April 2, 2017

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Vol XXVII No. 116

DIMAPUR, sunday, april 2, 2017 Pages 12 ` 4.00

Retracing roots for the future

Palace stun Chelsea; Man Utd held

Rodrigo Duterte invites EU critics, wants to ‘slap them’

Sunday Post Supplement

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international, Page 9

Mnp to ink highway safety deal with Nagaland: Singh

Correspondent

IMPHAL, APR 1: Manipur chief minister, N. Biren Singh on Saturday informed that an agreement would be made with Nagaland gover nment to ensure free and secure movement of Manipur vehicles in the state of Nagaland.

Singh informed media persons Saturday after he met a delegation of Manipur Truck Owner Welfare Association (MTOWA and United Bus Owners’ Welfare Association (UBOWA) wherein they raised issues of frequent disturbances being faced by vehicles from Manipur while passing through Nagaland.

Singh said he would be meeting his counterparts (Nagaland and Assam CM) along with Union home minister in Guwahati soon.

During the meeting, an agreement would be signed between the Manipur and Nagaland in the presence of the Home min-

EDSSU calls off proposed stir DIMAPUR, APR 1 (NPN): East Dimapur Sumi Students’ Union (EDSSU) on Saturday said it has decided to put off its proposed indefinite strike at the directorate of land records and survey in Dimapur, which was scheduled to begin from April 2017.

In a press release, EDSSU president, Kanato S Awomi, and general secretary, Ato Achumi, said the decision was taken after receipt of letter from secretary LR&S department requesting to call off the strike as the matter, which could not be responded in time due to pen down strike by services associations, was under serious consideration by the government.

EDSSU has, however, served a 10-day deadline on the department to act on their demand starting April 1, 2017.

It cautioned that failure on the part of the department would invite immediate indefinite strike at LR&S directorate.

The union is demanding cancellation of alleged backdoor appointments of four Land Records & Survey Officer (LRSO) and eight surveyor grade-I under the Land Record and Survey (LR&S) department.

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“It’s time to go back to people and I need your prayers so I want to give you something.”

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N. Biren Singh (File)

ister, Singh said.

At the meeting the chief minister along with senior government officials tabled a detail account of the steps being initiated by the new government for the safety and free movement of state vehicles along the highway passing through Nagaland.

Singh also assured that there would be no more blockades as adequate security measures would be put in place to allow free movement of vehicles. He said regular foot patrolling by IRB and Manipur Rifles would be carried out all along the national highway.

He also informed that

NSCN (I-M) appeals to all for restraint DIMAPUR, APR 1 (NPN): NSCN (I-M) MIP on Saturday appealed to all Naga people “to be cautious in words or actions which could be detrimental negative impact on the political talks” said as the Indo-Naga political talks were at its crucial stage and on the verge of conclusion to create a new history.

MIP maintained that it was unwise to indulge in “un-farsighted thinking and magnifying rumours” that could lead to momentary emotional outburst. While urging all to wait patiently for the better future, MIP said NSCN (I-M) was working out what was best for the Nagas and said it would “never let down the Nagas in the anticipated solution.”

As vice president, ‘gen’ (retd) Kholi and ato kilonser Th. Muivah had left for Delhi to resume the talks along with the collective leadership and talk team members, MIP appealed to all Nagas for constant prayer and policy support for an early solution.

NSCN/GPRN further conveyed its best wishes to the leaders that Almighty God grant them wisdom and good health and to let the spirit of Lord guide and strengthen them.

the Centre had given the green signal to set up 4th Indian Reserved Battalion (IRB) for Manipur as Highway Protection Force.

The meeting also discussed about the recent vehicle mishaps along the national highways that claimed the live of 22 people including three women.

Responding to a demand of the transporters, the chief minister instructed the chief secretary who also attended the meeting to conduct an enquiry and find the causes of the road accidents.

Several other issues were also discussed at the meeting particularly with regard to road safety.

In view of the increasing number of road accidents, he also instructed the commissioner (transport) to take up the road safety measures like marking of zebra crossing, traffic signs in front of schools, road diversions, curves etc. from Sunday itself.

He further instructed to ban the use of gas horns in and around Imphal city.

State gets `10.41 cr for two abattoirs, 1 food testing lab Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, APR 1 (NPN): Centre has released Rs. 10.41 crore to the state of Nagaland for setting up of two abattoirs (Rs.9.20 crore) and one food testing laboratory (Rs.1.21 crore) since inception of the projects.

This was informed by the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Rajya Sabha while highlighting the status of ongoing food processing projects in the country and funds released to those projects.

The minister informed the house that the government has approved setting up of 42 Mega Food Park projects, 133 Cold Chain projects, 38 Abattoir projects, 101 Food Testing Laboratories and assistance to 7381 food processing industries for technology up-gradation/ establishment/

modernization under major schemes of the Ministry.

He also stated that out of the approved projects, eight Mega Food Parks have been made operational, 97 Cold Chain Projects have been completed, seven abattoir projects have been made operational and 61 Food Testing Laboratories have been completed. The minister stated that the regular project-wise monitoring was undertaken at various levels in the Ministry to expedite implementation.

It may be noted that the DMC slaughter house which was inaugurated on May 26, 2012 at Burma Camp, Dimapur was the second abattoir in the country and first in the Northeast. This was sanctioned under the 11th 5 year plan project by Centre after the ministry of food processing industry (MoFPI) offered it to the state government in 2006.

EC orders probe after EVM dispenses only BJP slips NEW DELHI, APR 1 (AGENCIES): The Election Commission has ordered a probe into the alleged Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) tampering issue after the Congress party complained that the Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine printed a BJP slip in a trial vote which was casted to the Samajwadi Party by pressing the party’s button ahead of the Ater bypolls in Madhya Pradesh. The leaders from the Congress party have demanded a thorough investigation into the matter alleging the EVMs are faulty and can be tampered with. The trial on the EVMs were being conducted before the Ater bypolls in Madhya Pradesh.

The Congress leaders alleged that the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) system generated a slip with the BJP’s lotus symbol when CEO Saleena Singh, who was checking the arrangements, had pressed the button for the Samajwadi Party candidate.

The Election Commission has also ordered a probe into the matter.

The Congress party leaders have also said that they would approach the

CM appoints Imtikumzuk as parl. secretary Correspondent

KOHIMA, APR 1 (NPN): State chief minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu appointed former NLA deputy speaker, Imtikumzuk as parliamentary secretary of Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Saturday afternoon.

He was administered oath by the chief minister at CM’s secretariat on Saturday afternoon in the presence of several cabinet ministers and others.

With the addition of Imtikumzuk in the jumbo ministry, Dr. Shürhozelie has appointed 25 parliamentary secretaries in the current DAN-III ministry.

It may be mentioned that Imtikumzuk resigned as deputy speaker on Friday after he submitted his letter to the NLA speaker.

Election Commission for an inquiry. The Congress also demanded that by-elections to Ater and Bandhavgarh should be held via ballot paper and not EVMs. The demand to do away with EVM intensified on Saturday after a video demonstrating faults in the machines went viral ahead of an assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh. However, Singh claimed that the machines were not calibrated. “When you have a fully calibrated machine, this cannot happen like this.

But they (journalists) misrepresented the facts without trying to understand the whole issue,” said Saleena Singh. In the video, Singh was also heard saying that if the reporters circulate this, they will have to face police detention.

Following the video, the poll panel has ordered an inquiry into the matter. “We have sought a detailed report from district election officer and would come up with a response in the evening,” an EC spokesperson said. (Also Read: EVMs can be tampered with: here’s how) A video of Singh checking the EVMs before the by-election in Madhya Pradesh went viral on social

media in which Singh could be seen surprised after she pressed two different buttons on the EVM but the VVPAT attached to the machine generated wrong receipts. She was also seen laughing on the matter and warning the journalists that they would face police detention if they publish the report. However, the video hasn’t been verified yet.

As per the reporters present at the spot, when CEO Saleena Singh pushed the button number 4 on the EVM, which has been given to the Samajwadi Party (SP), the VVPAT machine generated a print out of a slip bearing the BJPs lotus symbol and name of a candidate Satyadev Pachouri.

The machine generated Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)’s symbol elephant when button numbers two and three were pushed; the BSP isn’t fighting these polls.

Singh has accused “some people” of creating an illusion that only BJP slips are being generated by the VVPAT. Saleena Singh said, “In a dummy voting process or a demo anything can come first. When the first button was pressed, ‘lotus’ came. When the next button was pressed hand

symbol came. That should have clarified the matter.”

The trial of the EVM was going on before the byelection for the Ater assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh scheduled for April 9. The trail was conducted as this is the first time the Election Commission is using VVPAT in the state. VVPAT is a machine attached to the EVMs that generates a slip with the party symbol for which the voter has voted for. The slip is then dropped in a box.

Earlier, the Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal had also alleged foul play in the EVMs after a dismal show in Punjab and Goa Assembly Elections 2017. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) submitted a letter to the Election Commission of India and complained about the alleged Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tampering in Punjab Assembly Elections 2017.

He also demanded that the voting for MCD Elections 2017 should be through ballot papers.

As per the reports, the party demanded that slips generated by VVPAT machines be matched with papers generated by the EVMs to verify the Punjab assembly election results.

Truckers begin nation-wide indefinite strike KOLKATA/CHENNAI/MUMBA I / B E N G A LU RU, A P R 1 (IANS): Truck owners began an indefinite strike from Saturday to protest mainly against the proposed 50 per cent hike in the third party insurance premium, amid apprehensions that the protest could lead to supply disruption and raise commodity prices in the coming days.

In a bid to resolve the standoff, the strikers will meet Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) Chairman on Monday, and take a decision on whether to continue with the agitation based on the discussions with the regulator.

“One of the reasons for going on strike is the drastic 50 per cent increase in the third party premium charged for trucks by the insurers.

We have a meeting with the IRDAI Chairman on Monday at Hyderabad,” said P.V. Subramani, Vice President, All India Motor Transport Congress-South Zone.

The third party premium for automobiles is decided by IRDAI while all other premium rates are decided by the insurers - private and government-owned.

Fleet owners normally go only for third party policies and take care of the damages to vehicles on their own.

The South India Motor Transport Association and South Zone Motor Transporters’ Welfare Association (SZMTWA) had gone for the indefinite strike from Thursday and All India Confederation of Goods Vehicles Owners’ Association (ACOGOA) joined the protests from Saturday.

“We protest the exhorbitant rise in premium of the third party insurance, which has gone up by 800 percent from 2002 to till date,” ACOGOA’s President Channa Reddy told IANS. On the insurer’s argument about the rising third party accident claims and the compensation paid, Subramani said: “Let them show their numbers in a transparent manner. If the business is loss-making, why is that the insurers are offering discounts on premium that ranges up to 70 per cent in the case of comprehensive policies and up to two per cent in the case third party policies?”

Around 22 lakh trucks have stayed off the road in Karnata-

ka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Puducherry since Thursday midnight.

“Our future course of action will depend on the outcome of the meeting with IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) on Monday in Hyderabad,” said SZMTWA’s General Secretary G.R. Shanmugappa.

“The five states and one union territory (in South India) will incur a loss of Rs 5,500 crore per day due to this agitation,” he added.

Around 10,000 trucks in Maharashtra have stopped plying to south Indian states in support of the strike.

Truck owners are also demanding reinstatement of tariff advisory committee and protesteing against fines proposed in the Motor Vehicles Act amendment.

All India Motor Transport Congress’s (AIMTC) President S.K. Mittal said truckers have been demanding category wise real time data from the insurance regulator but this has not been provided so far.

According to truckers in West Bengal, the strike has been successful not only in Bengal but also in Odisha, Assam, Tripura and Bihar.

T-showers not likely to abandon NE anytime soon: MET deptt Pangsha range seeks CM’s intervention on border issue

GUWAHATI, APR 1 (AGENCIES): If you’re wondering how the weather is going to be this coming week, take a sneak peek into the latest weather forecast as per the Meteorological department, Guwahati.

Present synoptic situations: An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over north Bangladesh & neighbourhood and extends upto 2.1 km above mean sea level and a trough runs from this cyclonic circulation to the south Odisha across Gangatic West Bengal and extends upto 1.5 km above mean sea level.

MET sub-divisionwise weather forecast: Moderate to Heavy Rain/Thundershowers is very likely to occur at many places Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram & Tripura (N.M.M.T.) on April 1; thereafter the spatial distribution as well as intensity of precipitation is very likely to increase over the states with moderate to Heavy Rainfall at most places during April 2-4, 2017 and thereafter the spatial distribution as well as

Sat : INSAT-3D IMG_TIR1 10.8 UM SECTOR NEW Mercator (Blue LUT)

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intensity of precipitation is likely to decrease over N.M.M.T. with light to moderate rainfall at many places on April 5, 2017.

Moderate to Heavy Rain/ Thundershowers is very likely

to occur at most places of Arunachal Pradesh during April 1-3 and thereafter the spatial distribution as well as intensity of precipitation is likely to decrease over Arunachal Pradesh with

light to moderate rainfall at many places on April 4 and at a few places on April 5. Moderate to Heavy Rain/Thundershowers is very likely to occur at most places of Assam and Meghalaya during April 1-4, 2017 and thereafter the spatial distribution as well as intensity of precipitation is likely to decrease over Assam & Meghalaya with light to moderate rainfall at many places on April 5.

Heavy rainfall warning: Heavy to very heavy rain is very likely to occur at few places over Assam and Meghalaya on April 3 with extremely heavy falls at isolated places.

Heavy to very heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places of Arunachal Pradesh on April 3; over Assam and Meghalaya on April 2 and also over N.M.M.T on April 2-3.

Heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places of Arunachal Pradesh on April 2; over Assam and Meghalaya on April 4 and also over N.M.M.T. on April 4.

DIMAPUR, APR 1 (NPN): Objecting to the proposed joint survey in between BP 145 and BP 146 along India and Myanmar border at ITC DAN, the Pangsha range citizens of India have appealed to the state chief minister to take up the issue with the responsible authority so as to maintain a conducive peaceful atmosphere between the two nations in the border area.

In a joint memorandum to the chief minister through the Eastern Nagaland Peoples Organisation (ENPO), New Pangsha Council chairman, P Shingnya; Old Pangsha Council chairman, L Thango; DAN council chairman, Lupan; Head GB ITC DAN, Mushou; Head GB New Pangsha, Papi; Head GB Old Pangsha, Pango; Head GB DAN village, Nyukha and Head GB Wonsoi village, Puchong, expressed dismay that the survey team of India and Myanmar had gone to their land to conduct survey work as per the existing

imaginary line. The signatories said this has lead to bifurcation of their land (the only source of their income) and parted to foreign country without the knowledge of the indigenous inhabitants.

They pointed out that BP146 has been installed erroneously within their land where 3500 acres of their cultivable land has been compromised to the foreign country for no wrong of the native land owners.

In this regard, the signatories demanded that BP146 should be immediately removed and follow the traditional boundary of Pangsha (India) and Kingphu/Woilan, Ponyu (Myanmar) village and realign the existing boundary as per the traditional boundary that would be promptly acceptable.

Further, the signatories also appealed to the survey team of both the countries to immediately withdraw from the spot, adding that no activities should be taken up until rectification was made.

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Konyaks celebrate Aoleang Monyu at Kisama, Mopong

(L-R): Sazo being presented a Konyak traditional headgear and local made gun. Tobu Wankon presenting cultural dance at Kisama, Saturday. (NP) Khekaho Assumi and others at Mopong.

Correspondent KOHIMA, APR 1 (NPN): A six-day Aoleang Monyu festival – the premier festival of the Konyak community, which celebrates the arrival of spring and prays for a good upcoming harvest – began on Saturday with splendour and gaiety.

Aoleang Monyu festival was celebrated at The Heritage Kisama on Saturday with minister for PHED, Chotisuh Sazo as the chief guest.

In his address, Sazo stressed on maintaining and

preserving the good values practised by the ancestors and said that festivals were celebrated keeping up with the culture and traditions of each tribe. He said the festivals celebrate the values practiced by the ancestors such as, respect for elders and women, work values and abiding traditional and customary laws. Sazo, however, lamented that in the present day people have “diverted” themselves from all the good practices.

The minister called upon the people to maintain the “true values” of the festi-

Wokha Village bans hunting, trapping

DIMAPUR: In a major step towards preserving the environment, the Wokha Village Council (WVC) has resolved to strictly ban hunting and trapping, starting April 1, 2017, and also prohibited taking away of any forest medicinal products such as flora and fauna from Mt. Tiyi Reserved Forest. Informing this in a press note, WVC chairman S. Yanphamo Tungoe and secretary Zujanbemo Lotha, cautioned that anyone found violating the order would invite seizure of their materials and penalized, and action would be taken as per its Village rules and regulation. WVC also said it has resolved to give full cooperation and support to the government agencies, administration and the contractor while implementing and executing the construction work of NH 61 and Wokha - Merapani road within its jurisdiction to bring better quality workmanship.

vals by merry makings and strengthening the bond of friendship between the families, friends and others.

