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Centre signs peace accord with 5 Karbi outfits

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DIPHU, SEP 4: The Centre signed a peace accord with five Karbi Anglong-based armed groups-- People’s Democratic Council of Karbi Longri (PDCK), Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF), Karbi People’s Liberation Tiger (KPLT), Kuki Liberation Front (KLF) and United Peoples Liberation Army (UPLA)-- in New Delhi on Saturday.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) chief executive member Tuliram Ronghang and top leaders of the five outfits, who had last year laid their weapons.

Amit Shah said the accord would bring lasting peace

Govt suspends P&AR OM on appointments DIMAPUR, SEP 4 (NPN): In pursuance of the Gauhati High Court, Kohima bench order dated September 1, 2021, principal secretary P&AR department R. Ramakrishnan has informed that the department’s July 16 office memorandum (OM)-to allow partial lifting of ban on appointments against existing vacancies in 76-departments shall remain suspended till further orders.

the first time, the Karbis and the Scheduled Tribe people will get reservation in (autonomous) Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC),” he said.

Sarma said it was a historic day as the militants of these five insurgent groups will now join mainstream and work for the developUnion Home Minister Amit Shah addresses during Karbi Anglong Agreement, at North Block, ment of Karbi Anglong.

New Delhi, Saturday. (PTI)

and all-round development in Karbi Anglong.

Shah said peace was returning to Karbi Anglong after a long time since, “after Modi became the Prime Minister in 2014, he (Modi) started working for peace, progress and development of Northeast”.

Shah said he had closely followed Modi’s efforts as then BJP president and the Home Minister. He said September 4 will be written in golden letters in the history

of Assam and Karbi Anglong. “One thousand members of five armed groups have laid down weapons and joined the mainstream,” Shah said. He said the Assam government and the Centre were fully committed to the rehabilitation of the members of these groups.

“I commit to the leaders of the five Karbi groups and chief minister Himanta that we will fulfil all clauses of the agreement within the time that we have set. I have

already discussed the issue of rehabilitation with the CM,” Shah said.

Assam chief minister also assured that the state government would implement all the clauses of the pact and set up a committee to study the demand for notifying Karbi language as an associate language in the state. “Vast areas of Northeast come under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution but there is no system of reservation. For

process, but were ready for amicable settlement if the authorities recognised their genuine rights.

A joint statement signed by 13 litigants stated that they came into possession of their respective lands presently under dispute

by way of purchase/gift from different individuals and processed the required land documents through the competent revenue authorities.

The litigants stated they had been under peaceful occupation and pos-

James Sangma (3rd from L) addressing the media on Saturday. (NP)

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 4 (NPN): National People’s Party (NPP) national general secretary and Meghalaya finance minister, James

Sangma, described the “opposition-less government in Nagaland” as an “unhealthy and dangerous trend” which is going to be detrimental for the state.

Sangma said this while

DIMAPUR, SEP 4 (NPN): Nagaland governor, RN Ravi, and chief minister, Neiphiu Rio, have greeted the teaching community on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. In his message, Ravi urged upon the teachers to re-dedicate themselves with renewed resolve to the service of the nation.”

Rio said that a teacher’s influence was forever imprinted in every student and it manifests itself throughout his life. (See Advt on p-4)

Nagaland police and Peren district administration headed by IGP (Range) Lima Sunep Jamir conducted on-spot verification of reported development activities at the Lamhainamdi village (UR) on September 3, 2021.

A DIPR report stated that the team, during the verification, found no alarming development activities at the disputed area, except for regular cleaning of own surroundings by the villagers and renovation of existing houses in the village.

The team also interacted with security forces stationed at the village and the villagers, during which the team was reminded

WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IN NAGALAND 2 JULY

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Total reports received 96 101 89 99% of samples received are found to be of the Delta Variant of Concern.

DIMAPUR, SEP 4 (NPN): missibility when compared tricts reporting over 5% durThe SARS-CoV-2 Delta with other variants, even in ing the week-- Phek (9.4%) variant of concern has now some vaccinated individuals. and Kohima (5.5%). become the most dominant Citing the case of IsraIncrease in hospitalisastrain in the state, based on el, where the country is now tion: The weekly new Cothe data released by the state battling a third wave with the vid-19 hospital admissions Health & Family Welfare surge of the delta variant de- also witnessed an increased spite vaccinating 78% of eli- by 27% as 70 patients were department on Saturday.

In its weekly bulletin, gible beneficiaries, H&FW admitted with moderate or the department said that as cautioned that vaccines severe disease-- Dimapur per genome sequencing of alone will not be enough to (38) and Kohima (14) reportsamples of Covid-19 cases, stop transmission especially ed the maximum admissions.

99% of samples were found of the delta variant. “There Despite several reminders to be of the Delta Variant of should be enforcement of a n d wa r n i n g s, H & F W COVID-19 appropriate be- pointed out that late hospiConcern. (See table) The state received re- haviors (mask, hand hygiene talisation with very advanced ports of 286 samples, out of and avoiding crowd) along symptoms was a major factor which 283 were identified with maximum restrictions for Covid fatalities. as Delta Variant (B.1.617.2) on social and mass gatherState logs 58 fresh cases: Nagaland on SaturWhile Delta variant of ings,” it stressed.

COVID-19 is said to be more Spike in weekly cases: day recorded 58 fresh Cotransmissible and contagious The department expressed vid-19 positive cases while than the original strain, the concern that the state wit- no deaths were reported World Health Organization nessed a 12% increase in during the day. Of the fresh (WHO) has termed it as a weekly cases along with 12 cases, 31 were from Dima‘Variant of Concern’ (VoC). deaths (Dimapur- 6, Kohi- pur, seven each in Kohima According to Centers for ma-5 and Mokokchung-1). and Phek, five each in Peren Disease Control and PrevenThough the overall and Wokha, two in Kiphire tion (CDC), Delta variant weekly sample positivity and one in Mokokchung, was more infectious and rate remained below 5% in taking the total caseload to leading to increased trans- the state, except in two dis- 30302.

addressing a press conference at Hotel Saramati here Saturday after conclusion of the NPP state executive meeting.

He reaffirmed that as the very concept of democracy revolved around dissent, debate, and decision, these fundamentals becomes meaningless “if we don’t have a vibrant opposition.”

He reaffirmed that in order for democracy to really work, a strong opposition was needed.

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Protestors demand removal of SP Tuensang

A banner put up during the protest in Tuensang, Saturday.

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session of their lands by by constructing residential houses and other ancillary activities. The litigants also said they never had the intention to hamper or disturb the developmental activities of the Airport Authority of India.

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STATE RECORDS 12% INCREASE IN WEEKLY CASES

to maintain the status quo and abstain from any developmental activities for peace and tranquillity in the area.

Later, the team also visited Kehoi (UR) platoon post and took stock of the situation in the adjoining areas. IGP (Range) instructed the IRB company posted to ensure that there were no new developments of any kind without the approval of the district administration and to maintain the status quo without any violation of government directives.

IGP (R) was accompanied by ADC Jalukie, DIG (IR) South, SP Peren, CO 9th NAP (IR), SDPO Peren and EAC Ngwalwa.

This is it!

"Necessity in pandemic has really made you the mother of invention."

(Cont’d on p-8)

Delta variant dominant in Nagaland

Govt conducts spot verification at Lamhainamdi

(Cont’d on p-8) DIMAPUR, SEP 4 (NPN): A joint team of

Gov, CM greetings on Teacher’s Day

A committee would assess the rehabilitation needs of the members of the armed groups based on age profile, educational qualification, general area of residence, etc.

The criminal cases registered against them for nonheinous offences would be withdrawn as per procedure established by law.

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Oppn-less govt dangerous, unhealthy: James

ENPO supports NFHRCC ultimatum

DIMAPUR, SEP 4 (NPN): Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO), while reaffirming its fullest cooperation and support to Nagaland Foothill Road Constr uction Committee (NFHRCC) initiative to construct “Nagaland’s dream project”, urged the state government to give an early positive response to NFHRCC’s 30-day ultimatum for making the road motorable while awaiting for the proposed Trans Express Highway mega project.

Some key points of the “Memorandum of Settlement”

Litigants ready to settle Dimapur airport land issue DIMAPUR, SEP 4 (NPN): At least 13 litigants in the 17.9 acres approach towards Chathe/Diphu river— which is a part of the development and expansion of the Dimapur airport—have reiterated that they were not against the development

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KOHIMA, SEP 4 (NPN): Hundreds of citizens staged protest at Tuensang town against the alleged “tyranni-

cal attitude” of SP Tuensang Amit Nigam and demanded his removal within 24 hours from Tuensang district.

The protestors marched from clock tower till DC’s of-

fice and submitted the ultimatum through the deputy commissioner (DC) Tuensang.

Confederation of Chang Students’ Union (CCSU), which served ultimatum on the DGP Nagaland, alleged that SP Tuensang on September 2 physically assaulted one of his constables “using tribal identity and later let the victim repair the accidental damages.”

After the ultimatum was served, DIG (Range) Mokokchung was tasked to hold consultation with civil society organisations at Tuensang.

According to official sources, DIG (R) Mokokchung rushed to Tuensang and met the aggrieved parties at DC’s conference hall Saturday evening.

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DMC inaugurates ‘Parkway’ in Dimapur

3rd quarterly National Lok Adalat Dimapur generates around 110 to 115 metric tons of waste per day: Tovihoto sitting on Sep 10 DIMAPUR: Nagaland State

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DIMAPUR, SEP 4 (NPN): Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) in collaboration with team Better Dimapur, inaugurated a ‘Parkway’ at Golaghat Road, here, on Saturday.

Addressing the gathering as special guest, advisor, department of power, Tovihoto Ayemi said that even though the project might seem small and simple, it was project was very significant.

He maintained that for many years, the particular location was an eyesore for all passerby, however, with the construction of the parkway, it had now beautified the entire area.

To v i h o t o s a i d although DMC workers cleaned up every nook and corner under its jurisdiction early morning, he lamented h ow c i t i z e n s l o i t e r e d around making the city dirty again, and later blame DMC for not maintaining cleanliness.

The advisor, who was also a former DMC member, highlighted that Dimapur generated around 110 to 115 metric tons of

Tovihoto, Albert Ezung and others at the inaugural programme on Saturday. (NP)

waste per day.

In this, he encouraged citizens to know how to segregate waste, and waste management.

He further added that colony and village councils should also sensitise respective jurisdiction of waste segregation.

Tovihoto said that it was high time to hold the municipal election since without an elected body, centre would not release funds.

He added that it had been 11 years since the state had not held municipal

election.

In his welcome address, DMC administrator, Albert Ezung asked for continued support and urged public to come forward to make Dimapur a better place to live in.

Short speeches were also delivered by president, GB Federation, president, DUCCF, SDO (Civil), Z u b e n N g u l l l i e, a n d Commissioner of Police, Dimapur, Rothihu Tetseo.

Earlier, the programme was assistant professor, Dimapur Gover nment College, Amongla Aier and

dedicatory prayer of the park offered by Warehouse Church Pastor, Jack Pucho, SDO (c), Zuben Ngulie while Tovihoto Ayemi flagged off the bike rally on cleanliness awareness.

It may be mentioned that work commenced on July 5, and took only 19 days to complete.

It was further learned that the administration had to undergo several repairing and also installed the water pump three times, as result of vandalism and stealing by unidentified miscreants.

NEWS IN BRIEF NVC convenes citizens’ meeting: Nitoi Village Council has convened a citizens meeting on September 15.

NVC chairman Hozheshe Yeptho has informed all concerned citizens of Nitoi Village to attend the meeting.

Noklak DPDB meeting on Sep 9: Noklak district planning & development board meeting for the month of September will be held on September 9, 11 a.m., at the conference hall of the DC, Noklak. All members have been asked to attend the meeting.

ANPDDU 6th general meeting: All Nagaland Power Department Drivers’ Union has informed that the 6th annual general meeting would be held on September 11, 10 a.m., in the union rest house, Nagarjan, Dimapur.

All the members have been requested to attend the meeting.

DC & DEO informs: Deputy commissioner & district election officer, Orenthung Lotha has informed elected members of Nagaland legislative assembly from Wokha district, political parties and general public that draft list of polling stations has been published for 37 Tyui Ac, 38 Wokha AC, 39 Sanis AC and 40 Bhandari AC. A copy of the list would be available for inspection at office of DC & DEO Wokha. Suggestion, modification or objection to the draft list should be submitted in writing on or before September 11.

Training for DDOs and bill assistants: In order to introduce online e-Pay bill integrated with PIMS-Pay Bill system and implementation of e-Pay bill in the state, the P&AR Department (PIMS Cell) in collaboration with the finance department (treasuries & accounts) would be imparting training to all DDOs and bill assistants (who prepare salaries) from September 6 onwards.

Legal Ser vices Authority (NSLSA) under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) will be conducting the third quarterly national Lok Adalat (people’s court) sitting in all the district headquarters on September 10 In a press release, NSLSA public relations assistant informed that a total of 11 Lok Adalat benches at district court premises would be set up by the district legal services authorities (DLSAs).

In this regard, NSLSA executive chairman and judge, Guahati High Court, Kohima bench, justice Songkhupchung Serto along with member secretary N. Longshithung Ezung, NJS held meeting with DLSA chairpersons & secretaries and directed the DLSAs to take steps in advance and hold meeting with bankers, insurance companies among others to formulate strategy.

Further, DLSAs were instructed to take up MACT cases, criminal compoundable cases, negotiable instruments act cases, matrimonial cases on priority for the said Lok Adalat.

NSLSA has asked persons having dispute or cases (prelitigation and pending) on civil, matrimonial, MACT and petty offence cases come forward on the day or submit disputes before the date at DLSA front offices, district court building and NSLSA member secretary office, DC office compound or contact 0370-2290153/email at nslsa.nagaland@gov.in.

The disposal data of each DLSAs would be uploaded on the web portal of the state authority at nslsa. nagalandgov.in.

Random testing to be conducted at Pfutsero

DIMAPUR: In view of rapid increase of COVID-19 positive cases at Pfutsero Town and as an urgent measure to break the cycle of possible community transmission, random testing of target groups would be held at Community Health Centre (CHC), Pfutsero from September 6-10 for persons who have not taken the vaccination.

According to a DIPR repor t, the target groups include: teachers; shopkeepers; pharmacists; taxi drivers (both regional & local taxi drivers); construction workers; truck drivers

(plying to & fro Pfutsero-Dimapur); public leaders & colony leaders; church workers and government employees.

All concerned have been directed to extend full cooperation. Traders and drivers have also been requested to display COVID-19 negative test reports or status of vaccination on shops and vehicles.

Any person failing to produce valid COVID-19 test results during checking would be prosecuted as per the provision of Section 51 & 60 of the National Disaster Management Act, 2005 besides legal action under IPC Section 188.

CRIME BEAT

Security forces apprehend NSCN cadres IGAR (N), based on a specific input, the joint team recovered a cash of Rs. 47,600 from the possession of the cadres.

The apprehended individuals along with recovered items were handed over to sub urban police station, Dimapur District for further i nve s t i g a t i o n , P RO informed.

Apprehended cadres.

DIMAPUR: Security forces in a joint operation with the police apprehended two over ground workers (OGWs) of NSCN (I-M) and NSCN (KN) at general area Thahekhu, Dimapur on August 30.

According to PRO

Longleng police nab 2 with drugs

Longleng police arrested two persons on charges of possessing banned drugs on September 4, at around 5 a.m.

According to DPRO Longleng, the two accused individuals identified as Kamyang

Phom and Apang Phom were arrested by a special operation team (SOT) under the supervision of SDPO Longleng. The duo was travelling in a night bus service from Dimapur to Longleng. DPRO said suspected brown sugar concealed in four soap cases were recovered from their possession.

The two were taken into custody and criminal case was registered with Longleng police station for further investigation.

DPRO also informed that Longleng police have registered 15 cases in connection with NDPS Act and other drug related cases, arrested 23 accused persons and recovered brown sugar this year alone till September 4, 2021.

Unidentified body recovered at Jalukie DIMAPUR: Peren police recovered an unidentified decomposed body (suspected to be non-local) near ITM School about 50 feet away from the main road, Dobashi Colony, Jalukie town, on September 4.

According to Peren police, the deceased person, aged above 30 years, 5.6 feet, dark in complexion, was wearing a red t-shirt with white stripes, white long pant and blue slipper. Police said the body was presently at Dimapur district hospital morgue for identification. For information, one could contact Jalukie police station at 9402008236 or 7629875905.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2nd Death anniversary Late Rilamo Lotha 5th Sept 2019

Late Mr. Njulo Cheng 30th June 1992 – 1st September 2021 ” I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” 2 Timothy 4:7 We, the family members of Lt. Mr. Njulo Cheng, express our sincere gratitude to every individual, friends and all the well wishers who stood by us for the many expression of sympathy and support physically, financially, materially and through prayers during his prolonged illness till he breathed his last.

