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CCoNPI holds meeting with WC of NNPGs Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Core Committee on Naga Political Issue (CCoNPI) led by chief minister Neiphiu Rio (convener) held its first meeting after its formation with the sevenmember Working Committee of the NNPGs at Niathu Resort here Tuesday.

The meeting also coincided with the move to form an opposition-less assembly besides resuming consultations after a long break due to lockdown.

Speaking to the media persons after coming out from the two-hour long meeting, WC of NNPGs convener N Kitovi Zhimomi expressed satisfaction with the outcome of Tuesday’s meeting. “We are very much satisfied and there is nothing to be confused as of now,”

(L-R) Neiphiu Rio, T.R. Zeliang and N. Kitovi Zhimomi talking to media persons after the meeting. (NP)

he said. Asked whether NNPGs were prepared to sit across the table with NSCN (I-M) to hammer out the differences, WC convenor said “there is no differences with the NSCN (I-M)”.

Stating that Naga problem was with the government of India, Zhimomi said “when we have resolved our differences with government of India, there is no

reason why should there be differences among the Nagas.”

On asking whether NNPGs were contemplating sitting with NSCN (IM) officially, WC convenor said that “as and when the government of India invites for signing the document, we will sit across…sign the agreement…because there would be only one agree-

ment and one solution.”

Also speaking to media, state chief minister Neiphiu Rio said the process was still on and the committee was trying to understand the problems and obstacles so that all could work “Unitedly” and “Collectively” to pursue settlement.

Earlier, before the consultative meeting commenced chief minister said

that it was convened to brief the NNPGs and later NSCN (I-M) about the formation of the Core Committee in order to pursue the aspirations of the Nagas.

State deputy CM Y Patton on the other hand appealed to all the Naga political groups to unite since the government of India had been very clear on “one solution and one settlement”.

NPF leader TR Zeliang said that with the coming together of all elected representatives under the umbrella of the Core Committee, there was now a consensus to work together and pursue for an early political solution. Zeliang also informed that the core committee would be meeting the NSCN (I-M) leadership on July 21 at 10 a.m. at Chümoukedima police complex.

GHC takes suo motu cognizance of Covid NPF’s pretext in joining PDA situation in Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal insult to the people: NPCC GUWAHATI, JUL 20 (PTI): Gauhati High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the “alarming” Covid-19 situation in Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh observing that the positivity rate was “extremely high”.

The full bench of the high court headed by Chief Justice Sudhangshu Dhulia said, “We take suo motu notice of the alarming situation of COVID-19 pandemic, which is in its second wave, in the States of Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, where the positivity rate is extremely high.”

The latest available Covid-19 positivity rates of Ar unachal Pradesh,

Border dispute needs to be resolved on historical basis: NTC DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Nagaland Tribes Council has appealed to the State government to impress upon the Centre to arbitrate the Assam-Nagaland boundary issue on the basis of the boundary demarcation notification issued by the British on Dec. 24, 1875 and restore the long-awaited ancestral, traditional and historical lands along with the transferred forests of Nagas.

In a representation to chief minister, council president Toniho Yepthomi and general secy. Nribemo Ngullie urged the government to also convince the Centre to act upon and respect the successive agreements with the Nagas and invoke Art. 3 and 4 of the Constitution.

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Mizoram and Nagaland are 7.73%, 10.85% and 6.51% respectively, while the national average is 1.68%.

While dealing with the suo motu PIL owing to the daily surge of cases during the pandemic, the bench also comprising Justices N Kotiswar Singh and M R Pathak directed the advocate generals of the three Northeastern states to be present on July 23, when the case will be heard again.

“The court will require their assistance in getting the true picture in their respective states in the present Covid-19 pandemic and the measures being taken by the respective state governments to handle the crisis,” the

bench said during a hearing on Monday via video conferencing. GHC directed the registrar general to inform the advocate generals of the three states as well as the counsel for the Centre on the matter so that they may remain present on the next date of listing with the required information.

“Our initial order dated 10.05.2021 shall continue till the next date of listing,” the bench ordered. The initial order of May 10 on the PIL had directed extension of all interim orders passed by the high court and the courts and tribunals subordinate to the high court along with the interim bail orders till June one, 2021.

DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) Tuesday said the decision of the opposition NPF to join the PDA coalition government by “taking pretext of Naga political issue to converge into an opposition-less government” was an insult on the people of Nagaland.

NPCC through its communication department maintained that the NPF’s decision came as no surprise since NPF had been the “most silent opposition bench in the history of NLA for the past 40 months.”

NPCC also alleged that the main objective for the political matrimony between the two was to “raid

Only Myanmar returnees within Niki’s group counted, says WC DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Working Committee of Naga national political groups (WC, NNPGs) has declared that it would count only 60 pre-December 26, 2020 Myanmar returnees of Niki Sümi’s group as genuine workers who deserved respect and appealed to all tribal hohos, civil society groups and the church to understand the fragile situation created by abnormal and forceful taxation by “dubious collectors” of Niki’s group.

Mentioning that it was absolutely clear on its stand that all post-December 26, 2020 recruits of Niki’s group were men of questionable

character, conduct and reputations, WC in a press release declared that it would never consider them as Naga patriots.

It also demanded that all defectors must return to their original organisations, while also insisting that Niki Sümi must walk the talk and find a way to think and act for future Naga generations.

Allegedly pitch-forked by Indian military, WC said it did not wish any Naga group to be destroyed by “hastilygathered non-revolutionary elements”.

Accepting Niki’s argument that he had listened to appeals made by Naga tribes

and civil society groups for peace to accept an honourable settlement and appreciating his declaration that he had no political agenda, WC said the problem was on the ground.

And if his intention was what he said, the committee wanted to know why he was inviting and decorating “vagabonds, social outcasts, petty thieves, multiple defectors, rank/position collectors, proven traitors and morally bankrupt elements” into his fold. This was detrimental and demeaning to Niki himself and the Naga issue at large, the release added.

the state exchequer and enjoy the perks of office while delaying the implementation of Naga political solution.”

Further, the party also alleged that NPF, which won 26 seats in 2018 assembly elections mainly on the plank of anti-Hindutva narrative, was “back to square one.” It reminded that NPF’s association with BJP began right since it(NPF) was formed and made BJP an alliance partner in DANI,DAN-II and DAN-III governments from 2003 to 2018.

NPCC said the NPF’s continued association with BJP in Manipur since March 2017 had always tainted N P F ’ s (Cont’d on p-7)

State logs 94 fresh cases, 2 Covid deaths

DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Nagaland on Tuesday reported 94 fresh Covid-19 positive cases and two more fatalities.

Dimapur reported the highest number of new cases at 43, Kohima-34, seven in Mokokchung, four in Wokha, two in Longleng and one each in Mon, Phek, Tuensang and Zunheboto, taking the total caseload to 26838.

Further, two more patients succumbed to the infection in Dimapur, pushing the death toll to 532 (including 14 nonCovid deaths but with (Cont’d on p-7) positivity).

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Coming together of all elected members a message of unity: Rio Staff Reporter/Correspondent

DIMAPUR/KOHIMA, JUL 20 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio, Tuesday described as “a welcome move” the opposition NPF’s decision to join the PDA government and said that coming together of the elected representatives, cutting across all party lines, was a message of unity.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the meeting between members of the Core Committee on Naga issue and the WC, NNPGs at Niathu resort here, Rio said that they would also urge the Naga political groups to unite, asserting that “division has weakened us, so we should all unite.”

When asked whether NPF joining the PDA government would create any issue within the PDA alliance partner-- BJP, Rio categorically stated that NDPP was committed to the pre-poll alliance and seat sharing, so there was no issue. He assured that the new political development would not create any problem for the PDA government.

With the State BJP leaders yet to issue any statement or comment on the issue as they “wait and watch”, it was learnt that the

party would wait for directives from high command.

Rio reiterated that NDPP was committed to its alliance and would hold consultation with the BJP in the state and the high command at the Centre. On the other hand, opposition leader TR Zeliang said that they (NPF and PDA) were yet to meet and discuss.

When contacted, NPF legislature party spokesperson Imkong L Imchen said it was just a single agenda to send the message that irrespective of political parties, the elected members have come together, adding that the same was anticipated from the Naga political groups also.

To query on having opposition-less government when parliamentary committee involving all political parties was already in place, he said political party activities and agendas differ whereas governmental action also differed in the way of implementation and execution.

Therefore, he said that in order to make unison in the approach, the necessity of forming opposition-less government came into being.

Imchen also informed that the party did not set any

condition for any portfolio.

However, he said it was the absolute prerogative of the chief minister to fill up vacancies, if there were any.

It also came to light that there were some disappointments among both NDPP and BJP elected members since they were kept in the dark on the political development though they support any move towards Naga political cause.

BJP state in-charge Nalin Kholi to arrive Nagaland Amidst the ongoing political development in the state, BJP National spokesperson and Nagaland incharge Nalin S Kholi would be arriving Dimapur on July 21 to take stock of the situation.

Sources from BJP told Nagaland Post that Kholi would be in Nagaland for two days and would hold consultative meeting with the BJP legislators. The spokesperson was also likely to meet the chief minister Neiphiu Rio one on one.

Meanwhile, it was learnt that chief minister hinted its members in the PDA government that the present ministry arrangement would not be disturbed.

Will consult BJP before taking NPF on board: NDPP Against the backdrop of the move to form an all-party government in the State, the ruling NDPP on Tuesday said that since PDA was a coalition government, the party will first consult its alliance partner-- BJP, before taking the matter forward.

This was among the four-point resolution unanimously adopted by the NDPP at an emergency meeting held here on Tuesday, attended by senior party functionaries headed by its president Chingwang Konyak and the legisla-

tors led by chief minister Neiphiu Rio. The resolution signed

by NDPP working president A. Nyamnyei Konyak, senior vice president Charlie Sekhose and spokesperson Merentoshi R. Jamir said that the house deliberated on the latest political developments in the state and reiterated its “commitment to our pre-poll partners and will continue to honour all commitments both past and present.” Reaffirming its commitment to work towards bringing a final

settlement to the Naga issue, NDPP stressed on the need for all sections to unite, especially all the Naga National Political Groups. NDPP further urged all negotiating parties and the Government of India to bring about an early solution to the protracted Naga issue that was inclusive, honourable and acceptable to the people.

Meanwhile, the house also welcomed the resolution of the NPF Legislature Party calling for unity amongst the members of the 13th NLA.

NPF Legislature Party (NPFLP) has unanimously resolved to endorse “the concept of an Oppositionless government with PDA in the larger interest of the Naga people”.

As published by Nagaland Post, 18 NPF legislators led by opposition leader TR Zeliang, after a marathon meeting held on July 19 at Zeliang’s residence in Dimapur, decided to be part of the PDA-led government.

A resolution to this effect was adopted by 18 NPF legislators on July19, signed

by opposition leader T.R. Zeliang, Imkong L Imchen, K. Azo Neinu, Dr Ngangshi K, Dr. Chumben Murry, Azheto Zhimomi, Amenba Yaden, Y.M. Yollow, Dr. Sentiwapang Aier, Kezhienyi Khalo, Chotisuh Sazo, Yitachu, Y. Vikheho Swu, Keneizhakho Nakhro, Moatoshi Longkumer, Er. Picto Shohe, Muthingnyuba Sangtam and Khriehu Liezietsu.

The house further authorised the leader of opposition TR. Zeliang to workout necessary formalities with chief minister Neiphiu Rio.

As per the resolution, NPFLP deliberated at length over the Naga Political Issue so as to actively facilitate between the Government of India and the Naga negotiating groups to bring about an inclusive, honourable and acceptable solution.

In this regard, NPFLP said it would continue to wholeheartedly support and contribute to the newly formed Parliamentary Committee on Naga Political Issue in order to pursue for early resolution and settlement of the protracted issue.

NPFLP endorses ‘concept of opposition-less govt’

CYO irked with instability of 4-lane road Girls outperform boys in HSLC, HSSLC exams DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Infrastructure Development CorporaChakhroma Youth Organisation tion Ltd’s (NHIDCL) engineers and (CYO) has expressed indignation over experts had surveyed and determined the indifference shown by authorities the basis before construction begun. on citizens’ woes in the construction CYO said NHIDCL had absolute of the 4-lane NH-29 from Dimapur knowledge of the soil condition of the to Kohima. area between Chathe river and New CYO president Seyieneilhou Chümoukedima. CYO said NHIDCL Keyho and general secretary Noseho chose to remain indifferent to the sinPeter drew attention to the manner gle-most important fact when widening in which repeated appeals and comof the road over the stretch which was plaints by public on authorities of road done mostly on earth fillings.

CYO said the road has its bases construction firms regarding inadrooted from the riverbank, particularly equate safety measures, slow progress of work and poor workmanship, all in the stretch between Chathe bridge of which continue to add misery have and New Chümoukedima that ran fallen on deaf ears. along Chathe River. CYO also said the CYO specifically mentioned that topography required fresh earth cutting soil stability for road was paramount Dimapur-Kohima four-lane road for stability of the road since the river and for which National Highways & damaged by landslide. (CYO) flowed alongside. (Cont’d on p-11)

DIMAPUR/KOHIMA, JUL 20 (NPN): Girls have once again outperformed boys in both HSLC and HSSLC Examinations 2021, the results of which were declared on Tuesday.

Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) conducted HSLC examinations from April 7-21, while HSSLC examinations was conducted from April 6-29.

A total of 23,608 candidates enrolled for HSLC and 16,834 enrolled for HSSLC while 745 enrolled for HSLC Compartmental Examination 2021.

According to an overview of the results of HSLC

& HSSLC Examinations 2021 issued by the Board, out of 23608 candidates in HSLC, a total of 16388 candidates qualified the examination with a qualified percentage of 69.42%, a drop in 0.61 from last year’s 70.03%.

The girls fared better with 8719 girls qualifying and 7669 boys qualifying the examination.

Keneino Thorie from Trinity School, Kohima secured the top position in the HSLC list of successful candidates holding the first twenty position by scoring 591 marks (98.50%).

In the Top 20 list, there

were 82 candidates out of which 24 were boys and the rest i.e. 58 were girls.

Altogether, 120 schools secured 100% qualified/pass percentage. Out of 120, 95 were private schools and 25 were government schools.

This year, 23 schools had zero/nil result, which were all government schools.

There was a slight decrease in the pass percentage for HSLC and HSSLC Arts and Commerce, but Science stream saw a rise compared with last year’s result. In terms of districtwise performance for government schools, Mokokchung (Cont’d on p-11) K Y M C

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021

Agri deptt launches Crop Calendar

NSF fetes successful HSLC, HSSLC students KAITO URGES DEPTT TO CREATE MORE ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE ECONOMY DIMAPUR: Naga Stu-

APC Y. Kikheto Sema, Minister G. Kaito Aye and director M. Ben Yanthan during the launching programme of the crop calendar on July 20.

DIMAPUR: Minister for agriculture and cooperation Kaito Aye launched “Crop Calendar Nagaland”, a guide book for agriculture officials and for farming community on July 20.

Addressing at the launching programme, Kaito acknowledged the department for its tireless efforts in publishing the calendar which was the first of its kind, covering all the districts of Nagaland.

He expressed hope that the calendar would be a source of information for the department officials and the farming community.

He urged the officers

and staff to continue creating more activities for the improvement of economy in the state.

He said that amid the pandemic, climatic change had affected farming community in the state which had led to reduced production. In this regard, Kaito encouraged them to come together to improvise, provide information and create activities.

Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) Y. Kikheto Sema said that earlier Nagaland faced a drought like situation but it was now already a drought because “70% of war field had been affected”.

He said that it was

important to create more water bodies in the villages and advised the department to approach the villagers out of MGNREGA in order to create the water bodies.

Kikheto also suggested that the calendar translated into local languages to reach out to all the agricultural farmer community.

In his introductory remark, director Ben Yanthan said that the department had set goals for food security by 2025, empowering and improving the living standards of the farming community.

He said that around 2, 50,360 farming households

Villages in Mkg receive food grains

across the state would have to produce food for their own sustenance.

To achieve this vision, he informed that the department was focusing on various strategies under CSS programme. Maintaining that the pandemic had also affected timely agriculture activities, Ben Yanthan informed that the department had worked out strategic contingency plan 2020 to deal with crop failure or damage due to various reasons with alternative cropping options in order to compensate the food requirement.

The director also stated that the first edition of crop calendar 2020 would have about 500 copies printed and 1500 copies of district wise crop calendar, where printing was still in progress.

While the crop calendar publication expense was sponsored by ATMA Nagaland, he informed that all the deputy directors of the directorate were assigned to work out their respective district crop calendar.

In this regard, he shared that this was made possible in consultation with district/sub-divisional officers where SARS, KVK and ICAR officers were taken on board to share their technical expertise.

dents Federation (NSF) has congratulated all the students who had successfully cleared the HSLC and HSSLC Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) examinations, 2021.

In a press release, NSF president Kegwayhun Tep and secretary education Medhovi Rhi also congratulated students who had done excellently by securing respective places in the merit list.

The federation shared its pride in the students’ achievements and wished them the very best that life would offer them in all their future endeavors.

NSF hoped that the students would continue cultivating every single virtue that had brought them this far and prayed that they would continue to be assets to the Naga people in general and families in particular.

M e a n w h i l e, N S F said that it believed in the abilities of those who had “stumbled at the hurdle” and believed that they would manage to come out triumphant in their next attempt.

The federation therefore advised them to not lose heart but to keep fighting as success would come to them sooner than they expected.

CRIME BEAT Jul 18 incident: Mokokchung One held with illegal liquor police register case

DIMAPUR: Mokokchung police have registered a case against a group of miscreants involved in the alleged assault and molestation of a woman and her friends.

According to Mokokchung police PRO, one Washimenla, Alichen Mokokchung filed an FIR on July 19 stating that a group of miscreants armed with sticks physically assaulted her friends on July 18 at around 6pm.

