August 28, 2017

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Vol XXVII No. 263

DIMAPUR, monday, august 28, 2017 Pages 12 ` 4.00

Trump’s cybersecurity advisors resign en masse

Messi strikes down Alaves 2-0

Justice Khehar’s tenure as CJI saw two landmark verdicts

international, Page 9

sports, Page 11

national, Page 5

Oppn pan-India grand alliance to take on BJP

NPCC to contest all 60 seats in 2018; PM Modi slams Dera violence Rahul to kick-start campaign by Oct end

PATNA, AUG 27 (AGENCIES): From the platform of Lalu Prasad’s grand antiBJP rally in Patna today, Sharad Yadav today promised a pan-India Grand Alliance that would take on the BJP at the next general election.

Sharad Yadav shared stage Sunday with Lalu Yadav, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav. The leader, who is staring at an expulsion from the JD(U) for defying orders to skip the rally, was greeted warmly by Lalu Yadav with an embrace on the dais.

“Hindustan bhar mein Gathbandhan banega ab,” Sharad Yadav roared to applause from the large gathering at a rally here organised

by RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad. Without naming Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is also the JD(U) president, Sharad Yadav said, “I would like to remind those who broke the Grand Alliance in Bihar that now we will form the Grand Alliance at the national level.”

He warned saying: “If politics and religion mix, it will create troubles like what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

NEW DELHI, AUG 27 (AGENCIES): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed concern over happenings in Haryana in which 36 people were killed following conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, saying violence in the name of any faith will not be tolerated and the guilty definitely punished.

Everybody will have to bow before the law, he said.

Addressing his monthly “Mann ki Baat” programme on All India Radio, Modi said: “I want to assure my countrymen that people who take law into their own hands and are on the path of violent suppression -- whether it is a person or a group -- neither this country nor any government will tolerate it. Each and every person will have to abide by the law; the law will fix accountability and the guilty will unquestionably be punished.”

“We have been hearing and saying ‘Ahimsa Parmo Dharmah’ (non-violence is

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Petrol price up by Rs 6/litre since July; diesel Rs 3.67

NEW DELHI, AUG 27 (AGENCIES): Petrol price has been hiked by Rs 6 per litre since the beginning of July and is now priced at its highest rate in three years with rates being revised in small dosages daily. Diesel price has increased by Rs 3.67 a litre, the highest in four months, according to data from state-owned oil companies.

State-owned oil companies in June dumped the 15-year old practice of revising rates on 1st and 16th of every month and instead adopted a dynamic daily price revision to instantaneously reflect changes in cost.

Prices of petrol and diesel have been revised at 0600 hrs everyday since June 16. Rates during the first fortnight dropped but have since July 3 been on the rise.

“Previously, everybody felt the pinch when rates would go up by Rs 2 or 3 per litre in one go. Now they are being increased by 1 paisa to 15 paise a litre everyday, hikes that have largely gone unnoticed,” a senior oil company executive said.

This is it!

“Even if they accuse us of being corrupt, one thing they must admit is we are focussed on Naga solution.”

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Says, violence in the name of faith won’t be tolerated

Narendra Modi (File)

supreme) since our childhood. In my address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, I had said that violence in the name of faith will not be tolerated, whether it is communal belief systems, whether it is subscribing to political ideologies, whether it is allegiance to a person or customs and traditions. No one has the right to take the law into one’s own hands in the name of one’s beliefs,” he said.

He also called for a 15-day campaign ahead of Gandhi Jayanti to take message of “Cleanliness is service” to every home and said festivals should be transformed into symbols of cleanliness in the new India.

He greeted people on festivals of Samvatsari Parva, Ganesh Chaturthi, Onam and Eid-ul-Zuha.

Modi praised Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind for its con-

tribution in the Gujarat flood relief, particularly for cleaning 22 temples and two mosques after the flood waters receded. He said: “When on the one hand, a sense of festivity pervades the land, and on the other, news of violence comes in, from a part of the country, it is only natural of be concerned.

Modi said the campaign for cleanliness launched by his government will mark its third anniversary on the October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, and positive results were being seen.

Noting toilet coverage has increased from 39 percent of population to almost 67 percent and more than 2.3 lakh villages have declared themselves open defecation free, he called for “Swachchata Hi Sewa (Cleanliness is Service) campaign at least 15-20 days prior to Gandhi Jayanti.

He also urged the nation to begin the campaign of “teach to transform, educate to empower and learn to lead” on the occasion of Teachers Day on September 5, while paying tribute to former President S. Radhakrishan whose birth day it is celebrated on.

Referring to National

Sports Day on August 29, Modi said “sports should become part of our lives”, advising the younger generation that “playing field is more important than play station (video game).”

“If we are a young nation, our youth should get manifested in the field sports as well. Sports means physical fitness, mental alertness and personality enhancement. What else does one need?”

Cong attacks PM: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s for his assertion that ‘violence in the name of faith would not be tolerated’ and ‘everyone will have to bow before the law’, the Congress on Sunday questioned why, even after such repeated statements by the head of the nation, such atrocities were not ending.

“I don’t understand.

Prime Minister Modi said that violence can’t be accepted at any cost. He had also said such things earlier also. But it has not stopped till now. I want to ask who is responsible for all this violence. Today what is happening in the name of faith of religion, the same thing happened earlier too and it’s been continuing for the last three years,” Congress leader Meem Afzal told ANI.

NPCC delegation with Rahul Gandhi and other AICC party functionaries in Delhi.

D I M A P U R , AU G 2 7 (NPN): After having met AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, vice president, Rahul Gandhi and other senior party leaders earlier this week in Delhi, the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has finalised the “action strategies” to contest in all the 60 seats in the 2018 assembly elections.

Informing this through a press note, NPCC media cell said that the party would carry out extensive campaign “to call upon the voters of the state to vote out the BJP-RSS and their comfort political parties.”

NPCC also informed that the Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi has agreed to to kick-start the assembly election campaign and address the party’s state level convention, proposed to be held by October end.

Former Finance minister and senior Congress leader, P Chidambaram will also attend the event, NPCC said.

According to the media cell, the delegation led by NPCC president, K Therie held series of meeting to finalise strategies for the upcoming assembly elections due in February/March 2018. The delegation included-- vice president, V. Lasuh; general secretary, Jonathan Ao and media cell chairman, Capt. GK Zhimomi.

The delegates also met Motilal Vora (AICC treasurer), Dr CP Joshi (general secretary AICC I/c NE states) and Dr. K. Jayakumar (secretary I/c Nagaland) to fine tune the action plan that incorporated the suggestions and directives of Congress president. The main objective of Congress would be

to provide clean governance with zero tolerance towards corruption. NPCC also reaffirmed its commitment “to defend freedom of faith, culture, customs, social practices and our land.”

The party further vowed to protect Nagaland from being destroyed by communal forces in connivance with regional forces, saying “our ancestors were proud warriors and have paid with their life and blood to protect them”.

NPCC reiterated that since Nagaland and its people were equal partners in the Union of India as provided in the Constitution, it would not allow the BJP-RSS to hold the Naga people and the state to ransom by taking advantage of regional parties who have no principles or ideology to withstand the onslaught of their communal and divisive agenda.

Don’t vote for any party that destroys citizens’ rights: ABAM appeals to all D I M A P U R , AU G 2 7 (NPN): Expressing deep concern over persecution of Christians across the country, the Ao Baptist Church Association (ABAM) appealed to all to send out a strong message to the government that if there was no intervention to look into the issue, the people would “not support the party that does not bother about the Christians”, be it in state or national elections.

“If we were to restore our rights as citizens of India and freely exercise the freedom of religion as enshrined in the Constitution of India, let us not vote for any political party which discriminates Christians and destroy our citizens rights in the forth coming Nagaland Legislative Assembly election,” ABAM executive

secretary stated in a press release.

ABAM noted that Nagaland, despite being a Christian dominated state, the practices of other religious faith had never been impeded nor compelled upon anyone to adopt Christian faith, saying “faith is based on one’s free will.”

It further went on to point out that Nagaland had always been a democratic state, making it a place for everyone to enjoy one’s own rights. “As a Christian state, the dream of the people is to make the land a land of peace and prosperity where all the citizens and visitors alike enjoy the harmonious environment,” ABAM stated.

ABAM said: “Christianity is all about love which overcomes all evil; it does

not teach division, hatred, violence and anything that pertains to human discomfort which makes Nagaland a special and safest place to live in.”

Despite Nagaland being strictly accustomed with the ethnic traditions and cultures, ABAM said that the people faithfully adhered to the Constitution of India-where freedom of religion has been the beauty of the land.

India being secular and the second most populous country on earth, with Christian making up just 2.3%, ABAM however lamented that the “so called democracy seemed to be disappearing into oblivion in the country with the present plight and snubs that the minority was experiencing.”

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India facing severe under-employment issue NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (PTI): Making a case for promoting highly productive and well-paid jobs, Niti Aayoghas said that not unemployment but a “severe underemployment” is the main problem facing the country. The government think-tank in its three-year action plan, released last week, has said that a focus on the domestic market through an import-substitution strategy would give rise to a group of relatively small firms behind a high wall of protection.

“Contrary to some assertions that India’s growth has been ‘jobless’, the Employment Unemployment Surveys (EUS) of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) have consistently reported low and stable rates of unemployment over more than three decades.

“Indeed, unemployment is the lesser of India’s problems. The more serious problem, instead, is severe underemployment,” the Aayog said in the Three-Year Action Agenda for 2017-18 to 2019-20.

“What is needed is the creation of high-productivity, high-wage jobs,” it said further. Citing examples of top manufacturing countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and China, it said, “The ‘Make in India’ campaign needs to succeed by manufacturing for global markets.”

Noting that with Chinese wages ris-

ing due to an ageing workforce and many large-scale firms in labour-intensive sectors currently manufacturing in that country are looking for lower-wage locations, the Aayog said, “with its large workforce and competitive wages, India would be a natural home for these firms.”

“Therefore, the time for adopting a manufactures- and exports-based strategy could not be more opportune,” it added.

The Aayog in its ‘Three Year Action Agenda’ also recommended for the creation of a handful of Coastal Employment Zones (CEZ), which may attract multinational firms in labour-intensive sectors from China to India. “The presence of these firms will give rise to an ecosystem in which local small and medium firms will also be induced to become highly productive thereby multiplying the number of well-paid jobs,” it observed.

Making a case for reforming labour laws, the Aayog also noted that recently fixed-term employment has been introduced in the textiles and apparel industry.

“This option may be extended to all sectors. The change will encourage employers to rely on regular fixed-term employment instead of contract workers, especially when hiring workers for specific projects or for meeting seasonal demand,” it said.

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DLSU, TSUK, SCC organise freshers’ meet

Moatoshi Longkumer. (NP) Staff Reporter

D I M A P U R , AU G 2 7 (NPN): Dimapur Lotha Students’ Union (DLSU) held its 2nd fresher’s meetcum-3rd academic excellency award at Lotha Hoho Ki here on Saturday.

Hundreds of students studying in various colleges in Dimapur clad in their traditional attires attended the programme held in two sessions.

On the occasion, a special dedicatory prayer for the students including the freshers was conducted by the pastor Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur (LBCD) Rev. Zanao Mozhui.

The first session was graced by retired additional director Land Resource and mission director Bio Resource Mission, Moatoshi Longkumer as chief patron and social entrepreneur Ringo Odyuo as guest of honour.

In his speech, Moa-

Veswusayi Kezo. (NP)

toshi reminded the students to have the burning desire to learn saying that academic excellence required good skills, discipline and hard work.

He urged the students to play their own part before seeking support of the parents, teachers and the community.

Reminding the students that there was no substitute to hard work, he called upon the learning community to seek academic excellence and not to be contended with what they are. He further encouraged the students to take decision what they want to become in life before joining the college.

G u e s t o f h o n o u r, Ringo said that Naga youths are second to none and that given the opportunity the youths have the talent to excel in every field.

However, he lamented on the current scenario faced by the people in the

state. He therefore urged the students, who were considered as the leader of tomorrow, to take the lead and bring the changes.

“We all are leaders, so be prepared from now to face the challenges”, he added.

The second session witnessed the crowning of Mr. and Miss. Freshers to Mhademo Kikon from Unity College and Jonchibeni Ngullie from St. John respectively.

The judges were- helicopter base, manager and base operational director, Mhonjan Lotha; Miss Nagaland 2003 Sentienla P. Ezung and Miss Dimapur 2012 Nzanbeni Kithan Ovung.

TSUK: The Thenyizumi Students’ Union Kohima Kohima (TSUK) held its 22nd general session-cumfresher’s day with under-secretary of Home, Veswusayi Kezo as the guest speaker at LCS building Kohima

MPC& RCM hold joint discussion prog

Members of the Rotary Club along with the members of Mokokchung Press Club at Rotary House, Mokokchung on August 26.

DIMAPUR: Mokokchung Press Club (MPC) and Rotary Club Mokokchung (RCM) held a joint discussion programme on August 26, at Rotary house Mokokchung, on the topic “discourse on conservation” .

The discussion was moderated by MPC presi-

dent Limalenden Longkumer.

Members from Anglers Association Mokokchung, Interact members from Jubilee Memorial School and Mayangnokcha Hr. sec School also participated in the discussion.

The discussion on

conservation was looked at from a global perspective in the local context.

DRPO Mokokchung Chuba Walling and Limasenla from the MPC, one student each from the two representative schools, president of the Anglers Association Mokokchung, Er.Yanger and Temsu Jamir from the Rotary Club were the few members who spoke on various areas of conservation, environmental issues and concerns.

The discourse ended with all members resolving to make efforts towards saving the environment through “conservation with sustainable practise”.

The meeting was chaired

by Rotary Club, president Dr. Sunep.

Temjem Imna Along Longkumer. on August 26. Kezo in his address said success and excellence were the same sides of a coin but came with a lot of spins and turns laced with huge effort. He reminded that education can be bought but knowledge can only be gained. He asked the students to take pride in their achievements and also reminded that they should enjoy the fruit of their success and be counted as asset by the society.

He reminded the students’ community that nobody can change the past but can shape the future. He urged the gathering to value and preserve the culture and dialect and also know their roots. He reminded them not to forget their root and how they have been brought up accordingly.

In his concluding note, he said that the history and origin of the village was yet to be documented or researched properly. In this light, he called upon

the new generation to undertake thorough research on the history and culture before all source of reliable account was lost.

The pukrayi Nienu VDB secretary, Thenyizumi in his short address said the students should not aim only at getting good marks but also to find a way to earn their livelihood. He urged the students to learn good habits and values for the upliftment of the society.

During the program, successful students of HSLC & HSSLC examination 2017 were also felicitated.

New TSUK executive for the tenure 2017-18 was announced during the program with Veduto Theyo as the president and Nukedu Dawhuo as vice-president.

(Correspondent) SCC: Salt Christian college (SCC), Dimapur observed its 26th freshers meet on August 26 at Meren Chapel Hall, with

TemjemImna Along Longkumer, chairman & MD REM Group, Nagaland as the chief guest.

Speaking on the occasion, Longkumer said if one does not built something for the future generation, then one does not have the right to be a student.

He challenged the students to build their future strong and daring without scepticism, hypocrisy and ism. He asserted that the future has to be built from now and urged the gathering to say yes to things that were right. He said students were the structure and epitome of the society and that it must be strongly structured.

Pointing out the bad roads, unemployment problems in the state and talking about the change in Naga society, he questioned the students “are we willing to face this general election with truth and built the future together.” To be a future leader, he said one should be humble, hard working and to take the lead.

Principal of the college, Dr Ramsurat Maurya exhorted the students, while Rev. Thebemo, campus minister blessed the freshers and gathering. Other highlights of the programme included speech on behalf of freshers, songs, dance and other entertainment items.

Mr & Miss Freshers 2017 went to Sevo of BA 1st semester and Werozi of BA 1st semester.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur monday, august 28, 2017

news in brief DC and DEO Kohima informs: Deputy commissioner (DC) and district election officer (DEO) has informed that draft list of polling stations for 8 Western Angami A/C, 9 Kohima Town A/C, 10 Northern Angami – I A/C, 11 Northern Angami – II A/C, 14 Southern Angami – I A/C and 15 Southern Angami – II A/C has been published and a copy is available for inspection in the election branch, office of the DC & DEO Kohima and also on the notice board. Any claims or objections to the draft list should be submitted in written on or before September 4.

FTC informs on written open Bible quest 2017: Faith Theological College (FTC) would be conducting the “written open Bible quest 2017” on September 3, 2 p.m at FTC, Urra Villa Colony, Dimapur. All church leaders, school/college authority, hostel proprietors have been requested to send maximum candidates for the open competition. The quest is open to all from age 3 to 35 years. The exam portion will be from 1 Kings (OT), Colossians, I and II Thessalonians, I and II Timothy.

For further details contact at 9436425173/9856319201 /9774870677/7005091090.

NEPEx Dimapur: District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Dimapur will be conducting Nagaland Emergency Preparedness Exercise (NEPEx) on August 30, 11 a.m at some identified offices/ institutions/locations in Dimapur.

