December 8, 2016

Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXVII No. 6

DIMAPUR, thursday, december 8, 2016 Pages 12 ` 4.00

Demonetisation not done in haste, says RBI Governor

Djokovic splits with coach Boris Becker

Trump named TIME’s Person of the Year

business, Page 8

sports, Page 11

international, Page 9

Demonetisation logjam in Parl Disruption disgraceful: Advani

NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (AGENCIES): There was logjam over the demonetisation debate in Parliament on Wednesday, leading to disruptions and its adjournment, with the government and opposition failing to reach an agreement over the rules for the discussion.

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day as the Opposition did not allow the discussion to continue in the absence of the Prime Minister. The Finance Minister’s assertions that conditions could not be put and that there was no precedent that the PM should be present in the House all the time failed to impress the opposition.

Meanwhile, BJP sources said there was no question of extending a hand to the Opposition or calling the rival parties for talks. Enough meetings had taken place and there was no question of any more such attempts, they said.

Earlier, as soon as the Rajya Sabha met, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said 84 people had died since demonetisation was effected. He asked, “Who is responsible for these deaths?” adding that the accountability should be fixed. Azad said, “These 84

people included men, women and children, who died because of the poorly implemented scheme. Who is responsible for these deaths?

If there is adequate money in banks, why are people not getting the cash?”

He said, “If the entire money is expected to come back, where is the black money?” Replying to this, Leader of the House and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the Opposition was using “hathkandas” to stall the proceedings. Jaitley said, “The government is ready for a discussion on the issue from day one, but the Opposition just wanted to speak in Zero Hour and grab the headlines.” BSP chief Mayawati said the PM had asked for 50 days to fix the problems arising due to demonetisation, but nothing seemed to have changed.

Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha was also disrupted on the issue of demonetisation.

As the House met for Question Hour, Opposition members continued with the demand for a debate on the issue under Rule 184 that entailed voting. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said, “This is everyday drama. If you want to debate you can start the debate right away.”

Gov bats for skilling ESM fraternity

Free NE states from terror and illegal immigrants: Sonowal tells police officers

DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): In line with the Centre’s scheme for re-skilling ex-servicemen (ESM) in order to provide them gainful employment, Nagaland governor, PB Acharya, on Wednesday said eligible dependents of ESM should pursue skills development like nursing, driving, tailoring and plumbing, which he said were in great demand and would lead to employment.

Interacting with a team of ESM led by Brig (Retd) KK Roy Choudhury, Directorate of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement (RSB) at Raj Bhawan on the occassion of Armed Forces Flag Day, Acharya emphasized on the need for ESM fraternity to visit schools and colleges to educate the youth on scarifies made by Armed Forces in defending the country against external aggressive and share their experience.

Acharya also felt the need to ensure optimum utilization of available resource for welfare of the ESM fraternity. Governor mentioned that various facilities and schemes introduced by the central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like Jan Dhan Yojana, Insurance scheme and skills development must be availed to accrue maximum benefits.

This is it!

“Last time we had problems with cash. This time, you pay us through electronic transfer.”

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Neither Speaker nor Parl Affairs minister running the house - L.K. Advani NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (IANS) Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani on Wednesday described the unending disruption of the Lok Sabha as “disgraceful” and demanded to know who was running the house.

As the house was adjourned shortly before 1 p.m., the normally quiet Advani called Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and asked who exactly was in charge in the house.

As other BJP members watched in silence, Advani was overheard saying that neither Speaker Sumitra Mahajan nor the Parliamentary Affairs minister appeared to be on top of the situation.

Advani’s remarks came as the Speaker allowed half of the Question Hour and the Zero Hour to continue on Wednesday although opposition members kept raising anti government slogans. The opposition has

Sarbananda Sonowal and Y. Patton seated with the newly recruited officers.

Correspondent

UMSAW KHWAN, DEC 7: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday asked police officers on the need to work towards making the northeastern states free from corruption, terror and intrusion of foreigners.

“We need to free Northeast from corruption, terror and intrusion of foreigners.

If we work with honesty, we

will have a better country, and you can,” he said in his address during the passing out parade at North Eastern Police Academy here.

Nagaland Home minister Y. Patton also attended the function. Acknowledging that the biggest challenge for north-eastern states is terrorism, Sonowal said that the most dangerous threat is terrorists, as they are armed with sophisticated weapons and resources.

been demanding a debate on demonetisation with voting.

“Neither the Speaker nor the Parliamentary Affairs Minister is running the house,” said Advani, a former deputy PM and one of the most respected parliamentarians in the country.

“I am going to tell the Speaker that she is not running the house... Both the opposition and the government are unable to run the house,” he said even as Ananth Kumar was seen desperately trying to pacify him. Ananth Kumar was then seen gesturing towards the media gallery, after which Advani said: “I will say it publicly.”

He asked till what time the Lok Sabha had been adjourned. When he was told till 2 p.m., the veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader quipped: “Why not sine die?” He said the house should not run amid din and slogan-shouting.

“We need to fight against terrorism to ensure safety and security of the people. You will be needed anywhere in the country and you have to prove your cuts wherever you are assigned.

There will be testing time, and you will have prove that you are worth with sacrifice and dedication,” said Sonowal.

Altogether, 98 trainees of the 42nd batch including 86 deputy superintendent of police, 11 sub inspectors and one assistant sub inspector completed the 48 weeks training. The trainees drawn from all the eight NE states-58 from Assam, 15 from Arunachal Pradesh, 9 from Tripura, 7 from Nagaland, 5 from Mizoram, 2 from Manipur and one each from Sikkim and Meghalaya.

NPCC asks DAN govt: why silent over ‘Good Governance Day’?

DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Hitting out at the NPF-led DAN government for maintaining a “studied silence” over the declaration of December 25 a “good governance day”, Father’s Day as Yoga day and Good Friday as the ‘Judges Day’ by BJP government, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) accused DAN government of “betraying the trust of the people by continuing to adore and glorify leaders, who have been systematically dismantling the secular fabric of the country”.

In a press statement, NPCC working president Ayang Aonok said the move of BJP was a downright insult to all Christians particularly for the state of Nagaland, which comprises of more than 90 % Christian population.

In this regard, NPCC affirmed to protect, preserve and safeguard the secular fabric of the country and would not compromise on the dilution of Christmas day and Good Friday and the onslaught of BJP-RSS combined to annihilate Christianity.

NPCC also expressed concern on the hardship faced by the people in Nagaland in the wake of demonetization of Rs. 500 and 1000 notes. It claimed that the “dubious measure” would not encourage black money holders to surrender their black money stashed in Swiss bank and tax-havens.

It reminded Prime Minister that the first step for cashless soci-

ety was to educate the people not rhetoric. NPCC also slammed BJP government over the lack of proper planning and flaw execution on the demonetization (Cont’d on p-7)

HSDC flays Centre’s move

DIPHU, DEC 7: Hills State Demand Council (HSDC) has opposed the move of the Central government to observe ‘Good Governance Day’ on December 25, Christmas day.

Slamming the BJP government for hurting religious sentiments HSDC said: “Christmas is the greatest festival of Christians not only in India but all over the world”.

HSDC accused BJP for organizing the event in order to have its stamp over “one nation, one culture, one language and one religion” theory. The BJP’s move is part of a larger conspiracy to introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country, “to suppress religious minorities, including Christians”, HSDC stated.

Stating that such move was against secularism, HSDC reminded that framers of the Constitution of India had guaranteed the Right to Freedom of Religion to all its citizens of the country.

“The action of NDA government to introduce UCC in the country is against the rights and customs of the hill tribal people and small communities like Karbis, Dimasas, Kukis, Rengmas,” HSDC stated.

(Correspondent)

Sacked state BJP unit leaders write to Amit Shah; demand justice DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Senior state BJP unit leaders-- K. James Vizo, Mghato Achumi and Yanghose Sangtam, who were recently sacked as party’s vice presidents and spokesman, have shot off a letter to BJP national president Amit Shah wanting to know as to why they were “sacked without any specific reasons”.

In the letter, the three BJP leaders stated that the BJP unit president Visasolie Lhoungu, during a meeting at Hotel Saramati Dimapur on December 5, had claimed that “a direction was given by the Central BJP leadership” to drop them from their posts with immediate effect.

“On being asked-- the reasons for dropping us, he (Lhoungu) could not give us any tangible response to satisfy us,” they said. Asserting that as sincere and dedicated party workers, the three BJP members said their main objective was to prepare for the forthcoming 2018 elections. “We have not played anything which would be detrimental to the party,” they added.

The BJP members in this regard appealed Amit Shah to deliver them justice in the interest of the party in the state and the national level.

Meanwhile, a senior party member claimed that Vizo, Achumi and Sangtam were sacked following the directive of BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav.

It was reported that few state party leaders were asked to come to Guwahati and was informed about the decision. Ram Madhav who is also the in-charge of North Eastern states is stationed at Guwahati to oversee the preparations for the forthcoming Manipur Assembly elections.

LRD eyes Nagaland as coffee producing state

Kohima police reminds hoteliers

Correspondent

DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Kohima police has reminded all hotels, guesthouses, institutions etc. under Kohima district having foreigners as guests to mandatorily furnish information by filing the online C-Form.

In a communiqué, Sr. SP Kohima, Joseph Hesso further said it was a statutory obligation to intimate the office of the FRO (SP Office) regarding the arrival and stay of every foreigners within 24 hours. With the implementation of IVRT module, Hesso said C-forms are to be submitted online while hoteliers can obtain the user ID by registering with FRO, Kohima at http://indianfrro.gov. in/frro/FormC. Defaulters would invite imprisonment for a term of upto five years and fine under revelant section of the Foreigners Act.

KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): After a successful trial at ongoing Hornbill Festival, the Department of Land Resources and Development (LRD) is looking forward to make Nagaland a coffee producing state.

The coffee stall set up the department under the observation of coffee expert from South Africa Dr. at Kisama, has been attracting many visitors particularly tourists. With the intention of promoting “Nagaland Coffee”, the coffee has been sold at a cheaper rate.

In an interview with Nagaland Post, deputy director C. Vanjamo Ngullie said the amount generated at the stall would be utilized in purchasing coffee seed and would be distributed among coffee growers as the depart-

ment has plan for bigger project. With the two varieties of coffee richly potential in the state- Arabica and Robusta, the department also plans to expand the project by covering 50,000 hectares of land across the state with coffee plants by 2027.

The deputy director also informed that the department has plans to open coffee centre at all the block levels, to facilitate coffee growers in marketing. At the stall, the department is serving mostly Arabica and said almost 80 kgs has been used during the last seven days

out of the total 185 kgs.

Department has also installed Roaster machine, procured from South Africa, Espresso machine brought from Italy, Big Roaster machine with 5 kg capacity and grinding machine transported from Coimotor at the stall. He expressed delight that the first initiative of the department has proved well and said Nagaland Coffee would be promoted in all possible manners.

The stall was inaugurated by Assam chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal on December 1.

Cultural performances continue to enthral visitors at Hornbill Fest Correspondent

Kohima, Dec 7 (NPN): Cultural dance performances by various Naga tribes continued to enthrall visitors at the ongoing Hornbill Festival at Naga Heritage village, Kisama on Wednesday.

On the seventh day, 17 cultural troupes dressed in their respective traditional attires showcased the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the Nagas.

During the first session of the cultural programme, Yehemi village cultural troupe from Sumi community performed “axuto inache kukuxu” a traditional game played by men folk. It is a game to test the skill and strength as to who can make the opponent fall down.

Pholami Dzuvekro cultural troupe of the Chakhesang community presented “Chute Li” millet sowing song. Phaijol Village cultural troupe of

(From top clockwise) Waromong Village cultural troupe, Kachari cultural troupe, Phoyisha range cultural troupe and Pathso Noken cultural troupe. (NP)

the Kuki community performed “Khulkon lam” dance, that depicts the journey undertaken by the Kuki forefathers from their subterranean under world “khul” to the upper world

in search of good land.

Nsong Village cultural troupe from Zelaing community presented a folk song.

Waromong Village cultural troupe from Ao

community demonstrated “Arr Atsutepa” (Tug of war).

Kachari Cultural Troupe Purana bazaar from Dimapur performed “ gwdan bwthwr”, a dance

performed by the young and old alike to welcome the new year in the Kachari month of Bwisagu.

Pathso Noken Cultural Troupe from Khiamniungan community demonstrated “nok-lee”- a dispute between two khels when something is stolen in the village.

Phoyisha Range Cultural Troupe from Pochury community performed “ khwizhll” folk dance. This dance, depicts when a male invitees in honour of the feast –giver, singing praises about his generosity, his popularity , the good food and drinks enjoyed by all finally, bidding farewell to the day and the feast.

Mezoma Village culture troupe of the Angami tribe performed “Terhü Keho Do” the different tactics in attacking the enemy (head hunting). These tactics were taught to the young boys by the warriors.

In the afternoon ses-

sion, Sangphur Village cultural troupe from Yimchunger community performed “jung heh” war dance during head hunting raid.

Tuensang Village Cultural Troupe from Chang community demonstrated “ nyeklang khun” the art of weaving unique warriors’ hat used by the warriors during war. Wokha village cultural troupe from Lotha community presented a folk song.

Orangkong village cultural troupe from Phom community demonstrated “Yahok Lopho” headhunting/warfare in the olden days when victorious warriors returned after a successful head hunting raid, was celebrated by the whole village. The warriors donning shield, dao, spear and headgear danced with great enthusiasm and sang recounting their achievements.

Ekranipathar Village cultural troupe from Di-

mapur Garo community performed the “Wangala” dance, which is one of the most important dance of the Garos during Wangala harvest festival.

Angangba Village cultural troupe from Sangtam community performed “Shore-o-Shore” folk song and dance. This is performed when a rich family hosts a feast for the people to celebrate.

Kithagha Village cultural troupe from Rengma community performed “Agahli”.

This victory dance, which is a skilful and lively, is usually performed and arrayed in their traditional best, while celebrating a war victory. The dance is also performed during important festivals.

Chingdang village Cultural Troupe from Konyak demonstrated “ wu leng jun pu hem” traditional fishing song performed during traditional method of community fishing.

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Awareness on domestic violence

(L-R): Participants along with resource persons at GA guest house Pungro. (NP). EAC Peren Sadar Tsidi speaking at the observation of elimination of violence against women at Peren town hall. (DIPR) Correspondent

KIPHIRE, DEC 7(NPN): Domestic violence awareness month 2016 was observed on December 6 at the GA guest house in Pungro under Kiphire sub-division with EAC (P), Echungbemo Erui and Saratho Katiry as the resource persons. Echungbemo Erui remarked that the status of Naga women

has always been determined by ancient customs and practices. He highlighted the various plights of women owing to prevailing customary law and called for a balanced intervention of state authorities and legal services in order to create awareness in this regard. Saratho Katiry also spoke on various sections of “the protection of women from Domestic

Violence Act 2005”. He called upon the participants to recognise domestic violence as an abuse which was the first step to getting help and how they have been empowered under this Act and encouraged them to speak publicly against domestic violence.

The programme was attended by the Pungro town GBs and members of

the apex women body of Pungro, the Yimchung Berü Are (YBA).