Pointing out that in the past the Naga tribes celebrate festivals with their hard earned resources, Sazo lamented that at present Nagas instead of working hard for the resources were only collecting money from officers, contractors etc. to celebrate festivals. He then said that such practice should be discouraged.

Sazo also lauded the contributions of Konyaks in Naga society and appreciat-

ed the tribe for maintaining its “distinct identity” like the practise of Angh-ship, tattoo culture and creativity. He said Konyaks were the first Naga tribe to gun powder.

Though Konyak falls under the “backward tribe” category, he said the tribe was progressing in many fields and that it was not “backward physically, mentally or intellectually”. He also urged the younger generation to be brave like their ancestors and be competitive so as to be at par with the rest of the world. The minister also called upon the people

to preserve the fauna and flora and urged each individual to create awareness on preservation. Sazo also appealed the Naga Political Groups to unite so as to arrive at an “honourable” solution to Naga political issue.

Additional chief secretary and development commissioner R.B Thong, who graced the occasion as guest of honour, recalled his close association with the Konyak tribe. Pointing out that Konyaks inhabit a fertile land, Thong said the region can become the “rice bowl of Nagaland”. He also

informed that government of India has approved the Dimapur-Tizit railway line.

Chairman NPSC A. Yanang Konyak delivered the significance of the festival while chief host of the festival minister, C. L John, delivered festival greetings.

The festival witnessed cultural special and cultural presentations from Angam Khong, Chen Wankon, Tobu Wankon, KNSK/ Tangshem Lan, Wakching Wankon and Mon Wankon.

Earlier, the chief guest also erected a bamboo at the festival site as a symbol of

blessing.

MOPONG: Parliamentary secretary for Youth Resource and Sports, Khekaho Assumi Aoleang festival celebration at Mopong EAC headquarters on Saturday held under the theme “Social and Cultural Awakening”.

In his address, Khekaho said besides celebrating Aoleang festival which celebrates the culture and traditions and prays for good harvest for the year, there was a need to retrospect and see how far the community has come in terms of development and education.

Encouraging youth to venture out into private sectors, Khekaho said they should opt for vocational trainings and become entrepreneurs instead of waiting for government jobs which was already saturated. He also said youth should help the government for good governance by being a pressure group and ensuring the schools functions well, hospitals were maintained and developmental works were properly implemented.

Cultural presentation was one of the highlights of Aoleang festival.

news in brief

DC Longleng informs: DC Longleng has convened monthly DPDB meeting on April 7 at 11 a.m. at DC’s conference hall. All the members have been informed to attend the meeting.

KUD appeals: Konyak Union Dimapur (KUD) has appealed all government, private schools, institutions and employees in and around Dimapur to grant leave of one day on April 4, to all community as they would be celebrating Aoleang Monyu festival, at DDSC Dimapur.

SBPU meeting: Sümi Baptist Pastors Union (SBPU) has convened a meeting on April 4 at 8 a.m. at Thilixu village Baptist Church. All office bearers, executive members and area chairman have been requested to attend the meeting.

AND & DGDU meeting: All Nagaland Directorate and District Government Drivers’ Union (AND & DGDU) has convened meeting on April 8, 10:30 a.m. at Nagaland Contractor’s and Suppliers Union Conference Hall near PWD junction Kohima. All the executive members and head drivers have been requested to attend the meeting.

BJMM Dmu visits fire victims: BJMM Dimapur district visited the fire victims of March 23 incident and donated monetary and materials to the victims.

Meanwhile, BJMM also requested the district administration and the power department to take adequate measure to prevent such incidences again.

Tenyiphe-I village council informs: Tenyiphe-I Village Council has informed that its executive members would be visiting every household and landowners within its jurisdiction in view of its golden jubilee celebration scheduled for March 10, 2018. The council has appealed every member to pray for the big occasion and has also informed landholders who have not done land registration to do so by 2017.

BBU organises ‘spiritual awakening prog: Benreului Baptist Union youth wing organized spiritual awakening programme from March 25 and 26 at Life Spring Corner, Dimapur with Pastor Mongzeung Mpon , Pastor Ihusing Liegise, Hiazu Meru and Saku Longchar as the speakers. Altogether 478 Benreului youth from different places and various walks of life attended the programme which was sponsored by Swarai Meru and family.

Green Dimapur Team comprising of young likeminded people took the initiative to organize cleanliness drive in Dimapur, Saturday. During the drive, the team installed dustbins in various areas of the city. The cleanliness drive was conducted at Deluxe Point, Police Point, Dhobinullah and Clock Tower Junction. (NP)

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HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY to the Most Precious and Loving Mom

Mrs. Y. Shiheli Zhimo, Retd. P/Teacher

Dearest Mom! Mothers like you are made in Heaven!

Rare like a diamond and pure like an angel.

You gave your all and raised us with love and prayer. You are our teacher, our strength and our guiding star. You have a heart that loves, a soul that rejoice and a spirit that gives and comforts. You are to us the most ultimate and absolute mom. We love you! May you live to be a centenarian!

In-laws, children & grandchildren.

OFFICE OF THE

AO TEMOLUNGTSUR TELONGJEM DIMAPUR FELICITATES

The Ao Temolungtsur Telongjen, Dimapur would like to congratulate Dr. Noklenyangla (Ayangti Longkumer) daughter of Mr. Burkumzuk, on her accomplishment on being awarded a Ph.D in Science Policy Studies by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for her thesis titled ‘Ideational Influence of Bengal Renaissance and Rabindranath Tagore on India's S&T Policies of Self-Reliance. We wish the very best in all her future endeavours.

Ayangtila Jamir Secretary, ATTD

Talirenla President, ATTD

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Agri-Forest Junction - No Parking on right side (valley side); Agri Junction to CM’s In & Out route - No Right Side parking ( hill side).

P.R. Hill to TCP Gate: LK Hardware to Axis ATM (P.R. Hill) - One side parking only on the left (valley side) i.e., Jack & Jill, Popular Bakery side; Below F&ES Service point - Parking for F&ES only; Classic Island to Foot Bridge above Mezhür School - No Parking on both Sides; Box Cutting Area Parking on both sides only for pick-up and drop-off of school children; Opposite Car Decora near WW-II Cemetery - Parking for max.

7 vehicles at a time; WW-II Cemetery to TCP Gate Left side Parking only but no parking approaching the turning at TCP Point toward NHK.

54th YEARS OF GOD's MERCIFULNESS WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

V. Phushito Jimomi & Khitoli Jimomi 2nd April 1963 – 2nd April 2017 Kuhoxu Village

We thank the Lord for keeping you both in good health, and showering your love upon us till now. We pray the Lord's abundant blessing of love and health be showered upon you for many years to come.

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- Temporary Taxi stand to be removed; KMC Dustbin area - Public Parking; Japfu Hotel Point to State Academy - Taxi Parking on left side (valley side) for 5 vehicles at a time (to be demarcated); Below SBI Branch (PHQ) – Parking; Department of State Lotteries - Parking for the Department only; From opposite ADS junction to Big Bite - No parking on left side (hill side); LK Hardware Shop to Supply Office junction - No Parking on right side (valley side); Supply Office Point to Bank of India Parking for Western Angami bound Sumos & public; BoI to old Hotel Fira - No Parking on right side (valley side); Hotel Fira junction to West Road Mall - No Parking right side (valley side); District Jail point & Big Bite Area – Parking; Opposite Big Bite to

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right side (hill side); Neiphiu Rio building - No Parking on either side; Kere Pharmacy/ General Automobiles to Canara Bank - No Parking on right side (hill side); Canara Bank to Viu Belho Building - Parking on right side (hill side); Viu Belho Building to Mohonkhola (Dzüvürü) bridge - No Parking on right side (hill side); Akum Building to Francis Belho Building - Parking on left side only (valley side); AG Point to South PS point - No parking on either side; Yantsü building to Kohima Bajaj - Parking on left side only (valley side).

South Point Market to CM’s Residence and TCP: City Bus Stop Stand, Below Japfu Hotel - Limiting to 5 buses at a time. Rest of the Buses can be stationed at Lerie Stand; BOC Market

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DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner and Chairman Regional Transport Authority, Kohima, Rajesh Soundararajan, has notified that the following traffic/parking regulations in addition to the earlier/existing regulations would come into effect from March 31.

The area/lane between Ladies Mile to Box Cutting: No parking on the left side (hill side); Y Junction to New NST – No right side parking; Old Tata Parking to Aircel Office - No right side parking (hill side); Lotha Sector Church, Keziekie to Tinpati – No right side parking (hill side), Tata mobile parking limitation up to 5 vehicles and No zonal/local taxi between Bus stand & Tata mobile parking (Blue Dart Line); Tinpati Point to Bayavü Police Point – No Taxi Parking near the Traffic Point and No left side parking up to Tata mobile parking (valley side); CANSSEA Office to Alder College Junction – No parking on either side; ITI Junction to GHS Point – No parking on either side; GHS Junction to G. Rio School Junction – Parking on left side only below Peraciezie Church, No parking on either side from Peraciezie Church approach road till GHS ground junction and To write “No Parking” on the retaining walls on the left side; Road from Census Office Junction to NHK Junction – Parking and No Parking side on the basis of availability of area and width of the road; General – Parking of vehicle on pedestrian footpath is not permitted.

The area/lanes from AIR Junction to South PS: Rokohol Ketsu Building to AIR Junction - No Parking on right side (hill side); Kezo Building (opposite AIR Junction) - Parking on left side (valley side); Diagnostic Centre to Rokohol Ketsu Building - Parking on

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nagalandpost.com Poll Q.: Are all the schemes both central and state helpful for the people?

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Q: How c a n t h e s t a t e

finance improve?

Increase revenue col lection, reduce expenditure.

Govt website should re flect weekly expenditure.

Enforce financial disci pline act passed in 2006.

WEATHER FORECAST April 2

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Couple of thunderstorms

32 25

Aizawl

Heavy rain and a thunderstorm 28 19

Guwahati Couple of thunderstorms Imphal

25 18

Heavy rain and a thunderstorm 29 16

Itanagar Heavy thunderstorms

19 16

Shillong

Heavy rain and a thunderstorm 19 16

Kohima

Heavy rain and a thunderstorm 24 16

Dimapur

Some rain and a thunderstorm 27 19

Mkg

Rain and a thunderstorm

22 15

Tuensang Some rain and a thunderstorm 17 13 Wokha

A shower and t-storm around 19 16

Zunheboto Occasional rain and a t-storm 19 13

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur Sunday, April 2, 2017

Konyak Heritage Village foundation stone unveiled

leaders not the leave the project half done or utilize it for personal benefit. He informed that his village was ever ready to donate more land if needed for the project.

Presidents of KSU, KU and KNSK also spoke at the function. Earlier the foundation stone was Thongwang after unveiling the foundation stone. dedicated by Pastor KBCM DIMAPUR: Advisor for also lauded the student Nahngom. The function DUDA, LM & CP and community for taking the was chaired by T.M. Wapa, NIDC Thongwang Konyak initiative to establish the speaker KSU. on Saturday unveiled the heritage village to promote foundation stone of Konyak a n d t r e a s u r e t h e r i c h Heritage Village laid by culture and traditions of Konyak Students Union the Konyaks. He said that (KSU) at Abang. the proposed location for I n h i s a d d r e s s , the heritage village was a Thongwang said various conserved land under the developmental projects forest department to protect could not be completed the water source which was on time due to “unstable supplied to Mon town. government” in the state.

The DC appealed T h o n g w a n g a l s o to all the Konyak NGOs, lauded the student body l e g i s l a t u r e s a n d a l l for initiating the project concerned to extend their and Leangha village for cooperation and support to donating the land. He also find ways and means for discouraged the practise development of the village. of expecting donations He added that responsibility from chief guest saying of developing the project that people should focus lay with the entire Konyak more on the messages than community. money. The chief guest also Loung Ang hpa of donated Rs. 10 lakh towards Leangha village said that development of the heritage the land was donated free village. of cost for the community Deputy Commissioner development of the Konyaks Mon, W. Honje Konyak and urged the Konyak

Faculty development programme underway DIMAPUR: Two-week f a c u l t y d e ve l o p m e n t prog ramme in Entrepreneurship organized by Indian Institute of Entrepreunership (IIE) State Office, Dimapur under Ministry of S k i l l D eve l o p m e n t & Entrepreneurship got underway at Digitech Institute, Dimapur on March 31.

Speaking as chief guest, principal of Yemhi M e m o r i a l C o l l e ge, Dimapur, Professor M. Chetia, expressed that for the students there were numbers of awareness

programme and as such for the teachers the program was organized.

He also motivated the student teachers that they could take up entre preneurship as a career option.

I t wa s i m p o r t a n t that teachers should be sensitized on need for being an entrepreneurial teacher, he added.

Project coordinator, IIE under Ministr y of S k i l l D eve l o p m e n t & Entrepreneurship, Amen Aodang, informed that i t wa s a f r e e c o u r s e

Faculty development programme in progress. sponsored by National Development Boards. The Science and Technology program would culminate E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p on April 13.

NERC & ARCS Mkg office shifted DIMAPUR: Office of the Nagaland Electricity Regulatory Commission ( N E RC ) a t O l d M L A Hostel Complex, Kohima w h i c h wa s d e s t r o ye d during the “mob agitation” on February 2 has been temporarily shifted to Upper Agri Colony, Near Stella Higher Secondary School, Kohima.

Infor ming this, s e c r e t a r y, N E R C , Kohima, W.Y. Yanthan said henceforth, all official correspondences

with the NERC be made to: Nagaland Electricity Regulatory Commission, Upper Agri Colony, House No. 341 near Stella Higher Secondary School, Kohima – 797001. Email address: nerc_kohima@yahoo.com/ nerckohima@hotmail.com ARCS Mkg: Office of the Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies (ARCS) Mokokchung has been shifted to present District Fishery Office, Mokokchung (Ground Floor) w.e.f April 1.

ARCS, Mokokchung, A l a n g l a To n g e r h a s informed public and offices in the district to take note of the shifting of the office.

Normal functioning of the ARCS office, Mokokchung would resume soon.

LBM organises medical health camp for PWDs

Dr. Imlitemsü Ozüküm examining a differentlyabled child. (NP) Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, APR 1 (NPN): One day medical health camp for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) was organised by Living Bread Ministry (LBM) Dimapur at Youth Oasis centre, Eralibill Dimapur, Saturday.

The medical camp was conducted by in-charge of District Disabilities Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) District Hospital D im a p ur ( D HD ) , D r.

Imlitemsu Ozukum and his team of doctors and nurses.

I n t h e c a m p, D r.

Imlitemsu exhorted the parents and the differently abled people and encouraged them to avail rehab as it could help PWDs to become independent.

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District Hospital Dimapur, he encouraged the PWDs to avail its service and facilities. He informed that the centre remain open from Monday to Saturday.

Dr. Imlitemsu called upon the parents and PWDs avail early treatment and facilities from DDRC. Healthcare services, including counselling, physiotherapy was conducted in the medial camp while the team also distributed free medicines.

A l t o ge t h e r 2 0 P W D s attended the health camp.

Earlier, the camp star ted with a prayer followed by registration.

The prog ramme was chaired by Sentirenla Jamir, while god’s blessing was invoked by Pastor, Purana “B” Ao Baptist church, S.Lanu.

A brief vision on medical camp was delivered b y M o a s u n e p Ja m i r and vote of thanks was proposed by founder LBM, S. Aosüngkum Ozüküm.

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Assam, Meghalaya CMs discuss border problems

Correspondent

G u waha t i / S h i llo n g, A p r 1 : Meghalaya and Assam on Saturday ordered Chief Secretaries of both states to re-start their dialogue process to resolve the vexed inter-state boundary disputes between the two states.

The decision was taken at a Chief Minister-level meet between Sarbananda Sonowal and Mukul Sangma at the Brahmaputra State Guest House in Assam’s main city Guwahati.

“The chief secretaries of Assam and Meghalaya have been asked to continue the dialogue on the 12 areas of difference,” Sonowal told journalists after the meeting.

“We have discussed a lot of issues, and it was fruitful. The chief secretaries will discuss on the boundary dispute. We have also decided to work together for our mutual growth,” he said.

