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State govt calls for repeal of AFSPA

Correspondent

KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): In the aftermath of the horrific massacre at Oting on December 4,where 14 civilians were gunned down by a unit of the 21 Para commandos, the Nagaland cabinet Tuesday decided to ask the government of India, to repeal the controversial Armed Forces(Special Powers)Act, 1958. The demand for repeal of AFSPA has found wide support among all organisations and politicians both within and beyond Nagaland.

The State cabinet on Tuesday decided to urge upon the Centre to immediately revoke the law from the Nagaland where it has been in force for over 60 years.

It may be mentioned that chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday, while speaking at the mass funeral service at Mon, said that AFSPA had tarnished the image of the country.

“We’re urging the Central government to remove AF-

Kronu and Along addressing the media on Tuesday. (NP)

SPA from Nagaland. I have spoken to Union Home Minister Amit Shah who has taken the matter very seriously,” Rio had said.

The cabinet decision was announced at a press conference at Secretariat conference hall here on Tuesday, by planning & coordination, land revenue and parliamentary affairs minister Neiba Kronu. He said the decision was taken at an emergency cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Neiphiu Rio. At the meeting Tuesday, the cabinet was also briefed about the action taken after firing, including setting up of a Special Inves-

tigation Team (SIT) headed by an officer in the rank of IGP among others.

Higher & technical education and tribal affairs minister and State BJP president Temjen Imna Along Longkumer, who was also present at the press conference, reminded that AFSPA was renewed every six months and not a subject matter under the state government.

Along said the state gover nment could only make an appeal to the Centre to revoke AFSPA, but it was entirely the prerogative of the Centre to revoke it or not. He further opined that the Central government also ought to take note of the

feelings of the people of the State. Along said the cabinet had decided to make its appeal through proper channel to reassure the people that it was committed for repeal of AFSPA. He also informed that state BJP will convene a meeting soon to put forth the views of the people before the Central leaders.

Along claimed that Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement,which was criticised, was in sync with the State government’s move to set up SIT. He said Centre’s concern on the issue was evident in both Houses of Parliament.

Cabinet backs KU demands: Kronu said the Cabinet has also decided to support the demands of the Konyak Union (KU) addressed to President of India on December 6, for repeal of AFSPA from the north east, inclusion of two ENPO members to the SIT etc. Kronu also said the cabinet decided that the Special Investigation Team (SIT)

complete its investigation within one month as decided by the State government.

On the demand for withdrawal of 27 Assam Rifles from Mon district, Kronu said the government would need to look into it and discuss it with the Centre.

Confirming that 14 persons had died at Oting and Mon town during the two-day mayhem, Kronu said eight were currently admitted at hospitals at Dibrugarh(two) and Dimapur, with the condition of two being critical, while 22 were released. He said that the law and order situation in Mon was under control as informed by the DC.

AGATHA BACKS DEMAND National People's Party (NPP) MP Agatha Sangma, a former union minister, also demanded the repeal of the Act, terming the act as "the elephant in the room which (needs to) be addressed.”

(Cont’d on p-5)

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Oting killings: KU regrets Shah’s statement in Parl DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Konyak Union (KU) and all its frontal organisations expressed deep anguish and regretted the statement made by Union home minister Amit Shah in Parliament on Monday on the Oting incident.

The union in a press release termed his statement about the incident as misleading, indigestible and false.

Pointing out that there were many evidences to prove what had actually transpired that fateful evening at Oting village, KU said Shah’s remarks in parliament were entirely in favour of the Indian military point of view.

The union claimed that the innocent civilians, who were returning to their village from Tiru coal mine, were directly ambushed without any questions asked, unlike the Union minister’s claim in the Parliament that they were asked to stop.

The union therefore strongly urged the Centre and the ministry concerned to probe the incident properly with facts and evidences, and not simply rely on some distorted and twisted information provided by some officials yearning for promotions and national awards.

The Union also urged the State government to take a serious note of the incident and deliver justice to the victims without further delay.

Giving a statement in Lok Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said a vehicle was signalled to stop but it tried to speed away. Suspecting the presence of insurgents in the vehicle, the security personnel opened fire, he said.

Six out of eight occupants of the vehicle died in the firing by security forces, Shah said, adding that later, it was found to be “a case of mistaken identity”.

State cabinet decides to call off Hornbill Festival

Correspondent

KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): The State cabinet on Tuesday decided to cease all activities at the ongoing Hornbill Festival in view of the public mourning of the deceased at Oting and in deference to the wishes of various civil society organisations not to hold such activities.

Announcing this at a press conference at the Secretariat conference hall here on Tuesday, planning & coordination, land revenue and parliamentary affairs minister Neiba Kronu said that a simple and solemn closing ceremony was held by the Tourism department.

It may be recalled that several apex tribal bodies had withdrawn its members from the respective Morungs and directed them to cease all activities related to the Hornbill Festival, as a mark of respect to those killed on December 4 at Oting village.

Need to devise methods to use Panel on Naga issue to meet on NPCC blames govt for escalation of violence resources judiciously, says Rio Dec 9; Sarma likely to attend stopped everyone from carrying any type of weapon.

Therie said the villagers went empty handed, some on bikes and others on foot.

He said several of those injured not go to hospital due to the distance and also that the villagers also did not know that the two injured (Yiewang and Sheiwang) were taken by the army to Dibrugarh Hospital.

Therie said that between 4pm and 7pm, the state government completely failed. He said that even the next day, they deliberately allowed things to slip after post mortem at Mon. “What was the necessity of shifting the bodies to Mon is best known after knowing that they were all shot dead?” Therie asked.

He said reports of in-

surgents camping in Tizit and Tiru area was not a new thing.

Ever since ceasefire, he said these factions have established camps in and around and that even the designated camp was allowed by government of India and the state government.

NPCC president alleged that the state government has adopted a policy to actively supporting negotiations and extortion on the public.

Therie said BJP was in alliance with the State government and was hand in glove with insurgents.

He said while the Prime Minister had announced the “problem has been resolved” and even the

Omicron: IMA warns of ‘massive third wave’ Drugs worth over `508 cr seized in Manipur

NH submits memo to PM; demands judicial probe

DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Asserting that land and water were the most valuable resources, upon which human existence depend, the state chief minister Neiphiu Rio Tuesday emphasised the need to devise methods to use resources judiciously.

According to a DIPR report, the chief minister said this during the inauguration of the soil testing laboratory (R&D) at Soil Water Conservation Research & Training Centre, Sechü, Kohima on December 7, 2021.

Rio stated that soil testing laboratory was an important and basic requirement for soil health and management. He said that the new laboratory was a

Centre urged to announce additional’ doses of Covid vax

NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (PTI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) today urged the government to announce "additional" doses of Covid vaccine for healthcare, frontline workers, and immunocompromised individuals amid concerns over Omicron. As of Tuesday evening, India has 23 confirmed cases of the Omicron strain.

Neiphiu Rio

step towards modernization and self-sufficiency in food production.

The chief minister urged the farmers to use modern technology and be progressive farmers. He also stressed on the need to use technology to achieve selfsufficiency. Rio expressed his happiness at various progress and development

It also demanded that the government expedite the proposal of vaccinating individuals aged 12 to 18 years.

At a press conference, the doctors' body said that cases of the latest variant of coronavirus were reported from a number of major states of India, and the tally, which is in double digits, is bound to increase.

With scientific evidence available and the experience noted in countries of origin, it is evident that the Omicron variant will have high penetrability and will affect more people,

among farmers and their use of technology.

Also, speaking at the inaugural programme, minister soil & water conservation, geology and mining & NSMDC, V Kashiho Sangtam, highlighted the activities and projects undertaken by the department of soil and water conservation.

He also gave a brief history of the department.

Minister said that the department was currently working towards setting up of mini soil testing laboratories in all the 74 blocks in the State. Further, Sangtam shed light on the importance of the soil testing laboratories and how it was helping the farmers in the state.

Correspondent

KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): Core Committee on Naga Political Issue is scheduled to hold a meeting in Kohima on December 9, during which Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is also likely to attend.

Sarma, who is also the convenor of the North East Democratic Alliance, has been assigned by the union home minister Amit Shah to assist chief minister Neiphiu Rio in making the Naga Political Groups come to an understanding for an early political solution so that peace and development could be accelerated.

Addressing a press con(Cont’d on p-8) ference, minister Neiba Kro-

IMA claimed.

Noting that India has crossed 1.26 billion vaccinations, with over 50 percent of the adult population vaccinated at least with one dose, IMA said vaccination has proved that it will prevent severe forms of the infection.

"At this juncture, IMA also appeals to the government to officially announce additional dose (of vaccine) be given to healthcare, frontline workers and immunocompromised individuals to augment the immunity," IMA said.

Omicron has proved to be less potent in causing severe infections but definitely five to 10 times more contagious than Delta variant.

Hence, the government and all stakeholders should take proper steps to control the contagion by enhancing immunisation, IMA stressed.

B'luru doctor tests positive again: A 46-yearold Bengaluru doctor, who is among the first cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus in India, has again tested positive for Covid-19.

His reports came late on Monday night.

nu said that the Centre was very serious about resolving the Naga political issue.

“Together, we all must work for a solution once and for all, because we cannot continue like this anymore.

With all seriousness let us all work for a solution so that we all live in peace,” he said.

Kronu said that was high time for the Nagas to work hard to bring a solution.

Also addressing the media, minister Temjen Imna Along said that the government under chief minister Neiphiu Rio was strong and stable. He pointed out that the government had also chosen to facilitate the peace process to find a lasting solution to the protracted Naga political issue.

IMPHAL, DEC 7 (IANS): In the biggest ever drug haul in the North East, the Assam Rifles and Manipur police seized over 154 kg ‘methamphetamine’ tablets and more than 54 kg heroin worth over Rs 508 crore and arrested one Myanmar national, officials said on Tuesday.

Vikramjit Singh, Superintendent of Police Tengnoupal, said that the a joint operation seized heroin powder weighing 54.141 kg and methamphetamine tablets weighing 154.314 kg from a house at Sunrise Ground in Moreh town late on Monday

DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC), has blamed the state government for mishandling the situation that led to escalation of the massacre from Oting to the death of another civilian, injuries to many more and damage to properties.

NPCC president K Therie said he along with other members visited Oting village where they also attended the last rites. He said after hearing heavy firing on December 4, just after 4pm, the villagers had informed SP Mon, but were restrained from going down to the site. Therie said the village waited until 7pm and then they decided to go.

H owe ve r, t h e VG commander of the village

Accused along with the seized drugs. (IANS)

evening. “The cost of the seized heroin powder is expected to be around Rs 108 cr and that of the methamphetamine (Crystal Meth) tablets around Rs 400 cr in the international market,” he told the media.

Singh said that the AR

and the police after lengthy planning arrested Monkhai, 19, a resident of Khampat in neighbouring Myanmar, on Monday afternoon. His arrest led to the biggest ever seizure of drugs smuggled from across the border and stored in a house.

on Dec 9 This is it! Women delegation meets Governor over Oting killings NSF to hold dharna NSF president Keg-

"I don't know why you all make only barbeque, momo and chow ? Can't you think of anything else?"

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DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Against the backdrop of December 4 Oting massacre, a 29-member women delegation Tuesday met Nagaland governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi at the Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum containing eight-point charter of demands.

In a press release, Naga Mothers Association (NMA) advisor and Global Naga Forum (GNF) co-convenor Prof. Rosemary Dzuvichu said that the women delegates from NMA, presidents and secretaries of Angami

For court-monitored probe headed by a retired judge Reiterates stand to sever ties with security forces

The 29-member women delegation during the meeting with governor at Raj Bhavan.

Women Organisation, Watsu Mungdang, Sumi Totimi Hoho, Lotha Eloe Hoho, Zeliang Women Organisation, Pochury Mothers Association, Chakhesang Mothers Association, Chakhesang

Women Society, Rengma Mothers Association, Tenyimi Women Organisation, Kuki Mothers Association and GNF participated in the meeting.

At the meeting, Dzu-

vichu said the governor condemned the killings in the strongest terms and assured to take cognisance of the memorandum submitted and also convey to the Centre.

(Cont’d on p-5)

DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has announced a peaceful dharna at Kohima on December 9 as part of the five-day public mourning in honour of the civilians killed by security forces on December 4 and 5 and to press for repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

wayhun Tep and general secretary Spuni Ng Philo, therefore, appealed to all Nagas to extend their solidarity to the just cause by turning up for the event in huge number.

NSF also reiterated its demand that the State government should constitute a court-monitored probe team headed by a retired Supreme Court/High Court judge for a thorough, fair, impartial and time-bound probe in the killing of civilians by security forces on December 4 and 5. (Cont’d on p-8)

(Cont’d on p-8)

DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Naga Hoho (NH) has demanded a judicial investigation immediately into the atrocities committed by Indian security forces on innocent Naga villagers at Oting village and Mon town on December 4 and 5 and book the culprits.

In a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi through governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi, hoho president HK Zhimomi and general secretary K Elu Ndang also urged that government of India to make its position clear on Indo-Naga political issue instead of orchestrating “devilish policies” against Naga people.

Expressing their sorrow at the atrocities committed by the security forces on the innocent Naga villagers, they accused “Friends of Hill People” Assam Rifles of once again terrorising the public beyond imagination.

They pointed out that this was not an isolated incident and Naga people had been repeatedly humiliated and insulted without recognising their right to life.

(Cont’d on p-8) K Y M C

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021

Orientation programme of NIPUN Bharat

Teachers participating at the orientation programme FIs of school teachers, resource persons and others at held Tuesday, at Dimapur. (NP) the programme on Tuesday.

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): District Mission Authority, Samagra Shiksha Dimapur organised an orientation programme of NIPUN Bharat on district field investigators (FIs) for implementation of Nagaland foundational literacy and numeracy baseline assessment survey 2021 at UBRC hall, Nagarjan (Kuda), here Tuesday.

FLN mission and objectives was shared by ToT Suise Ngullie where she informed that the ministry of education launched a National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat) to

ensure that every child in the country necessarily attained foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.

She said that the mission would focus on children of age group of 3-9 years including preschool to Grade 3 and also highlighted foundational language and literacy and key components in foundational language and literacy.

Susie also informed that there were 1776 government schools, 744 private schools including 261919 students in Nagaland.

Officiating district education officer (DEO) Kisheli Shikhu in her speech encouraged teachers to utilise what they learned

from the orientation.

She also spoke on how foundation of a child was important and that early childhood could be defined as the period between a child’s birth and their eight birthday (world vision).

It is a crucial time in a child’s development because this period lays the foundations for the child’s learning and well-being throughout their life, she opined.

In this regard, Kisheli asserted that it should be considered the most important phase of development in life which would shape adults and consequently the society of tomorrow.

The programme was chaired by Samagra Shik-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

sha project officer, Vitoho Chophy.

Highlights of the programme included technical session which was carried out by DIET, Dimapur senior lecture Eccllece Zhimomi on an introductory baseline survey and DIET, Dimapur senior lecture Kekhriekhou Dzuvichu on “Tool administration and operationalization of the study”. (Staff Reporter) Kohima: An orientation programme for FIs on foundational literacy & numeracy (FLN) baseline assessment survey 2021 under National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN) Bharat mission was held on Tues-

day in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner (DC).

In a press release, TOT EBRC Tseminyu, Francis informed that in his keynote address, senior SDEO Kohima, Theyievilie Suohumvii emphasised that a strong foundation for students should be laid out.

Theyievilie appealed to the FIs to accept the tasks as challenges and privilege and not as burden since assessing learning levels and identifying learning gaps with factual information would be key sources for decision-makers to rectify factors affecting learning outcomes (LO) of students.

Meanwhile, resource persons DIET Chiechama lecturer, Alemsong spoke on FLN mission and objective while DIET Chiechama senior lecturer, Kenilo Semp spoke on technical aspect of the survey.

The introductory session was chaired by assistant district coordinator DMA Samagra Shiksha Kohima, Thongsenlo who informed that district steering committee headed by DC as chairman and 10 district officers from different de-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 23. Psalm 23:6

"Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

Late L Subongwati Ao

Late Samuel (Limasangba) Changki

Born on : 23rd Sept, 1947 – Died on : 03rd Dec, 2021

We, the bereaved family of Lt. L Subongwati Ao would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation to all the friends, neighbours, unions, church members, individuals and well wishers for all the love, kindness and thoughtful gesture that have been bestowed upon us during this difficult time.

We regret our inability to thank each one of you individually but we sincerely hope and pray that the Almighty God bless you all. dp-5850/21

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Loving wife, children, in-laws, grandchildren and relatives

23.03.1920 – 26.11.2021

Our family wishes to convey our sincerest appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to the families, churches, friends and well wishers for your prayers, sympathy, support and generosity during this time of loss of our beloved Late Samuel (Limasangba) Changki, who peacefully left to be with the Lord.

We appreciate it more than words can express and it will always be remembered. It is our prayer that the Almighty God bless you abundantly. dp-5862/21

Aquba old village achieves 100% vax

partments was constituted to monitor NIPUN Bharat mission and constituted District Project Management Unit (DPMU) and Block Project Management Unit (BPMU) headed by DEO and SDEO for implementation at district and block level till completion of the project 2026-2027.

Altogether 48 FIs of school teachers attended the orientation programme.

It may be mentioned that the FIs would undertake baseline assessment survey 2021 on FLN under NIPUN Bharat mission starting December 9 and 10 on 25 sampled schools (private and government).

The respective head teachers/teachers in-charges/ principals/headmasters under Kohima district have been intimated to consult and coordinate with FIs for successful conduct of the survey.

Officials and personnel of district mission Samagra Shiksha Kohima and Educational Block Resource Persons (EBRCs) would be observers of the survey.

DIMAPUR: Aquba Old Village under Aghunato Block, Zunheboto district achieved 100% vaccination of the Covishield vaccine.

In a statement issued by senior medical officer Aghunato CHC, Dr. Heroto Yepthomi the COVID-19 vaccination drive was conducted on different session sites at Aquba Old Village with a total of 72 eligible beneficiaries (35 males & 37 females) receiving both first and second doses.

