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‘Humiliated’ Amarinder quits as Punjab CM CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Capt. Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned as chief minister of Punjab with less than five months to go for the Assembly polls after a bruising power struggle with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.

The 79-year-old Amarinder Singh, one of the Congress’ powerful regional satraps, put in his papers after speaking to party president Sonia Gandhi and shortly before a crucial meeting of the Congress Legislature Party in Chandigarh in the evening. He later launched a no-holds-barred attack against Navjot Singh Sidhu, describing his bete noire as a “total disaster”.

“I have resigned, let them make anyone (next CM) whom they trust,” said Amarinder Singh, who had led the Congress back to power in Punjab with an overwhelming majority in 2017 polls. “I spoke to the Congress president in the morning and I told her

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Will decide on next course of action after consulting supporters

Capt. Amrinder Singh submits his resignation to Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday. (PTI) that I am resigning today,” Amarinder Singh told reporters outside the Punjab Raj Bhawan after submitting his resignation to Governor Banwarilal Purohit.

“They called the MLAs to Delhi twice and now convened a CLP here in Chandigarh today,” he said.

“I think if there is an element of doubt on me that I could not run (the government) or if there was something else, I feel humiliated the way things have happened.” A resolution passed unanimously at the

CLP meeting authorised Sonia Gandhi to pick its new leader.

CLP meeting was convened by the AICC with its general secretary and in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat making the announcement in a tweet shortly before midnight Friday. Such meetings are usually called by the chief minister as he is the CLP leader in the state. Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken told reporters that 78 of the 80 party MLAs were present at the meeting.

At another media interaction, Amarinder Singh, when asked about his future course of action, said: “As far as my future politics is concerned, there is always an option and I will use that option when time comes.”

“I am in the Congress party.

I will talk to my supporters and decide future course of politics.”

He said he won’t agree and accept Navjot Singh Sidhu as the chief minister.

He dubbed Navjot Singh Sidhu as “anti-national, dangerous, unstable, incompetent” and even a security threat to the state and the country.

“He is a total disaster.

When he was a minister (in outgoing cabinet), he could not even run one ministry, now can he run entire Punjab? I know that man has no capability at all,” Singh said.

If Sidhu is made the face of the Congress for the Punjab polls, Amarinder said he will oppose him “tooth and nail”.

Chandrasekhar calls for blending traditional, modern skills

(3rd from L) Rajeev Chandrasekhar and others at HCSSC. (NP)

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 18 (NPN): Union minister of state (MoS) for skill development and entrepreneurship, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Saturday asserted that the traditional skills, which had

been passed down from generation to generation, should be blended with other modern skills and use them to make products and deliver services to highest markets around the world.

Addressing media persons during his visit to the

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Handicraft and Carpet Sector Skill Council (HCSSC) at Handicraft Cluster, Sovima village, here, the Union minister stated the mandate given to him by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to build on whatever has been achieved besides creating new energy to skilling and new purpose to skilling.

Chandrasekhar maintained that he focused his attention to redesign and creation of Skill India 2.0.

MoS said it was the Prime Minister’s vision that traditional skills would be the backstop to the maximum possibility with any industries, brand and company that was leveraging

traditional skills, artisan and creating market access of such products in India and abroad.

In the skill development ministry, he said 80% of his time and ministry’s resources would be dedicated to traditional skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling, and working with industries that could provide market access.

Assuring his assistance, the MoS called for scaling up production besides being ambitious and rethinking what one could do.

He also suggested running and expanding more of such cluster-based training programmes with industry

Contenders for CM

Besides Navjot Singh Sidhu, among the names doing the rounds as Amarinder Singh’s replacement included former PCC chiefs Sunil Jakhar and Pratap Bajwa and state ministers Sukhjinder Randhawa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Tript Rajinder Bajwa.

Punjab always had a Sikh chief minister after the reorganisation of the state in 1966.

As per reports, amid the speculations, the emerging face of the Congress party is former Punjab Congress President Sunil Jakhar.

The party wants to represent the state with a non-Sikh chief ministerial face to tackle the Aam Aadmi Party that is gaining traction in the state. The name of Ambika Soni was also doing the rounds. Soni had served as the Union Minister in UPAI from 2006-09 and also as general secretary of AICC.

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Oppn-less party govt named ‘United Democratic Alliance’ Correspondent

KOHIMA, SEP 18 (NPN): Setting aside all speculations , the PDA constituents (NDPP, BJP and independent legislators) along with NPF on Friday officially resolved to form an all-party government under the name United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and not ‘Nagaland United Government’ as proposed earlier.

The decision was made after a day-long meeting at the State Banquet Hall, at chief minister’s residential complex, Kohima during which, the nomenclature of UDA was proposed by NDPP president Chingwang Konyak and unanimously agreed the house.

The parties later issued a joint resolution signed

by NDPP leaders-- chief minister Neiphiu Rio and NDPP president Chingwang Konyak ; BJP-- deputy CM and BLP leader Y. Patton and state BJP president and minister Temjen Imna Along; NPF-- NPFLP leader TR Zeliang and NPF secretary general Achumbemo Kikon and Independent

Leaders of the all-party government (UDA) at Kohima on Saturday.

legislator and minister Tongpang Ozukum.

The resolution read: that “the house unanimously resolved to adopt the nomenclature of United Democratic Alliance (UDA) for the opposition-less government in Nagaland.” The house also reiterated the joint resolution signed between three parties on August 11 and 13.

It was learnt that BJP informed members present at the meeting about the stand of the party high command, that the status-quo of the present ministry should be maintained. As reported, the state BJP will convey the outcome and resolution of the meeting to the BJP high command. No further

details were made known about what was discussed at the meeting.

Speaking to media persons after the meeting, minister planning and coordination, land revenue and parliamentary affairs Neiba Kronu said that the members present at the meeting were briefed about the outcome of chief minister’s meetings with Central BJP leaders in Delhi recently.

Kronu said that the government will formally write to the NLA speaker, and a copy to the governor, for official formation and change in the nomenclature from People’s Democratic Alliance to United Democratic Al- (Cont’d on p-)

in 2020, it was reported that Sarma was assigned by Union Home minister Amit Shah with the task of studying the political situation in Nagaland and also hold discussions with JLF, PDA and NPF including civil society groups. Sarma was tasked with getting everyone on board before a final

UDA to meet Mishra: Kronu also informed that with AK Mishra being appointed as the new interlocutor for Naga talks, the UDA legislators will also be meeting him separately.

It was not known whether Sarma would also be meeting Mishra during his visit.

RN Ravi swornin as Tamil Assam CM Himanta to meet NPGs in Dimapur Assam chief minister the negotiating groups. agreement was inked over Nadu Governor and North East Democratic It may be recalled that the protracted Naga issue.

CHENNAI, SEP 18 (PTI): RN Ravi was on Saturday sworn-in as the Governor of Tamil Nadu, succeeding Banwarilal Purohit who has since been shifted to Punjab.

Ravi, shifted from Nagaland, said he saw his new role more as an opportunity than a challenge.

Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Sanjib Banerjee administered the oath of office to Ravi. Chief Minister M K Stalin, his cabinet colleagues, Leader of Opposition K Palaniswami and others participated at the swearing-in.

Alliance convenor, Himanta Biswa Sarma is scheduled to arrive Dimapur on September 21 and meet Naga political groups.

Confirming this, Kronu said that Sarma will be arriving on September 21.

It was learnt that Sarma will be meeting chief minister Neiphiu Rio before meeting

CS inspects 200-bedded hospital at CISHR

Mishra to holds talks with NSCN (I-M), NNPGs States asked to analyse Covid-19

AK Mishra on arrival at Dimapur airport. (NP)

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 18 (NPN): Former special director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), AK Mishra arrived Dimapur on Saturday afternoon to hold talks with NSCN (I-M) leadership on

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September 20, at Police Complex, Chümoukedima.

Mishra declined to answer to journalists specific question about his role in the negotiations between Government of India and the Naga political groups.

It was lear nt that Mishra is also scheduled to meet the Working Committee of the seven NNPGs. However, the date for the meeting was yet to be finalized.

Centre is yet officially declare whether or not a new interlocutor would be appointed after R.N. Ravi-- government of India representative and Interlocutor for Naga talks, was transferred as Tamil Nadu

governor.

It may be mentioned that in 2020, director Intelligence Bureau Arvind Kumar along with special director AK Mishra were directed by the Prime Minister’s Office to get the NSCN (I-M) back on track after talks between NSCN (I-M) and Ravi hit a dead end.

As reported, sources said that though talks between IB officials and NSCN (I-M) were going for over a year now, however, Ravi, as the interlocutor, had declared that all official talks were over with the Naga groups by October 31, 2019.

In this regard, Centre is not likely to appoint another interlocutor, sources added.

situation, strengthen health infra NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): States and Union Territories should undertake in-depth analysis of the COVID-19 situation and strengthen health infrastructure, stock essential medicines and augment human resources, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba said on Saturday, stressing that there is no room for any complacency.

Gauba chaired a highlevel meeting to review and discuss the Covid management and response strategy through video conference on Saturday. In the meeting, Gauba told the states that there is no room for complacency and stressed

the need to strictly enforce Covid-appropriate behaviour (CAB).

Drawing examples from other countries that witnessed multiple peaks of COVID-19, he expressed concern over high test positivity being reported in certain pockets of the country.

He advised the state health administrators to undertake granular analysis of the Covid trajectory, ramp up their health infrastructure, undertake stocking of essential medicines and augment human resources at the earliest to meet any potential surge in cases.

(R) J Alam during his visit to under construction 200-bedded hospital (L) on Saturday.

DIMAPUR, SEP 18 (NPN): State chief secretary, J Alam, inspected the ongoing construction of 200-bedded Hospital for acute medical care at Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR) here Saturday and expressed satisfaction with the progress of work, which got underway in June 2021.

According to a DIPR report, the chief secretary gave a brief outline on how (Read more on p-) the project was initiated in

the State War Room during the peak of covid second wave.

Lauding the team and the implementing agencies for delivering the best, the chief secretary expressed optimism that the project would be completed within a month and would be inaugurated tentatively during the first week of October.

Impressed at the availability of resources and facilities during his first visit, the chief secretary

remarked that the hospital can be compared with the other hospitals in the cities.

He said that CIHSR had a dedicated team led by its director Dr. Sedevi Angami.

He was accompanied by the health secretary, principal director health and family welfare, chief engineer housing, OSD NSDMA Johnny Rongmei, Sanjay Jaiswal, project in charge, DC Dimapur, CMO Dimapur and officials from Glocal company.

Covid-19 mortality rate among pregnant women higher than general population: H&FW DIMAPUR, SEP 18 (NPN): State Health & Family Welfare (H&FW) department has expressed serious concern that the Covid-19 mortality rate among pregnant women was found to be much higher than the general population.

“Mor tality rate of 10.3% among pregnant women as against 2% among general population calls for adequate preventive measures,” the department said in its weekly bulletin released on Saturday. It said that nine COVID-19 deaths

were reported among pregnant women and none of them had been vaccinated.

“Vaccination for pregnant women is highly advised and to follow all Covid-19 appropriate behaviour to avoid infection,” H&FW stated.

A new study by the ICMR has stated that coronavirus can infect a higher proportion of pregnant women who can have moderate to severe infection and the affected women will require immediate medical attention.

Total Deaths since March 2021

Deaths among those vaccinated by one dose

567

Deaths among fully vaccinated

Not fully Vaccinated

Did not receive a single dose

59

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560

508

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1%

99%

90%

Total confirmed cases among Pregnant women

Total COVID-19 deaths among Pregnant women

Total Vaccinated among deaths

Death Rate

87

9

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10.3%

The most complications observed among pregnant women were preterm delivery and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.

Upward trend in Covid deaths: Nagaland has witnessed an upward trend

in Covid deaths with 18 deaths recorded during September 11-17, the highest since August 7 last. H&GW said that 16 deaths were reported from Dimapur alone.

Though the state recorded a decline in positive

cases, the department once again pointed out that the high fatality rate was due to low vaccination coverage and large number of undetected cases in the population.

Fully vaccinated individuals in the State constituted only 9% of all positive cases since March 2021, it said, adding that Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur were the least vaccinated states in the North East. The three states also have the highest Covid-19 mortality rate.

“Reduction of deaths in

the subsequent waves will mostly depend on the vaccination coverage,” it added.

WSPR at below 5%: For the fifth week, the state’s weekly sample positivity rate (WSPR) remained below 5%. The current weekly sample positivity of 1.9 % was the same as the national weekly positivity rate, the department.

Meanwhile, the department said that the number of reported cases could be much lesser than the actual cases due to hesitancy in testing, reporting of self-

tests/COVISELF and false negative cases from rapid antigen tests.

60 fresh cases, 1 death: Nagaland on Saturday recorded 60 fresh cases while one more patient succumbed to the infection. Of the fresh cases, 21 were from Tuensang, Dimapur-20, Kohima-12, five in Phek, one each in Mokokchung and Peren, taking the total caseload to 30840.

The death of one more patient in Dimapur, pushed the death to toll to 653 (including 14 non-Covid deaths K Y M C

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NSS leadership, personality training

Organisations condemn Sep 14 14 NSS VOLUNTEERS SELECTED FOR PRE-REPUBLIC PARADE CAMP D I Mmurder A P U R :

NSS volunteers during the training programme on Saturday. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, SEP 18 (NPN): National Ser vice Scheme (NSS) conducted a three-day training programme on “leadership and personality development through life skills”, here, at St. Joseph University, Sovima from September 16- 18.

Addressing the media at the university campus, regional director, NSS, North East region, Dipak Kumar informed that the t h r e e - d ay p r o g r a m m e was conducted for NSS volunteers to understand the 10 life skills recommended

by WHO.

The 10 life skills include problem solving, decision making, creative thinking, critical thinking, self-awareness, empathy, interpersonal relationship, g o o d c o m mu n i c a t i o n , management of stress, and management of emotions.

He also stressed on how life skills help volunteers in developing leadership quality and personality.

“The main aim of NSS is development of personality through community service”, he said.

With regard to the 14 selected volunteers from the state for the prerepublic parade camp, Dipak Kumar said that the

parade would be conducted at Central Institute of Technolog y Kokrajhar (CIT) Assam from October 23 to November 1 to select final NSS volunteers to participate in the Republic day parade.

He added that selected volunteers would attend a one-month camp at Delhi, and would also have the opportunity to meet president, vice president and prime minister of India.

One camp would also include intellectual and cultural exchange sessions.

M e a n w h i l e, s t a t e NSS officer, NSS cell Nagaland, Zeneikho-o Pfukha informed that the

leadership and personality development through life skills conducted in Dimapur was the second batch conducted by NSS cell Nagaland, the first batch conducted at St. Joseph College, Jakhama, from September 9 to 11.

He informed that the second batch volunteers included volunteers from Dimapur, Mon, Peren and Longleng.

M e a n w h i l e, w i t h regard to the training programme, he said that the volunteers were trained on personality development, youth health awareness, life skills, inter personal r e l a t i o n a n d e f f e c t ive communication, creative a n d c r i t i c a l t h i n k i n g, problem solving and decision making and coping with stress and emotions.

The resource persons were comprised of representatives from health d e p a r t m e n t , p hy s i c a l instructors and consulters.

The second batch included volunteers from 19 institutions of Dimapur, Peren, Jalukie, Mon and Longleng.

It may be mentioned that out of the 14 selected volunteers, three were from Kohima, two from Z u n h e b o t o, o n e f r o m Pfutsero, two from Peren and seven from Dimapur.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

NEWS IN BRIEF Police recover unidentified dead body: Dimapur police has recovered an unidentified dead body of a non-local male, around 35-40 years below fly-over opposite traffic zone-I office on September 18. According to police PRO, an inquest was conducted and the deceased was suspected to have died due to starvation. On completion of all legal formalities, the dead body was shifted to Dimapur civil hospital for PM examination. Claimants have been requested to contact officer-in-charge east police station at 7085055020 CPO emergency meeting: Chakhroma Public Organisation (CPO) has convened an emergency meeting on September 22, 10 a.m. at CPO Hall to discuss and deliberate on the “very pressing matter/issue” with regard to proposed upgradation of Nuiland to a new district. All Chakhroma village leaders, elders, youth and all concerned have been asked to attend the meeting.

DRYO new office bearers: Dimapur Rengma Youth Organisation (DRYO) new office bearers for the tenure 2021-23 led by Hyulonyu Semp as president and Tenyebinlo Himb as general secretary were installed along with seven other members.