PRO said that the complainant and her friends were inside a car outside a farm located at Shiremya junction (under Longkhum village jurisdiction) when a group of unknown miscreants armed

with sticks approached the vehicle.

The miscreants reportedly assaulted one of her friends “without any reason” and when the complainant got off the car to pacify the commotion, one of the miscreants “molested her from behind”.

PRO informed that when she screamed for help, another miscreant punched her on the left cheek leaving her unconscious. The miscreants also reportedly assaulted her other friend.

In this regard, PRO said a case has been registered with women police station Mokokchung, adding that further investigation was on.

Arms & ammo recovered in Peren

Security forces in an operation recovered arms and ammunition near general area Midland Colony, Jalukie, Peren on July 19. Based on a specific input, security forces recovered one point 22 pistol with 40 rounds of live ammunition and incriminating documents.

According to PRO, the recovered items were handed over to Jalukie police station, Peren district for further investigation.

Apprehended individual along with the seized illegal liquor.

DIMAPUR: Security forces in a joint operation with the state police apprehended one with illegal liquor at Sochu Colony, Dimapur, on July 18.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the joint team recovered illegal liquor worth around Rs. 1 lakh and cash of Rs. 63360.

The apprehended individual along with recovered liquor and cash was handed over to West police station for further investigation.

SF apprehend one ‘NSCN (IM)’ cadre

Security forces in a joint operation with the police apprehended an “NSCN (IM)” cadre at general area High School

Colony, Dimapur on July 18. The team recovered one point 32 pistol with magazine and one mobile phone, PRO informed.

The apprehended individual along with recovered items was handed over to East Police Station for further investigation.

ACKNOWLEDGEmENt

Acknowledgement Matthew 6:34

Villagers at Waromung receiving the PMGKAY rice.

DIMAPUR: Beneficiaries from Waromung, Chuchuyimlang and Merangkong villages under Mokokchung district received the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) rice for the month of July.

The rice was distributed through the office of food & civil supplies, Mokokchung.

It may be mentioned that the PMGKAY lV has been implemented in the state by the department of food & civil supplies from

July to November 2021.

The beneficiaries under the existing Priority Household (PHH) and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) scheme are entitled to receive five kgs of rice per person per month free of cost.

1st DEAtH ANNIVERsARY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

08/05/1982 – 23/05/2021 We, the bereaved family members would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual who stood by us physically, emotionally, financially, materially and through prayer support at the sudden demise of Late Yanbeni Kikon on 23/05/2021.

We regret our inability to mention and thank each and everyone individually, but it is our sincere prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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We express our sincere thanks to all who stood by us at the sudden demise of Lt. Pelhousaü Hesso on 11 July 2021 .

We would particularly like to express our gratitude to the Pastor and Church Staff of Sumi Baptist Church Kohima.

And also we would like to thank each and everyone for showing your kind expressions of thoughtfulness, sympathy and support SPIRITUALLY, MORALLY, PHYSICALLY and FINANCIALLY. Forever we shall remain indebted to everyone.

You will be greatly missed Aasa.

Loving family members & relatives

of our beloved mother LAtE D. ALEmLA YANtHAN (21/07/2020)

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“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today."

LAtE sANGYUKALA Born: 2nd January 1978 – Died: 14th July 2021 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain” Philippians 1:21 We, the bereaved family members of Late sangyukala would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood by us and supported us physically, emotionally, financially, materially and through prayers throughout her illness till the time of her demise.

We deeply regret our inability to thank everyone individually but it is our humble prayers that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Acknowledgement

Dearest Ayo, a year has passed since you left us to be with the Lord, but we have always missed you.

The fact that you are no longer here will always cause us pain, but you are forever in our hearts and never forgotten.

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- Loving Husband, Children, Grand-Children, In-laws and Relatives

Acknowledgement “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Job 1:21

15/7/1938 – 14/7/2021

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1933 – 2021 The family members of Lt. Mrs. MEDOHOLE LTU would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to every individual, churches, prayer groups, organizations, friends, neighbors, relatives and well wishers who had comforted and supported us with physical presence, financial, material, spiritual and constant prayer support during her brief illness and sad demise of our beloved mother on the 18th June 2021.

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

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The family members of Late Sademlila Ao (Mongsenyimti) would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to all the friends, neighbours, and well-wishers who have visited our home during her illness and death, attended her funeral service and burial. We remember each one of you who came to us in our hours and days of sorrow regardless of the pandemic. Your sympathy has helped and comforted us in our grief and our loss more bearable. It is our prayer that the Almighty’s blessings rest upon each and every one of you.

She walked her Eden’s bowers humbly She endured her stormy days gracefully She crossed her mountains courageously She fought her battles bravely She now rests in peace She is now Home with our Father.

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WEATHER FORECAST JULY 21

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala A touch of morning rain

33 26

Aizawl

Mostly cloudy, p.m. showers 27 21

Guwahati An afternoon thunderstorm Imphal

A stray afternoon t-storm

33 26 28 22

Itanagar Pleasant with clouds and sun 30 24 Shillong A heavy thunderstorm around 23 19 Kohima

Some sun with a thunderstorm 25 19

Dimapur A morning t-storm in the area

31 25

An a.m. t-storm; partly sunny

27 20

Mkg

Tuensang A thunderstorm in spots Wokha

A stray afternoon t-storm

21 17 26 22

Zunheboto Showers and a heavier t-storm 24 18

Tongpang Ozukum speaking at sensitisation programme at Chiephobozou. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Kohima District Task Force (DTF) visited the Northern Angami villages under Chiephobozou sub-division and Botsa circle at DB customary court hall, ADC Chiephobozou office and conference hall of EAC Botsa on July 20.

According to a DIPR report, minister in-charge of Kohima district for COVID-19, minister for PWD (mechanical & housing), Tongpang Ozukum said that since the pandemic, the state government and the district administration have been giving their best however, he lamented that

the show of support from the general public was less.

Tongpang said that delta variant of COVID-19 has already reached the district and in order to identify the sick, the public should come forward for testing in various government health centers.

While respecting the fundamental rights of an individual, the minister appealed the public not to forget their fundamental duties for the common well-being of their loved ones and the community as a whole.

The minister also requested the frontal civil

Farewell programme for outgoing EAC at Kiphire

Kiphire district administration along with the outgoing EAC, imlijungla Lemtur during the farewell programme. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: District Administration organised a farewell programme for outgoing EAC, Imlijungla Lemtur on July 20 at DPDB conference hall, Kiphire.

According to a DIPR report, deputy commissioner, Kiphire, T. Wati Aier described Imlijungla as a hardworking young officer who executed her assigned duties with sin-

cerity and dedication.

In her speech, the outgoing EAC, Imlijungla Lemtur said that it was a learning experience and that she had many memories, with Kiphire being her first posting place.

She also shared her experiences and expressed her gratitude to the citizens of Kiphire for the support and cooperation during her stay in the dis-

trict.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by EAC Chubamongla Kichu, short speeches were delivered by head DB (Sadar) and HA, Zisepi on behalf of ministerial staff.

A special number was also presented by district coordinator, MSK, Albert Jinger and vote of thanks was delivered by ADC, Rahul Mali.

societies under Kohima district to support and cooperate with the government so that the work taken up by the district DTF for the benefit of the people would not go in vain.

Advisor for urban development and municipal affairs, Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire pointed out the importance on disclosure of self-test report if tested positive to trace, track and test the contacts to break the chain of transmission in the community.

He asked the gathering to religiously follow the Covid appropriate behaviour and urged the partici-

pants to equip themselves with required information through the programme and to sensitise their people on testing and vaccination.

Meqanwhile, DC Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie urged every individual to play active role in sensitising their counterpart.

He stated that weekly cases continued to surge in several villages and that health experts have been repeatedly warning about the alarming rate of mutation and poor vaccination pace.

Gregory also informed that circulating and spreading unconfirmed and unverified fake news was punishable offence and may invite punishments under relevant sections of the Nagaland Disaster Management Act and Nagaland Epidemic Diseases Regulations.

CMO Kohima, Dr. Vezokholu Theyo assured that covishield vaccine was lifetime protection and appealed not to spread misinformation about vaccines.

She stated that misinformation has rapidly spread exceeding the speed of spread of the actual COVID-19 pandemic.

M e a n w h i l e, AYO president, Kekhrie Pfukha advised the people to help the government in regulat-

EAC Pungro, Nuhuta Tunyi inaugurated agriculture supply outlet “the good tree” in Pungro town on July 20. The shop is one of the initiatives of Saramati Beru Area Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (SBAMCS) which is set up to ensure supply of timely and quality input requirement of society members and farmers of the area.

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It also informed all Masjid management committees to strictly enforce Covid SOPs during Idd prayers and to segregate the prayer timings into groups and allow only vaccinated males to perform the Namaz inside mosque. MCD further requested the Muslims that since it was a festival for sacrifice of animals, one should be very careful of the sentiments of other citizens and urged them to maintain a peaceful atmosphere.

NPF minority wing: NPF minority wing has

extended warm greetings to the Muslim community brothers and sisters of Nagaland and neighbouring area on the occasion of Eid. In a message, central president of the wing Bishnu Bhattacharjee expressed hope that this auspicious occasion would be the herald of sustained peace, progress, prosperity and happiness and would further strengthen the bonds of “harmony, brotherhood and amity”, which he said were the hallmarks of the secularity in the country.

ing any valuable policies and suggestion pertaining to COVID-19 norms and encouraged them to clear their queries from the health experts and sensitise the community.

Village council chairmen from 15 villages under Chiephobozou sub-division including representatives from NAPO, NAYO, NASU, NAWO, Parish Priet St. Dominic Savio Parish, Chiephobozou; E. S Pesocha B. Church Council and Northern Angami Christian Revival Church sub-center attended the programme.

Earlier, ADC Chie p h o b o z o u , Ve k h o y i Chakhesang chaired the programme, Northern Angami Public Organisation (NAPO) vice president Mhalezolie Metha delivered the welcome address and EAC Chiephobozou, Vitoka Yepthomi delivered vote of thanks.

Villages and organisation under Botsa circle also attended the programme held at Botsa. EAC Botsa Saratho Katiry chaired the programme and NAPO ‘D’ president, Pfuduolhou Kense delivered the welcome address while vote of thanks was delivered

by MO PHC Botsa, Dr. Ropfu Dolie.

TASU appeals deptt to restore damaged road

The damaged stretch of the road at Wangshu village.

DIMAPUR: Following the damage of a stretch of road by landslide at PWD, Wangshu village under Tobu sub-division on July 16, the Tobu Area Students’ Union (TASU) has appealed to the responsible department to intervene and restore the road.

In a press release, TASU president Sangti Konyak stated that the PWD road was the only lifeline for the eight villages under Tobu sub-division including Wangshu, Tangkhao, Changlu, Yeangmai,

Tamkoang, Eyeang, Yongkhao and Shinnyu.

Stating that the PWD road connected Tobu headquarters to ITC Pangsha, TASU said that the landslide had also disrupted the movement of vehicles carrying essential commodities and other medical emergency.

In this regard, Tobu Area Students’ Union urged the responsible department for its intervention to repair the road at the earliest for the welfare of the public.

NLA committee meeting

DIMAPUR: Chairman of the committee on subordinate legislation, Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Dr. Chotisuh Sazo, MLA, has convened a meeting of the committee on July 27, 11 a.m., in the committee room of the assembly secretariat.

All members of the committee have been requested to attend the meeting.

2021 HSLC toppers share success stories

Keneino Thorie

Asewe Letro

Talinungsang Imchen

Yimyatetla Longkumer

Narsen Ngullie

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Asewe Letro from Mezhür Higher Secondary School, Kohima, who emerged second in the merit list, said that he devoted most of his time to studying during the lockdown. Asewe said during exams he challenged himself to studying even upto 12 hours a day.

Son of Kekhrongulo Letro from Lesheni village under Phek district, Asewe is the elder among two siblings. He has a younger sister.

Taking advantage of the online classes, Asewe said he was able to learn from different sources besides the prescribed syllabus.

Although he preferred online classes, Asewe said he missed the social relationships he had with his peers and teachers.

Asewe plans to pursue Arts and prepare for competitive exams. He plays guitar, enjoys music and also writes rap music.

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from Queen Mary Higher Secondary School, Mokokchung, who was ranked top three in the HSLC 2021, said he was not surprised with the result because of his firm believed in God. Talinungsang from Mangmetong village and presently residing at Sungkomen Ward, Mokokchung told Nagaland Post over the phone that he did not believe in the 24/7 theory of studies. Talinungsang said he studied with concentration for only three hours. This, he said kept his ‘mind and body free from stress’.

Giving credit for his success, Talinungsang narrowed it down to percentages with 60% to God, 20% to parents, siblings and friends, 10% to teachers, especially his mentor teacher Sir Dhurba and 10% to neighbours and his associates.

Talinungsang aims to become a civil servant (IAS) and presently is trying to get enrolled at St.

Edmund College, Shillong.

Speaking to Nagaland Post, Yimyatetla Longkumer from Holy Cross Higher Secondary School Dimapur, who secured top three said that the result was unexpected.

She owed her success to God, her two elder brothers and elder sister who, she said, had helped her with the studies. She also thanked the principal of the school who would always encourage her.

Yimyatetla also thanked the teachers for boosting her morale.

Asked about her study schedule, Yimyatetla shared that she would study a chapter each day and would make sure she finished it.

Yimyatetla, whose father is a retired superintendent engineer and mother a housewife, also thanked her parents for their constant support and prayers.

“If you work hard, you will surely get where you want, because hard work

is the recipe of success,” she stated.

The 16-year-old girl, who hopes to get into the civil services, said that she was passionate about serving the state for the welfare of the people.

Sharing the top 3 slot in the merit list with two other candidates, Narsen Ngullie from Little Flower Higher Secondary School, Kohima, said that she studied for upto 10 hours at length during exams.

Daughter of Habemo Ngullie from Tsungiki village under Wokha district, Narsen is the middle child among three sisters. Narsen said she preferred offline classes as bad network connectivity was a huge obstacle for her online classes.

Like her peers, she also has plans of pursuing Arts stream and prepare for competitive exams in the future. She enjoys learning new languages and performs yoga occasionally to relax.

KOHIMA/DIMAPUR/ MOKOKCHUNG, JUL 20 (NPN): As the NBSE declared the results of HSLC and HSSLC examinations 2021 on Tuesday, the HSLC toppers attributed their success to hard work, God, teachers and parents among others.

HSLC state topper, Keneino Thorie, daughter of Kuolhoulie Thorie from Kigwema village under Kohima district, said she normally studied for about four-five hours while during exams she could study for up to eight hours.

Second youngest among four siblings, Keneino said she preferred offline classes, saying she felt a shortage in the online classes. She plans to pursue Arts stream and prepare for civil services in the future.

Keneino is the fourth topper from her school.

She enjoys music and likes cooking meals for her family.

New NSCN (I-M) kilo kilonser takes charge

DIMAPUR: Muslim Council Dimapur (MCD) has extended Eid greetings to all the citizens of Nagaland on the occasion of Idd Uz Zuha festival.

In a message, MCD working president A Rahman requested the Muslim community to strictly follow the Covid guidelines enforced by the state government while performing Namaz at different prayer houses.

MCD prayed for the wellbeing of all the citizens of Nagaland.

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DIMAPUR: NSCN (I-M) has informed that M Daniel Lotha on July 20 assumed the charge of the ministry of kilo (home) affairs as the kilonser (minister).

In a press release through its MIP, NSCN (I-M) informed that the farewellcum-handing and taking over programme was held at the council headquarters (CHq), Hebron in the presence of the senior functionaries of the GPRN. At the programme, MIP said Lotha’s predecessor David Mero expressed gratitude to the NSCN members and public for the cooperation. He also thanked the ministry of kilo affairs and expressed hope that the same cooperation would be extended to the new kilo kilonser.

Earlier, pastor of the CHq Church, Hebron, Vikuto Kappo prayed for the predecessor and the successor of the ministry of kilo affairs.

Further, NSCN (I-M) expressed its gratitude to the former kilo kilonser for his contribution to the government and congratulated him for the successful tenure.

NSCN (I-M) also extended its wishes to the new kilo kilonser in his new assigned responsibility.

NLSF opposes order making vaccine compulsory for government employees

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) has strongly opposed the recent order passed by the home department that made inoculation against Covid-19 compulsory for all State government employees at the civil secretariat in Kohima and directorates.

The federation in a press release pointed out that making vaccination compulsory and production of Covid-19 test negative report every 15 days, if vaccination not done, for the employees was violation of the basic structure of Constitution of India, and withholding salaries and endorsing leave without pay on not being inoculated were “ultra vires ab initio”.

Acknowledging that the present scenario mandated restrictions that were permitted by law, NLSF, however, stressed that these cannot be at the cost of citizens’ lives.

Therefore, it pointed out that the order was unreasonable, unjust, unfair and biased, and hence

unconstitutional.

While considering the prerequisite of mass inoculation to limit and suppress the contagious virus, the federation pointed out that coerced inoculation of any substance was an interference with fundamental human rights that must be justified as “necessary and proportionate”.

In circumstances where the government coerced the population and its employees to inoculate when there were certain contraindications generating fear psychosis, it was difficult to see any justification whatsoever for the order, the release added.

NLSF clarified that inoculation was voluntary, but coercion was illegal; “To inoculate is not a full proof guarantee that any said person will get infected with virus and not transmit. There are instances where several people had died and suffered from serious adverse events after first shot and also both the shots. Any attempt

by forcing, coercing, luring or pressuring – ‘no pay, no salary’ – to inoculate by infringing on the activities of citizens is a direct challenge to Article 21 and also a contempt of court,” the federation declared.

According to NLSF, the legal position settled by Supreme Court and various high courts in the country against forced inoculation and right to choose health and treatment for oneself and one’s children was intelligible, along with the fact that a person had the fundamental right to choose medication as per his/her choice.

