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DIMAPUR wednesday, august 24, 2016

Demand for ‘Tipraland’ gets violent

Not your business, says army after China’s warning NEARLY 100 injured in clash; CURFEW IMPOSED IN AGARTALA NEW DELHI, AUG 23

brought the situation under control, he said.

Bhaumick said in one place the police had to resort to lathi charge to disperse the unruly crowd.

Additional central paramilitary forces have also been rushed to Agartala the city to control the situation.

The ruling CPI(M) has condemned the activities of IPFT supporters and alleged it was a preplanned conspiracy to disrupt the communal harmony of the state. “IPFT is trying to disrupt the communal harmony since long. Today’s incident was a preplanned and aimed at breaking the communal harmony and peace in the state. We appeal to all to maintain peace and calm,” the party said in a statement.

(AGENCIES): After China warned India against deploying the BrahMos missile in Arunachal Pradesh, the army has made it clear that its decisions will not be influenced by Beijing. “Our threat perceptions and security concerns are our own, and how we address these by deploying assets on our territory should be no one else’s concern,” said top sources in the army to NDTV today.

The Chinese army in its mouthpiece yesterday said, “India deploying supersonic missiles on the border has exceeded its own needs for self-defense and poses a serious threat to China’s Tibet and Yunnan provinces.”

The BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile which can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It can carry warheads weighing up to 300kg, and strike targets on land and at sea.

It has been in service with the army since 2007 and is currently being tested for use by the Air Force’s Sukhoi-30 fighters.

The army is in the process of equipping a new regiment with the latest variant of the missile at a cost of Rs.4,300 crores. This Block III version being inducted by army along the Himalayas has advanced guidance systems, which enable the missile to perform very tight manoeuvres flying at 2.8 times the speed of sound.

5.5 magnitude quake jolts North Eastern states

JIC seeks written statements from DEF Phek, 12 Para unit

(L) IPFT supporters vandalise a bus. (R) A two-wheeler in flames during the clash between local people and supporters of Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura in Agartala on Tuesday. (PTI)

G U WA H AT I , AU G 2 3 (AGENCIES): Nearly 100 people were injured, some of them grievously, and several vehicles set ablaze in clashes between the supporters of a tribal-based political party and non-tribals during a rally in Tripura capital Agartala on Tuesday, The New Indian Express reports stated. The rally was organized by tribal-based ‘Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura’ (IPFT) to mark its eighth ‘Tipraland’ Statehood Demand Day. The violence broke out around noon when a non-tribal woman and her child were trying to cross a road through a gap in the rally. When they were trying to do so, some IPFT supporters attacked them, injuring them grievously. Later, sections

of those in the rally went on the rampage, attacking pedestrians and shopkeepers and torching vehicles.

Retaliation by the nontribals followed soon when news about the attack on the mother-child duo spread far and wide.Official sources said Section 144 of the CrPC had been imposed in Agartala to thwart any untoward incident.

The situation was said to be tense but under control.

IPFT leader Rajeswar Debbarma told Express that over 50 workers and supporters of the party were injured and hospitalized.

Between 1984 and 2008, August 23 had been observed as ADC (Autonomous District Council) formation day. But from 2009, the IPFT has been

APO backs Naga Suspension of corrupt bodies against officials not beyond 90 days, says Centre AFSPA, DAA NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (PTI):

DIMAPUR, AUG 23 (NPN): Angami Public Organization (APO) has extended its support to the NSF and other Naga apex organizations against the extension of Disturb Area Act (DAA) and AFSPA in Nagaland. In a press note, APO president Dr. Vilhousa Seleyi and secretary info & publicity, Neisakholie Ziephrü pointed out that AFSPA was a bare law with just six sections.

The most damning, APO said was in the fourth and sixth sections—“the former enables security forces to ‘fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the causing of death’ where laws are being violated. The latter says no criminal prosecution will lie against any person who has taken action under this act.”

Though India is popularly known as a nation which gives due importance to the rights and liberties of its citizens, APO however said it was difficult to imagine that “in a country like ours, exists a law which makes a mockery of the basic human rights.”

In this regard, APO has appealed to the public and all organizations to take serious note of the matter and the double standards shown by the GoI. APO said “On one hand the GoI negotiates peace deals with the Naga People and on the other it classifies Nagaland as disturbed area and extends so much unchecked power in the hands of the armed forces.”

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The suspension of government employees accused of corruption cannot continue beyond 90 days, the centre said today.

It has asked secretaries of all departments to ensure that chargesheets against such employees are issued within three months time. It should also be ensured that disciplinary proceedings are initiated as far as practicable in cases where an investigating agency is seized of the matter or criminal proceedings have been launched against such employees, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said in an order.

Citing a Supreme Court verdict, DoPT said it has been decided that where a government servant is placed under suspension, “the order of suspension should not extend beyond three months, if within this period the chargesheet is not served to the charged officer”. It should be ensured that the charge sheet is issued before expiry of 90 days from the date of suspension, it said.

observing the day as separate statehood demand day.

The clashes on Tuesday coincided with by-election under Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council in the Simna-Tamakari seat.

The BJP criticised the state’s Left Front government for the clashes.

“The incident occurred due to failure of the administration. And what made the government to hold the by-elections today when it was aware of the IPFT’s statehood demand programme?” asked BJP spokesperson Mrinal Kanti Deb. Soon after the incident, DGP, K Nagraj and SP (West), Abhijit Saptarshi rushed to the spot with a large contingent of police and paramilitary forces

DIMAPUR/AGARTALA/ AIZAWL, AUG 23 (NPN/ IANS): A 5.5-magnitude earthquake in the MyanmarIndia border region on Tuesday rocked Nagaland, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya and other parts of North East, but there was no report of major damage, officials said.

According to the US Geological survey, the epicentre of the earthquake was located 40km North-East of Mawlaik (Sagain), Myanmar with a depth of 106 km.

The epicentre is located close to Manipur and Mizoram’s international border.

“The 5.5-magnitude quake hit various states of the North Eastern region of India at 7.41 a.m. on Tuesday morning,” a meteorological department official said in Agartala.

“There is no report of major damage. Only some cracks developed in a few old buildings in Assam and Mizoram adjoining Myanmar,” disaster management coordinator Sarat Das told IANS,

citing reports from District Magistrates across the region.

It was also reported that a 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck Karbi Anglong district in Assam at 5:30 am Tuesday morning.

Seismologists consider India’s mountainous northeast region as the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world. The northeast has seen some of the biggest quakes in history. In 1897, the Shillongepicentred quake measured 8.2 on the Richter scale.

Besides Tuesday earthquake, Mawlaik in Myanmar has faced several earthquakes in the recent past with the last measuring 5.3 earlier this week, another 5.3 this month and the major quake measuring 6.9 in April, 2016.

In 1950, an earthquake in Assam measuring 8.7 on the Richter Scale forced the mighty Brahmaputra river to change its course. In September 2011, Sikkim underwent heavy damage after a quake hit the Himalayan state.

Antibiotics may up diabetes risk in kids NEW YORK, AUG 23 (IANS): Parents need to be extra careful while giving antibiotics to children as new research has found that the commonly-prescribed drug can significantly increase the risk for Type 1 diabetes.

In Type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakenly destroys the islet cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. Without insulin, patients cannot properly control their levels of blood sugar (glucose), which builds up to damage nerves and blood vessels.

A study conducted on mice found that antibiotics changed the mix of gut microbes in their young ones and dramatically raised their risk for Type 1 diabetes.

“Our study begins to clarify the mechanisms by which antibiotic-driven changes in gut microbiomes may increase risk for Type 1 diabetes,” said Martin Blaser, Professor at New York University (NYU) in the US. In the study, the team examined the effects of ex-

posure to either continuous low-dose antibiotics or pulsed antibiotic therapy (PAT), which mimics the doses used to treat many infections in children.

Short pulses of antibiotics caused non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice -- that are more susceptible to Type 1 diabetes -- to develop the disease more quickly and more often than mice not treated with antibiotics.

Specifically, male NOD mice exposed to PAT were found to have twice (53 per cent) the incidence of Type 1 diabetes as control NOD mice (26 per cent incidence) that received no antibiotics.

PAT did not significantly increase disease risk in female mice in one set of experiments, but did so in a second set of tests.

“This is the first study of its kind suggesting that antibiotic use can alter the microbiota and have lasting effects on immunological and metabolic development, resulting in autoimmunity,” said Jessica Dunne, Director

at Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) which is a US-based research organisation.

As children’s exposure to microbe-killing antibiotics has increased in recent decades, the incidence of autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes has more than doubled, said the paper published in the journal Nature Microbiology.

For the research, the team collected samples of gut bacteria from NOD mice to determine the effects of antibiotics.

Using genomic and statistical techniques, the team found that three-weekold PAT males had a nearly complete loss in their intestines of certain bacteria shown in past studies to normally train the immune system.

The diversity of species in PAT-treated microbiomes was lower than in control mice, and the composition of the bacterial communities differed greatly, the researchers concluded.

DIMAPUR, AUG 23 (NPN): The one man ‘Wuzu firing incident inquiry commission’ headed by Veprasa Nyekha, retired district & session judge has invited written statements from the police (DEF Phek) and the 12 para commandos “who was/were directly or indirectly concerned with the incident that took place at Wuzu on July 16, 2015.

The public notice issued by secretary to the inquiry commission, K. Naben has informed that the written statements should be filed before the Inquiry Commission, at its office located at the Circuit House, Dimapur on or before September 20, 2016. “The written statements should be accompanied with affidavits, documents and evidences in any form in possession of the individuals/authority filing the written statements,” Naben stated. (See Advt on p-5)

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NTC files PIL against resolution on SVC D I M A P U R , AU G 2 3 (NPN): Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) on Tuesday said that a PIL it had filed on August 20, 2016 challenging the validity of the government resolution dated June 8, 2016, came up for hearing before the Gauhati High Court Justice L. S. Jamir on August 22, 2016.

In a press release, Theja Therieh, chairman, media cell and NTC’s convenor, committee on State Vigilance Commission (SVC); Zhovehu Lohe, advisor, NTC and member committee on SVC and Er. Talituba Sanglir, president, Kohima Ao Senden and member committee on SVC said the Court after hearing the motion had listed the next hearing on September 26, 2016.

NTC said the Court assured to make an attempt to dispose of the matter on the next returnable date keeping note of the matter been urgent and of public importance.

In the event the PIL was not disposed of on the next returnable date, NTC said the liberty was granted to the petitioners to renew their prayer for interim. Accordingly, it issued notice to the respondents.

On July 18, 2016, the NTC in a representation to the chief secretary had alleged that the state government has “decimated the lawful authority” of the State Vigilance Commission (SVC) by its resolution dated June 8, 2016 and urged the state

government “to restore the legal powers” to the SVC by revoking the resolution.

NTC said the state government till the time of filing of PIL has failed to respond positively to its representation. It said PIL was to seek judicial review to the crucial issues of great public importance.

The case is represented by senior advocate Taka Masa Ao, advocate Arenlong and advocate Khrievono.

NTC highlighted how the SVC was set up by the government of Nagaland by a resolution dated April 9, 1976, providing its jurisdictions and powers.

It said by notification dated June 15, 1976, the directorate of vigilance, was declared as a police station and by another notification dated December 9, 1976, the director of vigilance and anti corruption, was declared as the officer-in-charge of the said police station.

The notification dated August 21, 1999, provided the sections of law to be investigated by the SVC. SVC has power to investigate under the Code of Criminal Procedure in the said jurisdiction.

However, NTC said the impugned resolution dated June 8, 2016, issued by the chief secretary, the political executives and All India Services and others were kept outside the purview of the SVC and suo motu power of the SVC to investigate cogni-

zable offences withdrawn.

Resolution dated June 8, 2016 further made mandatory for the SVC to ascertain from the chief secretary, whether parallel investigation into similar offences were not being carried out by other investigation agencies, and to submit a sealed covered information to the chief secretary, from the time of investigation.

NTC said the resolution dated June 8, 2016 was therefore “totally illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction.”

It also maintained that June 8, 2016 resolution though not specifically referred to, has “indeed emasculated” the clauses 2 and 5 of the first resolutions of April 9, 1976 that provided that the SVC ‘will not be subordinate to any department and will have the same measure of independence and autonomy as the State Public Service Commission’.

The clause 3 of June 8, 2016 resolutions has made the state chief secretary to have the overriding authority over the commission arbitrarily, NTC said, adding that such dilution of the powers of the commission would definitely hamper the efficiency of the investigative authority.

In the light of above, the NTC observed that the June 8, 2016 resolution “has blatantly and subjectively divested” the legal powers and jurisdiction of the only investigative establishment of the state.

MALT demands transfer of SDO PHED DIMAPUR, AUG 23 (NPN): Mangkolemba Ao Lanur Telongjem (MALT) has demanded the chief engineer, Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) to immediately transfer SDO, PHED Mangkolemba on or before 30 September 2016 failing which it would “take drastic steps” to bring positive change in the PHED Mangkolemba.

In a letter to chief engineer PHED, media cell, MALT stated that it has been almost three years that SDO has been very irregular

and insincere in his duty without any valid reason.

As such, Mangkolemba Ao Lanur Telongjem said the working system of the department in general was facing serious loopholes and the delivery of duty by the staff was inconsistent in the sub-division.

It said a complaint letter was submitted to the executive engineer, PHED Mokokchung on June 17, 2016, but till now there was no result.

Governor greets on Janmashtami

DIMAPUR, AUG 23 (NPN): Nagaland governor, P.B. Acharya, has conveyed warm greetings and good wishes to the people of Nagaland on the occasion of Janmashtami or Sree Krishna Jayanti, the birthday of Lord Krishna. In his message, Acharya said that “Lord Krishna’s message of performing our duties with sincerity and devotion, without attachment to the results of our actions, remains a pertinent principle for salvation of humanity.” He prayed that this Janmashtami bring happiness in everyone’s life and hatred be far apart from one’s life. “On this joyous day, let us resolve to rededicate ourselves to the teachings of Lord Krishna in order to build a peaceful and enlightened society,” Acharya said.

DAN legislators meet

DIMAPUR, AUG 23 (NPN): Ahead of the special session of the 12th NLA, scheduled to be held on August 26 to rectify the Constitution (122nd) Amendment Bill, 2014, Nagaland chief minister has convened a meeting of DAN legislators on August 24 at 3pm in the state banquet hall, Kohima. All the members have been requested to make it convenient to attend the meeting without fail.

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IMPACT 5000 by 18 in Mkg

YouthNet officials with the participants.

DIMAPUR: Under the ‘IMPACT 5000 by 18’ campaign, a joint five-year venture of YouthNet and state government launched in 2013, a two-day programme was held on entrepreneurship, career awareness, skill building and private job recruitment for the

Excise Dimapur seize drugs DIMAPUR: Excise (NC) personnel manning the interstate Checkgate at Khuzama seized 10,000 tablets of ‘banned’ Nitrosun drug from an Imphal-bound-Guwahati bus.

According to dy commissioner of Excise (NC), Visedelie Mepfuo, one person identified as Md Mukandar (37) from Manipur has been arrested and forwarded to judicial custody.

Dy commissioner of Excise (NC) also informed that on August 23, 11,518 capsules of ‘banned’ Spasmo Proxyvon were seized at the same Checkgate from an Imphal bound Dimapur taxiNL01G-1562- and one person identified as Md Irfan Khan (28) from Manipur has been arrested in this connection.

Lotha, Rengma C-I contractors meeting

DIMAPUR: Lotha Rengma Class-I contractors Association has convened a consultative meeting on August 27 at 11 am atHotel Japfu.

Its president M.B Khing in a release has informed all the registered contractors of the two community was informed to attend the meeting positively along with their respective registration certificate and other performance profit without fake.

It has also notified that failure to attend the meeting without reasonable explanation will automatically lead to disqualification from the associations’ membership.

youths of Mokokchung. In Mokokchung, the programs were supported locally by Mokokchung Entrepreneurs Consortium (MEC).

Career guidance drive was held over the two days for students of Edith Doughlas HS School, Jubilee Memorial

School and College, Queen Mary HS School, Mayangnokcha Govt. HS School and People’s College. Students were briefed on the various career options available while stressing on the importance to follow one’s passion while deciding a career as opposed to being pressured in finding jobs which society thinks is good. The drive also featured YouthNet’s young ambassadors stepping up and advocating on the imperative need for clean elections in the state.

Entrepreneurship awareness program was held at Fazl Ali College focusing on the importance of developing the private sector in Nagaland and the need for promoting more job creators. An interactive workshop with around 20 established entrepreneurs in Mokokchung was held on the second day featuring discussions on best practices, issues and bottlenecks faced, opportunities available, market linkages, need for collaboration and networking, etc.

An important part of the tour was a job stall in the middle of town (Imlong place) where various skill development programs such as retail, mobile repairing, food processing, automobiles, etc. and various private job openings were shared with the drop outs/ unemployed youths.

DIMAPUR: Naga Kuotsu Union (NKU) has expressed shock at the physical assault meted out to one of its member, Pelevilie Kuotsu, son of Kevichulie Kuotsu on August 19.

NKU in a condemnation note by president, R. Neisievilie Lhousa Kuotsu and general secretary, Haikambe Kuotsu stated that such inhumane incident has resurfaced at a time when people were yearning for peace and unity amongst the Nagas. It stated that such incident puts a big question mark whether “such kind of cadres are actually working for the Naga nation or for collection of money and wealth in the guise of nationalism”.

NKU stated that such fear psychosis to the innocent citizens, particularly young local entrepreneurs can no longer be tolerated and that “it was time to realize our follies and now forge ahead with dignity and work culture” if Naga people wanted to sur-

vive as a nation. NKU also stated that “money minded” cadres at the cost of innocent citizens should not be enrolled into any organization or group.

NKU urged upon the law enforcing agency to immediately bring to book the culprits and award befitting punishment.

WASU: Western Angami Students’ Union (WASU) has vehemently condemned the assault and threat meted out to Pelevilie Kuotsu on August 19 by Pitovi ‘ss’ regional commander and two of his accomplices of GPRNNSCN (Unification). WASU [resident, Kevisetuo Rhitso and general secy. Viwhekhonuo Vielie stated that such barbaric assault and cowardly act against the innocent businessman cannot be tolerated.

Union demanded the state government and district administration to arrest the criminals for their heinous act at the earliest and urged upon the law enforcing

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DIMAPUR: Industrial Village Razhüphe Dimapur (IVRD) council has, among other things, resolved to “strictly” prohibit selling of wine/IMFL within its jurisdiction with effect from August 20 and shall approach the police and Excise department for implementation of the resolution.

In a press note, head GB cum chairman, IVRD, T.L. Angami, and council secretary, Kenei Angami, stated that the resolution was adopted in an emergency meeting on August 20. The house resolved that as per 2011 Census the code of IVRD was ‘0004’ and the village shall use the same as the official code in the near future, it stated.

Regarding IVRD fair

price shop (FPS) and Ration Card, the council has resolved to issue the Ration Card to the beneficiaries only after some rectifications from the concerned authority.

The council also directed all the Aadhar card holders to submit a photocopy of the card to the VDB secretary IVRD at the earliest.

Further, the council informed that depending on availability of funds, it has resolved to take up development of village community property such as Community Hall, Anganwadi Hall, GPS, Medical Sub-Centre, community bus, celebration of Golden Jubilee etc for which the council stated it would approach the government for implementation.

Zeliangrong region FGN refutes DIMAPUR: Majority national workers of Zeliangrong region FGN, has vehemently condemned the press note release issued by so called Gaidimchungpou, son of P.G. Biren on August 18, regarding discharge of national workers. A press note by razou peyu, Makhom sub-region Zeliangrong region FGN, K. James stated that Gaidimchungpou was no more accepted as midanpeyu of Zeliangrong region on account of violation the principle (rule) of June 17, 2016 reconciliation programme. As such, the release stated that he did not have any authority, power, right to discharge one innocent national worker. It further stated that his self-styled press release without the concern of the autonomous region authorities had created problem, confusion and misunderstanding among the national workers of FGN Zeliangrong region as well as the general public of Zeliangrong region. FGN Zeliangrong region has therefore warned Gaidimchungpou not to release senseless and mendacious press note, otherwise heavy action would be taken up by the FGN Zeliangrong region and Zeliangrong people.

agency to stringently award befitting punishment. WASU further expressed collective sympathy and solidarity with the family of the victim in this hour of trial and turmoil.