Corrigendum: Apropos the news in brief published on August 27 under “DC Kohima informs” be read as meeting would be held on August 29 and not as rendered.

DAPCU conducts sensitization programme for students

DIMAPUR: DAPCU Peren conducted sensitization programme on HIV/AIDS, blood safety, stigma and discrimination, availing facilities and motivation on blood donation at Baptist Higher Secondary School, Peren on August 26. A press note by DIS Peren, Ngauzeulungbe stated that students of classes eleven, ten and 9 were divided into two groups and were sensitised by DPO, Rovi Mor and Ngauzeulungbe DIS, DAPCU Peren NSACS. Pre and post test in relation with HIV and AIDS was also done.

Free blood grouping was also availed by the teachers and students. Programme assistant, DAPCU Pauheugau and ICTC Peren counsellor, Pelhuzenuo recorded the events and Aojungla Lab tech conducted the test.

Nyiro range public organisation launched

DIMAPUR: Nyiro Range comprising of seven villages, under Wokha district officially launched its common public forum, named as Nyiro Range Public Organisation (NRPO) at Government High school, Nyiro Yanthamo village on August 26 .

Sessional chairman NRPO Yankhosao Ezung in his address during the launching programme said that Nyiro range public had felt the need for a common platform, in order to have more peaceful coexistence, unity and usher friendship among the seven villages.

He said the objective of the organisation was to work for the socioeconomic activities and

development of the seven sister villages. The chairman informed that the organisation not political in nature and would not work on political interest unlike other organisations.

The chairman reminded the gathering that Nyiro Range/area, was one of the most under-developed area under Wokha district, in regard to road links or any other governmental infrastructure. Therefore he appealed the area public in general for more cooperation to work for the future prospects.

The launching programme was attended by more than 1500 participants, from 10 units including, Nyiro Range

The participants during NRPO launching programme at Nyiro Yanthamo village under Wokha district on August 27.

Chairman Union, Nyiro Range GBs union, Nyiro Range VDB secretaries, Nyiro Range Offi-

cers Union, Nyiro Range Students Union, Nyiro Range Youth Organisation, Wokha Town Nyiro

Assam Rifles conduct various activities across Nagaland

5 AR Zunheboto.

7 AR Kiphire.

7 AR interaction with GBs.

9 AR Khomi village.

15 AR Shamator.

35 AR Naginimora.

DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles as part of its civic action programme has been conducting activities in various parts of Nagaland.

5 AR lecture Zunheboto: 5 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters IGAR (North) organized a lecture on wildlife conservation and Amur Falcon for the students of Assam Rifles School, Zunheboto on August 22. According to PRO IGAR (N) Kohima K

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the lecture featured about the migratory bird called “Amur Falcon” and called upon all present to assist in the conservation of the bird in Nagaland.

7 AR Kiphire: 7 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) conducted free medical checkup for the students of Agape School, Kiphire on August 21, to provide free medical treatment to students of Agape school.

Medical team examined 200 students and distributed free medicines to the ailing students.

15 AR DAN: 15 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (N) organized an awareness camp on drugs free Nagaland at Straightway Mission School, Dan on August 21.

The aim of the camp was to give knowledge about narcotics, drugs, tobacco, its addiction and negative

impact on physical and mental health. Altogether 55 students and teachers attended the event.

7 AR interaction with GBs and local: 7 Assam Rifles (AR) under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) organised an interaction with GBs and local organisation heads in Anutongre, Akhegwo and Longmatre on August 23.

The aim of the interaction programme was to

spread awareness about civic assistance and job opportunities for the locals.

The event witnessed a large attendance by GBs and youths of the region.

At the end a pledge was taken to work together towards development and maintaining peace in the region.

9 AR Khomi village: 9 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) organised a lecture

on awareness about Amur Falcon at Chizami village on August 25. Importance of protection of Amur falcon was stressed during the programme.

Meanwhile, 9 AR organised a free medical camp at Khomi Village.

A team of medical staff under 2IC C Satyaranjan, CMO provided medical assistance and medicines to 206 people including 80 Males, 85 females and

41 children. Apart from the medical assistance, a lecture was also delivered on HIV/ AIDS, and health education including precautions from common viral diseases. Importance of hygiene and sanitation was also explained to the villagers for healthy lifestyle.

15 AR Shamator: 15 Assam Rifles (AR) under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) organized a lecture on awareness about Amur Falcon at Govt Middle School, Shamator on August 25, at government middle school.

It was also informed to the students that Nagaland is recognised as the Falcon capital of world, thus it was responsibility of everyone to preserve and protect the Amur Falcon.

35 AR Naginimora: 35 Assam Rifles (AR) under the aegis of HQ IGAR (N) organised a lecture on wildlife conservation at Assam Rifles Public School, Naginimora on August 22.

The event was organised to spread awareness on wildlife conservation amongst all. The lecture was attended by two officers, 45 students and five teachers. Special emphasis was given on Amur Falcon to create awareness on the migratory bird amongst the children.

Range Union, Kohima Town Nyiro Range Union and Dimapur Area Nyiro Range Union.

Council members on shifting of dumping site DIMAPUR: Keeping in view the ill effects of environmental pollution, the joint councils of Model Colony East Dimapur (MCED), Darogajan village council (DVC), Kushiabill village council (KVC) and Bamunpukhuri ‘A’ village council (BAVC) has firmly supported the stand of Sunrise Colony Dimapur in regard to shifting of dumping ground of garbage.

A joint press note by Model Colony East Dimapur GB L. Vikuto Wotsa and chairman; Darogajan village council GB and chairman; Kushiabill village council GB and chairman and Bamunpukhuri ‘A’ village council GB and chairman have extended support to the demand of Sunrise Colony against the Municipal Affairs department for failing to shift the dumping ground at the present location situated at Sunrise Colony and very close to Dhansiri river and other municipal areas.

The signatories stated that environment pollution was an issue that affected every living being and urged the department concerned to re-locate the dumping site to another area for a clean and healthy environment.

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WEATHER FORECAST August 28

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala An afternoon thunderstorm

32 25

Aizawl

A thunderstorm or two

Guwahati Cloudy with a thunderstorm Imphal

A passing morning shower

28 20 33 25 30 20

Itanagar A morning thunderstorm or two 30 23 Shillong Couple of thunderstorms

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Kohima A thunderstorm in the area

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Dimapur A morning thunderstorm or two 32 24 Mkg

A couple of thunderstorms

28 20

Tuensang Some rain and a thunderstorm 22 17 Wokha

Partly sunny, a stray t-storm 26 22

Zunheboto Couple of thunderstorms

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(Inset) Dr. Sukhato addressing the gathering. Women folk presenting traditional item during AAJC programme on August 26. (NP)

Correspondent KO H I M A , AU G 2 7 (NPN): With the aim to foster unity and better relationship, Asukiqa Area Joint Council (AAJC) consisting of five villages, namely Asukiqa, Ghokimi, Tsaphimi, Puneboga and Kitami organized a programme in commemoration of the AAJC establishment with the theme “progressive unity” at Asukiqa village under Zunheboto district with retired principal director Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Sukhato A. Sema as the chief guest on August 26, some 76 km away from the state capital.

Dr. Sema in his address called upon the area people to work wholeheartedly to reap reward and enjoy the fruit of the hard labour,

reminding that the hard earned fruit was always sweet. He encouraged the parents of the area to train and give education to their children to be fit in this modern world. He said in this hi-tech and competitive world the children should be guided in the right way.

Citing the developmental activities lacking behind in the area, he expressed the need of the right leader to serve and work for the development of the area and range in future. He challenged the intellectuals, church workers, students and public to seriously ponder and work for the benefit of the area and the state.

He expressed his desire to serve the area people and the state to be the voice of the voiceless.

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commissioner Pughoboto, Avelu Ruho in her address as the guest of honour urged the gathering to continue the good relationship with neighbouring and the surrounding villages. She encouraged the gathering not to forget the good culture of “our” forefathers like honesty, being straight forward, sincere, integrity etc.

She urged the area people to look beyond the tribalism line and stay together cordially. Ruho also reminded the gathering the need of tolerance and acceptance with neighbours.

Public and GB union leaders from neighbouring villages of Rengma and Lotha also addressed the gathering.

While appreciating the villagers dwelling outside for attending the programme,

she reminded the importance of knowing their roots wherever they live. She said the council monolith being unveiled on the occasion should be the foundation of unity and vision and legacy for the future generation.

She also shared the concern and the need to avoid bad habit of suspicious nature and jealousy, so common in Naga society.

Earlier, the monolith of the AAJC establishment commemoration which was established in the year 2015 was unveiled by the chief guest.

The programme was led by Vihoshe Assumi GB convenor AAJC, recorded

by Vikato Swu VDB secretary Asukiqa, innovation prayer by Vikiho Achumi pastor TBC, welcome address delivered by Ghunakha GB treasurer AAJC. Asheto Achumi secretary AAJC shared the history of AAJC, traditional dances were performed by various villages and the area GB members received prayer from the church leaders.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Khuwoto Assumi chairman AAJC while benediction prayer was said by Tuyi Kappo pastor KBC. Hundreds of members attended the programme including members coming from Kohima, Dimapur and others places.

KDLSA panel lawyers with Sunday school children.

D I M A P U R : Ko h i m a District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) organised legal awareness on child friendly legal services to children and their protection scheme 2015 with Sunday school children of City Church Kohima and Ao Baptist Church Kohima AG fellowship on August 27.

At Ao Baptist Church,

Wapangienla panel lawyer KDLSA discussed on the topic Child Labour Act 1986, JJ act 2000, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006, R.T.E, Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 and Cyber Crime. The programme was chaired by Yangpila Anar panel lawyer KDLSA. At City Church, Ap-

ila Sangtam, panel lawyer KDLSA spoke on POCSO Act, 2012 and JJ Act 2015, while Nancy Lotha, panel lawyer KDLSA spoke on Cyber Crimes.

Hekali, Sunday school superintendent thanked the KDLSA for organising such awareness programme which she mentioned was the need of the hour.

NPF P&IC hits back at Dr. Shürho and group

DIMAPUR, AUG 27 (NPN): NPF Pres & Information Cell (P&IC) criticized “Dr Shürhozelie and his minority group of calling the MLAs and party functionaries supporting the leadership of NPF president Neiphiu Rio as ‘political tourists’ and ‘professional defectors’ without looking at himself in the mirror first.”

To set the record straight, P&IC stated that Dr. Shürhozelie was not even a founding member of the erstwhile Nagaland People’s Council and had no significant role in the formation of the Naga People’s Front, but had been habitually claiming ownership and take credit of the Cock party.

However, it said the greatest achievement of Dr. Shürhozelie was getting the NPC party derecognized in 1998 during his tenure as president for boycotting the general elections that year.

P&IC recalled that Dr. Shürhozelie had, much against the wishes of his

colleagues, abandoned the party to contest the 1999 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent candidate only to face a miserable defeat. Therefore, P&IC said he had no moral authority to slander others.

It reminded that the MLAs and party functionaries had not defected but had consciously chosen the side which was legal in its claim according to the laws of the country.

P&IC said it was unbecoming and unfortunate, that the acts of standing on the truth and upholding the provisions of law should be negated as political defection and political tourism.

Despite the fact that the minority NPF group could not muster courage to face the floor test on July 1, 2017, P&IC said Dr. Shürhozelie created history in Nagaland by becoming the first unelected chief minister to run away from his bounden duty of proving his majority in the Assembly. This spoke volumes of their coward-

ice and utter lack of respect for democracy and its norms, P&IC stated.

P&IC said “Their own undemocratic actions got themselves dismissed and therefore, they should desist from pinning the blame on others.”

It fur ther pointed out that since the district courts, High Court and Supreme Court dismissed/ rejected all their petitions/ appeals, they had nowhere left to go and nothing left to do except find fault with everyone including the courts.

To this, P&IC wondered whether they meant to state that the Constitution of India and the Courts of law were all wrong and that only they were right.

Rubbishing the allegation that the majority group was “perhaps” using money to lure members of the minority NPF group, P&IC said they trust and respect the wisdom of their supporters who understand the democratic aspects and dynamics of

party politics. On the contrary, P&IC said it was no secret as to who allegedly used huge amounts of money openly in the recently concluded byeelections to get elected at any cost.

P&IC further reminded that the status of the NPF party was clear as Neiphiu Rio enjoyed majority support of the MLAs and CEC members mentioned in the original list (2015-January 31st 2020 tenure) which was submitted to the ECI after the November 26, 2014 NPF General Convention.

Therefore, P&IC said any expulsion/suspension/nomination/appointment of new CEC member(s) or central office bearer(s) thereafter would have no effect on the existing list.

Even if the minority group may try to manipulate the list by making new additions, P&IC said it would not be acceptable to ECI. On the other hand, it

said whatever arguments may be put forth by the disputing parties, the final decision would be taken by the ECI which is the appropriate authority.

P&IC has therefore appealed to all sections of the party and the people to understand the situation and think rationally as to who was indulging in undemocratic activities and who was standing by the laws of the Constitution of India and the NPF constitution.

Wi t h t h e m a t t e r placed before the Election Commission of India, P&IC said the NPF under its president, Neiphiu Rio does not desire or aspire to fight a senseless media war. It also made known that their “dignified silence should not be misconstrued as weakness or inability to counter the blatant lies propagated by the minority NPF group”, saying they were everready to retort with legal facts and genuine figures as and when deemed necessary.

Students’ and teachers’ representatives of Zakiesato Memorial Higher Secondary School Dimapur along with administrator, principal and wife of school proprietor visited Wondang-Ki orphanage on August 28.

Unity College of Teacher Education (UCTE) Dimapur held its 6th freshers’ day on August 26 with Dr. Fr. A. J. Sebastian as the chief guest. Pongsen Soba and Kumari Priya were crowned Mr and Ms Fresher, 2017.

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Senior divisional accountants with faculty members.

DIMAPUR: Treasuries & Accounts Training Institute (T&ATI) Dimapur conducted refreshers course for sr. divisional accountants and valedictory function was held on August 25 at T&ATI Dimapur.

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Advisor Training Institute, Zubemo Odyuo emphasised on the benefits

of training programmes and that accounts matters were applicable throughout service life.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by deputy director, Temsuinla Aier and Sr. DA, Kikumzulu spoke on behalf of trainees.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland University Students’ Union, Lumami (NUSU-L) celebrated its 20th varsity freshers meet on August 25 at I. Ihoshe Kinimi hall on the theme “Erudite” where DC Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel graced the occasion as the chief guest.

The chief guest inspired the students by sharing his struggles and difficulties of his early days.

The most important thing he said was the education that he received from govt. school because his father could not afford a better private institution. He also encouraged the students to set goals, acquire continuous knowledge , work hard with devotion and perseverance to be successful in life.

The programme was chaired by H. Hisaka Kibami and was followed by invocation by Bichumo N. Lotha, convenor Lotha fellowship and welcome address was given by K.

Chumseli Anar, president NUSU (L). Special song was presented by from Lumami vocal band and special prayer for the freshers was invoked by Elika, chaplin NUCF, speech on behalf of Fresher’s by Litsuvi Rume and special appearance was given

by Bendangtila. Vote of thanks was given by Esther Lohe, GS, NUSU (L) and benediction by Joel, convenor, Eastern Nagaland Students’ Fellowship.

The second session of the programme was hosted

by Nungshilila and Steve where Repekaba and band and also all the seven hostels of Lumami participated and entertained the crowd.

The title of Mr and Miss Fresher was bagged by Hazarat Adam and Narola Langur, followed by Mr Personality by K. Buche and Miss Congeniality by Sejang.

The title of Mr and Miss photogenic was bagged by Tekasangba and Ninen.

The show for the freshers’ was choreographed by Serfudin Ali and T. Lemteshi.

PUD members at the consultative meeting at Tourist Lodge, Dimapur on August 26.

DIMAPUR: Advisor of Treasurers and Accounts, LM&CP, Dr. TM Lotha on August 26, held a consultative meeting with Phiro Union Dimapur (PUD) at Tourist Lodge Dimapur.

A statement from BJP media and publicity 38 A/C said that the meeting was attended by around 100 members. Various pending developmental

issues pertaining to Phiro village and Wozhuro range in general were discussed at the meeting.

A prominent elder of PUD stressed on clean election and reminded the house that voters should restrain from selling votes for petty individual gains so that development in the village and the area would take place.

Another elder also urged upon the union to leave aside their personal gains but work together to uplft the village, media and publicity said.

After listening to the issue raised by the PUD, Dr.T.M Lotha appealed to them to stand united and assured to extend his service for the welfare of the village and its inhabitants.

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AMSU observes 52nd Hunger Marchers’ Day

Students paying floral tributes during the 52nd Hunger Marchers’ Day. Correspondent

IMPHAL, Aug 27: Commemorating the historic agitation launched by students against the artificial food scarcity in the state on this day in 1965, All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) Sunday observed the 52nd Hunger Marchers’ Day. Hundreds of students

braved the uninterrupted downpour to take part in a rally under the banner “Chaklam Khongchat” carried out on the streets in Imphal.

