decision to introduce alternative rail-route from Lanka (Hojai district) to Silchar (Cachar) via Chandranathpur (also in Cachar).

They claimed that an amount of Rs 43.23 crore has been sanctioned for final location survey.

They demanded revocation of the decision with immediate effect as it was taken “arbitrarily and without taking into account the stakeholders and local government of our district”.

The entire district is facing destruction of all kinds due to “complete technical fault committed by the Railway Authority while the existing LumdingSilchar broad gauge conversion project was carried out”, the letter, signed by Dimasa Mothers’ Association, Dibarai Mahila Samiti, Zeme Mothers’ Association, Dimasa Mahila Samiti and Gorkha Naan Sangharsh Sangh, asserted.

They alleged that the railways had failed to apply scientific knowledge in the existing LumdingSilchar section, which had

destroyed and fragmented the eco-system of the hill district.

They claimed that the Commissioner of Railway Safety, had suggested to the Railways to engage experts in the field of Geo-technology to take preventive measures in 2015 itself.

But instead of rectifying the defects, the route was opened for passenger train movement the same year.

A PIL was recently filed in the Gauhati High Court regarding the ‘failure’ to implement suggestions given by the Commissioner and the authorities have been given four weeks time by the court to file their response.

They claimed that the authorities had ignored an official report of 2009 that had pointed to difficulties and future risks while undertaking the gauge conversion work of the existing section.

If the proposed alternative route is constructed, it will once again affect the natural surroundings of the flora and fauna of the district, which had already

A G A R T A L A , J U LY 9 (IANS): The Tripura government on Saturday abruptly transferred the incumbent Chief Secretary t to the State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (SIPARD) as its Director General (DG), officials said.

A top Tripura government official said that the sudden transfer was caused as the relation between the government and the Chief Secretary was souring on several issues after Manik Saha became Chief Minister on May 15.

Alok, a Tripura cadre 1990 batch IAS officer was appointed Chief Secretary by the then Chief Minister Biplab Deb in June last year. Before joining, Alok was posted as Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat of the central government. The rank of the DG in SIPARD, a composite training institute for public administration and rural development in Tripura, is an insignificant post than that of Chief Secretary.

Former Tripura Chief Minister (Deb) also abruptly

Kumar Alok

transferred the then Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar as Special Chief Resident Commissioner of Tripura in New Delhi and appointed Alok as the Chief Secretary.

According to an official notification, issued on Saturday, senior IAS officer J.K. Sinha, currently Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Manik Saha and Health and Family Welfare Department, would hold the charge of Chief Secretary in addition. In the last four and a half years, the Tripura government has changed several Chief Secretaries including three of them - Lalit Kumar Gupta, Manoj Kumar and Kumar Alok - transferred abruptly to the insignificant posts.

Cong MP accuses BJP of ‘close links’ Need to promote indigenous NGT directs illegal coke plants in with people caught in terror activities sports: Biswajit Daimary M’laya to pay a fine of over Rs 4.75 cr G U WA H AT I , J U L 9 (PTI): Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan on Saturday accused the ruling BJP of maintaining ‘close links’ with individuals caught in terror activities, including in Assam.

She maintained that while the BJP loses no opportunity to preach nationalism to Indians, the association with such individuals has led the Congress to question the saffron party.

“The Congress does not believe in playing politics over serious national issues like terrorism,” Ranjan said, addressing a press conference here.

“However multiple revelations of close links between the BJP and individuals caught in terror activities force us to ask some straight questions of a ruling party that loses no opportunity to preach to Indians about nationalism,” the Rajya Sabha member added.

She pointed that militant-turned-politician Niranjan Hojai is currently a BJP leader in the state, even though he was convicted by a NIA court in 2017 in a case relating to diverting government money to fund terror activities.

Ranjan said there were numerous such individuals

Ranjeet Ranjan linked with the saffron party, including the most-recent instance of a BJP worker Mohammad Riyaz Attari turning out to be one of the accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder in Udaipur.

“He had joined the BJP in the presence of a senior local leader. Media reports state that Attari was employed by the sonin-law of the BJP’s Leader of the Opposition in the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha, Gulab Chand Kataria,” she claimed.

A Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Talib Hussain Shah, who had been captured by locals, was revealed to be a BJP office-bearer in Jammu and Kashmir, she pointed out.

When arrested, he had been planning attacks on the Amarnath Yatra, the Congress leader claimed.

“In 2017, the Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested the BJP IT

Cell member Dhruv Saxena along with 10 accomplices for spying for the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate. The spy ring had set up an illegal telephone exchange to facilitate espionage,” Ranjan said.

Two years later Balram Singh, a Bajrang Dal leader from Madhya Pradesh, was arrested in a terror funding case, she added.

The Congress leader also accused the BJP of knowingly giving a ticket to Masood Azhar’s acolyte Mohammad Farooq Khan to contest the Srinagar municipal election.

She also pointed out that dreaded terrorist Masood Azhar who was released by the BJP-led government in 1999 during the Kandahar hijacking. Azhar went on to found the Jaishe-Muhammad terror group that was responsible for the 2001 Parliament attack and the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

“The Jaish also masterminded for the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 44 CRPF personnel died after 200 kg of high explosive including RDX somehow made its way past multiple security checkpoints. Why an inquiry into Pulwama has not been held remains a mystery,” the Congress leader querried.

Biswajit Daimary GUWAHATI, JUL 9 (PTI): Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary on Saturday called for promotion of indigenous sports so that these may receive recognition in the international arena. He also underscored the role of media in popularising indigenous sports as well as in promoting sportspersons so that they can avail proper training facilities and other benefits from the authorities, clubs or other organisations.

Speaking at the inauguration of year-long celebration of centenary year of sports journalism in the state, Daimary said, “The indigenous sports are rooted and linked with the people of a particular area. There is a greater need to promote and popularise these.”

He maintained that with proper thrust, many such disciplines have the potential of not only getting international recognition but also being included in Olympic games.

Daimary cited the example of the traditional sport of the Bodo tribe, Khomlainai (wrestling), which has drawn interest from several countries.

“There are about 10-12 countries already competing in this sport and international tournaments are being held. Kokrajhar had also hosted an international championship a few years back,” he said. The Bodo leader added that it was only sporting event where Bodo language is used on ground during matches at the international level.

“There are so many indigenous sports that can draw international participation. We just need more publicity for these and sports journalists play a crucial role in it,” the Speaker said.

Daimary also highlighted the role of sports journalists in bringing to fore talented players and ensuring that deserving players can benefit from facilities meant for them.

He said, “Very often, our players are left with limited or no means to continue their training and pursuing their sport due to lack of facilities. There are now government schemes also for deserving and upcoming sportspersons and the media can play a vital role in creating awareness of these.”

SHILLONG, JUL 9 (PTI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Eastern Zone Bench has directed 31 illegal coke plants in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district to pay a fine of over Rs 4.75 as environment compensation and told the state government to frame an action plan against such plants established prior to 2021 within four months.

The 31 coke oven plants in East Jaintia Hills district were working without obtaining the required consent from the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB).

The NGT Easter n Zone Bench in Kolkata on Friday directed the 31 illegal coke plants to pay a fine of over Rs 4.75 crore as environmental compensation for their failure to abide by the procedures established by law.

“We, therefore, direct the State of Meghalaya to take appropriate action to frame an action plan regarding the offending coke oven units established prior to 23.12.2020 to make them compliant with the norms laid down in the notification dated 23.12.2020.

Such action plan and its implementation shall be carried out within a period of four months,” the

bench headed by B Amit Sthalekar, Judicial Member and Saibal Dasgupta, expert member, said in its judgement.

“So far as recovery of environmental compensation is concerned, no further order is required by the tribunal except to direct the State Pollution Control Board to recover environmental compensation according to procedure established by law,” it said.

The MSPCB is also directed to undertake continuous monitoring of coke plants to check whether environmental norms are violated and if so, take action in accordance with the law. The MSPCB had filed an affidavit on May 10, 2022 informed the NGT that it had carried out surprise night/day inspections on 31 coke units against which complaints were filed in the East Jaintia

Hills District Court.

The MSPCB also informed the NGT Bench that it is in the process of finalisation and imposition of environmental compensation on erring and non-compliant coke plants which were found to have initiated establishment works/operation without obtaining the required consent from the board and also on those plants who have violated the closure notices.

The affidavit also stated that the state government has no action plan to shift the existing 12 coke oven plants which have been established in accordance with law as existing at the relevant point of time (December 23, 2020).

It further stated that except two coke units, no other unit is situated within the distance of 500 metres from a village.

Amarnath flash flood: Death toll rises to 16

SRINAGAR, JUL 9 (PTI): The death toll in the flash flood triggered by heavy rain near the Amarnath cave shrine rose to 16 on Saturday as the search operations continued without a break amid fears that many are still trapped under the debris.

Officials said 15,000 stranded pilgrims were shifted to the lower base camp of Panjtarni and 25 injured people were rushed to hospitals after the flash flood and landslides rummaged through tents and community kitchens on Friday afternoon. According to an Army official, mountain rescue teams and lookout patrols with high-tech equipment and sniffer dogs have been deployed for the search and rescue operation.

“Air rescue operations started Saturday morning and six pilgrims were evacuated by Army helicopters.

The military medical teams are receiving patients and casualties at the Nilagrar helipad for onward evacuation,” an official said.

An Mi-17 chopper of the BSF’s air wing has been

Army soldiers shift an injured pilgrim evacuated by a helicopter from cloudburst areas near the Amarnath cave shrine, at Baltal in Ganderbal district, Saturday. (PTI)

pressed into service. The Jammu and Kashmir administration has also deployed advanced light helicopters for rescue operations.

A Border Security Force (BSF) spokesperson in Delhi said, “Sixteen bodies have been shifted to Baltal.”

The ITBP has expanded its route opening and protection parties from the

lower part of the holy cave up to Panjtarni, a spokesperson of the force said.

Additional Director General of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Vijay Kumar, who holds charge of the Kashmir range, reached the holy cave shrine on Saturday morning to supervise the rescue operations being conducted by security forces

Maharashtra cabinet expansion likely next week: Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (PTI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said he would expand his council of ministers after discussions with his deputy Devendra Fadnavis next week and exuded confidence that he would complete his tenure in office.

Addressing a press conference during a whirlwind tour of the national capital, Shinde also dismissed his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray’s call for mid-term polls in Maharashtra and asserted that his government is strong and stable with the support of 164 MLAs, while the opposition has only 99.

After their arrival here on Friday evening, Shinde and Fadnavis met President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J P Nadda.

On Friday night, the duo had a long meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during which the broad contours of the power-sharing arrangement in the new Maharashtra government were learnt to have been finalised.

Shinde and Fadnavis left for Pune on Saturday evening en route Pandharpur, where the chief minister will worship Lord Vitthal on the occasion of Ashadi Ekadashi.

Shinde and Fadnavis

and the National Disaster Response Force.

He said the rescuers were clearing the debris to look for survivors as the administration was crosschecking the data of pilgrims to get the exact number of casualties. Every pilgrim has been provided with a Radio Frequency Identification card this time

because of terror threats.

Among those who escaped the tragedy was Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh. The legislator and his family members, who reached Amarnath by a helicopter, decided to ride ponies on their way back as the weather began deteriorating.

“We sensed that the weather suddenly changed for the worse. In that circumstance, the helicopter service would also be cancelled. So we decided to descend the hills riding ponies. I could see the rains on the hills and then several tents got swept away in the floods,” Raja Singh told reporters on Friday night.

The annual pilgrimage, which began on June 30, has been suspended following the tragedy and a decision on its resumption will be taken after rescue operations get over, a senior administration official said.

“Most of the pilgrims, who were stranded near the holy cave shrine area due to the flash flood, have been shifted to Panjtarni.