The 12 areas of difference, include Upper Tarabari, Gizang reserve forest, Hahim, Langpih, Borduar, Boklapara, Nong-

wah-Matamur, KhanaparaPilangkata, Deshdemoreah, Khanduli-Psiar area, Ratacherra and Blocks I and II. The total area of difference is 2,765.14 square km, of which Blocks I and II cover 1,583.42 square km.

Saturday’s meeting was the first official meeting between the two Chief Ministers after Sonowal assumed office in Assam in May last year. Sangma last held discussions with then Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on June 5, 2010 following the incident where four Khasi villagers were killed during a firing by Assam police personnel at Langpih on May 14, 2010.

“We had a fruitful dialogue and as a follow up of discussions held earlier, more discussions will be held so that both the states can resolve the long pending issue mutually which will be acceptable to both the states,” the Meghalaya Chief Minister said. Moreover, he said that issues related to disputes will be further discussed at the level of the chief secretaries.

Asked on Meghalaya Assembly resolution asking the Centre to constitute a Boundary Commission to resolve the inter-state boundary imbroglio, Sangma said, “They (Assam) have made their stand but we will discuss mutually.”

In March 2011, the Meghalaya Assembly had passed a resolution to urge the Centre to constitute a Boundary Commission to re-examine and redefine the inter-state boundary between the two states.

The Assam Assembly adopted another resolution negating the Meghalaya resolution.

Meanwhile, both the Chief Ministers has decided to conduct joint operations along the inter-state boundary to flush out militants along the inter-state boundary to ensure peace and tranquillity.

“We have also decided to work together to restore the environment and whoever is doing illegal activities like hill cutting should stop, and action will be taken jointly on this issue,” Sonowal said.

northeast Create peaceful atmosphere in Arunachal: Rijiju

Itanagar, Apr 1 (PTI): Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today called for creating a peaceful atmosphere in Arunachal Pradesh so that fruits of development percolate down to every nook and corner of the state.

“NDA’s mantra for the North East is ‘peace and development’ and we are trying to make the region a secured and developed place so that it could compete with other develop parts of the country,” Rijiju, union Minister of State for Home Affairs, said at a programme here.

“Our responsibility is to support outsiders who visit the state for execution of various developmental projects. If they feel insecure, they will leave the state without completing the projects and in the process development will suffer,” he said and called upon the people to contribute for development.

“The proposed three broad gauge (railway) lines will change the economy of the state once they are completed,” he said and called for proper execution of all developmental schemes without compromising on quality.

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Manipur govt orders enquiry into CCTVs scam Correspondent

IMPHAL, Apr 1: BJPled coalition government in Manipur has ordered an enquiry into CCTV installation scam involving over Rs eight crore. BJP during their election campaign promised befitting action against those involved in various fraud cases if they were voted to power.

Government constituted an enquiry committee with ADGP Promod Ashthana as chairman and Sumant Singh Secretary (RD&PR) and Clay Khongsei IGP as members. The committee will submit its report on the CCTV installation scam involving Rs 8, 01, 54, 775 in the state home department within a 15-day period from the date of constitution of the committee on March 31.

State home department had sanctioned a total of Rs 8, 01, 54, 775 under the plan 2009-10 and 2010-2011 for procurement of CCTVs for installation and commissioning at Raj Bhavan, Chief Minister Bungalow and bazaar ar-

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eas in Imphal.

However, the CCTVs installed at bazaar areas have not been functional since its installation and there were allegation of With love irregularities in procureApo, Mummy, sisters, Ano and Amo. ment and installation of ________________________________ CCTV cameras. Media had reported the matter Dear kaka nancy lapon, On your 6th birthday, we wish from time to time but no to let you know that we are very action was initiated by the lucky to have daughter like you. We previous government. pray that the lord god guide you with An official statement good luck, good health long live, and said that the state governsuccess in every moment of your life ment decided to conduct journey. an enquiry into the proWishing you a very happy curement and installation bornday. and commissioning of With lots of love from CCTV cameras to ascerMummy and papa. ___________________ tain the facts and to find officers responsible for Dear, Horila. lapses if any.

Hi Ahori, good morning. WishThe committee will ing you a very happy belated birthday enquire into the process of ( April 1).May your dream come tender, procurement, in- true. stallation and commissionFrom. Cana, Zidangla and S Liting CCTVs and find out ingse Sangtam lapses if any and identify the persons responsible for such lapses, it added.

The enquiry report will be submitted to the government within a period of 15 days time which water-logged and the water the counting began from Correspondent level increased owing to Friday (March 31), the IMPHAL, Apr 1: Hun- moderate downpour of the statement added. dreds of people have been day, it was reported. evacuated to safer places As directed by an in Imphal as parts of Ma- emergency cabinet meetnipur valley continued to ing of the N Biren governreel under flood-like situ- ment, Imphal West DC C ation after heavy rainfall Arthur Worchuiyo submitted a preliminary assesscentres in villages, besides over the past two days.

After all time record ment of affected houseshortfall of specialist doctors, nurses and staff, the breaking rainfall on Thurs- holds under his district late CAG report filed in the just day, the state continued to yesterday evening.

Three relief camps concluded session of the receive heavy rainfall on Saturday. were opened at the safer state assembly, said.

Incessant rainfall places nearby the flood afT h e C AG r e c o m mended to the state gov- lashed across the state in- fected localities.

The DC said that reernment to establish new undating several areas in primary health centres valley areas, particularly lief items in the form of (PHCs) and sub-health the capital city. The rain- rice, dal, salt and mustard centres (SCs)as per norms fall during Friday night oil were distributed to each and provision of essential continued till Saturday affected families through medical and paramedical with hailstones in the eve- local club members unstaff in the health facilities. ning. der the supervision of the Officials of Imphal SDO/SDC concer ned In its report tabled in the just concluded Assembly West district administra- today. session for the year ending tion said that flood-like Heavy rain with thunMarch 31, 2016, the CAG situation affected 1599 derstorm and hailstones said the shortage of medi- families at Lamphel area was reported from hills cal specialists was a “seri- of the district and they districts of the state in the ous impediment” in the have been shifted to tem- last three days, Tamenproper delivery of health- porary shelters. Many glong being the most afcare services in the state. areas and localities were fected area.

Over 1600 families affected by flood-like situation in Manipur

AASU protest against granting citizenship to migrants CAG pulls up Meghalaya CM for

Restraint plan to link Tawang with rail: China

Beijing, Apr 1 (PTI): China on Saturday asked India to exercise restraint on its plan to link the strategic border district of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh with a railway network while adding that any unilateral action might complicate the unresolved border issue.

“We hope that the Indian side can exercise caution, show restraint and refrain from unilateral actions that might further complicate the question so as to create a sound condition for enhancing mutual trust between China and India and promoting proper resolution of the boundary question,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

“China’s position on eastern section of the China-India boundary

is consistent and clear. At present, the two sides are working to resolve the territorial dispute through negotiation and consultation,” the ministry told PTI in a written reply following a query about reports that India was exploring possibilities to link Tawang with a railway network.

China has in recent days upped its rhetoric on claims to Arunachal Pradesh, which it says is Southern Tibet, and even warned India of “serious damage” to ties if New Delhi allows Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit the state next week. The ministry yesterday warned New Delhi that the visit of the Dalai Lama, the highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, will “come down to India to make a choice”.

Tawang, which happens to be the birthplace in 1683 of the sixth Dalai Lama, is at the centre of Tibetan Buddhism and a friction point between India and China relations.

India and China are in discussion to resolve their border dispute that covers the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC).

While Beijing claims Arunachal as part of Southern Tibet, India asserts that the dispute also covers the ‘Aksai Chin’ area, which was occupied by China during the 1962 war.

The ministry said the two sides have “agreed that pending final settlement, both sides will work together to properly manage the dispute” and preserve peace in the border areas.

OFFICE OF THE

HIYAM

KOHIMA TSOPOE EKHUNG

SUMI COUNCIL PURANA BAZAR VILLAGE

KOHIMA : NAGALAND

DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

APPRECIATION

FELICITATION

The Kohima Tsopoe Ekhung with pride and honour convey congratulations and appreciation to the following officers/members of the Ekhung: 1. Wonthungo Tsopoe, on being promoted to Addl. Director (HOD), School Education, Government of Nagaland, Kohima.

2. E.Motsuthung Lotha (Tsopoe) on being promoted to Asst. Development Commissioner in the Estt. of Planning & Co-ordination Department, Government of Nagaland, Kohima.

Further, the KTE wishes them good health and success in their future endeavours.

ELITHUNG TSOPOE Er. Y.MHATHUNG TSOPOE G/Secy., KTE J/Secy., KTE

SÜNGRATSÜ VILLAGE COUNCIL AND SENSO MUNGDANG FELICITATES

OFFICE OF THE

ZIPHENYU VILLAGE COUNCIL P.O/P.S : TSEMINYU, DIST. KOHIMA

FELICITATION

With immense pride and joy, we the Ziphenyu Village Council would like to congratulate its members.

1. Dr. R. Kemp on being promoted to the post of Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Govt. of India.

2. Shri. Agwa Lorin promoted to the post of Headmaster, Govt. High School, Tesophenyu.

May the good Lord bless and guide them in their future endeavours.

NTHONGA TEP Secretary Ziphenyu Village Council

SAMUEL SEB Chairman Ziphenyu Village Council

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Sd/(S. BENDANG AIER) President Süngratsü Senso Mungdang

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The Village Council and Senso Mungdang of Süngratsü express our heartiest congratulations and honour the following citizens for achieving prestigious positions in their career1. Dr. Imtiwapang Aier elected as Speaker in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

2. Mr. Imtisosang Ao on being promoted to the post of Director Dept. of Sericulture, Govt. of Nagaland.

May the Good Lord bless you all abundantly with good life and His highest wisdom.

Sd/(M. TAKA LONGCHAR) Council Chairman Süngratsü Village

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We, the Purana Bazar Sumi Council (PBSC) would like to express our gratitude to Shri. Tokheho Yepthomi, Hon'ble MLA III Dimapur III A/C for the construction of adjoining road from 29-NH to Sumi Baptist Church and construction of drainage in all the six colonies of Purana Bazar is highly being appreciated.

We, the people of three colonies of Purana Bazar had been facing untold problems during Summer season due to water logging and causing flood in most of the areas. May the Lord bless him in his leadership for the good work.

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OFFICE OF THE

RAZEBA PUBLIC ORGANISATION KOHIMA NAGALAND; KOHIMA

FELICITATION

The Razeba Public Organisation Kohima (RPOK) heartily congratulates Shri. Vikuo Rhi, Youth Secretary, NBCC for being ordained as a Reverend by Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC) in recognition of his service towards the extension of God’s Kingdom on earth. We wish him good health and abundant blessings as he continues to serve the Lord.

Sd/(DARHÜ SHUPAO) (THONYI KROCHA) President, Jt. Secretary, RPOK RPOK Mob # 8974549398

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Regd.No. 661/17

We, the undersigned Zhuikhu Village Council, GBs, VDB and Public in general, would like to express our profound heartfelt gratitude to the Dept. of Soil & Water Conservation, Dimapur Division, Nagaland for constructions of Well, Protection wall at Atu-Ghoki (River) also donating of plastic chair, table, loudspeaker and material items for seedling towards our village.

Mr. Hoshito Yepthomi VC Chairman Zhuikhu Village, Medziphema

Mr. Hoito Jakha VDB, Secretary Zhuikhu Village, Medziphema

AFFIDAVIT FOR NAME/SURNAME CLARIFICATION I, Aghu, S/o W. Shamu resident of H/No. 86, Ward No. 04, Medziphema Town, PO/PS: Medziphema, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare hereby : 1. That, my father's actual and given name/surname is/was W.Shamu, but in my Admit Card and academic documents the same has been spelled in variations of name/surname as Samusingh @ W. Shamu Singh, which is also correct.

2. That, W.Shamu @ Samusingh @ W. Shamu Singh are all one and the same person, and that connotes my father's name/surname.

3. That, I affirm, I use my father's name/surname as W.Shamu, and the same shall be construed as my father's official name/surname for all legal and future correspondence.

4. That, this affidavit is required for the clarification of my father's name/surname.

VERIFICATION I take oath and solemnly declare/affirm that the particulars furnished above by me are correct and that I have not concealed or misrepresented any fact.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 27th day of March 2017.

Regd. No. 1213/2017 Date : 27/03/2017 NOTARY PUBLIC

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Hindu nor Muslim illegal migrants from Bangladesh would be allowed to be brought into Assam through the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the student leader said Assam would not bear the burden of migrants after 1971 irrespective of their religion. AASU

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Sammujal Bhattacharya demanded that both the central and state governments would have to protect the interest of indigenous people in the state as their identity and security were being threatened by Bangladeshi intruders.

Stating that neither

S h i llo n g, A p r 1 (PTI): The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up Meghalaya Chief Minister MUkul Sangma for failing to convene even a single meeting of the State Health Mission (SHM) since 2011 and has reprimanded the governemnt for not giving “adequate priority” to the health sector.

The SHM is to provide health system oversight, consider policy matters related to health sector and review progress in implementation of the centrally sponsored National Rural Health Mission scheme.

Lack of adequate priority has resulted in shortage of over 300 health

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G u wahat i , A p r 1 (PTI): The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and 29 ethnic organisations today took out a procession here protesting the Centre’s decision to grant citizenship to Hindu migrants from Bangladesh. Addressing the rally, AASU chief advisor

failing to convene SHS meeting

OFFICE OF THE

ALL NAGALAND DIRECTORATE & DISTRICT GOVT. DRIVERS’ UNION H.Q. KOHIMA : NAGALAND Regd. No. 2637 Dt. 21-06-94

APPRECIATION The All Nagaland Directorate & District Govt. Drivers’ Union Hq. Kohima sincerely expresses our profound gratitude and deep appreciation to the state Govt. for their valuable concern and wise decision towards elevation of Inspector post in the Directorate and District Offices.

The Union would also like to acknowledge and extend appreciation to the PWD Chief Engineer (R&B) Office, Nagaland: Kohima for creating the Directorate Level Inspector post in Nagaland.

The Union also takes immense pleasure in conveying heartiest congratulations to Shri. Indra Bahadur Darjee, on being promoted to the post of Inspector in the office of the PWD Chief Engineer (R&B), Nagaland Kohima and pray to the Almighty God to grant him wisdom, discerning power, good health as to venture forward with more responsibilities.

May Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

C. K. Longchar Yambahadur Rana President, AND & DGDU General Secretary, AND & DGDU

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Members of the All Assam Students Union (AASU) taking out a procession in Guwahati on Saturday. (PTI)

President Dipankar Kumar Nath warned that the people of the state would never compromise on their decades- long demand for detection and deportation of infiltrators who illegally migrated to the state from Bangladesh after March 25, 1971, the deadline set by the historic Assam Accord in 1985. Demanding implementation of the Assam Accord, AASU General Secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi claimed that “the conspiracy to dump Hindu migrants from Bangladesh in Assam would not be allowed.

“The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 is in conflict with the Assam Accord which states that illegal migrants from Bangladesh after March 25, 1971 would be deported”.

DECLARATION

Date : 01/4/17

I, Mr. C. Bendang on behalf of all the family members of Mr. C. Sungit of Mulungyimsen Village, son of Late Chuba, on this the 31st day of March, 2017 hereby declare that we are not liable for any agreements entered into

by Mr. C. Sungit with any person/persons, party/parties or organisation/organisations. Any agreement entered

by Mr. C. Sungit with any person/persons, party/parties or organisation/organisations has been done without the knowledge and consent of the family members. Any loan taken by Mr. C. Sungit was in his individual capacity and for his personal use and without the knowledge and consent of the family members. Therefore, the family members of Mr. C. Sungit are in no manner whatsoever liable or responsible for the agreements entered by Mr. C. Sungit or the loan taken by him.

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DECLARATION

During God's visitation of Nagaland by outpouring of the Holy Spirit in 1976 Spiritual Revival, multitude of people revived. A few revived and dedicated persons mostly Government servants including some married couples formed a prayer and preaching group in Dimapur. A group about 25 started counseling and preaching with prayer within and outside of Dimapur winning souls to God, who have sworn before God to serve Him till death. The members of the group called it, "Bethel Fellowship" which was revealed by the Spirit of God in 1977. The members are continuously involved in God's ministry and we have celebrated the Silver Jubilee in 2002.

The members of the fellowship in its general meeting on 26 th March, 2017, discussed and unanimously resolved to change partially and declare that the nomenclature of the fellowship be "Bethel Gospel Ministry, Dimapur, Nagaland". Hence from now onward the said ministry shall be called, 'Bethel Gospel Ministry."