We deeply regret our inability to acknowledge each and every individual personally, but your act of kindness shall be etched forever in our hearts. May God bless you abundantly.

Loving dad, mom, brothers, sisters & relatives k-1708

Acknowledgement

From sunrise to sunset, every moment would have been wonderful if you were with us today.

Your memories will never be forgotten. Deeply missed. wc-219

From your loving family

Acknowledgement

Born : 23/12/1942 – Died : 20.08.2021

We, the bereaved family members of LATE NCHUO NGULLY would like to express our profound gratitude to all who stood by us through prayer, physically, financially and materially during the illness and sudden demise of our father on 20th August, 2021 at Zion Hospital Dimapur.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. Borlengri Lotha Baptist Church 2. Borlengri Lotha Baptist Church Eloe Yangro 3. Borlengri Lotha Baptist Church Youth Department 4. Yankho F Randan Than 5. Evangelistic Okho 6. Special Needs Ministry, Borlengri 7. Hosanna Gorkha Baptist Church, Borlengri 8. Doctors, Nurses and Authorities of Zion Hospital, Dimapur 9. Dimapur Okotsoe Eramoe Khenden Okho 10. Dimapur Okotsoe Ekhung 11. Borlengri Lotha Ekhung 12. Borlengri Okotsoe Yangro 13. Wophong Taro Village Committee 14. Wophong Taro Youth Organisation 15. Dimapur Nkonjan Ngullie Ekhung 16. Borlengri Nkojan Ezomontsu-rui Ekhung 17. Shri. Mhathung Yanthan, Advisor, Horticulture and Border Affairs.

18. Friends, neighbours, well wishers and relatives We regret that we couldn’t thank and mention each of you individually but your gracious deeds are treasured in our hearts. May the Almighty God bless you all abundantly. dp-4332

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Loving wife, children, in-laws, grandchildren and family members

04/02/1954 – 30/08/2021

“If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord”. – Romans 14:8 We, the family members deeply express our heartfelt gratitude to every individual, neighbours, relatives, churches, various organizations and all well-wishers who stood by us during the illness and sudden demise of our beloved father Late PUSALIE ZHOTSO (Mohan Sahi) on 30th Aug. 2021.

We apologies for the brevity of the message in not acknowledging every individual, but do earnestly uphold you in our prayers to God Almighty to bless you all abundantly.

Love & prayer, Loving wife & family members dp-4307 K Y M C

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State chief minister Neiphiu Rio, Patton and others at the inaugural programme on Saturday.

DIMAPUR: State chief minister Neiphiu Rio inaugurated the staff quarter type I, II and IIA and community center of Delhi Nagaland House staff at Sector 13, Dwarka, New Delhi on September 4.

In a press release, de puty director, PRO Kuolie Mere informed that Neiphiu Rio in his speech said it was a dream come true for him since in 2004, he had approached and requested the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the land at Dwarka.

He said that unlike other states, Nagaland was allotted two plots and the land was given on reserved price for which he remained grateful to the late prime minister.

While appreciating contractors and department for the workmanship, Rio said assets created by the government should not be liability but serve the purpose for which it was created.

He assured to provide more funds for completion of remaining components since cost escalation

would hugely cost the state government if the project was further delayed.

He said that the state government achieved two assets in the capital at R.K Puram and Dwarka, Delhi and one asset at Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra.

Deputy chief minister Y Patton said that the state had progressed under the dynamic leadership of the chief minister and called him a “champion of development”.

Speaking on the occasion, minister for housing and mechanical, Tong-

pang Ozukum said that because of the chief minister’s “wisdom and far sightedness”, the project was conceptualised 17 years ago in his first tenure as chief minister.

He informed that the project took off in 2007 with: staff quarter type I, II and IIA; community centre; power sub-station; basement parking; staff quarter type 4, 6; staff quarter type 5 and 7 and twin tower, of which first four components were completed and the remaining three were under construction.

The minister acknowledged DDA, fire department, jal board for all necessary permission.

He also expressed gratitude to the housing department, officials, engineering wings and chief residents commissioner.

Earlier, Dr. Rev Pastor Ricky Medom pronounced the dedicatory prayer.

Chief resident commissioner and additional chief secretary, Jyoti Kalash, secretary housing, Kevekha Zehol, chief engineer PWD (housing) Yanbemo Lotha and deputy resident commissioner, Wennyei Konyak were also present at the programme.

Patton, others greet on Teachers’ Day

DIMAPUR: Deputy chief minister Y Patton has extended greetings to the teachers on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. In a message, Patton expressed gratitude to the teaching community for going the extra mile by imparting quality education to students even during this pandemic through online classes.

He said that the impact of influence a teacher had on students was immeasurable and urged them to be more sincere and dedicated in their duties and not to get discouraged by hardships.

On behalf of the state BJP legislators, the Dy.CM prayed that many unseen blessings would be upon the teachers.

Imna Along: Conveying deep appreciation to all the teachers, minister, higher education & tribal affairs, Temjen Imna Along acknowledged the teachers for selfless services and sacrifices towards the society especially during this pandemic.

“Our teachers have gone the extra mile to adjust to the given situation and has made great efforts to impart quality education through online classes”, Along said.

The minister also said that nothing could replace the role of teachers that has helped in shaping millions of dreams into reality.

NSF: Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has extended warm greetings to all the teachers across Naga

inhibited areas on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. In a message, NSF through its vice president Atokiho Sumi and secretary education Medovi Rhi appreciated the role of teachers and their responsibility in imparting knowledge and inculcating noble virtues of life in students.

The federation expressed gratitude to the teaching fraternity for showing exemplary resilience during this COVID-19 pandemic.

NSF also acknowledged the efforts and hard work put in by teachers despite the lockdown measures and other technological constrains.

“As the Naga people aspire towards a vibrant

Naga society, it is our confidence that our student community are in noble and qualified hands which will usher the younger generation of Nagas into a new era of peace and prosperity”, NSF said.

NPP Nagaland: National People’s Party (NPP) Nagaland has wished the intellectual and spiritual guides, the mentors on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. In a message NPP president Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema said that although they were not listed as essential workers, they were essential and as a teacher himself, he knew the work that went into teaching under distinctive circumstances.

While stating that teaching during this pan-

demic was far from typical and was nothing the school systems had done before, Dr. Andrew said that the teachers were doing an amazing job although this was not what they signed up for.

NPP thanked the teachers for being there and standing tall for the kids and paid heartfelt respect to guides and mentors who taught children not just math and science, but how to never back down.

It also encouraged teachers to re-dedicate themselves to the cause of educating students in a spirited manner and help shape them in many aspects including making them ready to meet tomorrow’s challenges.

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Teachers’ Day programmes

Teachers along with DEO officials at the programme. (NP)

DIMAPUR: A common teachers day celebration programme was held at Government Higher Secondary School, Nagarajan, here, on Saturday.

Speaking at the programme, SDEO Dhasiripar, Apokla Longkumer highlighted about the celebration and elaborated on the role of a teacher.

She said that teachers were at the forefront of educating, shaping and moulding the generation of a society.

Apokla spoke on the challenges that teachers faced during the pandemic and lauded them for their patience, contribution and dedication towards the educational system.

Speech on behalf of the awardees was delivered

by Livingstone International Foundation Higher Secondary school, assistant teacher Thuireishang Jamang.

The programme also followed presentation of awardees to the teachers for the year 2020-21, which was handed over DEO (charge) senior SDEO Kisheli.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o g r a m m e wa s c h a i r e d DEO, DA Sentila Pongen, invocation was said by St John Higher Secondary Residential School, principal Dr. Walunir and welcome address was delivered ADEO Limatula.

(Staff Reporter) DMHSS: Management of Dimapur Mission Higher Secondary School (DMHSS) organised a teachers’ day programme

at DABA town fellowship church building exclusively with teachers.

In a press release, DMHSS informed that while appreciating the contribution of teachers in nation building, DABA pastor Rev. I. Wati encouraged the teaching community to have patience in moulding students with different characters.

While offering a prayer for the teachers, the pastor reminded them that teaching profession was noble and honourable and they were God chosen people.

The school governing board chairman, K. Temjen Jamir felicitated the teachers by giving away awards in recognition of their commitment and care towards the students particularly during the pandemic.

Earlier, principal of the school, Alemtushi presented school academic report, Dr. Bendangjungshi said the invocation, Meyamongla delivered vote of thanks on behalf of the teachers and Rev. Wati Kichu said the benediction.

The program was conducted by school governing board member, Dr. Maongkala Longchar.

MGM college: MGM college organised its 5th Teachers’ Day celebration at the college auditorium hall under the initiative of BA 5th semester.

In a press release, MGM College media cell informed that the programme saw performances

from students of BA 3rd semester, Wipiliu of BA 3rd semester and Krishna of BA 1st semester while Wepezo of BA 5th semester performed an original song.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by Imtizulu Jamir of BA third semester, Angukali Ayemi of BA 5th semester said the invocation, MGM college principal, Dr. Fr. P. S. Varghese delivered a speech while vice principal proposed vote of thanks and Manlemangba of 5th semester said the benediction MCC: MCC organised a Teachers’ Day celebration on at the college premises.

In a press release, MCC informed that Maongtula Jamir of BA 5th Semester led the program, MCCEU president Thujosulu Rhakho said opening prayer while Kihobo, Niloli and Ritsali gave special presentations respectively.

The college felicitated teachers of various departments that produced toppers in the last university exam.

Dmu teacher receives national award Satya Narayan Gupta, PGT of Kendriya Vidyalaya Rangapahar, Dimapur has been awarded “National Teacher Award-2021” at regional level by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Tinsukia region.

Satya Narayan Gupta was conferred with the award for his services in the field of education.

NPMHR conference on Naga issue in Delhi Participants seek new interlocutor for Naga talks DIMAPUR: A conference, organised by the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) in Delhi on Saturday and attended by parliamentarians, social activists, intellectuals among others sought the appointment of a new interlocutor for the Naga peace talks.

A two-point resolution adopted during the daylong conference “Save The Peace”, to deliberate on the Indo-Naga peace process from its current impasse.

The resolutions proposed by , social activist Sandeep Pandey and seconded by Advocate Nilesh Ukey was unanimously adopted-- that establishing hon’ble peace will be the strongest foundation to secure basic human rights and civil liberties of the Naga people.

And, the house expressed dismay “at the sudden derailment of the peace process, due to the wide trust deficit between the interlocutor Mr. R.N. Ravi and the representatives of the NSCN (I-M).” The meeting maintained that the interlocutor was a mandatory link between the Government of India and NSCN (I-M). “We resolve that in the interest of peace, it is necessary to appoint an interlocutor who will re-establish the trust of the negotiating parties,” the resolution stated.

MDMK Rajya Sabha member from Tamil Nadu Vaiko, Tamil National Liberation Organization general secretary Thiyagu, Tamil National Movement general secretary K Venkatraman, Editor World Sikh News Jagmohan Singh, Mumbaibased lawyer Nilesh Ukey, social activist and vice president of Socialist Party (UP) Sandeep Pandey were among others who addressed the conference.

DC Dimapur visits horticulture farms

DIMAPUR: Deputy commissioner (DC) Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan visited dragon fruit farm at Shitovi village and budding integrated farm at Vidima village on September 4.

According to a DIPR report, during his visit to the dragon fruit farm owned by project director DRDA Mon, Temjen, Rajesh said that dragon fruit cultivation had very high potential in Nagaland due to the conducive climatic conditions.

He appreciated the owner for showing the way forward to farmers about organic dragon fruit cultivation which he said had high nutritional and medicinal values.

District horticulture officer Dimapur, Temsu Longkumer explained to the DC about horticultural K Y M C

DC Dimapur Rajesh Soundararajan plucking a ripe dragon fruit with a sterilised cutter at Shitovi Village. (DIPR)

aspects and how to grow dragon fruits.

At Vidima, Rajesh visited a budding integrated farm owned by Renbemo Murry, MBA, son of Dr. John Murry where a number of horticulture crops including Papaya (red lady) bananas, soyabeans were cultivated on a large scale besides piggery and fisheries.

The owner informed that hybrid lichi, guavas and

Ramputan would be planted

by October this year.

During an informal interaction with DC Dimapur, Dr. John Murry highlighted on the need for nurturing farming groups in plant management and commercialisation through nursery.

He said that school and college students should be given an opening by deputing them in the farms to carry out farming practically.

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‘Vaccination in M’laya unsatisfactory’

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SHILLONG, SEP 4: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has noted that the vaccination status against COVID-19 in Meghalaya and some other north-eastern states was unsatisfactory and called for expedition of inoculation of those eligible.

During a high-level review meeting on Saturday with the North East and Hill States and Union Te r r i t o r i e s, i n c l u d i n g Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand, the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan noted that the States/UTs need to quickly saturate the first dose coverage among the 18+ population category.

“States must also focus on the 60+ age group as the coverage of both the doses in this category is unsatisfactory in As-

File photo of a COVID vaccination program in Meghalaya. sam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Meghalaya. The vulnerability of this age group to COVID-19 makes this exercise of prime importance,” Bhushan said.

“The attention of the States was brought to the fact that the administration of the first dose has progressively outpaced the administration of second

dose. It was suggested that States earmark doses, earmark days and target the completion of the exercise for these beneficiaries,” the official said.

The details of State/ UT-wise balance stock of 0.5 ml syringes, vaccination coverage among special groups (transgender persons, persons with disabilities, PWI and pris-

oners), COVID-19 vaccination coverage among women, particularly pregnant and lactating women was also discussed.

Bhushan also advised the health officials to closely monitor the stock from State Vaccine Stores to Cold Chain Point, check rational distribution and restrict vaccine wastage to below 2 percent, update data on eVIN (electronic vaccine intelligence network) on a daily basis, check supply of other denomination syringes as per availability (0.5 ml/ 1ml/ 2 ml/ 3ml Auto Disable/ Re-use Prevention Syringes (RUP)/Disposable) for COVID vaccination.

Meanwhile, with the COVID-19 positivity rate being 9.4 percent for the last one week in the East Khasi Hills, which includes State capital Shillong, the district magistrate has extended the ongoing night curfew from 8 pm to 5 am on a daily basis.

Assam DGP emphasises on proper coordination to deal with cybercrime

GUWAHATI, SEP 4 (PTI): Assam Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta has emphasised the need for proper coordination and communication among the various law enforcement agencies in the country to deal with cybercrime as it has no boundaries or jurisdiction.

He highlighted the importance of cyber policing and securing cyberspace in the country while inaugurating a two-day workshop, organised by Regional Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Guwahati, CID Assam under the aegis of Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday.

He said Assam Police has given importance to dealing with cases of cybercrime and hoped that the workshop will go a long way in establishing effective coordination among the different law enforcement agencies of the country.

The DGP also pointed out that the state police was giving importance to training and supporting the investigat-

ing officers with advanced hardware and software tools.

Twenty-four senior police officers who are dealing with cybercrime investigation from eight North-Eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura are participating in the workshop along with three senior officers from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, an official release said.

The Regional Cyber Coordination Centre set up for the North-East Region at Guwahati, Assam is conducting this workshop for the first time.

The best practices adopted by NE states in cybercrime investigations, gathering and preserving digital evidence, and interaction sessions with officers of RBI, DoT, telecom service providers, payment gateways for proper coordination between law enforcement agencies and the regulatory bodies for effective cyber crime investigation were discussed in various sessions of the workshop.

NFR to ferry raw natural rubber

AG A RTA L A / G U WA HATI, SEP 3 (IANS): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has started ferrying of raw natural rubber sheets, as a new stream of goods traffic. from Tripura to various states in the country, officials said on Friday.

Tripura, which is the second largest natural rubber producing state in the country after Kerala, is currently cultivating natural rubber in 87,500 hectares of land and producing 90,000 tonnes of

rubber annually. Over 1.50 lakh families are directly and indirectly associated with rubber cultivation in the state. NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer Guneet Kaur said that the railways, in co-operation with the Tripura government, has started transporting natural rubber sheets to different parts of the country and it would economically benefit the rubber growers as well as traders besides transporters of the local area.

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An interaction with Consultant Cyber Security Krishna Shastry on the latest trends in cybercrime and best practices in the investigation was also held along with sessions on ‘Online loan frauds” and on the functioning of Assam Cyberdome project.

ADGP (CID) A Y V Krishna in his address pointed out the steps taken

by Assam Police in setting up the Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System which has been functioning since the last two months during which Rs 50 lakh belonging to various victims have been freezed.

The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal has also sent around 3,800 complaints on cybercrime pertaining to Assam which are being looked into by various police stations in Assam.

The state police has also procured 245 Cyber Forensic First Responder Kits, which were distributed to various police stations after proper training.