The evacuation continued

Rahul slams PM over rising prices of LPG-petrol, unemployment

NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (PTI): Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said people are now telling the prime minister that the obstacles “created by him” such as the LPG price hikes, fuel prices breaking all records, the “Gabbar Tax loot” and the “tsunami of unemployment” have exhausted them and he must stop now.

Gandhi’s dig came over Modi’s recent remarks at Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and state Deputy CM a large public meeting in Devendra Fadnavis in New Delhi, Saturday. (PTI) Andhra Pradesh’s Bhimaassumed office on June 30, Shinde rejected allega- varam after he unveiled a 30after Thackeray resigned as tions that he had betrayed the chief minister facing a the Shiv Sena by unseatmassive rebellion in the Shiv ing Thackeray as the chief Sena that brought down the minister.

Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi “We are following the MUMBAI, JUL 9 (PTI): government. ideals of Balasaheb Thac- The Congress on Saturday Asked whether he was keray. He taught us to rise up said it does not believe in disappointed at the “demo- against injustice. This is not playing politics over serious tion” to the post of deputy a defection. This is a revolu- national issues like terrorchief minister, Fadnavis said tion. All MLAs have joined ism, but revelations of close he had merely followed the me voluntarily,” he said, links between the BJP and directives of his party. adding that leaders such as the individuals caught in ter“My party made me Sanjay Raut have nothing ror activities forces it to ask big by appointing me as else to do apart from level- questions to the ruling party, the chief minister. It is not ling allegations. which “loses no opportunity a question of being large Shinde asserted that he to preach to Indians about hearted. I have followed is the leader of the “real” nationalism”. the directives of my party,” Shiv Sena and added that Addressing a press Fadnavis, who served as the the Maharashtra Assembly conference here, Congress Maharashtra chief minister speaker too had recognised spokesperson Ajoy Kumar from 2014 to 2019, said. his group as such. gave examples to support “I am with Shinde. I He said he tried to the claim that the persons have been the chief minister reach out to Thackeray on at caught in several terrorand I know the chief min- least three or four occasions related and other crimes, ister is the leader. We will with a request to join hands including the Udaipur and work under Shinde’s leader- with the BJP, the “natural Amravati killings, were ship. Our primary goal is to ally” of the Shiv Sena, but linked to the saffron party. make this government suc- was unsuccessful in convincHe alleged that Mocessful,” he added. ing him. hammad Riyaz Attari, one

foot bronze statue of legendary freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju on his 125th birth anniversary. Recalling Alluri’s war cry to the British, “Dum hai to mujhe rok lo” (stop me if you have the guts), the prime minister had said the people of the country are now using a similar slogan, “Dum hai to humein rok lo”, as they are bravely confronting many challenges and difficulties.

“The prime minister said -133 crore Indians are telling every obstacle, ‘if you have guts, then stop us’,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

till 3.38 am. No pilgrim is left on the track. About 15,000 people have been safely shifted till now,” the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) spokesperson said.

The BSF spokesperson said medical staff of the paramilitary force treated nine patients who were critically injured in the floods.

“They have been shifted to the lower-altitude Neelgrath base camp.”

A team of BSF personnel has been deployed at the Neelgrath helipad to assist the pilgrims coming from the cave shrine. About 150 pilgrims stayed at the BSF camp set up in Panjtarni on Friday night and 15 patients have been airlifted to Baltal on Saturday morning, he said. The injured were being treated at the Nilkant camp in Sonamarg. An integrated command centre has been set up under the charge of the divisional commissioner of Kashmir while helpline numbers have been established in Anantnag in South Kashmir, Srinagar and in Delhi for families of pilgrims to know about the wellbeing of their kin.

Peace, democracy in JK my priority: Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha with Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, in Srinagar. (PTI Photo)

SRINAGAR, JUL 9 (PTI): Combined opposition candidate for presidential poll Yashwant Sinha on Saturday said if elected, one of his priorities will be to urge the government to resolve the Kashmir issue permanently and restore peace, justice, democracy and normalcy to the union territory.

The former BJP leader is here on a day-long visit to drum up support for his presidential bid. While there is no legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir as of now, it has five Lok Sabha members -- three from the National Conference and two from the BJP. There are no Rajya Sabha members

from the union territory as on date.

“If elected, I shall perform my duty as the custodian of the Constitution without fear or favour. One of my priorities would be to urge the government to take all necessary steps to resolve Kashmir issue permanently, and restore peace, justice, democracy, normalcy and holistic development to Jammu and Kashmir,” Sinha told reporters here. He said it was deeply regrettable that the Supreme Court is yet to begin hearing the matter related to abrogation of articles 370 and 35A nearly three years after the central government revoked them.

Chinese visa case: CBI conducts searches at Karti’s Chennai residence NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (PTI): The CBI on Saturday conducted searches at the residence of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in Chennai in connection with the Chinese visa case, officials said. They said during searches on May 17 after filing of the FIR, a portion of Karti Chidambaram’s home was sealed because keys of that portion were not available. The keys were understood to be with his wife who was abroad at the time of searches, they said.

The searches in that

Karti Chidambaram

portion were resumed on Saturday after agency received the keys, they said.

The agency officials said searches on Saturday will be considered as part of the searches that took place on May 17. Karti has termed the allegations against him

a result of political vendetta and case as most bogus among the three FIRs he was booked in.

The CBI had registered an FIR on May 14 against him and others on allegations of bribe of Rs 50 lakh being paid him and his close associate S Bhaskararaman by a top executive of Vedanta group company Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd. (TSPL), which was setting a power plant in Punjab for re-issuance of project visa for 263 Chinese workers employed there.

Several terror accused linked to BJP: Congress

Rajnath to launch P17A stealth frigate on July 15

Minister Rajnath Singh will launch the ship on July 15 at the GRSE Main Complex here on the bank of Hooghly river,” the GRSE official told journalists. The warship is in the final stages of construction and is undergoing paint shop work.

The first P17A frigate built by GRSE was launched in December 2020 by Madhulika Rawat, the wife of then Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. P17A ships are guided-missile frigates, each of which is 149 metres long with a displacement of approximately 6,670 tonnes and a speed of 28 knots, the official said.

Ajoy Kumar

of the accused in the Kanhaiya Lal’s murder in Udaipur, was a BJP worker.

“He had joined the BJP in the presence of a senior local leader. He was seen attending numerous party programmes in the presence of senior BJP leaders,” Kumar claimed. Recently it was revealed that Lashkar-eTaiba terrorist Talib Hussain Shah, who had been cap-

tured in Jammu and Kashmir by the local residents, was a BJP office-bearer there. Before the arrest, he had been planning attacks on the Amarnath Yatra, he said. He also alleged that Irfan Khan, accused of masterminding the murder of Amravati chemist Umesh Kolhe, has close links with independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana.

Khan is known to have campaigned and sought votes for the Ranas, he

added. However, the Rana couple has earlier denied the allegation of being linked to the chemist murder case accused. Former BJP leader from Kashmir, Tariq Ahmad Mir, was arrested in 2020 for procuring weapons for Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed Babu.

Naveed Babu had previously been arrested with DSP Davinder Singh and accused of supplying weapons to terrorists. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has confirmed that Mir is

an associate of Davinder Singh. The truth would have come out had the Davinder Singh inquiry been carried through to its conclusion, but it was halted midway, Kumar claimed.

In 2017, the Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had arrested BJP’s IT Cell member Dhruv Saxena along with 10 accomplices for spying for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate, Pakistan’s intelligence agency.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE Email: industrynaga@gmail.com, www.industry.nagaland.gov.in E-fax: 08468825666

No.IND/FPI/PMFME-FME/328/2020.

Dated, Kohima the 07th July, 2022

PM FORMALIZATION OF MICRO FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES SCHEME (PM FME Scheme) The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India in partnership with the State / UT Governments has launched an all India centrally Sponsored PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (PM FME Scheme) for upgradation of existing and setting up of new micro food processing enterprises. The scheme also supports Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Producer cooperatives along their entire value chain.

For implementation of the PM FME scheme in the State, the application for District Resources Persons is invited for each district to provide handholding support to the beneficiaries based on the qualifications mentioned in the Guidelines issued by Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India.

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P17A stealth frigate.

KOLKATA, JUL 9 (PTI): Strengthening the maritime capabilities of the Indian Navy, the second P17A stealth frigate built by warship maker Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) will be launched by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on July 15, a senior official said here on Saturday.

The state-of-the-art ship will be fitted with the latest gadgets and undergo extensive trials by GRSE, which was contracted to build three stealth frigates under Project 17A, before being handed over to the Indian Navy for commissioning into service. “Defence

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Remuneration of DRPs (Commission Based) • Payment of Rs. 20,000/- to Resource Persons for each beneficiary supported by them.

• 50% of the payment would be made after sanction of bank loan and remaining 50% on completion & commissioning of the unit.

Eligibility Criteria for District Resource Persons (DRPs): Graduate in any discipline from a recognized Institute/University.

The application has to be submitted to the General Manager of the respective District Industries Centre (DIC) on or before 30th July, 2022.

The selected DRPs shall be engaged initially for a period of 6 (Six) months and subjected to further re-engagement by the State Nodal Agency (SNA) basing on their performance and the service shall be co-terminus with the scheme.

For detailed eligibility criteria, application forms, required documents and other necessary related information, candidates may kindly visit the official website www.pmfme.nagaland.gov.in. Interested candidates may also visit the dIc office in their respective districts for further information.

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Nagaland Post VOL. XXXII NO. 214 DIMAPUR, SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2022

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A fading tapestry

oliticians in India love to quote the Lakshman Rekha at separate moments with dramatically different perceptions and to suit what is convenient at a given point of time. ‘Lakshman- Rekha’ (LR) an imaginary dividing line of what is do-able and what is not do-able. It is a reference about a line drawn by Lakshmana around the dwelling he shares with his brother Rama and Rama’s wife Sita at Panchavati. Politicians, especially those in power, quote the Lakshman Rekha at separate moments with dramatically different perceptions and to suit what is convenient at a given point of time. The recent fiasco involving the Punjab Police, Haryana Police and the Delhi Police has drawn attention to the need to respect the `Lakshman Rekha`, in order to ensure respect for the fundamental tenets of federal governance. In this case, the complaint is lodged against Bagga - a BJP leader from Delhi, for the comments he made against Arvind Kejriwal, the AAP chief and the Chief Minister of Delhi. The other is over IT cases filed against opposition politicians especially those who have criticised the government at the Centre. However, the imaginary LR boundary fades when the same ‘corrupt’ politicians join the ruling party. The worst transgression of crossing the boundary is when politicians use religion to spread division and exploit this for electoral gains.

Politics and religion make a deadly concoction and a poison to the spirit of federal pluralism and secularism. Politicians in India today are perhaps among the most religious lot in the world. Much of the speeches made by politicians largely include mention of religion especially of the majoritarian kind. Really, a sad demise of secular credentials and fundamental values. From Gujarat to Delhi, and from Karnataka to Assam,communalism is rife. The modus operandi is to systematically target minority groups where religion is evidently being used as a tool to polarise India and this is quite unfortunate in a nation of billion-plus people. If the Congress and so-called secular political parties slammed the BJP and RSS of being anti-constitutional and procommunal; the grand old party claims to be ‘secular’ but unashamed of playing vote bank politics to add to polarisation of the nation. Again, when Congress has been attacking Modi and his party of using Hindu religion to win votes from the majority community, Congress leader and prime-minister-in-waiting Rahul Gandhi has been visiting mandirs, offering prayers and proudly(naively)proclaiming to the world that he is a Shiv Bakht or follower of Lord Shiva. This shows a disturbing trend in India where politicians are deliberately focusing on their religious identity.

On the other hand, religious leaders are coming out with their political choices to further their mutual interests. In this course, the dividing line between religion and politics is becoming more and more invisible thereby leading to a situation where religion embraces political discourse instead of spiritual essence and politics contain religious rhetoric instead of debate on problems of people. The radicalism in the name of faith and the sense of otherness will keep on digging deep, and explode in a catastrophe.

