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CSCWG for comprehensive review of job reservation policy Emilo K. Konyak

KOHIMA, OCT 5 (NPN): Cabinet Sub Committee Working Group (CSCWG) for Reservation in Government Services has decided to recommend a comprehensive review of the State’s reservation policy on the basis of the Census 2021 data as soon as it is made available.

The decision came at a meeting of the working group held at secretariat conference hall here on Tuesday. Sources informed Nagaland Post that the meeting considered all aspects of the issue before deciding to recommend the comprehensive review.

ENSF demands: On Eastern Naga Students’ Federation’s (ENSF) various demands vis-à-vis Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC), the sub-committee held several rounds of discussions with NPSC and Personnel & Administrative Reforms (P&AR) depart-

No construction under EHV lines DIMAPUR, OCT 5 (NPN): Dimapur district administration has directed citizens not to construct any permanent building under extra high voltage (EHV) power lines.

In a public notice, DC Dimapur R. Soundararajan pointed out that several permanent/temporary buildings were being constructed along the 132 KV Bokajan-Dimapur line traversing through Bokajan Assam- Block-11, Burma camp colony, Block-2, Walford colony, Imkonglenden colony, Mao colony, Nagarjan, Naharbari. DC said that such construction was not only in violation to the Indian Electricity Rules 1956, but dangerous for habitation. DC warned that any one engaged in construction activities under the EHV lines would be doing so at their own risk.

ment to examine the matters. CSCWG maintained that once NPSC recommended a candidate against a post reserved for backward tribes (BTs) of Eastern Nagaland, the process was deemed complete. However, in case the candidate resigns after joining service, the vacancy should be treated as a new vacancy to be filled up as per the roster point prevailing at the time of fresh requisition made by the department concerned.

The committee pointed out that there was no such provision in the reservation policy or anywhere in any State of the country that the post be kept reserved for a particular tribe or community to which the candidate who resigned belonged.

On the demand for making marks obtained by NPSC candidates in written exam and viva voce available in public domain, the meeting clarified that the marks obtained were intimated to the candidates

concerned, but publishing them in public domain would violate their privacy and could attract legal provisions.

The Committee therefore rejected this demand on the ground that even the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) did not follow such a practice.

21 backlog posts recommended for BTs: Regarding the demand for compensating more than 100 posts reserved for BTs that were allegedly lost over the years due to faulty implementation of reservation policy, the meeting noted that the details was examined with ENSF and NPSC, besides P&AR department.

The findings revealed that 21 posts were identified, in addition to the existing backlog posts awaiting recruitment. The subcommittee recommended that these 21 posts be compensated for recruitment as expeditiously as possible.

Educational qualifica-

tion lowered: On the demand to lower educational qualifications for members of NPSC from MA to BA, the committee was apprised of the context that the qualification was raised from graduate to post-graduate in view of the rising availability of post-graduate candidates among various tribes of Eastern Nagaland.

H oweve r, i n v i ew of the practical difficulty whereby a graduate candidate with more experience and other suitable attributes could be more preferable than a post-graduate candidate with lesser experience and lower qualities, the committee recommended that the demand be accepted and the educational qualification be lowered from PG to graduate.

NSSB: The sub-committee also deliberated on the changes sought in the Nagaland Staff Selection Board (NSSB) regulations notified by the State government.

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LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI, OCT 5 (PTI/AGENCIES): Political faultlines sharpened and the blame game accentuated on Tuesday following the Lakhimpur Kheri incident—where eight people died after a car owned by Union MoS Home Ajay Mishra Teni allegedly ran over protesting farmers, triggering a clash— with senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi being arrested with at least 10 other party leaders.

Other than Priyanka, those arrested include Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda, UP Congress state president Ajay Kumar Lallu and party MLC Deepak Singh. The arrest has been made under section 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences) of the CrPC. Priyanka said she has not been produced before a

DIMAPUR, OCT 4 (NPN): A 40-member strong NSCN (I-M) delegation left for Delhi on Tuesday to hold talks with Government of India officials.

NSCN (I-M) ato kilonser and chief negotiator Th. Muivah, chairman Q. Tuccu and vice chairman Tongmeth Wangnao including members of the collective leadership were among those who left for Delhi.

Muivah along with Tongmeth left by a chartered flight while the other members led by Tuccu

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DIMAPUR, OCT 5 (NPN): After a day’s pause, the state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) increased the prices of petrol and diesel on Tuesday pushing the rates to alltime high levels across the country.

According to a price notification of the stateowned fuel retailers, petrol price was hiked by 25 paise per litre and diesel by 30 paise per litre.

The sixth increase in fuel rates in a week’s time has sent petrol prices above Rs 100 in most major cities of the country.

After the rate revision, petrol price in Dimapur surged to Rs.101.14 per litre while diesel price rose to Rs.93.20 per litre.

In the state capital Kohima, prices of a litre of petrol and diesel climbed to Rs.102.14 and Rs.94 respectively.

According to a PTI report, industry sources said “substantial” increase in petrol and diesel prices was on the cards to bridge the gap between cost and sale price.

Dimapur CSOs reaffirm stand against shifting of DC’s office Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, OCT 5 (NPN): A mass "peaceful public rally"under the aegis of Civil Society Organisations’ (CSOs) Core Committee Against Shifting of Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Dimapur was held on Tuesday, where Dimapur based CSOs reaffirmed to oppose the move of shifting the DC’s office to the new complex at Chümoukedima.

Several hundred people took part in the rally which commenced from Holy Cross School Junction till DC office. Rallyists, dressed in traditional attire, were seen with placards some of which read: “Listen to the

Civil society organizations and Participants during the ‘peaceful public rally’ in Dimapur on Tuesday.

people”, “Deputy commissioner is also a district collector”, “Let the office remain at the present place” etc.

The rally was held following expiry of the five-day ultimatum served on the

chief minister to reconsider the decision to shift the DC’s office and also to cancel the government order dated September 7, 2021 to shift some branches/cells to the new complex. (Cont’d on p-8)

Youths to picket outside DC’s office, threaten to hold hunger strike The core committee has decided to form a picket near the DC’s office Dimapur by setting up two tents and depute youths to ensure that the shifting does not take place till the state government responds to their ultimatum/memorandum. The decision was made following a meeting held at Tourist Lodge Dimapur after the rally.

Talking to media persons, Dimapur Youth Forum president and core committee member V. Yeptho said that the agitation will continue by sitting at the vicinity of DC office till they receive positive response from the state government.

The youths will camp on rotation basis and if situation compels, they will go on a “hunger strike”, he added.

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‘If you can arrest me, why not the culprits?’

Priyanka Gandhi judicial officer or received any order, or notice, or copy of a First Information report.

Meanwhile, officials said Priyanka, Deependra Hooda, Ajay Kumar Lallu and others have been booked under CrPC sections related to preventive custody.

The charges will be removed once they are assured that there will not be any breach of peace by them, Sitapur SDM Pyare

left by Indigo flight. As reported, Working Committee of NNPGs team led by N. Kitovi Zhimomi, NSCN (K-Niki) led by its president Niki Sumi were already in Delhi since last week.

The Naga Political Groups are scheduled to hold separate meetings with the Government of India officials during the week.

With talks back on track, sources had said that “we can expect something very soon”.

Delegation of the Core

One of the vehicles that allegedly ran over the farmers and killed them was set ablaze in Tikunia, Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. (HT Photo)

Lal Maurya said. They all are kept in detention in the guest house of the 2nd battalion of Provincial Armed Constabulary, he said.

Speaking to NDTV while in custody, Priyanka stated that if the government can take Opposition leaders into custody or place them under house arrest, “then why are you not arresting the culprits or placing them in custody?” “For you (BJP government), politics

Committee of Parliamentary Committee on Naga Political Issue headed by chief minister Neiphiu Rio are also expected to be in Delhi.

The one-point agenda of the recently formed United Democratic Alliance (UDA) allparty government in Nagaland was to secure political solution, sources had said while also speculating that the Centre was also keen to conclude all issues and negotiations with solution probably by end of 2021.

is important but the life of a farmer is not important,” she said.

Earlier in the day, Priyanka issued a video statement addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a Lucknow visit, and asked if he had seen a video purportedly of the Lakhimpur incident. She then played the video, which shows what appears to be a Mahindra Thar coming from (Cont’d on p-7) behind

State logs 20 fresh Covid cases DIMAPUR, OCT 5 (NPN): Nagaland on Tuesday recorded 20 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while no deaths were reported for the fourth consecutive day.

Of the fresh cases, 10 were from Kohima, eight in Dimapur and one each in Phek and Wokha, taking the total caseload to 31342.

The death toll remained unchanged at 666 (including 15 non-Covid deaths).

PTI: India logged 18,346 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 209 days, taking the total tally to 3,38,53,048.

The death toll climbed to 4,49,260 with 263 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

KOHIMA, OCT 5 (NPN): In a significant political development, NDPP and BJP have reportedly reiterated to continue with the 2018 prepoll alliance by maintaining the same seat sharing 40:20 ratio (40 NDPP and 20 BJP) in the 2023 Assembly election.

Highly placed sources disclosed to Nagaland Post that chief minister Neiphiu Rio informed the matter to members of United Democratic Alliance (UDA), whose meeting was held at the chief minister’s residential complex here on Tuesday and where BJP Legislative Party leader Y Patton and State BJP president Temjen Imna Along were also present.

When contacted, Y. Patton also confirmed with this correspondent that the decision to continue the alliance was taken as per the directive of the central BJP high command.

The meeting also de-

cided to write a letter to Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Sharingain Longkumer recommending that former chief minister TR Zeliang, who was opposition leader, be now called NPF Legislative Party leader.

Further, the meeting reaffirmed its commitment to play the role of an active facilitator to the Naga peace process and also appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for appointing AK Mishra as interlocutor and the negotiating groups for fresh negotiation.

NDPP nominee consensus candidate for bypoll: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) will be fielding its candidate as the UDA consensus candidate for the ensuing by-poll to 58 Shamator-Chessore Assembly constituency.

The by-poll has been necessitated as the seat fell vacant following the demise of NDPP legislator and adviser Toshi Wungtung.

Though NPF had earlier planned to set up its candidate, the party, however, at an emergency meeting held on Tuesday decided to extend support to the NDPP candidate as requested by the latter.

BJP sources also informed that the party would be supporting the NDPP candidate as per the seat sharing pact between the two parties.

Power-sharing with NPF: Further, the sources said the meeting decided that NPF legislators would be given a fair chance of power-sharing, but not by allotting them portfolios, though they would be considered in discharging of government activities.

The meeting however did not discuss allotting the post of deputy chief minister to TR Zeliang.

It may be recalled that central BJP leaders insisted that the chief minister should not disturb the present ministry and maintain status-quo.

UDA adopts four-point resolution on Naga issue United Democratic Alliance (UDA), which held its first meeting at the chief minister’s residential complex Kohima on October 5, and adopted four-point resolution, has welcomed the resumption of Naga peace talks.

The resolution signed by state chief minister Neiphiu Rio, deputy chief minis-

ter Y. Patton, NPF legislature party leader TR Zeliang, NDPP president Chingwang Konyak, BJP state unit president and minister Temjen Imna Along and NPF working president Huska Yepthomi appreciated the “serious commitment” of the Government of India towards the “Indo-Naga” peace process.

(Cont’d on p-7)

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DIMAPUR, OCT 5 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has strongly condemned to the killing of farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on October 3 and detention of AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra by UP police.

Priyanka was detained in Sitapur on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people died and several others were injured. Four of the dead were farmers, allegedly knocked

down by vehicles driven by BJP workers travelling to welcome UP deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to an event in the area.

Addressing a press conference at Tourist Lodge here Tuesday, NPCC president K Therie said that it was every citizen’s duty to react and condemn the incident at Lakimpur Kheri, which he termed “wilful intent” and “arrogant”.

Accusing the BJP of having no feeling for the people, state Congress chief said that even though farmers were the

owner of the elected government, BJP government has been a “deadwood”.

“We have been talking about price hike, religious divide, caste division, economic failures, but still BJP continues to sell the properties that have been created by congress in the last 60 years”.

He alleged that BJP government has sold almost over 34 airports, over 150 railway stations, over 4000 broad gauge railway lines, over 6000 oil pipelines, adding that almost all the industries were sold out. Therie further

DIMAPUR, OCT 5 (NPN): In view of Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu’s proposed visit, the Kohima police have issued traffic regulations that would be enforced October 7-9, 2021.

Kohima police informed that on October 7, there would be no parking along 1 AR camp Gate ‘D’ block to Raj Bhavan via TCP Gate, Classic point; TCP Gate to Razhu Point; Razhu point to high school and Classic point to Phesema via Mhonkhola, Lerie.

Bus stand at PHQ junction would be shifted opposite NSF Martyrs Park.

Further, Southern Angami bound taxi stand at network station Mhonkhola would be vacated by 12 noon and (Cont’d on p-8) district bound buses at network station

claimed that the three farm bills had been introduced in the interest of a few billionaires, who he said could capture the market and deprive the farmers and middlemen.

“The attitude of the BJP government is not for the people but for the few, for the rich and not for the poor,” Therie added. He said the irony of democracy was that “we are given one time to vote in five years and thereby if we continue to make the same mistake it will be one of the biggest blunders in the history of democracy.”

Phoolbari to depart by 12 noon.

October 8, there would be no parking from Raj Bhavan to Phoolbari; Phoolbari to 1 AR Camp ‘D’ block via DC Office and Phoolbari to state Museum via Razhu point. On October 9, no-parking on roadside from Raj Bhavan to Phoolbari; Phoolbari to Razhu Point and Phoolbari to 1 AR Camp ‘D’ block via DC Office.

Police informed that no heavy vehicle would be allowed to enter/ply within Kohima town from October 7-9 from 6am to 9pm. It also informed that alternate parking facility would be available at Old MLA Hostel Complex, Northern gate via Razhu Point from October 7-9.

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WEATHER FORECAST OCTOBER 6

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala A couple of showers

33 25

Aizawl

A stray afternoon t-storm

28 20

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

33 24

A t-storm around in the p.m.

30 21

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

30 21

Imphal Shillong

Some sun with a thunderstorm 24 16

Kohima

Couple of thunderstorms

24 17

Dimapur A t-storm around in the p.m.

31 23

Partly sunny, a stray t-storm

27 19

Mkg

Tuensang Partly sunny with a t-storm

21 15

A t-storm around in the p.m.