On December 6, a team of medical staff led by Kitoli GNM visited the village and administered the last eligible beneficiary in presence of head GB Hubert Yeptho and village elders.

Kma police nab 2 with 350kg ganja

DIMAPUR: Kohima police arrested two persons, Solomon (20) and Kadakho (19) on charges of possessing 350 kg of contraband ganja on Tuesday.

According to Kohima police PRO, the team while on routine surveillance duty intercepted one Mahindra Scor pio (NL01H-0596) from Agri Colony, Kohima and detected the contraband comprising of 35 packets of 10 kg wrapped in polythene sheet.

In this connection, the two persons were arrested and the contraband along with the vehicle were seized.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the vehicle with the contraband was proceed-

Arrested persons along with the contraband.

ing towards Dimapur from Senapati, PRO informed.

The value of the seized consignment was found to be worth approximately 17.5 lakh and, in this connection, a case was registered at south police station for further investigation.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the bereaved family of Lt. Yekali Kinny would like to convey our profound gratitude to every individuals, friends, neighbours, families and well wishers who supported us spiritually, financially and with unconditional love and support during her prolonged illness and demise of our beloved mother.

Special thanks to: 1. Mishikito Akukuhou 2. Mishikito STH 3. Mishikito Women Dept.

4. Mishikito Students' Union 5. Mishikito Akighini muqo.

6. NCRC Mishikito 7. NCRC Youth Dept.

8. Kichilimi Baptist Church 9. Kichilimi Women Dept.

10. Kichilimi Students' Union 11. Kichilimi CYE 12. Kichilimi Union Dimapur 13. Jukuvu Lephe Kohima 14. River Belt School Dimapur 15. Blood donors 16. Dr. Kinsho Kinny, NEIGRIHMS 17. Doctors, nurses and staff of CIHSR, Dimapur Though we are unable to thank each and every individual, we sincerely pray that our Almighty God shower His blessings upon each and every one of you abundantly.

Loving daughter, son and relatives dp-5861/21

23rd May 1978 – 30th Nov 2021

Children, in-laws, grandchildren and great grandchildren

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Rita V Chaya 14/07/1963 – 30/11/2021 The children of Lt. Rita V Chaya would like to express our heartfelt thanks to our family, friends, churches, doctors and blood donors, organisations and associations, neighbours and well wishers, for your kindness and support during this difficult time.

Thank you for remembering us in prayer, visited or called, sent cards and flowers, prepared food and made memorial contributions. It is comforting to know that our mother has touched the life of so many that you were there for us during her illness and demise till date.

To those who helped us in any way, your contribution made our loss more bearable. As it would be impossible for us to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude. k-2356/21

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021

Oting massacre: Organisations, students hold candlelight vigils

NSUD

Students, citizens demand repeal of AFSPA DIMAPUR: Solemn candlelight vigils were organised across Nagaland and beyond to remember and pay tribute to the victims of December 4 Oting massacre. During the vigils, the student bodies and citizens demanded repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA).

N S U D, D E N S U, NPMHR: As a tribute to the victims of the massacre, the collective Naga Students Union Delhi (NSUD), Delhi Eastern Nagaland Union (DENSU) and Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights Delhi (NPMHR) organised a candlelight

Exams in Mon district postponed DIMAPUR: In view of the prohibitor y order imposed in Mon district since Sunday and due to the prevailing situation, the directorate of School Education has informed that exams which were to be held from December 6 onwards (State board, CBSE) has been postponed until further orders.

Traffic advisory for Hornbill cross country cancelled

DIMAPUR: The December 8 traffic advisory issued for the Hornbill cross countr y championship which was scheduled to be held in Kohima stands cancelled, DC Kohima has informed.

DC stated that all normal vehicular movement along the stretch from High School Junction to IG Stadium may resume as usual.

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civilians and said that it was a draconian law and should be repealed immediately.

KDCC appreciated president of AICC Sonia Gandhi for the concern shown towards the suffering of the Nagas and immediately deputing a high delegation to conduct spot verification.

It expressed anguish over the “false and misleading statement” of union home minister Amit Shah in the parliament on December 6 that “during the ambush, a vehicle approached the location and it was signalled to stop. However, the vehicle tried to flee, following which the vehicle suspected to be carrying insurgents, was fired upon”.

It also discussed the Hornbill festival held amid the pandemic which it said was “utterly neglected by the government of the day” with no proper screening of visitors and other measures to check the laid down SOPs. “The SOPs should not only be on papers but proper mechanisms and adequate man-power should be put in place in order to enforce the laid down norms”, it stated.

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DECEMBER 8

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Decreasing clouds

28 21

Variable clouds with a shower 23 16

Guwahati Mostly sunny and nice

A shower in the morning

Itanagar Mostly sunny and pleasant

27 17 23 15 24 14

Shillong

Partly sunny

20 9

Kohima

A few showers

20 12

Dimapur Nice with partial sunshine

25 16

Partly sunny and nice

23 13

Tuensang Some sun, a couple of showers 16 9

Partial sunshine

21 14

Zunheboto Partly sunny with a shower

20 11

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Kaisa Rio speaking at NAWO silver jubilee on Tuesday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): Northern Angami Women Organisation (NAWO) celebrated its silver jubilee on the theme “truth is strength” at AMK building, here on Tuesday.

Guest of honor for the celebration, Kaisa Rio, wife of chief minister Neiphiu Rio in her speech paid respects to the officials of the organisation. She said NAWO had made significant developments in the past 25 years through which women had benefitted.

She urged the organisation to look back and introspect and strive to improve itself in the weaker areas.

Kaisa pointed out that in the past, women focused

mostly in household chores and cultivation.

However, she said this had changed in the present time and now women were excelling in education and employment avenues which in turn had improved the living standard. She pointed out that news of women performing well in their professions were very encouraging and helps motivate others to follow suit.

“I am hopeful that we would progress in so many other fields by the time we reach 50tth anniversary”, Kaisa said.

She opined that there was a need to change the perception that all educated youths should get a government job.

Instead, she said, par-

been plaguing the land for generations and atrocities being meted out on citizens under the guise of the Act. The community also hit out at union home minister for terming the incident as “unfortunate” and “mistaken identity” and said that massacre of civilians could not be termed as unfortunate when the ministry was responsible for extension of AFSPA under which these inhuman atrocities were committed.

Assistant professor, Dr. Likhase Sangtam said “Nagas had gone through hard and difficult times to be part of this great diverse nation. But today when we reflect the Naga society, to great extent we seem to have moved on from those atrocities meted out to our people”.

Dr. Likhase said that

slaying of innocent civilians in an inhuman way was very difficult to take and as an academician, while trying to change the whole narrative in line with the constitution of India towards holistic integration to this great nation, “this kind of act will dispel the people of the region from what is being professed”.

The research scholars’ forum, students’, teachers and non-teaching staffs from the campus in unison condemned the gruesome act and showed solidarity with the rest in conveying their deepest condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed for God’s comfort and strength to get through this time of grief.

ENSUPCC: Eastern Naga Students’ Union, Patkai Christian College (ENSUPCC) held a candle-

NTUCT light vigil at the Bundrock auditorium on Tuesday evening “in respect of the victims murdered by Indian security forces at Oting village and Mon town on December 4 and 5.”

During the vigil, ENSUPCC president, Anok Bulei recounted the tragic incident of December 4 and 5 and expressed shock and anger at the brutal killings and “the manner in which the security forces handled the dead bodies in their attempt to cover up the killings.”

Vice principal, Angel Sonari also extended solidarity to the Oting villagers and the Konyak people on behalf of the college.

“We condemn the brutal act of the Indian security forces in the murder of our Konyak brothers,” her message read.

Condemning the Indi-

an security forces, assistant professor Dr. Ponghsak Phom termed the incident a “horrific atrocity” and said the “massacre of innocents” was not a one-off incident.

Dr. Phom demanded the repeal of the draconian AFSPA. Meanwhile, assistant professor, Bauna Panmei reminded the gathering of both teachers and students to be mindful of the Naga history which had suffered from a “long history of violence” abetted by the AFSPA. “This is our reality. This has been our reality for 50 years,” he maintained.

NTUCT: Naga Tribal Union Chumukedima Town (NTUCT) organised a candlelight service in solidarity for the victims of the massacre at Chumoukedima on Tuesday.

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TUD postpones golden jubilee: Tangkhul Union Dimapur held an emergency meeting on December 6 and decided to postpone its proposed golden jubilee scheduled for December 11 and to restrain from organising any festivity during the 7-day mourning period. The decision was taken as mark of respect to the innocent victims “who were brutally massacred by the Indian Army” on December 4 and 5 at Oting village. The union has appealed to all concerned to bear with the inconveniences and extended its support for justice.

KIN convenes emergency meeting: Kuki Inpi Nagaland has convened an emergency meeting at KIN hall, Ahthibung on December 9, 11 a.m. All invitees including office bearers and speaker, KIN have been requested to attend the meeting.

Wokha DPDB meeting postponed: The chairman of DPDB, Wokha has informed all board members that the planning board meeting for the month of December 2021 has been postponed till further notice.

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DIMAPUR: High Level Committee (HLC) of Kohima District Congress Committee (KDCC) comprising its president, vice presidents, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) members and assembly constituency congress committee presidents held an emergency meeting at Congress Bhavan Kohima on Tuesday.

In a press release, sessional secretary Ako Zhasa informed that after thorough deliberations, the HLC constituted a seven-member election committee for Kohima district headed by former minister Seyiekuolie Kesiezie as convener and KDCC president Kevi Vizo as co-convener. The committee was entrusted to formulate strategies to contest and win all seven seats of the district in the ensuing 2023 state elections.

The house strongly condemned the December 4 and 5 atrocities of the security forces and extended sympathy towards the bereaved family members and the Konyak brethren. It assured all support in their fight for justice.

It cautioned security forces “not to misuse AFSPA” against innocent

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candlelight vigil in solidarity with the bereaved families at Nagaland University, Lumami on December 6.

The Nagaland University Research Scholars’ Forum (Lumami), Nagaland University Students’ Union (Lumami), Nagaland University Non-Teaching Staff Association (Lumami) and members of the teaching fraternity came together to mourn “the loss of the 14 fateful souls.”

A press release from NU said that the community was astounded by the “utter intelligence failure of the so-called highly trained military personnel and vehemently condemned the botched operation by the army at the highest level.”

They also reiterated the need to repeal AFSPA which it said had

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OTS: Oriental Theological Seminary (OTS) of the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) organised a candlelight vigil on December 6 to show its solidary with the Oting and Naga people during a “harrowing and tumultuous time.”

A press release from the Seminary said that today more than ever, Nagas were experiencing and realising “the injustice meted out by the government of India.”

“The message is clear: AFSPA must go and injustice must end”, it stated.

OTS hoped that Naga people’s emotion would be translated into making the right strategic decision and policy to bring peace, justice and humane environment to the land.

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vigil at Nagaland house, New Delhi on December 6.

In a press release issued through NSUD general secretary Vitso Rio, the Naga bodies in Delhi said they were appalled by the act of the armed forces and said that the “murder of these innocent lives” was “a bleak reminder of the decades long-suffering and suppression of the Nagas under the draconian rule of AFSPA.” The collective while condemning the inhumane act reasserted their unflinching support to the Konyak people and stood in solidarity with the families of the victims.

While condemning the barbarity of the armed forces, they also called upon the government of India to revoke Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA).

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ents should encourage and guide their children to earn their livelihood through the profession of their choice. She pointed out that government had come up with various schemes to help the youth prepare and equip themselves to earn their living.

Therefore, parents should encourage their children to take part in all these activities, Kaisa said.

Through this celebration, she hoped that NAWO in particular and women in general would have a clearer vision at the same time rededicate themselves and be blessing to their families, society and the nation.

Earlier, at a programme Kaisa unveiled a plague commemorating the silver jubilee.

The programme was chaired by organising committee convenor, Ruokuoheü Miachieo while Peraciezie Baptist Church associate pastor, Ruokuoleü Seyie invoked God’s blessings.

NAWO president, Thinuoheü Loucü gave the president’s address and advisor Theyietuonuo Rutsa proposed the vote of thanks.

A folksong presentation was made by GroupA women from P. Khel, Kohima.

DIMAPUR: The office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has asked the Mon district administration to ensure the safety of persons with disabilities in the district.

In a letter addressed to the district commissioner (DC) and chairperson of the district level committee on disability, state commissioner for persons with disabilities, Diethono Nakhro has asked the administration

to take note that persons with disabilities were “always the worst affected in any situation of instability in the community.”

She has, therefore, urged for necessary steps to be taken to ensure that persons with disabilities and their families in Oting village, Mon Town and the entire Mon district were safe and their needs were taken care of during the present situation following the tragic

incident in Oting village.

In this regard she advised that the district level committee on disability might take charge and do the needful. Disabled People’s Organisations, Disabled Parents Organisations and other NGOs in the sector may also be roped in to gather and impart information and take action where necessary in coordination with the district administration, the letter added.

LFI students join nation-wide campaign DIMAPUR: The students of Livingstone Foundation International took part in a nation-wide programme “75 lakh postcard campaign” which was organised by the ministry of communication, department of post in coordination with the department of SE & L, ministry of education.

In a press release, LFI informed that the students from grade-IV to XII participated during the first phase of the campaign which was ongoing from December 1 and would commence on December 20.

As a part of the campaign, the school

World Soil Day observed in Wokha

DIMAPUR: In commemoration of World Soil Day, the district soil conservation office, Wokha organised a “Farmers Mela” at community hall, soil colony, Wokha on Tuesday.

According to a DIPR report, DSCO Wokha, Lidemo Murry said World Soil Day was commemorated annually and was aimed at spreading awareness about the importance of soil. He said that the degradation of soil was a pressing environmental issue and the day encouraged people to come together and think of sustainable ways to manage soil resources.

Speaking on soil management, Lidemo said it was the application of operations, practices and treatments to protect soil and enhance its performance.

In her keynote address, JSCO Wokha, Nzanbeni N. Jami spoke on the importance of Soil Health Card (SHC) and said that the SHC was used to assess current status of soil health.

When used overtime to determine changes in soil health that were affected by land management, she informed that it displayed soil health indicators and associated descriptive terms. She said SHC would be valid for three years and urged the farmers to avail the opportunity in order to boost their agricultural production.

Later during the technical session, demonstration of soil sample collection and demonstration on soil testing was done at district soil testing laboratory Wokha.

SHC cards were also distributed to farmers during the programme.

procured 100 postcards from the postal department and the students wrote on the optional topics of “unsung heroes of freedom struggle” and “my vision for India in 2047”.

The postcards were addressed to the prime minister of India.

A screening was also done from among the postcards written and 10 best entries were shortlisted as per direction from CBSE. Later, they were scanned and uploaded on the CBSE portal for the campaign.

Student bodies put up banners in Kohima to demand repeal of AFSPA

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Correspondent KO H I M A , D E C 7 (NPN): Various Kohima-based student unions put up banners at various locations in the State Capital on Tuesday demanding repeal of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Naga-inhabited areas.

The event was initiated by Konyak Students’ Union Kohima (KSUK) and supported

by Angami Students’ Union and the other Eastern Naga student bodies.

The banners read “AFSPA is a blot on Indian Democracy.

Remove AFSPA im-

mediately.”

KSUK president said the banners were put up so that the message of public resentment against AFSPA and over the massacre of innocent people could be sent out across the country.

Activists of the student unions collectively put up banners at strategic

locations of the town, including PHQ junction, Classic Island, High School Junction and TCP gate junction.

Leaders of the student bodies said they planned to continue with the exercise in the future to press the authorities to revoke AFSPA.

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SHILLONG, DEC 7: Condemning the gruesome gunning down of 14 civilians in Nagaland by Special Forces of the Indian Army, the North East Dialogue Forum (NEDF) has urged chief ministers of the North Eastern states to collectively prevail upon the Centre for the immediate repeal of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the region.

“Shooting civilians by the Indian military is a racist act. It is very clear to all of us that AR (Assam Rifles) is killing the civilians under AFSPA. AR is confident that they will be protected by this law.

NEDF also appreciates your leadership and intervention so that the situation would not escalate further,” the Forum wrote to the chief ministers.

Nagaland killing: Mizoram CM calls for justice, pease AIZAWL, DEC 7 (PTI): Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has extended solidarity with the people of Nagaland over the recent killing of 14 civilians by security forces and prayed that justice prevails and peace returns soon.

The chief minister said that he stands with the people of Nagaland in this hour of grief.

“Prayers for the lives lost and the unfortunate incident at Oting, Mon district, Nagaland. I stand with the people of Nagaland in this time of grief.

Let justice prevails and, May peace be restored soon,” he tweeted late on Monday night.

The NEDF sought to know from the Union government has to “who has given the authority to AR in Sonari in Assam to cross the state border to Nagaland and carry out the shooting of civilians.

Technically AR under AFSPA are deployed in the region to assist the civil authority, meaning AR should operate under the order of the DC. Do the AR seek the permission

from the concerned DC of the District in Assam and Nagaland to organize such military operation? If not, what are you going to do.”

“What could be the role of the owner of one of the coal mines in Mon district bordering Sonari in Assam to get the help from the AR to protect his illegal coal mining? Were there any procedures to arrest the suspects and investigate them to bring the suspected

perpetrator under the rule of law? Is the rule of law under the AR,” the Forum questioned.

“How long will the Government of India allow our innocent people to be killed by AR with the false allegation,” the NEDF asked the chief ministers and demanded for the constitution of an “independent, credible and impartial investigation team” to examine the

case of killing by AR at Tiru-Oting area of Mon district of Nagaland within a time frame so that this report can be submitted to the double bench of the Supreme Court of India presently working on the cases of extra-judicial execution for further legal action against the perpetrators and the responsible commander of the concern AR in Sonari.

The Forum appealed to all the chief ministers of the region and the PM to provide immediate compensation of Rs 10 lakh each as relief and rehabilitation of the families who lost their bread earners.

It also urged the CMs in the region to call an emergency meeting to discuss the situation of high handedness of AR under AFSPA and take steps to repeal AFSPA, 1958 from the North Eastern region of India immediately.