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Dr. L. Daniel Longchar, IAS (Rtd.) Chairman Bethel Gospel Ministry

‘Will hang those who kill cows,’ says Chhattisgarh CM BASTAR, APR 1 (AGENCIES): A day after the Gujarat assembly cleared an amended law that gives life term for cow slaughter, Chhattisgarh’s chief minister Raman Singh has gone a step further by saying “those who kill cows will be hanged”.

“Have you ever heard of such a thing in Chhattisgarh in the past 15 years... those who kill cows will be hanged,” Singh retorted when asked by a reporter in Bastar whether a strict law will be framed against cow slaughter in the state.

The chief minister’s statement comes in the backdrop of the recent crackdown against slaughter houses in Uttar Pradesh by the state government led

by CM Yogi Adityanath.

Gujarat, where elections will be held later this year, amended the state’s Animal Preservation Bill to entail a maximum punishment of life imprisonment for cow slaughter and 10 years for transporting cows.

In the current law, which was amended in 2011, the maximum jail term for cow slaughter was seven years. The new law

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also increases penalty from Rs. 1 lakh to 5 lakh.

The passage of the Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 came nearly eight months after seven Dalits were beaten by self-styled cow vigilantes for alleged cow slaughter in Una. Meanwhile, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi accused the BJP of “hypocrisy” over beef ban after the saffron party said it would not be extended to the northeastern states.

“In UP, cow is mummy, and in the northeastern states it’s yummy. This shows BJP’s hypocrisy.

While they are talking about beef ban in UP, they have said there would be no such thing in the

Over 400 devotees from Pak arrive at Ajmer shrine AJMER, APR 1 (PTI): A delegation of over 400 devotees from Pakistan today arrived at the shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti here to pay their homage to the Sufi saint. The devotees, accompanied by the officials of the Pakistani Embassy, reached Ajmer this morning by a special train to attend the 805th ‘Urs’ (death anniversary) of the saint.

They will offer ‘chaadar’ (sacred cloth) at the shrine on behalf of the Pakistan government.

The administration has made special security arrangements in the wake of the visit by devotees from the neighbouring country, District Magistrate Gaurav Goyal said. They will stay put at the Central Girls

School here, he said.

The devotees will leave Ajmer for Pakistan on April 8. ‘Chaadar’ offered on PM’s behalf at Chishti’s dargah.

A ‘chaadar’ was on Saturday offered at the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti here on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said the service of the Sufi saint to humanity will continue to inspire generations.

Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi offered the ‘chaadar’ (shawl) on behalf of the PM and read out his message in which Modi greeted the followers of the saint in India and abroad on the occasion of the 805th annual Urs.

Principal shot dead in school Bhagalpur, Apr 1 (PTI): Unidentified assailants today shot dead the principal of a school at Kamlakund village of Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, police said.

Shambhu Mandal, principal of a government-run secondary school, died on the spot when assailants fired at him while he was entering the school.

Police suspected that the killing might be an outcome of personal enemity. The locals blocked road and staged protest. The District Primary Schools Teachers Association has sought arrest of killers within 24 hours failing which they would stop teaching work.

B H O PA L , A P R 1 (AGENCIES): Just about a week after UP CM Yogi Adityanath announced an anti-Romeo squad, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a similar crackdown on sexual predators on Friday, and even went a step further, saying his government will bring about a legislation to hang rapists.

Along with his repeated preaching against alcoholism and shutting down of liquor shops along the Narmada, a tough stance against sex crimes will earn him the goodwill of women — a crucial factor ahead of the 2018 assembly election.

The CM is acutely aware that Madhya Pradesh has the shameful tag of being the rape capital of the country with 4,391 cases reported in 2015.

After taking the salute at Police Training Academy in Bhouri on the outskirts of Bhopal, he said: “The first condition for the development of the state and the country is a good law-and-order system and this is the major responsibility of police...

Hum Romeos ke against ek abhiyaan chalayenge (We will run a campaign against Romeos).”

3 detained in Ghaziabad child rape, murder case Ghaziabad, Apr 1 (IANS): Three persons have been detained here in the alleged rape and murder case of a five-year-old girl, police said on Saturday.

Ghaziabad SSP Deepak Kumar said the father and brother of the accused Afroz and one Alam have been detained.

A team of police has been sent to Khagaria in Bihar to where Afroz belongs. “We hope to nab him shortly,” said the SSP. Tension prevailed in Indirapuram area of Ghaziabad after the body of a five-year-old girl was found on Friday midnight.

The residents said she was raped and killed, allegedly by a man from a different community -- further worsening the situation.

The girl, a priest’s

daughter, was missing since Thursday. Police recovered her body from a half-constructed house.

The residents said she was raped and murdered, allegedly by Afroz, a mason.

The locals also alleged that though the girl was missing since Thursday, police did not swing into action and were apathetic towards the issue.

Police, however, have not confirmed the rape allegation.

“We have registered the case and raids are being conducted to nab the culprit. The allegation of rape could only be confirmed after the post-mortem report,” said SP City Salman Taj Patil.

“But the crime is grave and we will arrest the culprit at the earliest,” he added.

Bihar seals seven illegal slaughterhouses Patna, Apr 1 (IANS): A week after opposition BJP demanded that illegal slaughterhouses flourishing in Bihar should be closed, seven of them were sealed in Rohtas district on Saturday, officials said.

The district administration bordering Uttar Pradesh, sealed the illegal slaughterhouses running for years, following clearance of action against them from the top brass in Patna, an official said. The state government is also likely to take further action against illegal slaughterhouses in coming days in line with the Uttar Pradesh government led by Yogi Adityanath, the official said.

District officials in Rohtas said action against the slaughterhouses was taken after a directive from the Patna High Court that they be sealed within six weeks. The licenses of these slaughterhouses expired on Friday. Leader of Opposition Prem Kumar had raised the issue of illegal slaughterhouses in the state assembly last week demanding their immediate closure in Bihar.

He also said that licences of all slaughterhouses should be cancelled adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was keen on making Bihar beef-free to ensure protection of cows.

cows, we preserve them.

He (Owaisi) cannot make such observations about the entire northeast,” he said in Manipur capital Imphal.

In Manipur, the erstwhile Maharaja had in 1939 decreed prosecution for cow slaughter, but buffalo meat is consumed widely.

Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi supportered Owaisi’s hypocrisy remark against BJP, saying it has been used by the saffron party as a “tool to further its politics”.

“We have heard what Raman Singh has said…. what’s happening in UP. The hypocrisy behind cow protection is obvious. Saying that there will be no beef ban in northeastern states is political opportunism,” she said.

Soon after assuming office, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had ordered strict enforcement of the ban on cow slaughter and smuggling. Slaughter of buffaloes for meat is, however, allowed in the state. Buffalo meat trade in the state has been badly hit by the clampdown on illegal abattoirs.

EC seeks report on alleged EVM ‘malfunction’

Pradhan launches BS-IV grade No one has humiliated me as much fuel distribution across India as Akhilesh, Mulayam Yadav says

NEW DELHI, APR 1 (AGENCIES): The Election Commission has sought a report from the district electoral officer on media reports alleging an EVM malfunction during a trial at Bhind in Madhya Pradesh.

The reports stated that the paper trail machine linked to one EVM dispensed slips showing only the BJP symbol. The mock-test was conducted in the presence of several local journalists.

After the discrepancy was detected, it was alleged that the Chief Electoral Officer threatened to get them detained by the police if they reported it. The development comes days after several political parties had alleged that the EVMs were tampered with in Uttar Pradesh Assembly election and also in Punjab.

A petition in this regard has also been moved in the Supreme Court. However, the Election Commission has defended use of EVMs asserting that it is impossible to hack the machines given the technology used and administrative procedures ensuring their secure handling.

Tamil Nadu gets Rs 2,014 crore central assistance

Security personnel take positions during a search operation after militants attacked an army vehicles, part of a convoy, near a hospital along Parimpora-Panthachowk bypass road in Srinagar on Saturday. (PTI)

New Delhi, Apr 1 (IANS): The central government has released an amount of Rs 2,014.45 crore as financial assistance to Tamil Nadu affected by drought and cyclonic storm, an official said on Saturday.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh had chaired a High Level Committee (HLC) meeting on March 23 to discuss the issue of assistance.

The aid, released on Friday, includes Rs 1,748.28 crore for drought (Kharif), Rs 264.11 crore for cyclonic storm ‘Vardha’ and Rs 2.06 crore under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme, according to a release.

The Tamil Nadu government had submitted a memorandum seeking central assistance in the wake of drought and cyclonic storm ‘Vardha’ in the state.

route to Srinagar city from Baramulla town.

S a t u r d ay ’s a t t a c k comes a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state.

On Sunday, Modi will inaugurate the 9.2 km Nashri-Chenani tunnel that connects Jammu region’s Udhampur and Ramban districts on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway.

Now, MP to crack down on roadside Romeos

northeast.

“Assembly elections are going to be held in three states in the northeast.

Beef is easily available in (BJP-ruled) Goa. You tell me what is this,” he told a TV news channel.

Reacting to the Hyderabad MP’s remarks, BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy said,” What’s this mummy, yummy thing. Owaisi says he has faith in the Indian Constitution.

“Article 48 of the Constitution says cow slaughter will be prohibited. Let him say he has no faith in some articles of the Constitution, then we will see,” he said.

Article 48 of the Constitution says,” The State shall endeavour to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.”

N Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur too slammed Owaisi for his comments. “Such wild allegations should not be made. We worship

2 soldiers injured as army convoy attacked in Kashmir

S rinagar , A pr 1 (IANS): Two soldiers were injured on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district when militants attacked an army convoy, defence officials said.

The militants fired at the convoy near the Jhelum Valley College of Medical Science on the SrinagarMuzaffarabad highway, the officials told IANS. The convoy was en-

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Bhubaneswar, Apr 1 (IANS): Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday formally launched the BS-IV grade fuel distribution across the country on the occasion of Utkala Dibasa here.

In a bid to provide a clean environment, the minister launched distribution of the BS-IV grade fuel in 13 cities through video conferencing here.

Pradhan termed the initiative as the beginning of a new era to reduce environment pollution.

“Today we begin a new era of clean transportation fuels that will benefit 1.25 billion citizens of our country by substantially reducing pollution levels in our cities,” the minister said.

While BS-IV grade fuels have been introduced from April 1, the BS-VI standard fuels have been targeted to be launched from 2020. “Migration to BS-IV fuels shows India’s resolve under the leadership of the Prime Minister to cut down emissions in a voluntary commit-

ment to @COP21,” Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tweeted.

Speaking on the ongoing tussle with the Odisha government over Indian Oil Corporation Ltd ’s refinery project at Paradeep, Pradhan said the Centre is ready for a fresh dialogue to break the deadlock between the Odisha government and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL).

The state government has denied providing fiscal incentives to the company’s 15 million-tonne crude oil refinery at Paradeep in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district.

“The present government at the Centre is not responsible for the delay in setting up of the project. The expansion of the refinery’s capacity from nine million tonnes to 15 million tonnes is good for the people of the state.

If the Odisha government feels that there should be more financial support to minimise the state’s burden, we are ready for fresh negotiations,” said Pradhan.

Kashmir Tulip Garden opens for visitors Srinagar, Apr 1 (IANS): One of the major tourist attractions of Kashmir Valley and Asias largest Tulip Garden was opened for visitors on Saturday. Located in the foothills of the Zabarwan Mountains on the banks of the Dal Lake and spread over 75 acres of picturesque land the Tulip Garden was opened ahead of schedule this year. “For the first time, 48 varieties of tulips have come to bloom in the garden where we have sown 1.5 million bulbs of the flower this year, those who love nature and tulips, no longer need to go to Holland or elsewhere,” said Farooq Ahmad Shah, Secretary State Tourism Department. “Kashmir is in fact more beautiful than we have been told. It is much more beautiful than what we see on television or in the movies,” Bagishree, 28, a tourist from Maharashtra said.

L U C K N OW, A P R 1 (AGENCIES): Samajwadi Party patriarch on Saturday launched a scathing attack on his son and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav saying that the latter “humiliated and betrayed him”.

Mulayam further said that Akhilesh doesn’t pay him the due respect. “When he (Akhilesh) doesn’t respect his father (Mulayam), how will people respect him?”

Mulayam asked.

“While the people of UP voted for me in 2012, I chose to make Akhilesh the chief minister, but he humiliated me thereafter,” he said, adding that he has “never been insulted so much” in his life. The senior Yadav also pointed out that, unlike him, no one in the history of India named their son the chief minister despite still being active in politics.

Mulayam also quoted a statement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kannauj during the state assembly elections that how can a man who has insulted his father be loyal to the people of the state.

Endorsing the PM’s views, Mulayam said, “Ye sahi hai

ki jo baap ka nahin hua, wo kisi ka nahin ho sakta. “ In Mainpuri to inaugurate a hotel, the former Union defence minister claimed that it was this statement of Modi that affected the voters and led to the massive defeat of the Samajwadi Party.

“But I did not say anything to anyone as my own blood was out against me,” the three-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister added and lamented that it was a tragedy that his son joined hands with the Congress, a party which led “murderous at-

tacks” on him not once but thrice.

The for mer Union defence minister had expelled his son and then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his cousin Ram Gopal Yadav from the party for six years just a few weeks before the assembly polls.

Flanked by brother Shivpal Yadav, who had been at loggerheads with Akhilesh, Mulayam said he had taken the action against Akhilesh and Ramgopal to save the party which he had built through hard efforts.

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Indian syndrome

ndians take pride in reminding themselves of being the descendants of oldest civilisation, oldest religions and respecter of all faiths and birthplace of world renowned sages but contemporary Indian society has been shamed by the medieval mindset that has reared its ugly head with vengeance. Of all that has been witnessed in the past few decades, has been racism against other communities which have also resulted in tragic consequences. It is being generally perceived that north Indians are most prejudiced.

Though it may not be wholly true, yet continued racism against north east people in Delhi despite stringent law being enforced by the Modi-led government, hasn’t dampened racism. According to union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju, there were as many as 704 cases of crimes against people of north east registered in Delhi for the last three years. As per the figure cited by the MoS home in the Lok Sabha, there were 282 cases registered in 2014 and 258 offenders arrested.

In 2015, there were 277 cases registered of which 174 were arrested. In 2016 there were 145 crimes registered till October 31, 2016 in which 84 offenders were arrested. In an attempt at securing camaraderie, safety, and out of economic compulsions, Northeasterners living in Delhi have gravitated to ghettoisation, primarily in South and North Delhi areas like Munirka, Kotla Mubarakpur, Satya Niketan, Chirag Dilli and Outram Lines. In nearby Haryana, in Gurgaon there were 23 cases registered during the period in which 21 people were arrested. In Karnataka, supposed to be the most tolerant of states, there were 22 cases registered for crimes against the people of north east and in which 32 persons were arrested. The focus on Delhi, the national capital has turned sharper with rising hate crimes against black Africans.

These are rooted in a mixture of cast prejudices, ignorance and centuries-old discriminatory practices, when communities confined themselves within their narrow communities by placing taboos on eating and fraternising where the upper castes were not allowed to marry lower caste or even be sharing the same table. While prejudice and racist attacks on other communities is as rampant, yet when this took an international form, it has placed India on a very sticky wicket. There have been spates of attacks on black Africans in Delhi and other parts of India but the incidents in the national capital has aroused global concern. Indians today are dubbed as racists and cannot expect better treatment abroad. A Congolese national was beaten to death near Vasant Kunj because of the color of his skin while going to meet with four of his friends. In another incident, two black African women were injured and12 others injured in South Delhi after they were attacked by locals who objected to their “free lifestyle”. These attacks stem of pure racial hatred which was amplified in January 2014 by then AAP legislator Somnath Bharti, who led a mod to attack African women for alleged drug use. Medical tests at AIIMS however proved negative but it did not bring healing to the wounds inflicted on the black African community in Delhi. The wounds of racism has damaged India’s image and unless something is done to crackdown on such crimes with severity, it could make Indians abroad vulnerable.

DailyDevotion Helpful or Heartless Toward Others?

It is Christ…who also makes intercession for us….the Spirit…makes intercession for the saints…

—Romans 8:34, 27 Do we need any more arguments than these to become intercessors– that Christ “always lives to make intercession” (Hebrews 7:25), and that the Holy Spirit “makes intercession for the saints”? Are we living in such a relationship with others that we do the work of intercession as a result of being the children of God who are taught by His Spirit? We should take a look at our current circumstances. Do crises which affect us or others in our home, business, country, or elsewhere, seem to be crushing in on us? Are we being pushed out of the presence of God and left with no time for worship? If so, we must put a stop to such distractions and get into such a living relationship with God that our relationship with others is maintained through the work of intercession, where God works His miracles.