MUK: Mezoma Union Kohima (MUK) in a condemnation note by president, Vikehielie Victor and general secretary, Ketusielie Kuotsu stated that atrocities committed by Naga political groups towards their own people would have serious ramifications, whereby they would lose their own status, mandate and people’s trust.

Condemning the assault on a businessman in Kohima, MUK questions the credibility of such national workers who can now be rightly termed as anti-social elements trying to sabotage peace and discourage locals from being self-reliant. MUK therefore calls for immediate deliverance of justice to the victim and a befitting punishment to the perpetrators.

UAYO: Upper Agri

Youth Organization (UAYO) in a condemnation note by its president Kezhaletuo Khruomo and general secretary Albert Tungoe stated that Pele was an active member of Upper Agri Colony and also a member of the council as information secretary and has been running the shop and the sole provider to the family.

UAYO added that prior to the event of the assault, Pele had reportedly paid the so called yearly tax to the party in the month of June to Temjen, SS major of the same party, however Pitovi demanded that the tax be paid to him instead and threatened to take his life and close down his business on many occasions.

Upper Agri Youth Organization has taken the matter seriously and demand that concern authority take necessary action and that such nuisance in any civil society should not be repeated and would not be tolerated in future.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur Wednesday, august 24, 2016

news in brief LMRSU meeting: Lotha Middle Range Students Union (LMRSU) has convened a public meeting on August 30 at Sanis village community hall. LMRSU earnestly appeal town citizens, intellectuals and officers of Lotha Middle Range to participate in the meeting.

For relevant information contact :8974411185

NPF Tseminyu meeting: NPF Tseminyu

division has convened a meeting of its office bearers and frontal organizations, women wing, youth wing and farmer’s wing on August 27 at 10 am at Tseminyu Town Hall to discuss on strengthening of the party position in the constituency. All the members were inAAUD meeting: Aghunato Areami Union formed to attend without fail.

Dimapur (AAUD) would hold an important PMEGP beneficiaries of Zbto informed: meeting for forthcoming general session at All the beneficiary of Prime Minister Employthe banker residence of Akashe Zhimomi, ment generation Programme (PMEGP) under Eralibill, Dimapur on August 28, 3:30 p.m. All Zunheboto district for the year 2015-16 are the office bearers and executive members have informed that there would be emergency meetbeen requested to attend positively. ing August 26, 10 a.m at District Industries NNC and FGN joint meeting: Joint Meet- Office to discuss the urgent issues related to the ing of the Naga National Council (NNC) and welfare of the beneficiaries. All the beneficiathe Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) ries have been requested to attend the meeting would hold a joint meeting on August 29, 10 without fail. Absentees would be liable to a a.m in Transit Peace Camp, Kohima, Na- fine of Rs. 5000/galand. FGN secretary, Thihu Khamo stated that meeting would discuss on the ongoing situation and self-governance of the nation.

All the central and regional authorities of the NNC/FGN and eligible Naga army officers are earnestly requested to attend the meeting positively.

LYO warn fake vigilance members: Lerie

Youth organization (LYO) has informed to the general public that the vigilance of anti social activities done under its jurisdiction by any individual members without the consultation of Lerie Panchayat members would face stern appropriate actions. The organization warned that individual who violate the directive would face the consequences.

ZBK convenes consultative meeting:

Zeliangrong Baudi Kohima (ZBK) has convened a consultation meeting with the Kohima Liangmai Welfare Society, Zeme Council Kohima, and Rongmei Council Kohima on August 27, 11 a.m at Ura Restaurant, near Red Cross Building Kohima, to discuss the 2016 Zeliangrong Festival for Kohima citizens.

ZBK executive has also unanimously elected Achakbo Newmai, Kelei Zeliang and Alan Gongmei as executive board in the Zeliangrong Baudi Kohima for a tenure of three years with effect from 2016 to 2018. All the office bearers and executive board members have been requested to attend the consultative meeting with their constructive ideas for the welfare of the Zeliangrong people.

KTC appeals H&FW to provide preventive measures: Khiamniungan Tribal Council WTC informs: Administrator of Wokha

(KTC) has appealed the principal director, health and family welfare to provide directives, with regard to the epidemic outbreak across the border which has claimed more than 30 lives.

In a release, vice president KTC L. L Buming has requested the department to provide some alternative preventive measures to stay safe from such vulnerable epidemic outbreak across the border especially in the border areas, ITC Dan to Thongsonyu village.

Town Council (WTC) has informed that selling of meat and fishes on the National Highway is against the Nagaland Municipal Act which amounts to contempt of the Act. Slaughter house and fish market are maintained at Mahandeo area for the purpose of such business establishments and anybody willing to sell meat and fish should go/shift to WTC slaughter house and fish market at the designated places. WTC administrator, Hotolu Swu has informed that under Nagaland Municipal Act of 2001, all meat and fish selling on National Highway is strictly prohibited. This order shall come into force with effect from September 1, 2016. Anybody found violating this order shall be viewed seriously and a fine of Rs.5000/- would be imposed as required U/S 470/471 of Nagaland Municipal Act.

NPC to commemorate peace day: Nagaland Peace Centre (NPC) has informed all its members of the governing body Kohima of NPC, to commemorate the peace day on September 6 on the occasion of 51 ceasefire anniversary. A thanksgiving day was also arranged at the office premise of NPC Kohima at 11 am. All the members were informed to ANPWDFWA meeting cancelled: All Naattend the programme without fail. galand PWD Field Worker’s Association (ANBJP Mandal, Pughoboto meeting: PWDFWA) has ifnromed all its members that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mandal, Pug- the ANPWDFWA general meeting called by hoboto has convened a meeting on August vice president T. Yanger Ao and general secre26 at 11 am at Red Cross building P.R hill tary K. Atovi on August 31 stands cancelled till Kohima. All the executives and frontal office further notice. In a release its president Inakhu bearers were informed to attend the meeting Aye stated that the meeting was on August 31 was without the knowledge of the president of positively. the association which was not proper, unauVDA informs: Vadeo Descendents As- thorized and not convenient for its members. sociation (VDA) of all the Sub-clan who has Aye stated that the there the scheduled general submitted their family tree were informed meeting was cancelled and also informed that to review and re-submit for any delete or ad- general meeting of the association can be dition. Publicity and information secretary called only after its members receives their salaMuluvoto Medeo in a release has informed ry. It has informed all the bonafide members of that those sub-clan who were yet to submit be- ANPWDFWA to take note of this cancellation fore October 20 to research committee and to and said the general meeting of the association contact 9436831040/9436815435 for further would be called in due course of time, taking information. the convenience of all its members.

KDCC demands removal of certain clause in NIT of RMSA

DIMAPUR: Kohima District Congress Committee (KDCC) , while expressing “delight” over the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) for ‘Strengthening of 57 Government Schools in various districts of Nagaland’ issued by Nagaland Education Mission Society, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), has demanded the removal of “Sl. No 12” in the 23 ‘Terms and Conditions.’

In a press note, president KDCC, Kevi Vizo, stated it “believes and trusts that such open tender system will bring about true competition among the local contractors and will also deliver quality works.”

However, KDCC said its attention

was drawn to Sl. No 12 of the terms and condition, which states that “Acceptance of the lowest tender is not obligatory.”

In this regard, Kohima District Congress Committee maintained “such a clause will encourage manipulation and favouritism while the actual lowest bidder will not win the tender and the Department will utilize the said clause in choosing its own favoured contractor. Moreover, a Class-I contractor will certainly not quote lower rate and incur lost to do the work.”

Therefore, KDCC has urged the concern authority to remove the said clause while also demanding that the

Leaders of joint council at the emergency meeting. (NP)

ZUNHEBOTO AUG 23 (NPN): The joint council of South Point (east), South point (West) and Amiphoto Colony had an emergency meeting on August 20, at the residence of Yezakha H. Murru GB South Point (West).

The house thoroughly deliberated on various social issues confronting the three colonies and has resolved the following resolution strictly

IVRD resolutions

Organisations flay extortion assault on businessman

Zbto joint council to fight anti-social elements

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to be implemented within the jurisdiction of three colonies: Selling of liquor within the jurisdiction of the three colonies shall not be tolerated, if any person was found selling, he/ she would be expelled from the colony and further the trade licence of the shop shall be seized. It also resolved that gambling in any form, within the three colonies shall not be allowed and anybody found violating the rules would be dealt as per the council association of the joint council. It

also resolved that all the shop owners shall strictly install a dustbin outside their respective shops within 10 (ten) days and action would be taken against the defaulters.

All the council decided to co-operate from time to time and fight against the anti-social menace confronting the three colonies, and has therefore requested each and every public to kindly cooperate with them, to create a congenial atmosphere within the colonies jurisdiction.

tender for “Strengthening of 57 Government Schools in various districts of Nagaland” should be awarded to the lowest bidder, lest it would be “compelled initiate further course of action even after the contract is awarded.”

Meanwhile, Kohima District Congress Committee also extended appreciation to the Nagaland Contractors’ and Suppliers Union for standing firm on ‘Open Tender System’ to deliver quality works.

“Unless manipulation and favouritism with commissions for those on the helm of affairs is stopped development and progress of our state will always Paddy field and house damaged by wild elephant at Nungying village, Wokha on remain at stake,” KDCC stated.

August 17. Around 25 farmers have been affected.

AVTS recovers two stolen vehicles DIMAPUR: Anti-Vehicle Theft Squad (AVTS) of DEF Kohima while conducting routine checking at NH-29 have detained one Mahindra Pick-Up and one Mini-truck bearing registration number (1) NL03A2831, Chassis No. MA1ZN2GHKE1J68400, Engine No. GHKE1J49051 and NL03A3199, Chassis No. MAT457403D7D12577, Engine No. 497TC92DWY820380 after the status was enquired from the NCRB database.

In a press release, SubDivisional Police Officer (South) & PRO Kohima, Atu zumvü mentioned that Mahindra Pick-up B/R No. NL03A2831, was confirmed to be stolen vide Assam, Sonitpur, Rangapara police station case No. 0121/2015 w i t h o r i g i n a l R / N o.

AS12AC3850, while Minitruck B/R No. NL03A3199, was stolen from Dimapur, and wanted in connection with Dimapur East P.S case No. 0305/2015 with original R/No. is AS01EC7460.

ATMA Kohima exposure tour to ICAR, Barapani DIMAPUR: ATMA Kohima conducted an exposure tour to ICAR Research complex, Barapani Shillong from August 17 to 19 under PMKSY where 15 farmers along with 3 ATMA officials attended the tour programme.

The team visited the ICAR research complex, various farming units which were under study where resource person, scientist agricultural extension Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sinha and scientist agronomy Dr. Subhash shared on various models for integrated organic food production to sustain income for low and marginal farmers with land holding less than a hectare both in low land and up land areas. The importance and advantages of land rotation for various vegetable crops and intercropping of cereal, pulses, oil seeds were also shared to the farmers. Vertical farming in dry terrace called Agro-pastoral based farming system which is under study to reduce soil erosion and runoff water was briefed.

Agri- Horti –Silvi pastoral system to study the diversi-

Farmers and ATMA officials during their exposure tour to ICAR research complex, Barapani Shillong. (DIPR)

fication of crops were also explained. Farmers were encouraged to go for local variety fruits and that every piece of land is potential so to not let it remain fallow stated the resource person. All these models are purely based on integrated organic food pro-

duction where nutrients cycle is balanced without any requirements or procurements from outside the farm.

The group also visited the various model for water harvesting system such as water harvest pond in up-land area and low cost system

called “Jalkund” to collect maximum runoff water for various agricultural practices.

The farmers also got to see various agricultural implements and learnt how these machineries were operated both in up-land and low land areas.

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(Temperature in ºC) Max Agartala A stray thunderstorm 33 Aizawl A thunderstorm in spots 26 Guwahati Times of clouds and sun 35 Imphal 32 A thunderstorm in spots Itanagar A thunderstorm in spots 34 Shillong A thunderstorm in the area 24 Kohima A thunderstorm in spots 26 Dimapur Partly sunny, a stray t-storm 35 Mkg A shower or t-storm in spots 29 Tuensang A thunderstorm in spots 26 Wokha Some rain and a thunderstorm 29 Zunheboto Partly sunny with a t-storm 24

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(Inset) Kavita Acharya addressing students. Students of Tabitha Enabling Academy presenting Chicken dance at Kohima, Tuesday (NP)

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KOHIMA, AUG 23 (NPN): North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) in association with Tabitha Enabling Academy Kohima organized Umang Festival at North Field School Kohima today with Kavita Acharya as chief guest.

The festival was dedicated to differently abled children in the North Eastern States, as part of government of India’s national policy for persons with disabilities.

Kavita Acharya while congratulating NEZCC for organizing the Umang Festival said Umang was a commendable initiative to provide opportunities to bring the differently

abled children closer to the mainstream society through cultural interactions.

She expressed joy to have learnt the participation of 50 differently abled children from Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland along with their teachers attending this festival.

Acharya exuded confidence that the festival would not only create awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of the differently-abled people, but it would most importantly be a reminder for all that “we” are created in the likeness of God. Joint director NEZCC Talinokcha in his welcome note highlighted the signifi-

cance of the festival and said along with Nagaland, other North Eastern States like Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, South Sikkim and Agartala are also celebrating the same event in their respective states. He also said that Umang was a special scheme under the Ministry of Culture Government of India and the NEZCC as a Nodal Cultural Centre was implementing the scheme in the North East states.

Differently abled students from Tabitha Enabling Academy, G.Rio school, Visually Impaired Institute Dimapur and students from Meghalaya presented various items on the occasion.

FLC conducted at Yisemyiong

DIMAPUR: One-day Financial Literacy Camp (FLC) supported under FIF managed by NABARD, organized by Care and Support Society (CSS) Mokokchung in collaboration with Nagaland Rural Bank (NRB), Mokokchung and sponsored by NABARD, was conducted at Yisemyong on August 23. Speaking on the occasion, DDM, NABARD, S.Amarjit Mangang, shared the importance of financial inclusion and the role played

by NABARD in financial inclusion. He further shared the objectives of NABARD and schemes such as KCC, SHG/JLG, Farmers Club Programmes and other various initiatives of NABARD. BM, NRB, ChangkimenHeritage Club of Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur visited Chumpo la also shared about various Museum on August 20, at Sovima Village, Dimapur for an off-campus study. facilities available with NRB.

SRSW & PSK organize financial literacy prog

Participants and bank officials at the financial literacy programme at Seiyhama.

DIMAPUR: A financial literacy programme was organized by State Resource Centre for women (SRCW) and Mission Poorna Shakti (PSK) in collaboration with Nagaland State Co-operative Bank Ltd. supported under Financial Implication Forum (FIF) managed by NABARD on August 19, at Seiyhama village council hall.

Delivering keynote address, assistant branch manager and IC Nodal Centre, Kohima Kevi Hibo, spoke about NABARD and its functions.

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der for the banks to help improve their agricultural development and raise the living standard of BPLs (below poverty line).

He further informed that every household should have at least one account and a person can open their account through general account or Zero account.

Meanwhile, call responder-181, Cerina Belho, gave a brief introductions on Women Helpline-181, Kohima; Sakhi-One Stop Centre, Dimapur and Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA).

She explained “women helpline-181 is a 24-hour toll-free service provider for women affected by violence

and seeking support, as well as for enquiries on Schemes for women”.

Sakhi-One Stop Centre is a centre for providing counselling services to women in crisis and emergency responses which can be referred to NGOs or other shelter homes” and “Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) under BetiBachao – BetiPadhao (BBBP) in collaboration with Postal Department is a small savings scheme for the girl child which can be opened till 10yrs of age, to enable her education: Call Responder181” she added.

NABARD, assistant general manager, BendangAier, expressed his concern

to the people of Seiyhama village and thereby asked them to be aware of the importance of banking and financial planning.

He mentioned that the banks aimed to bring the public under one umbrella by different means of methods, so that the quality of their lives can be improved.

The programme followed interactive session where participants raised queries regarding various schemes available.

Earlier the programme was chaired by PSY, block coordinator Ruokuosalie Rulho and later vote of thanks was delivered by Seiyhama village, GB Thepfulie.

Trg on COTPA 2003 for shopkeepers in Kohima to be held DIMAPUR: Training programme on “harmful effects of tobacco and COTPA 2003” for all shopkeepers selling tobacco products in Kohima district would be held from August 24 to September 1 in the conference hall of Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) at 11 a.m for all the trainings.

According to DIPR report, the training on August 24 would be held for the following wards which includes Peraciezie, Themezie, Sepfuzou, Rokabozou, High Sc ho o l , B ayav u ( Up pe r, Middle and Lower), Lower Kenuozou,Vety/Pezielietsie and Keziekie.

Training on August 26 would be held for Town Area, Officers’ Hill and P.R Hill, which includes Nagabazar, Supply Colony, Kitsubozou, New Market, D-Block (Upper, Middle and Lower), Daklane, Midland (Upper, Middle and Lower) and Hospital Colony.

On August 30, the training would be held for the following wards PWD (Upper, Middle and Lower), Poterlane and Chandmari (Upper, Middle and Lower).

On August 31, the training would be held for the following wards of Old and New Ministers Hill, Mhonkhola, A.G (Upper and Lower), Lerie, NST, Dairy Farm and New Police Reserve.

Finally on September 1, the training would be held for the following wards which includes Agri Forest (Upper and Lower), Forest Colony, Electrical Colony and Paramedical Colony.

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Ao customary law book released at Mokokchung

Prof. Sangyu Yaden (R) releasing the book ‘Ao Customary Laws and Practices’. (NP) Correspondent

MOKOKCHUNG, AUG 23 (NPN): A book, titled ‘Aor Temzung Ozung’ (Ao Customay Laws) by Mokokchung District Dobashi was released, Tuesday, at the Dist. Dobashi Customary Law Court by Prof.

Sangyu Yaden of Nagaland University.

While releasing the book, Prof. Sangyu Yaden stated that the book was a “magnificent and spectacular” contribution towards the Ao tribe by the Mokokchung District Dobashis. He said, this was a legacy for the future generation and a great benefit for the present generation, as well.

Prof. Sangyu Yaden said that the Dobashi institution was instituted by the British

India Government, recognizing the unique administrative set up of the Nagas. The same was recognized by the Government of India, by enshrining in the Article 371 of the Indian Constitution, through the 16 Point Agreement. The institution has been maintaining “our” customary laws and practices with upmost truth and honour, till date, he added.

Prof. Sangyu was optimistic that keeping these laws and practices in a written document (book) would ensure that there are no dilutions. While deliberating on the gist of the book, PA to DC Mokokchung Temsumeren said that the book was the outcome of the resolution, made during the 125 celebration of the District Dobashi in 2014. He said that

the key purpose of the book was to keep the Ao customary laws alive for the coming generation. Temsumeren stated that the book was painstakingly written with upmost care and due consultation with all the village councils of the 6 ranges (tzukong), through the 10 existing Dobashi outposts in the district.

While delivering a short speech, Ao Senden president Imolemba lauded the district Dobashis for bringing out the book. The ceremony was chaired by DB Limanungsang and invocation pronounced by associate pastor MTBA, P Toshi. The welcome note was delivered by district head DB Chubatoshi and vote of thanks by PA to DC Mkg, Zulunungsang.

JNV Phek celebrates Independence Day

Major Rahul along with faculty and students of JNV Phek.

DIMAPUR: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Phek celebrated 70th Independence Day from August 9 to 23, where the school selected the theme AZADI 70–YAAD

Committee constituted for verification

DIMAPUR: Gover nment of Nagaland has constituted a committee to physically verify and submit the report for recognition of 41 (forty one) villages in the districts of Kohima, Dimapur, Peren, Wokha, Kiphire, Phek, Mokokchung, Longleng, Mon and Tuensang.

According to DIPR report, the committee would consist of DUD secretary for Longleng, Mon and Wokha districts Senti Ao; secretary W&H for Dimapur, Peren and Tuensang districts Vikeyie Kenya; additional secretary Fisheries for Kiphire and Phek districts T. Mhabemo Yanthan; additional secretary SE for Kohima and Mokokchung districts Sarah R. Ritse.

The deputy commissioners of the district shall be the co-convener in his district and the following district officers as members of the committee: DAO, DFO, PO DRDA, AEO and DLR&SO. According to a notification issued by the Home Department, the committee so constituted for each district shall cause survey in detail and submit the report with accompanying documents, including the household-wise list of persons with their electoral details and the map showing area and boundaries clearly.

KARO KURBANI. Students of JNV organised a program on the tune of patriotism.

