29 May 2023

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Fresh clashes break out in Manipur; 2 killed

IMPHAL, MAY 28 (PTI/ AGENCIES): Days ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the violencehit Manipur, fresh violence erupted in several parts of State. Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said nearly 40 armed militants involved in torching houses and firing at civilians have been killed by security forces since they began an operation to bring peace and normalcy in the State.

Meanwhile, police officials on Sunday said at least two persons were killed and 12 injured in different instances of firing upon civilians and clashes between militants and security forces since the early hours of Sunday. At Phayeng in Imphal West district, one person died and another sustained bullet injuries after being fired at by suspected militants, police officials said.

The latest clashes began after the army and paramilitary forces commenced

combing operations to dearm communities in order to bring peace, officials said.

The chief minister who was interacting with the media persons at the state secretariat, claimed the latest round of “conflict is not between communities but between militants and security forces”.

Singh also said that there had been cases of armed militants firing at civilians with AK-47s, M-16 and sniper rifles. These militants were targeted by security forces in counterattacks. Singh appealed to

the public not to hinder the movement of security personnel and urged them to have “faith in the government and support the security forces.”

“We have experienced hardship for so long and we will never allow the state to disintegrate,” Singh said.

He said many militants involved in killing civilians and destroying property and torching houses have been captured by the Jat regiment. Singh said 38 vulnerable areas have been identified and that the state police has been conducting

Naga Club says tenants given prior notice before building demolition

DIMAPUR, MAY 28

(NPN): I n the aftermath

of demolition of office of NSF at Naga Club (NC) building, president NC Kuolachalie Seyie and secretary

K. Gwanilo Himb admitted that the Club had entrusted some youths to carry out the demolition since the tenants had refused to vacate the premises despite notices issued.

NC termed the FIR lodged by NSF with O.C.incharge North PS as ‘vexatious’ since the question of vandalizing public property

ANGTF to support SLP at Supreme Court

DIMAPUR, MAY 28

(NPN): The All Nagaland Graduate Teachers’ Forum (ANGTF) has decided to support the Special Leave Petition (SLP) at Supreme Court to do away the anomalies in the Education department regarding seniority list of graduate teachers (GTs).

This was resolved at a general consultative meeting of the forum held at Kohima on Saturday.

The meeting further resolved to impress upon the Education department to count GTs seniority with effect from the date of appointment or date of joining with equal treatment for the benefit of Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS).

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This is it!

“So, even with 1st division, I’ll ultimately end up joining the long line of unemployed.”

Protesting wrestlers detained; DCW chief condemns Delhi Police action

Imphal West, Sagolmang in Imphal East, Nungoipokpi in Bishenpur, Khurkhul in Imphal West and YKPI in Kangpokpi,” the official said. New roadblocks have also sprung up in areas manned by women. There were also an unconfirmed report of arms being looted from Kakching police station by a Meitei group, the official told PTI.

New Parl building to herald rise of developed India, says Modi

ing, the new Parliament encompasses the aspirations and dreams of 1.4 billion people. It sends a powerful message to the world about India’s unwavering determination,” he said and hailed the country’s democratic ethos.

operations there.

The house of BJP MLA Khwairakpam Raghumani Singh at Uripok in Imphal West was vandalised and his two vehicles were set on fire, a top security official told PTI. He said that clashes broke out in the early hours of the morning at several places both between rival ethnic militant groups as well as between militants and security forces.

“According to our information, firing incidents were reported from Sugnu in Kakching, Kangvi in Churachandpur, Kangchup in

At Napat, Serou and nearby Sugnu in Kakching district militants burnt down some 80 houses prompting villagers to flee in midnight hours. State police personnel deployed in the area retaliated leading to heavy exchange of fire, police said.

One police personnel was killed and another injured at Sugnu in the firing.

Violence in the last 10 hours has also prompted district authorities to shorten the 11-hour curfew relaxation period in Imphal East and West district to just six and half hours.

NEW DELHI, MAY 28 (AGENCIES/PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled the new Parliament building describing it as a “symbol of aspirations, hopes and dreams” of 140 crore people in an event that started with the installation of a now-contentious ‘Sengol’ and amid a boycott by some Opposition parties.

In a speech delivered from the grand and cavern-

ous Lok Sabha hall decorated in peacock motif, Modi said the ultra-modern complex was the “need of the hour” in view of the expected increase in the number of members of Parliament.

Some moments in the developmental journey of a nation get immortalised, today is one such day, he said amid repeated thumping of desks by the audience.

“More than just a build-

Modi inaugurated the new building at a grand ceremony which included a havan, a multi-faith prayer ceremony and the installation of the Sengol in a special enclosure in the Lok Sabha chamber. In his speech, Modi said that as India develops, the world progresses. He asserted that this new Parliament building will give a call for the development of the world as well. He also talked about the ‘Sengol’, saying that it was a symbol of power transfer from the British and had now been given the respect it deserves.

NPF, NSCN (I-M), student unions and GNF flay vandalism of NSF office

DIMAPUR, MAY 28

purely a barbaric plan,” NPF stated.

or criminal trespass by unknown miscreants as alleged by the NSF did not arise.

NC said its members were not miscreants, but bonafide owner of the land and building. Instead, NSF was the “unlawful” and forced occupant of the Naga Club Building since eviction notices had been issued, it said.

NC also pointed out that some empty houses and rooms were demolished about three weeks ago after the occupants vacated the building.

It pointed out that vacation notice was also served on the remaining shops and establishments, besides informing them in person, but they refused to vacate.

In this regard, NC said that the FIR filed by the NSF was “malicious, baseless, misconceived and misleading”. Further the club said the present case between the NSF and the Naga Club was a civil issue, competent to be tried and decided by a civil court.

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(NPN): Naga People’s Front (NPF), NSCN (I-M), Government colleges student bodies and Global Naga Forum (GNF) have condemned the act of vandalism of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) office on May 27 by unknown miscreants.

In a press note, NPF press bureau said it strongly condemned such act of uncivilized and alien culture practised by the Naga society.

“Whoever, the culprits maybe, but destroying one of our most preserved heritage building is nothing but

NPF therefore, urged upon the law enforcing agency to come into conclusion immediately by booking the culprits as per the law of the land.

NSCN (I-M): NSCN (I-M) said that such act of insanity of vandalizing the Naga Club heritage building that house the NSF office was beyond comprehension and has shaken the consciousness of all right thinking Nagas.

NSCN (I-M) said that it was an insult of the highest degree not only to NSF,

NSF to hold sit-in protest in Kohima from today

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KOHIMA, MAY 28 (NPN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) will hold a sit-in protest in front of its demolished office premises here from 9 a.m. on Monday after expiry of 24-hour ultimatum served by the student body on the State government to nab the culprits responsible for vandalising its office building on wee hours of Saturday.

Addressing media persons in front of the vandalised office, NSF president Kegwayhun Tep said the decision to hold the sit-in protest was taken at a meeting on Sunday evening.

Although a verbal communication had been re -

ceived from the investigating authorities with regard to the case, he pointed out that the federation was not satisfied with the progress of the investigation and therefore was going ahead with the protest. He appealed to the federating and subordinate bodies as well as frontal organisations and all Nagas to extend support and cooperation to the federation.

Responding to a query on the report that the driver of an excavator was arrested along with four other individuals identified from the CCTV footages, Tep said that unless the investigating authorities presented the outcome in “black and white”, nothing could be said.

On Naga Club owning the responsibility for the demolition, Tep replied that

NSF was aware of this, but had not made many decision since the case was now under investigation. He remarked until the final report of the probe was out, it would not be possible for him to conclusively say that the demolition was done by Naga Club.

On whether NSF was aware of the 45-day vacation notice served by Naga Club before the incident, he acknowledged that the federation had received the vacation notice, but that had expired long time back.

“We were informed by the deputy commissioner’s office that they (Naga Club) had written a letter saying they were going to organise a social work at the NSF office premises

Rotting garbage lying unattended in Dimapur

and smell emitting from the rotting garbage.

Speaking to this reporter here on Saturday, a shopkeeper in Naga Arcade also complained that the market has turned into an unhygienic place and that the unhygienic environment was a daily hazard not only to shop keepers but also shoppers.

the apex body of Naga students units spread across Nagalim but also to the identity of Naga freedom movement.

“Naga Club building has been standing as a ‘historical memory’ to reminds us of our national identity when the Naga political movement for freedom started,” it stated.

NSCN appealed to the law enforcing agency to act with all seriousness to identify the culprits.

Govt colleges student unions: Government colleges student bodies of Nagaland have expressed

shocked and condemned the vandalism of the offices of the apex student bodies-- All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) & Naga Students’ Federation (NSF).

In a joint statement, general secretaries of FACSU Mokokchung Tushikaba, KSCSU-Kohima Dilong L Sangtam, YCSULongleng Baulang N Angh, DGCSC-Dimapur Rendemo C. Tsanglao, KCSCKohima Hyulo Tsela, ZGCSU-Zunheboto Akhevi K Awomi, PGCSU-Phek Ranjan Sha, PGCSU-Pfutsero Lhiwe Sekhamo, WGCSUMon P Shashei, MTCSU-

Wokha Avung T Tsopoe and PGCSU-Peren Isaplungle. The unions said that such cowardly act of antisocial elements, carried out by some few vested individual(s), was a direct threat to the students community. The unions demanded that the culprits be booked at the earliest and award stringent and befitting punishment.

The unions also appealed to all the right thinking intellectuals to condemn such cowardly act, which in itself was a threat not only to the students community but to the society as well.

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, MAY 28

(NPN): Despite this newspaper, on several occasions, having published photos of heaps of garbage lying unattended at various places in Dimapur, no effort has been

made to dispose them while residents and pedestrians are forced to bear the foul aroma emitting from them.

The empty spaces near Naga Shopping Arcade (Super Market) have become a garbage dump where heaps of rotting trash have been ly-

ing for weeks. The ugly sight is a disgrace to the commercial city of the state. With onset of summer and monsoon, the rotting garbage also poses grave health hazard on the public. Unfortunately, the DMC appears to be unmindful of the terrible sight

Though she admitted that the DMC was not entirely to be blamed but regretted that the civic body has also been slack in timely disposal of garbage. However, the lady also strongly felt that civic sense was totally lacking among the public

(L) Army jawans stand guard and (R) a damaged house and vehicle in a violence-hit area of Manipur. (PTI)

NSF president along with others outside NC Building on Sunday. (NP)

Modi carries the ‘Sengol’ in a procession before installing it in the Lok Sabha chamber of the new Parliament building. (PTI)

(L-R) Piles of garbage lying along the airport road and an unattended waste dump site. (NP)

LBCD golden jubilee culminates

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, MAY 28

(NPN): Two-day, Lotha Baptist Church Diphupar (LBCD) golden jubilee celebration culminated on Sunday. The celebration was held under the theme “Celebrating 50 years of God’s faithfulness”.

Delivering message, Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur, pastor Rev. Zanao Mozhui spoke about the beautiful creation of God with His faithfulness. He also cited example from the books of Exodus and I Corinthians how great God faithfulness was and His sacrifice for the sin was portrayed. He called upon the congregation to be thankful, exalt and glorify His faithfulness, as they celebrate 50 years.

Earlier, the invocation prayer was offered by LBC Diphuapr ‘B’ pastor Wonjanthung Lotha, jubilee offertory by Rev.

Programme for senior citizens

DIMAPUR: A joint programme on the theme, “programmes to build intergenerational relationships between child, youths and senior citizens” was organised on May 26 by Tribal Old Age Home-cum-Day Care Centre (TOAHDCC) and Mount Hermon School Darogajan (MHSD). The programme led by Shange Kuponghu witnessed songs and choreography by senior citizens and students. The gathering was also addressed by TOAHDCC director, Imlitongzuk Amri and MHSD administrator, Kekhriesatuo Tep.

RY Ovung and greeting message was delivered by Arithung Kikon, village blessing prayer was offered by Rev. RP Murry.

Special number was presented by Jubilee Khenden and LBC Dimapur choir, scripture was read out by Senjum

Baptist church pastor Roland T Ngullie and benediction by Golden Crown Theological College director Rev. Nzan Odyuo which was followed by jubilee feast.

Meanwhile, at the consecration session held at the evening,

message was delivered by Missionary One Challenge International India, ministry Rev. J Thungjamo Lotha as speaker. He spoke on how the people as believer believe in the word of God. He encouraged everyone to follow the word of the Lord and confess their sin as they celebrate golden jubilee. At the evening session, invocation was offered by LBC Seithekibasa pastor Dr Yilobemo Humtsoe, offertory by LBC Chumukedima pastor Thungchio Lotha and special number presented by jubilee Khenden, Yanpo Yanpia eyui I/C Gladys Chishi and Melody Changsang, prayer for the in-law’s was proposed by Rev. M Woben Lotha and scripture was read out by LBC Medziphema pastor Pichamo Yanthan. Vote of thanks was delivered by associate pastor Yimtsu Yanthan.

AR conducts cleanliness drive, blood donation

DIMAPUR: In efforts to contribute in preserving and promoting healthy and clean environment under theme Swachha Bharat Abhiyan, Assam Rifles battalion under the aegis of IGAR (N) conducted mass cleanliness drive in Peren on May 26. PRO defence in a press release informed that at the drive, ward chairman and youth were briefed about how government was accelerating the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and focus on sanitation. Meanwhile, Assam Rifles also organised blood donation camp in collaboration with Blood Bank Lions Club, Jorhat and District Hospital, Mokokchung on May 26. The aim was to collect and provide blood group units for critical patients who face difficulty to manage rare blood group at times of emergency.

Mass social work in Niuland district

DIMAPUR: As part of monsoon preparedness, Niuland district conducted mass social work in all the colonies, wards and government offices across the district on May 27

A press release by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Niuland office informed that the social work was conducted under the supervision of the district administration led by DC Niuland, Sara S. Jamir.

The release informed that the government departments and the general public actively participated during the district’s mass social work.

UC observes ‘Intl Day of Action for Women’s Health’

DIMAPUR: Women

Development Cell and Student Counselling Centre, Unity College Dimapur observed “International Day of Action for Women’s Health” under the theme, “Our Voices, Our Actions, Our Demand: Uphold Women’s Health and Rights Now!”, on May 27. As part of the observation, pamphlets were distributed containing the information such as

SCPD demands renovation of bus terminals

DIMAPUR: State Commission for Persons with Disabilities has directed the department of Transport to renovate the present ISBT at Kohima as well as all other bus terminals in the State by providing basic facilities for persons with disabilities. SCPD commissioner Diethono Nakhro also set a three-month time for the department to comply with its directive and thereafter submit an Action Taken Report on or before August 25, 2023. She ruled that department must initiate immediate action to remedy the present scenario faced by persons with disabilities, for which the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 was enacted. Citing the Harmonised Guidelines and Standards for Universal Accessibility in India, 2021, she directed construction of permanent ramps and railings, along with providing lifts where necessary, setting up help-desks manned by qualified personnel during all workings days and hours, setting up accessible ticket counters taking into account the height, reach

and sight-line requirements to accommodate physical differences between all users, ensuring separate accessible toilet facilities with sufficient space to accommodate assistive devices, non-slip flooring with basic amenities and fixtures such as grab bars, hand rails, safety frames, etc. She ordered that the toilets should also be well maintained with sufficient manpower for housekeeping.

The order also asked the department to ensure that the overall premises, including the boarding areas, were paved and made accessible and friendly for persons with disabilities, provide tactile guiding paths from the parking bays to the terminal building and various sections inside the terminal building, ensure that there was sufficient easy-to-readand-understand signages and reserved parking space/areas for persons with disabilities, provide free travel facilities to all bona fide persons with disabilities in all NST buses and publicise how and where to avail the pass. The commissioner

further called for constructing proper resting areas and lounges within the terminals and sitting areas surrounding the premises, coming up with a solution whether to re-modify the existing “modified buses” or purchase new accessible buses that were already equipped with ramps/ hydraulic lifts/spaces for placement of wheelchairs, etc. She ordered ensuring that all new bus terminals under construction were also in compliance with basic accessibility standards as per the Harmonised Guidelines.

“Once the Harmonised Guidelines and the above mentioned directions are strictly adhered to and made visible, it would naturally bring about a change in the mindset and approach of the people towards persons with disabilities and at the same time give a sense of independence and dignity to persons with disabilities who will be utilising these facilities. This itself will help to further empower persons with disabilities and foster inclusion and equality in our society,” the order stated.