SFCVV organised music camp: St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Kidima under Diocese of Kohima, Nagaland organised a two-day music camp on theme “My heart, O God, is steadfast.... I will sing and make music with all my soul” (Psalm 108) from September 17-18 at St. Xavier School, Kidima.

Yung Aung-led NSCN (K) allocates portfolio: Yung Aung-led NSCN (K) through its MIP has informed that kilonser S Hriipunii Vemai has been allocated the portfolio of finance with effect from September 15 and would remain effective till further order. MIP informed that Vemai would oversee “all financial administration in the so-called states of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh”. Further, MIP informed “all concerned government, trade and commerce departments and business communities” to deal with the “authorised authority” to ensure “smooth financial transaction and avoid inconveniences.”

O r g a n i s a t i o n s h ave condemned the alleged murder of Easter Phom wife of Imtioza Ao resident of Yimyu Ward Mokokchung, whose body was found on September 14.

PH: Phomla Hoichem (PH) Longleng, the apex Phom women organisation, has condemned the brutal murder of Easter Phom.

In a condemnation note, PH has urged the district administration and police to investigate thoroughly without any bias and punish the culprits as per the law. It has also called upon all right-thinking citizens to condemn such heinous act of crime.

ENWO: Eastern N a g a l a n d Wo m e n Organization (ENWO) while strongly condemning the brutal murder of Ester Phom has expressed dee p sadness and shock.

In a condemnation n o t e, E N WO h a s urged the competent authorities for speedy expedition of the case and award befitting punishment as per the law. ENWO has also c o nve ye d d e e pe st c o n d o l e n c e t o t h e Commemorating the “World Cleanup Day”, Pedal Tribe Cycling Team conducted a bereaved family. cleanliness drive at state stadium, Dimapur on Saturday. (NP)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Late NOLEKIELE KIN

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16.12.1968 – 14.09.2021

We, the bereaved family members extend our profound gratitude to each and every individual, relatives, friends, churches, organizations, hospitals and villages who stood by us physically, materially, financially and through your unflinching prayers and support during the prolonged illness and demise of our beloved mother Late Nolekiele Kin (Brodi-e) who left for heavenly abode on 14.09.2021.

We deeply regret our inability to mention each one of you individually for your good deeds but we humbly pray that our Almighty God bestow His blessings upon you all abundantly.

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Acknowledgement

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my race, I have kept the faith”

- 2 Timothy 4:7

Lt. Mrs. Nevolü Theyo

1st May 1947 – 6th September 2021 Dear mom, you’re not gone You’re just away, You’ve wandered in a better place You left us dreaming how very fair it is to be in heaven.

I’ll remember you close to my heart In the love of there, as the love of here Think of her as the same, I say You’re just away.

Dear mom, I’ll think of memories gone by I know my heart aches But I will rejoice, for your love will live on Dear mom, you’re just away “Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone” - Vivi Theyo The bereaved family of Lt. Nevolü Theyo would like to acknowledge all the churches, organisations, fellowship groups, societies, friends, neighbours and every individual who stood by us and supported in every manner. We sincerely appreciate and thank all your acts of kindness and compassion. We regret our inability to mention each one individually but it is our heartfelt prayer that God Almighty blesses you all abundantly.

In gratitude Children & Family k-1807/21 K Y M C

(Born : 02/04/1960 – Died : 15/09/2021)

We, the bereaved family members of Lt. G. Nillo Ghaponza (Hillo Ghap) extend our sincere gratitude to all the individuals, churches, various organization & groups, families, friends, neighbours, relatives and well wishers who upheld us in their prayers and also supported us through morally, materially, financially, physically and emotionally at the sad demise of our beloved Father.

We regret our inability to thank everyone individually but it is our sincere prayer that the Almighty God bless you abundantly.

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“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21

The Rengma Baptist Church Kohima would like to acknowledge the Rengma Ordained Ministers, Kohima Baptist Pastor’s Fellowship and its members, various organizations, prayer warriors and every well wisher for all the love, care and concern shown to us in many ways during the illness and demise of our beloved Pastor Lt. Rev. Dr. Kenny Tsela.

All the while, though our hearts were heavy with sorrow, your kind gestures and prayers have always remained a stronghold for us. And for all the kindness 10th Nov. 1974 – 7th Sept. 2021 that you’ve bestowed upon us, we can only pray that the good Lord bless you all abundantly.

We shall remain forever blessed and ever grateful to the Lord for the life of Lt. Rev. Dr. Kenny Tsela and the selfless service that he rendered towards Rengma Baptist Church Kohima. k-1808/21

Loving Wife, Children & Family Members

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Born : 9th March 1985 – Died : 13th Sept 2021 We, the bereaved family of Lt. Wapongtemjen Pongen would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to the churches, organisations, societies, individuals and well wishers who supported and stood with us physically, financially and through prayer support during his brief illness till the time of his demise.

We deeply regret our inability to mention each and every individual, but we pray that our gracious God bless you all abundantly.

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WEATHER FORECAST

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Agartala A thunderstorm in spots

29 25

Cloudy with a thunderstorm

24 20

Guwahati A t-storm around in the a.m.

32 25

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Shillong A stray morning thunderstorm 23 18 Kohima

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Tuensang A t-storm around in the a.m.

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Swedesunuo Zao receiving the medal from advisor school education, KT Sukhalu. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Advisor school education, KT Sukhalu felicitated head teacher GMS Jakhama, Swedesunuo Zao, recipient of the National Awards to Teachers (NAT) 2021, in the Morung conference hall of the directorate of school education on September 18.

According to a DIPR report, principal director school education Shanavas in his opening speech informed that the award was to be presented by president of India however, due to the pandemic, the awardee could not travel to Delhi.

Congratulating Swedesunuo for her

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achievement, guest of honour, KT Sukhalu informed that the department would be making arrangements for the awardee to travel to every district of Nagaland to interact with students and teachers.

He said that he had been observing the surplus enrollment of teachers, however, the enrollment of students was going down.

In this regard, he felt the need to encourage parents and students that government schools were second to none.

In her speech, Swedesunuo acknowledged the department for organising the programme and thanked all her staff for

supporting her to reach this far and assured that with this national award she would work with more dedication and sincerity in the days to come.

Special secretary to the government of Nagaland Department of School Education (DoSE) and SCERT, Kevileno Angami congratulated Swedesunuo Zao for bringing an honour to the department.

She said that despite all the challenges she had achieved the award through motivation, commitment, dedication and sincerity.

Earlier, closing remark was given by director school education, Wonthungo Tsopoe.

AIM Kohima chapter holds demonstration Correspondent KOHIMA, SEP 18 (NPN): Awaken India Movement (AIM), Kohima chapter held a peaceful demonstration under the theme “Justice for Kartika- Children are precious” at Old MLA hostel junction, here, on Saturday.

Main appeals for the demonstration were: informed consent for vaccination as a human right, transparent media campaign informing public about potential health/ life risk involved in taking Covid-19 vaccines, easy access to AEFI registration and follow-up through cowin portal and helpline no-1075, no vaccination for those immune after natural infection and promote natural ways to build immunity, no coercion or discrimination based on vaccination status, stop all covid vaccine trials and rollouts for children as they have innate natural immunity against Covid-19, ban of age-restrict Covishield as done in 20+ developed countries.

Leading the demonstration, New Life Church pastor, Azahto Kiba said that Nagas were bold in greed and selfishness however no one was willing to stand for the truth and their rights and questioned as to why the government was

Participants during the AIM Kohima demonstration on Saturday. (NP)

imposing vaccination on the people.

Azahto called upon the people to believe that God was in control.

Speaking on the legal aspects, advocate Neiteo Koza said forceful vaccination was illogical and unconstitutional which violated the basic inherent rights of the people.

She said the policy for mandatory vaccination and testing in Nagaland took away the right of the citizens for self-determination, right to life and personal liberty.

Neiteo added that these policies were affecting people and making

them suffer silently and that the pinch was felt more intensely among economically weaker section of the society.

She pointed out a person from unorganised sector with an income of Rs 3-5 thousand had to shell out half of their income for covid testing just because they were not vaccinated.

She said similar policies were introduced in other North Eastern states but their respective High Courts had intervened and ruled that such draconian policies of making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory as unconstitutional.

Neiteo added that in a democratic country like India, policy makers had constitutional obligations to protects and enforce the rights of people and not take it away.

Other speakers at the demonstration included Nagamese Baptist Church, High School, pastor Khi Peter on the topic “covid from Biblical aspect” and evangelist Dieze Iralu on the topic “covid and the economic and adverse side effects”.

Hundreds of people from all walks of life participated in the demonstration which ended with a mass prayer.

Condolences

DIMAPUR: NDPP Noklak region has expressed grief over the untimely demise of NDPP Noklak region working president, Sipong Chang who passed away on September 18 at Chingmei after a prolonged illness.

In a condolence note, NDPP Noklak region president P Peem Shiu and general secretary T Tangsoi described late Sipong as a humble and sincere leader who dedicated the best of his years for the welfare of his people. NDPP Noklak region said that his demise was a great loss to the party and conveyed DC & chairman, DDMA, Dimapur Rajesh Soundararajan in a short programme condolences to the bereaved chaired by nodal officer (disaster management), Dimapur handed over ex- family members.

ENPO: Eastern Nagaland gratia of Rs. 10 lakh each to five families of frontline workers who succumbed Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) to COVID-19 in the conference hall of the DC on September 18. (DIPR)

has mourned the demise of S. Chollen Chang, father of C. Bendang Chang, finance secretary of ENPO, who passed away on September 14 at Faith Hospital Dimapur after prolonged illness.

In a condolence note, ENPO expressed sadness to have lost a fatherly figure of the people of Eastern Nagaland who was sincere and a dedicated person and whose untimely death created vacuum for the community and family in particular and people of ENPO in general. ENPO extended deep condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for the departed soul to rest in eternal peace.

Advisor Mmhonlumo Kikon inaugurates ‘Vigyan Utsav’ DIMAPUR: Celebrating the achievements of 75 years of Independence through “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, department of science and technology under the State Science & Technology Programme (SSTP) initiated a yearlong programme, “Vigyan Utsav” to showcase emerging Science Technology and Innovation (STI) ecosystems at States/UTs and its contribution towards Atmanirbhar Bharat on September 17.

In a press release, Nagaland science and technology council informed that Vigyan Utsav under the theme “STI Ecosystem in Nagaland for Atmanirbhar Bharat” was virtually organised by Nagaland Sci-

ence & Technology Council (NASTEC) and inaugurated by advisor, Science & Technology, IT&C and NRE, Mmhonlumo Kikon.

The advisor in his inaugural address expressed happiness over the initiative of the council in organising the programme in line with the initiative of DST and vision of prime minister, Narendra Modi to infuse new energy and new consciousness among the countrymen.

He also expressed pleasure in inaugurating Vigyan Utsav on Modi’s 71st birthday.

The main highlight of the programme included presentations by various central & state S&T insti-

tutions and university in the state.

Dignitaries & participants of the programme were welcomed by principal secretary, S&T & chairman, NASTEC O.T. Chingmak.

The programme was chaired by senior scientific officer & member secretary, Kevitso Kenneth, a presentation on “STI ecosystem in the state-strength of S&T Council” was delivered by scientist, NASTEC, Kekuneil Ltu followed by presentation from various S&T institutes in the state.

Vote of thanks was proposed by senior scientist, NASTEC, Dr. Nesatalu Hiese while scientist C Pelengulie Chücha moderated the presentations.

Speakers of the programme included Director, NRC on Mithun, Medziphema, Dr. M.H. Khan; Jt. Director, ICAR- NEH Region- Nagaland Centre, Dr. D. J. Rajkhowa; director, NIT, Dimapur Dr. S. Venugopal; dean, SASRD, Medziphema, Prof. Akali Sema; Kohima Science College Jotsoma principal Dr. Lily Sema; Addl. Comm.

& Exe. Dir. (national bee board) and director, CIH Medziphema, Dr. N.K. Patle; joint director LRD, Albert Ngullie and joint director, SARS, Mokokchung, Temsuinla Jamir.

This Vigyan Utsav programme would be conducted virtually on a monthly basis till August 2022 following up different thematic topic under each month.

COVID-19 state level monitoring team visits Mon; meets DTF, CSOs DIMAPUR: Representatives from the state level monitoring team, commissioner & secretary, higher & technical education, W. Honje Konyak and deputy director, NSACS, Dr. Nukshisangla Jamir held a meeting with District Task Force (DTF) for COVID-19, Mon and civil society organisations (CSOs) in the conference room of the DC on September 17.

According to a DIPR report, Honje Konyak said the purpose of state level team was to intensively review and guide DTF and health workers on the challenges.

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and were satisfied with the performance. Honje informed that the team would also visit Naginimora and Tizit on September 18.

H e a c k n ow l e d ge d DTF Mon for performing well in all the parameters in the management and containment of the pandemic.

He, however, warned the members not to be complacent and be prepared in case of a third wave.

Meanwhile, deputy director, NSACS, Dr. Nukshisangla Jamir thanked every section of the society involved in saving lives during the pandemic.

She stated that Mon was one of the best performing districts in the state and assured the task force that the team would be available

anytime to stand for the district and continue the good work.

The monitoring team thoroughly reviewed the strategies and coverage of testing and vaccination which was highlighted through PowerPoint presentations by members of the medical team.

The monitoring team resolved to take forward the challenges faced by DTF to the state level with hope that with further guidance and support, the district’s performance would enhance in all parameters.

The meeting was attended by members of the DTF Mon, officers from various departments and representatives from KU, KNSK and KSU. K Y M C

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Manipur Oppn endorse nation-wide protests

IMPHAL, SEP 18: As many as 11 opposition political parties in Manipur announced their support to the proposed nation-wide joint protests and demonstrations from September 20 to 30, called by 19 opposition parties of the country.

On August 21 last, the 19 Opposition parties announced that they will organize joint protests and demonstrations across the country from September 20 to 30 against the incumbent BJP-led NDA government at the Centre.

The 11 political parties -MPCC, CPI, CPI(M), NCP, BSP, AITC, AIFB, RSP, JD(S), MPP and PRJP – announced the support to the proposed joint protests and demonstrations at a news conference held at Imphal Congress Bhavan today.

Addressing a news conference, leaders of 11 opposition parties announced various protest programmes in the state too as a part of the joint protests and demonstrations.

The leaders endorsed

the proposed nation-wide separate bandhs called by scheme workers on September 24 and 27.

CPI national executive member and former minister Dr. Moirangthem Nara Singh said the joint protests and demonstrations across the country from September 20 to 30 was against the anti-people policies of the incumbent government and intended to save the country for a better tomorrow.

He said since the BJPled NDA government came to power, the nation’s properties were being sold out to the corporate houses and the country was in a situation of falling in the hands of the corporates.

The NDA government has been privatizing almost all the public sector undertakings including railways, he said, while terming the privatization as selling out of government properties to the corporate houses.

The ever increasing prices of the essential commodities including petroleum products were the fruit of rampant privatization taking place since the BJPled NDA government came

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SHILLONG, SEP 18: In a surprise reshuffle of portfolios, Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma took away power portfolio from his elder brother, James Sangma and allotted to deputy chief minister, Prestone Tynsong.

However in exchange, the health and family welfare department, and food and civil supplies department held

by Tynsong were given to James.

Apart the portfolio allocated, James was also looking after Forests and Environment, Information and Public Relations, Law, Taxation, Registration and Stamps departments. Tynsong will now handle the Power portfolio, besides Housing, PWD (Roads) and parliamentary affairs.

The chief minister relieved the Power portfolio from James after alleged irregularities in the functioning of the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) including implementation of Saubhagya Scheme and Smart Meters.

Further, Conrad allotted plump portfolios to two ministers, Sniawbhalang Dhar and his nephew Dasakhiatbha Lamare. Dhar now got three more new portfolios- Tourism, General Administration Department and Fisheries, apart from Urban Affairs, Municipal Administration, and Commerce and Industries departments. Dhar’s nephew Lamare, who earlier held the GAD and Fisheries department, will now look after Transport department which was held by Dhar earlier, besides the PWD (Buildings).

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to power at the Centre, he said.

The country was heading to economic disaster and people were becoming poorer day by day due to the rampant privatization.

“Poor people are suffering at the limit of their woes under the Modi government,” he alleged.

The prices of petroleum products are hiked almost every alternate day and people are lamenting for the rollback while the government remained deaf and mute, he said.

Farmers’ situation was deteriorating day by day after the Centre repealed the minimum support prices.

They were protesting against the three farm bills for the last more than nine months.

But, the government remained silent as if nothing happened, he alleged.

The CPI leader said that the decision of the 11 opposition parties joining the protests and demonstrations across the country has nothing to do with the upcoming elections in the state or any other states of the country but to save the country for a better future.