On this day in 1965, four students were killed when police and security forces fired towards students who were agitating against artificial food scarcity allegedly created by

over export of rice outside the state.

All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) which was founded as fall out of the incident has been observing the day as “Hunger Marchers’ Day” every year to remember the sacrifice made by the three students, Nabakumar, Chaobhal and Pramodini Devi and a driver of the AIR, Imphal

Nilamani.

Hundreds of students from various schools and colleges converged in Imphal’s Pishum Chinga to pay floral tributes.

The formal observance function began with the hoisting of flag by its president Manjit Saragthem at the student martyrs’ complex at Pishum Chingamacha.

They took out a rally on the streets in Imphal starting from the memorial site to DM College campus ground where a public meeting was held.

Placards with various slogans demanding repeal of AFSPA, abolition of inhuman draconian laws, control of price for essential commodities and non-governance by nonManipuri people in the state were displayed during the silent rally.

As a precautionary measure to check any untoward incident during the rally, a large number of policemen were deployed along the streets.

Speaking at the public meeting, AMSU president Manjit Sarangthem recalled the historic 1965 uprising of the students

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and said that student who took part in the protest were brutally charged and inhumanly assaulted by the security force.

The four students were killed inside the compound of the then chief commissioner of Manipur and several other student protestors’ were left with serious injury, he alleged.

Sarangthem said that Manipur, which had produced enough food grains to feed its entire population, was made dependent on others for food owing to over export.

Due to export and hoarding of rice by traders, the state is facing a famine like situation, alleged the students’ leader and demanded immediate stoppage of export of rice from the state.

Taking strong exception of the enforcement of Armed Forces (Special) Power Act in the region, the student leader also charged the Indian government of treating the people of the region as second class citizen. “We cannot be treated as second class citizen of the country. We must fight for our rights together,” he added.

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Man held for posing as Mnp CM’s PRO Correspondent

IMPHAL, Aug 27: Cyber Crime Unit of Imphal West district police arrested one person identified as Nameirakpam Abung Singh (36) for allegedly posing as “PRO” of Manipur chief minister on Sunday.

Police alleged that the arrested person introduced himself as PRO to chief minister and demanded huge amount of money with the promise of job in various departments.

Personnel of the cyber crime unit of Imphal West district police arrested him after thorough investigation into complaints from different persons who received the phone calls from the accused.

During the course of investigation, the unit identified the person and arrested him today, around 1.10 pm from his own house.

A cash amount of Rs 95,000 was recovered from his possession, the police added.

The police source added that the arrested person who admitted of committing the crime disclosed that he had taken Rs.8,00, 000 from a lady in July this year on the pretext of giving a job at JNIMS hospital.

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Assam flood situation improves Guwahati, Aug 27 (PTI): The flood situation in Assam improved substantially today although over 1.6 lakh people are still suffering across six districts of the state, an Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) report said.

Over 2.03 lakh people were suffering by the latest wave of flood across six districts of the state till yesterday.

The affected districts are Dhemaji, Barpeta, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon and Karbi Anglong.

The third wave of flood has so far claimed the lives of 73 persons across the state.

With these, the total number of persons died in flood- related incidents in Assam this year is 157,

including eight in Guwahati.

As per the report issued today, Morigaon is the worst affected with more than 92,000 sufferers, followed by Nagaon where 54,500 people were affected by the deluge.

Currently, 343 villages are under water and nearly 25,000 hectares of crop areas are inundated, the ASDMA said.

The authorities are running 91 relief camps and distribution centres in four districts, where 24,557 people are staying at present.

Currently, Dhansiri river at Numaligarh in Golaghat district, Katakhal at Matizuri in Hailakandi district and Kushiyara at Karimganj town are flowing above the danger marks.

Animal parts seized in Assam; two arrested GUWA H AT I , A u g 27 (Agencies): The Assam police on Saturday arrested two persons from Arunachal Pradesh and seized a huge consignment of animal parts from their possession.

The duo, Tabang Paro (47) and Taber Siram (38) of Arunachal’s Siang district, was later produced in a court which sent them to three days’ police custody.

The seized items included 43 deer heads with antler, two skins and as many heads of clouded leopard, one bear head and one skin of the animal, 800 grams of bones of different types, one hornbill beak, one wild goat head with antler and four otter skins.

The police seized the animal parts in northern Assam’s Dhemaji district bordering Arunachal after intercepting the car the accused were travelling in.

They were booked under various Sections of the Wildlife Protection Act. During interrogation, Taber Siram claimed that he was accompanying the other accused to Paro after missing a bus

to the Arunachal capital of Itanagar. The police suspected their involvement in the illicit trade.

Divisional forest officer, Prashant Dhanda, t o l d t h e N ew I n d i a n Express that the accused were arrested based on intelligence inputs. “Inputs were received from an informer of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, which later alerted the police and the forest department. The accused were pushed to come to this side from Arunachal and arrested,” he said.

Dhanda, confirming that the animals were from Arunachal, said that the seizure of the parts of clouded leopard, which is a Schedule-1 species, was a matter of concern. In regards to the deer and bear parts, forensic tests would reveal the kind of species, the forest officer said.

“This is the first such seizure in Dhemaji. If there is a racket, it will come to the fore during the investigation. We have The two detained men with the animal body parts. started getting leads and we are optimistic about police are handling the they may hand the accused getting more. For now, the case. However, if need be, over to us,” he added.

Police bust sex Father kills daughter in Tripura Tripura militants planning racket in Shillong Agartala, Aug 27 deceased, asserted that violence ahead of assembly polls SHILLONG, (Agencies): In a bi- he was helpless as by the Aug 27

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New Delhi, Aug 27 (PTI): Two persons were arrested for allegedly killing a dog at a public place in Delhi, a police officer said.

T David Haokip (23) and Lalminsang Khongsai (20), who hails from Manipur, were apprehended after they surrendered before the probe agency, Deputy Commissioner of Police of South District said.

A man had on August 15 filed a complaint, saying the accused, along with others, “brutally attacked” a stray dog with bricks in Munirka village, packed the animal in a bag and fled the spot. The act was captured on a CCTV camera, fixed on a building near the spot where the dog was killed.

An FIR was registered under the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, police said. During interrogation, the accused persons revealed that they killed the dog for consumption, they said.

Another accused, James, is absconding police said.

Agartala, Aug 27 (IANS): The outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is planning to indulge in violence before and during the next assembly elections due in February next year, a police officer quoted four surrendered extremists as saying on Sunday.

Four NLFT guerrillas who fled from their Bangladeshi hideout surrendered to the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday. The BSF handed over them to the Raishabari police station in Tripura’s Dhalai district.

“The surrendered terrorists said they fled from their Bangladeshi camp last week. The NLFT leaders recently started recruiting new cadres to create violence before and during the next assembly elections. The four surrendered rebels are part of the newly recruited militants,” SubDivisional Police Officer Jawahar Debbarma said here.

The militants told the police interrogators that the NLFT leaders in Bangladesh, supposed to provide them arms training, assured them that they could surrender after the next assembly polls and they would get

gripped various parts of Assam following the assault incident of indigenous people in Assam’s Nagaon town.

Pro-talk ULFA leader Anup Chetia on Sunday said, “We will not tolerate if any outsiders assaulted indigenous people in Assam.”

“If any outsider (Bangladeshi migrants) think that, Assam is not suitable for him or them, then he or they can left our soil. We are not welcoming them to the state. If anyone went aggressive, then we will also too,” the pro-talk ULFA leader said. Earlier, the pro-talk ULFA leaders on August 25 had threatened to take up arms again if the state government wouldn’t take appropriate measures to protect indigenous people of Assam.

The statement came from the pro-talk ULFA leaders after another Silapathar like situation was created in the Assam’s Nagaon town. According to the reports, a surrendered ULFA was allegedly as-

government jobs.

“The NLFT leaders did not give any arms training to them. Instead, after their recruitment in April, they had been doing numerous work including cleaning in the camps in Chittagong hill tracts (in Bangladesh),” the police official said.

Meanwhile, Tripura Police are trying to get another arrested NLFT extremist, Naresh Chakma, 34, who is now in the custody of Assam police.

On August 12, the Government Railway Police (GRP) had arrested the NLFT rebel at Badarpur railway junction in southern Assam. Over 600 cartridges were recovered from the extremist, a resident of Natun Bazar village in Gomati district in Tripura.

“Naresh also told Assam Police and GRP personnel that the NLFT has planned to incite violence in Tripura,” another police official said on the condition of anonymity.

NLFT cadres undergo arms training in several hideouts in Bangladesh, which shares a 1,880-km border with India.

Banned in 1997, the outlawed outfit had sought Tripura’s secession from India.

BJP leader of a particular community inside a commercial establishment in Nagaon few days back.

Following the incident, Nagaon police had arrested the wounded person and his three associates after the proprietor of the shop filed an FIR against them.

Pro-talk ULFA leader Arobinda Rajkhowa said that, the present state government has failed to protect indigenous people of Assam and the recent Nagaon incident proved it again.

“If the state government wouldn’t take appropriate measures to protect our people, we will take up arms again,” Arobinda Rajkhowa said. The pro-talk ULFA leaders also demanded the immediate release of surrendered ULFA members and to arrest the culprits behind the incident.

Meanwhile, tension still prevailed in Nagaon after several organisations staged protest against the incident and demanded immediate arrest all culprits behind the incident.

(Agencies): The city police busted a prostitution racket on Saturday evening and arrested 10 persons, including six girls.

Following information, police raided a house located at Mawblei, Madanrting Block B around 7 pm and arrested six sex workers and four men including a pimp and 3 personnel of 22 Assam Rifles.

The tenant, who was running the sex racket, however, managed to escape, police said.

Among the girls, some are from Khanapara and others from Garo Hills. Two of the girls are minors.

A case under Immoral Traffic Prevention Act was registered.

Guwahati, Aug 27 (Agencies): A lady journalist of a local news channel in Assam was killed when a speeding truck hit her in Guwahati on Saturday night.

According to the reports, the incident took place at GS road near Dona planet in the capital city of Assam.

The bricks laden truck hit the lady journalist, identified as Reema Sarma, while she was coming from Dona planet on her scooty.

Local people immediately rushed her to Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH), but the doctor declared brought death.

The truck had fled from the area after the incident.

Meanwhile, Guwahati city traffic police SP Amanjeet Kaur said police is trying to capture the truck and arrest the driver after watching the CCTV footage.

zarre incident in the remote area of Champahawar of Tripura’s Khowai district, a father killed a girl child by throwing her in a rivulet on Saturday.

Reshmi Debbarma, the mother of the deceased, alleged that her husband was under the influence of alcohol.

“My husband Rustam Debbarma has been torturing our daughter ever since she was born. On the fatal night, he returned home in an inebriated state and assaulted me.

As I went out of the room in fear, he threw the baby girl in the nearby rivulet,” she said.

Phanindra Debbarma, the grandfather of the

time he could do anything Rustam had already killed the child by throwing her into the rivulet.

Rustam, who has been arrested, confessed that he committed the crime out of anguish after he was beaten up by his wife.

Officer in charge, the Champahawar Police Station, Ajoy Chakma said, “At around 12:30, we came to know that the father had killed his ten-month-old daughter.”

“We have registered a case and started an investigation. The body has been sent to hospital for post-mortem. The culprit has been arrested and presented to the court,” he added.

SHILLONG, Aug 27 (Agencies): After two reshuffling in the Congress-led MUA-II government since its formation in 2013, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma is holding as many as 18 portfolios out of the 50 government departments.

While last August, the chief minister had axed Rowell Lyngdoh and AL Hek, two more ministers, Prestone Tynsong and Sniawbhalang Dhar were dropped earlier this month.

However, in the reshuffling, chief minister has benefitted the most since he held on to the major portfolios.

The portfolios being held by the chief minister include Agriculture, Administrative Reforms, Border Areas Development, Cabinet Affairs, Commerce

‘41,000 ballistic cases unsolved in Manipur’

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IMPHAL, Aug 27: A retired top officer of Manipur police Sunday alleged that over 41,000 ballistic cases remained unsolved with the state police department due to lack of ballistic testing equipments.

Speaking at a one-day consultation on “Criminal justice system in Manipur and AFSPA 1958” in Im-

phal, former additional DGP of Manipur police Ahanthem Romenkumar alleged that the forensic department of Manipur police lack sophisticated equipment which would help police investigations.

As per record of 201617, 41909 ballistic, 888 biology, 2089 chemistry, 12,822 documents and 56 toxicology cases were pending in the only forensic science

laboratory of state police department, he added.

The main reason behind so many pending cases were due to lack of adequate staff, infrastructure, modern equipments etc, the retired officer said.

The functioning of forensic science laboratory (FSL) was not satisfactory and this has handicapped the investigations, he added.

Mukul Sangma and Industries, District Councils, Finance, Fisheries, General Administration Department, Home (Jails), Legal Metrology, Mining and Geology, Personnel, Planning, Political, Programme Implementation and Evaluation, Tourism and Water Resources.

While Deputy Chief Minister RC Laloo is holding six departments, the

least number of portfolios is held by the new entrant Celestine Lyngdoh with two (PHE and Printing and Stationery). Other cabinet ministers hold portfolios ranging from four to three.

However, critics pointed out that even if the Cabinet ministers hold important departments, the chief minister has direct control over these portfolios which indicate that there is hardly any decentralisation of powers.

There is also criticism from various quarters that major decisions are taken by the chief minister while the Cabinet meetings are just a formality. Official sources, however, pointed out that inefficiency of some ministers may be the reason that the chief minister is holding on to so many departments.

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CBI to sentence Dera chief today; security upped

Security forces deployed at main junctions stand guard near a jail where Ram Rahim Singh is awainting sentencing, in Rohtak on Sunday.

Chandigarh, Aug 27 (IANS): Security forces were on high alert again on Sunday in Haryana and Punjab as both states braced for the announcement of quantum of punishment on Monday to Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh who has been convicted of rape by a CBI special court.

The sentencing will be done in a court being specially set up inside the District Jail premises in Sunaria near Rohtak, 70 km from Delhi, where Ram Rahim was brought and lodged after his conviction.

Special Central Bureau of Investigation judge Jagdeep Singh, who had Friday held the Dera chief guilty of raping and sexually exploiting two female disciples in 2002, will be flown to Rohtak on Monday for announcing the

quantum of punishment.

Curfew was reimposed in Haryana’s Sirsa town, where the sect’s headquarters are located, on Sunday and security forces braced themselves for any eventuality in and around Rohtak town in view of sentencing of the sect chief, who has lakhs of followers mainly in Punjab and Haryana.

The areas affected by violence in both states remained peaceful on Sunday even though security forces remained on high alert in both states, officials said.

In Sirsa, 260 km from here, where curfew was relaxed on Sunday morning for three hours, saw more Dera followers heading for the sprawling sect headquarters on the outskirts of the town as tension still prevailed.

The army and paramilitary forces are stationed outside the complex and have appealed repeat-

edly to the sect followers to vacate the premises.

However, local authorities said that thousands of followers were still inside the complex, which is like a mini-city with a huge stadium, educational institutions, factories, markets and hospitals inside.

A media team from a national news channel was attacked in Sirsa by Dera followers, who chased and assaulted them in presence of the Haryana Police.

The attackers tried to snatch their camera and damaged it. The media team got minor injuries before they were rescued by security forces in the vicinity. However, the assailants took away their car.

Dera followers had attacked the media in Panchkula on Friday after the rape case verdict against the sect chief and outdoor broadcasting vehicles were set on fire by the mobs.

Har yana Director General of Police B.S. Sandhu meanwhile said that no incident was reported from anywhere in the state in the past 24 hours.

“Our top priority is to ensure security for the sentencing in Sunaria (Rohtak) tomorrow (Monday). We are fully prepared with police personnel, paramilitary forces and Army on stand-by,” he said.

“We have searched and sanitised all premises of the sect at various places,” he said, adding 826 arrests have been made so far in connection with the violence.

Authorities are apprehending that the situation could take a violent turn following the sentencing of the disgraced godman on Monday.

With tension building up in some parts of Haryana and Punjab in wake of the sentencing, both states suspended mobile

of client, business relationship, nature and value of transactions based on the overall money laundering and terrorist financing risks involved, the rules state.

Under PMLA, every reporting entity is required to maintain a record of all transactions of value exceeding Rs.10 lakh, all cross border wire transfers of more than ₹5 lakh and all purchase and sale of immovable property of Rs.50 lakh or more.

Rules provide for “due diligence” by the reporting entity to prevent money laundering or terrorist financing. After the amendment, the DGGSTI would now keep a track of transactions in the gems and jewellery sector to see if they are conformity with law.

Under the PMLA, ‘Regulator’ is defined as an authority or a Government which is vested with the

power to license, authorise, register, regulate or supervise the activity of reporting entities or the Director as may be notified by the Government for a specific reporting entity or a class of reporting entities or for a specific purpose.