MDGBA flays murder of student leader

DIMAPUR: Mon District GB’s Association (MDGBA) has termed the killing of Tizit Area Student’s Union Action committee chairman, Ahoa Konyak by alleged drug peddler as “unhuman” and “barbaric”.

MDGBA president,

GB C. Ngamching in a press release informed that the association on May 27 visited the family members and relatives of late Ahoa Konyak and conveyed condolences and prayed for comfort and courage at the time of grief. The association expressed the

hope that the sacrifice of late Ahoa will “washed away” the menace of illegal drugs and addiction in the society. The association further appealed to all the citizens and concerned administration to implement strict rules to control such situation in the future.

- awareness on sexual and reproductive health and rights for women, the various schemes and facilities available for women’s health, common women health issues, and ways to manage the risk of various diseases related to women’s health.

Pamphlets were distributed to all the female students and faculties and to the general public outside the college campus.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We, the bereaved family of Lt. Sentimemba (Longmisa) would like to express our sincere gratitude to every individuals, friends, neighbours, churches, near and dear ones who supported us at the sudden demise of our loving father on 19/5/2023. Your deeds helped us and made our loss more bearable.

Born: 25-09-1979

Died: 9-05-2023

We deeply regret our inability to acknowledge each and every individual. It is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving family members

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Rev. Zanao Mozhui speaking at the programme.

Women engage in mass social work in Niuland.

Despite all the concerns, has anything worthwhile being done to check climate

DIMAPUR,

MAY 28

(NPN): Nagaland Governor La Ganesan on Sunday expressed hoped that the bond of friendship between the Gorkha community of Nagaland and the Nagas would grow stronger and remain steadfast.

He said this while speaking at the reception organised by the Gorkha Public Panchayat, Kohima (GPPK) Kohima in his honour. Ganesan said he expected that the two communities would always remain good citizens and continue to contribute towards nation building.

He further mentioned that the state government, in acknowledgment of their immense contribution to the State, had declared the

Gorkha community of Nagaland as indigenous nonNaga local residents, He said that the Gorkhas of Kohima had a history of sacrifice for the nation, noting that settlers from the community in Nagaland, especially in Kohima and in Angami region, seemed to be almost two centuries old. He said their forefathers might have come after the advent of the British or they might have been brought for various purpose like recruitment as armed personnel in different forces.

Ganesan remarked that the Gorkhas being hill people might have been chosen for their suitability to the climatic condition of the region as well as for the common features they shared

with the Naga people. He observed that their food habits, traditional rituals, simplicity, bravery, modesty, honesty, trustworthiness, faithfulness and hardworking nature were almost similar to the Nagas. He mentioned that the adaptability and the determination of Gorkha people helped them become an integral part of the Naga society, towards which they had contributed immensely.

He said prior to World War-II, Kohima being the headquarters of then Naga Hills, most people from the community were engaged here. And the Gorkhas being an amenable lot with an affable nature, he pointed out that they had automatically started mingling with the na-

World Menstrual Hygiene Day observed

inequality, discriminatory social norms, cultural taboos, poverty and lack of basic services like toilets and sanitary products can all add up to the challenges surrounding Menstrual Health and Hygiene.

Advisor of CHI, Loreni Sophia, emphasized that menstrual products needed to be more accessible and affordable to decrease period poverty. Sophia said governments, decision-makers, and educators must take menstrual hygiene and education more seriously and stressed on the need for state-wide sensitization and menstrual awareness.

tives of different neighbouring villages and khels, thus establishing a strong bond. Ganesan mentioned that such relationships helped the Gorkhas settle down in different parts of Kohima during that period. He said when the Gorkha community grew into a sizeable number, the British government established two Gorkha villages – Chandmari and Aradhura – with the consent of the neighbouring villages and khels.

He noted that though majority of the Gorkha settlements were concentrated in these two villages, with the expansion of township and municipality, the areas converted into colonies though called by the same nomenclature.

The governor also visited Gorkha Singhadevi Mandir and offered prayers and assured that he would extend help to the community in renovating the temple. He also saw the photos displayed by the organiser. Kohima town 9-A/C legislator Dr Tseilhoutuo Rhutso, who was also present on the occasion, thanked the community for their contribution to the State Capital and urged them to put forward their problems and grievances, if any, to the governor for further discussion with the State government. In his speech, GPPK’s former adviser Ranjit Lama highlighted the genesis of Gorkhas in Kohima. Leaders of Tsütuonuomia council as guardians of Chandmari Nepali community were also present on the occasion. GPPK president Santu Thapa delivered the welcome address while former advisor of GPPK Ranjit Lama shared about the genesis of Gorkhas of Kohima. Gorkha Students Union vice president Jenny Lamechane Chettri chaired the programme while Vivela Club Kohima presented a patriotic song and vote of thanks delivered by GPPK general secretary Suresh Kumar Lama.

DIMAPUR: Three class-9 students of Little Garden School (LGS) Tuli namely Limsen Imsong, Senkatula Jamir and Shityben Lkr attended a two-week “Young Scientist Programme” also known as “YUva VIgyani KAryakram (YUVIKA)” organised by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on May 15-26 at the North-East Space Applications Centre, Umiam, Meghalaya.

and co-curricular activities. The three students were among 350 selected participants from all over India. LGS said the programme was primarily designed for the school students to impart basic knowledge in the field of space activities and hence arousing their interest in the field, who are the future building blocks of the nation. The two weeks programme include invited talks, experience sharing by the eminent scientists, facility and lab visits, exclusive sessions for discussions with experts, practical and feedback sessions.

3 schools in Zunheboto launch ‘No Tobacco Club’

DIMAPUR: A “District No Tobacco Club” under the motto, “Rejuvenation” was launched on May 27 at Cornerstone Higher Secondary School, Immanuel Higher Secondary School and Olympic Higher Secondary School under Zunheboto district.

A press release by District No Tobacco Club, media cell informed that the main motive of the club was to create awareness about the harmful impact of tobacco and to encourage and stop people from consuming addictive and harmful tobacco products.

DIMAPUR: Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed annually on May 28 to highlight the importance of good menstrual hygiene, break stigma around menstruation, and raise awareness about challenges regarding access to menstrual products. It was initiated by the German-based NGO WASH United in 2013. Based on the theme

“Making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030’’ an awareness programme on menstruation hygiene management was conducted in Milon School, Padumpukri and Livingstone International School, Thahekhu Dimapur by Community Health Initiative (CHI).

Around 4300 free sanitary pads and awareness pamphlets were distributed

1 die in road mishap

DIMAPUR, MAY 28(NPN): A motorcyle rider died while the pillion rider sustained serious injuries when the two wheeler reportedly rammed on a dumper truck. Police sources said the bike with the two riders rammed on to another dumper on a sharp turning before Dhansiri bridge. The bike rider died on the spot while the pillion rider was rushed to nearby Zion hospital with head injury. The driver and helper of the truck were arrested and the vehicles seized. (Staff Reporter)

Kerala Samajam Dimapur felicitates HSLC state topper

to women and girls in some colonies in Dimapur, Chumoukedima and Nuiland to create awareness.

According to UNICEF, around 1.8 billion people across the world menstruate every month that includes girls, women, transgender men and non-binary women. Many of them face a range of issues from stigma to social exclusion. Gender

World Menstrual Hygiene Day was also observed at Saijan HWC, Peren district.

According to District Media Officer, CMO office Peren, Shekho Sophie informed that on the occasion, awareness talk on personal hygiene and menstrual hygiene was given and sanitary napkin were distributed.

Speaking at the programme as special guest, Dr Esther Chopy Ngullie highlighted the importance and advantages of not consuming tobacco substances. She appreciated the students for setting up such club in the district, one among the first clubs in the entire state.

Citing examples of the tobacco patients, Dr.

Esther detailed the harmful effects of consuming tobacco and how it could cause deadly diseases. She encouraged the club to organise awareness programmes in the district to sensitise people on the

ZBCK women department organises workshop

DIMAPUR: One day workshop on baking under the theme, “digging deep into God’s gift of creativity” was organised by the women department of Zeme Baptist Church Kohima (ZBCK) on May 27 at the church premises.

A press release by ZBCK women department informed that the workshop was organised with the objective to “empower women economically, making way for entrepreneurial avenues and also to encourage them to make use of their creativity in baking to glorify the almighty God.”

The workshop was conducted with Dr Asangla Jamir, Akule Ilunglung and Heugwalie as the resource persons. Altogether,

34 participants took part in the workshop.

The programme was chaired by Chiro Liegise, ZBCK Pastor Rev Iring -

tie Kauring invoked God’s blessing and vote of thanks was delivered by chairperson women department, Angaule Nsarangbe.

Awareness training & PBR verification drive

Christy Paul Mathew (first from right) NBSE state topper and other KSD award winners.

DIMAPUR: Kerala Samajam Dimapur (KSD) on Sunday felicitated the HSLC topper, Christy Paul Mathew and other meritorious students from the Malayalee community in the recently declared NBSE board exam results 2023.

Christy Paul Mathew, from Malayalee community, who secured the first rank with 99% marks was awarded gold medal by the Kerala Samajam. In his thanksgiving speech, he dedicated his success to his teachers and parents and

also to his school and its friendly environment.

A student from Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Dimapur, Christy was also handed gift by All India Malayalee Association (AIMA) Nagaland unit. Three meritorious studentsTessy Anna Philip, Ankith Ajith and Rishikesh V Pillai were given cash awards and certificates.

The function was held at Kerala Samajam Hall Midland and was chaired by Kerala Samajam president, V A Jose.

DIMAPUR: One day awareness training on People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) and the process of its verification was organised by Nagaland State Biodiversity Board (NSBB) on May 26 at Kohima.

A press release by NSBB informed that the programme was part of the national celebration of “International Day for Biodiversity 2023”, for which Union Minister of State for environment launched the national

campaign on up-dation cum verification of PBR on May 23.

The training in Kohima was attended by college/university students from life sciences background and the members of Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) from different villages.

Subsequent to the training, 21 student participants were assigned several villages to carry out the PBR up-dation cum verification activity on May 27. NSBB said at least 40 PBR verification process would be completed by June 4, 2023. All together 48 participants attended the training.

The training programme and the field activity for PBR verification in Nagaland was supported by the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and the NERAQ Project, GIZ.

harmful impact of tobacco.

While speaking at the event, associate pastor, Vito Achumi appreciated the students for taking up such good initiatives. He said the churches were also trying to create

awareness on tobacco and suggested collaborating with the clubs to reach out to more people. During the programme, a special song was presented by Naga Kheks.

Members of ZBCK at the workshop on May 27.

Resource person interacting with the participants of the training.

Students and others take pledge for saying no to tobacco in Zunheboto.

Students from Nagaland at the YUVIKA.

Governor La Ganesan with the members of GPPK in Kohima on Sunday.

Gov for strong bond between Nagas & Gorkhas

Eviction drive in Orang National Park

TEZPUR (ASSAM),

MAY 28 (PTI): A fourday-long eviction drive to clear an “encroached” animal corridor in Assam’s Orang National Park was launched by the government on Sunday amid heavy security, a senior official said.

The operation will be carried out in Sonitpur district for the first two days while the exercise will be conducted for the remaining two days in Darrang district.

The Orang National Park is spread over an area of 89 sq km in Sonitpur and Darrang districts and the eviction exercise is being carried out to clear “encroached” land for an animal corridor to Kaziranga National Park.

Sonitpur deputy commissioner Deba Kumar Mishra said all the areas to be covered by the eviction drive are ‘char’ (riverine) areas in the district.

“Eviction drive was carried out in five char areas today and it will be done in another four such spots on Monday. The drive went off smoothly

today,” he said.

Nearly 800 families were residing in the encroached land and the majority of them had already cleared the area, the official said.

Over 13,000 acre in the National Park is targeted to be cleared during the operation, of which more

than 6,800 acre are in Sonitpur. The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led dispensation in the state has been carrying out eviction exercises in the state after assuming power in May 2021.

In one of the largest eviction drives in Assam, the administration i n a three-day exercise from

Two hurt as Manipur MLA’s son fire gunshots at crowd

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IMPHAL, MAY 28: A mob on Sunday ransacked the house of an MLA of the ruling BJP in Manipur after two persons were injured in a firing by the son of the MLA.

The irate mob also torched the private office of the MLA as well as some vehicles parked nearby.

The gun firing incident occurred when a group of people, including women of Uripok Assembly Constituency in Imphal West district, went to submit a memorandum to the local MLA Kh Raghumani Singh at his residence at Uripok Sorbon Thingel today, around noon.

When the people converged at the gate of the MLA, his son Kh Sushil opened fire toward them injuring two persons.

The injured persons were immediately rushed

to RIMS hospital. One of the injured was later shifted to Raj Medicity hospital at North AOC after his condition became critical.

Following the firing, a large number of people thronged the residence of the MLA and set fire the private office of the MLA.

They also smashed a Gypsy (used by the security escorts of the MLA) and a Scorpio vehicle of the MLA before setting fire the vehicles on fire.

The mob was, however, controlled by a strong team of Imphal West district police. The police also called out fire tenders to douse the blaze before it spread to adjacent houses.

As narrated by a woman leader, as done in other Assembly constituencies, they went to the residence of the MLA to submit a memorandum in connection with the current turmoil situation of the state.

Infightingindistunits:Assam BJPPresidentwarnsofaction

GUWAHATI, MAY 28

(IANS): Assam BJP has been witnessing infighting in several district units over the last few days. At least in four district committees, a section of leaders has revolted against the local leaders.

In Goalpara, seven block-level leaders of the BJP complained to the party president in Assam, Bhabesh Kalita, for the removal of district president Brighu Ranjan Rabha.

A similar situation has also surfaced in Bongaigaon, Nalbari, and Jorhat districts.

This has caused a degree of displeasure among the top party leaders in the state. As the Lok Sabha elections are to be held within a year, the BJP is eyeing to win at least 12 out of 14 seats in Assam.

BJP leaders are very much aware of the fact that the party must do well in Assam to have a commendable position in the northeast after the Lok Sabha polls. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has set a target of winning 12 seats. The party has even started gearing up for the polls, and a few preparatory meetings were held in Guwahati.

At this juncture, the news of infighting is a cause of concern for the party.

“In the BJP, we all have to abide by the disciplines of the party. The district leaders should learn how the party leadership maintains good equations. We cannot accept indiscipline within the party. If needed, strong actions will be taken against a section of leaders,” Kalita said. A few days ago, a closed-door party meeting was held in the BJP’s Jorhat district office, and some of the local leaders made the discussion public.

This has irked the top party leaders in the state.

Kalita stated, “The matters that were discussed in a closed-door meeting can not be made public. This is our party’s system. We have sent show-cause notices to the persons involved in this incident.”

However, apart from these four districts, friction is happening in other district units of the party as well.

February 14 cleared 2,099 hectare in Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary and nearby revenue villages in Sonitpur district, affecting almost 12,800 people.

On February 15, in Digboi of Tinsukia district in upper Assam, security personnel resorted to lathi charge when alleged en -

croachers of railway land pelted stones to prevent an eviction drive there.

On the same day, the Barpeta district administration carried out an eviction drive in Bhabanipur area to clear nearly 300 hectare belonging to Gopal Dev Aata Satra (Vaishnavite monastery). In Pava Reserve Forest under Lakhimpur district, the administration started an eviction drive to clear 450 hectare of encroached land on January 10, which continued for several days, displacing around 500 families of “illegal settlers”.

The drive in Nagoan’s Batadrava on December 19 was billed as one of the largest in the region as it uprooted more than 5,000 alleged encroachers. It was followed by another exercise on December 26 to clear 400 bighas in Barpeta.

Setting aside opposition criticism, the chief minister had on December 21 last year told the state Assembly that eviction drives to clear government and forest lands in Assam would continue as long as the BJP is in power.

PM Modi to flag off NE’s first Vande Bharat Express today

In the memorandum, they explained what the people of the constituency wanted to appraise the Union home minister AmiT Shah when he visit the state to take stock of the current chain of violence.

However, on seeing the people approaching, the security guard of the MLA closed the gate after which some youths among them knocked at the gate insisting them to open it and allow them to submit the memorandum.

When the people in the lead tried to forcibly open the gate, the son of the MLA opened fire some rounds toward them, injuring two of them, she narrated.