Nagaland killing: M’laya AITC holds candle-light vigil Correspondent SHILLONG, DEC 7: A candle-lit demonstration of solidarity with the bereaved families of the victims of firing by security forces in Nagaland was staged at the main commercial centre of Khyndailad here in Meghalaya on Tuesday evening by the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).

“We are here to demonstrate our solidarity with the affected families who have been grieving in Mon district of Nagaland. All are aware of the situation, the background and it will be pertinent for us to stand by the people of Mon district and particularly the affected families and urge upon all the authorities

concerned which includes the state government of Nagaland and Government of India to ensure justice,” said former chief minister and AITC leader Mukul Sangma.

“Every citizen of this great nation must have the sense of belongingness and we collectively build this great nation and this is the essence of our democracy. There should not be any space or room left for any citizen to feel that they are deprived of the necessary justice when called for.

Therefore it will be expected from the authorities concern under the Government of India and the state government concerned that all the measures need to be taken to ensure that

justice is done in the right perspective,”Sangma said addressing the gathering.

“Where do you need the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), if the state government is capable of dealing with the problem of militancy, insurgency and terrorism by itself, without having to take recourse to this draconian law? I don’t find any reason for any state to actually have this particular law to be operational in any part of the state or any part of the country,” the former CM underscored.

“The state of Meghalaya has demonstrated in dealing with terrorism, insurgency in a manner that should be probably taken up for a case study

by Government of India,”

Sangma, who was credited with having effectively dealt with insurgency in the Garo Hills region during his tenure as Chief Minister, said.

“The people of Northeast understand how complex it is to deal with the problem of terrorism and insurgency, but Meghalaya has demonstrated its capability without having to resort to adopting this draconian law.

This is something which must be taken cognizance of by Government of India and look at all possibilities of dealing with insurgency and other problems related to terrorism in the right perspective without having to resort to this draconian law,” he iterated

The Naga Medical Students Association (NMSA), Imphal unit observed a candlelight vigil service at Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal on Monday evening in solidarity with the victims of Oting in Mon district of Nagaland.

DNLA kill 3, injure 8 in Assam: Police

HAFLONG, DEC 7 (PTI): Three people were killed and eight others injured after being allegedly thrashed by DNLA militants at their camp in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, police said on Tuesday.

Among those killed was a DNLA militant, they said. Five DNLA militants were arrested in connection with the incident, they added.

Two bodies and nine injured people were rescued from the designated camp at Kasmaipur in Maibang in the early hours of Monday after villagers complained to the police that local youths were held captive there, Additional Superintendent of Police Indranil Baruah said.

Among those rescued were both DNLA militants and local villagers, he said.

Of the nine wounded, one succumbed to the injuries while undergoing treatment, he added.

The rest are currently

undergoing treatment at the Haflong Civil Hospital, he added.

Five DNLA members, who were among those who had come overground for peace talks recently, have been arrested in the case and an investigation is on, Baruah said.

Six local youths were taken away by the DNLA militants to their designated camp, where the militants were staying after coming overground, on charges of stealing and selling parts of an abandoned excavator in the area on Sunday night, the villagers claimed.

The villagers approached the police when the youth did not return till Monday. Among the victims were the six villagers, two of who were found dead by the police team.

The other five victims were new recruits of the DNLA who had tried to escape from the camp and were being punished by their

seniors, according to the villagers. One of the new members died at the hospital on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, local organisations on Tuesday released a joint statement condemning the incident.

The Jadikhe Naisho Hoshom and Dimasa Jalai Hosom appealed to the authorities to investigate the matter expeditiously and deliver justice to the bereaved families.

The DNLA had declared a unilateral ceasefire for three months on September 7 as a “goodwill gesture and as a positive response to the call of peace” by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The ‘chairman’ of the militant outfit, Edika Diphusa alias Kharmindao Dimasa, his deputy Juddychan Haflongbar alias America Dimasa, and ‘general secretary’ Prithamjit Jidongsa alias Galao Dimasa, had come overground on September 24.

Oting incident: TMC holds candle light vigil More organizations from NE condemn Oting incident

SHILLONG, DEC 7 (PTI): Trinamool Congress on Tuesday held a candle light vigil in Shillong in solidarity with the bereaved families of the 13 civilians who were killed in the anti-insurgency fiasco by the Army in Nagaland.

The vigil was held at Khyndailad city centre and was attended by op-

position TMC Legislative Party leader Mukul Sangma, the president of the party’s Meghalaya unit Charles Pyngrope and its MLAs. Shillong wore a sombre look as scores of people with lighted candles in their hand braved the early winter cold to pay their respects to the victims, who were gunned down by the Army mistak-

ing them for insurgents in Nagaland’s Mon district.

The party has sought an appointment with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday to hand over a memorandum seeking compensation for the families of the innocent citizens killed.

TMC has also asked the Centre to come clean with its position on AFSPA.

Sikkim govt proposes to create 2 more districts GANGTOK, DEC 7 (PTI): The Sikkim government on Tuesday tabled a bill in the assembly, proposing to carve out two more districts in the state.

Land Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Kunga Nima Lepcha introduced the Sikkim (Re-organization of Districts) Bill, 2021 in the House on the second day of the fifth session of the 10th assembly. The new districts will be known as Pakyong, a sub-division of East Sikkim, and Soreng, a sub-division of West Sikkim, he said. Explaining the government’s objec-

tives and reasons for the proposal, he said the new districts will strengthen governance in the backdrop of the growing population and aspirations of people.

With the creation of Pakyong and Soreng, the total number of districts in the Himalayan state will be six.

Lepcha, who also holds the charge of the Education Department, introduced another bill, the Sikkim State University (Amendment) Bill 2021, which seeks to name the State University of Sikkim after Mount Khangchendzonga.

WMC : The World Meetei Council ( WMC) held an emergency virtual meeting of the members from Assam, Manipur and Nagaland state units was held on December where it observed a minute silence in honour of 15 departed souls killed by security forces killing at Oting village in Mon district of Nagaland on December 4.

A press comminique MWC information and publicity team stated that its Secretar y General Yambem Arun Meetei expressed shock and was saddened on the “inhuman action of security forces during the festive month of killing innocent people of the region and condemned it in the strongest term.”

It stated that “such an inhuman act that have increased the number of

widows and orphans is permitted by AFSPA. Such law that allows the security forces to kill innocent public is not acceptable under any circumstances.

Therefore, such licence to kill the public should be repealed immediately from the North Eastern Region. “ WMC expressed its solidarity to the Konyak tribe as well as the people of Nagaland and conveyed condolences to the bereaved families.

ZHRF: The Zomi Human Rights Foundation ( ZHRF) , Lamka Hq, Manipur strongly condemned the killing of civilian near Tiru village in Tizit areas of Mon District, Nagaland on the December 4, by the 21st Para Commando of the Indian army and withdrawal of AFSPA from

northeast India.

A press release by ZHRF secretary of information and publicity department stated that the “atrocities meted out to innocent civilians, unarmed without any provocation was a gross violation of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to its citizen and enshrined in the Constitution of India.”

It said the Right to Life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution which stipulates that no lives of a person shall be taken away without the procedure established by law has been blatantly violated. It further added that the provisions of the Covenants on International Human Rights law has been trampled upon by the act of such killings and no law can condoned such

59 years after 1962 tension with China still exists in Tawang Arunachal reports single TAWANG (ARUNACHAL PRADESH), DEC 7 (PTI): For visitors driving into Tawang, a quiet little town of lumber and brick houses with sloping tin roofs built haphazardly around a winding road, it’s hard to believe that one of India’s most decisive post-independence battles was fought here 59 years ago.

Tawang wears its history – and also its present -- with ease. The flourishing town, with restaurants selling everything from noodles to dosas and locals returning home to new business prospects, shows little sign of the tension building up at the border about 40 km away to the north.

The giveaway is the fleeting presence of convoys of troops being sent to guard the icy Himalayan heights at the border with China, India’s northern neighbour which attacked Tawang in 1962.

Nearly 800 Indian troops were killed and 1,000 captured

in the hotly contested but unequal combat. China has been building military infrastructure not too far from the border over the last decade.

This includes new highways, military posts, helipads and missile launching sites on the Tibetan plateau, all of it overlooking Tawang, which stands at a height of 10,000 feet and is about 445 km from the Arunachal capital Itanagar.

According to military sources, patrolling by Indian troops has been intensified along the Line of Actual Control in response to doubling of patrolling and at times “inadvertent” transgressions by the Chinese on the snowladen mountain borderline between the two Asian giants.

The centre of the town is the ancient Tawang monastery built in 1680 that sits on a craggy height overlooking the township of 14,000 people, mostly Buddhist Monpas and Tibetans with a sprinkling of

Nepali, Marwari, Assamese and Bengali residents.

Despite the tension on the border with China and the fact that it is but a three hour, sometimes less, drive from the border, Tawang seems blissfully oblivious to its strategic position.

The number of hotels has increased from five in 2016 to 20 and more are being built. Restaurants are mushrooming, dishing out noodles and also hilsa fish cooked Bengali style and dosas. Shops are laden with Chinese imports through Nepal, army surplus stock and the latest in fashion are flourishing. Lhamo Yangzom, a London-trained lawyer who has come back to Tawang, is even contemplating setting up a ‘futsal’, a mini football stadium.

“Business is doing well, fuelled by money from construction and road building projects and the influx of more troops. Youngsters are

returning home after being exposed to big cities in India and abroad and are starting new departmental stores, tourist companies and hotels. I myself am contemplating setting up a futsal,” Yangzom told PTI. However, somewhere in the background the ‘Chinese dragon’ continues to lurk in the minds of people.

“Sometimes I get only Chinese FM on my car radio while driving, I don’t know how that happens. Sometimes the phone shows that the pictures I have taken of a lovely mountain or a waterfall are somewhere in China! … almost as if someone is watching us all the time,” Yangzom said. The past carries into the present in the recollections of those who remember the fall of Tawang in October 1962.

“We heard the guns booming and decided that we needed to shift to safety,” said Tsewang Dhondup, former MLA of Tawang, then just five years old.

COVID case, 2 recoveries ITANAGAR, DEC 7 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported only a single COVID-19 case on Tuesday, taking the virus tally to 55,294, a senior health official said here.

As many as 54,979 people have recuperated from the disease so far in the state, including two on Monday, the official said. The northeastern state had reported five new COVID-19 cases on Monday.

The coronavirus death toll in the frontier state remained at 280 as no fresh fatality was registered in the past 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The state now has 35 active COVID-19 cases, he said. The COVID-19 recovery rate now is 99.43 per cent, while the active ratio stood at 0.06 per cent, the SSO said.

West Kameng district has the highest number of active cases at 14, followed by the Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas (9), Tawang (6) and Lower Dibang Valley (5).

A total of 12,00,058 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the state thus far including, 320 on Monday, Jampa said, adding that the positivity rate stood at 0.31 per cent.

State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said that a total of 14,24,641 people have been inoculated so far in the state including, 2,877 on Monday.

atrocities.

The ZHRF also pointed out that the Supreme Court in NPMHR versus Union of India with matters relating to the Armed Forces Special Power Act has laid down list of dos and don’ts to be followed by the armed forces while operating in the disturbed areas. It however lamented that list of guidelines laid

down by the Supreme were ignored and violated.

ZHRF said government of the day at the helm of affairs needs a rethinking about the Armed Forces Special Power Act, adding that the Act “rather than alleviating the hardship of the citizen of India has brought about hardship and anguished to the general population.”

PUBLIC NOTICE

This is for the information to all concerned that I, Shri.

Chandra Kumar Lama is the legal owner of Patta No. 9190 (P) Dag/Plot No. 1658, Area 1720 Sq. Fts, Allotment Order No. REV/ Patta 4/2016 Dt. 23-06-16 issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima Ward No.12, Upper Chandmari, Kohima, Nagaland.

Any person from my family members who sell/borrows, buy or mortgaged the above mentioned plot of land shall be doing so at his/her own risk. I shall be not responsible.

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Regd No. 20164/21 Date 21/10/21 I, S. Yanbeni Ezung, D/o. Rashamo Lotha resident of Forest Colony, Wokha do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under; 1. That I am a citizen of India 2. That I hereby declare that my name mentioned in some documents written as S. Yanbeni Ezung and in some documents name written as Rachil Kikon.

3. I do hereby declare that both the name pertain to be one and same person i.e. S. Yanbeni Ezung (REAL NAME).

4. That my real name is S. Yanbeni Ezung 5. That it is true and correct statement.

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Verified at Wokha Town on this day, 18th Oct 2021 in sound mind and good health and that the contents of the above said affidavit are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed therein.

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(Declaration) Regd. No. 386/2021 Date 7/12/2021 I, Shri. Vedunyi Tetseo, aged about 43 Years, resident of Forest Colony Pfutsero, Dist: Phek, Nagaland, declare an oath as follows:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India belonging to Chakhesang Naga Tribe.

2. That I am the legal father of Master Asüto Tetseo and Master Sezo Tetseo.

3. That in my sons official document namely in their Birth Certificates and Aadhaar Card bearing No-716295307304 and 941664624480 respectively and their Pan Card bearing No- CBEPT5453P and CBEPT5452N my name has been entered inadvertently as Veduyi Tetseo and not as Vedunyi Tetseo.

4. That this affidavit is made to state that the above refer names Vedunyi Tetseo and Veduyi Tetseo are one and same person.

5. That further this declaration is made to declare that my correct legal name is Vedunyi Tetseo.

6. That the above mentioned declaration sworn and made shall be used for any clarification, verification, rectification in connection with my official name and this affidavit shall be used as a piece of proof and evidence at all time for all purposes.

7. That the statements made in the above paragraphs are true and correct and nothing material has been stated or concealed therein.

And I signed this affidavit on this day, the 7th December 2021 at Kohima, Nagaland.

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‘MVA is mini-UPA’, Sanjay Raut before meeting Rahul

NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (AGENCIES): Nagaland’s lone Rajya Sabha member, KG Kenye, Tuesday afternoon entered the Well of Rajya Sabha demanding that he be heard on the killing of civilians by security personnel during the discussion of two Bills but did not get a chance.

According to Deccan Herald report, he received support from the Opposition MPs, who halted their sloganeering demanding revocation of suspension of 12 MPs, but was not allowed as the discussion was on.

Kenye entered the Well after the House re-assembled at 3 PM and stood near the reporters’ table for some time pleading for a chance to speak during the debate on The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2021 and The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020 together. Opposition MPs who were shouting slogans stopped for a brief while and urged deputy chairman Harivansh to allow him.

As the Deputy Chairperson did not call him, the

Opposition MPs then started shouting slogans supporting Kenye and the issue he raised. After a few minutes, Kenye returned his seat while Harivansh adjourned the House, as the Opposition continued their protest.

“Today the government got the Rajya Sabha adjourned at 3 PM for the day because it did not want the lone Nagaland MP, K G Kenye, to speak on the horrific killings in his state.

And the Rajya Sabha is the Council of States,” Congress Chief Whip Jairam Ramesh tweeted. He also said, “he (Kenye) is an outstanding speaker and a very dignified man. Felt very sorry for him today. The entire Opposition pledged him support to speak.” Meanwhile, HT report said Kenye demanded immediate repeal of the AFSPA asserting that it is “tantamount to a licence to kill” and has only created animosity between the people and the government.

He lamented that the civilian killings will undo the progress made in firming up the Naga peace process.

Goa: Ravi Naik resigns, Cong’s strength reduced to 3 PANAJI, DEC 7 (PTI): In another setback to the Congress ahead of Goa polls, party MLA and former chief minister Ravi Naik tendered his resignation from the state Assembly on Tuesday.

In October this year, former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro had resigned as Congress MLA and later join the Mamata Baner jee-led Trinamool Congress. With Naik’s resignation, the Congress’ strength in the 40-member state Assembly has been reduced to three.

Naik, who represented Ponda seat in Goa, submitted his resignation to Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar.

He was accompanied by his two sons, who joined the ruling BJP last year.

“I have resigned. I will let you know what is the next course of action,” Naik told reporters here after submitting his resignation.

According to sources, Naik is expected to join the BJP later in the day in the presence of the party’s Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis. Ravi Naik’s younger son Roy Naik said he has requested his father to join the BJP. In the 2017 state As-

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sembly polls, the Congress had emerged as the single largest party by winning 17 seats. However, the BJP, which had won 13 seats, forged an alliance with some regional outfits and independents to form government in the coastal state.

Since then, a number of Congress MLAs quit the party and joined the BJP. After the 2017 polls, Valpoi MLA Vishwajit Rane was the first to resign from the Congress. He later joined the BJP and won the bypoll from the seat.

Rane is currently the state’s health minister.

Soon after Rane’s exit, two more Congress MLAs - Subhash Shirodkar (who represented Shiroda seat) and Dayanand Sopte (Mandrem) - left the party to join the BJP. Both of them later won the by-elections held in May 2019.

State govt calls for repeal of AFSPA (From p-1) Sangma said the killing of 14 civilians in Nagaland, “reminded all of the Malom massacre” in which over 10 civilians were shot dead in Imphal “and prompted a 28-yearold Irom Sharmila to go on a 16 year-long hunger strike.”

The insurgency issue has not been helped by the enactment of AFSPA and instead what it has done is that it has caused civilians to be unfairly tortured, raped and killed, she alleged.

“Therefore, I take this opportunity not just on behalf of my party, but also on behalf of the people of Northeast, that this act be repealed,” she said.

NPFLP endorses cabinet’s decision

NPF legislature party (NPFLP) has endorsed the state cabinet’s decision to write to Government of India for repeal of Armed Forces Special Power Act

Scindia issues plan for airport management

NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (PTI): Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said he has issued an action plan for better crowd management at airports across the country which includes expanding RT-PCR test services and ramping up forex counters.

Passengers have been complaining on social media of crowding and chaos at major international airports in the country since December 1, when a new set of travel rules were imposed amid concerns over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Taking to Twitter, Scindia said, “Took stock of the preparedness, testing capacities, and the situation on the ground with regard to crowd management at both private and AAI airports.”