26 21

Zunheboto Partly sunny, a stray t-storm

24 17

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DC Kiphire Wati Aier inaugurating the hollow brick manufacturing unit. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Deputy commissioner (DC) & chairman, District Level Coordination Committee (DLCC), T. Wati Aier inaugurated a hollow brick manufacturing unit at Kiphire on October 5.

According to a DIPR report, DC in his speech

stated that Kiphire district was fortunate that the state government was assisting the public in various fields such as agriculture, horticulture, LRD and cooperative department at every level including villages.

He advised Lanya society to take it as a privilege

and work sincerely to bring laurels to the society.

DC urged that the bricks be compared with others and sell at limited price so that more products would be demanded. He asked them to focus on their project and advised not to take it as a one-time project but take as an eye opener for their society.

Meanwhile, SRCS & CPO (ICDP), K. Lirichum Anar in his address said that the department of cooperation was implementing central sector integrated scheme on agricultural cooperation of integrated cooperative development project in Kiphire district through national cooperative development cooperation.

The department has assisted Rs. 4 lakh for the hollow brick manufacturing unit and Rs. 9.50 lakh for the pickup vehicle for transportation to Lanya multi-purpose cooperative society Ltd. Kiphire.

He highlighted the features of hollow block and added that for curing time, it would take around 28 days and one day expose, seven days in water and 21 days partly wet.

Lirichum requested the society to be proactive in their business. He encouraged them to work hard and exemplary model to other cooperative societies in the District, he added.

The unit was assisted by the cooperation department under integrated cooperative development project (ICDP) Kiphire to Lanye multi-purpose cooperative society Ltd.

NU Lumani campus to resume Court convicts one for molestation in Tuensang

DIMAPUR: Nagaland University vice chancellor, professor Pardeshi Lal has directed resumption of offline campus academic activities for Lumami.

According to a DIPR report, a meeting was held on September 27 with vice chancellor, registrar, deans of schools, dean of students’ welfare, heads of departments and wardens.

During the meeting, it was decided that: all members of the faculty should be available in the departments from October 1; 3rd semester students should arrive at the campus/hostels during October 15 and 16; offline classes for 3rd semester students would begin from October 18; arrival of 1st semester students to the campus would begin on November 1 after allotment of hostel seats.

The meeting decided that students arriving at the campus should possess negative test report for

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COVID-19 (rapid antigen test done 48 hours before arrival or RT-PCR test done 72 hours before arrival); if any students develops any symptom of COVID-19 after arrival in the campus, he/she should immediately report the matter to the hostel warden/head of the department concerned/dean of students’ welfare; the university administration would temporarily earmark a building for isolating any having COVID-19 symptoms.

The university centre would arrange preliminary health check-up of all students arriving; thermal scanning facility would be provided in all academic departments; all students and faculty should ensure mandatory compliance of COVID appropriate behaviour; SOPs and COVID appropriate behaviour issued by the centre and the state government from time to time would be implemented with strict compliance.

Patton lauds seizure of gold and drugs DIMAPUR: State deputy chief minister, Y. Patton has lauded Nagaland police, narcotics cell, manning the interstate narcotics checkpoint at Khuzama gate involved in the biggest seizure of smuggled gold bars in the state, amounting to Rs. 22 crore in international market on October 4.

While stating that it was a proud moment for Nagaland police, Patton said that the state police had shown an exemplary action which should be emulated by other personnel, especially those assigned in check gates. Patton expressed happiness to learn that of late, the police department had shown efficiency and courage in fighting crimes especially cybercrimes and other criminal activities.

The deputy chief minister congratulated the narcotics cell of Nagaland police at Khuzama checkgate for their honesty and integrity, personnel under CP Dimapur, the highway patrol along NH 29 and all policemen and women working tirelessly in the service of the state and the nation.

He assured that those performing their assigned duties diligently would be rewarded and acknowledged.

NEWS IN BRIEF Tuensang DPDB meeting on Oct 7: District planning officer & member secretary district planning and development board Tuensang, Solumo Ezung has informed that monthly meeting of Tuensang DPDB would be held on October 7, 11 a.m., in conference hall of the DC Tuensang. All DPDB members have been requested to attend the meeting.

NLA oral evidence meeting: Oral evidence meeting of committee on government assurances (2021-2022) with department of urban development & municipal affairs, civil administrative work department, home, Nagaland public works and R&B departments has been fixed on October 26, 11 a.m., in the assembly committee room. All members of the committee have been requested to attend the meeting.

KLC releases annual magazine: Kohima Law College released its annual magazine on October 5 at the college premises. The annual magazine was release by assistant professor & teacher in-charge of students’ welfare, Kezhokhoto Savi as special tribute to college principal, late Visevonuo Bebi Tsiirho.

Zbto DPDB meeting: Zunheboto District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting for the month of October has been convened on October 8, 11 a.m. at the Conference Hall of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Zunheboto. All members have been requested to attend the meeting.

SJU Dimapur inducts students: St. Joseph University Dimapur on October 4 organised an induction programme for the first year post graduates 2021 batch presided over by chancellor of the University, Rev. Fr. Dr. J. E. Arul Raj and director ICAR-central institute for research on cattle-Uttar Pradesh, Dr. Abhijit Mitra as the guest of honour.

NSCN (I-M) UT recovers: NSCN (I-M) Union Territory (UT) has recovered a four-wheeler Bolero GL NL-06 1950, chassis number 69277 and engine number 27076. Rightful owner has been informed to claim the same by producing the original documents within seven days from the publication of notice. One has been asked to contact at 7085596462.

Medical camp on Oct 8 & 9: SD Jain charitable clinic has informed that a specialised medical camp would be conducted October 8 and 9 in collaboration with Naruvi Hospital, Vellore.

For more information, one could contact at 9436002161 or 6009750821.

5 th Death anniversary of Late Mr. rongsenkaba

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DIMAPUR: Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Tuensang on Tuesday convicted one Penglang for molestation under US 354 (A) (2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

In a press release, assistant public prosecutor (APP) Tuensang, Mitchell Zhimomi, who was counsel for the state in the case, informed that on February 1, 2021, a written FIR was received from the victim stating that one person had molested her at broad daylight.

After considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in mind the nature of the offence committed, the court sentenced the convict to six months imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 3,000.

In default of payment of fine, APP informed that the convict would undergo simple imprisonment of one month and the fine collected from the convict would be awarded to the victim as compensation (section 357 of the CrPC).

Born on : 16th May 1947 Died on : 20th sept. 2021

3 convicted for stealing vehicle parts

The court in its order dated September 29 convicted three people for commission of an offence punishable under section 379 read with section 34 of the IPC. The convicts were involved in stealing of vehicle parts and accessories in and around Tuensang.

After making observations, the judge convicted the accused persons for nine months and directed them to pay fine.

1st Death anniversary

of our beloved Father Late James K.Murry

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

"To his very last days, Dad’s life was instructive."

As he aged, he taught us how to grow old with dignity, humor and kindness and, when the good Lord finally called, how to meet Him with courage and with joy in the promise of what lies ahead”.

Loved Ones dp-4827/21

We, the bereaved family of Late Pangerlemla (Changki), would like to thank the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our lose.

We offer our heartfelt gratitude to all individuals, friends, relatives, neighbours, churches and well-wishers who have rendered unconditional support financially, materially, emotionally and spiritually during her prolonged illness and till her last breath on 20th of Sept. 2021.

We regret our inability to thank each and every one individually, however, your support and kind deeds will always be remembered and treasured.

May the good Lord bless you all beyond measure in return. dp-4829/21

Loving sons, in-laws & grandchildren

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 06-10-2020

Late Pvutsemo Kikon

16/01/1961 – 17/09/2021 "Precious is the eyes of the Lord, Is the death of his saints"

(Psalm 116:15)

We, the family of Late Mr. Pvutsemo Kikon, would like to express our special thanks to every individual who stood by us physically, spiritually and financially during the time of our bereavement.

We regret our inability to thank every one personally but it is our sincere prayer that Almighty God continue to bless you all abundantly. dp-4809/21

“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.” Philippians 1:3 A year has passed without the warmth of your presence in our lives.

But the memories we have of you continue to remain in our hearts. Time will pass, things will change and yet, today, in remembrance, we smile with gratitude for the goodwill you have instilled in each of our hearts throughout your life which will continue to remain so.

Deep in our hearts you will always stay and we will cherish you each day until we meet again in eternal glory.

Loving wife, children, grandchildren, in-laws and relatives k-1926/21

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Loving wife, children, in-laws & family members

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Lt. Merangso Jamir 27/09/1974 – 28/09/2021

Late Purnukshi ao

Born : 18.12.1983 – Died : 06.09.2021

“You’ll heal, you’ll be okay, you’ll let go.”

Through this column, we the bereaved family members express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us during the short illness and sudden demise of my beloved husband and our son on 6th September 2021.

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

Loving wife, and family members mkc-368/21 K Y M C

The family of Lt. Merangso Jamir would like to express our deepest appreciation for everyone’s sympathy as we mourned his loss. The shared memories from all of you at the visitation and funeral, along with the many phone calls, flowers, cards, gifts and words of condolence meant so much for us.

We would especially like to thank: Fellowship Nursing Home, Zion Hospital, Excel Care Hospital Guwahati, BLKMax Hospital Delhi, Nok-anna, Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo, Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo, Delhi Ao Baptist Church, Ao Senso Telongjem, Mopunchuket Union Dimapur, Zungapur, Lake View Colony Council, and Honorable Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly for your support and service.

May God bless you all! dp-4823/21

D.O.B : 14/08/1948 – Died on : 04/10/2021 We, the family members of Late T Akum Longkumer (Rtd. Asstt. Comdt.) would like to express our deepest gratitude to all who sympathized and supported us during his prolonged illness and demise of our beloved on 4th Oct., 2021.

We extend our sincere gratitude to all those doctors and nurses who treated and took care during his illness.

Further, we would also like to take this opportunity to thank each and every individual, groups and organizations who supported us through prayers, financially and morally.

We remain deeply indebted to all. May the Almighty Lord bless you all abundantly. db-263/21

Loving Wife, Children, Grand Children, In-laws & Relatives K Y M C

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FAC organises ‘alumni meet 2021’ Farewell programme for retiring govt employees

college anthem was led by youth promoter, Alempang Baptist Church Imkummeren and friend, SDO(C) Mokokchung, Sentilong Ozukum spoke on the topic, “my alma mater”, vote of thanks was delivered by FSC internal alumni committee co-convenor and HoD (sociology) Dr. Adangla Changkija and a special prayer for the alumni was said by MTBA Pastor Rev. Members of FAC internal alumni committee, faculty and others at the programme. Ponen Longchar. The business session was chaired assistant professor by FAC IQAC coordinator DIMAPUR: Fazl Ali Col- institution. lege (FAC) Mokokchung The committee said the (English) Bendang- and HoD (English) Dr. internal alumni committee objective was also to provide senla, special song and Lanurenla. organised an “alumni meet an opportunity for the alumni 2021” on October 4 at the to retrospect, reconnect, recollege auditorium. new and relive the memories A press release by the of college life and making committee informed that the them realise their potentials meet was organised keeping as valuable resources in helpin mind the importance of ing their alma mater scale maintaining a cordial re- greater heights. lationship with the alumni The first session of the for the overall growth of the meet was chaired by FAC

DIMAPUR: Kohima Forest Division and department of social welfare Kiphire organised separate farewell programmes for respective retiring government employees.

KFD: Kohima Forest Division organised a farewell programme for retiring staff and held a session on financial education programme on October 1 at the Conference Hall, Forest Office Complex, Kohima.

A press release by the department stated that during the farewell programme eight staff under Kohima Range and Chiephobozou

Range were felicitated for their service.

Addressing the outgoing staff, DFO Kohima Rajkumar M congratulated the staff for completion of their service and reminded that retirement was the beginning of the “second innings of their life”.

Range officer, Kohima Range Pezaneinuo Chielie exhorted the efforts and contribution of the outgoing staff and wished them the best as they start a new chapter in their lives.

A brief session on financial education programme was also organised

targeting both the retired staff and those in service with Chenio Lotha from National Centre for Financial Education as the resource person.

Kiphire: Farewell programme for retiring Child Development Project Officer (CDPO), Kiphire ICDS project Z. Tsangkhuchu Sangtam and typist Kiphire ICDS project

TsalilaSangtam was held at Hopongkyu Memorial hall Kiphire.

In his message, director of social welfare, Michael Zaren described Z. Tsangkhuchu Sangtam as an upright and disciplined person who was ready to stand up to any occasion.

Short speeches were also delivered by the retiring employees.

1st round trg for polling personnel

DIMAPUR: Deputy commissioner & district election officer, Tuensang, Kumar Ramnikant has deputed government officials /staffs of various departments under Tuensang district to perform the election duty as presiding offer, 1st polling officer, 2nd polling officer, 3rd polling officer, 4th polling officer and grade IV in connection with conduct of ensuring by-election to Nagaland legislative assembly from 58 Shamator-Chessore assembly constituency.

Ao Christian Revival Church Youth Fellowship Dimapur (ACRCYFD) organised a seminar on the theme, “rebuild (Nehemiah 2:18)” on October 2 in the church premises with ACRCD associate pastor Moaakum Walling as speaker.

Altogether, 43 youth attended the seminar.

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IMPHAL, OCT 5: Rational thinking and scientific temper are the cornerstones of a progressive nation, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said in a speech here on Tuesday.

The Vice President, who is on a northeast tour, arrived in Imphal Tuesday afternoon and inaugurated the Phytopharmaceutical Laboratory at the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal. Naidu lauded IBSD for promoting the Phytopharmaceutical Mission in the northeastern region of the country.

“The mission will aid in the development of alternative herbal medicines to combat diseases like COVID-19,” he said.

While praising the contribution of the Indian scientific community in nation building, he said “the future progress of our country rests in the hands of our able scientists.”

Asserting that rational

Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu arrived in Imphal on a two-day visit to Manipur on Tuesday. thinking and scientific temper were the cornerstones of a progressive nation, he said that the northeastern region is a biodiversity hotspot with its rich variety of ecosystems and lauded the IBSD for managing the bioresources of the region for sustainable development using modern biotechnological tools.

He expressed his happiness on learning that IBSD, an institution under the department of Biotechnology of the Union ministry was promoting the Phytopharmaceutical Mission in

the region.

He said that the mission aimed at promoting the documentation, scientific validation and evaluation of traditional healthcare practices was an important step and assumes special significance in the context of the vast plant resources and diverse traditional healthcare practices of the region.

On the other hand, the Vice President stressed on the importance of better roads and connectivity in the region to the overall development of the region.