Beware of getting ahead of God by your very desire to do His will. We run ahead of Him in a thousand and one activities, becoming so burdened with people and problems that we don’t worship God, and we fail to intercede.

If a burden and its resulting pressure come upon us while we are not in an attitude of worship, it will only produce a hardness toward God and despair in our own souls. God continually introduces us to people in whom we have no interest, and unless we are worshiping God the natural tendency is to be heartless toward them. We give them a quick verse of Scripture, like jabbing them with a spear, or leave them with a hurried, uncaring word of counsel before we go. A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to our Lord.

Are our lives in the proper place so that we may participate in the intercession of our Lord and the Holy Spirit?

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Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. ~ Jimi Hendrix

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Post-mortem

Silver lining in Autism: A parent perspective “O n some days the only predictable thing about autism is the unpredictability; the only consistent attributethe inconsistency. The child who lives with autism may look ‘normal’ but his behaviour can be perplexing and downright difficult” -Ellen Notbohm Looking forward to meeting a family one evening who had a daughter much the same age as my eldest son and who was also affected with autism, we had much to share with each other even though it was the first time we met. Curiously I watched her daughter as she was brought in because even though both of them had the same condition they could not be more different in so many ways. Whereas my son was hyperactive and restless and tantrum almost every day, my new friend’s daughter was quiet and prefer to be in her own world rocking herself.

That night she gave me a book about a mother’s journey with her autistic son and how he recovered completely. I read throughout that entire night, taking notes and geared myself up to do exactly what that mother did – stop giving cow milk and wheat products, ordered some vitamin supplements from America which claimed to have made the son in the book start speaking and medicines to help him sleep (as putting him to sleep every night was a nightmare -2-3 hrs of howling, kicking, pulling my hair, hurting himself, scratching me till he feels so tired and eventually dozes off). And woe to anyone or anything that interrupts his sleep, because the same process of howling and crying will start all over again. Toilet training was another difficult area which we had to deal with for a long time and we always stock up on diapers (like stocking up rice in case of famine).

Diapers were done away with at last when he became 10 as he started indicating his toilet needs. Feeding time, clipping his nails, cutting his hair, frequent indigestions were some other daily challenges that we

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My son was diagnosed as affected with autism at the age of 2 and ½ years, but nothing had prepared me for such a challenging and different journey- not even my medical years . Well, to cut the story short, none of these quick fix remedies helped and it only ended up with me feeling exhausted and short temper most of the time as I desperately tried to help my son recover and start talking. (like stocking up rice in case of famine). The silver lining in the dark clouds came when we found out that our son enjoyed going to a play school and was happy to be around other children. This came as a surprise cause earlier he disliked strangers, strange and public places, hated being touched/cuddled for long (even by his own mother-me) so much so that we as his parents also became a recluse confined to the four walls of our home most of the time.

My husband finally got a chance to take him for a 3 month Parent and child training program held in Action for Autism centre, Delhi. My son returned a more well behaved child with an equally if not, more excited father who came back with a determination to open up a school for my son and other children like him since he saw that he was able to learn when taught appropriately and in the right method.

Today, my son is 12 and ½ years old, half a foot taller than me and loves to meet and shake hands with familiar people and give tight hugs to his parents and loved ones and is happy most of the time. He is still non verbal except for an occasional Dad or Mom but he understands most of what we say to him and he can gesture or point to his needs.

He has two younger brothers who do not spare him when he tantrums unnecessarily, makes him fight for his share, but is also sensitive to a lot of his needs and keeps an eye on him when I am busy elsewhere for which I am very thankful. A lot of support and prayers from our families, friends, church leaders

and prayer warriors have being our crutch when the going was tough.

More, over I as a mother can proudly say that my dear husband has being equally hands on in taking care of our son giving me the much needed rest time and again. Looking at him from the eyes of the world he has still achieved very little- diagnosed as profound autism with a mental age of a little more than 2 two years back from CMC, Vellore. But for us we are proud parents, proud not because we have achieved something but because God in His infinite wisdom gave us a unique opportunity to become parents of a special child. We are indeed thankful to God for including us in His plan as through our son we could open up an Inclusive school for other special need children and share His blessings with them.

Today, I just want to encourage those parents whose children may be an under achiever in the eyes of the world, who may not look and act normal like other children –our Heavenly Father has a plan for them too, and if we stop trying too hard and start thanking God for their lives and ask God to include you in the plan that He has for your child, you will see and experience the joy and peace that only He can give in this difficult journey. Now in our state we have professionals like Special Educators, Clinical Psychologists, Speech Therapists, Occupational and PhysioTherapists, Music Therapist whom we can seek help to guide us help our loved ones. I say guide, because in the end the parents are the child’s best teacher as no one knows your child better than you.

As we celebrate World Autism Awareness Day today, may each of us become more aware of such children’s needs and be bold enough to take a step forward to embrace and accept the child for who he or she is and also work to try and help to better the child’s life.

Dr. Asunu Thong, 354, Jo Foundation, Kohima

An address to my fellow Sumis

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start by extending my personal and sincerest apologies to Dr. Aotemsu and Mr. Pothita for the abuse and trauma; verbal, physical and psychological, that they suffered in the past few days at the hands of my tribesmen, the Sumis. I offer no excuses on behalf of any of the perpetrators of the heinous acts; and hope that both matters will be resolved to their satisfaction.

Having said that, we Sumis must realise that we are not stronger, braver or more courageous than any other people in the world; especially our fellow Naga Tribesmen.

The only thing that sets us apart is our recklessness. Why do you think that every time any encounter between our Underground Factions takes place, in 9 times out of 10, the dead are Sumis? It is not because we are braver, but because we are more reckless.

We have been conditioned to believe that any form of caution is cowardice.

Our traits and behaviours depend on a combination of our genes and the environment we come from. We Sumis share the same basic genes of any other human being in the world; it is our environment that differs from our fellow Nagas and breeds our need to show off our Machismo and leads to our recklessness. I do not know to what extent this anecdote is true, but a senior once narrated a story of how we Sumis came to pay dowry for our brides. It seems that Sumis always faced a shortage of wives in ancient days. Once, a Sumi approached the Lothas of a neighbouring village to ask for a bride; when the Lothas agreed and wed him to one of their village lasses, the Sumi in question gave the family of his bride a Mithun in gratitude; and thus was born the custom of paying a bridal price.

The above may be an anecdote, but there is direct scientific evidence that compe-

tition for mates leads to aggression among males in nearly all species of animals. I have read an article in The National Geographic magazine which documents a tribe in the Amazon Forest that practices female infanticide. This is done, not to avoid paying Dowry, like our Indian counterparts; but to develop aggression among males in their competition for wives. This aggression leads to more risk taking and leads to a better success rate in hunting, upon which the tribe depends for its existence.

So, I believe that Sumis have developed, not a genetic trait, but the behavioural trait of “Showing Off ” in our efforts to attract members of the opposite sex. But we, at least in the towns, if not the villages of Nagaland, must realise that those days are dead and gone.

This is the day and age when you attract members of the opposite sex with your intellect and dependability, not your brawn and bravado. We must keep in mind that no matter how strong and tough we think we are, we can only beat up a few people at a time, and that too for a limited number of years, until age catches up with us. But our intellect grows and our dependability strengthens with the passage of time.

So I want all Sumis to ponder and decide on how we want to project ourselves to those around us. Do we want to be seen as a stupid, reckless people? Or a people who can set an example for our fellow Nagas as intellectual and dependable? And while pondering on this, I want you to remember that Dimapur is not Zunheboto; none of our ancestors donated land to establish Dimapur, so Dimapur does not belong to us.

GOD SAVE OUR NAGALAND Kahuto Chishi Sumi, G.B. Hevishe Village, Dimapur, (Kahuto107@gmail.com)

Kaka D. Iralu responds to Akaho Assumi

irst of all, I am not a Kilonser of the NNC as the NNC has no Kilonsers. The NNC is only the political institution of the Naga nation “to guide and control the political policy and decisions of the nation”. This power is exercised through the Central Executive Council and the Regional and Sub-Regional Councils (Naga Yehzabo Art. 143,144 Clause 1&2).

As for me, I am just a Kilonser without portfolio in the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN). The FGN in turn is the Executive Government of the Naga people headed by a President with a Council of Kilonsers who are elected by the Tatar Hoho (Parliament) of Nagaland.

As for the Shillong Accord of 1975 for which you (and the NSCN IM) are accusing that the NNC has sold out the rights of the Naga nation through the Accord, let me clarify to you that the NNC had nothing to do with the Shillong Accord. This fact must be clearly understood by every Naga citizen because none of the signatories of the accord were from the NNC set up.

Not one of the signatories of the Shillong Accord was an official of either the Central Executive Council or any Regional or Sub- Regional Council of the NNC political institution.

To show this fact by quoting the names and portfolios of the signatories, they are as follows: 1. Kevi Yallie was at that time serving just as an interpreter for the FGN. He was not even a Tatar or Kilonser of the FGN though he was the younger brother of A.Z. Phizo. 2. Z. Ramyo was a Kilonser of the FGN without portfolio at this time. 3. S. Dahrü was a Tatar (Member of Parliament) of the FGN. 4.

M. Assa was a Major General in the Naga Army. 5. I. Temjenba was a Secretary of the FGN. As for Veneyi, though he was also a Tatar of the FGN and a member of the delegation, he refused to sign the accord. The list of names and their portfolios thus show that all of them were officials of the FGN and not officials of the NNC. Now when this is the case, how can you or any one else accuse the NNC of having sold out the rights of the Nagas through the Shillong Accord? Or graver still, how can A.Z. Phizo, who was at that time the President of the NNC as well as the Chairman of the NNC Central Executive Council be accused of having sold the Naga nation when neither he nor any of his colleagues (Including Th. Muivah) knew anything about the Shillong accord when it was signed under duress on November 11, 1975?

If at all someone or some organization has to be blamed for signing the Shillong Accord, should it not be “The Underground Organization” that signed it? And what was this “Underground organization?”

It was but an Indian Government created organization- the name of which was proposed by Dr. Aram and accepted by Governor L.P. Singh and his Advisor Mr. Ramunny on the spur of the moment at Shillong.

This name was proposed by Dr. Aram of the Nagaland Peace Centre at the Governor’s Bhavan in Shillong on November 11, 1975 itself.

This situation happened because of the following reasons. When the FGN delegation reached Shillong and met the Governor, they were shown the (already) drafted Shillong Accord document. After reading it, the delegation

requested the Governor to allow them to consult their colleagues before signing it.

This request was rejected.

They were instead told to go back to Chiedema and go back to the jungles if they refuse to sign. After a long silence, Kevi Yallie asked: “How shall we sign it?” The Governor replied that they should sign as representatives of the NNC and FGN. When Kevi Yallie countered the Governor saying, “Do you mean to say that your Government has withdrawn the Unlawful activities Prevention Act that has branded us as Unlawful Associations?” At this juncture, there was a long silence. The Governor must have realized that the Indian Government was trapped by its own treacherous tactics. This was because if the document was not signed as Representatives of the NNC and FGN than the whole exercise would be meaningless because the conflict was with the NNC and FGN. But on the other hand, if it was signed as NNC/FGN representatives, it would amount to re-recognizing a Government that they had already branded as an “Unlawful Association”. So realizing that a lawfully established government could not have a settlement with some “outlaws”, the Governor walked away from the room with Mr. Rammuny. It was only after they came out from a closed room and Dr. Aram suggested the word “Underground Organization” that the Shillong Accord document was signed with that title!

But if besides an Organization, some individuals must be blamed for framing such a so called settlement document between two nations without mentioning even the name of one party to the conflict, then it is Dr. Aram, Governor L.P. Singh

and his Advisor Ramunny who should be blamed. All these facts are true and are on record. (The Shillong Accord does not mention the word Naga or Nagaland even once in the whole document).

As for the signatories, they signed the document because it neither implicated the NNC nor the FGN as they had signed the document with only their names without mentioning their designations in the FGN. As for the then President Zashei’s reply as well as Phizo’s statement on the Shillong Accord, refer to Shapwon’s book “The illegal Formation of the NSCN.” In this book, you will also find the true facts about the formation of the NSCN which are totally different from the version you have presented in your article against me. You will also discover in this book that contrary to your information that Muivah and Isak were freed only in January 1980 from Naga army martial law custody, you will find that they were in fact freed in May 1979 by Khaplang. Because of this fact, Isak was able to give a Thanksgiving feast for his safe release on June 12, 1979 at Noklaw village in the Heimi region in connection with the Tuluni festival. It is also clear from these facts that both Isak and Muivah were released before the mass killing of all the top leaders of the NNC and FGN took place in December 1979.

Finally let me end with some more corrections of your write up. The NNC is not holding on to any Ceasefire of the Shillong Accord but rejecting “the political part of the Accord” as alleged by you. This is totally incorrect, because there was no second Ceasefire before the signing of the accord. In

fact the accord was signed under complete military rule and oppression. Even after the accord was signed, when the FGN requested lifting of military operations and curfew from seven villages in the Angami region so that the delegation could discuss the accord with their colleagues, permission was granted for only three village areas. At that time most of their colleagues were still in hiding in the jungles. Also, remember that President Zashei had only three bodyguards left with him when the Shillong Accord was signed. Biseto Medon the Home Minister had only Major Rüguozelhou as his bodyguard. As for General Viyallie Metha the C-in-C of the Naga army, he had only five bodyguards left with him. Most of these leaders were starving and sleeping under thick bamboo groves because as one soldiers told

me, the Indian army at that time had seemed to outnumber the trees in the Naga jungles. The Shillong Accord was thus signed under such military oppression and dictation.

Regarding the National Assembly that was held on 16th August 1976 where you have stated that Imkong Meren the Vice President of the NNC was not able to attend the meeting due to ill health, in fact, Imkong was at that time in an Indian Prison.

But in total disregard and insult, Isak was elected as the Vice President of the NNC in that meeting. Also, Lt. Col. Subong declared Martial law on August 30, 1978 only after Muivah adopted a resolution on Aug.2 1978 to overthrow Phizo’s leadership (For details, see The Illegal formation of the NSCN p.35).

Kaka D. Iralu

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Unhealthy condition of Kiphire NST bus

The NST service managed by your team is unfortunately racing towards incorrigible state. The seats are no longer soft and smooth with the appearance of iron bars. Most of the windows and roofs are also no longer able to serve its purpose. One has to carry a material that is resistant towards water and wind power in the absence of window glasses. But those sitting below the rusted holes are always out of surrogacy as the water faces no challenges in providing shower when rain makes contact with the iron roof.

With such conditions in place, how can we even expect people with morbid state to use your mode of transportation when most of the weaker section like me relies on you.

I only hope that its not the same with your other buses as well and also believe that your team will soon initiate a cognitive leap and eradicate the abnormalities before the summer hits back.

Yanmong Tikhir

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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S. Mukharjee gave lecture on the topic of pest and disease management on cashew.

Interactive session between farmers and resource persons were also held. Vote of thanks was proposed by general manager, Technical, OSCDC Ltd, A.K. Lenka.

Certificates were distributed to all the participants along with reading materials. The participants expressed their gratitude to the director, CIH for conducting such practical oriented training programme and also requested to help them provide planting materials so that interest can be created among the farmers. Altogether 20 cashew growers attended the programme accompanied by one CIH official, FA EliyamoHumtsoe.

The programme was coordinated by in-charge training, CIH, Medziphema, ShisarenlaAier.

The programme was organized to equip the farmers with the advanced production technology and of processing of Cashewnut for better income generation.

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Deputy project directors’ SAMETI, NBHM team members and trainees during the valedictory function of the two days training program on “capacity building and skill upgradation on beekeeping” from March 30-31 at SAMETI hall, Medziphema, with resource persons Bodevi Shuya and Temjenchuba K Char from Nagaland Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM). Altogether 22 ATMA functionaries from all the districts attended the training program.

Heads of Catholic Schools, Nagaland including priests and nuns under the leadership of Rev. Fr. Philip Magh of Holy Cross School, Dimapur went for a five-day trip to Gangtok from March 21-25 under the sponsorship of Kaushik Dey, Voyages Travel.

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DIMAPUR: Dimapur Sakshi Union (DSU) has mourned at the demise of late M. Hepong Phom, Ex-IBM and RCM who passed away on March 28.

In a condolence message, DSU said late Phom contributed a lot to the Nagas in general and Phom community in particular by his generous service and that his demise it was a great loss to Phom community in particular. The union further conveyed condolence to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

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DIMAPUR: A joint coordination meeting of NPF Dimapur Division and newly appointed in-charge of Dimapur Division Pusazo Luruo, Vice President NPF centeral and Chairman Honey Mission government of Nagaland was held on March 31, at party office, Landmark Colony, Dimapur.