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) controls more than 100 airports across the country. However, major airports such as in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad are operated by private entities. The minister said he has put in place “an action plan with eight compliances on immigration queues, expanding RT-PCR service providers, ramping up help desks and forex counters, and floor management”.

(AFSPA) by both House of the Parliament.

In a press release, NPF legislature party leader TR Zeliang said AFSPA was a draconian law and the same must be immediately repealed if human rights were at all valued in India.

NPF legislature party demanded that the Indian Army HQ. should answer to the Naga people on whether standard operating procedure of AFSPA was followed by the Army personnel during the said Operation including the exact origin of intelligence input(s) leading to the carnage.

Stating that the brutal killing of 14 innocent civilians was a violation of human right of the highest degree, NPF legislature party said the Indian Army, at a time like this, should recollect how in the recent past, a good number of daring Naga jawans lost their lives while encountering the Country’s enemies in the line of duty.

The party said that the

Naga martyrs were highly honoured with accolades and awards, however, the Indian Army mercilessly killed innocent Naga civilians in return for such acts of heroic sacrifices for the Country.

NPF legislature party has urged upon the SIT to judiciously carry out the investigation without fear or favour so justice was delivered.

It also demanded that at the earliest time possible, it must be revealed under whose directive and command the dastardly act of massacre took place.

When the Naga people were yearning for peace and settlement of the long-pending “IndoNaga” political issue, NPF legislature party said “the genocide committed by the Indian Army under Mon District has threatened the very existence of the Naga people and is most shocking.” It said that no amount of reasoning can justify such merciless killings of innocent civilians.

SP president Akhilesh Yadav and RLD president Jayant Chaudhary during Parivartan Sandesh rally in Meerut. (PTI)

LUCKNOW (UP), DEC 7 (PTI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday asserted that the people wearing red caps, a trademark headgear of his party members, are “red alerts” also for the BJP as they will oust it from the power in the next UP assembly polls.

Yadav made the retort soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a dig at the Samajwadi Party, said in Gorakhpur that those wearing red caps are after red beacon and are a red alert to Uttar Pradesh. Reacting to Prime Minister Modi’s dig at his party, Akhilesh too, in a tweet in Hindi, listed some “red alerts for the BJP”.

“For the BJP, there is a red alert of inflation, of unemployment, of the bad plight of farmers and labour-

ers, of Hathras and Lakhimpur Kheri (incidents) of the oppression of women and youths, of a destroyed education system, business and health, besides the red cap, which will oust the BJP from power,” said former UP chief minister in his tweet.

“There will be an ‘inquilab’ (revolution) of red and change in 2022,” he added.

Addressing a public meeting in Gorakhpur earlier after dedicating to the country three megaprojects, including an AIIMS and a fertiliser plant, Modi said, “Today, the entire UP very well knows that those wearing red caps are concerned about red beacon (‘laal batti’) and they are not bothered about your pain and sorrows.”

Omicron: Women delegation meets B’luru doc is Governor over Oting killings positive again (From p-1) Further, the memoBENGALURU, DEC 7 (PTI): The city-based doctor, one of the two earliest cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 to be detected in the country, has tested positive for the virus again, while the other, a South African national who flew out of here without informing the authorities, has been booked by the police.

The South African, of Gujarati origin, who was quarantined here, later flew to Dubai. “It is true that the doctor who was infected with Omicron variant has once again tested positive for covid-19,” a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike official told PTI. Requesting anonymity, the official said the doctor is under isolation, but was asymptomatic.

Meanwhile, police have registered a case against the South African national for flying without informing the authorities in violation of the quarantine norms.

The memorandum, which was submitted to the governor with copies to the President of India, Prime Minister of India, Union Defence Minister, Union Home Minister, Chief Minister of Nagaland and the Home Minister of Nagaland, demanded convening of a special assembly session at the earliest and strongly recommend to the Government of India repealing of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.

It also demanded all Indian army cantonments and Assam Rifles camps be shifted immediately from all civilian areas and village habitations in all Naga areas.

The memorandum placed on record strong objection to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on the floor of the Parliament concerning f ‘mistaken identity’ and ‘self defence’ and demanded an official apology on the same.

randum demand timely investigation by SIT and make public the report on action taken against the perpetrators.

It urged the governor to ensure that the guilty officers and commandos and jawans be immediately suspended pending investigation and dismiss from active service, strip all benefits and come under the purview of criminal procedures of the Court and the Law. The delegation demanded that the names of the identified culprits be released in the public domain.

The memorandum asked the Government of India to help the families of the deceased with adequate compensation and “not insult us with announcements of petty cash compensation.” The women delegates also urged the government of India to stand by its commitment and ensure signing an early peace accord “for peace in our land.”

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MATHURA (UP), DEC 7 (PTI): Uttar Pradesh minister Laxmi Narain Chaudhary has rhetorically asked if the Krishna temple is not built in Mathura, will it be built in Lahore in Pakistan.

The supposed temple site, which is a subject of multiple lawsuits, is located inside an Aurangzeb-era mosque in Mathura and shares its premises with a prominent temple.

The minister said the Krishna temple will be complete if it is constructed on the entire land up to the remains of Kans Qila, an area which includes the Shahi Idgah mosque.

“The area of the temple should stretch up to the dilapidated wall of Kans Qila,” Chaudhary told reporters.

“If the Krishna temple will not be built in Mathura, would it be built in Lahore,”

GORAKHPUR (UP), DEC 7 (PTI): Taking a swipe at the Samajwadi Party ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday equated “red cap” with “red alert” for the state.

Addressing a public meeting here after dedicating to the nation three mega projects, including an AIIMS and a fertiliser plant, Modi said, “Today, the entire UP very well knows that those wearing red caps are concerned about red beacon (‘laal batti’) and they are not bothered about your pain and sorrows.” “The red cap people want power to commit scams, fill their coffers, indulge in illegal grabbing (of resources) and to give complete freedom to the mafia,” he said.

Stepping up his attack on the rival ahead of the assembly polls early next year, Modi said, “The red cap people want to form government to show favour to terrorists and to free them from jail. Hence, you should remember that those wearing red caps are red alert for UP, in other words alarm bells.” Red cap is a trademark of Samajwadi Party leaders as well as workers.

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the state government is doing very well. We function on the basis of a Common Minimum Programme, similar to the UPA or even the NDA where parties with different views come together for the national cause,” Raut pointed out.

He said in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), during the leadership of the late Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, there were many having ideological differences and some even opposing the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, but they all worked together.

“The MVA also has three parties with dissimilar

Laxmi Narain Chaudhary

he had asked. His remarks came days after the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha was denied permission for installation and ‘jalabhishek’ of Lord Krishna’s idol on December 6 at the Idgah adjoining the Krishna temple.

The district administration on November 28 had imposed prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144.

Meanwhile, another UP minister Anand Swarup Shukla said the Muslim community should come forward and hand over ‘safed bhawan’ (white structure) at the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura to Hindus.

He said while the court had resolved the Ayodhya issue, the ‘white structures’ in Kashi (Varanasi) and Mathura hurt Hindus. He was apparently referring to the Muslim religious structures at the two places.

“A time will come when the white structure in Mathura that hurts every Hindu will be removed with the help of the court. Dr Ram Manohar Lohia had said that the Muslims of India would have to believe that Ram and Krishna were their ancestors,” Chaudhary said.

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Sanjay Raut and Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, DEC 7 (IANS): Ahead of his meeting with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi later on Tuesday, Shiv Sena MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut has declared that the “Maha Vikas Aghadi government is like a mini-United Progressive Alliance” which is doing well.

He said there has been a lot of media speculation whether the Sena is joining the UPA and if it would support the Congress in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Goa and other states. “The Congress is in power along with Sena and NCP in the MVA and

views working on a common minimum programme.

It is an experiment and the MVA is like a mini-UPA...

Such experiments must be emulated elsewhere in the country,” Raut urged.

Whether the UPA or the Opposition parties, they should come forward and provide alternatives, and this is the viewpoint of both Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as well as NCP President Sharad Pawar, he asserted. Raut’s statements assume significance, coming barely a week after All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had loudly hammered coffin-nails for the UPA following her meetings with Sena and NCP leaders in Mumbai, while the Congress was kept out.

As a seething Congress reacted furiously, the Sena not only reiterated -- akin to the NCP -- that “no opposition unity was possible in the country without the Congress”, but Raut also decided to mend the fences by meeting with Rahul Gandhi and possibly even Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

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ust when the desire of Nagas for peaceful solution was looking bright after nearly 25 years of intensive negotiations between the two Naga political groups and the government of India , tragedy struck to cast a pall of gloom; when 14 innocent civilians of Mon district, besides an jawan of the army’s elite 21 Para Commandos were killed in a botched up army operation. The shocking tragedy that occurred near Oting village in Mon district is still fresh especially when first victims- 6 young men who were the main bread earners of their families- were gunned down. They were returning back and probably looking forward to spend Christmas at home with their families with the money they had earned by working in the nearby coal mines at Tiru valley. The 21 Paras set up an ambush to ‘capture’ or ‘eliminate’ the militants who, as per their intelligence inputs, were travelling in a white coloured pick up truck. Unfortunately, the elite 21 Para commando fired to kill and so six innocent youths were killed and two injured. The alibi of the army that the vehicles tried to speed away when ordered to stop and so the unit was forced to shoot to kill not to stop. The victims were simple and ordinary people working in coal mines and not armed militants.

Even if some of those in the mini-truck had a double barrel shot gun, it is not unusual for a Naga to carry a gun since it is a symbol of one’s hunting prowess.

Anyway no gun, whether shot gun or military gun was found in the ill fated truck. The second tragedy happened after some villagers at Oting went to inspect the site from where sound of heavy gunfire emanated a few hours earlier. At the site, when villagers found bodies inside plastic bags loaded in another vehicle by the 21 Paras; they burst in anger. A scuffle with the para unit ensued and the latter resorted to firing a killed seven more. A jawan was also among those who was killed and according to official sources, the villagers had attacked him with a dao. The incident is a throw back on state of fear and uncertainty that people in Nagaland in particular and north east in general live under. The incident also highlights the manner in which the Armed Forces(Special Powers) Act 1958 is being largely understood as a necessity in order to contain law and order problem with help from the armed forces. The AFSPA has been a heated subject of debate and discussions at various fora and also in the courts. Why the government of India, ruled by various political parties or coalitionsCongress, Janata Party, NDA, UPA etc-have fought shy of repealing it is not understood. The army has no business in civilian affairs only except when there is a calamity or a rebellion/civil war when the civil administration is unable to function normally. Nagaland has been under the Disturbed Areas Act since 1958 through which the AFSPA has been in force. It means that no government in the state can administer without AFSPA even after statehood in 1963. If the government of India can secure solution to the Naga political issue then perhaps it will also close the chapter on AFSPA but this remains to be seen whether the Centre can walk the talk.

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021

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n a violence and conflict torn world today, the international community looks up to India to be a torch bearer and champion the cause of universal peace and democracy in keeping with her most cherished principle of ‘AHIMSA’ as has been propounded tirelessly by Mahatma Gandhi, the father of Indian nation and the icon of non-violence.

It is however extremely incongruous that the world largest democracy and an aspiring world super power continues to blemish her global reputation due to abject human rights violations principally owing to enforcement of AFSPA exclusively in the Naga inhabited areas of India and North east India.

Since it’s introduction in the year 1958 hitherto, rather than achieving its objective of quelling the rebellions, the AFSPA has paradoxically provoked more unpopular anti-India sentiments and caused proliferation of more extra-constitutional armed groups in the affected regions.

No scientific inventions could ever gauge the wanton destructions of innocent lives and properties the AFSPA has wrought upon the Naga people for decades. Endowed with such unfettered powers to destroy lives, the Indian Army which is considered as the most disciplined Army in the world can neither claim valour or victory nor pride

themselves as defender of the country when they do unleash such unfathomable horror upon their own people whom they have sworn to protect.

While the Indian Army commanders and soldiers on ground must also own the responsibilities for the gravest acts of inhumanity against the Nagas and where the 4th December 2021 Oting villagers massacre is one among many such blunder, it is in fact the GOI and her policy makers who should squarely be blamed for all the horrible fallouts of AFSPA on the peace yearning and friendly Naga people. Speediest form of justice must be delivered by avoiding any pretexts of divergent agencies involvement in the investigation.

India, the oldest civilisation with the most tolerant constitution and vibrant multi-democracy in the world must seriously ponder on the validity of an archaic AFSPA and must immediately renounce and revoke the same so as to restore the faith, confidence and hope in the democratic institution of India where every citizen regardless of race, religion, castes or status could freely enjoy the ‘ right to life’ as guaranteed in the constitution of the republic of India.

The decades of military atrocities, suppressions and government sponsored /sanctioned killings has proved to be futile

over and again and that IndoNaga conflict could be resolved only through peaceful, political dialogue and mutual acceptance of each other.

To quote Surendra Mohanty an MP from Odhisa then Orissa and an opponent of AFSPA “we want a free India. But, we do not want a free India with barbed wires and concentration camps, where havaldars (sergeants) can shoot at sight any man”.

Likewise Indo-Naga issue is far past beyond AFSPA and the most regrettable cycles of violence over the last many decades should not be allowed to rear up its vicious head again to haunt the survivors and also to deter the posterity from stepping into the path of violence once again.

Having fully reposed our confidence in the commitment of the GOI led by the charismatic and iron-willed leadership of Prime Minister Narendra modi and Home Minister Amit shah to resolve Indo-Naga issue without further delay, we also make an earnest appeal to revoke AFSPA from Nagaland as precursor to peaceful, honourable and acceptable political solution.

The NNPGs deeply mourns with the families of the victims along with the rest of the Nagas and praying for the speedy recuperation of the injured.

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t would have been different story today if Mahatma Gandhi lived little longer, he said victory does not come from force but moral courage to resist submission from imposition. He continued if you do not want to be in Indian Union nobody will force you, I do not believe in force union.

But in reverse Indian used force, according to the book in “My years with Nehru 1948-64

by B.N. Mulich, Chief Intelligent Bureau of India pp. 308” ‘Troops moved into Tuensang by October 1955, and the war with Nagas started from then onwards’.

According to Statesman national paper in Kolkata elude 1957-58 budget of military operation Nagaland of Rupees 40 million and damage Rupees 39 million excluding military maintenance operation within 2 months. 3701 house were burned down, then the Armed Force Special Powers Act (AFSPA) regulation 1958 was signed and promulgated by President Rajender Prasad which came into force till up today.

The act was introduced to supress Naga Political movement thereby Naga people suffered 65 years till up today with three time Cease Fire signed by Naga political group and Indian Government and talk was in highest level from 1964-66, but no final Political settlement came to conclusion.

Then in 1978 Shillong accord the highest level talk with IM resulted to framework agreement which was signed in 2015.

Naga people believed that Indian Government is sincere and serious but today the world knows the attitude of the Indian hypocrisy.

India is proud to be the biggest democracy in the world but they ignored 1951 Naga Plebiscite democratic mandate with 99.99% through thumb impression.

Indian liberated East Pakistan to Bangladesh and they believed it was right, India led Afro-Asia country forum and advocated self-determination but suppressed Naga Political right.

With same reply what Amit Shah Home minister said in Parliament on 4th Dec,2021, it is ‘mistaken identity’, with same statement Naga people suffered last 70 years with mistaken identity and regret, therefore until these special act AFSPA repeal Naga people will suffer because it is a special act to deal Naga People political issues.

If India believe that Naga problem is political issue then special act of AFSPA should repeal immediately because talk is in highest level.

Ancient Egyptian civilization suppressed to Israelite but sovereign Lord liberated Israel, and thus Egyptian civilization died and buried in its own land but the history of Israelites people became the history of the world.

India cannot suppress Naga people forever, a day will come that Naga People will be free, then the world will come to know the Purpose of God. Rev. Dr. V.K. Nuh

Human Rights violation by the police and security forces in NE: brutality repeating itself in spells in Nagaland From Previous issue AFSPA and Nagaland: The Short History The first killing was a pastor who was burnt alive in a Mission compound in Kohima district the capital of Nagaland. AFSPA was a replica of the Rowlatt Act 1919, the infamous Act, because the whole of India was against it. The day AFSPA was imposed, many people irrespective of age, gender were tortured to severe degrees. Many women were molested and raped. Many villages were razed to ashes. Not one single Naga village could escape. Many children were born in the jungle because pregnant mothers had to run to jungle for their safety from the armies. A rape victim’s voice February 24, 1957, “Tell it my son, tell it to the world, so that our pain and our humiliation would not have been in vain.”

Mayangkokla of Ungma village, Mokokchung.

There are hundreds and thousands of Naga women who had all experienced similar stories.

But they had to shoulder their burden all alone, all their lives. For instance the victims of Yankeli Baptist church mass rape both young and old, twenty four victims of Cheswezouma village and the Changtonyia or Oinan. The list is endless.

Some of the victims were minor below the age of ten years and some were above sixties. Some committed suicide like Rose Tangkhul because they could not live with humiliation. In Wokha district a village by the name Yenli, four women were raped inside the church. The army regard themselves as the champion of the human rights but they allow their men to commit such horrendous crimes. Therefore, the United Nations and all of India especially the people who fight for the democratic rights need to open their eyes.

As you stepped in to Nagaland, one will notice, “Friends of the Hill People” written at the air force gate and near the army cantonment area in the heart of Kohima town or anywhere

else in Nagaland. But had they really been the friends of the hill people will they stoop so low to kill and torture people just on mere ground of suspicion. Hundreds of Naga people have been killed and brutalised by the armed personnel’s just on mere grounds of suspicion. The current heart wrenching incident of Oting village at Mon is not different from any of the sordid incident which we don’t want to penned down. But the story has to be retold again and again!

AFSPA, is considered as a colonial replica that has no place in any civilised nation even at the worst of times. It is regarded as an alien government steadfast to quell the rebellion by any means. G.B. Pant the then Home Minister introduced the Bill in the Lok Sabah on August 11, 1958, stating that the Army had to be recalled in the Naga Hills. But in reality, “it only provides for the protection of the Army when it has to deal with hostile Nagas.”

Military excesses have been committed since India got Independence and its tentacles are still there and encroaching the rights of the North East people.