Regarding people harbouring “genuine” fears and anxieties about inoculation, the federation asserted that one had the right to his or her personal and bodily autonomy, irrespective of thoughts about the inoculations. And that being so, it was “intellectual dishonesty, sophistry and straw man fallacy” to state that inoculation was the only solution, the federation added.

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Border situation with Mizoram fragile: Assam CM

GUWAHATI, JUL 20 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the situation along the interstate border with Mizoram is currently “fragile” and it will take some time to resolve the disputes with the neighbouring state.

The chief minister, however, expressed optimism that some progress will be made in resolving boundary disputes with Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh when he meets his counterparts from these states of the North-eastern region on July 23 in Shillong.

The chief ministers of the region will be present at a meeting of the North East Space Applications Centre (NESAC), to be chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on that day.

The NESAC is a joint initiative of the Depart-

Himanta Biswa Sarma ment of Space and the North Eastern Council (NEC) to augment development of the region by providing advanced space technology support.

Sarma said that he is expecting some headway during the talks to resolve the border disputes with Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.

As far as the boundary dispute with Nagaland is concerned, the matter is in the court, he said.

“The situation with

Mizoram, however, is not conducive. We are not seeing eyeball to eyeball in Hailakandi district (bordering Mizoram). The situation is fragile. It will take some time with Mizoram,” he said.

Tension along the inter-state with Mizoram in Cachar and Hailakandi districts of Assam have been escalating in the last few days over Assam Police’s drive to clear land allegedly encroached by miscreants from across the border.

An IED was hurled on an Assam government team visiting the border by suspected miscreants on July 10, while two back to back explosions were heard from across the border in the wee hours of July 11.

A high-level meeting between officials of both the states, including the chief secretaries and DGPs, was also held in New Delhi a few days ago on the issue.

NORTHEAST Pegasus: Sarma seeks ban on Amnesty’s activities GUWAHATI, JUL 20 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday demanded a ban on human rights body Amnesty International’s activities in India for its alleged role in the Pegasus snooping controversy.

The BJP leader also claimed that the entire episode is an international conspiracy to defame the Narendra Modi-led Central government. “Various Leftwing organisations throughout the world, including Amnesty International, are part of the conspiracy,” Sarma said while addressing a press conference here.

“It is clear that they want to defame India’s democracy. I demand that activities of Amnesty International be immediately banned within India,” he said. There was evidence earlier, but with this recent incident, it is now clear that Amnesty can go to any extend to defame India’s democratic fabric, Sarma claimed.

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Activist protests over non-release of COVID assistance Correspondent SHILLONG, JUL 20: A civil rights activist is staging a lone protest in front of the gate at the main secretariat in Meghalaya capital Shillong demanding the release of COVID 19 financial assistance meant for the marginalised labourers in the State.

Angela Rangad, who is known for fighting for the rights of the marginalised people, is on a second straight consecutive day protest in front of the gate where chief minister Conrad Sangma and his council of ministers sit.

Interestingly, neither the Sangma nor anyone of the ministers have spoken to her or urged her to withdraw her protest.

“I am sitting here every day during office hours to remind the government that it should immediately release the money to the labourers,” Rangad said.

“I will continue to sit here till the government releases the financial aid to all the beneficiaries and

Angela Rangad sat outside the secretariat building in Shillong and demanding measures to be taken to help the marginalised. justifies its claim that there is no scam since many of the labourers have not received the financial aid,” she said.

In March 2020, the Meghalaya government had announced financial assistance for unorganised sector workers under the Chief Minister’s Relief Against Wage Loss (CMRAWL) in view of the Covid lockdown. An amount of Rs 2,100 for three weeks was to be given to each daily wage labourer, hawker and domestic worker (Rs 700 per week).

Rangad said that the government has claimed that Rs 52 crore was sanctioned for the financial assistance for the marginalized workers but “more than 50 percent is unaccounted for.”

Rangad said that when she followed up to know if the marginalised people have received the financial assistance or not, she found out that they did not receive.

She had also sought the information from the Labour department under the RTI Act in November 2020, which revealed that

many of those who had submitted their applications did not find their names in the list, and those whose names were on the list, did not either get any money or received only Rs 1400 or Rs 700.

“How can he (Deputy Chief Minister) say that the account numbers of the beneficiaries were wrong or not active when the labourers who had received Rs 700 last year, did not receive the remaining amount till now?” Rangad questioned.

Similarly, Rs 5000 was to be given to each labourer registered under the Meghalaya Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (MBOCWWB).

TUR and the Workers Power of Meghalaya (WPM) had submitted their first 1400-page complaint to the Chief Minister and demanded immediate release in full of the financial assistance to the labourers who have not received.

She also demanded an independent and time bound enquiry into the implementation of this scheme.

RSS chief arrives in Assam on 2-day visit Assam to form ‘Population Army’ to curb birth rate in Muslim areas

organisation from different parts of Assam and other North-eastern states such as Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura, an RSS spokesperson said.

Matters related to the organisation and measures

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File photo of marginzalied Muslim community in Assam. Courtesy- The Sentinel Assam awareness about popula- tives.” tion control measures and Earlier, Himanta to distribute contracep- Biswa Sarma met over 150 oFFICe oF The

‘Cash-for-marks’ scam: Cong seeks CM’s intervention

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The Kohima Okotso Union takes immense pleasure to congratulates Shri. renchamo ngullie for being promoted to Deputy Labour Commissioner.

The KOU further wishes him all the very best in his future endeavors.

(L. n. merry) (mhabemo Lotha) Chairman Secretary In The CourT oF DISTrICT & SeSSIonS JuDge WoKhA : nAgALAnD noTICe

artists, historians, and professors among others. We discussed various issues confronting the Assamese minority people,” he added.

Padma Shri awardees Dr. Illias Ali and Eli Ahmed were among prominent people from the minority community at the meeting, while Welfare of Minorities Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary and Education Minister Ranoj Pegu participated along with Sarma as part of the government.

AFFIDAVIT (ChAnge oF SurnAme) Regd. No. 465 / 17, Date : 09/05/17: I, Shri KeTouZoLIe PhIrA, S/o Lt. Yalse Phira, aged about 42 years, presently residing at Kigwema Village, Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as follows:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, belonging to Angami Naga Tribe.

2. That I am using KETOUZOLIE ANGAMI as my official name.

3. That in all my official documents, academic records and including my SBI Account, my name has been entered/recorded as KETOUZOLIE ANGAMI. 4. That this affidavit is made to declare that I will renounce my surname ANGAMI and henceforth will be using ‘PHIRA' as my surname.

5. That the names KETOUZOLIE ANGAMI and KETOUZOLIE PHIRA are one and the same person i.e. myself.

6. That this affidavit it to declare that henceforth, I shall be known as “KETOUZOLIE PHIRA" and the same shall be use for all official purposes. notary Public Deponent

In The CourT oF DISTrICT & SeSSIonS JuDge WoKhA : nAgALAnD noTICe

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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 Libeno Lotha has been applied by Shri. C. Nrio Lotha, H/o. Lt. Libeno Lotha, R/O, High School Colony, Wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. SBI Saving Bank A/No.11766575024.

2. PPO No. NL/25548 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 19-08-2021.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this day the 1907-2021.

Sd/- District & Sessions Judge WC-140 Wokha : nagaland

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 Nkhao Lotha has been applied by Smti. Mhabeni, W/o. Lt. Nkhao Lotha, R/O, Etsu Colony, Bhandari Town, district, Wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. SBI Saving Bank A/No.30427385765.

2. PPO No. PEN/COM-22246/NL/S/21718 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 16-08-2021.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this day the 16-072021.

Sd/- District & Sessions Judge WC-141 Wokha : nagaland

AFFIDAVIT

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE

Regd. No. 413/2021

Date 19/07/2021

I, Shri. Tamjanmaran, resident of Darogajan Village, H/No. 241, BPO-Khushiabill, Dimapur, District : Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as follows:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident in the aforesaid address.

2. That I was a resident of Longmisa Village under Mokokchung District, Nagaland.

3. That presently I have permanently resided/moved to H/No. 241, Darogajan village, Pin No. 797116, Dimapur, Nagaland, as such, I shall use my aforesaid address in all my official purposes henceforth.

4. That this affidavit is sworn for the purpose of declaring the aforementioned particular on oath.

I further verify that the statements made above are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing is false thereof.

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Dated Zbto the 19th July 2021

Notice Calling Objection for the issue of Succession Certificate Whereas application has received from Shri KUHOI V. AYEMI, U/S 372 of the Indian Succession Act, resident of Alahuto Colony, Zunheboto for Succession of SBI A/c No. 30802781546, pension benefits, leave encashment, service benefits, debts and securities of Late Holy Sumi.

Notice is hereby issued for filing objections to all who has interested in the said claim(s) with 45(forty five) days from the date of publication to the notice.

NOTARY PUBLIC

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GUWAHATI, JUL 20 (PTI): With the Assam Police unearthing a ‘cashfor-marks’ scam in state board examinations, the opposition Congress on Monday demanded Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s intervention to initiate corrective measures for the interest of students.

The party also urged the authorities to re-examine the record-based evaluation systems approved by the government for class 10 and 12 students under the state boards.

The entire matter should be given due importance by the CM and the education department, and those associated with the fraud should be awarded punishment, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Debabrata Saikia said.

“Keeping in mind the future of our students, the evaluation system should be re-examined. We demand that a proper scientific system should be adopted to take the students to the next level,” he said.

Saikia also said the Congress had expressed r e s e r va t i o n s ove r t h e record-based evaluation system when it was announced last month.

The Assam government had cancelled this year’s class 10 and 12 state board examinations due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, and two committees were set up to propose procedures to evaluate students. Both the panels had submitted their recommendations to the authorities.

“We demanded that the state should follow the Karnataka government and organise exams in Assam by observing COVID protocols,” Saikia said.

leading indigenous Muslim personalities from diverse fields and said they all have agreed that population growth is a threat to the development of the state.

Addressing a press conference after the meeting in Guwahati, Sarma said a total of eight subgroups will be formed with members from the indigenous Muslim community to suggest various developmental measures.

“I met over 150 intellectuals, writers, doctors,

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GUWAHATI, JUL 20 (PTI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Assam on a two-day visit on Tuesday evening.

Bhagwat held meetings with senior leaders of the

GUWAHATI, JUL 20 (AGENCIES): The Assam government is mulling to form a ‘population army’ to spread awareness especially in the Muslim-dominated areas where the state has witnessed a population explosion. Further, Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that a team of around 1000 youngsters will be sent to various areas including the char areas, sandbars, to distribute contraceptives and to talk about the benefits of a small family.

The CM said, “This group of people will be known as population army especially from the char chapori (riverine sand bars) will be engaged to create

The gorkha union, mokokchung, nagaland is elated and honored to laud Shri. Safal Chetri, S/o N. B Chetri of Sangtemla Ward presently working as the Administrative Officer at RMRCNE, Dibrugarh (Assam) is being promoted and posted as Senior Administrative Officer at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Hqrs New Delhi.

It is indeed a living example and encouragement for our community for scaling new height in his career.

The Union is extremely proud of your achievement which were possible with your passion and potential.

We wish you good health and all the best in your future endeavors. God bless.

Sd/Sd/neem gurung manbir Aley Gen. Secretary President Gorkha Union Mokokchung Gorkha Union Mokokchung

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Mohan Bhagwat visitng Kamakhaya temple.

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for the welfare of people and the society during the pandemic were discussed in the meetings, the spokesperson said.

Bhagwat is also scheduled to meet a few political leaders on Wednesday but their names were not disclosed. This is the RSS chief ’s first visit to Assam after the BJP returned to power for the second consecutive term in the state.

Bhagwat will also launch a book on the NRCCAA debate in Assam on Wednesday. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is scheduled to attend the programme.

He will leave for Chennai on July 22, the spokesperson said.

We the shop owners and tenants of K.N Complex, Opp. Fira Hotel, Jail Colony, Kohima, Nagaland would like to thank Late Neiselie Sekhose’s Family for exempting our rent for one month, last year and also this year, in the midst of Covid-19 crisis.

It is our sincere and humble prayer that the Almighty God bless their family abundantly for their kindness.

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Manipur Cong president quits, 8 MLAs may join BJP

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party failed to cross the halfway mark of 31.

While the Congress won 28 seats, the BJP pocketed 21 seats. The NPF and NPP won 4 seats each.

In the current Assembly that has an effective strength of 56, the BJP has 25 members and the Congress has 17.

The NPP and NPF have 4 members each. The Trinamool Congress has one MLA and there are 3 independent MLAs. Four seats are lying vacant in the House.

The BJP runs a coalition government with the support of NPP, NPF and

3 independents.

The alliance has a total of 36 MLAs. Meanwhile, the Congress in its ‘Mission 2022’ is aiming to bag not less than 45 of 60 seats. Congress leader Gaikhangam Gangmei had stated that defection of the MLAs do not undermine “the party in any way”.

Those who chose to defect to the ruling BJP “lack political principles”, he had said.

Reacting to the recent trend amongst politicians quitting Congress to join the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi termed those leaders to defected to the BJP as ‘scared politicians.’

Although Congress managed to secure more seats than the BJP in the 2017 polls, the grand old party failed to cross the halfway mark of 31.

While the Congress won 28 seats, the BJP pocketed 21 seats. The NPF and NPP won 4 seats each.

City buses flout COVID-19 protocol in Guwahati GUWAHATI, JUL 20 (AGENCIES): The city buses in Guwahati are noticed to be violating COVID-19 norms by carrying full loads, which violates the SOP and endangers people due to the lack of social distancing, reports The Sentinel Assam.

The District Transport Department had previously given rules for city buses to ride the roads with 50% passengers and keep a social distance, however it has been seen that the buses are flouting the rules and regulation by not adhering to COVID-friendly behavior.

When questioned why they carry full passengers against government restrictions, a bus driver stated that it is not practical to run a bus with half the passen-

gers. “We also have to take care of our family. How will we cope if we only have 30 or 50% of the buses full? We must also pay a percentage to the owners.

The owners take their cut, but they have no idea how much money is coming in. They are indifferent about us,” the driver stated.

Furthermore, petrol-diesel costs have nearly reached Rs. 100; this is an extra hardship that we must face, according to the driver.

“The passengers, too, do not adhere to the rules.

They board the bus despite the fact that the seats are already full. What can we do if they do not obey the rules? We have to transport the people if they board the bus; we can’t let them off once they’ve boarded,” he continued.

Rs 1528 crore spent on updating NRC: Assam CM

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GUWAHATI, JUL 20 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that Rs 1527.90 crore has been spent so far on updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC), an official record of bonafide Indian citizens living in the state.

Replying to a question of Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purakayastha in the assembly, the chief minister said that the Registrar General of India (RGI) is yet to notify the final NRC published on August 31, 2019.

The NRC, updated under the supervision of the Supreme Court, left out more than 19 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants.

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ance of rejection slips to those who had been left out of the final register, Sarma said that this falls under the purview of the RGI and the NRC State Coordinator.

Sarma said that the state government had filed a petition for 20 per cent re-verification in the border districts and 10 per cent in the others but the Supreme Court did not consider it as the former NRC State Coordinator had submitted that 27 per cent re-verification has been already done.

In reply to another question by AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam on the biometric data taken during the claims and objection process of the National Register of Citizens updating, Sarma said that it was taken for linking with Aadhar cards.

“The matter is pending with the Supreme Court and the Aadhar Card is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The department concerned can only issue it following the Supreme Court’s directives and the notification of the final NRC,” he added.

NORTHEAST COVID-19 UPDATE

Over 150 children found COVID-positive Arunachal reports as Mizoram reports highest daily cases highest single-day AIZAWL, JUL 20 (PTI): On the fresh infec- spike in COVID cases Mizoram on Tuesday re- tions, 234 cases were con-

ported the highest singleday spike of COVID-19 cases as 807 people tested positive, taking the tally to 28,295, a Health Department official said.

More than 150 children were among the newly-infected people, he said.

The state also reported two more deaths, which pushed the toll to 125.

Meghalaya logs 500 new COVID cases SHILLONG, JUL 20: The COVID-19 graph has been on an upward trajectory in Meghalaya as 13 deaths due to the viral disease increased the fatality figure to 968 and 500 new cases of infection added up to 4,044 active cases on Tuesday. The State also reported 476 recoveries surged the number of recovered cases to 53,263 on Tuesday in the State, which has registered 58,275 confirmed cases so far.

Director Health Services (MI), Dr. Aman War said the deaths due to COVID-19 related complications recorded on Tuesday included seven in the East Khasi Hills district, two each in West Jaintia Hills district and West Khasi Hills district and one in West Garo Hills district.

As on date, 31, 515 health care workers have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 and 20990 have received the second dose, 97,087 front-line workers got the first jab and 29,741 took the second shot, while 6,58,951 persons from among the general public were inoculated with the first dose and 75, 785 citizens were fully vaccinated with the second dose across the state, the official report said.

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ITANAGAR, JUL 20 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday reported highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases as 508 people tested positive, taking the tally to 43,328, a senior health official said.

The toll rose to 203 with an 80-year-old man from East Siang dying, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The highest number new cases were reported from the Capital Complex Region at 140, followed

by Lohit (49), Papumpare (35), Lower Subansiri (34) and East Siang (33).

Of the new cases, 473 were detected through rapid antigen tests, 19 through RT-PCR and 16 by TrueNat method. There are 4,260 active cases in the state at present, he said.

In the last 24 hours, 458 patients recovered. In all, 38,865 patients have recovered in the state.

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IMPHAL, JUL 20 (AGENCIES): In the latest saga of turncoat politicians defecting from their party to join the ruling saffron party, Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Govindas Konthoujam resigned from his post, news agency ANI reported.

It said that as many as eight Congress MLAs in the state was likely to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Konthoujam, a sixtime consecutively elected Congress MLA from Bishnupur, was appointed as the president of Manipur Congress by Sonia Gandhi in December last year.