PEREN: A fortnight observation on elimination of violence against women was held at Peren town hall on December 7, organized

by Zeliangrong Mipui Organisation and sponsored by Nagaland State Commission for Women. According to DIPR report, secretary, GB

& DBs Forum Nagaland, Lungrahie Herie and EAC Peren Sadar Tsidi were the main resource persons on the topic “From peace on the home to peace in the world.

Make education safer for all and protection of womens rights’. The programme was chaired by vice president ZMO Leichiam while vote of thanks was delivered by joint secretary Haimaliu.

NSCN/ GPRN (R) Cultural exchange program at Kohima College discharge cadres

Kohima College principal Dr. Watijungshi, staff and students along with the delegates and students of SNDT Women’s University.

DIMAPUR: Kohima College organized a cultural exchange program with visiting delegates and students from Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women’s University, Mumbai, on December 7, at college auditorium hall.

Kohima College prin-

cipal Dr. Watijungshi in his welcome address apprised the visitors as to how Kohima College was one of the two government colleges in Kohima and also the second oldest college in the capital.

Dr. Watijungshi also mentioned about the college’s upcoming golden jubilee celebration in August 2017

and the forthcoming second UGC NAAC Accreditation visit. Team leader, Renuka Prajata shared about the history of SNDT University and how it was founded on July 5, 1916, with the objective to liberate and empower women through education.

Visiting students presented a traditional dance

and their university song.

The culture, tradition, literature, food habits, nature of the film industry and attire of Maharashtra was also presented. Students of Kohima College led by asst. professor, Cheryl Kevichusa, entertained with a fashion show titled, “A glimpse of traditional & modern Naga attires” and college choir also presented a musical piece. An interaction between the students of Kohima College and SNDT University was also held.

Earlier the program was chaired by HoD, English department Moanungla Kevichusa and a brief speech on the college history was presented by HoD, Education Department, Ameü Kire.

CANSSEA for early implementation of 7th ROP

DIMAPUR: The various State Services Associations led by CANSSEA met the chief secretary on November 17 and submitted the 4th Representation for timely implementation of the 7th ROP in the state.

A press note by CANSSEA president, S. Takatuba Aier and general secretary, Dr. R. Elithung Lotha stated that the team also met the chief minister for the same purpose November 18.

It stated that specific timeline could not be fixed but the CM had assured for implementation of the ROP. CANSSEA stated that after threadbare discussion, CM had directed the Finance Department to start working out the modalities. It was also decided that the State Services Association would write at an appropriate time to the government of India through the state government to provide financial as-

sistance to the state government for the timely implementation of the ROP. The State Services’ Associations therefore appealed to all heads of departments to seriously carry out the manpower rationalization exercise.

Further, it is appealed to all state employees to work with utmost sincerity and dedication towards efficient delivery of service to the people of the state.

DIMAPUR: NSCN/ GPRN (Reformation) has “force-discharged” two of its cadres namely ‘capt’ Mhobemo Lotha and ‘2nd lieut’ Mathango of Noning village from the national service with immediate effect. MIP, NSCN/ GPRN (R) in a press note stated the duo was found involved in ‘anti- social activities’ which, MIP maintained, was against the Azha of the government.

NSCN/ GPRN (R) further informed the general public not to entertain them in any way relating to the matter of government.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur Thursday, December 8, 2016

news in brief Dapfhütsumia Kuda Krotho informs: Dapfhütsumia Kuda Krotho has informed all its members residing in Dimapur that its 3rd annual feast and conference will be held on December 10, 12 noon onwards at, Ziebou Kire’s residence, Neiphruolie Colony, Chumukedima. The executive members of the union have invited all its members to attend the programme positively to have a meet and greet time among the members.

NMVSU citizens’ general meet: New Monger Village Students’ Union (NMVSU) has convened its citizen general meeting on December 29 at New Monger village. All the citizens have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

NBCA literature committee meet: NBCA literature committee has convened a meeting on December 9 at 10:30 a.m in the NMM office Fellowship colony. NBCA literature committee convenor, Mhonbemo Patton has requested all committee members to attend the meeting positively.

DSSU presidential meet: Dimapur Sumi Students Union (DSSU) has convened its presidential meeting on December 8 at 12 noon in the residence of its banker, Er. Ghokuto Assumi Retd SE, Duncan Basti. All units and subunits presidents, general secretaries and representatives have been asked to attend positively.

DAYO informs: Dimapur Ao Youth Organisation (DAYO) has convened a meeting on December 10 from 2 p.m onwards at the residence of treasurer. All the executive members, unit presidents and office bearers have been requested to attend the meeting.

Chakhesang Sükrünye 2017 meeting: Chakhesang Sükrünye Festival committee has convened a meeting on December 17 at 1 p.m in Conclave Hall, LCS Building, Kohima town. All the committee members, concerned leaders/representatives and two representatives each from Chakhesang village units based in Kohima have been requested to attend the meeting for deliberation and preparation positively.

NNC, GDRN (NA) informs: NNC,

GDRN (NA) has officially accepted due recognition of its former kilonsers to rejoin the same government on December 6. NNC, GDRN (NA) through its MIP kilonser, Khehoto Rochill informed that the kilonsers were Mar Imsong Ao, Setongba Sangtam and Thronghokieu Yimchunger. MIP further stated that kilonser Lashito Sumi who had earlier been terminated has been retained in the same post.

NRDSA to celebrate silver jubilee: Nagaland Rural Development Service Association (NRDSA) will be celebrating its Silver Jubilee (1991-2016) on December 15 at RD conference hall with minister for Rural Development & REPA, C. L. John as the chief guest and Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, Rural Development, Kelei Zeliang, IAS as the guest of honour. All NRDSA members and retired officers have been requested to attend the jubilee.

JNV Chukitong alumni informs: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Chukitong has informed that school silver jubilee celebration will be held on December 10 at 10 a.m. at Chukitong JNV school campus. All the present student, parents and well wishers have been requested to attend the jubilee. It further informs that the transportation will be available at NST colony Wokha from 9 a.m. for further details one could contact :09774011731,09615131584.

SDO Electrical Peren informs: Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Electrical Peren has informed the general public that 33 KV line (Jalukie feeder from Medziphema) will remain shut down from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on December 8 for timely line maintenance and jungle clearance between Medziphema and Jalukie.

Lost and found: Union Territory, GPRN/NSCN has informed that one white colour Apache RTR 160 bearing chassis no. MD634KE4XF2N42575 and engine no. OE4NF2878236 has been recovered by union territory GPRN/NSCN, Khehoyi designated camp. Rightful owner could claim the same from the union territory office by producing all valid documents in original within seven days from the date of the issue of the information.

NHM employees total cessation of work from Dec 15

DIMAPUR: Aggrieved employees of National Health Mission and its vertical programmes have resolved to cease work from the December 15 if all pending salaries were not released by then.

In a press note, NHM Employees Association, Nagaland (NEAN) stated that a representation regarding this has also been submitted to the government on the last week of November

2016. NEAN accused the state government of not releasing their salaries despite directives received from the Ministry to release funds from the State Treasury to the State Health Society (NHM) account within 15 days of receipt of funds from GoI. NEAN stated that so far salary have been released only till August 2016 which was done after a gap of more than three months and

some program like IDSP and RNTCP till July 2016 after a gap of more than six months. “Despite the untold hardship faced daily the employees have been performing their duties,” NEAN maintained.

NEAN said it had earlier given ultimatum to the government for regular release of salary in July 2016 but lamented that after releasing the salary of the pending months the same

trend is being followed till date.

“When Government can resort to ‘No Work, No Pay’ we will also have no choice but to resort to ‘No Pay, No Work’,” NEAN stated.

Further, NEAN demanded a permanent solution to the problem of delayed release of fund from the state government despite the government of India sanctioning it on time.

‘World Soil Day’ observed across different districts of Nagaland

(L-R): Mhonlumo Kikon along with the participants at Wokha. Director of agriculture, Helie Rupreo (Inset) and participants at the programme in Kohima. NU vice chancellor giving soil health cards to the participants in Lumami. SMS (soil conservation) Zhiete speaking at the programme in Tseminyu. DC Y. Denngan Avennoho Phom along with the participants in Longleng.

DIMAPUR: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Wokha, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland centre, Longsachung in association with DICE Foundation (Foundation for Dialogues on Indigenous Culture and Environment), Nagaland celebrated World Soil Day (WSD) and prerabi campaign at Yanpha villages of Wokha district on December 6 with MLA, 40 AC Nagaland, Mhonlumo Kikon as the chief guest.

The function was conducted under the chairmanship of joint director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region for Nagaland centre, Medziphema, Dr. D J Rajkhowa.

Kikon, in his speech, highlighted the importance of the programme and requested the farmers to take advantage of the soil testing facility provided by KVK Wokha.

He lauded the work carried out by the KVK at the grass-root level and K

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reaching to the unreached farmers to improve their livelihood.

On the lack of market linkage in the area, Kikon urged upon KVK to develop good market channels for the benefit of the farmers.

The chief guest also distributed soil health cards to the farmers.

He also pointed out that in collaboration with DICE Foundation more similar programmes and projects can be executed in future. For instance training session can be conducted for young entrepreneurs or Self Help Group leaders to be mediators or middlemen in the market to avoid third party intervention, Kikon opined.

Also speaking at the function, Dr. Rajkhowa explained the importance of soil to our lives vis-à-vis food security and agriculture development.

He appealed all the farmers to apply fertilizer based on soil test for en-

hancement of crop production and productivity. He also urged the farmers to take up integrated farming approach to increase their farm income. Subject matter specialist (Soil Science), Dr. Sanjay Ray spoke in detail about the importance of the soil testing and soil health card for the farmers.

He emphasized that farmer should use fertilizer as per test report provided in soil health card and avoid excess use of chemical fertilizer and pesticides.

Earlier, delivering the welcome address, programme coordinator, KVK Wokha, Dr Santosh Kr Baishya stated that the objective of the programme was to create awareness amongst the farmers on the importance of soil health and improved cultivation practices like suitable seed varieties, seed rate, sowing time, nutrient management, etc for winter (rabi) crops.

He also mentioned that KVK was implementing lot

of new technological interventions in Ralan area to give fillip to the agricultural development. SDO (Civil) Ralan, Thungjanbemo Tungoe, praised the activities carried out by the KVK for the farming community.

The programme ended with vote of thanks proposed by Bendangla Imsong, subject matter specialist (Plant Breeding). (Correspondent) DIMAPUR: World Soil Day was celebrated by department of Agriculture at directorate conference hall on December 5.

Director of Agriculture, Helie Rupreo delivered the speech on importance of soil and to have full awareness of civil society and decision makers about the fundamental roles of soils for human life. He also emphasized the prominent contribution of soils to food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation, essential ecosystem services, poverty alleviation and sustainable development.

Addl. Director, Thungjamo Lotha in his keynote address emphasized on the importance of zinc and boron which was a soil nutrient and play an essential role for the growth of plants especially in rice and vegetables.

Vote of thanks was delivered by joint director, Dr. Bendangyanger who was also the chairperson.

NU LUMAMI: Krishi Vigyan Kendra Zunheboto celebrated the day along with pre-rabi campaign at KVK, training hall, Lumami, Nagaland University.

Vice chancellor, Prof.

N.S. Jamir graced the occasion where he asked the farmers to get their soil checked so that based on nutrient availability, different crops could be grown and if any deficiency was there.

He asked them to adopt technologies provided and whenever assistance was required it could be taken up with the KVK who had expert scientists of different discipline.

In the inaugural programme Dr. Rakesh Kumar Chaursaia, sr. scientist & head gave the welcome address to the farmers. SMS, Sentimenla spoke on the importance of Soil Health day and importance of testing of soil. Dr. Visakho Shunyu, emphasized upon the rabi crops which could be taken up after harvest of paddy crops to gain more income.

Hukato Chairman, Lumami village spoke on behalf of the farmers and stressed upon the need to join hands together so that the productivity of the crops can be increased. The programme ended with distribution of 197 soil health cards, seeds and pesticides by the vice chancellor, Nagaland University. Vote of thanks was delivered by Edenly Chishi.

TSEMINYU: World soil health day was organised by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kohima at KVK complex, Tseminyu town on December 5.

Significance of world soil health day was highlighted by SMS (Soil conservation) Zhiete where he stressed on the importance of soil testing, soil health status of individual farmers and the benefits they could avail in terms of production through adopting the recommended of soil status.

The highlight of the programme included the distribution of 185 number of soil health card to progressive farmers representing five villages under Tseminyu subdivision.

Earlier the programme was chaired by programme co-ordinator, KVK kohima Dr. V. Akashe Zhimomi.

LONGLENG: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Longleng organized the day at KVK, office premises with DC Longleng Y. Denngan Avennoho Phom as chief guest.

DC in his speech appealed to the farmers to take interest in agriculture to become self sufficient. He

said farmers should explore more scopes for the food production and stressed on community based farming.

SMS (Agronomy) Dr. Manoj Kumar delivered the welcome address and glimpse of pulse programme in Longleng District.

In his keynote address, SMS (Soil & Water Conservation Engineering) Dr. P. Chowdhury spoke about the importance of soil health cards and appealed to the farmers to use this card in day to day agricultural practices. Soil Health Cards, Lentil, Pea, Mustard and Neem oil were distributed to the farmers by DC. Training for application of neem to the infected crop was also imparted. Altogether 48 farmers from surrounding villages attended the programme Earlier the programme was chaired by SMS (Animal Sc.) Dr. Lily Ngullie and vote of thanks was delivered

by SMS (Hort) Lily Rangnamei.

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WEATHER FORECAST December 8

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Guwahati Hazy sunshine

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Zunheboto Plenty of sunshine

Correspondent KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): With the aim to keep the villagers strong and united, Vafümai union Kohima observed its 20th union day under the theme “unity can survive” with chairman autonomous district council Senaptai Manipur, M.L. Markson as the chief guest and vice president Poumai Naga women Dimapur, Th. Kaisa as guest of honour on December 4 at Baptist High Auditorium, Kohima.

Markson in his address appreciated the effort of the union for bringing the villagers together for good purpose. He encour-

aged the union members to fear God, seek His Kingdom for all blessings and to be active members in the church. He also shared the importance of humbleness and patience to be successful and fruitful in life.

He advised the young students to strive hard in life and enjoy the fruits of hard labour which every parent dream of. He reminded the students’ community about the burden, sweat and tears of parents to give them quality education.

He also shared the responsibilities of the parents to train and guide the children in the right way and in fear of the lord to be

fruitful in life.

Kaisa in her address reminded the gathering the responsibilities of womenfolk, as mother and home keeper. She reminded that women played a great role to maintain cordial relationship with neighbours and in-laws. She said that raising a God fearing child and guidance in the right way depended on the mother.

She also reminded wife and mother the responsibilities towards their husbands. Kaisa also stressed the importance of women education in this modern technology age for the greater contribution towards family and society.

NCSU hosts visiting ECI team

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(R-L) M.L. Markson addressing the gathering. Vafümai women society Kohima presenting a special song. (NP)

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Village health nutrition day held at Pokphur village

DIMAPUR: District Health Society Kiphire conducted village health nutrition day (VHND) at Pokphur village, Kiphire on December 5, 2016.