Experts said this is likely to give power to DGGSTI in the line with that of a Sales Tax officers to go to shops and check whether money laundering has happened. Nangia & Co Executive Director (Taxation) Neha Malhotra said that through this amendment, the DG GST Intelligence has been made PMLA regulator for the gems and jewellery sector.

“This sector has to ensure that they are compliant with the law, since now they are directly under the lens

of the DGGSTI who shall keep an eye on any money laundering activities in this sector,” Malhotra said.

The DG GSTI is the new name given to the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), which was mandated to check service tax and central excise duty evasion.

Ahead of the roll out of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, the government had strengthened DGSTI for detecting excise and service tax evasion using its intelligence network across the country. It also alerts field formations about the latest trends in the duty or tax evasion.

During the last financial year, DGCEI detected tax evasion worth Rs.15,047 crore during financial year 2016-17.

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With tension building up ahead of the sentencing of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Monday, the Haryana and Punjab governments on Sunday suspended mobile internet services till Au-

The seven security personnel of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had allegedly tried to free him when the self-styled godman was brought outside the court after his conviction.

Sedition and attempt to murder charges have been slapped against seven persons, including five Haryana police personnel, who were part of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief ’s security paraphernalia when he arrived at Panchkula to appear in a CBI court on August 25, 2017.

“Sedition charge has been slapped against seven persons, including five Haryana police personnel,” Karambir Singh, Inspector, Panchkula Police (Sector-5), said on August 27, 2017.

They had also been charged for attempt to murder, he added.

The seven security personnel of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had al-

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Internet services till August 29 (Tuesday). In Haryana, all schools and other educational institutions have been ordered to remain closed on Monday.

Prohibitory orders, barring the assembly of five or more persons and carrying of firearms and other weapons, have been imposed in Fatehabad, Kaithal and Ambala districts.

The conviction verdict led to violence leaving 36 people dead. Of these, 30 died in Panchkula, where the court was located, while six died in Sirsa town. Over 250 people were injured.

gust 29 (Tuesday).

Both states had suspended mobile internet services earlier on August 24 (Thursday), a day before the verdict of the CBI special court in Panchkula in the rape case against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

The quantum of punishment in the case would be pronounced on Monday at a special court being set up in the prison premises in Rohtak. The judge would be flown to Rohtak on Monday for announcing the sentence.

“The Haryana gover nment has extended the suspension of mobile internet services, including 2G, 3G, 4G, CDMA and GPRS, all SMS services and dongle services provided on mobile networks, except voice calls, in the state till 11.30 a.m. on August 29,” Haryana Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Home, Ram Niwas said here on Sunday.

Sedition, attempt to murder charges slapped on security men

GST intelligence arm to regulate gems & jewellery New Delhi, AUG 27 (AGENCIES): The newly created GST intelligence arm, Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence, has been named the regulator for dealing with money laundering cases in the gems and jewellery sector.

The Finance Ministry last week amended the Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005 to make the Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence (DGGSTI) the regulator with respect to the gems and jewellery sector, said the notification.

The regulator under PMLA issues guidelines and prescribes measures to establish client identity in different transactions. It may prescribe enhanced or simplified measures to verify the client’s identity taking into consideration the type

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legedly tried to free him when the selfstyled godman was brought outside the Panchkula Court complex on August 25, 2017 after the special CBI court convicted him in a 15-year-old rape case, the police said. They allegedly got into a scuffle with the Haryana Police when the Dera chief was being taken to the Western Command, from where he was to be taken to the Rohtak jail in a chopper. However, the security men of the Dera chief were overpowered by the policemen.

They were produced before the court on August 26, 2017 which sent them to a seven-day police remand, said Karambir Singh. The Haryana Police personnel, who were arrested, were in the ranks of sub-inspector, assistant subinspector, head constable and constable, he added.

Justice Khehar’s tenure as CJI saw two landmark verdicts New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS): Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, who will demit office on Monday, had a short but eventful tenure as the country’s top judge in which he presided over two constitutional benches that pronounced landmark judgments - on triple talaq and the right to privacy.

Chief Justice Khehar, who took over on January 4, had a tenure of just 237 days, of which he presided over court number one for 124 days as the country’s top court was closed for 113 days on account of weekends, festival holidays and summer break.

Though his working tenure seemed too short for anything substantial in terms of judicial pronouncements, they were eventful with benches headed by Justice Khehar setting aside instant triple talaq as unconstitutional and holding that right to privacy was a fundamental right.

Prior to becoming the Chief Justice, he presided over the constitution benches that held that Constitution’s 99th amendment, paving way for the National Judicial Appointment Commission for the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, was unconstitutional.

Described as a strong judge by his predecessor Tirath Singh Thakur, Justice Khehar had pronounced restoration of then Arunachal Chief Minister Nabam Tuki’s government as a five judge bench headed by him unanimously quashed then Governor J.P. Rajkhowa’s decision to advance the assembly session.

He was also part of the bench headed by Justice

Jagdish Singh Khehar K.S. Radhakrishan (since retired) that had ordered the Sahara group to return investors money that its two companies had raised from the market in 2008 and 2009. It was the same bench that had sent group chief Subrata Roy and two other Sahara directors to jail for not complying with the court’s orders.

A no-nonsense Judge, the bench headed by him imposed a cost of Rs 25 lakh on an NGO for filing frivolous PILs and casting aspersions on the judges of the Rajasthan High Court.

On Thursday, a day before his last working day in the court, he had imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh each on two people who had moved the court to seek that the procedure laid down in the Constitution be followed in appointment of Justice Dipak Misra as his successor, describing it as “publicity stunt litigation”.

Born in Kenya where he had his primary education, Justice Khehar credits his success in his life to his father who had taught him to pursue life with perseverance, hard work and the ability to accept failures. His successor, Justice Dipak Misra says that he gets freedom in working hard while some call him a “workaholic”.

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s long as the Indian judiciary exerts its independence, Indians need not be apprehensive about the wiles of politicians. This was what can be said when the Supreme Court on August 24, 2017 upheld the citizen’s rights in its judgment on right to privacy. What the apex court reiterated was that the citizen has absolute right to privacy that cannot be trampled upon.

The nine- member bench of the apex court voted overwhelmingly to reassure Indians that their right to privacy is safe. The citizens have created the state so that in return, the latter serve their needs be it administration, managing and providing services or their security. The state’s obsession with security, particularly after the Group of 20 meets during the last few years, has resulted in an attempt to reduce rights of citizens as slaves of the state. This is in contrast to the principle of the state being the servant of the people. It is not for the first time that the Supreme Court has come to remind that rights of citizens cannot be rejected not reduced. It did so in 1950, shortly after independence, in the case of Romesh Thapar vs state of Madras, where the court stated that freedom of speech lay at the foundation of all democratic organisations. Thapar had moved the court after his magazine Cross Roads was banned by the Madras state government for reportedly publishing views critical or defamatory of the Congress.

This ensured freedom of the press in India. On March 25, 2015, in another landmark verdict, the SC fortified that right by striking down as unconstitutional Section 66A of Information Technology Act, which police had used indiscriminately to arrest persons for posting criticism of government and political leaders. The court reaffirmed the paramount importance of freedom of speech and expression in a democratic constitution even on internet. It also emphasized that parallel discussion on the freedom of the press has been at the core of evolution and expansion of this right. The nine-judge bench has given hope in the significant narrative of freedom in 1,39,057 words in 547 pages of six judgments. It ensures preservation of personal intimacies – something politicians often need, sanctity of family life – all citizens need it, marriage, procreation, the home and sexual orientation – it sanctifies its own ruling on Sec 377.

It protects even a married woman from forced sexual intercourse/rape by her husband. The judgment has nullified the atrocious affidavit filed by the former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi, which claimed that the state had the supreme power over the body and limbs of a citizen. Had what Rohatgi stated been accepted, it would have turned the state into a draconian entity and turned this free country into a police state. It also ensures that an individual is free to chose and observe the religion of his choice without interference. Having laid the basic fundamental right to privacy, the court has now an easier job of giving a judgment of linking, that means sharing and compromising privacy, Aadhar to all documents. It is more important as the recently Wikileaks has tweeted that CIA has stolen huge Aadhar data putting millions at risk. The Supreme Court has earned the gratitude of the nation and reassured Indian citizens that their rights will continue to be protected.

DailyDevotion Living Your Theology Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you… —John 12:35 Beware of not acting upon what you see in your moments on the mountaintop with God. If you do not obey the light, it will turn into darkness. “If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”

(Matthew 6:23). The moment you forsake the matter of sanctification or neglect anything else on which God has given you His light, your spiritual life begins to disintegrate within you. Continually bring the truth out into your real life, working it out into every area, or else even the light that you possess will itself prove to be a curse.

The most difficult person to deal with is the one who has the prideful self-satisfaction of a past experience, but is not working that experience out in his everyday life. If you say you are sanctified, show it. The experience must be so genuine that it shows in your life. Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent or self-gratifying; that belief came from the pit of hell itself, regardless of how beautiful it may sound.

Your theology must work itself out, exhibiting itself in your most common everyday relationships. Our Lord said, “…unless your righteousness exceedsthe righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). In other words, you must be more moral than the most moral person you know. You may know all about the doctrine of sanctification, but are you working it out in the everyday issues of your life? Every detail of your life, whether physical, moral, or spiritual, is to be judged and measured by the standard of the atonement by the Cross of Christ.

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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. ~ Oprah Winfrey

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Shady dictats, speed mania cause rail accidents

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wo accidents occur, about 30 die, railway board chief resigns, Air India chief replaces him, railway minister offers to quit. These are the quick successive developments in the last week of August.

Would these improve the lot on Indian railways?

Theoretically it may but practically it is difficult.

All of them are only technically responsible. None of them in reality run the organisation, except conceptually. So if any improvement takes place with the changes it would only be accidental.

The trains are managed and run on the tracks by people at control, other operational staff, including station and assistant station masters (ASM), and the crucial gangmen, who are the hands, eyes and ears of railway safety.

The human errors that often are blamed happen at these lower levels.

Are they inefficient?

Absolutely not. The operational staff in the traffic, ASMs and the staff below them is the most efficient.

They are kingpin of the railway safety. It is for them that over 95 percent of the trains across 17 zones and running track over a route

of 66,687 km and a total track of 119,630 km with 7216 stations, run almost to around 95 percent accuracy. It is the world’s biggest rail network. The leaders at the top matter marginally. The unsung heroes bear the brunt of punishment but are rarely appreciated.

The Utkal-Kalinga express accident at Khatauli apparently happened as the railway operational staff was put under pressure through dictats to run trains at high speed and ignoring basics of safety. It is unheard of that when the track maintenance staff demands a 15-minute block – stoppage of traffic – the control unwisely refuses it.

On an average, as per railway estimates one unscheduled stoppage of a train has a minimum cost of less than Rs 100. So in a block if there are 50 trains, it would technically cost about Rs 5000 but it would have saved precious lives, infrastructure, and the huge cost of restoration of the track and traffic.

The enquiry is not about the human lapse to find out why this block was refused and a train at a speed of 100km was allowed to pass through virtually un-mended track

but to spot the responsibil- promising with the safety ity on who or what circu- continuously. lars of Railway Board or This is more surprismember, Traffic led to such ing after the most disasdisastrous consequence. trous tragedy of PatnaThe gangmen are ex- Indore express derailment perienced people, they in Kanpur Dehat killing use such jugaad - putting 147 and injuring 180 and a small rail piece to cover 12 other notable accidents broken portions often but through 2016. that is for just passing The 2017-18 budget a train at has proposed d e a d Shivaji Sarkar a Rs 1 lakh speed. At crore corpus Khatauli, this was used to for a railway safety fund. pass a train at high speed. The allocation for infraSurprisingly even the sta- structure stands at a record tion master, responsible for level Rs 3,96,135 crore in clearing the green signal, 2017-18, Rs 38,000 crore and others were not aware more than the previous of this maintenance. That budget. Finance Minister also calls for probe.

Arun Jaitley says infraNo less sur prising structure is the thrust area was the accident next day of the government for efof the Azamgarh-Delhi ficiency, productivity and Kaifiyat express hitting an quality of life. overturned dumper that The approach is fine. was carrying material for But the improvements that building a new rail track. the system is looking for reThe lapses here too are quire minimum investment obvious. How on such a and improving coordinabusy track, almost a train tion. Often it is said that following another in 90 the gangmen are illiterate. seconds, a vehicle was But recent experiences of allowed to cross the track the railways reveal that without basic safety pro- they have one of the fincedures and information est skills in detecting flaws to control and the nearest including rail fractures. stations? People at top level Recently when railways are usually not aware of recruited some people with such manouevres. This, high qualification, includhowever, speaks volumes ing MBA, it was found how the railways are com- such educated staff lack

the devotion the class eight pass, the minimum qualification, gangmen have.

The educated ones do not patrol the track and prefers to while away their time at level crossing sheds.

The derailments are increasing as per railway data. In 2015, there were 82 derailments etc caused by staff failure, in 2016 it was 55 and 2014 it was 49. On an average it can be said to be around 50 a year.

One reason is stated to be the inadequate number of gangmen and their long working hours often because of lack of replacement due to shortage of staff. Yes, the railways need to put more people at this level to maintain tracks. It is often now being compromised. They are the least paid but have the highest value for safety of operations. So saving on this crucial component is penny wise.

Former additional member safety of railway board, Kamlesh Gupta after the 2016 Indore-Patna train tragedy commented that the accident was due to rail fractures, that is very difficult to detect.

Another reason for high casualty is stated to be the Integral Coach factory

(ICF) coaches, which said to pile up on collision as in the Khatauli accident.

The Anil Kakodkar committee suggested stainless steel Linke Hoffman Busch (LHB) coaches, which have more efficient shock absorption capacity.

The railways have always been crying of lack of finances. But recent figures show that railways earn more, over 60 percent from cancellation and dynamic fare structure. It means they earn for not giving any service and playing on psyche of shortage of berths.

The operating ratio of IR was high, at 93.6 per cent in 2013-14. There was a spike in 2009-10, from 75.9 per cent to 95.3 per cent, due to the Sixth Pay Commission. Staff costs comprise 54.5 per cent of the total expenses. There is something fundamentally wrong in railway accounting. The fare in many cases equal or surpass the air fare.

Railways need to revamp its internal mechanism, appoint more people at the track operation level, increase coordination to keep the tracks safe. Funds are needed but it is not the culprit for most of the rail accidents.

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Nagaland at crossroads : What is the way forward?

ow is Nagaland?

The general response is; “Everything is collapsing”.

Nagaland is at crossroads.

People are tired of the sorry state of affairs prevalent. Everything has come to standstill. All development activities have come to grinding halt. The roads are turning from bad to worst. Bridges have collapsed. Road accidents have become daily occurrence causing preventable casualties. Natural calamities are causing havoc due to substandard works. The State’s financial health has not improved. Instead, the fiscal deficit keeps on growing higher and higher. State’s economy has become crony capitalism making the rich, richer and the poor, poorer.

Market economy has become syndicate economy.

Lawlessness has become law and order. Delivery of essential services to the public has become regularly irregular. Public employment has changed from front door to backdoor appointment. Many government hospitals and health centers are without doctors and nurses. Free medicines in government hospitals are thing of the past. Sophisticated diagnostic medical equipments in government hospitals gather dust and lie idle as mere showpieces. Government schools are without teachers in some and with proxy teachers in others.

Many schools have only ghost and bogus teachers.

Teachers are on strike frequently, protesting against non-payment of salaries.

Government schools producing nil result in HSLC are increasing year after years. The benefits for old age and disabled do not reach the beneficiaries. If not for want of space, the list can go on. A one-word description for all these sorry state of affairs will be ‘CHAOS’. The kind of anarchy that is prevalent in Nagaland today occurs only in stateless politics.

People want new order from this anarchy.

The cry for change is getting louder day by day.

People undoubtedly want change of power because power is the center of change. Election is the process to bring change

in power politics. In democracy, election is a constitutional requirement, unavoidable. Corrupt elections manufactured corrupt leaders and corrupt governments. State general election, due in early 2018 will be the defining moment for Nagaland.

Citizens have identified corrupt elections as the root cause of all our problems. We want clean election but we do not want honest voting. This is the paradox of our problems.

If Nagas want clean election to elect clean leaders and get clean government, it is the responsibility and duty of every elector to participate in election and vote honestly. If you keep your slot open for somebody to cast proxy vote, you fail on your part.

The great philosopher, Heraclitus of Ephesus said; “CHANGE is the only constant”. In other words, nothing remains in the same state forever.

Large sections of people want change. Yet, it is not without an equally opposing force. There is antichange bandwagon too.

They are people enjoying the fruits of power now.

They prefer status quo because they fear that change will displace them. Thus, the battle is status quo versus change. Anywhere in the world, ‘political change’ most commonly came by people’s active participation in election process. Sometimes the popularity of a dynamic leader brought change. At other times, it was the popularity of a political party.