Manipur will go to polls early next year.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post VOL. XXXI NO. 225 DIMAPUR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021

Political pied pipers

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n Nagaland, the cacophony of voices carrying the hype and hyperbole of politics has consequentially caused a hangover of despair and uncertainty with little remedy for the syndrome. When it comes to politics there is perhaps no society that comes close to Naga society. As commented earlier in this column, Naga politics is not all about Nagaland state but about warring tribes and warring inter- tribe villages embracing the gospel of truth, love and peace since nearly 150 years ago. The new awareness of one gospel, one people was and should be paramount on the way people conduct their life-socially, economically, and politically. Every religion and faith, seek to make their followers enlightened about their god so as to make them better people. Often people who listen to the voices around understand little but if they listen to their conscience, they understand more. Someone said and rightly so, that Nagaland is rich, yet its people are poor. It may also be noted that Nagaland was the first hill state to be created from Assam in 1963. Other states like Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura etc got statehood only by 1972 but today, they are decades ahead of Nagaland in economic development. Earlier, Nagaland was known for many positive things but unfortunately today, it has earned a dubious reputation as a state where anything can happen to anyone, anytime and anywhere. Also there is no single authority whose writ runs but many parallel authorities exercising their writ. As politics in Nagaland is increasingly pushing socio-economic into bedlam; real issues so often get drowned out by the din of distraction and deprecation. This has thrown a challenge on the people and especially their leaders to meet this situation head-on. It’s a topsy-turvey situation going around in Nagaland -socially, spiritually, politically and economically. The prevailing environment for some years has troubled many thinkers and concerned citizens. For the second time, Nagaland state politics would contribute to another dubious distinction of being the state without an opposition in the assembly.

This very peculiar happening, where the state is “unblessed” with an ‘all party government’ and the highest public forum a house without an opposition, acts against the very concept, convention and practice of parliamentary democracy. The first dubious record was in 2015 when eight Congress MLAs joined the NPF-led DAN-III government and rendered the house without any opposition. This time, the NPF will be joining the NDPP-led PDA government to make it a second time where Nagaland will have an all-party government and an opposition-less assembly. Both PDA and NPF have justified their move by taking the plea of facilitating solution to the Naga political issue. However, since all legislators are members of the parliamentary committee on Naga political issue, the plea does not hold water. Also, neither the state government nor legislators are involved with the negotiation, so an all-party government defies logic.

Such an unethical phenomenon cannot be valued as unity. There is no bar against both ruling and opposition parties working in unity on any issue and neither does it take away the crucial role of the opposition acting as a parliamentary watchdog. Healthy debates are necessary and a must in any genuine democracy. When democracy is not understood nor practiced in its totality due to imbalance between rights and responsibilities; it leads to deformity rather than conformity of the polity.

DailyDevotion Dependent on God’s Presence

Those who wait on the Lord…shall walk and not faint.

—Isaiah 40:31 There is no thrill for us in walking, yet it is the test for all of our steady and enduring qualities. To “walk and not faint” is the highest stretch possible as a measure of strength.

The word walkis used in the Bible to express the character of a person— “…John…looking at Jesus as He walked…said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God!’ ” (John 1:35-36). There is nothing abstract or obscure in the Bible; everything is vivid and real.

God does not say, “Be spiritual,” but He says, “Walk before Me…” (Genesis 17:1).

When we are in an unhealthy condition either physically or emotionally, we always look for thrills in life. In our physical life this leads to our efforts to counterfeit the work of the Holy Spirit; in our emotional life it leads to obsessions and to the destruction of our morality; and in our spiritual life, if we insist on pursuing only thrills, on mounting up “with wings like eagles” (Isaiah 40:31), it will result in the destruction of our spirituality.

Having the reality of God’s presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually. Our problems arise when we refuse to place our trust in the reality of His presence. The experience the psalmist speaks of— “We will not fear, even though…” (Psalm 46:2)— will be ours once we are grounded on the truth of the reality of God’s presence, not just a simple awareness of it, but an understanding of the reality of it. Then we will exclaim, “He has been here all the time!” At critical moments in our lives it is necessary to ask God for guidance, but it should be unnecessary to be constantly saying, “Oh, Lord, direct me in this, and in that.” Of course He will, and in fact, He is doing it already! If our everyday decisions are not according to His will, He will press through them, bringing restraint to our spirit. Then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.1

Quotes

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

~ Confucius

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021

Post-mortem

NTC representation to CM on Assam-Nagaland border settlement

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he Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) respectfully place before your honour the following points of factual position on the long standing Nagaland - Assam Border issue with a sincere hope that you would graciously persue it to retrieve the Ancestral, Traditional and Historical lands and restore it to the victim Nagas so as to fulfil the long cherish dreams of the people of Nagaland.

1. T h e p r i n c i p l e interest of the Colonial power in India in the 18th and 19th centuries were to seek their profit, desires and conveniences in the vast and rich land of India without any regard for the interest of the colonized land and its people. One such reason was that the Tea Cultivated Areas attracted their greatest interest in Northeast, and after the seizure of the Ahom Kingdom of Assam by the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826, the Colonizers coveted the Naga areas in the plain adjoining the Ahom Kingdom for their Tea cultivation. Unlike the Ahom Kingdom, the Naga Tribes had no central authority; the land belonged not to any government but to the Tribe and Village.

Without the consent of the unlettered Villagers, the Colonial Administration illegally cultivated the virgin jungles belonging to the Nagas along the Nagaland - Assam plain areas into Tea Gardens and Reserved Forests which were subsequently transferred to Assam District by the then British Government of India solely for the purpose of the Administrative conveniences in total violation of the land owner’s right.

2. This is the Core issue for which the Nagas for once are united in demanding its return right from the first formal

meeting with the Simon Commission in 1929. The Nagas put up a petition to the Simon Commission for return of the Transferred Forests back to the Naga Hills. Then after 18 years, in 1947, June 27 to 29 the Governor of Assam Sir, Akbar Hydari came to Kohima and negotiated a Nine Point Agreement with the Nagas; where the Governor, the secretary to the Governor Mr Rastumji and the primer of Assam, Sir GopinathBordoloi, appended their signatures to document in their own hand, vowing to abide by all the terms of Agreement. One of the Terms of Agreement vide Point-6 (i) was the return of the Reserved Forests taken away from the Naga Hills.

Quote:- “6 (i) to bring back into the Naga Hills District all the forests transferred to Sibragar and Nowgong District in the past”. Unquote.

3. During August 1957, pursuant to the desires of the Naga People’s Convention, the Government of India amalgamated the Tuensang-Mon Area inhabited by Nagas of the then North Eastern Frontier Agency (NEFA) to the Naga Hills and formed a separate Administration Unit called Naga Hills Tuensang Area (NHTA) but the transferred integral Lands of the Nagas were not included in the NHTA. TheNagas were greatly dissatisfied and demanded the creation of a full-fledged NAGALAND STATE with all their ancestral Lands included.

4. It is undeniable fact that the State of Nagaland was born as the 16th State of the Indian Union on 1st December 1963 out of Political Agreement known as “The Sixteen Point Agreement” of 1960, with a Special Provision of Art 371A of the Constitu-

tion of India for Nagaland.

In the course of discussion, the question of creating a separate State for Naga areas emerged and under Point 12 of the Memorandum, theNaga delegation demanded the return to Nagaland all the Reserved Forests transferred from Naga Hills to Assam during the British regime in line with a petition by the Nagas to the Simon Commission for “return of the Transferred Forests back to the Naga Hills” in 1929, and as per Agreed Point-6 (i) of the Nine Point Agreement of 1947.

5. During the process of formulation of the Statehood of Nagaland the representative of the Government of India pointed out to the Naga delegation on behalf of the Government of India that the boundary of the new State have to be stated in the First Schedule of the Constitution if it was to come into being as a State. Accordingly under Regulation 6 of 1957 and Nagaland Act of 1962, the 3 Districts of Kohima, Mokokchung and Tuensang were notified in the scheduled would form part of the State of Nagaland but without properly defining boundary, inspite of the Nagas having their own proper traditional boundary with Assam.

6. The Naga delegation was advised to take up boundary issues under the provision of Article 3 and 4 of the Constitution of India after accepting the State. After discussion, the Government of India had agreed to place on record in connection with the Nagaland State boundary with Assam the following Agreement and the Nagas had agreed to accept “Statehood”. Point - 12 of the Sixteen Point Agreement, Quote; “The Naga delegation discussed the

question of the inclusion of the Reserved Forests and of contiguous areas inhibited by the Nagas.

They were referred to the provisions in Articles 3 and 4 of the Constitution, prescribing the procedure for the transfer of areas from one state to another”.

Unquote.

7. It was on the basis of the final agreement arrived at in July 1960, that Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, on 1st August 1960 announced in Parliament, the Government of India’s decision to established “Nagaland” a state comprising the territory of the then existing Naga Hills Tuensang Area. Government of India could not make definite arrangement at that stage before Nagaland become a State on the question of restoration of transferred areas but the issue was kept open for future settlement under the Constitution of India.

The then Prime Minister of India even went on to say in the Parliament that “Agreement is Agreement; it will be implemented in Toto”. Unfortunately things never emerged as expected inspite of promises of the then Prime Minister of India who unfortunately passed away prematurely in 1964, and the Nagas today feel deceived by the words of the Articles in the Constitution of India.

8. After accepting Statehood, the Naga people had hoped that the Government of India, according to their assurance given to the delegation and as had been enumerated in Point-12 of the Sixteen Point Agreement, would take immediate action to readjust the boundaries between the two states of Nagaland and Assam by returning all the Reserved Forests and other areas transferred out of the then

Naga Hills to Assam. For nearly sixty years now, the Naga people have been still waiting without any solution to the problem insight. The Naga people have become restive and emotionally charged with doubt that the fate of “Sixteen Point Agreement” of 1960, the very basis of Nagaland Statehood would also meet the same fate as that of “Nine Point Agreement” of 1947.

9. Altogether there were eight Agreements signed between the two neighbouring states, a supposedly and hopefully a Neutral Forces even, was deployed in the troubled areas but the so called Neutral Forces under the control and command of the Head of the Police Forces of Assam was not equal to the task. In every past agreement Assam betrayed Nagaland. There were intermittent loss of lives and troubles in the Area. The two neighbours even fought a Border War. 10. A s s a m c l a i m s of 1925 Inner line as the Boundary between Nagaland and Assam. This Inner line was never meant to be Land Boundary between the two states. This Inner line was constituted by the British long before Indian Independence and placed in their own convenience for administrative purposes so as to preserve and protect the unique life of the Nagas from the exploitation from various sophistications of the advance Societies and undesirable persons from outside.In the light of the above, the Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) firmly rejects the 1925 Inner Line to be the boundary demarcation between Nagaland and Assam as it has no historical or traditional basis.

11. The Assam government frequently sends

out strong Armed Police parties to Nagaland border areas and treat the Nagas as foreigners and annexes even Naga ancestral and traditional lands from the defenceless and innocent Naga Villagers. Nagas have lost maximum ancestral, traditional and historical lands to Assam.

12. As a matter of fact the first boundary of the then Naga Hills District was notified in 1867 and then rectified in 1875 and Notification issued vide No. 89 No 3386 P. dated Fort William, 24th December 1875. The Ancestral, Traditional and Historical territory and that of the Reserved Forests of the Nagas therein as Naga Hills District of Assam was properly demarcated in this Notification. This boundary of the Naga Hills District of Assam is ultimately the State boundaries of Nagaland and Assam.

Therefore, the Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) urges upon your honour to react appropriately on the issue and impress upon Government of India to act on the points of Agreement Nagas already had with the Government of India to respect the successive agreements and invoke Article 3 and 4 of the Constitution of India and arbitrate the Boundary of Nagaland and Assam on the basis of the Nagaland-Assam boundary demarcation Notification issued vide No. 89 No 3386 P. dated Fort William, 24th December 1875 as mentioned in serial No 12 above and restore the long awaited Ancestral, Traditional and Historical lands along with the Transferred Forests of the Nagas.

Toniho Yepthomi President NTC Nribemo Ngullie General Secretary NTC

Civilizational: Treating minorities on par with majoritarians

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ation-states across the world to a larger extent are moving towards patronising the majority community thereby undermining and victimising the other communities as minorities. Majority in this context does connote either a religious or racial community or a combination of both having more numbers in terms of population. In recent times, race and religion are the propelling factors that hit the centre-stage of politics and polity. Far right nationalist political parties have gained substantive grounds in Europe, USA, Canada, India, Africa, and Middle-east and many others by emphasising race and religion as part of their political project.

For example, former President Donald Trump had used race and religion to his advantage to consolidate his power base. During his tenure, there had been a number of racist attacks and killing and also ridiculing Muslims and other races at the cost of eulogising the white supremacy/ supremist. Trump is gone, but Trumpism is present and is growing in many ways within the rubric of racism vis-à-vis white supremacy which is intact in the American society.

Similarly, we have been witnessing in the last few years how some countries treat the migrants, refugees, immigrants and religious and other racial minorities. The gesture and the treatment meted out by those who entered into other countries for better prospectus were gruesome and horrendous. The present dispensation is widely known for its treatment of its minorities. The current

government ruled by the BJP in this regard is quite open and vociferous on Majoritarianism and Hindu nationalism.

Its leadership and cadres have openly declared in its manifesto about Hindu Rashtra which could be realised via Hindutva. Majoritarianism is premised on the credo of Hindu majority to who India belongs to them (we) and the other (you) belonging to Islam and Christianity be considered as minorities. In that, Muslims and Christians form the most important segment and those who subscribe to “majoritarianism” treat Muslims and Christians like “aliens” and “outsiders”. What is happening in and around the country since 2014 is that the two minority communities undergo fear and insecurity.

Atrocities against Muslims and Christians are on the increase. Their religious places have been under constant attack by the outfits of Hindutva forces. Stoking inflammatory speeches, false propaganda and defaming narratives have furthered hatred and animosity amongst people and communities.

Polarising communities on religious grounds have become the order of the day.

PM Modi while delivering speeches invoke plurality and multi-culturalism, but his party hardly translates those values on ground.

BJP believes in politics of polarization.

Observing the deteriorating political climate of the country, the judiciary across the country is coming out with a number of landmark judgements on different matters. Out of

many, the recent one is from Uttarakhand High Court merit mentioning.

While hearing two petitions against a meat ban in Haridwar on the 9th of July, 2021, the High Court of Uttarakhand in its judgement said that “Democracy means the protection of minorities.” It added that “A civilisation, is judged by the, how it treats its minorities and a ban like the one in Haridwar calls into question the extent to which the state can determine a citizen’s choice.” Elaborating further, “The issue is whether a citizen has the right to decide his own diet or will that be decided by the state.”

C h i e f Ju s t i c e R S Chauhan said, “If we say that it will be decided by the state because the state is permitted to impose a total ban on a particular type of non-veg food … then can that power be extended to include meat of all sorts.” However, the advocate-general (AG) SN Babulkar, argued by citing several judgments in support of the ban, including the 2004 Supreme Court verdict upholding a ban on mean and eggs in the municipal areas of Haridwar, Rishikesh and Muni KiReti.

He also prayed back Article 48 in the directive principle, “The State shall … take steps for … prohibiting the slaughter of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.”

Responding to the AG, the division bench of Chief Justice Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma said, “Democracy does not only mean rule by majority, but, most importantly, democracy means the protection of the minority.” He

added that “The greatness of all civilizations is judged only on one yardstick and that is how it treats its minorities.” The court further said that it would not go into the religious aspects of the issue and, instead, focus on whether the Constitution protects the privacy of citizens.

The petitioners had raised that the ban goes against the right to privacy, right to life and right to freely practise religion.

The high courser said the petitioners had raised “serious fundamental issues” and would involve constitutional interpretation. In another incident, a local court on the 16th July, 2021 rejected the bail application of a youth from Greater Noida, who was arrested on July 12 by Haryana Police for a hate speech he had delivered at a mahapanchayat earlier in the month in Pataudi in which he called for attacks on the Muslim community.

In another case, Judicial magistrate (first class) Mohammad Sageer, rejecting the bail, observed that the consequences of such activities may be “far more dangerous and may translate into communal violence”. The court said that the accused’s speech was “itself is a form of violence” and such could not be “tolerated in any civilised society”. The court observed that every citizen has the right to express thoughts but not in a manner targeting a community and promoting enmity. “He seems to be very proud of his antecedents. He even instigated people to kill persons of a particular community and chanted slogans in this regard … Such activi-

ties cannot be tolerated in any civilised society”, the court said.

India is known for its civilizational hallmark for centuries. Enduring civilizational values such as respect to freedom of religion, communities’ culture and way of life. Some of the values that India used to cherish and known for: “live and let live”, “mutual co-existence”, transcending religio-racial barriers are waning and under attack.

Presently there is dearth to India’s cultural heritage.

Present dispensation believes in the vision of exclusion of the minorities that impedes all-encompassing ideals of ‘togetherness’.

Numerous testimonies

that surface testifies how one community helped the others going beyond the narrow religio-politicosocial divides during coronavirus. The landscape of India is like a rainbow that accommodates everyone within its fold. 21st Century modern India has failed to live up to its cherished values. BJP as a political party is responsible for having displaced those values with skewed vision of majoritarian that has dented and punctured our civilizational heritage. Let not narrow political vision, sectarian and divisive ideological and theocratic political projects destroy the long-cherished civilizational grandeurs.

Dr. John Mohan Razu

Reader’s Post

Sir,

On compulsory vaccination and negative test report

The public too understands that the vaccination is used to help boost our immunity. But on the other hand the public wants the vaccination to be taken on voluntary basis and not on mandatory basis.

The Article 21 of the Indian constitution clearly states right to live and right to personal liberty. For which Sir, I would like to appeal the Government to please hear out the unheard voices of the public.

The Government’s decisions are for the welfare of the public but when it goes against the very thought of safety of the public it creates panic.

According to the letter dated 17th of July 2021 which states that those Govt Employees not vaccinated, their salaries will be stopped after 31st of July 2021 deals a threat to the livelihood of lakhs of Govt employees.

