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Assam Rifles conduct veterinary camps

Medical ointment is applied on a dog during one of the Assam A puppy is administered oral medication as its mother looks Rifles veterinary camps. on from below.

DIMAPUR: Various Battalions of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (N) organized veterinary camps in various locations in collaboration with 14 Mobile Field Veterinary Hospital and local administration.

Veterinary medication was

distributed free of cost and pet owners and animal farmers were educated on hygiene and sanitation of their livestock.

Medziphema Battalion conducted the camp in Piphema Bawe village, Dimapur on March 12. 731

livestock were examined and treated in the camp.

Wokha Battallion conducted the camp in Bhandari Town for 12 villages on February 20. 22 cattle, 309 pigs, 223 dogs and 315 fowl were examined and basic treatment administered.

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Dimapur Ao Lanur Telongjem-Foothill unit team with N. Kitovi Zhimomi and others after their meeting on March 26.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Ao Lanur Telongjem (DALT)Foothill unit team called upon the GPRN/NSCN ato kilonser, N. Kitovi Zhimomi at his office on March 26.

A press release from

DALT-Foothill unit, general secretary, Mongli Aier stated that the team comprising of 19 official members was led by president Tuden Jamir. Tuden shared about miscreants demanding money and extorting the

public in the name of multiple Naga political groups.

N Kitovi Zhimomi agreed that such practices should be uprooted permanently from society through collective effort before it was too late.

Mon and Shamatore Battalions conducted the camp at Phomching village, Mon and Shamatore town on February 28. A total of 38 cows, 206 dogs, 198 pigs and 96 fowl were examined at Phomching, while at Shamatore town

IGAR (N), during conduct of spot check, Kitoka Zhimomi, ‘dy finance secy’, Dimapur region, NNC (NA), 28 years, son of Vitoi Zhimomi, Henivi village along with his associates Vito Chishi, 28

years, son of Phuheto Chishi, village Toluvi; and Sukhai Awomi, 29 years, son of Hevuxu Awomi, Aghunato village were apprehended.

The three were in possession of ten NNC (NA)

Training on adding value to fish products DIMAPUR: The department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources conducted a training program on Value Added Fish Products for womenfolk on March 29 at CRBC, Zunpha, Tseminyu.

DIPR reports that district fishery officer Kohima along with her staff, gave hands on training on making Fish Pickle, Fish Cutlet, Fish Finger and Fish Soup, laying emphasis on hygiene, product packaging and food safety measures.

At the closing program CRBC Zunpha development secretary, Arhunlo Semp thanked the department for organizing the training and also encouraged the trainees to become self reliant by utilizing the skills and knowledge learnt at the training program.

Altogether 20 trainees participated in the training program.

LFHSS, GSCK organize street play in Kohima

A student playing ‘civic sense’ in the street play organized at Dzüdou Junction Kohima on March 30.

KOHIMA: Standard ten, Section C, students of Little Flower Higher Secondary School (LFHSS), in collaboration with Good Shepherd Club Kohima (GSCK), organized a “Street Play” at Dzüdou Junction Kohima Town under the ‘I CAN’ project, on March 30.

A press release from the school stated that the

play was organized to make citizens aware about the need of hour to keep Kohima town clean and also to realize the ill effects of poor waste management in the town.

After the street play, the students along with club members visited several houses to spread awareness about cleanliness that begins at home.

Research Methodology Workshop at PGC

DIMAPUR: A one-day state level workshop on ‘Introduction to Research Methodology’ was organized by the Research Committee of Pfutsero G ove r n m e n t C o l l e ge (PGC), on March 30 at the College Seminar Hall with assistant professor, department of Sociology, Dr. Athungo Ovung and NU department of Economics assistant professor, Dr Giribabu M, as resource persons.

Dr. Giribabu M spoke on “Research; Basic tenets of Qualitative and Quantitative Research” and “Data processing and analysis” and Dr. Athungo Ovung spoke on “Techniques of Data Collection” and “Report Writing”.

A press release by the PGC Mass Media Committee convenor stated that a welcome address for the inaugural session was delivered by principal, PGC, Dr. Moanochet Longchar, who encouraged participants and aspiring researchers to take the work

Assam Rifles apprehend 3 with drugs

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Battalion (5 Assam Rifles) based on specific information laid a Mobile Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) near Hongkong Market, Dimapur on March 29.

According to Pro HQ

the number was ten cows, 197 dogs, 219 pigs, 15 goats and 305 fowl.

Phek Battalion conducted the camp at Kanjang Village, Phek on January 30. 68 residents attended the camp along with 1167 animals and 1498 poultry.

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extortion slips and 23 spasmo proxy capsules.

The apprehended individuals along with the recovered items were handed over to West Police Station, Dimapur for further investigation.

NU Lumami conducts farmers’ seminar

Participants, resource persons and delegates of the PGC Introduction to Research Methodology workshop conducted on March 30. shop as an opportunity to learn more.

Research Committee coordinator, Sutoli Sema, gave the introduction and also felicitated the

resource persons. A vote of thanks was pronounced

by Research Committee member, Wetso-u Medo.

The Seminar had two technical sessions and an

TBUD Phom Monyui Moo festival

RCH sterilization camps conducted in Wokha district

DIMAPUR: Tamlu Bühü Union Dimapur (TBUD) will be hosting a Phom M onyui M o o fe stiva l celebration program, on April 2, 12 noon, at its union treasurer K Hamtok Phom’s, residence, Purana Bazaar, Mt view colony.

All citizens and bona fide members have been requested to attend the celebrations in traditional attire.

Educational institutions and government offices have also been requested to grant one day leave to those who have to attend the celebration on the scheduled day.

interaction session at the end.

All together 50 participants registered for and attended the workshop from -- Baptist College, Ko-

hima; Phek Government College; Baptist Theological College, Pfutsero; St. John College Dimapur; and Pfutsero Government College.

Yimchungrü Tribal Council bans

Delegates at the farmers’ seminar & training program on organic farming of spices conducted from March 29 to 30.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland University, Lumami conducted a farmers’ Seminar-&-Training program on the “Potentials of organic farming of spices for doubling farmers’ income” in I. Ihoshe Kinimi Hall, from March 29 to 30.

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emphasized on the potential of spices grown in the area as a livelihood source for the farming community.

Altogether around 200 farmers from the eight villages of Lumami, Zaphumi, Alaphumi, Sema Settsii, Litta New, Phisumi, Izheto, and Ajiqami, participated in the program. Among other things, the training focused on marketing strategies of organic spices and organic cultivation of ginger and

turmeric.

The inaugural program, held on March 29, was chaired by professor SK Chaturvedi, HoD, Botany, NU; a welcome address was delivered by Dr. Kundan, SMS (Agricultural Extension), KVK, NU; and a special speech was delivered by Dr. Abemo, registrar, NU. At the valedictory program held on March 30, the chief guest, professor MK Sinha, finance officer, NU

said that the government needed to be proactive in ensuring that organic products were transferred from the producer to the user to benefit the farming community.

The seminar & training program was organised by KVK, NU, and sponsored by the Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India.

DIMAPUR: Yimchungrü Tribal Council (YTC), through a press release by its information and publicity secretary, Mathew K Janger, has informed the public that as per the YTC constitution, all villages under YTC jurisdiction are prohibited from using chemicals, electric appliances, and dynamite, other than traditional methods, for fishing.

The union has also declared a prohibition on hunting and use of any inorganic pesticides, chemicals, and salts. Village councils and area GB unions have been asked to strictly implement the directives, penalize defaulters as per law and report to the office of YTC, the release stated.

Medical staff during the one of the RCH sterilization camps conducted in Tontongo and Liphayan Ralan on March 28 and 29.

DIMAPUR: District Health Society (DHS), Wokha conducted two sterilization camps on March 28 and 29 at Tontongo and Liphayan, Ralan block under Wokha district.

A press release from media officer NHM, C M O o f f i c e Wo k h a , Mhonbeni Ezung stated that the medical team was led by CMO Wokha, Dr. Robin Lotha, deputy CMO Wokha, Dr. Zuben

with Dr. Nounenuo (Obs. & Gynae), MO District Hospital, Dr. Loyingbeni, MO MMU nurses, Dr. Liphamo, lab-technicians, and attendants. They performed a total of five lapligations (tubectomy), and eight CU-T insertions during the camps.

The camp made available services for ANC, malaria blood test, Hb, blood sugar test, and sputum test, besides offering free medication.

The medical team conveyed their gratitude to residents of Tontongo, Liphayan, Ralan villages, especially the staffs of Tontongo, Liphayan, and Ralan SC. A BRIDGE training on routine immunization was also conducted for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and AWWs of Ralan block.

Altogether 215 patients availed services at the RCH camp.

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DIMAPUR, MAR 31 (NPN): With just ten days remaining before the April 11 polls, the fight for the lone Lok Sabha seat is all set to witness a quadrangular contest between NDPP/ PDA consensus candidate, INC, NPP and an Independent while the by-election to the 26-Aonglenden constituency will witness a straight fight between ruling NDPP/PDA candidate and Congress nominee. Campaigning for both Lok Sabha and by-election will end by 6 p.m., two days before the polling day (April 11).

The two other candidates for the by-poll— Toshipokba Longkumer (NPF) and O. Tinu Longkumer (NPP) not only withdrew their candidature but announced full support to the PDA consensus candidate from the NDPP. Chief electoral officer Abhijit Sinha had informed that as per the final electoral rolls, there was a total of 12,13,777 voters in the State, including 7,490 service electors. There has an increase of 16,341 voters in 2019 as compared to 2018 electoral rolls.

Diesel prices down 8-9 paise, petrol unchanged N e w D e l h i , M ar 13 (IANS): Diesel prices across the four metro cities declined for the fourth straight day, with prices falling by 8 to 9 paise on Sunday, data on the Indian Oil Corp’s website showed.

Petrol prices, however were unchanged during the day, according to the data.

In the national capital, diesel was priced at Rs 66.14, down from Rs 66.22 per litre on Saturday.

In Kolkata, diesel was sold for Rs 67.92, against the previous level of Rs 68 per litre.

Price of the fuel in Mumbai and Chennai declined by 9 paise to Rs 69.27 and Rs 69.88 on Sunday, from the previous levels of Rs 69.36 and Rs 69.97 per litre respectively.

Fuel prices in the country are based on a 15day average of global crude prices and the rupee-US dollar exchange rate.

Currently, the benchmark Brent crude oil is priced around $67 per barrel.

Cost of petrol in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai was at Rs 72.86, Rs 74.93, Rs 78.48 and Rs 75.67 per litre, all unchanged from Saturday’s levels.

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In Aonglenden constituency, there are 12,482 voters, out of which 46 were service electors, 6,290 female and 6,146 male voters.

For the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 450 polling stations have been identified as critical and vulnerable, all of which would also have web streaming and offline videography.

On the other hand, 16 polling stations under 26 Aonglenden constituency have been identified as critical and vulnerable, where live web streaming and videography will be done.

To encourage 6,081 persons with disability to vote, the officials said the number of ramps had been increased, while 200 wheel chairs would be placed at the polling stations.

As voting would be held simultaneously for both Lok Sabha and Assembly by-election in Aonglenden, two electronic voting machines would be placed in the voting chamber.

According to Sinha, there will be 2,227 polling stations, 2,067 polling station locations, 255 women

Quadrangular contest for state’s lone Parliamentary seat

The Lok Sabha election for the lone seat from Nagaland is going to be a quadrangular contest where the ruling PDA coalition consensus candidate from the NDPP will vie with Congress, NPP and an independent.

In 2018, NDPP fielded Tokheho Yepthomi as PDA candidate and won the bye-poll for the Lok Sabha against former Congress colleague and NPF candidate C. Apok Jamir. The NDPP has once again re-nominated Tokheho as the consensus candidate of the PDA. Before the February 2018 Assembly polls, Tokheho joined the newly formed NDPP and lost the Dimapur-III seat to NPF candidate Azheto Zhimomi. polling teams, one polling station for differently abled (in Wokha), 314 P-2 polling stations, 280 polling sta-

INC candidate, KL Chishi served as chief minister Nagaland in 1990 for nearly a month. He was also the founder of the Nationalist Democratic Movement.

Ahead of the 2018 Assembly elections, KL Chishi quit the Congress and joined the BJP. He contested from 32 Atoizu constituency as BJP candidate and lost to Er. Picto Shohe of the NPF. Chishi rejoined Congress and was fielded as its candidate for the April 11 Lok Sabha election for the lone seat for Nagaland.

The opposition NPF has given “issue- based support” to the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

National People’s Party (NPP) has setup former national BJP Schedule Tribe Morcha secretary, Hayithung (Bill Lotha) Tungoe as its candidate.

Hayithung was also the national secretary of BJP Yu va M o r c h a ( Yo u t h Wing).

He resigned from his post in protest against BJP’s move to pass the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 in the Lok Sabha. Hayithung is a first timer in elective politics.

It may be recalled that the NPP was one of the constituetn of the PDA alliance. However, after NPP decided to field its candidate for the by-election, the PDA decided to sever its ties with NPP.

Straight fight for by-election

Independent candidate, Dr. MM Thromwa Konyak is a first timer vying for the lone Lok Sabha seat.

Dr. Thromwa had initially filed his nomination as nominee of the Indian Christian Secular Party (ICSP).

However when he failed to produce the original authorisation letter from the party, Dr. Thromwa was allowed to contest as an independent candidate.

Indian Christian Secular Party (ICSP), a national party to fight state assemblies and the parliament was launched at a public meeting organised at Nizam college grounds Hyderabad in 2014.

NDPP/PDA has nominated Sharingain Longkumer as the consensus candidate to contest the byelection to the 26-Aongleden assembly constituency.

A first-timer in elective politics, the 37 year old is a law graduate from Delhi University.

tions for live web stream- trol units and 3,271 voter Sinha said adequate state ing, 170 polling stations for verifiable paper audit trail and central forces will be offline videography, 3,255 (VVPAT) machines. deployed for duty. ballot units, 3,304 conOn security for polls, Sinha also informed

that state home guards and village guards too would be deployed to complement other forces.

Alemjongshi Longkumer, a former state civil service officer, has been setup as the Congress candidate for by-election to the 26-Aongleden assembly constituency.

He resigned as DC of Tuensang district.

Court martial of Major Gogoi complete: army SRINAGAR, MAR 31 (IANS): The court martial proceedings against Army Major Leetul Gogoi have been completed and he is likely to face reduction in seniority for fraternising with a local woman, Army sources said on Sunday.

Major Gogoi was in the centre of a controversy in 2017 when he created a human shield by tying a Kashmiri youth to the bonnet of his jeep to avoid attacks by stone pelting mobs during the discharge of duties in the Badgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. Major Gogoi’s driver, Sameer Malla, who facilitated the major’s relationship with a local woman, also faced the court martial proceedings. “He is likely to be given a serious reprimand,” sources said.

After completion of summary of evidence against Major Gogoi and his driver in February, followed by the initiation of court martial proceedings, the two were held guilty on two counts, “fraternising with a local woman in spite of instructions to the contrary and being away from place of duty while in operational area”.

If elected, we will support Mizoram becomes IAF probing whether friendly fire brought NPF party: NPCC president dry again from April 1 down own chopper after Balakot strike DIMAPUR, MAR 31 (NPN): A day after chief minister Neiphiu Rio ridiculed the NPF for supporting Congress candidate KL Chishi for the coming Lok Sabha Elections terming it a “mockery”, Nagaland Congress president, K. Therie has issued a press statement pledging support to the NPF if elected in the 26-Aonglenden A/C by-election.

Therie, in a press statement issued by his press secretary Keso Chakhesang, promised that “If elected, we will support the secular NPF force”. He also added that if an INC MLA is elected, that representative will be the “salt in the State Assembly curry”.

Defending the NPF decision to support the Congress candidate, Therie stated that the decision has strengthened secular forces and their demand for removal of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). He further stated that it also strengthens the “foremost important issue to

carry forward the peace talks for a final solution.” Terming the NPF support a sacrifice in the interest of secular forces, he added that it was magnanimous and above political boundaries.

The battle, Therie stated, was between the ideological forces of communal Hindutva versus Secularism and the freedoms it offers and the fabric of Unity in diversity.