It has not stopped. Take the case of Auranachal in 2021, AFSPA has been imposed in 3 districts, i.e, Changlang, Longdind and Tirap districts declaring it as ‘Disturbed Areas’. Also the same with Assam and Manipur, except Imphal Municipal Council Area, is not without AFSPA. This Act it is nothing but attack on the federal structure of the country.”

Impunity and militarism has been institutionalised in the North East.

For the indigenous people of the North East militarisation has been internalised part and system of the daily lives. Asian indigenous Peoples Act (AIPP) in its foundations in their report titled, “Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Challenges North East India 2015,” has observed this. The AIPP report stated that seventy years of military and paramilitary presence in the North East

has “escalated discontentment and institutionalised impunity and militarism”.

AIPP in its report also raised about “questionable power” enabled to security forces by the AFSPA. And sadly it is still continuing It goes far against Article 21 of the constitution which says that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. But AFSPA ‘license to kill’, depicts another picture where any person can be deprived of his life by any commissioned officer, he can shoot!! It’s ridiculous. Naushir Bharucha, a brilliant Mumbai lawyer in his speech (Lok Sabha August 11, 1958) remarked, “I also want to know whether the policy of shoot to kill underlying this Bill will not a have a psychological effect, first on the Nagas and secondly on the Army personnel shoot to kill instills in the people in whose hands power is placed a sense of carelessness and callousness. There is a feeling: We are protected, we can shoot to kill. I am not for a moment alleging that our defense forces are so callous as that.

But human nature being what it is, having regard to the fact that our Army may have to work in very difficult and trying circumstances wherever they are, troops may be overworked and they may resort to these because a psychological impression is created in the minds of the troops: we can shoot to kill; nobody can question us.

I ask: what type of policy is this to win the hearts of the people whom you are trying to incorporate and integrate as part of India.

Shoot to kill.”

On the same line L. Achaw Singh of Manipur said: “I fail to understand why the military authorities are to be invested with special powers. I have found that these military have always committed excesses in many cases especially in the sub-division of Kohima and Mokokchung. In such a situation I do not like that the officers should be invested with special powers.

Recently, such an incident took place in the headquarters of the North Cachar and Mikir Hills districts. Instead of rounding the hostile Nagas, some military personnel trespassed into the house of some retired tribal official and committed rape on the widow. So, such things have deteriorated the situation.

The tribal people have risen against the military people there. It is therefore, dangerous to invest the military powers of killing and of arrest without warrant and of house breaking. ” I have got reports of the operations of the armed forces in these tribal subdivisions of Manipur, especially in the subdivision of Tamenglong where these armed forces have by force occupied the religious institutions in spite of the protests of the local people.

Most of them are Christians there and they hold their churches sacred. But these armed forces would occupy these institutions. There are schools, and the armed forces could easily occupy them, but then, in spite of the protests of the people, they encroached upon, and trespassed into the house.”

Rungoung Suisa from Outer Manipur (Reserved Scheduled Tribes) said much of the same thing. “A soldier is trained in the art of killing and destruction. He cannot appreciate the yearning of the human soul. As soon as he finds a colleague of his killed, his anxiety is to kill other people, whether they belong to the rebel party or not. So, we have to learn one lesson from the past actions. I wonder whether any people in the world, have suffered more than the Nagas. But are they kneeling down. They are suppressed.

Physically you may suppress them and eliminate them. But the problem will remain there. It will be in their hearts.”

Atrocities still continuing December 4, 2021 Oting village, Mon district of Nagaland, death toll has reached 14 and many more seriously injured, the excess committed by the Security Forces laid as ambush on the

ground of mere suspicion, taking the local people as militants who were coming back home for weekend on pickup trucks from the coal mining place, Tiru.

On April 6th April, 2015 a thirteen year girl old girl was raped. Her mother (35) and grandmother (55) was molested by the jawans as they tried to rescue the teenager in the village Sarthe Tokbi, a village under the Dokmoka police station, 80 km South-West of Diphu, the Karbi Anglong district headquarters. The Karbis are the main tribal group of the West district of Assam, Karbi Anglong, administered under the provisions of the Constitution’s Sixth Schedule. The village level worker was also roughed up by the soldiers. To add fuel to the fire, the police opened fire to the demonstrators when the citizens and school children were staging protest against the rape of the minor and molestation of women.

Here, again eight persons were injured, according to the report of Pankay Teron, an official of the Karbi, Human Rights Watch.

Though protest have been going on so far none of the jawans have been arrested. The reason the police gave was because of AFSPA protection. The victims have been threatened and pressurised to withdraw their complaints. Is this not an absurd claim? The AFSPA giving the army the authority to rape and torture women. AFSPA is serving as a virtual ‘license to rape’ too. Twisting the story, the Army and the Ministry of Defence is seeking to distract the anti rape agitation, stating that prosecution of the guilty armies will be taken care of by them.

To make the claim more suspicious again, the army’s latest claim is that “rapist jawan” had committed suicide. Here the suicide inside the army camp should be treated as a suspicious death, because the victims have not been given the chance to identify the perpetrators. All these twist and turns shows the local public are at the mercy of the armed forces and the

insensitive attitude of the army.

The Justice Verma Committee had observed that, “Systematic or isolated sexual violence, in the process of Internal Security duties, is being legitimised by the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, which is in force in large parts of our country.”

Things to take into Account • Treat people with dignity. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

• Respect the human rights of every individual.

Any other attitude or behavior will diminish one’s personality and stature.

• The armed personnel at all levels should be sensitized to human rights through basic as well as in service trainings.

• The armed personnel wherever they are posted should have sympathy and compassion of the local areas.

• Repeal AFSPA! Ensure justice! Imposition of the Disturbed Areas Act be withdrawn. So as to end militirisation of the region and justice be provided to victims of sexual violence by military and paramilitary forces as pet the guidelines of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325.

• More importantly, it is to be ensured that human rights are protected at the level of enforcement and any violation should be viewed seriously.

Conclusion It is only by the police forces and the armed forces respecting the human rights of every individual, in all circumstances, that they will be able to regain the credibility and trust of the common people.

No armed forces can triumph and succeed in its assigned task, without total cooperation and trust of the common people living in the area in which they are deployed.

Kuknalim!

(Concluded...)

Dr. Toli Achumi, Assistant Professor, Yingli College, Longleng, Nagaland

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.

Farmers to meet today to decide future course

NEW DELHI, DEC 7 ( AGENCIES): The protesting farmer unions on Tuesday said they are “apprehensive” about the Centre’s response to their six pending demands and will hold a meeting on December 8 to decide the future course of the agitation, reports Times of Inida.

Earlier on Tuesday, Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of farmer unions, held a meeting to discuss the Centre’s response and said that some pending issues still remain.

“We have sent a few suggestions and objections on the government’s proposal on our pending demands,” the SKM said after the meeting.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said that while the Centre has agreed to meet the demands of the farmers, the contours of the proposal are not yet clear.

“We have our apprehensions which will be discussed tomorrow at 2pm

Samyukta Kisan Morcha leaders address a press conference after their meeting to decide their future course of action, at the Singhu border, in New Delhi. (PTI) ... Our movement is not going anywhere, [we] will be here,” Rakesh Tikait said.

The farmers added they won’t accept the government’s condition that cases will be withdrawn only after the protest is called off.

The farmers had put forth six demands after Prime Minister Naren-

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dra Modi last month announced the repeal of the three contentious laws.

The primary demand of the farmers was a legal guarantee to ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) system.

The farmers also demanded withdrawal of Electricity Amendment Bill, removal of the penalty

section from the Air Pollution Bill, arrest and removal of Union minister of state for home Ajay Misra Teni, withdrawal of “fake” cases registered against the farmers, rehabilitation of the kin of martyred farmers, and a memorial for the martyred farmers.

In its letter to the farmer unions, the Centre has

agreed to form a committee to discuss the MSP issue and said it will have representations from the SKM. The Centre also said that UP and Haryana governments will withdraw all cases against the farmers after they call off their protest.

It said that both states have also in principle agreed to provide compensation to the kin of farmers who died during the protests.

Thousands of farmers have been protesting against the three farm laws at the various border points of Delhi for over a year now.

Last month, PM Modi announced that the government will repeal the three laws as it failed to convince a certain section of the farmers. The bill to repeal the laws was later cleared by Parliament and approved by the President.

However, the farmers had said they will call off the protest only when the Centre gives them assurances on their pending demands.

Elgar Parishad case: SC rejects NIA’s plea against bail to Sudha Bharadwaj

NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (PTI): The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the National Investigation Agency’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order granting default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the Elgar ParishadMaoist links case.

“We see no reason to interfere with the high court order,” said a bench of Justices U U lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi, refusing to consider the submissions raised by the NIA which had moved the apex court against the December 1 order.

Bharadwaj was arrested in the Elgar ParishadMaoist links case in August 2018 under the provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The top cour t had agreed on Monday to accord urgent hearing to the NIA plea challenging the Bombay High Court order granting default bail to Bharadwaj. The activist lawyer,

Sudha Bharadwaj accused of hatching conspiracy to overthrow the Union government, was entitled to bail and its denial would be in breach of her fundamental right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, the high court had said.

It had directed that Bharadwaj, lodged in the Byculla women’s prison, be produced before the Mumbai special NIA court on December 8, and conditions of her bail and date of release be decided. Bharadwaj is the first among 16 activists and academicians arrested in the case to have been granted

default bail. Poet-activist Varavara Rao is currently on medical bail. Jesuit priest Stan Swamy died in a private hospital here on July 5 this year while waiting for medical bail. The others are in custody as undertrials.

The high court had rejected the default bail plea filed by eight other coaccused in the case -- Sudhir Dhawale, Varavara Rao, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira.

The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave, held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial located on the city’s outskirts.

The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists. The probe in the case was later transferred to the NIA.

JNUSU vice president demands Four detained for attacking missionary school in MP reconstruction of Babri Masjid

JNUSU leaders condemning Babri Masjid demolition.

NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (PTI): Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) vice president Saket Moon has raised the demand for reconstruction of the Babri Masjid during a protest by the students’ body.

However, an office bearer of the JNUSU maintained distance from Moon’s comments.

The JNUSU had organised a harmony march on Monday night to commemorate the demolition

of the Babri Masjid and the death anniversary of B R Ambedkar.

In a purported video, Moon can be heard saying, “...Compensation has to be awarded. It has to be accepted that the demolition of Babri Masjid was wrong and it should be reconstructed.”

Satish Chandra Yadav, general secretary of JNUSU, said, “The JNUSU did not raise the demand.

He had talked about how the court has accepted that

the demolition of Babri Masjid was wrong and had said that it should be constructed again.”

There was no immediate reaction from the varsity.

The JNUSU had screened ‘Ram Ke Naam’ documentary on Saturday night despite the university administration’s apprehensions that “such an unauthorised activity may disturb communal harmony and peaceful environment” of the campus.

BHOPAL, DEC 7 (PTI): Police have detained four persons in connection with vandalism and ruckus allegedly created by activists of right-wing groups at a missionary school in Ganjbasoda town in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district the day before over the purported religious conversion of eight students to Christianity.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Tuesday said the police are directed to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.

Police on Monday registered a case of rioting against unidentified persons after the incident which occurred on the premises of Saint Joseph School in Ganjbasoda, some 105 km from Bhopal, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The education institute had denied the charge of religious conversion.

“The type and nature of Ganjbasoda incident is different. Four persons

protest, the VHP, the Bajrang Dal, the Hindu Jagran Manch and other rightwing organisations accused the school management of converting eight students to Christianity.

In the memorandum, these outfits accused the school management and the church associated with it of forcing students to not apply ‘tilak’ (a coloured mark) on the forehead and wear ‘kalawa’ (a sacred thread worn Saint Joseph School in Ganjbasoda after it was vandalized by a mob.

by Hindus on the wrist).

It was also alleged Eyewitnesses had said The students were students are forced to say have been detained and directions were issued that on Monday that stones present for the examina- prayers of Christianity. such incidents should be were hurled at the school tion in the school when the prevented from recurring,” building during the ruckus. incident occurred, he said.

A school management Madhya Pradesh Mishra told reporters.

He reiterated that all spokesman had said that af- Vishwa Hindu Parishad places (like one at Ganjba- ter getting the information (VHP) office-bearer Nilesh soda), PFI (Popular Front about the protest through Agrawal had told PTI on of India) and NGOs which the media, the local admin- Monday that they had only are using foreign funding istration was intimated in organised a peaceful protest for religious conversion are advance about the possible outside the school and later disturbance. submitted a memorandum under investigation.

But the people started to the local administration.

The right-wing organisations had accused the gathering and stones were He had denied any role of Saint Joseph Church and pelted which damaged the the protesting outfits in the school of indulging in reli- school property, he had disturbance at the institute.

In a memorandum gious conversion, a charge claimed while denying all denied by the educational charges of religious con- submitted to the local version. administration after the institute.

Govt responsible for deadlock in Rajya Sabha: Kharge sion,” be said.

Kharge said they have to first name each member separately and tell why each of them has been suspended and only then can the suspension take place and that too should have

happened in August 11.

“When the House is prorogued, the government has no right to suspend the members anymore for the previous session.Their action of suspension is neither as per rules nor per

the Constitution.

“It seems the government’s intention is clear of not allowing the House to function.Till the time their suspension is revoked, our fight will continue,” Kharge said.

Mallikarjun Kharge “The government is fully responsible for the deadlock in Rajya Sabha.

We have been meeting the chairman and the government and have stressed that they cannot suspend members like this. They have wrongly and undemocratically suspended 12 MPs for what has happened during the previous Monsoon ses-

ENGLISH BAZAR (WB), DEC 7 (PTI): A purported photo of a TMC leader posing with a gun in a government office in West Bengal’s Malda district went viral on social media, triggering a political furore on Tuesday.

In the purported photo, Mrinalini Mondal Maity, the president of Old Malda Panchayat Samiti, was seen posing with the gun in one of her hands while being on her official chair. Maity is also the president of the district unit of TMC women’s wing. Hitting out at the TMC, the BJP alleged that the ruling party has turned the state into a dump yard of explosives. “If she

is searched, police will also get bombs and rifles. This is TMC’s culture. Police are not doing anything out of fear of losing their jobs,” said BJP district president Gobinda Chandra Mondal.

The TMC, however, said that the police would look into the matter.

“One cannot play with a gun while sitting on an official chair. Police will investigate if it is a real gun or a toy pistol. But, what I could gather from the photo, it is a real gun. The party’s image has been dented because of such an incident,” said TMC state general secretary Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury.

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NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (PTI): Holding the government responsible for the deadlock in the Rajya Sabha, opposition members on Tuesday said they will continue with their joint protests against the suspension of 12 MPs till the time it is revoked.

Addressing reporters outside Parliament, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the suspension is against rules and undemocratic.

He said they will continue to protest in support of the suspended members and sit on a dharna with them and also urge Lok Sabha members to sit in support with them.

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NSF further reiterated its earlier directive that all its federating units and subordinate bodies should sever ties with Indian paramilitar y or armed forces until complete justice was done in the Oting massacre.

M e a n w h i l e, N S F appreciated the humane gesture shown towards the victims of Oting massacre by the State government by cancelling all cultural events and festivities in the remaining days of Hornbill Festival.

The federation said this decision of the State gover nment was we l l r e c e ive d b y t h e Naga community, and that it showed that the government was not totally aloof to the pleas and plight of the people it represents.

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(From p-1) Interlocutor and Governor announced that “talks have concluded”; the State Government and NSCN(I-M) did not want solution to be implemented.

“Had the solution been implemented, the dastardly incident affecting scores of families would not have happened,” he said.

NPCC president demanded that the stakeholders’ views be considered more seriously “lest more of our sons lose their lives.”

Meanwhile, Therie said the Congress party has put up a demand to the Prime Minister for justice to the victims and compensation of Rs.1 crore to the deceased, Rs.10 lakh to the injured and adequate compensation for properties damaged.

(From p-1) The federation reasoned that this was to ensure that justice was not hindered due to lacunas in the probe.

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Agriculture production commissioner (APC) , Y Kikheto Sema, gave the keynote address while the technical report was given by the state nodal officer, soil health management & additional director, K Khekiho Shohe. Executive director/ CEO, Octopus Inc, Omesh Boni delivered the commissioning report.

the fer tiliser plant, in Gorakhpur.

The other project he inaugurated is a Regional Medical Research Centre of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

The three big-ticket projects are worth over Rs 9,600 crore.

The newly built fertiliser plant will be operated by the Hindustan Urvarak Rasayan Limited (HURL).

The Gorakhpur AIIMS, built at a cost of Rs 1,011 crore, will benefit not only the people of eastern Uttar Pradesh but also a huge population of Bihar, Jharkhand and Nepal with its world-class health facilities, officials said.

Similarly, the regional medical research centre set up at a cost of Rs 36 crore will facilitate the test and research of vector-borne diseases, they added.

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(From p-1) Sangtam also said that the laboratories would benefit not just the farming community in the state, but also other state departments that are in the construction sector. Besides, he said students and research scholars could also utilize the laboratories for their research and conducting practical.

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settlement by respecting the wishes of the people sharing sovereign power and to establish a new relationship for an enduring and lasting relationship between government of India and the Nagas, they pointed out.

The memorandum emphasised that leaders from mainland India must know that the Indian Army had been terrorising Naga people for more than six decades now.

Mentioning that children and students were no exception in the eyes of the Indian Army, the memorandum alleged that school-going students were mercilessly shot dead and innocent students and public tortured

by Assam Rifles in the past.

Noting that political negotiation was on between government of India and Naga people and various agreements had been signed with Naga political groups (NPGs), the hoho leaders cautioned that as there was a peaceful atmosphere in Naga areas now, any policy that spoilt the atmosphere of trust and confidence would be dear. They therefore demanded that the AFSPA must be summarily repealed from “our land”.

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(From p-1) Regretting the callous attitude of the Centre towards repeal of the infamous AFSPA 1958 from Naga areas despite repeated appeals by Naga civil society and human rights activists, they pointed out that the hoho alone had submitted various representations and issued statements not less than 20 times in the past for repealing AFSPA. In return, they lamented that successive governments, irrespective of political affiliations, always remained a mute spectator ever since the enactment of the draconian law.