He called for development activities in the northeast states by utilizing the funds provided by the Centre for various projects with transparency and accountability.

“Development of the country is incomplete without the development of the northeast. Communication should be strengthened in the region,” he said.

Manipur Governor La Ganesan, in his speech, urged scientists and researchers of IBSD to reach out to far flung rural areas where medical facilities are almost nil or minimum and people who are economically backward. He said that the basic objective of the Phytopharmaceutical Lab inaugurated is to provide quality medical facilities.

The medical facilities in the northeastern region including Manipur are insufficient compared to other metropolitan cities, he observed.

He said, “The region is directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and it is our belief that we are going

to overcome the challenge but it will take some time.”

Chief minister N Biren Singh said that the state government was committed to protecting the environment and ecology and had been making various efforts for protecting forests thereby increasing the Protected Area Networks.

He said that botanical gardens and biodiversity parks were established for protecting and conserving the local species.

He also stated that he was delighted to learn that IBSD has taken up several researches on bioresources available in the region.

He hoped that the newly developed laboratory of Phytopharmaceutical research will help in documenting the large number of medicinal plants of the region. Later, the Vice President visited INSACOG facility of the ISBD. The Vice President also inaugurated a national seminar on “Bioeconomy from Bioresources of North Eastern Region of India”.

Traffic jam in Imphal as Manipur Cong Sonia resolves internal protests against Priyanka’s arrest in UP feud within M’laya Cong

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IMPHAL, OCT 5: Senior AICC leaders took part in the protest staged by Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Tuesday against the arrest of party leader Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh.

The AICC leaders insisted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must apologize to farmers over the recent violence in Lakhimpur Kheri of Uttar Pradesh.

Among others, AICC (Manipur-in-charge) Bhakta Charan Das, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh who are currently camping in the poll-bound state along with MPCC president N Loken Singh and sitting MLAs and many leaders of the party in the state took part in the protest.

Registering a strong protest against the arrest

of AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in UP, hundreds of Congress workers including AICC leaders and MPCC leaders took out a rally on the streets in Imphal today.

A massive jam was triggered by the rally that marched along the congested BT Road that passes through the heart of the capital city.

The road where the protest rally was on the scheduled route for the movement of Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu who arrived in Imphal today on his two-day visit to the state.

The rally, however, did not affect the movement of the VVIP as he (Vice President) arrived in Imphal hours delayed against his original schedule.

The rally that started from Imphal Congress

Concerned citizens in M’laya float new political party Correspondent SHILLONG, OCT 5: A “group of concerned citizens” in Meghalaya on Tuesday announced that it will launch a political party, the “Voice of the People Party” (VPP) to fight the 2023 Meghalaya assembly elections.

Former Meghalaya legislator, Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit said that a “group of concerned citizens” in the State decided to float a new political party with a view to effectively deal with the people’s issues.

“As concerned citizens of the state we cannot sit idle and turn a blind eye to what we witness and hear about the present situation in the state. As you are aware the state is going to complete 50 years of its existence in 2022 that is next year only.

However it is sad to see that the state is going down in every aspect,” Basaiawmoit said at a news conference.

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SHILLONG, OCT 5: The internal rumblings within the opposition Congress party in Meghalaya has been “resolved” after interim Congress president, Sonia Gandhi brokered peace between Congress Legislature Party leader Mukul Sangma and newly appointed Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee president Vincent H Pala.

During the meeting with Pala and Sangma in New Delhi on Monday, Gandhi urged both the leaders, who apparently had differences between them to work united and rejuvenate the party ahead of the 2023 Meghalaya assembly polls elections. Both Sangma and Pala along with the AICC in-charge Meghalaya, Manish Chatrath and AICC general secretary K C Venugopal met Congress MP Ra-

hul Gandhi at his residence in Delhi on Sunday.

“Everything has been resolved and we have sorted out our differences and problems within the four walls of the party,” Sangma, who was perturbed with the AICC leaders for not consulting him on the appointment of Pala as MPCC president, said.

“We also discussed some strategies and old structure format to be followed in place,” the twotime Chief Minister said.

On the other hand, Pala maintained that there were no differences between him and Sangma.

Pala, the newly appointed MPCC president also said he had spoken to Sangma and got the impression that the latter had a problem with the way the MPCC president was appointed and not him as an individual.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF YOUTH RESOURCES AND SPORTS NAGALAND : KOHIMA

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Dated, Kohima the 4th October 2021

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The Department of Youth Resources and Sports invites interested Girl’s Footballer for trails in U-16 Category for Khelo India Centre Football Academy (Non-Residential) at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima. Candidates born after 01/01/2005 are eligible for the trail and must produce age proof certificate i.e, Aadhar/Birth Certificate at the time of trail. The schedule date for trail will be on the 19th October, 2021 at IG Stadium from 9:00 am onwards.

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Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit “We have decided to float a new regional political party, namely- ‘Voice of the People Party’ in order to bring about a political change in the state in view of the present state of affairs in the state, the absence of a strong political will and the failure of the existing political parties to live up to the expectations of the people,” the former member of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and also the Hill State Democratic Party (HSPDP) said. He said the new party will be formally launched in November.

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Bhavan marched along the congested BT Road towards the Western Gate of Kangla fort from where they made a U-turn to cumulate in front of the Congress Bhavan.

As they continued the protest by blocking BT Road, a large number of police detailed along the road as a part of security measures for the Vice President’s visit rushed to the spot and convinced them to to conclude the protest for resumption of normal traffic.

As the protesters refused to disperse , police forcibly pushed them inside the Congress Bhavan premises after a brief struggle.

Talking to reporters at the protest site, Bhakta Charan Das said that the police highhandedness against Gandhi was condemnable and it reflected the lawlessness in the state (UP).

Dimapur Dated the 04th Sept. 2021

Notice is hereby given that shri. Meyipokyim, a resident of Industrial Village, Razhuphe, Dimapur has reported that he has lost Original Jamabandi bearing Patta No. 956 covered by Dag No. 1036, Mouza No. 02, measuring an area 00-02-02 at Block No. 05.

Seen FIR Lodge vide Ref. Regt/GDE No.G/53/2021, dated 06/07/2021 in the West Police Station, Dimapur on the said plot of land.

The undersigned hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land and if any should be submitted to this Court in written within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice.

Sd/- Rajesh Soundararajan, IAS Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland dP-4814/21

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Press release sUVIDHa (suvidha.eci.gov.in) application link is provided on the official website of the CeO: www.ceo.nagaland.gov.in Bye election to the Nagaland legislative assembly from 58 shamator Chessore (sT) aC, 2021 - suvidha – Facility for the Candidates and Political Parties to:1. Apply online Nomination Form and Affidavit 2. Apply online for different permissions during Election Campaign.

Online Nomination Form and affidavit Candidates can make online data entry of their personal details in the nomination form and the affidavit (Form-26) step 1- registration: The Candidate will have to do the registration and login with the mobile number and OTP. After successful login, the Candidate needs to enter the EPIC number and the relevant details will be auto-fetched from the electoral roll. step 2- Data entry of personal details in the form and affidavit: Candidate needs to make data entry of his personal details in the nomination form and affidavit online. In case of error or mistake made while making entries, the same can be edited/corrected, till the finalization by the Candidate. step 3-selection of preferable dates: After completing the verification of details, Candidate has to finalize the form and proceed further for selection of 3 preferable dates for physical submission of the form before the Returning Officer. step 4-security deposit: The Candidate can choose to enter the details of challan or indicate the option to deposit it by cash. step 5-Physical submission of print out of the form filled online: It is to be noted that the form in which the online data entry has been made by candidate, will only be treated duly submitted if a printout with QR Code is taken from the system, signed in ink, notarized and delivered by hand, either by the candidate himself or by his proposer between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM to the Returning Officer, on the appointed date and place, specified by him. The online Nomination Facility will be closed one day prior to the last date of nomination.

Online Permissions The Suvidha application provides facilities for applying, processing, granting and monitoring permissions.

The permissions are as follows:  Permission to hold Meeting & Loud Speaker.  Opening of Temporary Party Office.  Vehicle Permit.  Permit to take out Procession & Loud Speaker.  Permit for Street Corner Meeting & Loud Speaker.  Helicopter & Helipad.  Permit for Construction of Rostrum/Barricade  Vehicle Permit (Inter District).

Facilities:  Receipts generated for every application on successful submission of the application.  Availability Status- Applicant can see whether the place sought for meeting etc. is booked on that date and time before proceeding with the Application.  Forwarding letter auto generated to the permission issuing authorities who will have all details of the application.  Assembly Constituency wise Police Stations are mapped.  Concerned police station will get alert over registered mobile about the application received & permission granted. They can also get the application papers for issuing no objection in Suvidha.  Application Details Register is auto generated capturing all details of the application and decision taken.  Event Place, Date & Time is captured in the database.

Process: 1) Entry Form: On accessing the Suvidha Application, the Application Entry Form will appear. User can fill the application entry form for seeking the permission by specifying type of permission, such as permissions for holding meetings, use of loud speakers etc.

2) Pre-defined formats for Candidate Permissions: I. Permission to hold Meeting & loud speaker Pre-Defined Formats:  NOC from land Owner/Head of the Institution (Mandatory)  NOC from OC/IO/SP (Optional)  Probable Expenditure Statement (Mandatory)  Application in prescribed format (Mandatory) II.

Permission for opening of temporary Party Office Pre-Defined Formats:  Site Description Details - upload a copy of details (Mandatory)  Consent letter of the Owner/tenant must be attached (mandatory)  NOC from OC/IO/SP (Optional)  Probable Expenditure Statement (Mandatory)  Application in prescribed format (Mandatory)

III. application for Vehicle Permit Pre-Defined Formats:  Description of vehicle (Mandatory)  Attach a copy of the Registration/insurance/tax token (mandatory)  Probable Expenditure Statement (Mandatory)  Application in Prescribed format (Mandatory) IV. Permit to take out Procession & loud speaker Pre-Defined Formats:  NOC from land Owner/Head of the Institution (Mandatory)  NOC from OC/IO/SP (Optional)  Full details of vehicles (Mandatory)  Probable Expenditure Statement (Mandatory)  Application in prescribed format (Mandatory) V.

Permit for street Corner Meeting & loud speaker Pre-Defined Formats:  NOC from Land Owner/Head of the Institution (Mandatory)  NOC from OC/IO/SP (Optional)  Probable Expenditure Statement (Mandatory)  Application in prescribed format (Mandatory)

VI. application for Helicopter & helipad Pre-Defined Formats:  Application in prescribed format (Helicopter Landing) (Mandatory)  NOC from Land Owner/Head of the Institution (Mandatory)  NOC from OC/IO/SP (Optional)  NOC from Fire Services (Mandatory)  NOC from PWD for Construction & Helipad (Mandatory)  Probable Expenditure Statement (Mandatory)  Application in Prescribed format (Mandatory) VII. Permit for Construction of rostrum/Barricade Pre-Defined Formats:  Clearance from EE/SDO/JE PWD  NOC from EE/SDO/JE Power (Mandatory)  Probable Expenditure Statement (Mandatory)  Application in prescribed format (Mandatory) VIII. application for Vehicle Permit (Inter District) Pre-Defined Formats:  Description of vehicle (Mandatory)  Attach a copy of the Registration/insurance/tax token (Mandatory)  Probable Expenditure Statement (Mandatory)  Application in prescribed format (Mandatory) Those marked Mandatory should be provided by the Applicant at the time of applying and those without the mark 'Mandatory', should be downloaded by the respective Deputy Commissioner & Returning Officer /Nodal Officer in charge in the RO office who would thereafter seek NOC from the respective departments and then upload on Suvidha.

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5) It may be noted that the permissions for all the above mentioned categories of campaign activities have to be necessarily taken. As mentioned above, it has to be taken from the respective ROs. In case of permit for Helicopter & Helipad and vehicle permit is required for more than 1(one) district, the permit will be given by the District Election Officer.

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Modi attacks previous SP govt in UP

Lakhimpur incident: Victim’s family SAYS IT CREATED HINDRANCES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSING SCHEME wants 2nd autopsy

LUCKNOW, OCT 5 (PTI): Hitting out at the previous Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday alleged that it had no interest in constructing houses for the poor and created hindrances in the implementation of the central housing scheme.

He said before 2017, “18,000 houses were approved for Uttar Pradesh for construction under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana but not even 18 houses were built by the previous government.”

“There was money, there was sanction but those who were running the government were creating hindrance as they did not want to construct houses,” the PM said. On the other hand, the Yogi Adityanath government has “completed nine lakh houses under the scheme and 14 lakh are under construction,” Modi said, reeling out comparative figures. Addressing “New Urban India Conclave”, Modi said his government has made three crore poor families “lakhpati” under this scheme by providing them houses. The prime minister stressed there was a massive increase in the number of houses constructed under PMAY in his regime. “More than 1.13 crore housing units have been approved in the cities and, out of these, more than

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“Technology is the ba- banks and through it aid of sis of the Integrated Com- more than Rs 2,500 crore mand and Control Centres has been given to more than that are running in more 25 lakh beneficiaries. than 70 cities of the country.

“More than 7 lakh benToday, we will have to say eficiaries of UP have taken ‘Pahle App’ - Technology advantage of Svanidhi YoFirst’,” the PM said while jana,” he said, complimentmentioning the culture of ing the vendors for promotLucknow city. ing digital transactions. He Modi said under the said Metro service is rapidly PM Svanidhi Yojana, street expanding to major cities Narendra Modi (PTI) 50 lakh houses have already vendors are linked with across the country. been built and handed over to the poor,” he said, adding before 2014 only 13 lakh houses were approved The deaths in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri found under the programme. He no mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 35-minute emphasised that the govern- speech Tuesday at an event in state capital Lucknow, 140 ment has made a very seri- km away. ous effort to overcome the The absence of any reference to the violence, despite problems and challenges of allegations that Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra’s son the urban middle class and was part of a convoy of cars that ran over protesters, led the the law establishing the Real opposition to describe Modi as “anti-farmer”.

Estate Regulatory Authority The PM was in Lucknow to inaugurate an ‘Azadi@75is a major step. “RERA has New Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’ conferhelped in getting the entire ence-cum-expo, to mark 75 years of India’s Independence housing sector out of the next year. Through his address, Modi praised the Yogi mistrust and fraud and has Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for its “efforts and helped and empowered all cooperation in several schemes of the central government”. stakeholders,” he said.

Chief Minister Adityanath, who addressed the event The PM said urban as well, didn’t mention the Lakhimpur-Kheri violence bodies are also saving about either.