It time for saner elements to take a call and learn from the polarising effect of fundamentalism. The enlightened and conscientious need to also take the call to pull India out of the mess it is in.

DailyDevotion Will You Examine Yourself?

Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord…”

—Joshua 24:19 Do you have even the slightest reliance on anything or anyone other than God? Is there a remnant of reliance left on any natural quality within you, or on any particular set of circumstances? Are you relying on yourself in any manner whatsoever regarding this new proposal or plan which God has placed before you? Will you examine yourself by asking these probing questions? It really is true to say, “I cannot live a holy life,” but you can decide to let Jesus Christ make you holy. “You cannot serve the Lord…”— but you can place yourself in the proper position where God’s almighty power will flow through you. Is your relationship with God sufficient for you to expect Him to exhibit His wonderful life in you?

“The people said to Joshua, ‘No, but we will serve the Lord!’ ” (Joshua 24:21). This is not an impulsive action, but a deliberate commitment. We tend to say, “But God could never have called me to this. I’m too unworthy. It can’t mean me.” It does mean you, and the more weak and feeble you are, the better. The person who is still relying and trusting in anything within himself is the last person to even come close to saying, “I will serve the Lord.”

We say, “Oh, if only I really could believe!” The question is, “Will I believe?” No wonder Jesus Christ placed such emphasis on the sin of unbelief. “He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief” (Matthew 13:58). If we really believed that God meant what He said, just imagine what we would be like! Do I really dare to let God be to me all that He says He will be?

Quotes

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” ~ Joe Klaas

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Post-mortem

Boris Johnson: ‘In politics no one is remotely indispensable’

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candal-ridden Boris Johnson resigned as British Prime Minister as he dramatically lost the support of majority of his ministers and party’s lawmakers on the 8th July, 2022.Bowing to the pressure of more number of ministers quitting their ministries; lawm a kers a nd the British public questioning his misgovernance kept mounting pressure shouting “Boris should go”, an isolated and powerless Boris Johnson having no other option except quitting from the job. In his resignation speech he said that “I know that many people are relieved … and I want you to know how said I am to be giving up the best job in the world. But them’s the break.”

Boris Johnson a few months short of completing three years, won the general elections with a huge number of seats that gave him incredible mandate at the 2019 elections since 1979, but had to quit. His party abandoned him and those who voted for him were fed up as he was couched with bundles of lies and in the process broke the promises,

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he made especially during coronavirus he outrightly violated the mandatory provisions which should h ave b e e n s t r i n ge n t ly followed brought an end to his leadership. Initially, the British public and the electorates went all out for Boris Johnson who they thought was a charismatic leader and a visionary who would take Britain to greater heights, but their hopes and dreams were shattered and thus came to a naught.

Prior to leaving his office in his resignation speech, Boris Johnson which resonated his political experience said that “The reason I have fought so hard for the last few days to continue to deliver that mandate in person was not just because I wanted to do so but because I felt it was my job, my duty, my obligation to you to continue to do what we promised in 2019. It is painful not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself but, as we’ve seen at Westminster the herd is powerful, and when the herd moves, it moves,” Adding further, in politics, he said that no one is “remotely

indispensable” which convers many layers and exposes many meanings.

They of course need to be nuanced and de-coded.

In continuation he said that “No one is remotely indispensable and our brilliant and Darwinian system will produce another leader, equally committed to taking this country forward through tough times.” The observation made by Boris Johnson is vital and of valid that the “herd instinct of Westminster” for being forced out, saying he tried to persuade colleagues against changing governments … when the economic scene is difficult in the UK and internationally.” At the same time the internal revolt within his party MPs and cabinet colleagues carried out against Boris Johnson concerns his integrity and honesty that led many of his party’s MPs to resign and abandon. Blatant lies and gross denials had angered his colleagues and the British public.

Nevertheless, a number of lessons can be learnt.

Apparently, parallels can also be drawn to the current Indian political terrain when

we carefully analyze Boris Johnson’s sudden exit from the British political scene.

Interestingly his resignation speech adds more intriguing observation and numerous comparisons to the current Indian political scenario.

We, in India follow the Westminster system which is a democratic parliamentary system of gover nment modelled after the United Kingdom. Over and above, usage of ‘herd instinct’ is a striking analogy that goes closer to what we have observed in Maharashtra how Uddhav Thacker y was deposed by his cabinet ministers and party MLA who ditched him and moved towards Eknath Shinde who led the revolt by aligning with BJP. As a result, he became the chief minister with the help of BJP and thus formed the government. We also have other examples classic examples that happened in the recent past in some other states as well. Resort, defection, poaching and toppling in Indian politics have become a new normal portraying ‘herd instinct’.

Boris Johnson said, “Herd is powerful, when the herd

Rani Gaidinliu: the Naga brave heart

ndian subcontinent was under colonial European(read British) rule for close to two centuries. During this period the colonial forces siphoned enormous wealth out of the then most wealthy region of the world by their colonial cum capitalist mechanism causing miser y to our people.

But their tyrannical rule never went unchallenged.

M u t i n i e s, r e vo l u t i o n s demonstrations,agitations and opposition to the colonial rule were always there all over the British Indian subcontinent. Many sacrifices were made,many lives laid down at the altar of freedom. We know of anti colonial movements led by Bengali,Punjabi,Marathi and most other major Indian population. Rarely do we come across a story of such serious movement from people of minor denominations who are t e r m e d d i f f e r e n t ly i n different places and under different circumstances.

They are named A d iva s h i s, s c h e d u l e d tribes,tribals or minor ethnicities. However,you can not discount their contribution to the anti colonial movements. By nature,they are freedom loving and they always kept on fighting against any foreign aggression to remain secluded and happy with their primitive lifestyle.

But there are instances of organised opposition to the British rule apart from the innumerable sporadic fights.

Today we are going to discuss the heroism of such an amazing leading lady of Naga origin. She had been given the title of Daughter of the Hills and the Naga Rani Gaidinliu by none other than Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru when he had a chance to meet the imprisoned revolutionary lady in 1937 in the Shillong prison We may come back to that later.

In the process of their colonial pursuit the British East India Company and later the British crown swallowed up the main productive lands of India first. But the regions of smaller population and difficult terrain like the North Easter territories were not ignored. The colonial powers started spreading to these areas.

Ahom and Manipuri Kings were given certain type of independent powers under British sovereignty.

Some other areas like

Naga hills,Kachar hills, Mizo hills,etc were put under direct British r ules under appointed British commissioners.

The British authorities tried to promulgate their rules,taxes and business systems which were not at all acceptable to the Nagas.

Moreover,the authorities were out and out in favour of conversation of these hill people to Christianity.

This ,in turn,put the Nagas against Kukis and Mizos who already have accepted different denominations of Christianity. Even the age old Manipuri Vaishnavism was also under the scanner of the Nagas.

In 1905 Haipou Jadonang was born in a Rongmei Naga family.

His family was influential in that area of Manipur where he was born. The area was under Naga domination. He grew up to be a very spirited self respecting youngman who was very concious about his people and their fate and future. He thought,with the advent of Christianity and Vaishnavism their minor populations faith and existence will be in danger. They will simply go extinct. He thought beauty lies in Unity in diversity.

All minor entities and ethnicities have their right to exist with their distinctive culture,custom,language and literature. He started preaching Heraka, their age old animist faith. He became a spiritual leader of Zeliangrong Nagas,a group of several sects of Naga people close to each other having very little differences. This obviously made the other people of the area antagonistic,since they were already cooperating with the British powers and were getting financially and otherwise benefitted.

Spread of Christianity was also at a stake. Eventually the Heraka movement of Jadonang became a political movement too apart from it’s spiritual aspect. At a very young age Jadonang became a hero to the Nagas of Tamenlang area of Manipur. His cousin,Gaidinliu who was born in 1915 was a spirited girl too. She was an ardent follower of her brother and actively joined Heraka movement at a very young age of 13 years only. Once she joined,she was immediately drafted into a spearheading role of the spiritual cum political Heraka movement which intended to do away with

the British oppressive rule.

The Naga clans of Heraka movement planned and acted to drive the Brits away from parts of Manipur and adjacent Nagaland and Assam where they inhabited. Led by Jadonang the movement gained momentum and Gaidinliu was becoming a driving force of the movement.

They encouraged the Naga population not to pay any tax to the British authorities and drove away British cronies who were locals engaged in business and money lending,bringing cash to British treasury.

Consequently they came at daggers drawn with the authorities and armed struggles followed. The Nagas saw various successes in small skirmishes. Finally in 1931 Jadonang the leader was apprehended and summarily executed under concocted charges of killing some Manipuri traders. Automatically the leadership came to Gaidinliu the confidante of the supreme Heraka leader Jadonang. Being the apparent heir she took up the challenge and kept the movement alive. At the adolescent age of 16 she was the leader and was regarded amongst the Nagas as the incarnation of the goddess Cherachamlandin.She led her people in several battles and was reportedly building a wooden fort. By then the British came down on this movement with full brut force. Gaidinliu was arrested and was given the verdict of life imprisonment. She spent her jail life at different places being transferred from Imphal to Shillong to Tura et al. Meantime,her bravery and anti British colonial spirit became well known. In the 1930s the British were under heavy pressure of political agitations as well as armed struggle for leaving India.

At the same time the WW2 was also knocking at the door. So,they started negotiating with Indian politicians and limited power was shared with the local political parties. In 1937 Pundit Nehru met the brave Naga lady freedom fighter in Shillong jail. He hailed her as the Daughter of the Hills and called her Rani Gaidinliu. Since then she has become the Naga Rani.Nehru promised her to work for her release from the clutches of British jail which happened o n l y d u r i n g I n d i a ’s Independence from the

British rule.

After Independence too she followed her earlier path of Naga nationalism a n d w a s ve h e m e n t l y opposed to conversion of the Naga tribes from their original Animistic faith.

However she was against the politics of M NC that professed secession from India. She rather was a proponent of a special Zeliangrong Administrative Unit for the Nagas within the Indian Union. Thus she became an enemy of both the MNC and the proponents of Christianity amongst the Nagas. For her safety she had to remain underground from 1960.

Those times were volatile as pro secession movement in the area were ver y strong. It took several years and in 1963 Nagaland was recognised and organised as a separate state of India having defined autonomy.

The insurgency gradually reduced By 1966 she came back to normal life in the open and remained as a leading social and political figure in Manipur and Nagaland.

She ha d a lways been regarded highly as a leading Freedom Fighter against the British rule imbibed by patriotism. Unfortunately in her childhood she could not get any formal education due to lack of educational facilities in the area. Nevertheless she was self educated and a worthy leader of her people.

She had been honoured by the Government of India as a freedom fighter with the following honours: Tamra Patra Vivekananda Seva Award Padma Bhusan Birsa Munda Award (Posthumous).

Indian Government has also released commemorative stamp and coin in her honour.

Rani Gaidinliu remains one of the most celebrated freedom fighters out of the minor ethnicities of India. Our salute to this great Freedom Fighter of India from the British oppressive rule.

Mr Pradip Kumar Dutta The writer is a Masters in Engineering. He writes regularly in Bangladeshi, Indian, Srilankan and at times in London newspapers on people, freedom struggle, environmental issues, traveling and fellowship amongst people.

moves, it moves” which means it is so forceful and so nobody can stop. ‘Herd mentality’ is so dynamic and persuasive that once the herd decides who they should follow they just keep moving. Recently in the Maharashtra episode the defectors of the faction belonging to Eknath Shinde were taken to different locations such as Gujarat, Assam and Goa. A close semblance to what happened to Boris Johnson with some difference. What happened to the Boris Johnson was indeed a direct rebellion that has been simmering for some time. The process and the outcome were clear, straight and as expected.

While on the other in India parliamentary works the way. There are many other factors involved in the defection, poaching, money, positions and other bargains.