The medical team comprised of DTO Dr. Khelito Zhimomi, nurse Pongsushi, ASHA Rechungshe, BEE Setsao Sangtam, BPM Jully Sumi and media officer Imnasenla Pongener.

During the VHND, various health care services were provided not only for maternal, child health and immunization but also for various diseases. 72 OPD attendees were registered at the VHND who were treated and provided free medicines. ANC check-up was also done during the programme.

As part of the programme, nutrition food provided by CDPO, Kiphire were distributed to children and lactating mothers.

Eight member ECI team led by chairman Venkat Rao with DC, SP Kohima and NCSU officials.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Contractors’ & Suppliers Union (NCSU) hosted a nine member team of ECI Engineering & Construction Company, Hyderabad during their visit to Kohima for the Hornbill Festival at Naga Heritage Village Kisama on December 6 and 7.

A press note by NCSU secretary, Imsunok Jamir stated that NCSU officials and members led by president Pele Khezhie organised a welcome programme in Kohima on December 6,

wherein Get Gorgeous Society, Dimapur enthralled the visiting guests led by ECI chairman Kaza Venkat Rao by showcasing a fusion of traditional and modern wear from Nagaland and also other North Eastern States as well as special music.

ECI board member V. V. Prasad while expressing happiness over the warm welcome described Naga people as beautiful and filled with warmth. He also appreciated the existence of gender equality in the Naga

society. He also lauded Nagas for the good sanitary habits such as avoiding open defecation and urination.

Meanwhile, on the ongoing four-lane work of Dimapur-Kohima National Highway, Prasad maintained that the Company would work towards completing the project within two years and help the Nagas in improvising the lifestyle without any pot-holes on the said route. Earlier, NCSU general secretary John Kath delivered the welcome address.

The programme was compeered by Masoni Moses and K. Ashune, welcome song presented

by Vafümai Women Society Kohima, invocation prayer by deacon Thezü and welcome address delivered by president VUK, Pfoni. Special songs were presented by D. Hrai and LYSOK, brief history of Vafümai Union Kohima shared by L.K. Akho, dance performed by Muvi and Metovile, D. Kho, K. Afodio and D. Isaac led in brain storming session, and closing prayer tendered by Kapazü general secretary.

Hundreds of Vafümai villagers, both young and old attended the programme.

KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): With an objective to provide free and competent legal services to all section of society in line with Article 39 A of the constitution of India, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) Nagaland has opened a 10-day legal awareness stall at the Hornbill Festival, Kisama.

NSLSA member secretary, Nino Iralu informed that it aimed to ensure that opportunities for securing justice were made available to all the citizens regardless of economic, social or other disabilities.

She said these services were provided by way of free legal advises/counselling by judges, prosecutors, lawyers, PLVs who were at the stall and stayed from 9 am till 4 pm where various legal literatures in the form of pamphlets, flyer and leaflets were also freely distributed.

Iralu added that the legal services included rendering of any services in the conduct of any cases or other legal proceedings be-

NSLSA team led by member secretary Nino Iralu at Kisama, Tuesday. (NP) fore any court or authority or tribunal and the giving of advice on any legal matter including ADR. The member secretary also expressed joy that they could render free service to the people who were either ignorant or not bothered of the many welfare laws

existing for them.

Initiated in 2014, Iralu said this would be an annual event and said for 2016, the first day 1300 visitors visited the stall and since then more than 600 people has been availing the legal literacy and also legal services.

Peren LADP committee constituted DIMAPUR: The LADP verification committee for Peren district was constituted on December 6 at DPDB meeting held in DCs conference hall, with DC & vice chairman DPDB, Zarenthung Ezung as the chairman.

According to DIPR report, for 6 Tening A/C Thuvishie Phoji ADC Tening waas the convener, and SDAO Tening and SDO (PWD) Tening were the members. For 7 Peren A/C Tainiu ADC Hq. was the convener and EE (PWD) Peren and DFO Jalukie were the members.

The board deliberated at length on the issue of ban on logging (round timber) under Working Scheme and Tree Farming and decided to relax the ban period till April 30, 2017.

The house also approved that, no loaded log vehicle would be allowed to ply on all the roads of the new district Hq. Later, the departmental activities were presented by the District Industries, Soil & Water Conservation and the PHED.

Team of Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) with governor, P. B. Acharya after the meeting for the development of Naga society on December 7.

(PRO Raj Bhavan)

Director, department of Tourism Assam, Palash Barooah (C) enjoying the Naga cultural performances on Wednesday. (NP)

Azo urges youth to promote unity Agri department bids farewell to director

Azo addressing at Probami Youth General Session, Wednesday. (NP) Correspondent KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): MLA, Kuzholuzo Nienu said youths were the future and hope of any society, thereby he advocated the youths to promote unity and oneness in and around the village for the betterK

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ment and upliftment of the village.

Addressing on the occasion of the 43rd Probami Youth general session, Azo reminded the youth by quoting Franklin Roosevelt “those who do not plan for the future has already planned to fail” and said

it was important to make plans for the future.

He thanked the villages, youths and the Chakhesang community for standing by him during both good as well as bad times.

With just a year for the next state general election, Azo informed the gathering to choose a leader having political vision.

According to him Nagaland being a nonrevenue generating state, solely depended on politics whereby a good political leader was needed to lead the state. He exuded confidence that “if God’s willing” NPF would come back to power under the leadership of T.R Zeliang and Dr. Surhozelie Liezietsu for the fourth consecutive time.

He urged the party men and women to stay steadfast with the party and not shift their loyalties as political winners were those who stuck to their parties in any times.

The MLA was accompanied by the officials of CPO, CSU, president Chakhesang Youth Front.

T h e p r o g r a m m e wa s chaired by Vezohu.

Agriculture, Addl. director Thungjamo Lotha, G.Ikuto JDA, Sosangmer JDA, Er.Achakbou Sr.Agril Engg., Bendanglila JDA. & C.Peter Yanthan JDA. Short speech on behalf of outpost Estt. was delivered by B.Nyenghong Phom DAO, Mon.

(Inset) Rongseninla Aier outgoing director of agriculture, speaking during her farewell programme on November 30.

DIMAPUR: Department of Agriculture bade farewell to retiring director Rongseninla Aier on November 30 at the farewell programme organized at Agriland conference hall, Kohima.

According to information and publicity wing, director of agriculture, Rongseninla in her farewell speech expressed happiness and thanked Almighty God and the department for extending fullest support and co-operation throughout her entire 35 years of service.

She said that the experience gained and earned during

her service career will always be treasured.

Helie Rupreo who will be taking the place of Rongseninla congratulated the outgoing director for successful completion of 35 years of service and lauded her valuable contribution at various level during her service career.

Addl. director Imtitemjen read out the service profile of the retiring director from the date of joining till date.

APC & Commissioner & Secy. Imkonglemba, IAS in his speech expressed de-

light of working with the “5th director of the Department of Agriculture and hoped to work with the 6th & 7th Director of the Department”.

APC in his speech stated that the outgoing Director was committed and thorough in her assigned task.

He further hoped that the next director will also follow the same trend for the betterment of the department and farming communities in particular.

Voluntary speeches were delivered by Chumremo Odyuo, IAS, Secy.

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Pradesh to frame Frustrated UCM to counter UNC Arunachal stipend policy for students eco-blockade in a ‘positive way’ Deadline given to UNC for lifting the economic blockade ends

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IMPHAL, Dec 7: Failing to get any response from United Naga Council (UNC) although several appeals to lift the ongoing old economic blockade which is been in place for the past 37 days were made, United Committee Manipur (UCM) has decided to discuss the matter with leaders and individuals of all communities residing in Manipur.

UCM is hosting a “people’s convention” in Imphal on December 9 at 10 am to discuss matters relating to countering the ongoing economic blockade in a “very positive way”.

Earlier, UCM made an appeal to the UNC to lift the economic blockade within 72 hours counting from the midnight of December 4, asserting that if no positive response comes up UCM along with the people will start a strong mass movement against the economic blockade.

Not only the UCM but also several civil society organizations based in both hill and valley including church bodies have made

their appeals to the UNC to lift the economic blockade considering the hardship being facing by the people owing to scarcity of the essential commodities.

They further appealed to the Manipur government and the Centre to bring an amicable solution instead of indulging in the blame game on the impasse.

However, UNC is yet to give a positive response to the appeals.

As the UNC failed to heed to the appeals, UCM today announced that it has decided to hold a people’s convention to discuss on the subject. Leaders and individuals of all communities have been invited to take part in it, UCM president Elangbam Johnson said.

Addressing a news conference at UCM office, Imphal, Elangbam, urged community leaders and individuals to share their thoughts and responsibilities in countering the ongoing economic blockade in a very positive way.

The president said that as the deadline given to the UNC has been over, the UCM is now left with no choice but to find a way

to counter the UNC economic blockade in consultation with the people of all section of the society.

He reiterated UCM’s appeal for lifting the economic blockade while asserting that people of the state irrespective of hills and valley, have been facing immense hardship because of the prolonged imposition of the economic blockade on the two main national highways in Manipur.

He said that the convention is to be held in the backdrop of the general hardships faced by the people of Manipur for the last one and half month as an outcome of the economic blockade imposed by the UNC since November 1, 2016 onwards.

“The conventions aim at meeting out strategies to fight this kind of inhumane act collectively as one common issue cutting across all ethnic lines,” he said.

Meanwhile, All Manipur Christian Organization (AMCO) and Tribal Churches Leader Forum (TCLF) while making their appeals to the UNC to lift the blockade have also demanded to sort out the cur-

rent issues between state government and UNC. They further urged the state government to come out with a clarification over the announcement of Jiribam and Sadar Hills as fullfledged districts of the state.

Addressing a news conference at Manipur Press Club today, executive member of TCLF L Saimon Raomai denounced the move on the part of state government to approve Jiribam and Sadar hills as full-fledged revenue districts without any consultation with all stakeholders of each district and communities.

Government’s immature decision let the economic blockade to come in action call by UNC following which people of both hill and valley people were made to suffer.

There is no roll back to the 37 days long economic blockade called by the United Naga Council (UNC) even though various sections of the society including church bodies, civil society organizations and other hill base bodies had appealed to lift the stir considering the hardship face by the common people.

Itanagar, Dec 7 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh government today decided to frame a stipend policy for the students and to make Adhaar registration compulsory for all students.

The meeting chaired

by Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein was aimed at streamlining the process of the disbursement of students’ stipends, an official communiqué informed.

The meeting also decided to examine all the central schemes and stipends that provide higher rates to tribal students and to propose strategies to be converged. A committee of secretaries was constituted under the chairmanship of

Commissioner of Education to formulate the Stipend Policy at the earliest.

The deputy chief minister asked the committee to form the new Stipend Policy within the current financial year so that it could be implemented from the next session. Mein said that it has become pertinent to streamline the disbursement of stipend to check draining out of government resources. He informed that the step was being taken in line with the streamlining of wages of the labourers that was done during the time of former Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu to link the payment of wages with Photo Identity.

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Happy Birthday Rosan!

Happy returns of the day i hope that you can achieve more success in your life each and every day you bloom like flower which make me happy and as you step in another year ahead, I wish you happiness success and good health in your future endeavor ! and study more thank playing of games “ God bless you (My Pagal Roshan)

From, Ashish

Hi Vipi, Happy Bornday. May the Joy, Happiness and Peace fill your heart, May God’s mercy shower upon you, May God bless you with healthy and long life.

With prayer: Ilobo(Toto)

Meghalaya CM admits water woes in the state Correspondent

Tura, Dec 7: Chief Minister Dr. Mukul M Sangma on Wednesday said that there have been issues of water problems everywhere which perhaps are the effects of climate change and ecological imbalances in the state. Launching the StateLevel Springshed Development Initiative programme at Aminda Rangsag re, Gambegre C & RD Block, West Garo Hills district, Sangma said these problems had necessitated congregat-

ing and taking resolution for climate change by creating sustainable development to ensure sustainable ecology for the people, he added.

While mentioning about the encroachment of catchment areas which is one of the main causes for drying up of the water sources, the chief minister said that the most important intervention of Springshed Initiative was to map, monitor and recharge all water bodies in the state and utilize these water resources for developmental purposes.

Referring to the improvement of agricultural sector in the region, Sangma urged the concerned departments to enlighten the people of the area to adopt scientific approach and practice multiple cropping in order to protect and manage the quality of soil for better productivity. Sharing his views about the progress of tourism industry in different parts of the state like Sohra (Cherrapunjee), Mawlynnong, Sangma spoke about the vast potentials and job opportunities the tourism

industry provided as well as improve the economic status for the people. Soil and Water Conservation minister Ronnie V Lyngdoh said that life revolves around water and launching this Springshed Initiative project is being done at the right time. He said that in the past spring waters were in abundance since there was less population but, now with the increase in population spring water has either reduce drastically or polluted or have dried up completely.

2 dead as Guwahati-bound train derails Chandel stages rally for

Locals gather around the derailed engine and compartment of Rajendra Nagar-Guwahati Capital Express in Alipurduar, Guwahati on Tuesday. (PTI)

Guwahati, DEC 7 (Agencies): At least two people died and more than six injured as a Guwahati-bound train flew off the rails in north Bengal late on Tuesday, bringing the spotlight back on India’s large but poorly maintained rail network.

The railways tweeted that the engine and two coaches of the 13248 Up Rajendra Nagar–Guwahati Capital Express derailed near Samuktala road at around 9.15pm near the West Bengal-Assam border. Two unidentified males have been declared dead while many are injured.

R a i lway m i n i s t e r Suresh Prabhu ordered an inquiry while the depart-

ment said the cause of the accident appeared to be due to the driver jumping a red signal.

“The two male passengers who died could not be identified as no identity proof was found from their possession” said Sanjiv Kishor, the divisional railway manager posted at Alipurduar. They were travelling in the general unreserved coach and were probably sitting on the floor of the coach , said another railway official.

“Thorough enquiry will be subsequently conducted and action taken against the guilty,” the northeast frontier railway said. As the train was moving slowly, the damage caused was minimal. Two

coaches- one SLR and one general- jumped the track.

This is the second major accident in as many months, after 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express went off the rails on November 20, killing 145 people – the country’s worst train accident in six years. The accident was blamed on a fracture in the tracks. About 150 stranded passengers were taken back to Alipurduar Junction by 15772 Kamakhya – Alipurduar Junction Intercity Express. The unaffected portion of the train was detached and pushed back from the site.

India has the fourth largest rail network in the world and carries more than 23 million passengers everyday but is creaking from ageing tracks, poor maintenance and decades of low investment in infrastructure.

The largely colonialera railway system is saturated and suffers from inefficiencies, fractured tracks and poor signalling equipment that cause accidents.

Indian Railways recorded at least 24 “averted collisions” in five years to August 31 this year. In most cases, alert drivers helped avert collisions.

release of UNC leaders

Cha n d e l , D e c (Agencies): Protesting the arrest and demanding release of UNC president Gaidon Kamei and information & publicity secretary, SK Stephen, who were arrested by Manipur state police commandoes, Chandel Naga Civil Societies Coordination Core Committee organized a mass rally at Chandel district headquarters on Wednesday.