At the meeting, Pusazo Luruo requested all the party office bearers to have proper coordination with the central as well as grassroots level. He also asked party office bearers to work hard and utilise their duties and responsibilities for the interest of the party. Luruo further appealed all the frontal to cooperate with him.

Short speeches were also delivered by outgoing in-charge Dimapur division Blaise Iheilung, general secretary central, and central leaders in charge of Dimapur Division Vihoshe Awomi former President division and secretary NPF central, T Lotha secretary NPF Central, Dimapur division frontal leaders from the Women’s Wing president Vepranulu Nyekha, youth wing secretary Venesayo Tunyi, minority wing vice president Sanjay Dey and farmer’s wings president Y. Mhonmimo Ngullie.

The programme was chaired by NPF Dimapur division president I. Nungsang Jamir and invocation prayer was pronounced by women wing, president, Vepranula Nyekha.

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DIMAPUR: District Task Force (DTF) meeting was conducted at SDO’s (Civil) office Kiphire on March 31, to discuss the activities to be carried out during Intensive Pulse Polio Immunization (IPPI) 2ndround and Mission Indradhanush Phase-4 2nd round. A press note by CMO Kiphire, Imnasenla Pongener stated that Dr. Rebecca Y Sema (DPO, RCH-UIP) gave an overview of the activities chalked out for the programmes and also stated the performance of IPPI 1st round as having achieved 90% of the target.

IPPI 2nd round would be conducted from April 1-3, 2017 targeting 10,362 children falling between 0-5 years.

The first day would focus on administering polio drops through booth activities and other two days on house-tohouse visit by health workers. Mission Indradhanush2nd round of Phase-4 would target to immunize all 0-2 years and 5 year olds, and pregnant mothers. The second round would be conducted from April 7-13 and would cover 15 session sites of Pungro block and Indo-Myanmar bordering villages. Dr. Rebecca requested the attendees and community to spread the message of the importance of immunization and appealed to the beneficiaries to avail the services provided during the programmes. Those who attended the programme included Benjamin Longkap (SDO Civil Hq.), Dr. C.T. Patton (CMO), Z. Tsangkhuchu (CDPO), L. Meshu Khiam (S.S. NST), Rezulule (Addl. SP), L. Kipitong (SIS Hq.) and Jully Sumi (BPM, NHM).

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chaired by HoD (English) Moanungla Kevichusa, while invocation prayer was pronounced by assistant professor, Vezholu. A special song was presented by the entire faculty fraternity.

Principal Dr. Watijungshi, Keneilesa, associate professor & KCTA president, Dr. Khing, associate professor and other staff delivered speeches during the programme.

It may be mentioned that the retiring faculty, Professor Ameü Kire was

WSBAk said there are six Sümi villages in upper Assam and most of the younger generations have stopped speaking Sümi language and therefore Khelhoshe Memorial English School (KMES) will also teach Sümi language along with English, Assamese and Hindi.

The programme was chaired by Jogdang Jugli, while God’s blessing was invoked by Secretary Mission & Evangelism WSBAK, Rev. Shikuho Zhimomi.

Special song was presented by KMES students and staff and vote of thanks was proposed by GB Longtong village president, All Assam GBs’ Association, Hokheto Sema and benediction was pronounced

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Outgoing professor and others after the farewell programme.

DIMAPUR: Farewell programme for associate professor & head of department (Education), Ameü Kire, was organised on March 31 at Kohima College. In her farewell speech, Ameü Kire, thanked God for His blessings and shared fond memories of the college including struggles faced during the early years. She urged teachers to be sincere towards the teaching profession, which was one of the most rewarding and fulfilling professions.

The programme was

D I M A P U R : We s t e r n Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Küqhakulu (WSBAK) opened Khelhoshe Memorial English School (KMES) at Lalpahar, Tinsukia district, Assam on March 28.

The school was inaugurated by SDO (C) Margherita, Bikram Kairi while dedicatory prayer was offered by executive secretary WSBAK, Rev. Dr. Hevukhu Achumi.

As part of its mission initiative, WSBAK conceived to open a school at upper Assam. The school has been named after late Khelhoshe Sema who was the first and the only minister when Nagas were part of then Assam state under the chief minister of Bishnuram Medhi in the year 1957-58.

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DIMAPUR: Two-day training cum exposure visit on “Advances in production and processing of cashewnut” was conducted for progressive cashew farmers of Nagaland and Meghalaya by Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), DAC&FW, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Medziphema on March 24-25 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

During the technical session professor, horticulture, O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, Dr. P.C. Lenka emphasized on the topic of agro ecological recommended varieties in cashew.

The importance of quality planting material and variety on cashew was delivered by horticulturist, AICRP on Cashew, O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, Kabita Sethy and horticulturist, AICRP on Cashew, O.U.A.T, Bhubaneswar, Dr. P.K. Panda deliberated on the topic of establishment and maintenance of cashew plantation.

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sources, Uttar Pradesh being a large state contributes a majority of raw material supply along with Punjab, Bihar and West Bengal.

“A blanket ban on slaughterhouses would nudge manufacturers to depend more on imported raw materials, which are costly.

If the imports go up, that will add to the cost of Indian leather products and we will lose our competitiveness in the world market. Thus, the Make in India programme could be impacted,” he said.

According to the Council of Leather Export, India produces about three billion sq ft of raw leather annually.

loans, a variety of financing instruments, including local currency financing, adoption of country system whenever possible and flexibility in responding to the needs of the clients,” he said. Being a lean organisation, “it is also expected that the NDB will not only offer loans at cheaper rate, but will influence the more established MDBs to revisit their high cost model”, he said.

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manufacturers need to look for costly imports of raw materials instead of cheap domestic sourcing which would make Indian leather exports less competitive in the world market.

“The crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses by the Uttar Pradesh government cannot be questioned, but a blanket ban will affect the domestic supply of raw material.

Since illegal units were in the supply chain, some amount of short supply is expected,” Tapan Nandi, Convenor Chairman for German Investment in India of the Council of Leather Export, told IANS. According to industry

in India. We have proposed projects worth about USD 2 billion for NDB funding, which I hope will be taken up by the board expeditiously,” he said while giving keynote address at the opening ceremony of the second annual meeting of the New Development Bank (NDB) here. India, he said, will work with the NDB to develop a strong shelf of projects in specific areas such as smart cities, renewable energy, urban transport, including metro railways, clean coal technology, solid waste management and urban water supply.

“The uniqueness of NDB should lie in faster loan appraisal, a lean organisational structure resulting in lower cost of

NEW DELHI, APR 1 (PTI): Passengers will continue to get benefits of service charge exemption on train tickets booked online till June 30.

In order to help passengers and incentivise payments made through digital modes for booking of reserved tickets, service charge on online booking of train tickets was withdrawn for the tickets booked from November 23, 2016 to March 31, 2017.

The exemption facility effective till March 31 this year has been extended further to June 30, said a senior railway ministry official.

Railways received instructions from the Ministry of Information and Technologyadvising the public transporter to extend the incentives at least till June 30.

The service charges on booking train tickets online through IRCTC ranges from Rs 20 to 40 per ticket. The government waived the service charges after demonetisation in November last year to encourage digital modes of booking.

Approximately, an amount of Rs. 184 crore has not been realised from passengers on account of service charge and service tax thereon on reserved tickets booked online from November 23, 2016 to February 28, 2017, according to railways data.

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Ko lkata , A pr 1 (IANS): Leather goods manufacturers, who have experienced a slump in raw material supply from domestic sources, fear that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Uttar Pradesh g o v e r n m e n t ’s a c t i o n against illegal slaughterhouses could hit supplies and raise prices.

They also say a “blanket ban” on slaughterhouses could defeat the purpose of the Make in India programme for the $12 billion Indian leather industry, which is among the top five in the world’s leather market.

In case of short supply of raw materials from the indigenous market,

New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI): India is seeking USD 2 billion in funding from the New Development Bank for infrastructure projects and wants the multilateral agency to be nimble footed in disbursing faster loans, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.

Stating that the NDB -- set up by the BRICS bloc two years ago -- must be alive to the role envisioned for it by its founders, he said India has a huge unmet need for infrastructure investment, estimated at about Rs 43 lakh crore (about USD 646 billion) over the next five years.

“Seventy per cent of this will be required in power, roads and urban infrastructure sectors,” he said. “This offers an enormous opportunity to an institution like the NDB, whose core mandate is sustainable infrastructure development.”

Jaitley said the first agreement for an NDB loan in India to finance major district roads in Madhya Pradesh has been signed a couple of days ago.

“With this, the NDB will have its first footprint

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DIMAPUR: Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has extended greetings to the Konyak and the Phom communities on the occasion of celebrating Aoleang Monyu festival, the most significant traditional festival of the communities.

In a message, NPCC president, K Therie, said Aoleang Monyu festival celebrates the heralding in of the spring season and the new agrarian year while praying for a bountiful harvest. He said it was also a time for the community to display the rich cultural heritage inherited from forefathers.

NPCC president said while there was an environment of threat on “our culture and identity”, the meaningful celebrations were crucial for preserving and passing on rich culture and identity to the younger generations for posterity.

As the celebrations continue with merriment and joy, NPCC president prayed that the Konyak and Phom communities continue to reap a bountiful harvest not only from the land but also from the social, economic and spiritual realms of life.

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L Bitong, and general secretary, V. Avise Anar, pointed out that Sangtamtilla was physically established in the year 1951 and duly recognized by the then government in 1953, which was prior to the statehood and had been in existence since then without any dispute.

In this regard, SPFDD has asked the responsible individual to abstain from any illegal activities in order to avoid any further confrontation.

this is a fine equivalent to the amount of transaction, he said. The fine will be payable by the person or the establishment receiving the cash.

Also, Aadhaar number is now a must while applying for PAN as well as filing of tax returns.

The Finance Bill also provides that a person holding PAN as on July 1, 2017, has to intimate his Aadhaar number to the authorities in a manner which will be notified by the government.

It also amends the Companies Act of 2013 to make donations by companies to electoral trusts only through account payee cheque, bank draft or electronic transfer.

The language has also been tweaked to provide for every company disclosing in its profit and loss account the total amount contributed to such trusts.

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DIMAPUR, APR 1 (NPN): Sangtam Peoples Forum Dimapur District (SPFDD) has vehemently condemned what it called the “unprecedented and provocative activities” by some persons having vested interest, who had gone to Sangtamtilla village with sophisticated weapons with the intention to forcefully occupy some portion of land within the jurisdiction of Sangtamtilla village.

In a press release, SPFDD president,

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spending only from Augustend or September after the monsoon ends.

Besides advancing the presentation date, the Budget scrapped the Plan and non-Plan distinction and merged the Railway budget with it, ending a nearly century-long practice.

Advancement of the Budget will give government departments more leeway to spend as well as allow companies time to adapt to business and taxation plans.

Adhia said all taxation and other proposals in the Finance Bill 2017 have come into effect from today.

Among the most important is limiting cash transaction to Rs 2 lakh, at par with the current requirement of quoting permanent account number (PAN) for cash spending.

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Arun Jaitley had for the first time in the history of independent India presented the annual accounts on February 1.

The legislative process of getting approvals for demands for grants or spending, general Budget as well as taxation proposals contained in the Finance Bill 2017 were all completed

by March 30. President’s assent was taken the very next day.

This will give the government more time to implement welfare spending programmes and taxation plans.

Previously, when the Budget was presented at the end of February, the three-stage Parliament approval process used to get completed some time in mid-May, weeks ahead of onset of monsoon rains.

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a premium for converting black money into white.

This, post-demonetisation Investigations have revealed that `1,238 crore in cash had been deposited in these entities during November-December last year, after demonetisation.

The Serious Fraud Investigation Office has also filed prosecutions against entry operators who ran 49 shell companies. About 560 ultimate beneficiaries had laundered `3,900 crore.

The gover nment will invoke the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act for harsh action against those involved.

New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI): President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Finance Bill 2017 to give effect to provisions like bar on cash transactions above Rs 2 lakh and compulsory quoting of Aadhaar for filing tax returns.

“The President was kind enough to give his assent to the Finance Bill before he left for official visit to Assam yesterday,” Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia told PTI here.

With this, the provisions of the Finance Bill come into effect from today, he said.

This is the first-time ever the annual Budget together with taxation proposals have come into effect from the first day of the financial year.

Scrapping a colonialera tradition of presenting the Budget at the end of February, Finance Minister

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running such entities.

Task force Recently, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s instructions, a task force under the co-chairmanship of the Revenue Secretary and Corporate Affairs Secretary had also been set up for stringent action against the shell companies.

As per government records, there are about 15 lakh registered companies in India, but only six lakh of them file their annual returns. It is suspected that a large number of these companies provide accommodation entries by raising fake inflated invoices to help the others evade tax.

They are also used to show share purchases at

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NEW DELHI, APR 1 (PTI): In a major crackdown on shell companies, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted searches against 300 such firms across 16 States.

The searches being conducted in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and other places are part of the Central government’s action against shell companies indulging in large-scale money laundering.

The ED has already booked several persons on charges of running shell companies for laundering unaccounted money. The agency had last month arrested two brothers in the national capital for

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SEOUL, APR 1 (IANS): North Korea claimed on Saturday that the US is putting the peninsula in danger of another war by continuing “madcap” military drills in the region. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that B-1B Lancer strategic bombers made a series of flights over Korea between March 15 and 30. The B-1Bs from Guam conducted bombing drills in South Korea’s airspace on five sorties in preparation for a surprise attack on the North’s major targets, the communist nation’s state news agency added.

The US Forces Korea (USFK) made public a joint exercise involving one B-1B bomber and South Korea’s fighter jets held on March 22, reported Yonhap news agency.

“The deployment of such bombers on the Korean Peninsula is made in accordance with a related training programme. We do not reveal every information,” a USFK official said. But a South Korean defence source said it’s true that the US flew B-1Bs over Korea five times in the past two weeks. The source cited the allies’ principle of only disclosing specific moves of strategic weapons when necessary.

the Justice Ministry was quoted as saying by the Joongang Ilbo daily.

The chest of Park’s uniform was emblazoned with her prison number -503 -- by which she will be known during her incarceration.

Park burst into tears as guards showed her to her cell, TV Chosun said, quoting unidentified sources.

Prosecutors have yet to specify the formal charg-

China’s beard, veil ban in Xinjiang comes into effect BEIJING, APR 1 (IANS): China has introduced new restrictions in the far-western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism.

The measures, which took effect from Saturday, include prohibiting “abnormally” long beards and the wearing of veils in public places, reported South China Morning Post newspaper.

The latest restrictions, outlined in a sweeping new anti-extremism legislation, come on the heels of a series of steps to increase surveillance in the region that include the surrender of passports and mandatory GPS trackers in cars.

It will also be illegal to refuse to watch state television and listen to state radio, or prevent children from receiving national education -- activities deemed “manifestations” of ­extremism, according to the ­official news website News.ts.cn.

“They’re doubling down on security in Xinjiang,” said James Leibold, an associate professor at Australia’s Le Trobe University, whose research focuses on China’s Uyghur minority.

The law didn’t explain these measures in detail or

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The Odyuo Motsürüi Ekhüng Dimapur takes immense pleasure to felicitate and give our heartiest congratulations to Shri.Wochamo Odyuo who had been promoted to the post of Addl. Commissioner of Taxes, Nagaland. We further thank God and wish him good health and success in his future.

Wozamo Odyuo Richard Odyuo Chairman Secretary

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VATICAN CITY, APR 1 (IANS): Addressing an audience of Spanish Archbishops on Saturday, Pope Francis warned that the Devil entered through the pocket, urging the religious leaders to cultivate the spirit of poverty.

The Archbishops of Valladolid, Sevilla and Toledo had gathered at the Vatican to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Pontifical San Jose Spanish School in Rome, Efe news reported.

“Don’t forget this. The Devil enters via the pocket,” said Francis, adding: “please, eschew ecclesiastical careerism...it’s a curse.”

The pontiff said “you cannot be content with a comfortable, worry-free life without feeling the need to cultivate the spirit poverty rooted at the Heart of Christ.”

He said the formation of a priest must not only be academic, although that was an important aspect, but rather should incorporate all facets of life. Priests must not be content with getting a degree, but must also be full time disciples, he said.

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We the Tamlu Students' Union with immense pride, pleasure and honour take this opportunity to convey our heartiest congratulations to Shri. H. Bangwa Konyak on being promoted from Dy. Superintendent to Superintendent of Jail (District Jail, Mon).

It is our hope and prayer that the Lord Almighty will continue to bless you in all your future endeavours.