“We strongly condemn the act of the MLA. Raghumani is unworthy of being a representative of the people. He must resign as an MLA on moral ground,” she demanded.

IMPHAL, MAY 28 (PTI):

Overcoming all the challenges arising out of the ethnic violence in Manipur, more than 3,300 candidates on Sunday appeared for the UPSC preliminary examinations at 12 designated centres here, an official said. No untoward incident has been reported in the state capital since this morning, police said.

“Altogether, 4,051 candidates had registered for UPSC preliminary tests at 12 sub-centres in Imphal. However, due to the ongoing violence, 700 had opted to appear for the exam at centres outside the state” an official of the Manipur Public Service Commission said.

In view of the Mani-

GUWAHATI, MAY 28

(PTI): The first Vande Bharat Express connecting North East region will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

The train will be flagged off virtually by Modi at 12 noon when it commences its journey from Guwahati railway station, an official release said here on Sunday.

Connecting Guwahati with New Jalpaiguri, the train will help save about an hour of journey time, when compared with the

current fastest train connecting the two places. Vande Bharat Express will cover the journey in 5 hours 30 minutes, while the current fastest train takes 6 hours 30 minutes to cover the same journey. The state-of-the-art Vande Bharat Express will provide people of the region the means to travel with speed and comfort and also boost tourism in the region, the release said.

The prime minister will also dedicate a 182 km route of newly electrified section. This will help provide

pollution-free transportation with trains running at higher speeds and reduced running time of trains. It will also open the doors for trains running on electric traction to enter Meghalaya, the release said. Modi will also inaugurate a newly constructed DEMU/MEMU shed at Lumding in Assam. This new facility will be helpful for maintaining DEMU rakes operating in this region, leading to better operational feasibility, the release added.

Museum documenting traditional sports of Assam

GUWAHATI, MAY 28

(PTI): ‘Nao-khel’, ‘Alang Dalang’, ‘Koni juj’, ‘Moh juj’, and ‘Khomlainai’ are words that may seem unfamiliar to many but these are among 600 games traditionally played in Assam since yore which an ardent sports enthusiast has attempted to document by setting up a museum here.

Assam’s rich heritage of traditional sports since the days of the Ahom rulers may have waned over the centuries due to varied reasons but Chiranjib Sarma has taken the onus to revive these games and sporting activities.

‘‘The first step in this direction is the setting up of the Olympia Traditional Sports Museum here which showcases the various traditional sporting activities practised by the indigenous people of the state’’, Sarma told PTI.

People are now generally apathetic to the once popular traditional sports of the state, primarily due

pur violence that began on May 3, the Union Public Service Commission had given options to civil service aspirants from the state to appear for the preliminary tests at centres in Aizwal, Kohima, Shillong, Kolkata and Delhi, he said. Documents such as admit cards would serve as curfew passes on exam day, the official said. Security has been tightened across the state, following the ethnic clashes between the majority Meitei community and the Kukis, a police officer said.

In view of the Manipur violence that began on May 3, the Union Public Service Commission had given options to civil service aspirants from the state to appear for the preliminary

to the advent of modern sports and more due to the emergence of online gaming apps. The traditional games are now played only during certain festivals, the former sports journalist said.

‘‘The idea for setting up a museum came while I was researching for my book on traditional indigenous sports which has not been given the importance it de-

tests at centres in Aizwal, Kohima, Shillong, Kolkata and Delhi, he said.

Documents such as admit cards would serve as curfew passes on exam day, the official said. Security has been tightened across the state, following the ethnic clashes between the majority Meitei community and the Kukis, a police officer said.

G Leivon, a tribal candidate appearing for the exam from Bishnupur district, said, “I didn’t face any problem coming to Imphal to appear for the exam. In the greater Imphal area, the situation is normal. We hope that there will be no problem during and after the tests.”

Another candidate Th Nikita felt that her preparation for the UPSC prelims,

serves and I have published six books on the topic’’, he said.

During his research, Sarma found that there was not much information about these sporting activities.

‘‘I travelled far and wide to collect details on how the games were played, the rules and the equipment used for each game.

‘‘Many people helped

Imphal

one of the most important stages for aspiring civil servants in the country, was affected to some extent due to the suspension of the internet.

“Our preparations were affected to some extent in the last 25 days due to the suspension of the internet as our tutors and instructors could not share study notes with us. However, we have come here to appear for the exam without any disturbance.”

During this month, ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kukis in Manipur claimed the lives of over 70 people, and 10,000 security forces were deployed even as a curfew was imposed and internet services were suspended.

Assam BJP slams Borah’s ‘trouble engine’ govt remark

GUWAHATI, MAY 28 (IANS): Following Assam Congress chief Bhupen Borah’s cryptic dig at the state government, terming it a “trouble engine,” the BJP sharply reacted to it.

The state BJP leaders said that unlike the previous Congress governments in Assam, the current dispensation led by Himanta Biswa Sarma does not have to rely on the Centre’s fund for paying even the salaries of state government employees.

Debajit Mahanta, an Assam BJP leader, said, “Since India’s Independence, Assam was ruled by the Congress for a number of years, but only after the BJP came to power here, the state government is no longer depen-

dent on funds from the Centre to pay the salaries of its 4.5 lakh employees.”

“Perhaps Borah made the comments because he was unaware of the most recent events in the state,” he said. He alleged that the recruited youths had to pay money as soon as they received the appointment letters when Congress was ruling Assam, but now that the BJP is in power, the youths received jobs on the basis of merit. The state government has recently distributed appointment letters to nearly 45,000 youths who have been selected to serve in various departments.

Borah earlier said that people had to give bribes to get jobs; however,

me in the project and we decided not to keep the information confined to books but set up a museum where the details of the games, particularly those played by the tribal communities, will be on display in various forms’’, Sarma said.

Information relating to over 600 sports and games traditionally played in the state by men, women and children was collected by him. The Museum, a first of its kind in the North East by an individual, showcases through illustrations, photographs and books the way the various games are played along with the equipment used in the games.

Assam’s indigenous wrestling, boat race, buffalo, cock and bird fights, bamboo stilt walking, butterfly catching, ‘tekeli bhonga khel’, bow and arrows along are some of the games that are still practised mostly in rural areas during certain festivals, including the state’s spring festival ‘Rongali Bihu’’, he pointed

out.

The Museum is the first step towards preserving Assam’s sports history but Sarma and his team is also planning to revive these sporting activities and motivate children and youth to play these games.

‘‘We have already initiated the process of setting up small centres in different parts of the state to promote our traditional sports. The students will stay there, receive education in nearby schools as well as training in selected sports’’, he added. A senior official of the Museum, Uday Borgohain, said that earlier, sports was an extra-curricular activity and not a compulsory subject in the school syllabus.

‘‘There have been changes in the attitude of educational institutions as well as parents who want their children to pursue sports as a career. We want them to give equal attention to both traditional and modern sporting events’’, he said.

Assam principal held for allegedly sexually assaulting minor

GUWAHATI, MAY 28

(IANS): A school teacher in Assam’s Karimganj district has been arrested after a complaint was lodged against him on the charges of sexually assaulting a minor girl in the school premises, police said on Sunday.

On May 18, an FIR was filed at the Badarpur Police Station in the district against Bhanga Higher Secondary school’s head teacher Asar Uddin, alleging that he had called a student into his room and had sexually abused her.

caught him from that house based on the exact information. He has been brought before the court by us. Those who assisted him in hiding are suspected, and we are looking into the situation more deeply,” Das added. Asar Uddin was last week removed from his position by the Secondary Education Department of Assam and advised to assist the police with their investigation.

nobody is telling the truth now out of the BJP’s fear. “I request the Assam Congress president to show a single candidate who got the jobs by giving bribes,” Mahanta said.

He also warned Borah not to make any irrational claims in the future. The BJP leader claimed that several Congress employees had also gotten appointment letters in the most recent round of recruitment examinations, in addition to the newly hired employees. Speaking further in response to Borah’s remarks about borrowing loans to create a fictitious GDP, Mahanta claimed that the debt in states with Congress-led governments is significantly lower.

Police issued an arrest warrant after filing a complaint against him under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). Asar Uddin, however, fled the scene following the event. A number of social organisations organised demonstrations against the incident and called for Asar Uddin’s immediate arrest. He was located in the Nilambazar area on Saturday night by Karimganj police, who then brought him before the court.

Asar Uddin was hiding in a house there, according to Karimganj’s Superintendent of Police Partha Pratim Das, adding that police got the information about his hide-out on Saturday.

“Our team carefully planned an operation and

Assam’s Director, Secondary Education, Mamata Hojai wrote in her letter: “Report regarding involvement in sexual exploitation of a minor girl student of class 7 of Bhanga HS School by Principal Asar Uddin has been published in the media, which has maligned the image of our department. There is a demand from the public and the guardians of students for immediate departmental action against Asar Uddin.” According to the district level education department officers, sufficient evidence is available against the accused and this was informed to the higher authority. “Considering this, departmental proceeding was called for against Asar Uddin. He has been placed under suspension with immediate effect under Rule 6(1) of the Assam Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1964,” Hojai rote in the letter.

Olympia Traditional Sports Museum in Guwahati.

Vande Bharat at Guwahati

A JCB dismantles a structure in Orang National Park.

Bhabesh Kalita

Over 3,300 appear for UPSC prelims in

SNIPPETS

Couple shot dead by son over land dispute

FIROZABAD (UP), MAY 28 (PTI): A man shot dead his parents over a land dispute in a village here on Sunday, police said. The incident happened in area under Eka police station and the deceased were identified as Rakesh Yadav (55) and his wife Guddi Devi, they said. Addl. SP Sarvesh Mishra said the couple had an old argument over possession of a piece of land with their elder son.

Elderly man beaten to death in Gurugram

GURUGRAM, MAY 28 (IANS): A 65-yearold man was allegedly beaten to death by three men under the influence of alcohol in the New Palam Vihar area in the wee hours of Sunday, police said. According to the police, the victim Rajveer, a native of Bihar, was currently residing with his family on rent in the New Palam Vihar police station area.

Man held for sexually molesting minor niece

BALLIA (UP), MAY 28

(PTI): A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually molesting his minor niece here on Sunday, police said. The 8-yr-old victim narrated the ordeal to her mother on Saturday following which she filed a complaint and the man was arrested, SHO (Sikandarpur)

Dinesh Pathak said.

Medical student, minor sister drowns in lake

THANE, MAY 28

(PTI): A 23-year-old medical student and his minor sister drowned in a lake at a village in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Sunday, a fire official said. The incident took place in Davadi village of Dombivili town in the afternoon. Ranjit Ravindran, a final year MBBS student, and his sister Kirti (16) had gone to the lake to give their dog a bath, when they drowned, he said.

5 booked for duping man of Rs 1.13 cr

THANE, MAY 28

(PTI): Police have registered a case against five persons for allegedly cheating a 53-year-old powerloom unit owner in Thane district of Rs 1.13 crore, an official said on Sunday. The victim, having a powerloom unit in Bhiwandi area, supplied cloth material to the accused between 2013 and 2016 for which they needed to pay Rs 1,13,61,662.

PM treated Parliament inauguration like his coronation: Opposition

NEW DELHI, MAY 28

(PTI): The inauguration of the new Parliament building on Sunday was marked with a boycott by 21 opposition parties which accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of treating the event like his “coronation”, and said democracy is run by people not by buildings.

The opposition leaders also accused the government of violating Constitutional norms by not inviting President Droupadi Murmu to the event. They said when the inauguration ceremony was underway, protesting wrestlers, who have accused a BJP MP of sexual harassment, were removed from Jantar Mantar as they sought to march towards the new Parliament House.

The government has rejected the opposition argument, saying no protocol were violated and that Modi respects the President.

The Congress claimed the new Parliament was inaugurated in a grand fashion by a “self-glorifying authoritarian PM with utter disdain for Parliamentary procedures”.

Democracy does not run from the buildings but through the voices of the people, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said.

“The right to

inaugurate the new Parliament was snatched from the President. Women players were beaten up on the streets with dictatorial force,” he said in a tweet in Hindi. “The three lies of the BJP-RSS rulers now stand exposed before the country -- democracy, nationalism and Beti Bachao.”

“Remember Modi ji, democracy does not run from the buildings but functions through the voice of the public,” Kharge said.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal was most stinging in its criticism of the project as it likened the new Parliament building’s triangular shape to a coffin, drawing a sharp

CM Vijayan slams center for cutting Kerala’s borrowing limit

KANNUR, MAY 28 (PTI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-ruled central government over its decision to cut down the borrowing limit of the state by half by terming the move as “sadistic”.

Vijayan said while the central government jumps at every opportunity to fill its coffers, like implementing GST, it was taking a “negative approach” when it came to helping the state progress.

He contended that the Centre demanded payment for the help provided, like foodgrains and aid of armed forces, by it during various calamities face by the state.

“This is not just a problem of the LDF government. It is a problem for the whole state. It is a matter of the progress of the people. Should the union government take the position of letting a state perish is an issue to be considered,” the CM said.

Vijayan said the stand taken by Centre was another crisis being heaped upon a

Matter of pride, joy: Murmu on new Parliament’s inauguration

NEW DELHI, MAY 28

response from the BJP.

“What is this,” the party asked in the tweet, while sharing a picture of the coffin and that of the new Parliament.

The BJP’s Bihar unit responded to the tweet saying, “The first picture is your future and the second is of India. Understood?”

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Parliament is the voice of the people but the prime minister is treating the inauguration of the new building like a “coronation”.

“Parliament is the voice of the people! The prime minister is treating the inauguration of the

Parliament House as (a) coronation,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi soon after Modi inaugurated the building.

Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary (incharge communication), said President Droupadi Murmu -- the first woman from the tribal community to become the head of State -- is not allowed to perform her Constitutional duties and inaugurate the new building.

“A self-glorifying authoritarian Prime Minister with utter disdain for Parliamentary procedures, who rarely attends Parliament or engages in it, inaugurates the new Parliament building in 2023,” he said.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Srinate told a press conference that not inviting the president to the new Parliament building’s inauguration reflects the government’s “anti-woman and anti-Dalit” attitude. This was Modi’s “rajtilak (coronation)”, she said.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar said various rituals performed at the inauguration of the new Parliament building show the country was being taken backwards by decades.

(PTI): President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday welcomed the inauguration of the new parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said it is a matter of pride and immense happiness for the entire country. In her message at the inauguration, the president said the inauguration of the new Parliament building

will be written in golden words in the country’s history.

“Inauguration of the new parliament building is a matter of pride and joy for all the people of India,” she said in her message. Her message was read out by Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh.

Noting the parliament is a guiding light for the country, President Murmu

said the new Parliament building “is an important milestone in our democratic journey”.

“The occasion of the inauguration of the new parliament building will be written in golden words in the history of India,” Murmu said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new parliament building on Sunday.

Big Oppn meet over 2024 election strategy in Patna on June 12

NEW DELHI, MAY 28 (AGENCIES):

Opposition parties will meet in Patna on June 12 to discuss a joint strategy for the 2024 general elections, sources have said.

More than 18 like-minded Opposition parties will attend the conclave. A senior leader of an opposition party, however, told NDTV that this is a “preparatory meeting”.

“The main meeting of the Opposition Parties will be held later,” he added.

The decision on the date of meeting came as 20 opposition parties unitedly boycotted the opening of the new parliament today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The parties have accused the government of ignoring President Droupadi

Murmu, saying as the First citizen of the country, she should have rightfully led the inauguration ceremony.

“She (the President) alone represents government, opposition, and every citizen alike. She is the First Citizen of India. Inauguration of the new Parliament building by her will symbolise Government’s commitment to Democratic values and Constitutional propriety,” Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had tweeted.

The date was decided days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar -- who volunteered to act as the interlocutor for opposition unity ahead of the 2024 general elections - met Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi.

state which has faced and survived several calamities.

At the same time he also indirectly criticised the Congress-led UDF opposition in the state for allegedly remaining silent over the Centre’s decisions which were not beneficial for the state.

“But despite all this, some people are not ready to respond to this,” the CM said while speaking at an event held at the Pinarayi Convention Center here.

However, the CM made it clear that as long as the Left government was in power in the state, there would be no denial of benefits to the workers and the poor.

On Saturday, the ruling-CPI(M) had termed the Centre’s move to cut the borrowing capacity of Kerala as an “attempt to suffocate the state” by any means necessary.