According to the Nagaland Congress president, NPF and Congress were standing together to protect the Naga faith and identity and to carry the political negotiations forward for a solution at the earliest. He appealed to the NPF and like-minded political parties and thinkers, to work together in 26-Aolengden Assembly Constituency by-election.

In conclusion, Therie said that if given an opportunity to rule at the centre, the INC is committed to support the formation of a secular like-minded government in Nagaland.

Aizawl, Mar 31 (IANS): Come Monday and alcohol will not be available in Mizoram.

State Excise and Narcotics Minister K. Beichhua said the MNF government had taken the step to save future generations from the menace of alcohol and drugs, and establish a clean Mizo society. Fulfilling its pre-poll promise, the Mizo National Front (MNF) government last week unanimously passed the Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition) Bill, 2019 to again ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in the northeastern state after four years. The ban comes into force from April 1.

Beichhua said the state government stands to lose Rs 70 crore annually in revenues following the decision. “But the loss of revenue is much less than the loss of human life and suffering.

Larger societal benefit is more vital,” Beichhua told IANS in a telephonic interview.

The Minister said that the MNF government had decided to ban production, import, sale and consumption of liquor for the common people, except defence personnel and those with medical needs. “Separate licences will be issued to defence personnel who can consume liquor.

People under treatment would be allowed to drink only if it is prescribed by a doctor, Beichhua said. The state government is yet to decide on whether or not to allow domestic and foreign tourists to drink.

Deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar till Sep 30 NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (PTI): Central government on Sunday extended the deadline for linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) with biometric ID Aadhaar by 6 months till September 30, as per an official statement.

However, quoting of Aadhaar will remain mandatory for filing income tax returns (ITRs), following the Supreme Court order.

This is the sixth time the Central government has extended the deadline for individuals to link their Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar.

In June last year, the government had said that PAN has to be linked with the biometric ID by March 31. “....now the cut-off date for intimating the Aadhaar number and linking PAN with Aadhaar is September 30, 2019, unless specifically exempted,” the

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes said there were reports that those PANs which are not linked with Aadhaar number by March 31 may be invalidated, following which the matter was considered by the government and the date extended till September 30.

“Notwithstanding the last date of intimating/linking of Aadhaar Number with PAN being

September 30, 2019, it is also made clear that with effect from April 1, 2019, it is mandatory to quote and link Aadhaar number while filing the return of income,” it added.

The apex court, in September last year, had declared the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid and held that the biometric ID would remain mandatory for filing of Income Tax returns and allotment of Permanent Account Number.

A five-judge constitution bench had, however, said that it would not be mandatory to link Aadhaar to bank accounts and telecom service providers cannot seek its linking for mobile connections.

Till September last year, of the 41 crore Permanent Account Numbers issued, over 21 crore were linked to Aadhaar.

The Supreme Court in its order upheld section 139AA of the Income Tax Act. Section 139 AA (2) of the Income Tax Act says that every person having PAN as on July 1, 2017, and eligible to obtain Aadhaar, must intimate his Aadhaar number to the tax authorities.

The earlier deadlines for linking PAN with Aadhaar were July 31, August 31 and December 31, 2017, March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2019.

Srinagar, Mar 31 (PTI): Among the threads being investigated in the February 27 crash of an IAF Mi-17 helicopter near Srinagar during a tense standoff with Pakistan include the possibility that it may have been “accidentally” shot down by Indian Air Defence System, officials said.

The officials, who are familiar with the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity, believe that the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter may not have switched on the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system which identifies the flying object to radars, whether it is a an enemy or one of its own. The IFF technology developed during World War II is an instrument within the aircraft or a helicopter which sends signals to nearby radars giving its identification signatures.

The IAF refused to comment on speculation that the helicopter, which crashed in Kashmir region killing all six personnel on board, may have been shot down by the air defence system which was on the highest alert after Indian air strikes at Balakot in Pakistan on February 26.

An IAF spokesperson would only say, “In any flying accident the Court of Inquiry looks into all possibilities before conclusively establishing the cause of an accident. In the instant case also, the ongoing Court of Inquiry is looking into every possibility that could have caused the accident. Before the court submits it’s report it will be premature to comment.”

The helicopter was flown by Sqdn Leader Siddharth Vashisht with other members Sqdn Ldr Ninad

Mandvgane, Kumar Pandey, Sergeant Vikrant Sehrawat, Corporals Deepak Pandey and Pankaj Kumar.

It crashed at Budgam after taking off from Srinagar airport at 10:10 am, soon after Pakistani Air Force jets had attempted to violate the Indian airspace at around 9.30 am on February 27.

The Pakistani Air Force, after intruding in Rajouri sector of Jammu region on February 27, was attempting a similar misadventure in Uri sector of North Kashmir’s Baramulla around the same time when the helicopter was airborne from Srinagar airfield. The domination of IAF fighter jets made Pakistan abandon its misadventure at Uri but the air defence system is believed to have fired at the helicopter by then, killing all the personnel and a civilian on the ground, officials said.

Rahul to contest Many urinal trips at night second LS seat hints at high BP: Study from Kerala TOKYO, MAR 31 (IANS):

NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (PTI): Congress’ announcement that party chief Rahul Gandhi will contest from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala besides his traditional stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh evoked sharp reactions on Sunday from the Left and Right of the political spectrum.

While CPI(M) and CPI said the move signalled that Congress wanted to take on the Left which would work towards defeating him in the elections from Wayanad, the BJP said Gandhi “fled” to Kerala fearing that Amethi voters will seek an account of the work done by him and his party over the years. Veteran Congress leader from Kerala and former defence minister A.K. Antony made the announcement.

If you need to visit urinal frequently in the night, get your blood pressure checked as researchers say it may be a sign of hypertension.

“Our study indicates if you need to urinate in the night -- called nocturia -- you may have elevated blood pressure and/or excess fluid in your body. If you continue to have nocturia, ask your doctor to check your blood pressure and salt intake,” said study author Satoshi Konno of Tohoku Rosai Hospital in Sendai, Japan.

The study examined the link between nocturia and hypertension in the general Japanese population.

The researchers enrolled 3,749 people who had an annual health check in 2017. Blood pressure was measured and information (Full report on p-5) on nocturia was obtained

through questionnaire. Nocturia (one or more nocturia events per night) was significantly associated with hypertension, showed the findings presented at the 83rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS 2019).

The risk of hypertension rose significantly as the number of nocturia events per night increased.

“We found that getting up in the night to urinate was linked to a 40 per cent greater chance of having hypertension. And the more visits to the toilet, the greater the risk of hypertension,” Konno said.

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Itanagar, Mar 31 (PTI): Union minister Kiren Rijiju Sunday said the Centre did not introduce the citizenship amendment bill in Rajya Sabha respecting the interests of the people of Northeastern states.

The people of the region, he said, had staged protests without understanding the pros and cons of the citizenship amendment bill.

The government, respecting their sentiments, had decided not to introduce the bill in the Rajya Sabha though many states were supporting it, the Union minister of state for home told reporters here.

The controversial bill, passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8, sought to provide Indian citizenship to nonMuslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after seven years of residence in India instead of 12 years, which is the norm currently, even if they do not possess any documents.

It is now set to lapse on June 3.

Rijiju claimed that the bill would in no way affect

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Arunachal Pradesh, from where he hails, as it is governed by a different set of laws and under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act. People from other states need to take Inner Line Permit to enter Arunachal Pradesh, while foreigners need to obtain Protected Area Permit (PAP) and Restricted Area Permit (RAP), he pointed.

“I am committed to protect the interests and rights of the people of state,” he added. Rijiju will contest from the Arunachal West constituency in the general elections. Former chief minister Nabam Tuki has been pitched against him by the Congress.

Arunachal will witness simultaneous polls to the assembly and the Lok Sabha.

Rijiju said the opposition had raised the issue of granting refugee status to Tibetans, Chakmas and Hajongs, who are residing in the state, without the knowledge of the ground reality. The Tibetan refugees who came to India in 1959 and are settled in five refugee camps in the state, are not willing to take citizenship of India even if the Supreme Court grants it to them as they are fighting for their country’s freedom, he said.

A few Tibetans who married locals and tried to obtain citizenship certificate by illegal means were denied it, he said.

“When I came to know about the issue, I had said that the old Tibetan rehabilitation policy should be made clear and well defined with information on how many Tibetans are residing in the state so that in the future no refugees can get the rights and benefits of indigenous tribal people,” Rijiju said.

Lalthlamuani is first woman to fight Mizoram Lok Sabha poll

A i z aw l , M a r 3 1 (Agencies): For the first time in the Lok Sabha elections in Mizoram, a woman, Lalthlamuani, 63, is trying her luck.

According to Outlook, the fate of all six candidates, including independent aspirant Lalthlamuani, will be decided on April 11.

Though women voters outnumber men in the parliamentary constituency, it’s the first time that a woman has joined the race to challenge the hegemony of men to represent the lone Mizoram seat in the Lok Sabha.

Of the 7,84,405 eligible voters, 4,02,408 are women, 3,81,991 men, and six third gender voters.

Lalthlamuani, a Jew, has five grandchildren and runs a non-government organisation (NGO) called Chhinlung Israel People Convention (CIPC).

The parliamentary constituency in Mizoram, reserved for Scheduled Tribes, is set for multicornered contest.

According to political analysts, the main contest is between ruling Mizo

SDF, SKM lock horns over reservation for tribals Gangtok, Mar 31 (PTI): A war of words erupted between the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) and the opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) over the “inordinate delay” in reserving Assembly seats for Limboo and Tamang communities, which form over 30 per cent of Sikkim’s population.

SDF supremo and Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling had asserted in 2014 that he would resign if the two communities were not allotted reserved seats before the 2019 Assembly polls, a commitment that has now come to haunt him, with the SKM posting a clipping of his statement, published in a newspaper, on the social media.

The Limboo and Tamang communities,

granted tribal status in 2002 by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, have long been seeking reservation in the 32-member House, in line with the Lepchas and the Bhutias.

Although there is no provision for seat reservation in the Sikkim Assembly for the scheduled tribes, the Lepchas and Bhutias have been granted 12 seats under Article 371(F) of the Constitution, which protects the rights of the local people.

A petition was moved in the Supreme Court by the tribal groups, seeking adequate representation in the Assembly. The apex court on January 4, 2016 directed the Home Ministry to take necessary action.

Chamling, in his attempt to skirt the issue,

alleged that the opposition parties have “misled the NDA government” on the issue.

“We will continue to work hard to ensure that the Limboo and Tamang communities get their dues. No matter which government comes to power at the Centre, we will persuade it to enact a legislation to grant the constitutional right of the two tribal communities,” Chamling, who is seeking a record sixth consecutive term for his party, said recently.

P D Rai, a Lok Sabha MP of the SDF, blamed the Centre for the “inordinate delay”.

“It is the Centre who is to be blamed for the inordinate delay in granting the communities their rights.

This time, too, we

have included the issue in our party’s manifesto,” he said on Saturday, adding that the SDF, if elected to power, will “vigorously pursue” the matter with the central government.

The SKM, however, pinned blame on the SDF, a member of the BJP-led Northeast Democratic Alliance, claiming that the ruling party failed to live up to its promises.

“The SDF had made a firm commitment to give the tribal communities their dues, but could not deliver They (SDF) should take the blame for the delay in granting Limboos and Tamangs their rights,” Jacob Khaling Rai, the spokesperson of opposition SKM, said. PTI KDK Election to the 32member Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat will be held in Sikkim on April 11.

National Front (MNF) candidate C. Lalrosanga and Lalnghingolva Hmar, jointly fielded by opposition Congress and Zoram Pe o p l e ’s M ove m e n t ’s (ZPM).

While Hmar, a young sports journalist, is honorary Secretary of the Mizoram Football Association, Lalrosanga is former Director General of Doordarshan.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Nirupam Chakma, former Congress minister who joined the BJP few years back.

People’s Representation for Identity and Status of Mizoram (Prism) -- an anti-corruption watchdog turned political party -has nominated T.B.C. Lalvenchhunga.

Lal Hriatrenga Chhangte, another independent, makes it a sixcornered contest.

Elections to Mizoram’s lone Lok Sabha seat and by-elections to Aizawl West-1 Assembly seat will be held on April 11.

The by-election was necessitated as ZPM legislator Lalduhoma vacated it to retain the Serchhip constituency.

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Liquor worth around Rs. 24 lakh destroyed in Manipur

Manipur excise department destroying seized illicit liquor in Imphal, on Sunday. (NP) Correspondent

IMPHAL, MAR 31: Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, Manipur excise department on Sunday destroyed illegal IMFL worth around Rs. 23.74 lakh in the premises of state excise department, Imphal.

According to the officials, the destroyed items were seized during the period since the ECI announced Lok Sabha poll dates for Manipur on March 10.

Briefing media per-

Cane and bamboo crafts boost economy of Manipur I mphal , M a r 3 1 (Agencies): Bamboo and cane products of northeast India are well known around the world and are highly praised for their intricate design. In Manipur too, the use of cane and bamboo craft is an integral part of their daily lifestyle.

According to ANI, bamboo craft-making forms an essential part of the northeast Indian economy.

The intricately designed bamboo crafts highlight the rich tradition of the region and over the years has received global appreciation.

In fact, the skillful hands of artisans can transform a dull, drab piece of bamboo or cane into an artistic masterpiece. Likewise, the state of Manipur is popular for its expertise in handicraft

products. Since time immemorial, people of Manipur have practiced cane and bamboo craft extensively, making various handicraft products of different designs and motifs for many purposes. There are many such dexterous craft makers who churn out amazing bamboo products.

Konsam Diban hailing from Khurai Kongpal Sajor Leikai is one such craftsman. “When I was a little younger, after seeing one of my friends work, I found it amazing and beautiful. So, I felt that I could do it too.

And slowly I developed how to make it better,” said Diban. Diban started his craftsmanship without any proper training. However, his craze and interest in crafts had somehow given

100 days and bodies of trapped miners yet to be pulled out Shillong, Mar 31 (Agencies): Hundred days have passed vis-à-vis the Ksan mine tragedy in Meghalaya when 15 miners got buried in a rat hole mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills, Northeast Now reported.

Reports stated that with hopes of rest of the bodies getting retrieved fades, the miners’ families have been left high and dry, wondering whether the state will abandon the mission.

For some of these families, they have lost a breadwinner. Breadwinner or not, all of them have lost a family member and a young one at that.

The state could not care less. It cares when men in uniform die as it helps them earn brownie points.

In this country, if you are poor you are a non-citizen.

Period.

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On December 13, at least 15 miners were buried in a rat hole mine in Ksan in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills after it was suddenly flooded. One miner, Saheb Ali, climbed out in the nick of time, and lived to tell the tragic tale.

Ksan-like tragedy keeps happening in Meghalaya. In July 2012, 15 coal miners were similarly buried in South Garo Hills. Their bodies were never recovered.

Owners of illegal coal mines in Meghalaya often never report such deaths.

The miners are generally poor migrant labourers from Bangladesh and Nepal.

When they do not call home for months, their families simply give up because looking for them means crossing the borders clandestinely, and that is a risky proposition.

After the Supreme

Rescue workers at the site of the accident in East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. (Reuters)

Court intervened, multiple agencies got involved in the operations to pull out the miners, but only two bodies could be retrieved.

The apathetic attitude of the district administration and the complete lack of coordination among various rescue agencies delayed the rescue work.

Rat hole mining involves digging a deep vertical shaft to locate thin coal seams around which a net-

work of narrow horizontal tunnels are dug to extract coal and haul it up by cranes.

Mine owners in the region say any other method of extracting coal isn’t viable due to the thinness of the coal seams.

In fact, until a few years ago, mine owners employed children because they were more agile and could enter the horizontal shafts much more easily. When this was reported by a non-govern-

sons, deputy superintendent of excise Th Imo said that the liquor were seized during raids at different places in Imphal East and West and Thoubal district.

In this connection, 325 persons were arrested after registering an equal number of cases and Rs 4,09,950 was collected as fine imposed on the arrested persons, he said.

The deputy superintendent said that to ensure free, fair and peaceful election in the state, the

mental organisation and the BBC made big news of it, child labour was temporarily stopped. But as in all matters related to coal mining, the owners still live by their own laws.