Before the rally a public meeting was held at Maha Union Government Higher Secondary School ground from where the rally began.

Speaking at the meeting UNC assistant general secretary Gabriel Chinir reminded of the various MoU signed between the GoM and Naga civil organization wherein Jiribam district and Sadar Hills would not given a full fledge district without the consent of the Naga people.

The Economic bandh was in place as the state govt, instead of trying to solve the problem, remained a silent spectator, despite a 48 hour shut down called by UNC in all Naga inhabited areas in

300 tankers proceed to Imphal from Jiribam Correspondent

IMPHAL, Dec 7: While around 300 goods laden trucks mostly ferrying petroleum products started moving with heavy security escort, authority of the Border Road Task Force (BRTF) has requested the Manipur government to prohibit movement of heavy vehicles on NH-37 for repairing of a bridge over Barak river.

Following the request, state transport department has issued an order prohibiting plying of all kinds of vehicles on Imphal-Jiribam section of NH-37 for two days, that is December 8 and 9.

However, passenger vehicles and medical emergency vehicles will be allowed to ferry through the adjacent 340 ft BSB bridge on Barak river, the order issued by state transport commissioner M Lakshmikumar Singh stated.

The 765 BRTF (GREF) requested the Manipur government to impose restriction in the movement of heavy vehicles on ImphalJiribam road in view of the poor condition of the 360 feet suspension bridge over Barak river (at 145.09 km from Imphal) on NH-37.

The BRTF authority requested the government to allot some days for repairing the bridge following which state transport department under section 113 of the Motor Vehicle Act 1988 prohibited movement of all kinds of vehicles on December 8 and 9 to enable BRTF to carry out necessary repairing work.

The order prohibiting the movement of vehicles came up at a time while Manipur government had deployed a large number of security forces as ROP to ensure disturbance free movement of goods ferrying vehicles in the wake of UNC sponsored economic block-

ade. Meanwhile, around 300 goods laden trucks mostly tankers carrying petroleum products have left Jiribam for Imphal along NH-37 with heavy security escorts early this morning, official reports said.

The trucks were among over 771 Imphal-bound trucks that were stranded at Jiribam for the last few days, waiting for security escorts.

The trucks proceeding towards Imphal included 130 oil tankers, 84 bullet tankers (bulk LPG careers), the report said.

The trucks had crossed Khambiron area of Tamenglong this afternoon and there was no report of any disturbance from the economic blockade supporters till the time of filing this report.

The vehicles are expected to reach Imphal by Thursday morning if no disturbances come up while crossing the stretch of the highway in Naga dominated

Tamenglong district.

On the other hand, the three-day total bandh imposed at Pallel area of Thoubal district bordering Chandel district has entered its second day on Wednesday. The bandh has been imposed in protest against prolonged imposing of economic blockade on the national highways passing through Naga dominated areas which also covers the Imphal-Moreh section of NH-102.

During the bandh, vehicles carrying goods coming from Imphal side were strictly checked before giving special relaxation to proceed as counter blockade was also being imposed by local youths joining hands with the area based women bodies.

Pallel Bazaar wore a deserted look for the second consecutive day as all shops and other business establishments downed their shutters owing to the bandh.

the wake of the Government’s attempt to create the said districts forgetting the MoUs it had signed with the Naga civil societies, Gabriel stated and further alleged that arresting UNC president and information secretary at such a juncture and keeping them in the custody was suppression of right of the Naga people.

Other speakers who spoke during the meeting demanding the release of the leaders included CNPO president Ws Kanral, CNCSCCC convener Wng Kohring Victor, NSUC president Sr Joningam, NWUC president Lh Bliss and NG Benithan.

Large numbers of people including women who took part in the rally raised placards written with ‘Release UNC leaders without Any conditions’, “Respect Naga ancestral land” and “Mr Ibobi stop persecuting Naga leaders”, marched towards Chandel mini secretariat complex, where a memorandum addressed to the Prime minister of India was handed over to the deputy commissioner of Chandel Bobby Waikhom.

Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit shaking hands with army officials on the occasion of Armed Forces Flag Day at Raj Bhawan in Guwahati on Wednesday. (PTI)

Yes Bank launches SIMsePAY in Itanagar

Itanagar, Dec 7 (PTI): Yes Bank, India’s fifth largest private bank has launched SIMsePAY, a unique innovation that allows any account holder to do money transfers, pay utility bills and other mobile banking services, without the need for smartphones or internet, here.

The bank launched the services today with the Arunachal Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd here and subsequently plans to launch it across the country, a release said.

The offering is based on a frugal “simsleeve” tech, in association with Taisys Technologies, which holds global patent for the same and has implemented the same successfully in other countries including Kenya and China. The pilot launch takes place against the backdrop of the government’s digital payments drive and is a part

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT : NAGALAND NOTICE

NO.REV-12/2000-D/10215-16

Dt. Dimapur the 28/11/16

Notice is hereby given that Shri/Smti Aomeren, S/o, D/o, W/o, Late Yamongti, resident of Dimapur has reported that he/she had lost his/her Jamabandi/patta bearing Patta No. 756, Dag No. 1127 of Block No/Village 3, Area 00B-01K-00Ls which was lost or destroyed.

The undersigned hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land or any should be submitted to this Court in written on or before ...............

DP-10044

Regd. 4842

Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Nagaland

DECLARATION

Dt. 05/12/2016

(Correction of Father's Surname & Mother's Name) I, Miss Pusanuo Chaya, Daughter of Shri. Kikron Chaya and Smti. Vikhonuo Chaya, aged about 20 years, permanent resident of P' Khel, Viswema Village, District- Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India hailing from the Angami Naga tribe.

2. That I am the biological/legitimate daughter of Shri. Kikron Chaya and Smti. Vikhonuo Chaya.

3. That in my entire Academic records and Schedule Tribe Certificate and Official Surname 'Chaya' in my Father's Name has been entered and recorded with my tribe name 'Angami' as Kikron Angami instead on Kikron Chaya.

4. That in my entire Academic records inadvertently and by oversight my Mother's name has been entered and recorded as Vikhonuii Chaya instead of Vikhonuo Chaya.

5. That the above mentioned name Kikron Angami and Kikron Chaya it refers to one and the same person i.e my Father and it is indistinguishable and synonymous.

6. That the above name Vikhonuii Chaya and Vikhonuo Chaya it refers to one and the same person i.e my Mother and it is indistinguishable and synonymous.

7. That this affidavit shall stand as piece of evidence for any rectification/correction if any complications that may arise with regard to correction/Change of my Father's Surname and Mother's Name in my entire Academic records and other official documents.

8. That this affidavit is signed and sworn before the competent authority declaring that my Father's correct official name is 'Kikron Chaya' and my Mother's correct official name is 'Vikhonuo Chaya' herein it shall be used for all Academic records, official records, future references and future correspondence.

That the above statements made in Para 1 - 8 are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing material has been concealed herein and I signed this affidavit before the Competent Authority on 05th December, 2016 at Kohima.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent above named on this 05th December, 2016.

Notary Public K-4417

of Yes Bank’s ongoing efforts to broadbase the digital payments infrastructure in India and also complements the bank’s extensive bouquet of state of the art digital offerings as a leader in technology and innovation in the banking sector.

This is the third launch of SIMsePAY services, following the first launch in Dehradun last week and second launch in Khagaria, Bihar. As per industry estimates, of the over 900 million mobile phones in India, only around 220 million phones are smartphones (less than half of these are internet enabled).

SIMsePAY would cater to the large section of Indian population who remain unbanked or under banked due to lack of access to smart phones and mobile internet.

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

NOTICE

NO.REV-12/2000-D/III/10059-60 Dt. Dimapur the 24th Nov. 2016 Notice is hereby given that Shri. Chumdemo Lotha resident of Nuton Basti, Dimapur has reported that he has lost her Jamabandi/ Patta bearing Patta No. 110 under Dag No-199 measuring an area of 00B-02K-16Ls at Block No-9, which is reported to be lost or destroyed.

Seen FIR lodge vide No.-Ref:- H 16/16, dtd. -30/9/16 in the West P.S on the said plot of land.

The undersigned hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land and if any should be submitted to this Court in written within 1 (one) month from the date of issue of this notice.

Sd/Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland DP-10016

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA : NAGALAND

Dt, Wokha the 3RD Nov 2016

NOTICE

No. Judl-47/2015-16/ / whereas, Smti. Ajano Odyuo, wife of Late Shri. M. Nchenth Odyuo, a resident of Wokha Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits from the Government in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri.

M. Nchenth Odyuo who expired on 21/9/2016.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/objection, if any within 30 (thirty) days from the date of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after cut off date and succession certificate shall be issued.

Hotolu Swu Addl. Deputy Commissioner Wokha : Nagaland DC-2732

Sasikala’s alleged midnight coup

V Sasikala, the close aide of Jayalalithaa near her mortal remains kept at Rajaji Hall for public viewing in Chennai on Tuesday. (PTI)

the army Camp at Nagrota, near the Baleeni bridge and started indiscriminate firing upon the army personnel with the intention to kill them,” the NIA said in a statement.

The actions of the terrorists constitute scheduled offences under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967.

Seven army personnel, including two Major-rank officers, were killed and eight other security men injured in the terror attack carried out by three heavily-armed terrorists, who were also eliminated in the fierce encounters on November 29.

NIA, which was formed in 2008, functions as the country’s central counterterrorism law enforcement agency.

NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (IANS): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said he had never used the Army for political gains, adding that the success of the September 28-29 surgical strikes made others “jealous”.

“I never used the Army on a political platform. All I have said is that we took a decision. You can call it good or bad... surgical strike took place, the status quo of not crossing the LoC (Line of Control) was rejected.

“Only the forces can cross the border, not political leadership; but this decision, whether good or bad, the marks should be given to political leadership,” Parrikar said at the ‘Agenda Aaj Tak 2016’ conclave here.

“Had something gone wrong, I don’t think anyone would have said anything but that it was an ill-managed operation, political leadership was not prepared, there was a shortage of bulletproof helmets or jackets,” he said.

“There are many fathers of success and few of failure. There was success, so everyone was jealous that the government would get credit,” the minister said.

Parrikar said during the surgical strikes -- across the LoC on September 28-29 and one earlier along the Myanmar border -- he could not sleep all night.

Cho Ramaswamy dead; PM Modi pays last respect

Cho Ramaswamy CHENNAI, DEC 7 (PTI): Veteran journalist, former Rajya Sabha Member, political commentator and satirist Cho Ramaswamy passed away early this morning in a private hospital here due to age-related problems.

Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, Chief Minister O Paneerselvam, DMK leader M K Stalin and superstar Rajnikanth were among those who paid floral tributes to Cho at his residence.

The 82-year-old, who was admitted to Apollo Hospitals last week for respiratory problems, is survived by his wife, son and daughter. In his tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described him as a multidimensional personality, towering intellectual and a great nationalist.

“Cho Ramaswamy was insightful, frank & brilliant.

Pained by his demise. Condolences to his family &

countless readers of Thuglak,” Modi said.

“Above all, Cho Ramaswamy was a dear friend.

I have been to his annual readers meeting, which were an unprecedented editor reader interface,” he said.

A wreath was laid on the mortal remains of Cho on behalf of Modi, the Tamil Nadu government said in a release.

The wreath was laid by State Protocol Officer Shiv Das Meena, it said.

A stream of admirers, literary personalities and those from the cinema and theatre world also paid tributes to Cho at his residence.

A lawyer by profession, Cho was a popular name in theatre, cinema and journalism. He was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 1999 to 2005.

Condoling his death, Governor Rao said he was a multi-faceted personality.

Panneerselvam, accompanied by his cabinet colleagues C Srinivasan, Edappadi K Palaniswamy, P Thangamani and S P Velumani, paid homage to Ramaswamy.

DMK President M Karunanidhi, in a statement, said despite political differences, Ramaswamy had great love and affection for him.

Rajinikanth described Ramaswamy as a “close friend” and recalled they had been friends since 1978.

Licence of Indira Jaising’s NGO cancelled NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (PTI): Licence of an NGO run by noted lawyer Indira Jaising has been cancelled permanently by the government for alleged violation of FCRA, an action termed by the organisation as “preposterous” and an attack on “right to free speech” guaranteed under the Constitution.

In its order, the home ministry claimed that there were discrepancies in foreign contributions cited by Lawyers’ Collective in its returns filed with the government.

Jaising, who was the additional solicitor general of India under the previous UPA government, had violated FCRA norms by receiving foreign funds between 2006-07 and 2013-14 when she was a government servant, the order said.

Reacting to the government’s move, the NGO issued a statement expressing wonder how an order could be issued on Sunday when all the government offices are closed.

“Lawyers Collective has received an order dated November 27, 2016 cancelling its registration to receive foreign contribution...at its registered office at Mumbai.

The statement said it noted that “strangely enough, the order is passed on a Sunday, when government offices are closed.

JD(U) steps up attack at BJP on land deal, claims huge cash paid PATNA, DEC 7 (PTI): Stepping up attack on BJP over large-scale land purchases ahead of demonetisation, the JD(U) today came out with alleged details of transactions showing huge amount was paid in cash at different places and sought to know how the saffron party mobilised huge amount of cash.

Rejecting the defence of senior BJP leader Sushil

Kumar Modi and new state party chief Nityanand Rai that payment for land purchases were made through bank RTGS, a statement issued by senior JD(U) leader Shyam Rajak and three state spokesmen Sanjay Singh, Niraj Kumar and Rajiv Ranjan Prasad gave details of area of land bought, registration, name of sellers and sources of payment.

After Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had on Monday questioned BJP’s silence on the issue of “large-scale purchase of land” in the state ahead of demonetisation and had said if the matter comes before his government it will act on it, the party has stepped up its attack on BJP over the issue.

“The JD(U) has raised the question of large-scale

purchase of land by BJP in Bihar ahead of demonetisation for opening offices...

BJP should answer from where they got this much of money,” Kumar had said.

The JD(U) statement claimed that for 22.38 decimal of land in Bagha at a cost of Rs 66 lakh from Ravindra Nath Tiwari onethird payment was made in cash. Similarly in case of purchase of 31.25 decimal

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NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (PTI): The National Investigation Agency has been given the charge of probing the terror attack at an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota in which seven security personnel were killed.

“The Nagrota terror attack case has been handed over to the NIA for investigation,” Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi told reporters here.

Following the Home Ministry order, the NIA police station at New Delhi has re-registered the case (FIR 221/2016) registered at Nagrota Police Station under Jammu police district as NIA case no RC-16/2016/ NIA/DLI for offences under different sections of the Ranbir Penal Code and sections of the Arms Act, 1958.

A team of officers of the NIA will reach Jammu shortly to visit the crime scene and commence the investigation. The NIA will also place the FIR before the NIA Special Court at Jammu, the agency said.

“The case at the Nagrota police station was registered on the basis of information that on November 29 some heavily armed unknown terrorists, on the directions of their foreign handlers, had entered into

Never used Army for pol gains: Parrikar

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In Kisanganj for 35 decimal of land a sum of Rs 15 lakh was paid in cash, the statement claimed.