Rs 1,000 crore every year by Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, who arrived in the installing LED street lights. state in the aftermath of the violence but was stopped from “Now this amount is leaving the Lucknow airport, described “this BJP governbeing used for other devel- ment as totally insensitive”. Samajwadi Party spokesperson opment works. Use of LEDs Ashutosh Verma echoed the criticism. has also greatly reduced the Speaking to ThePrint about Modi’s speech, Chhatelectricity bill of the people tisgarh CM Baghel said this BJP government “has an antiliving in cities,” he said. farmer approach”.

The prime minister “The PM and CM did not say a single word on this said in India in the last 6-7 incident (Lakhimpur Kheri) because they have a habit of years there has been a huge ignoring the voice of farmers. They are anti-farmers. Their transformation in the urban supporters call them (farmers protesting against farm laws) sector due to technology.

‘Talibani’, ‘Khalistani’ etc,” he said.

PM skips Lakhimpur in Lucknow speech, oppn labels it ‘insensitive, anti-farmer’

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, OCT 5 (AGENCIES): The family of Gurvinder Singh (19), one of the protesting farmers who died in Lakhimpur Kheri Sunday, has refused to cremate him and demanded a second autopsy after the first one allegedly ruled out a bullet injury.

Speaking to ThePrint, Gurvinder Singh’s father Sukhwinder Singh said a decision on where the postmortem examination will be conducted will be taken by the farmers’ union and the family members.

“The report, we have been told, does not show bullet injury, which is quite shocking as he died due to that. The report shows stomach injury etc. but makes no mention of bullet injury. We are all going to sit down and decide on the future course of action as he was clearly hit by a bullet,” Sukhwinder said.

Eight people were killed in the violence Sunday, which erupted during a farmers’ protest against Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra. The protesting farmers say four of these were farmers — they allege three died when they were run over by a car in the minister’s convoy, while the fourth, Gurvinder, was “shot” by the minister’s son Ashish Mishra. Gurvinder’s family alleges he was shot by someone in the minister’s convoy.

Lakhimpur probe ‘paper work’: Cong; asks why MoS home son not arrested yet NEW DELHI, OCT 5 (PTI): The Congress Tuesday dubbed as “paper work” the probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and asked why the son of a union minister accused of mowing down farmers has not been arrested yet and the minister dismissed.

Congress leader and former law minister Ashwani Kumar also asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not meet the families of the eight people who died in the Lakhimpur incident even though he was in Lucknow Tuesday for an ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav’ event. Kumar also questioned the detention of leaders like Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who, he said, sought to share the grief of the affected families.

Kumar said human life cannot be measured in monetary terms after the government announced a compensation of Rs 45 lakh each to the affected families.

He also dismissed the “compromise” reached between the farmers and authorities.

“We feel only paper work has been done to try and suppress the anger of people. But this anger cannot be suppressed and history is witness to this,” he told reporters.

“The prime minister is in Lucknow today. It was only to be expected that when a tragedy of such colossal nature has

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taken place, he meets the aggrieved families and the families of those who have lost their lives. But that has not happened,” Kumar said.

He accused the government of indifference and insensitivity in dealing with the incident and said the Congress expresses its “shock and disgust” over the administration’s response.

“How is it that a cavalcade of cars driving at full speed mows down eight innocent citizens of our country and the only concrete response is the announcement of a Rs 45 lakh compensation? Human life cannot be measured in monetary terms.

“What is the guarantee that the probe announced is going to lead to a speedy and just decision in the case.

So far, it seems as if a paper response has been given in order to bid time,” he asked.

Kumar alleged the governments in Uttar Pradesh and at Centre are trying to rub salt on the wounds of people instead of putting balm.

He wondered how cases have been slapped against those who are there to express solidarity and grief with the affected families, while it is being said that those who mowed down people were not even present there.

This, he said, even when there are videos going viral of the mowing down of farmers. “Such a democracy is not going to run anymore.”

“The response of the Central government in not asking the union minister of state for home affairs to not resign and the response of the UP government in not arresting the person who is guilty and is shown to be guilty in a viral video. It is the central question. These questions are now in the people’s court,” the Congress leader said.

Kumar said it has been brought out in the media that the real reason behind what transpired at Lakhimpur was the “cocking of the snook by the union minister of state (Ajay Kumar Mishra) for home against the farmers, threatening them that he will teach them a lesson and that they are a bunch of hooligans who are not aware of the reality.”

“All of this had built up a kind of tense atmosphere and despite that the minister chooses again to cock a snook at the poor, agitating and aggrieved farmers.

PR should be imposed in UP, Yogi govt suppressing Lakhimpur truth: RLD chief

Jayant Chaudhary

km-odd distance, also met the families of some of the farmer victims to learn their story of loss.

All roads to Lakhimpur Kheri, about 130 km from Lucknow, have been blocked for opposition leaders with most, including Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Bhupesh Baghel as well as SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, being stopped from entering the district.

It is a “worrisome trend” that no one in the bureaucracy has raised questions over orders given by the political class, Chaudhary said, adding that he was surprised to hear Additional Director General, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar saying that political people are not allowed in the district.

“What does that mean, do you not have faith in

the political process? Why do they fight elections if they don’t have faith in the political voice? It is across the board, you see different parties... senior leaders are still in confinement. It is a shameful incident and reflects the callous attitude of the administration,” Chaudhary said.

Fo u r o f t h e e i g h t dead in Sunday’s violence in Lakhimpur Kheri were farmers, allegedly knocked down by vehicles driven

by BJP workers travelling to welcome Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to an event in the area. The others were identified as BJP workers and their driver, allegedly pulled out of the vehicles and lynched by the protesters.

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NEW DELHI, OCT 5 (PTI): Pushing for President’s rule in Uttar Pradesh, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary on Tuesday said the entire state machinery under the Yogi Adityanath government is trying to suppress the truth of what happened in Lakhimpur Kheri and clamping down on the opposition.

The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president, one of the few leaders to reach the Uttar Pradesh district where eight people, including four farmers, were killed during a farmers’ protest on Sunday, said he had to employ “guerrilla tactics” to do so.

“Reaching Lakhimpur was a tough task because Yogi has put the entire government machinery to work towards thwarting the Opposition. There needs to be a separation between the state and the party which is not there in UP… from the district magistrate to state-level officials, police, it seems everyone has taken membership of the BJP,” Chaudhary alleged in a phone interview to PTI. Chaudhary, who took 13 hours to reach Lakhimpur Kheri from Delhi, several hours more than it would take to cover the 420

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ttar Pradesh has never been known to be a state where the rule of law applies to all and its police force infamous for controversial actions, some of which have led to deaths both on the streets and in custody. On October 3, agitating farmers had gathered at a helipad to display their displeasure against UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, who was visiting the village of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra. The farm unions have been disrupting BJP functions in Punjab and Haryana and it was only a matter of time before protests spilled over to UP. The fact that it did, may have also rankled the party in power in the state and it was left to some insane mind to target the protesting farmers. According to video clips and reports, four persons participating in farmer’s protest were mowed down allegedly by a vehicle driven by Ashish Mishra son of union minister of state Ajay Mishra. The vehicle was among those in the convoy. The UP police have filed FIR mentioning the name of Ashish Mishra as the person who was driving the vehicle. The father Ajay Mishra took more than enough time to tell media that there was no proof that it was his son at the wheels of the vehicle that mowed down the protestors. The same day, opposition leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra went to the venue but barred from entering Lakhimpur Kheri. However after dodging UP Police for hours enroute Lakhimpur Khetri, Priyanka was finally stopped on Monday morning and detained at Hargaon police station and taken to a guest house at Sitapur Police Line.While the victims’ families were mourning for the loss of their loved ones, the UP chief minister promised a probe and for good measure, offered ex-gratia of Rs.45 lakh each to the family of the victims including government job. Till date, the UP Police have not even taken Ashish Mishra to custody for questioning while they were super efficient to bar opposition leaders from going to Lakhimpur Khetri and even placed some under preventive detention. The fact that the UP police has gotten nowhere in the case which was registered as murder is a mockery on the law. On the other hand, when UP police waste no time in arresting ordinary people even on mere suspicions, the disinclination to arrest Ashish Mishra who has been named as accused in a murder case is also another blot on the BJP government both in the state and the Centre. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Lucknow for an official function where the UP chief minister was the chief host. What can one make of the fact that Modi even did not utter a single word about the Lakhimpur incident? Does Modi’s silence over the Lakhimpur incident mean assent ? Even if not, the silence is deafening and equally devastating because the prime minister of a country showed he has no empathy for the citizens. If Modi wants to do what he promised-to provide good governance- then he must suspend his MoS Ajay Mishra and let the law of the land take its own course and which will provide justice to the bereaved families.

DailyDevotion The Nature of Degeneration

Just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned… —Romans 5:12 Just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned… —Romans 5:12

The Bible does not say that God punished the human race for one man’s sin, but that the nature of sin, namely, my claim to my right to myself, entered into the human race through one man. But it also says that another Man took upon Himself the sin of the human race and put it away— an infinitely more profound revelation (see Hebrews 9:26). The nature of sin is not immorality and wrongdoing, but the nature of self-realization which leads us to say, “I am my own god.” This nature may exhibit itself in proper morality or in improper immorality, but it always has a common basis— my claim to my right to myself. When our Lord faced either people with all the forces of evil in them, or people who were clean-living, moral, and upright, He paid no attention to the moral degradation of one, nor any attention to the moral attainment of the other. He looked at something we do not see, namely, the nature of man (see John 2:25).

Sin is something I am born with and cannot touch— only God touches sin through redemption.

It is through the Cross of Christ that God redeemed the entire human race from the possibility of damnation through the heredity of sin. God nowhere holds a person responsible for having the heredity of sin, and does not condemn anyone because of it. Condemnation comes when I realize that Jesus Christ came to deliver me from this heredity of sin, and yet I refuse to let Him do so. From that moment I begin to get the seal of damnation. “This is the condemnation [and the critical moment], that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light…” (John 3:19).

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If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. ~ Milton Berle

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2021

Post-mortem

Water, sanitation and hygiene for all: COVID-19 perspective E nsuring adequate environmental health solution and access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are critical elements to public health. COVID-19 has reaffirmed that implementing WASH in all settings is the need of the hour. Progress, environment, good health and peace are interrelated.

COVID-19 has taught us once again to focus on finding out solutions for public health, specifically sustainable environmental health to strengthen peace locally and globally.

Global assessment conducted by the WHO and UNICEF in 2015 reported that almost forty percent of healthcare facilities lacked water, nineteen percent were without sufficient sanitation and thirty five percent lacked hand hygiene goods.

Overall, global scenario reveals that more than one billion people worldwide, i.e. one in six, do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.4 billion people i.e. one in three, do not have access to sanitary facilities.

Another concern is that nearly forty percent did not possess the facility to manage healthcare wastes safely. Reports are available which reveals that around fifteen percent of patients develop infections during hospital stay.

Water, sanitation and hygiene related patient safety in healthcare facilities in developing countries has been already a matter of

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great concern and needed urgent attention. Adding to this already stressed poor safety scenario, more than two billion people are slowly losing their accessibility to fresh water resources and are increasingly becoming so, according to United Nation’s report.

With Coronavirus persisting in today’s world, washing hands is emerging as a difficult challenge in many developing nations due to inaccessibility of clean water or sanitation, in general. In an infectious disease outbreak including Covid-19, the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygienic condition has become more essential. Safely managed water, sanitation and hygiene is declared as the most cost-effective strategy by the World Health Organization. WASH serves as the barriers to humanto-human transmission in homes, communities, health care facilities, schools and other public spaces. Safely managed wash services are also critical to mitigate secondary infections on community livelihood and well-being post Covid-19.

The Covid-19 outbreak has not only highlighted the importance of sanitation and hygienic practice but has also brought upon many challenges especially in urban areas such as urban densification. Reportedly, the people in dense area are more prone to getting infected. Along with it, the adverse public health which

are further intensified by inadequate drinking water, sanitation and hygiene have been openly challenged.

Although, till today, the main route of transmission of SARS-Cov-2 has been reported to be only respiratory droplets and direct contact, WHO has cautioned about the possibility of Virus’s survival in drinking water and sewage for a limited number of days.

In fact, RNA fragment of SARS-Cov-2 has been detected in untreated sewage and sludge in a number of countries and municipalities. Though little evidence is available, some data suggests that transmission via faeces is possible. There are reports that confirm that 2-10% people infected with Covid-19 suffers from Diarrhea and have viral RNA fragments in their faeces.

Therefore, wastewater and sludge must be contained and treated in well-defined and managed wastewater or faecal/Sludge treatment plants. Such treatment should include all the physical, biological and chemical processes such as retention time, dilution, oxidation, sunlight, elevated pH, and biological activity to reduce the potential risk of exposure and to reduce the pathogen. In several reports, it is suggested for a final disinfection step, if existing treatment plants are not optimized to remove viruses.

Considering the slim possibility of the virus, get-

ting transmitted through untreated water or wastewater, in general, India will become the epicenter of Covid-19. This is because majority of Indian households in urban and rural areas do not have piped-water supply or adequate sewer connections. The numbers of sewage treatment plants are very few with most of them only partially functional.

Most Indian households are therefore, heavily reliant on ground water for drinking while the sanitation system in every households mostly includes septic tanks and pits which do not even meet the basic standards.

Owing to such situation, it is evident that India is among the most vulnerable nations for Covid-19 if the virus survives long enough in the water and in the faeces.

Therefore, it is crucial to keep water sources and supplies safe. The water should be treated at the point of distribution, collection or consumption; and ensure that those treated water are safely stored even at home. The concentration of SARS-CoV-2 can also be significantly reduced by utilizing conventional filtration and disinfection. In view of considering the fact that, other human coronaviruses have been exposed to be susceptible to chlorination and disinfection with ultraviolet light treatment, appropriate amount of chlorine should be maintained throughout the distribution system even while distributing via water

trucks or any other alternative transport systems such as bicycle, cart, etc. For effective water treatment, adequate stocks of chemical additives and consumable reagents to test the waterquality must be ensured.

Household water treatment such as boiling or using high-performing ultrafiltration or nanomembrane filters, solar irradiation, ultraviolet (UV) irradiation and sodium hypochlorite or correctly optimized other such chlorine products should also be utilized in places, especially rural areas where centralized water treatment and tap water supplies are not accessible.

Apart from water and excretions, management of waste including the health care waste, waste generated at home, greywater or dirty water from washing and cleaning are another critical measure that needs to be taken up.