Manipur Speaker keeps order in abeyance to induct eight MLAs in HAC

Manipur farmers protest against non-availability of fertilizers

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IMPHAL, SEP 4: Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly on Saturday put in abeyance his order of inducting eight new members in the Hill Areas Committee (HAC). An order of the Speaker passed on September 1 last inducted MLAs representing eight Assembly constituencies, partly situated in hill areas, as members of the HAC. However, the memberships of the MLAs were kept in abeyance until further order consequent upon receipt of applications from the eight MLAs, the order of the Manipur Legislative Assembly secretariat signed by its secretary K Meghajit Singh stated.

The order keeping in abeyance the memberships came after a heated debate over the legality of the order issued by the Speaker. Following the heated debate, three MLAs of the Congress included among the eight inducted in the HAC had submitted their resignation from being members of the committee.

While informing the submission of the resignation letters by the three Congress MLAs, former chief minister O Ibobi Singh demanded revocation of the order of the Speaker in the interest of the people of the state.

IMPHAL, SEP 4: Farmers in Manipur continue to stage protest over non-availability of urea fertilizer in the government warehouse.

‘Stop doing politics with fertilizers. Instead address our plights. The season is already late. We would need no fertilizer after the season is over,’ the farmers lamented.

A large number of farmers in Kakching district staged a protest at Kakching Khunou.

They were angered after the state agriculture minister recently claimed that more than enough urea fertilizer were distributed for farmers of the district. The angry farmers demanded the minister should clarify to which authority or to whom the fertilizer was allocated while maintaining that they got not a single bag of urea fertilizer for the season. The protesting farmers accused the government of doing politics while their crops were on the verge of failure.

They said that trusting the assurance by the chief minister as well as agriculture minister, a total of 708 farmers of the area submitted necessary documents to the pertinent

POWERGRID to develop 11 Electric Vehicle Charging Station in M’laya Correspondent SHILLONG, SEP 4: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) will develop 11 Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVCS) in Meghalaya’s state capital Shillong, including five at public places and another six at government establishments, an official said on Saturday.

On Friday, the state-owned PGCIL laid the foundation stone for first ever EVCS at its office complex in Lapalang, Shillong.

The EVCS are being developed under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) & Electric Vehicles (FAME) India Scheme Phase-II. “Each station shall have four 15 kW DC-001 Chargers and one 100 kW CCS-2/CHAdeMO Charger (dual gun) making it 66 charging points in Shillong city,” the official said.

Out of the 11 locations, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for 4 locations which include POWERGRID Office Complex at Lapalang, MTC Ware House at Demthring, MTC Parking Lot at Police Bazar and Polo Parking Lot at Polo.

POWERGRID has developed itself as one of the market leaders in EVCS business and has its presence in major cities of India like Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram and Kochi.

POWERGRID has presently 172,154 ckm of transmission lines, 262 Sub-stations and more than 446,940 MVA of transformation capacity.

With the adoption of latest technological tools and techniques, enhanced use of automation and digital solutions, POWERGRID has been able to maintain average transmission system availability of 99 per cent.

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authority for procuring the fertilizer.

However, they were deprived of getting the fertilizer even as more than 10 days had passed since the submission of the documents, they alleged.

The farmers further alleged that intending candidates close to the ruling parties procured the fertilizer in bulk and distributed it at their own will.

A farmer said scarcity of fertilizers has disrupted agricultural activities and false assurances of the government have made them helpless.

“We have lost our faith in the system. But we are helpless as the fertilizer (urea) is not available even in the black market which we used to buy at much higher rates in the previous years,” he said.

Farmers across the state have been demanding availability of fertilizer since the start of the agricultural activities for the Kharif season.

The protesting farmers alleged that even though the government including chief minister N Biren Singh and agriculture minister O Lukhoi repeatedly assured availability of urea fertilizer, which is controlled by the state government, it was yet to be made available to them.

M’laya’s artefacts to be displayed at Indian High Commission Dhaka Correspondent DAW K I , S E P 4 : T h e Meghalaya government on Saturday handed over selected cultural artefacts and State’s unique textiles to the Indian High Commission for permanent and dedicated display at the Cultural Centre of the Indian High Commission at Dhaka to celebrate and showcase Meghalaya.

The handing over was part of the ongoing celebrations of ‘Azadika Amrit Mahotsav’, India@75, ensuing Golden Jubilee of Statehood, Meghalaya@50 and to commemorate 50 years of Liberation of Bangladesh and bilateral friendship.

A symbolic programme was held at the India-Bangladesh border at Dawki-Tamabil.

At a brief function held at the International border town, the Assistant High Commissioner of India in Assistant High Commission of India,

Sylhet, Bangladesh, Niraj Kumar Jaiswal thanked the Meghalaya Government for sharing the tribal artefacts and unique textiles to commemorate the three significant events.

A representative of the Bangladesh Government also spoke at the event and highlighted the age old ties and people-to-people contact that exist between Meghalaya and Bangladesh.

In his keynote address, Meghalaya’s Commissioner and Secretary, Arts and Culture and Textiles, Frederick Roy Kharkongor , representing the State Government, expressed satisfaction, that this exchange could be held today despite challenges posed by COVID 19.

He emphasised on the significance, of the three events of India@75, Meghalaya@5O and 5O years of bilateral friendship with Bangladesh and also highlighted at length Meghalaya’s contribution as a frontline line state, towards the liberation of

Bangladesh and the State’s s 5O years of Statehood.

Kharkongor also informed that the India’s Ministry of External Affairs had been in touch with the State Government, with a request to identify a partner country that has a historical resonance with Meghalaya.

He said that the Meghalaya Government had identified Bangladesh, in the context of U Tirot Sing, the State’s foremost freedom fighter, who was exiled by the British to Dhaka, after the AngloKhasi War, and breathed his last there on 17th July, 1835.

Kharkongor said the Meghalaya Government has proposed for MEA support for setting up of a Tirot Sing Memorial at the Cultural Centre, Indian High Commission, Dhaka, to honour the historical legacy of U Tirot Sing, besides various cultural and academic exchanges, to leverage on the ongoing significant events.

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September 02, 2021

On the auspicious occasion of Teachers' Day, I on behalf of the people of Nagaland and my behalf express our sincere gratitude to all the teachers specially those of the State of Nagaland who are serving the people, the society, and the Nation with their extraordinary services. With their dedication they are constantly shaping the young and dynamic minds of our future generations - endowing them with intellectual heft and help imbibing needed ethical values.

We observe this auspicious day which is the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, who served this great Nation as President, intellectual leader of repute, and most significantly as an outstanding teacher.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, a role model of intellectual excellence and utmost humility for all of us, used to say that the destiny of a nation depends upon its teachers.

A teacher's roles and responsibilities transcend the classroom teaching. Their personal and social conducts in day to day life inspire, aspire, and shape the overall personality of students and help them becoming ideal citizens.

On this occasion, I urge upon our teachers to re-dedicate themselves with renewed resolve to the service of the nation.

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CHIEF MINISTER NAGALAND KOHIMA

MESSAGE

5th September, 2021

On the occasion of Teacher's Day I extend warm greetings to all those in the teaching community and would further like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the pivotal role played by teachers in the life of every student.

It is an auspicious day, and a day for us to pay tribute and celebrate the sacrifices and commitment of our teachers. A teacher's influence is forever imprinted in every student and it manifests itself throughout his life. Indeed, we should be ever grateful to our teachers for providing academic, spiritual and emotional guidance.

Today the Education sector has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic for almost two years and it is still struggling to recover.

However, I am much encouraged to see teachers adapting to the new norms of imparting online education so that the academic life of students do not suffer. It is quite a challenging task and it cannot provide the same environment as physical classes, but I am happy to see that teachers and students alike have resolutely and innovatively embraced it.

On this special day, I also congratulate all the recipients of the Teachers' Awards across the State. May you be an inspiration to your peers and continue your noble deeds in molding successful and responsible citizens and leaders of tomorrow.

Finally, I wish all teachers success in their respective endeavors and pray that the Almighty God bless you with wisdom and the best of health.

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KCR urges Amit Shah to raise Freedom of speech linked to good policing: Shah Telangana’s IPS cadre strength NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the most important thing in a democracy is a citizen’s independence and freedom of expression which is directly linked to good policing, and this needs to be continuously improved.

He said ‘beat constable’ deployed at the lowest level of the police system makes the “biggest contribution” towards making a democracy successful by protecting the common man.

Delivering the keynote speech during the 51st foundation day event of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), the minister said democracy cannot be successful if law and order is not good.

“Democracy is our nature... this was our character even before independence and we accepted this after gaining freedom. This is the nature of our people. The biggest thing in a democracy is a person’s independence and freedom of expression,” he said. When it comes to freedom of expression of a person, it is directly linked to law and order, he noted.

“Democracy is not just about voting for parties and

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forming a government... this is just a part of the system.

What is the success or fruit of democracy? The fruit is that 130 crore people of the country, according to their capabilities and intelligence, get to develop themselves and the country gets the benefit of this cumulative effect for its development,” Shah said.

He emphasised that democracy cannot prosper if law and order in a country is not good.

“This work is done by police and forces that guard our borders. It is very important for a successful democracy that the security of a person is ensured. The citizen should keep getting his legal rights in an uninterrupted manner. A citizen should be able to discharge his duties as per the spirit of the constitution,” the Union minister stated.

Police don’t want to nab real culprits of Delhi riots: Atishi NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (IANS): The Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Saturday said that police don’t want to nab real culprits of Delhi riots. In a press conference on Saturday, she said that after one-and-a-half year, every court has questioned the police investigation which directly comes under BJP. She said, “Courts repeatedly pulled up the police saying that the investigation ‘has gaping holes’ and has ‘no application of mind’.

The question is, who is Delhi Police trying to protect?”

Blaming Delhi Police for shoddy investigation, she said that it is clear that Delhi Police does not want to do proper investigation in the cases of Delhi riots. Out of a total 750 cases, charge sheet has been filed in only 35 cases so far and now the court itself has commented that what kind of investiga-

tion is this, said the AAP leader.

She claimed that even the special prosecutors do not know what the Delhi Police is doing and this is the reason why the central government and the LG do not want the special prosecutors to be appointed as per the Delhi government.

Talking about ongoing investigation, Atishi said, “Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav has said that this investigation of Delhi Police is a blot on the history of the country”.

“When Justice Muraleedharan had asked why action was not taken on the inflammatory speeches, the Delhi Police replied that they did not even watch the video”, she added.

All the arrests made by the Delhi Police so far in the case, and those who are not arrested yet are questionable, said Atishi.

And hence, he said, upgrading and improving police force is the work of BPR&D. Shah noted that the image of police, at certain times, is maligned by certain quarters.

“I do not know why a campaign has been run to damage the image of police.

Some incidents are hyped and shown, while good incidents are not popularised,” he said.

The home minister said while various other institutions like the parliament, state assemblies, judiciary, election commission, CAG and vigilance commission have made democracy successful, the beat constable of police deserved a far greater appreciation in this context.

“Not because I am the home minister, but I have had this thinking since my childhood that to make democracy successful, the biggest contribution is of the beat constable,” he said.

Without reviving beat policing, basic policing cannot be good and this has to be updated which requires technology upgradation and BPR&D needs to work on that, the minister noted.

“I want to say it again that the most difficult job

in the government service is that of a policeman,” he reiterated.

During all festivals, whether it is Holi, Deepwali or Eid, policemen are on duty, he said.

“There are no fixed work hours, neither a definite scope of work for a policeman. I have seen that all this takes a toll on their health and there is no acknowledgement of these things.... the sacrifices made by police personnel is not mentioned much,” the minister rued.

He asked the BPR&D to give “special focus” and work on the image building of police.

The police should change their work style as per the challenge, he said, counting cyber attacks, drone attacks, narcotics smuggling, fake currency and hawala rackets as the “biggest” challenges for the security establishment.

“For all this, you (BPR&D) should prepare our forces and also study the best practices across the globe,” he said.

The skills of the cops should be sharpened, Shah said.

The minister also talk-

ed about reforms done by the Modi government and various steps taken to empower the law enforcement agencies.

“The home ministry is doing a number of things to bring about radical changes in the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act,” he said.

Interaction has been held in this context with at least 14 states, three UTs, eight central police organisations, six CAPFs and 7 NGOs; and they have sent in their suggestions.

“This is a work in progress...this is a big work,” he added. The minister said his government has brought in necessary “radical changes” in the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) to check funds sent to “destabilise” the country.

Addressing officers and personnel from various central, state and Union Territory police forces, Shah said the next decade is going to be very important from the point of internal security as the country under Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking giant leaps in becoming a strong nation and economy, and we should “not think that some forces will try to stop this.”

Another BJP MLA, fourth so far, returns to Trinamool

Soumen Roy (second from right) during a ceremony to mark his return to TMC.

KO L K ATA , S E P 4 (IANS): On a day when the Election Commission announced the bypolls in Bhowanipur from where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will seek to get elected to the West Bengal Assembly, the Trinamool Congress received a boost with another BJP MLA joining the ruling party on Saturday, taking the tally of

saffron party MLAs joining the Trinamool camp to four.

Kaliaganj MLA Soumen Roy on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata in the presence of state minister and party leader Partha Chatterjee.

Justifying his return to the party, Roy said, “I had to contest from Kaliaganj on a BJP ticket due to some

circumstances. But my soul and heart belong to Trinamool. I joined the party again to support Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s efforts. I apologise to the party for the time I was not with it.”

Two other BJP MLAs joined the Trinamool in the past one week -- Tanmoy Ghosh from Bishnupur in Bankura district and Biswajit Das from Bagda in North 24 Parganas district.

The first BJP MLA to defect to the Trinamool was Mukul Roy, the party’s national Vice President who had won the elections from Krishnanagar North.

While Roy had left Trinamool for the saffron camp in 2017, the other three MLAs were in the ruling party before jumping ship to the BJP just before the Assembly elections held in March-April this year.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao in New Delhi. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (PTI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday and requested him to increase the number of IPS officers for the state in view of the creation of more districts and full funding of road works in Naxal-affected areas.

Rao, who is on a fiveday visit to the national capital, met Shah at his residence here for about 45 minutes and discussed in detail the need to increase the strength of IPS cadre from 139 to 195 in the state, according to the chief minister’s office (CMO).

“It is, therefore, requested to treat the pres-

ent IPS cadre review as an extraordinary case for approval,” Rao said in a representation made to Shah.

He also sought complete funding of road works in the Naxal-affected districts. In the meeting, the CM explained that the state government had reorganised and created 33 districts, two years after the formation of a new state for efficient delivery of welfare and development programmes.

The re-organised districts have been recognised by the central government.

However, there is an “imminent need” to create territorial posts on account of a new administrative set of police units, he said.

Mobile phone service, broadband restored in Kashmir

Voice calling and broadband facility on fixed line connections was restored late Friday evening in the Valley.

SRINAGAR, SEP 4 (IANS): Mobile phone voice calling services and broadband facility was restored late Friday evening in Kashmir as the situation remained peaceful in the aftermath of senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s death on Wednesday.

Voice calling services on mobile phones of all service providers and broadband facility on fixed line connections was restored late Friday evening in the

Valley. Officials have said that the Internet facility on mobile phones will be restored on Sunday afternoon.

To maintain law and order in the aftermath of Geelani’s death on Wednesday, Valley wide restrictions and suspension of mobile telephony was ordered on Thursday. Authorities reviewed the situation after the Friday prayers yesterday as no major untoward incident was reported from anywhere.

5 Over 68 crore Covid vaccine doses administered: Govt NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (PTI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 68 crore with more than 62.25 lakh jabs administered Saturday, the health ministry said.

The daily tally is expected to increase further as the 7 pm provisional report gets updated with the compilation of the final numbers for the day by late night, the ministry said.

C u m u l a t i v e l y, 26,99,02,315 first doses have been administered to individuals in the 1844 age group across states and union territories and 3,35,98,191 second doses in the same age group since the start of phase-3 of the vaccination drive on May 1, according to the data.

The ministry further said that cumulatively 52,38,12,268 first doses have been administered while 15,99,16,790 second doses have been given.

O n S a t u r d a y, 62,25,922 doses were administered, pushing the overall coverage to 68 crore (68, 37, 29,058), the ministry said.

After TN and Kerala, now K’taka to ban online gambling BENGALURU, SEP 4 (IANS): The Karnataka government has decided to impose a ban on online gambling & betting in the state barring lottery and horse racing at Saturday’s cabinet meet. The government also announced that it has earmarked Rs 17.7 crore for the purchase of medicines to treat Covid patients.

Minister for Law J.C. Madhuswamy explained that the government will amend the Karnataka Police Act in the upcoming session (Sept 13) to ban online gambling. However, the ban will not include lottery, wagering, betting on horse races, he said. “The ban includes all forms of wagering or betting including in the form of tokens paid before or after its issue, virtual currency, electronic transfer of funds with any game of chance,” Madhuswamy explained.