The major celebration was held on August 22 wherein Major Rahul, 9 As-

sam Rifle Pfutsero delivered a motivational lecture and highlighted the struggle of freedom fighters who fought with British and sacrificed their lives to make “our”

nation free.

The program was attended by over 180 students, teaching staff and principal of the school E Golmei. The chief guest highlighted the sacrifice made by our forefathers and ancestors during British rule and stressed upon by saying “today nation is free and have complete independence but we all should not understand ourselves free of responsibilities towards our country, as being responsible citizens of the country, we should be always ready to handle any emergency condition in our country”. He urged students and teaching staff to join hands and unite together and work for a common goal and to live in peace and harmony for making the country a better place to live.

TDTOU visits road repairing site

TDTOU members at the road repairing site.

DIMAPUR: Tuensang DisUnion also extended team and further acknowltrict Truck Owners Union financial help towards the edged the tireless work.

(TDTOU) visited the ongoing road repairing site carried out by the department at Chare short cut near Dikhu Bridge connecting the Tuensang district on August 18.

A press note by TDTOU president, Lanumeren Sangtam stated that union has expressed gratitude to E.E. Tuensang and SDO, junior engineer PWD (High Way) Chare division for timely intervention to repair the road for the commuters of the Tuensang area.

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Mnp HC quashes declaration of Kh Ratan as ‘wanted’ man

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IMPHAL, Aug 23: In a closely watched case, Manipur High Court Tuesday quashed police declaration of former JCILPS Kh Ratan as “wanted” saying treating him as absconder is not justifiable.

A division bench of the Manipur High Court comprising justice N Koteshwor and justice Nobin had reserved its verdict on declaration of “wanted tag” against former JCILPS convener Khomdram Ratan in a criminal petition case filed the former JCILPS convener after the final hearing of the case was heard on August 16 last.

The court pronounced its verdict today, informed one of Ratan’s counsels senior advocate Khaidem Mani who said that the court has rejected police notification declaring Ratan as ‘’wanted’’ saying that it is not justifiable.

Manipur police, on June 2 last, declared former JCILPS convener as wanted through a statement issued to the local media after registering a criminal case against him (Ratan) on the charge of being a member of the banned United National Liberation Front (UNLF), engaging in prejudicial activities against the state and promoting social

unrest, rioting and enmity among people.

The police further announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for information leading to his arrest alleging him to be an absconder following which Ratan stepped down as convener of the apex body of various civil organizations spearheading the movement demanding enactment of legislation to protect the indigenous people of Manipur.

The police case came up after a photograph, showing Ratan purportedly allegiance to the UNLF, appeared in social media and went viral.

Ratan filed a writ petition challenging the wanted tag on his head on June 27 last which was accepted by the court and after hearing the plea, the division bench of justice N Kotishwar and Kh Nobin today pronounced that the criminal wanted tag declared to Kh Ratan is not justified and should be deleted.

Senior advocate Khaidem Mani said that the division bench also quashed the police notification in which Ratan was declared absconding asking the police to replace the word some other, like information.

“The court has partly allowed the writ petition. In short, the ruling of the court

is partly in favoured of Ratan and rejected the wanted tag against Ratan saying that he is neither a wanted criminal nor an absconding individual,” While pronouncing the verdict, the court directed the police and pertinent authorities to be careful while declaring “wanted” on the head of an individual in future and follow the procedure of law if it has to declare someone wanted, he added.

Even after the verdict, the former JCILPS convener who was arrested by the police on the night of August 17 last is still in police custody where he was remanded for nine days by a local court where he was produced on the next of his arrest.

He was arrested from a community hall at Keishampat Junction where he was participating in a relay hunger strike staged by the activists of the JCILPS demanding ILPS or a similar legislation to protect the indigenous people of the state and rolling back of wanted tag on the head of Ratan.

Po l i c e c h a r ge d R a tan under Section 121/ 121A/109/120-B/148/149/ 152/153-A/188/341 Indian Penal Code, 3PDPP Act and under Section 18/20 of UA (P) Act.

northeast Mizoram BSNL waives installation charges Aizawl, Aug 23 (PTI): Mizoram BSNL general manager Vinugopal Krishna Mahuli today said that the BSNL had introduced Plan 49 for new landline customers waving installation charges.

Mahuli told reporters in Aizawl that the customers could avail of new landline connection by paying monthly charges of just Rs 49 for first six months and the customers, after the expiry of six months would be charged monthly plan charges of general plan of the respective areas. A free BSNL prepaid SIM was offered along with the new plan, he said, adding that 24 hours unlimited calls on all Sundays from the BSNL landline to any network including other network operators would also be introduced from Thursday. He said that unlimited night calls from BSNL landline to any network within India was already offered and the scheme was applicable to all calls made between nine PM to seven AM all dates. The BSNL also had increased minimum speed of broadband unlimited plans from 512 kbps to one Mbps without additional charges, he said.

BSNL promotional offers were the result of a sharp reduction in landline onnections in Mizoram after the introduction of mobile phone service in the state since 2003-04 with Airtel becoming the major player in the sector.

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Efforts on to secure release of abducted son of BJP leader

G uwahat i , Aug 2 3 (PTI): Assam Police have sought the help of their Arunachal Pradesh counterparts to secure the release of Kuldeep Moran, son of a BJP leader, who was abducted by the Paresh Barua-led anti-talk ULFA-Independent on August 1 from that state.

Assam Director General of Police Mukesh Sahay today said, “As soon as we learnt about Kuldeep’s abduction in Arunachal Pradesh, we filed a case at Nakhung police station in Changlang district of that state from where he was kidnapped”.

“As the incident happened in Arunachal Pradesh, we will have to act only through their police. They are hopeful of securing his release.

“The main focus of the security forces and intelligence agencies is his safe release,” he said. On the ISISstyle video sent by the ULFA-I to TV news channels in which Kuldeep is purportedly shown surrounded by a group of armed masked militants, the DGP said it was the first time that such a video has been received.

“Its authenticity and contents are being investigated,” he said about the video in which Kuldeep, son of BJP’s Tinsukia Zilla Parishad vice-president Lakheswar Moran, is heard appealing to

Assam Chief Minister Sarbanda Sonowal, his uncle and Sadia BJP MLA Bolin Chetia, and his parents to secure his release from the kidnappers.

In the video, Kuldeep also expressed the fear that his life was in danger as he could be caught in a crossfire between the kidnappers and security forces.

He also said he was being moved from place to place.

Asked if ULFA-I was responsible for the kidnapping as claimed by the insurgent outfit, the DGP said, “It is more or less confirmed.”

On reports of ULFA-I’s subversive activities increasing in Upper Assam and recruiting of fresh cadre, the state police chief said, “We are alert and are carrying out operations against them. We have zero tolerance to insurgency.

We have been tackling them since the last 30 years.”

He also informed that an umbrella organisation of ULFA-I, NSCN-K and some Manipur-based militant outfits were mainly active in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Myanmar.

A ransom of Rs one crore has been demanded from his MLA uncle Bolin Chetia and Kuldeep’s mother and wife yesterday appealed to the ULFA-I through the media to release him, saying they do not have the finance to make the payment.

Mizoram govt worried over NEEPCO loses Rs 44 L daily as ONGC delays gas supply rodent attack in paddy fields Aizawl, Aug 23 (Agencies): The state agriculture department is concerned over a massive rodent attack in the crop lands at Rengdil, a village in the Mizoram-Tripura border and its neighbouring hamlets in Mamit district in the past few weeks. Over 10 families have lost their entire paddy harvest, deputy director (plant protection), state agriculture department, J Rokima said.

The enormous infestation was reportedly because of the flowering of two bamboo species, locally known as ‘Rawnal’ (a Dendrocalamus species) and Rawthing (Bambusa Tulda), Rokima added. Over 159 families have been affected because of the attack in ‘Tai’ or early paddy, the harvesting of which starts in the latter part of August, he added. A team from the agriculture department visited the area and undertook

an operation of mass poisoning of rats. The outbreak came as a surprise as the next ‘Thingtam’ or flowering of Bambusa Tulda is not due till 2025, an agriculture department official said and added that the last ‘Thingtam’ occurred in 1977 and is expected to recur after 48 years.

Rokima said while different bamboo species died and regenerated in a cycle of around 48 or 50 years, some older Bambusa Tulda plants were probably dying in the north western area of the state before the mass flowering. He said no such bamboo flowering was reported from anywhere in the state during the past few months. ‘Mautam’, famine caused by gregarious flowering of ‘Mautak’ or Melocanna Baccifera hit the state in 2007-08 when swarms of rats ravaged paddy fields across Mizoram, triggering famine-like situation.

A G A RT A L A , AU G 2 3 (Agencies): NEEPCO is incurring a loss of Rs 44 lakh per day thanks to the delay in supply of gas by ONGC to the Rs 1000-crore state-run combined cycle power plant at Monarchak, Tripura.

The power plant, commissioned by NEEPCO, could not be used for commercial generation of power.

“Against all odds, NEEPCO had commissioned the gas turbine by September 2013 while Commercial Declaration (CoD) was done on December 24 last year,” said Head of Project SR Biswas. Talking to media persons at Monarchak power plant recently, he said even the steam turbine has been kept ready for operation since January 2016.

“The main problem in commissioning the plant is non-availability of gas. As per the agreement, the ONGC is supposed to supply 0.50

MMSCMD gas to Monarchak for commercial operation but the public sector undertaking could not keep the promise,” he rued.

Narrating the ordeal of the ill-fated power plant, Biswas said the project was conceived in 2000 with an installed capacity of 500 MW and the power plant’s capacity was reduced to 250 MW after ONGC reduced its gas allocation and at last it was scaled down to only 101 MW. “It’s unfortunate that ONGC could not keep its promise of supplying gas in time leading to huge loss to NEEPCO,” he said, adding, “This is nothing but wastage of public money… We are hopeful that ONGC will start supply so that Monarchak turbines run properly.”

On the sale of Monarchak power, Biswas said NEEPCO has already inked a power purchase agreement with TSECL.

“The power generated at Monarchak will go to Bangladesh as the neighbouring country wants to buy 100 MW more power from Tripura,” he said.

Meanwhile, assigning no reasons for the delay, ONGC Executive Director S.C. Soni said they would be able to supply 0.50 million standard cubic metres per day gas to the NEEPCO project by December this year or January next year, giving some hope of revival.

The ONGC has also commissioned its first commercial power project in India — 726 MW gas-based combined cycle power project — located in southern Tripura’s Palatana (60 km south of Agartala) and run by the ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC).

“Electricity is being supplied to seven of the eight northeastern states from the Palatana power project. Also, 100 MW of power is being supplied to Bangladesh since

March,” Soni said, adding that supplying of gas to Palatana is a priority to ONGC as the project is providing power to Bangladesh as per India’s commitment.

Designed by the USbased General Electric, the turbines are being supplied by Bharat Heavy Electric for the NEEPCO power plant which would generate 65.42 MW electricity through gas turbines and 36.25 MW through steam turbines. Headquartered in Shillong, Neepco — a ‘mini ratna’ company — has also set up a 5 MW solar power plant on 25 acres of land within the 101 MW Monarchak power plant complex.

ONGC and NEEPCO power projects in Tripura would ease the electricity shortages of seven of the eight Northeastern states — Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Constable recruitment candidates Mizoram’s Vangchhia injured in police action in Manipur could be a necropolis

Manipur tribals to observe unity day on August 31

IMPHAL, Aug 23: Over 10 members of agitating All Manipur Written Test Successful Candidates of Manipur Police Constable Male 2013 (AMWTSCMPCM 2013) Tuesday sustained injuries in police action to disperse them while attempting to proceed towards chief minister’s bungalow.

Candidates who had completed DPC for recruitment of Manipur police constable male -2013 has been agitating demanding review to government decision cancelling all the recruitment processes.

Intensifying their agitation, over 500 members of the agitating All Manipur Written Test Successful Candidates of Manipur Police Constable Male 2013 today carried out rally on the streets along the

Imphal, Aug 23 (IANS): A Manipur activist group will observe “Tribal Unity Day” on August 31 to remember nine people who were killed in early September last year -- and have not been buried as yet -- in violent protests against three controversial laws that allegedly deprived tribals of the right to their land.

The Manipur Assembly passed the Bills on August 31 last year. But the legislations have not been converted into law because “the President has withheld one Bill and sent back two others”, according to Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam Gangmei.

The Bills created an uproar, sparking violent protests in the Churachandpur area and the nine were killed in the days of agitation that lasted till September 10.

Imphal-Moreh section of NH102 towards chief minister’s bungalow after a meeting was convened at a community hall at Singjamei. The rally was carried out after the meeting resolved to meet with the chief minister and lodged a complaint.

However, a team police team intercepted the rally near Singjamei Super Market and prevented them from further proceeding by erecting barricades on the road.

When the rallyists breached the barricades in their bid to proceed further, police baton charge them besides resorting to tear gas shelling to disperse them. Many rounds of mock bombs were also used to foil the bid.

The rallyists retaliated by pelting stones towards the police. Around 10 agitators sustained injuries in the police

action, one of them being hit by a tear gas shell on his head and on his leg. With serious injuries on his head, Ningthoujam Johnson (28) was rushed to Advance hospital, Imphal while Toijam Subashchandra who injured on his right leg rushed to JNIMS hospital.

On the other hand, police constable appeared candidates in hill districts continued their total blockade at national highways after announcing continuation of the blockade indefinitely. In Jiribam, the border town of Manipur with Assam, the constable appeared candidates enforced a total bandh in the town. Owing to the bandh, all market places wore a deserted look. Shops and other business establishment as well as school and colleges remain closed for the day, a report from the border town said.

IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

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NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION C E R T I F I C AT E U N D E R PA R T- 1 O F I N D I A N SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/ pension benefits of Late NGANSHU CHANG has been applied by Smti. M.Ayangla, R/o. H/No. 229, Naga United Village, Dimapur, W/o. NGANSHU CHANG for possession of : 1. Pension, GIS, GPF, Leave encashment, Gratuity relevant dues etc.

2. S a v i n g B a n k P a s s B o o k b e a r i n g A / C N o .

20160096969 SBI, Diphupar Branch, Dimapur. who expired on 07.07.2016.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 22nd Sept' 2016.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this 22nd day of Aug' 2016.

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natural curtain of thick forests, the excavation was initiated after the director general of ASI visited the site in November last year. The objective was to study the mysterious megalithic structures and menhirs of Vangchhia. The stone structures depict floral, animal and humans. In the earlier excavation, the team had collected charcoal samples and documented over 50 structures. Some samples were sent to specialized laboratories for radio carbon dating. Two charcoal samples were sent to Beta Analytic, a Florida-based laboratory that specializes in radio carbon dating. Two other samples are being carbon dated at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany in Lucknow.

Nayan told TOI on Monday that two of the charcoals samples that were tested at the Florida-based lab were traced to 1500 AD. “We were exposing what lay beneath the bushes and thick foliage.

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G uwahat i , Aug 2 3 (Agencies): Preliminary archaeological excavations in Vangchhia in Mizoram’s Champhai district suggests it could be one of the largest necropolis sites in the world, besides providing clues to an ancient civilization.

Archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will examine the site at Vangchhia in October again.

“It could be a necropolis site, perhaps one of the biggest in the world. We need to establish it scientifically. We also need to examine if there was any human habitation. If there was, we need to know who these people were,” Sujeet Nayan, assistant superintending archaeologist, ASI Delhi, and director of excavation at Vangchhia said.

Vangchhia is Mizoram’s only ASI-protected site. Vangchhia is close to the Myanmar border. With rolling hills and a

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Irom Sharmila to continue her anti-AFSPA campaign Correspondent IMPHAL, Aug 23: Irom Sharmila Chanu Tuesday said that preparations are all set to continue her anti-AFSPA campaign at the national and international levels while reiterating that she would not retreat from movement demanding repeal of the Act. The Iron Lady of Manipur who broke her fast recently on August 9 last was appeared in the court of Imphal West chief judicial magistrate today, for the first time after she got bail from the same court following her decision to end the nearly 16 years fasting stir.

Talking to reporter after coming out of the court room, Sharmila reiterated that she had decided to end her fasting stir to change the strategy fighting against AFSPA. She said that she felt lonely in the fight while staying in the security ward of the hospital which was converted as special jail to lodge her.

Saying that staying in solitary confinement will not be able fulfill my demand was her thought that led to take the decision to end up the fasting stir, she said.

“I thought that without the people my movement will not be successful. The system needs to be changed and for that I decided to go to the people through election. If people fight together our destination will be met,” she said.

Sharmila claimed that she got the support from people not only from different parts of the state and country but across the globe.

She informed that a Facebook page asking people to lend support her was launched, and more people, especially the youth, are coming forward. Initially she met strong opposition in Manipur, many people, especially many first-time voters in the elections scheduled for early next year, were lending voice to her call for a change in government and politics, she added.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER KOHIMA : NAGALAND

PUBLIC NOTICE NO. REVTRANS-1/2015/ Dated Kohima, the 22nd Aug 2016 Whereas, the following persons have applied for transfer/ bifurcation of land patta Sl. No Name Patta No. Location 1. Kebeil Puyo 8573 A.G. Colony to Tepushezo Puyo 2. Kebeil Puyo 3007 Porterlane to Tepushezo Puyo 3. K. Kamu Swunetho 6559 Daklane to Lhovito 4. Thepusayi 7826 Chotobosti to Mhasilhoulie 5. Zhupithong Kath 4862 Daklane to (a) Senti Kath S/o Lt Pfulitha Kath (b) Tiwalo Kath S/o Lt. Zhupithong Kath 6. I. Subong Ao 7122 New Market Colony to (a) S.I. Meren Jamir (b) Imli Jamir (c) S. Marwati Jamir Therefore public are hereby asked to file claims/objections if any within 30 (thirty) days from the date of publication of this notice.

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Shimla/ New Delhi, Au g 2 3 ( Ag e n c i e s / IANS): The Himachal Pradesh assembly witnessed pandemonium on Tuesday with the opposition BJP demanding that Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh respond to media reports on finalisation of a CBI chargesheet against him and staging a walk-out from the house.

Virbhadra Singh, on the other hand, accused Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and former Himachal Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal of “hatching a political conspiracy” against him in the ongoing investigations in the disproportionate assets case against him.

The Enforcement Directorate had allegedly found that Virbhadra Singh had accumulated assets worth Rs 6.03 crore in his name and in the name of his family members, which were disproportionate to his known sources of income, during his term as Union Steel Minister from 2009 to 2011.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is also investigating the case. Media reports on Tuesday put the figure at around Rs 10 crore.

The Chief Minister lost his cool when Bharatiya Janata Party member Maheshwar Singh referred to media reports that the Central Bureau of Investigation had finalised its chargesheet in the disproportionate assets case against Virbhadra and his family.

“I am not scared of such charges. These are politically motivated. I will not be cowed down. I am being harassed politically. This is my personal issue,” Virbhadra Singh said.

He said Jaitley, Dhumal and his two sons -- Anurag

Chief Minister.

An agitated Ravi allegedly broke a mike in the house.

The entire BJP lawmakers rushed near the Speaker’s podium and started shouting slogans.

Ready with charge sheet against Virbhadra in DA case, CBI tells court

Virbhadra Singh going to attend the monsoon Session of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday. (PTI) Thakur, MP from Hamirpur, and Arun Dhumal -- had unleashed a “malicious” campaign to tarnish his image.

The octogenarian Chief Minister, at the helm of the state for the sixth time, said Prem Kumar Dhumal, during his two terms as Chief Minister, had got charges framed against him (Virbhadra Singh).

“I was honourably acquitted by the courts,” he said.

On the ongoing probes against him, the Chief Minister said: “Three agencies -- the CBI, the ED and the IT (Income Tax) -- are investigating one case. If this is not witchhunting, what is?”

Virbhadra Singh said he had full faith in the law of the land. “I will face (the cases) and fight it out. In the end, truth

will prevail,” he said.

After the Chief Minister made his assertions, the assembly witnessed sloganeering and ruckus as the BJP demanded a debate on the “fresh revelations” against Virbhadra Singh.

When Speaker B.B.L. Butail disallowed the demand, agitated BJP legislators walked out from the assembly.

The BJP members returned to the house after a few minutes and demanded a debate on the issue.

The Speaker again disallowed their plea and continued with the proceedings.