The infectious waste produced during patient care, including those with confirmed COVID-19 infections such as sharps, bandages, pathological waste should be collected safely and properly treated before disposal. High temperature, dual chamber incineration or autoclaving must be encouraged to treat such waste.

Once the waste is displaced from original location or moved away, identification, segregation and treatment of the waste becomes a severe critical issue.

It is worthy to mention

that disposing of such waste in the water sources must be avoided.

The novel coronavirus outbreak has reaffirmed the importance of ensuring access of clean water and sanitation in public health.

Water, sanitation and hygiene should be accessible in all settings. Therefore, this outbreak calls for radical reformation in the policymaking in scaling up the WASH and waste management infrastructure and services across the country.

Developing countries like India should not only focus solely on infrastructure solutions but rework even on water and sanitation management systems.

Implementation of water safety plan (WSP) and sanitary safety plan (SSP) must be given utmost priority by the entire nation. In conclusion, this time has taught the people of this blue planet, consciously and responsibly to believe that “Now more than ever, we need a safer world. Now more than ever, we need a fairer world…”

(WHO Director General) and we would like to add that now more than ever we need a stronger WASH system for all, leaving no one behind.

Dr. Nirmala Devi is Assistant Professor and Arenjungla Kichu is Junior Research Fellow at National Institute of Technology Nagaland, Chumukedima, Dimapur. Email @ nirmaladevi2040@gmail.com

Nagaland under siege

agaland can be likened to that of the present Afghanistan under Taliban rule. The human right violations under the application of the Sharia law by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been the headlines in most of the TV channels. The freedom of Press and the freedom of women education, women entrepreneurship and their participation in sports and games are curtailed.

Two third of the population in Afghanistan are below poverty line. Is the condition of the common men in Nagaland better than that of the have not Afghans in their own country? Do we have the genuine peace and freedom to pursue our chosen vocations? Do we really have freedom of speech without fear of repercussion?

Are the common men more freer than those of the Afghans in their country? For the sake of those who cannot speak out for themselves for series of reasons, I placed this article in the public domain.

Look at just one or two instances of specimen of how Nagaland has been managed all through these two decades. Under the siege situation, the Disciplinary Rules are set aside whereby those who dared to abuse their power for selfish interest have the full liberty to go to any extent without fear of reaction. Nagaland is thus converted into a land of freedom for corruption. No matter how the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Ministry had tried to tone down and even to undo what the Nitti Ayog (the new nomenclature of the erstwhile Planning Commission of India), has unearthed the rate of miserable performances of the Govt. of Nagaland which were highlighted

by NLTV, the disclosures have become the spilled beans. What is more serious than what has been disclosed by Nitti Ayog, the brain of the country. The series of gross mismanagements of funds in Nagaland according to the Reports of Comptroller and Auditor General(C&AG) of India cannot be challenged by anyone since the financial figures and act of commissions by each Department were approved by the respective Public Account Committees in the Evidence Meetings. Look at the projected Nagaland’s budget deficit that stands roughly at Rs.3000 crores or above by the year end as against the projected deficit of Rs. 600 crores as for Assam speaks volumes for itself comparatively speaking.

Just as North Korea is un-

popularly popular for its missiles as against the pathetic economic condition of the common men, Nagaland is the most un-popularly popular State in the country for its misgovernance and the gap between the haves and the have-nots.

Throughout the 58 years of Nagaland Statehood, the successive State Govts. had never exclusively governed Nagaland even for a brief period of time but with the erstwhile powerful FGN till 1975 followed by more national govts. of the divided NNC/FGN post 1980. Yet, so much progress and developments could be brought to Nagaland all through those periods despite hassles because there was always dichotomy between the elected Govt. and the rest. In those turbulent decades, Nagaland did not lag behind any newer State in the NE as we are left to the rock bottom today. Today, if Nagaland has 11 NPGs, Manipur has 18 insurgent groups, and yet Manipur is one of the most progressive States in the NE as there exists the dichotomy between the elected Govt. and the insurgent govts.

Whereas, in Nagaland one can hardly recognize who rules the roost. The UDA is taking shelter under dillydallying ploys with regard to RIIN and without which the haywire remains, and the ILP cannot be enforced in Dimapur District. To UDA, the Mrs. Banuo Z. Jamir Commission’s report is the Frankenstein’s creation.

The UDA has been a stumbling block to augmentation of Dimapur Airport against the interest of Nagaland and also against the wishes of the Union Civil Aviation Ministry. The Kohima High Court building construction at Merema began in 2007 is in its 14th year with 35% progress as reportedly learnt as against the same category of High Courts in Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya which completed the projects within 6 years each and started functioning since 2013. The Kohima Medical College may become another reverie. The dusty 4-lane DimapurKohima road construction has been in shambles along with the other 2-lane road constructions for want of quality workmanship and timely completion. Etc., etc. The future of the youth in Nagaland is damn grim. The then PDA Govt. has banned the appointment to post vacancies since the last two years and the same order remains.

The vacancies may be even more than 5000 posts.

Whereas, the figure of the

educated unemployed youth has risen obviously as the State Govt. has become too helpless to take care of our potential educated youth. On the contrary, there seems to be people who enjoy dual salaries and people who consume pension benefits against ghost pensioners. Also, there seems to be cadres belonging to certain NPGs being in Govt. service or vice versa. Thus, the Govt. allows some unscrupulous people to avail undeserved benefits to the hilt at the cost of the deserving youth.

Whereas, the Govt. is scare to clean the Augean stable. While the Govt. has banned the recruitment, hundreds of the educated youth are attaining overage every day as the weeks, months and years wait for none. In complete absence of a single industry, how our youth be absorbed? Had there been peace and security in Nagaland, the private entrepreneurs would have flourished and by which large chunk of youth would have been engaged in private sector. Unfortunately the State Govt. miserably fails to show its existence and rather allowed the unscrupulous elements to superimpose and under such environment no business can grow. The noise raised by the Business Association of Nagaland and the complete closure of shops

by CNCCI supported by host of organizations on 16.9.2021 sent clear token message to now UDA that the State Govt. is responsible for the retrogression of the economy and impoverishing the people in Nagaland. I wholeheartedly congratulate the BAN & the CNCCI for having fearlessly carried out the token protest against the Govt. for shedding off its responsibility.

The more fortunate citizens are those employed in Govt. service and yet not free from exploitation in respect of deduction of salary for paying illegal taxes. In such business, some unscrupulous employee collector cannot be ruled out in sharing the spoils with one or two more NPGs. It also cannot be ruled out the practice of certain unscrupulous Govt. employees harassing the gullible employees with salary deduction for themselves by misusing the name of the NPGs. I can imagine how those IIIrd grade and IVth grade employees in certain Department have been surviving without pay for a single month for the last 9 months this year in a row. In such chaotic situation the elected Govt. has virtually opted to be the back bencher thereby exposing the general

public to be the easy prey of the predators directly or indirectly.

These are the few instances of how the indigenous citizens of Nagaland have been reeling under untold miseries over the two and half decades.

What then is the Remedy for all the ills inflicting Nagaland and compelling the gullible public to be the ultimate victim? The Remedy is the political solution out of the already concluded political negotiations in October, 2019 which remains elusive ambiguously. The solution will drastically reduce the number of governments from 12 to possibly 3 including the State Govt. When one becomes impatient about the inordinately delay with the solution, we tend to blame the GoI as though it is solely responsible. Yet, when we introspect ourselves, the Nagas are indeed largely responsible for the delay as we have divided ourselves into for and against the political solution.

The formal political negotiations under the theme agreements called the Framework Agreement (FA) of the NSCN (IM) and the Agreed Position (AP) of the Working Committee (WC), 7 NNPGs respectively with the GoI could be completed in October, 2019. The official conclusion of the negotiations implies that the dateline set for closure was mutual between the GoI and the two Naga negotiating groups. Besides, it implies that no matter whatever were the contentious issues, each party had in the processes, prior to closure, ultimately resolved it or to leave such matter for further persuasion post solution with the backdrop that the GoI made it clear to the Naga negotiators that the issues of sovereignty and integration are not negotiable in the ongoing process.

In other words, what is left to be done is simply the agreement to be signed by the parties.

Accordingly, the WC of 7 NNPGs has made its position clear that they are ready to sign the agreement. Whereas, the NSCN (IM) is sticking to its constitution and flag which are synonymous symbols of sovereignty. Thus, the NSCN(IM) is found unwilling to have the logical conclusion.

Nevertheless, as I understand the standpoints of the Naga negotiators, any agenda is expected to be within the parameters of the basic agreements of FA and AP so reached respectively after all those are gentlemen agreements and nothing was done under duress.

The approach to negotiation is expected to be realistic and

practical as it is in the 24th year of negotiation as for NSCN(IM).

The lengthier period of negotiation will neither become more convincing to either party nor can it fetch greater dividend as for the formal closure of the negotiations in October, 2019 says so. I believe that both the NSCN(IM) and the 7 NNPGs entered into negotiations with the objective to bring about a new era of genuine peace post solution in which the people expect to have a happier life than what we have today.

The State of Nagaland is not made to host the indefinite political negotiation. The people of Nagaland are tired of nurturing negotiations as it is found to be expensive and too taxing. No negotiator is supposed to enjoy the negotiation at the expense of the poorer mass, the youth and particularly the educated unemployed youth and the struggling indigenous entrepreneurs. The traders and the entrepreneurs are heavily taxed directly, and yet the general public are to bear the brunt of it ultimately.

The cost of living in Nagaland is too expensive for the impoverished masses. Similar to that of Afghan situation, the bona fide citizens of Nagaland have been facing curbs in respect of freedom of business, freedom of speech and freedom of developments. Some who tends to usually campaign against Human Rights violation are sponsoring Human Rights violators. Many well to do local entrepreneurs lost interest to invest here in their homeland, Nagaland. Nagaland is economically strangulated by a typical strong syndicate. This syndicate is hell bend to perpetuate the status quo.

The expected political solution is the only panacea that can at least mitigate the amount of sufferings faced by the indigenous citizens of Nagaland.

The UDA ministry has to stop pampering any negotiator trying to have inconclusive negotiation using it as its goldmine.

The UDA’s facilitation must not transform the exercise into a protracted negotiation. The UDA’s facilitation is expected to be explicit and not the sophistic jargon laced with political motive. I also feel that the undue indulgence of the State leaders of not only from Nagaland but also from neighbor State in the negotiation process may dent on the political status of the negotiations from that of PM level down to that of State level.

Z. Lohe

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

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2021

Sitharaman says ‘loot’ is in Cong DNA

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Priyanka, 10 others arrested

(From p-1) and running over a group of protestors walking on a road.

“Have you seen this video Modi ji?

This video shows the son of a member of your council of ministers running over farmers with his vehicles. Please see this and tell the country why is this man still at large and why has the minister not been sacked?”

AAP leader Sanjay Singh and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi also shared the video on Twitter and Facebook, respectively, asking why no arrests have been made 48 hours after the incident, which left eight persons, including four farmers dead.

Meanwhile, BJP MP Varun Gandhi sharing the same video said it was soul wrenching and perpetrators seen in the clip should be identified and brought to justice.

Petition filed in SC for CBI probe: A petition was filed by two lawyers in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into Sunday’s Lakhimpuri Kheri violence.

The lawyers said the probe should be conducted within a stipulated period of time and under the supervision of the apex court.

An FIR already filed in the case on the basis of complaints registered by farmers has named Union minister of state for home Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni’s son Ashish Mishra and others. They have been booked for murder, criminal conspiracy and 20 other charges in the FIR, senior officials said. According to reports, Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra alias Monu was sitting in the car that mowed down protesting farmers and he also opened fire at them, as per an FIR lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police.

Guj: BJP wins Gandhinagar and 2 other civic bodies; Cong bags Bhanvad

A H M E DA BA D, O C T 5 (PTI): The ruling BJP on Tuesday retained the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) and won in two other civic bodies in Gujarat, while the Congress took away Bhanvad municipality in Devbhumi-Dwarka district from the saffron party.

In the GMC, the BJP established its lead since the beginning of counting at 9 am, and eventually trumped its rivals Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by a huge margin.

The GMC poll was being seen as a litmus test for the BJP in the backdrop of its sudden and surprising decision to change the state’s chief minister and the entire cabinet recently, ahead of

got only four seats.

The BJP retained Okha municipality by winning 34 out of 36 seats, while two seats went to the Congress.

However, in a setback to the BJP, the Congress emerged victorious in Bhanvad by winning 16 out of 24 seats. The BJP, which managed to win only eight seats this time, was in power in Bhanvad since 1995.

Voting for elections to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, state BJP President CR Patil and others after the GMC and the three othwinning Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation Election, at BJP HQ in Gandhinagar. (PTI) er municipalities took place on Sunday. Besides, bypolls the state Assembly polls due total 44 seats in the GMC, Dwarka district, and Thara to elect representatives on next year. The party had the BJP won 41 seats, the municipality of Banaskanregistered a thumping win Congress-two and the AAP tha district. in the local bodies polls held bagged one seat.

As per the final figures in February this year.

Counting of votes was released by the SEC after As per the final tally re- also held for three other counting of votes, the BJP leased by the State Election municipalities - Okha and won 20 out of 24 seats in Commission (SEC), out of Bhanvad in Devbhumi- Thara, while the Congress

104 vacant seats of various other local bodies were also held the same day.

Of the total 2.8 lakh registered voters in Gandhinagar, 56.24 per cent had exercised their franchise.

The voter turnout in Okha and Bhanvad was 55.07 and 62.27 per cent, respectively, while Thara had recorded an impressive 73.55 per cent turnout.

In Gandhinagar, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had put in a concerted effort apart from traditional rivals BJP and Congress.

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stand with a party which has lost its direction.

He also slammed the style of functioning of the Congress state leadership, alleging that they were not able to take a clear political stand on the issues affecting the people.

Announcing the decision at a press conference here, Balachandran said his decision to quit the party was based on the realization that it will not be able to function anymore in accordance with the spirit of the Congress workers.

Balachandran’s is the latest in the series of resignations happening in the Congress in Wayanad.

protracted “Indo-Naga” political issue to its logical conclusion at the earliest possible.

Meanwhile, the UDA resolved to make every possible effort “to play the role of active facilitator” towards the peace process and the ongoing negotiations.

In his regard, the UDA has appealed to all sections to continue to work towards unity, reconciliation and oneness in order to prepare a positive landing ground for the long-awaited solution.