The National Green Tribunal banned rat hole mining in 2014 after a civil society group from Assam’s Dima Hasao complained that acid mine drainage from upstream in Meghalaya poisoned their rivers and killed riverine life. Yet, illegal mining continues merrily in Meghalaya.

Meghalaya has an estimated 559 million tonnes of coal reserves and its coal mines are all privately owned. They are not governed by any environmental protection laws, and many abandoned mines are left unworked and without any responsibility on part of the owners to fill them up.

Mine owners say the government should have called them to help dewater the Ksan mines since they know the technique quite well. Apparently, after the rains stop in October-November, the region’s mine owners team up and start dewatering the mines, keeping pumps running until all water is drained.

They did not come forward to help, the owners claim, because they had gone into hiding for fear of being arrested for operating the mines despite the ban.

The tragedy has revealed the complete apathy of the Meghalaya government, which had to be pushed by the Supreme Court time and again to step up the rescue mission even as its lawyer trotted out excuses and said everything was being done.

a breakthrough in making Titanic ship and Eiffel Tower.

Another famous craft like Pakhangba is the supreme God, a man who can change his body to any form.

Jesus, Mother Teresa, Kangla Gate, and other wood carving works add to its creativity. “Creating crafts of Kangla Fort, Taj Mahal take a lot of time. However, Kangla fort takes more time as you need a lot of mini ads.

It takes around 4-5 days to complete,” said Diban.

Many craft makers of the region are of the view that bamboo craft, which is an integral part of villagers, is diminishing gradually due to lack of preservation and patronage in the state and thus they want to fully focus on the craft.

department has appointed 11 district level nodal officers and 13 enforcement teams, one for each district to carry out intensified drive against illicit liquor in the state.

The department has also opened 10 check gate and a control room at its headquarters. To monitor overall activities of district level nodal officers, enforcement teams and check gates with 24x7 services have also been set up, the deputy superintendent said.

NPP condemns killing in Tirap

DIMAPUR, MAR 31 (NPN): National People’s Party (NPP), Nagaland unit has expressed shock over the killing of one of its supporter and inflicting grievous injuries to another by suspected militants in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on March 29.

In a condemnation note, NPP Nagaland unit, general secretary IPR, Ricky Ozukum alleged that two NPP workers- Jaley Anna and Kham Nai Abhi –were abducted and assaulted, where the former succumbed to his injuries and the latter undergoing medical treatment.

The two were supporters of NPP candidate Tirong Aboh, who is contesting from the Khonsa West assembly seat in Arunachal Pradesh.

Suspended police constable dies in custody Correspondent

IMPHAL, Mar 31: A constable of Manipur police, who was suspended and arrested in connection with the escape of an under trail prisoner died in custody on Saturday evening. The constable, Md Manjur Ahmed (35) died allegedly during interrogation in police custody.

Ahmed was among 10 personnel of the state police and jail warders including two females arrested in connection with the escape of Thokchom Nando, a leader of proscribed militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), from the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences on March 26. In this connection, police inspector Sanatomba Singh of CID(SB) has been suspended for “dereliction of duty”.

Dear Intipokyim B. Jamir, Wishing you a birthday filled with sweet moments and wonderful memories to cherish always. Happy 9th birthday pok!

God bless.

From, Oba, Oja & bro Akum

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Participants learning to make paper and cloth bags in Khonoma during the workshop held on March 30.

KCCI general secretary, Akhrie Mor, in her introductory note appreciated the State government for the notification to ban plastic in the state.

Francis Ruangmei, chief administrator of The Coming Generation, sharing from his experiences said plastic is a synthetic polymer and contains chemicals hazardous to human health and the environment. He added that Bisphenol A (BPA) content in plastics are known to cause cancer, infertility and

hormone disorders.

Earlier, the program started with a welcome note from Kelhu, president Khonoma Students Union, while the skill training saw a total of 55 participants who were taught to make paper and cloths bags.

Green Team Kohima comprises of KMC, KCCI, The Coming Generation, Yard, Project 72 hours, Earth Friendly Generation and individuals who are concerned about health and environmental safety of the State capital.

Biotechnology seminar in Dimapur

YMC observes 4th parting social

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KOHIMA: Green Team Kohima, in collaboration with Khonoma Students Union, organized a ‘Training on alternative to plastic’ program at Khonoma village under Kohima district on March 30.

A press release from G r e e n Te a m Ko h i m a stated the event was organised with an aim to create awareness and also train people on alternatives to plastics, in line with the government’s decision to implement a plastic free Nagaland policy.

Professor SK Sharma, faculty members of SET, NU, Dimapur with participants of the ‘Biotechnology: An emerging future’ seminar held on March 28.

DIMAPUR: To celebrate the 25th foundation day of Nagaland University, the department of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology organized a one day seminar on “Biotechnology: An emerging future” on March 28, at the Conference Hall, SET, NU, Dimapur.

A press release from school of engineering & technology, Nagaland central university, department of biotechnology, i/c head and assistant professor Dr. Hanumant Singh Rathore stated that the seminar was

inaugurated by professor SK Sharma, Dean, SET, NU. He commended the department for organizing the seminar and urged the students to take the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and focus on trends of emerging technologies.

The seminar was divided into two sessions -- the first session started on the topic “Essential genetic markers as a tool for Bio-anthropological studies” conducted by Dr. R. Nandakumar, assistant

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professor, St. Joseph University. Faculty of the department of Biotechnolgy, SET delivered a lecture on “Trends in Biotechnology”, “CRISPR-Cas9” and “Stem cell therapy”.

In the second session a “Dynamic light scattering (DLS)” and “Polymerase chain Reaction” hands on training session was conducted.

All together 50 students of B. Tech, MSc and BSc. backgrounds from SET, Nagaland University and St. Joseph University participated in the seminar.

DIMAPUR: Yemhi Memorial College (YMC), Dimapur observed its 4th parting social on March 27 at the college premises.

A press release from YMC Dimapur stated that YMC principal, Makhan Chetia, exhorted the students and dwelt on the importance of hard work, sincerity and dedication to achieve goals in life. Assistant professor, department of Sociology, Toyeto Chishi, spoke on behalf of teachers and a speech on behalf of the outgoing students was delivered by Anguvi A Aye of BA 6th semester.

The prog ram was chaired by Orenvungo Bendang Ao, of BA 4th semester. Pastor of Word to the World Church, Dimapur, Akho Punyu, offered a dedicatory prayer for the outgoing students; a welcome speech was delivered by president YMCSC, L. Hotoyi Sumi.

BA 2nd semester students presented a farewell song; Sontin Singson gave a special presentation for the outgoing students; and vote of thanks was proposed by general secretary YMCSC, Daniel Yeptho.

SCC Tuensang observes 46th parting social

DIMAPUR: Sao Chang College (SCC) Tuensang, on March 28, organised its 46th parting social under the theme, “Seeds of Sao Chang College” at the college auditorium with SCC principal, Dr. A. Nshoga, as the guest speaker.

A press release by the college stated that in his address, Dr. Nshoga, encouraged the graduating students to be “valuable seeds” for themselves and society.

He also encouraged the students to be competent, face challenges and be assets to society.

The principal further encouraged the students to make positive contributions to the world and the college even after graduation.

At the program, Takum of BA-6th semester and Marry K spoke on behalf of the outgoing students and present students respectively. The parting social program started with an invocation by vice president evangelical union, Heno; a welcome address was delivered by Buming Nokhio Lam; students presented special songs and choreographed presentations; a vote of thanks was proposed by K. Tsongtsa Meyo and the benediction was said by assistant professor, Dr. Kenilo Kath.

NSA organizes Research Scholars Colloquium in New Delhi

Members of NSA with speakers of the Research Scholars Colloquium conducted on March 29 in New Delhi.

DIMAPUR: Naga Scholars’ Association (NSA) organized a national level “Research Scholars Colloquium” at the School of International Studies (SIS), JNU, New Delhi, chaired by political scientist, professor Jagpal Singh from IGNOU on March 29.

A press release from NSA president, Dr. Zuchamo Yanthan and general secretary, Dr. Lungthuiyang Reimai stated that the first speaker, Chibenthung Yanthan, PhD scholar, JNU spoke on “Understanding Russia’s sovereign democracy as a counter-narrative to the western model of liberal democracy”. The main purpose of this paper was to analyze some of the reasons Russia feels the need to reject the Western model of democracy and put forward their own model.

Chibenthung concluded by

stating that if Nagas, as an aspiring nation, can come up with its own model it can be used to frame the foundation of their political practices.

The second speaker Dr. Imtimangyang (Imti), consultant, NUEP spoke on “Incorporation of Christianity among the Ao Nagas: A case study of Molungkimong village”. Imtimangyang stated that the protestant Baptist Christian denomination’s flexible nature offers the possibility of a personalized way to approach Christianity without negating its core cultural ethos.

The 3rd speaker, Thejalhoukho, PhD scholar, JNU gave a presentation on “Contested customs in the Naga Hills: Baptist reformers, salvage ethnography and Naga customary law”.

Thejalhoukho analyzed contestations between two different discourses on “Tribal”

customs during the late 19th and early 20th century in the colonial Naga Hills District. He tried to rationalize contradictions between the objectives of the Baptist missionaries to convert the so called “tribals from barbaric & heathen customs”, and colonial ethnographers advocating for preserving tribal customs and traditions of the Nagas.

He also stated that the Naga nationalist movement in the post-colonial period incorporated both the ethnographers’ romanticism and the enlightening discourse of Baptist Christianity to fashion a Naga national identity.

The chairperson gave the concluding remarks and a vote of thanks was proposed

by Nzanmongi Jasmini Patton. Apila Sangtam, Vide Yhokha and Pansy Jami, all JNU PhD scholars, hosted the program.

NBA holds legal awareness programs

Members of Nagaland Bar Association in Kiphire with participants of the legal awareness program held on March 28.

DIMAPUR: Continuing its yearlong Golden Jubilee celebrations, the Nagaland Bar Association (NBA) organised a legal awareness program in Kiphire on March 28 at the Hopongkyu Memorial Hall. A similar program was held in Phek the next day at the Town

Council Hall.

NBA secretary V. Hukavi Zhimomi, in a press release stated that the programs were attended by the DCs, GBs, Dobashis, student leaders and community members in both districts with resource persons speaking on various topics

such as role of GBs, DBs and Village Councils, judicial institutions and various welfare schemes and legal support systems available for the public.

According to the press release, with the first of these programs being flagged off in Peren, the NBA plans to

continue its year-long campaign in all districts as part of its jubilee celebrations.

These programs are being organised in collaboration with the Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) which has extended its support through logistics and other resources.

ICD, NSS cleanliness camp in Aoyimsen

DIMAPUR: National Service Scheme (NSS) unit, Immanuel College Dimapur (ICD) conducted a special camp at Aoyimsen adopted village from March 28 to 30.

A press release from ICD assistant professor, Hriizia Lazeo stated

that under the motto “Not Me But You”, the team undertook cleaning up of the Panchayat & Multi Utility Hall, and drainage, made bamboo waste bins, painted iron chairs etc.

Dr. Senti, chairman of Aoyimsen village exhorted the gathering and

a key note address was delivered by program officer NSS, Hriizia Lazeo.

Altogether 21 volunteers along with others participated in the camp. The program was led by Ighato Awomi of 2nd semester and invocation was said

by Khumli Sangtam of 6th semester.

SAMETI conducts documenting and writing training program Free health camp conducted in Tuli

Dr Beremjungla along with DPDs SAMETI & trainees of the trainers’ training held on March 28 and 29 in Medziphema.

DIMAPUR: State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Nagaland organised a trainers’ training program on “Writing and Documentation Skills for Extension Functionaries” on March 28 and 29, at SAMETI, Medziphema for ATMA Block Technology K Y M C

Managers (BTM).

A press release from SAMETI Nagaland, Medziphema director stated that the training was aimed at grooming ATMA functionaries from all districts with technical writing and documentation skills in the interest of enabling them write standard farm

publications and success stories which, in turn will serve as a record of accomplishment at the grassroot levels.

The resource persons for the training program were Dr. NK Patra, assistant professor, Dr. KK Jha, professor and head department of Agricultural

Extension; Dr. J. Longkumer, associate professor, department of Agricultural Extension; and J. Akato Chishi, senior technical assistant, department of Entomology, NU SASRD, Medziphema Campus.

Detailed theoretical and practical sessions were conducted on: Basic Communication and Documentation of activity reports/ report writing; basic features of writing success stories; writing for farm publications; and preparing write ups for press releases to be circulated in local dailies.

Apart from the aforementioned topics a basic training on photography for documentation was conducted by J. Akato Chishi where the trainees were sensitized on topics that included photography tips and tricks, different types of lenses, handling cameras both indoor/outdoor locations for formal occasions

such as demonstrations, meetings, trainings etc.

The valedictory function was chaired by Dr. Bendangmenla Tzudir, agriculture inspector, IETC. Aienla, BTM, Longleng and Akavi Holo, BTM Dimapur gave feedback on behalf of the trainees.

Addressing the valedictory program, Dr. Beremjungla, incharge biocontrol laboratory, Medziphema congratulated the trainees on completing the very important training.

She encouraged them to use the knowledge acquired when they document activities and to also spread these ideas among their colleagues.

The training program concluded with distribution of certificates and training handouts to all the participants.

L a t e r, a v o t e o f thanks was delivered by DPD SAMETI Sentinaro Longchar.

Medical personnel and organizers of the health outreach camp organized in Tuli on March 23.

DIMAPUR: Reproductive Child Health (RCH) organized an “Outreach camp” in collaboration with Rotary Club Mokokchung and Sibsagar, IMA Sibsagar and Indian Red Cross Mokokchung branch on March 23 at CHC Tuli.

A press release from DPMU Mokokchung stated that the team was led by CMO Mokokchung, Dr. Chubala Aier. 14 doctors, specializing in different fields, provided free health check-ups.

Altogether 788 pa-

tients were registered who were given free medicine, free blood investigation, USG screening of ANC, immunization and CuT insertions.

ANC packages were also provided to 30 registered ANC patients.

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Regional and National

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egionalism in Nagaland has eventually been reduced to a convenient word in the light of how political parties, in the post-80s, began associating themselves as dependent allies of national parties who ruled the centre at various intervals. Against the backdrop of the mass-based Naga national movement, when Nagaland became a state, even participating in the Indian elections was through the route of regionalism. There were political parties such as the Democratic Party (DP) formed by erstwhile NNC members and the Naga Nationalist Organisation (NNO) formed by erstwhile members of the NPC. The NNO ran the first interim government after Nagaland became the 16th state under the Union of India. NNO was a regional party that was seen as pro-Delhi while the DP was seen as representing Naga regionalism. The NNO won the 1964 and 1969 general elections and was an unofficial ally of the Congress government at the Centre under Indira Gandhi. The NNO lost the subsequent 1975 general election to the combination of United Democratic Front(UDF) and independents. By that period, after imposition of emergency, the parallels of regionalism became more inclined to symbiotic relationship with national parties. The then NNO leaders went closer to the Congress(Indira) while the UDF also went another way towards the anti-Indira conglomerate known as the Janata Party spearheaded by Jaya Prakash Narayan and former Congress dissidents. In the post-1977 Lok Sabha elections the UDF became a regional anti-Indira ally of the conglomeration called the Janata Party. In the post-1977 period, regionalism in Nagaland became less significant as in practise, the onus was to be aligned or friendly with a national party or coalition in power at the Centre. As the NNO eventually fragmented to Naga National Party(NPP) and National Convention of Nagaland(NCN), the UDF was also hit by a crisis and by 1980 it merged with the NPP to form the Naga National Democratic Party(NDPP).

By 2003 a clear separation emerged when the Naga People’s Council(NPC) was reformed as Naga People’s Front(NPF) by initiated and formed by former Congressmen –Neiphiu Rio(patron of NDPP and chief minister), K.Therie(now president of state Congress) and T.R.Zeliang(now leader of NPF legislature). Regionalism became less of what it meant and more of what was political exigency when NPF joined hands with BJP as pre-poll alliance, one which could never have been thought of. After NPF split and Neiphiu Rio heading the newly formed Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party(NDPP), NPF lost BJP to the former.