The Left party had said that the central government had earlier given permission to borrow Rs 32,442 crore but the limit has now been reduced to Rs 15,390 crore.

BJP slams RJD for ‘coffin’ dig at new Parl

NEW DELHI/PATNA,

MAY 28 (PTI): The

Rashtriya Janata Dal

Sunday likened the new Parliament building’s triangular shape to a coffin, drawing a sharp response from the BJP which said people will bury the RJD in the coffin in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. As the new building was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the ruling party in Bihar put out a tweet that showed a coffin and the new legislature building side by side. “What is this,” the party asked in the tweet.

The BJP’s Bihar unit responded to the tweet saying, “The first picture is your future and the second is of India. Understood?”

BJP spokespersons

Shehzad Poonawalla termed RJD’s tweet “disgusting”, while Gaurav Bhatia said the coffin belongs to the RJD and Parliament to the country.

“This is the level to which they have fallen. Disgusting. This will prove to be the final nail in the coffin of RJD’s politics. Trikon or Tribhuj (triangles)

has much significance in Indian system. By the way, the coffin is hexagonal or has six sided polygon,” Poonawalla said on Twitter.

Bhatia said, “Today is a historic moment and the country is proud. You are merely a ‘Nazarbattu’ (a symbol to ward off evil eye) and nothing else. Keep beating your chest.”

“In 2024, the people of the country will bury you in this coffin and will not even give you a chance to enter the temple of new democracy. Let it also be decided that the coffin is yours and Parliament of the country,” he said, using the hashtag “MyParliamentMyPride”.

BJP MP from

Aurangabad, Sushil Kumar

Singh, who attended the inauguration of the new Parliament building, said, the tweet put out by the RJD was “in poor taste”.

“What do you expect from this party (RJD) which is now a partner of the JD(U) in the Bihar government. Those who are making this odious comparison with a coffin, their politics will be sealed in a coffin,” he told reporters in Delhi.

Singh, a four-time MP, said the new Parliament building represents the spirit of Atmanirbhar Bharat as it demonstrates India now has the capabilities to dream, design, build and execute such projects all by itself.

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PM Modi installs ‘Sengol’ at the inauguration of the new Parliament building, in New Delhi, Sunday. (PTI)

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Caught in a bind

It has been around four years since the government of Nagaland extended the Inner Line Permit to entire Dimapur (including newly carved districts of Chümoukedima and Niuland) on December 10,2019 but which has remained unimplemented for various reasons. It may be noted that when Nagaland was created as a tribal state on December 1,1963 with continuation of the ILP,somehow then Dimapur sub division was excluded from the purview since it was not defined as a ‘tribal area’. Some NGOs have rightly maintained that when the entire Nagaland itself is a tribal state and tribal area, there is no need for another Tribal belt or Compact area to be curved out of the existing tribal area.For unknown reasons, when a notification declared Dimapur as a tribal area on November 21,1979 ILP was not included for the next 40 years. Though ILP was not implemented in Dimapur due to various reasons, the state government in 2019 extended the ILP to Dimapur following pressure from various civil society groups in view of the rising cases of illegal immigrants in Nagaland.

After extending ILP all over Dimapur district including two new districts carved out of it, the government of Nagaland somehow faltered over the issue of making up its mind about the cut-off year for the purpose of implementing the ILP. In order to do that the government had initiated the process for Registration of Indigenous Inhabitant of Nagaland (RIIN) in first week of July. After some objections, a three-member Commission on RIIN headed by retired chief secretary Banuo Z.Jamir was constituted on July 29,2019 to frame modalities and given three months to submit its report. The Commission submitted its report to the government sometime in November 2019 but till date no discussions have been held in the assembly. The RIIN commission had recommended December 1,1963 as the cut off date to determine inhabitants of Nagaland state. However, the state government for reasons best known to it has applied a different yardstick for Dimapur by proposing to have November 21,1979 as the cut-off year to determine inhabitants of the state. It is inconceivable that there can be two different cut-off dates in a tiny State like Nagaland, ie; December 1, 1963 for the other district and November 21, 1979 for the Districts of Dimapur, Chümoukedima, and Niuland. In this connection the Civil Societies have submitted representations after representation to the government since 2014 highlighting the merits of enforcement of 1-12-1963 as cut-off date and year throughout Nagaland on the basis of the standing government Notification NO. AR-8/8/76 dated Kohima the 28th April, 1977, but remains a deaf ear. At a recent meeting with chief minister Neiphiu Rio, the non-Naga inhabitants in Dimapur had expressed reservations about ILP and December 1,1963 as cut-off year since many would have issues of proving their claims of having settled on or before December 1,1963 due to non-availability of proper documents. In response the chief minister said relevant documents for the non-Naga inhabitants would be issued based on the verified data. Rio also made it clear that indigenous inhabitant status would not be accorded, but permanent resident status for those who had settled in Nagaland prior to 1963. For those who have settled in Nagaland after 1963, they would be given temporary resident status. The two categories would have to be considered for enactment in the assembly as the government will now have to repent at leisure for having remained ignorant all these decades.

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In that day you will ask Me nothing. —John 16:23

When is “that day”? It is when the ascended Lord makes you one with the Father. “In that day” you will be one with the Father just as Jesus is, and He said, “In that day you will ask Me nothing.”

Until the resurrection life of Jesus is fully exhibited in you, you have questions about many things. Then after a while you find that all your questions are gone— you don’t seem to have any left to ask. You have come to the point of total reliance on the resurrection life of Jesus, which brings you into complete oneness with the purpose of God. Are you living that life now? If not, why aren’t you?

“In that day” there may be any number of things still hidden to your understanding, but they will not come between your heart and God. “In that day you will ask Me nothing”— you will not need to ask, because you will be certain that God will reveal things in accordance with His will.

The faith and peace of John 14:1 has become the real attitude of your heart, and there are no more questions to be asked. If anything is a mystery to you and is coming between you and God, never look for the explanation in your mind, but look for it in your spirit, your true inner nature— that is where the problem is. Once your inner spiritual nature is willing to submit to the life of Jesus, your understanding will be perfectly clear, and you will come to the place where there is no distance between the Father and you, His child, because the Lord has made you one. “In that day you will ask Me nothing.”

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India is growing. Figures may vary but by sheer number of people, efforts, enterprises and production, it has to grow.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tells the meet at Australia that global expectations from the country are rising. Certainly, but the country faces problems too as the recent G7 meet at Hiroshima tightens sanctions against Russia that prevents even imports and wide range of exports. It blacklists 69 Russian companies and one each from Armenia and Kyrgyzystan. It is hitting India too. It has come with the first decline in a decade of 16 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to $ 71 billion. The RBI notes that after adjusting for repatriation and disinvestment direct inflows are at $ 41.6 billion, 27 percent lower. Yes, there is global slowdown but sanctions too may be preventing deals.

The world economy is in a tizzy since 200708 subprime crisis, when a number of global giant banks, insurance companies and financial institutions collapsed. It did not bring down FDI. Never before it hit India so hard.

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knows how to “challenge the challenges”, including this one. The sanctions may be dampener. The G7 was not soft towards India at the latest meet.

The country needs to introspect. The recent unsavoury happenings in Manipur may appear to be a non-event at a remote corner. The international system observes it keenly.

It understands that it is not all hunky dory. At its investment meet three months back, UP got a mere Rs 33000 crore promises and no FDI. Many jerky decisions were taken during the past few years. At a time when the economy was turning for the better, it got the shock of demonetisation, considered an expression of distrust in one’s currency. Next was a not so well-tailored GST, which gave goose bumps to the economy. Higher its collections are, deeper it led to problems with unmanageable inflation. It has subsided a bit but the compounded effect of high retail and wholesale indices have pitched the price bases at high level. It has made manufacturing and processing expensive contributing to fall in exports. India has been making

strides in turning the rupee into an international currency. Again the confidence of those who deal with India gets a jolt as Rs 2000 currency notes are demonetised. It has a cost. The process itself costs a minimum of Rs 1 lakh crore. Collection, accounting, disposition too have costs. Scrapping 10.8 percent currency, at a time when India wants to increase trading in rupee, is not desirable. Caution in dealing with the currency perks up its brand value. Russia despite a rupee trade agreement has refused to accept rupee payment. The US dollar reigns supreme despite the shaky conditions. The US Federal Bank scraps series of notes periodically. It, however, never withdraws and allows the notes to continue till these are in circulation. A wise move. A fledgling poor economy needs more caution. Particularly as it strives to be a global leader and a comparable economy. The cautions are appropriate as the global economy is through a severe problem for low demand, production and related reasons.

ing European and US resources heavily. It is hitting Russia and Ukraine as well. The US sanctions have brought many bits to thaw. Indian private oil companies may feel happy for buying oil cheap from Russia and selling refined diesel and petrol to the West at premium.

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It is hitting the PSU oil companies, ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), Bharat Petro Resources Ltd, Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) hard. They are the least beneficiary of the cheap oil purchase. Now they have their $ 400 million dividends locked up as Russian banks are cut off from SWIFT payment system.

with Rosneft’s affiliate RN Vankor operating the field with a 50.1 percent stake.

In addition, a consortium of Indian Oil Corp., OIL, and Bharat Petro Resources holds a 29.9 percent stake in LLC Taas-Yuryakh.

OVL also owns 20 percent of Sakhalin-1 and acquired Imperial Energy Corp. which has 10 production blocks in western Siberia.

With India dependent on imports for as much as 85 percent of its oil needs and 55 percent of its natural gas demand, record-high energy prices are a big concern.

warned of investor uncertainty and risk aversity triggering significant downward pressure on global FDI. It did not specify what the risk aversion is but it is being interpreted as US and G7 move of sanctions against Russia. An interesting aspect is that even Indian companies too went slow investing in foreign shores. It fell to $ 13.6 billion, 23.6 percent fall. It could be either due to poor financial conditions or also because of the fear of sanctions for India’s with Russia.

The Ukraine war is drain-

Japan in tune with G7 freezes the assets of 78 groups and 17 individuals and bans exports to 80 Russian entities. Though India is not the target, many of it could hit India. India has invested $ 16 billion in Russian oil and gas projects. The OVL holds a 26 percent stake in CSJC Vankorneft’. An Indian consortium comprising Indian Oil, OIL and Bharat Petro Resources also holds a 23.9 percent stake in the same venture,

It may be having impact on the FDI as well. The latest sanctions targets individuals and 20 countries. Whether inflows subsided for that reason is not clear but through 2022 declining trend was visible.

It was ascribed to the weak economic conditions and drying up of funds because of high prices. Even during the covid19 FDI flow to many tech companies including the Reliance groups surge was noticed. Crisil economist DK Joshi says that India is in a comfortable position and can attract investment.

However, Unctad’s World Investment Report

Naga Club terms NSF FIR as ‘vexatious’

To, The Officer-In-Charge, North PS, Kohima, Nagaland.

Sub: Vexatious FIR dated 27.05.2023 filed by the NSF.

Sir, May we, the undersigned, have the utmost privilege to state the following for your kind appreciation and necessary action:

1.That it has been reliably learnt that one FIR dated 2705-2023 was filed by the Naga Students Federation alleging that their office premise and building has been damaged on the early hours of 27-05-2023 by unknown miscreants.

2.That the land on which the NSF Office is established along some other adjacent buildings where other shops/ offices/printing press were established were given to the Naga Club by Kohima Village. It is pertinent to state that Naga Club was established in the year 1918. Thereafter, vide Ref. No. NSF/Corres/2/83-85 dated 04-04-1983 (ENCLOSURE-A) written by their then President the NSF requested for the utilization of the Naga Club building as their office. Accordingly, vide Order dated 07-04-1983 (ENCLOSUREB) it was agreed that NSF shall be tenant of the Naga Club Building for a monthly rent of Rs.500/-. However, excepting for the first month (i.e. April 1983) no proper rent has been paid by NSF to the Naga Club thus far. It may be noted that during the life time of Shri. Vilavor Liegise the General Secretary, Naga Club whenever demand for rent was made a mere Rs.50/- & Rs.100/- were paid citing that they don’t have money. Despite that the Naga Club continued to keep the NSF as tenants for about 40 years thus far.

3. That all those decades ago, the Naga Club building was built with the purpose to unite the Nagas without borders by providing free accommodation and facilities to the Nagas coming from the remotest regions of the Naga inhabited areas so as to get to know each other better and to cooperate as brothers and sisters. Your benign authority is well aware that things back then were not as they are these days including the political scenario, economic status and general development. However, the noble objective of our forefathers is completely distorted by the NSF by converting the Naga Club building and plot into a commercial establishment and by

collecting rents from various tenants behind the back of the Naga Club. As such Kohima Village Council, the traditional land owners who donated the plot came heavily on them that no one shall distort the Naga Club history vide Letter dated 11-02-2023 (ENCLOSUREC). The historic legacy passed down to us by our forefathers like Shri. Rhreichalie Pienyu and others of the then DC’s Office must not be distorted.

4.That when a person of exemplary standing such as Shri. Krurovi Peseyie was elected as President Naga Club in 2017/18 the NSF refused to have meeting with his team citing that their meeting with the Naga Club would legitimize and recognize the Naga Club. Perhaps things could have been different if the NSF had sat down with the Naga Club then.

5.That in 2018 when Naga Club was to observe its Centenary, Shri. Kewezu Mero, the Joint Secretary and Caretaker of the Naga Club sent Greetings Message to Shri. Krurovi Peseyie’s team. However, some people threatened Shri. Kewezu Mero to withdraw his Greetings Message which he accordingly did. It was only after some tall Chakhesang public leaders approached Shri. Kewezu Mero that he again withdrew his withdrawal Letter.

Further, in 2018 on the year of Centenary in order to commemorate the same a monolith was decided to be erected on the Naga Club Building site. However, on several occasions NSF obstructed the erection of the monolith at the Naga Club Building site by mobilizing innocent school and college students against the Naga Club who were unaware of the actual story, but were blindly following their leaders. Tense situation developed on some occasions. By the grace of God, it was then that some members of the Lotha tribe came forward offering the Naga Club monolith to be erected at Wokha;also some members from the Sumi community came forward offering the monolith to be erected at their area; also came Jotsoma villagers offering the monolith to be erected at their village. The Naga Club after considering that a native of Jotsoma village Zasibeito Nagi was the first martyr to die for the Naga political cause decided that the monolith shall be erected at Jotsoma. Accordingly, the monolith was erected at Jotsoma on 29-11-2018

near Zasibeito Nagi’s tomb (ENCLOSURE-D).

6. That on 24-11-2020 and 20-10-2021 (ENCLOSURE-El & E2) the Naga Club wrote to the NSF to have a meeting regarding the Naga Club Building. However, the NSF never turned up neither did they pay the rent. Hence, after patiently waiting for 6-7 years requesting the NSF to have a meeting vide Ref. No. NC. NSF/VNNCB-01/2022 dated 12-07-2022 (ENCLOSURE_F) the Naga Club served eviction notice to the NSF. Then again without vacating the premise, the NSF instead issued clarification in the local dailies which was published on 25-07-2022 (ENCLOSURE-G) laden with incorrect facts and misleading narration. It is stated that before the occupation by the Forest Department, the Naga Club Building was also utilized by the NNC. Thereafter, the Forest Department came and occupied the building as tenant. It is pertinent to state that the Forest Department paid all their rent to the NagaClub. After Forest Department vacated the Naga Club Building the NSF were granted tenancy by considering the aforesaid Application dated 04-04-1983 at a monthly rent of Rs.500/-.

7.That again vide Ref. No.NC-NSF/GSNCB/1-2023 dated 06-03-2023 (ENCLOSURE-H) the Naga Club served vacation notice to the NSF. However, it was not adhered to. As such vide Ref No.NC/DC-1-23 dated 19-05-2023 (ENCLOSUREI) the Naga Club wrote to the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima on the subject “Clarification on Naga Club plot of land near Old Secretariat Complex, Kohima”.

8.That some of the occupants of the Naga Club Building such as Japfu Printing Press, Mero Tea Stall, Kewezu Mero quarter of 4-5 rooms on being asked to vacate the building, did the same. As such those empty houses and rooms were demolished about three weeks ago. However, since the place is in the middle of the town and heavy machinery/ vehicle is required to dispose the debris it was decided that inorder to avoid public inconvenience the same shall be removed in the early hours of 27-05-2023. It may be noted that the vacation notice was also served to the remaining shops and establishments, besides informing them the same in person, but they did not vacate the building. Some of

India was the largest destination for the FDI in setting up of R&D bases by multinationals. The government hopes that it is temporary phase and would be corrected soon. But the way the post Hiroshima G7 meet sanctions on Russia have been tightened, it may not possibly be easy.