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K A L P E T TA ( K E R ) , OCT 5 (PTI): The Congress suffered another setback in Kerala’s Wayanad, which is also a VIP Lok Sabha seat represented

by Rahul Gandhi, with former DCC president P V Balachandran quitting the party on Tuesday, alleging that the grand old party has failed to check the growth of the BJP in the country.

Ending his 52-yearlong association with the party, Balachandran, a member of the KPCC executive committee, said both majority and minority communities are moving away from the Congress and the people would not

acknowledged the desire and feeling of the Naga people, which has been expressed through consultative meetings and resolutions calling for an early, honourable, acceptable and inclusive solution.

Upholding the resolutions of the civil society groups, the Nagaland Legislative Assembly and the series of consultative meetings, the house appealed to the negotiating parties to respond to the cry of the people and bring the

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Cong in Kerala suffers jolt as another leader resigns

PATNA, OCT 5 (AGENCIES): After a bitter split and months of feuding, the two factions of the erstwhile Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will now be known by different names. While Chirag Paswan’s bloc will be known as Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), the Pashupati Paras-led faction will be called the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party.

The Election Commission has allotted a helicopter to as Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and a sewing machine symbol to the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party. The Election Commission has informed the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar about its decision.

It has also been directed that the Returning Officers conducting the by-elections should be informed immediately that the candidates of both these factions should be treated as candidates of recognized regional parties.

With this, Chirag Paswan fill be facing off against uncle Pashupati Paras for the first time in the upcoming byelections in Bihar.

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nation. In August, Sitharaman had unveiled a National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) that included unlocking value by involving private companies across infrastructure sectors -- from passenger trains and railway stations to airports, roads and stadiums.

She also took a dig at the Congress over the turmoil in its ranks in Chhattisgarh where it is in power and said the party fails to deliver whenever it gets people’s blessings in the form of majority in the assembly.

“Despite winning with such a huge majority (in Chhattisgarh in 2018), their MLAs are visiting Delhi and its surprising that the Chief Minister is giving statements that Congress

welfare schemes of the Modi government, Sitharaman said since 2014, its priority has been to rapidly push development agenda.

“We believe in the guiding principle of ‘sabka sath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas and sabka prayas’ ((with all, development for all and with everyone’s trust and effort) to take the nation ahead on the path of development.

“This mantra is aimed at benefiting everyone. It is a principle which is based on empowering people by bringing everyone on the path of development,” she said.

“We want to empower (citizens) not through ways of offering entitlement.

However, it doesn’t mean denying relief to those who need it. For this purpose, several other programmes are being run like PM Awas Yojna, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and others,” she added.

Sitharaman also mentioned about funds allocated to the Chhattisgarh government by the Centre under various schemes.

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MLAs have returned and there is no change (in leadership). You (Congress) have got blessings from people to serve them.

“Instead of doing that you (CM) are sitting here and praying to god (to save his chair) ... What happened to the government here?” she said, referring to recent trips of Congress MLAs to Delhi amid speculation of possible change in leadership.

The Congress, after getting a majority in polls, focuses on just staying in power, the BJP leader said.

“Whenever the Congress gets people’s blessing in the form of a majority, it cannot handle it. Remember when Rajiv Gandhi ji was in power with a majority (at the Centre in 1984-89).

“Was he able to run it for five years? Getting support and blessings is one thing but serving people by keeping focused and governance is another thing. They (Congress) just remains focused on looting by staying in power and people are watching it,” she added.

Highlighting various

(From p-1) The house also welcomed the “positive steps” taken by the Centre on matters related to the ongoing “Indo-Naga” political dialogue and the appointment of a single person as interlocutor with all the negotiating parties. Further, the house appreciated the resumption of talks and the decision of the Naga political groups to resume the peace process by proceeding to New Delhi for continuation of the negotiation process. The house also

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RAIPUR, OCT 5 (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said “loot” exists in the DNA of the Congress and this tendency was reflected during its rule as she slammed the Sonia Gandhiled party for its criticism of the Centre’s asset monetisation pipeline scheme.

Addressing a press conference at the Chhattisgarh BJP office Kushabhau Thakre Parisar here, she said the Narendra Modi government’s development principle is based on empowering people and not only offering entitlements to them.

“The matter of loot never goes out of the mind of the Congress because the same thing was prevalent during their time (rule).

Loot in the spectrum, mines, water, they are those who have committed loot.

“The word (loot) is so much in their DNA that they can’t think of anything else,” the Union minister said when asked about the Congress claims that the asset monetisation plan was aimed at “looting” the

LJP’s Paswan, Paras get new party names, symbols

7 UDA adopts four-point resolution on Naga issue

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tion.” “They are for themselves and do not mind running the government till the time they have”.

NPCC chief has, therefore, suggested that it was time for the people to decide because in five-year time, they would be given only one opportunity.

Therie also called upon the people to remove BJP government in the forthcoming election, adding that only vote can change the present situation.

He expressed hope that justice be delivered to the victims of the Lakimpur incident.

It may be mentioned that the NPCC had organized candle light march on October 4, from Hotel Saramati to Dimapur Congress Committee (DCC) office, jointly organized by Dimapur DCC, Seva Dal, Youth Congress, Mahila, NSUI, Kisan Cell and minority department.

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(From p-1) Further, questioning BJP’s political will to resolve the Naga political problem, Therie queried why did government recognise 13 factions and opened nine ceasefire monitoring cells in Dimapur.

On the detention of Priyanka without an FIR, Therie said that she wanted to pay homage to the departed soul and console the family members, but prevented by the UP government, which he described as “embarrassment”.

Therie said that unlike the BJP, Congress had concern for the people and security of life and property.

NPCC president said that the present government has shielded themselves in a thick wall and did not hear anything from outside.

He alleged that BJP and that BJP “Bhakts” did not mind taking lives because “they have no affec-

the development of the crop and assured to make major investments for seed nurseries, drip irrigation, technical backup, setting of mills, purchase centres, and training of farmers.

“A special package and assistance for NE states will change the socioeconomic status of the farmers and will open employment opportunities in the established oil palm mills along with infrastructure development,” an official statement quoted Tomar having said at the event.

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pur (NCD) president Etsungmomo Kikon said: “We were not opposing the development of the government, rather proposing Dimapur and Chümoukedima, as twin city”.

Dimapur Naga Students Union (DNSU) president Moayanger Jamir on behalf of the students mentioned that under DNSU there were more than fifty schools and 15 colleges with a student population of forty to fifty thousand. Students and administration are related for any documentation and application to be filed, and thereby the ultimatum of the DNSU was if shifting of the DC office hampers inconvenience of the students, it will not tolerate and will stand against it.

Re presentatives of Eastern Nagaland People’s union, Dimapur and Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation also spoke at rally.

Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) with a financial outlay of Rs 11,040 crore to promote the domestic cultivation of oil palm in the next five years and reduce the country’’s dependence on edible oil imports.

Addressing a business summit, Tomar said, “The government’s decision for making major intervention in North Eastern states for the oil palm promotion will turn NE states into oil palm hubs of the country.”

Tomar emphasised playing an equal role for

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The CSOs further informed that the committee will convene a meeting and decide next course of action if they do not receive any positive response.

Earlier, addressing the crowd at Holy Cross School junction, CSOS core committee convenor Kuhoi Zhimomi maintained that the reason behind organizing the rally was not on any other agenda or “isms” but to on oppose the shifting of the DC office. He said that shifting of the office to a non-cadastral area was not appropriate and will not be allowed.

The gover nment should not carry out “stepmotherly treatment” to the public of Dimapur which is the commercial hub of Nagaland and that a firm stand will be made and continued till a positive response is received from the state government, Zhimomi said.

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GUWAHATI, OCT 5 (PTI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the North Eastern states will turn into an oil palm hub of the country with the central government’s major intervention with an outlay of Rs 11,040 crore for the next five years.

Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) G Kishan Reddy urged investors and industrialists to invest in the North Eastern region which has immense potential for the agricultural sector, especially palm oil.

In August, the Union Cabinet approved the National Mission on Edible

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(From p-1) In this regard, the CSOs submitted another memorandum to the chief minister through DC reminding the chief minister to reply to its five-day “ultimatum” submitted on September 29 last.

In the memorandum, the CSOs expressed dismay that the government had turned deaf ears to the grievances of the citizens, despite several reminders.

CSO members informed also DC Dimapur Rajesh Soundararajan that the agitation will continue till they receive any response and therefore no file should be lifted from the office till they receive any response from the state government.

On this, the DC said he was not in the position to give any assurance from his end, but informed the CSOs that the second memorandum would be submitted to the government.

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CSCWG further recommended that the demand for setting up examination centres for preliminary and written exams in all district headquarters be accepted and a suitable provision in the regulations incorporated to this effect, if it did not exist.

The sub-committee also recommended that the demand for penalty provisions for defaulting departments/officers failing to requisition posts through NSSB be accepted and a suitable provision in the regulations incorporated if it did not exist.

The sources said the members present at the meeting gave their consent to the recommendations by raising their hand.

The civil society organisations in the committee included Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation, Central Nagaland Tribes Council, Tenyimi Public Organisation, Core Committee on Rationalisation of Reservation Policy, Eastern Naga Students’ Federation, Eastern Nagaland Gazetted Officers’ Association, Naga Students’ Federation and Central Nagaland Students’ Association.

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saw a substantial decline in positive sentiment among service providers due to this factor, despite input cost inflation retreating in September,” Lima said.

Moreover, travel restrictions continued to weigh on international demand for Indian services. New export business contracted for the nineteenth month in a row, the survey said.

Business Activity in India’s private sector rose further in September, as

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work and increase business activity during September,” said Pollyanna De Lima, Economics Associate Director at IHS Markit.

However, despite the sustained recovery of the sector, business confidence weakened in September.

“While forecasts of better demand in the year ahead supported business confidence regarding output, growth looks set to be constrained by rising inflation expectations. We

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For the second straight month, the services sector witnessed an expansion in output. In Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) parlance, a print above 50 means expansion, while a score below 50 denotes contraction.

“Indian companies continued to benefit from a recovery in demand as the pandemic receded further and restrictions were lifted.

The improved market environment meant that firms managed to secure new

(From p-1) On the demand that the chairman and two members be rotated among the recognised tribes of Nagaland on a roster basis, the sub-committee observed that though the government tried to ensure adequate representation of various tribes in such bodies and hence there might be no harm in making a specific provision in the regulations to this effect.

Therefore, it recommended that as far as practicable, the chairman and the members be rotated among the recognised tribes of Nagaland and a suitable amendment of the regulations be carried out in this regard.

On the demand to bring exempted services under the purview of NSSB for the purpose of conducting written examinations, the sub-committee observed that the board with the notified provisions was yet to be made functional and hence it would be more advisable to start with the notified mandate of the board.

On inclusion of more posts, the subcommittee maintained that this could be considered in due course of time after the functioning of the board stabilised.

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For the second straight month, the services sector witnessed an expansion in output.

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both manufacturing and services output continued to expand. The Composite PMI Output Index -- which measures combined services and manufacturing output -- was at 55.3 in September, little-changed from 55.4 in August.

On the prices front, amid reports of higher fuel, material, retail and transportation prices, average cost burdens faced by Indian service providers rose further during September. The overall rate of inflation was “solid”, but softened to an eight-month low.

Economists believe the Reserve Bank of India is expected to continue with the accommodative policy stance in its October 6-8 monetary policy discussions.

On the macro-economic front, subdued prices of food items like vegetables pulled down retail inflation for the third month in a row to 5.3 per cent in August, within the RBI’s comfort zone.

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India’s services sector activity expands in Sept

NEW DELHI, OCT 5 (PTI): India’s services sector activity continued to expand in September, supported by favourable underlying demand amid the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, but lost some momentum from August’s 18-month high level, a monthly survey said on Tuesday.

The seasonally adjusted India Services Business Activity Index fell from 56.7 in August to 55.2 in September, but remained well above its long-run average.

“Despite easing from August, the rate of expansion was marked and the second-fastest since February 2020,” the survey said.

Buoyed by signs of improvements in underlying demand, Indian service providers took on additional staff during September. The increase in employment ended a nine month sequence of job shedding, but was marginal overall as some panellists indicated having sufficient workforces to deal with their workloads.

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FB whistleblower calls for regulation The company did not respond to a request for comment. Haugen added that “Facebook’s closed design means it has no oversight — even from its own Oversight Board, which is as blind as the public.”

That makes it impossible for regulators to serve as a check, she added.

“This inability to see into the actual systems of Facebook and confirm that Facebook’s systems work like they say is like the Department of Transportation regulating cars by watching them drive down the highway,” her testimony says. “Imagine if no regulator could ride in a car, pump up its wheels, crash test a car, or even know that seat belts could exist.” The Journal’s stories, based on Facebook internal presentations and emails, showed the company contributed to increased polarisation online when it made changes to its content algorithm; failed to take steps to reduce vaccine hesitancy; and was aware that Instagram harmed the mental health of teenage

girls. Haugen said Facebook had done too little to prevent its platform from being used by people planning violence.

“The result has been a system that amplifies division, extremism, and polarisation — and undermining societies around the world. In some cases, this dangerous online talk has led to actual violence that harms and even kills people,” she said. Facebook was used by people planning mass killings in Myanmar and in the January 6 assault by Trump supporters who were determined to toss out the 2020 election results.

Physics Nobel rewards work on complex systems, like climate

NEW YORK, OCT 5 ( AGENCIES): Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen will urge the US Congress on Tuesday to regulate the social media giant, which she plans to liken to tobacco companies that for decades denied that smoking damaged health, according to prepared testimony seen by Reuters.

“When we realised tobacco companies were hiding the harms it caused, the government took action. When we figured out cars were safer with seatbelts, the government took action,” said Haugen’s written testimony to be delivered to a Senate Commerce subcommittee.

“I implore you to do the same here.”

Haugen will tell the panel that Facebook executives regularly chose profits over user safety.

“The company’s leadership knows ways to make Facebook and Instagram safer and won’t make the necessary changes because they have put their immense profits before peo-

ple. Congressional action is needed,” she will say.

“As long as Facebook is operating in the dark, it is accountable to no one. And it will continue to make choices that go against the common good.”

Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is on the subcommittee, said that she would ask Haugen about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.

“I am also particularly interested in hearing from her about whether she thinks Facebook did enough to warn law enforcement and the public about January 6th and

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Japan’s Kishida, Biden agree Chinese military activity near Taiwan provocative : US to cooperate on China, N Korea

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up” against China’s attempt to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas.