And most unsurprisingly, the NPF inched closer to the Congress, its sworn rival since 2003. The ground reality is that regionalism exists in theory but in practise the space for partnership as it exists between NDPP-BJP and NPF with Congress, cannot be wished away. The three main political parties which have deep roots in Nagaland politics- NPF, NDPP and Congress- are led by former Congress leaders who have gone their separate ways due to political compulsion. That alone reveals that the present generation of politicians have a vision of wider political reach explained by the phrase “ regional in content and national in outlook”. This has inspired a symbiotic relationship with national parties and so the rise in number of parties from other states is an indication. Thus a state which was known for being a regional bastion till the 80s today has reaffirmed that “politics indeed makes strange bedfellows.”

DailyDevotion Heedfulness or Hypocrisy in Ourselves?

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death.

—1 John 5:16 If we are not heedful and pay no attention to the way the Spirit of God works in us, we will become spiritual hypocrites. We see where other people are failing, and then we take our discernment and turn it into comments of ridicule and criticism, instead of turning it into intercession on their behalf. God reveals this truth about others to us not through the sharpness of our minds but through the direct penetration of His Spirit. If we are not attentive, we will be completely unaware of the source of the discernment God has given us, becoming critical of others and forgetting that God says, “…he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death.” Be careful that you don’t become a hypocrite by spending all your time trying to get others right with God before you worship Him yourself.

One of the most subtle and illusive burdens God ever places on us as saints is this burden of discernment concerning others. He gives us discernment so that we may accept the responsibility for those souls before Him and form the mind of Christ about them (see Philippians 2:5). We should intercede in accordance with what God says He will give us, namely, “life for those who commit sin not leading to death.” It is not that we are able to bring God into contact with our minds, but that we awaken ourselves to the point where God is able to convey His mind to us regarding the people for whom we intercede.

Can Jesus Christ see the agony of His soul in us? He can’t unless we are so closely identified with Him that we have His view concerning the people for whom we pray. May we learn to intercede so wholeheartedly that Jesus Christ will be completely and overwhelmingly satisfied with us as intercessors.

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“The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.” ~ George Carlin

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he basic rural issue is destruction – of their homes, hearth and jobs such projects are to cause for the benefit of real estate developers and middle men. Development is mindless, most in the thickly populated rural areas say.

This election is about PMP – poverty management programme, an economic agenda that is unclear and all political parties apparently are looking for an issue.

Post-election the nation is likely to have a new economic path as there is going to be one or the other coalition-led government. It suits the country as decisions are the result of confabulations and more transparency that is likely to benefit the people.

Yes, the campaign trail has brought the common man at the centre of the political spectrum. There is, however, little clarity on how to remove poverty, a nagging issue since the days of garibi hatao of Indira Gandhi.

The campaign has brought to the fore the pathetic state of the country where still 25 crore remain absolutely poor and affluent politicians are keen on luring them. Congress with its

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Rewriting economy

Rs 72,000 crore offer – many may call it a bribe – is keen on bagging their votes.

It may cost, if implemented about Rs 18 lakh crore a year. Total tax receipt in 2018-19 is estimated at Rs 17.05 lakh crore. It may reduce next year as about 2 lakh crore taxpayers would go out of the net.

The BJP has pitted Rs 6,000 a year for farmers. It is harping on pension for different classes of people.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi has indirectly challenged it by saying that her party would restore pension abolished

by NDA-I. It is a Congress way of trying to solve a crisis of the retired. Or is it a narration of non-success of the 2004 national pension scheme?

The aggressive BJP is har ping on 431 programmes of the Narendra Modi government. Party workers, however, mostly are not aware that their government has such large number of people-oriented programmes. They are finding it difficult to argue with the voters on ujjwala, ujala, MUDRA, skill-India, toilets and valour of the government in tackling Pakistan and nationalism.

The last one has silenced the voters. They are

apprehensive of expressing themselves. The youth in particular is in a daze. The job data puzzles them. As you move through the universities and educational institutions, the 4.5 crore new voters are wondering whether there is any forward thinking process. Loud campaigns put them off as do the family-held parties or jingoism.

The youth wants a new political course, Shivaji dispensation and approach. They are confused that even after 70 years, religious divide that had led to Partition, is still wide; caste sways the political choice and most of the candidates are not aware of the economic issues.

Doles do not attract them and jobs, despite offer to be pakorawalla, are not to be found. Rather in states like Kerala, the sinking fortunes in the Gulf countries and job losses are becoming an issue. Corruption bogs them but the refrain seems that it has become part of the nation’s culture despite vociferous post-demonetisation claims. The small traders, salaried and others find terrorised by the tax administration and higher rent seeking. The cash is a critical issue in rural and

trade sector. Bankisation of the economy has put more costs and inflation.

The figures of petrol prices and inflation, unfortunately, have become suspect and so are the growth figures. Many ask if there is growth, why disparity has increased between 2006 and 2015, why more people have sub-standard jobs, why reservation is not working, why rural distress is growing and why farmers Sarkar despite doles continue to commit suicide.

The issue of “chowkidar” is discussed. They discuss whether such allegations be leveled against top persons or not.

The village chaupals in western UP give partial answers. Many septuagenarians recall that in the 1962 election, the opposition had given the slogan Pt Nehru chor hai but Nehru not only ignored it but never even raised his voice against such perceived indecency.

During 1974, Indira Gandhi, amid such onslaught in 1974, merely said, “Haathi chalaa jaata hai”, at a rally in Lucknow. The villagers say that Hinduism is about tolerance and the big ones must have large heart.

Cash is significant but

silent issue in the villages of western UP, Haryana, MP and Bihar – the BIMARU states. Poll managers need to understand. Banks are being considered oppressive.

The poor are wondering why banks should penalize those who cannot maintain minimum balance.

The villagers, domestic maids and the poor are losing and criticizing over Rs 5,000 crore earnings

by SBI and other government banks. They question whether the banks are for the rich only and why they are in huge losses.

More the parties want to address PMP more they are getting into a vortex.

The roads and airports are not enthusing voters. Village elders say such mindless road constructions and airports, an obvious reference to the Jewar in Bulandshahr, would lead to desertification of the fertile regions.

Political workers fend off such “unwise, anti-development” questions. Even the opposition parties are in a quandary on the development issue.

The basic rural issue is destruction – of their homes, hearth and jobs -such projects are to cause for the benefit of real estate developers and middle men.

Development is mindless,

most in the thickly populated rural areas say.

This raises a vital question. The institutions like NITI Ayog that replaced Planning Commission or NIPFP are clueless or not.

These stark questions expose the hollowness of the political system. Have the leaders drifted away from the people?

The rural discussion exposes that political leaders have lost the touch. The rural mass wants comfortable life but not at the cost of basics. Land holding still is crucial for them not as a family pride but to protect the nature as well.

They don’t want doles.

They have self-pride and want that their sugarcane dues be paid by the mills on time. The potato farmers want that they should get their price and not be hounded by tax marauders.

These are strangely enough not points of discussion by leaders at rallies.

People have a feeling real issues are not being touched and loud campaigns are aimed at junking it.

The PMP is not working. Clueless political parties are not connecting with the masses. Elections are likely to spring many surprises and post-election India may rewrite its economy.

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The booby-trapping of money

he new trends of making money in Naga style without shedding sweat reminds me of how hunters use booby-trap to trap beast or during combat soldiers use it to destroy enemy.

Hunters dug out deep pit on the path of animals and covered the opening of the pit with ordinary sheets of dry leaves or grass which spot should look as natural as the surrounding area. Any animal that passes by the path and steps upon the pit unsuspectingly will be trapped in the pit.

Also, during combat of war, explosive or any lethal weapon is strategically positioned underneath the ground or in the jungle in camouflage which can go off when the object is touched by unsuspecting enemy.

In the context of Nagaland, I found new trends of Nagas using similar method as booby-trap to unduly earn money. Such unethical manoeuvres are used to extract money by Nagas who are mostly moral-less due to Godlessness. For those rascals who can rob any private individual or any Govt.

Department on any given opportunity will not hesitate to go to any extent in using any method of booby-trap to trap money. Such people do have the atheist mentality as they consider crime to be no sin. Such people do not believe that God created mankind not to die but to live forever, and perhaps they believe that life on earth is the end. These people are bereft of shame, fear and taboo in the total composite of their characters.

Thus, these people have gut to indulge in shameful acts which they consider it be a pride and achievement.

There may be several of such booby-traps used by Nagas conveniently which I do not know except the following few instances.

1. RTI: The RTI has been abused by the so-called RTI activists. I believe there are professional and part time RTI activists. Every RTI petitioner is not a crook. There are those RTI activists having compassionate heart who have been doing great services to the common man by trying to bring corrective measures in the interest of Nagaland. Whereas, there are such RTI activists abusing the Act since the inception of the law. How have such opportunists been misusing the law is to file RTI petition against a given issue and then make smart bargain for withdrawal in exchange of substantial amount of money. Perhaps, the greater is the sensitivity of the issue, the bigger is the amount of money the petition fetches. Possibly, today those professional activists do not do any other business but only file petitions and earn big money since Nagaland is fertile for such business. The more corruption remains rampant, the greener is the pasture for the professionals. In my imagination, perhaps those professionals have hi-fi life style sporting clean-shaven head with dark goggles and driving SUVs. Such activists have developed-superiority complex despite being criminal as they managed to trample many powerful but corrupt bureaucrats and corrupt politicians who are prisoners to such significant criminals.

2. Assembly Questions: When an Assembly session is convened, the MLAs belonging to both ruling and Opposition are given the opportunity to put the Starred and Un-Starred questions on any subject relating to the affairs of Nagaland. Till 203, I never came

across any of such instance where an MLA, the questioner, withdrew his Assembly question in exchange for money. Whereas, there seems to have the practice of putting questions on public welfare matters by an MLA, and when the reply is considered to be entailing severe ramifications, the concerned Department negotiates with the questioner who then withdraws his question with his palms lubricated. This is how the standard of today’s NLA is lowered as the elected representatives failed to upkeep their integrity.

3. Political Party candidate for sale: Another new business trend in Nagaland is posing as winnable candidate for an Assembly Constituency in any election and apply for a party ticket. And when the ticket so applied is allotted, file nomination and then enter into negotiation with the potential opponent and finally withdraw from the fray in favour of the opponent. The elections in Nagaland is the most expensive in the country because the Nagas are unique indeed.

Any candidate’s coffer is made dry unavoidably. On the contrary, the modern candidate business can possibly wet the coffer. This new trend can harass the opponent financially in lieu of causing political burden on the opponent. This business, if expanded, can become a booming business. In future, I believe more candidates will file nominations for withdrawal to make big bucks.

4. % deduction of money: Nagaland, being Christian State, does not need law to levy any tax from the public.

Whereas, in any of the other States in the country, no tax can be levied unless so passed by the Assembly. Whereas, the citizens of Nagaland are found to be the most meek and compassionate human beings on earth to remain silent and obediently obliged to let anyone of both legal and illegal people to tax them without law. It is amazing to observe that the citizens of Nagaland have the magnanimity, generosity and perseverance to allow small percentage of the population to utilize 80% or more of the receipt of fund for the State and hardly anything is left for those who deserved. In the process, even the salary components are not spared in the guise of paying tax to Naga national workers which is most vague.

When political solution comes, taxes will be drastically reduced. When so, rates of commodities will hopefully become cheaper, there will be no more deduction from salary component and % cut from development funds will be reduced. Therefore, political solution will give maximum benefit to 90% of the population in Nagaland. However, the remaining 10% will face inconveniences as they cannot abuse their authorities for their selfish interest in camouflage as of today. Therefore, the political negotiations be allowed to remain inconclusive without solution so as to allow the 10% population to continue its exploitation of 90%.

The above are not the only boobytraps, yet, let me not add now for the sake of sharing space. We are in mess and yet who bothers. Is it not challenging to grandparents, parents, leaders and the Church to pass on the existing mess to our children? Why have the Naga Christians become the best spectators?

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Concerns on medical oxygen supply system

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he significance of oxygen remains unequivocal since its inception. Sturdy layers of atmosphere, that wraps the face of earth, constitutes of several gases which represents the dynamic nature of earth. 21% of Oxygen (O2) present in the air renders an indispensable source for so many forms of organisms oriented from a metabolic process.

Oxygen is a gas that exhibits intense reducing behavior and indicates exceptional degree of friendliness to associate with different molecules in atmosphere, which influence the survival story of entire flora and fauna.

Nevertheless, it’s imperative potential to naturally emerge on its own, clouds the crux of its importance and rip the principles of preservation, conservation and protection of the most manipulative gas in atmosphere. Oxygen consumption vary from the state of condition, to the degree of requirement and the paradigm shift, in more critical accumulation, is primarily intrigued by miscarriage human spills daily for circumstantial satisfaction.

Global warming is constantly rising and greenhouse gases shrinks oxygen space and compromise with our breathing habits. Intrusion in healthy habitat of oxygen realm creates immediate repercussions on existing species and its ecosystem.

These causes concerns to those who notice these threats! Yet, fails to pay attention to these seen and unseen phenomenon. The domain relies on individual capacity to create awareness and wake the watchdog, to the least.

The context of global concern on oxygen disparity, at different level, also represents spellbinding image on how Medical Oxygen Supply

System at different health institution functions. Healthcare Sector consumes colossal amount of generated oxygen on daily basis, depending on the standard of demands.

The requirement for medically prescribed oxygen surpasses the availability of oxygen for medical use in the North-eastern States. The reason being, remaining States, except Assam, is cajoled by the pretext of irrational factors on grounds of incompetence to generate medical oxygen.

Unfortunately, every Northeastern States are required to travel from different directions of geographic demarcations to fetch their share for respective use. This tradition of dependency, regardless of multiple possibilities in technologies and innovations, have to be looked up with serious prospect in terms of patient friendly products and unnecessary financial losses. The nature of being self-sufficient is paralyzed with pseudo-dogmas on certain grounds of inadequacy at different level. Since 1980s, Medical Oxygen generators have been in use on-premises all over the world and offer hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical facilities a reliable, uninterrupted source of Oxygen. Biomedical staffs no longer have to worry about constantly ordering cylinders or their liquid tanks going empty. The best part of producing oxygen on-premises helps the hospital tremendously in the long run.

The next questions comes in mind, is the oxygen produced on-site pure and same as the Cylinder Oxygen? The technology used by Oxygen Generator is PSA (Pressure Swing Absorption) technology. It’s been in use since 1970s and is a very matured and established technology qualifying all the standards

assigned by the World Health Organization.

Are there any commercial benefits of Oxygen Generator in Hospitals? In most cases, the simplest answer would be, Yes. Barring large cities with abundant cylinder suppliers, the cylinder costs are quite exorbitant which could drain any medical facilities or hospital’s finances on monthly basis.

Furthermore, to avoid having the cylinders go empty in the middle of the night, operators don’t usually wait for cylinders to get empty before changing them prior to night shifts. This means, the unused oxygen is returned to the merchant though it’s been paid for. Besides commercial benefits, what are the other benefits?

Safety: Oxygen generator produces gas at a very low pressure and also keeps a small amount of backup in certified storage tanks. Hence, the risk of oxygen combustion is minimized.

Space: Oxygen generator take up very little space.

Administrative burden reduction: Cylinders requires constant reordering. Once it’s received, they need to be weighed and quantities verified. All of these administrative burdens are eliminated with on-site oxygen generator.

Nagaland has around 130 primary health centers, 28 community health center and 11 district hospitals which requires an urgent concern relating Medical Oxygen Supply System. It’s time we do away with stiff and rigid systems, with the help of advanced technologies, to promote flexibility in health care curriculum and embrace the speed of good life saving medical oxygen plants in our hospitals and relent revenue wastage from future dependence.

Kivika T Awomi

Corrigendum Apropos the article published on page 6 under the headline, “Rejoinder to Cricket, Naga-lim and Chief Minister” by Kaka D. Iralu on March 31, should be read as “Rejoinder to Death leads to rebuilding” and not as published. Inadvertent error is regretted.

Reader’s Post

Appeal for strict invigilators and supervisors

Sir,

The standard and reputation of NPSC exams are lowered by unfair exam invigilators and supervisors. One small example is that after the final bell, some candidates engage in discussion with each other while the invigilators just ignore this. They also fail to give proper instructions which make candidates commit mistakes in filling up the attendance and answer sheets.