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The Natha New Theological Fellowship, Zunheboto felicitates Dr. H.S. Rotokha on being conferred the Doctor of Honoraries from the Senate of Serampore, Kolkata.

The Natha New Theological Fellowship prays that the Almighty God bless him in his future endeavours.

YA N G O N, A P R 1 (AGENCIES): Voter went to the polls Saturday for 19 by-elections in Myanmar, in the first test of the popularity of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy since it formed the government a year ago.

Results are not expected until Sunday at the earliest. No incidents of violence were reported by the time the polls closed.

Nine of the contested seats were in the Lower House, three in the Upper House and the rest in state and regional assemblies in ethnic minority areas.

Some seats became vacant because the lawmakers were promoted to the Cabinet. Some were open because of deaths, while others were never filled in the 2015 general election after security concerns in the areas forced the cancellation of voting.

The contests Saturday did not cause the same excitement or engagement as in the 2015 general election, and turnout was expected to be low. The National League for Democracy’s campaign lacked star appeal as election rules prohibited Suu Kyi herself from campaigning on its

report citing intelligence officials said. “As a matter of policy, we do not publicly discuss specific intelligence information. However, evaluated intelligence indicates that terrorist groups continue to target commercial aviation, to include smuggling explosive devices in electronics,” the Department of Homeland Security told CNN in a statement.

The US and European countries use a layered approach to security screening that goes beyond X-ray equipment, including the

A voter signs his name to get a ballot sheet from an official of the Union Election Commission at a polling station in Yangon, Myanmar on April 1, 2017.

behalf. But many voters still came to the polls to perform their civic duty.

“Even though today is Saturday, it’s not a day off for me,” said San Win. “This is the time I go to work. But no matter what kind of difficulties I face, I take the time to come here to vote.”

The main opposition party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, was hoping that the government’s perceived slow progress since taking power will work to its advantage at the ballot box. The USDP is the military-backed party that held power before Suu

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Passengers on direct flights to the US from certain Middle Eastern countries have been banned from having large electronics in carry-on baggage following revelations from new intelligence.

use of bomb-sniffing dogs and explosive-trace detection, according to American officials. FBI experts have tested variants of the laptop bombs using different battery and explosive configurations to assess how difficult it would be for airport screeners to detect them.

The airline restriction, which took effect from March 21, bans many electronics from the cabins of planes flying directly to the US from airports in eight Muslim-majority countries, the report said.

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THE SÜMI BAPTIST AKUKUHOU KÜQHAKULU (SBAK) INTO MOUNT, ZUNHEBOTO felicitates Dr. H.S. Rotokha on being conferred the Doctor of Honoraries from the Senate of Serampore, Kolkata.

The SBAK-NM prays that the Almighty God bless him in his future endeavours.

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define abnormal, but according to the state-run China Daily, long beards would be banned “as they are deemed to promote extremism”.

The regulation, passed by the Xinjiang legislature’s standing committee, said special task ­forces to curb extremism would be set up at regional, prefectural and county governments and ­local leaders would be evaluated annually for their localities’ achievements on the matter.

Beijing blames Islamist militants and separatists for attacks in Xinjiang that have killed hundreds of people in recent years, reported the daily.

Rights groups claimed that the conflicts were caused by the government’s repression of religious freedom and unfair ethnic policies.

The new law also banned: Using religious instead of legal procedures to marry or divorce, meddling in other people’s weddings, funerals and inheritance; not abiding by family planning policies, and ­deliberately damaging legal documents.

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es against her, but have previously said she is suspected of bribery, abuse of authority, coercion, and leaking government secrets.

They plan to resume questioning her early next week, most likely by visiting her in the prison instead of summoning her to their office, Yonhap said.

Prosecutors have until April 19 to question Park before they indict her.

responsibility for a third of those deaths, citing self-defense during anti-narcotics operations.

The government rejects local and international human rights groups’ allegations that police are involved in thousands of mysterious deaths. Duterte castigated the EU for believing reports of non-government groups that tag the leader for the killings.

“Even if it’s just epilepsy, they count it against me,” he said, to the laughter of the crowd.

Duterte boasted of his new-found friendship with China, which had been embroiled in a territorial spat with the Philippines before Duterte took office.

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With regard to “NOTICE” issue against Shri. Hokuto Zhimomi by the Model Village Yourabami Youth Association in the Nagaland Post on 01/04/2017. The GB Supply Colony would like to clarify the issue as follows : That on 3rd March 2017, Mr. Pothita along with a group of persons numbering to 15 persons trespassed into the land of Mr. V.K. Sema within the jurisdiction of Supply Colony which has been in occupation of Mr. V.K. Sema for more than 50 years by trying to erect pillar posts, claiming ownership on the strength of a duplicate patta. Upon trespassing the land of Mr. V.K. Sema, which is within his fenced land and on receipt of the said information the citizens of the colony went to the site for ascertaining the facts.

On further enquiry it was ascertained that the claim made by Mr. Pothita in respect of the said land was on the basis of a land patta which was purportedly issued in the year 2015.

Moreover, with regard to the said incident, the undersigned had lodged FIR against Mr. Pothita for trespass and on the other hand another FIR had been lodged by Mr. Pothita for assault wherein both the FIRs are pending investigation before the West Police Station.

In view of the above, the undersigned urge the Model Village Yourabami Youth Association to withdraw the said Notice issued against Mr. Hokuto since the matter at hand is not between the communities or any other organization or groups but a land issue between individuals within the jurisdiction of Supply Colony, Dimapur.

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The Longpa Students’ Union would like to congratulate with immense pride of the following persons for attaining higher positions in their profession.

1. Er. P. Lanu Aier, S/o Pangjunglepzuk promoted to Chief engineer, Police Engineering Project Kohima 2. S. Bendang Longkumer, S/o Sümakchiba promoted to SDEO, Apoi.

May God lead you in your future endeavour to serve the people with more vigor and wisdom.

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We, the Police Baptist Fellowship Tuli Youth Department would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Shri. Yaren Lotha, Additional S.P, Mokokchung for supporting financially during our one day seminar for youth on 25th March, 2017 on the theme, "Feel the Holy Spirit". We also thank the resource person Mr. Imkong, Ex-Pastor and praise and worship team "Paraclet" for helping and supporting us. May our God bless each one of you.

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Kyi took office.

But even if there has been some disappointment in the slow pace of change under Suu Kyi’s government, her party remains the first choice among many

voters.

“I voted for the NLD in the 2015 general election and I voted again now because I like the way the NLD government is working for us and our country.

I am so glad,” said Kyaw Htway.

The voting came at a time of renewed hostilities between some ethnic guerrilla forces and Myanmar’s army, especially in Shan state, where a number of the by-elections are taking place. Ethnic parties performed poorly in 2015, but they are hoping that disappointment with the government will see them make gains.

Around 2 million people were registered to vote on Saturday, but turnout numbers were not immediately available.

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FILE – In this March 10, 2017 photo, anti-government activists carry a mock jail containing a cardboard cut-out of South Korea’s president park Geun-Hye of Park in Seoul.

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WASHINGTON, APR 1 (IANS): US intelligence agencies have announced that terror groups have developed innovative ways to plant explosives in electronic devices that can evade some commonly used airport security screening methods, a media report said.

Heightening the concern is US intelligence suggesting that terrorists have obtained sophisticated airport security equipment to test how to effectively conceal explosives in laptops and other electronic devices, the CNN report said late Friday.

Through a series of tests conducted late last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) determined the laptop bombs would be far more difficult for airport screeners to detect than previous versions terrorist groups have produced. The FBI testing focused on specific models of screening machines that are approved by the Transportation Security Administration and are used in the US and around the world, the

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The All Nagaland Government Drivers’ Association H.Q. Kohima would like to express profound gratitude and takes immense pleasure in conveying our heartiest congratulations to Shri Indra Bahadur Dorjee on being promoted to the post of Vehicle Inspector in the office of the Engineer-In-Chief (R&B) Nagaland, Kohima. The Association pray to the Almighty God to grant you wisdom and good health as you venture forward with more responsibilities.

Further, the Association would also like to acknowledge and extend appreciation to the State Government for the consistent efforts and deep concern to the Drivers’ Association. The Association in this regard, will extend all possible help and cooperation to the Government and the Department.

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SEOUL, APR 1 (AFP): Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye is now just prisoner 503, incarcerated in a spartan cell while prosecutors decide whether to indict her over a corruption scandal that precipitated her fall from grace.

The former head of state spent her first night in solitary confinement at Seoul Detention Centre after a court yesterday ordered her to be held pending charges.

She had her mugshot taken and was given a prison kit including toiletries, a meal tray and a quilt, reports said.

After being processed like any other prisoner, Park, 65, was assigned a 10.6 square metre solitary cell, larger than the average 6.5 square metre cell, Yonhap news agency said.

“After taking a bath, she changed into greencoloured winter-season prison garb” an official of

MANILA, APR 1 (AGENCIES): Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out on Friday at European Union critics of his bloody anti-narcotics campaign, threatening to “slap” them.

It is the latest of the leader’s near-daily diatribe against the United States, EU and the United Nations while heaping praise on China and Russia. “Come here and we will talk because I want to slap you,” Duterte said in a speech during celebrations of Women’s Day at the presidential palace late on Friday.

Duterte scoffed at the bloc for recommending the Philippines build “clinics around like in other countries, and give shabu, cocaine and heroin like in Holland.”

The Southeast Asian leader lashed out on the EU last week for hypocrisy and called the bloc “sons of bitches” for recommending a rehabilitation-centered solution to the drugs problem.

More than 8,000 people have been killed since Duterte took power on June 30 last year, with police taking

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Apropos to "NOTICE" issued against Shri. Hokuto Zhimomi by the Model Village Yourabami Youth Association in the local daily i.e Nagaland Post on 01.4.2017, the Sumi Council, Dimapur has taken exception of the notice issued by the same to one of its bonafide member. The Sumi Council would further like to clarify the matter in the following few lines.

That on the fateful day of 3rd March 2017, a group of persons numbering to 15 persons led by Mr. Pothita trespassed into the land of Mr. V.K. Sema which have been in occupation of of Mr. V.K. Sema for more that 50 years by forcefully by trying to erect the pillar post on the strength of a duplicate patta. The said land is well fenced and developed

by Mr. V.K Sema and has been in his occupation peacefully.

Whereas, Mr. Pothita tried to illegally demarcate the land of Mr. V.K Sema, on the said day with the patta which was purportedly issued in the year 2015. The said incident had occurred at Supply Colony, Dimapur therefore the validity of the said Notice is self explanatory.

With regard to the said incident two FIRs are pending before the West Police Station Dimapur, one which had been lodged by Mr. Pothita for assault while, the Supply Colony GB had lodged counter FIR for trespass and both the FIRs are under investigation for logical conclusion.

Therefore, the Sumi Council, Dimapur request the Model Village Yourabami Youth Association to withdraw the said Notice issued against Mr. Hokuto Zhimoni to avoid straining the peaceful and cordial relationship maintained between the two communities.

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NEISSR Dimapur students promote traditional attire vidual commitment that all of us have to take. Art, culture and traditional knowledge can be disseminated and preserved in digital platforms.

This will facilitate not only preservation but also make people aware about our culture,” Dr. Anto added.

He also opined that individuals, while being proud about ‘our’ identity, should be able to transcend to a greater identity where ‘we’ accept and connect with every tribe, colour, creed and race etc as one.

Speaking on behalf of the artisans, Mailam Ko n ya k a n d S h o j i l a Chang shared the difficulties they experienced in their profession.

The work being time consuming, sometimes

it was really hard for us when customers bargain indiscriminately without understanding the amount of work that go into producing a piece of traditional attire, she lamented.

However, it was for the love of ‘our’ culture and the importance of keeping it alive that motivates us in one way, she added. The artisans expressed gratitude to NEISSR for giving them a platform.

The programme concluded with a group discussion where the students learned about the different traditional attires of different tribes from the artisans. Altogether, 14 artisans from different communities participated in the workshop along with 87 students.

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SW students of North East Institute of Social Science and Research (NEISSR) organized a workshop on “appreciation & promotion of traditional attires among Naga youth” on April 1 at NEISSR conference hall.

The programme was taken up as a part of the forum activity by the students of the Youth Development specialization with the objective to reinstill the value of traditional attires among Naga youth; to promote the identity of Naga attires and to acknowledge the artisans keeping ‘our’ culture and tradition alive.

Taking a turn from the normal trend of conducting workshops where intellectuals were invited as resource persons to deliberate on the appreciation of traditional attires, artisans who were actually working with and producing traditional attires were given the platform to speak and interact with the students.

Principal, NEISSR, Dr. C.P. Anto spoke on the importance of preserving one’s identity. “Each of us is born into a culture and is shaped by our culture. Traditional attires are important component of our culture which define our identity”, he remarked.

He congratulated the trainees for bringing about a platform through which youths could get hands-on experience from artisans.

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India’s P V Sindhu celebrates winning a point against Korean player Sung Ji Hyun in their semifinal match. (PTI)

New Delhi, Apr 1 (IANS): India’s Olympic bronze medallist P.V. Sindhu overcame South Korean second seed Sung ji Hyun on Saturday to set up a pulsating title showdown against Spanish top seed Carolina Marin in the India Open World Superseries badminton championships here.

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got the better of Sung 21-18, 14-21, 21-14 in a women’s singles semi-final which lasted an hour and 16 minutes at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.

The final on Sunday will be a repeat of 2016 Rio Olympic final which saw Marin earning the gold medal. The world No.3 registered a facile 21-16, 2114 win over Japanese fourth

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seed Akane Yamaguchi in 40 minutes.

As compared to Sindhu, Marin struggled less during her Saturday’s game. And for the Indian it will be important to recover the energy she spent at the gruelling battle against Sung. The 25-year-old South Korean was inconsistent throughout the match. But she ensured that Sindhu put her best.

In the first game, Sung got off to a fine start, racing to a 6-3 lead. Then Sindhu equalised at the seven-point mark, aided by several unforced errors from the South Korean, who struggled with net play throughout the first game.

Sindhu then took the lead, pressurising Sung to play the catch up game.

Sung conceded the lead owing to couple of shots that went wide, allowing Sindhu then to build up a healthy 15-11 lead.

The closest Sung came close to erase the deficit was when one cross-court smash caught Sindhu off-guard giving the scoreline a 1716 in favour of the Indian.

However, poor net play and Sindhu’s powerful smashes to the left of Sung again allowed the home star to win the first game 21-18.

The second game saw Sindhu continuing her momentum as she zoomed

to a 5-2 lead. But Sung stepped up her game and fought her way back with the help of attacking brand of badminton.

Sindhu tried to force her way back, and at a point of time 13-16 scoreline seemed to make a good contest. But Sung’s improved net play and array of lethal attacking strokes gave her a 21-14 win.

In the third game, Sindhu was back on her rhythm and a 5-1 lead seemed a perfect start to the deciding game. And at the midway break, the Indian held an 11-4 lead.

After the two-minute break, Sung went on an attacking spree, raising hopes of a fierce comeback as she reduced the deficit to two at 10-12. Sindhu, feeling the pressure, however, didn’t stop playing her aggressive game. Even though she made some unforced errors, the momentum swung in her favour. She then ran away with a 21-14 win.

With this win, double Wo r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p bronze medallist Sindhu took a 7-4 lead in career meetings against Sung, the 2015 World Championship bronze medallist.

Now, in her maiden India Open final, Sindhu will be up against Marin, who leads 5-4 in head-tohead record against the Indian.

GHS Kandinu sports meet concludes

Trinity School sports meet held Kohima, Apr 1 (NPN): The 7th annual sports week of Trinity School, Kohima was held from March 28 to 30 at New Reserve Police ground and school premises. Dr. Asalie Khezhie, Manager, State Dairy Farm & Chairman, New Reserve Panchayat and Keneilhoulie Sokrano, president, New Reserve Yo u t h O r g a n i z a t i o n , graced the occasion as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively.

Dr.Khezhie in his address highlighted the importance of physical fitness without which a person cannot stand up to face the challenges be it in sports or academics.

He remarked, “without a proper physical strength, we cannot achieve our desired goals.”

Further, while stressing on the relevance of sports and games in a student’s career, he said, each person has got different set of talents and in relation to that sports and games is also very much creditable to be keenly tap-in as a human resource.

The three-day meet was marked with events such as football, volleyball, athletics, carom, badminton, table tennis, dodge ball, 3 legged race, ball passing, cock fight and futsal.

Students and teachers during the Government High School, Kandinu sports meet.