In many instances, the personality/charisma and dynamism of a popular leader decided the fate of a political party. Conversely, the greatness of a political party catapulted many leaders from oblivion to prominence. These things give us clear message that the ‘CHANGE’ people of Nagaland too desire can come only by choosing the right platform (read party) or the right leader or both. Regrettably, prochange people still seems undecided on the right party and/or the right leaders. They are still unorganized. Concretized plan to carry out the process for change has not emerged.

The indecision or delayed

decision may be because, people of Nagaland are unhappy with whatever parties available at hand.

A political messiah too is yet to appear. People have seen the credibility of a political party and its government in the integrity of its leaders. This is a clear message to political parties that this time round, people are awake and alert. This is a wakeup call to political parties and leaders who matter that they cannot take people for granted anymore.

Election 2018 is just few months away. Prochange people need to concretize plans, organize and get set to go. It is high time for pro-change people to choose a political party and leader(s). Choose a political party that offers the most realistic manifesto. It is high time political parties unveil their manifestoes for people to make a choice. In the past elections, people hardly voted on political party’s manifesto. In the coming election, electors should vote, based on election manifesto.

Manifesto of a political party will be the roadmap of the new government. The election manifesto will guide the party’s government in implementing its promises.

Individual promises made by deceptive leaders have no power to influence the policies and programs of the government. In fact, it has influenced the elected to corrupt in order to fulfill the personal demand of an elector. If Nagas want change, electors should vote for general interest and not for individual benefit. In the past, political parties hardly implemented their promises made in their election manifestoes.

They throw away their manifestoes after elections.

Nobody questioned them because people hardly read the election manifestoes of the political parties. In the coming election, people should read the election manifestoes of the political parties, not just once but as frequently as possible, because that will be the most effective weapon to charge the new government for its non-performance. Choose leaders of integrity and principle. Nagaland is in

bad shape. Is Nagaland suffering from leadership famine? Is mediocrity leadership the cause of instability? Nagaland needs leaders of wisdom, knowledge and vision to correct the wrongs and give new direction. Choose leaders who will not be power-hungry to cause instability to government but provide stability and progress. Electors need to elect strong leaders who can take Nagaland in fast forward mode. Nagaland cannot afford to elect weak leaders who may become liabilities to the State. On political front, choose representatives who have potentials to give statesmanship to Nagaland’s politics.

Choose leaders who can apply their own minds and safeguard constitutional guarantees for Nagas as enshrined in Article 371A. On economic front, choose leaders who will exercise fiscal discipline and honor austerity calls.

Nagas cannot go on depending on Delhi only. We need to throw away our begging bowl. We need to generate own revenue from internal resources available. We need to stop Delhi from bullying us and dictating terms on us at all times. Nagas will need leaders with large hearts in the new government to look beyond Delhi for development of Nagaland.

We need leaders who will have all seriousness and expertise to fight for our economic rights. If Delhi will not give us, it has no right to stop us from looking beyond.

The future of Nagaland delicately hangs in 2018 election. Fiscally speaking, Nagaland is already a liability State.

Another bad election may land Nagaland to end up as failed state and compel the Union government to take over the administration. As it stands today, it appears that election 2018 will give a fractured mandate. This is evident from the fact that, as of now, no political party commands lead over the other.

The experience of twelfth NLA proved that neither absolute majority nor alliance politics had provided stable government to Nagas. This is a clear message

that numbers are not the sole determinant of govt.’s stability. Opposition-less, party-less gover nment gave Nagas nothing but instability and corruption.

An effective opposition is indispensable for a vibrant democracy. Defection politics by elected members betrayed people’s mandate and promises made in their political parties’ manifestoes.

Nagas need to elect leaders who will honor people’s mandate for the term elected and be prepared to play effective opposition role if that is the mandate they received.

If Nagaland is to progress, the next government will be hard-pressed to take many unpalatable decisions. No doubt, a decisive mandate will be required for that. Nevertheless, it has become clear that Nagas should not give the kind of overwhelming majority to power mongers who constantly fight for ministerial berth.

Nagas should vote out leaders who think they cannot deliver unless they become ministers or hold other offices of profit.

The reality of downsiz-

ing is there to stay. Nagas should elect leaders who will have the humility and interest to serve the people as MLAs. If Nagas must participate in another election, the only way to get good government is to elect honest leaders. People who entered the house of power by using illegal and unconstitutional methods and created myriads of problems for Nagaland will create more problems for Nagaland. They will not give solutions. Corrupt elections were the root cause of successive corrupt governments. Honest vote is the only way to elect clean leaders. Money was the root cause of all time high dirty elections. The only power to defeat money power is truth. The only truth is honesty with your single vote. Ultimately, the electors will decide the future of Nagaland by your single vote. The choice is yours but the right choice is for Nagaland. Nevertheless, if Nagas cannot stop another cycle of corrupt election, what is the option to prevent it?

Dr. K. Hoshi, Bible Hill Colony, Phek Town

Reader’s Post Shouldn’t mismanage natural resources Sir,

The intriguing statement made about the exploration of natural resources contorts the way people have been made to perceive so far – about how it promises a chance for the people to utilize it and surge up, and be used as a last resort until we reclaim sovereignty. Article 39(b) of the constitution provides that ownership and control of the material resources of the community should be so distributed so as to best sub-serve the common good. And if, it could be formulated, then they should be completely transparent with the logistics and statistics and show it to the people.

Therefore unless there is no personal attachment for profit with unbecoming tycoon dream among the shareholders and authorities, it is best that the operating and logistics system in governing structure first be made – manipulation of the authorities and corruption free.

The resources belong to the whole of people for development and it will be unscrupulous and disastrous on our state economy if it is disbursed unevenly.

The present authorities should thoroughly check and scrutinize upon this matter as litigation will follow up eventually even after they may retire.

LDPN

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.

Will form another Grand Alliance at national level: Sharad Yadav

Alliance in Bihar that now we will form the Grand Alliance at the national level.”

He said breaking the Grand Alliance of the JD(U), RJD and Congress in Bihar was a betrayal of people of Bihar and their mandate. “People were cheated. I am sure and certain that I will form a Grand Alliance in the country.” He said he will visit every nook and corner of the country to form this bigger alliance of 1.25 crore people.

This time, Sharad Yadav said, the alliance will make a real difference on the ground for people.

He cautioned people that a nexus of politics and

DMK meets Gov as AIADMK factional feud deepens

DMK working president Stalin with TN Governor Vidyasagar.

C hennai , AU G 2 7 ( AG E N C I E S / I A N S ) : Tamil Nadu’s principal opposition party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Sunday urged governor Vidyasagar Rao to direct chief minister K Palaniswami to prove his majority in the assembly as the running feud in the AIADMK got murkier ahead of a crucial meet of the ruling party.

The DMK upped its ante even as one more AIADMK legislator joined the rebel camp led by party’s ousted deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran, who now claims to have the support of 21 MLAs. The fresh mutiny was triggered after Palaniswami and former chief minister O Panneerselvam buried the hatchet and merged their rival AIADMK factions last Monday.

The group-led by Dinakaran opposed the reunion and threatened to rock the Palaniswami government by galvanizing his sleeper cells within the AIADMK. The raging war is all set to escalate further with Palaniswami- Panneerselvam combine convening a

meeting of the party office bearers, MLAs, MPs on Monday where a resolution to unseat their jailed chief VK Sasikala, who was convicted of corruption this February, could be adopted.

T h e r e b e l M L A s, gravitating towards Sasikala’s nephew Dinakaran, threatened violence if she is ousted.

Sasikala, the long-time live-in aide of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, reportedly still wield considerable influence in the party.

Dinakaran supporter Thanga Tamilselvan told reporters “there will be violence in the party office if such a resolution was passed.”

The rebel MLAs also has given governor a twoday deadline to take a decision on their demand of a trust vote as they had withdrawn support to the chief minister.

Rebel MLAs are camping in neighbouring Puducherry and are expected to stay there for another week.

Amid the inter nal strife in the ruling party, a

DMK delegation led by senior leader Durai Murugan called on the governor to press for a floor test.

The governor assured the delegation that he would act in the best interests of the constitution after examining all the legal aspects of the situation.

The DMK delegation spent some 15 minutes with the governor.

DMK working president MK Stalin, addressing a gathering at Thiruvarur, constituency of his father M Karunanidhi, said his party would move a court if the governor does not convene an assembly session immediately to conduct the floor test. “The government has lost legitimacy and has no right to stay in office even for a second,” he said.

Refuting the charges that his party was trying to grab power “through the backdoor”, Stalin said the AIADMK government would fall because of its internal conflict and that the DMK will have nothing to do with it.

Incidentally, to save the government chief minister Palanisami and his deputy Panneerselvam have reportedly devised a strategy to get some DMK legislators suspended for breach of privilege.

Meanwhile, continuing his sacking spree of AIADMK leaders from their party posts to establish his supremacy within the party, ‘ousted’ Deputy General Secretary T.T.V. Dinakaran on Sunday dismissed Chief Minister K.Palaniswami as the party’s Salem Suburban District Secretary.

Azmal and leaders from the DMK, JD-S and RSP also attended the rally. Also present at the rally were Lalu Prasad’s younger son and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav, his wife and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi and their daughter Misa Bharti.

Rahul Gandhi sends solidarity message

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday sent a solidarity message for an RJD rally held in Patna by former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad and regretted that he could not attend the event since he was travelling.

“I am glad to know that you have organised a large public meeting in Patna on August 27 in which leaders of various (opposition) parties with a common ideology are taking part,” Rahul said in his message.

“This rally is being organised at a time when the very foundation of our pluralistic democracy is under severe attack. Using money and muscle power, the ruling party (BJP) is extending its rule into states where it could not secure the electoral mandate,” he added.

Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS): Two persons were beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of cattle smuggling while their companion was arrested on Sunday in north Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, police said.

The three men were transporting cows on two pick-up vans when two of them were caught by the villagers at Jharsalboni area near Dhupguri. One managed to flee.

“Two persons - Hafizul Sheikh and Anwar Hussain - were beaten to death by the villagers on suspicion of cattle smuggling.

The incident occurred in the early hours. We are checking if the victims were legitimate cattle traders or smugglers,” an official from Dhupguri police station said.

“The two victims were taken to the hospital later where they were declared brought dead,” the official said, adding that the third accused was arrested in the morning.

Asked whether the killing of two accused was public rage or instigated by cow vigilante groups, police said: “The investigation is going on.”

Don’t vote for any party that destroys citizens’ rights: ABAM’s appeal to all (From p-1) ABAM was sceptical that if the government does not curb the rise in persecution against Christians and repudiate the present anti religious movements, the country may even face unprecedented egregious situation which may even lead to a civil war.

Recalling the past governments/leadership, ABAM said that the “so called minorities have had ample of privileges in all aspects of life making India the highest Democratic country.”

However, today, it said “in the name of the nation’s progress and unity; anything and everything that the majority feels and anticipates is normal whereas nothing is legal for the minorities.”

ABAM said minorities

gone? Where is our yesterday? What ailed the leaders who are supposed to be the answer to these present imbroglios? Can anything good come in the country when a section of people is being jeopardized?”

“Alleviation of persecution is not the solution at this juncture, but obliteration of the ongoing anti religious acts in the country is the only solution for safe living,” ABAM stated.

Meanwhile, the church body has called upon all to look forward towards a productive future. “Let us support and choose God fearing leaders who understand the aspirations of the people and who can contribute selflessly towards providing a stable governance,” ABAM appealed.

Aug 25 public rally biggest in the state: ACAUT DIMAPUR: ACAUT Nagaland has claimed that the “All Nagaland Public Rally” on August 25, was the biggest rally in the state with an estimated turnout of approximately 65,000.

In a statement, ACAUT media cell extended appreciation to all the speakers from the various organizations, especially representatives from the districts, and the young students of Hope Academy and C-Edge College for speaking out against corruption and the Naga political issue.

It also extended gratitude to all the volunteers from the Chumoukedima Town

Youth Organization and PSAN and the organizations for mobilizing its grassroot members- CAVCA, DEEHA, CTYO, Chakroma Public Organization, NTC, CNTC, DUCCF, ASTD, and all the tribal youth organizations and student bodies. ACAUT also extended appreciation to all individuals and groups for their participation and support in making the rally success. ACAUT also said that during the rally, participants voluntarily donated Rs. 2,60,730. Further ACAUT, thanked all the organisations and individuals for contributing bottled water, cash, etc., in the run-up to the rally.

Swiss panel to discuss how to Sushma inaugurates India’s share information with India first ‘Videsh Bhavan’ in Mumbai

BERNE/NEW DELHI, AUG 27 (AGENCIES): A Swiss parliamentary panel will discuss next month necessary safeguards the European nation needs to adopt in automatic exchange of banking information with India and 40 other jurisdictions for checking alleged stashing of black money.

The Committee on Economy and Royalties of the National Council (CER-N), a key panel of Swiss parliament which rejected on August 15 a proposal seeking to outrightly suspend implementation of the AEOI Switzerland, has agreed to adopt it with 41 nations including India and will examine the criteria a country would need to satisfy to start getting access to data+ under the automatic information exchange. According to the last meeting of the committee, the CER-N will continue its examination at a meeting on September 11 of the 41 AEOIs agreed upon by the Federal Council, the highest decision making body of Swiss government.

In this context, the panel will also discuss how

to strengthen the role of the relevant parliamentary committees in deciding whether or not to transmit data abroad. The Federal Council adopted a resolution on June 15 regarding introduction of AEOIs with 41 jurisdictions including India. The decision is not subject to any referendum. The council has also proposed to submit a report to Parliament in order to ensure that the necessary requirements, including on confidentiality and data protection, are met by the concerned countries before transmission of the data.

The report will also entail the possible measures in case of non-compliance.

At its meeting on August 15, the committee rejected by 13 votes to 10, with 2 abstentions, a proposal to suspend implementation of AEOIs until the Federal Council presents a list of criteria for judging whether the exchange can be activated with a country. The majority observed that the question of criteria could be examined in the context of the discussion by article.

M umbai , A ug 2 7 (IANS): Signalling a significant new era in cooperation with states, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the country’s first Videsh Bhavan, assimilating all Regional Passport Offices and allied departments under a single roof at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) here on Sunday.

In her address on the occasion, she said that ever since the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government assumed office in 2014, “the face of the Ministry of External Affairs has changed.”

“Till 2014, there were 77 passport centres in the country. We have managed to open up 235 centres in the past six months,” said Sushma Swaraj. Discussing the efforts to streamline passport procedures, she said many rules that created hurdles for people to apply for a passport have been discarded. “Earlier, orphans who did not have a birth certificate were not entitled to a passport, similarly for divorcees. We have changed the rules, amended them to make them more citizenfriendly.”

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In his speech, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said this is the first Videsh Bhavan of the country and “will be a model for all other states to follow.”

“Being an international class city, Mumbai works very closely with the MEA and the Videsh Bhavan will help even more,” he said. Noting projects initiated from Mumbai always succeed, he expressed confidence in the success of the initiative.

As a first pilot project, four offices of MEA -- Regional Passport Office, Protector of Emigrants office, Branch Secretariat and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations’ Regional Office -- have been integrated and brought to function under one roof at the state-of-art office in BKC, said Regional Passport

Officer Swati Kulkarni.

Earlier, Sushma Swaraj lit the auspicious lamp marking the inauguration of the Videsh Bhavan in the presence of Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. V.K. Singh (eetd), Fadnavis, Administrator of Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Praful Patel, besides other dignitaries. The formal inauguration on Sunday follows the shifting of the RPO from its Worli premises to the Videsh Bhavan from August 14 and merging of the Thane and Mumbai RPOs from August 21, which have already become functional.

“The Videsh Bhavan is part of the MEA’s effective management of its engagement with the Maharashtra government,” said an official, on what is billed as the first “foreign office in India”.

The Videsh Bhavan project in Mumbai is part of the central government’s policy to bring together different offices of the MEA under a single roof and work closely with states as more and more Indians are going abroad for employment, education, business and tourism.

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A BA M s a i d t h a t though India may not have faced religious cliff-hanger in history, it however “does not justify peace, tranquillity, equality and unity in the country.”

“Unless there is respect for everyone in the country, we cannot be enlivened for any positive cause whatsoever,” ABAM asserted.

As citizens of India, ABAM said people were preoccupied by questions like “where is the good governance and leadership

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PATNA, AUG 27 (AGENCIES): Rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav on Sunday pledged to form another ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (Grand Alliance) at the national level to defeat and oust the BJP-led NDA in the next general election.

“Hindustan bhar mein Gathbandhan banega ab,” Sharad Yadav roared to applause from the large gathering at a rally here organised

by RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad.

Without naming Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is also the JD(U) president, Sharad Yadav said, “I would like to remind those who broke the Grand

religion was dangerous. “If politics and religion mix, it will create troubles like what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

“I will fight till my last breath. I have been a member of Parliament for last 43 years, but I will not hesitate to fight to protect the country from divisive forces,” he said. It was the first time Sharad Yadav shared the stage with Lalu Prasad, ignoring the JD (U)’s warning not to attend it.