It is felt that proper instruction on “Dos and Don’ts” are not given or are not followed by the exam invigilators and supervisors. It is hoped that NPSC and the officials on exam duty will maintain absolute integrity all throughout the exam cycle. Those who fail should not be made to feel that those who cheated have passed.

Lelen Singsit, Kuda Village, C Khel, Dimapur

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

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Rahul to contest from Wayanad and Amethi

New Delhi/Amethi, Mar 31 (AGENCIES): Congress president Rahul Gandhi will contest from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala apart from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.

Announcing the decision at a news conference at the party headquarters in Delhi on Sunday, senior Congress leader AK Antony said Rahul Gandhi has accepted the demands of thousands of workers from Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to contest from a second seat in south India.

“There were many considerations while selecting Wayanad and the foremost one was that it is a tri-junction and borders both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu,” he said. (Click for live updates) Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Sur jewala said, “While Amethi remains the karmabhoomi of Rahul

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Gandhi, he has respected the sentiments of the thousands of workers from south India by accepting to contest from Wayanad in Kerala.”

Wayanad, a rural district, has been a Congress stronghold. The constituency was carved out from Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur during the restructuring of constituencies in 2008.

The ruling Left Democratic Front has fielded CPI’s PP Suneer and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has left the seat for BDJS (Bhartiya Dharma Jana Sangam,

an outfit being floated by backward Ezhava community).

CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran had earlier said there was no question of withdrawing the party candidate.

Pressure had been building up on Rahul Gandhi to contest from south India apart from Amethi to boost the morale of the cadre with leaders from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala urging him to select a second seat of his choice in their respective states.

The Congress boss was given the option of Bangalore Central, Bidar and Mysore from Karnataka, Kanyakumari and Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu and Wayanad in Kerala.

With this decision, Rahul Gandhi becomes the third member of the Gandhi family to select a second seat from south India. Prior to him, his

grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had contested from Chikmagalur in Karnataka in 1978 while his mother and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi fought from Bellary in the same state in 1998.

Indira Gandhi had contested the Lok Sabha by-elections from Chikmagalur in 1978, a year after she was defeated by Raj Narain of Janata Party from Rae Bareli post the Emergency.

Will still back our son, Rahul: Amethi voters

Unfazed by their MP Rahul Gandhi’s decision to contest from Kerala’s Wayanad seat as well in the Lok Sabha elections, voters in Amethi say they will support “the son” of their “VIP constituency”.

Amethi goes to polls on May 6.

The Congress on Sun-

day announced Congress President’s decision to contest from two seats -- Amethi and Wayanad. Gandhi has represented Amethi undefeated since 2004, but faces a stiff competition from BJP’s Smriti Irani this time. His winning margin narrowed to just over one lakh votes against Irani in 2014.

Asked if the voters in Amethi will support Gandhi after his new decision, Congress District Chief Yogendra Mishra was quick to bring in the “son versus the outsider” analogy in his party leader’s support.

He claimed that Gandhi will get no less then five lakh votes in Amethi despite his decision to contest from two seats. “Here everyone considers Rahul Gandhi a part of their family. So the voters will back the son of Amethi, rather than the outsider Smriti Irani,” he told IANS.

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Rahul promises 3-year-tax holiday for entrepreneurs BENGALURU, MAR 31 (IANS): Slamming the “hollow” promises of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said his party, if elected to power, would allow anyone to start business without any permits or clearances and offer them a tax holiday for their first three years of business.

“The Congress manifesto promises to allow anyone to start business without permits or clearances, with tax holiday for the first three years to encourage entrepreneurship and create thousands of jobs across the country,” he said at a massive public meeting ahead of the polling in Karnataka on April 18 and April 23.

Terming Karnataka as India’s start-up hub, Gandhi told the gathering

that his party’s manifesto also promised to provide incentives, tax credits and easy bank loans based on how many jobs an entrepreneur or a company creates in the conduct of its business.

“No angel tax on investments in startups as it goes against entrepreneurship. We will abolish it to promote more startups for creating thousands of jobs,” he said.

Angel tax is levied on premium paid on investments in startups and unlisted firms to curb “laundering” under the Income Tax Act, as their valuations continue to increase despite stagnant or declining revenues.

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking money of the ordinary citizens by making them stand in queues for days during demon-

etization in November 2016, Gandhi said the party’s revolutionary Nyay scheme would remonetize India, by crediting in the bank accounts of 25 crore people Rs 6,000 per month or Rs 72,000 per year for 5 years. “We will also scrap the ‘Gabbar Singh Tax of the Modi government and replace it with a simple (saral), one rate minimum tax as the NDA government’s GST has looted traders and businesses,” he said.

Lamenting that the current unemployment rate was the worst in the last 45 years, Gandhi said the National Democratic Alliance government’s flagship programmes such as ‘Made in India’, ‘Startup India’ and ‘Standup India’ did not take off as no investments came from domestic or overseas investors.

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New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI): Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav Sunday wrote to all zones, asking them to remove all kinds of political advertising from railway premises after a series of instances of violation of the model code of conduct.

The message sent to all zonal general managers and divisional railway comes days after railways had to explain why tickets issued to passengers had photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the MCC had come into force.

Just two days ago, a tea cup bearing the BJP’ election campaign slogan “main bhi chowkidaar” created a furore.

“Dear GMs/DRMs, any advertisement having photograph of any political leader on railway ticket, any other railway stationery, railway coaches, railway stations, any other railway premises should be immediately removed and advertising agency should be suitable informed,” the message from Yadav says.

EC sources on Saturday said that Railways have been asked to explain the prima facie violation of the model code of conduct. It has also been asked to explain the person responsible for the tea cups carrying the chowkidar slogan.

The EC is learnt to have invoked the ‘party in power’ clause of the poll code in the case as it could be averred that party in power’ is using government transporter for election publicity.

April 1, unless their salary dues were cleared and clarity was provided on future payments by March 31.

“The management has shown us a positive intent by transferring our (December) salary and we thought we should give them at least a couple of weeks to settle down and form the interim board and solve our issues which they have already spoken about earlier. “Therefore, the collective call taken by the pilots in both Mumbai and Delhi of no flying, which was supposed to start from April 1, has now been deferred to April 15 in a hope that something positive pans out in two weeks,” Chopra said.

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Mumbai, Mar 31 (PTI): A major crisis at the struggling carrier Jet Airways was averted Sunday after its pilots’ body, National Aviator’s Guild (NAG), deferred till April 15 its call for halting operations.

The decision was taken at an open house meeting of NAG members which took place in both Mumbai and Delhi on Sunday afternoon, NAG president Karan Chopra told reporters after the meeting which lasted for about four hours.

T h e NAG, w h i c h claims to represent around 1,100 of the 1,600 Jet Airways pilots, had announced earlier that its members will not fly from

reporters after addressing a gathering here. A man among the audience tried to intercept Mir’s speech earlier and raised the issue of his welcome into the party fold.

“Why he (Mir) was taken into the party fold when you are speaking of new thinking and the party being an alternative to the traditional political parties,” the man, hailing from Doda, was heard saying, leading to a brief exchange of words between him and Mir.

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by Pakistan to show that a school is being run there, so that people can be taken there and shown that no terror camp existed there," he said.

Those abusing Modi on the air strikes are helping Pakistan with their statements, he said.

Modi also said that a government with a clear mandate was very important. India's voice is heard because it has a majority government, he said.

Taking a dig at Congress' NYAY minimum income programme, he said, "I want to tell first-time voters that they should see the track record and not listen to their 'tape record'."

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chowkidars (watchmen), traders, farmers among others listened to Modi and interacted with him through video-conferencing.

To a question from Mumbai on the Balakot air strikes, the prime minister said they were carried out by the country's security forces and not by him.

Modi said he took the decision for the Indian Air Force (IAF) to conduct the air strikes as he thought that "the game" should be played from where terrorism is being remotecontrolled.

He said Pakistan is in a fix because if it acknowledges the air strikes, it will have to accept that there was terror camp there.

"They have been saying that there are no terror camps. Now they have to hide it. They are not allowing anybody to go there.

We've been told Balakot area is being reconstructed

to garner support and inform the people about the vision of the party which was launched in Srinagar on March 21. “We have talked to the people of Kashmir and have come here with a message of brotherhood, collectivity and to meet future and present leadership. It is a new political experiment where we talk about giving justice to the people of all the regions without any consideration for the region, colour, creed and caste,” Faesal told

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New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI): In an apparent dig at Congress' minimum income poll promise and the Gandhi family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said its four generations had made the same promises but nothing happened, and first- time voters should see the "track record" of those pitching for eliminating poverty.

Addressing a 'Main bhi chowkidar' event here, he also said 'Mission Shakti, demonstrating India's anti-satellite missile capability, had nothing to do with polls and hit out at those opposing his announcement of it in an address to the nation.

"The US, Russia and China did ASAT tests openly, why should we have hidden it," he said replying to question at the event that was beamed across the country at 500 places where gatherings of BJP workers, professionals,

Jammu, Mar 31 (PTI): Former IAS officer and founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples’ Movement (JKPM) Shah Faesal Sunday said his outfit would be the biggest platform for the youth, but will keep its doors open for politicians having “unblemished record”. Faesal, along with other senior party leaders including former PDP minister Javaid Mustafa Mir, reached winter capital Jammu on a three-day visit Saturday

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video on demand) is set to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.1 per cent during the period 2017-2022.

“During the same period in India, the segment is expected to grow from $297 million to $823 million in 2022 at a CAGR of 22.6 per cent. With increasing smartphone penetration and lower data tariffs, VoD is showing promising growth,” the report said.

Globally, the industry has recently witnessed a shift in focus from content and distribution to user experience. “India’s per capita media and entertainment spend will be capped at $32 (about Rs 2,080 ) by 2021.

The spend is much lower than that of China, which will stand at $222 (Rs 14,430 ) for the same period, and that of the USA, which will have the highest spend at $2,260 (Rs 1.46 lakh),” the study said.

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New Delhi, Mar 31 (Agencies): India is expected to be among the top10 entertainment and media markets globally by 2021 in terms of absolute numbers, according to a joint study by ASSOCHAM-PwC. The country’s per capita media and entertainment spending is likely to be capped at $32 or Rs 2,080 by 2021, the study noted.

By some estimates, India is among the fastest growing OTT markets in the world and will be one of the top-10 by 2022, it said.

The market size is expected to reach $52.68 billion in 2022 from $30.36 billion in 2017, it claimed.

“It (India) is set to be in the top 10 entertainment and media markets globally by 2021 in terms of absolute numbers,” the study said.

It attributed growth of OTT content to increasing penetration of smartphones in the country and continuous rise in data consumption.

The OTT market (transactional video on demand and subscription

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ailing Jet Airways cleared a debt resolution plan whereby lenders would take control of the carrier.

Against this backdrop, Prabhu said that each airline prepares its own business plan on the basis of its own market assessment and fi-

India – something that was unthinkable till a few years back. Providing our fellow citizens affordable air connectivity is an achievement we are all very proud of. In the days and weeks ahead, SpiceJet will continue to prioritise and add more UDAN destinations taking air travel to the smaller towns and cities which has been our constant endeavour since we began operations 15 years back,” said SpiceJet chairman Ajay Singh. The airline has also introduced six new daily direct UDAN flights on the routes of Gwalior-Hyderabad-Gwalior, Gwalior-Jammu-Gwalior and Belagavi-HyderabadBelagavi, with operations beginning on May 1.

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per cent from 14 per cent.

Cash-strapped Jet Airways has been forced to ground planes, cancel flights and delay payments, including salaries to pilots, while Air India continues to grapple with financial woes.

On March 25, the board of

erations of the airlines,” he noted. About Air India, the minister said a revival plan has been prepared for the national carrier that focuses on various aspects, including a comprehensive financial package and transferring non-core debt and assets to a special purpose vehicle.

The revival plan also focuses on higher level of operational efficiency by strengthening management and implementing best practice business processes and robust organisational and governance reforms, he added. Debt-laden Air India is staying afloat on taxpayers’ money and an effort for its strategic disinvestment did not take off in May 2018.

Gorakhpur-Mumbai, Chennai-Patna-Chennai, DelhiBhopal-Delhi (two new flights), Jaipur-Dharamshala-Jaipur and Surat-BhopalSurat sectors.

Flights on all the routes will be operated daily except on the Ahmedabad-Kishangarh-Ahmedabad sector and the evening flight on the Delhi-Bhopal-Delhi sector which will fly on all days except Sunday.

“With the addition of 14 new UDAN flights, SpiceJet will operate a total of 33 daily flights under the regional connectivity scheme. We are the first and the largest participant in the UDAN scheme providing air connectivity to the remotest corners of

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nancial resources. “Based on its business plan, the efficient operations and financial performance are the responsibilities of each individual airline and its shareholders.

“However, the government has constantly been responding to industry conditions and undertaking specific measures to facilitate and enable growth of the sector,” he told PTI. In written replies to PTI queries, Prabhu said the airline industry is a dynamic industry which requires continuous adjustment according to global and domestic needs. “It is our endeavour to support the industry, however, as stated we cannot interfere in day to-day op-

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In view of intense competition, rising costs, shortage of pilots and grounding of planes hurting many domestic carriers, the minister also said the government has been constantly responding to industry conditions and cited measures taken, including reduction in central excise duty on jet fuel to 11

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI): The government has notified a new accounting standard Ind AS 116 that will bring in more transparency in recognition and disclosures about leases in companies’ balance sheets.

The Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 116 is expected to have a significant impact on various industries. Ind AS 116, to be effective from April 1, sets out the principles for recognition, presentation and disclosure of leases.

The official said the standard will help in ensuring more transparency when it comes to recognition of leases by companies. “Lessors will need to re-look at their accounting policy of recognising lease income on transition to Ind AS 116 and it may have significant impact on ongoing recognition and measurement of rental income in the financial statements,” said Sandip Khetan, National Leader and Partner (Financial Accounting Advisory Services) at consultancy EY India.

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Bank, its shareholders will get 110 shares of BoB for every 1,000 shares.

The government in September last year announced the first-ever three-way consolidation of banks in India, with a combined business of Rs 14.82 lakh crore, making it the third-largest bank after State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank.

The announcement of the three-way merger was among several reforms initiatives undertaken by Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar to make public sector banks (PSBs) healthy, robust and globally competitive.

As part of the reform process, the government had also announced transfer of majority 51 percent stake to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) in IDBI Bank in August last year to transform the Mumbai-based lender.

Besides, the Department of Financial Services made a record capital infu-

is for businesses which make supplies to only consumers (B2C). It includes details of outward supplies and inward supplies attracting reverse charge as well as summary of inward supplies for claiming input tax credit (ITC). Also, such B2C businesses will have to show harmonised system nomenclature (HSN)-wise summary of supplies and interest and late fee liability details along with payment of tax and verification. HSN is a code number to specify a particular product.

Besides, businesses making supplies to both businesses (B2B) and consumers (B2C) have to file returns form ‘Sugam’. It includes summary of supplies made and tax liability, summary of inward supplies for claiming ITC, along with details of interest due and tax payment.

When goods and services tax (GST) was rolled out from July 1, 2017, a three-stage monthly return filing system was set up -- GSTR-1 (sales return), GSTR-2 (purchase return) and GSTR-3 (final returns based on GSTR-1 and 2 matching).

However, with businesses facing trouble, the GST Council decided in November 2017 to keep filing of GSTR-2 and 3 in abeyance. It also introduced a simpler GSTR-3B to facilitate easier return filing and tax payment.

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Mumbai, Mar 31 (PTI): In a first three-way amalgamation, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank will merge with Bank of Baroda (BoB) from April 1 to create the thirdlargest lender of the country.

As a result, branches of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank will function as BoB outlets from April 1 onwards.

“Customers including depositors of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank will be treated as customers of Bank of Baroda with effect from April 1, 2019,” the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had said in a statement on March 30.

To make merger a smooth affair, the government last week decided to infuse Rs 5,042 crore in BoB to enhance its capital base to meet additional expense.