Four arrested for floating new ultra outfit in M’laya

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S H I L LO N G, S E P 1 8 : Meghalaya police have arrested four persons, including social activist Joannes Lamare for trying to float a new militant outfit with the help of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM), police said on Saturday. Police said the other three arrested persons are identified as Vicky Mawnai, Everpearl Mawsor and Aloysius Syiemlieh.

“Lamare (35) was arrested along with 3 others for subversive activities by asking for help from the NSCN (I-M) for forming a new militant group,” Sylvester Nongtnger, the district police chief of East Khasi Hills, said. The four persons were intercepted by the police in the wee hours of Saturday at Umiam view point while returning from the NSCN (I-M)’s Hebron Camp in Dimapur. “We are yet to interrogate them as they have been sent for COVID-19 test,” Nongtnger said.

Meanwhile, police have registered a case in Mawlai PS under Section 120B/121/121A/34 of the IPC against the four arrested persons.

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Lots of infrastructural development in Manipur: CM Correspondent IMPHAL, SEP 18: A lot of infrastructural development was witnessed in the state in the last four and half years, claimed Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh as he highlighted his government’s achievements at government functions.

Singh said that his government was working for the welfare of the people with transparency, sincerity, and honesty.

The chief minister was addressing at the launching of a programme for distribution of benefits under Economic Development Programme (EDP) and Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) held in Imphal’s City Convention Center today.

He said that the state government has successfully implemented ‘Go to Hills’ and ‘Go to Village’ missions with an objective to bring governance at people’s doorsteps.

He said that there has been a lot of infrastructural development in the last four and half years with the support of the people.

The chief minister stressed that the government was trying its best to improve the rural economy of the state.

CM N Biren Singh launching program for distribution of benefits under EDP and PMJVK in Imphal on Saturday.

He maintained that the Manipur StartUp Scheme was introduced to support entrepreneurs in the state and many of the entrepreneurs.

The government has constructed and inaugurated seven Women’s Markets in different hill districts of the state and the construction for another 10 Women’s Markets were being taken up, he added.

Singh claimed that law and order has been improved drastically under the present BJP-led coalition government.

The government has taken various steps for the safety and security of women in the state, he stated,

adding that all-women police stations were also established in different districts.

A 24X7 toll free women helpline has been made functional since the installation of the present government, he further stated.

State works minister Th Biswajit Singh said that the government has implemented different welfare schemes, initiated various capacity and skill development programmes in the state.

To overcome the unemployment problem in the state, the government has implemented StartUp scheme and provided subsidized soft loans to entrepreneurs, he added.

He maintained that to fulfill and achieve the Prime Minister’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the state government was making all its efforts to make a self-reliant state.

On the occasion, the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues distributed poultry chicks to 1418 beneficiaries amounting to Rs 1.13 crore, knapsack sprayers to 2544 beneficiaries amounting to Rs 1.25 crore, carpentry items to 135 beneficiaries amounting to Rs 1.37 crore, fish fingerlings to 2803 beneficiaries amounting to Rs 2.8 crore and bicycles to 1277 minority girl students amounting to Rs 57 lakhs.

Supercars on Arunachal highways leave netizens in awe

NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (AGENCIES): While luxurious sports cars may not turn too many heads in metropolitan cities, they have now worked up residents of hilly Arunachal Pradesh into a delightful frenzy, reports The Indian Express.

In what could be dubbed an epic ‘highway thrill’, Chief Minister Pema Khandu has shared a stunning video of supercars zooming along the state’s high-altitude roads, otherwise known for its treacherous terrain.

Boasting about the quality of roads in the state, Khandu took to social media to show multiple supercars speeding away in the rain on the highway surrounded by rocky mountains as John Denver’s famous song ‘Rocky Mountain High’ plays in the background. The video has left many impressed online.

“With these beauties rolling on the Damroh-Mariyang highway, the view becomes much more amazing and splendid,” Khandu wrote. “We are proud to say, Arunachal is able to offer itself as one of the best driving destinations for the Supercars,” he said on Facebook.

A supercar on Damroh-Mariyang highway.

Earlier, he had teased followers with a video of the supercars including Ferrari, Aston Martin, Audi, Porsche and Lamborghini parked on a tarmac at Pasighat in East Siang district.

“For the first time, Supercars touch down in Arunachal,” the chief minister wrote while sharing the video. He hoped the drivers get to “enjoy the mesmerizing roads running alongside breathtaking sceneries.”

Facebook user Lhakpa Tsering has been keeping netizens updated about the cars’ journey along scenic routes by sharing videos.

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GUWAHATI, SEP 18 (PTI): Two suspected militants of a newly formed outfit have been killed and their camp busted by security forces in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, a top police officer said on Saturday.

Additional director general of Assam Police GP Singh said in a tweet that a camp of United Liberation of Bodoland (ULB) at Ultapani area of Kokrajhar was busted by security forces during an operation that had commenced on Friday night.

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE WOKHA : NAGALAND

S/C No. 87/2021

NOTICE NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Yiponthung Lotha has been applied by Smti. R. Shumbeno Murry, W/o. Lt. Yiponthung Lotha, R/O, Air Field Colony, Wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. SBI, A/c bearing No. 20094466596 2. Gas Card bearing Consumer No. 3875.

3. Service claims and benefits Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may, if she/ he so desire appear in this Court on or before the said day of 27-10-2021.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this day the 13-09-2021.

District & Sessions Judge Wokha : Nagaland Wc-231/21 Date 17/09/21 DECLARATION I, Smti Kitoli, D/o Lhuvetsu, R/o H/No.-654, KHEL-C LUSE, Naga United Village, Dimapur: Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my name has been recorded as Zachisulu in all my education documents and all other official documents.

3. That my name has been inadvertently entered/recorded as Kitoli in PAN Card bearing No. DYHPK7243B. 4. That the name Kitoli and Zachisulu is the name of the one and same person.

5. That henceforth I shall use the name Zachisulu for all my official correspondence and future purposes and shall also make necessary corrections in my PAN Card bearing No DYHPK7243B. 6. That this affidavit is made to declare to the above statements.

VERIFICATION I, hereby verify that the contents from Para 1 to 6 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material is concealed herein.

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Solemnly affirm and signed by me. dp-4538/21

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Need to Indianise legal system : CJI BENGALURU, SEP 18 (IANS): Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana called for Indianisation of legal system in the country on Saturday. “Very often our justice delivery poses multiple barriers for the common people. The working and the style of courts do not sit well with the complexities of India. Our system, practices, rules being colonial in origin may not be best suited to the needs of the Indian population,” he said at a function held in Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru organised by the Karnataka State Bar Council to pay tributes to Late Justice Mohana M. Shantanagaudar.

“The need of the hour is the Indianisation of our legal system. When I say Indianisation, I mean the need to adapt to the practical realities of our society and localise our justice de-

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livery systems. For example, parties from a rural place fighting a family dispute are usually made to feel out of place in the court,” he observed.

They do not understand the arguments or pleadings which are mostly in English, a language alien to them. These days judgments have become lengthy, which further complicates the position of litigants, he

elaborated. For the parties to understand the implications of a judgment, they are forced to spend more money, he underlined.

“Courts need to be litigant centric, as they are the ultimate beneficiaries.

The simplification of justice delivery should be our pressing concern. It is crucial to make justice delivery more transparent, accessible and effective,” he noted.

Procedural barriers often undermine access to justice. The common man should not be apprehensive about approaching the courts and authorities.

While approaching the Court, he should not feel scared of the Judges and Courts. He should be able to speak the truth, he said.

It is the duty of the lawyers and the judges to create an environment that is comforting for the litigants and other stakehold-

ers. We must not forget that the focal point of any justice delivery system is “the litigant is the justice seeker”, he explained.

In this light, usage of alternate dispute mechanisms such as mediation and conciliation would go a long way in reducing the friction between parties and would save resources.

This also reduces the pendency and requirement for having lengthy arguments with lengthy judgments.

As Justice Warren Burger, the former Chief Justice of the United States stated, I quote- “The notion that ordinary people want blackrobed judges, well-dressed lawyers in fine courtrooms as settings to resolve their disputes is incorrect. People with problems, like people with pains, want relief and they want it as quickly and inexpensively as possible,” he noted.

Way to Delhi goes via UP: Akhilesh L U C K N OW, S E P 1 8 (PTI): The way to Delhi goes via Uttar Pradesh, said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav stressing that the upcoming state Assembly elections are crucial to restore democracy, secularism and brotherhood.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also said the challenge before the media is to maintain objectivity and transparency as strong journalism leads to strong democracy.

“The way to Delhi goes via Uttar Pradesh, hence, the upcoming elections in the politically significant state holds importance to restore democracy, secularism and brotherhood, the hallmarks of our Constitution,” he said.

Yadav once again claimed that his party will win 400 of 403 Assembly seats in the Assembly polls.

Wish PM celebrated his birthday everyday: Cong after 2.5 cr vax record NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi should celebrate his birthday every day as some BJP-ruled states “performed” on the day and vaccinated many times the daily average, the Congress said on Saturday.

The party took a dig at Modi a day after India achieved the highest record of 2.5 crore COVID-19 vaccinations on a single day.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said this is the pace of vaccination the country needs.

“Looking forward to many more days of 2.1 crore vaccinations. This pace is what our country needs,” he tweeted.

Party leader P Chidambaram said he was happy and grateful that 2.5 crore vaccinations were administered on Friday. “But

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why did we have to wait until the PM’s birthday,” he asked.

Suppose the prime minister’s birthday was on December 31, would the 2.5 crore vaccinations have been done only on the last day of the year, Chidambaram also asked.

“Vaccination is not like cutting a cake on a birthday. Vaccination is a programme, it is a process.

It has to be accelerated every day, not scale a peak on a birthday,” he said on

Twitter.

“BJP ruled states -UP, MP, Gujarat and Karnataka -- ‘perform’ on the PM’s birthday and vaccinate many times the daily average. On other days, they are ‘non-performing’ states.

“I wish the PM celebrated his birthday every day,” the former Union finance minister added.

In another tweet, he said, one-third of the adult population was yet to receive its first dose and only 21 per cent had been fully vaccinated.

Prime Minister Modi, in a swipe at the opposition, on Saturday said there is talk of fever as a vaccine side-effect, but a political party experienced fever after 2.5 crore vaccines were administered on his birthday.

BSF resumes retreat ceremony at Wagah I-T dept alleges Sonu Sood, associates evaded Rs 20 crore tax

Border Security Force personnel during the beating retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border, Friday, Sep 17, 2021.

NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): The BSF has resumed the public viewing of the daily flag lowering retreat ceremony along the IndiaPakistan border front in Pun-

jab, over a year and half after it was suspended due to the Covid outbreak, the force said on Friday. A Border Security Force (BSF) spokesperson said it was allowed

again from the Indian side on Wednesday with a limited number of audience seated in the spectators gallery.

The over an hour-long event takes place at Attari, about 26 km from Amritsar city, opposite Wagah of Pakistan. The public viewing was suspended by India on March 7 to contain the coronavirus spread.

India and Pakistan have been traditionally hosting the evening flaglowering ceremonies at the Attari-Wagah border for many years now and the event is attended by a huge number of people from both countries as well as foreign nationals.

NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): The CBDT on Saturday alleged that actor Sonu Sood and his associates evaded tax of Rs 20 crore and claimed that after the Income Tax Department raided him and a linked Lucknow-based infrastructure group, it was found that he routed his “unaccounted income in the form of bogus unsecured loans from many bogus entities”.

It also accused Sood of violating the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) while raising donations from abroad.

The department had launched searches against the 48-year-old actor and

the Lucknow-based group of industries involved in the infrastructure sector on September 15 and the CBDT said the action was continuing. “During the course of search at the premises of the actor and his associates,

incriminating evidence pertaining to tax evasion has been found.

“The main modus operandi followed by the actor had been to route his unaccounted income in the form of bogus unsecured loans

said, have been used for “making investments and acquiring properties.”

The total amount of tax evaded unearthed so far amounts to more than Rs 20 crore, the statement and official sources said about Sood.

It also talked about his charity organisation that was established during the COVID-19 outbreak last year. The actor shot to national prominence after he arranged free transport through rail, air and road for numerous migrant workers to reach their home states during the nationwide lockdown clamped last year to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic.

Centre plans to procure 20 cr Covishield, National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development MWCD, Govt. of India 1 crore Zydus RNA vax doses in September Regional Centre, Jawahar Nagar, Khanapara

Will protest till farm laws are withdrawn: Rakesh Tikait SHAHJAHANPUR (UP), SEP 18 (PTI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday said the farmers will continue to protest at Delhi’s borders till the three controversial agriculture laws are withdrawn.

He alleged a nexus between the central government and corporates to “rob” the farmers of their hard-earned produce. Till the black laws are not withdrawn, the farmers will remain on the borders of Delhi, Tikait, who is the national spokesperson of the BKU, said, adding the farmers were now aware of their rights. Tikait and other farmer leaders had come to Bunda tehsil here on the occasion of the 38th death anniversary of Sant Sukhdev Singh to pay homage to him. National president of BKU (Chanuni faction) Gurnam Singh Chanuni termed the farmers’ movement as a “dharam yudh” being fought to safeguard the rights of the peasants.

The intention of the government is to enslave the farmers which will not be allowed under any circumstances, he said.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (IANS): With the Centre planning to procure 25 crore of vaccine doses per month, a top government source said that by the end of September, the Centre can procure 1 crore doses of Zydus DNA Covid vaccine.

The source said, “India will procure about 20 crore doses of Covishield and 3.5 crore doses of Covaxin this month, and the target is to procure more than 25 crore doses per month.”

According to the source, as

many as 100 crore vaccinations are expected by the first week of October.

Stating that there is no shortage of vaccines in the country, the source said that the Centre is capable of supplying as many vaccine doses the states need, in real time without any delay.

The source said that the Serum Institute of India will give 20 crore doses of Covisheild this month. Last month, the SII supplied 19 crore doses of Covishield.

The source also said that the poll-bound states are on top priority list to administer the first dose of the vaccine.

India on Friday set a new world record of administering the highsest number of vaccine doses in a single day. Accordingly, India achieved the milestone of admimistering over 2.5 crore vaccine doses under the ‘Vaccine Seva’ campaign to mark the 71st birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Centre asks states to analyse Covid situation NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): States and Union Territories should undertake in-depth analysis of the COVID-19 situation and strengthen health infrastructure, stock essential medicines and augment human resources, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba said on Saturday, stressing that there is no room for any complacency.

Gauba chaired a highlevel meeting to review and discuss the Covid management and response strategy through video conference on Saturday. In the meeting, Gauba told the states that there is no room for complacency and stressed the need to strictly enforce Covid-appropriate behaviour (CAB). Drawing examples from other countries that witnessed multiple peaks of COVID-19, he expressed concern over high test positivity being reported in certain pockets of the country.

He advised the state health administrators to undertake granular analysis of the Covid trajectory, ramp up their health infrastructure, undertake stocking

Media persons stand outside Bollywood actor Sonu Sood’s residence after the IT dept conducted searches.

from many bogus entities,” the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) claimed in a statement. It added that, so far, use of 20 such entries has been found and the providers of which, on examination, have “accepted” on oath to have given “bogus” accommodation entries (transaction entries in accounts).

“They have accepted to have issued cheques in lieu of cash. There have been instances where professional receipts have been camouflaged as loans in the books of accounts for the purpose of evasion of tax,” the policy-making body for the tax department said.

These bogus loans, it

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of essential medicines and augment human resources at the earliest to meet any potential surge in cases.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan highlighted the emerging challenge of Serotype-II Dengue in 11 states which is associated with more cases and complications than other forms of the disease.

He suggested that states should undertake steps like early detection of cases, operationalisation of fever helplines, adequate stocking of testing kits, larvicides and medicines, deployment of rapid response teams for prompt investigation.

He also suggested necessary public health action like fever survey, contact tracing, vector control, alerting blood banks

for maintaining adequate stocks of blood and blood components, especially platelets.

The states were also urged to also undertake IEC campaigns regarding helplines, methods of vector control, source reduction at homes and symptoms of dengue, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement.

Bhushan brought to the notice of the states/UTs that 70 districts in 15 states are a cause of concern as 34 of these districts have positivity exceeding 10 per cent and in 36 districts, the positivity is in the range of 5-10 per cent.

In view of the forthcoming festival season, the Health ministry said the states were directed to ensure all necessary precautions and effective enforcement for avoidance of mass gathering and congested closed spaces.