The Boeing had planned investing in aircraft maintenance operations in India. It is however lukewarm to the recent call of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

India may look for large investments but if G7 remains tight-fisted the future flows may remain uncertain.

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them requested for extension of time to vacate the building which the Naga Club agreed. However, despite the lapse of the extended time the building was not vacated. Pertinently, it is stated that the Naga Club did not keep any other tenant in the building except NSF.

Accordingly, some youths were entrusted to dispose the debris of the already demolished building in the early hours of 27-05-2023. Meantime, those shops and establishments who did not vacate the building despite eviction notice being served upon them, the Naga Club entrusted the youths to demolish the structure on 27-05-2023 so that the debris shall be removed on the same day without creating public inconvenience. Therefore, the question of vandalizing public property or criminal trespass by unknown miscreants as alleged by the NSF does not arise. It is expected that the NSF being a highly respected organization which has produced many tall Naga leaders over the years shall act in an honest, fair, transparent and reasonable manner. It is stated that the undersigned are not miscreants, but bonafide owner of the land and building. Rather, it is NSF that is in unlawful and forced occupation of the Naga Club Building since the eviction notice was issued.

In the premises aforesaid, it is stated that the FIR dated 27-05-2023 filed by the NSF is malicious, baseless, misconceived and misleading. Be that as it may, the present issue between the NSF and Naga Club is a civil issue competent to be tried and decided by a Hon’ble Civil Court having jurisdiction. The practice of giving a criminal cloak to cases of civil nature has time and again been deprecated by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and the Hon’ble High Courts across the country. Further, the dispute is regarding immoveable property as such filing of FIR for offences under IPC is misconceived as the said statute is ill-equipped for deciding such cases. Therefore, it is requested that your benign authority may not take cognizance in the case so in order to allow the matter to be resolved in an appropriate court of law or before an appropriate forum.

Thanking you.

Yours sincerely,

(Shri. Kuolachalie Seyie) President, Naga Club

(Shri. K.Gwanilo Himb) Secretary, Naga Club

Learn how to keep a track of your old investments.

Romesh Sahara retired from service in the month of March. A very popular figure in his locality, he is known for throwing lavish parties at his place. An amateur singer himself, he often organises jalsa nights at home. His wife also loves cooking and entertaining guests and is the perfect host. On a recent visit to his place, Mrs. Saharia complained to me that her husband can’t say: ‘no’. So much so that they do not remember how many bank accounts they have. If a sales executive approaches Romesh Saharia to open a new bank account, he can’t say ‘no’. Same is the case with fixed deposits. But nothing is of significant amount. Once opened, it remains unattended forever.

Now, after retirement, the couple is struggling to keep a track of their investment/deposit records. The Saharia couple is not alone. If not to this degree, most of us struggle to keep a track of our old bank accounts or investments. So, what happens to our old investments when we don’t operate these for long? Let’s learn.

If a bank account or a fixed deposit remains unattended for ten ears, it is considered an unclaimed deposit. This means, if you didn’t deposit or withdraw from an account for a decade, it is considered unclaimed. And when an account or deposit is declared unclaimed, the deposited amount along with the accumulated interest, is transferred to RBI in an account called Depositor Education and Awareness Fund. This fund is utilised to educate depositors so that they don’t end up contributing to an unclaimed deposit. But the problem is enormous. To give you some perspective, a staggering Rs. 35,012 crore rupees has been deposited in this account only from the public sector banks until this February.

It’s also possible to claim an unattended account. For this, you have to visit our bank’s website. All the banks in India have a page on their websites for this. In the appropriate place. type your name to find out your deposits. Most of the websites will ask you to submit another detail along with the name. In most cases, it is your date of birth or PAN number or telephone or passport number. etc. Once the system verifies the details, it will give you the details of the deposits. Once you find out your deposits and want to regularise the account, you need to visit any branch of your bank. There you need to submit a letter stating the reason for not operating the account and your intent to regularise it. Along with the letter, you need to submit an ID and residence proof. In case of a non-individual account, you need to submit a letter in the letterhead of the organisation. This you need to submit along with relevant documents.

The current system is to visit every individual bank or its website to find out about your deposits. This is a tedious exercise, more so if you don’t even remember where you have made the deposits or have the account. Very soon, however RBI will be coming up with a centralised system where, on a single page, you will be able to find information about all our unclaimed deposits. But the system is not yet ready.

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“I’m a slow walker, but I never walk back.”

~ Abraham Lincoln

PM pays tribute to Savarkar, NTR in 101st ‘Mann ki Baat’

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DELHI, MAY 28

(PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, saying his personality exuded strength and his fearless and selfrespecting nature could not tolerate the mindset of slavery. Paying homage to Savarkar on his birth anniversary during the 101st ‘Mann ki Baat’ broadcast, Modi said his sacrifice, courage and determination continue to inspire us.

Modi also paid homage to Kabir, whose birth anniversary falls on June 4, and said the mystic-poet opposed every evil practice that divided people and tried to awaken the society.

Paying tributes to Savarkar, the prime minister said, “Today the 28th of May is the birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter, Veer Savarkar. The stories related to his sacrifice, courage and resolve inspire us all even today. I cannot forget

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the day when I went to the cell in Andaman where Veer Savarkar served the sentence of ‘Kala paani’.

“Veer Savarkar’s personality exuded strength and magnanimity. His fearless and self-respecting nature could not tolerate the mindset of slavery at all. Not only in the freedom movement, whatever Veer Savarkar did for social equality and social justice is remembered even today,” he said.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, several Union ministers and MPs paid floral tributes to

Savarkar in the Central Hall of the old Parliament building. In his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address, Modi also paid homage to N T Rama Rao, saying he left an indelible mark through the strength of his amazing talent in politics and the film industry.

“Today, is the 100th birth anniversary of NTR. On the strength of his versatility of talent, he not only became the superstar of Telugu cinema, but also won the hearts of crores of people.

“Do you know that he had acted in more than 300 films? He revived many historical characters on the basis of his acting. People liked NTR’s acting in the roles of Bhagwan Krishna, Ram and many others, so much that they still remember him,” he said.

NTR had carved out his own identity in the cinema world as well as in politics, Modi said. “There too, he got lots of love and

Youth unemployment in India is climbing sharply: Report

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‘Congress will compel Centre to implement OPS in entire country’

blessings from the people. I offer my humble tribute to N.T Rama Rao ji, who ruled the hearts of millions of people in the country and the world,” the prime minister said. In his tribute to Kabir, Modi said, “The path shown by Kabirdas ji is equally relevant even today.

“Kabirdas ji used to say, ‘Kabira Kuan Ek hai, Pani Bhare AnekBartan mein hi bhed hai, Paani sab mein ek’, which means: There could be myriad kinds of people who come to the well to draw water...But the well does not differentiate anyone...water remains the same in all utensils.”

“Sant Kabir opposed every evil practice that divided the society; tried to awaken the society. Today, when the country is moving forward with the determination to develop, we should increase our efforts to empower the society, taking inspiration from Sant Kabir,” he said.

(IANS): Youth unemployment in India is climbing sharply, a development that risks undermining the new darling of the world economy at the very moment it was expected to really take off, local media reported.

In contrast to China, where economists fear there won’t be enough workers to support the growing number of elderly, in India, the concern is there aren’t enough jobs to support the growing number of workers, CNN reported. While people under the age of 25 account for more than 40 per cent of India’s population, almost half of them - 45.8 per cent - were unemployed as of December 2022, according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), an independent think tank headquartered in Mumbai, which publishes job data more regularly than the Indian government. Some analysts have described the situation to

CNN as a “time bomb”, warning of the potential for social unrest unless more employment can be created. Experts warn the problem will only get worse as the population grows and competition for jobs gets even tougher.

Kaushik Basu, an economics professor at Cornell University and former chief economic adviser for the Indian government, described India’s youth unemployment rate as “shockingly high”, CNN reported. It’s been “climbing slowly for a long time, say for about 15 years it’s been on a slow climb but over the past seven, eight years it’s been a sharp climb,” he said.

“If that category of people do not find enough employment,” Basu added, “then what was meant to be an opportunity, the bulge in that demographic dividend, could become a huge challenge and problem for India,” CNN reported.

PM’s big meet with CM’s of BJP-ruled states

be a Minister, he said, if he accepts the responsibility of the Deputy Speaker, he cannot be amidst his people and it will be difficult for him to function.

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(KTK), MAY 28 (PTI): Senior Congress leader C Puttarangashetty, whose name has been cleared by the party for the position of Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly, on Sunday refused to accept the post.

The MLA, who is a strong Ministerial aspirant, said he decided not to accept the post following the views expressed by his supporters and voters.

“I won’t accept the Deputy Speaker post, my supporters and voters have asked me not to accept it, stating that I may not be accessible for them. So they don’t want me to accept it, so I will not accept it,” Puttarangashetty told reporters here. Noting that he represents the Uppara community and was aspiring to

“I have conveyed this to Siddaramaiah (Chief Minister) too, but he insisted that I should accept it, but I had told him that I will ask my people and decide..... it will be difficult for me to function in the constituency and I may lose link with the people of the segment as I may stay away from it for long,” he added.

Responding to a query, Puttarangashetty said he was assured a Minister position and hence he had been to Delhi.

“But on reaching Bengaluru, I got to know that I have not made it to the Ministry. I don’t know what the reason is, Siddaramiah can explain,” he said, adding that his supporters, who were upset staged a protest and have requested him to function just as an MLA.

Puttarangashetty’s candidature for the Deputy Speaker’s post has been approved by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, the party had said recently.

Shah, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Gujarat Chief Minister

Bhupendra Patel, Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha were present at the meeting on Sunday. The BJP meeting comes after PM Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building.

JAIPUR, MAY 28 (PTI):

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said the Congress will “compel” the Centre to implement the old pension scheme (OPS) in the entire country, asserting that the committee on the new pension scheme (NPS) was constituted under pressure mounted by his party.

Gehlot also announced to increase old age pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 if the Congress government retains power in Rajasthan.

“Under the chairmanship of finance secretary, the Centre has formed a committee to find out a way forward for what can be done after combining OPS and NPS. They formed the committee after we mounted pressure,” he said. The chief minister was addressing a ‘Kisan Mahasammelan’ in Maulasar of Nagaur district on the sidelines of inflation relief camp review. On April 6, the Union Finance Ministry set up a committee under Finance Secretary T V Somanathan to review

the pension system for government employees. The committee would suggest whether in the light of the existing framework and structure of the National Pension System, as applicable to government employees, any changes therein are warranted. “They (Centre) have developed a thinking (about OPS). Now, they are facing a problem that how to save their face,” Gehlot said.

He said that OPS is a revolutionary decision and it will not be reversed.

“The OPS is not going to be reversed. If our government comes again, then we will uphold it. But, we will compel the Centre to implement it in the entire country. We are progressing with this thinking,” Gehlot said.

Rotting garbage lying unattended in...

(From p-1) and unless this trend was changed, Dimapur will become one of the dirtiest city in the state and even perhaps the north east.

Another shop keeper said the DMC should set up garbage collecting bins at every locality to accommodate garbage in order to ease collection and disposal.

The shopkeeper also wanted the authorities in-

cluding the business community to spread awareness on maintain hygienic environment and instil a sense of responsibility among public. Heaps of garbage and litter is a common sight at several localities such as Signal Basti, West Yard Colony, Khermahal, Midland, railway station, Blue Hill bus station area and the stretch along the airport near 2 ½ Mile.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with the Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states at the party headquarters in Delhi, reports ANI.

During the meeting, the Chief Ministers will report to Prime Minister Modi about the develop-

ment work going on in the states.

The Chief Ministers also discussed the development work going on in their states.

There will also be a discussion with all the Chief Ministers regarding the preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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Global trends to drive equity markets this week

NEW DELHI, MAY 28

(PTI): Stock markets would be largely driven by macroeconomic data, auto sales numbers, FII inflows and global trends this week, analysts said. The US debt ceiling negotiations and institutional flows will also be watched by investors.

“This week, market participants will closely monitor institutional flows, as there is a historical observation that when both FIIs and DIIs become net buyers simultaneously, there is a likelihood of some profitbooking in the market,” said Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd. On the global front, the US debt ceiling issue holds significant importance, alongside US macroeconomic indicators,

New Parl building to herald rise of developed India, says Modi

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ANGTF to support SLP at Supreme Court

movement of the US bond yields, the dollar index and crude oil prices, Meena added. President Joe Biden said a deal to resolve the government’s debt ceiling crisis seemed “very close” late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back to June 5.

“Domestically, attention will be directed towards key macroeconomic data, including GDP figures and monthly auto sales numbers,” he said.

“This week marks the beginning of the new month also so participants will be eyeing high-frequency data viz. auto sales, manufacturing PMI and services PMI data. Before that, GDP data scheduled on May 31, will also be on their radar,” said Ajit Mishra, VP Research,

Religare Broking. PMI data for the manufacturing sector is scheduled to come on Thursday. Apart from these factors, the performance of the US markets amid the ongoing debt ceiling talks will be in focus, he added.

Last week, the BSE benchmark jumped 772.01 points or 1.25 per cent.

Stock markets ended a two-week-long consolidation phase and gained over one-and-a-half per cent.

“After a firm start, the benchmark remained range bound in the middle, tracking mixed global cues however strong recovery in the final sessions changed the tone. Consequently, Nifty managed to surpass the hurdle at 18,400 and settled around the week’s high at 18,499.30 levels,” Mishra said.

The Prime Minister asserted that India is not only a democratic nation but is also the mother of democracy.

“Our democracy is our inspiration, our Constitution our resolve. Parliament is the best representative of this inspiration and resolution,” he said, adding that the new Parliament building was a perfect example of the co-existence of the old and new.

In his remarks, he also pointed out that the construction of the new Parliament building gave employment to 60,000 workers and a digital gallery dedicated to them has also been built in the complex.

The building has been completed in about two-and-a-half years at an estimated cost of nearly Rs.1,200 crore.

The new Parliament

building, constructed by Tata Projects Ltd, will also have a grand Constitution Hall to showcase India’s democratic heritage, a lounge for MPs, a library, multiple committee rooms, dining areas and ample parking space. The triangular-shaped four-storey building has a built-up area of 64,500 square metres. The building has three main gates - Gyan Dwar, Shakti Dwar, and Karma Dwar.

Though President Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is also Rajya Sabha Chairman, could not attend the event due to protocol as the Prime Minister was inaugurating the building, their messages were read by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also addressed the gathering.

NPF, NSCN (I-M), student unions and GNF flay vandalism of NSF office

(From p-1) Such antisocial activities causing irreparable damage to the properties of the apex student bodies was totally unacceptable, it said.

Further, the unions extend their solidarity and fullest support to the ANCSU and NSF and hoped that the law enforcing agencies would take up the matter with outmost priority and concern and render justice to ANCSU, NSF and the entire students community at the earliest.

GNF: Global Naga Forum (GNF) expressed shock and condemned the heinous and criminal act of vandalism and destruction that took place in the heart of Kohima town.

GNF said that the miscreants, driven by despicable motives, razed the historic office building housing the NSF since 1983, defiling not only a symbol of the Naga struggle for self-determination but also targeting the welfare of Naga students. The forum said it was deeply disheartening to witness the insidious and systematic attempts to dismantle Naga civil society organizations. “Beginning with the fragmentation and delegitimization of the apex Naga civil society’s organizations, it is evident that vested interests with hideous minds are seeking to destroy the fragile fabric of panNaga unity that remains,” it said.

The forum said that destruction of NSF office, an institution representing Naga students across tribal boundaries, was a criminal attack on the very essence of Naga identity and aspirations.

It said that such act, transpired with such precision in the heart of our capital city, raised suspicions that the miscreants acted with tacit support from powerful entities orchestrating this malicious act.

Attempts to intimidate and silence the unity and voice of the Naga nation will not succeed, it added.

The forum said that no human being or entity, no matter how powerful, can destroy the heart and soul

of what it means to be Naga.

GNF firmly declared that this shameful act must be addressed forthrightly, condemned by all, and the persons or group involved should be arrested without delay.