The two leaders confirmed their commitment to work together toward achieving the (asterisk)free and open Indo-Pacific” vision of partnerships among the regional democracies as a counter to China’s increasingly assertive activity, Kishida said. Holding his first talks as prime minister with the U.S. president serves “a first step toward lifting the Japan-U.S. alliance to even higher levels,” Kishida said.

Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by more than $6 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline, according to Bloomberg.

WASHINGTON, OCT 5 (PTI): Declaring that America’s commitment to Taiwan was “rock-solid”, the US has told China that it will continue to watch very closely the “provocative” and “destabilising” Chinese military activities near the self-ruled island.

Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said 56 Chinese warplanes made incursions into its air defence identification zone on Monday, the highest number since the island began publicly reporting such activities last year.

China views Taiwan as a breakaway province.

However, democratic Taiwan sees itself as a sovereign state. Beijing has not

ruled out the possible use of force to achieve unification with Taiwan. Responding to questions on the issue of Chinese warplanes frequently entering Taiwan’s air defence zone, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Monday that, “We remain concerned by the People’s Republic of China’s provocative military activity near Taiwan, which is destabilising risk miscalculations and undermines regional peace and stability.”

“We urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure and coercion against Taiwan, and we have an abiding interest in peace and

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The Morakjo Students’ Union would like to congratulate Mr. Benathung Odyuo for being elected as new General Secretary of Wokha District Village Council Chairman Association.

The Union further wishes him success as he joins hands to work for the betterment of our society and his future endeavors.

Nzanrhoni C Lotha Wochumo Odyuo Gen. Secretary, MSU President, MSU

OFFICE OF THE MEDEMCHANGER PUTU MENDEN CHUNGTIA MEETING INFORMATION

It is hereby informed that the Medemchanger Putu Menden Chungtia meeting will be held on 14th October 2021 at 9:00AM at Chungtia Community Hall.

Hence, all concerned members (Putupur) are informed to attend the meeting without fail. Failing to attend the said meeting without valid/genuine reasons will be punishable as per the laid rules.

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seems random and chaotic in such a way that it can be predicted. Parisi’s work centers around subatomic particles and is somewhat esoteric and academic, while the work by Manabe and Hasselmann is about large-scale global forces that shape our daily lives.

The judges said Manabe, 90, and Hasselmann, 89, “laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth’s climate and how human actions influence it.

Starting in the 1960s, Manabe, now based at Princeton University in New Jersey, demonstrat-

stability across the Taiwan Strait,” she said. “That’s why we will continue to assist Taiwan in maintaining a sufficient self-defence capability. We maintain our commitments, as outlined in the three communiques, Taiwan Relations Act, and the Six Assurances,” she said.

America’s commitment to Taiwan is “rocksolid and contributes to the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and within the region,” Psaki said. “We have been clear, privately and publicly, about our concern

ed how increases in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would raise global surface temperatures, laying the foundations for current climate models.

About a decade later, Hasselmann, of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, helped explain why climate models can be reliable despite the seemingly chaotic nature of the weather.

He also developed ways to look for specific signs of human influence on the climate.

about the PRC’s pressure and coercion toward Taiwan, and we will continue to watch the situation very closely,” she said. Meanwhile, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that the US is very concerned by China’s provocative military activity near Taiwan. “This activity is destabilising. It risks miscalculations and undermines regional peace and stability. We strongly urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure and coercion against Taiwan,” he said.

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TIKHIR STUDENTS’ UNION, KOHIMA Motto: “Forward and Upward”

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TSADANG STUDENTS’ UNION B.P.O : CHARE - 798601 DIST. TUENSANG : NAGALAND (Hope of Nation)

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From L to R: Klaus Hasselmann, Syukuro Manabe and Giorgio Parisi.

With immense pride and honour, the Tsadang Students' Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Rilipong Thongrü, S/o Mr. T. Cholongse Sangtam, for being awarded Doctorate in Civil Law (DCL) by World Human Rights Protection Commission (WHRPC), and also for being the first doctorate from Tsadang Village.

The Union is immensely proud of his achievement and prays for greater success in all his future endeavours.

Sd/Sd/ALONGSU K. TSHADIVILA President, TSU General Secretary, TSU

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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With immense pride and honour, we, the Tikhir Students’ Union, Kohima would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. M Abel Tikhir of Sukiur ‘A’ Village for securing the post of Junior Accounts Assistant (JAA) in the recently declared departmental examination under the Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts.

The Union further wishes him a great success in his future endeavours.

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defense of Japan, including ... Senkaku,” Kishida said, adding that the two leaders also reaffirmed they would tackle together the “challenges facing neighboring regions such as China and North Korea.”

Kishida supports stronger Japan-U.S. security ties and partnerships with other like-minded democracies in Asia, Europe and Britain, in part to counter China and nuclear-armed North Korea.

Kishida has also pledged to beef up Japan’s missile and naval defense capabilities.

Kishida on Monday acknowledged the need to continue dialogue with China, an important neighbor and trade partner, but said that “we must speak

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The Yimyu Ward Council would like to thank the Mokokchung Police led by Miss Aotula Imchen SP Mokokchung and the SIT Team led by Chuba Chang NCS SDPO Mokokchung for their prompt action in solving the crime and arresting the culprit of the murder incident of Late Mrs. Esther Phom that occurred on 14th September 2021 at Yimyu Ward.

The Ward Council further informs that the culprit Aowati has been impeached from the post of GB as well as from the ward citizenship and further declares that he will not be allowed to enter the ward in future.

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The Highway Area Sumi Students’ Union would like to express our profound gratitude for the support and services rendered by the following people during the Penalty Shootout organised by the union: 1. Mrs. & Er. H. Akavi Ayeh and family 2. Rev. H. Toniho Kiho, Pastor (Sumi Baptist Church Diphupar B) 3. Ms. Ilokali D. Zhimo, Miss Sumi 2019 4. Dr. Mughali V. Achumi and family 5. Mrs. & Mr. Xunito Yeptho 6. Mrs. & Mr. D Khekiye Chophi 7. Er. Atoka Jakhalu 8. Mr. Himato Yeptho, President (Central Nagaland Students’ Association) 9. Mr. Kughato K Achumi, President (Western Sumi Students’ Union) 10. Mr. Kambo Yeptho 11. Village Council Diphupar B 12. Sumi Community Diphupar B 13. Sumi Students’ Union Diphupar B 14. 173 Battalion CRPF A “Special Thanks” to the Federating Units of HASSU and to everyone who took the time and came out to support us in any way. dp-4812/21

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The Pangti Village Council, Dist Wokha express our profound gratitude and thankfulness to Shri Neiphiu Rio, Hon’ble Chief Minister, and his NDPP-BJP led Govt for fulfilling the long felt wishes of Pangti Village in particular and Sungro range in general for upgrading the GHS Sungro to that of GHSS vide No. DSE/ ESTT/UPGRADATION/ 1125/2017/681 Dated Kohima the 29th July 2021. The PVC also extend our gratefulness to the State Level Education Committee (SLEC), the Administrative Head and HOD of the School Education Department and all those person(s) associated with the planning and persuasion for the up-gradation of GHS to that of the GHSS. In 1919, a very emblematic GPS was established in Pangti Village. The same School was shifted to Sungro in 1935 which was up-graded to UP School up to Class-IV in 1942. Later on the School was upgraded to full-fledged GMS in 1958. The School was further upgraded to that of GHS in 1964. This School is now as old as 103 years. The PVC expects that the Govt will continue to assist this monumental School for its entire developmental works worth the name of Higher Secondary School. May God bless all of you abundantly with good luck in your future endeavor.

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TOKYO, OCT 5 (AP): Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held his first talks as Japanese leader with President Joe Biden and confirmed they will work to strengthen their alliance and cooperate in regional security in the face of growing challenges from China and North Korea.

Kishida, who was elected by Parliament and sworn in Monday, told reporters that Biden reassured him of the U.S. commitment to defend the Japanese-controlled East China Sea island Senkaku, which China also claims and has escalated coast guard activity in the area.

Biden provided “a strong statement about U.S. commitment for the

whether Facebook removed election misinformation safeguards because it was costing the company financially,” Klobuchar said in an emailed comment. The senator also said that she wanted to discuss Facebook’s algorithms, and whether they “promote harmful and divisive content.”

Haugen, who worked as a product manager on Facebook’s civic misinformation team, was the whistleblower who provided documents used in a Wall Street Journal investigation and a Senate hearing on Instagram’s harm to teen girls. Facebook owns Instagram as well as WhatsApp.

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NEW DELHI, OCT 5 (IANS): As per statements on Twitter, some Pakistan Army soldiers have surrendered to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed militia in Waziristan.

“Keeping up ‘parampara’ (tradition) of surrender... Sur rendered Pakistani Army soldiers paraded by terrorist org Tahrik-e-Taliban TTP in Mirali, Waziristan,” Pakistani human rights activist Arif Aajakia said on Twitter along with an image.

E a r l i e r, P a k i s t a n Prime Minister Imran Khan had said the government is in talks with some groups of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), seeking a reconciliation, the Dawn had reported.

“There are different groups which form the TTP and some of them want to talk to our government for peace. So, we are in talks with them. It’s a reconciliation process,” Khan had said during an interview with the TRT World.

When asked if the government was asking them to lay down arms, the PM had responded: “Yes, we forgive them and they become normal citizens.”

When the interviewer asked why the TTP was conducting attacks on Pakistani security forces when they were in talks with the government, Khan said that it was just a “spate of attacks”.

“We might not reach some sort of conclusion or settlement in the end, but we are talking,” he added.

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STOCKHOLM, OCT 5 (AP): Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for work that found order in seeming disorder, helping to explain and predict complex forces of nature, including expanding our understanding of climate change.

S y u k u r o M a n a b e, originally from Japan, and Klaus Hasselmann of Germany were cited for their work in “the physical modeling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming.” The second half of the prize was awarded to Giorgio Parisi of Italy for “the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales.”

All three work on what are known as “complex systems,” of which climate is just one example.

The prize goes to two disti nct types of physics that are opposite in many ways but share the goal of making sense of what

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B.P.O. Mesulumi, P.O. Pfutsero, Dist. Phek, Nagaland REGD. NO. H/RS-47 DATED 18-05-98 Motto: “Whoever Loves Discipline Loves Knowledge”

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MISHILIMI STUDENTS’ UNION FEliciTaTiON We, the Mishilimi Students’ Union heartily congratulate Mr. HOJETO SHEQI, S/o Late Khupu Sheqi on being promoted to Deputy Director, Dept. of Industries and Commerce, Govt. of Nagaland.

The Union wishes you the very best in all your future endeavors.

Sd/Mughashe N Wotsa President (MKK)

Sd/Vito K Sheqi General Secretary (MKK)

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FEliciTaTiON With immense joy and gratitude, the Unger Students’ Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Shiluinla Jamir, daughter of Lt. Opangyanger Jamir for being the first women from Unger Village to get Doctorate of Theology for her research on “Christian Feminist Ethics in the Northeast India Borderland” from the Senate of Serampore College (University).

The Unger Students’ Union is immensely proud of her achievement and further wishes her more success and prosperity in her future endeavours.

Kipolong Longkumer Rokerchila President G.S Unger Students’ Union Unger Students’ Union

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it’s unclear how. One hypothesis is that the nests protect larvae inside from UV radiation by absorbing some of the harmful energy and dissipating it as visible light, Schöllhorn says (SN: 10/13/20). Or, as the sun directly casts its last UV light at the end of the day, the nests might shine bright enough amid the darkening foliage to help wayward wasps find home, like beacons at twilight.

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was beset by technical difficulties. Glasto’s organisers had also hoped to host a one-day mini-concert in September but this was called off in July.

Glastonbury will be held from June 22 to June 26, 2022.

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The MSU takes immense pleasure to congratulate Miss Ezhoto u Keyho, D/o Mr. Chewelo Keyho for being crowned as the prestigious Miss Phek Beauty Pageant 2021. The Union is incredibly proud of your achievement and further would like to wish you the best for every step in your journey.

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We, the Wopan Ekhung (TLNRNE) honor and congratulate Shri. N Nzanbemo Ngullie, S/o Mr & Mrs Lt. Ntheo Ngullie on being promoted to the post of ADEO (Dept. of School Edn). It is our humble prayer that may Almighty God bless and guide you throughout your service.

Further, the Union congratulates all successful students of HSLC and HSSLC 2021.

Sd/Thungchanbemo Ngullie Chairman, TLNRNE

Sd/H Orenpomo Ngullie Secretary, TLNRNE

Mr. KHINYI WOCH The Kithagha Public Organization, on behalf of all citizens of Kithagha, congratulates Mr. KHINYI WOCH, President, Kithagha Public Organization, on being conferred State Distinguished Senior Citizens Award by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Nagaland on the occasion of International Day of Older Persons, on 1st October, 2021.

The Kithagha Public Organization expresses thankfulness to the Department of Social Welfare, Nagaland for giving due recognition to Senior Citizens of the State for the selfless services rendered towards the Society.

The Kithagha Public Organization wishes him a long, healthy and prosperous life and hopes to receive more blessings through his furthermore future endeavor for the uplift of our society.

Zunenlo Thong General Secretary, KPO

Haiwalo Kath Secretary, KPO

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eam a black light into some Vietnamese forests at night, and brilliant green bulbs may glow in the trees. These eerie lanterns are the nests of several species of Asian paper wasps, and the gleam comes from silk fibers in the nests that fluoresce when struck by ultraviolet light, researchers report in the August Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

“When you see it, it’s just magic,” says chemist Bernd Schöllhorn of the Molecular Electrochemistry Lab at the University of Paris and CNRS. Schöllhorn and colleagues discovered the nests while searching forests in Vietnam for fluorescent insects using powerful UV torches. “It looked like somebody turned on a flashlight in the forest, but nobody was there,” he says.

Fluorescence occurs throughout the animal kingdom. Platypuses, scorpions and polka dot tree frogs, for example, all fluoresce under UV light (SN: 11/6/20; SN: 4/3/17). After analyzing the fluorescence of the nests of some Asian paper wasps (Polistes spp.) in the lab, the researchers found that silk threads in the nests glow more brilliantly than other documented fluorescent biomaterials.

The nests of one wasp species, P. brunetus, emitted about one-third as much light as they absorbed. And in some cases, the nests were visible by the naked eye from up to 20 meters away. “We haven’t seen any other example like that,” Schöllhorn says. The fluorescence must benefit the wasps somehow, the researchers say, though

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headliner in our history,” said Emily Eavis, Glastonbury’s co-organiser. “This feels like the perfect way for us to return and I cannot wait!”