Existing guidelines regarding malls, local markets, and places of worship are to be strictly followed. States were urged to undertake effective IEC for promotion of Covid-appropriate

behaviour and Covid safe festivities.

They were advised to closely monitor the case trajectories in all the districts on a daily basis to identify early warning signals and ensure imposition of restrictions and adherence to CAB. The five-fold Covid containment strategy (Test, Treat, Track, Vaccinate, CAB adherence), enhanced testing as an aid to early identification, augmentation of health infrastructure to prepare for future (prioritizing rural areas and paediatric cases), contact tracing, surveillance and containment measures and stringent action in clusters reporting higher cases, among others were also re-emphasised, the statement said.

It was also noted that urgent action on augmentation of hospital infrastructure, oxygen availability, building up buffer stocks of critical drugs, ambulance services and implementation of IT systems/ helplines/ telemedicine services is required.

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fter the one-day protest closure of all shops across Nagaland on September 16 in response to the demand of the Chambers of CommerceNagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CNCCI) and earlier the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) to stop rampant and unabated collections in Dimapur and collections of multiple taxes by state agencies; the state government had offered to deal with these demands. It may be mentioned that all these illegal activities are being carried out in the name of at least ten Naga political groups, half a dozen state government agencies, Dimapur municipal council and myriad other social and voluntary organizations. These collections either authorized or unauthorized have caused serious damage to the business environment by subjecting entrepreneurs, traders etc to fear and uncertainty.

All these organizations and agencies impose their right to tax and collect money right from the time trucks pass through check gates carrying all kinds of items. First the trucks are allowed to cross only if they have paid road tax to parallel authorities at the amount decided on the number of tyres. Again, taxes are imposed item-wise on trucks. Later the owners of godowns pay tax for storage of the goods. Then the shops selling these items are again subjected to retail tax. Government agencies are as notorious for collection of unauthorized taxes on items for which GST has been paid. Unhealthy animals are also passed at the check gates after paying fines. These are again taxed while being sold in the markets. The government offered to increase deployment of police personnel to check extortions. CNCCI has however said the issue is not restricted to Dimapur but also widespread throughout Nagaland. The belief that mere deployment of police will solve the problem is not based on facts. If that were so, then it would be attributed to good governance. According to most traders and entrepreneurs, such collection will end once there is solution of the Naga political issue. This appears to imply, that the unsolved political issue is the major cause for rampant illegal collections.

However, it would be too simplistic to suggest that political solution will end the problem. According to volunteers who had launched a week-long vigil against gate collections in 2019, different groups of police personnel were collecting money to be shared with their respective officers. On stopping multiple tax collections by Dimapur Municipal Council(DMC) and other agencies, there are still various methods or mean by which money can be squeezed from.

Perhaps like Hydra, those involved are graduating to market syndicates under various names and will allow only those paying them ‘tax’ to do business.

Earlier, according to ACAUT, several syndicates have been set up for various trade activities. After GST and online banking, business firms cannot make extra profit unlike in the past. Toll tax, entry tax or road tax etc should be banned and civic bodies should be discouraged from collecting money under whatever pretexts. Many states have done away with such activities which only promote criminal elements from forming collection syndicates. This problem can be solved once and for all if any form of collections is banned and effectively imposed. All the government’s economic visions and documents will remain on paper only and come to naught, if trade and commerce is remote-controlled by outside market forces.

DailyDevotion His Temptation and Ours

We do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. —Hebrews 4:15 Until we are born again, the only kind of temptation we understand is the kind mentioned in James 1:14, “Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.” But through regeneration we are lifted into another realm where there are other temptations to face, namely, the kind of temptations our Lord faced. The temptations of Jesus had no appeal to us as unbelievers because they were not at home in our human nature. Our Lord’s temptations and ours are in different realms until we are born again and become His brothers. The temptations of Jesus are not those of a mere man, but the temptations of God as Man. Through regeneration, the Son of God is formed in us (see Galatians 4:19), and in our physical life He has the same setting that He had on earth. Satan does not tempt us just to make us do wrong things— he tempts us to make us lose what God has put into us through regeneration, namely, the possibility of being of value to God. He does not come to us on the premise of tempting us to sin, but on the premise of shifting our point of view, and only the Spirit of God can detect this as a temptation of the devil.

Temptation means a test of the possessions held within the inner, spiritual part of our being by a power outside us and foreign to us. This makes the temptation of our Lord explainable. After Jesus’ baptism, having accepted His mission of being the One “who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29) He “was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness” (Matthew 4:1) and into the testing devices of the devil. Yet He did not become weary or exhausted. He went through the temptation “without sin,” and He retained all the possessions of His spiritual nature completely intact.

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If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. ~ Jack Kerouac

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Epson global survey reveals startling climate reality deficit 73.4% of Indians are still optimistic we will avoid a climate crisis in our Lifetime

● The survey is a part of Epson Group’s effort to bring about greater awareness and understanding about Climate Change ● India has highest Climate Reality deficit in the world as new research highlights a significant gap between perceptions of climate change and the severity of the emergency With barely a month before the start of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in the UK i n N ove m b e r, E p s o n announces the results of its Climate Reality Barometer.

Epson’s research discovers a potentially damaging gap between climate reality and people’s understanding of its catastrophic effects.

T h e s u r ve y c a p t u r e s global experiences and perceptions of climate change from 15,264 consumers across Asia, Europe, North America and South America, including 1,207 consumers in India.

Timed to help frame discussions at COP 26, the goal of the Epson Climate Reality Barometer is to raise greater public awareness of climate change impacts, influence transformative business decisions, and better inform policy makers.

Reality deficit: Optimism vs evidence When questioned about their views on

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humanity’s ability to avert a climate crisis within their lifetimes, almost three in four (73.4%) of people surveyed in India as part of the Epson Climate Reality Barometer, state they are “very” or “somewhat” optimistic, while just one in 10 (11.4%) claim to be very or somewhat pessimistic. This significantly outweighs the global trend, with close to half of the respondents worldwide (46%) stating that they are optimistic and 27% expressing pessimism in this regard. Results show a worrying climate reality deficit between participants perception of, the scale and immediacy of the climate emergency on one hand and the actions to tackle the same on the other. In India 4.1% of respondents do not believe that there is a climate emergency at all. The US tops the list of climate deniers at 11%.

Optimism in India is driven most by the opportunity to use science and technology to solve problems (31.9%), the factthat people are not aware of climate change dangers (26.4%) and the ability to move away from fossil fuels like coal to renewable sources like wind energ y (21.4%).

On the other hand, those who are pessimistic are driven mostly by a belief that people are not aware of climate change dangers (32.6%), a lack of

government action (30.4%) - with 17.4% believing we are not switching to renewable energy sources link wind energ y fast enough.

T h e l a t e s t Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warned that India will suffer more frequent and intense heat waves, extreme rainfall events and erratic monsoons, as well as more cyclonic activity, among other weatherrelated calamities in the coming decades (source).

Epson’s Climate Reality B a r o m e t e r ’s f i n d i n g s suggest a damaging triumph of optimism over evidence, with potentially devastating consequences.

Reality check: Understanding vs. action The Barometer suggests that optimism may be the result of a failure to recognise climate change and, t h e r e f o r e, i t s s c a l e.

Around three quarters of respondents in India see the link between climate change and rising global temperatures (81.6%), extreme weather (78.5%) a n d d e c l i n i n g wa t e r supplies (75.6%). In contrast, awareness falls to just over half for other important events such as famine (58.4%), thawing permafrost (54.1%) and insect outbreaks (59.8%).

Many in India, however, still believe action should come

from elsewhere: a quarter (25.8%) believe governments are “most responsible for tackling the climate emergency”, and 26.9% say businessesare the “most responsible” for tackling climate. The findings also suggest a lack of consistency between individual intention and action. While 66.2% of Indians are already r e d u c i n g p l a s t i c u s e, worryingly 8.8% of people say they have no intention of doing so, or don’t know how to. Similarly, 42.6% of Indians claim that they are boycotting unsustainable brands but 16.7% of those surveyed say they don’t intend to or aren’t sure how to go about this. And while 65.1% of Indians claim that they are walking or cycling more often, 8.9% still say they don’t intend to change their travel habits.

There is evidence, however, that the idea of personal and collective responsibility is gaining currency. Encouragingly, 21% of respondents see that they are personally “most responsible”, while (21.5%) believe that we are all responsible — with action incumbent on governments, businesses, and individuals alike.

Business reality — the time to act is now The Climate Reality Barometer suggests that for many, climate crisis remains something that happens to someone else.

As the sur vey reveals that globally only 14% of respondents recognise big businesses as most responsible for tackling the climate emergency, and just 3% small companies (fewer than the 5% of climate change deniers), it also suggests that now is the time for companies of all sizes to play a bigger role.

Companies can empower other businesses and consumers with sustainability supporting innovations. At Epson, this has seen the development of, for example: initiatives to reduce customer impact through the use of highly energy efficient Heat-Free printing technology; and R&D into environmental technologies such as naturally derived (nonplastic) materials.

Beyond product and materials innovation, businesses can make a big difference by promoting and demonstrating climate r e s p o n s i b i l i t y. E p s o n carries this forward by: transitioning to 100% r e n ewa b l e e l e c t r i c i t y and engaging with initiatives such as the RE100 renewable energy project; working to close the resource loop for example, by promoting product refurbishment and reuse; and engaging in high impact partnerships such as its work with National Geographic to protect permafrost.

Yasunori Ogawa,

Global President of Epson, commented: “The discovery of the Climate Reality Deficit shows that awareness coupled with action, will be critical to tackling the emergency.

Epson’s goal is to bring this awareness and the technologies needed — b y o u r c o m p a n y, other businesses and consumers — to action transformational change.

Sustainability is central to our business plan and backed by significant resources — because while we know there is a long way to go, we believe we can build a better future.”

About Epson Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to co-creating sustainability and enriching communities by leveraging its efficient, compact, and precision technologies and digital technologies to connect people, things, and information. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson will become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of around JPY 1 trillion.

The dangers of delay in Indo-Naga political talks

h e p r o s p e c t o f Framework Agreement p e a c e t a l k s o v e r NSCN to hardened on the i n c l u d i n g M y a n m a r conditions for resolving resolving the Indo- in New Delhi; however, i n t e r i m m e a s u r e s. A prospect of concessions deteriorate when left to one of Asia’s oldest and N a g a p o l i t i c a l the implementation of comprehensive peace for peace. Following the their own devices. Leaving longest-running political conflict is more remote agreement parameters agreement based on a removal of RN Ravi as the two sides alone results issues: the willingness of t o d ay t h a n i t wa s a f o r t h e 2 I n d o - N a g a unified Naga polity. The governor of the India- in neither mutual trust nor the Parliament of Great decade ago. On both political issue has yet Strategic Equation and created state of Nagaland a conducive environment Britain, the Prime Minister sides, a culture of distrust to be determined, and Situation on the Ground on September 10, 2021, f o r p e a c e m a k i n g . of Great Britain, and the has grown. The Naga the duration remains Perhaps the single most and his likely removal as Resolving the Indo-Naga United Nations to make a Conundrum was created as indefinite, leading to a road damaging factor for peace GoI Interlocutor on Indo- political issue may be serious and sustained effort a result of the government of uncertainty. With the prospects since the signing Naga peace talks, Akshaya difficult as it necessitates to resolve this conflict of India’s continued use of British arbitrary division of the 2015 Indo-Naga Kumar Mishra, a former extensive and novel good- will be determined by the the parallel play strategy of Naga homeland and no Framework Agreement has special director of the faith mediation due to leaders’ perceptions of in conjunction with a written treaties between been GoI Interlocutor RN Intelligence Bureau (IB), widening distrust. It has the situation. The lack of combination of military, British India and Nagas, Ravi’s continuous and, at is expected to replace RN also taken on a regional a resolution is undeniably political, developmental, neither Britain and India times, accelerated position Ravi as Interlocutor for strategic dimension of undermining other efforts and legal measures in nor Britain and Myanmar expansion as Governor Indo-Naga peace talks, counterattack strategy to address a wide range of dealing with the Indo- (Bur ma) showed any of Nagaland, with every as reported by various m o s t p r o m i n e n t l y regional issues with the Naga political issue, which official papers of ceding announcement or official Indiabased media. One between India, Myanmar, situation on the ground is a natural way to divide a n d a c c e p t i n g N a g a speech as governor felt major source of concern and China. While the deteriorated to the point people. While the ongoing territory is a fact status as an additional stab in is India’s lack of genuine international community where it is questionable conflict among Nagas that is not incorrectly the ailing body of the political will to resolve the cannot compel India and whether a negotiated undermines hopes for a l a b e l e d a s f o r c e f u l peace process. A culture prior India’s independence the Nagas to make peace, p o l i t i c a l s o l u t i o n i s unified Naga polity, Nagas “Occupation.” The Naga of militarization, as well issue by appointing a the current negotiation still possible. The most determined to resist have political movement can be as attempts to resolve the bureaucrat rather than process between India pressing question is not succeeded in revitalizing traced back to January 10, Indo-Naga political issue a political negotiator to and Nagas (including what type of solution will their struggle to a degree, 1929, when the first Naga as internal law and order lead the negotiation for Myanmar and Nagas) will be found, but whether the enough to rekindle fear Political Memorandum issues, has resurfaced. an issue requiring political 4 not survive unless the situation can be resolved in India but not enough was submitted to the As a result, Naga society decision. As a strategic international community before another major to make it a strategically Simon Commission of is divided today, with countermove to the GoI’s e n g a g e s i n f o r c e f u l confrontation breaks out.

Augustine R. is an c o m p e l l i n g p r i o r i t y. the British Parliament, a mixture of fear and moves, the NSCN similarly political inter vention, To d ay, t h e q u e s t i o n and to the August 14, confusion, between two hardened their position including an effective independent researcher on i s n o t w h a t k i n d o f 1 9 4 7 , d e c l a r a t i o n o f major pillars of authority, that Nagas will never be a presence on the ground. the India-Naga-Myanmar negotiated agreement can N a g a i n d e p e n d e n c e. the GoI and various Naga part of the Indian Union. The end of the occupation political issue, as well as be reached, but whether Many political talks have Nationalist groups. 3 With Conclusion When the and the establishment on broader Asian security a negotiated settlement taken place between the growing mistrust and a British left the region, of a state for the Nagas and strategic issues, and based on the approach GoI and the NSCN in stalemate in talks between the Naga homeland was is an issue of global a keen observer of China o f 2 0 1 5 I n d o - N a g a an attempt to resolve the the GoI’s Interlocutor RN sold as an opportunity, justice that has dragged and India’s relations with ASEAN, South Asia, Framework Agreement political issue over the past Ravi and the NSCN, the and it got all fire up at the on for far too long. As a the United States, the which rested on shared more than two decades. negotiation had entered possibility. As a result, it is result, the international sovereignty arrangement U n t i l n o w, n o n e o f an uncertain phase. In not surprising that Nagas community must assist United Kingdom, and the European Union. is still possible before these opportunities have August 2020, India’s Prime and India’s relations in defining the political a n ew c o n f r o n t a t i o n resulted in a settlement, Minister Modi directed erupts. Unlike in Kosovo, but none have been a waste India’s Intelligence Bureau Cambodia, Iraq, and of time because they have t o “ r e s u m e i n f o r m a l Timor-Leste, which remain brought the parties closer talks” with the NSCN, prototypical examples to understanding that a which have proceeded of shared sovereignty viable solution is possible. against a backdrop of arrangements, the most Thus, the 2015 Indo-Naga general skepticism: the high-profile engagement Framework Agreement d ow n g r a d i n g o f t a l k between the GoI and between the GoI and from the Prime Minister’s NSCN in the history of the NSCN represented a political level to the level of Sir, India and Nagas over the promising breakthrough in bureaucrats demonstrates Most accidents in Nagaland either happen in the night or the wee hours. last two decades to resolve yielding the first agreement the GoI’s insincerity Drunken driving is customary by commercial vehicle drivers, and private car owners the Indo-Naga political based on the principle towards peace settlement. and youngsters are also major players in the game. Small bars along the roads are of issue based on shared of a two-entity solution, F r u s t r a t e d a t t e m p t s prime concern to control drunken driving. A drunken driver is a potential murderer sovereignty arrangements with the understanding over the interpretation as he cannot perform his tasks without risks and endangers road safety. Drunken may become irrelevant due t h a t t h e a g r e e m e n t ’s of the 2015 Indo-Naga driving is an illegal act which entails not only levying hefty fines or revocation of to non-implementation. incremental approach, Framework Agreement, as license, but also prosecution, same as a criminal offence. India reports as many as On August 3, 2015, India’s which included shared well as the uninterrupted 1.34 lakh fatalities in road accidents every year, a vast 70 percent of them is due Prime Minister Narendra sovereignty arrangements, GoI Interlocutor RN Ravi to drunken driving.