A smiling Lalu Prasad shook hands with Sharad Yadav and hugged him.

Before the rally, Sharad Yadav told the media that he was with the Grand Alliance and his JD(U) was real JD(U). Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad also attended the rally.

CP Joshi of the Congress, NCP’s Tarique Anwar, RLD’s Choudhary Jayant Singh, CPI’s Sudhakar Reddy, former Jharkhand Chief Ministers Hemant Soren of JMM, Babulal Marandi of the JVM, AIUDF leader Baadruddin

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“The landmark verdict by the 9-judge Constitution Bench does provide a window for the Aadhaar-related government schemes. The judgement clearly stated that ‘the legitimate aim of the state would include, for instance, protecting national security... and preventing the dissipation of social welfare benefits,” Assocham Secretary General D.S. Rawat said in a statement here.

“When the apex court talks about prevention of ‘dissipation of social welfare benefits’, therein lies a window for Aadhaar cards, in so far as its applicability on the DBT and other welfare measures is concerned,” he added.

Board recast, get a CEO, handhold him for sometime and create succession plan for chairman post. The (earlier) Board was weak, it was not able to communicate well... the Board was a big let-down,” he said.

It has been two weeks packed with action and escalated tension for India’s second largest software firm. A year-long stand-off between the founders and the management culminated in the sudden resignation of CEO Vishal Sikka + as well as that of Chairman R Seshasayee and two other Board members.

The developments also saw co-chair Ravi Venkatesan moving to the role of independent director and co-founder and Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani coming in for a second innings at Infosys.

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“The real achievement lies not in the amount disbursed, rather in the fact that these amounts were disbursed with minimum leakages or malpractices and that is important in terms of good governance,” the study said.

DBT schemes have resulted in weeding out of 3.34 crore duplicate consumers under PaHAL and a further 2.33 crore ration cards being deleted, Assocham said. Total savings under DBT have been Rs 49,500 crore till December 2016.

Total subsidy paid under DBT in 2016-17 is Rs 74,502 crore. Cash subsidy paid under DBT is expected to increase to Rs 1 lakh crore subsequently, the industry chamber added.

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NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (PTI): Infosys ex-CFO V Balakrishnan has said new Chairman Nandan Nilekani should continue his stint for 2-3 years to chart out a proper succession plan and ensure that efforts of the company to be professionally-managed do not “fail again”.

Balakrishnan, who has been one of the most vocal critics flagging alleged erosion in corporate governance standards at Infosys, also stuck to his demand that co-chair-turned- independent director Ravi Venkatesan step down from the Board. “...it was a big experiment that happened in 2014 with professional board handling the company, CEO replacing the founders but because the Board has not functioned well, that experiment failed. So the experiment should not fail again,” he told PTI. Balakrishnan added that Nilekani should focus on getting a good chairman “whenever he leaves in the future” to ensure that the “Board is in safe hands”.

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New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS): Biometric cards have facilitated disbursement of as much as Rs 83,184 crore to beneficiaries of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes without the notorious leakages of the past, industry body Assocham said on Sunday, citing its report on the matter.

“Real benefit of Jan Dhan and Aadhaar is finally reflected in the number of beneficiaries of government DBT schemes. The amount of funds transferred under DBT schemes between 1st January 2013 and 31st March 2017 is Rs 83,183.79 crore,” an Assocham-Thought Arbitrage report said on completion of three years of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) scheme for financial inclusion.

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there is an atmosphere of restraint. The poor man too feel that money saved will come for the use of his children or in some other good venture.”

He said the RuPay card had enhanced the sense of dignity of the poor.

“The poor have deposited Rs 65,000 crore in the banks. This is their saving and a source of strength for their future.”

Modi also referred to the poor benefiting from the insurance schemes -Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana.

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NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said 30 crore families have been linked to Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana in the last three years and Rs 65,000 crore deposited in their accounts.

Addressing his “Mann Ki Baat” radio programme, he said the Jan Dhan Yojana would complete three years on August 28.

“We have connected 30 crore new families to it, opened new accounts.

This number is more than the population of several countries,” Modi said.

He said the poor had become part of the mainstream of national economy, and the poor were saving money and feeling the security that comes with it.

“If money stays in hand, there is a desire sometimes to overspend it. Today,

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NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (PTI): The government has notified the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act under which it can authorise the RBI to issue directions to banks to initiate insolvency resolution process to recover bad loans. The banking sector is saddled with nonperforming assets (NPAs) of over Rs 8 lakh crore, of which Rs 6 lakh crore is with public sector banks (PSBs).

Earlier this month, Parliament had approved the Act, which replaced an ordinance in this regard.

The government in May had promulgated an ordinance authorising the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to issue directions to banks to initiate insolvency resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

Following the ordinance, the RBI had identified 12 accounts each having more than Rs 5,000 crore of outstanding loans and accounting for 25 per cent of total NPAs of banks for immediate referral for resolution under the bankruptcy law.

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quired for increasing the maximum ceiling of cess leviable on motor vehicles to 25 per cent from present 15 per cent.

Once the law is amended, the GST Council will decide on the date when the increased cess will be applicable, the official said, adding the next meeting of the panel is scheduled to be held in Hyderabad on September 9.

The highest pre-GST tax incidence on motor vehicles worked out to about 52-54.72 per cent, to which 2.5 per cent was added on account of Central Sales Tax, octroi etc. Against this, post-GST the total tax incidence came to 43 per cent.

So, to take the tax incidence to pre-GST level, the highest compensation cess rate required is 25 per cent.

Prices of most SUVs were cut between Rs. 1.1 lakh and Rs. 3 lakh following implementation of GST, which subsumed over a dozen central and state levies like excise duty, service tax, and VAT from July 1.

Recalling the impact of the November 8 demonetisation of higher currency, the Minister said banning Rs 1,000 and old Rs 500 notes had eliminated the anonymity of cash ownership and was taking the economy toward more digitisation.

“Demonetisation also helped to widen the tax base with more people coming into the formal economy from the informal sector,” reiterated Jaitley.

The Minister also hoped the Goods and Services Tax (GST) would expand the indirect tax base and eliminate cash dealings due to lack of benefit from input credit.

“The new tax regime will expand the base of indirect tax, as the possibility of cash dealings gets eliminated due to lack of benefit from input credit,” Jaitley pointed out.

The Minister also told the gathering that the central government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had taken steps to adopt digital payments, and incentives were being given to the people for shifting to the digital mode.

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The ordinance has to be replaced with a proper legislation with the approval of Parliament within six months of its issuance. Under GST, a cess was levied on demerit goods like cars, tobacco, and coal, to create a corpus for compensating states for any loss of revenue from their taxes like VAT being unified with central levies like excise duty and service tax in the GST. Cars attract the top tax rate of 28 per cent. On top of this, a cess of 1 to 15 per cent is levied for the creation of the state compensation corpus. The official said after the introduction of GST, the total tax incidence on motor vehicles (GST plus compensation cess) has come down when compared with the total tax incidence in the pre-GST regime.

To rectify the anomaly, the GST Council, headed

by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising of representatives of all states, had on August 5 recommended that the Central government move legislative amendments re-

Bengaluru, Aug 27 (IANS): As crime, corruption and graft thrive on the use of cash, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday hoped the country would move from using less cash to eventually a cashless economy to benefit from digital transactions.

“As India is a cash using society with economic and social costs involved in excessive use of cash, its anonymity allows owners to risk while the state suffers due to tax noncompliance,” said Jaitley after unveiling 100 digital villages, 100 branches and 100 ATMs of state-run Vijaya Bank here.

Asserting that crime, corruption and terrorism flourish on cash, the Finance Minister said larger amounts of cash flowing into the economy had their own consequences.

“Technology is rapidly changing the banking sector, which soon will become a part of smartphones. Transfor ming into a developed economy would mean embracing cashless economy,” said Jaitley.

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New Delhi, Aug 27 (PTI): The Cabinet may this week consider issuing an ordinance to increase the cess on mid-size, large cars and SUVs to 25 per cent from 15 per cent under the GST regime at present.

The GST Council, the apex tax rate setting body under the Goods and Services Tax regime, had on August 5 approved raising cess on SUVs, mid-sized, large and luxury cars that had become cheaper post GST rollout on July 1.

But, for raising the cess requires an amendment to the Schedule of section 8 of the GST (Compensation to a State) Act, 2017. “The Cabinet will in next few days consider amending that through the issue of an ordinance,” an official said.

Views of ministries like road, transport and highways and heavy industries will be taken before hiking of the cess, the official added. An ordinance is issued when Parliament is not in session to approve a legislation or change in a legislation.

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In residential areas of Houston, 4x4s floated in the flood water as yet more rain pounded the city.

with. Thousands rescued.”

“I will be going to Texas as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption. The focus must be life and safety,” he said in another tweet.

Earlier, authorities had reported two deaths that appeared to be related to the storm, one in the hart-hit coastal city of Rockport and another in Houston. The first fatality in Rockport was due to a house fire during

Indians among eight killed in major road accident in UK London, Aug 27 (PTI): Indians were among six men and two women killed in a major accident in which their mini bus got crushed between two trucks on a highway in southern England. The crash occurred on the southbound M1 highway at Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire in the wee hours of yesterday.

All those who died were travelling in the minibus, which got crushed between the two larger vehicles. “We are extending all possible assistance to those affected by this tragedy,” the Indian High Commission in London said.

The two truck drivers arrested from the scene of the accident were charged with causing death by dangerous driving this morning.

Thames Valley Police said 31-year-old Ryszard

Masierak and 51-year-old David Wagstaff had been charged with eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Masierak, also accused of careless driving while over the prescribed limit of alcohol, has been remanded in custody to appear at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.

Wagstaff, charged with dangerous driving, has been bailed to appear at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court on September 11. “The charges are in connection with a collision shortly before 3:15 AM yesterday in which six men and two women died.

Four people who were injured and taken to hospital remain in serious conditions,” Thames Valley Police said in a statement.

The British police is yet to release details of those

killed in the crash.

The driver of the minibus has been identified as India- born Cyriac Joseph.

The 52-year-old father of two, originally from Kerala and based in the UK for 15 years, was described as “lovely and generous” by friends.

The others in his minibus were tourists from Chennai who had reportedly hired the vehicle along with family based in Nottingham to travel to London, from where they had plans to go on a tour of Europe.

A five-year-old girl, a woman and a man are being treated in the hospital with life-threatening injuries, while another woman has serious injuries. South Central Ambulance Service said those injured in the collision were taken to hospitals in Milton Keynes, Coventry and Birmingham.

Iraq recaptures historic Ottoman Citadel from ISIS

Iraqi forces celebrate after driving out ISIS fighters from Tal Afar. (AFP)

TAL AFAR, IRAQ, AUG 27 (AGENCIES): Iraqi forces were Sunday on the verge of fully recapturing the city of Tal Afar after driving ISIS fighters from the centre of one of their last urban strongholds in the country.

Counter terrorism units have taken control of the centre of the city, which includes its historic Ottoman citadel.

“They raised the Iraqi flag on the citadel,” General Abdulamir Yarallah, commander of military operations in the battle for Tal Afar, said in a statement.

The advance, less than a week into an assault on the strategic city, comes after Prime Minister Haider alAbadi declared victory in July over the fighters in Iraq’s second city Mosul, where ISIS declared its “caliphate” in 2014.

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out of 29” districts including the centre and citadel, according to the Joint Operations Command (JOC) which coordinates the antiISIS operation in Iraq.

The announcement Saturday came as the French foreign and defence ministers visited Baghdad to announce a loan of 430 million euros ($512 million) to help the Iraqi economy in the face of low oil prices and the cost of battling the ISIS fighters.

On Saturday, units also battled ISIS around Al-Ayadieh, 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of Tal Afar and strategically located on the road between the city and the Syrian border, Yarallah said. In the whole Tal Afar region, “1,155 square kilometres of 1,655 square kilometres, or 70 percent of the area, have been taken” the JOC said.

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could be seen rising over the city after the Hashed alShaabi paramilitary coalition fighting alongside government troops seized the Al-Khadra and Al-Jazeera districts.

Abbas Radhi, a Hashed al-Shaabi fighter, said ISIS had resisted the advance mostly with sniper fire.

“There are also boobytrapped cars, mortars. But they’ve been defeated, God willing,” he said.

Government troops and units of the Hashed alShaabi, backed by a US-led coalition against ISIS, launched the assault last Sunday after weeks of coalition and Iraqi air strikes.

Tal Afar sits on a strategic route between ISIScontrolled territories in Syria and Mosul, 70 kilometres (40 miles) further east.

Progress in Tal Afar has been far more rapid than in Mosul, which fell to Iraqi forces only after a gruelling nine-month battle.

Officials have said they hope to announce victory by Eid al-Adha, the Muslim holiday set to start in Iraq on September 2.

Until its takeover by ISIS, Tal Afar was largely populated by Shiite Turkmen, whose beliefs are anathema to the Sunni jihadists. Most of the city’s 200,000-strong population fled after ISIS seized it.

the storm.

Though there were multiple hazards present across the area, the greatest threat to life and property remained the ongoing extreme rainfall and subsequent flash flooding.

Tornadoes spawned by Harvey damaged more than 50 homes in Fort Bend County, struck a commercial centre near Katy and tore through Cypress, while parts of the Houston region

were evacuated ahead of record river floods.

“It’s catastrophic, unprecedented, epic – whatever adjective you want to use,” said Patrick Blood, a NWS meteorologist. “It’s pretty horrible right now.”

Forecasters said Harvey’s onslaught was just the beginning. The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami warned “catastrophic flooding” was likely to occur in the days ahead.

Harvey bombarded the stretch of the Texas Gulf Coast with home-ripping winds and torrential rains.

More than 300,000 people were without power after utility poles were knocked to the ground.

Parts of Harris County, which includes Houston, have seen more than 20 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. The streets in Houston were drenched and deserted last night, and houses crushed, gas stations torn to shreds, road signs blown away. Emergency responders completed more than 1,000 high-water rescues during the night. “Travel across the area is severely hampered, if not impossible,” said an announcement from the Weather Service.

Trump’s cybersecurity advisors resign en masse

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WASHINGTON, AUG 27 (PTI): Seven members of Donald Trump’s cybersecurity team, including an Indian-origin data scientist, have resigned, accusing the US president of ignoring the pressing national security matters.

In a group resignation letter, the members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), whose purview includes national cybersecurity, cited both specific shortfalls in the administration’s approach to cybersecurity, and broader concerns that have undermined the “moral infrastructure” of the US, Fortune reported. “You have given insufficient attention to the growing threats to the cybersecurity of the critical systems upon which all Americans depend, including those impacting the systems sup-

porting our democratic election process,” the letter reads. They also cited his failure “to denounce intolerance and violence of hate groups” when asked about the “horrific violences in Charlottesville” as one of the reasons why they left.

Unite the Right’ march was organised on August 12 to protest against the proposed removal of a statue of General Robert E Lee, who commanded the pro-slavery Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Violence broke out after they were confronted by anti-racism groups and later a car ploughed into one group of anti-racism protesters in Charlottesville.

Trump had blamed both sides including the “alt-left” for the deadly violence. The members, who were appointed under the previous administration, resigned just before the panel was supposed to hold its quarterly business meeting. They include Obamaera officials: the first ever White House Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil, Office of Science and Technology Policy Chief of Staff Cristin Dorgelo and White House Council on Environmental Quality Managing Director Christy Goldfuss.

Death toll from Spain attacks rises to 16: local officials M a d ri d, Au g 2 7 (AFP): The number of people killed in twin vehicle attacks in Spain last week rose to 16 on Sunday, local authorities in Barcelona said.

“This morning a 51year-old German woman died after being treated in a critical condition in hospital,” said a statement from the region’s civil defence.

The attacks on Las Ramblas boulevard in Barcelona and in the seaside resort of Cambrils left around 120 wounded.

The woman who died on Sunday was hurt when a man ploughed a van through crowds of tourists on Spain’s most famous street on August 17 -- an attack that was claimed by the Islamic State group.

Hours later, a car sped into Cambrils some 120 kilometres (75 miles) south, hitting people before crashing into a police vehicle.

The five occupants of the Audi A3 jumped out and went on a stabbing spree, killing a woman, before they were shot dead by police.

Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar as fresh violence erupts

L o n d o n, Au g 2 7 (Agencies): Thousands of people have fled their homes following two days of violence in a deepening crisis in the state of Rakhine in Myanmar.

Members of the Muslim Rohingya minority escaped to the border with Bangladesh but Bangladeshi border guards are turning them back.

Fighting erupted when Rohingya fighters attacked 30 police stations on Friday and clashes continued on Saturday.

Pope Francis has appealed for an end to persecution of the Rohingya people.

They face severe restrictions inside mainly Buddhist Myanmar, where tensions with the majority population have been rumbling for years.

Tens of thousands of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh previously, accusing the Myanmar authorities of

Heavily armed Myanmar police are patrolling parts of Rakhine.

ethnic persecution.