According to the Scheme of Amalgamation, shareholders of Vijaya Bank will get 402 equity shares of BoB for every 1,000 shares held. In the case of Dena

sion of Rs 1.06 lakh crore in the PSBs in the current fiscal. As a result five public sector banks including Bank of India, Corporation Bank and Allahabad Bank were out of the prompt corrective action framework of the RBI earlier this year. Nonperforming assets (NPAs) have shown negative trend in 2018-19 and have reduced

by Rs 23,860 crore between April-September 2018.

Following the merger, the number of PSBs will come down to 18.

Announcing the merger, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said “the consolidation will help create a strong globally competitive bank with economies of scale and enable realisation of wide-ranging synergies”.

The merged entity will have better financial strength, Financial Service Secretary Kumar had said adding that its net NPA ratio will be at 5.71 percent, significantly better than PSBs’ average of 12.13 percent.

Besides, provision coverage ratio would be better at 67.5 percent against an average of 63.7 percent and the cost-to-income ratio of the combined entity would come down to 48.94 percent as compared to average of 53.92 percent, he had said last year.

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI): The pilot project envisaged for rolling out simplified monthly GST return forms from April 1 has been deferred and the new forms would be made available once they the notified and the software is ready.

The GST Council had in July last year decided that the simplified GST return forms - Sahaj and Sugam - would be rolled out on a pilot basis from April 1, 2019, while mandatory filing across the country would kick in from July. In July last year, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had come out with the draft GST returns forms and sought comments from stakeholders.

Under the new return filing format, taxpayers who have no purchases, no output tax liability and no input tax credit in any quarter of the financial year would have to file one ‘Nil’ return for the entire quarter. Facility for filing quarterly return shall also be available by an SMS. The new return filing format would replace the current requirement of filing final sales return GSTR-1; but as per the plan, summary sales return GSTR-3B would continue for some time.

Small taxpayers, with turnover of up to Rs 5 crore in the last financial year, can file quarterly return with monthly payment of taxes on self-declaration basis.

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C h e nna i , M a r 3 1 (Agencies): Low-cost carrier SpiceJet on Sunday announced 14 new UDAN flights connecting the unserved market of Jharsuguda and the underserved markets of Kishangarh and Lakhimpur to key metros and cities, commencing operations from Sunday.

The regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) aims at connecting unserved and underserved airports and making flying affordable.

The new routes under the scheme are KishangarhAhmedabad-Kishangarh, L a k h i m p u r - G u wa h a t i Lakhimpur, Jaipur-Amritsar-Jaipur, Delhi-Jharsuguda-Delhi, Hyderabad-Jharsuguda-Hyderabad, Kolkata-Jharsuguda-Kolkata and Bhopal-Udaipur-Bhopal.

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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg Conversion not your mission: Pope to Catholics calls for more regulation of internet

RABAT, Mar 31 (Agencies): Pope Francis told Morocco’s tiny Catholic community on Sunday their role in the predominantly Muslim country was not to covert their neighbours but live in brotherhood with all other faiths.

According to Reuters, Francis has used his twoday trip to stress inter-faith dialogue.

He has also backed Moroccan King Mohammed VI’s efforts to spread a form of Islam that promotes inter-religious dialogue and rejects violence in God’s name.

The country’s 23,000 Roman Catholics - most of them expatriate Europeans, mainly French, and subSaharan African migrants - make up less than one percent of the population of about 35 million.

“Christians are a small minority in this country. Yet, to my mind, this is not a problem, even though I realise that at times it can be difficult for some of you,” he said at a meeting with Catholic community leaders in Ra-

Pope Francis greets nuns as he leaves the Rabat Cathedral, Morocco, Sunday. (AP/PTI)

bat’s cathedral.

Conservative Catholics have frequently criticised the pope’s position against organised or aggressive recruiting of potential converts.

“The Church grows not through proselytism but by attraction,” Francis said to applause.

“This means, dear

friends, that our mission as baptized persons, priests and consecrated men and women, is not really determined by the number or size of spaces that we occupy, but rather by our capacity to generate change and to awaken wonder and compassion,” he said.

Moroccan authorities do not recognise Moroccan

Ukrainians vote in presidential election

Kiev, Mar 31 (IANS): Ukrainians voted on Sunday in the first round of the country’s presidential election, with incumbent leader Peter Petro Poroshenko seeking re-election and a surprise front-runner, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

If no candidate gets more than 50 per cent on Sunday, the top two will fight it out in a second round on April 21, the BBC reported.

Besides Poroshenko and Zelenskiy, the third important face in the election is former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

A total of 39 candidates are in the fray, but only the three front-runners are considered to have any chance of victory.

More than 34 million citizens are eligible to vote in nearly 30,000 polling stations, which opened at 8 a.m. Voting will end at 8 p.m.

First results of the exit polls will be announced as soon as the voting closes.

Vote counting will begin at 10 p.m. The Central Election Commission of

Several dozens of men hang around next to the Central Election Commission office in Kyiv on Sunday. (Facebook/Tetiana Nikolayenko)

Ukraine is expected to release primary official results on Monday morning.

The top three candidates have expressed largely pro-European views during campaigning. None of the pro-Russian candidates were being seen as serious contenders.

Poroshenko, 53, one of Ukraine’s wealthiest oligarchs, was elected in a snap vote after former proRussian President Viktor Yanukovych was toppled in

the February 2014 Maidan Revolution, which was followed by Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and insurgency in eastern Ukraine.

He aims to appeal to conservative Ukrainians through his slogan “Army, Language, Faith”.

Meanwhile, Zelenskiy, 41, is aiming to turn his satirical TV show, in which he portrays an ordinary citizen who becomes president after fighting corruption, into reality.

converts to Christianity, many of whom worship secretly in homes. Conversion from Islam to Christianity is banned - as it is in many Muslim countries - and proselytising is punishable by up to three years in prison. “The problem is not when we are few in number, but when we are insignificant,” Francis said,

adding that Catholics were called to be an integral part of inter-religious dialogue in a world “torn apart by the policies of extremism and division”.

On Saturday, Francis and King Mohammed VI visited an institute the monarch founded to train imams and male and female preachers of Islam.

Morocco has promoted itself as an oasis of religious tolerance in a region torn by militancy. It has offered training to Muslim preachers from Africa and Europe on what it describes as moderate Islam.

At the Saturday event, Francis praised the monarch for providing “sound training to combat all forms of extremism, which so often lead to violence and terrorism, and which, in any event, constitute an offence against religion and against God himself ”.

Also on Saturday, Jewish leaders joined Christian representatives in the front row at two events presided over by the pope and the monarch on interfaith dialogue. [nL8N21H0JQ]

Israel reopens Gaza crossing amid tensions L on d on, M a r 3 1 (Agencies): Israel has reopened two boundary crossings with Gaza, a week after closing them due to a rocket attack.

According to BBC, the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing and the Erez transit point were reopened on Sunday morning.

The past week has seen increased violence. Israel retaliated for the rocket attack

by Palestinian militants in Gaza, and three Palestinians died in border protests.

The reopening of the crossings came amid mediation efforts by Egypt.

Restrictions on fishing off the coast of Hamasruled Gaza have also been lifted, the Times of Israel reports. But the fragility of the “calm” negotiated by Egypt was illustrated by further overnight firing, though no-one was hurt.

Israel said five rockets were launched from Gaza at the Eshkol region but it has not been confirmed which group carried out the attack.

Israel fired on Hamas posts in response.

The rocket attack which prompted Monday’s border closure and the Israeli military response struck a house in a village near Tel Aviv leaving seven people injured.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians protested along the Gaza border on Saturday, marking one year since the start of border demonstrations. The protests are to push for the declared right of Palestinian refugees to return to ancestral homes in what is now Israel.

According to Palestinian officials, three protesters were shot dead by Israeli troops during the protests, and another was killed earlier on Saturday.

The Israeli Defense Forces said explosive devices had been thrown over the border fence.

Israeli forces had responded with “riot dispersal means” and live bullets.

Israel says Hamas is a terrorist group and accuses it of using the demonstrations as a cover to cross into its territory and carry out attacks.

WASHINGTON, Mar 31 (AFP): Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg called on Saturday for governments to play a “more active role” in regulating the internet, urging more countries to adopt versions of sweeping European rules aimed at safeguarding user privacy.

Facebook and other internet giants have long resisted government intervention, but the leading social network has reversed course amid growing calls for regulation, in an apparent bid to help steer the debate.

“I believe we need a more active role for governments and regulators,” Zuckerberg wrote in an op-ed published in The Washington Post.

“By updating the rules for the internet, we can preserve what’s best about it -- the freedom for people to express themselves and for entrepreneurs to build new things -- while also protecting society from broader harms,” he said.

Zuckerberg argues that new regulations are

N. Korea calls Madrid embassy raid ‘terror attack’ Pyongyang, Mar 31 (IANS): North Korea has described a break-in at its embassy in Spain in February as a “grave terrorist attack”.

In its first official comment, Pyongyang called for an investigation and said it was closely watching rumours that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had played a role, the BBC reported on Sunday.

On Wednesday, Cheollima Civil Defense - a selfstyled human rights group which is committed to ousting North Korean top leader Kim Jong-un, claimed to be behind the raid.

The group took computers and data and said it gave its evidence to the FBI - US intelligence agency.

At least two international arrest warrants have been issued for the main suspects.

The break-in occurred on February 22, days before the second summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Mark Zuckerberg (File)

needed in four areas: harmful content, protection of elections, privacy and data portability.

Facebook has drawn fire over all four, from hate speech on the platform and the recent live streaming of attacks on mosques in New Zealand, to its use in foreign efforts to meddle in elections and concerns over its collection of personal user data.

Addressing protection of user privacy, Zuckerberg said he would support more countries adopting rules in line with the European Union’s sweeping General Data Protection Regulation, which gives

regulators sweeping powers to sanction organizations which fail to adhere to heightened standards of security when processing personal data.

“I believe it would be good for the internet if more countries adopted regulation such as GDPR as a common framework,” Zuckerberg wrote, also calling for regulation to guarantee data portability between services.

On harmful content, Zuckerberg said he agreed with lawmakers who have argued that “we have too much power over speech,” saying that “third-party bodies” could set standards on distribution of harmful material and “measure companies against those standards.”

And on elections, Zuckerberg noted that existing laws are focused on candidates and elections instead of “divisive political issues where we’ve seen more attempted interference,” urging legislation to be updated to “reflect the reality of the threats.”

Slovakia elects first female prez L on d on, M a r 3 1 (Agencies): Anti-corruption candidate Zuzana Caputova has won Slovakia’s presidential election, making her the country’s first female head of state.

Ms Caputova, who has almost no political experience, defeated high-profile diplomat Maros Sefcovic, nominated by the governing party, in a second round runoff vote on Saturday.

She framed the election as a struggle between good and evil. The election follows the murder of an investigative journalist last year.

Jan Kuciak was looking into links between politicians and organised crime when he was shot alongside his fiancée in February 2018. Ms Caputova cited Mr Kuciak’s death as one of the reasons she decided to run for president, which is a largely ceremonial role.

Zuzana Caputova (File)

She has won 58% of the vote, with Mr Sefcovic trailing on 42%. Ms Caputova gained national prominence as a lawyer when she led a case against an illegal landfill lasting 14 years.

Aged 45, a divorcee and mother of two, she is a member of the liberal Progressive Slovakia party, which has no seats in parliament. In a country where same-sex marriage and adoption is not yet legal, her liberal views promote LGBTQ+ rights.

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newspaper reports as part of a two-year investigation.

The gang, made up of British men of Asian-origin who cannot be named due to court orders, reportedly infiltrated multiple UK government agencies and even corrupted local politicians.

Mid-ranking gang members have been sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for fraud and money laundering in a series of linked trials.

Their crimes have reportedly cost the UK taxpayer an estimated 100 million pounds.

Reporting restrictions imposed at the start of the first trial prevent the identification of any of the gang because several kingpins fled the UK before they could be arrested and are

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now thought to be based in the Middle East.

The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) insists that details cannot be reported until the masterminds have been returned to the UK to face trial.

According to evidence pieced together so far, the gang was using a network of factories and companies and exploiting their workers for identity and benefit frauds, the sale of counterfeit goods, car crash scams and mortgage and credit card frauds.

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) inquiries found the gang used “hijacked or altered National Insurance numbers to create false records” and exploited “illegal immigrant labour” before laundering the cash “through bogus

offshore companies”.

“Those involved in the investigation say the gang was extremely difficult to penetrate. Undercover agents eventually resorted to attaching a camera to a dog and encouraging it to run around inside one of the network’s factories to find out how many people worked there,” the newspaper reports.

“A large proportion of these frauds originated from just a few families (covering several generations) perpetrating serious, organised and sustained attacks against any agency with apparently weak systems,” the report said, adding that the money was sent mainly to Pakistan but also Hong Kong and Dubai and “is most likely to be linked to terrorism”.

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London, Mar 31 (PTI): A British Asian gang of fraudsters may have been involved in misusing billions of pounds of British tax-payers money to fund terrorist networks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, claims a UK media investigation based on police and intelligence files.

The gang, based in London, Buckinghamshire, Birmingham, north-west England and Scotland, is alleged to have sent 1 per cent of its gains from their elaborate tax fraud to AlQaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where it funded madrasas, training camps and other terrorist activities, according to the leaked files seen by ‘The Sunday Times’.

An estimated 80 million pounds is believed to have been funnelled out by the fraudsters as part of an elaborate VAT and benefits fraud against the UK’s revenue department over the past two decades, with further gains made through mortgage and credit card fraud targeting banks and individuals.

“Secret intelligence held by MI5 states that some of the money reached the Pakistani compound that housed the Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden before US forces stormed it in 2011,” the

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Chris Rock slams Jussie Smollett at NAACP awards

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ussie Smollett might have been a no-show at Saturday night’s NAACP Image Awards in Hollywood but that didn’t stop comedian Chris Rock from blasting the “Empire” star.

“They said ‘No Jussie Smollett jokes’ ... What a waste of light skin. Do you know what I could do with that light skin? That curly hair? My career would be out of here! I’d be running Hollywood,” said Rock, who was on hand to present the award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

He continued: “What the hell was he thinking?

You’re ‘Jessie’ from now on. You don’t get the ‘u’ no more. That ‘u’ was respect.

You ain’t getting no respect from me!”

Smollett was nominated -- but lost -- for best supporting actor in a television drama for his role as Jamal Lyon on the Fox series. He was edged out by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams.

Smollett has been nominated for the award four years in a row and won in 2017.

The award was handed out during the untelevised portion of the show Friday night.

Leading up to the event, NAACP Image Awards host and “Blackish” actor Anthony Anderson said in light of the charges against Smollett

being dropped, he hopes the “Empire” actor will win for his work on the show.

Smollett has been in the middle of a firestorm for weeks in Chicago.

He is accused of staging an anti-gay, racist attack on himself in January in order to promote his career.

He has denied the charges from the start and says two men approached him, beat him, threw bleach on him and tied a rope around his neck before shouting, “This is MAGA country,” in reference to President Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

On Tuesday, the Cook County State Attorney’s Office dropped all charges against Smollett, who was previously facing 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false report that he was the victim of a hate crime.

After the surprise announcement, Smollett said, “I would not be my mother’s son if I was capable of one drop of what I’m accused of.”

(FoxNews)

Gunn’s return to ‘Guardians...’ makes Saldana happy

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ctress Zoe Saldana is happy that James Gunn has been reinstated as director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”.

“I’m proud of him (Gunn).

I’m happy that he’s coming back,” Saldana told etonline. com.

At an interview here, the actress said, “I’m so proud of Disney. The leaders of the big corporation have decided to lead by example. Spreading the word and the message of redemption is important.”

Gunn was fired by Disney in July after controversial jokes he made nearly a decade ago resurfaced on Twitter. Shortly after his firing in July, Gunn apologised.

Also, the “Guardians...” cast, including Saldana, Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista and others, expressed their support for him in an open letter, asking that he be reinstated as director.

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Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos’ phone: Security chief

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audi Arabia has hacked A m a z o n Fo u n d e r and CEO Jeff Bezos’ smartphone and allegedly shared personal information about his extra-marital affair to a media outlet, a veteran security consultant at the tech giant has said.

The monarchy was “intent on harming Jeff Bezos” over The Washington Post (owned by Bezos) coverage of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, wrote Gavin de Becker in a first-person account published in The Daily Beast on Saturday.