If we make a commitment to report the incidence to officials concerned or take Modi, and top leaders has now been discredited opinion on the Indo-Naga of both the GoI and the or misinterpreted. The political issue, keep the a stand against drunk driving, we may get success in curbing the menace which has NSCN witnessed the majority of Nagas today possibility of conflict alive, been a major contributor to the traffic deaths every year. signing of the Indo-Naga prefer comprehensive leading both GoI and Ghokivi Jimo, Dimapur Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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in Punjab biggest casualty TMC’s attack on Rahul unwarranted: Cong Governance in Congress’s ‘Game of Thrones’: AAP the party neither intends to disrespect the Congress nor wants to talk about an alternative to the BJP government at the Centre without it.

“Bandopadhyay has not talked about any alternative force without the Congress. He just said in his experiences, people are not accepting Rahul Gandhi as an alternative face to Narendra Modi. He (Gandhi) is not ready yet,” Ghosh said.

The Congress leader could not prove it (defeating the BJP) in the last two Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019, the state TMC spokesperson said.

“But after the 2021 assembly poll victory, Mamata Banerjee has been successful in emerging as an alternative (face to Modi), he said.

Veteran Congress leader and MP Pradip Bhattacharya said it is for the opposition allies to unanimously decide who will be their common leader.

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH, SEP 18 (PTI): Governance in Punjab has been the biggest casualty in the Congress party’s ‘Game of Thrones’, the opposition AAP said on Saturday after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh resigned following months of a power tussle in the ruling party.

In a video message, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chadha said the issues of Punjab have been put on the back burner amid a power struggle in the ruling party.

“Congress has cheated the people of Punjab.

They do not care about the welfare of Punjab, but their own personal happiness.

Congress is a drowning Titanic that neither has vision nor commitment or performance,” Chadha said in Punjabi.

“Gover nance in

Excited about joining TMC, will work for About 1,714 human trafficking Bengal’s development: Babul Supriyo cases registered in 2020

Tharoor asks for immediate change in Cong leadership

TMC publication stated Rahul failed to take on BJP

NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): The Congress on Saturday accused the Mamata Baner jee-led Trinamool Congress of undermining the leadership of the grand old party and said its attack on Rahul Gandhi was “unwarranted and in poor taste”.

The remarks of the Congress came after the TMC’s Bengali mouthpiece ‘Jago Bangla’ ran a cover story, attacking Gandhi by saying he has failed to take on the BJP and Banerjee, who is the chief minister of West Bengal, should be the opposition’s face now.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said he has seen reports citing an article in the official publication of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

The same is not in

good taste as Rahul Gandhi – a former Congress president -- is fighting a bigger battle to save democracy, he said.

“Let me say that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress Party are fighting a bigger battle of saving democracy, protecting the Constitution and our national ethos that are under attack from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-RSS,” Surjewala said.

“We also find the attack on Rahul Gandhi is unwarranted and in poor taste,” he said.

Jago Bangla had ran the cover story with the headline: ‘Rahul Gandhi failed, Mamata is the alternate face’.

Sur jewala said the Congress respects all political parties and their leadership and recognises their contribution in the united fight against the BJP. “Everyone must understand that Opposition

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unity cannot be built by undermining the leadership of other parties, including the Congress Party. In fact, all like-minded parties, including Mamta Banerjee ji, have repeatedly vowed to fight together. Hopefully, those writing such articles will take note of Mamata ji’s and Opposition parties’ stance,” he said.

Congress leader in Lok Sabha and the party’s West Bengal chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the views expressed by TMC’s mouthpiece will weaken the unity and convergence among op-

Centre scales down Babul Supriyo’s security cover

National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee with sitting MP Babul Supriyo after the latter joined TMC. (PTI)

KOLKATA/NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): Shortly after joining the TMC here, former Union minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo on Saturday said he is extremely excited to be a part of the Mamata Banerjee-led party and will work hard for the development of West Bengal. Asked if he would quit as BJP MP from Asansol, Supriyo said he will follow the rulebook.

“When I had said two months back that I want to quit politics, I was serious about it. After getting this new opportunity, however, I decided to change my mind.

“I am ver y excited about joining the TMC. I will work for the development of Bengal,” he stated.

Supriyo also said that he will be meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday.

“I am grateful to Abhishek Banerjee, (TMC national general secretary) and Mamata Banerjee for giving me an opportunity to work for the state.

“I will follow the rulebook; there is no point in holding on to the Asansol seat when I have joined the TMC,” he added.

In July, Supriyo had announced that he was quitting politics. He was later persuaded against resigning as a Lok Sabha member even as the singer-turnedpolitician insisted that he would no longer be part of active politics.

The Union government has scaled down the armed security cover of central paramilitary commandos given to Babul Supriyo who left the BJP and joined the Trinamool Congress on Saturday, official sources said.

The cover has been reduced from the secondhighest level of Z category to Y category, after an order was issued by the Union home ministry on Friday.

The security cover given to VVIPs and highrisk personalities under the central scheme, ranges from the highest Z+ followed by Z, Y+, Y and X categories.

On the scaling down of Supriyo’s security category, the sources said that a recommendation in this context was made by central security and intelligence agencies. Supriyo (50), dropped as minister from the Narendra Modi cabinet in July, is being guarded by an armed contingent of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). From about six-seven commandos, Supriyo will now be guarded by two armed personnel during travel.

position parties.

The article comes at a time when opposition parties are trying to come together and present a united face in fighting and defeating the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The article in the TMC publication stated that the country is seeking an alternative face.

“I have known Rahul Gandhi for a long time, but I must say he has failed to emerge as an alternative face to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But Mamata Banerjee has been successful in emerging as an alternative face to Modi,” the story quoted the TMC’s Lok Sabha party leader Sudip Bandopadhyay as said.

Congress leaders have said that this will adversely affect the bonhomie between the Congress and the TMC, and does not bode well for opposition unity.

Senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday said

NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): About 1,714 cases of human trafficking were registered by the government’s anti-human trafficking units in 2020 with sexual exploitation for prostitution, forced labour and domestic servitude being the top reasons behind it, according to the NCRB data.

The data also showed that the case conviction rate of human trafficking was 10.6 per cent.

Among states, Maharashtra and Telangana recorded the highest number of such cases at 184 each, followed by Andhra Pradesh at 171, Kerala at 166, Jharkhand at 140 and Rajasthan at 128.

The conviction for cases of human trafficking was recorded at 0 in seven states, while the highest conviction rate of such cases was reported from Tamil Nadu at 66 per cent followed by Delhi at 40 per cent.

The NCRB, in its report, said it started collecting data on human trafficking cases from these Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTU) across the country since As per data provided by states/UTs, 1,714 cases of human trafficking have been registered by AHTUs during 2020.

According to the report, 2,278 human trafficking cases were registered in 2018 and 2,260 in 2019, respectively The report further said that 4,709 victims, including 2,222 below 18 years, were trafficked across the country in 2020.

The maximum trafficking cases were registered for sexual exploitation for prostitution at 1,466 followed by forced labour at 1,452 and domestic servitude at 846.

The data on cases recorded of human trafficking have been provided by anti-human trafficking units through their State Crime Records Bureau and this data represents only those cases which have been registered by respective AHTUs. As per the data provided by States/UTs, so far, 696 AHTUs are functional and 20 states/ UTs have achieved their target of setting up AHTUs in all districts.

Roop Sen, founding member of Sanjog, one of the NGOs which is a part of the Indian Leadership Forum Against Trafficking, said the country went into lockdown from March 23 so there was very strong monitoring of inter-state trave.

T H I RU VA N A N T H A PURAM, SEP 18 (IANS): Three-time Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said there should be a new leadership of the Congress party.

“None has spoken a word against Sonia Gandhi, but she herself is saying she wishes to step down and hence a new leadership should take over quickly.

“If Rahul Gandhi wishes to take over, it should happen quickly,” said Tharoor to the media as he arrived near Ernakulam on a day that saw the party’s Punjab unit implode.

He said if the Congress has to come back, things should fall in place quickly and should get ready to face the elections and for that it should happen now.

Incidentally by now various feeder organisation of the Congress party have been firmly demanding that Rahul Gandhi should take over as the new president.

Raghav Chadha

the state of Punjab has been the biggest casualty in Congress’s ‘Game of Thrones’,” Chadha tweeted after Congress veteran Amarinder Singh resigned as chief minister declaring that he felt “humiliated”.

AAP MLA and Leader of Opposition in Punjab Harpal Singh Cheema said the Congress infighting has done a lot of damage to Punjab and its people.

“No matter how many faces the Congress may change, in the upcoming elections the people of Punjab will make the

condition of the Congress worse than the Akali-BJP,” he said in a statement in Chandigarh.

“By changing Ali Baba, the rest of the thieves will not become innocent,” he said.

The AAP leader said all Congressmen are trapped in the quagmire of a mafia rule that has been going on for four-and-ahalf years. “No matter how many faces the Congress may change, it cannot change its false, corrupt and opportunistic nature,” he added.

Cheema said while b e i n g p owe r h u n g r y, Amarinder Singh and his MLAs and ministers never thought about the prosperity of Punjab and were only busy filling their coffers.

“Because the fight is not only for the chief minister’s chair, but a battle to capture the status of mafia and kingpin,” he asserted.

BJP backstabbed Hindus: Hindu Maha Sabha

Hindu Maha Sabha Karnataka state secretary Dharmendra.

MANGALURU, SEP 18 (PTI): The ruling BJP has backstabbed the Hindus by allowing demolition of an ancient temple in Mysuru and is trying to cover up their deed by using Sangh Parivar to fight against the act, Hindu Maha Sabha Karnataka state secretary Dharmendra said on Saturday.

Addressing reporters here, he alleged that the fight against temple demolitions

by Sangh organisations is just a ploy to cover up the failure of the BJP government.

“We feel pity on the Sangh Parivar which is tak-

ing up the fight. If they are sincere about their fight, they should defeat the BJP in the coming elections and back Hindu Maha Sabha which is the party of Hindutva,” he said.

He also said the BJP is citing the Supreme Court order as the reason for the demolition of the temple.

At the same time, they are not acting against illegal religious structures of other communities.

The Hindu organisations who protest against the BJP government should openly take a stand that they will not support the party in future, Dharmendra said.

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Water from 115 countries to be offered at Ayodhya: Rajnath

Lauding this effort, Singh said, “Procuring water from all the countries of the world replicates the thinking of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam of India. Bringing water from 115 countries is an excellent work. I hope water from remaining 77 countries would also be procured by the time construction of the temple is completed. We will do ‘Jalabhishek’ of our Ram Lala from that water.”

He further said that construction of Ram Temple is a moment of pride for everybody.

“Indian culture is very rich and there is no discrimination on the basis of cast, creed and religion in India,” he asserted.

Addressing the gathering, Rai said procuring water from across the world it is a historic moment.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that procuring water from 115 countries of seven continents for offering in the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is an “innovative thinking” and it replicates the message of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.

Water from rivers, streams and oceans from these 115 countries was received by Singh at his residence at Akbar Road in presence of Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra general secretary Champat Rai and ambassadors and high commissioners from several countries including Denmark, Fiji and Nigeria.

The water was procured by NGO Delhi Study Circle, which is led by BJP leader and former Delhi MLA Vijay Jolly.

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Rajnath Singh while invoking blessing for pure water of 115 nations for Ayodhya Ram Mandir, New Delhi. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (PTI): Businesses that default on filing summary return and paying monthly GST will not be able to file GSTR-1 sales return of the succeeding month from January 1 next year.

The GST Council in its Lucknow meeting on September 17 has decided to take a host of measures to streamline compliance, including mandatory Aadhaar authentication for businesses to file refund claims.

These moves would help prevent revenue leakage due to evasion of Goods and Services Tax (GST), which was launched on July 1, 2017. The Council decided to amend Rule 59(6) of the

Central GST Rules with effect from January 1, 2022, to provide that a registered person shall not be allowed to furnish Form GSTR-1, if he has not furnished the return in Form GSTR-3B for the preceding month. Currently, the law restricts filing of return for outward supplies or GSTR-1 in case a business fails to file GSTR-3B of preceding two months.

While businesses file GSTR-1 of a particular month by the 11th day of the subsequent month, GSTR3B, through which businesses pay taxes, is filed in a staggered manner between 20th-24th day of the succeeding month. The Council has also made Aadhaar

authentication of GST registration mandatory for being eligible for filing refund claim and application for revocation of cancellation of registration. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had notified Aadhaar authentication for GST registration with effect from August 21, 2020.

The notification also provided that in case businesses do not provide Aadhaar number, then GST registration would be granted only after physical verification of the place of business.

The Council has now decided businesses will now have to link their GST registration with biometric Aadhaar for claiming tax refunds as also applying for revocation of cancellation of registration.

The Council, comprising central and state finance ministers, in its 45th meeting also decided that GST refunds will be disbursed in the bank account, which is linked with same PAN on which registration has been obtained under GST.

Cryptocurrency Hyper Covid might shift India’s growth model Fund under govt scanner NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (IANS): The government is keeping a close eye on cryptocurrency floating in the market based out of the country folowing alert that agencies responsible to check financial fraud are watching a company called Hyper Fund.

Sources said Hyper Fund, a DEFI by Hyper Tech Group has come under the radar recently.

The Group claims to have launched the Hyper Fund to provide a decentralized financial infrastructure. Hyper Fund was announced in mid-2020.

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over sanction letters under Mudra Piggery Scheme.

Speaking on the occasion, Thangboi highlighted on the importance of credit linkage to the SHGs and the important role its members in developing the society and entrepreneurship in

NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (IANS): The Covid-19 pandemic could act as an inflection point to shift India’s growth model from being consumption driven to investments-led.

In its Ecoscope report, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, said: “With Covid-19 hurting India’s ‘Household’ (HH) and ‘Government’ sectors adversely, the continuity of strong consumption growth is in question.”

“On the contrary, with listed companies’ financial positions improving and an uptick in household investments in the Real Estate sector (called physical savings), the narrative of investment-led recovery is

gaining momentum.”

The report prescribed that various economic participants - households, governments, listed companies, and unlisted corporates -- to increase their fixed asset investments in the immediate future based on their financial position.

At present, the listed and unlisted corporate sector accounts for only about half of total investments in India.

The ‘HH’ sector including unincorporated enterprises accounts for 35-40 per cent in India’s investments, while the remaining 12-13 per cent is contributed by centre and states governments. Besides, the report

the state.

He stressed on the important role of women in managing the household finances with prudence.

This was stated in a press release issued by deputy manager RBO Dimapur, Jimmy Limbu.

India hikes domestic flight capacity to 85% NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (IANS): The Centre on Saturday allowed domestic airlines to deploy up to 85 per cent of their pre-Covid flight capacity.

Accordingly, the capacity is being raised from 72.5 per cent, which was set on August 12, 2021.

Domestic airlines were allowed to operate at over 80 per cent of per-Covid capacity in December, 2020.

It was later reduced due to the second Covid wave.

Last month, the Centre had allowed domestic airlines to deploy up to 72.5 per cent of their flight capacity, up from 65 per cent.

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Chandrasekhar calls for blending traditional, modern skills (From p-1) He also suggested running and expanding more of such cluster-based training programmes with industry connect, self-employment opportunities and micro entrepreneurial approach for overall benefit of traditional heritage crafts of the region.

Earlier, HCSSC executive member, Jesmina Zeliang, briefing the minister about the cluster, stated that the cluster was working continuously with more than 600 artisans including weavers. She added that the need of the hour was to skill the artisans.

Jesmina, however, maintained that even though the cluster had skilled artisans, there was still necessity to onboard them to next level and partner with industries which would ensure continuous employment.

Further, she said that it was essential that to have a centre of excellence, where artisans could be directly involved with stakeholders that would have responsibility of on boarding them into national and international markets.

“It is absolutely crucial to empower our people to skill development and entrepreneurship otherwise we will continue to lament and blame the government and development instead

of looking inwards,” she stated.

Advisor industries and commerce, Imnatiba and advisor information technology and communication, Mhonlumo Kikon, accompanied the union minister.

MoS assures support for improving traditional skills: Minister of state for skill development & entrepreneurship, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has assured of full support to the state government departments to improve the traditional skills and artisans for prosperity. MoS made the assurance at the Mongken apparel & garment production & training unit, a convergence project under SANKALP Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship at 5th Mile, Dimapur.