Rather than resorting to such destructive and criminal measures, the forum urged the Naga elders responsible for this act to hang their heads in shame and engage in dialogue to resolve any conflicts of interest.

Furthermore, GNF said it condemned “the cynical motive of resource politics, disguised as claims of original land ownership by the Naga Club, as a pretext for grabbing prime land in the heart of Kohima.”

It said that such claims do not withstand scrutiny of modern law or customary Naga practices. The building and land in question do not possess hereditary ownership, rendering customary law inapplicable, GNF stated. The forum urged upon the authorities to act swiftly, restore justice, and ensure the perpetrators of this shameful and criminal act face the full force of the law. It is of paramount importance that the state takes prompt action to prevent the situation from spiralling out of control, the forum said and conveyed that it stands united with the NSF and the entire Naga community, resolute in the pursuit of justice.

NSF to hold sit-in protest in Kohima from today

(From p-1) on May 13. However, with the intervention of the authorities, they did not come,” he claimed.

According to him, from that day onwards, everything had fallen silent and that NSF did not expect that a vandalisation would take

place.

On the issue of NSF asking for a plot land to be transferred to its name, which was later denied after Naga Club asked the DC to not issue the same, Tep clarified that they had the recordsthat were already in public domain that the

study body was the custodian of the heritage building and that it had always mentioned in its official documents that the building was a house of Naga people.

However, Tep observed that Naga people did not recognise Naga Club. Hence, if the Naga people did

not recognise the organisation, he asserted that NSF too would not recognise it. Regarding the duration of their protest, Tep said they were yet to decide on the issue, but clarified that they did not want to create inconvenience to the public due to this.

(From p-1) Deliberating on the issue of GT seniority list 2022, which was prepared following a judgment of the Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court, the meeting noted that as the petitioner late G/Ts had discreetly won the case, so the G/Ts filed a review petition at the high court countering the case.

But knowing the consequences, Education department officers and the All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (ANSTA) had requested the GTs and the late GTs to withdraw their case from the court and settle the matter outside the court with an agreement in principle to count seniority by honouring the seniors.

The GTs in support of the agreement withdrew the case, however the late GTs discreetly had not withdrawn their case. Hence, 2022 GTs seniority list was

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prepared in their favour, superseding the directly appointed GTs. Therefore, the GTs were compelled to file SLP at the Supreme Court.

The ANGTF alleged that the department was applying different yardsticks to determine the seniority; some were counted from the date of appointment, some from the date of joining, some from date of cabinet decision or date of regularization. In some instances, some students of GTs were now senior to their own teachers. It alleged that the 2003-2004 appointees had superseded their seniors appointed in 1991-1992.

Further, the forum stated that mushrooming of so many groups among the teachers was conceived by the department by the nature of their appointment, which was taking them to court and incurring a huge expenditure from

their hard-earned money. The forum urged the department to seriously look into the matter and solve it at the earliest, while requesting all the member teachers to come forward united instead of remaining a mute spectator. This was stated in a press release by ANGTF convener Veshosa Keyho and secretary Neito Dzüvichü.

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6.0 magnitude quake

jolts parts of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, MAY 28

(IANS): A 6.0 magnitude

quake - epicentred at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region - jolted parts of Pakistan on Sunday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), local media reported. In a statement, the department said that the earthquake occurred at 10.50 a.m. and struck at a depth of 223km. Tremors were felt in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Dawn reported that tremors were also felt in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

10 killed as avalanche hits

Gilgit-Baltistan region

ISLAMABAD, MAY 28

(IANS): Ten people were killed and ten others injured when an avalanche hit a convoy of nomads in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, an official confirmed. Scores of people were feared to be trapped under the debris and the rescue teams were trying to recover them despite challenges posed by bad weather and poor road infrastructure in the farflung area of Astore district where the incident happened, Chief Secretary of G.B. Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani said.

3 killed in New Mexico shooting

HOUSTON, MAY 28

(IANS): At least three people were killed and nine wounded at a motorcycle rally in Red River, US state of New Mexico, local media reported. The shooting that took place on Saturday appeared to be gang-related, Mayor of Red River Linda Calhoun told local media outlet KOAT, confirming three fatalities and five injuries, Xinhua news agency reported.

Australian PM vows to fix care economy

CANBERRA, MAY 28 (IANS): Australia’s

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday launched his plan to fix the country’s aged care, disability, veterans and early childhood services.

Albanese released the draft National Strategy for the Care and Support Economy, vowing to deliver high quality care and support for every Australian, Xinhua news agency reported. Albanese said he wanted input from the public on how the system can be improved.

Russia launched ‘largest drone attack’ on Ukrainian capital

KYIV, MAY 28 (AP): Ukraine’s capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia’s war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. At least one person was killed.

Russia launched the “most massive attack” on the city overnight on Saturday with Iranian-made Shahed drones, said Serhii Popko, a senior Kyiv military official. The attack lasted more than five hours, with air defense reportedly shooting down more than 40 drones.

A 41-year-old man was killed and a 35-year-old woman was hospitalised when debris fell on a sevenstory nonresidential building and started a fire, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Ukraine’s air force said that Saturday night was also record-breaking in terms of Shahed drone attacks across the country. Of the 54 drones launched, 52 were shot down by air defense systems. In the northeastern Kharkiv province, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said

MOSCOW, MAY 28

(IANS): Charging the US and its allies with “playing with fire” by increasing support for Ukraine amid the conflict with Moscow, including planning to provide it US-made F-16s, Russian Foreign M inister Sergey Lavrov said the delivery of the fighters would be an “unacceptable esclation”.

“Of course, it’s an unacceptable escalation... I think there are reasonable people in the West who understand this. But everything is being dictated by Washington, London, and their satellites inside the EU,” he said on potential deliveries of American-made warplanes to Ukraine in an interview with Russia 1 TV on Sunday, RT reported.

According to Lavrov, it

attacks increasing last month.

Earlier this month, an oil refinery in Krasnodar was attacked by drones on two straight days.

Ukrainian air defences, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, have been adept at thwarting Russian air attacks — both drones and aircraft missiles.

CAIRO, MAY 28 (AP):

The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the capital and elsewhere in the African country.

the cease-fire.

The fighting broke out in mid-April between the military and the powerful RSF.

side has been able to deliver a decisive blow to the other after more than five weeks of fighting.

In the first two weeks of the war, army airstrikes targeted RSF camps in and outside the capital, stripping the paramilitary force from its bases.

A man inspects his office damaged by a drone during a night attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday. (AP) a 61-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man were killed in two separate shelling attacks. Kyiv Day marks the anniversary of Kyiv’s official founding.

The day is usually celebrated with live concerts, street fairs, exhibitions and fireworks. Scaled-back festivities were planned for this year, the city’s 1,541st anniversary.

The timing of the drone attacks was likely not coincidental, Ukrainian officials said. “The history of Ukraine is a long-standing irritant for the insecure Russians,” Ukraine’s chief pres-

idential aide, Andriy Yermak, said on Telegram.

“Today, the enemy decided to congratulate’ the people of Kyiv on Kyiv Day with the help of their deadly UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles),” Popko also wrote on the messaging app.

Local officials in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region said that air defense systems destroyed several drones as they approached the Ilsky oil refinery. Drone attacks against Russian border regions have been a regular occurrence since the start of the invasion in February 2022, with

Earlier in May, Ukraine prevented an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv, shooting down all missiles aimed at the capital.

The bombardment, which additionally targeted locations across Ukraine, included six Russian Kinzhal aero-ballistic hypersonic missiles, repeatedly touted by Russian President Vladimir Putin as providing a key strategic competitive advantage and among the most advanced weapons in his country’s arsenal.

Sophisticated Western air defence systems, including American-made Patriot missiles, have helped spare Kyiv from the kind of destruction witnessed along the main front line in the country’s east and south.

The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for control of Sudan since mid-April, had agreed last week to the weeklong truce, brokered by the US and the Saudis.

However, the ceasefire, like others before it, did not stop the fighting in the capital of Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.

In a joint statement early Sunday, the US and Saudi Arabia called for an extension of the current truce which expires at 9.45 pm local time Monday.

“While imperfect, an extension nonetheless will facilitate the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance to the Sudanese people,” the statement said. The statement also urged Sudan’s military government and the rival Rapid Support Forces to continue negotiations to reach an agreement on extending

China unlikely to impose lockdown despite Covid-19 surge: Report

is Poland and the Baltic States - Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia - that are “executing on the ground the aim set by the US to weaken Russia, deliver it a strategic defeat”.

Some in the West “are already discussing ‘decolonisation’ of Russia, meaning the dismembering of our country,” Lavrov said, warning that “this is playing with fire. There can be no doubts about that”.

“I hope reasonable people will step away from unconditional support for the neo-Nazi regime that the West itself created,” he added. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has been pressing his Western backers for F-16 warplanes for months, arguing they are crucial for defending Ukrainian airspace amid Russia’s missile attacks on military facilities and energy infrastructure.

At the G20 summit last week, US President Biden Joe Biden said that Washington would support efforts by the UK, the Netherlands, and other European countries to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16s.

BEIJING, MAY 28

(AGENCIES): In December, China abruptly abandoned its “Zero Covid” policies amid a surge of infections and rising public anger against lockdowns.

Covid cases again are on the rise, but this time the nation appears to be determined to press on with normal life as the government focuses on reigniting economic growth, New York Times reported.

Though other countries have long settled into such a pattern, it is a shift for China. Until late last year, its national leadership was still ready to lock down whole neighbourhoods and districts, even cities, in a bid to stamp out what were sometimes just small clusters of cases, reports ANI.

The New York Times is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership. The Chinese health authorities have reported a rise in Covid cases since April, especially from newer subvariants spreading worldwide. Zhong Nanshan, a prominent doctor

Sudan military ruler seeks removal of UN envoy

CAIRO, MAY 28 (AP):

Sudan’s military ruler demanded in a letter to the UN secretary general that the UN envoy to his country be removed, officials said Saturday. The UN chief was “shocked” by the letter, a spokesman said.

The envoy, Volker Perthes, has been a key mediator in Sudan, first during the country’s fitful attempts to transition to democracy and then after worsening tensions between military rivals exploded into open fighting last month.

The fighting pits troops loyal to military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan against a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, headed by Gen Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo.

Burhan’s letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was received Friday. “The Secretary-General is shocked by the letter he received this morning,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. “The Secretary-General is proud of the work done by Volker Perthes and reaffirms his full confidence in his Special Representative.”

Dujarric didn’t reveal

the contents of the letter. A senior Sudanese military official said Burhan’s letter asked Guterres to replace Perthes who was appointed to the post in 2021.

According to the official, Burhan accused Perthes of “being partisan,” and that his approach in prewar talks between the generals and the pro-democracy movement helped inflame the conflict. The talks had aimed at restoring the country’s democratic transition, which was derailed by a military coup in Oct. 2021. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief media.

Later Saturday, the U.S. State Department said it supports Perthes and that he “continues to have our confidence.” A statement by spokesman Matthew Miller

said that “we express our concern over the letter from the Sudanese Armed Forces calling for his (Perthes’) resignation.”

erthes declined to comment on the letter. Burhan’s letter came after the U.N. envoy accused the warring parties of disregarding the laws of war by attacking homes, shops, places of worship, and water and electricity installations.

In his briefing to the UN Security Council earlier this week, Perthes blamed the leaders of the military and the RSF for the war, saying they have chosen to “settle their unresolved conflict on the battlefield rather than at the table.”

Burhan accused Perthes last year of “exceeding the U.N. mission’s mandate and of blatant interference in Sudanese affairs.” He threatened to expel him from the country.

The ongoing fighting broke out in mid-April between the military and the powerful RSF. Both Burhan and Dagalo led the 2021 coup that removed the Western-backed government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The fighting turned the

capit al of Khartoum and the adjacent city of Omdurman into a battleground. The clashes also spread elsewhere in the country, including the war-wracked Darfur region. The conflict has killed hundreds of people, wounded thousands and pushed the country to near collapse. It forced more than 1.3 million out of their homes to safer areas inside Sudan, or to neighboring nations.

who was among the first to openly confirm in early 2020 that Covid could easily spread among people, estimated earlier this week that by late June as many as 65 million people a week could become infected with the coronavirus across China.

That would be up from what he estimated at 40 million infections a week in late May. China no longer publishes regular official nationwide estimates of infections, New York Times reported. By comparison, after “Zero Covid” controls were set aside in December, new infections reached 37 million a day in China at their peak, according to reports.

Even if, as Zhong acknowledged, the pace of rising infections is laden with uncertainty, a rebound in cases was always likely, and many in China appear steeled to live with a background hum of Covid infections, and sometimes Covid deaths, New York Times reported.

“People have become

used to infections, and they see this as normal in the post-Covid era,” Lin Zixian, 36, who works for a technology company in Beijing, said in a telephone interview.

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, still often wears a medical mask when he meets people indoors. But Lin said that he and other members of his family had stopped masking in most public spaces, as have many people in China, New York Times reported.

Officials across China appear to be trying to prepare the population for a rise in infections without reintroducing the heavy controls that by late last year had exhausted public patience.

Since abandoning its tight restrictions on domestic travel, the government has shifted to reviving growth and job creation. The jobless rate of about 20 per cent among urban youth may appear more politically pressing than rising Covid numbers, New York Times reported.

FelICITaTION

The ASTP with immense pride and joy would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. YIMKUM I OZUKUM S/o Mr. IMTILEPZUK OZUKUM for bringing laurels to the Ao Community of Padum Pukhuri village by clearing the UPSC Examination and securing an impressive All India Ranking 203. We wish you all the best for your future endeavors and may you continue to make significant contribution to the society through your service to the nation. Sd/- Sd/(W. Matsung Jamir) (Ayimkitang Aier) President General Secretary D B-689/23

Press r elease

The Students' community of Jangpetkong, Japukong and Tzürangkong ranges would like to express our profound gratitude to the PDA Government led by our Hon'ble Chief Minister, Shri. Neiphiu Rio, the Department of Higher Education and the Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, Government of Nagaland, Shri. Temjen Imna Along, for fulfilling our long cherished and aspiration to establish a full-fledged Govt. College at Mangkolemba Town. We are optimistic that the establishment of the New Model College at Mangkolemba will produce many efficient and imminent intellectuals, scholars and leaders in the days to come.

It is our humble prayer and wish that this college will serve and nurture the future generations of our land and we will be always committed in our responsibilities for the strengthening and upliftment of the college.

Both military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and RSF leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo led the 2021 coup that removed the Western-backed government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.

It turned Khartoum and the adjacent city of Omdurman into a battleground. The clashes also spread elsewhere in the country, including the warwracked Darfur region.

The conflict has killed hundreds of people, wounded thousands and pushed the country to near collapse. It forced more than 1.3 million out of their homes to safer areas inside Sudan, or to neighbouring nations.

Residents reported renewed sporadic clashes Sunday in parts of Omdurman, where the army’s aircraft were seen flying over the city. Fighting was also reported in al-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur.

The conflict has come to a stalemate as neither

That forced the RSF to deploy in densely populated areas, where they seized people’s houses and other property, and are using them as cover against the military’s airstrikes.

The detention of Dr. Alaa Eldin Awad Nogoud, a prominent surgeon and pro-democracy activist, in Omdurman caused an uproar in the country, with medical and rights groups in and outside of Sudan demanding his release.

A group of armed men stormed Nogoud’s home Sunday and detained him, according to the Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate. He was taken to an unknown location, it said.

The Forces of Freedom and Change, the prodemocracy coalition, said the armed men claimed they were members of the military and the intelligence service.

KABUL, MAY 28

(IANS): Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has stressed the need to resort to dialogue to resolve issues between Kabul and Tehran in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the local media reported on Sunday. Iran’s water rights to the Helmand River were discussed in the meeting and the acting foreign minister emphasised that the issues related to Kabul and Tehran can be resolved through “dialogue and understanding,” Tolonews reported.

Based on an agreement signed between Afghanistan and Iran in 1351 in the Persian calendar, which coincided in 1972, Kabul is obliged to allow Helmand River water to flow to neighboring Iran, Xinhua news agency reported. Tehran has been accusing Kabul of making

excu ses for giving Iran’s share in the water flow, but the Afghan side rejected the allegation, insisting the water level has receded due to continued drought. Muttaqi’s remarks on solving issues between Kabul and Tehran were reported amid border clashes between the border forces of the two countries. One person from the Afghan side and one from Iran were killed in a clash along the border with Afghanistan’s western Nimroz province on Saturday, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takour said.