Also the continuation of submitting the report of their COVID-19 test after every 15 days, a Govt employee who has to pay it from his/her own pocket will have a negative impact on the budget of the family expenditure which if possible, the Government takes this matter and provides free testing for them will be praise worthy.

I hope that Sirs, you will listen to our voices.

Meren Pongen Naga

LS adjourned for the day amid disruptions over Pegasus row

Om Birla

ed for barely five minutes.

The same scene was witnessed when the House reassembled at 2 pm.

One of the placards read that while people are suffering from unemployment, the government is busy with “jasoosi” (spying). The slogan was in Hindi.

Some Congress members were holding placards about Rahul Gandhi’s name appearing in the list of potential targets of snooping.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) members alleged that party MP Abhishek Banerjee’s phone number was selected for surveillance.

Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

YSRCP members also

flagged the issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh.

Speaker Om Birla said it is not right to disrupt the House and the government is ready to give answers on any matter.

“Please go back to your seats. I will facilitate a debate on every issue.

(But) sloganeering is not right. The government is ready to debate on whatever issues you want to debate on,” he said.

The issue of “snooping” using the Pegasus spyware has snowballed into a massive political row in Parliament and outside as various parties are demanding a thorough investigation and sacking of Home Minister Amit Shah, while the government maintains that it had nothing to do with it.

Fo r m e r C o n g r e s s chief Rahul Gandhi, BJP ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prahlad Singh Patel, as also former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa and poll strategist Prashant Kishor were among those whose phone numbers were listed as potential targets for hacking through the Israeli spyware sold only to government agencies, an international media consortium has reported.

DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Governor of Nagaland RN Ravi has extended Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) greetings to the people of Nagaland particularly to the members of the Muslim community.

In his message, Ravi said that Id-ul-Zuha epitomizes the noble values of sacrifice, trust and forgiveness. He expressed hope that “this sacred occasion” would usher in good will, harmony and further “strengthen the values of our society.” On the occasion, governor wished wish all good health, peace and prosperity.

Dy.CM: State deputy chief minister and state BJP legislature party leader Y.Patton has also extended greeting on the Id-ul-Zuha and appealed to all responsible to pray for peace, tranquillity and healing, which he said “should reign Supreme.” In his message, Patton called for avoiding mass gatherings so as to stop community spread of Coronavirus. The deputy chief minister, on behalf of the state BJP legislators, conveyed best wishes to the Muslim community.

hima as per agreed terms.

(From p-1) It alleged that Purana Bazaar and Alleging that the new recruits and “runaway workers” were killing businesses Padumpukhri colonies in Dimapur where and entrepreneurship through taxation in the group was currently housed had beDimapur and other towns, WC said Naga come a militarised zone guarded by Indian public in general and business community paramilitary and IRB, claiming that locals in particular have had enough of these “un- expressed deep anger and resentment over principled elements” and declared that they daily frisking and harassment of innocent people at every alley in the area. would be identified.

Wondering whether this was the way “Even footpath vendors surviving from hand to mouth during pandemic are to guard a group pursuing peace, the comnot spared by these social parasites acting mittee asked why innocent public were as Niki’s collectors. There is no patriotism, harassed constantly and randomly in the morality, ethics or decency to call them- name of peace, reminding that this policy selves national workers,” the release added. had never worked on the Nagas.

According to the committee, the tolerReminding that Naga tribes declared ance of Naga tribes and civil society against a solemn desire to resolve the Indo-Naga this “atrocious existence” and activities as issue in consonance with “our distinct a Naga political group was baffling given history and identity”, WC declared that the fact that Indo-Naga negotiations had humiliating Naga history and right with concluded on October 31, 2019, agreed and political trickery would be an unforgivable crime against Nagas. declared by all negotiating parties.

It also declared of leaving no stone Reminding Government of India (GOI) that it cannot afford to betray Naga unturned to ensure peace in Nagaland.

(From p-1) The committee clarified that while professed secular image even after parting with BJP in people yet again, WC demanded that the surrendered group must be confined to maximum restraint was being exercised, it Nagaland before 2018 assembly elections.

NPCC further slammed NPF for throwing in the towel camps away from civilian population and would act when called to salvage people’s before BJP and NDPP at this crucial juncture in Naga commercial centres like Dimapur or Ko- interest. political history and it described as “a total sell out of their regional pride at the altar of Hindutva politics.”

NPCC asserted that two schools of thought emerged in Nagaland after NPF’s “meek decision” to “surrender NEW DELHI, JUL 20 disruptions. decided to resume normal once again”. It said the first as espoused by BJP, NDPP and (PTI): Normalcy returned Sources said after the functioning with a discusNPF was to delay the Naga political solution and “promote to the Rajya Sabha on the House was adjourned for the sion on Covid management.

Hindutva politics” while secondly, Congress was “firmly second day of the monsoon second time for the day at 12 The House resumed the standing for implementing the Naga political solution and session and it held a dis- noon, Naidu called Leader discussion at 1 pm. upholding secularism at any cost.” cussion on the COVID-19 of the House Piyush Goyal, Deputy Chairman NPCC reiterated that forming an opposition-less gov- situation in the country opposition leaders Anand Harivansh and Minister of ernment was not the solution at this juncture, rather an ob- after Chairman M Venkaiah Sharma, Jairam Ramesh, State for Parliamentary Afstacle towards implementation of Naga political solution. Naidu met the floor leaders Derek O’Brien, Tiruchi fairs V Muraleedharan were The party suggested that all legislators, instead of fool- of various parties.

Siva and some others, and also present at the meeting. ing the people, should immediately resign from Nagaland This came after the Legislative Assembly, if they were really sincere enough to proceedings of a day and a pave the way for an early Naga political solution. half were washed out due to

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NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): The Pegasus snooping controversy rocked the Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday, leading to continued disruptions and repeated adjournments of the House.

Soon after the House assembled at 3 pm, the opposition members again started raising slogans on the Pegasus snooping issue, forcing the chair to adjourn the House for the day.

The Lok Sabha will now meet on Thursday after the Eid holiday.

This was the second day of the Monsoon Session that the House could not transact any legislative business.

On Monday, the Opposition had disrupted the proceedings over a variety of issues, including price rise and three farm laws.

Earlier in the day, the House was adjourned twice after the Opposition created a ruckus over snooping and other issues.

Opposition members, including from the Congress and the TMC, started raising slogans and showing placards to attack the government on the snooping issue as soon as the House met for the day at 11 am.

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At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 74.93 against the dollar, then fell further to 74.95, registering a fall of 7 paise over its previous close.

According to Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury, Finrex Treasury

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MUMBAI, JUL 20 (PTI): The Indian rupee depreciated 7 paise to 74.95 against the US dollar in opening trade on Tuesday as firm American currency and weak domestic equities weighed on investor sentiforay comes after Maruti Su- ment. zuki said that it would invest $9 billion by March 2026 for research and development in automotive electrification.

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Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi and Nissan are already working on developing compact EVs. The Indian government aims electric cars sales to amount to 30 per cent of all newly sold cars by 2030.

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“This notification is not only irrational but stupid as well,” they added.

Claiming that RPP stood for student community, the duo demanded that all the 1,517 declared posts should be brought under the purview of Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) and Nagaland Staff Selection Board (NSSB) with immediate effect.

They said there was no logical reason to delay conduct of exams under NSSB, adding that RPP concluded that the government had fooled the entire student community.

They lamented that the so-called unity government of Nagaland had no heart for its students and its policies reflect this.

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threat to withhold salary still persisted, they said the State government had come out with another notification that destroyed the concept of meritocracy.

Mentioning that the notification had also proposed age relaxation for a period of one year with effect from April 22, 2020, the RPP leaders said it meant that the relaxation was only till April 22, 2021, which did not benefit even a single student because notification on exam had not been issued since 2020.

They said age relaxation should have been from the date of issue of notification (July 16) covering the entire sequence of examination to be conducted, till result was declared.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (AGENCIES): Mar uti Suzuki is aiming to launch its first electric vehicle by 2025. India would be the first country to see the new EV, followed by Japan and Europe. This move is expected to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles.

The first EV model is likely to be priced at $13,700 or less, after government subsidies are taken into account, as mentioned in a report in Nikkei Asia. With Suzuki, all major Japanese automakers are set to enter the EV market.

While the government has been pushing for an EV ecosystem, sales have been slow in India. With EVs in the lineup of Maruti Suzuki that has a market share of 50 per cent in India, the country might see faster adoption of electric cars.

Many carmakers have already announced plans to release EVs in the country.

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DIMAPUR, JUL 20 (NPN): Rising People’s Party (RPP) has termed DPAR’s July 16 notification on “partial lifting of appointments” that empowered 76 departments to conduct departmental exams for 1,517 posts as the most blatant and audacious misconduct of the PDA government.

Referring to chief minister Neiphiu Rio’s call to education department “to equip students to face the world with confidence and help realise their potential” during a function to felicitate 50 meritorious students as wonderful words, RPP vice-president Dr Abeny Khuvung and Rising Youth president Zhokhoi Chuzho alleged that instead of helping students actually realise their potential after studies through fair means, the government was facilitating backdoor appointments.

They accused the government of speaking in forked tongue and held it directly responsible for destroying the lives of thousands of meritorious students. And while the harassment meted out to its own employees with regard to

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is upgraded from 7 per cent to 7.5 per cent as economic activity normalises, said the Manila-headquartered funding agency.

With regard to China, the ADB supplement said the expansion in the People’s Republic of China is still projected at 8.1 per cent in 2021, and 5.5 per cent in 2022, as favorable domestic and external trends align with April forecasts.

On South Asia, ADB said the economic outlook

NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): Gold in the national capital on Tuesday gained Rs 253 to Rs 47,100 per 10 gram amid supportive global trends, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,847 per 10 grams. Silver dipped Rs 61 to Rs 65,730 per kilogram from Rs 65,791 per kilogram in the previous trade.

In the international market, gold was trading in the green at USD 1,813 per ounce and silver was flat at USD 25.06 per ounce.

“Gold prices pared early losses of Monday witnessing recovery in the evening session. Fall in US treasury yields and worries over growing virus cases have boosted buying in gold,” according to HDFC Securities, Senior Analyst (Commodities), Tapan Patel.

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40,000 in early July.

“Early indicators show economic activity resuming quickly after containment measures eased. The growth projection for FY2021 (ending March 2022), downgraded from 11 per cent in ADO 2021 to 10 per cent, reflects large base effects,” it said.

The ADO was released in April. The projection for FY2022 (ending in March 2023), by which time much of India’s population is expected to be vaccinated,

ID-19 hitting the subregion from March to June 2021.

The adverse economic impact of these new waves is expected to be limited, with businesses and consumers better able to adapt to the pandemic and containment measures now than they were a year ago, it said.

“The GDP growth forecast for the subregion in 2021 is downgraded from 9.5 per cent in ADO 2021 to 8.9 per cent but upgraded for 2022, from 6.6 per cent to 7 per cent,” ADB said in the supplement.

Recovery is under way in developing Asia, but with the growth projection for this year revised down slightly from 7.3 per cent in the Asian Development Outlook 2021 in April, to 7.2 per cent following renewed virus outbreaks in some economies.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): The Asian Development Bank has downgraded India’s economic growth forecast for the current financial year to 10 per cent on Tuesday, from 11 per cent projected in April, on account of the adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

India’s GDP growth recovered to 1.6 per cent in the last quarter of fiscal year ended March 2021, narrowing contraction in the whole fiscal year from 8 per cent estimated in April to a revised 7.3 per cent, the multilateral funding agency said in the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) Supplement.

“Then a second wave of the pandemic induced many state governments to impose strict containment measures. New COVID-19 cases daily peaked at more than 4,00,000 in early May, then fell to a little over

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F/Name : Khonjamo Tsopoe DoB : 20/10/2002 Roll. No. : 212826206 Institution: Christian Hr Sec School, Dimapur.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION KOHIMA : NAGALAND

Kohima, the, 20th July 2021

NO.: ED/AEI-23/2021

NOTIFICATION It is hereby notified for the information of all concerned that New Admissions for Class XI in all the 44 (forty four) Govt. Higher Secondary Schools functioning in the State of Nagaland will commence from 29th July 2021 and the following directives are issued for strict compliance.

1. There will be a single Online Admission Portal for all the GHSSs. Students/Parents shall login into the ‘GHSS Admission Portal’ through the link given at the department’s website https:// education.nagaland.gov.in and submit applications for schools and streams of their choice.

2. One student can submit application for any number of schools and streams of his/her choice.

3. The portal will be kept open from 23/07/2021 to 06/08/2021 for students/parents to submit applications. Students will have to upload copies of HSLC Admit Card and Mark Sheet.

4. Students/Parents facing difficulties for using the online facility may take assistance of the Common Service Centres functioning under the Department of Information & Technology.

Alternatively, they may download the ‘Admission Form’ from the portal and submit the duly filled in Forms to the respective schools on or before 02/08/2021.

5. In case of acceptance of forms at schools (offline mode), the respective schools shall make submission of the forms along with all required documents (Photograph, Admit Card & Mark Sheet) in the Online Admission Portal before the prescribed last date of submission.

6. Selection of candidates shall be done by the respective schools as per their intake capacity in order of merit.

7. School wise ‘List of Selected Candidates’ along with ‘Waiting List’ will be published at the ‘GHSS Admission Portal’ on 11/08/2021. Details of Admission Fee to be paid will also be made available at the portal.

8. Selected Students shall pay the Admission Fee through online payment mode at the Portal from 11/08/2021 to 17/08/2021. Those facing difficulties for making online payment may pay the Fee at respective schools during the above mentioned period.

9. Allotment of Vacant Seats to candidates from the Waiting List in order of merit will be done on 20/08/2021.

10. Class XI Repeaters need not submit applications. They shall make payment of Admission Fee at respective schools on or before 03/08/2021.

11. Submission of applications at the portal does not guarantee admission. Selection of candidates will be done by the respective schools as per their intake capacity in order of merit.

12. Further details will be made available through the admission portal.

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2/3rd of Indians have Covid antibodies: Govt Says another 40 cr still vulnerable to infection NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): Around 40 crore people are still vulnerable to COVID-19 infection as a nationwide survey found two-thirds of the country’s population aged above six to have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, the government said on Tuesday as it stressed there is no room for complacency in the fight against the pandemic. Findings of the ICMR’s 4th national Covid sero survey show there is a ray of hope, but there is no room for complacency and Covid-appropriate behaviour has to be followed, the government said.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) conducted the latest survey in June-July.

Addressing a press conference, a senior official said two-thirds or 67.6 per cent of India’s population aged above 6 years were found to have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the latest national sero survey. A third of the population did not have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, which means about 40

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crore people are still vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, the official said. According to the government, 85 per cent of the surveyed healthcare workers had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and one-tenth of HCWs were still unvaccinated.

The survey covered 28,975 general population and 7,252 healthcare workers. The fourth round of the survey was conducted in the 70 districts across 21 states where the previous three rounds had been carried out.

Stressing observance of COVID-19-appropriate behaviour, the government said social, religious and political congregations should be avoided and non-essential travels should be discouraged. “Travel only if fully vaccinated,” it said.

The ICMR also sug-

gested that it would be wise to consider reopening primary schools first as children can handle viral infection much better.

“Children can handle viral infection much better as they have lower number of ace receptors. So once the decision is taken and all the staff vaccinated, it would be wise to open primary schools first,” it said.

India recorded 30,093 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 125 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,11,74,322, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The death toll climbed to 4,14,482 with 374 daily fatalities, the lowest in 111 days, while the active cases have declined to 4,06,130, the lowest in 117 days.

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‘Farmers to hold peaceful stir WB police file suo moto case against Adhikari at Jantar Mantar from July 22’ after he warns SP of transfer to Kashmir

NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): Farmers will hold peaceful demonstrations at Jantar Mantar demanding scrapping of the agri laws and no protester will go to parliament where the monsoon session is underway, a farm union leader said on Tuesday after a meeting with Delhi police officials.

Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh national president Shiv Kumar Kakka told PTI that every day from July 22, 200 farmers, wearing identification badges, will go to Jantar Mantar from the Singhu border to hold the protest.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions spearheading the stir against the central farm laws, had planned that around 200 farmers will protest outside Parliament every day from July 22 during the monsoon session.

The monsoon session of Parliament started on Monday and is scheduled to conclude on August 13.

“We informed the police that every day 200 farmers will go to Jantar Mantar from the Singhu border in buses during the monsoon session. It will be a peaceful demonstration and protesters will have identification badges. “When police asked us to reduce the number of protesters, we told them to focus on the law-and-order

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situation and also gave assurance that the protest will be peaceful,” Kakka said.

No written communication has been received from the police yet, he said.

“Police were informed that the protest will be peaceful. We will sit at Jantar Mantar from 10 am to 5 pm. Nobody will go to parliament and neither we will allow any political person to come to the protest,” he said. A tractor parade in Delhi on January 26, that was to highlight the demands of farmer unions to repeal three new agri laws, had dissolved into anarchy on the streets of the national capital as thousands of protesters broke through barriers, fought with the police, overturned vehicles and hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort. During a meeting on Sunday, the Delhi Police had asked farmer unions to reduce the number of people attending the protest, but it was declined by the farm union leaders.

TAMLUK (WB) JUL 20 (PTI): The West Bengal Police on Tuesday filed a suo moto case against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and 14 others at Tamluk police station, less than 24 hours after the Nandigram MLA asked Purba Medinipur police chief Amarnath K to “refrain from doing something that would prompt his transfer to Kashmir’s Anantnag or Baramulla”.

Adhikari and his associates were booked un-

der various sections of the IPC, including the one which deters a public servant from discharging his duty.

The BJP MLA, in his message to the superintendent of police during a party meeting on Monday, said, “Do not file fake cases. I have evidence to prove that they are fake... I will file a public interest litigation seeking a CBI probe into such allegations.

“Please do not do anything that would prompt

your transfer to Kashmir’s Anantnag or Baramulla.”