Therefore, Boris Johnson’s resignation speech is vital and important. More specifically his utterance is the striking point that “In politics no one is remotely indispensable”. It thus becomes a reminder to all

shades of politicians be it totalitarian or autocrat or democrat no one is indispensable meaning everyone is dispensable however powerful. The timings and modus operandi is will be sudden and no one knows when.

In such contexts specificities, predicting definitive periodization such 2024, 2034, 2044 or 2054 for the existence of political parties and continuance of leaders in power shall never be taken for granted because history offers us ample lessons. Recently the episode of Boris Johnson who won in thumping majority must have thought of completing his term as PM of Great Britain and may have planned for one more or many more, but collapsed all of a sudden without completing one full term. Everyone vies in politics to become leaders because it is the best job where once you become the leader everything follows without asking but in the process as Edward Abbey points out “Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best” – watch out.

Dr. John Mohan Razu

Vice President blows whistle on NOA

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he Nagaland Olympic Association (NOA) was formed many years back but the official functioning star ted only after it was affiliated to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) through the efforts of our present chief minister Neiphiu Rio who is also the president of NOA. The first and only Nagaland Olympic games and sports were held at Chümuokedima with almost all the disciplines in 2018 in which all the districts participated. Our association advanced a lot of money to the various associations so that they can prepare their teams to participate during the event.

After the meet, most of the associations accounted their expenditure and submitted their expenditures/statements.

It is disheartening to know that till December 2020 when new office bearers were elected, a few individuals did not submit their expenditure statements in spite of several reminders.

In the meantime, I as the treasurer, had requested several times for an audit to be carried out but there was no response from the association.

On the day when the new office bearers were elected on 11th December 2020, a paper supposed to be the audit, was brought to me for signature which I did sign. I may state that the individuals who took about INR 70/80 lakhs for the said Olympic meet in 2018 did not give their accounts until then while I don’t know if they have submitted to the new treasurer. I work with transparency and so I wanted an audit to be carried out but that was never done. I sent several messages in our Whatsapp group but nobody responded. I am proud to say that I was nominated as a co-opted member when NOA was first formed being headed by Lanu Toy. I started representing Nagaland in 1967 to Subroto Cup Delhi and we brought home the runners-up trophy.

Throughout my college days, I played for my college and local clubs, besides representing Nagaland Civil Ser vices to Shillong and Kashmir. I also played for my university and state while I represented India to Turkey at the Badminton World Federation in September 2013.

I am also a member of various clubs and associations.

Therefore, I know the inns and outs of sports and its managements. Unfortunately what I find in this highest body of sports is that all its activities and decisions are being taken by one or a few individuals.

The other members are kept in the dark. No collective decisions are taken or ever informed but only do so after decisions are taken. NOA appears to be working by a

dictator. Why officials are elected at all if their voice is not to be heard?

N OA l o g o wa s a l s o circulated on Whatsapp on 9th March, 2022 when we didn’t even know who proposed or approved. This was not brought to the notice of the members. Is it not autocratic? Our president is a very busy person man but atleast meetings can be held among the office bearers and minutes could have been put up to the president. The Nagaland Sports Policy was reviewed by the department of Youth and Spor ts in 2018 after the department selected a few sportsmen from various fields and after a lot of discussions and consultations, we submitted the draft for approval. It is learnt that the same is still pending with whichever authority. Should we not have this policy ready in hand so that the sportsmen and women are aware of the rewards and incentives? Simply asking out boys and girls to do well in sports is not enough without any incentives. Why would they want to do well when there is no incentive at all? And yet we all say do well for our state.

On 11th December 2020 when the last NOA annual general meeting was held, we were told that the office of the association would be housed in one of the minister’s bungalow and that rooms will be added for the other associations also.

Suddenly a new NOA building had come up and we find this magnificent building.

How many of the NOA office bearers knew of this? I am not the only one. A friend wanted to file an RTI on this and asked me about the previous owner of the building, the cost of the building etc etc.

It was very embarrassing for me but I requested him not to do so since it’s to be a sports building. But then we had never discussed about buying this building, we don’t even know the cost of the building, etc.etc.

There again, someone had dreamed it up and took action by himself or themselves.

N a g a l a n d Po l i c e S p o r t s Battalion is another issue which was never discussed in any of the forums. I am not against it but rather in the manner this issue had gone around. For reasons mentioned above if the NOA is to function as an individual property, I for one will disassociate myself from it, not that it’s going to make any difference but I like to work and associate myself where there is transparency for all and everyone is taken on board to ensure that a collective decision was taken unlike the present system.

K.Kire IPS(Retd), vice president of NOA & former DGP of Nagaland

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.

March against ‘attacks on Hindus’ in Delhi

NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (PTI): Roads in Lutyens’ Delhi were awash with saffron on Saturday as hundreds, including political leaders and seers, carrying the tricolour and flags of various Hindu outfits participated in a ‘Sankalp March’ against “attacks on the community”.

Chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’, ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ rent the air as the participants wound through main thoroughfares of the city as part of the march, which was organised by various Hindu groups, from the Mandi House area to Jantar Mantar. A public meeting at Jantar Mantar saw former North Delhi mayor Avtar Singh issue a warning that those who target Hindus “will not be spared”.

Citing the recent killing of a tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, Vishva Hindu Parishad international working president Alok Kumar claimed Hindus are being attacked everywhere.

Tailor Kanhaiya Lal was hacked to death by two men with a cleaver at his shop in Udaipur’s Dhan

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VHP issues helpline numbers for protection of those threatened by ‘jihadi elements’

Members of various Hindu organisations shout slogans during a ‘Sankalp March’ in New Delhi. (PTI)

Mandi area on June 28 to avenge an “insult to Islam” after he shared a post on social media supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who made controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad. Five people have been arrested in connection with the killing.

Addressing the gathering, Singh said, “Multiple Hindu groups have taken to the streets today for this ‘Sankalp March’. We are here to raise our voices against the attacks on Hindus. They cannot be targeted or attacked... Those who target us will not be spared.”

Backing Sharma, who

was recently rebuked by the Supreme Court over her remarks on the Prophet that triggered protests, Kumar said she should be considered “innocent” unless the top court rules otherwise.

“Our country will only run as per the Constitution. I’ve heard statements of Nupur Sharma and she only gave two examples of Prophet Mohammad’s life.

Until the Supreme Court says that Nupur Sharma is guilty, everyone should consider her innocent. Two judges of the Supreme Court made an observation and it cannot be considered as a judgement,” Kumar said.

LUCKNOW, JUL 9 ( AGENCIES): The brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur and a pharmacist in Amravati for backing suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma led the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday to announce helpline number belonging to Bajrang Dal workers for 20 regions across the country, including five from UP, to protect the Hindu community from, what it called, “jihadi elements,” reports The New Indian Express.

There has been a country wide outrage over the controversial statement of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over Prophet Mohammad.

The five regions of UP for which a helpline numbers were issued included Meerut (8218329105), Kanpur (9936855898), Kashi (9198942004), Goraksh (9511178248) and Awadh (9473795999). Among other states for which the helpline numbers were issued are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Delhi, Karnataka, Bihar, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.

As per the highly-placed VHP sources, the Bajrang Dal workers would extend help to the Hindu community in case of any trouble without flouting democratic guidelines and the law of the land. A senior VHP functionary claimed that Bajrang Dal cadre were cautioned against brandishing any weapon in public so as to avoid any conflagration.

The VHP sources claimed that the Bajrang Dal workers would contact the district authorities concerned to stem any possible communal flare-up. The VHP sources said that the strength of Bajrang Dal workers would vary from region to region.

The VHP had switched over to an aggressive stance after Kanhaiya Lal’s murder in Udaipur exhorting its youth wing, Bajrang Dal cadre to hold countrywide protests against the incident.

Warrant issued against Zubair in Lakhimpur Kheri

Mohammad Zubair

LAKHIMPUR KHERI (UP), JUL 9 (PTI): A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri has summoned Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair on July 11 in a case registered in November last year on the charge of promoting enmity, a senior official said Saturday.

Shortly after Zubair got an interim bail from Supreme Court on Friday in a case registered in Sitapur for hurting religious sentiments, Lakhimpur Kheri Police served him a warrant to appear in court.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted five-day interim bail to Zubair in connection with an FIR lodged against him in Sitapur district but he will

remain in custody as per the order of a Delhi court in another case.

“The court of additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) Mohammadi in Kheri district issued the warrant against Mohd Zubair, which was served

by Kheri police on Friday,” Additional superintendent of police (ASP) Arun Kumar Singh told PTI on Saturday.

Mohammadi Police station in charge Ambar Singh told PTI that “a case against Mohd Zubair had been lodged by Ashish Katiyar, reporter for a private news channel on Nov 25, 2021 by an order by a Kheri court.”

“In his complaint, Katiyar had alleged Zubair of misleading people through his tweet about his channel,” he said.

Inspector Ambar Singh said “On Friday, Kheri police reached Sitapur and handed over a warrant issued by Mohammadi ACJM’s court to Sitapur district prison officials where Zubair was lodged.”

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s wife passes away

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GURUGRAM, JULY 9 (IANS): Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav’s wife Sadhana Gupta Yadav has died here on Saturday, according to reports. As per reports, she was suffering from lung disease and was admitted to Medanta Medicity hospital here four days ago after she complained of difficulty in breathing. After her condition deteriorated, she was shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

Earlier, she was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow, but when her condition started deteriorating, she was brought to Gurugram by air ambulance.

Sources said Mulayam Singh Yadav had come to see her in the hospital a few days back.

Punjab Police conduct statewide search People being divided for After FEMA penalty, ED files moneyoperation against drugs, gangsters political opportunism: Amartya laundering case against Amnesty India

Minister Bhagwant Mannled government adopting zero-tolerance policy against drugs and gangsters, such operations would continue.

“Since, we have tightened the noose around drug smugglers and gangsters, I would warn such anti-social elements to voluntarily leave the state otherwise the Punjab Police will deal them with a heavy hand,” the DGP said. Interacting with the media on the sidelines of the operation, the DGP said the topmost priority

KOLKATA, JUL 9 (PTI): Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday said people of the country were being divided for “political opportunism”. Sen also lamented that the colonial practice of imprisoning people due to political reasons is still being continued, decades after India gained independence.

“There is an effort to divide Indians...create a rift in the co-existence of Hindus and Muslims on account of political opportunism,” he said during a virtual address at the centenary celebration of ‘Anandabazar Patrika’.

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Spencer and Liam Fox. But a No 10 source told the BBC there was "real disappointment" with Mr Sunak in Downing Street.

They accused him of having a "short memory", adding: "It was the prime minister who trusted him and gave him a top job when he was a junior minister.

"The prime minister backed him to the hilt. It's a shame it wasn't reciprocated." Mr Sunak responded to a number of supportive posts on social media from Tory MPs, tweeting: "Thank you. I've been truly overwhelmed by the support and so grateful for the thousands of people who have signed up to join the campaign. " To ge t h e r we w i l l restore trust, rebuild the economy and reunite the country." Mr Johnson has said he intends to stay on in Downing Street until a successor is chosen.

residential area of Shibuya.

Many mourners, including top party officials, waited for his remains and lowered their heads as the vehicle passed.

Nara prefectural police chief Tomoaki Onizuka said Abe’s assassination was his “greatest regret” in a 27-year career. “I cannot deny there were problems

with our security,” Onizuka said. “Whether it was a setup, emergency response, or ability of individuals, we still have to find out. Overall, there was a problem and we will review it from every perspective.”

Abe’s assassination ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary election shocked the nation and raised questions over whether security for the former prime minister was adequate.

Some observers who watched videos of the attack noted a lack of attention in the open space behind Abe as he spoke. A former Kyoto prefectural police investigator, Fumikazu Higuchi, said the footage suggested security was sparse at the event and insufficient for a former prime minister.

“It is necessary to investigate why security allowed Yamagami to freely

move and go behind Mr. Abe,” Higuchi told a Nippon TV talk show.