In Chapra the entire payment of Rs 48.90 lakh for 56.198 decimal land was made in cash, it claimed.

In Sitamarhi the total amount of Rs 17.80 lakh

for four decimal land was paid in cash.

In case of 42 decimal land in Sasaram out of a total payment of Rs 1.5 crore a sum of Rs 40 lakh was made in cash, it added.

Belting out details of transactions, ruling JD(U) leaders sought to know from BJP as from where they got this much of cash ahead of scrapping of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 bank notes.

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near Jayalalithaa.

It was only later that the legislators learnt that the procedure that lasted almost all night was to install an ECMO which takes over the functions of the heart and lungs. The next morning, all ministers and legislators were summoned to a meeting in the basement of the Apollo Hospital.

They were each ordered, allegedly by Natarajan, to sign three blank A-4 pages that had no information other than a list of their names. Each signed next to their name. No information was provided on how the signatures would be used.

They were also made to sign a register that would establish that a party conclave had been held. At 2 pm, word arrived that the chief minister had died. Several

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will. Sources within the AIADMK, who asked not to be named, laid out how Natarajan manoeuvred the party’s transitioning away from Jayalalithaa to a new leadership that has her approval, reports NDVT. On Sunday at 7:30 pm, the chief minister had the massive cardiac arrest that she would not recover from.

About three hours later, all legislators and ministers, including O Panneerselvam, were told that Jayalalithaa was undergoing “a minor procedure.” At 4 am, they were told she was being taken to the ICU for postsurgery care, but specially set-up screens blocked visitors from any view of the chief minister. Only Natarajan and core advisors like former bureaucrat Sheela Balakrishnan were allowed

legislators dissolved into tears. They were then told to meet at the party office at 6 pm. When they got there, the five most senior ministers, including Panneerselvam, were missing.

Those who attended the party meeting believe that this is when Natarajan negotiated the transfer of power with the five heavyweights in the AIADMK. News channels mistakenly reported at about 5 pm that Jayalalithaa had died. Though the hospital clarified that was not the case, the legislators were not allowed to leave the party office for the hospital.

Shortly after 11 pm, the five missing ministers arrived, grim-faced. The party chairman, Madhusudhanan, was handed a one-line statement to read out - it established that Panneerselvam would be the next chief minister.

Panneerselvam placed Jayalalithaa’s photograph on the dais before taking oath and after being sworn in The ministers - nearly 30 of them - were packed into buses to travel to Raj Bhavan, which was entirely ready for the new government to take oath. All officials needed for the formalities had been organised.

Jayalalithaa was declared dead about 30 minutes later, at 12:40 am. The news was broken to the ministers at Raj Bhavan; many sobbed openly.

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CHENNAI, DEC 7 (AGENCIES): Among the lasting images of J Jayalalithaa’s funeral - the sea of supporters bound together by grief, the glass casket moving slowly in an open-air truck to Chennai’s Marina Beach - the one that carries the maximum political weight is that of Sasikala Natarajan, dressed in a black sari, performing the last rites.

Natarajan, 59, who lived with Ms Jayalalithaa in a palatial home valued at nearly 50 crores, has no official position in the AIADMK. And yet, her 24X7 access to the party chief, including in her last hours alive, allowed Natarajan, who once sold video cassettes for a living, to ensure that Tamil Nadu’s ruling party bent to her

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Between The Lines

Dilemma before Sonia Gandhi

Vol. XXVII NO. 6 Dimapur, Thursday, December 8, 2016

Suspense in Tamil politics

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amil Nadu’s Dravidian politics will be much poorer with the passing away of an enigma called J.Jayalalitha, who ruled as chief minister of Tamil Nadu for a total of 14 years between 1991 till 2016. The last of the leaders of the Annadurai era is present DMK chief and nonagenarian M.Karunanidhi, who was the arch rival of Jayalalitha. The AIADMK after MGR’s death went to his wife Janaki but a determined Jayalalitha gained control after a bitter succession fight. Under Jayalalitha, the AIDMK evolved into a pro-poor party and overtook the rival DMK in it. Jayalalitha was also a visionary who opened her state to industrial development and today, Tamil Nadu is a major hub of manufacturing in India. Having left behind a strong and robust economy and a party that has 37 out of 39 Lok Sabha seats and 11 out of 18 Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu, Jayalalitha would go down as the most durable, inspiring, immensely popular and powerful leader of the state. In the 2016 assembly election, she became the first Tamil Nadu chief minister since MGR in 1984 to be voted back into office. After MGR no chief minister has ever regained power consecutively. Such was the quality of Jayalalitha that even her bitterest political rival-DMK- praised her for being the doughty iron lady and a formidable adversary. The life and death of Jayalalitha would surely be an inspiring story for any enterprising Tamil film producer and would surely be a mega block buster. Her death and the speculations surrounding it during the last 75 days of her life while she battled sickness and eventually died, would also be shrouded in mystery and which would be talked about for many years. As far as the chief minister’s post is involved, there will be hardly anybody to complain since Panneerselvam was elected by the MLAs and also held temporary charge twice when Jayalalitha was in jail in 2001.

Panneerselvam again took temporary charge as chief minister in 2014 when the trial court convicted Jayalalitha on corruption charges for which he resigned. She fought the case and won and in the 2016 assembly election, she defied all projections to win a second consecutive term. The other most important post in the AIADMK is that of general secretary a post which Jayalalitha held for decades. Jaya’s long time friend and close confidante Sasikala Natarajan, is largely speculated to slip into the shoes even if they may not fit. The main talk in political circles is all about the split in the AIADMK. The expected “instability” is expected to emerge in the coming days because Panneerselvam and Sasikala cannot keep rival flocks together in the political vacuum. The AIADMK is today exposed to open poaching and disintegration and which the BJP will seek to exploit. The BJP could see gains in the state during Lok Sabha elections in 2019. To do well, a dramatic reshaping of the BJP’s local party operations is being considered. It may be noted that the BJP opened its account winning one Lok Sabha seat in 2014 while the DMK and Congress could not win any seat. Though the DMK might benefit from a divided AIADMK, in the event MLAs backing Panneerselvam reject Sasikala’s ascendency; the major beneficiary would be Modi.

DailyDevotion Repentance Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation… —2 Corinthians 7:10

Conviction of sin is best described in the words: My sins, my sins, my Savior, How sad on Thee they fall.

Conviction of sin is one of the most uncommon things that ever happens to a person. It is the beginning of an understanding of God. Jesus Christ said that when the Holy Spirit came He would convict people of sin (see John 16:8). And when the Holy Spirit stirs a person’s conscience and brings him into the presence of God, it is not that person’s relationship with others that bothers him but his relationship with God— “Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight…” (Psalm 51:4).

The wonders of conviction of sin, forgiveness, and holiness are so interwoven that it is only the forgiven person who is truly holy. He proves he is forgiven by being the opposite of what he was previously, by the grace of God. Repentance always brings a person to the point of saying, “I have sinned.” The surest sign that God is at work in his life is when he says that and means it. Anything less is simply sorrow for having made foolish mistakes— a reflex action caused by self-disgust.

The entrance into the kingdom of God is through the sharp, sudden pains of repentance colliding with man’s respectable “goodness.” Then the Holy Spirit, who produces these struggles, begins the formation of the Son of God in the person’s life (see Galatians 4:19). This new life will reveal itself in conscious repentance followed by unconscious holiness, never the other way around. The foundation of Christianity is repentance. Strictly speaking, a person cannot repent when he chooses— repentance is a gift of God. The old Puritans used to pray for “the gift of tears.” If you ever cease to understand the value of repentance, you allow yourself to remain in sin.

Examine yourself to see if you have forgotten how to be truly repentant.

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We should not only use the brains we have, but all that we can borrow. ~ Woodrow Wilson

Nagaland Post, Dimapur Thursday, December 8, 2016

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wish I could agree with Congress president Sonia Gandhi that compassion was the distinctive character of her mother-in-law, Mrs Indira Gandhi. A person with an iota of consideration for individual freedom would not have detained 100,000 people without trial as she did during the emergency in 1975. Not only that she also gagged the press and moulded the society in such a way that it had no hesitation to cross thin line between right and wrong, moral and immoral.

True, Indira Gandhi did help the people of then East Pakistan in their struggle to free themselves from the distant Rawalpindi and the atrocities which the army committed against the Bangladeshis. Sonia Gandhi tells in a television interview with Rajdeep Sardesai that the then Prime Minister would tell them at the dining table how the Punjabi army was killing the people in Bangladesh intentionally, without remorse. Probably, the liberation of Bangladesh was her finest hour and the opposition leader Atal Behari Vajpayee hailed her as Goddess Durga for having

divided Pakistan. This obviated the danger of attack on India from the eastern side.

However, the fact remains that the partition formula which recognized the two parts of Pakistan, East and West, was not followed.

Pakistan never forgave India for the separation although the Hamoodar Rahman Commission report on the Bangladesh war blames people in West Pakistan for treating the Bangladeshis as second class citizens.

This may be the real reason why the Bangladeshis rose against Rawalpindi and freed themselves from its clutches.

During the birth centenary of Mrs Gandhi, which is being currently celebrated, two things will be remembered, one commendable and another condemnable.

The first relates to the liberation of Bangladesh and the second is connected with the emergency. As was probably agreed to before the interview, Rajdeep does not ask Sonia Gandhi any question about the emergency. Once he tries to bring in Sanjay Gandhi but she corrects him that the interview was on Indira Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi refuses to compare

Prime Minister Narendra Gandhi and his cohort SidModi with Indira Gandhi. dhartha Shankar Ray, then She merely says that they West Bengal chief minister. were two different people. Probably, she too realized She refuses to elucidate even that it was her only chance though Rajdeep repeats the to wriggle herself out of question. At one time I too the Allahabad High Court was on personal terms with verdict which had unseated Mrs Ganher. Indeed, it Kuldip Nayar dhi. I met was a hard punher when ishment for a the then Home Minister poll indiscretion. But it was Lal Bahadur Shastri was a judgment which had to a member of the Citizens be respected. She not only Committee which Jawaha- suspended the constitution rlal Nehru had constituted to do away with the judgunder her to reinvigorate ment but also introduced the people who felt dejected authoritarianism which was after the debacle against not a part of the democratic China in 1962. Although governance. The entire parI was a mere information liament caved in and the officer, she had no qualms members, because of fear, about treating people at par. endorsed the emergency Despite our good relations, without a whimper. They, she had no compunction otherwise, would criticize in in detaining me during the private what she did. Most emergency. We never met pathetic was the role of the after the detention although media. I recall that when there were feelers from her the emergency was imposed side expressing her desire there was anger and more to meet me. I was too bit- than a hundred journalists ter to entertain the idea. It assembled at the Press Club was said about her that she at my bidding to condemn was the only ‘man’ in the her act. But I when I tried to cabinet. pick up the threat after my She was assertive and detention for three months, clear in orders she gave. The there was hardly anyone to emergency, however, was support me. Mrs Gandhi thrust upon her by Sanjay had created so much of fear

in the minds of journalists that they were more worried about their jobs than not the concept of the freedom of the press, which they otherwise cherished.The problem with the Congress party today is that it has not gone beyond the dynastic dependence. And, somehow, the people are not enamoured of the dynasty anymore.

Rahul Gandhi doesn’t sell although he passionately and honestly pursues the Congress principles laid down by his great grandfather Nehru. Priyanka, Sonia Gandhi’s daughter, goes down well with the masses. This is probably because she reminds them of Indira Gandhi, who still enjoys pre-eminence in their thoughts.All this are true, yet the Congress has lost its relevance and the party has to work hard to make people believe that it can provide an alternative. Prime Minister Modi is still acceptable in spite of the steps like demonetization of currency.

People believe that it was all for their good even though they have to face inconvenience. It is a long haul for the Congress to push out the BJP from power. The biggest

problem is that secularism is not a concept as attractive as it used to be once. The people themselves have been influenced by Hindutva thoughts. In fact, there is a soft-Hindutva in the country today. How to resell the idea of India, that is democratic and secular polity, is the arduous task which the Congress is facing today.

That is probably the reason why Sonia Gandhi talked in terms of compassion when she was giving interview at the Anand Bhavan in Allahabad. In a way she has chalked out the programme before the Congress on the eve of elections in UP. Much will depend on how the various parties fare in the state polls. That may influence the parliamentary election in 2019 and give direction to the country, including the Congress. The party’s problem is that it has not won any election so far since the advent of Modi. Even in the Maharashtra civic polls the BJP is ahead of the Congress. Gujrat has gone completely to the BJP. This should worry the secular, liberal forces. The BJP is entrenching itself and the Congress is going down.

Post-mortem

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oday many Nagas; particularly the politicians; under the pretext of development; are making attempts to make the naga people and their land to be purchased. But unlike the other people of the world, the Naga people and their land are the same. No Nagas land means no Naga people; Political, social, economic, religious; all circles around the Naga people and their land.

This was the main reason why the Nagas had to live with Article 371 (A); which is outside the purview of the constitution of India. If the ministry of petroleum and natural gas; government of India translate other than as above; the case is to be decided in the international law of justice; because there is no constitutional court in India to interpret other than as above: (i.e outside the purview of the constitution of India) The earlier Naga politicians had corruption free government upto 1969; then after the 1969 state election, corruptions entered into some Naga politicians and grew at tremendous speed that led us to one of the most corrupted people of the world and as a result Article-A has been diluted; unless the Nags take an immediate remedial step to keep it strongly intact.

The 16th point agreement granted (i)The 16th fully fledged state of Nagaland; under the constitution of India (ii) Article 371 (A) outside the purview of the constitution of India. The granting of (i) is being implemented as of today; but our earlier politicians overlooked the (ii) and took it for granted that nothing in this world could disturb this Article 371 (A).

But today so many things had come up; for matters related to this article 371 (A). it is therefore high time for us to retrospect Ar-

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ticle 371 (A) before it is too late.

No (i) is being looked after and taken care of one in all of the Naga people but no (ii) there is still no constituent body to take care of it. Infact this has to be higher organisation than no (i) as pre-supposed by Article 371 (A) of the Indian constitution. Let us therefore form the imperative need of the constituent assembly; representing all the Tribes of Nagaland.

The number of representatives may all br the same irrespective of big or smaller tribes; having equal status.

Every enlightened Naga is well aware of article 371 (A) and in this after “Unless” is applicable only to only Acts/Laws passed by the parliament of the central government of India and not the otherwise. It is therefore in the fitness of things; when the state government have to accept the Act/Laws passed by the Parliament of India; it has to positively consult the constituent body of this Article 371 (A); discussed in thread bear, finalised and settled; then only pass an Act by the Legislative assembly of Nagaland.

In the absence of the constituent body, who is to be consulted? The result is confusion and chaos, as of today in all over Nagaland.

Taking untold pains by NSCN (IM) Indian government has recognised the uniqueness history of Nagaland, from earlier Indian government terming our Naga underground people as goons, rebels etc. In the list of uniqueness of Naga History has so far no organised constituent body to be properly looked after and taken care of it. Let us therefore immediately do something in the line of suggestions as made above before it is too late.