The Nandigram MLA, who narrowly defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in assembly elections held earlier in the year, also said he has “details of all calls made to you (SP and other officers) by the office of the nephew (TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee)”, and added that “if you have the state government to support you, we have the Centre by our side”.

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KENEINO THORIE 211107198 Trinity School,Kohima ASEWE LETRO 211105027 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (a) TALINUNGSANG IMCHEN 211201186 Queen Mary Hr.Sec.School,Mokokchung (b) YIMYATETLA LONGKUMER 211803200 Holy Cross Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (c) NARSEN NGULLIE 211113074 Little Flower Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (a) AMISHA KUMARI 211808073 Don Bosco Hr.Sec.School,Dimapu (b) EMIL MONCY OOMMEN 211811091 Little Star Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (c) ABHIJEET KUMAR DAS 211816001 Ram Janaki Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (d) YANGERTEMJEN 211834113 Saint Savio School,Chumukedima SANJANA KESHARI 211810063 S.D.Jain Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (a) PAMNUNG ZIMIK 211804131 Vidhya Bhawan Hr.sec. School,Dimapur (b) BWEHI KEMP 211107130 Stella Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (c) MINA CHETRI 211405164 Green Valley School, Mon (d) PRACHI DAS 211814088 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (e) ZAHID AHMED LASKAR 211825097 Christian Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (a) DIYA SHRESTHA 211105098 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (b) ANKITA PAUL 211812070 St.Paul Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (a) AWANG P YIMPUSHÜ 211105028 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (b) ESTHER L EZUNG 211105101 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (c) VIBELI K ACHUMI 211106070 Fernwood School,Kohima (d) ARMUND CHINGTHAM 211110068 Chandmari Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (e) SACHIN KUMAR SINGH 211816036 Ram Janaki Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (f) IMLITULA PONGENER 211836112 St.Joseph’s Hr.Sec.School,Chumukedima (a) PALAK AGARWAL 211803238 St.Mary’s Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (b) TIAMAONG AIER 211808062 Don Bosco Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (c) NONYA KONYAK 211811121 Little Star Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (d) ADENO GWIRIE 211121090 Baptist Mission School,Jotsoma (a) BOVE NEO KAPFO 211105029 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (b) NIKO-O Z KEVEKHA 211105133 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (c) SULI SANGTAM 211106185 St.John’s School Kohima (d) LONGTILA JAMIR 211107103 Model Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (e) TALISANGLA LONGKUMER 211812054 St.John Hr.Sec.Residential School,Dimapur (f) YINGKHAO 211406130 St.John’s Hr.Sec.School,Mon (g) ZAVE-U LASUH 211502059 Royal Foundation School,Phek Town (h) WONCHILO T KHUVUNG 211604117 Don Bosco Hr.Sec.School,Wokha (a) THRONGLILA RENGMA 211305090 St.John’s Hr.Sec.School,Tuensang (b) MOANOLA LONGCHAR 211203133 Town Hr.Sec.School,Mokokchung (c) ELINA YASMIN 211803121 Holy Cross Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (d) LIMATONGZUK LONGKUMER 211205121 Straightway Hr. Sec. School, Mokokchung (e) NOZI EPAO 211107140 Stella Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (f) RUFSANA BEGUM 211107148 Stella Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (g) KAMRIA KHANAM CHOUDHURY 211810043 S.D.Jain Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (h) SENTIENLA YADEN 211113268 The Vineyard School,Kohima (a) IZINLUNG KAURING 211102062 Northfield,Khikha (b) THEJAKHRIENO IRALU 211102122 Northfield,Khikha (c) MONGDIKOKBA WALLING 211106027 Fernwood School,Kohima (d) AOTUSHI IMSONG 211107003 Ministers’ Hill Baptist Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (e) OCHIEN 211812048 St.John Hr.Sec.Residential School,Dimapur (f) SEDEVII NAGI 211823093 Greenwood School,Dimapur (g) LAKSHMI KUMAR 211835118 North Town Hr.Sec.School,Chumukedima (a) HANGLENCHILA Y CHANG 211305056 St.John’s Hr.Sec.School,Tuensang (b) SUMIT KUMAR 211810023 S.D.Jain Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (c) CIA BOSE 211903046 Saramati View Modern School,Kiphire (d) N NIANGMAI KONYAK 211406105 St.John’s Hr.Sec.School,Mon SHALINI PANDEY 211810064 S.D.Jain Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (a) YASH JAIN 211803098 Holy Cross Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (b) KUSUM KUMARI SAH 211105119 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (c) ANKIT DUTTA 211804094 Vidhya Bhawan Hr.sec. School,Dimapur (d) JOY MAZUMDER 211810009 S.D.Jain Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (a) NOUNESENUO TSEIKHA 211102194 Mewi Hr. Sec. School, Kohima (b) PRIYA KUMARI YADAV 211803242 St.Mary’s Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (c) KIMRIDI THAUSEN 211811096 Little Star Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (d) YASHIJUNGLA 211210067 Christian Standard Hr.Sec.School,Changtongya (e) ILAMGUALE A ZELIANG 211834118 Saint Savio School,Chumukedima (a) AMINA BEGUM 211808179 M.G.M.Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (b) SHONGMETH M KONYAK 211406177 Sacred Heart School, Mon Town (a) MD SALMAN HAIDAR 211811153 El-shaddai Academy,Dimapur (b) SAURAV DAS 211822048 Bethesda Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (c) BAUNENNYUCHONG 211828082 Christina Memorial Hr.Sec.School,Aoyimti,Dimapur (a) WANGSHIRENLA 211102130 Northfield,Khikha (b) GAURAV BANIK 211803026 Holy Cross Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (c) KAVIKALI K ACHUMI 211105109 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima (d) PRAGATI RATHEE 211803239 St.Mary’s Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (e) SAILIPSITA RAY 211812143 St.Paul Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur

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4

5 6

7 8

9

10

11

12

13

14 15

16

17 18

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ROLL NO. TOTAL MARKS

HSSLC 2021 (Arts) Top 10 Rank Holders WAE &PHE

PERCENTAGE

RANK

591

AA

98.50%

589

AA

98.17%

2

587

AA

97.83%

587

AA

97.83%

3(a)

587

AA

97.83%

586

AA

97.67%

586

AA

97.67%

5(a)

586

AA

97.67%

586

AA

97.67%

5(b)

586

AB

97.67

585

AA

97.50%

585

AA

97.50%

7(a)

585

AA

97.50%

585

AA

97.50%

7(b)

585

AA

97.50%

584

AA

97.33%

584

AA

97.33%

8(b)

583

AA

97.17%

583

AA

97.17%

9

583

AA

97.17%

583

AA

97.17%

583

AA

97.17%

583

AA

97.17%

RANK

582

AA

97.00%

582

AA

97.00%

1

582

AA

97.00%

582

AA

97.00%

581

AA

96.83%

4(a)

581

AA

96.83%

581

AA

96.83%

4(b)

581

AA

96.83%

581

AA

96.83%

581

AA

96.83%

581

AA

96.83%

581

AA

96.83%

6(c)

580

AA

96.67%

7(a)

580

AA

96.67%

580

AA

96.67%

7(b)

580

AA

96.67%

580

AA

96.67%

8

580

AA

96.67%

9(a)

580

AA

96.67%

580

AA

96.67%

9(b)

579

AA

96.50%

579

AA

96.50%

579

AA

96.50%

579

AA

96.50%

RANK

579

AA

96.50%

579

AA

96.50%

1

579

AA

96.50%

578

AA

96.33%

3

578

AA

96.33%

4

578

AA

96.33%

578

AA

96.33%

5

578

AB

96.33%

577

AA

96.17%

7

577

AA

96.17%

8

577

AA

96.17%

577

AA

96.17%

9

576

AA

96.00%

576

AA

96.00%

10(b)

576

AA

96.00%

10(c)

576

AA

96.00%

576

AA

96.00%

576

AB

96.00%

576

AB

96.00%

575

AA

95.83%

575

AA

95.83%

575

AA

95.83%

574

AA

95.67%

574

AA

95.67%

574

AA

95.67%

574

AA

95.67%

574

AA

95.67%

1

3(b) 4

6(a) 6(b)

7(c) 8(a)

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NAME OF CANDIDATE ROLL NO. AND SCHOOL IMLISUNGLA PONGEN 212808090 St.Paul Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur RASMA BEGUM 212824157 Christian Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur SONI GUPTA 212824177 Christian Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur JESA CHIERO 212833077 St.Joseph’s Hr.Sec.School,Chumukedima KIPITOLI SHEQI 212114028 Northfield,Khikha EMJUNGWAPANG AMER 212105015 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima VILHOUVONUO YAOTSU 212114041 Northfield,Khikha LUNTHULA LIMS 212105138 Mezhür Hr.Sec.School,Kohima NUKHO KEYHO 212120014 Govt.Hr.Sec.School,Jotsoma RAMTAYILE DISUANG 212816132 Lima Aier Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur Z HUSHILI SWU 212824212 Christian Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur YIMTIYONG LONGKUMER 212827067 Unity Christian Hr.Sec.School,Diphupar CHUBATOLA 212824029 Christian Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur N MEILEM KONYAK 212402092 Don Bosco Hr.Sec.School,Mon NITHOSANO NAGI 212120031 Govt.Hr.Sec.School,Jotsoma JINENLE WANTH 212101054

TOTAL MARKS 484

PERCENTAGE 96.80%

Grades EE WE PE AAA

482

96.40%

AAA

477

95.40%

AAA

477

95.40%

AAA

469

93.80%

AAA

466

93.20%

AAA

466

93.20%

AAA

462

92.40%

AAA

462

92.40%

AAA

458

91.60%

AAA

458

91.60%

AAA

458

91.60%

AAA

456

91.20%

ABB

456

91.20%

ABB

455

91.00%

AAA

452

90.40%

AAB

Rüzhükhrie Govt.Hr.Sec.School,Kohima

HSSLC 2021 (Science) Top 10 Rank Holders

2 3

5 6(a) 6(b)

7(c)

10

NAME OF CANDIDATE ROLL NO. AND SCHOOL OHIDUZ ZAMAN 214820144 Little Star Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur SHUBHAJIT GHOSH 214815072 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur ARPAN GHOSH 214815010 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur PUNGBALE RANGKAU 214820161 Little Star Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur ANJU KUMARI 214810105 Holy Cross Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur LOTHUNGBENI KIKON 214113076 Model Hr.Sec.School,Kohima PREETI SINHA 214113109 Model Hr.Sec.School,Kohima IMCHARENBA 214201077 ATSONGCHANGER Queen Mary Hr.Sec.School,Mokokchung GULAM SARBAR 214815024 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur ARUN KUMAR SAH 214201074 Queen Mary Hr.Sec.School,Mokokchung HOTO ZHIMOMI 214815027 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur SANDIP DEBNATH 214815066 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur PRITI SAHA 214815155 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur EKIWEU MERO 214819093 St.John Hr.Sec.Residential School,Dimapur RUCHI BHATTACHARJEE 214815164 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur KITHUNGLO HUMTSOE 214113063 Model Hr.Sec.School,Kohima

TOTAL MARKS 480

PERCENTAGE 96.00%

Grades EE WE PE AAA

478

95.60%

AAA

473

94.60%

AAA

470

94.00%

AAA

470

94.00%

AAA

468

93.60%

ABB

467

93.40%

AAA

467

93.40%

AAA

467

93.40%

AAA

464

92.80%

AAA

464

92.80%

AAA

464

92.80%

AAA

463

92.60%

AAB

462

92.40%

AAA

462

92.40%

AAA

462

92.40%

ABB

HSSLC 2021 (Commerce) Top 10 Rank Holders

2

6

10(a)

NAME OF CANDIDATE ROLL NO. AND SCHOOL PALLAVI KUMARI SINGH 213803146 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur THANGRING LANGTHASA 213803096 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur SUSHEN DEBNATH 213803093 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur SHUVAM DAS 213803080 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur AJOY DAS 213817157 S.D.Jain Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur PURBA DAS GUPTA 213803157 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur ANIMESH GUPTA 213804006 Ram Janaki Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur NUPUR JAIN 213817131 Christian Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur MENUOSATUO MEPFHÜ-O 213116076 Model Hr.Sec.School,Kohima HENA PRAVEEN 213804040 Ram Janaki Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur PRASANJIT MITRA 213817170 S.D.Jain Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur SHIVANI PANDEY 213817208

TOTAL MARKS 492

PERCENTAGE 98.40%

Grades EE WE PE AAA

487

97.40%

AAA

486

97.20%

AAA

484

96.80%

AAA

479

95.80%

AAA

476

95.20%

AAA

474

94.80%

AAA

471

94.20%

AAA

468

93.60%

AAA

464

92.80%

AAA

464

92.80%

AAA

464

92.80%

AAA

S.D.Jain Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur

HSLC 2021 Top 20 Rank Holders (Continued..)

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(f) AYUSH DUTTA 211816011 Ram Janaki Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (g) ROVIRIANO CHÜSI 211823091 Greenwood School,Dimapur (a) NOYINGBENI R ODYUO 211804085 Pilgrim Hr.Secondary,Dimapur (b) ANGUVILI SWU 211808074 Don Bosco Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (c) IMLIJUNGBA AIER 211811019 Little Star Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (d) RILA SANGTAM 211811128 Little Star Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (e) MANISHA BHATTACHARJEE 211814076 Pranab Vidyapith Hr.Sec.School,Dimapur (f) HONOM JN YANLEM 211828068 Christina Memorial Hr.Sec.School,Aoyimti,Dimapur

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574

AA

95.67%

574

AA

95.67%

573

AA

95.50%

573

AA

95.50%

573

AA

95.50%

573

AA

95.50%

573

AA

95.50%

573

AA

95.50%

Nini Sekhose President

PM asks BJP MPs to counter Oppn’s charges on COVID-19

PM Narendra Modi with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. (PTI)

Sharing the details of the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the prime minister expressed concern about the attitude of the opposition, especially the Congress which still believes that only it has the right to be in power.

Such a pandemic has been witnessed by the world after almost 100 years. Last time, in such a situation, people faced a severe food shortage, but this time the government ensured that no one slept hungry, Joshi said quoting the prime minister as telling the meeting.

Modi stressed that despite the pandemic, a large section of the population got free ration, and told the BJP MPs that providing relief to the people was their responsibility and not a favour, according to Joshi.

Sources said that in the meeting, Modi asked BJP MPs to be effectively counter the allegations of the opposition about the government’s COVID-19

response and the availability of vaccines.

He said the Congress is in a “coma” and unable to digest the BJP coming to power, the sources said.

He also told the MPs that considering the apprehensions of a third COVID-19 wave, they should prepare adequately and be ready for more boots on the ground, the sources said.

On the COVID-19 vaccination drive, Modi emphasised that BJP MPs should ensure that it is carried out without glitches in their respective constituencies.

Taking on the opposition, the prime minister pointed out that in Delhi nearly 20 percent of frontline workers are still not vaccinated against COVID-19, they said.

The opposition has been attacking the government, alleging “mismanagement” in the handling of the second wave of the pandemic. It has also demanded a statement in Parliament on the issue.

Girls outperform boys in HSLC...

(From p-1) topped the table with a percentage of 64% followed

by Peren and Phek districts at 60%. Kiphire district was at the bottom with 10%. In respect of private schools, Noklak district was at the top with a percentage of 95% followed by Mokokchung at 91%. The number of candidates who secured 80% and above in aggregate is 1732. Out of 1732, 20 candidates are from government schools.

In HSSLC Examination 2021, five institutions under Arts stream, seven institutions under Science stream and three institutions under Commerce stream secured 100% pass result.

Imlisungla Pongen from St.Paul higher Secondary School, Dimapur topped in Arts stream by scoring 484 marks (96.80%), Pallavi Kumari Singh from Pranab Vidyapith Higher Secondary School, Dimapur secured first position in commerce stream by scoring 492 marks (98.40%) and Ohiduz Zaman from Little Star Higher Secondary School, Dimapur emerged as topper in science stream by scoring 480 marks

(96.00%).

The performance of boys and girls streamwise in terms of pass percentage was: Arts -- Girls (75.34%) Boys (62.68 %), Commerce -- Girls (80.67 %) Boys (70.27 %) and Science -Girls (95.11 %) Boys (87.62 %). The overall percentage in Arts stream is 69.37%, Commerce stream is 74.39% and Science stream is 91.35%.

Comparatively Arts stream saw a drop of 2.4% of pass percentage from last year’s 71.87%, Commerce stream 1.08% from last year’s 75.47% , while Science stream saw a rise of 10.36% from last year’s 80.99%. It may be mentioned that there were three toppers from government higher secondary schools in the merit list at the HSSLC Examination 2021. All the examinations were conducted taking necessary precautions and observing Covid-Appropriate Behaviours and SOPs issued by the government. After some students tested positive for Covid, they were rescheduled for exams from June 22 to 25, 2021 as they could not appear for all the exams.

CYO irked with instability of 4-lane road

(From p-1) However, it alleged that very less earth cutting was done and the road was widened on frail earth filling. After the first monsoon showers , a major portion of the road was washed away, while the remaining portions had become a liability, endangering lives of thousands of commuters and inconveniencing other citizens. CYO renewed its appeal on the authorities of NHIDCL and the State government to seriously and sincerely resolve the matter.

It also warned that it will initiate its own course of action if despite repeated pleas remained unheeded and for which NHIDCL and ECI would be solely held responsible for any unwanted eventualities that may arise out of its actions.

Viral WhatsApp chat on porn revenue has Raj Kundra as participant: Netizens MUMBAI, JUL 20 (IANS): Photographs of printouts taken from a WhatsApp chat of a group named ‘H Accounts’ have gone viral on social media. Unconfirmed claims by netizens suggest that one of the participants of the group is actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband and businessman Raj Kundra, who was arrested late on Monday on charges of making pornographic content and publishing them through mobile applications.

Photographs of the printouts show how much revenue was earned and how transactions were made through production of pornographic films.