2022 polls: BJP likely to win 4 out of 5 states, survey Kerala’s mainstream parties vying to support Taliban: State BJP chief

NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (AGENCIES): ABP-CVoter survey released its prepoll survey for the upcoming Assembly elections in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. The ABPCVoter survey predicted BJP to win in four of the five states going to the polls in early 2022.

The poll suggests that the saffron party will return to power in four states– Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. All four states have an incumbent NDA government currently.

In the Congress-ruled Punjab, according to the ABP-CVoter poll, no single party will cross the majority, however, Aam Aadmi Party is currently leading as the single largest party in Punjab, slightly short of the majority mark.

The pre-poll survey indicates that the BJP enjoys popular public support in these four states and may

continue to be in power.

However, for the Congress party, the survey comes as a shock. If ABP-CVoter holds true, then the Congress party faces a massive crisis in all the five states that go into the polls early next year, with Punjab and Manipur being the worst-hit states.

Uttar Pradesh: In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP alliance is expected to secure a 42 per cent vote share as per the survey figures. SP is a distant second with a vote share projection of 30 per cent vote, and BSP is slated to take third place with just 16 per cent vote. Under the helm of Gandhi-scion Priyanka Gandhi, the Congress party fails to make an impact yet again with just a 5 per cent projected vote share.

The BJP is expected to comfortably cross the majority mark with a projected 259-267 seats out of the total 400 seats, accord-

ing to the poll. On the other hand, Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party may get 109-117 seats to emerge as the principal opposition party.

Uttarakhand: As per the ABP-CVoter poll, the BJP is slated to win the state. The BJP is projected to win a 43 per cent vote share and 44-48 seats out of the 70 seats. On the other hand, Congress is projected to secure around 33 per cent vote, translating into 19-23 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party, which is gaining to make an entry into the hill state, is gaining at the expense of the Congress party. AAP is projected to get around a 15 per cent vote. However, the vote share may not get translated into seat share as AAP may just 0-4 seats, according to the ABP-CVoter survey.

Punjab: Punjab – one of the crucial border states, is expected to throw a surprise, as per the ABP-CVot-

er survey. The pre-poll survey suggests that the Aam Aadmi Party may emerge as the single largest party in Punjab with a seat share of 51-57 seats and a vote share of 35 per cent.

The Congress party, which is facing a huge crisis due to the infighting between incumbent chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh and Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is staring at a massive defeat if the pre-poll survey is to be believed. The Congress party is expected to win only 38-46 seats as against 77 seats in the last elections.

The Congress party may get around 29 per cent vote share.

The BJP Punjab may not perform well as expected amidst the backdrop of the farm law protests in the state. BJP is not a major force in Punjab.

Manipur: The NDA alliance is slated to win Manipur with a 41 per cent vote

share and 32-36 seats. The BJP-led alliance is slated to beat anti-incumbency in Manipur, according to the ABP-CVoter poll.

In Manipur, the Congress party will hold onto its status as the principal opposition party. The Congress party may get 18-22 seats, while NPF may win 2-6 seats.

As per the pre-poll survey, BJP is expected to continue its successful run in Northeast India. Congress is facing a leadership deficit and crisis of credibility in the region, just as in the rest of India.

Goa: Despite antiincumbency, the BJP is expected to be back at the power in Goa, just like the case of Uttarakhand, this time with more legislators. According to the ABP-CVoter survey, BJP is in the pole position with a projected vote share of 39 per cent and a seat share of 22-26 seats.

Rawat asks people to vote carefully in 2022 DEHRADUN, SEPT 4 (PTI): Former chief minister Harish Rawat on Saturday said a minor slip in voting in 2022 could cost people of people of Uttarakhand their freedom of expression.

Describing 2022 Assembly polls in the state as a prelude to the next general elections, he said the Congress’ victory in Uttarakhand in 2022 would pave the way for the formation of a Congress government in Delhi under the leadership

of Rahul Gandhi in 2024.

“Even if there is a minor slip in voting, you will lose your freedom of expression and the freedom to make your own choices. In these elections you have to choose between democracy and the forces against it,” he said while addressing a public meeting in Kichha in the course of the party’s Parivartan Yatra.

Kiccha was one of the two seats that Rawat had contested and

lost in 2017 polls. The other seat he had lost was Haridwar (rural).

“Our government will belong to the poor, the farmers, small businessmen and the unemployed,” Rawat said.

He spoke against the three farm laws and the Centre’s alleged intention to finish Mandis and the MSP regime.

Accusing successive BJP Chief Ministers in Uttarakhand of making unrealistic promises about

filling up 24,000 vacancies in the state, he said if Congress comes to power at the Centre, one crore youths will be given jobs.

He said if voted to power, the Congress would give a subsidy of Rs 200 on LPG cylinders.

Accusing the state government of stopping all welfare programmes started during his chief ministership, he said if voted to power, the Congress would revive all of them.

T H I RU VA NA N T H A PURAM, SEP 4 (PTI): BJP state president K Surendran on Saturday alleged that mainstream political parties in Kerala are vying to extend support to Taliban after the terrorist group took control over Afghanistan.

Both the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-headed UDF opposition were playing a different sort of politics after the militants were back in power in the neighbouring country, he charged.

He further alleged that those who take a pro-Taliban stand were the ones trying to whitewash the Moplah riots that occurred in the state in 1921.

“In Kerala, mainstream political parties are

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vying with each other to extend support to the Taliban. Political leaders in the state are nurturing religious extremism by giving milk and honey,” Surendran said here in a press meet.

Attacking the Left government and its police force, the BJP leader said they were taking an “irresponsible” stand as ex-

tremist forces were gaining strength in the state.

He also termed as “serious”, the recent nabbing of a group of Jammu and Kashmir youths with unlicensed firearms in the state.

Surendran’s statements assume significance in the wake of the raging debate in Kerala over whether the Malabar Rebellion alias “Moplah (Muslim) Rebellion” reported in the northern part of the state in the year 1921 was a revolt against the British or a communal riot.

While the CPI(M) has described the rebellion as the most organised agitation against the exploitation by feudal landlords, the Congress has called it a shining movement against the anti-imperialist forces.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post

Post-mortem

VOL. XXXI NO. 271 DIMAPUR, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

A noble pursuit

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ndia celebrates Teacher’s Day on the September 5,the birthday of India’s second President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (September 5, 1888 April 17, 1975), a staunch believer in the formal system of education and was most well known as a diplomat, scholar, President of India and above all a teacher. A great scholar, and philosopher, Radhakrishnan was the first Vice President of independent India went on to become the second President after Dr.Rajendra Prasad. The story behind Teachers’ Day is that when Dr Radhakrishan took the office of the second President of India in 1962, his students approached him to seek permission to celebrate September 5 as a special day. Dr Radhakrishnan instead made a request to observe September 5 as Teachers’ Day, to recognise the contribution of teachers to society.

Some in Nagaland would vividly remember that it was Dr Radhkrishnan, who as President of India formally inaugurated creation of Nagaland as the sixteenth state under the Indian Union in Kohima on December 1,1963.Teacher’s Day is celebrated at various functions throughout India in a befitting manner, where teachers are honoured and recognised for the vital role they play in educating the future generations.

According to some definitions, there are four types of teachers- (a) the mediocre teacher tells,(b) the good teacher explains, (c) the superior teacher demonstrates and (d) the great teacher inspires. The fourth category of teachers make the difference in education and impacting the future. Most students who go on to achieve great things in life invariably remember teachers who have made a big difference during their school or college days. That is why in developed countries, teachers are considered as among the top professionals at par with physicians and lawyers. However, teachers are more than professionals, they mould the minds of their students to achieve great things in life.The education system in Nagaland is as good or bad as the quality of teachers.

If education needs to be geared up then it should mean that the gardener, which is the teacher, must know how to properly tend the plant so that its growth is balanced to bear good fruit. Today knowledge, ability and innovation are some of the watchword of any teacher who is relevant to the present context. Quality of teachers is not only academic but transcends to various fields. Today, teachers are academically more qualified than four or five decades ago with the required Bachelors or Masters in Education and other certificates but still, students today are still dependent on private tuitions. Tuitions reflect something that may not be quite right with the education system. Therefore, in order to enhance the quality of teachers, society must insist on investment by institutions. If we want quality teachers, we must be prepared to also invest in them by providing various kinds of higher training on a regular basis so that they are able to address the continual changes in the social and academic environment. Also, teachers must also be paid well and given incentives for achieving goals.

In the present context, society must also realise that it has a role in acting as catalysts of change and cannot expect teachers alone in moulding a great future generation, when the socio-political narrative is heavily loaded with a sense of entitlement.

DailyDevotion His!

They were Yours, You gave them to Me… —John 17:6 A missionary is someone in whom the Holy Spirit has brought about this realization: “You are not your own” (1 Corinthians 6:19). To say, “I am not my own,” is to have reached a high point in my spiritual stature.

The true nature of that life in actual everyday confusion is evidenced by the deliberate giving up of myself to another Person through a sovereign decision, and that Person is Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit interprets and explains the nature of Jesus to me to make me one with my Lord, not that I might simply become a trophy for His showcase. Our Lord never sent any of His disciples out on the basis of what He had done for them. It was not until after the resurrection, when the disciples had perceived through the power of the Holy Spirit who Jesus really was, that He said, “Go” (Matthew 28:19; also see Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:8).

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). He was not saying that this person cannot be good and upright, but that he cannot be someone over whom Jesus can write the word Mine.

Any one of the relationships our Lord mentions in this verse can compete with our relationship with Him. I may prefer to belong to my mother, or to my wife, or to myself, but if that is the case, then, Jesus said, “[You] cannot be My disciple.” This does not mean that I will not be saved, but it does mean that I cannot be entirely His. Our Lord makes His disciple His very own possession, becoming responsible for him. “…you shall be witnesses to Me…” (Acts 1:8). The desire that comes into a disciple is not one of doing anything for Jesus, but of being a perfect delight to Him. The missionary’s secret is truly being able to say, “I am His, and He is accomplishing His work and His purposes through me.”

Be entirely His!

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. ~ Douglas Adams

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

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t was 5 September 2012. I was sitting along with the VIPs on the dais enjoying the thousands of students and teachers enthusiastically jam-packed in the NBCC Convention Centre Kohima when I felt SMS alerts in my pocket. Trying to behave gentlemanly, I ignored them, only wishing that the Teachers’ Day celebration will be a great success. This was going to be my last Teachers’ Day celebration as an officer of the department, and I didn’t want to see any failure.

The honourable minister who was the chief guest of the day, my respected commissioner & secretary and all the other dignitaries spoke highly of the teachers; praises and thanks poured out in huge volumes. My humble self was in deep thought thinking, “Today, we as teachers are getting great applause, but tomorrow, all these would vanish in thin air.” After the vote of thanks proposed by me, the crowd dispersed, and we wished each other Happy Teachers’ Day and came away. Thereafter, I took out my phone to check the messages, and lo, I received a text from a lady doctor posted outside Nagaland who sent me sweet wishes and thanks saying, “I am what I am

A teacher’s reward

today because of you”.

Tears of joy rolled down my cheeks as I reminisced — It was nearly 40 years ago when I taught this young girl and many others. I realized that the cream of my youth spent as a teacher for 11 years had not been in vain.

For a graduate in the 70’s to remain a teacher was not considered dignified, though one might have taken up teaching as a hobby. Often, we were asked, “Are you still a teacher?” meaning to say, “Have you not got any better job?” It might have been due to the low salary then. But today, teachers are the highest paid among the class III government employees when measured from the scale.

Then came my day to say goodbye to my colleagues with whom I had worked intimately for 32 years and a half. My generous and experienced friends advised me to start my pension papers while still in ‘power’ by using my subordinates to get things done. However, I would tell them, “I was a teacher, I am a teacher, and I will be a teacher in the future too”, that I would start the process only after my retirement and pursue it by myself, and then only could I learn and teach others. It was no doubt a hazardous task

to approach as many as 14 financial institutions/ banks and half a dozen offices/departments besides my own and the Accountant General (AG) for clearance. But wherever I went, I came across past pupils who were either officers or responsible clerks and who happily ran towards me enquiring what had brought me there. They immediately took my papers and asked me not to trouble myself in coming back, meaning that they themselves would do everything for me. And sure enough, within no time all my papers were ready to be sent to AG. One day, incidentally, I met another lady past pupil working in AG. As we talked, she asked if my pension papers were done.

When I said it was still with the department, she told me it would be enough to let her know the receipt number, and that she would take care of the rest.

When my papers reached AG, the dak-runner of the department in the Secretariat faithfully gave me the receipt number, w h i c h I i m m e d i a t e ly forwarded to the lady asking her when I should come. She replied that the normal procedure would take about two months and asked me not to come as she’d let me know when the need

arose. Within two months everything was cleared, and as she communicated to me, the treasury office set everything ready for what I was entitled to get.

On an earlier occasion, with a new Bolero allotted to me by the department, I had gone down to Dimapur to get additional fittings.

As the work progressed, the proprietor entertained me with tea and snacks in his air-conditioned room and provided me with newspapers and magazines. He told me to make myself comfortable and left for some other works. After some time, his manager informed me that my works were done. As I took out my wallet to pay the bill at the counter, to my amazement, the proprietor had already instructed him not to charge anything from me as I was his high school teacher and tutor.

Embarrassed (as it was not a few hundreds but a large amount of money), I had to get his mobile number and express my gratitude to him.

Again, there were t i m e s w h e n I o r my f a m i ly m e m b e r s h a d been admitted to hospitals or undergone major operations. But in all these, except for the medicine cost, no cabin or surgical charges were needed to be

paid because of what the doctors are today and in gratitude for what I was to them several years ago in school.

I acknowledge all the love and assistance I have received, but not restricting my appreciation to only these, today I am happy and proud to see so many of my past pupils occupying high and responsible positions in all walks of life. I can only say I am enjoying the fruits of my labour and I am both grateful and humbled by that.

The responsibilities being shouldered by the teachers in our institutions are great, complex, and subtle, and to shoulder all with the highest sacrifice and dedication on the part of the teachers is difficult, because other lower creatures can be trained by punishments etc., but the young students — the future leaders of our country — are to be trained with the greatest care, understanding, and above all, LOVE, that only a man or a woman can give. Thus, teachers hold the most important job in molding the future leaders.

T h e y a r e, t h e r e f o r e, rightly called builders of tomorrow’s leaders, the backbones of our nation etc. Teachers do deserve such honour.

To d a y w e n e e d professional teachers who

can devote their lives for the cause of education.

We need teachers who can really be interested in their honourable duty.

U n t i l a n d u n l e s s we find one who is really interested and volunteer to be a professional teacher, education cannot be improved. Moder n education is too costly and too fast — for instance, if we look on the side of scientific development, the inventions of the present centur y have doubled up those of the past and it is expected to double up further within a very shor t time. How can we march together with others? Who can train a child to be honest without the sense of corruption?

To me, primarily, school education can answer these questions.

Dear teachers, the fr uits of hard labour, dedication and selfsacrifice are never lost.

What teachers teach today are personified in their students tomorrow. On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, I urge every teacher to rededicate themselves to this noble calling. Happy Teachers’ Day! Vikepelhu Lucas Meyase (This writeup was first published in 2015. Meyase retired as Director of School Education in 2013 and passed away on August 17, 2021.)

The honor of being a teacher My journey with low carbohydrate diet “Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me”.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. hile growing up, the only person we tend to respect after our parents, are our teachers. Because the greatest lessons are learnt in the classroom. Even though many times we feel that they are a waste, but somewhere after a decade, everything starts coming into practicality, and hence our bookish lessons come to life.

Chanakya, a minister in the Maurya dynasty and one of the greatest teachers off all times, spoke about the need for teachers in nation building. He said that this nation will become independent, liberal and forward, when the teachers it has guides it properly.

A teacher will become successful when he will be able to build the character of a person more than anything. He went on to speak about how a teacher was unable to teach his students properly, if they did not understand the importance of nation building.

Dr Radhakrishnan, one of the most erudite Presidents of our country has had, preferred to be known as a teacher than as the President of the country, and the country today pays him the greatest tribute by celebrating his birthday as the Teachers’ Day! Teaching is primarily a mission and a commitment! Moulding the mind of a child is a noble mission.

We deal with human beings, and no two individuals are the same.

We have to handle each of our students with the utmost care.

Fragile, handle with care is the norm here. A teacher should be able to discipline his/her student with love and understanding, always helping the student to discover the hidden talents within, and develop them.

Abraham Lincoln wrote once to his son’s teacher “Most Respected Teacher, My son starts school today. It is all going to be strange and new to him for a while and I wish you would treat him gently. It is an adventure that might take him across continents.

All adventures that probably include wars, tragedy and sorrow.

To live this life will require faith, love and courage. So dear Teacher, will you please take him by his hand and teach him things he will have to know, teaching him - but gently, if you can. Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend.