Experts also said Abe was more vulnerable standing on the ground level, instead of atop a campaign vehicle, which is usually the case but was reportedly unavailable due to his hastily arranged visit to Nara.

“Looks like police were mainly focusing on frontward, while paying little attention to what’s behind Mr. Abe, and nobody stopped the suspect approaching him,” said Mitsuru Fukuda, a crisis management professor at Nihon University. “Clearly there were problems.”

Fukuda said that election campaigns provide a chance for voters and politicians to interact because “political terrorism” was extremely rare in postwar Japan.

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With immense pride and joy, the Nachama Students’ Union extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Khrielieü Zumvü, D/o Mr. Thepfüreilie Zumvü, who is the incumbent President of the Union for clearing the recently declared Nagaland Public Service Commission CESE Exam to the post of Assistant Professor in History under the Department of Higher Education, Nagaland.

Indeed a great example has been set for us by our beloved President. May your work ethics, determination and integrity lead you to greater achievements in your future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/Vice President, NSU Gen. Secretary, NSU (Ruokuosielie Zumvü) (Keneikhrie-ü Rupreo )

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With immense pride and honour, the Office of the All Nchangram Students' Union extends our heartiest congratulations to Smti. Keyilingbeu Zeliang, D/o Shri Hupon Zeliang, W/o Shri Dithuibo Newmai for bringing laurels to our community by securing the post of Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department in NPSC-CESE Exam, 2022.

The Union jubilantly celebrates her outstanding success and wishes her the best in her future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/(Kibouwi Zeliang) (Dithu Newmai) President Gen. Secy.

FELICITATION We, the Tamlu Employees Union through this column would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Shri Lowe Konyak, S/o Late N.T. Atick on being promoted to Assistant Superintendent under Directorate of School Education Kohima.

We pray that Almighty God continues to grant him strength and wisdom in his future endeavours.

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With immense pride and joy, the Usutomi Union & Cultural Club Kohima would like to congratulate and acknowledge the remarkable achievement of Miss NIVI ACHUMI, D/o Mr. Sukhavi Achumi & Mrs. Nisheli Achumi for clearing the NPSC (Common Educational Services Examination) securing the post of Asst. Professor in Political Science.

May you continue to excel in all your future endeavours.

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KHENSA STUDENTS’ UNION AND KHENSA SENSOTSÜR MUNGDANG FELICITATION

FELICITATION With immense pride, the Chozubami Students' Union and Village Education Committee extend our warmest congratulations to miss Sanütalü Shijoh, D/o Lt. Müdolhü Shijoh and Miss Lydia Keyho, D/o Mr. Veküye Keyho on being appointed as Assistant Professors in Tenyidie and Zoology Department respectively, under Higher Education, Government of Nagaland.

It is our prayers that God Almighty continue to bless and guide you in your future challenges.

Sd/Veta Keyho Chairman, VEC, Chozuba Village

U k r a i n e ’s D e p u ty Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has urged residents to leave Russian-occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south.

The warning appeared to herald further Ukrainian counter-attacks.

The Russians are occupying the city of Kherson, but Ukrainian forces have taken back some parts of

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in the north, Mykolaiv in the south and Kryvyi Rih, a southern city north-east of Mykolaiv.

Ukrainian forces are fiercely defending Mykolaiv, a strategic river port on a key route to Odesa, which is Ukraine’s main export hub. The Russian navy is still preventing Ukraine from shipping grain out of Odesa.

the region.

Police in the region accuse Russia of deliberately destroying crops. In a Facebook post they show photos of burning fields and say: “Large-scale fires occur every day, hundreds of hectares of wheat, barley and other grain crops have already burned.” They also accuse Russian troops of destroying granaries and agricultural equipment, and of preventing locals from extinguishing the fires.

In Kryvyi Rih, Russian Grad rockets damaged a school and housing, killing a 41-year-old woman, local governor Valentyn Reznichenko said.

Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had destroyed a hangar storing US M777 howitzers in Chasiv Yar, near Kramatorsk.

The cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk are expected to be Russia’s next major targets in Donetsk.

Sd/Verühlü Ringa President, Chozubami Students' Union

Felicitation

Satakhami Union Dimapur with grateful heart to Almighty God and with pride, conveys our heartiest congratulations to 1. Shri T. Inavi Jimomi - appointed to the post of Nagaland Agriculture Product and Livestock Marketing Board (NAPLMB) Government of Nagaland.

2. Miss Akeki S. Jimo for securing top 5 position in the B.Sc (Honors) Chemistry from North East University (NEHU).

3. Miss Jimokali Zhekheto Jimomi for clearing NPSC Exam for the post of Asst. Professor, Sociology under Higher Education Department, Govt. of Nagaland.

The Union prays that God Almighty guide them and give wisdom to their future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/L. Hevito Zhimomi Mughato K. Swu President Secretary Satakha Union Dimapur Satakha Union Dimapur

The Khensa Students’ Union and Khensa Sensotsür Mungdang extend our profound appreciation and express our heartiest congratulations to the following individuals: 1. Mr. Temjenzungba Kechu, S/o Lt. Watiangshi for achieving the post of Asst. Professor (College of Teachers Education) in Performing Arts under Technical Education.

2. M r s . Te m s u s e n l a J a m i r, W / o M r J e f f e r s o n S h a d a p (D/o Mr. Alemwapang Jamir) for achieving the post of Asst. Professor in Psychology under Higher Education.

The Unions wishes the very best for their future endeavours.

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With immense pride and pleasure, we the Thenyizumi Village Council & Thenyizumi Student's Union extend our hearty congratulations to its members who have successfully cleared the prestigious exam NPSC for the post of Assistant Professor under Government of Nagaland.

1. Miss Surhotalu Swiho, D/o Lt. Vepoyi Swiho, Assistant Professor in History 2. Mr. Rokha Sekhoyi, S/o Lt. Puhusayi Rokha Assistant Professor in Sociology 3. Mr. Khrunuto Kezo, S/o Mezipoyi Kezo, Assistant Professor in Sociology We are delighted with your achievement for bringing laurels to the village. May God's favour be with you and in all your endeavours.

S/d S/d Medothi Rhakho Nuzovo Dawhuo Village Council Chairman President (TSU)

patrons pay to drink and chat with female hostesses.

One karaoke bar has gone out of business.

The elevator stops on only three floors, a costsaving design. Yamagami would have had to get off and walk up a flight of stairs to his flat. One of his neighbours, a 69-year-old woman who lived a floor below him, saw him three days before Abe’s assassination.

“I said hello but he ignored me. He was just looking down at the ground to the side not wearing a mask. He seemed nervous,” the woman, who gave only her surname Nakayama, told Reuters. “It was like I was invisible. He seemed like something was bothering him.” She pays 35,000 yen ($260) a month in rent and reckons her neighbours pay around the same.

A Vietnamese woman living two doors down from Yamagami who gave her name as Mai, said he appeared to keep to himself. “I saw him a couple of times. I bowed to him in the elevator, but he didn’t say anything.”

as getting him on board is likely to be a big boost to their campaign.

Mr Sunak launched his campaign on Friday saying "someone has to grip this moment and make the right decisions".

His resignation from the cabinet on Tuesday helped trigger the mass walkout of ministers that forced Boris Johnson to stand down as Tory leader.

Several senior Tory MPs have endorsed Mr Sunak's campaign, including Oliver Dowden, Mark

Mopungchuket SenSo telongjeM Dimapur – 797112 : Nagaland Condemnation

The Mopungchuket Senso Telongjem Dimapur (MSTD) strongly condemns the incident that took place at Bharat Petroleum near Hotel Theja Fort on 7th July 2022, Wherein Mr. Zulutemsu Jamir Manager of Bharat Petroleum, a bonafide member of MSTD was threatened and attempted to extort at gun point by some wayward and misguided youths.

The Union is deeply perturbed by the shameful and condemnable acts of the youths and is concerned about the way our society and younger generation is heading to. We find such incidents distasteful when business has fallen on hard times and limping back on its feet and barely managing to make things happen. The timely initiative of Dimapur Ao Youth Organization (DAYO) towards one of its members in time of need is praiseworthy and need mention. The quick response taken by the police SOT in nabbing the culprits is laudable.

Let the law do its job and complete its course of action and nip such condemnable and illegal activities in the bud.

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Yamagami jury-rigged the weapon from parts bought online, spending months plotting the attack, even attending other Abe campaign events, including one a day earlier some 200 km (miles) away, media said.

He had considered a bomb attack before opting for a gun, according to public broadcaster NHK. The suspect told police he made guns by wrapping steel pipes together with tape, some of them with three, five or six pipes, with parts he bought online, NHK said.

Police found bullet holes in a sign attached to a campaign van near the site of the shooting and believe they were from Yamagami, police said on Saturday.

Videos showed Abe turning toward the attacker after the first shot before crumpling to the ground after the second.

HOSTESS BARS Yamagami lived on the eighth floor of a building of small flats. The ground floor is full of bars where

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A police officer detains a man, believed to have shot Shinzo Abe on July 8. (The Asahi Shimbun/via Reuters)

SHANGHAI, JUL 9 (REUTERS): Four people at a renowned Shanghai hospital were wounded by a knife-wielding assailant o n S a t u r d a y, i n t h e second reported stabbing incident after a COVID-19 lockdown of the financial hub was lifted early in June.

Officers raced to the more than 100-yearold Ruijin Hospital on Saturday morning after receiving calls about an attack, police said.

Vi d e o s o n s o c i a l media showed chaos as visitors clambered under turnstiles to get out of the hospital while doctors were seen running out with their patients, some in wheelchairs and one on a mobile bed. A long trail of blood was seen on the marble surface of a flight of stairs in one video.

LONDON, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Russian missile and rocket strikes have caused more widespread damage in towns and cities across eastern and southern Ukraine, regional officials say.

Four civilians died in a strike on Siversk, a town in Donetsk region, local governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said, a BBC report stated.

Civilian areas of Druzhkivka, in the same region, were also hit. A supermarket was destroyed and a large crater appeared nearby.

The BBC was unable to verify details of the latest strikes.

Russian ground forces do not appear to have made significant advances in the past 24 hours in their push to take the rest of Donetsk region.

Ukrainian officials also reported Russian missile strikes on parts of Kharkiv,

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developed hatred toward a religious group that his mother was obsessed about and that caused his family financial problems. The reports did not specify the group.

On Saturday, a black hearse carrying Abe’s body and accompanied by his wife, Akie, arrived at his home in Tokyo’s upscale

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NARA, JAPAN, JUL 9 (REUTERS): The man who killed Shinzo Abe believed the former Japanese leader was linked to a religious group he blamed for his mother’s financial ruin and spent months planning the attack with a homemade gun, police told local media on Saturday.

Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, identified as the suspect on suspicion of murder on Friday after a man was seen in videos repeatedly shown on Japanese television calmly approaching Japan’s longestserving prime minister from behind and firing.

Wiry and bespectacled with shaggy hair, the suspect was seen stepping into the road behind Abe, who was standing on a riser at an intersection, before unloading two shots from a 40-cm-long (16-inch) weapon wrapped with black tape. He was tackled by police at the scene. Yamagami was a loner who did not reply when spoken to, neighbours told Reuters. He believed Abe had promoted a religious group that his mother went bankrupt donating to, Kyodo news agency said, citing investigative sources.

“My mother got wrapped up in a religious group and I resented it,” Kyodo and other domestic media quoted him as telling police. Nara police declined to comment on the details reported by Japanese media of Yamagami’s motive or preparation. Media have not named the religious group he was reportedly

Members of the Nara Police prepares to clean the area where Shinzo Abe was shot. (AP/PTI)

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TOKYO, JUL 9 (AP): A top police official on Saturday acknowledged possible security lapses that allowed an assassin to fire his gun into former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while he was addressing a campaign rally, raising questions how could the attacker get so close behind him.

Abe was shot in the western city of Nara on Friday and airlifted to a hospital but died of blood loss.