They asserted that there was no space for such draconian laws in any civilised society and did not expect it from the largest democratic country.

They also pointed out that the Nagas’ struggle for self-determination could not be equated with “terrorism” or “secessionism” as government of India had recognised the uniqueness of Naga political history and the universal principle that in a democracy, sovereignty lay with the people.

Over and above, both government of India and Naga people agreed to a

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Narendra Modi GORAKHPUR (UP), cards to farmers so that DEC 7 (PTI): Before 2014, they know which type of the country was known for fertiliser is needed. importing urea, and the The prime minister shortage of fertilisers used said his government also to make headlines, but the took steps to hike urea situation has improved production by reviving n ow, P r i m e M i n i s t e r closed fertiliser plants.

Narendra Modi said on He said the amount Tuesday as he inaugurated of sugarcane dues paid a fertiliser plant here. by the Yogi Adityanath Addressing a rally government in four and in Uttar Pradesh Chief a half years is more than Minister Yogi Adityanath’s the total sum paid by the home turf Gorakhpur previous governments in ahead of the assembly the state in 10 years. elections in the state, Modi was speaking at Modi said his government the rally after inaugurating stopped misuse of urea, t h r e e m e g a p r o j e c t s, and issued soil health including an AIIMS and

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aerostructure capability for advanced fighters in India.”

Rama Rao said he was happy to know that over 70 per cent of the detailed parts of F16 wing built here were sourced from Indian industry partners. He said F16 wing manufacturing in India echoes Lockheed Martin’s confidence in Indian manufacturing capability and its commitment to support India’s defence manufacturing goals.

KTR, as the minister is popularly known, said successful certification and delivery of F16 wing is also a great testimony of the advanced skill base and

plant, AIIMS in UP’s Gorakhpur

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partnered with TLMAL to build one of the most technologically complex aerostructures - a fuelc a r r y i n g 9 G, 1 2 , 0 0 0 hour, interchangeable/ replaceable fighter wing,” said Aimee Burnett, Vice President of strategy and business development, Lockheed Martin Integrated Fighter Group.

“This effort represents Lockheed Martin demonstrating to India, and to the world, the degree of confidence that exists in our relationships with our partners in India. Lockheed Martin is one of the only aerospace and defence companies with a complex

Hyderabad also has a large cluster of local MSMEs, numbering more than 1,000 engaged in precision engineering, catering to aerospace and defence sector. Many are integrated into global supply chains, he added.

The TLMAL - a joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems Ltd and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics - was established in 2010. It serves as the single global source of C-130J empennage assemblies that are installed on all new Super Hercules aircraft. TLMAL recently reached the milestone of manufacturing and delivering the 150th C-130J empennage.

Lockheed Martin and the TLMAL signed an agreement to develop a fighter wing prototype in 2018. Through this prototype project, the TLMAL demonstrated the capability to perform detailed part manufacturing and delivery of a fully compliant representative fighter aircraft wing shipset.

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The TLMAL – a joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems Ltd and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.

capabilities of Hyderabad’s aerospace and defence ecosystem. “ Te l a n g a n a t o d ay has the most active and well supported aerospace and defence ecosystem in India. This sector has witnessed unprecedented growth during the past five years. Anchored on the progressive policies of the gover nment of Telangana and worldclass infrastructure support and unmatched ease of doing business experience provided by the state gover nment, more and more OEMs from the US, UK, France, Israel and other nations are choosing Hyderabad to establish their state-ofthe-art manufacturing, engineering, training and innovation centres in India,” he said.

He claimed that the repeat investments announced by the leading OEMs including Lockheed Martin is a great indicator for the “reliability of our ecosystem”.

He pointed out that

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HYDERABAD, DEC 7 (IANS): Lockheed Martin o n Tu e s d ay f o r m a l ly recognised Tata-Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Ltd (TLMAL) as a potential future co-producer of F16 fighter wings.

An event marking the first fighter wing prototype built at the TLMAL facility in Hyderabad was attended

by Telangana’s Industry Minister K. T. Rama Rao along with the global business development executives of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and leadership team of Tata Advance Systems Ltd and TLMAL. Rama Rao noted that Lockheed Mar tin and TLMAL signed an agreement in 2018 and today the first made in Hyderabad, made in India F16 wing is certified and delivered to Lockheed Martin He noted that this partnership is growing stronger spanning multiple manufacturing programmes.

“Lockheed Martin

Biden to tell Putin he’ll face toughest sanctions yet if he invades Ukraine

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, DEC 7 (AGENCIES): U.S. President Joe Biden will tell Russian President Vladimir Putin in a video conference later on Tuesday that Russia and its banks could be hit with the toughest economic sanctions yet if it invades Ukraine, U.S. officials said.

They said the sanctions, which one source said could target Russia’s biggest banks and Moscow’s ability to convert roubles into dollars and other currencies, were designed to dissuade Putin from using tens of thousands of troops massed near the Ukrainian border to attack its southern neighbour.

The Kremlin, which said before the meeting it did not expect any breakthroughs, has denied harbouring such intentions and has said its troop posture is defensive. But it has also said it is increasingly vexed

by Western military aid to Ukraine and what it calls creeping NATO expansion.

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, arrive to meet at the ‘Villa la Grange’, in Geneva, June 16, 2021. (AP/PTI)

It has likewise queried Ukrainian intentions and said it wants guarantees that Kyiv will not use force to try to retake territory lost in 2014 to Russia-backed separatists, a scenario Ukraine has ruled out.

“We’re looking for good, predictable relations with the United States. Russia never intended to attack anyone, but we have our concerns and we have our red lines,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

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Calling for everyone to keep “a cool head”, Peskov said it was vital that Putin and Biden speak given what he called the extraordinary escalation of tensions in Europe.

The Russian rouble weakened slightly on Tuesday, with some market analysts predicting the talks would de-escalate tensions and others saying that the U.S. sanctions threat eroded hopes of finding common ground. Ahead of his first direct talks with Putin since

July, Biden on Monday discussed the sanctions plan with European allies, seeking a strong joint stance in support of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

He spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

They called on Russia to de-escalate tensions and return to diplomacy and said their teams would stay in close touch, including in consultation with NATO allies and EU partners, on a “coordinated and comprehensive approach,” the White House said.

Biden’s team has identified a set of economic penalties to impose should Russia launch an invasion, a senior Biden administration official said. A separate source familiar with the situation said targeting Putin’s inner circle has been discussed but no decision made.

Kremlin expects no breakthrough at Putin-Biden talks M O S C O W, D E C 7 (AGENCIES): The Kremlin said it expected no breakthrough later on Tuesday at virtual talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden over Ukraine, but urged people to remain calm despite mounting tensions.

Biden and Putin are expected to hold a video conference at around 1500 GMT amid Western fears about a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine. Biden plans to warn Putin of severe economic consequences if Russia invades, U.S. officials said on Monday.

Russia has denied it plans to attack Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that Moscow regretted what he called the White House’s predictable tendency to resort to sanctions, but said that Putin was ready to hear out Biden’s concerns and that the Kremlin leader wanted to set out his own. “There’s no need to expect any breakthroughs from this conversation. It is a working conversation at a very difficult period,” Peskov said.

FS Shringla calls on Bangladesh FM; reviews growing bilateral cooperation DHAKA, DEC 7 (PTI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday called on Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen during which they reviewed the wide-ranging and growing cooperation between the two countries, including cooperation in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shringla, who arrived here on a two-day official visit to review the wideranging cooperation between the two neighbours, also met his counterpart Masud Bin Momen and discussed progress in bilateral ties on all fronts.

“Foreign Secretary @ harshvshringla called on FM H.E. Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen. Reviewed wideranging & growing cooperation between two countries including our #Covid cooperation. Expressed satisfaction on the successful joint celebration of #MaitriDiwas,” the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh tweeted.

During the meeting with his counterpart, Shringla discussed “prog-

Shringla meets with Bangladesh counterpart Masud Bin Momen.

ress in bilateral ties on all fronts in this special year marking 50 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Bangladesh,” it said in another tweet.

Earlier, Shringla was received by the Bangladesh Foreign Secretary upon arrival at the airport in the capital. He is scheduled to call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.

Shringla is also expected to meet the Road Transport and Bridges Minister and ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader.

The visit to Bangladesh will provide an opportunity to review the wide-ranging cooperation between the two countries, said an Indian External Affairs Ministry statement in New Delhi.

The visit will also help prepare the ground for the state visit of President Ram Nath Kovind to Bangladesh from December 15 to 17, it added.

India and Bangladesh observed ‘Maitri Diwas’ on Monday, marking India recognising the newly-formed country of Bangladesh in 1971. The day was celebrated across 18 countries.

Suu Kyi’s jail term halved by 2 yrs Motorcycle explosion in southern Iraqi city kills at least 4

LONDON, DEC 7 (PTI): Any travellers arriving in the UK from overseas, including India, have to take a COVID-19 pre-departure test no sooner than 48 hours before their journey, under new rules in force from Tuesday aimed at slowing the spread of the Omicron variant.

Any contacts of a suspected Omicron case are already required to self-isolate for 10 days, including those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Additionally, British and Irish citizens returning

from the UK’s red list travel ban countries – Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe – are required to hotel quarantine in a government-approved facility as the UK recorded 336 cases of the variant first detected in South Africa.

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed community transmission of the highly transmissible COVID variant in a House of Commons statement on Monday.

He also noted that no one

who has tested positive with Omicron has been hospitalised, so far.

“The number of confirmed cases in the UK is 336 – they are all by definition infected. Some may be asymptomatic, others will be feeling ill. None of them, so far, as far as I am aware, have been hospitalised,” Sajid Javid said.

“According to the latest data there are now 261 confirmed cases in England, 71 in Scotland and four in Wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases

50 yrs of India-B’desh ties a ‘precious achievement’: top Singaporean diplomat SINGAPORE, DEC 7 (PTI): If all countries can live in harmony with their neighbours, it would be a major contribution towards peace, a top Singaporean diplomat here has said while lauding India and Bangladesh for having 50 years of good bilateral relations, which he said was a “precious achievement” worthy of celebration.

‘Maitri Diwas’ was observed on Monday to mark India recognising the newlyformed country Bangladesh in 1971. The day was celebrated across 18 countries.

“Singapore has a very good relation with both Bangladesh and India. So, we are happy to join in this celebration,” Singapore’s Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh said at an event held at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hall here on Monday to mark the occasion.

“Bangladesh and India are neighbours. We should celebrate the fact that these two neighbours have enjoyed 50 years of good relations. This is a precious

achievement,” he said.

A lot of trouble in the world is caused by conflict and quarrels between neighbouring countries. If all countries can live in harmony with their neighbours, it would be a major contribution towards peace, Koh said at the programme organised jointly by the high commissions of India and Bangladesh here.

The top diplomat recalled that in 1971, on his return from UN posting, he had helped the United Nations Association of Singapore raise money for the refugees from the then East Pakistan. “We succeeded in raising a substantial amount of money. I was surprised to see one of our famous philanthropists giving me a bundle of cash saying this is for refugees. The people of Singapore felt for the people of East Pakistan and empathised with them,” he said.

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh in March to attend the country’s national

day, it was decided to commemorate December 6 as ‘Maitri Diwas (Friendship Day)’. Ten days before the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan, India had recognised Bangladesh on December 6, 1971. India was one of the first countries to establish bilateral diplomatic ties with Bangladesh.

Koh noted that one of the things that unite the people of the two countries is the Bengali language, literature and songs.

It is truly remarkable that the national anthems of both Bangladesh and India were composed by the same person -- Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

“Tagore won the Nobel Prize for literature at a time when India was not divided, so I can say he belonged to both Bangladesh and India,” Koh said. Appreciating that the event was organised at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hall, he said Gandhi was his childhood hero and his teachings continue to inspire people around the world.

across the UK to 336. This includes cases with no links to international travel. So, we can conclude that there is now community transmission across multiple regions of England,” he said.

People arriving in the UK already had to selfisolate until they received a negative PCR test on day two after their arrival.

With the latest measures, all travellers aged 12 and over will have to show proof of a negative PCR or lateral flow test before setting off for the UK.

the country’s security forces, fire in two cars that were said in a statement that four near the motorcycle. people were killed and four It said forensics teams wounded as a result of the were at the scene of the blast

20 people missing after fishing boat capsizes in B’desh

DHAKA, DEC 7 (IANS): At least 20 people were reported missing after their fishing vessel capsized in Bangladesh amid the cyclonic storm Jawad, an official said on Tuesday, adding that search operations were underway.

“The vessel carrying 21 fishermen capsized in the Bay of Bengal and 20 of them are missing,” Golam Mostafa Chowdhury, president of the Barguna District Fishermen’s

Trawler Owners’ Association in Barguna, some 180 km south of capital Dhaka, told the media. “We’ve come to know from the survivor Monday night that the vessel overturned and sank in the Bay of Bengal.”

He said that the fisherman, Hafizur Rahman, who was rescued by crew members of another vessel at about 11 p.m. on Monday, has informed that there were 21 fishermen on board of the fishing vessel.

and that more details would be released on the nature of the explosion, once investigations were completed.

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TUNGU, ENNIO, KINGHEN EKHUNG DIMAPUR FELICITATION

With immense pride and joy, the Tungu, Ennio, Kinghen Ekhung Dimapur would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Mhathung Tungoe, S/o Late Chibemo Tungoe of Old Riphim Village on being promoted from Secretary (PHE) Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Nagaland.

The Ekhung wishes you good health and may the Almighty God bless you in your future endeavours.

Sd/SACHEO KINGHEN Chairman, TEK

Sd/T. NSEMO LOTHA Secretary, TEK

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UK’s pre-departure COVID test rules in force

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of an explosion in Basra, Iraq December 7. (Reuters)

Explosions have been rare in Basra in recent years, particularly since the defeat of the Sunni militant Islamic State group in 2017.

The oil-rich Basra is predominantly Shiite. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion.

There has been an increase in political instability in Iraq following the Oct 10 parliament elections which saw Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr emerge as the biggest winner.

Shiite armed factions loyal to Iran which lost around two thirds of their parliamentary seats have rejected the results of the election, alleging fraud.

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KONYAK UNION MOKOKCHUNG PIN – 798601, NAGALAND

CONDEMNATION

OFFICE OF THE

28 KORIDANG A/C NPF H.Q. MOKOKCHUNG

PRESS STATEMENT

The NPF unit of 28 koridang A/c, held its general meeting on 7th december 2021 at the residential compound of party treasurer Shri Pangertoshi, Yimyu ward, Mokokchung town. The meeting was represented by all the A/c units and senior party leaders. As usual for the life agenda of every meeting and so also even today- after day long celebration the house unanimously resolved as under: 1. The house seemingly condemns the loss of 15 lives of innocent konyak people on 4th dec’21 by the 21 Paras of Security forces for no reason. The shameful excuse (reason) of critical intelligent input is nothing but only after thought reason for eyewash which has even misled the Hon’ble Union Home Minister Amit Shah, they only try to exhibit that they are under the safeguard of AFSPA which cannot stand the scrutiny of law in any case. The 28 koridang NPF stands solidly behind the resolution of the kU, kSc, ENPO & ENSF to deliver justice to the bereaved families and removal of AFSPA from the state of Nagaland.

2. The long standing Naga political issue is required to bring to a logical conclusion so as to prevent further fragmentation of the Nagas consequently widening the basic Naga cause, moreover prolonging unlimited period of time under the excuse of confidentiality has already negatively impacted on the body politics of the Naga political issue.

The anxiety and desire of the Naga people in general for the early political settlement so that Naga people will have liberty to develop proper roadmap for their most hardcore assembly segment totally embedded in Naga politics decades after decades. This is one of the constituencies in the state which has borne the harassment of military operation right from 1950s till 1990s and yet their love for Naga Nationalism stands stronger and stronger.

In today’s meeting deliberation, their unanimous opinion is to bring about the negotiated settlement at the earliest. This statement is fully endorsed by the house in the meeting today and hence issue herewith in the public domain.

Sd/Sd/Imtinungsang Imchen K. Lanu Imchen President Secretary

The office of the Konyak Union, Mokokchung vehemently condemns the brutal act of the Indian Security Force for killing unarmed innocent daily wagers at Oting village under Mon district, Nagaland on 4th december 2021.

Therefore we strongly appeal to the Union Government of India and the State government of Nagaland to take up the matter seriously and deliver the justice to the grieving victim’s families without delay.

Further, we request the entire right thinking citizens to unite and stand for the justice and also convey our sincere condolences to the bereaved families.

(WOKNYEI KONYAK) President

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ing Covid rules” under thr Natural Disaster Management Law. Suu Kyi, the 76-yearold former State Councillor, faces a total of 11 charges, such as violating the Official Secrets Act. She has denied them all.

Following the coup

BASRA (IRAQ), DEC 7 (AP): An explosion rocked the centre of Iraq’s southern city of Basra, killing at least four people and wounding four others, according to Iraqi security forces.

The blast on Monday sent a column of black smoke into the sky. The governor of Basra, Asaad al-Idani, told reporters on the scene that a motorcycle had exploded.

It was not immediately clear whether a bomb had been rigged to the motorcycle or if it was a suicide bombing. The governor said two nearby cars were set ablaze from the explosion.

Iraq’s Security Media Cell, an outlet affiliated with

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SUMI TOTIMI HOHO OKING : ZUNHEBOTO OPP. D.C. Office, Project Colony, Zunheboto-798620: Nagaland

Press statement The Sumi Totimi Hoho strongly condemn over the massacre of the innocent civilians at Oting Village by Indian Security Forces.

The merciless killing of our brethrens lives precedently was a demeaning deed towards Nagas, such cowardly and mindless act can never be compromised in this era.

The STH extend full support with the people of Oting and Eastern Naga family and demand justice to be delivered promptly without any delay.

Further, the Sumi Totimi Hoho stand in solidarity with the bereaved families and bid farewell to the departed soul and pray for the speedy recovery to all those injured.