Not satisfied, an angry BJP member Ravinder Ravi asked the Speaker to allow the opposition to raise the issue of the chargesheet against the

Govt to take steps to strengthen NSG: Rajnath

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates the residential and administration block of 52 SAG NSG at Samalkha near New Delhi on Tuesday. (PTI) NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (PTI): The government will take all steps to “strengthen” the country’s elite counter-terror force — NSG — by providing better infrastructure and weapons, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said.

The minister, after inaugurating a composite building for the counter-hijack squad of the force near Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here, said he would also welcome a proposal for creation of a new category of medals for these commandos and those from other special forces to recognise their ‘shaurya’ (bravery) and to boost their morale.

Singh lauded the National Security Guard (NSG) for its role during the terror attack early this year at the Pathankot IAF base which ensured that there was “no

damage to the strategic installations and equipments” inside the air force station.

“I will make efforts to see that your infrastructural needs are met...Any special force like NSG needs special training and some very sophisticated equipments. The Home Ministry will take all steps to strengthen NSG,” he said, noting countries across the globe are facing the scourge of terrorism.

The counter-hijack squad complex, modelled on the pattern of the German special counter-terror force GSG-9 and built at a cost of Rs 38 crore, houses some vital assets of the force like a base for ‘black cat’ commandos who undertake counter-hijack operations, a sniffer dogs squad and a bomb disposal squad.

Singh said NSG commandos get their motivation

PM to release success stories of RTI New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release success stories of Right to Information (RTI) Act, during a programme to be held in October, to mark over 10 years of implementation of the transparency law enacted by the UPA government.

The RTI Act, which was enacted in 2005, mandates time- bound reply to citizens query on governance related matters.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), which acts as nodal authority for the RTI Act, today wrote to chief of Administrative Training Institutes of all state governments seeking success stories.

The institutes impart training for promotion of the transparency Act. “RTI Act has been in-

strumental in ensuring greater and more effective access to information to all citizens of the country, especially the marginalised sections of the society,” it said.

On the occasion of completion of more than 10-years of implementation of the RTI Act, the Central Information Commission is going to hold annual convention in October, the DoPT said.

“To mark this event, the Commission proposes to bring out a volume titled ‘success stories of the Right to Information Act, 2005’, which would be released for public by the Prime Minister during the annual convention,” it said.

The state administrative training institutes have been asked to forward all the documented success stories maintained by them, the directive said.

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and courage to combat the terrorists from their feeling of “national pride”.

“You have a special place in the hearts of the people ...Whenever NSG is deployed, the country knows they are in safe hands. You have done your job very ably,” Singh said as he made a special mention of the Akshardham temple attack operation of 2002 during which NSG neutralised the terrorists.

He asked NSG to commemorate the birth and death anniversaries of its martyrs as suggested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to all central security forces, by holding special events.

He said the commandos should train themselves and ensure when in operation they should kill the enemy and not get killed.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it was ready with the charge sheet in a disproportionate assets case against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and sought permission to submit it.

On October 1, 2015, the Himachal Pradesh High Court in an interim order had restrained the CBI from arresting, interrogating or filing a charge sheet against Virbhadra Singh in the Rs 6 crore disproportionate assets case without the court’s permission. The matter was later transferred

by Supreme Court to the Delhi High Court, but the interim order has not yet been vacated or stayed.

Delhi High Court’s Justice A.K. Pathak, before whom the matter was heard for hearing, however, recused himself from hearing the case and transferred it to another bench for August 30.

On April 6, 2016 the high court had directed the CBI not to arrest Virbhadra Singh while asking him to join the investigation.

The case was registered on September 23 last year under the Prevention of Corruption Act against the Chief Minister, his wife Pratibha Singh, LIC agent Anand Chauhan and associate Chunni Lal.

US says it respects Amnesty’s right to express freely WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (PTI): The United States has refrained from commenting on the sedition charges against Amnesty International over an event where anti-India slogans were reportedly raised, but said it respects the right of the global rights watchdog to express itself freely.

“We obviously, as we do around the world, support the right to freedom of expression and assembly, including through civil society,” State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner told reporters.

“We have seen these reports that local police in Bangalore have initiated preliminary investigation into allegations of sedition against Amnesty International. I direct you to the Bangalore police for more details into this investigation, but certainly we, as I said, respect the right for Amnesty and others to express themselves freely,” Mr Toner said.

Amnesty International had on August 13 organised an event as part of a campaign to seek justice for “victims of human rights violations” in Jammu and Kashmir, which took an ugly turn with heated exchanges and alleged raising of anti-India slogans.

Bengaluru Police have slapped sedition charges against Amnesty International India, which has said none of its employees had shouted any anti-India slogans.

REJOINDER Apropos to the rejoinder issued by Mr. R. Sopu Angami which appeared in Nagaland Post on 22.08.16, the Model Village 5th Mile hereby clarify that the Jamabandi of Dag No. 3, Patta No. 6 is nonest in the eye of law. As cadastrally surveyed in 1970-71, the entire Dag comprising 90B - 3 Kathas was allotted to his brother Mr. Yakhrielie Razou, which is never possible in terms of the Government land allotment formalities.

Thereafter by letter No. LR/11-6/85 dated Kohima the 21st August 1989, the Government of Nagaland settled the land adjacent to Central Jail, to Model Village. This order nullified the allotment claimed by Late Yakhrielie Razou/ Mr. R. Sopu Angami and he challenged the said order in the Court at Dimapur. Later, Mr. R. Sopu Angami withdrew the case and started to physically encroach the disputed land with anti-social elements and hired goons.

Hence, the truth shall prevail, so the public are advised not to fall prey to his false claim and assurance.

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2 Dalits thrashed for refusing to clear carcass

Javadekar commits a blooper, says Nehru, Patel, Bose were hanged

Rajkot, Aug 23 (IANS): A group of self-styled cow vigilantes thrashed two Dalits in a village in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region for allegedly refusing to dispose the carcass of a calf.

Police said seven people roughed up Nagji Rathod and Mayabhai Rathod of Mandal village when they said they had stopped doing this work in response to a state-wide call

by Dalit activists not to clear dead animals.

Nagji and Mayabhai were taken to a private hospital in Mahuva town.

Acting swiftly following a complaint, police on Monday arrested village sarpanch Atabhai Ahir, who led the vigilantes.

Two of the four others in the attack are yet to be identified.

T h e y h ave a l l b e e n charged under the Indian Penal Code and The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on a complaint filed by Nagji Rathod, 45. Police Inspector V.M. Zala told IANS: “We have lodged a complaint against the seven accused and the probe has now been handed over to the Deputy Superintendent of Police at Rajula.”

Nagjia’s elder brother Soma Rathod said: “Two days ago, a calf died on the roadside in Mandal village. Sarpanch Atabhai Ahir approached Nagji and asked him to dispose the dead animal. “Nagji refused saying he had stopped disposing dead animals in the wake of the attacks on their community by cow vigilantes.

“We are being constantly harassed by villagers for no reason. Our life has become miserable as people are trying to attack us economically,” Soma Rathod said.

Soma Rathod owns a unit in Mandal village where bones of dead animals are crushed and sent to Godhra for further processing.

N e w D e l h i , Au g 2 3 (Agencies/ IANS): Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar seems to have rewritten history!

While addressing a gathering at Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara on Monday, Javadekar committed a blooper by calling former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and ex-home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as ‘Shaheed’.

During his speech, he said that freedom fighters like Nehru and Patel were hanged while fighting for India’s freedom.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader made the blunder while taking part in ‘Tiranga Yatra’.

Besides naming Nehru and Patel, Javadekar further added that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was also hanged by the Britishers.

Javadekar, a Union HRD Minister, is factually wrong as Nehru died in 1964 due to natural ailments , while Sardar Patel died in 1950.

Prakash Javadekar Moreover, Netaji’s death still remains a mystery. While two commissions of inquiry had concluded that Bose had died in a plane crash in Taipei on August 18, 1945, a third probe panel, headed by Justice MK Mukherjee, had contested it and suggested that Bose was alive.

Javadekar clarifies

Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar on Tuesday said the misunderstanding over his recent speech that allegedly mentioned Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru in the list of freedom fighters hanged by the Britsh arose due to “wrong punctuation”.

“I mentioned leaders like Gandhi, Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose. It was a full stop. In the next sentence, I recounted those who were hanged, jailed and suffered at the hands of the British,” he clarified in a tweet.

“There was no confusion in the minds of those who listened. I hope this removes all confusion,” the minister said.

A video of Javadekar’s recent speech at Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh went viral in which he is heard saying: “Subhas Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel, Pandit Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru sabhi phaansi par chadhe (all were hanged).”

“I am amused by the news.

I paid my respect to all the freedom fighters since 1857,” he tweeted.

A team of doctors in Amritsar showing 40 knives which were removed from the stomach of a patient Surjit Singh, a Punjab police head constable in a surgery. (PTI)

Daytime curfew relaxed in parts of Srinagar S r i na g a r , Au g 2 3 (IANS/pti): A day before Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit, curfew was relaxed on Tuesday in parts of Srinagar from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the first time since July 9.

And although restrictions continued in Old City areas, people going around in twos or threes were not stopped.

Some vehicles were also seen on the roads, witnesses and residents said.

The 11-hour curfew relaxation took place in Civil Lines and other uptown areas of Srinagar, an official said.

Shops and business establishments, however, remained closed across the city as the separatist outfits have asked people to continue the shutdown till August 25.

Authorities also continued with their restrictions in many parts of the troubled Kashmir Valley where life remained paralysed for the 46th day in succession on Tuesday.

Rajnath Singh is expected to visit the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday to review the situation in the region where unending protests since the July 8 killing of a militant has led to 68 deaths.

The death toll includes 66 civilians and two policemen.

Meanwhile, over 500 CORRIGENDUM OF e-TENDER NOTICE NO. 15 OF 2016 DTD.: 01-08-2016 The following correction is hereby made in Sr. DEN/C/MLG's e-Tender Notice No. 15 of 2016 Dtd.: 01-082016 in tender No. MLG262016 and MLG252016 and may please read as.

(21.1) 1. Through cash deposited in Divisional Cashier/APDJ Jn. and Divisional Cashier/N.F.Railway, Lumding. 2. Through Bankers Cheque/Demand Draft in favour of FA and CAO/N.F. Railway/Maligaon executed by State Bank of India or any of the Nationalized Banks or by a Schedule bank.

(21.2) If the tenderer is submitting the EMD and Tender Document cost in manual form such as Bankers Cheque/Demand Draft, he/ they shall upload scanned copies RI VXFK ¿QDQFLDO LQVWUXPHQWV LQ the ireps portal and shall submit the ORIGINAL COPY of the same within three working days after closing date of tender excluding the tender closing date, failing which offer will be summarily rejected. If there is any discrepancy between original and scanned/uploaded instruments, the offer will be summarily rejected. The original instruments shall be submitted to tender section, DRM/W/MLG, N.F.Railway.

All other terms and conditions of the above tender will remain unaltered.

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cases have been lodged against “rioters and anti-national elements” in the four districts of south Kashmir in the last 44 days, with 381 “miscreants” arrested, officials said today.

“All the police stations and posts in south Kashmir (comprising Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian districts) are fully functional and are working round-theclock, along with the other security agencies, to bring the situation under control.

“In the last 44 days, the police have registered 537 cases against rioters and anti-national elements. As many as 381 miscreants have been arrested

and several rioters injured in police and security forces action while controlling the law-andorder situation,” a government spokesman said here.

He said the state police has remained at the forefront while dealing with the situation.

“Police have risen to the occasion and faced the challenges with tremendous restraint, despite grave provocations in the form of mobs attacking their establishments, vehicles and personnel,” the spokesman said.

Refuting reports of militant training camps being run in the Valley, he said, “There

is a very high concentration of security forces at Tral due to the ongoing problems and there is no input regarding any terrorist training camp being run.”

Kashmir is on the boil since July 9, a day after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, a resident of Tral, was killed along with two of his associates, in an encounter with the security forces at Kokernag area of south Kashmir.

The ensuing widespread clashes between protesters and law enforcing agencies have left 65 persons dead so far and over 8,000 injured, mostly in the districts of south Kashmir.

MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICES e-PROCUREMENT TENDER FOR ASSISTANT GARRISON ENGINEER (INDEPENDENT) ZAKHAMA, C/O. 99 APO 1. AGE (I) Zakhama, C/o. 99 APO on behalf of the President of India invites electronic bids from MES enlisted Contractor/un-enlisted contractors for following works:(a) Provn of Security fencing at certain places at Chakabama Military 8545/E8 Station For details refer “www.eprocuremes.gov.in” The prospective/likely contractors are requested to look up the website “www.eprocuremes.gov.in”. These tenders are being received based on e-Tendering system, manual offers/bid for these tenders will not be accepted in any circumstances, only electronic offer/bids shall be accepted. Tender information is also available in www.mes.gov.in. call: 0370 2231081 DC-1920

JUDICIAL INQUIRY COMMISSION (REGARDING WUZU FIRING INCIDENT, ON 16.07.15) CAMP : CIRCUIT HOUSE, OPPOSITE ANCIENT RAJBARI DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

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Dated: Dimapur, the 22nd August, 2016

Whereas, the Government of Nagaland has constituted a One Man Inquiry Commission vide Notification NO.CON/LOR-3/2012 Dated 13th November 2015 called 'Wuzu Firing Incident Inquiry Commission' as provisioned under the sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, (60 of 1952) with Shri. Veprasa Nyekha, District & Sessions Judge (Retd.) as the single member Chairman.

On 16th July, 2015 while 46 Assam Rifles and 12 Para Commandos returned from Avankhung area under Meluri Sub-Division, Phek District after encounter with NSCN (K) cadres in which 2 (two) NSCN (K) cadres were killed and the dead bodies were bring taken to Meluri Police Station for Iegal formalities and on the way near Wuzu village the village leaders of Wuzu, Old Phor and New Phor requested the dead body of SS Capt. Puhachu of Wuzu village to be handed over to them to which the Commander of the Security Forces refused after which incident of firing took place resulting in the death of two civilians both Class 7 (Seven) students namely – Tiizali, Son of Siikhaho of Phor village and Miss Aso, daughter of T. Yeteli of Wuzu village and injury to one woman Mrs. Vitsiirho Esther, Wife of Riitu of Wuzu village.

The Commission is to make an inquiry into the causes and source of firing which led to the death of two minor children and injury to one woman, the person/s responsible for firing and whether the incident could have been avoided.

Accordingly, the Inquiry Commission invites Written Statements from the Police Department (DEF), Phek as well as the 12 Para Commandos who was/were directly or indirectly concerned with the incident that took place at Wuzu on 16/07/2015. Written Statements should be filed before the Inquiry Commission, whose office is situated at the Circuit House, Opposite Ancient Rajbari, Dimapur fixing on or before 20th September, 2016 (Tuesday).

The Written Statements should be accompanied with affidavits, documents and evidences in any form in possession of the individuals/authority filing the Written Statements.

(K. NABEN) Secretary to the Wuzu Firing Incident Inquiry Commission Camp : Circuit House, Opposite Ancient Rajbari, Dimapur Dimapur : Nagaland Contact No : 8794509341/9862340278 e-mail : judicialinquiry@gmail.com DC-1929

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t seems ironically that for a Prime Minister who’s neighbours-first foreign policy mantra won him enormous goodwill while taking office, Narendra Modi has failed to live up to his promise. As NDA approaches the end of its second year in power, India’s ties with some of its closest neighbours have seen a general slide. While at home the drum beating in some television channels was loud and clear, the Modi government when it was elected appeared to be on track when it invited Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the oath taking ceremony. Modi had initially gone a step further to send positive signals that his government would take bold decisions to improve relations with Pakistan and all contentious issues be addressed bilaterally. Subsequent events showed that the initial personal bonhomie Modi created Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif evaporated in the face of confusing signals from India and continued terror attacks in J&K. Then there was an about-turn when India cancelled foreign secretary level but the pendulum again swung the other way when India sent the foreign secretary to Pakistan within months without any change in the situation on the ground. There has been a series of confusion. Why it is important for India to engage in dialogue with Pakistan stems from the fact that the neighbour has been patronising terror groups and Kashmir separatists. While dealing with Pakistan, India’s blow-hot blow-cold policy has so far achieved little. Modi’s critics say he did not think-through his foreign policy. In a tough first move, India drew up red lines for talks. Political observers in the capital have described the Modi government’s policy as being marred with confusion and inconsistency.

The prime minister deals with crucial foreign affairs when it involves China and Pakistan. The domesticdriven political rhetoric has probably brought out the hardening of stance by Modi and his ministers and the drum beating has been loud. Modi, in his independence day speech only said youths of Kashmir should have laptops, not stones in their hands. His raising of Balochistan when Kashmir is virtually on turmoil seemed discordant. He raised Balochistan where Pakistan’s security forces brutally suppressed democratic expressions of the people. Opinion is divided over the mention of Balochistan. One school of thought backs Modi and believes it would force Pakistan on the back foot.

The other school of thought disapproved mention of Balochistan since it would dilute India’s stand that unlike Balochsitan, J&K is India’s internal issue. Today Kashmir is burning as most parts of the state remained paralysed for the 46th day. At least 68 people including 66 civilians and two policemen, have died in the violence in the valley since July 9 and today even J&K Police have lost the will and resolve to face thousands of stone-pelting protestors, after Hizbul commander Burhan Wani was killed by the security forces in a gunfight. The differences within PDP-BJP alliance has shown as chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has taken a totally accommodative stand. Statements of visiting BJP ministers appeared uncompromising but with the situation today being very serious, the Modi government has decided to take help of opposition parties and hold talks with all political parties and separatists in J&K. The U-turn has come too little, too late and unfortunately, it comes at a time when the entire people of Kashmir today feel totally alienated and youths daily confronting police and security forces.

DailyDevotion Prayer—Battle in “The Secret Place”

When you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. —Matthew 6:6 Jesus did not say, “Dream about your Father who is in the secret place,” but He said, “…pray to your Father who is in the secret place….” Prayer is an effort of the will. After we have entered our secret place and shut the door, the most difficult thing to do is to pray. We cannot seem to get our minds into good working order, and the first thing we have to fight is wandering thoughts. The great battle in private prayer is overcoming this problem of our idle and wandering thinking. We have to learn to discipline our minds and concentrate on willful, deliberate prayer.

We must have a specially selected place for prayer, but once we get there this plague of wandering thoughts begins, as we begin to think to ourselves, “This needs to be done, and I have to do that today.” Jesus says to “shut your door.”

Having a secret stillness before God means deliberately shutting the door on our emotions and remembering Him. God is in secret, and He sees us from “the secret place”— He does not see us as other people do, or as we see ourselves.

When we truly live in “the secret place,” it becomes impossible for us to doubt God. We become more sure of Him than of anyone or anything else. Enter into “the secret place,” and you will find that God was right in the middle of your everyday circumstances all the time. Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless you learn to open the door of your life completely and let God in from your first waking moment of each new day, you will be working on the wrong level throughout the day. But if you will swing the door of your life fully open and “pray to your Father who is in the secret place,” every public thing in your life will be marked with the lasting imprint of the presence of God.

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It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home. ~ Author Unknown

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NBCC clean election campaign is a success

he tireless effort put forth by members of NBCC Clean Election Campaign is spearheading towards a silent revolution.

However, it was an upsetting news for me and many others who saw the NBCC’s ‘supposedly’ admission of its failure as published in local dailies.

Adding salt to the wound were the quick follow up articles of some Naga intellectuals who appreciated the ‘supposedly’ confession of the apex Naga Church organisation as ‘timely and genuine confession’. Such statements bring more harm to the very cause the Church was fighting for rather than healing it. It is not the time to discuss about failure as it only discourages the common people who follow the NBCC’s directives.

It is right time to glean the successes of the Campaign.

The rate of success may not be upto the expectation but it still is a success. It is a success even if only 5 persons out of 100 practice clean election because of the effort of NBCC. If, through the awareness created

by NBCC, one person refused to take bribe for vote, that’s a huge success (in the manner of Jesus’ acknowledgement of the widow’s offering). If, because of the NBCC Campaign, a village or a clan avoided indulging in violence, that itself was a success. If a candidate refrained from using money to lure voters but

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might failed to get elected, that was still a success. To say that the Campaign was a failure is inaccurate at this juncture.

Therefore the NBCC may be wise not to make such public confession in the near future (if such thing had happened in the past) and at the same time the Naga intellectuals may likewise not jump in to endorse the purportedly failure of the campaign. What is imperative is to actively participate in Clean Election Campaign in order to rout out the whole corrupted electoral system from the state.