Police arrested the attacker, a former member of Japan’s navy, at the scene. Police confiscated his homemade gun and several others were later found at his apartment.

The attacker, Tetsuya Yamagami, told investigators he acted because he believed rumors that Abe was connected to an organization that he resents, police said. Japanese media reported that the man had

LONDON, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, one of the bookies' favourites to succeed Boris Johnson, has said he will not run for the Conservative Party leadership.

In a statement on Twitter, he said his focus is on his current job and "keeping this great country safe". According to BBC report, wishing luck to the contenders, Mr Wallace said he hoped "we swiftly return to focusing on the issues".

The most high profile candidate to replace Mr Johnson so far is former Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

It had looked like Mr Wallace was in a particularly strong position as he had been topping surveys run by the website Conservative Home and was the bookmakers' favourite.

There will now be a lot of interest in which of the candidates he endorses,

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is online and ready to search for new particles. “Dark matter remains one of the biggest mysteries of particle physics today,” Hugh Lippincott, a spokesperson for the LZ team of 250 scientists, said in the livestreamed announcement. After eight years of preparation, the LZ detector worked as expected during a 63-day test run,

according to the researchers, who published a report on that first set of data on Thursday. Now they’re preparing to run the experiment for up to 1,000 days, starting in late summer or early fall. They could have early results sometime in 2023, but the observation could continue for up to five years.

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of liquid xenon to search for dark matter, but it’s the largest and most sensitive.

Its new data has ruled out a range of masses for darkmatter particles, and it has enough sensitivity to search in even lower mass ranges.

If they do uncover a new particle, it could lead to a new, more precise physics beyond the Standard Model that has defined our understanding of the universe since the 1970s. The detection of dark matter would revolutionize our most fundamental understanding of the universe.

“Everyone’s trying to find some some evidence for physics beyond the standard model. And probably the strongest evidence we have of that is dark matter,” Aaron Manalaysay, the project’s physics coordinator, told Insider, adding, “But we just really don’t know what it is.”

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eteran guitarist Carlos Santana, who passed out onstage during a concert in Michigan earlier this week and was rushed to the hospital, has postponed the next six shows of his “Miraculous Supernatural 2022” tour with Earth, Wind & Fire.

The postponements were made “out of an abundance of caution for the artist’s health,” his manager, Michael Vrionis of Universal Tone Management said Friday evening. The announcement adds that all shows as planned beginning July 23 in Paso Robles, CA through the end of 2022 are still confirmed and will be performed as scheduled.

A rep for Santana said that the incident earlier this week was due to serious heat exhaustion and dehydration.

“I regret to inform you that the Santana band has postponed tonight’s show at Ruoff Music Center No-

Carlos Santana blesville, Indiana. And, we are postponing the July 9 show at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio; July 10 at American Family Insurance Amphitheater – Summerfest Grounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; July 12 at Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, Arkansas; July 15 at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, Texas; July 16 at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Woodlands, Texas,” Michael Vrionis, President,

Spicy Foods Can’t Harm You, Can They? Julius Onah to direct fourth ‘Captain America’ film

attempt to cool down and purge the more memorable spice-induced symptoms, like runny noses, sweating, teary eyes and even drooling. The study found that while consuming hot food, body temperature does actually rise in an effort to cool the body down — so that head-floating, skinon-fire sensation isn’t all in your head.

Capsaicin typically unbinds from pain receptors in the mouth after about 20 minutes, but then a whole new slew of symptoms begin once it starts traveling through the digestive system. As the irritant passes through, it can cause burning sensations in the chest, hiccups, swelling of the throat, nausea, vomiting, painful bowel movements and even diarrhea.

But the short-term struggle may be worth it for the long-term payoff, the investigators suggested.

According to Metalonis, research has shown that those who ate spicy food six times a week had a reduced risk of premature death when compared to people who ate spicy food less than

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he fourth film of the superhero series ‘Captain America’ is set to roll the camera under the wings of director Julius Onah, who is known for his work on ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ and ‘Luce’. The movie, which will star Anthony Mackie, will build on the events from the 2021 OTT series, ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, reports ‘Variety’.

That show’s creator and head writer, Malcolm Spellman, is writing the screenplay with Dalan Musson, a staff writer on the series. As per ‘Variety’, on the show, Mackie’s Sam Wilson struggles to accept the mantle of Captain America that Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) gave him at the end of 2019’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ ultimately learning to accept the title and the cultural

weight that comes with it.

‘Variety’ further states that the film does not yet have an official title or release date, but expectations are high that Marvel Studios could announce both later this month at San Diego Comic-Con, where the studio will be presenting for the first time since 2019 after SDCC was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.

It’s also unclear who else from ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, including Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes (aka the Winter Soldier), Wyatt Russell’s John Walker (aka US Agent), Emily VanCamp’s Sharon Carter (aka Power Broker) or Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, would be joining Mackie in the film.

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FELICITATION We, the Pungro Village Council and the Pungro Vi l l a g e S t u d e n t s ’ U n i o n with immense happiness and pride would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss. Shulila, d/o Shri. T. kiusangthong of Pungro Village for securing the post of Assistant Professor in Economics under Higher Education through Nagaland Public Service commission.

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picy food challenges are all the rage these days, but can munching red hot peppers and sizzling hot sauces harm you?

One nutrition expert from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Ohio suggests that while it may burn your tongue at the dinner table and trigger some gastrointestinal distress as it travels through your body, it could actually help improve your lifelong health.

Capsaicin, the ingredient found in peppers that causes that characteristic heat, is an oil-like chemical compound that binds to pain receptors on the tongue and throughout the digestive tract. It’s the capsaicin that causes your brains to feel like you’re on fire when you bite into a jalapeno pepper.

“But capsaicin does not actually burn you,” explained Jayna Metalonis, a dietician at University Hospitals. “Instead, it tricks your brain into thinking a temperature change has occurred, resulting in the sensation of heat and pain.”

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once a week. The benefits included lower cholesterol, a decreased chance of heart disease, better stomach and gut health, and even weight loss. But while these studies found an association, they did not prove a cause-andeffect relationship.

Capsaicin is also the key ingredient in a number of pain relief medications used to treat ailments from arthritis to fibromyalgia to headaches.

“The good news is that for most healthy people — even those participating in ‘extreme’ challenges involving consumption of record-setting hot peppers — eating very spicy foods does not pose any serious or lasting dangers to your health and does not usually require medical treatment,” Metalonis said in a hospital news release.

But she noted that there are exceptions.

The “one chip challenge,” a viral social media challenge on TikTok involving eating one extremely hot chip loaded with Carolina Reaper spice, has on some occasions put people into the ER with “thunderclap headache,” and spontaneous ruptures in the throat are rare, but have happened. So, while chili peppers may make your dinner a bit more exciting, it’s still best not to consume too much of a good thing, Metalonis said.

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Universal Tone Management said. “Doctor’s have recommended that Mr. Santana gets rest to recuperate fully.”

Last December, Santana, who turns 75 this month, underwent what his management described as an “unscheduled” heart procedure that caused the postponement of that month’s residency in Las Vegas. However, he resumed the residency the following month and in late March

launched another North American tour that has continued ever since. The tour with Earth, Wind & Fire is scheduled to continue through the end of August.

Just two weeks later, the musician is slated to resume his longstanding residency at the House of Blues in Las Vegas through the end of September before resuming for two more weeks in November.

“Carlos is doing well and is anxious to be back on stage soon. He just needs rest,” Vrionis continued.

“Santana profoundly regrets that these postponements of his upcoming performances; but, his health is our number one concern. He is looking forward to seeing all of his fans very soon.”

Live Nation will be announcing the rescheduled show dates. All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new dates.

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eep inside an old gold mine, in a vat of liquid xenon, a new hunt has begun for dark matter — the mysterious stuff that makes up about 85% of all matter in the universe.

Nobody knows what exactly dark matter is. Scientists know it exists because they can measure the way its gravity affects faraway galaxies, but they’ve never detected it directly. That’s the goal of a new experiment buried deep beneath Lead, South Dakota: to catch dark matter in the act of interacting with other particles. The experiment is called LUX-ZEPLIN, or LZ for short. It’s a 10-ton vat of pure liquid xenon, rigged with detectors to catch the incredibly faint flash of energy that would come from a particle of dark matter colliding with a xenon atom. Researchers announced Thursday that it

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NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Star Indian compound archer Abhishek Verma shocked world champion Mike Schloesser to storm into the semi-final of the World Games here.

The two were locked 149-149 after a five-setter

duel and the tie-breaker also was a stalemate with both shooting perfect 10s, but the Indian edged out the world number one shooting closer to centre to make the last-four on Friday. India also remained in the fray in the mixed compound section where

Verstappen wins Austrian GP to extend title lead

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LO N D O N, J U L 9 (AGENCIES): Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took a controlled victory in the sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix to edge further ahead in the championship.

The Dutchman beat Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, extending his lead over Leclerc to 44 points, BBC reported.

Leclerc fought off an early challenge from Sainz but was safe in second once far enough ahead of his team-mate to lose the DRS overtaking aid.

Mercedes’ George Russell took fourth and Lewis Hamilton eighth.

Hamilton’s race was hampered by a tangle at the start that saw Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly pitched into a spin, and then getting stuck behind the two Haas cars, before eventually overhauling Mick Schumacher for the final point.

The sprint result made little difference to the starting order for Sunday’s main event, other than to enable Red Bull’s Sergio Perez to recover ground from his 13th place to finish fifth, where the Mexican will now start the grand prix.

Perez benefited from the Red Bull’s strong straight-line speed to make impressive progress, whereas Hamilton was hampered by the Mercedes’ struggles in that area.

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Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam were scheduled to play for bronze medal against Mexico later on Saturday.

The World Games is a multi-sport event with only compound section in archery. On Friday, the Indian pair lost 159-157

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NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): In a decision that could make life easier for athletes and former sportspersons, they can now apply for their dues and awards online without having to involve national federations or visit government offices for physical or file verification. Active athletes who seek awards, rewards or any other form of government recognition can log on to the sports ministry portal and upload relevant documents needed for payment, Indian Express reported. “If an athlete had to seek for rewards and recognition from the government after a good performance, they had to go via the federation or SAI earlier, then it went through scrutiny and it took almost a year or two for these athletes to get their dues,” sports minister Anurag Thakur said during the launch of the new-look website on Friday.

“We made this system simpler and more transparent. We have used technology to bring in more transparency and accountability to the system and it is further

going to help the athletes to apply online and they will get their dues in a limited time.” Former sportspersons can now also apply for pension online. “Pension scheme or Deen Dayal Upadhyay National Welfare Scheme for Sportspersons also we have made online so that athletes’ time doesn’t get wasted on this. The role of SAI and NSFs have been made non-existent so to say,” the minister said.

“Pension for meritorious sportspersons scheme also used to take time and many failed to get the benefit.

So, we have made available to sportspersons an easy-to- use transparent system. It is user-friendly and technology-driven. We will try to upgrade this system continuously so that life becomes easy and one can get the benefits. It is easy to apply, takes less time and money gets transferred directly to bank accounts through DBT.” Individuals, corporate entities, public sector undertakings can also make financial contributions online.

in the semi-finals to the Colombian duo of Daniel Munoz and women’s world No. 1 Sara Lopez, a 2017 World Games individual champion.

Earlier, India had beaten New Zealand 156155 in the quarter-finals.

The Mexican team comprises world championships bronze medallist Andrea Becerra and Miguel Becerra.

Abhishek Verma also impressed in the individual rounds. Among the four Indian archers in the men’s individual events, Abhishek Verma was the only one who made the semi-finals. En route, world No. 5 Abhishek Verma beat Ben Thompson of USA (rank 16) 148-140 in the first round and upstaged Robin Jaatma of Estonia (rank 7) 149-148 in the next.

The Indian then stunned world No. 1 Mike Schloesser of the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

The two ended tied 149-149 before Abhishek Verma edged ahead in the shoot-off.