In the photographs of the WhatsApp group, a user named Raj Kundra writes: “Nice. Please start splitting live gross rev and movie rev.”

In another conversation, the same user writes: “Movie revenue has really dropped.”

The group has a total of five participants -- namely Raj Kundra, Megha Viaan Accounts (Viaan, incidentally, is Raj and Shilpa’s son’s name), Pardeep Bakshi, Rob Digital Marketing Hotshots, and Roy Evans Content Head Hotshots.

Meanwhile, a day after the arrest of Kundra, Mumbai Police has nabbed a te-

Raj Kundra, brought to property Cell Unit of Crime Branch office, after being produce in Esplanade Court. (PTI)

chie in connection with the alleged pornographic racket being probed by the Crime Branch-CID, official sources said here on Tuesday.

The police have arrested Ryan John Tharpe, entrusted with the technical

aspects of Kundra-Shetty’s companies, for his alleged role and involvement in the scam.

The two were produced before a Mumbai magistrate and have been remanded to police custody till July 23.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked BJP MPs to proactively counter the opposition’s misleading charges on the management of the COVID-19 pandemic and hit out at the Congress, saying it is in a “coma” and is unable to digest the BJP coming to power.

Addressing a meeting of BJP parliamentary party, the prime minister said that the government was willing to hold discussions in both Houses of Parliament, but the opposition was showing the most irresponsible behaviour.

Facing flak from the opposition on his government’s response to the pandemic, Modi said that the COVID-19 crisis is not a political but a humanitarian issue and the government has ensured no one goes hungry.

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Target list of Pegasus widens

BOSTON, JUL 20 (AP): Human rights and press freedom activists are up in arms about a new report on NSO Group, the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company.

The report, by a global media consortium, expands public knowledge of the target list used in NSO’s military-grade spyware.

According to the report, that now not only includes journalists, rights activists and opposition political figures, but also people close to them.

The groups have decried the virtual absence of regulation of commercial surveillance tools. If the allegations of widespread targeting by NSO’s Pegasus malware are even partly true, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement, a “red line has been crossed again and again with total impunity.”

Here’s what you need to know about this issue.

NSO not new to unethical hacking.

The new investigation, based on leaked data of unspecified origin, builds significantly on previous efforts. Paris-based journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories and the human rights group Amnesty International obtained the

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data and say that it people potential targeted for surveillance by NSO’s clients.

Jour nalists from the consortium combed through a list of more than 50,000 cellphone numbers, identifying more than 1,000 individuals in 50 countries. They include 189 journalists, 85 human rights activists and several heads of state. Among the journalists were employees of The Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Le Monde and The Financial Times.

Amnesty was able to examine the smartphones of 67 individuals on the list, finding evidence of an attempted or successful Pegasus infection on 37.

Its investigators found that the phone of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, was infected

largest share of potential targets were in the Middle East, where Saudi Arabia is reported to be among NSO clients. Also on the list were numbers in France, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, Morocco and Rwanda.

According to the The Committee to Protect Journalists, there are few effective barriers to prevent autocratic governments from using sophisticated just four days after he was surveillance technology to killed in the Saudi Consul- attempt cowing or silencate in Istanbul in 2018. ing a free press.

They found Pegasus on the How can infection phones of the co-founders be thwarted? of the Indian independent No one not involved online outlet The Wire and repeat infections on in sensitive informationthe phones of two Hungar- gathering outside the U.S. ian investigative journalists needs to worry much. Customers of NSO Group’s with the outlet Direkt36.

The list of potential malware and other comtargets included Roula mercial surveillance tools typically focus on highKhalaf, the editor of the profile targets.

Financial Times.

But those in NSO’s Fifty people close to crosshairs may not be able Mexico’s president, Andres to avoid infection. Its methManuel Lopez Obrador, ods of infection often don’t were also on the potential require user interaction, target list. They include his such as clicking on a link wife, children, aides and in a text message. cardiologist. Lopez ObraOne such “zero-click” dor was in opposition at the option exploited a flaw in time. A Mexican reporter WhatsApp, the popular enwhose phone number was crypted mobile-messaging added to the list in that time service. WhatsApp and its period, Cecilio Pineda, was parent company Facebook assassinated in 2017. sued NSO in San Francisco After Mexico, the federal court in 2019.

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France investigates alleged spyware use against dissidents

PARIS, JUL 20 (AP): The Paris prosecutor’s office is investigating the suspected widespread use of spyware made by Israel-based NSO Group to target journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents. The prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Tuesday that it opened an investigation into a raft of potential charges, including violation of privacy, illegal use of data and illegally selling spyware.

As is common under French law, the investigation doesn’t name a suspected perpetrator but is aimed at determining who might eventually be sent to trial. It was prompted by a legal complaint by two journalists and French investigative website Mediapart. An investigation by a global media consortium published this week found more than 1,000 individuals in 50 countries who were allegedly selected by NSO clients for potential surveillance by its flagship Pegasus spyware. Among them were journalists and politicians in France. Based on leaked data, the consortium identified the targets from a list of more than 50,000 cellphone numbers obtained by the Paris-based journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories and the human rights group Amnesty International and shared with 16 news organizations.

Pak minister says Afghan envoy’s daughter wasn’t kidnapped ISLAMABAD, JUL 20 (PTI): Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday reiterated the police’s claim that the daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador was not kidnapped even as he urged her to come forward and join the probe, in a case that has further soured relations between the two neighbours.

His statement came a day after the police in Islamabad said that they have found no evidence that Silsila Alikhil, the 26-year-old daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil, was abducted from the capital city, an incident that has triggered a major diplomatic row between the two neighbouring nations.

Rockets target Kabul palace KABUL, JUL 20 (AP): At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

There were no injuries and the rockets landed outside the heavily fortified palace grounds, said Mirwais Stanikzai, spokesman for the interior minister.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the rocket attack, but police quickly fanned out across the area. One car parked on a nearby street was completely destroyed;

the police said it was used as launching pad for the rockets. The palace is in the middle of a so-called Green Zone that is fortified with giant cement blast walls and barbed wire, and streets near the palace have long been closed off.

The barrage came as the US and NATO complete their final withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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improve public services, including education and health, whose inadequacies were highlighted by the pandemic.

“Those who do not have a car should have at least one bicycle,” Castillo, 51, told The Associated Press in mid-April at his adobe house in Anguía, Peru’s third poorest district.

Since surprising Peruvians and observers by advancing to the presidential runoff election, Castillo has softened his first proposals on nationalising multinational mining and natural gas companies. Instead, his campaign has said he is considering raising taxes on profits due to high copper prices, which exceed USD 10,000 per ton.

Historians say he is the first peasant to become president of Peru, where until now, Indigenous people almost always have received the worst of the deficient public services even though the nation boasted of being the economic star of Latin America in the first two decades of the century.

“There are no cases of a person unrelated to the professional, military or economic elites who reached the presidency,” Cecilia Méndez, a Peruvian historian and professor at the University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara, told a radio station.

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LIMA, JUL 20 (AP): Rural teacher-turned-political novice Pedro Castillo has become the winner of Peru’s presidential election after the country’s longest electoral count in 40 years.

Castillo, whose supporters included Peru’s poor and rural citizens, defeated right-wing politician Keiko Fujimori by just 44,000 votes. Electoral authorities released the final official results on Monday, more than a month after the runoff election took place in the South American nation.

Wielding a pencil the size of a cane, the symbol of his Peru Libre party, Castillo popularised the phrase “No more poor in a rich country”.

The economy of Peru, the world’s second-largest copper producer, has been crushed by the coronavirus pandemic, increasing the poverty level to almost onethird of the population and eliminating the gains of a decade.

Castillo has promised to use the revenues from the mining sector to

The minister told the media that she used four different taxis to commute to different locations in Islamabad and neighbouring Rawalpindi and police have all details of her travels. “Nobody sat in her car.

There is no case of kidnapping. We have given FIR as per laws. And hope that she will join the probe and come forward to recognise the four tax drivers whose vehicles she used on that day,” Rashid said.

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He said that the Pakistan government was fighting her case but it would have been better if the Afghan ambassador and his daughter had not gone back. The minister said that the complete footage and other relevant details were given to the Foreign Office which will decide whether to share it with the diplomatic community in Islamabad.

Ambassador’s daughter Alikhil was abducted, tortured and assaulted on Friday by unknown persons in Islamabad. She was abducted while riding a rented vehicle and was held for several hours before being released. She was found near F-9 Park area of the capital with torture marks on her body.

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Zuma’s corruption trial on August 10 J O H A N N E S BU RG / P R E TO R I A , J U L 2 0 ( P T I / I A N S ) : Fo r m e r South African president Jacob Zuma’s long-running corruption trial has been postponed to August 10 as a high court on Tuesday granted his request for a delay in the case.

The local ar m of the French defence giant Thales, which is a co-accused in the graft case, alleges that Zuma received bribe from the firm in order to protect it from being probed in a case of irregularities in a USD 2-billion arms deal that was exposed by a member of the South African Parliament. He is accused of pocketing four million rand (USD 277,000) in bribes from Thales.

Zuma, who is currently serving a 15-month sentence by the country’s apex court, has denied the charges. He has been

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Six alleged instigators of unrest arrested

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sentenced for contempt of court after he repeatedly refused to testify at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, where several witnesses have implicated him in corruption.

He was arrested on July 7.

On Tuesday, Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Piet Koen ruled that Zuma’s trial was adjourned to August 10 to adjudicate on the issues raised in his special plea.

“The trial is adjourned to 10-13 August 2021,” Judge Koen said.

Six alleged instigators behind the violent unrest in South Africa which lasted for almost a week, have been arrested, Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told reporters “This is the latest update which we just got in now, three already appeared in court but were remanded in custody for bail hearings,” she said while addressing a media briefing here on Monday.

Ntshavheni said other alleged perpetrators of the violence would likely appear in court during this week.

“Charges against them include incitement to commit public violence and the arrests that we are referring to are not related to the arrests in regards to the looting,” she said,

adding that the police were working with community members to ensure those responsible for looting were nabbed.

Last week, Police Minister Bheki Cele said they were following 12 people who instigated the violence.

Ntshavheni said that the situation in KwaZuluNatal and Gauteng has stabilised, with no new incidents of looting reported lately.

She said last week’s violence was planned, orchestrated and instigated.

The fact that blood sachets from blood banks were stolen showed the “severity” and the “inhumane nature” of the instigators of the riots which was to undermine the authority of the state.

Ntshavheni said warning reports about the riots which were received were acted upon on time.

Syria reports Israeli airstrikes in northern Aleppo DAMASCUS, JUL 20 (AP): Israel carried out an aerial attack southeast of Syria’s northern Aleppo province late Monday, a Syrian military official said.

The unidentified military official, quoted by the state news agency SANA, said Syrian air defences shot down most of the missiles in the attack that occurred just before midnight. The targets are still being identified, the official said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor that has activists on the ground in Syria, said the Israeli strikes targeted weapons depots that belong to Iranian-backed militia operating in Aleppo’s Safira region. The group said the strikes were followed by loud explosions.

Covid-19: 4th wave hits France, tougher sanctions announced PARIS, JUL 20 (IANS): A fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit France which is spreading at “lightning” speed, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said and also announced tougher sanctions on noncompliance with the health pass rules. “We are seeing a wave faster than all the previous ones,” Attal said while addressing a press conference late on Monday.

He noted that the incidence rate has spiked by nearly 125 per cent in one week, “an increase so strong, so sudden that we had never known since the beginning of the epidemic in our country”, reports Xinhua news agency.

“For several days we have crossed the threshold of 10,000 positive cases every day. This virus contaminates at lightning speed.”

The Delta variant now

accounts for 80 per cent of the overall infections in France, he added.

The overall caseload and death toll currently stood at 5,931,923 and 111,678.

Since July 12, the number of departments exceeding the alert threshold of 50 infections per 100,000 inhabitants has increased from 12 to 37, according to data released by the Health Ministry. The surge mainly concerns the overseas departments, the Paris region and the coast, where there are many tourist arrivals during the summer period.

The gover nment spokesman called for everything to be done so that the fourth wave would not be “more devastating” than the previous ones.

Earlier on Monday, a cabinet meeting adopted a law bill containing new

measures intended to contain the rapid spread of the virus, including compulsory vaccination for caregivers and massive extension of the health pass, announced

by President Emmanuel Macron last week.

Under the bill, a compulsory health pass for access to cultural and leisure venues will come into force on Wednesday, certifying that the bearer has either been fully vaccinated or had a recent, negative PCR test.

For bars and restaurants and certain shopping centres, “the pass will be due on August 30, the time for those who wish to be vaccinated”, Attal said late Monday.

The bill, to be presented to Parliament at the end of the week, also included an obligation of 10-day isolation for people who test positive for the virus.

US eases travel recommendations on India as COVID-19 cases fall WASHINGTON, JUL 20 (PTI): The US has lowered its travel advisory for India from the highest Level 4, meaning no travel, to Level 3, which urges citizens to reconsider it, amidst a drop in the number of COVID-19 deaths and infections in the country. India recorded 30,093 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 125 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,11,74,322, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The death toll climbed to 4,14,482 with 374 daily fatalities, the lowest in 111 days, while the active cases have declined to 4,06,130, the lowest in 117 days.

When last month’s advisory was issued, India was struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported.

Hospitals in many parts of the country were reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.

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Ntulun Aruang further expresses gratitude to Mr. Melumlungbo Zeliang for bringing laurels to Ntu Village and also conveys best wishes and all success in his future endeavours.

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Bezos attempts history with flight to edge of space

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o r l d ’s r i c h e s t man Jeff Bezos launched to the edge of space on Tuesday along with his brother Mark, 82-year-old female aviator Wally Funk and 18-year-old physics student Oliver Daemen, aboard his company Blue Origin’s fully automated New Shepard rocket.

New Shepard launched its first human flight, NS-16, from Launch Site One in West Texas at 9 am EDT (6.30 pm IST).

The rocket aims to fly beyond the Karman line and the trip will last approximately 11 minutes from launch to capsule landing. Astronauts will experience three to four minutes of weightlessness before returning to Earth in their space capsule.

The Karman line, 100 km above the ground, is the internationally recognised boundary of space.

The 57-year-old billionaire said that he is not nervous, but excited.

“People keep asking if

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launches carrying passengers Jeff Bezos, brother Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk in Texas, July 20. (AP/PTI) I’m nervous. I’m not really nervous, I’m excited. I’m curious. I want to know what we’re going to learn,” Bezos, 57, was quoted as saying in the “CBS This Morning” programme on Tuesday.

“We’ve been training.

This vehicle is ready. This

crew is ready. This team is amazing. We just feel really good about it,” he added.

“Today marks the first time in history that a commercial company will launch a privately-funded and built spacecraft from a private launch range with astronauts on board,” Blue

Origin shared in a tweet before the launch.

Bezos’ flight follows Richard Branson’s flight to the edge of space aboard his company Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity on July 11. Branson’s flight, however, did not go beyond the Karman Line. It climbed

nearly 86 km above the Earth’s surface.

“Wishing the entire @ blueorigin team a successful and safe flight from all of us,” Virgin Galactic said in a tweet on Tuesday.

Bezos’ flight is touted as the world’s first unpiloted suborbital flight.

The five-storey-tall New She pa rd roc ket, named after the first American in space, Alan Shepard, is designed to launch a crew capsule with seats for six roughly 340,000 feet into the sky toward the edge of space. The booster is topped by a gumdropshaped Crew Capsule with space for six passengers inside and large windows.

After reaching the Karman line, the capsule will detach from the booster, allowing those inside to view the curvature of the earth and experience weightlessness. The booster and capsule will then land separately, with the capsule landing in the west Texas desert with the help of parachutes.

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K-Pop BTS and YouTube announce ‘Permission to dance’ challenge for fans

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opular South Korean band BTS wants the world to dance on their latest track “Permission to dance” as they have announced a challenge on YouTube Shorts.

Starting Friday, fans across the globe can create a crisp 15-second YouTube Short from the mobile app, copying the dance moves in the music video.

The dance moves for this challenge are the “International Sign” gestures that the septet was seen doing in the music video, bearing the meaning “Joy”, “Dance” and “Peace”.

As part of the challenge, BTS will spotlight some of their favourite shorts in a compilation video, so participants are encouraged to use hashtags #PermissiontoDance and #Shorts for their creations.

“Just as ‘Permission to dance’ sends the message that you don’t have to ask anyone for permission to dance, we hope that we can bring people all over the world together to dance

along with us, free of any limits or constraint. We are very excited to watch this challenge come to life on YouTube Shorts and can’t wait to see what you all create,” Shin Young Jae, General Manager of Bighit music, said.

“BTS are global icons,” said Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s Global Head of Music, adding: “Breaking record after record on YouTube, BTS’ immense contribution to the world of music has made them an

undeniable force. We are humbled to be partnering with them on the Permission to Dance challenge on YouTube Shorts, helping to spread happiness and build lasting connections amongst their fans on YouTube across the globe.

We are stoked to see the ARMY dance!”

“Permission to dance” is BTS’ latest single to top the Billboard Hot 100, replacing their own song “Butter”.

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Mike Tyson stars in Roberto Cavalli film

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ike Tyson is the face of Roberto Cavalli’s Spring/ Summer 2022 menswear collection.

The boxing legend stars in a film to showcase the first collection with Fausto Puglisi at the helm.

The Tommaso Ottomano visual shows off the Andy Warhol-inspired pieces - including bold animal prints - with the theme of the American Dream.

Puglisi said in a statement: “Mike Tyson is one of the last living pop icons and beyond being a boxing champion, he is also a stylish man, with a very personal and eccentric taste.

“But more than the undisputed boxing champion and American icon, his personal story is also a tale of survival, struggle, and resilience. He embodies America in both the American Dream and all the possibilities it holds, but also its reverse.”

Tyson appears in a zebra-print robe with his

surname emblazoned on the back. And, in a joint interview with the designer, Tyson revealed that wearing pink makes him want to fight.