Mongken is the joint venture of three state government departments—department of employment, skill development & entrepreneurship; department of industries & commerce and department for development of underdeveloped areas. “Skills, artisans and the quality of works in Nagaland are world class while the skills development centers existent in the State need more support,” he said.

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ter was in complete agreement with Prime Minister Modi’s vision to have traditional skills and artisans connected to global markets with their products and services through the right amount of skilling input and support from the State and Central governments. MoS said he was deeply impressed with the determination and hard work in the digital printing of traditional motifs into wearables.

He also asserted that the Union Ministry would extend all possible support to uplift the skills development centers in the State.

Chandrasekhar encouraged the Naga youth to be part of the movements like Mongken and the traditional arts and skills that exist in the State to move forward.

MoS was accompanied by advisor IT and new and renewable energy MmhonlumoKikon and advisor industries and commerce Imnatiba. DUDA additional director Dr Anungla Imdong Phom highlighted the different activities of DUDA. She also apprised the MoS on the functioning of Mongken while also seeking further assistance from the Union Ministry towards creating such facilities in the State.

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cited that demand environment is expected to remain subdued due to weak financial position of ‘HH’ and government sector.

“Despite household investments picking up strongly in 2HFY21, given that Indian households bore the maximum brunt of Covid-led losses in CY20 (and CY21), we believe household spending would remain subdued over the next few years.”

It further pointed out that unless ‘HH’, ‘Unlisted Corporate’, and government sectors can improve their financial positions -- leading to a demand uptick -- a strong revival in investments seems challenging.

(From p-1) Though NPF had maintained that the party did not set any condition for any portfolio to join the all-party government, Kronu, when asked about it, said that it was prerogative of the chief minister to fill up vacancies, if there were any. Currently one cabinet post is lying vacant following the demise of senior NDPP member and minister CM Chang.

Reiterating that the coming together of all legislators was to work together to achieve the common goal for early solution to the Naga political issue, he said that the legislators were serious about it and would be meeting the negotiating parties separately. When asked about fate of the seven suspended NPF legislators, NPF secretary general Achumbemo Kikon said that the party will wait for the The New Honda Amaze Facelift was launched at Ayida Honda Dimapur on Saturday. The unveiling of the New Amaze was graced by Rev. Joshua. decision of the Disciplinary Action Committee.

SBI officials and participants at Niathu Resort on Saturday.

Diphupar were presented by the general manager on the occasion.

28 trainees, who have completed their vocational training in piggery from SBI Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI), Jalukie were also handed

As per the company website it is led by Ryan Xu, however, with the Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) model Hyper Fund has been luring investors with higher returns and such offerings, a common practice under Ponzi Schemes, that got the authorities alerted in the first place.

According to sources, complaints against such Funds have started pouring in several states. In India, the RBI, Union Finance Ministry and SEBI had warned people against cryptocurrency trading.

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SBI organises finance programme for SHGs DIMAPUR, SEP 18 (NPN): SBI Dimapur region organised a cluster finance programme for Self Help Groups (SHGs) at Niathu Resort on Saturday.

The programme was conducted in the presence of SBI General Manager, Network II, North East Circle, Lunkim Thangboi and was also graced by Deputy General Manager (B&O),AO Jorhat, Ajanta Hazarika, ; Regional Manager, Dimapur Region, Abinash Hembrom and AGM FI, Rajneesh Kumar.

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Taliban replaces Afghan women’s ministry

KABUL, SEP 18 (AP): Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers set up a ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice” in the building that once housed the Women’s Affairs Ministry, escorting out World Bank staffers Saturday as part of the forced move.

It’s the latest troubling sign that the Taliban are restricting women’s rights as they settle into government, just a month since they over ran the capital of Kabul. In their first period of rule in the 1990s, the Taliban had denied girls and women the right to education and barred them from public life.

S e p a r a t e l y, t h r e e explosions targeted Taliban vehicles in the eastern provincial capital of Jalalabad on Saturday, killing three people and wounding 20, witnesses said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Islamic State militants, headquartered in the area, are enemies of the Taliban.

T h e Ta l i b a n a r e facing major economic and security problems as they attempt to govern, and a

this the stage where the girls are going to be forgotten?”

Suraj said.

“I know they don’t believe in giving explanations, but explanations are ver y important.”

Suraj speculated

that the contradictor y statements perhaps reflect divisions within the Taliban as they seek to consolidate their power, with the more pragmatic within the movement losing out to hard-liners among them, at least for now.

Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen

A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women shout slogans during a protest in Kabul [Hoshang Hashimi/AFP]

growing challenge by IS insurgents would further stretch their resources.

In Kabul, a new sign was up outside the women’s affairs ministry, announcing it was now the “Ministry for Preaching and Guidance and the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.”

Staff of the World Bank’s USD 100 million Women’s Economic Empowerment and Rural Development

Programme, which was run out of the Women’s Affairs Ministry, were escorted off the grounds Saturday, said programme member Sharif Akhtar, who was among those being removed.

Mabouba Suraj, who heads the Afghan Women’s Network, said she was astounded by the flurry of orders released by the Taliban-run government restricting women and girls.

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Taliban-r un education ministry asked boys from grades 7-12 back to school Saturday along with their male teachers but there was no mention of girls in those grades returning to school. Previously, the Taliban’s minister of higher education minister, had said girls would be given equal access to education, albeit in gender-segregated settings.

“It is becoming really, really troublesome. ... Is

According to BBC, the Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom.

A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary classes would resume made no mention of girls or women.

One Afghan schoolgirl told the BBC she was devastated. “Everything looks very dark,” she said.

D e s p i t e Ta l i b a n promises it is the latest sign Afghanistan is returning to the harsh rule of the 1990s.

A statement issued ahead of Afghan schools reopening on Saturday said: “All male teachers and students should attend their educational institutions.”

Secondary schools are usually for students aged

between 13 and 18. Most schools are also segregated, which would make it easy for the Taliban to close down schools for girls.

Schoolgirls and their parents said prospects were bleak.

“I am so worried about my future,” said an Afghan schoolgirl, who had hoped to be a lawyer.

“Everything looks very dark. Every day I wake up and ask myself why I am alive? Should I stay at home and wait for someone to knock on the door and ask me to marry him? Is this the purpose of being a woman?”

Her father said: “My mother was illiterate, and my father constantly bullied her and called her an idiot. I didn’t want my daughter to become like my mum.”

9 US admits drone strike killed 10 innocent Afghan civilians

WASHINGTON, SEP 18 (PTI): The US military has admitted that a deadly drone strike days before its pullout from Afghanistan was a “tragic mistake” as it did not kill the ISIS-K planners bent on attacking the Kabul international airport, and instead killed 10 innocent civilians, including an aid worker and seven children.

Briefing reporters on the results of the investigation of the August 29 drone strike in Kabul, General Kenneth Frank McKenzie, the commander of the US Central Command, also said it was “unlikely that the vehicle and those who died in the attack were associated with Islamic State-Khorasan or were a direct threat to US forces”.

The strike by a Hellfire missile in Kabul on August 29, which was launched in an effort to kill ISIS-K planners, instead killed 10 civilians, he said.

“Our investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake,” he admitted.

The Pentagon had maintained that at least one ISIS-K facilitator and

three civilians were killed in what Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley had previously called a “righteous strike” on the compound in Kabul last month.

However, the strike must be considered in the context of the on-ground situation at the Hamid Karzai International Airport following the ISIS-K attack that killed 13 US soldiers and more than 100 Afghan civilians. Also, a substantial body of intelligence had indicated the imminence of another attack, McKenzie said.

He said that having thoroughly reviewed the findings of the probe and supporting analysis, he is convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to seven children, were tragically killed in that drone strike.

“It was a mistake, and I offer my sincere apology. As the combatant commander, I am fully responsible for this strike and this tragic outcome,” he told reporters.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also apologised for the errant strike.

UN calls for solidarity on Int’l Day of Peace Listen to abuse victims for sake of church: Pope to bishops

UNITED NATIONS, SEP 18 (IANS): UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres has called for solidarity and unity on the occasion of the International Day of Peace, which falls on September 21. This year’s International Day of Peace comes at a time when humanity is in crisis. Covid-19 has claimed over 4 million lives and counting; conflicts are spinning out of control; inequalities and poverty are growing; there is a planetary emergency in climate change; there is mistrust in facts and science and in one another among people, he said. Each crisis threatens

to pull humanity apart -- at a time when solidarity is needed more than ever, he told an annual UN peace bell ceremony that marks the International Day of Peace, Xinhua news agency reported.

“Our world faces a stark choice: peace or perpetual peril. My friends, we must choose peace. It’s the only option to repair our broken world,” he said.

He called on combatants around the world to lay down their arms and observe a day of global cease-fire.

“We need to focus on fighting humanity’s com-

mon enemy: Covid-19. We need solidarity to end this pandemic, urgently deliver life-saving vaccines and treatment, and support countries on the long road to recovery ahead. We need to intensify our work to reduce inequalities and end poverty.

We need a bold global plan of action to heal our planet and make the transition to a green economy. Most of all, we need to renew trust in one another,” he said.

Peace and progress depend on coming together as a human family -- united in the commitment to building a better and brighter world, he said.

ROME, SEP 18 (AP): Pope Francis urged European bishops on Saturday to listen to survivors of clergy sexual abuse and consider them partners in reform, warning that their failure to do so risks the very future of the Catholic Church.

Francis issued a videomessage to Central and Eastern European bishops who are gathering in Poland starting on Sunday for a four-day child protection conference organised by the bishops’ conference and the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission.

The location is significant, given around a dozen current and retired Polish bishops have been sanctioned by the Vatican in recent months for their repeated failures to listen to victims and take action to sanction the priests who raped and molested them.

“Only by confronting the truth of this cruel behavior and humbly seeking forgiveness from victims and survivors can the church find the way to once again be considered and trusted as a place of welcome and security for those who need it,” Francis said.

He said bishops in

Photos show North Korea expanding uranium enrichment plant

Studies at Monterey said in a report. The report said satellite images taken by Maxar shows construction in an area adjoining the uranium enrichment plant at Yongbyon.

It said a satellite image taken on Sept 1 shows North Korea cleared trees and prepared the ground

for construction and that a construction excavator is also visible. The report said a second image taken on Sept 14 showed a wall erected to enclose the area, work on a foundation and panels removed from the side of the enrichment building to provide access to the newly enclosed area.

France says Australia-US submarine deal ‘huge mistake’ CANBERRA, SEP 18 (AP): France’s ambassador to Australia has described as a “huge mistake” Australia’s surprise cancellation of a major submarine contract in favour of a US deal, as the diplomat prepared to leave the country in an unprecedented show of anger among the allies.

French envoy JeanPierre Thebault delivered his comments Saturday as he left his residence in the capital of Canberra.

“This has been a huge mistake, a very, very bad handling of the partnership,” Thebault said, explaining that the arms agreement between Paris and Canberra was supposed to be based “on trust, mutual understanding and sincerity.” Paris recalled its ambassadors to Australia and K Y M C

the United States on Friday to protest a deal among the United States, Australia and Britain to supply Australia with a fleet of at least eight nuclear-power submarines.

The deal scraps a 90 billion Australian dollar ($66 billion) contract with French majority state-owned Naval Group, signed in 2016, to build 12 conventional dieselelectric submarines.

“I would like to be able to run into a time machine and be in a situation where we don’t end up in such an incredible, clumsy, inadequate, un-Australian situation,” the French ambassador added.

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s office earlier had issued a statement responding to the diplomat’s recall and noting Canberra’s “regret” over

its ally’s withdrawal of its representative. “Australia understands France’s deep disappointment with our decision, which was taken in accordance with our clear and communicated national security interests,” the statement said. It added that Australia values its relationship with France and looked forward to future engagements together.

Payne and Defense Minister Peter Dutton are currently in the United States for annual talks with their U.S. counterparts and their first with President Joe Biden’s administration.

Before he was recalled, French envoy Thebault said on Friday he found out about the U.S. submarine deal: “Like everybody, thanks to the Australian press.”

with then-President Donald Trump in early 2019, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered to dismantle the entire complex if he was given major sanctions relief. But the Americans rejected Kim’s proposal because they viewed it as a limited denuclearization step.

Some U.S. and South Korean experts speculate North Korea is covertly running at least one additional uranium-enrichment plant. In 2018, a top South Korean official told parliament that North Korea was estimated to have already manufactured up to 60 nuclear weapons as well.

Estimates on how many nuclear weapons North Korea can add every year vary, ranging from six to as much as 18 bombs.

particular must be the first to listen to victims, not the last, and must be at their service “seeing them as companions and protagonists of a common future.”

Victims have long said

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FELICITATION The Wolam Nyukyan Students' Union with immense pride and honour would like to extend our heartiest congratulations on their promotion to the following individuals: 1. Shri. C. Imho Khiamniungan for being promoted to the post of Assistant Director under the School Education Department, Government of Nagaland.

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reform to prevent abuse and listen to victims, saying “these important discussions truly touch the future of the church.”

Francis has passed new church legislation to try to hold bishops accountable for covering up for abuse, responding to decades of complaints from victims and their advocates that the Vatican turned a blind eye to bishops who failed to protect their flocks. The Argentine Jesuit himself had a steep learning curve on the issue, after he botched a notorious case of abuse and cover-up in Chile.

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In this Sept. 15, 2021 file photo provided by the North Korean government shows a missile test firing launched from a train at an undisclosed location of North Korea. (AP)

“The new area is approximately 1,000 square meters, enough space to house 1,000 additional centrifuges,” the report said.

“The addition of 1,000 new centrifuges would increase the plant’s capacity to produce highly enriched uranium by 25 percent.”

Nuclear weapons can be built using either highly enriched uranium or plutonium, and North Korea has facilities to produce both at Yongbyon.

Last month, earlier satellite photos on Yongbyon showed signs that North Korea was resuming the operation of other facilities to produce weaponsgrade plutonium.

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SEOUL, SEP 18 (AP): Recent satellite images shows North Korea is expanding a uranium enrichment plant at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, a sign that it’s intent on boosting the production of bomb materials, experts say.

The assessment comes after North Korea recently raised tensions by performing its first missile tests in six months amid longdormant nuclear disarmament diplomacy with the United States.

“The expansion of the enrichment plant probably indicates that North Korea plans to increase its production of weapons-grade uranium at the Yongbyon site by as much as 25 percent,” Jeffrey Lewis and two other experts at Middlebury Institute of International

Pope Francis. (Reuters/File)

they were treated as enemies of the church when they reported their abuse, accused of seeking to cause scandal or extort the hierarchy for money, even though many often said they merely came forward to prevent a predator priest from harming others.

Francis, and before him Benedict XVI, have denounced what they called the hierarchy’s misplaced concern for the church’s reputation over the needs of victims.

In the videomessage, Francis said words of sorrow had to be converted into concrete action of

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Why kids need daylight to thrive and learn: The benefits of bright light D o kids need daylight? Studies confirm that kids benefit when they are exposed to outdoor levels of illumination — levels that far exceed the lighting of a typical classroom.

Bright light boosts mood and concentration.

It may help prevent disease, circadian rhythm disorders, and near-sightedness. And new research suggests that bright light has a crucial impact on the brain: It may foster the formation of new synapses, and enhance our ability to learn.

Let’s start with a basic observation. It’s very bright outside, even when you compare a brightly lit classroom to a relatively dark, overcast day outdoors.

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ranging from about 50 lux (watching TV in the living room) to 500 lux (a brightly lit classroom). So we encounter radically different lighting conditions when we spend our lives indoors, and that’s worrying. The bright light levels found outside aren’t just

beneficial to photosynthesizing plants. They are also crucial for human beings.

And this is true for children as well as adults. Consider these benefits.

Bright light improves mood You’ve probably noticed that bright light has a cheering effect.

It improves mood and studies show that bright light therapy is an effective treatment for depression.

Daily exposure to very bright light (e.g., 15,000 lux or higher) might protect kids from developing nearsightedness.

As I note opens in a new window elsewhere, research has found that outdoor play lowers a child’s risk of developing near sightedness. Researchers

haven’t yet pinned down the reason, but experimental studies point to the effects of light. Animals raised under controlled lighting conditions are less likely to develop nearsightedness if they are exposed to daytime light levels exceeding 15,000 lux.

Sunlight helps children produce adequate levels of vitamin D, and vitamin D sufficiency protects kids from a variety of undesirable health outcomes Kids with low vitamin D levels are at increased risk for poor bone health, cardiovascular disease, and reduced muscle function. There is also evidence that low vitamin D status could be a trigger for early puberty in girls. And vita-

min D deficiency has been linked with inferior mental planning skills.