Rakhine, the poorest region in Myanmar, is home to more than a million Rohingya. Extremism among them has grown out of the restrictions the group faces, the BBC’s regional editor for Asia/Pacific, Michael Bristow, says.

Bangladeshi police said they had forced 70 people back into Myanmar

on Saturday after finding them trying to make their way to a refugee camp, having entered Bangladesh in the Ghumdhum border area.

“They were pleading with us not to send them back to Myanmar,” said one policeman.

But some 3,000 Rohingya have managed to enter the country and find

Pakistan court quashes corruption case against Zardari ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (PTI): Pakistan’s former president Asif Ali Zardari has been acquitted by an anti-corruption court in an old corruption case in which he was accused of possessing illegal assets.

Zardari’s counsel Farooq H Naek requested for acquittal of Zardari and Justice Khalid Mahmood Ranjha National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court accepted it.

He said that the most of the documents presented against 62-year-old Zardari were in photocopies and unacceptable.

He also said that most of the witnesses said that they did not remember most of the details as it was an old case.

Finally, the judge quashed the case

and acquitted the former president yesterday.

The case was launched in 1999 but quashed in 2007 along with five more such cases against Zardari after a political deal between his now slain wife Benazir Bhutto and former dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf.

However, the Supreme Court rejected the deal and consequent amnesty in 2009 and ordered a probe but it could not start a case against Zardari as he enjoyed immunity as president.

The case was again started in 2015 and finally decided in favour of Zardari. It was last of the six corruption cases against Zardari and he has been now acquitted in all of them.

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NAGA PEOPLE'S FRONT MOKOKCHUNG DIVISION

CONGRATULATIONS The NPF Mokokchung Division take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Yangerlemba Longkumer COB, Ms. Opangla and Ms. Moatula for being elevated to the posts of Vice President, Advisor and General Secretary Women Wing NPF Central respectively. We pray that they will work ceaselessly for the uplift of the party.

The Division also reiterates its support to the leadership of Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsui, President NPF Central and support his vision and decision to promote young fresh candidates in the coming General elections.

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refuge in camps and villages since Friday, AFP adds.

A correspondent for the news agency at a makeshift camp in Balukhali says that many brought tales of horror from over the border.

“They fired so close that I cannot hear anything now,” Mohammad Zafar, 70, said of armed Buddhists who had shot dead his two sons in a field.

“They came with rods and sticks to drive us to the border.”

Amir Hossain, 61, told Reuters news agency near the village of Ghumdhum: “Please save us. We want to stay here or else we’ll get killed.”

Meanwhile, around 4,000 non-Muslims in Rakhine were evacuated by the army for their own safety.

Six people were killed when they strayed into one area of conflict.

Pope Francis said in a statement: “Sad news has

arrived of the persecution of the religious minority, our Rohingya brothers.

“I would like to express my full closeness to them. Let us all ask the Lord to save them, and to elicit men and women of goodwill to help them, for them to be given their full rights.”

This is the most significant outbreak of violence in Rakhine since October 2016, when nine policemen died in similar attacks on border posts. The government said they were carried out by a previously unknown Rohingya militant group.

The attacks triggered a military crackdown that led to widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture of Rohingya, and an exodus of Rohingya into Bangladesh. The UN is currently investigating alleged human rights abuses by the security forces, who deny wrongdoing.

Sr. T.O. Phek Informs Pensioners

This is to inform all Pensioners who are drawing pension under Phek Treasury office, that physical verification as per CTR rule will be conducted w.e.f. 11-9-2017 to 15-09-2017.

Therefore, All Life/Family pensioners are directed to attend the verification along with PPO book, ID Card. Aadhaar Card, Bank Passbook, Life certificate, Non-marriage certificate. Failure to attend, further payment of pension shall be stop as per rule.

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SWU KUPOSHUKULU NAGALAND SWU lagha CHISHO, KAPPO, KHUJU, WOKHAMI, Swu xulhe kaku lo yesumla no akeqo atsala 30 Ahunaqhi 2017 lono momu zu-u no yekithipe kuposhukulu lo tsuve penike pithilu ani.

Eno alimi xulhe lo sukuphalu Kepu aghi aye, ado tipau dolono yekithi sughi tsupenike tighi pithilu ani.

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It has been observed that the non-residents of Kushiabill Village are reported to have been dealing with sale of all kinds of illegal goods without the knowledge of the G.Bs and Village Council without obtaining Trade License from the village authority. It may be stated the Village Council in its meeting on 17-09-2016 had a thorough deliberations and had unanimously decided to ban sale of IMFL within the village jurisdiction failing which village council will take stern action.

In continuation with the Council resolution stated above, village G.Bs along with the Village Council Chairman and Secretary held an emergency meeting on 19-08-2017 at the residence of Village Head G.B Shri. Subash Mech and had taken decision to issue press note and to inform public and the district administration that if any trouble cropped up in the village due to sale of illegal goods within the jurisdiction of the village, the Village Council and G.Bs will not take any responsibility.

(SUKHETO CHISHI) Chairman Kushiabill Village Council

(TEMJEN MOZER) Secretary Kushiabill Village Council

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The hurricane dumped more than 20 inches of rain in the Houston area, causing “life-threatening catastrophic flooding” in southeastern Texas, The National Hurricane Centre reported.

President Donald Trump this morning tweeted his support for the rescue workers. “Great coordination between agencies at all levels of government,” he said. “Continuing rains and flash floods are being dealt

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H o u s to n, Au g 2 7 (PTI): Hurricane Harvey, the most powerful to hit the US in 13 years, left a trail of destr uction as it swept through Texas today, pummelling the region with heavy rains and claiming at least five lives since making landfall on the US’ Gulf Coast.

After a night of flash flood and tornado watch, Houston woke up to a catastrophic morning, yet more life-threatening flash flooding, heavy downpour as rescuers answered desperate calls for help all along the ravaged Texas coastline.

The actual toll from Harvey remains unclear as rescuers were still trying to reach people stranded across the region.

But the National Weather Service (NWS) said five people lost their lives in the Houston area in unconfirmed flood- related deaths. Fourteen people have also been injured.

With winds topping 130 mph, Harvey is the first Category 4 storm to make landfall in the US on Saturday since Hurricane Charley struck Florida in 2004, and the first to hit Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961.

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NCM Thanksgiving Concert: A rare delight

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thanksgiving concert featuring Matthieu Esnult, NCM students and faculty was presented by Nagaland Conservatory of Music at Town Baptist Church, Dimapur on Sunday.

The hall was packed with listeners who were engaged, if not swept away, by the performances of the evening. Matthieu Esnult performed the ‘Pavane pour uneinfantedefunte’ by Maurice Ravel which was described as, “An evocation of a pavane that a little princess (infant) in former times, danced at the Spanish court”.

The pavane was a slow processional dance that enjoyed great popularity in the courts of Europe during the sixteenth and

seventeenth centuries.

Matthieu also performed the ‘Prelude, Choral et Fugue’, a work for solo piano written by César Franck in1884. Franck, himself a great organist and a Bach devotee, was not only enchanted but creatively stirred.

Matthieu did justice to both pieces and the sheer power of the first note, which filled the entire hall, marked the beginning of an evening of phenomenal music. Matthieu, who has performed in over 40 countries in 5 continents, has a collection of many national and international prizes and has been invited to give piano master-classes in France, UK, Tunisia, Scotland, America, China and Mongolia.

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After studying at the Ecole Normale Alfred Cortot in Paris, he studied in London, obtaining a Master in piano in 2013 with Distinction at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London and the Artist Diploma with Distinction in 2015. He also studied French music repertoire with Bernard d’Ascoli and Pascal Rogé.

The evening saw performances by Normando Villas, a guitar faculty of NCM who performed ‘a song of aspiration arranged

by Allen Vincent Lucas’, Mharhomo Kithan for voice of faculty, NCM enthralled the crowd with a performance by Agnus Dei

by Georger Bizet, which refers to the Christian

theological concept of the Lamb of God. During the concert, Nagaland Conservatory of Music, chairman-Lipokmar Tzüdir stressed that most historical accounts of Nagas that are collected in the medium of singing was diminishing off late.

He added that having realised the importance of music by late 80s’ some of the people of that time were fortunate to go abroad and pursue higher education in music and become some of the first Nagas to pursue studies in music from abroad.

He said getting that education abroad was nothing like what people saw on TV, as life out there was full of challenges and disappointments.

“I believe for those of us who returned, we returned with only one commitment, and that was to create that opportunity for which we sacrificed,” he said. He thanked Patkai College for its commitment to develop music in Nagaland in the lines with NCM. The church was filled with much energy emanated from the NCM choir, when the latter presented ‘My soul’s been anchored in the Lord’, written by Moses G Hogan, ‘Magnificant anima mea’ by John Rutter and the chorus ‘Hallelujah’ by Georger Frederick Handel. The sheer pleasure of music itself had everyone in the audience build a personal relationship with the choir’s performances.

The performances of the evening altogether radiated the vignettes from the opera through recurring musical motifs.

The concer t was opened with a prayer by Town Baptist Church pastor-Rev. Vilodi Sakhrie, while a benediction was pronounced by NCM counsellor-Rev. Candid Sareo. The concert was part of the 5th anniversary celebration of NCM. (Staff Reporter)

An Indian musician’s journey from Mumbai’s streets to London

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inger-songwriter Pratyul Joshi, an FTII alumnus, started performing on the streets of Mumbai in 2012 to survive.

Now his album “Waabasta” has been mastered by British audio mastering engineer John Davis, who has worked with popular musicians like U2 and Lana Del Rey. Joshi started as a street performer in “very testing times”.

“I had been jobless for six months after doing my masters in audio engineering from FTII (Film and Television Institute of India). I started performing on the streets to survive. It was the only option for me.

For the first few months, I started performing with the sole aim of using the one hour slot to perform as if it was what God had sent me to do,” Joshi told IANS in an email interview.

The response to his performance became better with time.

“It was tremendous.

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cast as Ned Stark’s bastard child.

Illegitimate no more, he is the son of Rhaegar Targaryen (Daenerys’s brother), rightful heir to the Iron Throne. The prince was believed to have legally wed Jon’s mother Lyanna Stark in a secret ceremony.

Blood from two of Westeros’s most powerful houses signals one of the strongest claims to the throne. But would the monarchy have favoured this revelation?

Candidate 4: Gendry Baratheon-Could Robert’s last surviving son give others on our list a good fight?

Young Gendry made his appearance as the late king’s bastard child.

With Baratheon blood running through his veins, fans are rooting for the talented blacksmith to uphold one of Westeros’s last great houses. But is he entitled to?

Candidate 5: Petyr Baelish-Here’s a candidate with no royal lineage who has made his desire to rule strongly known.

fter a dull start in the wake of violence following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and sudden showers on Saturday, the Delhi Book Fair saw a large number of book lovers of the national capital turning up to the event on Sunday.

With the theme “Padhe Bharat, Badhe Bharat” (India reads, India grows), the Delhi Book Fair -- organised by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) in association with the the Federation of Indian Publishers -- entered its 23rd edition.

Held at Pragati Maidan, the fair has been spread over two halls -- one dedicated to stationery items while the other has book stalls.

“Our focus this year is more on study books and syllabus guide materials.

However, there are many stalls with story books as well,” Pradip Chhabra, Or-

ganiser, Delhi Book Fair, told IANS. Visitor Priyanka Bagaria, who came along with her son Granth, a student of class eight in Blue Bells Public School, said the availability of many books under one roof is a major reason for visiting the fair.

“Visiting Daryaganj is always not possible. Here I got rather more variety of study material and that too with more discount,” Bagaria observed.

Like her, Ashish Aggarwal, a resident of Noida who was visiting Delhi Book Fair for the first time, said the lack of good bookstores in Noida drew him to the event.

“There aren’t many book shops in Noida. Here I got many books which are not easily available in the market, especially some old books related to General Knowledge and communication skills improvement,” Aggarwal said.

Emilia burned by the process of the film ‘Terminator Genisys’

FIR filed against Rishi for posting Ted Nugent says Facebook is ‘lying’ about the number of followers utspoken conser vative theories and a knack ‘indecent’ image on Twitter rocker Ted Nugent claims for off-color humor,

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non-profit organisation has sent a letter to the Cyber Police to file an FIR against actor Rishi Kapoor for posting ‘pornographic material’ on his Twitter account.

The president of NGO, Afroz Malik, in the letter said, “We would request you to immediately register an FIR against actor Rishi Kapoor under relevant sections of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act and the IT Act for posting indecent, nude and vulgar picture of a minor child on his Twitter account @chintskap.”

Malik further said that Rishi Kapoor has more than 2.6 million followers on his Twitter account, and added, “This means that this child’s pornographic image got circulated

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Robert Baratheon. She went on to become an assertive ruler with a formidable army and dragons. Her ambition earned her the loyalty of many aides and allies. She fought to abolish slavery and now has her sights set on the Iron Throne, where she plans to end the vicious cycle of power politics.

Like any monarch, Daenerys isn’t short of titles.

“First of Her Name” and “Queen of the Andals” are some names she goes by.

Will she be able to avenge her family’s name?

Candidate 3: Jon SnowNow a celebrated Northern leader, Jon Snow has come a long way from being out-

that Facebook is “lying” about the number of his followers on the popular social media platform, insisting that he has more than seven times the fans than the officially reported figure.

Nugent currently has three million and three hundred thousand Facebook followers — a respectable statistic compared to the number of Facebook fans attracted by most other rock artists.

But the musician, who has been described by some as a right-wing lunatic with a soft spot for conspiracy

believes that Facebook is intentionally underreporting the number of users of the social media juggernaut who regularly flock to his Facebook page.

Speaking to Doug Podell of Detroit’s radio station 94.7 WCSX, Nugent said, “Right now, Facebook claims that I have three and a half million Facebookers. I’ve got people deep, deep into government Internet security that admit that Facebook is lying.

I have over twenty-five million Facebookers.”

Taylor Swift breaks two first-day streaming records

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aylor Swift’s new song ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ has broken two streaming records since its launch on Thursday night.

According to Spotify, the song was played more than eight million times on the site in its first 24 hours, breaking the record for first-day streams.

On YouTube, ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ broke the record for the highest number of firstday views on a lyric video, clocking in 19 million in the first 24 hours. The previous record was held by The Chainsmokers featuring Coldplay, who brought in 9 million views for the ‘Something Just Like This’ lyric video back in Febru-

ary.

The viewing figures on the video now stand at 33 million. The official video for ‘Look’ will be unveiled tonight at the MTV VMA awards.

A teaser for the video has led some Beyoncé fans to accuse Swift of copying ‘Formation’. The ‘Look’ video director, Joseph Kahn, has denied the accusations. ‘ L o o k W h a t Yo u Made Me Do’ is Swift’s first single since her Zayn Malik duet ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’, recorded for the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack.

The track will be featured on Swift’s new album, ‘Reputation’, set for release on November 10.

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charity concert in aid of Mhondamo Memorial Nursing Home, organized by the Philanthropist Group scheduled on September 1 at D.B Youth Centre Wokha will feature Alobo Naga as special artiste, who is the winner of 2012 Best Indian Act at MTV Europe Music Awards and the recipient of Governor’s Awards for Distinction in Music. The

other artistes lined up includes, Emilo Kinghen, one of the first batch Naga Idol finalists, Thungyani Kikon a well known female artiste, Saronthung Kikon a singer from Wokha who recently released his third single, ‘Potsow Nzan’, and Benathung Humtsoe, the winner in the Best Alternative/soft rock category in the 4th Music Awards of Nagaland.

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ctress Emilia Clarke and director Alan Taylor were both “burned” by the process of the film ‘Terminator Genisys’.

Director Alan Taylor said that the experience was “rough” and not something they would like to repeat.

“That was a rough one. It was tough, it was tough on Clarke and me. I think we came away feeling a little bit burned by the process. It was hard for her in ways that I didn’t have to experience, because it was her face up on the screen and facing the criticism we had to face. I’m not surprised she’s more content to carry on with her other fantastic projects than re-enter that world,” Taylor said.

And he said that even if a sequel was suggested, neither of them would be back.

to more than 2.6 Million people.”

“There are more than 62 retweets and 376 likes as of now on his indecent image and this will increase manifold,” Malik stated.

Afroz Malik then requested the Senior Inspector of Police, Cyber Police Station to henceforth file an FIR against the actor and “set an example that rule of law is above all.”

Actor Rishi Kapoor had tweeted a picture of a child, which was later deleted.

devoted mother who married into royalty. Her late husband Robert Baratheon led a bloody rebellion and overthrew the ruling Targaryen dynasty.

Her children came from an incestuous relationship with her brother Jamie (both their sons became young kings).

While plotting the deaths of her rivals, Cersei lost her three children but ascended to the throne.

Candidate 2: Daenerys Targaryen-The dragon queen’s journey has been impressive, starting out as the daughter of Aerys Targaryen, the “Mad King” who was overthrown by

with minimum compromises on the production or the song,” said Joshi.