The mentality of Naga people is that they want to get things done within a short period of time. They lack perseverance and tend to be very emotional with every issue. Determination to achieve needs persistent effort till it bears fruit. If we continuously wrapped thread to a post for many years, then we need to give the same amount of time and energy to unwrap it again. Same action is required to stop our unwanted habits and practices. Nagaland that attained statehood in 1963 had started electoral corruption since then. As corrupt electoral practice was in existence for many decades, it will be certainly difficult to stop at just one attempt. Movement needs sustained united effort. It may take decades or a generation to see change but it should never

APO on AFSPA

FSPA was passed in 1958 when the Naga movement for independence had just taken off; AFSPA is a bare law with just six sections. The most damning are those in the fourth and sixth sections: the former enables security forces to “fire upon or otherwise use force, even to the causing of death” where laws are being violated. The latter says no criminal prosecution will lie against any person who has taken action under this act.

India is popularly considered as a nation which gives due importance to the rights and liberties of its citizens. It has absorbed the ideals of democracy in its truest sense. However, it is difficult to imagine that in a country like ours, exists a law which makes a mockery of the basic human rights. A perusal of the provisions of AFSPA illuminates the extent of unchecked power in the hands of the armed forces. Not only Indian Law but International Law has also been violated. AFSPA violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the “UDHR”), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “ICCPR”), the Convention Against Torture, the UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, the UN Body of Principles for Protection of All Persons Under any form of Detention, and the UN Principles on Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra- legal and summary executions.

“Accountability is a facet of the rule of law.” AFSPA violates this basic understanding and principle of the law by the amount of unchecked power extended to the armed forces. No one could be above the law; everyone must be equal before and under it. In light of the human rights violation, equality and justice, AFSPA is a law that has to go.

be given up.

Naga people need to learn from movements such as Narmada Bachao Andolan that continues for years fighting against destructive megadams without losing hope.

Irom Sharmila fasted for sixteen years and she continues to fight for the repeal of AFSPA. She became an inspiration for thousands of activists around the world. Genuine movement produces result in pieces as it moves along the path. It is unwise to expect for a miraculous 100 per cent success in an instant attempt like deceptive TV advertisement or destructive tsunami wave. For a journey of thousand miles, each small step put forward is a success.

Today, because of NBCC Clean Election Campaign, we hear many people (young and old, literate and illiterate) discussing about the evil practices of election. We often hear that many seminars and symposium were conducted in educational and religious institutions educating the masses on the impact of corrupt political system prevailing in Naga society. Creating awareness is in itself a success and those who have not yet changed will change sooner or later. It is not only within Nagaland that Clean Election Campaign of NBCC had made an impact but also in neighbouring state.

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Nagaland today is not the Nagaland of 1958, Nagaland today is peaceful. It is not free of intimidation, extortion or factional killings, but it is not worthy to be deemed as a disturbed area under the Indian Constitution. The State government has been asking, since 2005, for the removal of the Disturbed Areas Act. The Government of India refuses to listen.

The APO extends its support to the NSF and other Naga apex organizations against the extension of DDA and AFSPA in Nagaland. APO urges the public and all organizations to take serious note of this matter and the double standards shown by the GOI. On one hand the GOI negotiates peace deals with the Naga People and on the other it classifies Nagaland as disturbed area and extends so much unchecked power in the hands of the armed forces.

India is a strange country where in some parts the Government makes provision for offenders to be punished and imprisoned for the slaughter of cows and possession of beef and in other parts justifies and protects the killing of innocent life with AFSPA. The Naga people have suffers enough over six decades on account of AFSPA, countless innocent life lost because of AFSPA. The present situation demands measures no less significant from the Prime Minister intervention, who must decided that AFSPA needs to be reviewed. This is the voice of the Naga people to the GOI that if the GOI is serious about peaceful negotiations and settlement, show the Naga people that intent in actions and deeds and not with big hollow speeches in press conferences and meetings.

Dr. Vilhousa Seleyi, President APO & Neisakholie Ziephrü, Secretary Info & Publicty, APO

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tions (Poumai, Mao, Maram and Thangal) in Senapati District, Manipur, had formed common platform and started clean election campaign. The same initiative is being taken up in Tamenglong District.

We hope that it will spread to Arunachal Pradesh in the near future.

The Campaign has brought to light the failure of the state government as a responsible guardian forcing its citizens to become corrupted. It has exposed the ignorant and power mongering mentality of many of our leaders. It has brought to light how corrupted we are as individuals. This challenges us –the Church- to give more effort in making the election system smoother (Christianise so to say) and straighten it so that many evils in our society can be nipped at its bud. Remember, if people can do bad things, they can also do good things too. God works bit by bit, bit by bit, bit by bit and bit by bit till transformation takes place. With the help of God, surely NBCC’s dream of fair and clean election will prevail in our land sooner or later.

(The opinion expressed here is that of the writer and did not represent the views or opinion of any organization or institution.

For discussion: zkpahr@gmail. com).

Z. K. Pahrü Pou, BTC, Pfutsero

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On 33 Percent Women Reservation

t is really sad and disheartening to see the obsessed mindset of our people when it comes to making crucial decision that will effect and curve permanent mark in our society, that is, in politics, in education and in social spectrum.

For instance, schools today becomes so obsessed with passing in exams, they stop learning.

Social organizations caught themselves under peer pressure and obsessed to gain influence and social capital. Thereby abandoned ethical values; politically incline group obsessed with popularity, power and wealth-abandoned inclusive mindsets and advocates exclusive agendas; thereby missed an opportunity to become a true statement, and remain a politician.

Re c e n t ly, we h ave come across in the local news the decision of the NLA to implement 33 percent reservation for womenfolk in Nagaland; and fully aware of the popular views of those who aggressively support the decision, I politely disagree without any preconceived ill feelings towards our womenfolk.

I sincerely respect women and accept that they are not inferior to men but rather, in many occasions, they have proved to be smarter and better than men. Of all, a more honest human than men. Now, when it comes to

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his is just my layman’s perspective. I never did any hard and fast rule of research for this write-up. In fact I write this because it has been for long in my thoughts and I wished to pour it out on my own behalf and on behalf of so many other Nagas who has had the same thoughts running in their minds. For the highly intellects, my headlines, “Where Does The Road Leads” might give you the gist of ideas the writer is trying to best put forward and by the way I regret in advance, as you may also want to regret at the concluding end as it may not prove your expectations. I beg an apology as I have just mentioned, it’s just my layman perspective. Where will the road lead?

And as I try to go back to the hands of time. In fact to the times where my grandparents and parents were in their worst life struggle, not for the daily bread alone but for the fear of Cold War politics between the Naga freedom fighters, The civilians and the cruel Indian Army at that time and day.

I may put it as a “Triangle Cold War” back then. I read them in books and of stories narrated down the line of the Struggles and Atrocities our ancestors went through which I believe is in the case of many contemporaries of mine.

In fact reading the books of Nagas and outside writers, it gets to my nerves like I was also part of the struggle my ancestors went through. It was such a pain. Nagas went through the hardest of time; of thick and thin, it was a Do or Die situation many decades back.

With the passage of time, everything had changed. New political developments and ideological warfare leading to defection and mushrooming of ever growing new movements. The younger generation never appreciate.

My fellow Naga comrades at war, referring to every factions irrespective. As I sit back and ponder of the thousand precious lives lost at the hands of the Brutish Indian Armed Forces and for that matter amongst us Nagas, it gives me no visible or concrete conclusion.

It only tells me of the power struggle amongst us. The present generation is not about weapons we literally handle; it’s about weapons of Heads and Minds that Matter. We have lost many freedom

fighters who stood for the Naga Cause.

They fought their last breathe for Nagas, to free Nagas in our Own Land. It haunts me to think who will bear the innocent blood shed? Of recent, Nagas and the globe mourned the demise of a very humble God fearing visionary Naga Nationalist Leader, Asu Isak Chishi Swu. On the process, Nagas have lost countable leaders who laid down their lives for the Land - Nagalim with their Comrades. I don’t think they struggled to see fragments and divisions we are ‘IN’ today. Some have breathed their last with a notion in head, ‘My People and My Land Shall Be Free Sooner’ But NO!!! It is blowing in the wind. We Nagas are destroying each other. Here I refer to every Nagas, those with guns and bullets, the legislatures, the civil societies, the churches, the tribes and isms, all of us need a lot more pondering. Let us come out of the cocoon of tribes, of village, of clan, of Hohos and so forth. Let us be a ‘Naga First’ We talk of changes but our actions manifests so less. Let Nagas be action oriented people. We preach Love in the church, the next moment we bother less to share a Smile like somebody is suppose to beg you for alms. You preach of reconciliation, the next hour, your man guns another man down. You preach ism free society, the next day you fail to voice for that innocent victim of fear you’ll be outnumbered to defend the Truth. We are all Hypocrites, aren’t we? We preach about a Pharisee not knowing that am preaching about my own self! We are so filled with pride and ego not knowing the fact that the president of United States and his first lady with kids served thanksgiving dinner to homeless veterans in spite of being the most powerful man the world.

I think we all need a holistic change in our approaches to life. Our pride has to go off. Yes it has to go.

As we paid our last homage to our great leader, Asu Isak Chishi Swu and though personally I could not be part of any ceremony which was nature denied for me. But I happened to read and listen the speeches delivered by both over the ground and under the ground leaders of Nagaland. Everybody spoke of reconciliation, unity and love with their last fare de well to the grand old

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sam Sahitya Sabha, is the highest nationalist, literary and socio-cultural organization enrooted among the people of Assam presently spreading far and wide. It was established in the year 1917 and its first conference was held in Sivasagar town under the presidency of Padmanath Gohain Baruah, an iconic figure of Assamese literature and Assamese nationalism. More than two decades before the birth of Asam Sahitya Sabha officially, a forerunner of this great organisation was formed in Nagaland by the active initiative of Gohain Baruah himself. Very less Assamese people are actually aware of this. In the month of December, 1895, Gohain Baruah had established Kohima Sahitya Sabha

at Kohima where he was the Founder Secretary and Nabin Chandra Bhattacherjee was the Founder President. There was an office building of Kohima Sahitya Sabha in the middle of the Kohima Town, which was known as “LAL GHAR” due to its typical Red colour.

Now, Kohima Sahitya Sabha has an own Bhawan (house) at P.R.Hill, Kohima, opposite to Nagaland Police Headquarter.

This Bhawan was exchanged by the Nagaland Government with the former one, the Lal Ghar in the year 1978.

Now, the 121-year-old, Lal Ghar is surely a historic, heritage concrete make-up. Moreover, it is the symbol of Naga Assamese solidarity. A delegation of Asam Sahitya Sabha led by its present

“reservation” or “quotas”, it is well applied only for those who are physically, mentally challenged or socially deficit. I honestly believe our womenfolk do not belong to any of such categories.

Women unlike the past generations, are far better and smarter than men, and just for temporary remedy or benefits, they should not be temporarily stamped as inferior by alluring them with such a shortsighted beggarly policy of 33 percent reservation. Because this 33 percent reservation is just a one time reservation policy to test the capability/calibre of our women which I strongly stand to say that our women should not be put to the test, in other words, undermining them. I rather humbly suggest for honest framework to give equal and fair platform for all to play; which I believe shall bring healthy motivation to strive for the best rather than succumb to beggarly objective of reservation.

Today, if we take a bold stand to strive for the best rather than indulge oneself to short term easy benefits, it will be a beginning of a new beginning! A new beginning where everyone is accommodated and accepted as equal partners in striving to live as better Naga family, where you will live to see love in abundance.

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day president Dr. Dhrubajyoti Borah recently visited Nagaland.

The delegates interacted with civil societies as well as leaders of Nagaland for the preservation of this heritage house and they got bright and breezy welcome from different corners. Calling the Assam Government to acquire the historic building in Kohima and to develop it as a center for literary and cultural interaction between the people of the two sister states, Dr.Borah expressed that such an initiative would consolidate the Assamese nationalism and strengthen the Naga-Assamese fraternity. Earlier also, former president of Asam Sahitya Sabha, Rong Bong Terang persuaded Government of Nagaland in this connection and Nagaland Government was

always very cordial with them.

We hope, Nagaland Government will take all the necessary steps along with its Assamese counterpart, so that the old Kohima Sahitya Sabha Bhawan, the Lal Ghar can be raised as a muchneeded symbol of harmony for the Assamese and the Nagas, specially at a time, when our age old, traditional history of goodwill and cooperation has been challenged by some vested interest circles in the name of border disputes during the last few decades.

Ranjan Das, Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSc & IT, Patkai Christian College, Dimapur, Nagaland & Dr.Suman Deka, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, M.C.College, Barpeta, Assam

man. That was emotional for that moment and time. I doubt if that was on a serious note or just another drama.

Nagas are used to shedding crocodile tear and speech. Maybe I am sounding a little harsh and rude but they say truth is bitter and harsh to digest. But if you and I can shed crocodile tears, they also say, crocodiles digestive juices are so strong that they can digest steel nails too, let’s digest bitter truth as well. Let us accept the fact that we hardly click to the leadership of somebody else and that somebody can’t accept my leadership either. This surely has to end or where will the road lead?

We have heard and seen revolution across the globe, it was not the minority Few or that charismatic Leader, it was the collective effort that every revolution had its glorious end. And for us Nagas, No matter, how many A. Z. Phizo or Asu Isak Chishi Swu, to name them....

We may produce as Leaders, it will all be a “Wild Goose Chase” or “Chasing for the Winds”... Unless we change our mindset towards another Naga brother.

In the name of the Famous,” Nagaland for Christ “ let every Naga leader and commoner like me, have the guts to say, ‘I am Sorry ‘ and ‘I Fogive You’.

If our Savior Christ can forgive Us our sins for crucifying Him literally 2000 years ago for No sin of His! And of whom we crucify daily for living life of hypocrisy. Who are we individually to keep pointing fingers at the other when we have our shares of mistakes and wrongdoings. I urge all Nagas, in the name of Christian faith, let us forgive one another, embrace each other and let us unite. Nothing can be achieved until and unless we shed off our old skin and Come under one umbrella and that is an “umbrella of unity”.

Else I fear, the monotonous rebellious routine will continue. Leaders will go with the lights, we are mortal being and government of the day will keep changing but our fate will remain still.

To me personally, the greatest freedom is freedom from hatred, killing, mistrust, extortion, ism.. And you name....... let Nagas unite is the conclusion of the whole matter or we won’t know? , “where the road leads” Vikavi K Assumi

Reader’s Post

An exemplary conduct Sir,

Senior Citizens Forum Zunheboto is greatly benefited through the work of Zunheboto Town Sumi Baptist Church (ZTSBC) for undertaking road repair works from daily market junction till BOC area. This stretch of road running through the heart of town has been lying unattended for the past many years with continuous neglect by government agencies. The forum would like to personally thank Dr Daniel Chishi, pastor of ZTSBC for the initiative taken with his church members and setting an exemplary conduct for all to emulate in the days to come. We pray that God will continue to bless Dr Daniel Chishi and his congregation for the good work that has brought much needed relief to the people of Zunheboto.

K Akuto Chishi, Secretary, SCFZ

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.

50 Cong MLAs suspended from Gujarat Assembly

Nitish meets PM Modi as flood situation worsens in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar at a meeting to discuss flood situation in the State, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (PTI) earlier. The only way to get rid of this is desiltation. There is a need for national silt management policy,” he said.

He urged Modi to send a team of experts to assess the “unprecedented” situation in the eastern state while noting that it is the best time to evaluate the conditions there. “The Prime Minister assured me that experts will be sent and a decision on this subject should be taken soon.

Immediate and positive action will have to be taken,” he said.

The Chief Minister expressed concern that the situation can only worsen if it is not dealt with effectively and the state will have to face more severe consequences in the coming years. Though Bihar has received 14 per cent less rains than normal during the monsoons, large parts of the state have been flooded due to high rain fall in Nepal besides states like Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, leading to huge discharge of water into rivers

FELICITATION

The Lerie Youth Organization(LYO) with immense happiness felicitate its member Mr. Seyiekhrietuo Solo, S/o Lt. Thepfuruovi Solo for securing 1st position EAC in the recently declared NPSC result. LYO heartily conveys best wishes for all his future endeavours.

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IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

NOTICE

NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late S. MEREN JAMIR has been applied by Smti. Nukshikala, R/o. Duncan Bosti, Dimapur, W/o. Late S. MEREN JAMIR for possession of : 1. Pension, Book bearing Pension No. 889/86-97, and P.P.O No. NL/7295, SBI Bank Account bearing Account No. 11274153725 and other benefits. who expired on 20.07.2016.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/ he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 23rd Sept' 2016.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this 23rd day of Aug' 2016.

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passing through it. Kumar also appeared to blame Farakka barrage for the situation. He has earlier held it responsible for increasing siltage in the Ganga river basin. Due to silt, Ganga could not store the amount of water it used to earlier, leading to flood-like condition despite not receiving proportionate amount of rain fall, he said. All earlier records have been broken, Nitish Kumar said about the flood conditions. Kumar said he had taken up the matter with the UPA government as well and taken the then minister concerned Pawan Bansal on a tour of the flood-hit regions but nothing happened after that.

His government is yet to evaluate the losses caused by the floods, he said adding that the state had suffered massive damages. “We are presently focusing on rescue and relief operation. Let the water recede first… After a week, we will be assessing the damages,” he said.

K o l k at a , A u g 2 3 (IANS): India state radio broadcaster’s Akashvani Maitree Channel, a special Bengali channel targeted at the Bengali-speaking audience of India, Bangladesh and in other countries, was launched on Tuesday by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Terming the coming into being of the channel as a historic occasion, Mukherjee said a new chapter is being added in the annals of IndiaBangladesh relations.

“The channel and its multimedia website is a unique venture and initiative of All India Radio, not only for the Bengalis in West Bengal, Bangladesh and the adjoining areas but the entire Bengali speaking diaspora living in different countries,” he said in his address at the function held at Raj Bhavan.

The president said India and Bangladesh are not just neighbours, but the two nations are bound by an umbilical connection of ethnicity and kinship.

“India always attaches highest importance to bilateral relation with Bangladesh because of our shared history, heritage, culture, language,

physical proximity and also the role which the two nations can play together for the development of entire subcontinent and beyond.

“Akashvani Maitree Channel can play a significant role in promoting and preserving the composite cultural Bengali heritage,” he said.

Mukherjee pointed out the concept of the channel was born out of a decision taken during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh in a bid to “further strengthen the existing close cultural, economic, political and emotional bonding between the two neighbour and also to provide better people to people contact”.

Refering to the Bangladesh liberation movement, the president said Akashvani has a special place in the hearts of millions of people of the neighbouring country since 1971. He said then the precursor to Akashvani Maitree, a special service in Bangla was launched in the wake of the Bangladesh liberation movement during which the channel had played a historic role.

Amit Shah inaugurates BJP state core group workshop New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS): BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday inaugurated a day-long workshop of state core committee members workshop at the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) convention centre.

The workshop will take stock of organisational works and review the implementation of the central government’s pro-poor initiatives.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also likely to

The Phek Students’ Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Kuveluzo Chizo, S/o Hupachi Chizo, Top 16 MBBS NSEE Exam 2016.

We wish him all success in his future endeavours.

Ozo Venuh, President

At the centre of the coin is a statue of Mother Teresa dressed in her trademark plain white sari with three blue stripes along its border.

The coin also has the image of a clematis flower known as “Matka Teresa” (Mother Teresa) bred by Stefan Franczak, Polish Jesuit monk.

It also carries the Latin inscription “Sancta Teresia de Calcutta” (Saint Teresa of Calcutta).

“We are hoping that this coin will be a hit not only in the Indian market but all over the world as she has her fans in every corner,” Goyal, who represents the International Coin House in India, said.

I n Ko l k a t a , w h e r e Mother Teresa had worked all her life and established the Missionaries of Charity, a life-size bronze statue of her will be installed at the Bishop House next to the statue of Pope John Paul II this Thursday, on the eve of her birth anniversary.

Built by Church Art, a Kolkata-based firm engaged in making various works of art, the 5.5 feet long statue is made of bronze imported from Italy.

The statue has been donated by Namit Bajoria, Designate Honorary Consul of the Republic of Macedonia in Kolkata.

for Rs 100 crore

Mumbai, Aug 23 (Agencies): In one of the biggest property transactions in recent times, Ajeenkya Patil, son of Congress leader and former Bihar Governor DY Patil, has purchased a triple duplex apartment at Worli’s Silverene Terrace for nearly Rs 100 crore.