Sunlight appears to protect children from developing multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life Numerous studies have reported this link.

Lots of sunlight exposure during childhood reduces an individual’s risk of MS, and this appears to be true regardless of an individual’s vitamin D status. The sunlight itself seems to be helpful.

Morning sunlight exposure can help prevent delayed bedtimes (and sleeprelated behavior problems).

Staying up late might not matter if you also wake up late. But when children have to wake up early for school, delayed bedtimes

can take a toll. Studies suggest that delayed bedtimes — without opportunities for catch-up sleep — are linked with poor school performance and behavior problems.

But why don’t kids go to sleep on time? For many kids, part of the problem is lighting: They get too little sunlight during the day, and too much artificial lighting at night. As a result, their “inner clocks” get out of sync with the natural, 24-hour day. Their circadian rhythms are out of whack.

And what about mental performance? Does bright daylight make kids smarter?

We’ve already noted that vitamin D levels have been linked with mental

planning skills, and late bedtimes can contribute to attention problems. So exposure to bright light might boost mental performance by these indirect routes.

We’ve also seen that bright light enhances mood, which could be an important motivator at school. In a study of more than two hundred 10-yearolds, researchers found that kids preferred classrooms that were very brightly lit (1,300 to 4,400 lux) to classrooms that were lit at much lower, more traditional levels (250-740 lux).

But it’s likely that bright light has additional benefits. For example, there is evidence that children read more fluently in classrooms that are very brightly-lit. (Parenting Science)

Why the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission matters to everyone Jewellery exhibition in Kohima on Sep 24

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magine getting a call saying that if you want, you can join the rare group of less than a thousand humans who’ve not only visited space, but orbited this planet. Oh, and the mission blasts off in about six months.

That’s the call three Americans received earlier this year. And the offer wasn’t for the type of 15-minute joyride to the edge of space we saw from Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic recently. We’re talking about a three-day sojourn in orbit, the sort of thing that NASA astronauts dedicate their entire lives to preparing for.

Sure, civilians have flown to the International Space Station before, but it typically required a personal fortune, a little influence and months or even years of training. The idea of plucking people from

obscurity, Wonka-style, and sending them into orbit has been the stuff of science fiction. Until now.

As I write this, physician’s assistant Hayley Arceneaux and data engineer Chris Sembroski, both of whom had zero reason as of a year ago to expect they’d ever visit space, are whipping around this planet roughly every 90 minutes. They’re joined by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and geologist Sian Proctor, who both have experience as

pilots but no spaceflight experience.

The quartet makes up the entirety of the crew of the Inspiration4 mission, now in low Earth orbit.

There is no professional astronaut chaperone from NASA on board, just four space novices cr uising above Earth, performing research and making history. The mission is also billed as a fundraiser for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, where Arceneaux was a patient as a child and now works

as a medical professional.

This is all bankrolled by Isaacman and possible thanks to SpaceX and its autonomous Crew Dragon spacecraft, the first new crewed spaceship (outside of China) that we’ve seen since the space shuttle made its debut decades ago. For space fanatics, this is a big deal, but several billion other humans can be forgiven for wondering why it matters that yet another wealthy person has financed a trip to space and invited a few randos to ride along.

Inspiration for who?

First, it’s important to remember that new methods of transport have typically gone through the same process -- trains and planes were elite experiences at the start and went on to revolutionize our lives.

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n exhibition of handmade jewellery will be held on September 24 at the Heritage, Kohima from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. organised by PIPO in collaboration with Task Force for Music and Arts (TaFMA).

Announcing this during a press conference at Dream Cafe, Kohima, founder of PIPO jewellery, Thungchibemo Ezung said the exhibition will bring together a host of Naga craftsman and jewellers who deals in handmade products.

Other brands taking part in the exhibition includes Muney, Handmade, Gifted Creations, The Khriezos, Humtsoe Crafts, Menyie Silver Jewellery, Abeila Casket, Berem Jewellery and Mixpick Enterprise.

Partners of the event are Naga Streetstyle, GuTouch, Beat Devices, Co-

lours Graphics, Made in Nagaland and Ilandlo.com.

Thungchibemo who came up with the idea to hold the exhibition designs jewellery and has earned his silversmith certification from Sindhar Institute of Gemology, Kolkata, West Bengal.

He disclosed that the exhibition was focused at directly benefitting the brands without any hidden fees.

Out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) adopted by United Nations the exhibition aims to adapt to 3 goals including: SDG 1- No Poverty, Gender Equality and Decent Work and Economic Growth.

Thungchi added that efforts would be made to adapt to all the 17 SDGs in the day to come.

PIPO jewelleries are PIPO founder Thungchibemo designed by Thungchi and interacting with media their manufacturing unit is person at Kohima. (NP)

based in Kolkata.

The brand lists out its products online and also caters to clients abroad including United Kingdom, Bangkok etc.

Thungchi said although due to the pandemic they could not make it into TaFMA’s calendar this year, he hopes to make the exhibition an annual affair so that Naga jewellers would get a platform to showcase their products and also build their customer base.

The exhibition will initially begin with 60 invited guests at 10 a.m. and later would be opened to the general public till 4 p.m.

Citing the first exhibition which was held two years back where over 500 people came forward, Thungchi expressed optimism that this year there would be double the number of visitors and buyers.

(Correspondent)

CULMINATION PROGRAMME OF PMKSY-WDC, MON

The department of Land Resources, Mon, organized a Culmination Programme of PMKSYWDC, the erstwhile (IWMP) Batch IV, V & VI, on 17th of September, 2021, at the Council Hall, Mon, where Shri Thavaseelan K, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Mon, graced the occasion as the Special Guest.

The Deputy Commissioner in his speech urged the people of Mon district to take every opportunity provided by the Government for availing maximum benefit of various developmental programmes. He also advised them to avail all the benefits given by the Agri & Allied department, and to venture into the cash crops, provided by the department of Land Resources. Further, the Deputy Commissioner, urged the people to conserve and use the natural resources sustainable, for better future of the coming generations.

The Deputy Commissioner, in his speech, thanked the department for being one of the most effective departments in Mon. An overview of the project activities was presented by Shri Biren Chetri, District Project Officer, Department of Land Resources, Mon, where he highlighted all the scopes, aims and activities of the project in all the 38 villages under Mon district.

DPO Land Resources Mon, Biren Chetri gave an overview of the project activities where he highlighted all scopes, aims and activities of the project in all the 38 villages. Shri Chaohong Konyak, Watershed Committee Chairman, Jakphang, also spoke on behalf all the watershed committees and thanked the DPO and other officers and staff of the department for the successful implementation of the projects.

The programme also witnesses the handing over of the Watershed Development Fund to all the 38 beneficiary villages by the Deputy Commissioner.

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Durand Cup: Delhi FC hold Bengaluru FC

KO L K ATA , S E P 1 8 (PTI): Delhi FC and Bengaluru FC played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in a highoctane Group C match of the 130th Durand Cup at the Mohun Bagan ground in Kolkata on Saturday.

Willis Deon Plaza (58th, 62nd) scored a brace for Delhi FC while Siva Sakthi N (27th) and Bidyashagar Singh (75th) scored the two goals for Bengaluru FC. Group C is now wide open with all four teams having a chance to advance to the next stage.

The first half was a relatively quiet affair with both teams creating opportunities but failing to convert on most occasions.

The slippery conditions here did not help either.

However, in the 27th minute, Siva Shakti took a brilliant shot at goal to put the Blues ahead.

Delhi FC played catch up post that. There were some great moments cre-

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Bengaluru FC lead Group C with four points, followed by Indian Navy (3), Kerala Blasters (3) and Delhi FC (1). (Durand Cup)

ated by Willis and Himanshu Jangra in the first half but Bengaluru keeper Lara did well.

The second half was an absolute turnaround with both teams looking all charged up.

Delhi FC were the more dominant team and in the 58th minute, Willis scored the equalizer

courtesy a brilliant header.

The Trinidad and Tobago national scored his second of the game four minutes later.

The team from Delhi seemed like going away with the game but Bengaluru’s Bidyashagar had other plans. He collected a well-directed cross from Harmanpreet Singh, made

no mistake and scored the equalizer in the final quarter.

Both teams gave it their all to go one ahead in the final minutes but the match ended in a draw with the two sides earning a point each.

Delhi FC’s Willis Deon Plaza was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Pele recovering well after ‘little step back’: Daughter

RIO DE JANEIRO, SEP 18 (IANS): Pele is recovering well after surgery to remove a tumour from his colon, his daughter has said.

Kely Nascimento took to social media to post a photograph with her father sitting up in a hospital bed after reports circulated that the 80-year-old was readmitted to intensive care.

“I don’t know what is going on with the rumours out there but my DMs are booming,” Nascimento wrote on Friday.

“There’s already a lot of anxiety roaming the world these days and we don’t want to be the reason for more. This photo was taken just now. He is wearing a vest because ... the cold in Sao Paulo bothers him. “He is recovering well and within normal range.

Promise! Yesterday he was tired and took a little step back. Today he took two forwards!”

I am being made a scapegoat for the cancelled Test: Shastri LONDON, SEP 18 (IANS): Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri has said that he was being made a scapegoat for the cancelled fifth Test against England at Manchester after he and three other members of the support staff tested positive for Covid-19 days after they attended a book-launch function in London.

The Virat Kohli-led side was on the threshold of creating history in the Manchester Test after beating England at The Oval in London. However, Shastri, bowling coach Bharat Arun, fielding coach R Sridhar and physiotherapist Nitin Patel tested Covid-19 positive after their RT-PCR confirmed the

Ravi Shastri

infection during The Oval Test. A day before the start of the fifth Test, the second physiotherapist, Yogesh Parmar, too tested positive for the virus, which made the Indian cricketers anxious and led to the cancellation of the match. However, Shastri said that he was getting flak for no fault of his.

IPL 2021: RCB unveil blue jersey to pay tribute to frontline workers

NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (IANS): Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Saturday unveiled blue jersey to pay tribute to frontline workers who are working day in and out for fighting against the COVID-19 virus. This will be the franchise’s second special jersey in the IPL after the green jersey worn as part of the ‘Go Green’ movement.

The blue jersey will be auctioned after the first match of the second half of IPL 2021 against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Abu Dhabi. The revenue generated will be used for vaccination drives throughout India. The blue jersey was unveiled by captain Virat Kohli and chairman Prathmesh Mishra. “This is a different kind of a blue colour I’ll be sporting. It gives a message and it will be a milestone for RCB,” said Kohli while unveiling the jersey. The blue jersey will feature messages on the back to spread awareness in the battle against COVID-19. After the match against KRR ends, the jerseys will be signed and auctioned to raise funds for deployment of vaccines in India.

“They tried to make it that way (make a scapegoat) but I wasn’t worried because incubation probably takes weeks. There were about 250 people there (for the book launch function) and no-one got Covid from that party. I’ve not got it at my book launch because it was on the 31st (August) and I tested positive on 3 September. It can’t happen in three days. I think I got it in Leeds.

England opened up on 19 July and suddenly the hotels were back, lifts were back.

No restrictions,” Shastri told ‘The Guardian’ on Saturday.

On whether he regrets going for the book launch, Shastri said, “I have absolutely no regrets because the

people I met at that function were fabulous. And it was good for the boys to get out and meet different people rather than constantly being in their rooms. At the Oval Test, you were climbing stairs used by 5,000 people.

So to point a finger at a book launch?” The coach categorically said that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will not lose money on account of the cancelled fifth Test. The series was keenly poised with India leading 2-1 when the final Test was cancelled.

“The ECB have been outstanding and their relationship with Indian cricket is tremendous. People are talking about the money but

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resilience as she negotiated a barrage of short balls from Darcie Brown, 18, before being dismissed by left-arm finger spinner Sophie Molineux (1/12). With India slipping to 106 for six, Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma (49 not out) tried to stage a recovery but the duo couldn’t take them across the line.

Earlier, Jhulan Goswami (2/36) and Meghna Singh (0/35) looked impressive with the new-ball.

Goswami provided the first blow, removing Alyssa Healy (8) but Haynes and Lanning took Australia past the 100-mark. Vastraker ran out Haynes to break the partnership and Perry (1) was stumped after she appeared to be unaware that she had strayed out.

With two wickets falling in quick succession, Australia slipped to 136 for four.

After that, Ashleigh Gardner (24) combined with Mooney for an important fifth-wicket stand of 63.

Annabel Sutherland (20 off 14) and Georgia Wareham (17 not out off 15) then offered India a stark warning of their depth as Australia posted a good score on board. The two teams will meet in the ODI series opener on Tuesday.

MUMBAI, SEP 18 (AGENCIES): The odds are stacking up against Team India captain Virat Kohli. With the tenures of Ravi Shastri, bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar coming to an end after the World T20 starting next month, the BCCI is set to approach Anil Kumble to take on the role of head coach once again, The Indian Express has learnt.

Kumble, the former captain and legendary legspinner, was head coach of the team before he decided to step down in 2017 after reports emerged of serious differences with Kohli.

On Thursday, a week after the BCCI named former skipper MS Dhoni as a mentor for the World T20 in UAE, Kohli announced that he would step down as India’s T20 captain, paving the way for the captaincy to be split across formats.

Four years ago, soon after Kumble’s exit, Kohli had prevailed upon the BCCI, governed then by a committee led by former CAG Vinod Rai, to get Shastri as the replacement. But now, with a new regime at the helm after the implementation of a Supreme Court-mandated panel’s recommendations, it is learnt that ways to bring Kumble back are being explored.

With Kohli stepping down as T20 captain soon,

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Anil Kumble had resigned as India head coach in 2017 due to differences with Virat Kohli. (File)

the BCCI is convinced that the team requires a new coach. In its press release Thursday after Kohli’s decision, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had stated that the board has a clear roadmap for Team India.

It is believed that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had wanted Kumble to continue in 2017, despite Kohli’s reservations, when he was a member of the BCCI’s Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC).

With Kumble as coach — he was appointed in June 2016 — India reached the final of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, which they lost to Pakistan. He is currently in the UAE as head coach and director of cricket operations for the IPL franchise Punjab Kings. Before deciding to approach Kumble, the BCCI is learnt to have

contacted former Sri Lanka captain and current Mumbai Indians coach Mahela Jayawardene with the offer.

However, Jayawardene, who has guided Mumbai Indians to multiple IPL titles, is said to be interested in coaching the Sri Lankan team, and the IPL franchise. An India coach cannot take up any other cricketing assignment as the new BCCI constitution doesn’t allow any individual to hold two posts at the same time.

If Kumble agrees to come on board, he will also have to give up his IPL assignments — he is also the head of the International Cricket Council’s cricket committee.

When Kumble was first appointed head coach in 2016, his combination with Kohli was expected to cover all bases for Indian cricket.

In loVIng memoRY

OF OUR BELOVED lAte SAmUel eZUng (19.09.2019) I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.

Philippians 1:3

Office Of the

KhOnOma Gazetted Officers' KrOthO cOndOLence messaGe We, the Khonoma Gazetted Officers Krotho, are utterly shocked and saddened at the untimely demise of our esteemed member Lt. Vikhozolie chiicha, Assistant Professor, Higher Education dept.

We have lost a young man who still have much to contribute to the society.

We extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family. May God comfort you in this time of grief and grant you peace and solace.

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"Deep in our hearts you will always stay.

Loved and missed everyday" 19-09-2006

“Gone But Not Forgotten” It’s been 15 (fifteen) years since you left us but memories of you still remain afresh in our hearts.

You are deeply loved and dearly missed. k1670/21

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Loving Wife & Family Members

Acknowledgement

Loving wife, daughter & family members

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT “I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race.

I have kept the faith” II Timothy 4:7

Indian women lose by 36 runs against Australia in warm-up BRISBANE, SEP 18 (PTI): The Indian women’s team made a disappointing start to its tour of Australia as it suffered a 36-run loss in a 50-over warm-up match here on Saturday.

Opener Rachael Haynes (65), Meg Lanning (59) and Beth Mooney (59) smashed individual fifties as Australia posted a challenging 278 for nine after batting first at the Ian Healy Oval.

In reply, India could only manage 242 for seven in their 50 overs with Pooja Vastrakar (57) emerging as the top-scorer. For Australia, star all-rounder Ellyse Perry (2/38) made a successful return to new-ball duties as she, along with 19-yearold quick Stella Campbell (3/38), snapped two wickets each inside the first 15 overs to leave India reeling at 88 for four.

Perry produced a disciplined performance, bowling a tight line and was rewarded with the wickets of opener Smriti Mandhana (14) and Mithali Raj (1).