How did John Davis come on board?

“Before foraying into artiste management/production, Timbre was a company that made audio speakers.

Abhishaik developed Timbre speakers himself and had an ear for fine music.

We both wanted the sound of the songs to be among the best. John Davis was one of the few that Abhishaik suggested and it immediately made sense to get his expertise,” he said.

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Game of Thrones: Who is the true heir?

he seventh season of fantasy TV drama Game of Thrones is hurtling to a close, and the burning question for fans right now is: “Who will inherit the Iron Throne?” The BBC’s Heather Chen and Grace Tsoi investigate.

The world of Westeros may be fictional, but its origins are far from imaginary.

“Medieval Britain has played an enormous impact on the series,” creator George RR Martin once said.

What better way to determine the true ruler of the Seven Kingdoms than by using the rules that govern the British monarchy?

We’ve compiled a list of contenders for the coveted Iron Throne (the seat of the kingdoms’ monarchy) and enlisted royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams and medieval academics Prof Sarah Peverley and Dr Gordon McKelvie to weigh in on each candidate’s chances.

Candidate 1: Cersei Lannister-Born and bred in Westeros, Cersei is a

timings just to watch my street performance. It was unexpected because I never did any Bollywood song cover. They were mostly originals, folk fusion and a lot of them were in multiple languages yet people seemed to love them.

“Then after one-andhalf years of street music, I thought of the first music video ‘Patanga’,” he said.

Now, he is back with a new song “Baadshah”. The journey wasn’t a smooth one -- it took about two years to make its video.

The video of “Baadshah” is the brainchild of its director Danish Aslam and Abhishaik Desai, Founder of Timbre, that is backing Joshi’s debut album “Waabasta”, said the singer.

“The video required certain production values and that had huge costs. Being an independent music video, we faced lot of hurdles to get it funded. Eventually, it was done

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Messi strikes down Alaves 2-0 Gavrilova wins first career title

Tomas Pina attempts to win the ball off Messi as the playmaker harassed the Alaves defensive line.

moving for 105 million ($125 million) from Borussia Dortmund on Friday, or the injured Luis Suarez, Messi ensured Barca didn’t lose any early ground in the

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cluded five deuces and one rally of 30 shots.

Gavrilova will have a couple of days to savour the triumph before launching her US Open campaign against US qualifier Allie Kiick. Gavrilova could face fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina in the third round.

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of our beloved Father

of our beloved daddy LATE CHOPHATHUNG KIKON

Late N. Pursowa Phom (Kangching)

In life we loved you dearly, In death we love you still.

In our hearts you hold a place, No one else will ever fill.

Born on : 10/11/1942 – Died on : 19/08/2017

From your Loving Wife, children and family members

LATE ILHOKHU SEMA

Died on 28/08/2016

It has been a year you left us for your eternal home, but not a single day has passed without you in our thoughts, your sweet memories will always be treasured in our hearts.

We miss you every passing day.

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It’s been a year since you left us to be in the Golden City of God, but it feels like only yesterday that you were with us. We miss you deeply.

A thousand times we need you. You are missed beyond measure. Your love has left an indelible imprint in our memories. No longer in our life to share. No more answer to our call. But in our heart you still live. We think of you in silence. Time has taken your body, but a part of you remains, whispering your name in every beat of our heart.

Our heart aches with sadness for the face that we cannot see again. We still find it hard to accept the fact that you are no more. Your Golden heart stopped beating. Your tender hand at rest.

God has you in His arms, we have you in our hearts.

God took you home to prove us that He only takes the best.

May your Soul rest in Peace.

We love you and miss you dearly.

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“I did pretty much everything that I could to get myself ready here and took a number of weeks off after Wimbledon,” the threetime Grand Slam champion said on Saturday.

The 30-year-old World No.2, winner of the 2012 event, is the fifth player ranked in the ATP Tour’s top 11 to withdraw from Flushing Meadows after Serbian two-time champion Novak Djokovic, Swiss defending champion Stan Wawrinka, Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Canada’s Milos Raonic.

Murray has not played since Wimbledon, where he was upset in the quarterfinals by American Sam Querrey. “I obviously spoke to a lot of hip specialists. I

WTA title.

When she drilled a forehand winner to seal the victory, Gavrilova leapt into the air and tossed her racquet in celebration.

She had turned the tide in the second set with a break for 3-2, winning a marathon game that in-

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tried resting, rehabbing, to try and get myself ready here. I was actually practising OK the last few days, but it’s too sore for me to win the tournament and ultimately that’s what I was here to try and do. Unfortunately, I won’t be playing here this year.”

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NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Agencies): Australia’s Daria Gavrilova claimed her first WTA title on Saturday, rallying for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Dominika Cibulkova in the final at New Haven.

The 23-year-old, who ousted top seed and defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska in the semifinals, followed up with a hard-fought triumph over second-seeded Cibulkova that saw them duel for two hours and 45 minutes on the hard courts of Connecticut.

For Gavrilova, ranked 26th in the world, it was a perfect curtain-raiser to the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the year that starts on Monday in Flushing Meadows.

She denied Slovakia’s Cibulkova, ranked 11th in the world, a ninth career

Loving, wife, children, grandchildren and relatives

Through this column, we the bereaved family members would like to express our profound gratitude to all individuals who stood and supported us with your presence, kind words, positive encouragement, constant prayers and not only that but financially during her illness and at the sad demise of our beloved Mother Lt. M. Alikala Ozükum (Molungkimong).

We are forever indebted to all of you and words cannot express how grateful we are for all the help and support we received from each one of you. We have nothing to give back for your kindness that you have shown to our family but we pray to our Almighty God that He richly Bless you all.

We remain ever grateful Loving husband, daughters, son, daughter-in-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren and relatives.

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with a 2-0 win at Alaves on Saturday.

Without new signing Ousmane Dembele, who completed the second most expensive transfer ever by

Pique was involved at the other end as Barca were awarded a penalty moments later when he was hauled to the ground by Rodrigo Ely from a Messi free-kick.

However, Pacheco sprang to his right impressively to turn Messi’s effort round the post.

Visibly annoyed at himself, Messi responded with the opening goal 11 minutes after the break as his powerful low drive struck helpless Alaves defender Alexis to fly past Pacheco.

Alexis was at fault when Barca doubled their advantage 11 minutes later as his poor clearance was headed by substitute Paco Alcacer into Messi’s path to smash home on his favoured left foot. Messi could even have had a hattrick as he saw another effort from the edge of the box hit the bar.

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M A D R I D, A u g 2 7 (Agencies): Lionel Messi scored twice and saw a penalty saved as Barcelona maintained their perfect start to the season in La Liga

title race despite a tumultuous start to the campaign off the field.

The five-time World Player of the Year missed from the penalty spot for the 20th time in his career as Fernando Pacheco produced a stunning save midway through the first half.

However, Messi wasn’t to be denied as his deflected effort opened the scoring shortly after half-time before a sweetly-struck volley secured all three points.

Alaves shocked Barca a year ago by winning at the Camp Nou, and the hosts were left to rue a big chance missed by Ruben Sobrino at 0-0 before succumbing to Messi’s magic.

Sobrino burst past the leaden-footed Gerard Pique on the half-hour mark, but placed his shot too close to Barca keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen as he bore down on goal.

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2ND DEATH ANNIVERSARY LATE M. M. NATH

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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“Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on; They will rest from their labour, for their good deeds will follow them”.

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We the bereaved family members would like to thank each and every individuals, unions, department, churches, friends and well wishers for having stood with us with prayers, physically, financially and spiritually during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved Late Longrichiba Ao. Though we are unable to thank each and every one of you individually, but its our prayer that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly

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(Head GB Chozuba Town) With profound and heartfelt gratitude, we the bereaved family members and relatives of our beloved Father, Lt. Veküso Dozo, would like to thank each and every individuals, churches, organizations, neighbours and friends from far and near who stood by us physically, financially, materially and spiritually during the brief illness and at the demise of our beloved who breathed his last on 19th August 2017.

We deeply regret our inability to mention the names of every individuals but your good deeds and presence will remain ever grateful. May the good Lord bless you abundantly in return.

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PV Sindhu settles for silver at World Ch’ship

PV Sindhu competes in the women singles final. (AP/PTI)

Gla s g ow, Au g 2 7 (PTI): PV Sindhu’s gallant effort to become India’s first ever World Champion ended in a heart-wrenching defeat against Nozomi Okuhara in an epic final, here on Sunday.

In a nerve-wracking final, which tested the physical and mental strength of both the players, Sindhu lost 19-21 22-20 20-22 after battling hard for one hour and

49 minutes.

Their bodies falling apart as the match progressed but both Sindhu and Okuhara used every ounce of energy left with them to make it an epic contest.

After closing the second game by winning an incredible 73-shot rally, Sindhu saved one championship point in the decider but it was the Japanese who had the last laugh.

Nevertheless, Sindhu fought like a true champion and kept her promise that she would strive to change the colour of her medal, having won two bronze from past editions.

Although she would have hoped for a gold which no Indian has even won at the World Championship.

For India, it still was a historic edition since it was for the first time that the country’s shuttlers are returning with two medals.

Saina Nehwal had won a bronze yesterday after losing her semifinal.

Earlier, China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan defeated Japanese duo Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota to win the women’s doubles title. The fourth seeded Chen and Jia beat the Japanese pair 21-18, 1721, 21-15 for the first gold medal in the worlds held at the Emirates Arena.

sports Subroto Cup: GMHS Chandigarh beat Nagaland 3-2

D i ma p u r , Au g 2 7 (NPN): Government Model High School, Chandigarh Sunday beat State Sports Academy, Dimapur 3-2 to enter the semi-finals of the 58th Subroto Cup Football Tournament.

It was Chandigarh that went ahead in the 15th minute through midfielder Balraj’s excellent placement, but Tongtinlen equalised six minutes later.

Both teams attacked making deep inroads into rival citadels. Seizing one such moment in the 41st minute, Tongtinlen found the target to put Nagaland team 2-1 ahead. Unable to find the equaliser in the face of a tight defence, Chandigarh were desperate. However, Napoleon came to their rescue with a neatly placed ball inside the net in the 52nd minute. With time running out, Chandigarh pressured their rivals with good forays and in the 63rd minute, Karandeep dodged past a couple of defenders to slot in the winner.

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India beat SL; take unassailable 3-0 lead

Pallekele, Aug 27 (IANS): Opener Rohit Sharma’s briliant unbeaten ton helped India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to seal the five match One-Day International series 3-0 here on Sunday.

Apart from Rohit (124 not out), former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (67 not out) played a perfect support role at the other end after India’s top order got exposed with the scoreboard reading 61/4 in 15.1 overs.

The duo forged an unbeaten 157-run partnership for the fifth wicket but just when eight runs were needed, the crowd hurled bottles in the ground and the match had to be stopped. After a long wait, the umpires decided to call off the match.

But, after the players left the field after the customary handshakes, security persons got the stadium emptied of spectators and the umpires then decided to resume the match.

Rohit and Dhoni made short shrift of the required eight runs.

Earlier, a patient sta-

India's Jasprit Bumarah celebrates wicket of Srilanka's Milinda Siriwardana during the 3rd ODI at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. (PTI)

bilising innings by middleorder batsman Lahiru Thirimanne helped Sri Lanka post 217/9. Apart from Thirimanne (80 runs off 108 balls), Dinesh Chandimal (36) contributed to the cause for the hosts.

Top-order batsmen Niroshan Dickwella (13) and Kusal Mendis (1) failed to support Chandimal at the other end and were sent packing early and the scoreboard read 28/2.

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Angelo Mathews (11) and Chamara Kapugedera (14) also returned to the pavilion without adding much to the team’s score. Milinda Siriwardana (29), however, tried to stabilise the innings but just when things seemed a little good for the hosts, rain played the spoilsport for a few minutes.

After the resumption of play, the hosts failed to continue the momentum as Siriwardana was removed quickly by Jasprit Bumrah

to leave the hosts reeling at 201/8.

Lower-order batsmen - Akila Dananjaya (1), Dushmantha Chameera (6) and Vishwa Fernando (3) - then tried to pace up the innings but failed in doing so and the hosts were restricted to 217 runs.

For India, pacer Bumrah scalped five wickets while Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel and Kedar Jadhav chipped in with one wicket each.

Floyd Mayweather knocks out Lady Bird School, Mkg Chelsea cruise past Everton McGregor to claim superfight title gets shooting range

Dimapur, Aug 27 (NPN): Lady Bird School, Mokokchung under the aegis of Nagaland Rifle Association got its first 10 meters rifle and pistol shooting range at its school campus.

Financial Advisor of Ladybird School, Chubatoshi said that it is an earnest venture to inculcate discipline and self control and also to motivate students along with education. Merang Jamir, ISSF judge and president Nagaland Rifle AssociaConor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather exchange punches during the money-spinning tion said that shooting is superfight on Saturday night. rapidly gaining popularity their much-hyped contest at the T-Mobile Arena which proved surprisingly competitive in the early rounds as McGregor managed to land a string of scoring punches.

But once Mayweather began to find his range and McGregor wearied rapidly, there was only going to be one winner.

The 40-year-old American scored at will after the fourth round, snapping back McGregor’s head with a series of stinging blows.

McGregor somehow survived an onslaught in the seventh round when a right counter from Mayweather staggered him badly.

Finally McGregor’s resistance broke in the 10th when a Mayweather right sent him lurching across the ring. A hard left put him on

the ropes and another hook saw him bent over and helpless, prompting the stoppage. The fight had followed a largely expected script but McGregor, in his first ever boxing appearance, by no means embarrassed himself.

Mayweather will now head into what he says is a permanent retirement with a perfect 50-0 record, one better than heavyweight legend Rocky Marciano.

The American is also expected to be around $200 million wealthier, taking his career earnings to around $1 billion.

McGregor, who was an unemployed former plumber four years ago before emerging as one of the biggest stars of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is expected to earn around $100 million.

Loyem memorial soccer championship Dimapur, Aug 27 (NPN): The 25th edition of Loyem Memorial Senior Soccer Open Championship will commence from 1st week of October at Loyem Memorial Ground, Tuensang under the theme, “exposing the value of game.” Therefore, the Confederation of Chang Students Union (CCSU) has invited teams/clubs to participate in the tournament. The total prize money for the tournament is Rs. 5,00,000.

Morata leads the celebrations after putting the Blues in control against Everton.

Lo n d o n, Au g 2 7 (Agencies): English Premier League champions Chelsea continued where they left off against Tottenham Hotspur last weekend as they registered a comfortable victory over Everton at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.

The Blues, who fought hard to beat Spurs 2-1 in their last league match, scored twice in the first half to beat Everton 2-0 in a much more convincing performance

from Antonio Conte’s men.

Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas returned to the starting line-up after his sending off on the opening weekend of the season against Burnley and fired the hosts into the lead just before the mark.

He was set up by the club’s record signing Alvaro Morata and the midfielder beat Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with a low shot. Five minutes before the break, Chelsea extended their lead as Morata went

from provider to goal scorer.

The Spaniard got his head onto a Cesar Azpilicueta cross and gave Chelsea a comfortable lead going into the half-time break.

Chelsea were not able to extend their lead in the second half, but Conte would no doubt have been happy with the club’s first clean sheet of the season.

Match results West Brom 1 - 1 Stoke City Tottenham 1 - 1 Burnley FC Liverpool 4 - 0 Arsenal

Bhojpuri Premier League held Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, Aug 27 (NPN): Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj (NBS) organized the first Bhojpuri Premier League (BPL) on Sunday, at Ram Janaki Higher Secondary School ground with parliamentary secretary for youth resources and sports Khekaho Assumi as chief guest.

BPL was organized in memory of late Chandrika Prasad Gupta. Speaking at the programme, Assumi assured to promote sports in all section of the society in the state. Lauding the Samaj for organizing such events in memory of late Chandrika Prasad Gupta, Assumi said “If we do not remember pioneers, we would not be doing justice”. Altogether ten teams participated in the league.

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LAS VEGAS, Aug 27 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : F l o yd Mayweather outclassed Conor McGregor with a 10th-round stoppage here on Saturday to win their money-spinning superfight and clinch his 50th straight victory.

Former welterweight boxing champion Mayweather, who had emerged from a two-year retirement to take on the Irish mixed martial arts star, took his time to get going before dominating from the fourth round.

The end came with a tired McGregor doubled over on the ropes as Mayweather landed two hard left hooks, prompting referee Robert Byrd to intervene and declare a technical knockout. It was an explosive finale to

in India. Many talented shooters have also received employment opportunities in many public sector firms, said Jamir.

Meanwhile, the 1st Ladybird 10 meter indoor shooting training cum championship will be held from August 28 to 31.

Coaching will be assisted by L Tomba, ISSF coach, SAI, Northeast Region Centre, Imphal, Tijeb Sharma, national shooter, NRA secretary Sentiyanger Pongen, Aonokpu Rifle Shooting Club officials and NRA president Merang Jamir.

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