“Our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the Saudis had access to Bezos’ phone, and gained private information,” de Becker said.

The private phone messages of Bezos sent to his lover, former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez, were published in The National Enquirer in October.

“As of today, it is unclear to what degree, if any, AMI (the parent company of The National Enquirer) was aware of the details,” added de Becker.

The inquir y by de Becker included a broad array of resources including

extensive discussions with top Middle East experts, Saudi whistleblowers, people who personally know the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (also known as MBS), and people who work with his close associate Saud alQahtani, among others.

Saudi journalist Khashoggi was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Turkey’s Istanbul in October 2018.

“Some Americans will be surprised to learn that the Saudi government has been very intent on harming Jeff Bezos since last October, when the Post began its relentless coverage of Khashoggi’s murder,” wrote de Becker.

Saudi Arabia has denied involvement in the Bezos affair.

“In October, the Saudi government unleashed its cyber army on Bezos

(and later me). Their multipronged campaign included public calls for boycotts against Amazon.com and its Saudi subsidiary, Souq. com,” claimed the Bezos security chief.

In a post on blogging platform Medium in February, Bezos accused the publisher of National Enquirer of “blackmail” and “extortion”.

“Rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, I’ve decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threaten,” Bezos wrote in the post while saying that the “top people” at the National Enquirer were responsible for the extortion and blackmail.

Referring to AMI’s Chairman and CEO, David Pecker, Bezos titled his post “No thank you, Mr. Pecker” and alleged that AMI threatened to release compromising photos of him.

“I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse,” wrote Bezos. “Or at least that’s what the top people at the National Enquirer thought.

I’m glad they thought that, because it emboldened them to put it all in writing.”

(IANS)

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midst divorce rumours, Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas attended her first Jonas Brothers concert in Atlanta and called it "incredible".

Priyanka, who is married to pop-singer Nick Jonas, on Sunday took to her Instagram page and shared a photograph in which she can be seen striking a pose with the Jonas brothers -- Nick, Joe and Kevin. She captioned the image: "My first ever Jonas Brothers show. And it was incredible! I am so proud of these guys! Family."

Priyanka also posted a backstage video on her Instagram stories, where she was seen cuddling up to Nick and was heard saying: "This is my first Jonas Brothers concert and I am very excited and proud of them."

The "Isn't It Romantic" star has featured in Jonas Brothers' latest music video "Sucker". The two were also seen vacationing in Miami.

On the work front, Priyanka will next be seen in the upcoming Bollywood film "The Sky is Pink". While Nick is shooting for the next instalment of the "Jumanji" franchise.

(IANS)

Mars still has active deep groundwater: Scientists Mark Hamill is voicing Chucky in ‘Child’s Play’ reboot

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short streams of water that appear on some crater walls on Mars.

Scientists previously thought these features were affiliated with surface water flow or close subsurface water flow, said research scientist Essam Heggy at USC. The team found similarities between the

groundwater moving mechanisms in the Sahara and on Mars.

“Groundwater is strong evidence for the past similarity between Mars and Earth--it suggest they have a similar evolution, to some extent,” Heggy said.

He noted that this deep source of groundwater is the most convincing

evidence of similarities between the two planets -- it suggest both may have had wet periods long enough to create such an active groundwater system.

“Understanding Mars’ evolution is crucial for understanding our own Earth’s long-term evolution and groundwater is a key element in this process,” Heggy said.

Heggy explained that fractures within some of Mars’ craters, enabled water springs to rise up to the surface as a result of pressure deep below. These springs leaked onto the surface, generating the sharp and distinct linear features found on the walls of these craters.

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ark Hamill has been cast to voice Chucky in the upcoming Child’s Play reboot.

The Star Wars actor announced the news on Twitter yesterday (March 30), saying that he “can’t wait to bring such an iconic character to life”.

The Lars Klevberg-directed film, which is a remake of the 1988 horror classic, is released in the US on June 21, 2019.

Joining Hamill in the film is Aubrey Plaza (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) and Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta, If Beale Street Could Talk).

The movie will copy the original plot, with Plaza playing single mother who gives her son a toy doll, unaware that it possesses the soul of a serial killer.

Producer David Katzenberg said in a statement: “We feel incredibly lucky to have an icon creating a new take on an iconic character.

“Mark is a gifted actor and celebrated vocal performer, and he’s approached this challenge with incredible energy and commitment.”

Elsewhere, Don Mancini is working on a new Chucky series for SyFy that will continue the original story and bring star Brad Dourif back in plastic. The series will follow 2017’s Cult of Chucky.

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eep groundwater could still be active on Mars and be the origin of surface streams in some near-equatorial areas of the “Red Planet”, researchers suggest.

The researchers at University of Southern California (USC) have determined that groundwater likely exists in a broader geographical area than just the poles of Mars and contended that there is an active system, as deep as 750 metres, from which groundwater comes to the surface through cracks in the specific craters they analysed.

The team studied the characteristics of Mars’ Recurrent Slope Linea, which are akin to dried,

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Juventus go 18 points clear in Serie A EPL: Chelsea beat Cardiff 2-1

M i l a n, M a r 3 1 (Agencies): Rising teenage star Moise Kean stepped up in the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo to rescue a 1-0 win for Juventus against lowly Empoli as the champions opened up an 18-point lead at the top of Serie A. The 19-year-old -- who burst into the limelight during Italy’s opening Euro 2020 qualifiers -- came on as a substitute in Turin and three minutes later scored his third league goal of the season after his double against Udinese earlier this month.

“I am neither (Lionel) Messi nor Cristiano but one day I hope to become like them,” said Kean.

Juventus got back to winning ways after falling to their first league defeat of the season to Genoa before the international break.

Second-placed Napoli travel to Roma on Sunday looking to close the gap to 15 points with nine games remaining.

Ronaldo had been rested by Juventus against Genoa and the Portuguese star is now recovering from

Kuggeleijn replaces injured Ngidi in CSK

Chennai, Mar 31 (IANS): Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday announced the signing of Scott Kuggeleijn to replace injured Lungi Ngidi for the remainder of the season.

Kuggeleijn has featured in two One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and four T20 Internationals for New Zealand so far. This will be his maiden appearance in the cash-rich T20 league. On Saturday, CSK head coach Stephen Fleming had said they had gone in for Kuggeleijn, who bowls quick and bats well and added that he would be joining the squad next week.

Ngidi was ruled out of the ongoing IPL even before its start after the South African pacer felt discomfort while bowling during the last ODI against Sri Lanka at Newlands recently.

David Willey, who pulled out owing to personal reasons, can’t be replaced, Fleming said.

Juventus’ Moise Kean celebrates after scoring a goal during their Serie A match against Empoli.

a right thigh injury picked up on international duty.

Argentina striker Paulo Dybala also pulled up with a thigh problem during the warm-up before the game.

But coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted he had wanted to ease the pressure on Kean by opting for Rodrigo Bentancur to replace the Argentine.

“Scoring two goals for Italy in as many games, having all that attention, it uses up a lot of energy both physically and mentally,” said Allegri. “He (Kean) returned from international duty and looked like he barely knew where he was.

“He’s got the qualities to be a great player, but so did many who have lost their way over the years.”

Kean’s form, with goals for Italy against Finland and Liechtenstein, gives Allegri more options ahead of his side’s Champions League quarter-final against Ajax.

The youngster became the second youngest player after Mario Balotelli, aged 18 years and 242 days in 2009, to score eight Serie A goals.

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Chelsea completed a dramatic turnaround at the death when substitute midfielder LoftusCheek nodded in at the far post.

L o n d o n, M a r 3 1 (Agencies): Late goals from Cesar Azpilicueta and Ruben Loftus-Cheek helped Chelsea complete a thrilling comeback to beat Cardiff City 2-1 away in the Premier League on Sunday.

With Chelsea heading for an embarrassing defeat against third-bottom Cardiff, their captain Azpilicueta dragged them back into the match with a goal that appeared to be offside.

The visitors then com-

Srikanth loses to Axelsen in final of India Open New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI): Kidambi Srikanth’s hopes of ending a long title drought came crashing after going down in straight games to former world champion Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles final of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open, here Sunday.

Srikanth, a 2015 winner, blew away two game points in the second game to lose 7-21 20-22 to Axelsen in the summit clash.

It was the Indian’s first final in a BWF world tour event in 17 months. He last won a title at the 2017 French Open.

“I haven’t played anything differently and so I lost. I should have tried something different,” Srikanth said after the loss.

“I think I gave him too many chances to attack in the first game and tried to avoid it in the second and it was okay till the 20th point.

If I could have taken it to the decider, I could have had my chances. I was slow to start with. I was able to control my lifts and defend well but

in the end he was a little brave.”

The final was a close affair in the beginning with Srikanth and Axelsen splitting the initial 10 points but a series of unforced errors from the Indian allowed the Danish player to move ahead as he unleashed a smash to seal an 11-7 advantage at the break.

Srikanth failed to engage his rival in rallies with Axelsen punishing any weak return. The Indian’s backhand was particularly weak and he lost a lot of points there. Axelsen eventually took the opening game when Srikanth went long.

After the change of sides, Srikanth conceded a 1-5 lead to his opponent early on. The Indian took the next three points but Axelsen was always a step ahead. With Srikanth’s lifts going long coupled with some wrong line calls, Axelsen grabbed a 11-9 lead at the break.

A fighting Srikanth, however, clawed his way back to make it 12-12 and

Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski in action during their Bundesliga match against Freiburg.

the line by a combination of Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng.

The miss proved costly. After Freiburg failed to clear their lines from a corner, Goretzka chipped the ball to Lewandowski, who controlled the ball, pivoted and volleyed it left-footed into the back of the net in the 22nd minute.

After the restart, Bayern came out with more intensity, with Kingsley Coman looking threatening down the left but they were still vulnerable at the other end, with Haberer sending a shot wide after robbing Joshua Kimmich in possession.

Sc hwo l ow ha d to make two saves in quick possession, first to block

Boateng’s deflected drive, then to deny James Rodriguez’s curling effort. A brilliant turn of pace from Serge Gnabry saw him burst through the defence but again Schwolow was there to beat the ball away.

The 26-year-old keeper’s most impressive save yet came with a little over 10 minutes left on the clock as he denied Lewandowski brilliantly after yet more impressive work from Gnabry.

Lewandowski still had a brilliant chance to win it in stoppage time but mistimed his header, and there was a final flourish as Goretzka’s header crashed against the woodwork, but Bayern could not force a winner.

pleted the fightback when substitute Loftus-Cheek stormed in at the back post to plant a header in the bottom corner.

Chelsea stayed sixth in the table with 60 points, level with fifth-placed Arsenal, who have played a game fewer, and a point behind Manchester United in fourth.

Chelsea, who started without talisman Eden Hazard and midfielder N’Golo Kante, struggled to create chances and failed to hit a

single shot on target in the first half.

Aron Gunnarsson’s long-throws for striker Oumar Niasse troubled the Chelsea defence for the majority of the match and it was key to Cardiff ’s breakthrough just after the interval. The visitors failed to clear the delivery launched into the box, leaving midfielder Harry Arter to whip the ball back in for Victor Camarasa, who fired a first-time finish into the top corner.

MI skipper Sharma fined for slow over rate

New Delhi, Mar 31 8-wicket victory over MI. (IANS): Mumbai Indians Despite putting a fight(MI) captain Rohit Sharma ing total of 176/7, Mumbai was fined after his team bowlers failed to contain maintained a slow over-rate the Punjab batsmen as apart during their Indian Premier from Rahul, Chris Gayle (40 League (IPL) match against off 24) and Mayank Agarwal Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in (43 off 21) also contributed Mohali. with the bat to help their side As it was his team’s register it’s second win in the first offence of the season tournament. under the IPL’s Code of Chasing the target, Conduct relating to mini- openers Rahul and Gayle mum over-rate offences, provided a solid start to Rohit was fined Rs 12 lakh Punjab as the hosts raced to on Saturday. the 50-run mark in 6.5 overs.

In the match, KL Ra- Agarwal and Rahul were hul’s laborious unbeaten 71, involved in a crucial 64-run Silver medallist Srikanth Kidambi and gold medallist Victor Axelsen of Denmark after the along with some notable top- second wicket partnership, final of men’s singles of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2019. (PTI) order contributions, guid- which set the platform for led 14-13 after Axelsen ing a hattrick of India Open Apriyani Rahayu secured ed KXIP to a comfortable victory. smashed wide. crowns. She equalled Ma- their second successive title Another smash helped laysian legend Lee Chong at the India Open with a 21Srikanth grab two game Wei, who has also won three 11 25-23 win over Malaysian OFFICE OF THE LANDOWNERS PATTADARS points. He lost both with a titles here. third seeds Chow Mei Kuan DIMAPUR, NAGALAND wide return and after failChinese top seed Wang and Lee Meng Yean in the INFORMATION ing to connect a shot. A net Yilyu and Huang Dongping women’s doubles.

This is to inform all the registered members of Landowners dribble gave Axelsen his first notched up a 21-13 21-11 Chinese Taipei’s Lee match point and he sealed it win over Indonesian fifth Yang and Wang Chi-Lin Pattadars forum (army occupied) who have not yet submitted, with a precise return. seeds Praveen Jordan and also claimed their maiden to submit necessary land documents for submission to DC's Thailand’s Ratcha- Melati Daeva Oktavianti BWF World Tour Super Office on or before 10th April 2019 to Dr. LA Kikon, Khushiabill, nok Intanon improved her to claim the mixed doubles 500 title with a 21-14 21-14 Dimapur, Contact : No. 9436004911, 7005053101 and Vizolie head-to-head record against crown. win over Indonesian Ricky Mepfuo, Tin Pati, Kohima Contact No. 8974452812.

China’s He Bingjiao with a Top seeded Indonesian Karandasuwardi and Angga K. Thong Gen. Secretary 21-15 21-14 win, complet- pair of Greysia Polii and Pratama in men’s doubles.

Bayern stumble in title race; Dortmund win B e r l i n, M a r 3 1 (Agencies): Bayer n Munich failed to produce a second-half winner against a gutsy Freiburg as they were held to a 1-1 draw that allowed Borussia Dortmund to move two points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.

Lucas Holer put the hosts in front after just three minutes but Robert Lewandowski soon got the champions back on level terms with his 199th Bundesliga goal.

The visitors began to dominate but Freiburg stood firm, with a fantastic defensive performance and a series of saves from Alexander Schwolow denying Bayern, who also hit the post late on through Leon Goretzka.

Freiburg made an excellent start and were rewarded almost instantly when Christian Gunter delivered a wonderful cross from the left which Holer met and headed into the far corner.

Mike Frantz dragged a shot wide when he could have done better before Freiburg had another great chance to double their lead.

Gunter went on a brilliant run and fed Janik Haberer, and he elected to pull the ball back for Franz, whose shot beat Sven Ulreich but was blocked heroically on

“I’m ready to pursue new records,” he warned.

“What the Mister (Allegri) says is right: I hope to become like the greatest players in the world, through commitment and hard work.”

Juventus are without wingers Douglas Costa and Juan Cuadrado, with centre-back Andrea Barzagli also out injured.

The seven-time defending champions struggled to break down the Tuscans who were targeting a second straight win under new coach Aurelio Andreazzoli.

Empoli dug deep, allowing the hosts few opportunities, with Polish goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski denying a Mandzukic header to the frustration of the home crowd.

Kean replaced Blaise Matuidi in the 68th minute and had an immediate impact, latching onto Mandzukic’s knock-down. Ten minutes later, the teenager was denied a second, with a desperate one-handed save by Dragowski giving Empoli hope. The Tuscany side remain one point above the relegation zone.

M e a n w h i l e, Pa c o Alcacer scored twice in injury time for Borussia Dortmund to reclaim the Bundesliga lead with a 2-0 win over Wolfsburg.

Dortmund created little going forward. Jadon Sancho finally tested Wolfsburg ‘keeper Koen Casteels for the first time after the hour-mark.

With defender Abdou Diallo going off injured early in the second half and his replacement, Achraf Hakimi, following him off some 20 minutes later, it was shaping up to be a frustrating afternoon for Dortmund.

Then Alcacer fired a free-kick through the wall and Sancho set up the Spaniard for his second.