T.C. Kithan, Pensioner (NCS) & Senior citizen

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Oil and Gas in Nagaland

ver since the exploration and extraction of oil and natural gas in Nagaland, there has been a constant tussle between the state government and the landowners. At present, all oil operations in Nagaland have been put on halt, thanks to the legal battle between the landowners and the state government.

Through this write-up, I would like to share some of my views on this contentious issue. In the interest of the Nagas in general and the affected landowners and villages in particular, we must address the following issues first before we start any more exploration and extraction of oil and gas in Nagaland.

First things first, sanitization of the Changpang oil field must be the top priority of the state government and the people must demand that no exploration and extraction of oil and gas in Nagaland will be carried out unless the state government brings back the Oil and Natural Gas Cooperation (ONGC) to clean and sanitize the toxic waste caused by the seepage of the rigs left by the company in 1994 at Changpang and Tsorri villages of Wokha district. The ONGC cannot be allowed to go scot-free after it had poisoned and destroyed the land and water of Changpang oil field. For the poor farmers of the Changpang and Tsorri villages, land and water are much more precious than oil and gas because they know that they can survive without oil and gas but not without water and food. The Government must invite reputed institutions or environmental think-tanks to assess and prepare a report on the social, health and environmental havocs caused by the spillage of oil in the Changpang oil field. And based on the report the ONGC must pay the compensation for the destructions and also clean the affected areas

within a given timeframe.

Alongside the Changpang oil field issue, the Nagaland government must fight in the court for its rights on the exploration and extraction ofoil and gas in Nagaland. I have already given my opinion on this issue and here I can only reiterate what I’ve already said in an earlier write-up and published in the local dailies. I’ve countered the GoI’s position “that ‘exploration of oil and natural gas’ comes under the Union list and that the Parliament alone has the power to legislate laws on this subject” by saying that “the state of Nagaland is an outcome of a political arrangement between the GoI and the Nagas and the same political issue is still awaiting a final ‘acceptable and honourable settlement’”. Therefore, “Legally, the [Petroleum] Ministry also cannot question Nagaland Government for formulating laws on oil and minerals resources in Nagaland because the jurisdictions of the Union list, the State list and the Concurrent list are yet to be resolved politically. In the present political arrangement, the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland is duty bound to legislate laws for the state, including petroleum and natural gas.” These are my personal views on the issue but it is the responsibility of the state government to fight the case with all the legal, political and historical rights in the court.

Only when the above two issues are resolved, the Nagaland government can initiate a public debate on whether the people of Nagaland are willing to exploit oil and gas or whether to keep the resources for future generations to exploit? Here, it’s relevant to ask the question why our leaders are in such a hurry to exploit the oil and gas buried underneath the foothills of Nagaland. As a layman, I would certainly like to

Reminiscence of better days in Wokha

ill 1958, Wokha station was army brigade headquarters. In 1958 Assam Rifles relieved the army brigade headquarters with the 12th Bn Assam Rifles. After 12th Bn Assam rifles, 24th Bn Assam rifles, after that 40th Bn Assam rifles, after that 41st Bn Assam rifles, after that 17th Bn Assam rifles and now 28th Bn Assam Rifles. From 1958 till now, for 58 years Assam Rifles continue their service in Wokha.

Notwithstanding, civil administrative officers and Assam Rifles officers were in co-operation and working together in order to maintain tranquillity, peace and harmony in the area, because those days abnormal situation was worsened all

over Nagaland due to Naga independence movement.

The writer was a civil liaison officer attached to civil administration. He consulted with Assam Rifles officers without timidity and sacrificed by working round the clock in order to bring tranquillity, peace and harmony in the society, performing bona fide government duties.

Therefore, by the grace of Almighty God, he was awarded India president’s gold medal, state government gold medal and religious ministry gold medal. Praise the Lord who guided me, filled enough wisdom, intelligence and successfully aided in my duties during government service.

Further District hospi-

tal, Wokha was established, 36 years passed but there were no proper foot paths to go for medical treatment. There was a road but only those who had vehicles could go.

Therefore the writer wrote a letter to George Fernandes, then union minister of defence for construction of cemented foot-steps from National Highway to District hospital. He immediately issued ordered for construction of cement foot-steps.

24th Bn Assam rifles headed by Col. D.B. Limbu commandant took initiative for the construction which was inaugurated by commandant on August 7th 2001.

Now the cement foot-steps have deteriorated. After 24th Bn Assam Rifles left, different battalions came and

went but the cement footsteps lau unattended. This was constructed by military civil action, as long as Assam Rifles Bn are at Wokha, they should look after the footsteps, so, that your kindness remains always in the minds of the people.

For the Assam rifles, there is an important slogan to signify “Friends of hill people.” Not only lip service, they should signify the slogan practically. Every Assam Rifles personnel should bear in mind and work as a bona fide government servant, so that there will be no misunderstanding between Assam rifles and public.

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know whether there are any scientific reasons for the urgency to exploit our resources or whether the urgency is driven by the insatiable greed of some of our leaders. Is the urgency because of the fear that the resources will be tapped by oil companies in Assam, whose oil rigs are planted all along the boundary of Assam and Nagaland? Is there any scientific explanation to this theory that, if remain untapped the oil will flow to Assam because oil does not recognized the political boundary of Assam and Nagaland? Or is it because the precious resources will dried-up if left untapped for another decade? These questions required scientific explanation and no amount of political justification can satisfy my quest. An experts committee can be set-up to study the status and sustainability of the resources and present it before the people of Nagaland. At the same time, it is responsibility of the state government to explain to the people why it is in such a hurry to exploit the resources now.

If the people are willing to exploit oil and gas in our generation, then, the state government along with the stakeholders must have brainstorming sections to hammer out a robust Nagaland Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules and Regulations acceptable to all stakeholders. All the present controversial issues must be placed in the discussion table for a public debate. Until such time, all the Resolutions and Acts framed by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly must remain null and void and all oil and gas activities must be kept in abeyance. Subsequently, let me also reserve my views on the landownership rights and sharing of benefits among the stakeholders etc until that time and place happen.

K. Angami

Reader’s Post

Appeal to the GM, BSNL

Sir,

The UCO BSNL tower at Yimpang Village, Tuensang district was constructed in the year 2008. Due to land dispute, the tower was unable to activate on due time but the issue was solved at the Sub-Divisional DB’s Court, Noklak Dated 11-11-2009 and necessary documents in this regard was submitted to your office with an appeal; Dated 6th November 2015. Time and again the BSNL office, Tuensang was reminded but even after the lapse of 8 years it is yet to be activated.

The Chingmei Range comprising of 6 villages is the only place in Nagaland without mobile connectivity.

When the other parts of the world talks about high speed internet connectivity, we are still fighting that we at least get a network. Therefore, your esteem authority is kindly requested to look into the untold suffering of the people and activate the said tower at the earliest.

Changsang, N/Chingmei; N.Y.John, Chingmei; Chingmak, Taknyu

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.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur thursday, december 8, 2016

SC seeks par panel report on Lokpal

Congress on Monday, with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee moving it. Participating in the discussion, Finance Minister Amit Mitra said his party was in the fight against black money, but condemned the way the central government has gone about the demonetisation, causing immense hardship to the common man, particularly the poor people, and triggering havoc in the rural economy.

“The decision has been arrived at without any planning. “The directionless leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi has created an unprecedented crisis,” said Mitra.

Left Front legislature party leader Sujan Chakraborty regretted that amendments moved by their lawmakers were not accepted.

Cyclone in Andamans strands 1400 tourists

PORT BLAIR, DEC 7 (PTI): Around 1,400 tourists are stranded at Havelock and Neil islands in the Andamans due to cyclonic weather conditions and four ships have been pressed into service by the Navy today to evacuate them.

The two islands, approximately 40 kms from Port Blair, have been hit the most by the cyclonic weather conditions caused by a severe depression over southeast Bay of Bengal which led to heavy rainfall,

to fly back home,” South Andaman’s deputy commissioner Udit Prakash Rai said.

The local populace of 10 villages of Havelock and Neil islands have also been hit severely by the cyclone which has hampered the movement of essential supplies. Indian naval ships Bitra, Bangaram, Kumbhir and LCU 38 have been deployed for evacuation, which has not yet begun because of unfavourable weather conditions. “The ships are waiting outside

the harbour. Adequate food, fresh water, medicines and doctors besides divers and local administration personnel are being ferried on board to provide succour and relief,” a Defence official said.

Andaman administration officials said the cyclonic weather has uprooted trees, disrupted power supply and caused flooding in some low-lying areas of Port Blair. Mobile and internet connectivity have also been snapped in many areas.

(From p-1) that led to the death of many innocent people.

NPCC also attacked NPF of compromising its principle for money, wealth and power.

It stated that DAN government meekly accepted the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that espouses one nation one tax regime, which will have far-reaching consequences vis-a vis article 371(A).

NPCC claimed that the centre was slowly and assiduously encroaching on article 371 (A) of the constitution, which would render the article meaningless.

“The previous Home minister of DAN government declared art. 371 (A), as irrelevant and the same article 371 (A) is toss around like a rubber ball according to the demand of the situations by the NPF leadership”, NPCC said.

It also slammed NPF for openly criticizing the head of the state, NGOs and various organizations, and

dragging the name of the Governor into debate.

“The NPF is acting as if DAN government has been authorized to loot, plunder and siphon public money to the extent of questioning the locus standi of the governor of the state for his candid criticism of the government”, NPCC said.

Rather, NPCC said NPF should realize that all living creatures in Nagaland were aware that state has been turned into one of the most corrupt and worst governed state. Therefore, NPF should hang their head in shame instead of flexing its muscles to challenge the Governor.

Further, NPCC alleged that NPF’s claim of providing good portfolio to BJP legislators and according cabinet status to its unit president, has issued a veil warning not to question the plundering of wealth of Nagaland and siphoning of money meant for the common people by the NPF ministers.

NPCC asks DAN govt: why silent over ‘Good Governance Day’?

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CHANDIGARH, DEC 7 (IANS): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked the Sikh high priests to look into the controversy surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) while wearing a cap.

“This matter regarding ‘maryada’ (Sikh religious code) comes under the purview of the Singh Sahiban (Sikh high priests). We have requested them to look into this issue if the ‘maryada’ was violated, “ SGPC President Kirpal Singh Badungar told the media in Amritsar on Wednesday.

The SGPC move came following complaints on the issue and the controversy gaining ground on the social media that the Prime Minister had allegedly violated ‘maryada’ by wearing a cap instead of covering his head with a cloth.

Modi, accompanied

by Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, together visited the holiest of the Sikh shrines on December 3 during the ‘Heart of Asia’ conference. Both wore caps to cover their heads during their visit. Covering head with a ‘rumala’ (piece of cloth) or turban is mandatory for all devotees visiting Sikh shrines.

strong wind and rough sea conditions, officials said.

The administration has already declared the cyclonic weather as ‘L1 Disaster’. Neil and Havelock are two of the most popular tourist attractions in Andamans and the only means of transportation from them are vessels and choppers which have stopped operation since Monday last due to bad weather.

“About 1,400 tourists, who had visited the islands, are now stranded and unable to return to Port Blair

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sun synchronous orbit. The PSLV rocket is a four stage/ engine rocket powered by solid and liquid fuel alternatively. According to ISRO, Resourcesat-2A is a follow on mission to Resourcesat-1 and Resourcesat-2, launched in 2003 and 2011 respectively. The new satellite Resourcesat-2A is intended to continue the remote sensing data services to global users provided by it two predecessors. The Resourcesat-2A carries three payloads which are similar to those of the earlier two Resourcesat’s.

They are a high resolution Linear Imaging Self Scanner (LISS-4) camera operating in three spectral bands in the Visible and Near Infrared Region (VNIR) with 5.8 m spatial resolution and steerable up to 26 degree across track to achieve a five day revisit capability.

KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): Customers of the State Bank of India (SBI) Lerie branch Kohima exchanged heated words with the bank officials on Tuesday for not entertaining the customers after 2.30 p.m.

The altercation reportedly started when bank security personnel refused entry to the customers asking asked them to return on Wednesday. The irate customers, around 30-40 of them, demanded to be let in

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KO L K AT A , D E C 7 (IANS): The West Bengal assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution rejecting the central government’s decision to demonetise Rs 1000 and Rs 500 currency notes and sought a rollback.

The opposition Congress and the Left Front, besides the BJP, opposed the resolution.

The Left and the Congress, however, opposed the demonetisation move, but did not back the resolution which called for a reversal of the decision, “We couldn’t back the resolution as they had demanded a rollback, which, we feel, would trigger a bigger crisis in the economy,” Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan told reporters.

The resolution was brought by the ruling Trinamool

PSLV C36 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota Wednesday. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (AGENCIES): The national capital continued to reel under severe fog conditions as thick blanket of fog continued to envelop the region on Wednesday morning severely affecting the rail and air traffic.

The intensity of fog is believed to increase in parts of Delhi, Punjab and Haryana during the next 24 to 48 hours. According to MET department, the national capital is likely to witness another spell of dense fog in the second week of December.

Visibility was recorded at zero at 5.30am at Palam, the official said.

A senior railway official said train services were disrupted due to low visibility.

“As many as 81 trains are running late by several hours while three were cancelled and 12 rescheduled due to dense fog,” the railway official said.

Flight operations at Delhi airport was also severely hit due to dense fog with as many as 38 flights failing to take off on their schedule time.

The number of departing flights delayed due to Delhi weather on Wednesday stood at 38, DIAL said in a statement.

as transaction time was till 4 p.m. However when the security personnel refused, the customers asked for the branch manager who came and asked them to return the next day.

The manager couldn’t respond and went inside when the customers demanded to know as to why the office should not entertain them at 2.30 p.m.

Some customers complained that even students and senior citizens were not allowed to enter despite repeated requests.

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to direct the government to hold the meeting the meeting comprising the Prime Minister, Lok Sabha Speaker, Leader of Opposition, and Chief Justice of India for selection an eminent jurist to be on the selection panel of Lokpal.

He said that government was doing everything to frustrate the law.

Counsel Gopal Shankarnarayan told the court that it was a practice with the government to raise technical issues or proposed amendments to impede the law.

The top court had on November 23 hauled up the government for not amending the Lokpal Act to recognise the leader of the single largest opposition party in Parliament as the leader of the opposition for constituting the Selection Committee for Lokpal.

“For last two and a half years there is no leader of opposition. This position is likely to continue for next two and a half years.

There would be no leader of opposition. Will you allow the law to become redundant just because there is no leader of opposition?” it had said.

S R I H A R I KO TA (ANDHRA PRADESH), DEC 7 (IANS): India on Wednesday morning successfully put into orbit its own earth observation satellite Resourcesat-2A in a text book style. “Today we had a successful launch of Resourcesat-2A to provide three tier imaging data. The satellites solar panels were deployed. The launch was perfect,” A.S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said soon after the launch.

Kumar said that for the first time a camera was put on the rocket, and as a result the launch of the satellite and the deployment of solar panels were seen. Around 10.25 a.m. the PSLV-XL variant rocket standing 44.4 metres tall and weighing 321 ton tore into the morning skies with fierce orange flames at its tail. Gathering speed every second, the rocket raced towards the heavens amidst the cheers of the ISRO officials and the media team assembled at the port here.