I don’t have any idea what Bazball is’: McCullum

PERTH, JUL 9 (IANS): The phrase ‘Baz-ball’ has been echoing in world cricket for the past few weeks thanks to the attacking style of play that England have adopted under Brendon McCullum’s tutelage.

England have been in fine form this summer, winning all four Test matches they have played.

Coach McCullum, nicknamed ‘Baz’, and captain Ben Stokes have made a formidable partnership in the longest format of the game and under them, the Three Lions have played an attacking brand of cricket, which the English press has labelled as ‘Baz-ball’.

However, the former New Zealand captain has no idea what “Baz-ball is”.

“I don’t have any idea what ‘Baz-ball’ is. It’s not just all crash and burn, if you look at the approach, and that’s why I don’t really like that silly term that people are throwing out there.

“Because there’s actually quite a bit of thought that goes into how the guys manufacture their performances and when they put pressure on bowlers and which bowlers they put pressure on. There’s also times where they’ve absorbed pressure beautifully as well,” McCullum told SEN radio.

Saha picks Tripura for 2022-23 domestic season

AG A RTA L A , J U L 9 (IANS): India wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha has signed as player-cummentor of the Tripura team for the 2022-23 domestic season, ending a first-class stint of almost 15 years with Bengal. The 37-year-old Saha, who on Friday officially signed the contract in the state’s capital, is likely to be named the captain of the side. The veteran was in talks with Tripura for over a month. However, things were formalised once he was handed a no-objection certificate by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) late last month.

Notably, Saha had asked for his NOC after being hurt by comments by a senior administrator before the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy quarterfinals. According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, the Tripura Cricket Association was keen to have Saha’s since it’s more than likely he will be available for the entire duration of the domestic season.

Asian champ Suresh, Chandigarh’s Rohit Chamoli advance to quarters

CHENNAI, JUL 9 (IANS): Reigning Asian champion Vishwanath Suresh and Rohit Chamoli extended their impressive run to storm into the men’s quarterfinals by registering emphatic wins at the 5th Youth Men’s and Women’s National Boxing Championships here on Saturday.

While Vishwanath, representing the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), thrashed Chandigarh’s Sushant Kapoor by 5-0 in the 48kg category, 2021 Asian junior champion Rohit of Chandigarh outpunched Bhupendra Kumar of Uttar Pradesh by a similar margin in the 51kg pre-quarterfinals contest. Jadumani Mandengbam (51kg) was the other SSCB boxer to progress to the men’s quarterfinals.

He beat Manipur’s Edipak Laishram Singh by unanimous decision.

Fo r C h a n d i g a r h , besides Rohit, Parineeta Sheoran also advanced to the Last-8 stage from

Indian boxers in action at Youth National Championships.

the women’s section after securing an easy 5-0 win over Andhra Pradesh’s Vyashnavi Nethala in the 48kg category.

Meanwhile, six pugilists from Maharashtra, including four women, made their way into the quarterfinals on the third day of the event.

Aarya Bartakke began the day for Maharashtra with a thrilling 3-2 win against Uttar Pradesh’s Anamika Yadav in an intensely fought women’s 57

kg pre-quarterfinal. Vaishnavi Waghmare (60kg), Aditi Sharma (66kg) and Sana Gonsalves (70kg), on the other hand, claimed comfortable wins.

Aditi beat Delhi’s Khushi Sharma by a 5-0 margin while Vaishnavi and Sana notched up Referee Stopping Contest (RSC) verdicts against Chhattisgarh’s Garima Sharma and Punjab’s Darshpreet Kaur respectively, according to a release by Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

2nd Test: Karunaratne, Mendis lead SL’s fight back GALLE, JUL 9 (AFP): Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis hit gritty half-centuries on Saturday to lead a strong Sri Lankan reply on day two of the second Test against Australia.

The host reached 184 for two at stumps in Galle, where only a few spectators watched from the stands after a fresh outbreak of political unrest in the country.

Karunaratne made 86 in a marathon stand of 152 with Kusal before Mitchell Swepson broke through with the captain’s wicket.

Kusal was still batting on 84 alongside Angelo Mathews, on six, at close of play, with Sri Lanka trailing Australia’s first innings’ 364 by 180 runs.

Debutant Sri Lankan spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya claimed six wickets to bowl out Australia in the first session, with Steve Smith left unbeaten on 145.

The host was dealt an early blow when Mitchell Starc’s pace bowling got Pathum Nissanka to edge the ball to gully, where Cameron Green took a good catch. The left handright hand batting pair of Karunaratne and Kusal survived an inspired spell of pace bowling from Starc and skipper Pat Cummins to grind their way through the afternoon.

Karunaratne raised his fifty with a boundary off Swepson, while Kusal’s stubborn resistance

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prompted Australia to rotate its bowlers. Premier off-spinner Nathan Lyon, who starred in the team’s opening win with nine wickets, had 21 overs without success.

Swepson eventually trapped Karunaratne lbw on a delivery that skidded straight into the batsman’s pads. The tourist started the day on 298-5 with Smith, who scored his first Test hundred in 18 months on day one, resuming on 109. Jayasuriya, who took three wickets on the opening day, set a

trap for overnight batsman Alex Carey, who miscued a reverse sweep to be caught at backward point for 28.

The left-arm spinner soon got Starc out for one to become the seventh Sri Lankan bowler to take five wickets in an innings on Test debut. Jayasuriya was one of the three Sri Lankan players, along with Maheesh Theekshana and Kamindu Mendis, to be awarded a first Test cap following a Covid outbreak sidelining several members of the squad. There were barely any spectators at

Galle for the second day’s play, with the host country embroiled in public unrest arising from its painful economic crisis.

The morning session saw hundreds of protesters looking down on the Galle fort to demand the resignation of Sri Lanka’s President -- who fled his home on Saturday shortly before a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence.

Australia lead the twomatch series 1-0 after a crushing opening win inside three days during last week’s first Test.

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“But as for me, it is good to be near God……” Psalms 73:28 We the bereaved family of Late Mr. Lolenliba Lemtur, 84 Years (Yimjenkimong Village) Dilong Ward, Mokokchung, express our profound gratitude to each and every individual who supported us physically, financially, morally and spiritually during his prolonged illness and demise on the 2nd of July 2022. We regret that we are incapacitated to thank every individual in person nor mention every name but pray that the Almighty bless you all abundantly for your relentless support and presence throughout.

However, the following association and individuals are mentioned here to express our indebtedness.

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2. Riongsanger Putu Menden, Yimjenkimong.

3. Moayimti Village Council.

4. Osanglong Kiyong Adhoc Committee.

5. Yimjenkimong Baptist Arogo.

6. Moayimti Baptist Arogo.

7. Mokokchung Town Baptist Arogo.

8. Shri. Tongpang Ozüküm, Minister PWD (Housing & Mechanical) Govt. of Nagaland.

9. Mr. & Mrs. Toshipokba Longkumer, Ex. MLA. 10. Dr. Kilangwapang Pongener, IMDH. 11. Dr. Alemba R. Jamir, IMDH. 12. Dr. T. Yanger Lemtur, IMDH. 13. Mr. & Mrs. W. Temjen Aier (Waromung) Arkong Ward.

14. Yimjenkimong Senso Telungjem, Mokokchung Town.

15. Yimjenkimong Sensotsür Telungjem, Mokokchung Town.

16. Moayimti Senso Telungjem, Mokokchung Town.

17. Moayimti Baptist Arogo, Women Ministry.

18. Aoli Longpok Semchir Lemtur Mungdang.

19. Aoli Longpok Semchir Lemtur Mungdang, Mokokchung Unit.

20. Pensioner Association Mokokchung.

21. Dimapur Yimjenkimong Sensotsür Telungjem.

22. Ao Kaketshir Mungdang.

23. Jangpetkong Kaketshir Telungjem Mungdang.

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players, the male side,” he said, adding that 2002 Wimbledon singles champion and Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt was an exception.

Former Australian player and 1987 Wimbledon singles champion, Pat Cash has been critical of Kyrgios’ on-court behaviour at SW19, and has called on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to take action against the player.

“Kyrgios has taken tennis to the lowest level I can see in terms of gambling, cheating, manipulation, abuse and aggressive behaviour in front of chair umpires and line judges. Something has to be done about it. He has turned some matches into a circus and this cannot be tolerated,” Cash commented on the BBC.

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LONDON, JUL 9 (IANS): Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios is appalled with not seeing any support for him from his country’s former players in his run to the Wimbledon final against 20-time Grand Slam singles champion Novak Djokovic.

The mercurial 27-year-old Kyrgios made it to his maiden Grand Slam final after his semifinal opponent, Spanish stalwart Rafael Nadal withdrew from the grasscourt major due to an abdominal injury.

The world No. 40, whose best showing in a major before his Wimbledon success was reaching the 2015 Australian Open quarterfinal, also indicated he is being made to feel like an outcast.

“As for the greats of Australian tennis, they haven’t always been the nicest to me personally,” Kyrgios was quoted as saying by The Sydney Morning Herald, a day before his title clash against the Serbian ace.

“They haven’t always been supportive. They haven’t been supportive these two weeks. So it’s hard for me to kind of read things that they say about me. It’s pretty sad because I don’t get any support from any of the other Australian tennis

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India thrash Eng by 49 runs in 2nd T20

BIRMINGHAM, JUL 9 (PTI): Rohit Sharma’s inspirational leadership and an aggressive brand new approach saw India completely outclass England by 49 runs in the second T20 International to seal the three-match series with an unassailable 2-0 lead here on Saturday.

Batting first, India once again showed a start-to-finish aggressive intent while reaching 170 for eight riding on new ‘batting all-rounder’ Ravindra Jadeja (46 not out off 29 balls) after a sudden collapse during the middlephase on a track full of pace and bounce.

With the ball, Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s (3/15) new found rhythm in the powerplay overs was superbly complemented by the skilful duo of Jasprit Bumrah (2/10) and Yuzevndra Chahal (2/10) as England innings imploded for a meagre 121 in 17 overs.

If India’s batting has been very good in both the games, the bowling has simply been outstanding with complete domination in the powerplays. Since he got full-time captaincy, the Indian team is yet to lose a match under him.

There has been three clean sweeps -- New Zealand (30), West Indies (3-0), Sri

Jasprit Bumrah, centre, celebrates with team mates after dismissing Liam Livingstone during the second T20 international cricket at Edgbaston in Birmingham, Saturday. (AP/PTI)

Lanka (3-0) and a fourth against England in the current one looks imminent.

With three months left for the World T20, the playing XI on Saturday gave a glimpse of what could be the batting order and its philosophy going forward.

Rishabh Pant’s (26 off 15 balls) elevation as an opener alongside skipper Rohit (31 off 20 balls) is a welcome move where the team at least wouldn’t be erring in the side of caution in the powerplay overs. In between the duo, they hit seven fours and three sixes

in the first six overs, an approach that was missing during last T20 World Cup. The strategy is to not stop playing the shots even if wickets fall at one end and Virat Kohli (1 off 3 balls) did feel the peer pressure and the mis-timed skier showed his desperation. But the most impressive aspect came to fore from 89 for five, as India still managed to reach 170, courtesy Jadeja, who didn’t have a great time in T20 cricket having had a torrid time in CSK during IPL, where he lost form and fractured relationships.

Prannoy loses in Malaysia Masters semifinals; India’s campaign over K UA L A LU M P U R , JUL 9 (IANS): India’s campaign in the Malaysia Masters 2022 ended on a disappointing note when its lone representative H.S Prannoy went out despite winning the first game in the men’s singles semifinal, here on Saturday.

Prannoy went down to Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong after winning the first game, losing 21-17, 9-21, 17-21 in a 64-minute encounter here.

The Indian shuttler, ranked 19th, won the first game easily, taking lead from 3-3 to 6-3 up and then maintained an upper hand winning five points at one stretch to take the lead. He maintained his 2-3 points advantage throughout.