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He will have to know that all men are not just, that all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero that for every crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader. Teach him if you can that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar found. In school, teacher, it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to learn how to gracefully lose, and enjoy winning when he does win.

Teach him to be gentle with people, tough with tough people.

Steer him away from envy if you can and teach him the secret of quiet laughter. Teach him if you can -how to laugh when he is sad, teach him there is no shame in tears. Teach him there can be glory in failure and despair in success. Teach him to scoff at cynics. Teach him if you can the wonders of books, but also give time to ponder the extreme mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong. Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone else is doing it. Teach him to listen to everyone, but teach him also to filters all that he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through.

Teach him to sell his talents and brains to the highest bidder but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul. Let him have the courage to be impatient, let him have the patient to be brave.

Teach him to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will always have sublime faith in mankind, in God. This is the order, teacher but see what best you can do. He is such a nice little boy and he is my son.”

Conclusion: Teaching is many things to many people, but to me, “noble” is laden with images of royalty, classism, and oppression. I prefer to think of teaching as an ethical profession in which the teacher makes choices for the betterment of their students. Good teaching is ethical, analytic, and reflective. The best teacher will tell you that as they teach their mind is constantly analyzing content, response, and pedagogical method. This ensures the growth of the students as well as the growth of the teacher.

Teachers, you are precious to us!

Rev. Fr. C. Joseph, Counsellor St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Jakhama, Nagaland

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ur life on this earth is brief, the best way to make it worthwhile is to live meaningfully. And there will not be much time to make it meaningful unless one is healthy. An unhealthy body breaks down an individual’s physical, spiritual and mental health, no matter how hard one tries to stay above it. More often than not, we take our health as granted. But once the body succumbs to poor health and illness, one is forced to realize that nothing, neither wealth, nor fame nor power matters.

The maxim, “Health is wealth,” could not be truer.

“The first wealth is health,” was stated by Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American philosopher. My journey with “Low Carbohydrate Diet”, also popularly known as ‘Keto,’ began a month back. Some may feel it is too early to go on a discourse, but I could not hold myself back from sharing, about the positive changes it brought in my overall health, in a brief span. I have always been health conscious and I have been trying my best to eat healthy and exercise.

My sugar level is well maintained, with fasting blood sugar at 90-95 mg/dl and random 110 -129 mg/dl.

However I had a mild heart attack, few years back, which made me rethink about my health status. On medical advice, I was asked to undergo an “Insulin Level Test” at Imphal and then onward submission to Kolkata. I was shocked when the reports came in, as normal insulin index shown was 3-5, whereas mine stood at 20.95, indicating serious repercussion on my

heart health. No wonder I was feeling less energetic, problem with body balance and agility, my hands and feet also felt stiff, in the past. I learnt that presence of excess carbohydrate in the body caused dangerous blood thickening and clogged arteries. That is when I shifted to this “Low Carb Diet”.

“Low Carbohydrate Diet” is good for the heart, as it increases good cholesterol levels, decreases blood pressure a n d t r i g lyc e r i d e s l eve l s, according to researchers.

For the uninitiated, “Low Carbohydrate Diet”, as the name suggests, generally means restriction on carbohydrate consumption relative to one’s average diet. Foods high on carbohydrate is limited and replaced with high fat and protein rich diet. Eg: Meat, fish, poultry, eggs, cheese, nuts etc as well as plenty of green leafy and fibre rich vegetables, such as cucumber, ladies finger, radish, fresh beans, brinjal, chayote and its leaves, fruits like pears, green apple or any fruit which has no sweetness etc. No one can tell the exact measure, but the American Academy of Family Physicians specifies less than 20% of carbohydrate content.

I quickly gave up, mango, banana, jack fr uit, apple, pomegranate, papaya, water melon, potato, carrot, dal, rice, bread, sugar to name a few. Vegetables, fish, and meat and green or black tea, without sugar took centre stage.

Within five days, I felt better and regained my energy level, stamina, besides significant improvement in body balance and experienced weight loss.

I can vouch that I am much more active, energetic, with a

better digestion.

It is indeed true that people taking low carb diet experience more weight loss, than those people taking low fat diet. Mine has reduced from 76 to 70 kgs in a matter of 19 days.

As per information available on the net, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) states, “Reducing overall carbohydrate intake for individuals with diabetes has demonstrated the most evidence for improving glycemia (blood sugar) and may be applied in a variety of eating patterns that meet individual needs and preferences.” The US News and World Report reviewed it as the “4th best weight loss diets.”

Carbohydrates, fats and proteins are the three main nutrients. The “Ketogenic Diet” is based on the premise that when the body is deprived o f g l u c o s e d e r ive d f r o m carbohydrate foods, it will produce energy from stored fat.

Foods to avoid are sugar and starchy foods like bread, pasta, rice, dry beans and potatoes.

Foods with the go ahead are meat, fish, eggs, vegetables growing above ground and natural fats like butter.

However, people wanting to incorporate a “Low Carb Diet” should not jump into it impulsively, but first consult a dietician or a person who h a s t h e ex p e r i e n c e. T h e positive outcome from the “Keto Diet” has benefitted me, miraculously, so much that I felt an obligation to share it with anyone who might have struggled like me with regard to their heart health and diabetes, and in the hope that they find means to benefit from it.

Kuolachalie Seyie Kohima

Reader’s Post

Teaching as a responsibility Sir,

Teachers are arguably the most important members of our society. The children of today are the leaders of tomorrow, and teachers are that critical point that makes a child ready for their future. While we know all these, I would also like to point out how vital it is for teaching to not be looked just as a profession but as a responsibility. It also is important to document and understand what specific characteristics of teachers, and the school settings in which they work, contribute to successful student outcomes in order to help determine how better to educate and support successful teachers.

Nochet Ao, Dimapur Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

Punjab CM tasked with 5 key issues

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu with Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. (PTI)

drug trade. Amarinder had promised to end the curse of drugs within a month of coming to power. He had sworn this with a gutka (a sacred collection of Sikh hymns and Gurbani) in his hand. While the move seems to have helped Amarinder win the elections, nothing has really changed on the ground.

Sources who are privy to what transpired during the meeting add that Rawat also questioned Amarinder on why no action had been taken on a report submitted by the STF to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on

Majithia’s alleged role in the drug trade.

Affordable power and PPA agreements Sidhu and his supporters are also upset that the CM has not fulfilled his promise of providing affordable power. They add that Amarinder had not annulled the power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed during the Akali-BJP rule with private entities, from whom the government is continuing to buy expensive power. They are demanding that the PPAs be annulled by Amarinder through a legislation.

Rawat was told that

Vice President Naidu calls for fighting against divisive forces

Dengue deaths: UP govt officials meet patients

VP M Venkaiah Naidu visits at Sri Aurobindo International School, in Hyderabad, Saturday. (VP House/PTI Photo)

HYDERABAD, SEP 4 (PTI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday called upon the people to fight against divisive forces that seek to divide society on the lines of religion, region, language, caste, creed or colour.

In the 75th year of the country’s Independence, every Indian must take a pledge to further strengthen unity and harmony in the country’s hugely diverse society, he said.

Naidu, who was addressing the students and teachers of Sri Aurobindo International School here after inaugurating a photoexhibition on the life of Sri Aurobindo, emphasised that bridging all divisions was necessary for the greatness of India’s future.

Highlighting the positive aspects of religion, he said if everyone follows one’s religion in true spirit, there will not be any religious conflict, an official release said.

Responding to a student’s question, he said reforms were needed in the United Nations so that it becomes a truly representative organisation where the soul and heart of the nations come together.

Expressing disapproval of some nations mentality to consider themselves as superior to others, he said equal respect for all is a prerequisite to bring unity of mankind.

“Separate identities are going to be there but these identities should not divide us,” he said.

F I RO Z A BA D, S E P 4 (PTI): Several senior officials of the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday visited the state-run medical college here and interacted with patients of dengue and viral fever.

The visit comes after death toll due to dengue and viral fever in the district mounted to 50 on Friday.

The officials, including Principal Secretary (Medical Education) Alok Kumar, also went to Salai primary health centre and then to Abbas Nagar, one of the affected areas.

Kumar later got 8-yearold Hashmi and 11-year-old Zeenat from Abbas Nagar admitted to the medical college here.

Nodal officer Sudhir Kumar Bobde also visited the medical college and other affected areas.

District Magistrate Chandra Vijay Singh instructed officials of the municipal corporation and health department to ensure that stagnant water, especially in coolers, is drained out.

annulment of the PPAs was not legally possible because it was an agreement between the Punjab government, the Centre and a private party and any move in the assembly or otherwise would invite litigation.

Sacrilege incidents and action against Badals Several MLAs have also turned against Amarinder because they believe that he has not been able to ensure justice for Sikhs in the sacrilege cases.

Multiple incidents of sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib, considered to be a living guru by the Sikhs, took place in 2015 and the then ruling Akali Dal-BJP government failed to nab the culprits. To make matters worse, during widespread protests against the government, two youths were killed in police firing.

The sacrilege and police firing incidents are believed to have led to the Akalis’ losing power to the Congress. Amarinder politically cashed in on the

seething anger against then chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son and deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal and promised to nab not just those responsible for the sacrilege but also make the Badals pay for ordering the police firing on protesters.

Farm laws and farmers’ agitation Rawat also discussed the possibility of the chief minister bringing in legislation in the Punjab assembly to undo the impact of the three central farm laws. He reminded the CM of his path-breaking move of terminating the multipartite water sharing agreements in 2004 during his first tenure as chief minister.

Transport permits to the Badals Another point of contention has been that Amarinder has “allowed” private buses owned by the Badals to run in the state on populous route permits, which the Badals allegedly procured for themselves when they were in power.

Athawale bats for one-child norm

AHMEDABAD, SEP 4 (PTI): Union social justice minister Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said his party supports one-child policy as the population growth in the country needs to be controlled for ensuring development.

Asked about a recent remark of Gujarat deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel that people would be able to talk about Constitution and secularism only so long as Hindus are in majority, he said there was no possibility of Hindu population dwindling.

“I do not think there is any question of Hindu population declining. Hindus remain Hindu and Muslims remain Muslim. Hardly one or two Hindus or Muslims convert. The Constitution gives people the right to do what they like, but nobody can force any person to covert,” Athawale said, speaking to reporters here.

There would not be much change in the proportion of Hindus and Muslims in the population, he said, adding that “it is not the case that the population of Muslims has risen sharply

October 3.

This will allow Mamata Banerjee a chance to become a member of the state legislative assembly.

Banerjee had moved out of her traditional Bhabanipur seat to fight in Nandigram during the Assembly polls earlier this year but lost to his former close aide Suvendhu Adhikari who contested on a BJP ticket.

Adhikari is now the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly.

The Election Commission said in a statement that it has decided to hold a by-election in Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency of West Bengal. Bypolls will also be held in Samserganj and Jangirpur of West Bengal and Pipli in Odisha on September 30. Counting will

NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (IANS): The Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, on Saturday thanked the Centre for clearing the names of nine judges in record six days after they were recommended for elevation to the top court by the collegium, and emphasised that he expects the names of judges for appointment at various high courts are also cleared in the same speed.

“You all gave credit to me for the appointments.

But this is not my credit... I am not (Sachin) Tendulkar,

the entire team has to work together, only then we will win the match,” Ramana said.

The CJI was speaking at a felicitation function organised here by the Bar Council of India. It was attended by Law Minister Kiran Rijiju and several top court judges, days after the appointment of three women judges, including a future woman Chief Justice, and six other judges at one go in the top court. Referring to the Law Minister for clearing the names for ap-

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pointment to the top court, Ramana said: “He cleared (the names) at a jet speed, all the nine names. I think in record six days’ time without any murmur or anything.

Teachers ensured uninterrupted education during lockdown: Prez

NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (PTI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday greeted teachers across the country on the eve of Teachers’ Day and said they took effective steps to enable uninterrupted education of students during the Covid-induced lockdown.

He said Teachers’ Day is an occasion when we honour the dedicated services of all the teachers who play a leading role in the intel-

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lectual and moral development of our children. “In Indian tradition, teachers are placed at the same pedestal

as God,” Kovind said.

During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the pedagogy adopted by the teachers also underwent a major change, the President said.

“During lockdown, our teachers accepted every challenge associated with the introduction of online medium of education. They took effective steps to enable uninterrupted education of the students,” he said.

be held on October 3.

According to an Election Commission press note, the West Bengal chief secretary has informed that in view of administrative exigencies and public interest and to avoid a vacuum in the state, bye-elections for Bhabanipur, from where CM Mamata Banerjee intends to contest elections, may be conducted.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (PTI): The highly successful Jan Aashirwad Yatra, a public outreach by 39 new Union ministers, has left the opposition “disturbed and nervous”, BJP president J P Nadda said on Saturday and accused it of trying to hinder the programme.

People continue to show “unflinching support and trust” in the Modi government, he said in a statement.

“All ploys and disturbances have failed to shake the strong support and trust that the people have showered on the Narendra Modi government,” Nadda said, hitting out at the Maharashtra government for targeting Union Minister Narayan Rane. Rane was arrested by the Maharashtra police for his comments against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray while on the Yatra.

“It is a direct attack on

“I must thank the Prime Minister, the Law Minister and the Government of India for clearing the names. I expect the same speed for the appointments in the high courts. In another one month’s time, we expect 90 per cent of the vacancies (in high courts) to be filled in the country.”

According to the latest data, there are 465 vacancies in the high courts across the country against a total strength of 1,098 judges.

On Friday night, the Supreme Court collegium

sent as many as 68 names -- the highest at one go -- to the Centre for appointment as judges at 12 high courts.

Out of the 68, there are 44 lawyers while 24 are judicial officers.

Ten out of the 68 are women. The top court collegium has made the recommendations for the high courts of Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Calcutta, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Gauhati, Karnataka, Madras, Kerala and Jammu and Kashmir.

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our democratic system but people’s support forced all narrow-minded opposition parties and our political adversaries to retreat,” Nadda said. “The highly successful ‘Jan Aashirwad Yatras‘ across the country has left the Opposition parties disturbed and nervous and they unsuccessfully tried to disturb and create hindrances in our Yatra and programmes.”

The BJP president added that people have rejected the “negative political agenda” of opposition parties and have stood strongly with the politics of development and growth.

The Yatra, which began on Independence Day and continued till August 28, covered more than 24,000 km in 14 days in which over 5,000 programmes were organised.

in all these years”.

“There is a need to control the population for the development of the country, irrespective of whether it is the population of Hindus or Muslims,” said the Union minister, who heads the Republican Party of India (Athawale group), a constituent of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

“If we adopt one family, one child (policy), we would be able to reduce population. For now we have ‘hum do, hamare do’....

Our party’s stand is that to reduce population, there should be a law for ‘hum do, hamara ek, (one family, one child),” Athawale said.

He will take up this issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he added.

Nitin Patel had recent-

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EC announces bypolls for 3 seats in WB, 1 in Odisha

NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (PTI): The Election Commission on Saturday announced holding bypolls on September 30 in one assembly constituency of Odisha and three of West Bengal, including the Bhabanipur seat where Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee intends to contest. Counting of votes will be held on

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ly said at a public event that “those talking about the Constitution, laws, secularism will continue to talk only as long as Hindus are in majority in this country... (if) the number of Hindus decreases, and (number of) people of another religion increase, there will be no courts, Lok Sabha, Constitution, secularism, they will all vanish in thin air.”

Asked about several instances of Dalits facing intimidation for sporting moustache or riding a horse being reported in Gujarat, Athawale, a prominent Dalit leader from Maharashtra, said he will raise the issue with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. “It is true that the caste system continues to exist not only in Gujarat, but across the country. From the point of view of law it has ended, but it continues to exist in the minds of people,” he said.

He will ask Rupani to take special measures for the protection of Dalits, he added.

Athawale also opined that reservation should be for those whose annual income is below Rs 8 lakh.

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CHANDIGARH, SEP 4 (AGENCIES): Senior Congress leader and Punjab affairs in-charge Harish Rawat has asked Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to focus on resolving five key issues that his detractors in the party are condemning him for, reports The Print.

Rawat met Amarinder at his residence here Wednesday amid the ongoing battle for supremacy between the chief minister and Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. Rawat had met Sidhu Tuesday.

Drug control and Bikram Singh Majithia Amarinder’s detractors contend that he has failed to control the rampant availability of drugs in Punjab and also not taken any action against Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia for his alleged involvement with the drug mafia.

Drug abuse was one of the major election issues in 2017 and it was alleged that the then Akali-BJP leadership was patronising

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Further, the litigants said that they were also ready to amicably settle the issue outside the court as and when approached by the concerned authorities.

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NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (IANS): Automobile demand recovery has been weaker than expected post the lifting of second lockdown in June 2021, said Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited (MOFSL).

Accordingly, while PVs (passenger vehicles) continue to witness healthy recovery, whereas two-wheelers and CVs (commercial vehicles) are subdued.