At the rocket mission control room, Indian space scientists at ISRO were glued to their computer screens watching the rocket escaping the Earth’s gravitational pull. Around 18 minutes into the flight, the rocket slung the 1,235 kg Resourcesat2A into an 817 km polar

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areas where the government was making changes for the working of the Lokpal institution.

As he told the bench that there a large number of areas, counsel Prashant Bhushan said that all the amendments are of “technical nature”.

Appearing for the society Common Cause, Bhushan said that the nature of amendment was not such that without them, the working of the Lokpal would be impeded.

He told the bench that the question of treating the leader of the largest opposition party as the leader of opposition has been settled under the antidefection law, under which the Speaker would recognise the every group of lawmakers as a parliamentary party.

Bhushan said that it was only the first Speaker of Lok Sabha who had issued a directive saying that a group of lawmakers would be treated as a parliamentary party only if they constituted 10 per cent of the total strength of the house, and there was no law making it mandatory.

Senior counsel Shanti Bhushan told the court

India successfully puts Resourcesat-2A into orbit

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NEW DELHI, DEC 7 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central government to place before it the report of the parliamentary committee that had examined the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Bill, 2014 as government told the court that there were many issues that needed to ironed out before the law could be operationalised.

The bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice L. Nageswara Rao sought the report as Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the court treating the leader of the single largest opposition party as leader of the opposition for the purposes of the Lokpal law was just one issue and there were other issues that needed to be addressed.

On the question of the leader of opposition, the court said: “If that is the area, we can make it clear that this (leader of opposition) would mean this (leader of the single largest opposition party).”

As Rohatgi said: “We will expedite the process by which government takes the final call”, the court asked which were the other

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The panel said in a statement that Wednesday’s decision was consistent with an accommodative stance, with the objective of achieving the inflation target.

All six members of the panel, chaired by RBI Governor Urjit Patel, voted in favour of the monetary policy decisions -- the minutes of which will be released on December 21.

According to the panel, its decision to keep the key lending rates unchanged was taken after considering various global and local factors such as a likely hike in the US interest rates and lower growth due to the demonetisation drive.

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mercial banks have to keep, and the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR), or the value of specified securities which they have to subscribe to, were also left unaltered.

The current CRR is 4 per cent, while the SLR is 20.75 per cent. However, the incremental CRR aimed at absorbing the surplus liquidity with banks postdemonetisation will be discontinued from the fortnight beginning December 10.

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Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept its key lending rates unchanged and lowered the country’s growth forecast citing global and local uncertainties.

The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), during its second bi-monthly monetary policy review -- the fifth of the fiscal -kept the repurchase rate, or the short-term lending rate it charges on borrowings by commercial banks, unchanged at 6.25 per cent.

The reverse repurchase rate automatically remained unchanged at 5.75 per cent.

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MotoCorp, Tata Motors and M&M finished higher and cushioned the fall.

Sun Pharma fell the most among Sensex constituents by falling 5.96 per, followed by TCS 1.47 per cent, Tata Steel 1.40, Lupin 1.33 per cent, ITC Ltd 1.17 per cent and Wipro 0.06 per cent.

Sector-wise, the BSE healthcare index fell the most by 1.70 per cent, followed by realty 1.49 per cent, bank 1.07 per cent, IT 0.63 per cent, FMCG 0.61 per cent and capital goods 0.56 per cent. In line with the trend, the small-cap index shed 0.51 per cent and mid-cap 0.16 per cent.

Meanwhile, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), which had been net sellers on the domestic bourses since November 8, bought shares worth a net Rs 161.80 crore yesterday, as per provisional data released by the stock exchanges.

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more Indians to transact digitally”.

“The launch of our new toll free payment number (180018001234), is another significant step in that direction”. This will allow even nonsmartphone users across India to go cashless,” Nitin Misra, senior vice president, Paytm said.

Currently, over a million offline merchants across India accept Paytm as their preferred payment mode, the company claimed.

Paytm has a current user base of over 160 million. The company’s investors include Ant Financials (Alipay), Alibaba Group, SAIF Partners, Sapphire Venture, Mediatek and Silicon Valley Bank.

first policy review had cut interest rate by 0.25 per cent in October, belied expectations to keep benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent unanimously.

In sync with overall trend, the rupee too gave up its initial gains to trade almost flat (intra-day) against the dollar during the day, which weighed on sentiment.

Interest-linked banking stocks such as SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank fell by up to 2 per cent in reaction to the RBI decision. RBI left the short-term lending rate, or repo rate, unchanged at 6.25 per cent, and the cash reserve ratio at 4 per cent. The central bank also lowered the GDP projection at 7.1 per cent for this fiscal from earlier estimate of 7.6.

Out of the 30-share Sensex pack, 25 ended lower, while 5 led by Adani Ports, HDFC Ltd, Hero

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Mumbai, Dec 7 (PTI): Digital payments platform Paytm today announced a toll-free number to enable consumers and merchants without an internet connection to pay and receive money instantly and also recharge their mobile phones.

Customers and merchants will need to register with Paytm their mobile number and set a four digit paytm PIN, the company said in a statement here.

“They (users) can then enter the recipient’s mobile number, amount and their Paytm PIN to successfully transfer the money from their Paytm wallet to another Paytm wallet,” it said.

“We are committed to enabling more and

RBI keeps lending rates unchanged, lowers growth forecast

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Mumbai, Dec 7 (PTI): The benchmark Sensex reversed its two-day rally as it fell 156 points today to end at 26,237 as RBI left interest rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent, contrary to market expectations, in its first policy review since the currency switch.

Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel today left the repo rate intact in his second monetary policy even as the central bank lowered GDP growth forecast to 7.1 per cent from 7.6 per cent for the current fiscal, saying short-term disruption in economic activity and demand compression arising out of demonetisation has led to downside risks to growth.

The 30-share index declined by 155.89 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 26,236.87 after shuttling between 26,540.83 and 26,164.82.

The gauge had gained over 162.10 points in the previous two sessions. The wider Nifty hit a low of 8,077.50 before recovering partially to settle at 8,102.05, down 41.10 points or 0.50 per cent.

It had touched a high of 8,190.45 in early trade.

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minimal while we recalibrate our note supply to the denomination that were not withdrawn in terms of legal tender character”.

RBI Deputy Governor R Gandhi said that almost Rs 11.85 lakh crore in the scrapped Rs 500/1000 notes have come back to the banking system. Government had announced that the old Rs 500/1000 notes will no longer be legal tender from November 9. Public has been given time to exchange/withdraw the notes

by December 30.

Gandhi further said printing presses of RBI and the government are working to full capacity and all efforts are being made to

process requiring entry of card details and 2-factor authentication by the issuing bank.

“Thereafter, the registered customers will not be required to re-enter the card details for every transaction at merchant locations that offer this solution and thereby save time and effort,” it said.

The card details already registered would be the first factor while the credentials used to login to the solution would be the second factor of authentication.

RBI further said “suitable velocity checks (how many such small value transactions will be allowed in a day/week/ month may be put in place by banks/card networks as considered appropriate.”

In the interest of customer awareness and protection, RBI said the banks and authorised card networks offering such authentication solutions will bear the full liability in the event of any security breach or compromise in the authorised card network.

Welcoming the move, Uber India said it is a step in the right direction.

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reach the notes in every part of the country.

“In fact, during this period that is from November 10 to December 5, the RBI supplied to the public banknotes of various denominations near about Rs 4 lakh crore.

“As regards lower denomination of notes, the RBI through its counters and bank branches have supplied 19.1 billion (pieces) in this period which is more than what RBI had supplied to the public in whole of last three years,” he said.

Patel said presses have been recalibrated in the past two weeks to print more of new Rs 500 and Rs 100 notes. RBI also urged the public not to hoard the new currency and put it into circulation to ease the situation. “Large quantity of notes of various denomination have already been supplied... I appeal to the public that they may not worry about availability. It is continuously coming. If they freely re-circulate the notes...this problem will not be there,” Gandhi said, adding that “hoarding of notes helps nobody’s cause”.

Mumbai, Dec 7 (PTI): In a bid to speed up small value online transactions, the RBI today relaxed norms for 2-factor authentication for payments up to Rs. 2,000.

Relaxing the norms for 2-factor authentication requirement for transactions up to Rs. 2,000 for online CNP (card not present) transactions, the RBI said only authorised card networks will provide such payment authentication solutions with participation of card issuing and acquiring banks.

“The relaxation for AFA [Additional Factor of Authentication] under such solutions shall be applicable for card not present transactions for a maximum value of Rs. 2,000 per transaction across all merchant categories. Banks and card networks are free to facilitate their customers to set lower per transaction limits,” RBI said.

In this model, the card issuing banks will offer the payment authentication solutions of the respective card networks to their customers on an optional basis. Customers opting for this facility will go through a one-time registration

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Mumbai, Dec 7 (PTI): The demonetisation decision was taken after detailed deliberations and not in haste, while nearly Rs 11.85 lakh crore or 80 per cent of junked notes have come back into the system, RBI today said promising to maintain steady supply of new currency to ease cash crunch. “The decision was not and has not been taken in haste but after detailed deliberations,” said RBI Governor Urjit Patel.

“The consequences that have emanated from that were taken on board.

That is why the planning, the process and implementation was what it was, keeping in mind high secrecy had to be maintained. The central bank and the government were conscious of certain immediate difficulties for the public at large and all efforts were made to mitigate them,” he added. After the 5th Bi-monthly monetary policy review, Patel told the media that the problems of the common person were at “the top of our radar” and all dispensation were put into the place so “that period for disruption is

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A boy sits on the rubble of a building that collapsed after an earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia, on Wednesday.

J A K A RT A , D e c 7 (Agencies): Nearly 100 people were killed early Wednesday and more were feared dead after a powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, with many of the victims crushed to death in their homes as they slept.

The earthquake, which shook Sumatra’s northernmost province, Aceh, had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said that the temblor, which struck after 5 a.m. at a depth of about six miles, was centered in Pidie Jaya, a region on Aceh’s east coast, adjacent to the Strait of Malacca.

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groho, a spokesman for the National Agency for Disaster Management, said at least 94 people had been killed and 617 injured, 128 of them seriously.

Search-and-rescue teams were arriving in the area, said Connie Magdalena, a duty officer at the National Search and Rescue Agency’s headquarters in Jakarta, the capital.

“We are still searching for victims, for survivors.

We still don’t have an exact number,” Ms. Magdalena said.

She said the agency was having difficulty communicating with its rescue teams, which were scouring through rubble across Pidie Jaya, about 70 miles southeast of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, looking for survivors and victims.

“Our rescue teams in the field are also evacuating the injured,” Ms. Magdalena said.

Mr. Sutopo said that panicked residents in Pidie Jaya had run for their lives from homes and other buildings. At least five aftershocks were felt after the quake, he said.

“Numerous homes and buildings collapsed, shop houses collapsed,” he said.

Mr. Sutopo said that more than 160 homes and more than 100 buildings, including 14 mosques and a school, were damaged.

Medical teams were transferring some survivors to the town of Sigli, the capital of the neighboring region of Pidie, because of overcrowding at hospitals in Pidie Jaya, The Jakarta Post reported.

Pak seeks UN help in de-escalating tensions with India United Nations, Dec 7 (PTI): Blaming India for closing the doors on any bilateral engagement with it, Pakistan told top UN officials that the world body has a “moral responsibility” to play its role in resolution of the Kashmir issue and help in de-escalating tensions.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi, during his day-long visit to the city, met UN Secretary Generaldesignate Antonio Guterres, Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson and Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffery Feltman.

According to press release issued yesterday from the Pakistan’s mission to the UN, Fatemi told the top UN leaders that Indian forces had stepped up ceasefire violations on the Line of Control and the Working Boundary in order to divert international attention from the alleged human rights atrocities, particularly the targetting of civilians, in Kashmir. “India had also closed the doors on any bilateral engagement. In this situation, the UN had a moral responsibility to call for ending human rights violations” in Kashmir, “play its role in resolution of this long festering dispute and help in immediately de-escalating tensions”, he said, according to the release.

Fatemi, accompanied

by Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi, said, Islamabad expected the UN to play its role in ensuring peace and stability in the South Asian region, especially in the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.

Key figure in S Korea scandal refuses to testify

7 dead in latest China mine blast BEIJING, DEC 7 (Agencies): A gas explosion in central China has killed seven coal miners and left four more missing in the latest deadly accident to strike China’s mining industry. A statement from the local propaganda department said rescuers were still trying to reach people trapped underground after the Monday night blast in Hubei province.

Rescue workers are pumping air into the mine shaft to aid the rescue effort. It was the third major mining accident in one week, causing a total of 60 deaths. China is the world’s top producer and consumer of coal. Deadly workplace events occur frequently despite a stated public commitment to improving worker safety.

The recent series of accidents appears to be a setback of sort for such efforts, prompting new reminders from the government industrial safety watchdog.

with an impeachment vote this week.

“For the witnesses who are absent today, (the committee) will issue an order forcing them to appear, and they will be responsible for the legal consequences,” said Kim Sung-tae, the committee chairmen and ruling Saenuri Party member.

Those refusing a parliamentary order in South Korea can also face up to five years in prison, although this penalty has rarely been imposed in the past.

Opposition members of the parliamentary investigative committee said they will continue to hold hearings until all witnesses comply with the summons.

“If the order becomes ineffective, then we need to reschedule this hearing and ask the absentees to again attend, and if they do not attend the hearing

at that time, then the order must be reissued,” said Rep. Kim Kyung-jin, with the People’s Party.

Much of public outrage over this scandal has been driven by Choi’s portrayal in the Korean media as a malevolent shaman who secretly controlled the naïve Park, directing both presidential policies and subordinates without holding an official position in government.

Park’s relationship

with Choi dates back to the 1970s, during the time her father, Park Chunghee, ruled South Korea for 18 years after coming to power in a coup.

Choi’s father, Choi Tae-min, a religious cult leader who founded a sect called the Eternal Life Church, became a mentor to Park while she was acting as first lady after her mother was killed during an assassination attempt on her father.

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Trump named TIME’s Person of the Year New Delhi, Dec 7 (Agencies): US President elect Donald Trump was on Wednesday chosen the TIME’s Person of the Year 2016 for his stunning victory in the US polls. “It’s a great honour. It means a lot. I have grown up reading Time magazine, it’s a very important magazine. It is a tremendous honor, I am lucky to be on the cover of Time in the past,” Trump told NBC’s news program Today minutes after Time announced the next US President was Person of the Year 2016. Time said after campaigning as an antiestablishment, populist candidate, 70-year-old Trump was elected the 45th President of the US — a stunning end to a presidential bid that repeatedly broke with political precedent.

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cratic nominee Hillary Clinton and the second runnerup are online hackers.

E v e r y D e c e m b e r, TIME names the person who had the greatest influence, for better or worse, on the events of the year.

Last year German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Time’s ‘Person of the Year’.

The Person of the Year is picked by Time editors from among world leaders, artists, corporate czars and organisations who most in-

fluenced the news, for better or for worse.