However, Angus Ng Ka Long turned the tables in the second game, after Prannoy caught up with him at 5-5 from 2-5 down. The Hong Kong player won seven consecutive points to go 12-5 up and though Prannoy tried to make a comeback but his rival from Hong

With strong indications that he will leave CSK next year, Jadeja seemed to be playing with a free mind and it was evident that even as wickets fell at the other end, there was no letting up in his strokeplay as the scoreboard had a competitive feel to it.

A good Indian white ball team has always had Bhuvneshwar as an important component in the set-up. In the first game, it was a banana inswinger that castled rival captain Jos Buttler and on Saturday, a classical outswinger first up

NFA convenes AGM on Jul 12

DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Nagaland Football Association (NFA) has convened the Annual General Meet (AGM) on July 12 at 1 pm at the office of Nagaland Olympic Association.

In this connection all the 16 district football associations have been asked to be present either by the president or general secretary.

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Kong maintained his lead throughout and won the match on the first game point to take the match into the decider.

The Prannoy took an early lead in the decider going ahead from 3-3 to open an 8-4 lead. But Angus Ng Ka Long fought back strongly and tied scores at 9-9 when Prannoy hit a drop shot into the net and extended the lead to 9-13 winning nine of the 10 points at that juncture.

The 29-year-old Prannoy fought back but Agnus maintained his lead of

a couple of points to go up 16-14. The two players swapped the next few points, as he kept an upper hand as they went to 16-18.

Prannoy made a couple of errors as Agnus extended the lead to 20-17 before winning the first game point to win the game 2117.

Prannoy’s defeat ended India’s campaign in the Malaysia Masters wihout a title as P.V Sindhu had lost in the women’s singles quarterfinals while the other players had crashed out in the earlier rounds.

LONDON, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Angel di Maria has joined Juventus on a free transfer, agreeing a oneyear contract. The Argentina winger, 34, left Paris St-Germain at the end of last season after seven years.

Manchester United paid a then British record fee of £59.7m to sign Di Maria from Real Madrid in 2014, but sold him to PSG for £44.3m a year later. Di Maria won five French league titles with PSG, scoring 92 goals in 295 games. Meanwhile, France midfielder Paul Pogba has arrived in Turin, with his move to Juventus set to be confirmed.

saw Jason Roy edging it to the slip cordon. The wily Bhuvneshwar then asked Pant to come up to the stumps to stop Buttler from giving the charge and the result was a lazy under-edge into keeper’s gloves.

Liam Livingstone (15) with a helmet-cam was fooled by a Bumrah slow off-cutter that took ages to jag back and knock the bails off.

Harry Brook had a couple of boundaries but when Chahal tossed one up, he took the bait but couldn’t get the execution right. Moeen Ali (35) did hit some shots but England lost wickets at regular intervals as Rohit brilliantly used his bowlers. With three wickets down, he unleashed Chahal and just when Moeen was trying to take the game away, he got in Hardik Pandya, who got him a breakthrough. Team’s weakest bowling link Harshal Patel (1/34) was brought towards the end when they were well course to win the game.

Brief scores: India 170/8 in 20 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 46 not out, Rohit Sharma 31; Chris Jordan 4-27) beat England 121 all out in 17 overs (Moeen Ali 35, David Willey 33 not out; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/15) by 49 runs

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Rybakina beats Jabeur to win Wimbledon women’s singles title LO N D O N, J U L 9 (AGENCIES): Elena Rybakina became the first player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam title by beating Tunisian third seed Ons Jabeur in a gripping Wimbledon final.

Rybakina, 23, fought back to win 3-6 6-2 6-2 and become the youngest Wimbledon singles champion since 2011.

After a shaky first set, she improved and pressured Jabeur into errors.

Rybakina was born in Moscow and her victory comes in a year where Wimbledon banned Russians from playing.

The All England Club did not allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at this year’s tournament in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Rybakina, who changed allegiance in 2018 after receiving greater financial support from Kazakhstan, was presented with the Venus Rosewater Dish by the Duchess of Cambridge, who has publicly supported Ukraine’s fight. The 17th seed clinched victory with her first match point when Jabeur hit a backhand wide.

Initially there was lit-

Shinzo Abe appears as the Nintendo character Super Mario at the closing ceremony at the 2016 Olympics. (AP/File)

track after being postponed for a year by the COVID-19 pandemic.

He was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2013, seated in the front row of a hotel ballroom when thenIOC President Jacques Rogge opened an envelope to reveal Tokyo as host of the 2020 Games. Seated at the heart of the Japanese delegation, Abe leaped to his feet, raised his arms high, and waved a flag

festooned with the logo of Tokyo’s bid committee.

Abe and Japan famously campaigned for those Games under the motto “a safe pair of hands.” This was at a time when Sochi, Russia, and Rio de Janeiro were the focal point of relentless criticism for their preparations; Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Rio for the 2016 Summer Games.

Ironically, corr up-

tion charges would eventual haunt Tokyo’s preparations.

And it was Abe who, in a closing speech to the Inter national Olympic Committee before the vote in Buenos Aires, reassured members that the Fukushima nuclear disaster — which happened in 2011 — was “under control.”

However, it wasn’t so.

That area of northeastern Japan is still battling to recover even a decade after the tragedy. Many in the region feel the Olympics detracted from the recovery, rather than helped speed it.

Tokyo defeated Istanbul 60-36 in the final round of secret voting in 2013.

Madrid was eliminated after an initial tie with Istanbul in the first round of voting.

And it was Abe and IOC President Thomas Bach who had the final word in March 2020 in postponing the Games in the face of surging COVID-19 deaths. Bach said in a statement on Friday that the delayed Games went

tle emotion from the new champion, who simply raised her right arm in the air as part of a muted celebration.

After sharing a warm hug with Jabeur at the net, Rybakina received a respectful round of applause before then running up a gangway of the stairs to hug her team.

“Words can’t say how happy I am,” she said.

Rybakina had quietly moved through the Wimbledon draw this fortnight, using her height and power to great effect.

Eventually that also proved to be the case in a match against a player of contrasting style and personality.

Going into the final,

Rybakina had dropped only one set during the Wimbledon fortnight when she fought back to beat Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in the quarter-finals.

But Jabeur, full of slice and variety, settled the quickest to break Rybakina’s serve twice and race away with the opening set.

Rybakina showed no nerves in a powerful semifinal display against 2019 champion Simona Halep, but handling those in all pomp and prestige of a first Grand Slam final was a different proposition.

Eventually she settled down and the contest suddenly took a change of direction at the start of the second set.

Nobody should face any kind of abuse: Manasi

NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): A long-time advocate for women’s representation in sports, Manasi Joshi, India’s top para badminton player, is shocked by recent developments of sexual misconduct across sporting disciplines.

“There are monsters everywhere. Nobody should have to undergo any kind of abuse, be it physical, mental, or sexual. I think there should be very strict laws in place for safeguarding girls’ and women’s rights.

They should be protected...

I think no woman should go through a mental breakdown when she’s facing any issues or when she’s reporting this [harassment].”

Earlier this month, the assistant head coach of the U-17 women’s football team, Alex Ambrose, was sacked after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against him, Sportstar report stated. In June, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) terminated the contract of chief cycling coach R.K. Sharma after a nationallevel cyclist’s accusations of inappropriate behaviour.

“Sports should be an extremely safe space. I hope we see more and more posi-

Manasi recently withdrew from a tournament in Ireland because of personal reasons. (K.V.S. Giri)

tive examples where FIRs are filed against perpetrators and strict actions are taken.

In case they are found guilty, they should be punished and we need to see those examples created as soon as

Abe impersonated ‘Super Mario’ to promote Tokyo Olympics TOKYO, JUL 9 (AP): Despite his prominence as Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe may have enjoyed his biggest moment at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics before 70,000 people at the city’s renown Maracana stadium.

As a video was shown with Abe portrayed running late for the handover ceremony, the Japanese prime minister suddenly popped up on stage in Rio — to loud applause — dressed as Super Mario, the famous Nintendo video game character.

He doffed his red cap to the crowd, and there could be no mistake where the Games were going next. The lettering on his red cap spelled it out: Tokyo.

Abe died on Friday after he was shot while giving a campaign speech in the western Japanese city of Nara.

Ever a showman, Abe pushed for the Tokyo Games from the start and then helped keep them on

Elena Rybakina holds the trophy (PTI)

on — only because of Abe. “Only his vision, determination and dependability allowed us to take the unprecedented decision to postpone the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020,” Bach said. He said that without Abe “these Olympic Games would never have happened.”

He called Abe “a man with a vision, full of determination and boundless energy to make his vision come true. What I appreciated most about him was that he was a man of his word.”

Bach said the Olympic flag at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, would fly at half-staff for three days.

Abe was probably the No. 1 booster of Tokyo’s 2020 Games, which he hoped would be a reminder that Japan was still a power in Asia despite the rise of China. But he stepped down from office, claiming poor health, late in August 2020 — just under 11 months before the delayed Games would actu-

ally open.

“I thought for him, not being able to be Prime Minister at the time of the Olympics, was somewhat heartbreaking,” David Leheny, a political scientist at Japan’s Waseda University, said in an interview with The Associated Press. “He had put so much work into it, and I think for him it was emblematic of Japan reemerging as a leader on the global stage.”

Abe was replaced by Yoshihide Suga, who oversaw the Olympics but left office just weeks after they ended. Suga was criticised for his handling of the pandemic.

“Given how important the 1964 Tokyo Olympics were to many people — in announcing Japan’s emergence after World War II — I think for Abe having the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020 was meant to be the same thing,” Leheny added. “And he certainly wasn’t shy about making himself central to the process.”

possible,” Manasi said.

“Sports for women is not easy because you don’t get women coaches, you don’t get women physios.

You don’t get those places where you can share things

with your mentors. I wish we have more presence of females in sports,” she added.

L o n g j u m p Wo r l d Championship medallist Anju Bobby George had recently spoken at the Sportstar South Sports conclave about the hurdles athletes face in reporting incidents of sexual misconduct.

As a global role model for sportspersons with disabilities, Manasi said, “People who are dealing with their unfortunate incidents, I’d like to tell them that it is not easy to come out of it.

First, give yourself enough time... it’s not that difficult either. You can sail through.

You will sail through. Just do what you love to do. You will have to prove yourself 10 times more than anybody else, but still keep at it. Enjoy once you are in the buzz, but do not forget about your fundamentals. Do what you love just for the happiness of doing it and not for anything else.” Manasi recently withdrew from a tournament in Ireland because of personal reasons, but she plans to play again in Thailand in August and in the World Championship in November.

If Ashwin can be dropped, then Kohli can also be dropped: Kapil

NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (IANS): Since November 2019, Virat Kohli hasn’t scored a century in international cricket and has been in a lean patch across all formats. Now, legendary all-rounder and 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev feels that when ace offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin can be dropped, then Kohli could be dropped as well from the Indian team.

With players like Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer in the mix, it is getting tougher for Kohli to own a place in the playing eleven, especially with the Men’s T20 World Cup happening in Australia in October-November.

“Now the situation is such that you might be forced to bench Kohli from the T20 playing XI. He will have to perform better. If world No. 2 bowler Ashwin can be dropped from Test side, then (the) world No. 1 batter can also be dropped.

“Virat Kohli has still a lot of ability and talent. You hope such a player comes

Kapil Dev

back (into form). It’s not as if you completely leave him out. If he isn’t performing now, it’s fine (to leave him out). Youngsters are playing well. But the day Virat scores runs, can you keep him out? If you can keep Ashwin out, you can keep anyone out,” said Kapil to ABP News.

Talking further about Kohli’s poor form and the rising competition from young cricketers, Kapil remarked, “At the moment, Virat is not batting at a level which we have seen him do over the years. He has made a legendary name for himself because of his performances. But if he isn’t performing, you can’t continue to keep these boys (young players) out.

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