The sea-facing 23-storey building is a much soughtafter address in the city, and the realty insiders are calling the deal a “game-changer”, as it has come at a time when high-end residential market has seen a serious slump.

Sources said that the property has been purchased in the name of Patil’s firm called AIPS Real Estate, and the signatory is one of the firm’s directors, Rajesh Raorane. “The property was bought for around Rs 95.4 crore and the stamp duty was around Rs. 4.7 crore,” a source said.

Patil has purchased a part of the 21st floor, along with the 22nd and the 23rd floors. The triple duplex property comes with a sprawling terrace and parking on the third podium level.

Patil did not respond to calls but his company’s spokesperson, Dilip Kawad, confirmed the deal. “We purchased this property as it seems to be a good investment for the company,” he said.

President launches Return by Sept 25: Indian workers in Saudi told Around 7,700 Indian workers employed DELHI, Aug 23 (Agencies): Akashvani Maitree Channel NEW External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has with a company in Saudi Arabia are facing

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New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI): With Bihar battling floods despite receiving less than normal rains, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking the Centre’s intervention as he insisted that desilting the river Ganga is the only solution to avoid the almost annual occurrence of floods.

Modi offered assurance to him, saying immediate and positive action will be taken on his demands, including formulating a national silt management policy, Kumar told reporters after meeting the Prime Minister.

He also linked the Modi government’s ambitious Namami Gange project with better silt management in Bihar, saying if attention is not paid to the situation, then it will also put a question mark on the programme’s success as he feels like “crying” at the condition of Ganga in the state. “The very serious condition that we see today never occurred

on 2012 Thangad killing of three Dalit youths by police, and a CEPT University report on untouchability in Gujarat, were not yet tabled in the House.

Responding to this, Jadeja said Thangadh incident report was under consideration, and added that government has formed a Special Investigation Team to investigate the Thangadh incident. The government has also requested the High Court to constitute a designated court for this.

A heated debate ensued over this with Congress leader Manibhai Vaghela alleging that the Una incident was a pre-planned conspiracy to destabilise Gujarat government and remove Anandiben Patel as chief minister.

On this remark BJP MLA Jayantibhai Kavadiya made some comments and Manibhai twice threatened to lodge a case against him.

This caused chaos in the House with the chief minister assuring that the BJP government is with the Dalit community.

The 182-member Gujarat Assembly has 57 Congress MLAs, 2 NCP, 1 JDU, one independent and 121 legislators of the ruling BJP.

Kolkata, Aug 23 (PTI): To mark Mother Teresa’s sainthood ceremony in Vatican on September 4, a postal cover, coin and statue will be dedicated to the late Roman Catholic nun.

Made of pure silk, India Post will release a special postal and numismatic cover of Mother Teresa, the first of its kind, on September 2.

“A five-rupee commemorative coin issued by the Indian government in 2010 to mark the centenary birth celebrations of the legend will be engraved on the cover.

This is a special feature as it combines the two collectible items of coins and stamps,” eminent philatelist Alok K Goyal, who designed the stamps, said.

The collectors’ item will be released in a limited edition of 1,000 pieces.

Besides this, the Republic of Macedonia, where Teresa was born in 1910, has also announced to release a special gold-plated silver coin on the Nobel laureate.

The coin will have a face value of 100 Macedonian Denars and will be released next month.

Up to 5,000 pieces of the coin will be minted for the global market out of which 50 will be made available for the Indian market, said Goyal, an international dealer in unusual stamps and coins.

Kudezo Vero General Secretary

NAGALAND VETERINARY FIELD ASSISTANTS' ASSOCIATION NAGALAND : DIMAPUR

FELICITATES Members of the NVFAA congratulate Dr. I.P Khala for being promoted to Director Veterinary & A.H, Government of Nagaland. Through his dynamic experiences and farsightedness we believe that our department will step towards a new dimension.

The Association also wishes him good health and pray that God bless him with wisdom, knowledge and a very long life.

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address the workshop, which is being attended by core group members of Bharatiya Janta Party’s state units and national office bearers among others. Shah will also meet the chief ministers of BJP ruled states on August 27.

These two important meetings will be followed by that of the BJP-RSS coordination committee here on August 29 here.

appealed to Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who have lost their jobs to file their claims and return by September 25.

Government will ensure free return journey for those who travel before September 25, Sushma said in a tweet.

“When Saudi Government settles with the companies, the worker’s claims will also be settled,” she said.

In a subsequent tweet, she also said that those who do not return by 25th September will have to make their own arrangements for boarding, lodging and return journey.

a financial crisis after it shut down and laid off workers.

The matter was raised in Parliament , where Swaraj had assure had assured that the crisis would be resolved at the earliest and that she is personally monitoring the situation.

Earlier this month, she had also informed the Rajya Sabha that the King of Saudi Arabia has given instructions to help thousands of Indian workers stuck in the Gulf kingdom, including giving them free passage back home.

Naga business association Kohima (NBAK) along with the youth volunteers reopened the shop on Tuedsay which had been forcefully directed to close down on August 19, whereby the owner of the shop was assaulted by GPRN-NSCN (U) regional commander Pitovi and two of his accomplices. The “seven six” shop located at old ministers’ hill junction Kohima.

ATMA Sanis block training programme

DIMAPUR: ATMA Wokha Sanis block organised a training programme on, “water management and its harvesting cum piggery farming” on August 10 at Meshangphen Village.

The farmers were explained about the significance of the available water resources with specific time and area, and also urgent needs of judicious utilisation and rain water harvesting for the post monsoon drier period.

Intensive training was imparted within the later part of the programme on piggery

farming. During this session the farmers were taught about the general health care of pigs, their feeding habits and metabolism, reproductive system and iron deficiency during breeding, correct dosage of some medicines and preventive measures against possible endemic diseases, etc.

The resource persons were PHE dept. Er. Thun-

gchanbemo and vety department, Dr.Wopenthung. The programme was chaired and ended with vote of thanks by BTM Chichamo BTM. Earlier in the beginning, pastor Erithung invoked God’s blessing.

Demonstrations were also imparted after the programme. Altogether 27 farmers attended the day long programme.

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FELICITATION

The Razeba Public Organization, Kohima would like to congratulate the following successful candidates in the recently declared NPSC result.

1. Lines Rhi S/o Rhükhanyi Rhi Senior Inspector of Cooperative Societies Under Cooperation Department.

2. Metesou Rhi S/o Danyi Rhi Chakhesang Inspector of supply Under Food & Civil Supply Department 3. Dapunyi Zholia S/o Mou Zholia Inspector Industries/ Extension Officer Under Industries & Commerce Department.

The organization wishes them a bright and successful future as they continue to bring more laurels to our community.

DARHU SHUPAO SUKHO MOVI President, ROPK Vice President, ROPK

The Eastern Christian College Students' Union convey our deepest thanks and gratitude to our esteem Chief Guest Shri. Kesonyu Yhome, (IAS) Deputy Commissioner Dimapur on gracing the 24th Fresher's and Culture Day, again also further acknowledge our profound appreciation to Prof. Rosaline Jamir, Visiting Faculty, Nagaland Institute of Technology, as guest of honour in the second session of the College and also for her inspiring words of thoughts that the students should believe in truth and forgiveness. The college also thank the alumni members, teachers association, global chapter, and all the media fraternity in making the programme a great success.

Khachiu Khiam Organising Secretary ECCSU

Nutsolu Lohe

Vekutho Soho

The Phekmi Collegiate Forum would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to : (1) Kuveluzo Chizo, S/o Hupachi Chizo, Top 16 MBBS NSEE Exam 2016 (2) Nutsolu Lohe, D/o of Khutsizo Lohe, Top 1 B.Sc, Anthropology (Honors) (3) Vekutho Soho, Gold Medalist National Traditional Wrestling Championship at Pune, Maharashtra.

We wish them all success in their future endeavours.

Vekhopu Venuh, President

Suyengoyi Soho General Secretary

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ECCSU Acknowledge

Hukavi H Aye General Secretary ECCSU

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DySP and a police inspector, were injured, Jadeja said.

Following this, Congress leader Vaghela demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the Una incident of beating Dalits over skinning of a dead cow on July 11.

Vaghela said the CID inquiry initiated by the government is not trustworthy.

Upon this, Chief minister Vijay Rupani said the government will act with responsibility to ensure safety of Dalits, and asked opposition to work together to protect the interest and safety of Dalits.

Raghavji alleged that the Dalits were attacked because they were not provided adequate police protection (in Samter case).

Jadeja said police have filed 11 FIRs against the perpetrators (in all Dalit atrocity case as a whole) and required measures were taken and immediate help was provided.

Upon this, Congress Dalit leader Shailesh Parmar rose and demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge in the Una Dalit atrocity incident.

He also questioned as to why the Sanjay Prasad report

New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS): ‘Clean Air India Movement (CLAIM)’, said to be India’s largest antipollution campaign, on Tuesday bagged the ‘Energy and Environment Foundation Global Award 2016’ for efforts to tackle the problem of air toxicity. The award was presented to CLAIM founder Vijay Kannan by Satish B. Agnihotri, the President of Energy and Environment Foundation, a global organisation constituted to serve as a catalyst to address global energy and environment issues for a greener planet.

The occasion was the 7th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress, which was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal. Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar was also present. “It is a great honour to be recognised for initiating and pursuing positive steps to address the grave problem of air pollution, which threatens human health and wellness in most urban environments across our country,” said Vijay Kannan, head of Blueair and founder of CLAIM. Under the CLAIM initiative, it has been decided to plant one million trees across the country in the next three years.

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trying to garner political mileage out of it.

Two l e a d e r s - - C o n gress leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela and senior leader Mohansinh Rathwa--remained seated during the ruckus. The Speaker had not suspended them but later they too walked out protesting the action of Vora.

Earlier, the Assembly session began with a heated debate over the issue of Dalit atrocity in the state, with senior Congress leader Raghavji Patel raising the issue of attack on Dalits at Samter village after the Dalit Asmita rally on August 15 as a matter of urgent public interest under Gujarat Assembly Rule 116.

He sought answer from the government as to what actions were taken to provide security to Dalits in the event of the attack.

Minister of State for Home, Pradipsinh Jadeja in his reply said that Dalits were attacked at Samter village when they were returning from the rally on Independence Day. He said police fired 51 teargas shells and several rounds in the air to protect them. In the process, 7 police personnel including one

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Gandhinagar, Aug 23 (PTI): Fifty Congress MLAs were today evicted and suspended for a day from the Gujarat Assembly after they staged a demonstration and disrupted the House proceedings over the Una Dalit flogging incident.

During a discussion on atrocities on Dalits in Una, Congress members rushed to the Well of the House displaying placards saying the BJP government was “anti-Dalit” and also threw bangles towards ruling party ministers.

At least 20 of the members wore body suit banners as they continued with their protest despite repeated warnings by Speaker Ramanlal Vora on the second and last day of the Monsoon session here.

As the din refused to die down, the Speaker ordered marshals to evict them from the House. Then he named and suspended them for a day. Subsequently, Congress MLAs were forcefully taken out of the House.

The Speaker then remarked that the Opposition came with a pre-planned strategy to protest over Dalit issues as more than their concern for Dalits, they were

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APPRECIATION

The Bhandari Town Land Owners’ Union extends our heartfelt gratitude to NPF led DAN government under the able leadership of hon’ble Chief Minister, Nagaland Shri. T. R. Zeliang for granting full fledged town council to Bhandari Town. Further, the Union extends appreciation to all civil societies who were involved in fulfilling our long cherished dreams to reality.

Hence, the BTLOU wish and pray for grand success development, peace, progress and prosperity of our Town.

Anithung Mozhui Chairman, BTLOU

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Mumbai, Aug 23 (PTI): The rupee today recovered from one-month low level to close higher by 13 paise at 67.06 a dollar on the back of selling of the US currency by banks and exporters.

Weakness in the dollar in overseas markets along with continued optimism over

capital inflows predominantly boosted the rupee value, dealers said.

Unwinding of long dollar positions by banks too aided the sentiment, they added.

The domestic currency had closed at one-month low of 67.19 against US currency on Monday amid fears of rate hike

by the US Federal Reserve.

The domestic unit opened slightly higher at 67.14 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. It maintained the strong recovery momentum throughout the trade and touched an intra-day high of 67.04 in late afternoon trade.

The rupee finally ended at 67.06, showing a good gain of 13 paise, or 0.19 per cent.

Meanwhile, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) withdrew Rs 1,326.95 crore from debt and equity markets yesterday, according to the provisional data. The Reserve Bank fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 67.0885 and euro at 76.0381.

In cross-currency trades, the rupee weakened further against the pound sterling and finished at 88.42 as compared to 88.08 and drifted against the euro to end at 76.05 from 75.96 yesterday.

It also fell against the Japanese yen and settled at 66.97 per 100 yens from 66.82 earlier.

In the meantime, equities snapped a two-day decline and ended marginally higher on the back of renewed buying in IT counters as the BSE Sensex moved up 4.67 points to close at 27,990.21 while Nifty gained 3.45 points to 8,632.60.

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Bengaluru, Aug 23 ( I A N S ) : Te l e c o m m a j o r Reliance Communications (RCOM) Ltd and its arm Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) on Tuesday announced deploying cache-based content delivery network for internet and content service providers across the country at a cost lower than its peers.

“Our content delivery network ‘Fast Edge’ comprises of content caches (small packets of data) around our national network, connecting to nine data centres in major cities and 26 media conversion nodes in tier-2 and tier-3 cities for seamless and quick last mile connectivity to carry volumes of data, including videos,” said RCOM & GCX Chief Executive Bill Barney at a preview of the launch here.

According to 2016 global internet trend report by KPCM (Key Privilege And Certificate Management) Mary Meeker, India’s internet user base is growing at 40 per cent and surpassed the US to emerge as the second largest market after China.

“With the increasing number of OTT (over the top), gaming and new media firms targeting the Indiaas over 350 million user, the demand for

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Chennai, Aug 23 (IANS): Car manufacturer Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Tuesday launched its sixth generation Elantra model powered with petrol and diesel.

In a statement issued here, HMIL said the new Elantra comes with manual and automatic transmission and powered with petrol and diesel engines.

According to HMIL, the manual transmission petrol powered variant is priced between Rs 12.99 lakh and Rs 16.59 lakh while the two automatic transmission variants are priced Rs 15.89 lakh and Rs 17.99 lakh respectively.

The diesel engine manual transmission model is priced between Rs 14.79 lakh and Rs 17.69 lakh while automatic transmission model is priced at Rs.19.19 lakh. “In the pursuit to achieve world’s best technology, the all new Elantra is the culmination of 26 years of continuous and dedicated research by Hyundai Motor.

Currently in its 6th generation, the all new Elantra builds upon the momentum and success of its award-winning history with strong value proposition,” the statement quoted HMIL MD and CEO Y.K. Koo as saying.

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new NPA formation has clearly decelerated, that is what the major trend is,” he added.

Gross NPAs of the public sector banks had surged from 5.43 percent (Rs 2.67 lakh crore) of advances in 2014-15 to 9.32 percent (Rs 4.76 lakh crore) in 2015-16.

As per the latest Financial Stability Report by RBI, the Gross NPA ratio for public sector banks may go up to 10.1 percent by March 2017 under the baseline scenario.

Many banks including Bank of India, Dena Bank, and Central Bank of India, reported losses for the quarter ended June 30, due to a sharp jump in provisions for NPAs on account of an asset quality review mandated by the RBI in December.

Talking about the recapitalisation, Mundra said the Finance Minister has indicated that if there is a need the government would be ready to provide additional capital.

“So, as far as the present situation is concerned I think most of the banks are adequately capitalised to take care of minimum regulatory requirements. We will keep a watch. As we move into the year we will see how things pan out,” he said.

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New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI): RBI Deputy Governor S S Mundra on Tuesday said the pace of formation of new non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans has decelerated although some banks have posted losses for the first quarter of the current financial year due to higher provisioning.

He also said most of the banks are adequately capitalised and the government has promised additional capital if they require.

In a bid to shore up cashstrapped public sector banks, the government last month announced infusion of Rs 22,915 crore capital in 13 lenders including SBI and Indian Overseas Bank to revive loan growth that has hit a twodecade low.

As far as bad loans are concerned, he said, they are showing a mixed trend.

“When I look at individual results, there are number of banks for whom it appears that the worst is over but then there are other banks...Still they are in middle of it and they would need to do some work before they get out of it,” he said.

“It would be naive to believe that there won’t be any NPA formation but the pace of

ers and bondholders, including name, address and bank details, to the respective issuer companies which, in turn, arrange distribution of cash benefits.

This leads to some delay as the issuer companies distribute such benefits only after obtaining information from the depositories.

Just like banks hold funds for their depositors, the depositories hold securities of investors in an account. There are two depositories registered with Sebi -- National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) and Central Depository Services India Ltd (CDSL).

The regulator believes that there is further scope for improvement in areas related to efficient tracking of payments, having a consolidated view of all benefits received, non-payment and delayed payments, updating investor bank details and disclosure of unpaid cash benefits.

New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI): The government is looking at pushing the upcoming spectrum auction by a few days, as requested by telecom industry, a top official said today while exuding confidence that revenue target from the biddings will be met.

“The date of auction we had announced from September 29, but many companies and people feel that the Navratra is starting from October 1, that is a good time to bid. If it gives them good comfort to bid and spend more money to buy the spectrum, we are willing to change it to the first week,” said Telecom Secretary JS Deepak told reporters.

Citing high reserve price for certain mobile radiowaves, telecom firms have not shown great enthusiasm so far for the upcoming round, being touted as the largest spectrum auction in the country. Telecom is one of the most leveraged sectors as the companies have been heavily investing in capex towards network expansion and spectrum buys.

Akshaya Moondra, the chief financial officer of Idea, the third largest telecom player, had said earlier this month that the industry is moving into an era of “spectrum glut” from “spectrum scarcity” due to which companies would not bid in a “frenzy” and stick to economic fundamentals.

Mr Deepak, however, sought to dismiss notions of any dampness in the spectrum sale.

“We are selling a lot of good quality spectrum, so prices will be high,” Mr Deepak said, adding that “almost all” the companies participated in a pre-bid meeting held recently.

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The government of India holds 24.5 per cent stake in GSTN while state governments and the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers, together hold another 24.5 percent. The remaining 51 per cent equity is with non-government financial institutions.

Mr Swamy has been seeking 100 per cent ownership by the central government for security purposes.

NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (PTI): In an effort to improve investor experience, capital market watchdog Sebi is considering a proposal to distribute cash benefits through depositories.

“Sebi is considering a proposal for distributing cash benefits through depositories,” the markets watchdog said in its annual report for 2016-17.

A consultation paper in this regard was placed for public comments in April this year.

The regulator had sought views of all stakeholders till May 5. The move will help in bringing Indian markets at par with most developed markets where depositories usually distribute cash benefits to investors.

Currently, depositories only handle noncash benefits like bonus and rights shares issued by companies while cash benefits are handled outside the depository system.

Depositories provide details of sharehold-

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promised by the government, Mr Swamy asserted that it was too early to say anything.

“As of now, it won’t clear Supreme Court,” Mr Swamy said. There apex court is currently hearing a slew of petitions challenging the legality of entry taxes imposed by states, which hinders free trade. The new tax regime may do away with all entry taxes.

Mr Swamy also said he wasn’t alone in raising questions about the Tax Network’s “anti-national structure” pointing out that a parliamentary select committee had raised similar concerns in 2015.

Earlier this month, Mr Swamy had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising strong objections to majority stake for private entities in Tax Network formed during the UPA regime to manage and control the accounting and collection of the Goods and Services Tax.

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only allocated what was in earlier year. It also makes a duplication of process...,” she said, adding that “it is just a discussion and the option is being explored”.

The thinking behind advancing the general Budget presentation is it will streamline expenditure.

Currently, as the full Budget gets passed by May, most of the expenditure currently happens in the third or fourth quarter of the financial year. If the Budget happens in January, expenditure can be streamlined.

While the Constitution does not mandate any specific date for presentation of the Budget, it is usually presented on the last working day of February and the two-stage process of Parliamentary approval takes it to mid-May.

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allocated and therefore we will not lose two/three months of financial year in budget process. It will bring in more efficiency in budget making,” said Ms Nair, chairperson of CBDT. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex decision making authority in matters of income and corporate taxes, is planning to start pre-budget meetings with various ministries and department from next month itself as against the usual practice of holding such consultation in November.