Dimapur, Apr 1 (NPN): With the vision to instill sportsman spirit among students and to enhance their physical and social skills, Government High School, Kandinu organised a three day sports meet from March 28 to 30 at the school ground. The occasion was graced by the AHM, GHS Kandinu, Yhunlonyu Tep as the chief guest. Marking the commencement of the grand event, the flag of GHSK was unfurled by the chief guest. He was welcomed by a prolific march pass drill motioned by the enthusiastic student contingents.

In his address, the chief guest said that education is not only reading and

writing, but it an all round development and that sports is an integral part of education.

He maintained that under co-curricular activities, through sports, one can well equip in d i s c i p l i n e, c h a r a c t e r, behavior, punctuality, leadership qualities etc in their school days and compete in the state, national and international level.

Earlier, the welcome address was delivered by Khikeya kez while Nitilo K a t h i nvo k e d G o d ’s blessings. A special song was presented by Caroline Tep and friends and oath of conduct was administered

by Nikeya Kath.

The students were

divided into two houses, Red and Yellow respectively.

Altogether 16 varieties of events were organized.

The competing houses not only exhibited great potential but also displayed the finest qualities of a sportsperson through their conduct and character.

A fun filled football and volleyball exhibition match was played between the teachers and students.

The closing ceremony on March 30 was graced by Kenneth Kath, President RSZ as the chief guest and gave away the prizes to the winners. In his brief address, he encouraged the students to strive for excellence not only in sports but in all other disciplines.

Real, Barca back in action after break Lt. A.Soben Konyak memorial volleyball trophy held

Mad r i d , A p r 1 (Agencies): Spanish football league leaders Real Madrid and second placed FC Barcelona will be back in action after the international break on Sunday as the race for the title approaches its final stage.

Sevilla FC’s poor run into the international break has left the title to once again be fought out between Spain’s two biggest clubs with Real Madrid holding the advantage over Barca.

Re a l M a d r i d a r e currently on 65 points, two ahead of Barcelona. They also have a game in hand.

Sunday will see them

look to extend that lead against Deportivo Alaves, whose results have taken the side from Vitoria to the verge of the battle for Europe, just four points off seventh place, which would give them a ticket for next season’s Europa League.

The Basques will be without a key player on Sunday however, as inf luential midfielder Marcos Llorente is not allowed to play against Madrid due to a clause in the loan deal with his parent club.

Real Madrid should be at full strength with the only debate over whether or

not Keylor Navas continues in goal or if Kiko Casilla could be given a chance.

It is a busy week for sides in Spain, but Madrid have the advantage that none of their matches take them away from the capital.

Barcelona meanwhile are return with one of their longest trips of the season as they visit second from bottom Granada, who have just 19 points and four wins all season.

Lionel Messi is a big absentee for Barcelona as he misses out due to suspension after completing a cycle of bookings in

the last game before the international break.

Messi’s absence will place extra pressure on Neymar and Luis Suarez and Barca coach, Luis Enrique will hope they have recovered from their transatlantic flights to represent their respective countries.

Barcelona will know Madrid’s result by the time they kick off, but whether or not that is an advantage or added pressure is a moot point, given that whatever happens they cannot afford to drop points against a rival that looks condemned to the drop.

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and the runner-up received a cash prize of Rs.30,000 and Rs.15000 respectively along with trophies and certificates.

In the individual category, Nyakba Phom of United Hill Young Club Auching village was named the best libero, Kosamong of Young Spiker Tuensang was adjudged the best setter and the best spiker of the tournament was awarded

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LATE. TSUKNUNG JAMIR You have gone from our sight but never from our memories.

It’s already been a year since you left us but your warmth and sweet memories will forever linger in our hearts.

We miss you.

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We the family members of Late Mangyangmeren would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individuals, organizations, churches, friends and well wishers who stood by us financially, physically, emotionally and spiritually during the brief illness and at the sad demise of our beloved on 24th March 2017.

May God bless you all.

Diampur, Apr 1 (NPN): Young Spiker Club lifted the first edition of Lt. A.Soben Konyak Memorial Men’s Open Volleyball Championship Trophy held at Tobu village local ground from March 28 to 31. The tournament was organized and sponsored by DeuYong Club Tobu village.

United Hill Young Club of Auching village bagged the runner up. The champion

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Planning for next season with Arsenal: Wenger

London, Apr 1 (IANS): Turning a deaf ear to talk of him being removed as Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger said he is planning for the next season.

“Of course I plan for next season,” Wenger was quoted as saying

by ESPNFC ahead of Sunday’s important English Premier League (EPL) tie against Manchester City.

“That’s why I told you, do I stay for two months or 10 years, I plan for (the future). I do my job exactly the same.”

We n g e r m a d e n o bones of the fact that he is still taking a long-term view when it comes to planning beyond this current campaign.

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A r s e na l c ur r e ntly lie sixth in the EPL table with 50 points from 27 matches.

Despite Arsenal’s meagre return all these seasons, Wenger said top players still want to come to the club.

“I think Arsenal is a world brand today that is respected all over the world. And the Arsenal name is bigger than my name,” he said.

“A n d c o m i n g t o Arsenal is more important.

You don’t come to Arsene We n ge r yo u c o m e t o Arsenal. At the moment we are not in a transfer mode, but we analyse where we have to strengthen. We are not in contact at the moment, or in negotiation, with players,” he added.

WE SPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK: Ao Baptist Church, Diphupar Purana Bazar ‘B’ Ao Baptist Church East Dimapur, Ao Baptist Church Ao Senso Telongjem Diphupar Waromung Senso Telongjem, Diphupar Area Dimapur Ao Pensioners Union Ao Youth Forum, Diphupar Ao Students Union, Diphupar Concern Kids Montessori School, Diphupar J.N. Aier College, Diphupar Adonai Tent House, 5th Mile We deeply regret our inability to thank each individual personally but we pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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02/04/2016 It’s been a year since you left us for your heavenly abode and we wonder how swiftly time passes by leaving us with only memories. Yet we are reminded time and again that you are in a better place away from the pain of this world, safe in the bosom of God. Here, we live each day reminiscing the good days we shared with you and in our memories is where you stay. Your unwavering love will shine from within us and we will always cherish the good things you have shown to us. We miss you dearly.

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Loving, wife, children, grandchildren and relatives

We the bereaved family of Lt. Talisowa (Waromung) would like to express our profound gratitude to each & every individual, neighbours, friends, well-wishers, near and dear ones who stood by us physically, financially, materially and with unceasing prayers during the prolonged illness and the Born : 1st Jan. 1931 demise of our beloved father on Died : 28th Mar. 2017 28th March 2017.

awarded Rs.5000 each.

W. H o n j i K o n y a k , Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mon graced the opening ceremony as the chief guest.

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A year has passed since you left us for your heavenly abode. We miss you so much in silent tears. But death does not steal away the precious memories of the short time we had together in this world. And every day for the rest of our lives we will keep missing you.

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to Danted Phom of Unity Juvenile Club Sakshi.

Two semi finalist teams of the tournament, Unity Juvenile Club Sakshi and Falcon Club Sakshi, were

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Born: 15-03-1970 – Died: 29-03-2017 We the bereaved family of Late Sentinungsang Mongchen, S/o Lt. Imkongliba would like to extend our deepest heartfelt gratitude to every individual, organizations, neighbours, churches, A.A. Kohima Unit and friends who stood by us physically, financially and spiritually at the sudden demise of our beloved, who left us for his heavenly abode.

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Dad, eight long years have gone by without You Yet not a day pass by Without your guiding presence.

Your blessing and wisdom imbedded in us Urges us ever to grow stronger, braver and wiser.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur sunday, april 2, 2017

sports

Palace stun Chelsea; Man Utd held Trinity Sporting wins Case PL

Zaha celebrates with team mates after the Eagles star weaved his way through the Blues defence for a smart score.

Lo n d o n, A p r 1 (Agencies): Chelsea’s grip on the destination of the Premier League title this season loosened a little as Crystal Palace came from behind to win 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.

Having won 10 onthe-bounce on home turf, Antonio Conte’s side looked set for another victory when Cesc Fabregas put them ahead after just five minutes, the Spaniard turning home Eden Hazard’s cross.

But just four minutes later the Eagles were level,

Wilfried Zaha firing home from the edge of the penalty area.

Zaha had a big hand in Palace’s second on 11 minutes, this time the winger turned provider with Christian Benteke coolly dinking over Thibaut Courtois.

The hosts piled on the pressure but couldn’t find a way past Wayne Hennessy and Sam Allardyce’s men had to hold on through 10 minutes of stoppage time to record a famous win.

Tottenham Hotspur

are now just seven points behind their London rivals after two second-half goals gave them a crucial win at Burnley.

After a poor first half, Spurs stepped on the gas after the break but struggled to carve their opponents open.

However, the pressure began to tell and on 66 minutes Eric Dier broke the deadlock when he rifled home after the Burnley defence failed to clear Christian Eriksen’s setpiece.

Federer sets up Nadal Miami final

Roger Federer reached the Miami Open final by beating Nick Kyrgios on Friday.

M i am i , A p r 1 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : Ro g e r Federer will face Rafael Nadal in the final of the Miami Open after he won a thrilling semi-final against Nick Kyrgios.

T h e S w i s s l e ge n d continued his stunning 2017 form by seeing off the Australian in a gripping clash 7-6 (11-9) 6-7 (9-11) 7-6 (7-5).

Nadal booked his place with a straightforward 6-1 7-5 victory over Fabio Fognini in the other semi and will aim to get some measure of revenge on his

eternal rival after Federer edged a dramatic five-set Australian Open final in January. Playing in front of a home crowd which made clear their support for Federer, Kyrgios managed to push the 35-year-old all the way, eventually succumbing in the third consecutive tiebreaker.

The temperamental yo u n g s t e r wa s v i s i b ly distracted by the boisterous crowd at key moments in the game, shouting at fans on a couple of occasions while his racquet was smashed against the floor more than

once too, finally splitting into a few pieces after Federer sealed the win.

“It felt very good,” Federer said afterwards about the victory. “You d o n’t ve r y o f t e n p l ay three breakers in a match.

Winning breakers is always such a thrill. I tried to really fight for it. I can’t always show my fighting skills, it is great winning this way.”

Kyrgios meanwhile was philosophical about his excellent performance and narrow defeat. “I had some ups and downs, bit of a rollercoaster,” he said.

Son Heung-ming sealed the win with 13 minutes left on the clock when he tapped in Dele Alli’s centre.

The result leaves Sean Dyche’s side looking over their shoulder; Mauricio Pochettino will be thrilled with the result but will be sweating on news of the injuries suffered to Harry Winks, Victor Wanyama and Vincent Janssen.

Manchester United’s struggle to score goals at Old Trafford continued as they were held to a 0-0 draw

LSU Martyrs’ Trophy from April 29 D i ma p u r , A p r 1 (NPN): The 18th edition of the Lotha Students’ Union (LSU) Martyrs’ Trophy will begin on April 29 at public ground, Wokha town with Yitachu, Minister of Education as chief guest.

The tournament is organized every year by LSU in memory of Lt. Chumdamo Tungoe and Lt. Thungkhomo Ezung, who laid their life on April 14, 1977 in police firing during the silent procession organized by LSU in protest against the inhuman and barbaric act meted out to the then SDO (Civil) of Ralan, Ngurkhuma Mizo by Assam Police and Assam Forest Guard.

Interested teams/ clubs can collect the registration form from LSU Office/Nongo Publication opposite SBI Wokha. For further, information contact LSU president Lipemo M Tsopoe at 9862653233 or games and sports secretary at 9856321381, 7005587169.

by West Brom.

With Ander Herrera, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata and Zlatan Ibrahimovic missing injured or suspended, Marouane Fellaini, Jesse Lingard, Michael Carrick and Henrik Mkhitaryan joined Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial in forming the front six, but they found the Baggies’ defensive str ucture impossible to breach.

The closest they came was via a Martial header while Fellaini and Mkhitaryan should have done better with chances late on.

Rashford almost produced a stunning winner in the closing stages but Ben Foster produced a brilliant save to stop the forward’s 30-yard free-kick.

David de Gea almost gifted the win to Tony Pulis’ side when he spilled Darren Fletcher’s long-range effort onto the crossbar.

Jose Mourinho’s men have now drawn eight league matches at home and lie four points off fourth-placed Manchester City.

Match results Liverpool 3-1 Everton Chelsea 1-2 Crystal Palace Man United 0-0 West Brom Leicester City 2-0 Stoke City Watford 1-0 Sunderland Burnley FC 0-2 Tottenham Hull City 2-1 West Ham

Trinity Sporting with the trophy after winning the Case Premier League at Police Ground, Chumukedima on Saturday.

D i ma p u r , A p r 1 (NPN): Trinity Sporting emerged as the champions of the inaugural Case Premier League which came to a close today at the Police Ground, Chumukedima.

Needing a win, Trinity edged STAFAC United Patkai by a solitary goal to finish top of the table with 16 points. Nungsang scored in the first half of the match as a nervous Trinity held on for precious three points.

Earlier in the first match, Nizams FC defeated Case FC 2-0.

Aloto Yeptho and Atsen Murry both scored in the second half as Nizams broke their run of three

consecutive defeats.

Dr. Lipok, who was the tour nament’s top scorer, should have pulled one back late in the second half after being awarded a penalty but his effort struck the woodwork before going out of play.

With the win, Nizams finished third on the table with 11 points. HHH, with 15 points, finished second.

STAFAC United remained on 8 points while Case FC finished with 5 points.

The inaugural edition of the Case Premier league kicked off in early February at Patkai Christian College ground with five teams – Case FC, Nizams FC, STAFAC United Patkai, Trinity FC and HHH.

Under the theme “ B e yo n d Fr i e n d s h i p, Beyond Fitness and Beyond Football”, the unregistered football league was started with the sole aim of promoting fitness and friendship through football for non professionals above 30 years of age.

M e a n w h i l e, t h e organisers of the league expressed gratitude to the sponsors - Case Constructions Dimapur a n d t o 1 s t NA P f o r providing the ground.

Individual awards Golden gloves Temsumeren, Nizams FC Golden boot Dr. Lipok, Case FC Best Player Arenkaba, HHH

I want to win Ballon d’Or someday: Neymar Barcelona, Apr 1 (IANS): FC Barcelona striker Neymar da Silva Santos Jr has expressed a desire to win the Ballon d’Or one day, adding that he is not in a hurry to do so.

“To win the Ballon d’Or is something that I’ve set as a goal, it would be a personal victory. But I’m not in a hurry,” the Brazil star told Russian publication Sport-Express.

“Personal goals are not the reason I’m in football. I play for pleasure. I like to help my teammates and my team. If everything

Neymar

goes well, the individual awards will come.” Ballon d’Or is presented to the best football player in the world

for the year.

When Barca made an improbable comeback to defeat Paris SaintGermain (PSG) 6-1 in their Champions League roundof-16 second-leg match to win 6-5 on aggregate earlier this month, Neymar played an influencial role by scoring twice.

The former Santos man has been a key figure for his country as well. His performances helped Brazil become the first non-host nation to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia earlier this week.

Speaking about his

relationship with Messi and Ronaldo, Neymar said, “Relationships are important off the field, we are friends. On the field, we complete each other. Messi and I play on the wings, Suarez in the middle.”

“Messi is a player that I’ve admired since I came to Barcelona. He’s helped me since the moment I ar rived. I’ve always admired his determination and attitude,” he added.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won the Ballon d’Or, or its earlier version, every year since 2008.

Flamingos FC lift JVYO football trophy

D i ma p u r , A p r 1 (NPN): Flamingos FC emerged as the champion of 12th open football trophy, organised by Jalukie Valley Youth Organisation (JVYO), at Jalukie ‘B’ local ground. In the final played on Saturday, they beat New Jalukie (Red) 3-0 to lift the title.

The champion team received a cash prize of Rs.80, 000 along with trophy and certificate while the runner up

received Rs.30, 000 with trophy and certificate.

The final match and the closing ceremony was graced

by S Chuba Longkumer, parliamentary secretary, veterinary and animal husbandry as the guest of honour. In his address, Chuba said that sports is the only game of competition where both the opponent gains out of the game.

As sport brings people together, it has become

the favourable platform to propagate peace, unity and development, said the guest of honour while adding that sports allow intercultural dialogue to ensure respect and equal dignity of all cultures.

Be a role model towards uniting communities, promoting peace, advocating for better education and s o c i a l d e ve l o p m e n t s and be the channel of change to the community,

he advised the players.

Sports promote education and physical well being, encourage tolerance and social cohesion, said the parliamentary secretary while calling upon them to take up sports seriously and display their talents to the highest level.

He also advised them to avail all the opportunities and privileges provided by sports authorities.

The guest of honour also gave away the prizes.

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The champion team and runner-up team along with guest of honour S. Chuba Longkumer and others.

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