Office Of the CHUNGLIYIMSEN STUDENTS’ UNION chungliyimsen, P. O. Mokokchung – 798601

felicitatiOn

With immense ride and joy, the Chungliyimsen Students’ Union convey our heartiest congratulations to Miss. Sungtiben Kichu, D/o Mr. Imtitemsu Kichu for securing Top 17 in the recently declared HSLC Examination 2023.

The Union wishes and prays that Almighty God continues to grant greater achievements in her future endeavors. Sd/- Sd/(KaRi POnG) (iMtiSenla ) President , CSU Gen. Secy. CSU MKC -206/23

OFFICE OF THE PHOM STUDENTS’ UNION KOHIMA FELICITATION

The office of the Phom Students' Union Kohima takes immense honour in conveying our utmost congratulations to the successful students in the HSLC and HSSLC trials of 2023. We are also jubilant for the candidates ranking in the merit list declared by the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE). As a body consoling the affairs of our students, it is a proud moment for us to felicitate and highlight your resilient competency displayed in the field of academics. Bestowing more excellency and victory in all the endeavours that each of you pursue. We will always celebrate your journey. Enlisting the following HSLC & HSSLC toppers who've raised the bar high for our students : HSLC list-

1. Lishen Menhahu (Rank 7), Carmel Hr. Secondary School, Chekiye Village

2. S. Imdan Moili Phom (Rank 9) Christian Standard Hr. Secondary School, Changtongya

3. Nokcha C Phom (Rank 16), St. Joseph School, Longleng

4. Lungshen C Ailly, (Rank 18) Don Bosco Hr. Secondary School, Kohima

5. Yungken C Phom, (Rank 18) Carewell School, Naginimora Mon

6. Themmei Phom, (Rank 18) Christian School, Longleng HSSLC list-

(ALEMSASHI) (WATINUNGSANG) (IMLISUNEP) President President President Jangpetkong Students’ Japukong Students’ Tzurangkong Students’ Conference Conference Conference

1. Baunnenyuchong (Science stream; Rank 5), Holy Cross Hr. Secondary School, Longleng Sd/- Sd/(Lakpong M Phom) (Shemyung E Phom) President, PSUK Gen. Secy., PSUK

US, Saudi Arabia call for warring sides in Sudan to extend ‘imperfect’ cease-fire

‘Kabul-Tehran issues can be resolved through dialogue’

F-16s to Ukraine would be ‘unacceptable escalation’: Russia

Amir Khan Muttaqi

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

Sergey Lavrov

Anatomy of a Fall: French thriller wins Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or prize

About Dry Grasses. And VietnameseFrench director Tran Anh Hung won best director for Pot-au-Feu, a love story starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel set in a 19th century French chateau.

WhatsApp rolling out ‘screen-sharing’ feature to beta testers on Android

‘Drishyam 2’, Alia, Hrithik get top awards; lifetime honour for Kamal at

After sweeping the technical awards at IIFA 2023, ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ continued its winning run on Saturday night, with Alia Bhatt getting Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female).

IIFA 2023

came here when I was three and half. ... You have been kind enough to allow me to survive till this stage ... I’m very thankful and humbled.” Kamal started as a child artiste in the 1960 Tamil film ‘Kalathur Kannamma’.

French murder mystery

film Anatomy of a Fall has taken the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Director Justine Triet won the Palme d’Or for her tense courtroom drama, which tells the story of a writer accused of her husband’s murder. She becomes the third female director ever to win the prestigious prize, which was first awarded in 1955.

Her thriller stars German actress Sandra Hüller, who also stars in the Cannes runner-up, The Zone of Interest.

As she accepted the award, Triet slammed the French government over its response to recent pension protests.

“These protests were... repressed in a shocking way,” she said in her speech, after being presented with the award by Hollywood star Jane Fonda.

President Emmanuel

Macron’s reforms of the pension system, which include raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, have caused huge protests in France.

Triet also criticised what she called the government’s “commercialisation of culture” - leading France’s Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak to hit back, saying she was “gobsmacked” by the “unfair” comments.

The Grand Prix, the second-highest prize, went to British director Jonathan Glazer for The Zone of Interest, an adaptation of the late Martin Amis’s novel of the same name about a family living next to Auschwitz.

Meanwhile, the best actor award went to Japan’s Koji Yakusho for his role as a middle-aged Tokyo man who cleans toilets in Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days, and Turkey’s Merve Dizdar was named best actress for

OFFICE OF THE ORANGKONG STUDENTS’ UNION FELICITATION

The festival was one of the biggest in years for celebrity names on the red carpet - Hollywood legends Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino, Isabella Rossellini and Sean Penn all made appearances.

Harrison Ford also attended to receive an honorary Palme d’Or ahead of the screening of his new film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

The US star, 80, said he was “deeply moved and humbled” to be honoured with the award.

The Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded at the festival and was introduced in 1955 by the festival’s organising committee. Triet beat 21 other films in competition for the accolade, seeing off tough competition from new films by acclaimed directors including Wes Anderson and Ken Loach. (BBC)

Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature called "screen-sharing", along with a new placement for tabs within the bottom navigation bar, to beta testers on Android.

According to WABetaInfo, this feature will allow users to easily share their screen during a video call.

This feature may be unavailable on old versions of Android, may not work in large group calls, and the recipient may be unable to get the content of the users' screen in case they are using an outdated version of WhatsApp.

The report said that this feature is only enabled if users give their consent to share the content of their screen.

Moreover, after installing the new version of the WhatsApp beta, some users may notice a few

minor changes regarding the new bottom navigation bar.

In particular, some tabs within the bottom navigation bar have been arranged in a certain order.

Some users may now see the following tabs in the bottom navigation barChats, Calls, Communities, and Status, the report mentioned.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature called -"WhatsApp usernames", which will let users to choose unique usernames for their accounts.

With this feature, users will be able to opt for a unique and memorable username, instead of depending solely on phone numbers to identify contacts.

The company may also provide users with the ability to contact others by entering a username within the app without knowing their phone numbers. (IANS)

The film’s producer, Jayantilal Gada, received the award on Alia’s behalf, as the actor’s maternal grandfather, Narendra Razdan, is reportedly not well.

Ajay Devgn’s ‘Drishyam 2’ got the Best Film trophy and the honour for Best Director went to R. Madhavan for ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’.

Hrithik Roshan, meanwhile, bagged the trophy for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his turbo-charged performance in ‘Vikram Vedha’, which also starred Saif Ali Khan. ‘Vikram Vedha’ is an official Hindi remake of the Tamil film with the same title, which featured R. Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles.

Hrithik said in his acceptance speech: “I have lived with Vedha for many years now. It began right here in Abu Dhabi. I gave

my first shot as Vedha here ... it feels like life has come full circle to me. Vedha helped me unleash the madness inside me ... Thank you universe and thank you Vedha for helping me discover that madness and helping me discover the strength to hold that madness.”

Celebrated actorfilmmaker Kamal Haasan received a standing ovation when he was honoured for Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema. Singer and music composer A.R. Rahman gave the award to Kamal, who was applauded by all present, starting with Salman Khan.

Accepting the golden trophy, Kamal expressed his gratitude and said: “I grew up in cinema ... I

Senior actor Anil Kapoor also received an award -- for Performance In A Supporting Role (Male) for his part in ‘JugJugg Jeeyo’.

Fantasy drama ‘Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva’ and ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ were the big winners. The awards that went to ‘Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva’ included the ones for Best Playback Singer (Shreya Ghoshal, female, and Arijit Singh, male) and for Best Supporting Actor (Female) for Mouni Roy.

Late Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan’s son, Babil Khan, won the Best Debut (Male) award for the film ‘Qala’, and shared it with Santanu Maheshwari, who starred in ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’. Khushali Kumar won Best Debut (Female) for ‘Dhoka Around the Corner’. (IANS)

OFFICE OF THE TENING AREA AO SENSO TELONGJEM P.O. TENING, DIST PEREN : NAGALAND FELICITATION

The Tening Area Ao Senso Telongjem is extremely delighted and extends our heatiest congratulations to Er. Yimkum I Ozükum EAC Nsong, S/o Mr. Imtilepzük Ozükum & Mrs. Merainla Aier for clearing the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2022 and securing All India Rank 203. Your success and achievement brings laurels to the Ao Community of Tening Area in particular and Nagas in general. He is a hard working, sincere, dedicated and honest officer and that the Ao Union of Tening Area is fortunate to be associated with him till date. This is a well deserved achievement and we wish our leader a bright future.

The Orangkong Students’ Union is immensely proud to congratulate Miss. S. IMDAN MOILI PHOM D/o of Shri. N. Sungi Phom of Orangkong Village, for securing top 9th position in the recently declared HSLC Examination result under NBSE.

We are sincerely proud of your outstanding achievement, your years of hard work and perseverance have paid off. This achievement in an inspiration for all of us. Congratulations on your well-deserved success.

Wish you success in your future endeavors .

N. SHAHLONG L. LONGSHIH

President, OSU General Secretary, OSU

OfficE Of ThE

Dimapur Changki SenSo Telongjem DiMapUR : NaGaLaND fELiciTaTiON

The Dimapur Changki Senso Telongjem (DCST), would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to the following toppers in the HSLC Examination, 2023 for bringing laurels to the Changki Village.

1. Miss MULUNGSULa chaNGKiRi

D/o Mr. Limatemsu Changkiri and Mrs. Imlinula Longkumer

Top -10 (HSLC, 2023)

Subject Topper in Maths (100), Social Science (100) and English (98)

From Holy Cross Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur.

2. Miss MOLUNGBEN LONGKUMER

D/o. Mr. Temsulong Longkumer and Mrs. Sandyla

Top – 17 (HSLC, 2023)

From Cornerstone Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur.

The DCST, also would like to congratulate GHS, Changki for securing 100% pass percentage and also Mission School, Changki for the excellent result.

The DCST, further congratulates all the successful students from NBSE and CBSE board examination, 2023 and wishes them all success in their future endeavours.

Sd/- Sd(imti Tzudir) (Zanningsang Longchari) President, DCST General Secretary, DCST

The Western Sümi Kükami Hoho (WSKH) with immense pride and honour would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri Shikaho Zhimomi for being re-elected as the President of Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) and Shri Vikato Achumi and Shri Vikato Shikhu for being elected as Vice President and General Secretary, WSH. May they continue to work honestly with dedication and may God bestow blessings upon them in all their future endeavours.

Sd- Sd(PHUSHITO AYEMI) (KUGHATO AWOMI) President General Secretary WSKH WSKH

(IMTIKABA) (TEMJENCHUJANG)

President Secretary Ao Union, Tening Area Ao Union, Tening Area

VIKATO SHIKHU Gen. Secy. SHIKAHO ZHIMOMI President VIKATO ACHUMI Vice President

Director Justine Triet

Chelsea wins 4th Women’s Super League

Chelsea enjoyed long periods of possession after the break and Kerr’s efforts paid off in the 88th minute.

ITTF World: China’s Fan retains men’s singles title

Greenwood School Khelo India

Centre wins pre-Subroto U-14 trophy

Chelsea women players celebrate after winning the Women’s Super League title.

READING (ENGLAND), MAY 27 (AP): Chelsea secured its fourth straight Women’s Super League by beating Reading 3-0 on Saturday to wrap up the double in style.

Having beaten Manchester United in the FA Cup final this month, Chelsea eased past Reading with goals from Guro Reit-

en and a Sam Kerr double. The Blues’ recent dominance shone through as their hosts failed to deal with the attacking talent of Emma Hayes’ side, which finished the season on a seven-game league winning run.

The breakthrough came in the 18th minute through Kerr, who picked

up a pocket of space inside the box before heading Reiten’s cross past goalkeeper Grace Moloney to make it 1-0.

Reiten added the second after 42 minutes when she pounced on a loose ball in the Reading backline to go one-on-one with Moloney before producing a composed finish.

Milan secure Champions League spot by defeating Atalanta in Serie A

of rebounds. Inter restored the two-goal margin in the 77th minute when Lukaku’s smart pass sent Marcelo Brozovic clear who drew out the goalkeeper and selflessly assisted for well-positioned Lautaro Martinez to tap it in.

Luis Muriel got another back for La Dea in the stoppage time as his free kick hit the wall, but he followed to release a blockbuster which rebounded into the net after striking off Andre Onana and the crossbar.

The Australia captain was slipped through on goal and her first effort came back off the post but she was first to react to claim a simple tap-in and round off the victory. Win not enough for Man United Manchester United was once again grateful for substitute Lucia Garcia but its bid for the WSL title narrowly fell short. Garcia came off the bench to score a late winner against Manchester City last weekend and ensure the title race went to the last day of the season, where United needed to beat Liverpool and hope Chelsea slipped up. The first part was accomplished as Garcia’s 72nd-minute strike secured a 1-0 win for United at Prenton Park, it wasn’t enough.

KIUG: Siva surges with 5 gold medals, sinks meet record

Before their duel on Sunday, Fan and Wang had claimed the men’s doubles title together. The two paddlers will leave Durban with two titles each. Wang partnered with Sun Yingsha to emerge victorious in the mixed doubles.

Winner Greenwood School and Govt Middle School, Kuda Village after the final match.

DIMAPUR, MAY 28

(NPN): Greenwood School

Khelo India Centre emerged as the winner of the PreSubroto U-14 Trophy 2023 after defeating Government Middle School, Kuda Village 4-0 in the finals on May 27.

In the individual award, best player was awarded to H. Manka Jorlim (Vid-

hya Bhawan HSS), best goalkeeper - Loziho Zhasa (Charis High Academy), top goal scorer - Sakutemjen (Greenwood School KIC) and most promising player - Wanghom Wangnaolim (Greenwood School KIC).

Gracing the closing ceremony of the Pre-Subroto U-14 Trophy, DCP Dimapur, Vesupra Kezo

encouraged the players to be hardworking, disciplined and enjoy the beautiful game of football. The tournament was hosted by Greenwood School from May 22-27 in collaboration with the department of Youth Resources and Sports, Government of Nagaland. Altogether, 9 schools participated.

6th inter-departmental badminton held in Wokha

Inter Milan players celebrate after scoring against Atalanta.

ROME, MAY 28 (IANS):

Inter Milan have booked their Champions League berth for the next season after edging out Atalanta 3-2 at San Siro.

It was a head-to-head for the top-four finish as Inter and Atalanta ranked third and fifth respectively before Saturday’s game, with five points separating them, a Xinhua report said.

The home side were off to a dream start as they surged into a 2-0 lead just three minutes into the game.

Romelu Lukaku broke the deadlock through a solo effort, before Nicolo Barella doubled the advantage with a volley.

Atalanta pulled one goal back in the 36th minute when Mario Pasalic slotted home after a series

CONgrATuLATION

With immense pride and honor, we take this opportunity to congratulate, Dr. Chanbemo Ngullie son of Rev. Nyimsao Ngullie of Nungying Village, Wokha for completing Doctorate of Ministry (D. Min) in the Deptt. of Missiology from Beautiful Feed Ministry Institute, Alabama, USA on April 11, 2023.

We are indeed proud of your achievement and pray that Almighty God continue to bless you with good health in your endeavour for His ministry.

Family, cousins and relatives

With one round left, Inter now sit second on 69 points, securing the Champions League place for the sixth consecutive season.

LUCKNOW/NOIDA/ VARANASI/DELHI, MAY 28 (IANS): Siva Sridhar of Jain University surged to five gold medals to go with his lone bronze, creating a gap in the race between him and Aneesh Gowda of Christ University, on competition Day Six of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2022 Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The event experienced one of the lightest schedules of this third edition but was enough for Siva to sink his own meet record in the Men’s 400m medley. His 4:37.21 mins on the day was better than the 4:38.98 mins set in the previous edition.

OFFICE OF THE

CHAIRMAN KIKRUMA VILLAGE COUNCIL PO/PS Pfutsero – 797107, Dist. Phek FELICITATION

DIMAPUR, MAY 28 (NPN): The 6th interdepartmental badminton championship 2023 was held from May 26 to 27 at Indoor Badminton Stadium, Wokha.