Sd/Sd/Kheholi.assumi Viholi.Zhimo President General secy

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which toppled her National League for Democracy (NLD) government, she has been under house arrest in an undisclosed location.

The coup was staged after the military alleged massive voting fraud in the November 2020 general elections, which saw the NLD win a majority of seats in both houses of Parliament.

The party also won an absolute majority in the 2015 general elections and had been running the government since 2016.

The five-year term of the elected government was expected to end in March 2021.

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NAY PYI TAW, DEC 7 (IANS): The four-year jail sentences of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted during the February 1 military coup, as well as deposed President Win Myint have been halved by two years by the ruling military regime.

According to a state media report, Win Myint and Suu Kyi will continue being held at the current undisclosed locations, reports Xinhua news agency.

The two ousted leaders were sentenced to four years in prison on Monday morning after they were found guilty on charges of “inciting dissent and break-

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Study Finds Delta Somewhat Resistant ABBA sue ‘parasitic’ tribute to Vaccines — What About Omicron? act for trademark infringement

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ab studies show that the mutations found in COVID-19’s Delta variant make the virus more resistant to existing vaccines, a potentially ominous development as the new Omicron variant starts to wend its way around the world.

Full vaccination with the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines still produces enough antibodies to neutralize Delta, British researchers found.

But the Delta variant put up a stronger fight against antibody protection than earlier versions of COVID-19.

“A s O m i c r o n h a s multiple mutations, some of which are in the same areas of the viral surface protein as the Delta variant, we would expect the Omicron variant to have reduced sensitivity to neutralization,” said senior researcher Brian Willett, a professor of viral immunology with the MRC-University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research in Scotland.

For this study, the researchers analyzed blood samples collected from

healthy people who had received either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine.

The AstraZeneca shot is approved for use in the United Kingdom but not in the United States.

The samples came from 156 people who had received either the full two-dose course of either vaccine, or just got one dose.

The researchers exposed the blood samples to different COVID-19 variants to see how effectively vaccineproduced antibodies would fight off each coronavirus strain.

The vaccines provided protection against all COVID-19 variants, but

the investigators noted that antibodies struggled more to stop them.

I n p a r t i c u l a r, t h e Delta variant caused a fourfold reduction in the immune response of people who got the Pfizer vaccine and a fivefold reduction in AstraZeneca vaccine recipients.

“The positive news is that all of the variants tested were neutralized by the (antibodies) from the vaccinated individuals, so we would predict that i m mu n i t y e l i c i t e d b y vaccination with two doses of the existing vaccines would extend to the variants,” Willett said.

“However, it may not be as effective as it

was against the viruses circulating previously, i.e., the virus of the first wave or the subsequent Alpha variant,” he continued.

“Similarly, as antibody responses to coronaviruses w a n e o ve r t i m e, t h e duration of immunity may be shortened. Hence, this is why boosters are now being offered in the U.K. after a three-month gap rather than the initial, advised six-month gap.”

The United States now makes booster doses available to people who got the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine at least six months after finishing their twodose series, or at least two months after getting the Johnson & Johnson singledose shot.

The U.K. lab results are not entirely surprising given what we’ve learned about COVID-19 variants, said Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the Bethesda, Md.-based National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. “ W i t h t h e accumulation of mutations, you can get some reduction in effectiveness of our current vaccines. That’s

the general principle,” Schaffner said. “It’s not a shock, but here it’s been demonstrated, and we think it is likely it will a p p ly t o O m i c r o n a s well, particularly since Omicron has even more mutations related to the spike protein.”

T h e g o o d n ew s, Schaffner said, is that there is partial protection and he anticipates that with Omicron as well.

People concer ned about either Delta or Omicron should get fully va c c i n a t e d a n d t h e n boosted for maximum protection, Schaffner and Willett said. “ B y b o o s t i n g, we i n c r e a s e t h e l eve l o f antibodies in circulation to a high level and this should provide a degree of cross-protective immunity against not only the vaccine strain — the first wave virus — but also the variants such as Delta,” Willett said.

The findings were published online Dec. 2 in the journal PLOS Pathogens.

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter

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BBA have sued the UK tribute act ABBA MANIA for trademark infringement.

In a suit filed on Friday (December 3), the Swedish icons described the cover band’s behaviour as “parasitic and bad-faith”.

They claimed the tribute band are intentionally misleading fans into believing that they are endorsed by the real group.

“Defendants include the term ‘official’ and ‘original’ in many of their marketing materials, website pages, and social media handles,” the suit reads (via Billboard), “which gives consumers the impression that there is some kind of association, affiliation, or sponsorship between ABBA and ABBA MANIA”.

It’s said in the lawsuit that ABBA gave ABBA MANIA the opportunity to change their name but they turned down the offer.

“In an attempt to amicably resolve this dispute, [ABBA] explained how defendants could properly use the phrase ‘ABBA Tribute’ in a nonconfusing manner to

describe their tribute act so long as the actual name of the tribute act did not include the word ABBA,” the suit adds.

“But Defendants refused to comply and cease use of the name ABBA MANIA.” A B BA M A N I A – billed as “the original tribute from London’s West End” – describe their live show as a “highly polished and professional production”. They have upcoming dates scheduled for Neath in Wales as well as Manchester and Lytham.

ABBA returned with their first album in 40 years, ‘Voyage’, last month. It went to Number One in the

UK and became the fastestselling vinyl of the century.

The record features the recent Christmas single ‘Little Things’.

The legendary quartet will showcase ‘Voyage’ at a string of “revolutionary” c o n c e r t s a t L o n d o n’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in 2022. Earlier this year, the event’s producers spoke to NME about what to expect from the “magical space circus”.

The spectacle was put together by former Klaxons member James Righton and features Little Boots (a self-confessed ABBA “mega-fan”) in its cast of live musicians. A dazzling official trailer arrived last month. (NME)

Drake withdraws two Grammy Can Viagra help reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease? nominations; reasons not known yet U

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r a k e h a s withdrawn his two 2022 Grammy nominations, a rep for the Recording Academy has confirmed to ‘Variety’.

D r a k e ’s r e p d i d n o t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Sources told ‘Variety’ the decision was made by Drake and his management and the Grammys honoured the request, although his motivation was unclear at the time of the publication of this news story.

Drake was one of five nominees for Best Rap Album, for ‘Certified Lover Boy’, and for Best Rap Performance, for his song ‘Way 2 Sexy’ (featuring Future and Young Thug).

Some have speculated

that Drake’s decision might have something to do with him being named in lawsuits surrounding the tragedy at the Astroworld festival in Houston last month, where 10 people died when the crowd rampaged during headliner Travis Scott’s set, which featured a guest appearance from Drake.

The rapper, though, is scheduled to perform with Kanye West at the ‘Free Larry Hoover’ benefit concert in Los Angeles o n T h u r s d ay, s o t h a t explanation feels unlikely, according to ‘Variety’.

Drake has had a long and at times contentious relationship with the Grammys. Just a year ago, he called for them to be replaced with “something

n ew t h a t build up and pass

we can over time on to the

generations to come”, after it failed to recognise his peer and fellow Canadian artiste, the Weeknd, in 2021.

(IANS)

S researchers have found that impotence pill Viagra may help prevent as well as treat Alzheimer’s disease.

Sildenafil, approved by the US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) for erectile dysfunction (Viagra), is associated with 69 per cent reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, according to the findings published in the journal Nature Aging.

A team from Cleveland Clinic analysed a database of more than 7 million patients, and used computational methodology to screen and validate over 1,600 FDAapproved drugs as potential therapies for Alzheimer’s.

The buildup of beta amyloid and tau proteins in the brain leads to

amyloid plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles -- two hallmarks of Alzheimer’s-related brain changes. The team pinpointed drugs that target both amyloid and tau as having higher scores compared to drugs that target just one or the other.

“Sildenafil, which has been shown to significantly improve cognition and memory in preclinical models, presented as the best dr ug candidate,” said Feixiong Cheng, from Cleveland Clinic’s Genomic Medicine Institute.

Further, the analysis included patients using comparator dr ugs that either were in an active Alzheimer’s clinical trial (losartan or metformin) or were not yet reported

as relevant to the disease (diltiazem or glimepiride).

They found that sildenafil users were 69 per cent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than non-sildenafil users after 6 years of follow-up.

Specifically, sildenafil had a 55 per cent reduced risk of the disease compared to losartan, 63 per cent

compared to metformin, 65 per cent compared to diltiazem and 64 per cent compared to glimepiride. “ N o t a b l y, w e found that sildenafil use reduced the likelihood o f A l z h e i m e r ’s i n individuals with coronary artery disease, hyper tension and Type-2 diabetes, all of which are comorbidities significantly associated with risk of the disease, as well as in those without,” Cheng said.

The researchers also developed an Alzheimer’s patient-derived brain cell model using stem cells.

In the model, they found that sildenafil increased brain cell growth and decreased hyper phosphor ylation of tau proteins -- a

hallmark which leads to neurofibrillary tangles --, offering biological insights into how sildenafil may influence disease-related brain changes.

“Because our findings only establish an association between sildenafil use and reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s d i s e a s e, we a r e n ow planning a mechanistic trial and a phase II randomised clinical trial to test causality and confirm sildenafil’s clinical benefits for Alzheimer’s patients,” said Cheng.

“We also foresee our approach being applied to other neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, to accelerate the drug discovery process.”

(IANS)

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“Eileen, John Miles jnr, Tanya, Steve, Marcus and Ollie. (sic)” Miles released ten albums during his career, and he also received an outstanding contribution gong at the Progressive Rock awards in 2017.

The music star - who worked with the likes of Jimmy Page and Tina Turner - said as he accepted the award: “I think I made a contribution but that was way back in the 70s”.

“I suppose it has endured though.

And the song ‘Music’ has endured as well, and that was the biggest hit worldwide.

I’m a man of few words and there are eight lines of lyrics in that song. I get to work with orchestras these days too, which is fantastic.”

Miles is survived by his wife Eileen, their two children and his grandchildren.

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ohn Miles has died at the age of 72. The rock star - who was best known for the ballad ‘Music’, which peaked at number three in the UK charts in 1976 - passed away peacefully after a short illness.

A statement from Miles’ family on his Facebook page read: “We are devastated to have to announce that ‘Mr Music’ John Miles sadly passed away peacefully after a very short illness.

He was a loving Husband, Father and Grandfather and we will all miss him more than any words could ever express.

We kindly ask you to respect our privacy at this extremely difficult time. He will live on forever in our hearts and with the wonderful musical legacy he has left behind. You were our first love and will be our last. Our Husband, Father, Grandfather and hero. We Love you”.

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More organisations condemn December 4 Oting massacre

DIMAPUR: Various civil society organisations, tribal bodies, student bodies, political parties, etc continued to condemn the killing of over a dozen civilians by security forces on December 4, 2021 in an area between Oting and Tiru village under Mon district.

RPP: Rising People’s Party (RPP) has strongly condemned the insinuation of Indian media houses that the killings were collateral damage. RPP mourned with the rest of the Naga family.

In a condemnation letter RPP, president Joel Naga and general secretary Amai Chingkhu stated their demands that all the 60 MLAs of the NLA should put forward a joint statement that the Mon killings was a case of murder.

“The Mon killings require a thorough probe by a sitting judge of the High Court/Supreme Court”, RPP added. It also said that the state government should initiate steps to ensure that the army personnel involved in the killings are tried in civilian courts.

LPO: Lotha Public Organization (LPO) stated that the gruesome killing of innocent Naga people by the security forces will be unforgettable by the draconian law of AFSPA 1958 and Disturbed Area Act DAA imposed by the GoI to the Naga people. LPO chairman Sulanthung Humtsoe and vice president Phyopemo Odyuo appealed all the Lotha individuals and groups to refrain from participating in the Hornbill festival 2021 till further notice, so as to extend solidarity to the victims’ families and particularly to the ENPO people at this dark moment.

ZB (AMN)& ZB (N): Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland) president K Akhang and Zeliangrong Baudi (Nagaland) president CR Zeliang while conveying its resentment said the act of ambushing and open firing at the innocent unarmed civilians cannot be considered under the pretext of any excuse or reason for cover up. It further conveyed condolences to the bereaved families and Konyak community in particular and ENPO in general at this darkest hour. The two bodies also extended solidarity and support to the ENPO people in the move for justice.

TPO: Tenyimi Peoples’ Organization (TPO) president, Timikha Koza, while expressing shock stated that no matter the situation or circumstance, the cold bloodedness of how highly sophisticatedly armed and trained Indian commandos could massacre human beings traversing in such innocuous mode was unimaginable and unforgiveable.

The TPO was deeply anguished by unrest arising out of the incident and in the strongest term condemned the barbarous killing spree of Indian Army personnel and demanded that befitting action be taken against the heartless killers.

At this time of great loss and anger, the Tenyimis sincerely felt pain and stood in solidarity with family members who lost their loved ones, the wounded, Oting villagers, Konyak people and ENPO brethren.

The TPO maintained that what perplex most was that at a point of time when Nagaland was under ceasefire and Indian government having peace dialogue with most of Naga Political Groups raising hopes of an honorable solution be brought on to protracted Indo-Naga Political Imbroglio, he added that such incident of deliberate shooting by specially trained commandos of Indian Army gives rise to questions on the sincerity of the Indian government and its agencies to peaceful resolution to Naga Issue. The release added that TPO firmly stood and called K Y M C

for revocation of the Act. ABAM: Ao Baptist Church Association (ABAM) while expressing shock was infuriated to learn the heartless act by the Indian security forces. In a condemnation, ABAM president reverend Sentisashi and executive secretary reverend Dr. Mar Pongener stated that such act was not just against God but also significantly against humanity and called the act as “heinous”.

ABAM called on the government and all concerned to expedite the serving of befitting judgment against the erring Indian Security personnel and bring justice to the victims’ families.

A BA M e x p r e s s e d condolences to all the bereaved families and prayed that God will guide and give comfort in this time of heartbreak.

CBCC: Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC) executive secretary reverend Khrotso Mero, while conveying deepest condolences and prayers for the parents and families of the victims and the Konyak people in general, appealed to all concerned civil bodies and the state government to take cognizance of the repeated violations of human rights under Armed Forces Special Protection Act (AFSPA).

CBCC appealed the concerned authority of the state to strongly recommend for revocation of the AFSPA in the greater interest of peace in our society.

CBCC also mentioned that they stand committed to peace and pray for peace to prevail.

NVCO: Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) president and a human rights activist advocate Kezhokhoto Savi, questioned the central government “What would be the stand of human rights” or what would be the position of ‘Public Peace and Tranquillity of the State’ if this heinous crime simply ended like several other previous incidents? It also stated that violation of human rights is so common in Nagaland that the purpose of the universal declaration of human rights is defeated considerable number of times. NVCO stated that nevertheless, the state government has not set up ‘State Human Rights Commission’ in Nagaland since inception which also disregarded the value of ‘human rights’ in the state.

N G TC : N a g a l a n d G a r o Tr i b a l C o u n c i l (NGTC) has expressed resentment and condemned the genocide committed by the India army. In a press release, NGTC president Karampal G Momin and general secretary Jasper Marak stated that such barbarism has no place in our peaceful society. It demanded strict action and appealed to revoke AFPSA from the state. The council further conveyed condolence and prayed for the departed soul.

NSCN/GPRN (Reformation): NSCN/GPRN (Reformation) has strongly condemned the atrocious and ghastly act of the security forces against the innocent Nagas. NSCN/GPRN (Reformation) through its MIP stated that it was too saddening and painful to see Nagas brothers soaked with blood killed and maimed by the Indian army. It reminded that it was not the first case, but similar instances have happened for many times in the past not only in Naga homeland but in all North East India. NSCN/GPRN (R) extended its stand towards the people in demanding to repeal AFSPA once and for all and punitive action be taken against the erring jawans. “GOI must know that AFPSA has only widen the gap and grossly misused by the security forces to earn awards even at the cost of violating human rights”, it stated.

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president Y Wangtin Naga and Ato Kilonser P Tikhak has deeply mourned the loss of precious live and conveyed condolences to the bereaved families and further prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

LLPRO: The Lotha Lower Range Public Organisation (LLRPO) Hq. Bhandari president Nongothung Yanthan and general secretary Francis Kiko in a condemnation note stated that such barbaric act of cowardice under the guise of the draconian law of AFSPA deserved condemnation by one and all.

The organisation stated that the authorities concerned must act swiftly without any prejudice till the culprits are brought to justice. The LLRPO conveyed its unflinching solidarity to the Konyak people in general and further expressed deepest condolences to the bereaved families prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

EKU: Eastern Konyak Union (EKU) president SA Khotai and general secretary K Akham Honwang while strongly condemning the Indian security forces senseless and shameful act stated that these inhuman forces should be removed immediately from the Naga soils to save its life.

EKU also expressed deepest condolences and prayers to the bereaved families to strengthen from Almight God and prayed for the departed souls to rest in peace.

ZMON: Zeliangrong Mipui Organization Nagaland (ZMON) president, Apeuna Iheilung, while strongly condemning the brutal killing stated that it was a total violation against human rights.It added that such brutality had been passing down since ages, taking advantages by implementing Armed Forces Special Powers Acts.

ZMON further appealed the central government to repeal AFSPA. The release added that it stood in solidarity with Konyak Nagas, and conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved families and further prayed for departed soul to rest in peace.

ASU: Angami Students Union (ASU) has vehemently condemned the unpardonable act of the Indian para military forces.

In a condemnation, ASU president Besivi Nakhro and general secretary Mhalebilie Medoze stated that such heinous crime of the coward Indian armed forces has over the decades has tormented the innocent Nagas in the name of AFSPA, 1958. The ASU demanded to the GOI to repeal AFSPA and further called the highest court of the republic India to immediately restore human rights of the Nagas by repealing the inhuman Act. ASU further extended unflinching solidarity to the affected brethen and conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members.

SCAN: Senior Citizen’s Association of Nagaland (SCAN) while expressing shock and condemning the shameful act of the security forces cautioned the security forces to refrain from such mindless and cowardly acts. SCAN has appealed the State government to extend all possible timely help to the victims and relatives of the deceased. Furthermore, conveyed condolences to the bereaved families.