“The budget is presented on February 28/29 and by the time it...gets assent of President it is around May 15. So for April and May, we have to take a Vote on Account. So expenditures at that time in all ministries is

New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI): Favouring the proposal to prepone the presentation of Union Budget to January, head of the apex direct tax authority CBDT Rani Singh Nair on Tuesday said it will bring in “more efficiency” as public expenditure will start from first day of the fiscal.

As part of larger exercise of Budget overhaul, government is looking at advancing the dates of its presentation in Parliament by a month to January-end to ensure that the whole process is completed before the new financial year begins.

“If you have the Budget...in January, you get President assent by March 31.

The Financial Year starts on April 1. So from first day of financial year outlays will be in place, expenditures will be

day said that for the Goods and Services Tax to become a reality, the government must first ensure that there are no unanswered questions regarding the Goods and Services Tax Network which will oversee its rollout.

A special purpose vehicle formed under the previous UPA government, the Goods and Services Tax Network is meant to create the information technology backbone for implementing the Goods and Services Tax. According to Mr Swamy the network is yet to get a security clearance.

In a string of tweets and replies, Mr Swamy also said that the Goods and Services Tax can be only implemented if the Supreme Court first clears a petition on levy of entry tax.

“GST Bill can be passed if two issues are addressed: MoH security clearance of GSTN and reply to H Adhia’s 7 challenges,” Mr Swamy said.

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Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Rani Singh Nair speaks at ASSOCHAM’s 13th International Tax Conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. (PTI)

New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI): India has figured among the top 10 wealthiest countries in the world with a total individual wealth of USD 5,600 billion while the United States topped the chart. According to a report by New World Wealth, India was ranked 7th ahead of Canada (USD 4,700 billion), Australia (USD 4,500 billion) and Italy (USD 4,400 billion), which came in at 8th, 9th and 10th slots, respectively.

The US is the wealthiest in the world in terms of total individual wealth held (USD 48,900 billion) while China stood second and Japan third, with total individual wealth of USD 17,400 billion and USD 15,100 billion, respectively.

Others in the top 10 club include the United Kingdom (4) with a total individual wealth of USD 9,200 billion, followed

by Germany (5th, USD 9,100 billion) and France (6th, USD 6,600 billion). Wealth refers to net assets of a person. It includes all their assets (property, cash, equities, business interests) less any liabilities, the report said adding that it excludes government funds from its figures.

The ranking of India as one of the top 10 wealthiest countries in the world is largely because of its large population. “Australia’s ranking is impressive, considering it only has 22 million people living there,” the report explained.

Over the past 5 years, China was the fastest growing wealthiest country in terms of dollar wealth growth. On India, the report stated, “Australia and India also grew strongly and India, Australia and Canada have just overtaken Italy over the past 12 months.”

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Toxic gas leak at B’desh fertiliser unit; 250 fall ill

Dhaka, Aug 23 (PTI): About 250 people, including children, have fallen sick and hundreds of residents have been evacuated from their homes after a toxic gas leak from a fertiliser unit in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong, officials said today.

Di-ammonium phosphate (DPA) leaked from the DAP Fertiliser Company Limited on the bank of Karnaphuli river last night and firefighters battled until late morning to plug the leakage.

DPA is one of a series of water-soluble ammonium phosphate salts that can be produced when ammonia reacts with phosphoric acid.

Reports quoting officials said one of the gas tanks with 500 tonne capacity leaked at around 11:30 PM last night.

The gas quickly spread across large parts of the city.

Strong winds blew the gas across a 10-kilometre radius and reports suggested that people felt breathing problems at the southern city’s international airport.

“The gas spread from the unit causing breathing problems to the people across several kilometres,” officer-incharge of the nearby police station said.

Of the nearly 250 taken ill, 56 people, including more than 10 children, were admitted to hospitals in the port city.

Factory safety workers trying to contain the leakeage from a gas tank containing toxic chemicals at a fertilizer unit in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

All the people being treated were stated be out of danger.

Hundreds of residents were evacuated from their homes near the plant, police and fire officials said.

“Several people reported to doctors just because of panic,” the city’s civil surgeon Azizur Rahman Siddique said.

Chittagong’s Deputy Commissioner Mesbahuddin Ahmed said the situation was under control as leakage has

been plugged.

The reason behind the leak could not be known immediately.

Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC), which runs the unit, formed a 10-member committee to investigate the incident, while the district administration has formed a three-member panel to probe the leak.

At the time of the incident, the amount of ammonia in the air was recorded at

UN virtually confirms six addresses of Dawood in Pak United Nations, Aug 23 (PTI): India’s consistent stand that Dawood Ibrahim is based in Pakistan has got a virtual endorsement from the UN which has obviously confirmed six addresses of the underworld don in that country. The listing of the UN Security Council’s ISIL and Al- Qaida Sanctions Committee also includes information about Dawood’s various passports, including those issued in Pakistan.

India, in a dossier, had cited nine addresses in Pakistan as those frequented by Dawood of which the UN Security Council’s ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee has removed three, finding those incorrect.

The Committee, which amended its entry yesterday concerning Dawood, a UNdesignated terrorist, made no changes with regard to six addresses provided by India.

One of the three addresses which have been dropped by the Committee from its list was found similar to that of a residence of Islamabad’s envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi.

“On 22 August 2016, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry” concerning Dawood on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo, it said.

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Washington, Aug 23 (PTI): The US has refrained from commenting on the sedition charges slapped against Amnesty International over an event where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised, but said it respects the right of the global rights watchdog to express itself freely.

“We obviously, as we do around the world, support the right to freedom of expression and assembly, including through civil society,” State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner told reporters.

“We have seen these reports that local police in Bangalore have initiated preliminary investigation into allegations of sedition against Amnesty International. I direct you to the Bangalore police for more details into this investigation, but certainly we, as I said, respect the right for Amnesty and others to express themselves freely,” Toner said.

Amnesty International had on August 13 organised an event as part of a campaign to seek justice for “victims of human rights violations” in Jammu and Kashmir, which took an ugly turn with heated exchanges and alleged raising of slogans in support of Kashmir’s independence and against the Indian army. Bengaluru Police have slapped sedition charges against Amnesty International India, which has said none of its employees had shouted any anti-India slogans.

Pak briefs China on ‘rights violations’ in Kashmir

Dawood Ibrahim wood’s addresses mentioned in the listing -- “Karachi, Pakistan (White House, Near Saudi Mosque, Clifton)”, “House Nu 37 - 30th Street - defence, Housing Authority, Karachi, Pakistan” and “Palatial bungalow in the hilly area of Noorabad in Karachi”.

The addresses were included in a dossier prepared

by India in August last year that had listed nine residences in Pakistan of the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts as evidence to show that he is holed up in Pakistan.

In the amendment, the Committee has stricken through the address “Main Property at Margalla Raod F- 6/2 Street no.22, House No.07, Islamabad number 29 in Karachi. This address was later found to be similar to that of a residence belonging to Lodhi.”

When asked about the amendment, a top Indian official here told PTI that one address of Dawood in the listing entry was incorrect.

The address was “of Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, and not Dawood Ibrahim”, the sources said.

600ppm (parts per million) whilst workers at the factory can tolerate conditions with ammonia gas up to 25ppm, the environment department said. Experts said exposure to ammonia could cause slackening, vomiting and breathing problems.

“I have been informed that the fire service men nearly brought under control the situation,” Chittagong’s deputy commissioner Mesbahuddin Ahmed said.

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“The amendment also strikes through other addresses “8th Floor of Mehran Square, near Pardesi House-3, Talwar Area, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan” and “6/A Kjauabam Tanzeem, Phase-5, Defence Housing Araea, Karachi, Pakistan.” The listing says Dawood has a Passport number A717288 issued on August 18, 1985 in Dubai and a Pakistani number G866537 issued on August 12, 1991 in Rawalpindi but adds the term “misuse” for these two passports.

He also has Passport number C-267185 issued in Karachi in July 1996, Passport number H-123259 issued in Rawalpindi in July 2001 and Passport number G-869537 issued in Rawalpindi, according to the listing.

Pakistan has consistently denied that Dawood is living in that country after he fled from the law in India. Dawood was listed on November 3, 2003 and the entry has been amended in March and July 2006, July 2007 and March 2010. Being a UN designated terrorist, he is subject to assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.

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Islamabad, Aug 23 (PTI): Continuing with its efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan has briefed China about alleged human rights violations in Kashmir during their bilateral strategic dialogue.

Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, who is on a two-day visit to China, attended the bilateral strategic dialogue meeting and also met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing during his trip, the Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement.

The seventh round of Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and China was held

yesterday in Beijing where Chaudhry led the Pakistani delegation while the Chinese side was headed by Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Asian and Consular Affairs Kong Xuanyou. Chaudhry apprised his counterpart of the “grave humanitarian situation” in Kashmir and the ongoing “human rights violations”, the statement said.

“He (Chaudhr y) expressed the hope that the international community would play its role in calling on India to put an end to blatant human rights violations in the Valley,” the Foreign Office said.

Bangla cafe attackers ID confirmed: official Dhaka, Aug 23 (PTI): DNA tests have confirmed the identities of five of the seven militants involved in Bangladesh’s worst terror attack last month in which 22 people were killed, an official said today.

“The five attackers were identified previously but their identities have been confirmed after matching their DNA with their family members,” said Masudur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

The militants, who were from well-off families and had English medium backgrounds, were identified as Nibras Islam, Rohan Imtiaz, Khairul Islam Payel, Shafiqul Islam Uzzal and Meer Saameh Mubasser. Rahman said the identity of Holey Artisan Bakery’s pizza chef Saiful Chowkidar had also been confirmed after the testing, ‘Dhaka Tribune’ reported.

All ‘obstacles’ in ties with India cleared: Nidhi Kathmandu, Aug 23 (PTI): Terming his India visit as “successful”, Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Bimlendra Nidhi today said all “obstacles” in the bilateral relationship have been cleared ahead of Premier Prachanda’s trip to the country next month.

Nidhi had paid a fourday visit to India from August 17 to 22 as the special envoy of Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal “Prachanda”.

Nidhi said his visit was “successful” in improving Nepal-India ties that were at an all-time low since the promulgation of the Constitution in Nepal last year and over the Madhesi agitation.

“All the obstacles in the bilateral relationship have been cleared after the visit,” he said. Nidhi’s visit was mainly centred to prepare ground for Prachanda’s upcoming official visit to India on September 15, the first foreign entourage of the Prime Minister after assuming office last month.

Nidhi who is also Nepal’s Home Minister discussed the proposed visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to Nepal and Nepal President Bidya Bhandari to India.

The visit of special envoy Nidhi is the first high-level visit from Nepal to India after the formation of the new government in Nepal under Prachanda. Nidhi held highlevel meetings with Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra

Bimlendra Nidhi Modi, Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj and as well as Congress leader Dr Manmohan Singh among others during his stay in New Delhi.

Nidhi said he briefed Indian leaders and officials about Nepal’s top priorities that included implementation of the Constitution, which was promulgated in September last year.

Nidhi said he discussed matters relating to the anticonstitution movement that was launched by Madhesi parties and amendment to the new constitution for resolving political crisis among other issues. Prachanda had sent a special envoy to China as well. Deputy Prime Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara’s visit to China comes following anxieties in Beijing over the fate of projects connecting China and Nepal to reduce dependence on India.

Lanka Speaker signs Office on Missing Persons Colombo, Aug 23 (PTI): Sri Lanka’s Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today signed the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) Bill at the Parliamentary Complex here, making it a legal act, his office said. On 11 August, Sri Lanka’s Parliament unanimously approved a bill to set up an office to help find some 65,000 people reported missing during the country’s civil war with the LTTE, and clarify the circumstances under which they disappeared. The draft bill of OMP was passed with amendments in Parliament without a vote. It was adopted despite objections raised by the joint opposition which alleged that the bill will betray the military. The joint opposition backing the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa created a rumpus in parliament when the bill was introduced on August 11. The joint opposition MPs said that the legislation was passed violating both the Constitution and the Standing Orders of Parliament. They urged Jayasuriya not to place his signature to the Bill giving it the legal effect. They had called it a betrayal of the security forces who had fought the LTTEs over three decade of separatist campaign. The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) yesterday recommended an effective communication strategy in all three languages to reach out to thousands of families of the disappeared to the OMP.

Singapore’s ex-President Nathan dies S i n g a p o r e , Au g 2 3 (PTI): Indian-origin former Singapore President S R Nathan, who passed away last night, will be given a state funeral on Friday, the Prime Minister’s Office here said today. As a mark of respect to the 92-year-old Nathan, the State flag on all government buildings will be flown at half-mast till Friday.

A state funeral service will take place from 4:00 PM on Friday at the University Cultural Centre of the National University of Singapore, it said in a statement.

It will be attended by Nathan’s family, friends and former colleagues.

President Tony Tan will lead Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, civil servants as well as Singaporeans from all walks of life at the state funeral which will be followed by a private cremation.

Nathan’s body will lie in state at the Parliament House from around 10:00 AM on Thursday till Friday for the public to pay their last respects.

On Friday, members of the diplomatic corps and other officials will pay their last respects to Nathan.

Condolence boards will be available at Istana for those who wish to pay tributes to the

Acknowledgement Romans: 14: 7-8

For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

S R Nathan late Nathan from tomorrow morning. Condolence books will also be opened at all Overseas Missions for overseas Singaporeans and friends.

Nathan suffered a stroke on July 31 and had been hospitalised. He died last night at

Singapore General Hospital.

He was the sixth and longest-serving President of Singapore and served two terms from 1999 to 2011.

He officially stepped down as President on August 31, 2011 after announcing that he would not seek a third term. Nathan was succeeded

by President Tony Tan Keng Yam. After stepping down as President, Nathan took up appointments as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and at the Singapore Management University’s School of Social Sciences. He had a distinguished 40-year career in the civil service, and served as Singapore’s High Commissioner to Malaysia and Ambassador to the US.

ACKNOW LE D G E ME NT The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want – Psalms 23:1

LATE LIPONTHUNG NGULLIE 16/06/2001 – 12/08/2016 We, the bereaved family members, extend our profound and heartfelt gratitude to all indivduals, organizations, unions, churches, relatives and friends for standing by us and supporting us physically, materially, financially, and through prayers during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved Late Liponthung Ngullie of Tsungiki Village on 12/08/2016.

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We, the bereaved family of Lt. MALUNGRING SHIMRAH (S. Aring) would like to express our deepest gratitude and thanks to one and all even though names are not mentioned here, who have help us through prayer, physically and financially right from his illness till his demise.

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We are extremely grateful to all the individuals, families, friends, churches, civil societies, NGOs and neighbours who stood and support us spiritually, physically, menntally, materially and financially during the time of ailment and at the demise of our beloved Mr. N. Nivito Zhimomi on 11th August 2016 at Akuvuto Centre, Thahekhu Village, Dimapur.

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NEZCC conducts Umang Festival: Celebrating Differently Abled Children Arunachal Pradesh

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The festival is aimed to create awareness about issues facing the differently-abled persons and also to provide

them a platform to interact with other similar children in a very healthy and congenial atmosphere. Umang is an initiative to provide opportunity to bring these children in to mainstream of the society through cultural interactions.

More than 350 differently abled children along with their gaurdians attended the festival from the North Eastern

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it Harington has warned fans Game Of Thrones gets “very dark before it gets better”.

The actor, who has been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the Emmys, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about what’s to come for his character Jon Snow and the rest of the cast.

“It’s important to stress at this point that I haven’t had any scripts, so this is all guess work for me,” he said.

“I think it’s going to get very bleak before if there is a happy ending.

“If there’s any sort of win or heroic moment for Jon and everyone else. I think it’s going to get very dark before it gets better. I think what we might see this season is those White Walkers and that Army of the Dead really come into force. So that’s going to be exciting to see.”

o infuse and generate more interests, bring rural Nagaland to the fore, and to invoke a sense of belonging and inclusiveness, the State Government has proposed to undertake District Audition for interested participants who desire to be a part of Hornbill Festival 2016.

This concept stems from the fact that Rural Nagaland is yet to feel and taste the benefits, which the Hornbill Festival is offering. Taking the audition to the districts, would not only offer a window to those in the villages who may have some fascinating stories to tell but also curtail expenditure of the participants. It would also make the Hornbill Festival evolve for the better with the changing times and eliminate any redundancy that may have crept in over the years.

The Audition is proposed to cover any array of entertainment including arts, crafts, sports, food, Indigenous Games, music etc that best portrays and encapsulates the rich cultural heritage of the State’s unique identity and fascinates the visitors coming to the State.

Besides, all proposals for participation in any capacity

States participated in various programmes organized in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram.

In Nagaland, the festival was hosted at North Field Higher Secondary school, Kohima, which was graced by Smt. Kavita Acharya, lady wife of the Honourable Governor of Nagaland. She appreciated that

at Hornbill Festival 2016 Naga Heritage Village Kisama, will be entertained where time will be slotted for presentations/ interactions on the same. It will invite ideas/concepts to improve the premiere festival of the state.

The district auditions will be tentatively held in the month of September 2016 and the panel of judges in every district will include Secretary (Tourism)/Representative, Deputy Commissioner/Representative, Project Director MTF, District Public Relations Officer, District Cultural Officer, District YRO/Sports Officer, President Tribal Hoho and Representative of District Partner.

Hornbill Festival also known as “Festival of Festivals”, since its inception in 2000, has grown from strength to strength and is presently running into its seventeenth edition. It has provided platforms to the young and old to showcase its talents, culture, art, music etc and today, it is one of the premiere festival of north east India gaining worldwide popularity. This year also the Hornbill Festival will be a ten day affair starting from 01st-10th December, 2016.

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such activities will positively create awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of the differently able people, but it should most importantly remind all of us, that we are all created in the likeness of God. It may be mentioned that the same festival will culminate on the 25th of August in all the respective states.

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ark Tornillo (T.T. Quick, Accept), Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (Guns N’ Roses), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theatre, The Winery Dogs) and members of Overkill are among the musicians who took part in the Rock Against Dystrophy benefit concert on Sunday, August 21 at The Headliner in Neptune, New Jersey.

Overkill frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth commented: “I am not only happy but proud to be part of a great organization with great people who can think outside themselves and give back.

Our fearless leader and his determination has brought us all together in a common cause: we can help beat this.

I am speaking of the one and only, founder of Rock Against Dystrophy, Turbo.”

Added Tornillo: “This is my third year being involved in Rock Against Dystrophy.

This event and the cause are both close to my heart, plus it’s a great opportunity for us locals to get together and rock!

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M u sicfest, the gospel musical extravaganza which is hosted annually

by MTBA, youth department will be a one day affair unlike the yesteryears when it spanned for more than two days where famed musicians and singers from all over Nagaland

and even outside the state has graced the stage so far in this musical journey so far.

Besides providing platform for many budding musicians and singers, this one of a kind church sponsored musical festival has also played a pivotal role in proclaiming the gospel through music.

This year edition of Musicfest will witness many a renowned bands and musicians from Mokokchung like Squadron, Infuse band and Tune Up Channel taking the stage and making the jubilee celebration more grand.

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The film stars Daniel ritics have voted Mulholland Drive the best Day-Lewis and Paul Dano film of the 21st Cen- and tells the story of an oiltury. man on a ruthless quest for The poll, conducted by wealth.

BBC Culture, asked 177 film BBC Culture: The 21st critics from 36 countries to Century’s greatest films name their favourite films of 1. Mulholland Drive (2001) the last 16 years.

M u l h o l l a n d D r i ve, 2. In the Mood for Love which stars Justin Theroux (2000) and Naomi Watts, was re- 3. There Will Be Blood leased in 2001 and earned (2007) David Lynch an Oscar nomi- 4. Spirited Away (2001) nation for best director.

5. Boyhood (2014) It tells the story of an 6. Eternal Sunshine of the aspiring actress who moves Spotless Mind (2004) to Los Angeles and befriends 7. The Tree of Life (2011) an amnesic woman.

The neo-noir mystery 8. Yi Yi: A One and a Two film was not one of the year’s (2000) highest grossing films at the 9. A Separation (2011) box office but it received 10. No Country for Old Men (2007) warm praise from critics.

Spirited Away, a JapaIn the Mood for Love, starring Maggie Cheung and nese fantasy animation film Tony Leung and set in Hong directed by Hayao MiyazaKong in the 1960s, took sec- ki, took fourth place in the poll. ond place in the poll.