“The outlook for tractors is also muted, especially considering the high base of 2HFY21,” the report said.

“Additionally, the semiconductor shortage is intensifying, with 2QFY22 likely to see the worst impact.

While there is hope that semi-conductor supplies would improve in 2HFY22, OEMs and vendors are currently living by the day.”

Besides, the report pointed out that financing has been getting stringent for CVs and two-wheelers.

“Lastly, commodity prices seem to be stabilising for now. Coupled with price increases taken and costcutting initiatives, EBITDA margins should start looking up from 2HFY22.”

In terms of sectoral picks, MOFSL prefers ‘4Ws’ over ‘2Ws’ as ‘PVs’ is the least impacted segment currently and offers a stable competitive environment.

“We expect the CV cycle to recover and gain momentum towards 2HFY22.” “In our estimates, we build in strong recovery in 2HFY22 and beyond, with FY22 growth at 16 per cent, 28 per cent, 28 per cent, 55 per cent, 4 per cent for 2W, PV, LCV, M&HCV, Tractors.”

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(From p-1) Official sources said that the meeting was inconclusive and expected to continue on September 5.

Several allegations against SP Tuensang was also pointed out in the letter to the DGP about his functioning.

Further, CCSU president, C Pongsu informed Nagaland Post that the meeting with DIG (R) was held for about two hours. Following the assurance from the government, he said the protest was withdrawn.

Meanwhile, DC Tuensang had also forwarded an ultimatum by CCSU to Commissioner Nagaland demanding immediate transfer of the SP within 24 hours.

DC said that the matter was taken up by the district administration with the Chang Khulei Setshang (CKS) and urged that the issue may also be taken up at an appropriate level so as to avoid any untoward incident and possible flare up of law and order situation in the district.

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(From p-1) However, the litigants said that in order to protect their land and property, they sought shelter from the court to prevent the authorities from arbitrarily evicting them from their property.

The litigants said they were ready to part with their lands in order to pave the way for the

of SP Tuensang

that the free will and generous contributions made by various organizations and churches, was an implication that people at the grassroots were serious and committed to having the dream project accomplished.

Meanwhile, ENPO expressed gratitude to NFHRCC for their tireless commendable job for the welfare of the general public.

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(From p-1) In a press note ENPO president, R. Tsapikiu Sangtam and general secretary Manlang Phom said that the project, once completed, would bailout the common Naga people who are left at the mercy of the neighbouring state due to frequent bandhs and blockades being imposed by various organizations.

ENPO also pointed out

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at least two women members, would be nominated by the Governor. The rest of the members would be elected on the basis of adult suffrage.

KAAC has 44 seats and the Central and Assam governments would take necessary steps to reserve 34 of them for STs and 10 seats under open category for all communities.

The two governments may consider enhancing budgetary provisions for KAAC to undertake development activities keeping in view population and topography of the area.

District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police of the districts within KAAC would be posted in consultation with the chief executive member of KAAC. The Assam government would create a post of Deputy Inspector General of Police, exclusively for the hill districts.

The Centre would examine the demand for notifying Karbis living outside the KAAC area as ST in Assam.

Similarly, the Assam government may consider conferring ST (Hill) status to Karbis living outside Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council area. It would set up a Karbi Welfare Council for focused development of Karbis living outside Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council area.

Further, he opined that the North East region can be united only through politics and not by religion, linguistic, culture, caste or creed.

On NPP’s stand on the Naga political issue, Ahoto said if the present government was serious about the political issue, then it should have hold regular consultative meetings with civil societies, Hohos, NGOs and tribal organisations.

The state NPP chief also dared the present government to step down if it was truly concerned about the Naga political issue and fulfil its vow to pave way for solution.

Ahoto also said NPP will fight for solution unlike the PDA government, which he claimed “has built a strong wall, and not a bridge.” He also said “No solution is a solution for the PDA government.”

NPP member, Deo Nukhu commented that the recent consultative meeting called by the chief minister with all tribal Hohos was not appropriate as the Naga Hoho was not taken into confidence. He was of the view that Naga Hoho was considered as the apex body, covering all Nagas, not only of Nagaland but every region.

Claiming that the “Indo-Naga” political issue was not Nagaland problem alone, but a Naga problem, Nukhu asserted that the present state government was narrowing down the Naga issue only for the Nagas of Nagaland and not Nagas of other regions.

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(From p-1) The cases registered would be reviewed on a case-to-case basis according to the existing policy on the subject.

The Assam government would provide a financial compensation of Rs 5 lakh to each of the next of kin of persons who died in agitations related to the Autonomous State demand and have not yet been compensated.

The Centre may allocate Rs 500 crore (Rs 100 crore per annum) for the development of infrastructure in the KAAC area. Additionally, it would contribute Rs 500 crore (Rs 100 crore per annum) for development of the area. The government would ensure greater devolution of autonomy to KAAC. It would also ensure the protection of identity, language, culture, etc of the Karbi people, rehabilitate the members of the armed groups and work for focused development of the KAAC area without affecting the territorial and administrative integrity of Assam.

The Centre may expedite passage of the Constitution (125 Amendment) Bill, 2019 which proposes to rename KAAC as Karbi Anglong Autonomous Territorial Council and increase the number of members to not more than 50, of whom, six members, including

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NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (PTI): Taking on Infosys over glitches in the GST and Income Tax portals developed by it, RSS-associated weekly Panchjanya launched a scathing attack on the domestic software company and wondered that whether any “anti-national power is trying to hurt India’s economic interests through it”. In its latest edition, Panchjanya is carrying a four-page cover story on Infosys ‘Saakh Aur Aghaat’ (Reputation and Damage) and with its founder Narayana Murthy’s picture on cover page.

The article has attacked the Bengaluru-based company and dubbed it as ‘Unchi Dukan, Phika Pakwaan’ (great cry and little wool). Terming the article as “anti-national”, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in a tweet said it is an attempt to shift the blame from the government and deserves to be wholeheartedly condemned.

Sangma reiterated that an oppositionless government was harmful not just for democracy but for the state, its governance, administration, and the entire legislative process.

Sangma asserted that it was necessary to have a strong opposition that was constructive in its approach as this made democracy vibrant.

Asked about the NPP strategy for the forthcoming assembly elections, Sangma said it was the party’s duty to ensure that platforms were created so voices and concerns of the people were heard.

He also stated that NPP would be the party to take up citizens’ issues, which other parties were unwilling.

On the ongoing court case against two NPP MLAs who merged with Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), Sangma said since it was still pending with the Supreme Court and sub judice, therefore, it would not be proper for him to make any comment. Sangma, said the matter was being pursued by its legal team and was optimistic that his party will win the case.

Also, addressing the press conference, NPP Nagaland unit president, Dr. Andrew Ahoto, said his party will stand with the people and make their voices heard, since this was possible only through a national party like NPP.

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lakh sq.ft which is 0.6 per cent of the total portfolio,” he said.

On April 11, 2014, the Allahabad High Court had ordered demolition of the two buildings within four months and the refund of money to apartment buyers.

The Supreme Court, in its order, asked Supertech to refund to all flat owners in the towers the amount invested for the allotted flats along with interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum, payable with effect from the date

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the construction of the twin towers was done in violation of building byelaws and in collusion with NOIDA authority. It gave three months time to carry out the demolition under the supervision of NOIDA authority.

Arora said Apex and Ceyane towers are not linked to or part of any ongoing project of the Supertech Group.

“Supertech group is developing 10 crore sq ft across its projects, while Apex and Ceyane towers only constitute a mere 6

of the respective deposits.

It also asked the company to pay Rs 2 crore to RWA within a month.

Arora said the company had already refunded most of the customers in the project after the order of the High Court, and will further comply with the directions of Supreme Court as per the order passed.

He also assured that the top court’s order will not have any adverse impact on the company or its Group companies as every project has its own independent RERA account and “cost centre” “Supertech is a financially stable and strong group. Work is going on at all our project sites as scheduled. We would like to reassure all our customers, bankers, vendors and other stake-holders that we will deliver all our projects in the scheduled time frame,” Arora said.

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NOIDA, SEP 4 ( AGENCIES): Realty firm Supertech Ltd on Saturday said it will file a review petition against the Supreme Court order directing demolition of its 40-storey twin towers -- Apex and Ceyane -- in Noida, and that the buildings were constructed according to the laws, reports Business Today.

“While we respect the Hon’ble Supreme Court order, we have decided to re-present the matter before the Hon’ble Supreme Court in a review application as the towers were constructed as per the approval of the competent authority conforming to the building byelaws,” Supertech Chairman RK Arora said in a statement.

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday ordered demolition of the towers at Supertech’s Emerald Court project in Noida for violation of building norms. The court said

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Fresh fighting in final anti-Taliban stronghold L O N D O N / I S L A M A BA D, S E P 4 (AGENCIES/REUTERS/ PTI): Fresh fighting has been reported in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, the final pocket of territory which remains out of the hands of the Taliban.

One of the resistance l e a d e r s i n t h e va l l e y, Amrullah Saleh, dismissed reports that the Taliban had captured it as “baseless”.

But he admitted conditions are difficult, with the Taliban closing phone, internet and electricity lines.

The fighting comes with the Taliban set to finalise a government.

Panjshir Valley, north of the capital Kabul, is one of Afghanistan’s smallest provinces and the only one not to have fallen to the Taliban.

The traditional antiTaliban stronghold is home to somewhere between 150,000 and 200,000 people, and is hidden behind mountain peaks.

The resistance - which includes former Afghan security force members and local militias - is led by local tribal leader Ahmad Massoud. His father successfully fought the Soviets who invaded in the 1980s, and the Taliban in the 1990s.

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Thousands are reported to be taking part in the fighting in Panjshir.

sent to the BBC, Mr Saleh, a former vice-president of Afghanistan, said there had been casualties on both sides.

“There is no doubt we are in a difficult situation.

We are under invasion by the Taliban,” he said, adding that his forces would not surrender.

But resistance leaders concede that some districts have fallen to the Taliban, while pro-Taliban social media showed clips seeming to show their fighters with captured tanks and other military gear.

Ru m o u r s t h a t t h e Ta l i b a n h a d c a p t u r e d Panjshir prompted celebratory gunfire to ring

out in Kabul and other cities, reportedly killing a number of people.

A Taliban spokesman said fighters should “avoid firing in the air and thank God instead”.

At least 17 killed in celebratory gunfire

At least 17 people were killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul, news agencies said on Saturday, after Taliban sources said their fighters had seized control of Panjshir, the last province in Afghanistan holding out against the Islamist group.

Leaders of opposition to the Taliban have denied that the province has fallen.

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news agency said “aerial shooting” in Kabul on Friday killed 17 people and wounded 41. Tolo news agency gave a similar toll.

At least 14 people were injured in celebratory firing in Nangarhar province east of the capital, said Gulzada Sangar, spokesman for an area hospital in the provincial capital of Jalalabad.

The gunfire drew a rebuke from the main Ta l i b a n s p o k e s m a n , Zabihullah Mujahid.

“Avoid shooting in the air and thank God instead,” Mujahid said in a message on Twitter. “Bullets can harm civilians, so don’t shoot unnecessarily.”

In a surprise move, Pakistan’s powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on Saturday dashed to Kabul, according to media reports here, amidst the Taliban struggling to finalise and install an inclusive government in Afghanistan that would be acceptable to the international community.

A delegation of senior Pakistani officials led

by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lieutenant General Hameed arrived in Kabul to conduct discussions with the incoming Taliban government, the Pakistan Observer newspaper reported.

The ISI chief is expected to meet top Taliban leaders and commanders. “Issues relating to Pak-Afghan security, economy, and other matters will be taken up with the Taliban leadership,” the report said, quoting sources.

According to the Express Tribune, Hameed will also meet Pakistan’s envoy in Kabul to discuss the matter of repatriation and transit through Pakistan of foreign nationals and Afghans fleeing Taliban rule.

Taliban again postpone govt formation

The Taliban have postponed the formation of a new government in Afghanistan for next week, their spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Saturday, as the insurgent group struggles to give shape to a broadbased and inclusive administration acceptable to the international community.

This is the second time that the Taliban have delayed the formation of the new government in Kabul since their toppling of the US-backed Afghanistan government. The insurgent group was expected to announce the formation of the new government led by its co-founder Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar on Friday, but later postponed it by a day to Saturday.

Hameed’s visit to Kabul came as Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab earlier in the day and said that Pakistan will assist in the formation of an inclusive administration in Afghanistan. Raab arrived in Islamabad on Thursday night to meet top Pakistani leadership and discuss the Afghanistan situation.

Secret funeral plans for Queen Elizabeth II leaked

LONDON, SEP 4 (PTI): Leaked documents have revealed for the first time on Friday the extent of the huge operation that will be launched in the hours and days after Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II dies.

Details of what will happen under the codename “Operation London Bridge” were leaked to US-headquartered news organisation, Politico, which reports that officials will refer to the day the Queen dies as “D Day”.

The 95-year-old monarch, the longestserving in British history, is to be buried 10 days after she dies and her son and heir, Prince Charles, will embark on a tour of the UK before the burial is held.

According to the plans, the late sovereign’s coffin will lie in state for three days at the Houses of Parliament, with authorities anticipating hundreds of thousands of people to descend on London — sparking fears over gridlock, policing and even food shortages.

A vast security operation has been planned to manage the unprecedented crowds and travel chaos that are expected in the lead-up to her funeral. One memo warns that London could be

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stretched to breaking point as hundreds of thousands of people make their way to the UK capital.

There will be a supposedly “spontaneous” service at St Paul’s Cathedral, according to Politico, and the new King Charles will tour the four nations of the United Kingdom in the days after her death. The British prime minister and the monarch are said to be in agreement that the day of her state funeral will be a day of national mourning. It will effectively be a holiday, although not described as such. Buckingham Palace officials have declined to comment, either on the leak or the plans.

In 2017, The Guardian published a long article revealing details about Operation London Bridge, which covered how the new King (Charles) will be proclaimed at St James’s Palace amid visiting royalty.

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The Directorate shall also issue the Hostel Eligibility Certificate (HEC) to the newly established hostels that were inspected and found satisfactory.

The hostel proprietors/wardens are required to bring: 1. Original copy of HEC along with one Xerox copy.

2. Admission’s register with recent passport pasted against the name of the students.

Sd/(Dr. APENI LOTHA) Director Higher Education Nagaland : Kohima

VENÜLÜ TÜNYI (ADIHI TÜNYI) Chairman

Dated Zbto. the 2/09/2021

Notice Calling Objection for the issue of Succession Certificate Whereas application has received from Shri. Rokato Achumi U/S 372 of the Indian Succession Act, resident of Akuluto Town for Succession of SBI A/c No. 31779373851, penesion benefits & other allowances, leave encashment, GIS, gratuity, GPF, debts & securities of Late Inaghi Achumi.

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

Sd/District & Sessions Judge Zunheboto : Nagaland

FELICITATION The Nokpu Gazetted Officers Union shares immense joy and extends hearty congratulations to: 1. Shri. Rongsentemjen Imchen on being promoted to Superintendent, Department of Treasuries & Accounts 2. Smt. Merensangla Imchen on being promoted to Asstt. Superintendent, Department of Treasuries & Accounts May the good Lord lead and guide you in the new assignment with grace and wisdom.

Wish good luck and a successful future.

M. Lima Imchen President, NGOU

I Wapang Imchen Secretary, NGOU

HIYAM

DIMAPUR SUMI COUNCIL Dimapur - 797112 : Nagaland Akimiji : "Akimichi eno Amikucho"

FELICITATION The Dimapur Sumi Council (DSC) takes immense pleasure in congratulating Dr. Althea Sukhato Wotsa, who has passed MD Psychiatry from the prestigious IPGMER and Govt. SSKM Hospital, Kolkata as Gold Medalist.

The DSC is immensely proud of her achievement and further wishes her more success and prosperity in her future endeavours.

Kuhoi Zhimo President

Tukuka H. Awomi General Secretary

NAGALAND : KOHIMA

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notiFication

NO. DTE/ ESTT-2/3/2016-17/ : The interested candidates are informed to collect a prescribed application forms for Diploma Courses outside the State during 2021-22 session from the Directorate of Technical Education, Kohima (Below New Secretariat Complex) on payment of Rs. 200/- (Rupees two hundred, only) with effect from 06-09-2021 to 15-09-2021 during all working days. The form may also be downloaded from the website www.dtenagaland.org.in and the fee should be paid while submitting the form printed in white paper (A4 size).

The last date for receiving the complete forms whether by hand or by post is 15th September, 2021.

Sl. No. Name of course No. of Seats Eligibility 1.

Hotel Management & Catering Technology 1 10 + 2 Passed 2.

Automobile Engineering 1 3.

Computer Science & Engineering 1 HSLC/ Equivalent 4.

Electrical & Electronics Engineering 1 Passed Certificate with 5.