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DISSOLUTION OF 26 AONGLENDEN NPF A/C The Rank and file of the 26 Aonglenden NPF A/C had thoroughly deliberated on the issue of the ensuing Bye –election to the 26 Aonglenden A/C and resolved to highlight the following grievances to the NPF leadership and the public in general.

1. That we were disheartened to experience that not a single leaders nor legislatures accompanied NPF Candidate Mr Toshipokba on his proceeding from Dimapur for a civic reception at his native village on the 22nd March 2019.

2. That we were surprised to learn that even the convenor of The NPF Election Campaign committee to the Bye election did not make a single courtesy visit nor phone call to the candidate till he withdrew his nomination.

3. That we were much surprised to see that the close aids/ supporters of the convener of the NPF Bye Election campaign committee are openly supporting NDPP candidate.

4. That it is the 26 Aonglenden NPF A/C who unlocked the NPF Mokokchung Division office Building which was damaged, half burnt and locked by the mob led by the supporters of the convenor, NPF Election Campaign committee to the ensuing bye election during the turmoil of NPF Party some years back.

5. That the election kick off programme was cancelled at the eleventh hour without any prior information to the concern A/C. 6. Knowing fully aware the crucial bye- election the party leadership have given a step motherly treatment to Shri Toshipokba Longkumer in all respect.

Under such grief circumstances our candidate with heavy heart withdraw his nomination from the contest to the 26 Aonglenden By-election scheduled on 11th April 2019.

Even after withdrawal from the said contest our leader Mr. Toshipokba Longkumer came back to his constituency to meet his supporters on 30th March 2019 which had a grand reception by his party men and his supporters. In the reception program after through deliberation the party officials and his supporters fully endorsed his stand and resolved to declare that the 26 Aonglenden NPF A/C dissolved with immediate effect.

(CHUNGSHILEMBA) President 26 Aonglenden NPF A/C

(IMTISUMAK) General Secretary (Admin) 26 Aonglenden NPF A/C

Nagaland Prayer Convention Divine Revelation Program Dated – 26th to 28th April, 2019 Venue – Khuochiezie (Kohima Local Ground) Time – Morning 10:00 AM & Evening 4:00 PM Theme – “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” (Psalms 126:5) I. 1.

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III. Choir : 1. Gariphema NCRC Youth 2. Chesezu CRC Youth 3. Khezhakeno CRC Youth NB : 1. Twelve Prayer Warriors from various churches will come together and pray for this Convention 2. Invocation – Pastor Vineitha Nakhro, Pastor Khrievolhou Shijo, Rev. Zhowheyi Nyekha, Rev. Khrotso Mero & Rev. Viwelie Khiezhie 3. The Nagaland Prayer Convention will be hosted through the freewill contributions from the Church members of NCRC P.R. Hill, Kohima, Nagaland. (Nagaland Prayer Centre) 4. Nagas from every tribe should come and pray for the Naga people as a whole.

5. Representatives from all National worker groups working for the cause of Nagas should come together and pray for peace and tranquility in our land.

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hurricane knock CSK beat RR by 8 runs in thrilling finish &Bairstow’s 100 n.o. by Warner sink RCB

Chennai, Mar 31 (PTI): Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s well-calculated half-century in challenging conditions turned out to be game-changer as Chennai Super Kings won their third match of the season with a eight-run defeat of Rajasthan Royals, here Sunday.

The pitch used in the previous match was a rank turner here but on Sunday it turned to be a different challenge for the batsmen since it was not conducive for stroke-play as the ball was stopping a bit.

Dhoni paced his innings beautifully, scoring unbeaten 75 off 46 balls to lead his side to a competitive 175 for five, seizing momentum from Royals bowlers who were off to an inspiring start.

The Royals needed someone to play a Dhonilike innings but none took that responsibility and they could manage 167 for 8, suffering their third defeat in as many matches.

Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer took the chase deep with their fiery 44run stand but Dwayne Bravo bowled a brilliant last over, defending 12 runs that Royals needed to score to claim the win.

Dhoni used his vast experience to read the conditions and mostly worked the ball around

CSK bowler Deepak Chahar celebrates with his teammates after dismissing RR batsman Sanju Samson during their IPL match at MAC Stadium, Chennai on Sunday. (PTI)

to keep the scoreboard ticking. Whenever he got the chance, he opened his arms and hit four fours and as many sixes.

Dhoni and Suresh Raina (36) added 61 runs for the fourth wicket, pushing the ball around and later the former India skipper raised a 56-run stand with West Indies’ Dwayne Barvo, who added quick 27 runs.

Royals were disciplined throughout but pacer Jaydev Unadkat (1/54) conceded 28 runs in the final over with Dhoni find-

ing three of his four sixes in that over after Ravindra Jadeja (8) lofted the paceman for a maximum.

The Royals innings went the CSK way as they struggled in Powerplay overs and lost top three batsmen.

Steve Smith (28) and Rahul Tripathi (3) steadied the innings with their 61-run partnership for the fourth wicket but spinner Imran Tahir sent them back in an excellent spell to make it difficult for the visitors.

Stokes (46 off 26) was

still at the crease when Royals needed 44 from last three overs. Stokes and Archer collected 19 runs from Barvo’s over taking the equation to 25 from 12.

It came down to 12 from last six balls and Bravo made up for that expensive over by having Stokes caught in the first ball. The West Indian all-rounder conceded just three runs by bowling quick to ensure CSK end on the right side of the result.

Earlier, the Royals pace trio of Archer (2/17),

Asian C’ships: Indian shooters win 12 gold

Neymar’s early return ruled out

Indian shooters with their medals.

Taoyuan, Mar 31 (PTI): Indian shooters made a clean sweep of gold medals in 10m Air Rifle event to continue their dominance at the 12th Asian Airgun Championships in Taoyuan, Taipei.

India have won 12 out of 14 gold medals so far and their overall tally stand at 12 gold, four silver and two bronze medals.

On the fifth day of the competition, Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elave-

nil Valarivan bagged the 10m Air Rifle men and women’s individual golds.

They combined with respective teammates to win two Team gold medals as well and ensured a clean sweep.

Divyansh shot 249.7 to Kim’s 247.4 for silver and Shin’s 225.5 for bronze.

He shot 628.2 to top the qualification and lead two other Indians Ravi Kumar (626.3) and Deepak Kumar (626.2) into the eight-man

Australia bowlers deny report of rift with Warner MELBOURNE, Mar 31 (Agencies): Australia’s four frontline bowlers, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon, have denied a media report they were prepared to boycott last year’s fourth test against South Africa if David Warner was picked for the match.

Vice captain Warner was banned for 12 months for a ball-tampering scandal. Local media, however, reported on Thursday that the bowlers had considered boycotting the match if Warner, who was identified as the instigator of the plot for Cameron Bancroft to scuff up the ball with sandpaper, was selected.

“We are extremely disappointed in an article (that) claims we intended to withdraw from the fourth test during last year’s tour of South Africa had David Warner been free to play,” the four bowlers said in a Cricket Australia state-

David Warner

ment on Sunday.

“This claim is disappointing on a number of fronts but most importantly because it is false. As a team we are all focused on moving forward together and helping the Australian men’s team prepare for the World Cup and the Ashes.”

The statement is the latest episode in the longrunning scandal, which forced Cricket Australia into a major overhaul of its organisational culture and administration after a damning review labelled it as ‘arrogant’ which had produced a ‘win-at-allcosts’ mentality in the team.

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In the final, Divyansh, the least experienced international among the three, led from the start to shut out the challenge from the Koreans. The Indian trio clinched the team gold with a total of 1880.7 to leave behind Korea with 1862.3.

In the women’s final, Elavenil also led from the front to shoot a score of 250.5 and emerge triumphant. Hosts Taipei’s Lin Ying-Shin won silver with 250.2 while Park Sunmin of Korea bagged bronze with a score of 229.1.

The Indian women’s team of Elavenil, Apurvi and Meghana claimed the top spot with a combined total of 1878.6. Taipei were second with 1872.5. In the men’s event, all three Indians including Apurvi Chandela and Meghana Sajjanar also made it to the finals but finished fourth with 207.8 and seventh with 143.3 respectively.

The competition concludes on Monday with the junior events in the 10m Air Rifle.

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PARIS, Mar 31 (Agencies): PSG striker Neymar will not be making an early return from injury, said coach Thomas Tuchel.

The Brazilian has been out for more than two months with a metatarsal problem during which time PSG have continued their march towards the domestic title but stumbled out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage. “Neymar is feeling good, no pain,” Tuchel told reporters on the eve of PSG’s game at Toulouse.

Neymar’s return had been scheduled for midApril, although there were hopes he would make a fast recovery. “But it’s too soon to talk about having him back on the pitch. We have to be patient,” added Tuchel.

Dhawal Kulkarni (1/37) and Stokes kept the CSK batsmen on a tight leash in the powerplay overs. They conceded just 29 runs and also got rid of three toporder batsmen.

Each of them accounted for one CSK batsman, bringing experienced Dhoni and Raina together at the crease.

The runs came in singles with spinners Shreyas Gopal and Krishnappa Gowtham maintaining the pressure with tight line and length.

The ball stopped a bit, specially when Gopal operated, making strokemaking even more difficult. At half-way mark, CSK out on board just 55 runs and only seven boundaries were struck.

Raina meanwhile hit a massive six off Gopal but the two spinners did well to concede 37 runs while bowling in tandem for five overs.

In came Unadkat and went for a few runs but broke the stand by castling Raina with a quick delivery. Raina missed the line and Unadkat hit the stumps.

Brief scores: Rajasthan Royals 167-8 (Stokes 46, Archer 24*; Bravo 2-42) Chennai Super Kings: 175-5 (Dhoni 75*, Raina 36; Archer 2-17)

Hyderabad, Mar 31 (PTI): Jonny Bairstow and David Warner smashed sensational centuries to guide Sunrisers Hyderabad to a comprehensive 118-run win over struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League match here Sunday.

Englishman Bairstow struck 114 from just 56 balls while Warner carried his bat for a 55-ball 100 in a record 185-run first-wicket partnership to post a mammoth 231 for two after being put into bat.

Bairstow punished RCB with 12 fours and seven sixes while Warner hit five fours and as many sixes in his 55-ball knock.

With a gigantic target to eclipse, RCB needed a rollicking start but the visitors’ chase never got going as they kept on losing wickets to be bundled out for 113 in 19.5 overs.

It was RCB’s third consecutive loss in the tournament, while Sunrisers registered their second win out of three games this season.

Playing his first IPL match this season, Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi did the early damage as he picked up three quick wickets as RCB’s slumped to 22 for three by the end of the fourth over.

Nabi first accounted for Parthiv Patel and then came back to remove Shim-

SRH’s David Warner and Jonny Bairstow cross each other to complete a run during their IPL match against RCB. (PTI)

ron Hetmyer and dangerous A B de Villiers in the fourth over.

To make matters worse for RCB, Sandeep Sharma then dismissed skipper Virat Kohli in the first delivery of the seventh over.

As if that was not enough, Shivam Dubey was run out in the very next ball as RCB’ chase fell by the wayside. At that stage the visitors slumped to 35 for six in 7.3 overs.

From there on, it was almost an impossible task for RCB to get back into the game and Colin de Grand-

homme (37) and 16-year-old Prayas Ray Barman (19), the youngest player to make his IPL debut, just did their bit to delay the inevitable.

Nabi starred with the ball for Sunrisers with figures of four for 11, while Sandeep (3/19) too was not far behind, scalping three wickets.

Brief Scores: SRH: 231 for 2 (J Bairstow 114, D Warner 100 n.o.; Y Chahal 1/44) beat RCB 113 (Colin de Grandhomme 37; Mohammed Nabi 4/11; Sandeep Sharma 3/19) by 118 runs.

Barty wins maiden Miami Open title Miami, Mar 31 (Agencies): Ashleigh Barty defeated Karolina Pliskova 7-6(1) 6-3 on Saturday to win her maiden Miami Open title and become the first Australian woman since 2013 to reach the top 10 in the world rankings.

After dominating the first set tiebreak, Barty broke the big-serving Pliskova in a 12-minute game to open the second set.

From there on the fatigued Czech, whose semifinal win over Simona Halep finished after 1 am local time earlier on Saturday due to rain delays, put up little resistance.

Barty pumped her fists when Pliskova sent a forehand long on match point to hand the 22-year-old the biggest win of her career, which includes a $1.3 million pay check.

Barty said the key to the match was extending rallies on the warm day in Southern Florida.

“It was important for me to try to make it physical,” Barty, the first Australian to win the Miami Open singles title, said in an

Ashleigh Barty with the winner’s trophy after defeating Karolina Pliskova in the Miami Open final match.

on-court interview.

“Kaja has the ability to really hit you off the court and take it away from you so I knew I had to have my running shoes on today to try and make as many balls as possible.”

Barty fired 15 aces, with Pliskova barely making an effort to return some of them.

“I tried to make the most of it,” she said of playing an exhausted opponent.

“You don’t get these

opportunities every single day and it was important for me to continue and try to do the right things and enjoy the moment as well.”

Pliskova, who will rise to world number four on Monday, praised her conqueror.

“I’ll make it quick because I’m very tired and it was a long two weeks,” the 27-year-old said.

“Congrats to Ashleigh.

She played incredible all week, all the matches were

close and especially today I thought she came up with some good tennis.”

The win capped a memorable week for the 2011 junior Wimbledon champion, who took a break from tennis in 2014 to play professional cricket for the Brisbane Heat.

Barty, the 2018 U.S. Open women’s doubles champion, is the first Australian women since Samantha Stosur to crack the WTA’s singles top 10.

La Liga: Messi guides Barcelona past Espanyol BARCE LO NA , M a r 31 (Agencies): Lionel Messi continued his remarkable run of form as his second-half double, including an impudent free-kick, helped Barcelona continue their march towards the La Liga title with a 2-0 win over Espanyol.

The visitors gave their city rivals a tough game at the Camp Nou, but Messi’s chipped free-kick over the wall from 19 yards and a late second kept the reigning champions 10 points clear of secondplaced Atletico Madrid, who thrashed Alaves 4-0.

Messi has now netted eight times in his last four games for Barca, and leads the way in the La Liga scoring charts with 31 goals, 13 ahead of teammate Luis Suarez.

It was a fitting way for the Argentinian to mark his 675th Barcelona appearance, which moved him ahead of Andres Iniesta into second on the club’s all-time list -- 102 adrift of

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in action during their La Liga match against Espanyol.

Xavi Hernandez.

He made a low-key return to international action in midweek as Argentina lost a friendly to Venezuela, but Valverde was delighted

it did not affect Messi on Saturday.

“Messi is the same player no matter what team he is playing in,” he said.

“He would be the same if

he played in Australia...

We are delighted to have him, it’s a luxury for me to coach him.”

Barca struggled to break down Espanyol early

on, with Messi, Suarez and Ivan Rakitic all wasting half-chances in the first period.

Barcelona saw a penalty appeal waved away by both the referee and VAR on the stroke of half-time, and Malcom was denied just after the hour mark by away goalkeeper Diego Lopez as the Catalan giants grew frustrated.

But Messi has been consistently unplayable this season, and he dinked in a wonderful effort from a set-piece despite Victor Sanchez’s best efforts to clear off the line.

The three points were sealed in the 89th minute as Malcom ran clear on the breakaway, before cutting the ball across for Messi to sweep a trademark finish low into the bottom corner.

Barcelona next visit Villarreal on Tuesday with a second successive title looking even more like a mere formality after a sixth straight victory extended

their unbeaten league run to 17 matches.

Atletico at least did not give up further ground to Barcelona as Diego Costa scored for the first time since November in an impressive win at fifth-placed Alaves.

The Spanish international has struggled for form and fitness this season, but grabbed his second league goal of the campaign with a magnificent 11th-minute strike from the edge of the area, six minutes after Saul Niguez had put Atletico in front.

Costa was replaced

by Thomas Lemar at half-time, but the Frenchman sent Alvaro Morata through on goal to put the game to bed just before the hour mark.

The on-loan Chelsea striker has now scored four goals since joining Diego Simeone’s men in January.

Thomas Partey added extra gloss to the scoreline late on with a fine 20-yard strike into the top corner.

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