The most recent film The film, which was released in 2000, was directed in the top 10 was Richard

by Wong Kar-wai and earned Linklater’s Boyhood, which a nomination for the Palme took fifth place.

Released in 2014, the d’Or - the top award at the coming-of-age film shot with Cannes Film Festival.

There Will Be Blood, the same cast over 12 years which was released in 2007, won the best film Bafta in was the third most popular 2015 and a best supporting actress Oscar for Patricia with critics.

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The most recent recipient of the best film Oscar, Spotlight, came in 88th place.

Only two other best picture winners made the top 100 - No Country For Old Men (which was placed 10th) and 12 Years a Slave (44th).

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unheboto Government College (ZGC) had a momentous dual event on August 20, beginning with the inaugural and dedication of Indoor Stadium by Higher Education Kohima, director, I Alempokba, also the former principal ZGC and SBCZ Sr pastor Rev Yevito Sümi respectively, followed by the Fresher’s Social’ meet at the newly inaugurated stadium, Zunheboto, Saturday.

Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, director (DHE) Alempokba greeted the gathering and further highlighted the synopsis of the college history citing his experience during his stint as the ZGC principal. While lauding the NU Pol. Science subject topper, ZGC student Olive Sumi, he challenged the students to follow her feats achieved who had an exemplary success through her outstanding performances.

He further dwelt on Sümi

Higher Education Kohima, director, I Alempokba with Mr and Miss ZGC 2016 during the Fresher’s Social at Indoor Stadium, Zunheboto.

community’s prospective towards the academic endeavors and society saying that, “Sümi are one of the most brilliant minds with sharp brains amongst the Nagas; Sümi community are very accommodative and possess huge

hospitality”, while expressing his regrets over some officers who hesitate when they get transfer or promotion posting in Zunheboto.

He also felicitated the “Mr and Ms Fresher’s” ZGC 2016, Akihito V Chishi and Vikitoli

H Achumi respectively.

SDO (C) Zunheboto, Shanavas IAS spoke on behalf the DC who is also the chairman of College Advisory Board.

The second session witnessed introduction of fresher’s; exhortation by former vice principal and associate professor Dr Vihuli Sema; speech from the old timers and fresher’s; special item from Hike; and finally the crowning of the Mr and Ms ZGC 2016.

Hosts of invitees including SDPO Zunheboto Yevukhu NPS; HoDs; working president state NPF and former SH president Huskha Yepthomi; former SH president and administrator Sümi Literature Board, HS Rotokha; STH-Z/ mothers association, president Tokhuli and general secretary Boholi Awomi; Media persons; governing body members; hundreds of students delegates from various walks of life attended the event.

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SHRI. TSUKJEMTIBA AO CONVENOR

Shri. Chenchulo Rengma

Shri. N. Pongyong Konyak

ER. CHINGMAK CHANG GEN. SECRETARY

Shri. Thsangse Sangtam

Shri. Chuthro Yimchunger

Shri. Medoveliu Khronomo Angami

ALL THE MEMBERS OF KOHIMA AO OFFICER TELONGJEM (KAOT) ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND THE GENERAL MEETING. Shri. Kivito Sema

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Shri. Wekrulo Medo Chakhesang

Shri. Yanpemo Lotha

Shri. Sepongchem

Shri. Y. Phuyam Phom

Shri. Hesenlo

Shri. L. L. Kuki

Shri. Thuchiti Pochury

Shri. Thronglise

Shri. Direzong Hemang Zeliang

Shri. Soja

In continuation with the press released at Nagaland Post-dated 23rd August 2016 at page 6 under Post Mortem for the Transformation of Nagaland by strengthening citizen participation and Initiatives, the above members shall interact within the community to find ways to allow all citizens to interact regardless of their background, social standings, education and so forth. The National Concern Initiative body is where people of all ages can participate and obtain information from each other. The above members from various Community would enhance citizen to collaborate and engage directly into conversations and build around social connection where like-minded individuals can also meet, express opinion, and engage in various developmental initiatives of every departmental performance, progress and funding patterns through discussion, government data, central guidelines and Right to Information as well.

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Probe after India-WI match abandoned

India’s cricketers pose with the trophy after the award ceremony for the Test match series Royal Stag Cup at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. (AP/PTI)

PORT OF SPAIN, Aug 23 (Agencies): The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board have launched an investigation after the fourth and final Test between India and West Indies lasted just 22 overs due to a waterlogged outfield.

No play was possible at the Queen’s Park Oval on Monday’s scheduled last day of the match, the fourth consecutive day on which there was no play because of saturated areas around the playing square.

The farcical abandonment came despite long peri-

ods of sunshine and desperate efforts of ground staff to make the surface playable with shovels, pitchforks and leaf blowers.

With the match abandoned as a draw, India won the series 2-0, the first time they have won more than one Test in a series in the Caribbean.

However the Indians surrendered the position of number one Test team in the ICC rankings to Pakistan as they had needed to complete a 3-0 series triumph to stay top.

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one for less than a week after displacing Australia at the top on August 17.

“As hosts, the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board and QPCC (Queen’s Park Cricket Club) regret that limited play was possible in the 4th Test Match between WI and India at the Queen’s Park Oval,” Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board president Azim Bassarath said in a statement. “ We h a v e j o i n t l y launched an investigation to determine what occurred with a view to remedying the situation so that this does not occur

in the future,” the statement continued.

“Once this has been done it will be presented to the WICB (West Indies Cricket Board).”

Bassarath gave no indication of a time-frame for the conclusion of the investigation.

It is understood that prominent officials of QPCC, who celebrated the 125th anniversary of the club’s founding over the Test match weekend, are concerned that the farcical abandonment could jeopardize the venue hosting major international matches in the future Pakistan are scheduled to tour the Caribbean in 2017.

The shambolic finale will be of major concern to the WICB, given that the agreement of the Indians to play four Tests in the Caribbean was seen as a major diplomatic triumph after the abandonment of a tour of India by the West Indies in October 2014.

I n d i a s u b s e q u e n t ly dropped their multi-million dollar compensation claim against the WICB after the tour was cut short amid a players’ pay dispute.

West Indies and India will play two Twenty20 Internationals in Lauderhill, Florida, on August 27 and 28 as both teams seek to tap into the huge expatriate Indian population in the United States.

CAS rejects Russia appeal against Paralympics ban Moscow, Aug 23 (Agencies): Russia has failed in an appeal against its exclusion from the Paralympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced. The Russian Paralympic Committee filed their appeal on August 7 after they were banned from participating in Rio as a result of statesponsored doping.

CAS has consequently upheld the International Paralympic Committee’s decision to stop Russia from taking part and the event will now start without them on September 7.

A statement said, “The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed the appeal filed by the Russian Paralympic Committee against the decision rendered by Governing Board of the International Paralympic Committee on 7 August 2016.

As a consequence, the IPC decision is confirmed.” The decision to exclude the Russians means at least 250 competitors are set to miss the 11-day event.

CAS said its panel found the IPC “did not violate any procedural rule in dealing with the disciplinary process” which led to Russia’s suspension from the event. It added that the ruling was “proportionate in the circumstances” and that the Russian Paralympic Committee “did not file any evidence contradicting the facts on which the IPC decision was based”

Pfutsero GHSS sports meet held

The chief guest along with faculty members during the sports meet on August 23.

Dimapur, Aug 23 (NPN): The 55th annual sports meet of the Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS), Pfutsero was held Tuesday at school ground, Pfutsero with Wonthungo Tsopoe, Additional Director (HOD), School Education as the chief guest.

Speaking on the occasion, Wonthungo congratulated the principal and staff for organizing the event in the most befitting manner. He also congratulated the school for improvement in administration, academics, and also in the enrollment of students after up-gradation from GHS to GHSS and urged the staff to keep up the good work and win the trust and confidence

Ryan Lochte loses all major sponsors AIFF, AFC set up joint task force for football

Ryan Lochte Washington, Aug 23 (Agencies): U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte lost all four of his major sponsors on Monday, including Speedo USA and Ralph Lauren Corp, following his apology for an “exaggerated” story about being robbed at gunpoint at the Rio Games.

Lochte’s version of the incident embarrassed the host city, angered local officials and further revelations about it - casting doubt on Lochte’s story - dominated news coverage of South America’s first Olympics.

The U.S. Olympic Committee issued an apology on Thursday, and Lochte, a 12time Olympic medalist, made his own apology on Saturday in an interview with Brazil’s largest broadcaster, Globo TV. “I wasn’t lying to a certain extent,” he said. “I overexaggerated what was happening to me.”

Within hours of the

Games coming to a close on Sunday night, swimwear maker Speedo USA issued a statement saying it would drop Lochte as one of its endorsers, while luxury retailer Ralph Lauren said it would not be renewing its contract with the swimmer.

Hair removal company Syneron Candela also ended its partnership with Lochte, four months after naming him its global brand ambassador for one of its products.

Japanese mattress maker Airweave, which last week had said it would stand by Lochte, on Monday said it had decided it would not renew the endorsement, which had been made for the Rio 2016 Olympic games.

Sponsorship and endorsement deals typically include “morals clauses” that allow sponsors to terminate deals early if they feel the athlete has behaved poorly in public.

Nottingham, UK-based Speedo’s U.S. unit said on Monday it would donate $50,000 of Lochte’s fee to Save The Children, a global charity partner of Speedo.

Lochte said in an email that he respected Speedo’s decision.

“I was immature and I made a stupid mistake. I’m human. I made a mistake and I definitely learned from this,” Lochte said in an interview on the Today show.

“They (the people of Rio) put on a great Games...

And my immature, intoxicated behavior tarnished that a little,” Lochte said.

Ralph Lauren had taken down references to the gold medalist from its website last week, and on Monday it said it would not renew the Olympicspecific deal, which featured Lochte and other Olympic athletes wearing Ralph Lauren-branded Olympic merchandise.

“We are transitioning out all Olympic visual as the games ended yesterday, and we are moving into our fall fashion message,” Macy’s spokeswoman Holly Thomas said in an e-mail.

Lochte, 32, won one gold medal at the Rio Olympics. He was the breakout star of the 2012 London Olympics, landing a short-lived reality TV series called “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” and appearing, as himself, on top shows such as “30 Rock” and “90210”.

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 23 (IANS): The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will set up a joint taskforce with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to formulate a new roadmap for the sport in the country.

The AIFF on Tuesday outlined its proposed plans to the continental body before agreeing to take AFC’s expertise in its proposed plans.

An AIFF delegation, led by general secretary Kushal Das, visited the AFC headquarters here, according to an AIFF release. AIFF shared its proposed plans of identifying the Indian Super League (ISL)

as its premier tournament with the I-League from the 2017-18 season, to be renamed League One, becoming the second grade tournament, to the AFC management led by its general secretary Dato’ Windsor John.

It was decided that the taskforce will discuss its next steps in its first meeting after the AFC Extraordinary Congress in Goa on September 27.

Dato’ Windsor John said in the release: “The AFC has been following the developments in India extremely closely. The AFC’s vision and mission sets the goal of ensuring that football is the number one sport in Asia and India is a very

important country if we are to achieve that objective.” “Football in India has great potential for growth and development as was outlined by AIFF and it is important that we get the right structures and programmes in place so that the sport in India can grow - and this is something AFC can assist with.”

Kushal Das welcomed the establishment of a joint taskforce with the AFC, and said: “AIFF is grateful for the welcome and the advice that has been offered by Dato’ Windsor John and the AFC team. We look forward to working with them to achieve the best for football in India.”

of the local populace.

He also said that games and sports are very important in school curriculum in many ways as it develops a sound mind, body and spirit of the child to have competitiveness spirit. Sports today become a lucrative business and a good sportsman not only brings laurels to the nation but also make him live a comfortable life and become a big asset to the nation, said the chief guest.

While emphasizing on the important of sport, he said Naga boys and girls can excel in different field of sporting activities.

To this, Wonthungo said the department has forwarded to government to open sports

training centres in the state.

The chief guest also also inaugurated the CCTV and Resource Room at GHSS. The CCTV has been installed in the class room to monitor the students and teachers. While the Resource Room has been designed for the benefits of both teaching faculty and students to boost their knowledge, said Principal GHSS, Vechikhoyi Lohe.

The program was chaired

by Kelhikha Kenye, vice principal GHSS, God’s blessing was invoked by Teisovilhou Koza and welcome speech was delivered by school principal Vechikhoyi Lohe. Meanwhile special song was presented by Surholu Tunyi and Kewekhro-u Tsuhah.

India to participate Footvolley World Mumbai, Aug 23 (PTI): The Footvolley Association of India has recently announced names of two Maharashtra players, Cajetan Dias and Kundan Chandra, who will be representing India at the Rio 2016 Footvolley World Tournament.

The tournament will be held from tomorrow till August 28 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rio 2016 Footvolley World Tournament is a demo game conducted under observation of International Olympic Committee (IOC). Dias and

Chandra are both national level football players and have played in the Santosh Trophy, it said.

FootVolley uses physical techniques of football and the play is allowed with everything but the hands and arms – with beach volleyball rules.

It is usually played with two players on each side of the net and each team has to alternate their passing between the two players. The ball can be touched three times at most before it has to go over the net, the release said.

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Dimapur, Aug 23 (NPN): The 2nd Penalty Shootout tournament, organised by Medziphema Village Students’ Union (MVSU), would be held on September 3 at Medziphema town local ground. Interested teams and clubs can contact 9856206003 / 9615656106 / 9615940994 for further details.

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RSA executive meeting on August 27

Dimapur, Aug 23 (NPN): Rengma Sports Association (RSA) has convened its executive meeting on August 27, 11am at Rengma Students Union office building Tseminyu. All the executive members of RSA and Range representatives have been requested to attend the meeting.

Muzzle loading gun shooting competition

Kohima, Aug 23 (NPN): Viswema Youth Organizations (VYO) would hold its annual muzzle loading gun shooting competition on August 26, 10am at John Government Higher Secondary School ground. The competition, which is held every year on 3rd day of traditional festival ‘BINYI’, would be declared open by former president VYO and ex-pastor, Vimezhol Theyo.

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State to host 4th NE Zone Shooting C’ship AIBA seeks Conlan punishment

North East Zone Shooting Championship organizing committee members along with some of the shooters from Nagaland after the press conference on Tuesday. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, AUG 23 (NPN): Nagaland is getting ready to host the 4th North East Zone Shooting Championship from August 29 to September 3 at Aries Sports Complex, Bamun-

pukhuri-1, Dimapur.

Announcing this at a press conference, organizing committee chairman Andrew Ahoto said the pre-national event was a first of its kind to be held in the state and those qualifying in the event will be eligible to com-

pete at the national level.

Proprietor of the sports complex and president of Nagaland Rifles Association Merang Jamir said shooters from five North East states including 21 along with officials from Mizoram, 51 along with officials

BCCI for transparency in awarding IPL media rights New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI): In a bid to maintain transparency and fairness in awarding the lucrative IPL media rights, the BCCI has told Sony Max to join the bidding process with other interested bidders.

Sony Max had the TV rights since IPL’s inception year in 2008. According to reliable information, BCCI’s negotiation period with Sony Max came to an end on July 28.

There is a market projection that the new IPL TV rights will be fetching close to USD 4 billion and the Board wants the process of “next rights period” to be conducted in a transparent manner.

According to highly placed sources, the BCCI has

already made a final written offer that states “media rights for ‘next rights period’ through Open Tender that enables price discovery in a fair and transparent manner”.

While BCCI has had differences with regards to structural reforms as per Lodha Panel Recommendations, it is in complete agreement with panel’s observation that a transparent procedure should be followed.

The letter sent by BCCI also states that despite “numerous discussions with Sony Max on subject of terms and conditions for “Next Rights Period” under agreement dated June 25, 2010, we have been unable to reach an agreement”.

A senior BCCI source

said: “We at BCCI would like to maintain high standard of transparency and Open Tender is the best way forward to maintain that standard”.

When PTI contacted BCCI president Anurag Thakur, he said: “I can’t comment at this point of time but BCCI is happy with Sony Max’s performance and we would have complete fairness and transparency in tender process for broadcast rights”.

One of the representatives of prospective bidders told PTI that Open Tender is the way forward.

“At this stage they are wiser and don’t want to do anything which dents the overall good work of the BCCI,” the industry insider said.

from Assam, 51 along with officials from Manipur, 21 along with officials from Meghalaya and 10 along with officials from Nagaland would take part in the championship.

Officials for the game will be arriving on August 27 while the players will be arriving on the succeeding days.

There will be three main events which are 10 metres, 25 metres and 50 metres and under those events 80 matches of various categories will be played, informed Merang.

18 matches under International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) would be played where star shooters from the participating states currently playing at the national level will participate and through them some beginner shooters will learn, said Merang.

The panel of judges during the event will have to be qualified international shooting sports and unlike prior events, the upcoming event will comprise of judges solely from the participating state which includes 3 from Manipur, 4 from Assam and 1 from Nagaland.

Answering to a query on the criteria required to become a shooter, Merang said, although

there were no required criteria to become a shooter, there were a lot of disciplines which were required from a person after they become a shooter.

He added that anyone can join the training camps that were held at regular intervals and train themselves if they were interested in the game.

Clearing doubts in regard to the cancellation of NRA by the Registrar of Societies recently, Merang said he had filed a case against the cancellation at the Kohima bench of Gauhati High Court and that the court had given a stay order on the cancellation.

He further clarified that there was no similarity between NRA and Nagaland State Rifle Association, furthermore, the former was affiliated to National Rifle Association of India, he said.

Adding on the issue, Ahoto said there should not be competition between the government and an organization since both were working for the welfare and all round good of the people.

He added that the upcoming event was solely funded with donations from individuals and private organizations.

Ministry sets up inquiry to probe apathy in Jaisha’s case

New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI): The Sports Ministry today constituted a two-member committee to probe the allegations of official apathy levelled by marathon runner O P Jaisha, who claims to have been denied water refreshment during her event at the Rio Olympic Games.

Jaisha, who finished 89th in the marathon event, has alleged that no water or energy drinks were made available by the Indian officials during her event, leaving her completely exhausted at the end of the race. She had fainted after crossing the finishing line.

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI), however, has asserted that the athlete her-

self refused any such arrangement when approached a day before the event.

“The Minister of State, Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel has constituted a two-member Committee consisting of Shri Onkar Kedia, Joint Secretary (Sports) and Shri Vivek Narayan, Director (Sports) to enquire into the allegations of Ms. O.P. Jaisha,” a press release from ministry said.

Jaisha, after returning from Brazil, claimed that officials from all other countries provided refreshments to their runners at designated points set up every 2.5 km.

The committee will submit its report in seven days.

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 23 (Agencies): Michael Conlan should be punished for his angry reaction to his controversial points defeat at the Rio Games, says AIBA president Dr Ching-Kuo Wu. The Irish bantamweight could not contain his frustration following a contentious quarterfinal loss to Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin and made an obscene gesture before venting his fury in a post-fight interview.

AIBA president Dr Ching-Kuo Wu said Conlan is likely to face disciplinary action from his organisation and suggested Kazakhstan’s Vassiliy

Michael Conlan

Levit showed more restraint after a questionable heavyweight defeat to Russian Evgeny Tishchenko.

But it remains to be seen how AIBA could punish the

Belfast fighter, who has since suggested he will turn his back on the amateur ranks and become a professional.

Wu told the Belfast Telegraph: “[Tishchenko] never said anything. [Levit] never said anything. They all accept the result. But [Conlan], he immediately showed his finger to the referee-judges.

“The IOC says this is totally unacceptable. You cannot humiliate people. They are officials. He put himself in a difficult position, I can tell you.

A lot of disciplinary action will follow. You should show proper behaviour.”

Kerala Blasters sign Chadian midfielder Mahamat Kochi, Aug 23 (IANS): Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Kerala Blasters FC on Tuesday announced the signing of Chadian midfielder Azrack Mahamat for the forthcoming third edition of the football tournament.

“One of my best memories is my excitement on being selected to go to the Clairfontaine national football center at the age of 13. I am feeling a similar excitement on joining the Kerala Blasters for ISL,” Mahamat said.

“The pace and level of the competition in India, especially in the ISL is now of international standards and I look forward to playing under coach Steve Coppell.”

His debut on the Chad national team came in September 2008 against Sudan.

On May 2010 he made his first-team club debut, coming on as a substitute for Iván Alonso and playing the entire second half against Valencia CF. He has made 14 appearances in all for the Chad national side.

Head coach Coppell said, “Azrack is a good addition to our side and he will add a new dimension to our game on the field.”

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