Eilish recently became the youngest artiste ever to write and perform a theme song for the James Bond franchise, with her track ‘No Time to Die’. She also revealed recently she spent the Covid-19 lockdown writing and recording a new album.

2022’s Glastonbury will be the first in three years, with both 2020 and 2021’s live events cancelled due to the pandemic.

A virtual event was attempted in June 2021, with artists live streaming their sets from Worthy Farm instead, although it

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tronauts Mark Vande Hei, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov.

Peresild and Shipenko, who are making their first flights into space, will spend 12 days on the space station, filming segments for a movie titled “Challenge” under a commercial agreement between Roscosmos and Moscow-based media entities, NASA said.

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illie Eilish has been revealed as one of the headline acts at next year’s Glastonbur y Festival, re por ts Variety.com. The festival confirmed Eilish, who is 20 years old, will be the youngest solo headliner in its history.

Eilish will perform on the iconic Pyramid Stage on the Friday night of the 5-day extravaganza, following in the footsteps of artistes including the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, Adele and David Bowie.

It won’t be Eilish’s first appearance at Glastonbury, which is also known simply as ‘Glasto’ in the U.K. Eilish also played in 2019 on the Other Stage.

“We couldn’t be happier to announce that the wondrous Billie Eilish is headlining the Pyramid on the Friday at next year’s Glastonbury Festival, becoming the youngest solo

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after just two orbits around the Earth! Welcome to the ISS, @Anton_Astrey, Klim and Yulia!” Roscosmos- the Russian space agency posted on Twitter.

The launch marks the expansion of commercial space opportunities to include feature filmmaking, NASA said in a statement.

About two hours after docking, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open. The trio aboard will then join Expedition 65 Commander Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), NASA as-

tection subcommittee on mental health in teenagers.

In an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday, Haugen doubled down on the document trove seemingly proving Facebook cared more about its algorithms than dealing with hate speech and other toxic content, the report said. Haugen was formerly a product manager at the company, working in its Civic Integrity Group, but departed after the group was dissolved.

Before her departure, she copied tens of thousands of pages of internal research, which she claims demonstrates Facebook lies to the public about its progress against hate, violence, and misinformation.

“I knew what my future looked like if I continued to stay inside of Facebook, which is person after person after person has tackled this inside of Facebook and ground themselves into the ground,” said Haugen.

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Russian cosmonaut, actress, and film producer on Tuesday have reached the International Space Station to film segments for a movie.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko lifted aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4.55 a.m.

EDT (2.25 p.m. Tuesday, India time).

T h e S oy u z M S - 1 9 spacecraft made a fast-track, two-orbit journey to dock to the station’s Rassvet module and docked at about 8.12 a.m. EDT (5.42 p.m. on Tuesday, India time).

“Contact confirmed, capture confirmed! The #SoyuzMS19 crewed spacecraft has docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station

whistleblower, who leaked a selection of internal documents from Facebook, has claimed that “Facebook over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety”.

A cache of documents from within Facebook were leaked to the Wall Street Journal by a whistleblower, prompting an exhaustive probe into the social network.

Following the publishing of initial investigatory efforts into the documents, the whistleblower - Frances Haugen - has come forward in an interview, explaining more about the tech giant’s workings, and why she chose to release the data, reports AppleInsider.

That data release led to a series of reports, including one that revealed Facebook allegedly knew that Instagram was bad for the well-being of teenagers.

That report led to a hearing with the Senate Commerce Committee’s consumer pro-

VOLUNTARY PLANTATION DRIVE 'PINE FIREWOOD DEALERS UNION', DIMAPUR PRESS NOTE

The Pine Firewood Dealer's Union', organized a plantation drive on 5 October, 2021 at ERALIBILL VILLAGE in the presence of village council and union members, led by the Union President, Shri P.L. Zhimomi with the 'MOTTO: GIVE MOTHER EARTH A CHANCE'.

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MUMBAI, OCT 5 (IANS): The Indian senior women’s team lost to Tunisia by a solitary goal in a friendly match played at the UAE FA Stadium in Dubai on Monday night. Tunisia scored an early goal through Heuij and defended well throughout the match to deny the Indian women’s team.

The Indian team will now travel to Bahrain where India will be playing against Bahrain and Chinese Taipei.

The matches are part of India’s preparation for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup

India 2022, and the first exposure tour under Head Coach Thomas Dennerby.

The Indian team had beaten UAE 4-1 in their last friendly match in Dubai, with Manisha Kalyan, Pyari Xaxa, Sweety Devi and Anju Tamang scoring one goal apiece. But on Monday night, India found the higher-ranked Tunisia a tough nut to crack. The Indian women had their first chance as early as the second minute but even as Manisha tried to flick in Dalima Chibber’s cross,

rival goalkeeper Mariem managed to keep it at bay.

Six minutes later Tunisia surged into the lead as Heuij scored from a freekick. Stung, India launched a barrage of attacks in their effort to restore parity. In the 11th minute Manisha ran down the left flank and sent in a cross but the rival defence managed to clear it. Soon after, another cross from Sanju was collected by Mariem. Some ten minutes later, Indumathi tried to place it in from outside the penalty box, but it missed

Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 set to commence on Dec 22

Speaking on the return of PKL Season 8, League commissioner, Anupam Goswami said, “We are very privileged that Season 8 of the Pro Kabaddi League will be hosted in Karnataka, especially as this state is a very significant geography for kabaddi and PKL fans in India.

Bengaluru has all the facilities for the conduct of big competitive sports events with best safety practices, and we look forward to demonstrating this with PKL Season 8.”

The Chief Minister of the state, Basavaraj Bommai, said, “Kabaddi is a genuine indigenous sport of India and very popular in Karnataka. We welcome and support the conduct of forthcoming Pro Kabaddi Season 8 in our state.”

the target. The Indian women preferred to play it among themselves, and in the 31st minute, Manisha’s free-kick missed the target.

In the 40th minute, another free-kick -- this time from Dalima sailed wide.

In the 42nd minute, Indumathi, one of the leaders in the midfield found quite a bit of open space in front of her, and she did take a crack at goal. But it couldn’t find the target, as Tunisia managed to hold on to their early lead till the half-time.

Changing over, Head Coach Dennerby brought in goalkeeper Shreya Hooda to replace Aditi Chauhan under the bar. Immediately after, India earned a corner but even as Soumya played it to Dalima, the latter’s effort sailed over.

Dennerby went for a double substitution in the 53rd minute -- Ritu Rani and Pyari Xaxa coming in for Ashalata Devi and Renu respectively, as Indumathi took over the captain’s armband. Pyari almost made an instant impact off a corner

after Soumya managed to find her. But Pyari’s header went wide. However, Pyari did manage to nod it home off the next corner which India earned, but the referee disallowed it and blew for a foul against India. Dennerby went in for another double substitution in the 61st minute -- Martina and Sumati replacing Sanju and Manisha.

Tunisia who were holding on to it till then, launched a counter attack in the 63rd minute and it could have helped them double the lead had Shreya not managed to pull off a reflex save.

Dennerby brought in another substitution in the 68th minute - this time Indumathi making way for Sandhiya in midfield. Six minutes later Sandhiya maneuvered herself into some open space and did manage to take a snapshot but Mariem saw it off. And if that wasn’t enough, Mariem also denied Pyari in the 75th minute after the nippy forward managed to sneak in between the rival defence.

Shooter Tomar smashes world record on way to gold in Junior World C’ship LIMA, OCT 5 (PTI): Young Indian shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar smashed the world record in the final to win gold in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event at the ISSF junior world championships here.

Tomar equalled the junior world record score of 1185 in qualification to top the field on Monday.

The youngster then bettered the junior world record in the final with a score of 463.4, finishing nearly seven points ahead of second-placed Frenchman Lucas Kryzs, who won the silver with a score of 456.5.

Gavin Barnick of USA won bronze with a score of 446.6. Among other Indians in the field, Sanskar Havelia was 11th with a score of 1160, Pankaj Mukheja 15th with 1157, Sartaj Tiwana 16th with 1157 and Gurman Singh finished 22nd with a score of 1153.

Earlier in the day, In-

dia’s 14-year-old shooter Naamya Kapoor fired her way to the gold medal ahead of celebrated compatriot Manu Bhaker in the women’s 25m pistol event.

Kapoor shot 36 in the final to claim the top prize ahead of France’s Camille Jedrzejewski (33) and 19-year-old Olympian Bhakar (31), who has already won three gold so far in the tournament. Bhaker settled for the bronze after the French markswoman prevailed in a shoot-off on Monday.

Another Indian shoot-

er in the women’s final, Rhythm Sangwan, finished fourth as the country dominated the event.

Kapoor was sixth in the qualification with a total of 580 as Bhaker (587) and Sangwan (586) grabbed the top two spots.

Delhi’s Kapoor had shot the second-best score of 583 in qualification to finish fifth in the national shooting selection trials at the Dr Karni Singh Range in August. India lead the standings with eight gold, six silver and three bronze medals for a total of 17 medals.

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MUMBAI, OCT 5 (IANS): Following the conclusion of the player auctions in August, the Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 is all set to commence on December 22 without spectators due to the evolving Covid-19 situation.

The league will be conducted at a single venue, stepping away from the traditional caravan format followed in the previous seasons, Mashal Sports, the organisers of the event said on Tuesday.

“Keeping the health and safety of the players and all stakeholders in mind, this year the league will be held without spectators, at a single venue in Bengaluru, moving away from the traditional caravan format,” said the organisers in a statement.

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NABA to review district boxing associations DIMAPUR, OCT 5 (NPN): The 2nd Nagaland Olympic Games-cum-Inter District Tournaments is expected to take place sometime in the second week of December 2021.

In a press statement, president of Nagaland Amateur Boxing Association (NABA), T. Meren Paul informed that boxing will also be included in the games.

In this regard, the association will be reviewing the organizational status and the active existence of the District Boxing Association. The association has asked all the District Boxing Association, especially those district association who had taken part in the 1st NOG-cum-Inter District Championship 2017 to submit their organizational Status, enter alia, details of Office Bearers, copy of Memorandum of Association and contact address, affiliation to the District Sports Council to the general secretary, NABA, Imtisunep Longkumer, Lane 3, House No 198, near Spirit of Faith Church, Kuda B, Dimapur on or before October 17. The association informed that no district team will be allowed to participate in the competition unless the District Boxing Association duly affiliated with the Nagaland Amateur Boxing Association.

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IPL: MI beat RR; keep playoff hopes alive

SHARJAH, OCT 5 (PTI): Jimmy Neesham and Nathan Coulter-Nile bowled exceptionally well to keep Mumbai Indians alive and kicking as they outclassed Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets in a low-scoring IPL match, here on Tuesday.

New Zealander Neesham (3/12) and Aussie Coulter-Nile (4/14) snapped seven wickets for only 26 runs in eight overs between them to choke Rajasthan for a meagre 90 for 9.

The five-time champions then knocked off the runs in 8.2 overs to go up to 12 points and more importantly improve their net runrate to -0.048. Ishan Kishan (50 not out) got some muchneeded confidence during the short chase as MI knocked Royals out of IPL from the league stage itself yet again as they flattered to deceive.

MI will now meet Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday, another must-win game but they would also want Kolkata Knight Riders (12 points, NRR +0.294) to

Nathan Coulter-Nile celebrates the wicket of David Miller, Tuesday. (PTI)

lose their last match against Royals on Thursday.

In case KKR win and move up to 14 points, MI on the last day would know how much they require to get past Shah Rukh Khanowned team’s net run-rate.

Rohit Sharma was spot-on in deciding to bowl first and Neesham (3/12), playing his first game of the UAE leg, took the pace off his deliveries on a Sharjah track where the ball wasn’t coming onto the bat.

Coulter-Nile (4-0-14-4) was equally effective with his change-ups and hitting

the hard-lengths more often than not en route one of his best IPL spells.

Jasprit Bumrah (2/14) was menacing as ever with crucial wickets as it was one of MI’s closest to perfect bowling performance.

Royals were blown away in a space of four overs as they slumped from 41 for 1 in the last over of Powerplay to 50 for 5 by the time the first 10 was about to end. There was no looking back for MI from that position.

The in-form Sanju Samson (3) tried to slash

hard without reaching to the pitch of the delivery as Jayant Yadav at point took a diving catch.

Shivam Dube after the CSK heroics tried to reach at a fuller delivery on ‘fifth stump” and dragged it back while Rahul Tewatia (12 off 20 balls) in the midst of a horrendous season, tried to pull a short ball that came late and took the edge into keeper’s hands.

Evin Lewis (24 off 19 balls) once again started in rollicking fashion but the course of Royals innings was changed when talented Yashasvi Jaiswal (12) failed to ride the bounce off a Coulter-Nile delivery to be caught behind.

Once Bumrah got rid of Lewis with an angular delivery, rest of the Royals batters fell like a pack of cards.

BRIEF SCORES: Rajasthan Royals: 90 for 9 in 20 overs.

(E Lewis 24, D Miller 15; N Coulter-Nile 4/14, J Neesham 3/12).

Mumbai Indians: 94 for 2 in 8.2 overs. (I Kishan 50 not out, R Sharma 22; M Rahman 1/32).

WEDNESDAY’S MATCH RCB Vs SRH: 7:30 pm

Lovlina gets direct entry for World Championship

NEW DELHI, OCT 5 (PTI): Tokyo Olympics bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) has been handed direct qualification for the upcoming women’s world boxing championships by the Indian federation, which has decided that the remaining squad will be made up of gold-winners from the upcoming nationals.

The national championships will be held in Hisar from October 21 and just like the recently concluded men’s event, the champions will make the cut for the worlds’ squad. “The gold-medallists

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in each weight category will represent India in the AIBA women’s world championship except 69kg (as) Tokyo Olympics bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain will see direct qualification for the world championships,” the

Boxing Federation of India stated. Apart from this, the gold and silver-winners from the nationals will also secure their place in the national camp. The bronze-winners will fight it out in trials featuring medallists from the previous three editions of the tournament for a place in the camp.

The 24-year-old is now set to skip the national tournament after securing a place in the squad based on her Tokyo performance.

The women’s world championship is to be held in December in Istanbul. The

exact dates for the marquee competition are yet to be decided. The men’s camp for the world championship, slated from October 24 in Belgrade, Serbia is yet to take off. A Federation source said that it could kick off in the next couple of days in Patiala amid continuing brainstorming over the coaching staff and who among the support staff will travel with the team to Belgrade.

The BFI has made it clear that the coaching staff of both the men and women campers is set for a revamp in the next couple of months.

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