Herbal Technology 1 Minimum 40% Marks 6.

Garment & Fashion Technology 1 on MATHEMATICS and 7.

Travel & Tourism Management 1 SCIENCE 8.

Mechanical Engineering 1 9.

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KITAMI UNION DIMAPUR

Dated, Kohima, the 4th September, 2021.

ZUNHEBOTO : NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE

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orders and deciding not to join the international COVAX vaccine-supply scheme.

This is the third censure

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people.

“All I heard was a lot of screaming,” she said. “[People were] running o u t , hy s t e r i c a l ly, j u s t screaming, yelling, scared,” another witness said, adding that he saw an elderly man lying on the ground with a stab wound.

Witnesses also said the attacker had shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest).

Police commissioner Andrew Coster said said police rushed over upon hearing the commotion and shot and killed the attacker when he charged at the officers with the knife. This happened within 60 seconds of the attack.

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could even be labelled as a “humanitarian disaster.”

Putin stressed that it is important that the US takes responsibility and learns from its past mistakes by making real changes.

While the US admits that mistakes were made in Afghanistan, the same policies are continuing in relation to other countries, Putin said, adding that through its sanctions policy, Washington is imposing its own standards on others.

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WA S H I N G TO N, S E P 4 (IANS): The global coronavirus caseload has topped 219.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.55 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.40 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Saturday mor ning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 219,739,748, 4,552,477 and 5,402,742,641, respectively.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 39,848,170 and 647,573, respectively, according to the CSSE. In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 32,903,289 cases.

In terms of deaths, Brazil comes second with 582,670 fatalities.

district of New Lynn on Friday afternoon.

A surveillance team and a specialist tactics group had followed the man from his home to the supermarket. But while there were concerns about the him, officials said they had no reason to think he was planning an attack on Friday, and the team believed he was going to do his grocery shopping.

After entering the store, however, the attacker got hold of a knife and went on a stabbing spree.

Shopper Michelle Miller told local news outlet Stuff that the man was “running around like a lunatic” and attacking

MOSCOW, SEP 4 (IANS): The global community must join efforts to resolve existing problems in Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the plenary session of the sixth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

“It is necessar y to unite to effectively resist terrorism, drug-trafficking, organised crime ... These are common threats. And since they are common, we can only effectively resist them together,” Putin said at the session on Friday.

The President called the US mission in Afghanistan catastrophic, considering the resources and time spent in the region.

He said that when considering all those that were left abandoned in Afghanistan and had previously worked for the United States and its allies, the current situation

motion the government has survived and comes as prodemocracy protesters plan more demonstrations on Saturday. Recent rallies have turned violent, with security forces using tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets against protesters who threw stones and firecrackers.

Thailand has reported over 1.2 million infections and over 12,000 coronavirusrelated deaths, most of them since April due to the Delta variant.

Dimapur : Nagaland

The Kitami Union Dimapur (KUD) is pleased to acknowledge and congratulates the following persons for the momentous achievement they have made in their respective field and capacity, thereby bringing laurels and good reputation to the union as a whole.

1. Er. Hotokhu Achumi, on being promoted to Superintending Engineer (SE) Zunheboto under PWD (R&B) Govt. of Nagaland.

2. Dr. Althea S. Wotsa, D/o Dr. Sukhato A. Sema for passing MD Psychiatry from the prestigious IPGMER & Govt. SSKM Hospital Kolkata as Gold Medalist.

3. Shri. Jevito Shohe, Professional Assistant, Nagaland University, SET Dimapur on being promoted to the post of Assistant Librarian.

The KUD is immensely proud of your achievement, may you all shine more brighter in all future endeavours.

Mr. ISAK SWU Mr. JOHN SUMI PRESIDENT, KUD GEN.SECRETARY, KUD

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Police stand outside a mosque in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday. (AP/PTI)

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LONDON, SEP 4 (AGENCIES): New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has vowed to toughen anti-terror laws following Friday’s knife attack in Auckland by a man who was under police surveillance.

“We must be willing to make the changes that we know may not necessarily have changed history, but could change the future,” she said at a news briefing, BBC reported.

The man, a Sri Lankan national, stabbed seven people in a supermarket.

Three of them are in a critical condition.

The attacker, a known supporter of Islamic State, was shot dead by police.

Ms Ardern, who described the stabbings as a “terrorist attack”, said she expected that changes to the country’s counter-terrorism legislation would be backed by parliament by the end of September.

The attacker had been arrested a number of times before Friday’s incident. But Ms Ardern said that every legal avenue to keep him out of the community had been exhausted.

It happened at the Countdown supermarket at LynnMall in the Auckland

BA N G KO K , S E P T 4 (REUTERS): Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet m i n i s t e r s c o m f o r t a b ly sur vived a vote of no confidence in parliament on Saturday as activists planned more protests against the government.

Prayuth received 264 votes in favour and 208 against. Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and four other cabinet ministers also survived the censure motion in similar fashion.

The opposition needed 242 of the 482 parliamentary votes to oust the prime minister.

Prayuth said he remained confident after the vote.

L aw m a k e r s ove r four days accused his government of mishandling the pandemic and criticised him for the severe economic impact, taking aim at the government’s slow vaccine rollout as a result of not making advance vaccine

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Starlink will transfer data Luke Kenny to judge Music close to speed of light: Musk Awards of Nagaland 2021

be around 40 per cent faster than what it usually is in optical fibers, the report said. ative Trax Society Stone India. In 2011, he beAs a result, we might witness blazing fast internet has announced came the channel head of transfer capabilities without that the chief judge 9XO, a 24/7 international having the need to touch the for the 13th edition of Mumusic channel and in 2013, ground, it added. sic Awards of Nagaland he produced and starred in As per the report, conwill be well-known actor, India’s first zombie film, sidering Musk’s statement film director, producer, ‘Rise of the Zombie’. and calculating the speed music director, composer Recently, Kenny came p a c e X C E O E l o n based on the existing speed and former VJ Luke Kenny. into prominence for his Musk has claimed that with optical fiber, Starlink Luke Kenny began his role as the hired mercesatellite-based internet career as a DJ, followed nary Malcolm Murad in service Starlink will have the will be able to transfer data by a successful stint as the the Netflix series ‘Sacred capability of data transfer packets at 180,832 miles per second and it turns out that first male VJ on Channel V. Games’. at a speed as high as light. this speed is approximately He also served as the head He has also portrayed At present, the Starlink 97 per cent of the speed of of music programming at the Mughal emperor Au- network relies on a dish, sat- light in a vacuum.

Channel V till 2008. rangzeb in the film ‘Tan- ellites and ground stations, Musk has ensured that DABA associate pastor N. Imtatsung Imchen dedicated the Bridge Music In 2005 Kenny tried haji’.

GizmoChina reported.

Starlink will soon cut down Academy, Purana Bazar, Dimapur on September 3. his hand at directing and Native Trax Society From what it looks, the the ground station element producing with the film also informed that sub- company is aiming to get from the whole of Arctic ‘13th floor’. The producmission of entries to the rid of these ground stations and provide enough bandtion was India’s first dig- sical drama “Rock On!!”. 13th edition of the Mu- that have proved to be a hin- widths as well. itally-released film and Kenny has also been a sic Awards of Nagaland drance to fast data transfers Recently, Musk has received recognition at film contributor to various would be closed on Sep- due to the long time they stated on Twitter that his festivals. news columns and used tember 5, 2021. Therefore, take to communicate with aerospace company SpaceX He also gained wide- to write “If I may say so” all concerned have been the satellites. With lasers, could launch Starlink in or bestselling Britspread recognition for his for the Hindustan Times requested to send in entries the transmission speed, as India soon. ish novelist Jeffrey role in the 2008 rock mu- and “Lukebox” for Rolling before for nomination.

Archer, who has nu(IANS) Musk claims, is expected to merous novels, short stories and plays to his credit, storytelling and writing are two separate skills.

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Talking about what a great help. It is very thrill- by their writer father.

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lumps of brain cells g rown from the stem cells of two people with a neurological syndrome show signs of the disorder. The results, published August 23 in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that personalized brain organoids could be powerful tools to understand complex disorders.

Researchers are eager to create brain organoids, human stem cells coaxed into becoming 3-D blobs of brain cells, because of their ability to mimic human brains in the lab (SN: 2/20/18). In the current study, researchers grew two kinds of brain organoids.

One kind, grown from healthy people’s stem cells, produced complex electrical activity that echoed the K Y M C

brain waves a full-sized brain makes. These waves, created by the coordinated firing of many nerve cells, are part of how the brain keeps information moving (SN: 3/13/18).

The researchers also grew organoids using cells from a 25-year-old woman and a 5-year-old girl with Rett syndrome, a developmental disorder marked by seizures, autism and developmental lags. Rett syndrome is thought to be caused by changes in a gene called MECP2, mutations that the lab-grown organoids carried as well.

These organoids looked like those grown from healthy people, but behaved differently in some ways.

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Customs Preventive Division Dimapur organized a Tree Plantation Programme on 3rd September 2021 under the theme “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” in celebration of 75 years of India Independence at L M Higher Secondary School, Mhainamtsi, Jakukie, Peren. The event was graced by Hon’ble Commissioner of Customs, North East Region (NER) Shillong, Shri Gaipuizei Machunlung Kamie. Special thanks to the Office of the Divisional Forest Officer, Dimapur Division for contributing the tree saplings for the event.

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Alcaraz, Fernandez upset Tsitsipas, Osaka

N E W YO R K , S E P 4 (AFP/PTI): Defending champion Naomi Osaka of Japan and Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas were both ousted from the US Open by 18-year-olds in epic stunners on Friday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Fo u r - t i m e G r a n d Slam champion Osaka was shocked by Canadian lefthander Leylah Fernandez 5-7, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 after Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz upset French Open runner-up Tsitsipas 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 0-6, 7-6 (7/5).

“Honestly the Alcaraz match gave me motivation and gave me the energy to do the same,” Fernandez said. “I saw his match and I saw the way he won and I’m like ‘I’m going to do that next now.’”

Shock followed shock as defending champion Osaka, in a tearful news conference after the loss, announced she was taking a break from playing tennis.

Osaka, who had won her prior 16 Grand Slam matches, was foiled in a bid for her third US Open crown in four years and the first back-to-back titles since Serena Williams in 2014.

Alcaraz is the youngest man in the US Open fourth

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round since 17-year-old American Michael Chang in 1989 and at any Slam since Ukraine’s Andrei Medvedev in the 1992 French Open.

“Incredible. Incredible feeling for me,” Alcaraz said. “This victory means a lot to me. It’s the best match of my career, the best win.

“To beat Stefanos Tsitsipas is a dream come true and to win here is even more special for me.”

Osaka, who hadn’t played since Monday thanks to a second-round walkover, took the first set in 37 minutes on her sixth ace.

Raikkonen out of Dutch GP with Covid

Kimi Raikkonen

LONDON, SEP 4 (AGENCIES): Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix. The 41-year-old Finn, who this week announced he will retire from F1 at the end of the season, will be replaced by reserve driver Robert Kubica.

A l f a Ro m e o s a i d : “Kimi is displaying no symptoms and is in good spirits. He has immediately entered isolation” Kubica last raced at the end of the 2019 season for Williams but has tested for Alfa a number of times this year. An Alfa Romeo spokesman said: “We ran

a thorough close contacts check and I’m glad to say there is no further impact to our operations for the rest of the weekend.”

F1’s governing body the FIA has strict Covid protocols which require the immediate isolation and then retesting of anyone designated a close contact of someone who has a positive test result.

Alfa said that “all close contacts have been sorted according to the FIA protocols”.

Williams chief executive officer and team principle Jost Capito had dinner with Raikkonen on Friday night and, as a close contact, is now isolating in his hotel room.

F1 applies the national guidelines of the country in which the individual race is being held and in the Netherlands the requirement is only to have to isolate as a close contact if a person is not vaccinated.

The vast majority of F1 personnel have received a Covid-19 vaccine.

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But Osaka was broken in the 12th game of the second set, an errant forehand sending her to a tie-breaker.

That began a sequence of repeated racquet smashing by Osaka as she was humbled in the tie-break to force a third set.

Fernandez, the daughter of an Ecuadorian father and Filipino-Canadian mother who turns 19 on Monday, hit a forehand winner to break Osaka to start the third set.

Osaka saved two break points to hold in the third game and from there both

held to the finish, which came after two hours and four minutes, sending Fernandez against German 16th seed Angelique Kerber in her first Grand Slam fourth round appearance.

“It’ll be a battle,” Fernandez said. “We’re just going to have fun. I’ll put on a show like I did tonight.”

Fernandez, who won her first WTA title in March at Monterrey, had never beaten so high-ranked a rival as third-rated Osaka and the same was true for Alcaraz when he sent home the men’s world number three.

The Indo-American pair of Sania Mirza and Rajeev Ram made a first round exit from the US Open mixed doubles event after losing to Dayana Yastremska from Ukraine and Australia’s Max Purcell.

The unseeded Mirza and Ram lost 3-6 6-3 7-10 to their opponents in just 61 minutes on Friday night.

Mirza and Ram could convert only one of the three break chances that came their way while the winners converted the only breakpoint they got in the match.

With this defeat, Mirza’s campaign folded at the last Grand Slam of the season as she had already crashed out of the women’s doubles event after losing the first round with American partner Coco Vandeweghe.

India’s Rohan Bopanna is still alive in the competition. Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig are scheduled to play their men’s doubles second round against Hugo Nys from Monaco and Arthur Rinderknech from France.

Repeat racism offenders should be kicked out, says Gareth Bale LONDON, SEP 4 (REUTERS): Wales captain Gareth Bale on Saturday called for countries whose fans are repeat racism offenders to be banned from international football after reported abuse towards England’s Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham against Hungary in Budapest on Thursday.

Speaking ahead of his side’s World Cup qualifier against Belarus on Sunday, the Real Madrid winger questioned the long investigations that habitually follow such incidents and demanded more immediate action.

“I don’t know the severity of what to do to but the easiest thing is ... whether you ban the fans from the stadium or if they keep repeatedly doing it, which seems to be what is happening, then you ban the country from the competition,” said the 32-year-old.

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“If that country keeps making these horrible gestures, then maybe the best thing to do is to get rid of them, give them a suspension and hopefully they will learn their lesson that way.” FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings in relation to the incidents in Budapest which have been condemned by the Professional Footballers’

Association as well as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Bale added that his players would have his full backing if they chose to walk off in reaction to any racial abuse during the game against Belarus in Kazan.

After facing Belarus, Wales takes on Estonia at home on September 8.

Students of St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School Dimapur taking part in the “Tennis Volleyball” match organised by Lion Club of Dimapur Japfu in collaboration of Tennis Volleyball Association of Nagaland on the occasion of “National Sports Day” on August 29.

Osaka to take another break from Tennis after US Open exit

N E W YO R K , S E P 4 (AGENCIES): Naomi Osaka says she will take another break from tennis after her US Open title defence ended in the third round.

The world number three lost 5-7 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 to 18-year-old Leylah Fernandez.

Osaka withdrew from this year’s French Open after revealing she has struggled with her mental health since first becoming a Grand Slam champion in 2018.

The 23-year-old also

missed Wimbledon before returning to the sport at the Tokyo Olympics, where she lit the flame at the opening ceremony.

“I feel like I’m kind of at this point where I’m trying to figure out what I want to do,” Osaka said in a post-match news conference, in which she became increasingly tearful.

“I honestly don’t know when I’m going to play my next tennis match. I think I’m going to take a break from playing for a while.

Ben Stokes could miss T20 World Cup in the UAE

Tait to coach Pondicherry

LONDON, SEP 4 (IANS): England all-rounder Ben Stokes could miss the men’s T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE in October and November. Stokes has been on an indefinite break from all forms of cricket since July to take care of his mental well-being and give time to his left index finger to heal after surgery.

Stokes is not a part of the ongoing five-match Test series against India and will not take part in the second leg of IPL 2021 starting from September 19.

West Indies pacer Oshane Thomas has been called in as a replacement for Stokes in Rajasthan Royals.

“Whether he does travel to Dubai to feature in England’s attempts to unite both global white-ball belts next month is unclear, although sources close to Stokes say ‘he is not even thinking about cricket at the moment’,” said a report by the Daily Mail on Saturday.

NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (AGENCIES): Former Australian pacer Shaun Tait will be the bowling coach of the Pondicherry cricket team for the upcoming domestic season. Tait, who is also the bowling coach of the Afghanistan cricket team, will be the lone foreign coach in the Indian domestic circuit.

According to The Indian Express, Tait will join the team in the last week of September. “We have roped him (Tait) in as bowling coach subject to his availability. He had ex-

game by leaps and bounds to outwit a determined Nepal, who will brimming with confidence following the last match result.

The friendlies are being organised as part of preparations for next month’s SAFF Championships in Maldives.