Speaking to GQ, the 55-year-old retired heavyweight champion explained: “Pink has a lot to do with it. If I’m wearing pink, I’m not going to

have an expression like you want to talk to me. ’Cause when I have on pink, I’m very serious. Pink makes me very masculine.

To which Puglisi replied: “Belissimo!”

Tyson added: “I almost want to fight in those clothes. Those clothes make me want to fight a little.”

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against England, the only match played in the format over the past week.

In other gains for India players, Deepti Sharma has inched up one spot to 36th position and teenaged wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh has moved up nine spots to 72nd position among batters.

England opener Danielle Wyatt’s match-winning 89 not out has lifted her four places to 17th position among batters while Katherine Brunt is in the top 10, gaining four slots to reach seventh position after accounting for openers Mandhana and Shafali Verma. Natalie Sciver has moved up five places to joint-17th among bowlers.

Deepika stuns world champion Alfiya at Youth National Boxing NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (IANS): Haryana’s Deepika stunned the reigning Youth World Champion Alfiya Pathan, to cause a major upset at the 4th Youth men’s and women’s National Boxing Championships at Delhi Public School (DPS) in Sonipat.

In the women’s heavyweight (+81kg) quarterfinals bout held on Monday night, Deepika came up with a splendid show against Alfiya, the strong medal contender from MaIndian hockey team poses near the Olympics rings, ahead of the Summer Olympics harashtra, to secure a 4-1 victory. It was an intense 2020, in Tokyo, Tuesday. (PTI)

Indian women’s football coach Maymol quits NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (IANS): After four years in charge of the Indian women’s senior national team, head coach Maymol Rocky has stepped down from her role due to personal reasons, the All India Football Federation said on Tuesday.

Maymol, who took over as head coach in 2017 after a stint as the assistant coach, led the team to a number of international events. “I am happy to see the progress we have made in the last few years. The facilities we got were always excellent and the support we got from the federation, Sports Authority of India (SAI), and the Government of Odisha has been the key to our success,” Maymol told aiff.com.

battle between two upcoming boxers in which Deepika prevailed eventually.

Deepika, a bronze medallist in the 2019 Junior Nationals, will now take on Chandigarh’s Mehak Mor in the semi-finals. Mehak out-punched Rajasthan’s Rishika 5-0 in another quarterfinals match. Meanwhile, 2021 Youth World Championships gold medallist Gitika, and bronze medallist Bishwamitra Chongtham, continued their winning run in the tournament and progressed to the last-8 stage on Tuesday.

Shamsi spins SA to victory against Ireland in first T20 DUBLIN, JUL 20 (REUTERS): Left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took four wickets as South Africa eased to a comfortable 33-run victory over Ireland in their first ever Twenty20 International meeting played at Malahide on Monday.

After being sent in to bat, South Africa posted 165 for seven in their 20 overs, losing their way after a fast start with Aidan Markram (39 from 30 balls) the top-scorer as a number of batsmen got starts but failed to go on and get a big score.

Seamer Mark Adair (3-39) was the pick of the home bowlers with his changes of pace, while offspinner Simi Singh (2-19) again impressed with his accuracy and variations.

Opener Paul Stirling

hit left-arm spinner George Linde (2-26) for a six in the first ball of the Ireland innings, but was out the next delivery and the home side battled from that moment on.

Only captain Andy Balbirnie (22), Harry Tector (36) and Barry McCarthy (30 not out) made significant scores as they finished on 132 for nine in their 20 overs.

Shamsi, who is the number one ranked bowler in the format, bamboozled the hosts as he turned the ball both ways and collected figures of 4-27.

The second match in the three-game series will be played in Belfast on Tabraiz Shamsi celebrates after taking a wicket.

Thursday.

B RIEF SCORES: beat Ireland 132-9, 20 overs 22; T Shamsi 4-27) by 33 South Africa 165-7, 20 (H Tector 36, A Balbirnie runs. overs (A Markram 39, D Miler 28; M Adair 3-39)

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DUBAI, JUL 20 (IANS): India batting star is back at the top of the ICC women’s ODI player rankings, the ninth time she is number one among batters since first occupying the spot more than 16 years ago, after West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor slipped to fifth position.

In Tuesday’s weekly update, which takes into account performances in the last three matches of the five-match series between the West Indies and Pakistan that Taylor’s side won 3-2, the West Indies captain has lost 30 points after scoring 49 and 21 in the two times she batted.

Taylor who had reclaimed the No. 1 position last week courtesy her unbeaten century in the first match of the series, has also lost her top position among allrounders to Australia’s Ellyse Perry and slipped three places among bowlers after going wicketless in the three matches.

Deandra Dottin (up three places to 25th), Kyshona Knight (up 11 places to 42nd) and Britney Cooper (up 22 places to 81st) are the batters to move up the rankings for the West Indies while off-spinner Anisa Mohammed’s six wickets see her advance three places to 23rd among bowlers.

West Indies’ Hayley Matthew (up two places to 32nd) and Chinelle Henry (up 14 places to 67th) have also moved up that list.

For Pakistan, Omaima Sohail’s scores of 62, 61 and 34 have helped her jump 19 places to a career-best 36th position while Sidra Ameen (up five places to 62nd) and Muneeba Ali (up 20 places to 68th) have made progress among batters.

Left-arm spinner Anam Amin has advanced 12 places to 48th among bowlers and Fatima Sana, who grabbed a five-wicket haul in the last match, is up 19 places to 66th in the list led by Australia left-arm spinner Jess Jonnasen.

In the ICC women’s T20I player rankings, India’s left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana has attained a career-best equalling third position after slamming a fine 70 in the final match of their series

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India beat SL by 3 wkts to win ODI series State observes ‘Cheer4India’ prog

C O L O M B O, J U L 2 0 (PTI): Tail-ender Deepak Chahar brought India back from the dead with a steely 69 off 82 balls and script the visiting team’s series-sealing victory in the second ODI against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday.

Chasing 276, India were down and out at 193 for seven before Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19 not out off 28) forged an unbeaten 84-run stand to seal a memorable win for the visitors.

It was India’s ninth consecutive bilateral series win over Sri Lanka. The third ODI will be played on Friday. Barring Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav (53), the Indian batsmen faltered.

Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga troubled the Indians with his variations and ended up being the stand out bowler for his team.

India felt the heat early on in the chase with Prithvi Shaw and Ishan Kishan getting out to bad shots.

Shaw failed to pick a wrong one off Hasaranga and got bowled while going for a cut. The opener once again

India’s bowler Yuzvendra Chahal, third left, celebrates after taking the wicket of Sri Lankan batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka, Tuesday. (AP/PTI)

showed sublime form during his short stay in the middle with three delightful boundaries before throwing it away.

Kishan, with his feet nowhere close to the bat, tried to whack it through the off-side off pacer Kasun Rajitha only to play it on to the stumps, leaving India at 39 for two in four overs.

Skipper Shikhar Dhawan (29 off 38) was not at his fluent best for the second game in a row and

was trapped in front by Hasaranga.

Manish Pandey (37) was unfortunate to be run out off a deflection from the bowler’s hand and Hardik Pandya hitting it straight to mid wicket with hard hands left India reeling at 116 for five. Suryakumar and Krunal stitched a 44run stand before Chahar produced a stunner from nowhere for a remarkable win.

Earlier, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal led In-

dia’s decent effort with the ball. Avishka Fernando (50 off 71) and Charith Asalanka (65 off 68) struck fine half-centuries. Chamika Karunaratne (44 not out off 33) came up with another timely cameo to take the team past 270.

Chahal (3/50) was the pick of the bowlers while pacers Deepak Chahar (2/53) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/54) too got wickets. Openers Fernando (50 off 71) and Minod Bhanuka

(36 off 42) took Sri Lanka to 59 for loss in the first 10 overs. The momentum shifted India’s way drastically after Chahal removed Minod and Bhanuka Rajapaksa off successive balls in the 14th over.

From 77 for no loss in the 14th over, Sri Lanka slipped to 134 for four in the 28th over. Asalanka and skipper Dasun Shanaka tried to resurrect the innings but their 38-run stand ended with the captain falling to a flatter one from Chahal.

Asalanka got to his maiden fifty with a lofted boundary over extra cover off Kuldeep Yadav before sweeping the left-arm wrist spinner for another four in the same over. Bhuvneshar kept things tight but bowled at a slower pace than his usual.

BRIEF SCORES: India 277/7 in 49.1 overs (D Chahar 69 not out, S Yadav 53, M Pandey 37; W Hasaranga 3/37) beat Sri Lanka 275/9 in 50 overs (C Asalanka 65, A Fernando 50, C Karunaratne 44 not out; Y Chahal 3/50, B Kumar 3/54) by three wickets.

Er. Zale Neikha and others during “Cheer4India” Tokyo 2020 programme on Tuesday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, JUL 20 (NPN): With the rest of the states, Nagaland joined the “Cheer4India” programme for the Indian Contingent to support and encourage the sportsperson who will be competing at the Tokyo Olyimpic Games beginning July 23.

The ‘Cheer4India’ campaign was launched by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govern-

ment of India, to support and encourage the Olympicbound Indian Contingent who will be competing at the Tokyo Games.

As part of the campaign, a short programme was organised by Department of Youth Resources and Sports, Nagaland at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima on Tuesday.

Advisor of Youth Resources & Sports, Er. Zale Neikha, who graced the occasion, said that even

Bopanna, Sania Mirza slam Indian IOC approves adding ‘together’ into Olympic motto tennis body over lost medal chance NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (AGENCIES): Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna have slammed the Indian tennis association (AITA) for denying the country “a very good shot at a medal” and for “misleading the players, the government, media and everyone else” by stating there is still a chance for Bopanna to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

Bopanna said in a social media post on Monday that the International Tennis Federation (ITF) did not accept any entry request for him and Sumit Nagal, who qualified for the men’s singles event.

He said this was in contradiction to AITA pairing him with Nagal for the men’s doubles competition by withdrawing Divij Sharan’s nomination.

Bopanna and Sharan were not able to directly secure a place for the men’s doubles event at Tokyo Olympics.

Sharing Bopanna’s post, Sania Mirza said this also means a genuine shot at a mixed doubles medal has also been let go of, indicating there were plans to field Bopanna and herself in the mixed doubles event if Bopanna had got a Tokyo ticket. Sania herself will be playing in the women’s doubles section along with Ankita Raina.

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Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna. (File)

General Anil Dhupar, meanwhile, hit back at Bopanna’s allegations, saying qualification for the Olympics should not have been left at the mercy of withdrawals.

“All formalities started on June 17 and we also wrote taking a chance that if Sumit being single’s player is also entitled to have a doubles partner. So that’s why we changed the nomination from RohanDivij to Rohan and Sumit for the Tokyo Olympics,” Dhupar was quoted as saying by ANI. “All offices were closed on Saturday and Sunday, ITF is closed. I don’t know why he is saying all this. If you are so good why are you depending on people’s withdrawal? You are a world-class player you should enter the Olympics on your own, why are you depending on withdrawal.

“I don’t understand.. and where is the prob-

lem from the federation.

AITA has done its very best to ensure that Rohan and doubles players go to the Olympics so that we also get a chance to play mixed doubles. Entry into the Olympics is not in the hand of the federation.

There is law and provisions for that,” he added.

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) had paired Bopanna and Divij Sharan for the men’s doubles event but the team failed to make the cut because of its low combined rank of 113.

However, after Nagal made the cut for the men’s singles on July 16 following large-scale withdrawals, AITA saw hope in getting a men’s doubles team’s entry since singles players were being given the priority to fill the doubles draws.

The AITA announced that it has changed the combination by pairing Bopanna with Nagal.

TOKYO, JUL 20 (IANS): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved adding “together” into the Olympic motto.

The move to add “together” into the Olympic motto of “faster, higher, stronger” was unanimously approved at the 138th IOC session here on Tuesday.

It was proposed by Thomas Bach after his reelection as the IOC president during the virtual 137th IOC Session in March, reports Xinhua. Bach also reiterated his firm stance in organising the Tokyo Olympics despite the COVID-19 pandemic, saying cancellation of the Games was “never an option.”

“Cancellation was never an option for us: The IOC never abandons the athletes,” declared Bach in his opening speech of the

Bala Devi

ed, and acclimatising to any new place in such conditions has been extremely difficult. But with their help, I have been able to focus on the things that are most important, and keep myself in top shape, both mentally and physically,” she added.

This marks the third

Manisha Kalyan

time that Bala has won this award, having previously won it two years in a row in 2014 and 2015.

Currently playing for Rangers Women’s FC in Scotland, Bala made her debut for the team in February last year and created history as she scored her first competitive goal for

cashing in on the insurance, we would have to invest much more to make these Olympic Games possible.”

“There was no blueprint. Nobody had ever done this before.” Bach said the IOC had therefore set three goals of organising the postponed Olympic Games, supporting the Olympic community to overcome the crisis and emphasising the essential role of sport in society. “The first principle we established was that the Olympic Games need to be safe and secure for everyone.

Ski mountaineering added to Winter Olympics TOKYO, JUL 20 (IANS): The 138th IOC session unanimously approved on Tuesday the inclusion of ski mountaineering in the programme of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy.

The inclusion was proposed by the IOC Executive Board (EB) at its meeting in June.

Ski mountaineering Ski Mountaineering (Credits Twitter @olympics) at Milan-Cortina will consist of five new medal (sprint/individual), two dividual) and one mixedevents: two men’s events women’s events (sprint/in- gender relay event, reports

Bala Devi, Manisha win annual AIFF awards NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (IANS): Indian women’s national team forward Bala Devi has been named as the AIFF Womens Footballer of the Year 2020/21, with youngster Manisha Kalyan winning the AIFF Womens Emerging Footballer of the Year award.

The 31-year-old Bala said after receiving the award that she was thankful to her coaches and family, who had played a key role in her progress as a footballer.

“I’m so happy to have won this award. A big thank you to the AIFF and all the fans for their support. I’d also like to thank my coaches -- both at my club in Rangers, and in the national team, and also and all the coaches that I’ve played under in the past. A big thank you also to my family and all my teammates for all the support.

“I arrived in Scotland last year, just before the global lockdown had start-

138th IOC Session here on Tuesday. “At the beginning of the pandemic outbreak last year, we faced a choice: cancellation or postponement. There was nothing in between. It was either cancelling or postponing the Olympic Games.

“Cancellation would have been the easy way for us. But in fact, cancellation was never an option for us,” he said. “Therefore, we took the unprecedented decision to postpone the Olympic Games. The only certainty we had was that rather than

This principle still stands true today,” Bach noted.

He also shed light on the complexity that local organisers faced in moving the Games forward.

“Tens of thousands of contracts had to be reviewed and renewed. The Olympic Village and all 42 sports venues had to be secured.

Adjusting staff numbers and adapting tasks in the context of simplified Olympic Games.” Bach mentioned that everyone here in Tokyo has experienced the COVID-19 countermeasures first-hand, ranging from immigration requirements to testing, social distancing, contact tracing, and many more. He also revealed that 85% of Olympic village residents and 100% of IOC members present in Tokyo have been either vaccinated or are immune.

the side in December. She remains the first Indian woman footballer to sign a professional contract in Europe.

Nineteen-year-old Manisha, who is also a forward, was named the Women’s Emerging Footballer of the Year for the first time and expressed her delight at being named for the honour.

“This award motivates me to push further to work harder for my team and achieve our goals,” said Manisha.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff of the national team who taught me and made me capable enough for this award. I would further extend my gratitude to my teammates without whom the award couldn’t have been possible.”

A former India U-17 and U-19 international, Manisha made her senior national team debut against Hong Kong in 2019.

Xinhua.

An athlete quota of 48, with 24 each for men and women, falls within the overall quota framework of 2,900.

The IOC said that a full event programme and athlete quotas will be determined at the IOC EB meeting in June 2022.

though the state could not send athletes for Tokyo Olympics, he was hopeful with the Khelo India State Centre for Excellence (KISCE) being functional in Kohima, the state could produce Olympians in the future.

Olympian Chekrovolu Swuro also delivered a short speech and extended best wishes to the Indian contingent. Director of Youth Resources and Sports, Akumla Chuba chaired the function.

Six federations granted full IOC recognition TOKYO, JUL 20 (IANS): Six sporting federations have been granted full recognition by the International Olympic Committee at the 138th IOC Session on Tuesday.

The six are the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), World Lacrosse, the World Association of Kickboxing Organisations, the International Federation of Muaythai Associations, the International Federation Icestocksport and International Cheer Union.

The IOC also published its 2020 Annual Report and financial statements which were approved at the IOC Session here, reports Xinhua.

The IOC Annual Report titled “2020: Credibility, Sustainability and Youth” focuses on the efforts to reorganise the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games and support athletes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The report also includes the audited financial statements for 2020, along with the IOC Members’ Indemnity Policy.

Another key milestone last year was the conclusion of Olympic Agenda 2020, which was adopted in 2014.

Indian football team coach Igor Stimac gets contract extension NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (AGENCIES): Igor Stimac, coach of the Indian national men’s team, received a contract extension courtesy of which he will remain at the helm till September 2022.

Keeping in mind the Asian Cup qualifiers, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Monday proposed the move during its technical committee meeting on Monday.

“All India Football Federation’s Technical Committee under the chairmanship of Shyam Thapa met via a video conference where Stimac made a presentation on the performance graph of the senior men’s national team wherein he highlighted about the change in football philosophy and the emergence of the future generation of the Blue Tigers in the National Team set-up.

“The committee deliberated at length, and reached a consensus that

Igor Stimac (File)

in view of the external factors which has had a huge impact on the footballing world in general, and with the national team all set to begin their campaign in their quest to qualify for the AFC Asian Cup China 2023, head coach Igor Stimac be given an extension of his contract till September 2022,” the AIFF said in a statement.

The Chairman requested Stimac to come up with a detailed long term plan to take Indian Football forward together.

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