Campbell made her case for an international debut as she got rid of Shafali Verma (27) and Richa Ghosh (11) early. The 21-year-old India rookie Yastika Bhatia (41) then gave ample display of her

I can guarantee the ECB will make that entire amount with interest. I don’t know if it’s a stand-alone Test next year or they give them an extra two T20 games, but the ECB will not lose a penny because of the relationship that exists. In 2008 when we had the [terrorist] blast in Mumbai, England came back and played the Test. We don’t forget that,” averred Shastri.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; May the name of the Lord be praised.” Job 1:21 We, the bereaved family of Late Rongsentiba Ao (ASI), express our heartfelt gratitude to all our relatives, friends, wellwishers, OC Longchem, OC Mangkolemba, SP Mokokchung, churches and organisations who stood by us physically, spiritually and financially at the time of the sudden demise of our beloved father on 10th Sept 2021.

Your love and comfort in our time of deep sorrow will be deeply cherished. Though we are unable to thank each one of you personally, it is our earnest prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly. mkc-342/21

-Loving family

" But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord"

Joshua 24:14

(aPUnU mPe: 1965 – aKithi tsaLa: 10/9/2021) We, the bereaved family of Late PitOLi assUmi express our utmost heartfelt gratitude to all our well-wishers who stood by us during the illness and sad demise of our beloved mother and also for the tremendous outpouring of love, sympathy and unfailing support through physically, financially, materially and spiritually. We regret our inability to mention every individuals yet it is our sincere prayer that may the good Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

We are truly grateful to: 1. Philimi Welfare Dimapur.

2. Philimi Welfare Kohima.

3. Philimi Akukuhou.

4. Iphunumi Welfare (Inalimi).

5. Iphunumi Akukuhou.

6. Nikikhe Akukuhou.

7. Thilixu Village GB’s & Council.

8. Thilixu Village Baptist Akukuhou.

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We, the bereaved family express our profound gratitude to everyone who stood by us physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially throughout his prolonged illness till his demise. We genuinely acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us.

A special word of thanks to: 1) CIHSR, Doctors, Nurses & Hemodialysis Department.

2) Lotha Baptist Church, Diphupar A, Dimapur 3) Dimapur Shaki Tsopope Ekhung 4) Shaki Prayer Fellowship, Dimapur 5) Dimapur Shaki Metapoi Yanpia Eyi 6) Kohima Shaki Khumshum 7) Shaki Village Baptist Church 8) Meriyan Baptist Ekhumkho 9) Wokha Town Shaki Ekhung 10) Wokha Town Baptist Ekhumkho 11) Blue Hill Colony Fellowship 12) Blue Hill Colony Council & Youth Organisation To all those who helped in any way, your contributions made our loss more bearable. As it would not be possible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude. dp-455321

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IPL 2021: Tournament Mane scores 100th goal in Liverpool win resumes with CSK-MI clash

LO N D O N, S E P 1 8 (AGENCIES): Liverpool remain unbeaten in the Premier League this season after Sadio Mane scored his 100th goal for the club in a victory against Crystal Palace.

Jurgen Klopp’s side created numerous chances against a resilient Palace before Mane pounced on a rebound at the back post in the first half.

Mohamed Salah doubled their lead with just over 10 minutes remaining when he smashed home a flick-on from a corner, before Naby Keita’s late curling strike made it 3-0.

Liverpool were wasteful in the first half as Diogo Jota fired over the bar from a few yards out in a glorious opportunity, while Thiago and Jordan Henderson were also denied by keeper Vicente Guaita.

Palace had started brightly - hitting the post twice in as many minutes as Liverpool failed to clear their lines in the box - but Liverpool’s persistence eventually paid off.

In the end it was a comfortable victory that capped a good week for Liverpool at Anfield, following their dramatic 3-2

Sadio Mane celebrates after scoring a goal against Crystal Palace.

win over AC Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday.

And it means Liverpool go top of the table with four wins from their opening five games, while visitors Palace remain outside the top 10. Sadio Mane has scored in nine consecutive matches against Crystal Palace in the Premier League Mane was one of six

changes to Klopp’s side from their win over AC Milan, and it must have been an unpleasant sight for Palace fans to see him retur n. Having scored twice against Palace on the final day of last season, Mane’s opener at Anfield this weekend made him the first player to net in nine consecutive league matches against a single opponent.

It took his total to 13

Raninder Singh re-elected NRAI president for fourth time

MOHALI, SEP 18 (PTI): Seasoned administrator Raninder Singh was on Saturday re-elected as the president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for an unprecedented fourth term after he beat BSP MP Shyam Singh Yadav 56-3 in the elections here. Kunwar Sultan Singh was elected unopposed as the secretary general of the national shooting body while Randeep Mann has been made the treasurer.

Odisha MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo will continue to be the federation’s senior vice-president besides the eight VP. Pawan Kumar Singh will remain the apex body’s joint secretary alongside Sheila Kanungo. The NRAI decided to go ahead with the polls despite the impediments it faced after the petition filed by chal-

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lenger Yadav in the Delhi High Court, followed by the sports ministry’s directive to initiate elections afresh. Yadav is a Lok Sabha MP from UP’s Jaunpur constituency.

However, the NRAI went ahead with the elections as scheduled, as there was no stay order on it from the court. The matter is pending with the Delhi High Court with the next date scheduled in December. The elections were held at the IS Bindra Stadium. In his petition, Yadav cited “per-

ceptible conflict of interest” in the appointment of the returning officer for the polls, Mehtab Singh Gill.

Acting on his petition, the ministry also looked into the objections raised by Yadav regarding Raninder’s tenure but found the incumbent to have a legitimate claim at re-election.

The national sports code, 2011, states: “The president of any recognised NSF, including the IOA, can hold the office for a maximum of 12 years, with or without a break.”

Going by the technicalities, Raninder entered the polls as a valid candidate as he will complete 12 years in the post at the end of 2022.

R a n i n d e r, s o n o f incumbent Punjab chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh, became the president of the NRAI for the first time in 2010.

against Palace in the Premier League - the most anyone has scored against them - and was the perfect way to notch up his 100th goal in all competitions for Liverpool.

Palace had attacking threat of their own from Wilfried Zaha - making his 250th Premier League appearance - but he was dealt with by the physicality of Fabinho and debutant Ibra-

Pak will overcome crisis: PCB after NZ tour pullout

ISLAMABAD, SEP 18 (REUTERS): New Zealand’s abrupt decision to pull out of its cricket tour of Pakistan has created “an unfortunate scenario” but the host knows how to overcome such crises, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ramiz Raja said on Saturday.

New Zealand abandoned the tour on the day of the opening fixture on Friday citing a government security alert, while England is also reconsidering its men’s and women’s team visits to Pakistan next month. The tour was due to start with the first of three one-dayers in Rawalpindi but New Zealand did not travel to the stadium. “It’s an unfortunate scenario,” Raja, who took over as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman on Monday, said in a video posted on the board’s Twitter handle.

hima Konate.

And while Palace continue to adapt and learn under new boss Patrick Vieira, they were given a humbling reminder of the ruthlessness of Liverpool’s attacking quality.

RESULTS Man City 0-0 Southampton Arsenal 1-0 Burnley Brentford 2-0 Wolves Watford 3-1 Norwich

DUBAI, SEP 18 (IANS): Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the two most successful Indian Premier League franchises (in terms of titles won), will clash in the first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021’s second leg here on Sunday.

While CSK are second on the points table with five wins from seven matches - 10 points - MI are fourth with four wins -- eight points -- from seven games.

MI have often started slowly, but they have ramped up their performance towards the end of the tournament.

In the ongoing season, they seemed to have got into dominating phase in the sixth and seventh matches but then Covid-19 brought the tournament to a halt.

It will be interesting to see how they start afresh.

MI’s two key Indian players -- Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah -- have just returned from the Test series against England and how quickly they acclimatise to conditions is going to have a bearing on the

BELLARY (KARNATAKA), SEP 18 (IANS): Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) continued his rich form and stormed into the quarterfinals at the 5th Elite Men’s National Boxing Championships at the Inspire Institute of Sports in Bellary, Karnataka on Saturday. Defending champion Hussamuddin, who is representing Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) was up against Chhattisgarh’s Sahil in the pre-quarterfinal. Playing from a distance, Hussamuddin displayed smart and mature boxing and landed a lot of punches to secure a unanimous 5-0 win. He will face Rushikesh Goud of Maharashtra on Sunday.

In the other round-of-16 match in the 57kg category, Haryana’s Sachin was up against Manipur’s Jobison Yengkokpam. Sachin, the 2021 World Youth champion, who caused a huge upset on Friday by defeating World Championship medallist Gaurav Bidhuri made light-work of his opponent and comfortably won 5-0 to book his spot in the quarters.

Meanwhile, Goa’s Roshan Zamir (54kg) defeated Suraj Bhan Singh of Rajasthan 3-2 in one of the closest bouts of the day that saw a lot of attacking intent but the former claimed

Mohammad Hussamuddin (red) continued his rich form and stormed into the quarter finals. (File)

victory after a dominant last round.

Rajasthan’s Bhim Pratap Singh (51kg) and Delhi’s Rohit Mor (57kg) progressed into the quarterfinals with identical 5-0 victories on the fourth day of the Championships. In the 60kg match, Tripura’s Parvinder Poonia beat Prabhu Murali of Tamil Nadu 5-0. Chandigarh’s Aman (67 kg) and Sachin (71kg) impressed everyone with their attacking boxing as both of them claimed Referee stopped the

in women’s 3000m steeplechase that caught the attention of all as both ended up with personal best.

In the beginning of the seven-and-a-half round event, Komal opened up a big lead while Parul looked comfortable with second fiddle. In the home stretch, the experienced among all, Parul showed why she is the best in the long distance events with a kick that helped her surge ahead of

Komal that helped the Railway runner from Meerut to clock 9 minutes 51.01 seconds, a sub-10 minute for the first time. Komal was close enough with a time of 9:51.03s for silver while Priti Lamba of Railways (10:22.45s) took bronze.

However, the timings were substandard considering the fact that the national record of 9:19.76s was set

by Lalita Babar during 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Davis Cup: India switch doubles pair but go down 0-3 to Finland

Stokes ‘unlikely’ to play in the Ashes

ESPOO (FINLAND), SEP 18 (PTI): Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan blew away their chances in the mustwin doubles match as India lost the World Group I tie to Finland after conceding an unassailable 0-3 lead, here on Saturday.

Captain Rohit Rajpal changed the doubles combination at the last minute by pairing Bopanna with Ramkumar instead of left-handed Divij Sharan but nothing helped as they lost the crucial match 6-7(2) 6-7(2) to Henri Kontinen and Harri Heliovaara in one hour and 38 minutes.

Both Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar had lost their singles matches on Friday and to stay alive in the tie, the

warding off the challenge from Komal Chandrakant Jagdale of Maharashtra in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. In the men’s 35-km race walk event, Ram Baboo of Uttar Pradesh created a new national record clocking 2 hours 46 minutes and 31 seconds.

Tamil Nadu mixed 4x400m relay quartet set a new meet record in an enthralling final which saw fancied Railways being dis-

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qualified after Kiran Pahal was caught for infringement.

Kiran, running the third leg, stepped inside while jostling

Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rohan Bopanna in action.

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Indians needed to win the doubles. The reverse singles have now been rendered inconsequential.

Heliovaara was considered the most vulnerable of all four players on the court but he raised his game by several notches and created a huge impact on the outcome of the

match with his fearless approach.

The Indian, on the contrary, fumbled even when they had advantage as they squandered as many as four breakpoints in the eight game of the second set when winning that game could have given them the chance to put

for space with Delhi’s Pooja.

The credit for Tamil Nadu’s victory should go to R Vithya Ramaraj’s spectacular third leg when she lifted her team from fifth place to second for P Abhimanyu to come up with a memorable anchor leg that saw him overhaul a 5m lead held by All India Police at the start of the final leg.

However, it was the good cat and mouse chase between Parul and Komal

the hosts under the pump.

After doing all the hard work, the Indians cracked at crucial junctures.

At 3-3, the Indian pair attacked the serve of Heliovaara, going 30-all but the home player served big on the next two points to ensure the set stays on serve.

Eventually the opening set went to tie-breaker.

Heliovaara found a stunning service return winner off Bopanna on the second point to get the mini break and also held his serve as Finland took a 4-1 lead.

Then came Ramkumar’s double fault and a volley error at the net that gave Finland players five set points. They converted the second when Ramkumar could not return

ets. Although CSK scored 218/4 in 20 overs in Delhi with half-centuries from Moeen Ali, du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu, MI rode unbeaten 87 off 34 balls to win on the last ball of the match.

Knowing the powerhitting strength and batting depth of the two teams, a high-scoring match could be likely.

The match and the remaining matches will also be a chance for Rohit to strengthen his credentials as a capable captain.

A lot of focus will be on him as he will be against a team led by arguably India’s best short-format skipper, MS Dhoni.

National Boxing: Hussamuddin sails into QFs

National Open Athletics: Parul Chaudhary wins gold in 3000m steeplechase NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (AGENCIES): Irrespective of two records including one national being created on the third day of the 60th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Hanamkonda, Warangal in Telangana on Thursday, it was also Parul Choudhary’s show. Parul of Railways, who picked gold in women’s 5000m on the first day, completed a golden double by

performance of their team.

For CSK, Shardul Thakur will turn up with renewed confidence having churned out a matchwinning performance in the fourth Test that India won at The Oval.

CSK could have the edge as they will be rested and better prepared.

Opening batsman Faf du Plessis will again be vital at the top along with Ruturaj Gaikwad. The South African batsman is the third highest run-getter in the league with 320 runs from seven matches at an average of 64.

In the duel in the first leg, Mumbai Indians came out winners by four wick-

Kontinen’s serve.

A forehand winner by Ramkumar at 30-all in the second game of the second set, set up the first break chance for India and they converted when Kontinen could not return Bopanna’s backhand.

However, the bigserving Bopanna dropped his own serve in the next game when he made consecutive unforced errors.

Bopanna’ serve again came under attack but he managed to hold after going down to deuce points from 40-15 as India led 4-3.

In the next game, the Indians went up 40-0 on Heliovaara’s serve but blew away all three breakpoints and later one more to let the rivals hold for a 4-4 scoreline.

LONDON, SEP 18 (IANS): England all-rounder Ben Stokes is ‘increasingly unlikely’ to feature in the Ashes series in Australia later in the year. It is also said that England’s tour of the West Indies early next year could be seen as a more likely time for his return to international cricket. Stokes withdrew ahead of the start of England’s Test series against India in August and September for managing his mental well-being and recovery from a finger injury. Stokes wasn’t picked in the England squad for the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE. He has not played any form of cricket since two appearances for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred in late July.

contest (RSC) wins in the second round and sailed into the quarters.

Aman defeated Orissa’s SR Sahoo and Sachin got the better of Uttarakhand’s Devender Singh.

The gold medallist of the ongoing championships, which will go on till September 21, will earn a berth in the upcoming 2021 AIBA Elite Men’s World Boxing Championships, which is scheduled in Belgrade, Serbia from October 24 to November 6.

Kohli should have consulted BCCI, selectors: Kapil Dev

NEW DELHI, SEP 18 (IANS): Former India cricketer Kapil Dev has said that Virat Kohli should have spoken to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the selectors before taking the decision to step down as the T20 skipper after the ICC T20I World Cup, scheduled in the UAE and Oman later this year.

Kohli has taken the decision to manage his workload, which has been quite high in the last 5-6 years as he has led India in all three formats. Though he has been playing in all three formats for “last 8-9 years”, Kohli will continue to do so and said he will continue to contribute as a batsman in T20s.

The 1983 World Cupwinning captain, Kapil Dev, told ABP News on Friday that, “These days it is a bit surprising to see cricketers making decisions from themselves. I think a player should talk to the selectors and board before making such decisions.

I feel a bit odd as he is a great captain and player.

Virat is an important player and I wish him all the good luck.”

In his statement posted on social media, Kohli had said, “I have been fortunate enough to not

Kapil Dev

only represent India but also lead the Indian Cricket Team to my utmost capability. I thank everyone who has supported me in my journey as the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team. I couldn’t have done it without them -- the boys, the support staff, the selection committee, my coaches and each and every Indian who prayed for us to win.

“Understanding workload is a very important thing and considering my immense workload over the last 8-9 years playing all 3 formats and captaining regularly for last 5-6 years, I feel I need to give myself space to be fully ready to lead the Indian Team in Test and ODI Cricket,” Virat had written on Instagram.

While Kapil said that one should fully respected Kohli’s honesty, he added that he failed to understand why Kohli didn’t consult the Board.

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