The five-team SAFF Championships will be held from October 3 to October 13 at the National Stadium in Male. Besides India, the

De la Hoya comeback fight off after hospitalised with Covid-19 LONDON, SEP 4 (AGENCIES): Former six-weight world champion Oscar de la Hoya has withdrawn from his comeback fight against Vitor Belfort after being hospitalised with Covid-19.

The 48-year-old was due to fight the former UFC champion in Los Angeles on 11 September, 13 years after retiring, BBC reported.

He posted a video from his hospital bed on Friday to confirm the news. “What are the chances of me getting Covid? I’ve been taking care of myself and this really, really kicked my ass,” he said. De la Hoya also said he was fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before contracting the virus.

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nounced his comeback in March 2021,, and the fight against Belfort would have been his first since a loss to Manny Pacquiao in 2008.

The Hall of Fame boxer thanked his fans for their “tremendous” support as he worked towards his comeback and said that he expects

to return to the ring “before the year is up”. Former world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, 58, is reported to be replacing De la Hoya in the fight, although it remains unclear whether the contest will take place in Los Angeles or be moved to Florida.

other participating teams are Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, hosts Maldives and Nepal.

India head coach Igor Stimac was not happy with the performance but hoped for a better show from his wards on Sunday.

“The mood is positive and our boys are aware that they can do much better.

Of course, we are still short with the energy level because we are just at the end of the second week of prepa-

ration, and the legs are still heavy. But, they are looking forward to put in a better performance,” he said. “ We a r e g o i n g t o change a few things, and see if that can help us in terms of passing with more confidence, and getting forward easier.”

India custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu too feels that the team needs to raise its bar on Sunday to come out on the positive side of

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“The last game was a tough one and Nepal were very organised. We had moments where we could have done better as a team, and there were moments where we did get better.

“We need to make sure that we have a strong mentality going into the second game. We need to make sure that we use it to prepare for the SAFF Championship in good order,” he said.

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171st placed Nepal in the FIFA rankings, but still then the Sunil Chhetri-led side produced a below-par show in the first match to be held to a 1-1 draw on Thursday.

In the last match, substitute Anirudh Thapa came in as saviour for the visitors as found the equaliser in the 60th minute after Nepal grabbed the lead through Anjan Bista in the 36th minute. But come tomorrow, India will have to raise their

pressed his willingness to come on board.

Whenever he is not on any interna- Shaun Tait tional assignment he will be with the Pondicherry team,” Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) spokesperson said.

Tait played three Tests, 35 ODIs and 21 T20 internationals for Australia. The CAP has announced former Rajasthan wicket-keeper batsman Dishant Yagnik as its coach for the season.

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India look to raise the level against Nepal in second international friendly

KATHMANDU, SEP 4 (PTI): Held by a lowly Nepal in their last match, the Indian men’s football team would settle for nothing less than a victory in the second international friendly against the Himalayan nation here on Sunday.

Worse, Indian football team is not at all happy with the training facilities provided by the host country.

At 105, India are ranked much above the

“I feel like for me recently, when I win I don’t feel happy. I feel more like a relief. And then when I lose, I feel very sad. I don’t think that’s normal.”

Osaka was on course for a straight-sets victory when she broke Fernandez’s serve for a 6-5 second set lead.

But a string of forehand errors cost her her serve and the ensuing tiebreak, during which she uncharacteristically threw her racquet on the floor.

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PARALYMPICS: Narwal, Bhagat win a gold each as India’s tally rises to 17

TOKYO, SEP 4 (PTI): Shooter Manish Narwal smashed a Games record while shuttler Pramod Bhagat yet again asserted his supremacy with his goldwinning performance as India’s tally swelled to 17 after a four-medal show on a memorable penultimate day at the Tokyo Paralympics, here on Saturday.

The 19-year-old Narwal shot a total of 218.2, a Paralympic record, for gold in P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event while Bhagat humbled Great Britain’s Daniel Bethell in the men’s singles SL3 class final for a historic yellow metal.

India now have four gold, seven silver and six bronze medals to be placed 26th with one day left in the Games.

India had won just four medals in the last edition in Rio while the total count from the 1972 edition when the country competed for the first time till these Tokyo Games was 12.

More medals are in store for India on the final day on with shuttlers Suhas Yathiraj and Krishna Nagar sailing into the men’s singles finals of SL4 class and SH6 class respec-

Manish Narwal

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debut Games.

“I’m very happy,” said Narwal who hails from Ballabhgarh in Haryana.

Narwal had a keen interest in sports from childhood and grew up wanting to become a football player.

Unfortunately, he could not fulfil his footballing dreams due to a congenital ailment in his right hand.

His wrestler father Dilbagh tried doing anything to make sure that his son’s deformity did not hold him back.

In 2016, on the suggestion of a family friend, Dilbagh took Narwal to a nearby shooting range at Ballabhgarh run by coach Rakesh Thakur. That

changed Narwal’s life and he instantly developed a keen interest in the sport and started doing practice regularly.

At that time he did not know about Paralympic Games but his talent was spotted by coach Jai Prakash Nautiyal. Narwal won gold medal in P1 and silver in P4 in 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta.

The 39-year-old Adana, who competes with p o l i o - i m p a i r e d l owe r limbs, created a piece of history as he joins the elite list of Indians who have won multiple medals in the same edition of the Games.

He had won the bronze in the P1 men’s

PM lauds medal winners at Tokyo Paralympics, says glory continues

Lekhara to be India’s closing flag-bearer

moment for Indian sports.

Congratulations to him.

Best wishes for the coming times.”

He added, “The outstanding Singhraj Adhana does it again! He wins yet another medal, this time in the Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event. India rejoices due to his feat. Congrats to him.

Wishing him the very best for the future endeavours.”

PM Modi also spoke to Narwal and Adhana to congratulate them.

Both the athletes appreciated the prime minister’s repeated encouragement to para-athletes, and thanked him for supporting them, officials said.

He also telephoned Bhagat and Sarkar and congratulated them on winning historic medals at the Paralympics. He expressed joy that Indian athletes are excelling in different sports and their spirit of confidence is remarkable.

TOKYO, SEP 4 (PTI): Shooter Avani Lekhara will be the flag bearer of country’s contingent during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics, here on Sunday.

The 19-year-old trailblazer Lekhara had won a gold in R-2 women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event on Monday before claiming the 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1 bronze on Friday.

“Avani will be the flag bearer and there will be 11 participants from the Indian contingent during the closing ceremony,” an official of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) said. Lekhara, who was paralysed below the waist after a car accident in 2012, is only the Indian to win multiple medals in a single edition of the Games.

Before Lekhara, Joginder Singh Sodhi whad won a silver and two bronze medals in the 1984 Paralympics.

NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to India’s medal-winners at the Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday to congratulate them and said glory from the ongoing games continues.

Modi, in his tweets, lauded the performance of Manish Narwal, Pramod Bhagat, Singhraj Adhana and Manoj Sarkar for winning medals at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Shooter Manish Narwal smashed the Paralympic record to clinch India’s third gold in the ongoing Tokyo Games, while compatriot Singhraj Adhana bagged the silver to make it a sensational one-two finish.

Reigning world champion Bhagat claimed a historic gold medal in the men’s singles SL3 class while Sarkar bagged a bronze as Indian badminton players dished out an impressive performance.

tively.

Tarun Dhillon too stayed in contention for a bronze after losing his semifinals while the duo of Bhagat and Palak Kohli will also feature in the third-place play-off in the mixed SL3-SL5 class.

Narwal smashed the Paralympic record to clinch India’s third gold of the current edition of the Games while compatriot Singhraj Adana bagged the silver to make it a sensational one-two finish for the country.

Narwal, who holds the world record in the category, claimed the yellow metal in P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 event in his

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“Pramod Bhagat has won the hearts of the entire nation. He is a Champion, whose success will motivate millions. He showed remarkable resilience & determination. Congratulations to him for winning the Gold in Badminton.

Best wishes to him for his future endeavours,” the prime minister said on Twitter.

In another tweet, he said, “Glory from the Tokyo Paralympics continues.

Great accomplishment by the young and stupendously talented Manish Narwal. His winning the gold medal is a special

10m air pistol SH1 event on Tuesday.

Shooter Avani Lekhara, who won a gold and bronze in the ongoing Games and Joginder Singh Sodhi, who fetched one silver and two bronze medals in the 1984 Paralympics, are the other two Indians who have achieved the feat.

With badminton making its debut at the Paralympics this year, world champion and pre-tournament favourite Bhagat became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the sport.

Bhagat claimed the historic gold in the men’s singles SL3 class by beating Great Britain’s Daniel Bethell in the summit clash

Manoj Sarkar

while Manoj Sarkar bagged a bronze after defeating Japan’s Daisuke Fujihara in the third place play-off.

In SL3 classification, athletes with lower limb impairment compete.

The top seeded Bhagat, also Asian champion, showed great mental fortitude as he prevailed 21-14 21-17 over second seeded Bethell in a thrilling final that lasted 45 minutes.

“This is ver y special to me, it’s my dream come true. Bethell really pushed me but I just kept my calm and played to my strengths,” said Bhagat after wining India’s fourth gold medal in the Games.

“I would like to dedi-

cate this to my parents and to everyone who has supported me throughout.

I’m glad I could make India proud,” added Bhagat, who had contracted polio when he was four years old.

The 33-year-old from Odisha also remains in contention for a bronze medal in mixed doubles SL3-SU5 class. He and his partner Palak Kohli will meet Japanese pair of Daisuke Fujihara and Akiko Sugino in the bronze medal play off on Sunday.

Bhagat picked up the sports after watching his neighbours play. Initially, he competed against ablebodied players before getting into competitive para badminton in 2006.

He eventually emerged as one of the best para shuttlers in the country with 45 international medals in his kitty, including four world championship gold medals and a gold and a bronze in 2018 Asian Para Games.

The 31-year-old Sarkar, whose right leg was affected after he contracted polio at age one, displayed great resilience during his 22-20 21-13 win over Fujihara. Sarkar had taken up badminton at age five. He

played inter-school competition against able-bodied players till the 11th grade before starting to compete in para badminton in 2011.

In SL4 class, Suhas outwitted Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan 21-9 21-15 in the first semifinal.

The 38-year-old, who has an impairment in one of his ankles, will face top seed Lucas Mazur of France in the final on Sunday.

A computer engineer, Suhas went on to become an IAS officer and has been posted as a district magistrate of Noida since 2020, a role that saw him at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

Krishna, seeded second, outplayed Great Britain’s Krysten Coombs 2110 21-11 in the SH6 class semifinals. He will cross swords with Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai in the final on Sunday.

In SL4 class semifinal, Tarun went down narrowly 16-21 21-16 18-21 to Mazur. He will face Setiawan in the bronze medal play off. In the men’s F41 javelin throw, India’s Navdeep finished fourth with a best throw of 40.80m.

Shah felicitates Olympic medallist Chanu NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday felicitated Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu here for bringing laurels to the country in weightlifting and exhorted her not to be content with the silver medal and to aim for gold next time.

The 27-year-old sportsperson, appointed as an additional superintendent of police in her home state Manipur after the recent win at the summer games, was honoured during the 51st Raising Day celebrations of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), a central government think tank.

Shah presented the athlete with a shawl and memento.

He said Chanu brought honour for the country by winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympic games and is now a proud member of the police force.

“I thank her for her hardwork and dedication,” the home minister added.

“When I met her on

Union Home Minister Amit Shah felicitates silver medal winner boxer Mirabai Chanu during the 51st foundation day event of the BPRD, in New Delhi, Saturday. (PTI)

the stage to honour her, I wished her success. Everyone, from the prime minister of the country to the common man, has applauded her and rejoiced in her victory.”

“I want to tell her that she should not be content with a silver medal but should now aim for a gold.

The entire country is waiting for it,” Shah said.

He acknowledged the “struggles” undertaken by Chanu mentioning that she

used to take “lift” in trucks to reach the place where she trained. Shah said much more needed to be done for athletes in terms of providing them facilities.

The BPR&D had earlier said that this honour for the Olympic winner was “a small gesture to welcome her to the fraternity on behalf of the Indian police.”

Chanu had clinched a silver medal in the 49kg category weightlifting that opened India’s account at the re-

cently-concluded Tokyo Olympics. India won a total of seven medals at these games. The home minister also gave away trophies and medals for excellence in training to winner states/ union territories and central police organisations and forces, and seven authors who wrote on policing subjects in Hindi.

The BPR&D, an organisation under the Ministry of Home Affairs, was founded in August 1970.

4th Test: Rohit scores ton as India finish day 3 on 270/3 TTFI questions Manika’s timing of LONDON, SEP 4 (PTI): Rohit Sharma scored a gritty 127 while Cheteshwar Pujara contributed an useful 61 in India’s commendable second innings score of 270 for 3 against England at stumps on the third day of the fourth Test.

A determined Rohit Sharma showed exceptionally steely temperament to score the eighth and most significant century of his Test career that propelled India to a fighting position with an overall lead of 171 runs after third day’s play in the fourth Test against England here on Saturday.

Having displayed incredibly gorgeous defensive technique throughout the series with unflinching determination, the innings of 127 (256 balls) in India’s day-end score of 270 for 3 was the culmination of all the hardwork put in over the past two years. The 153-run second wicket stand with a confident Cheteshwar Pujara (61 off 127 balls) had put India in a position of command at 236 for 1 before Ollie Robinson (21-4-67-2) got quick breakthroughs with the second new ball saw to sent packing two set batsmen.

While Rohit misjudged a slower delivery as he couldn’t keep his pull shot down, Robinson bowled an in-cutter that took the inside edge off Pujara’s bat into the pads and flew towards slip for an easy catch.

At stumps, Indian captain Virat Kohli (22 batting) looked in Rohit Sharma, left, celebrates scoring 100 runs with Cheteshwar good nick in the company of RavinPujara, Saturday. (AP/PTI) dra Jadeja (9 batting), who was once

again promoted ahead of Ajinkya Rahane. The Test may not go the distance but what one can surely guarantee is an engrossing fourth day, thanks to Rohit’s superlative knock. Any target in excess of 225 and closer to 250 will be challenging on this track and especially with a batting line-up where Joe Root is the only consistent performer.

One of the more elegant among modern day batsmen, Rohit during the series curbed all his ego to present a solid defence but brought his ‘Hit-Man’ instincts to the fore with a straight six off Moeen Ali that hit the second tier of the Oval stands en route his hundred.

It took eight years and 43 Test matches to get an overseas hundred and that too in England in tough conditions, and there won’t be any second guess about where this knock of Rohit will rank among his eight tons.

There was a lot of restraint at the start when KL Rahul (46) was attacking the bowlers but in between a straight drive at the onset and the first cover drive was brought out of the closet only at the end of second hour when James Anderson (23-8-49-1) over-pitched one.

BRIEF SCORES: India 191 and 270/3 (Rohit Sharma 127, Cheteshwar Pujara 61, KL Rahul 46; Ollie Robinson 2/67, James Anderson 1/49).

England 1st Innings 290 (Ollie Pope 81, Chris Woakes 50, Moeen Ai 35; Umesh Yadav 3/76, Ravindra Jadeja 2/36)

bringing up allegations against coach

NEW DELHI, SEP 4 (IANS): The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) is bemused why star player Manika Batra remained silent for more than five months and then levelled serious charges against national coach Soumyadeep Roy that he tried to influence her to lose in an Olympic Qualification tournament in March this year, only after being served a show-cause notice in August for indiscipline.

Manika had made history at the Tokyo Olympic Games by becoming the first TT player from the country to reach the third round at the Games before losing to Austria’s Sofia Polcanova.

In a controversy that has been festering for some time now, Manika had refused national coach Roy’s help during her singles matches in Tokyo after her personal coach Sanmay Paranjape was not given FOP ‘field of play’ access due to limited accreditations handed out by the Tokyo Games Organisers.

On her return from Tokyo, TTFI served Manika a show-cause notice for indiscipline and asked her

Manika Batra

to explain her refusal to allow Roy to sit courtside and help her during her matches.

Manika in her response to TTFI’s showcause denied charges of indiscipline and instead alleged that national coach Roy had “pressurised me during the qualification tournament in Doha in March 2021 to concede my match to his student to enable her to qualify for the Olympics”.

Speaking to IANS from Lucknow, TTFI secretary general Arun Banerjee said that when Manika’s personal coach Sanmay Paranjape was not accredited for ‘field of play’, there was no way

he could sit courtside and guide Manika.

Banerjee said that national coach Roy has still been asked to respond to Manika’s allegations and he will send his reply by Monday.

Banerjee said that the TTFI had always kept the interest of its players ahead of everything else and that is why when Manika came to him seeking permission to take her personal coach (Sanmay Paranjape) along to Tokyo, we immediately cleared it. Ditto for G Sathiyan. “If players feel they can perform better by taking their personal coaches along, why should we object,” added Banerjee.

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