45 players from 12 departments participated during the championship, which was organised by Wokha District Sports Council. In singles (women), Nsungbeni (DSO) was the winner and runners-up by Khumjano (DEF). in women’s double, Champions - Alice & Tiarenla (Education); runnersup - Bendangrenla & Mhonlumi (CMO); mix doubles champions – Nsungbeni & Libemo (DSO); runners-up – Nzantso & Alice (Education). Men’s single champions – Roben (Education);

Benathung & Ashonthung (7th NAP) lifting men’s double award from CH John Zeliang.

runners-up – Shanjothung (Administration); men’s double champions – Benathung & Ashonthung (7th NAP); runners-up - Sedevizo & Libemo (DSO). Chief medical office was adjudged the ‘Best Dis-

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The Kikruma Village Council with immense joy hereby congratulates all the four successful candidates from Nagaland for cracking the prestigious UPSC Civil Services Examination 2022. The Village Council particularly acknowledge the success of Ms. Vevotolü Kezo (UPSC CSE 2022 rank 387) D/o Mr. Khupo Kezo and Mrs. Pusocholü Kezo of Kikrüma Village for bringing laurels to the people of the village. The council wishes you all the best in your future endeavours.

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BESUNGOYO PURO THIPUZHOYO THIRA Secretary Chairman Village Development Board Kikrüma Village Council

With immense pride and honour, the Padumpukhuri Village Council extend its hearty congratulations to MR. YIMKUM I. OZUKUM S/o MR. IMTILEPZUK OZUKUM & MRS. MERAIENLA AIER for successfully clearing UPSC Exam 2022-23, securing AIR 203 and for bringing laurels to its village Community.

The PVC further, prays that Almighty bless him with good health and guide him in his future endeavors.

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AHETO YEPUTHOMI YANPOTHUNG YANTHAN Chairman Council Secretary

The Medziphema Village Students’ Union takes immense pride and joy to congratulate Dr. Kezhasilie Chiezou. S/o Nguchinyi Chiezou and Peletono Chiezou on being conferred Doctorate in Earth Science from Assam University. Silchar on the thesis entitled “Sedimentology of the coal bearing Tertiary sequences in parts of Mon district, Nagaland, Northeast India” under the supervision of Prof. N. Pandey.

The Union wishes him the best and success in all his future endeavours.

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OFFICE OF THE CHUNGTIA STUDENTS’ UNION Hq. Chungtia, P.O. Mokokchung, Nagaland-798601 FELICITATION

Miss Rongsennungla Longchar Miss Ningshiyala Kichu

The Chungtia Students’ Union takes immense pride and joy to congratulate the following individuals for bringing laurels to the union through their Academic Excellence

1. Nokchensaba Kichu , Ph.D in Agriculture Entomology from School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development NU: Medziphema Campus on the topic entitled, BIORATIONAL MANAGEMENT AGAINST SUCKING PESTS OF FRENCH BEAN (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) Under the supervision of Dr. Imtinaro L, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology NU, SASRD.

2. Tiamongla Kichu , Ph.D. in Education on the topic Entitled, “Status of Technical and Vocational Education in Nagaland” under the Supervision of Dr. N. Amareswaran, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, North- Eastern Hill University, Shillong.

3. Ms. RONGSENNUNGLA LONGCHAR, D/o Mr. CHETENLEMBA LONGCHAR for securing top 17th position with 96.17% from St. Paul Higher Secondary School Dimapur.

4. Ms. NINGSHIYALA KICHU, D/o Mr. TOSHIKABA KICHU for scoring 100% in Social Science and awarded as subject topper from Jubilee Memorial School Chungtia. Further the Union congratulates all the successful candidates of HSLC and HSSLC Examinations 2023 and wishes success to all the candidates in their future endeavours.

Mangkoneken Chubakatila Kichu President General Secretary CSU CSU

cipline Team’. DC Wokha

Ajit Kumar Ranjan and head of Plan DHEP Wokha,

CH John Zeliang, graced the inaugural and closing ceremony respectively.

DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA), MAY 28 (IANS): Fan Zhendong of China retained the men’s singles title with a 4-2 victory over compatriot Wang Chuqin at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) Finals here on Sunday. In a clash of the top two seeds, world No.1 Fan outplayed the first-time singles finalist 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10, 11-13, 11-3. It is China’s 10th straight men’s singles crown in the table tennis world championships, a run dating back to 2005.

Protesting wrestlers detained; DCW chief condemns Delhi Police action

NEW DELHI, MAY 28

(IANS/PTI): After protesting wrestlers were detained and the site was cleared at Jantar Mantar, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal took to Twitter and condemned the police action.

“This is Sakshi Malik. Olympics medallist, Padma Shri and Khel Ratna awardee. This is how she was dragged on the streets of Delhi today,” Maliwal tweeted while sharing the picture of Sakshi Malik being forcefully taken into police custody. “This is @ BajrangPunia. He is also an Olympics medallist and PadmaShri, Khel Ratna awardee. He has put his entire career on risk to fight for justice for women wrestlers. He too has been dragged and detained by Delhi Police!,” she wrote in another tweet while sharing the picture of Punia being detained.

“They are the champions of the country, not terrorists!

Embarrassing,” she said in a series of tweets.

Punia, Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat were detained by Delhi Police here at Jantar Mantar on Sunday after they along with their supporters jumped over the police barricades and tried to march towards the newly constructed Parliament building. Police have also removed the tents from

All women protesters released: Delhi Police

All women wrestlers and protesters, who were detained on Sunday, have been released, a Delhi Police official said. “Police have released women protestors including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Sangeeta Phogat,” the police official said. Malik had told IANS that they will go to Jantar Mantar and that their fight will go on till justice prevails.

However, police had said that protesters will not be allowed to head back to Jantar Mantar.

Delhi Police files FIR against wrestler ‘protest organisers’

Delhi Police has registered an FIR against the organizers of the wrestler’s protest in connection with the incident at Jantar Mantar on Sunday.

The action by the police came after protesting wrestlers like Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, and Bajrang Punia was manhandled and detained while they were leading a women ‘Mahapanchayat’ towards the new Parliament building.

The police crackdown against the wrestlers came at the same time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was inaugurating the new Parliament of India.

Malaysia Masters: Prannoy beats Yang, clinches maiden BWF World Tour title

failed to carry the momentum in the second game as the Chinese rallied to take an 11-9 lead into the midway break. Later, he won six consecutive points and pocketed the second game to force a decider.

The action of the police against the wrestlers was condemned by people from various quarters like Olympian gold medalist Neeraj Chopra and Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal, who demanded action against the police personnel who detained the protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar.

The wrestlers are protesting for over a month demanding the arrest of BJP Member of Parliament chief of the Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for sexually harassing many women wrestlers including

Politicians and sportspersons condemn police action and detention of protesting wrestlers

The dramatic detention of protesting wrestlers by Delhi Police on Sunday was condemned by several politicians and sportspersons who termed the act as “shame on the government”.

Top wrestlers, including the likes of Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, were detained for violation of law and order after they breached the security cordon while trying to move towards the new Parliament building for a planned women’s ‘Mahapanchayat’.

“Strongly condemn the way Delhi Police manhandled Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers. It’s shameful our champions are treated in this manner,” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted.

“Democracy lies in tolerance but autocratic forces thrive on intolerance and quelling of dissent. I demand they be immediately released by police. I stand by our wrestlers.”

Communist Party of India (Marxist) termed the police action as “shame on this Govt.”

taken to different unknown locations.

The champion wrestlers had resumed their agitation against former Wresting Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on April 23, demanding his arrest for alleged sexual harassment of several women grapplers, including a minor.

The police had warned the wrestlers not to move towards Parliament but they went ahead, leading to the scuffle.

Prannoy

KUALA LUMPUR, MAY 28 (IANS): India’s world No.9 shuttler H.S. Prannoy clinched his maiden BWF World Tour title after beating Weng Hong Yang of the People’s Republic of China 21-19, 13-21, 21-18 at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament, here on Sunday.

With the win, Prannoy secured his first men’s singles title in more than six years, marking a significant achievement in his career. He had previously

clinched the title at the 2017 US Open, which was a part of the BWF Grand Prix, the precursor to the current BWF World Tour.

Playing his first final of the year Prannoy and Yang went toe-to-toe early on in the first game. As the game progressed, both shuttlers battled to gain the upper hand. With the scores tied at 16-16, the Indian raised his game and went one game up in the match.

Prannoy, however,

In the deciding game, the Indian got off to a slow start as he trailed 2-5 early on but made a solid comeback to tie the score at 9-9. With the score reading 18all, Prannoy dug deep and closed out the match with three back-to-back points to win the BWF Super 500 event.

Prannoy advanced to the final after Christian Adinata of Indonesia withdrew due to injury during the semifinals, granting Prannoy a place in the championship match.

Earlier, the 30-yearold defeated Kenta Nishimoto of Japan and reigning All-England champion Li Shi Feng in the quarterfinals and pre-quarterfinals, respectively.

minors.

Earlier, the wrestlers led a candle march from Jantar Mantar to India Gate and have decided to march towards the new Parliament building on its inauguration day.

In the evening, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Sangeeta Phogat were released from the detention, but some others protestors are still under police custody.

The politics around the issue is also gaining momentum with Opposition leaders targeting the government over the crackdown on protesting wrestlers.

Olympic champ Crouser breaks own world shot put record in LA

Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the protest site at Jantar Mantar as wrestlers and police officers shoved and pushed each other when Vinesh Phogat, her cousin sister Sangeeta Phogat and Sakshi Malik tried to breach the barricades.

“I am pained to see this. There has to be a better way to deal with this,” the reigning Olympic champion in javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra, wrote in a response to a video Sakshi posted on Twitter.

In the video, Vinesh and Sangeeta are being pushed to the ground by police officials.

French Open: Sabalenka beats Kostyuk; in 2nd rd

PARIS, MAY 28 (IANS):

No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka passed her French Open opening test with flying colours, defeating Ukrainian world No.39 Marta Kostyuk, 6-3, 6-2 to move into the second round, here on Sunday.

“Delhi Police have detailed women wrestlers! Medal winning wrestlers bundled into buses and detained for fighting sexual harassment while man accused will be sitting in new parliament building. Shame!” Vinesh provided a strong resistance against her detention and Sangeeta clung on to her cousin sister while lying on the road as the struggle continued for a few dramatic minutes.

The police officials dragged and lifted them into buses along with several other wresters and their supporters. The wrestlers were pushed into buses and

Rajasthan Congress MLA and 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games discus throw gold medallist Krishna Poonia too condemned the police action.

“The most shameful video of Indian sports and democracy. I condemn the manner in which police dragged our gold medallist wrestlers who have brought laurels for our country and in this fight for truth and justice, I stand with my sisters,” she tweeted.

TMC MLA and former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary said: “So, this is what you call #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav? Shame! The nation is with you #wrestlers!”

WC Shotgun: India ends 5th after mixed trap teams fail

Singh came close with an effort of 136 from 150 targets, with the bronze going at 137. They finished fifth overall.

LOS ANGELES (USA), MAY 28 (IANS): Two-time Olympic champion Ryan Crouser demolished his own world shot put record at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix, the seasons sixth World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting.

Crouser added 19cm to the previous world record to register the throw of 23.56m on Saturday.

The previous world record was 23.37m, which the 30-year-old recorded at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene in June 2021.

The explosive world record throw of 23.56m throw

was achieved by the world and Olympic champion on his fourth attempt.

He was already sending remarkable throws into the field before the record -- his first attempt of 23.23m became the joint fifth-longest throw in history and his second attempt of 23.31m is the third-longest throw in history. His series also included marks of 22.94m, 22.86m and 22.80m.

“I’m really excited because it didn’t feel polished. It felt like I had a tonne of power and I caught a big one,” Crouser was quoted as saying by World Athletics.

Bayern Munich clinch 11th straight Bundesliga title

BERLIN, MAY 28

(IANS): Front runners Borussia Dortmund were held to a 2-2 draw with Mainz and allowed the second-placed Bayern Munich to snatch their 11th consecutive title and 33rd overall thanks to Jamal Musiala’s last-gasp 2-1 winner against Cologne in the last round of the Bundesliga 2022-23 season on Saturday night.

The German giants knew they needed a victory over Cologne to maintain their chances as well as a draw or defeat from Dortmund against Mainz.

Bayern caught a fairytale start into the last match day as Kingsley Coman finished off a counterattack from the edge of the box into the top right corner with eight minutes gone.

The visitors should have extended their advantage ten minutes later, but Thomas Muller’s header rattled only the woodwork, a Xinhua report said.

Bayern seemed content with the narrow lead but had to be careful as Cologne came close in the

23rd minute when Davie Selke pulled wide from a promising position.

Thomas Tuchel’s boys thought they had made it two just before the break, but Leroy Sane’s goal was disallowed due to a foregone hand ball.

Cologne increased the pressure after the restart whereas Bayern remained harmless and got punished with the equalizer in the 80th minute when Dejan Ljubicic converted a hand

ball penalty to stun the visitors.

Bayern pressed frenetically as a draw wasn’t enough and got rewarded in the 89th minute after substitute Musiala danced through Cologne defence before drilling the ball past goalkeeper Marvin Schwabe to nail the 2-1 win.

“The game pretty much sums up my spell here. We controlled things from the get-go, we took

the lead, but we missed to add more goals. We then handed over control once again and conceded a penalty. Jamal had his moment though and saved us,” said Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel. Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund gave away the title at the last round as the BVB played out only a 2-2 draw with stubborn Mainz which wasn’t enough due to Bayern’s goal difference.

“Congrats to Bayern, who

sit atop the standings and deservedly defended the title. It is hard though, and it doesn’t feel right. We were 90 minutes away from bringing the title back home,” said Dortmund coach Edin Terzic.

Leipzig completed the season on the third spot after easing 4-2 past Schalke, who relegated after finishing the season on the 17th spot.

Union Berlin booked its berth for the Champions League after finishing fourth thanks to a 1-0 win over Werder Bremen.

Eintracht Frankfurt came from behind and stunned Freiburg 2-1 courtesy of second half goals from Randal Kolo Muani and Eric Junior Dia Ebimbe.

Relegation-threatened Bochum stayed in Germany’s top flight after trashing tenmen Bayern Leverkusen 3-0.

Wolfsburg missed the chance to play in Europe after losing 2-1 to alreadyrelegated Hertha Berlin. Stuttgart shared the spoils with Hoffenheim and will have to go through the relegation play-off while Borssia Monchengladbach overpowered Augsburg 2-0.

The win extends Sabalenka’s 2023 win-loss record to 30-5. She has reached at least the quarterfinals at seven of the eight tournaments she has contested before Roland Garros, and the final at five of them.

The 25-year-old will next take the winner of the match between Panna Udvardy and Iryna Shymanovich. Roland Garros is the only major at which the 25-year-old has yet to go past the third round, but she bolstered her clay-court credentials with a second title in Madrid three weeks ago.

The Australian Open champion has the opportunity of unseating Iga Swiatek at the top of the rankings this fortnight.

ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN), MAY

28 (IANS):

The two Indian pairs finished out of the medal bracket in the Trap Mixed Team competition at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun here on Sunday.

India thus ended their engagements in the ISSF World Cup Shotgun, here in joint fifth place on the medal tally with one silver and one bronze each, won in the Women’s Skeet competition. Australia too have one silver and one bronze medal.

On Sunday, both the Indian pairs in the Trap Mixed Team competition could not secure medal.

The pair of Prithviraj Tondaiman and Shreyasi

The second Indian combination of Zoravar Sandhu and Preeti Rajak shot 134 to finish eighth, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) informed in a release on Sunday.

The home pairing of Mariya Dmitriyenko and Victor Khassyanov won gold with a total of 142, while Turkey won silver and Iran won the bronze.

Overall, hosts Kazakhstan and Italy finished with two gold medals each while Spain and Greece bagged one gold.

Kazakhstan topped the medal standings with two gold and one silver while Italy were second with two gold and two bronze medals.

Spain, one gold one silver, and Greece (1 gold) finished third and fourth respectively.

the protest site. A senior police official said that they were detained following the

violation of law and order. “Legal action will be initiated as per law,” the official

added. In the letter, Maliwal demanded Singh to be urgently arrested and female

wrestlers and their families be immediately released by the Delhi Police.

Security personnel detain wrestler Sakshi Malik during protest march towards new Parliament building. (PTI)

Security personnel detain wrestler Vinesh Phogat during protest march towards new Parliament building. (PTI)

H.S.

Ryan Crouser

Bayern Munich team members celebrate after winning the Bundesliga title.