KSU: Khiamniungan Students’ Union (KSU) through its media cell vehemently condemned the killing of civilian. KUD said that the unprecedented incident committed by the security force was a treat and disturbing to the peaceloving citizens. The atrocities committed will remain in the unforgotten history of the Eastern Nagas and the Nagas in general which will not be forgotten. The

union termed the incident as ‘colonial mentality’.

The union further conveyed condolences to the bereaved families and stand strong in supporting to deliver justice at the earliest possible.

TNR: The Naga Rising (TNR) has condemned in the strongest term the senseless action of armed forces personnel and firmly appealed to chief minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio to demand for a Supreme Court monitored independent probe that will ensure fair and swift justice to the victims.

It stated that the Nagaland government along with all political parties and civil society should also demand the Union Defence Minister to make a statement in Parliament on the present government. Naga Rising further conveyed condolences to the bereaved families.

UK Naga association: UK Naga Association has conveyed heartfelt sympathies to the families who have tragically lost their lives at the hands of paramilitary forces. UK Naga Association has condemned this heinous act in the strongest possible terms. It state that the impact of such an atrocity will change lives forever – their families and communities will suffer pain and loss for the rest of their lives.

NASU: Niuland Area Students Union (NASU) has condemned the untoward incident stating that such barbaric act cannot be tolerated in this civilized society.

NASU president Kaka K Holo and acting secretary Vito Chophy appealed the competent authority to investigate the matter on priority basis so that justice be delivered. NASU further extended its unflinching support and conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members.

NDPP youth organization: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) Youth Organisation while condemning the barbaric act stated it stands in solidarity with the Konyak brethren and joined the rest in mourning the lives of the deceased and extended its sincere condo-

lences to the victims and families.

The NDPP Youth Organisation further laid its strongest demand to the concerned authorities to take appropriate action towards the erring officers and jawans involved in the brutal killing. It also appealed the State government to urgently mediate in repealing AFSPA 1958, under the cover of which innocent lives have been slaughtered mercilessly.

JDU Nagaland: Janata Dal United, Nagaland in a condemnation note stated that no amount of justification would help the perpetrators to condone off their action when peace loving innocent Nagas were preparing prayerfully to celebrate Christmas. While demanding probe on the incident, the party urged upon the authority concerned to leave no stone unturned in bringing to book the personnel involved and befitting and exemplary punishment be awarded as per the law of the land. The party further urged upon the state government to adequately provide ex-gratia to deceased and those injured. The party conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for speedy recovery.

R N YO : R o n g m e i Naga Youth Organization (RNYO) has condemned the brutal act of Indian security forces meted against the innocent civilians. In a condemnation letter, RNYO president Kanpatlung Pamei stated that no amount of whatsoever justification made from the Indian side could suffice, satisfy or pacify the Naga people without admitting the wrong and accepting the position of the Nagas in such a time as this. RNYO on behalf and in the interest of the Rongmei people extended the message of solidarity to the Eastern Naga people and assured to stand with the people in the process and struggle to assert the rights of the people. Organizations conveyed condolence and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

CAKU: Chakhro Angami Kuda Union (CAKU) while condemning the brutal killing said that it was

deeply disturbed and appalled over the cold-blooded murder of innocent Konyak brothers.

Standing in solidarity with the people of Mon, CAKU president Zhato Kimho and joint secretary Aneiu K Kerküo expressed its intense disgust at the inhumane treatment on the Naga people through Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) yet again.

Therefore, CAKU appealed to the Government of India to revoke AFSPA from Nagaland and also appealed to the State Government of Nagaland to investigate the incident with all sincerity and deliver justice to the concerned families.

CAKU conveyed profound and heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.

ENDBU: Easter n Nagaland Dobashi Union (ENDBU) president ENDBU, Aowang Konyak, stated that such unwarranted acts and high-handedness of the Indian Military Forces in taking innocent lives was a murder to democracy and violation of Human Rights.

ENDBU appealed the military forces to abstain from such barbaric, cowardice and heinous crimes as they were not given licence to kill innocent and such incidents would create fear psychosis amongst civilians.

ENDBU further prayed for early deliverance of justice to the innocent victims.

T h e E N D BU a l s o prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured and deeply mourned on the deceased innocent civilians and shared its deepest condolences to the bereaved family members.

DBSU: Dimapur Bengali Students’ Union (DBSU) in a press release expressed heartfelt condo-

lences to the bereaved families and prayed for comfort during this difficult time.

The union also requested Government of India and state government to expedite the investigation and ensure justice for families.

YA A : Yi m k h i u n g Akherü Arihako (YAA) president, YAA, Achung Jangle in a condemnation note stated that it was beyond human comprehension that Indian army ambushed and murdered slain coal miners who were returning from work to unite with their family after hard labour to meet the needs of the family.

YAA demanded immediate and thorough investigation and justice to be delivered without any delay to the aggrieved families.

The release added that the Indian armed forces in guise of despotic and draconian AFSPA act, has given free license to detain and kill civilians at their whims and fancies which could not be tolerated anymore. YAA further demanded repeal of AFSPA act immediately and to leave us alone in peace.

YAA and students’ fraternity of Yimkhiung, further conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and prayed that God provide them courage and strength to bear the grievous loss and wishes speedy recovery to the injured persons.

NCP: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Vanthungo Odyuo while strongly denouncing the unprecedented incident stated that there can be no justification for such act of gruesome indulgence and can never be tolerated in any system of a civilized society.

The party appealed to the government of India to take serious cognizance of the in-

cident and those responsible for killing of innocents are befittingly chastised. NCP also urged the government of India to consider for repealing of AFPSA 1958/ DAA in the state of Nagaland as all Naga political group are having ceasefire and talks with the GOI and such draconian law is not warranted.

NCP urged the public to refrain from creating unwanted situation that may lead to further loss of lives and let law take its course of action. NCP furthermore conveyed condolence to the bereaved family and prayed for the speedy recovery to those injured.

KUN: Karbi Union Nagaland (KUN) president Moia Rongpi and general secretary Samuel Rongpi while condemning the heinous act by the security forces and appealed the government to facilitate fair investigation and grant justice to the victims as per law of the land.

KUN also conveyed deepest solidarity and condolences to the bereaved families and wished speedy recovery to those injured.

NNC (parent body): NNC (Parent Body) vehemently condemned the heinous crime committed not only against the Naga people alone but towards humanity at large.

T h e N N C ( Pa r e n t Body) information and publicity wing on behalf of the Naga people the NNC (Parent Body) earnestly appealed to all those nations and countries to support and stand for peace and the North East people to come forward to help and intervene in this act of genocide and brutal killing of innocent Naga people by the Government of India- the so called largest democracy in the world.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT KEVIMERÚ SAVINO 01.01.1934 - 08.11.2021

With profound gratitude, we convey our deepest appreciation and acknowledge the overwhelming love and support rendered to us during the prolonged old age home-confinment till the homegoing of our dearly beloved Kevimerú Savino.

We highly treasured and cherish the prayers, presence, physical and material help provided to us by various individuals, friends, neighbours, well wishers, organizations and relatives in our time of loss.

We sincerely convey our special thanks to the Kuda Village Baptist Church for the persistent help and support towards our family.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually, hence it is our humble prayer that the Almighty God greatly bless each and everyone of you for your kind deeds.

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1st Death anniversary If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord.

So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. -Romans 14:8

Late athonlo Lorin (8th Dec. 2020)

Dear Daddy, The past year has been the longest, toughest and saddest days for us, but the memory of your unconditional love lighten our hearts. k-2336/21

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021

Goa beat East Bengal to register season 1st win Barty named WTA Player of the Year,

VASCO, DEC 7 (AGENCIES): FC Goa’s woeful start to the Indian Super League (ISL) 2021-22 season came to an end as they defeated SC East Bengal 4-3 at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Tuesday.

This was the Gaurs’ first win of the season while the Red & Gold Brigade continue to be bottom dwellers with no win as yet.

Fourteen minutes into the match, Alberto Noguera (14’) scored his first goal of the season with a longrange screamer and gave the Gaurs an early lead.

Antonio Perosevic (26’) went a step better and scored a sensational equaliser with a half-volley from a similar distance. The attempt hit the right-sided post and deflected inside the net, giving Dheeraj Singh no chance.

Saviour Gama and Seriton Fernandes both received yellow cards in the first half for poor challenges. Jorge Ortiz (32’)

FC Goa’s Jorge Ortiz Mendoza scores a goal of penalty kick during the ISL match against SC East Bengal on December 7.

then regained the lead for his team by opening his account for the season from the penalty spot after Seriton was fouled inside the box.

Amir Dervisevic (37’) equalised the second time for the Red & Gold Brigade from a free-kick which caught the goalkeeper off-

guard. Antonio Perosevic’s own-goal (44’) handed the lead to the opposition for the third time following Devendra Murgaonkar’s header deflecting into the net after hitting the Croatian. The second half started on a much slower pace until Perosevic (59’) found the back of the net

yet again. He scored from a one-on-one situation following an unforced error from Glan Martins which provided the striker with time and room to pick his target. Adil Khan received a yellow card after the hour mark who came on as a substitute at halftime.

Noguera (79’) scored

Women’s football nationals: Manipur beat Odisha, to meet Railways in Final

Traffic advisory for Cross Country C’ship cancelled

Munda took a free-kick but it went off the cross-bar.

In the 70th minute, Deepa Nayak created a great opportunity, but the striker’s attempt was brilliantly saved by Manipur’s custodian Roshini Devi.

The full-time scoreline read 1-1 as the match progressed to extra time. Odisha maintained the pressure on Manipur’s defence, constantly bombarding them with attacks, but the North-Eastern side kept on thwarting them. The match soon went into the dreaded penalty shoot-out as both the teams failed to score in the 120 minutes.

It was a perfect record for Manipur in the penalties, as Babysana Devi, Roja Devi, and Sultana MS netted their spot-kicks, while Jasoda Munda, Subhadra Sahu, and Suman P r a g ya n a M o h a p a t r a missed theirs for Odisha.

Manipur will now face Railways in a replay of the 2019-20 Hero Senior Women’s National Football Championship final at the EMS Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode at 3 PM IST on Thursday, December 9, 2021. The match will be streamed live on the Indian Football Team Facebook page and the Indian Football YouTube channel.

DIMAPUR: Deputy commissioner Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie, NCS has informed that due to the rescheduling of the Hornbill Cross Country Championship 2021, the traffic advisory in regard to the alternate route for vehicular movement from High Court junction — NBCC Convention Hall — Sanuoru Bridge on December 8 from 7:30 am to 1 pm stands cancelled.

All normal vehicular movement along the stretch of road from High School junction to IG Stadium may resume as usual.

Manipur (Red) and Odisha (Blue) players vie for the goal during the semifinal match on Tuesday.

KOZHIKODE, DEC 7 (IANS): Manipur defeated Odisha on penalties in the second semi-final of the Hero Senior Women’s National Football Championship 2021-22 at the EMS Corporation Stadium here on Tuesday to set up a clash with Railways in the final on December 9.

It was slow first half which saw both teams testing each other out and chances were few and far between. The only highlight of the first half was when Papki Devi scored an own goal which gave Odisha the early lead in the 11th minute.

Both sides kept plugging away at each other but were unable to find the second goal of the match.

Just when Odisha were looking at the prospect of taking a lead into the halftime break, Manipur’s Kiranbala Chanu (‘5+3’) rose to the occasion in the dying minutes of the first half and scored from a beautiful corner which levelled the score at the lemon break.

Both the teams started out well in the second half with a lot of pressing over each other but couldn’t manage to change the scoreline. In the 67th minute, Odisha’s Jasoda

BASU’s open badminton tourney rescheduled

DIMAPUR: The Open Amateur Men’s and Veteran’s Badminton tournament organised by the Borlengri Ao Students Union (BASU) has been postponed in solidarity with the December 4 and 5 incidents where 15 innocent civilians were mercilessly killed by Indian Security Forces.

BASU has informed that the tentative date for the said tournament has been scheduled for January 6 to 8, 2022.

FC Goa’s four th and bagged his brace after latching on to a low cross from Ortiz. The Spaniard collected the ball in his stride and placed it towards the left side of the advancing goalkeeper. Raju Gaikwad then received a yellow card as well late into the game.

The fourth goal was enough to be the differencemaker as Juan Ferrando’s men held on to the onegoal lead to record their first win of the season. The defeat means that Manolo Diaz’s men are the only team yet to win their first match of the campaign.

FC Goa is up against Bengaluru FC in their next fixture at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Saturday whereas SC East Bengal will face an in-form Kerala Blasters FC at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Sunday.

WEDNESDAY’S MATCH Hyderabad FC Vs Bengaluru FC Time: 7:30 pm

Raducanu wins newcomer award

LO N D O N, D E C 7 (AGENCIES): World number one Ash Barty was named WTA Player of the Year for the second time and U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu took the Newcomer of the Year title, the governing body of the women’s game said on Tuesday.

Australian Barty, who won the title in 2019, won a tour-leading five titles this year including the second Grand Slam trophy of her career at Wimbledon where she beat Czech Karolina Pliskova in the final.

She also defended her title at Miami and triumphed in Melbourne, Stuttgart and Cincinnati to secure her third year-end number one ranking in a row. Raducanu, 19, entered the U.S. Open as a qualifier ranked 150th in the world and ended it as Britain’s first female Grand Slam champion for 44 years.

Ash Barty and Emma Raducanu

Czech Barbora Krejcikova took the WTA prize for the Most Improved Player of the Year following a stellar season in which she won the French Open singles crown.

She also excelled in doubles with playing partner Katerina Siniakova, with the pair earning the Doubles Team of the Year award which they also won

in 2018.

Carla Suarez Navarro was named the Comeback Player of the Year award.

The 33-year-old announced in September, 2020 that she was being treated for early stage Hodgkin lymphoma and underwent months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy before returning at the French Open in June.

Hawks set team 3-point record in sinking Wolves MINNEAPOLIS, DEC 7 (AGENCIES):Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot made seven of Atlanta’s franchiserecord 25 3-pointers and scored a season-high 23 points to help the Hawks to a 121-110 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night in Minneapolis.

Atlanta, which ended a two-game losing streak, was 25-for-49 on its 3-point tries, besting the season-high 18 treys made on Nov. 9 against Utah and topping the franchise record of 23 set last season. Eight Hawks made a 3-pointer. The Hawks also got 29 points and 11 assists from Trae Young and 20 points from reserve Danilo Gallinari, who each made four 3-pointers. Clint Capela had 16 rebounds and four blocked shots.

The Timberwolves were led by Karl-Anthony Towns, who returned from missing a game with a bruised tailbone to put up 31 points and 16 rebounds.

Malik Beasley came off the bench to score 24 points and keep Minnesota in the game with six 3-pointers.

76ers 127, Hornets 124 (OT) Joel Embiid scored six of his 43 points in overtime as visiting Philadelphia defeated short-handed Charlotte. Embiid also grabbed 15 rebounds. Tobias Harris added 21 points and Shake Milton had 16 points for

LA Clippers guard Paul George (13) shoots over Portland Trail Blazers forward Norman Powell (24) in the first half at Moda Center.

the 76ers, who have won three of four. The Hornets’ Kelly Oubre Jr. poured in 35 points by making 13 of 24 shots from the field, including six 3-pointers. He was off the mark on an attempt to force a second overtime. Charlotte was without LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, Mason Plumlee, Jalen McDaniels and Ish Smith due to COVID-19 protocols.

Clippers 102, Trail Blazers 90 Paul George scored 21 points and Marcus Morris Sr. added 17 as visiting Los Angeles pulled off a victory over Portland.

Reggie Jackson scored

16 points and Luke Kennard had 15 in his first start of the season as the Clippers continue to search for productive combinations while they forge ahead without star Kawhi Leonard following his offseason knee surgery.

Jusuf Nurkic scored a season-high 31 points for the Trail Blazers, while Norman Powell scored 29 points in a lead guard role. Powell’s responsibilities were increased on a night when Portland was without Damian Lillard (abdomen) and CJ McCollum (ribs).

Warriors 126, Magic 95 Stephen Curry and An-

drew Wiggins combined for 15 3-pointers and 59 points, guiding Golden State’s thumping of Orlando in San Francisco.

Rebounding from a 112-107 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, the Warriors won for the 12th time in their last 13 home games on the strength of 20-for-40 3-point shooting.

Curry, the league leader in 3-pointers, buried seven of 13 long-distance attempts en route to a game-high 31 points. Wiggins went 8-for10 from deep on a 28-point night. Gary Harris led five players in double figures for the Magic with 17 points.

Djokovic named in Serbia team for 2022 ATP Cup in Sydney

SYDNEY, DEC 7 (REUTERS): Novak Djokovic was named in Serbia’s team for the men’s season-opening ATP Cup in January in Sydney, although the world number one has yet to commit to the Australian Open following the organisers’ mandate for COVID-19 vaccinations.

Djokovic, who has won a record nine titles at Melbourne Park including the last three, has repeatedly declined to reveal whether he has been vaccinated against COVID-19, with Australian Open organisers Tennis Australia confirming that all players would have to be vaccinated to compete in Melbourne.

To play without being vaccinated in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales state, the state government would have to apply for an exemption for Djokovic and the 34-year-old would have to undergo 14 days quarantine upon arrival.

That same option was also open to Australian Open organisers but the government in Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital, has said it would not

apply for exemptions.

The draw for the third edition of the ATP Cup team event was held in Sydney on Tuesday and organisers said top seed Serbia, headlined by Djokovic, would be in Group A along with Norway, Chile and Spain.

While Djokovic’s participation will be a huge boost for Serbia and the tournament, Rafael Nadal will not feature for Spain.

The 20-times major champion struggled with back issues at the start of 2021 before pulling out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics with a foot problem.

The 35-year-old Spaniard, who last played in August at the Citi Open, is aiming to return at an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi this month before playing another tournament in his buildup to the Australian Open.

The 2022 ATP Cup will feature 16 teams and be hosted across two venues at the Sydney Olympic Park from Jan. 1-9 with the players vying for $10 million in prize money.

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