The other contenders were US gymnast Simone Biles, CRISPR Scientists who developed a groundbreaking new technology that can edit DNA, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, the Flint Whistleblowers who along with civil-engineering professor Marc Edwards and local pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha blew the whistle on the leadpoisoned water in Flint, Michigan, singer Beyonce, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the online reader’s poll for TIME Person of the Year 2016, beating out other world leaders like Donald Trump, incumbent US leader Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Merkel re-elected by party to lead it into 2017 polls ESSEN (Germany), Dec 7 (Agencies): German Chancellor Angela Merkel won re-election as chairwoman of her Christian Democrats (CDU) on Tuesday with 89.5 per cent of votes cast by just under 1,000 party delegates, giving her a boost as she seeks a fourth term in office next year.

The endorsement fell short of the 96.7 percent Merkel won when she was last re-elected two years ago.

Her decision last year to open Germany’s doors to some 1 million migrants sapped some grassroots support and has dented the CDU’s poll ratings.

Merkel’s lowest winning score in election as chairwoman was 88.4 percent in 2004.

Rebels ‘withdraw from old Aleppo’; call for CF

Smoke rises after strikes on the rebel-held besieged neighbourhoods of eastern Aleppo, Syria December 5.

London, Dec 7 (Agencies): Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo’s old city, while calling for a five-day truce to allow the evacuation of civilians. Activist monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the pull-back in Syria’s second city came after days of heavy fighting.

State media confirmed the military had taken over the whole of the old city.

Gover nment forces now control about 75% of eastern Aleppo, held by the rebels for the past four years.

The rebels, who had been left with just a spit of land north-east of the

citadel after recent government advances, abandoned it by Wednesday morning, retreating to territory they still hold further south.

In a separate development, Syrian state news agency Sana reported that several Israeli missiles struck the Mazzeh military air base outside the capital Damascus overnight, causing a fire but no casualties.

The SOHR said remaining rebel-held areas in the south-east of the city came under heavy artillery fire overnight. At least 15 people were killed in government bombardments on Tuesday, it added.

Tens of thousands of civilians are still trapped

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The Sr. Superintendent of Jail, Central Jail, Dimapur and all Rank & File along with the immates would like to give special gratitude to Shri. Joseph Keishing, Commandant 173 Bn CRPF and the medical team led by Dr. Api Bagra Dy. Commandant for conducting a free medical camp for the inmates as well as the staff on 06.12.16. A total of about 90 (ninety) inmates were examined and free medicines were distributed. The department acknowledges the good deed shown and further wishes them success in their untiring service towards humanity.

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in the last of the rebel-held districts.

The BBC’s Lyse Doucet in Aleppo says officials there are preparing for another exodus, as families try to flee under fire in an extremely dire situation.

A statement by the rebel Aleppo Leadership Council said civilians were in great danger, and it would support any initiative to ease their suffering.

“Civilians should be either protected or evacuated to a safe area where they will not be under the mercy of [Syrian President Bashar al-] Assad and his henchmen,” it said.

Food supplies are exhausted in eastern Aleppo and there are no functioning hospitals after months of heavy bombardment.

However, the Syrian government has ruled out any further truces in Aleppo, and Russia and China on Monday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on a week-long ceasefire.

French President Francois Hollande responded to the veto by accusing Russia of “systematic obstruction” which “bolsters the regime of Bashar al-Assad in its destructive drive which is harming the defenceless civilian population”.

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SEOUL, DEC 7 (Agencies): The woman at the heart of a multi-million dollar South Korean corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye has frustrated lawmakers by refusing to testify before parliament.

Citing poor health and the fact that she is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, Choi Soon-sil, Park’s longtime confidante, defied a summons to appear Wednesday before a National Assembly committee that is investigating the possible involvement of the president and her close associates in an influence peddling scheme to force major Korean corporations to donate more than $65 million to two nonprofit foundations.

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THE MDCA SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION Theme : 'INSTILLING ASPIRATIONS' A seminar organised by Yongnyah Hongnyüla Union (Women organisation) on 8th Nov’ 2016 on the theme “Stronger Together” at Yongnyah Village. Speakers and Resource person were all local people. Resource person Miss. Ajungla, spoke on the theme of the seminar and said that social & economic development cannot be achieved without collective effort. She also said that sustainable growth and development of the people can be attained by working collectively. Mr. Y. Nyemkup Ngonyen, President of Yongnyah Hongnyü Students’ Union while speaking at the seminar said that parents who sent their children for education outside the district and state should monitor the behaviour and activities of their children. He said with the development of new technology and gadgets, parents and children interaction has been reduced to a great extent. While sharing his concern on the present trend he said children spend their time more on mobile and internet, parent-children interaction gap has widened and as a result oral transmission of culture and tradition is at jeopardy. Apart from the general public this one day seminar was attended by pastors and catechist from all the four churches.

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Hornbill International Rock Contest begins from Nagaland and I am we from Kolkata.

The judges for the Hornbill Rock Contest a list of prominent musicians including Luke Kenny, Atsunglir Jamir, Bendang Kichu and Rudy Wallang.

Altogether 18 bands are competing for the internationally famous Hornbill Rock Contest. Nine other bands will take part in the qualification round on Thursday, December 8, 2016.

It may be noted here that the Hornbill International Music Festival is produced by Little Fire Production with Symphony Academy of Music Kohima, Life Pro, Metal Gear, Innovation and Kemp Designs as the event partners.

Zero Tolerance from Darjeeling performing during the first HIRC, Wednesday.

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he much awaited Hornbill International Rock Contest began this evening at the Hockey Ground, IG Stadium, Kohima. Nine

bands from different parts of the country participated in today’s qualification round including Zero Tolerance from Darjeeling, The Prophets from Miz-

oram, Safe and Sound from Meghalaya, Obstinate from Pune, The Disciples from Assam, Hidden Identity from Kolkata, SNF from Nagaland, Soul Bucket

YouTube’s $1bn royalties are not enough, says music industry

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ouTube has said it has paid the music industry $1bn (£794m) in royalties this year - but record companies have responded by claiming it is not enough.

The spat began on Tuesday, when YouTube’s chief business officer Robert Kyncl posted a blog highlighting the site’s contribution to the industry.

He said YouTube had distributed $1bn in advertising royalties alone, arguing that “free” streaming was as important as subscription

sites like Spotify. But record labels were not impressed.

“Google has issued more unexplained numbers on what it claims YouTube pays the music industry,” said a spokesperson for the global music body, the IFPI. “The announcement gives little reason to celebrate, however. With 800 million music users worldwide, YouTube is generating revenues of just over $1 per user for the entire year.

“This pales in comparison to the revenue generated

by other services, ranging from Apple to Deezer to Spotify. For example, in 2015 Spotify alone paid record labels some $2bn, equivalent to an estimated $18 per user.”

In his blog post, Kyncl conceded that the current model was not perfect, arguing: “There is a lot of work that must be done by YouTube and the industry as

a whole. “But we are excited to see the momentum,” he added. The music industry has targeted YouTube - and other free streaming sites - as their villains du jour.

They say YouTube does not pay a fair rate to musicians and record labels, and is slow to police illegal and pirated material uploaded by its users - a claim which YouTube disputes.

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BC political editor Laura Kuenssberg has been named journalist of the year at the Press Gazette’s British Journalism Awards.

Kuenssberg became political editor last July and has been at the forefront of the corporation’s Brexit coverage.

The judges said: “In a tumultuous year [Kuenssberg] rose to the challenge and made the story of Brexit her own.”

The Guardian and BBC Panorama were named joint winners of investigation of the year for the Panama Papers scandal.

The Marie Colvin Award was given to Syrian citizen journalists reporting for the Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently group.

Abdalaziz Alhamza, one of the site’s founders, picked up the award, saying: “Our work shows that we can fight arms with words, and that ultimately is the only way to defeat them, and Isis knows it.”

The judges said of their decision: “Given what those people have done and the price they have paid, it would be odd to put anyone ahead of them.”

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He studied Hotel Management and Catering Technology from Scott Hotel Management Institute, Kolkata. He loves cooking because it not only fulfils the basic needs of humans but it is also an art of playing with the flavours and taste at the same time.

Kusa Lohe: A Government employee by profession, is currently working as a Junior Engineer in

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Renphamo Ezung: Started his career at Exotic School of Cooking four years ago. He did his certification in Baking and Confectionary from Repose Central Bakery, Guwahati. Then to enhance his skills in cooking, he joined Exotic School of Cooking and after the completion of his course,

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India aim to extend winning run in fourth Test

Captain Virat Kohli in action during a practice session in Mumbai on Tuesday ahead of the 4th test match against England. (PTI)

Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) Having already pocketed the five-match cricket Test rubber, with an unassailable 2-0 lead, a confident India will be aiming to keep the winning momentum going when they face an inconsistent England in the fourth match at the Wankhede Stadium here from Thursday.

This will be the first instance since 1989 when India will play a Test at the Wankhede sans retired

batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.

The fourth Test will also give India a chance to exact revenge for their loss in their previous two Test meetings at the ground before heading to Chennai for the final encounter.

Going into Thursday’s encounter, the Virat Kohliled side will aim to extend their dominant run despite some injury concerns in the squad.

The top-order batting

has clicked well for the hosts with Cheteshwar Pujara and Kohli himself exhibiting great form in the middle while all-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have handled any hiccups brilliantly lower down the order.

Senior wicketkeeperbatsman Parthiv Patel, who was drafted into the national side after after an eight-year long wait, has displayed good maturity behind the stumps as well as an opening bat with scores of 42 and unbeaten 67 in the third Test at Mohali.

But with the return to fitness after a forearm injury of opener Lokesh Rahul, Patel may be asked to bat down the order.

Youngster Karun Nair, who made his Test debut at Mohali, looks likely to make way for Rahul.

Kohli will however, be concerned with the form of opener Murali Vijay who has failed to click in this series so far.

Kohli’s de puty Ajinkya Rahane, however, has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test rubber after the Mumbai batsman sustained an avulsion fracture on his right index finger during training on Wednesday.

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Mercedes looks at signing Alonso to replace Rosberg L ondon , D ec 7 (IANS) The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team is looking at signing Spaniard Fernando Alonso, a two-time world champion, to replace current champion Nico Rosberg, who retired days after winning his title, the team’s executive director Toto Wolff has said.

“You have to consider Fernando,” Efe quoted Wolff as saying in an interview with Sky Sports on Tuesday.

“He is a driver I respect a lot. He combines talent, speed and experience. It’s all there.”

Mercedes, winner of the past three constructors titles, is looking for a driver to pair with Lewis Hamilton, a three-time world champion who has won two titles with Mercedes, following the 31-year-old Rosberg’s surprise decision to retire five days after winning the championship.

The 35-year-old Alonso, the F1 world champion with Renault in 2005 and 2006, had a difficult relationship with Hamilton when the two drove for McLaren in 2007.

Alonso “is in a contract with McLaren-Honda at the moment and we just need to weigh all the other options,” Wolff said.

Russia wants UN to discuss Djokovic splits with contentious anti-doping system coach Boris Becker

Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS): Russia proposes that the United Nations should discuss the double standards exercised by international anti-doping agency, which secretly issued permissions for athletes to consume banned performance enhancing drugs, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin has said.

Churkin said that such a situation looks “extremely hypocritical” in view of the suspension of the whole Russian Paralympic team from the 2016 Rio Games “only on grounds of suspicions,” reports Tass.

“Such situation can be hardly accepted as the one in compliance with justice, equal approach and fair game,” the Russian diplomat said on Tuesday. “We propose to discuss this situation in the United Nations.”

Churkin said that the international anti-doping system must be transparent and provide for the undisputable equality of all athletes.

“On the whole, it is necessary to work out unified requirements of doping control,” the Russian UN envoy added. “Not only athletes, but the public society must have access to the information regarding doping tests.”

Churkin continued that Russia for its part was open for cooperation in the fight against doping abuse

and was currently implementing the national plan on this issue and toughening legislations envisaging criminal responsibility for the promotion and encouragement of performance enhancing drugs in sports.

“However, it is high time to clear out whether everything is so fine beyond the Russian borders,” he said. “In this regard, it is inadmissible to ignore the information, which the international sports society recently learnt, that anti-doping bodies were giving secret consent for the use of strong drugs to athletes who had been winning major tournaments in recent years and earning tens of millions of dollars.”

“All statements that such athletes were suffering from grave diseases contradict common sense,” the Russian diplomat added.

Several months ago the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urged reforms in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

An issue of reforms within WADA emerged after the report of agency’s Independent Commission on the allegedly widespread doping abuse in Russia, which led to the partial ban of the country’s national Olympians from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the suspension of the entire Paralympic team from the 2016 Paralympics in Brazil.

Boris Becker and Novak Djokovic

LO N D O N, D E C 7 (AGENCIES): Tennis Wo r l d N o. 2 N ova k Djokovic has split with coach Boris Becker, three years after adding the German multiple grand slam winner to his team.

Djokovic, who won six of his 12 major titles after hiring Becker but has suffered a slump in form over the past six months, confirmed their parting of ways on his website on Tuesday.

“A f t e r t h r e e ve r y

successful years, Boris Becker and I have jointly decided to end our cooperation,” Djokovic, who lost his No. 1 ranking to Andy Mur ray last month, said.

“The goals we s e t w h e n we s t a r t e d working together have been completely fulfilled, and I want to thank him for the cooperation, teamwork, dedication and commitment.”

The pair joined forces in December 2013.

Sazo graces 33 TVYSA session-cum-cultural day DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Chotisuh Sazo graced the 33rd Session of the Thipuzu Village Youth Sports Association (TVYSA) cum Cultural Day on Wednesday at Thipuzu village.

Speaking on the occasion, Sazo lauded the Thipuzu villagers for being pioneers in the field of religion, education and politics in the area.

He remarked that even today Thipuzu village was leading the people of the USA’s Mallory Elizabeth Comerford, from left, Kelsi Worrell, Madison Kennedy and Amanda Weir react after winning the gold medal at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Windsor, Ontario, Tuesday, December 6. (PTI)

area in promoting horticulture which, Sazo stated, was laudable and worthy of replication.

Sazo also reminded the youth that every sportsperson have defining characteristic such as commitment, sincerity and dedication.

S ay i n g t h a t eve r y sportsperson who have excelled had nurtured these qualities whereby they have achieved their feats, Sazo urged the youth to imbibe those qualities through which they can become good sports person.

While lamenting the diminishing cultural values and ethos in the Naga society, Sazo reminded the gathering that culture was not only about putting on traditional dresses and singing folk songs and dance.

“True culture lies in imbibing the good cultural values and traits,” he added and urged the youth to be vigilant in preservation of their cultural values.

Earlier, Sazo inaugurated the Vekuhuce (Progressive) cum Badminton Stadium followed by NH

Alternative road constructed under NLCPR. He also inaugurated the new water supply to the village.

Village Council chairman, Chorhitso while proposing the vote of thanks expressed his gratitude to the speaker for not only gracing the session but also meeting the development needs and aspiration of the people. The occasion was chaired by Vetsurayi Tetseo while welcome address was pronounced

by VDB secretary Thipuzu Village.

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3RD DEATH ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF LATE CHIPO KIKON ON 8TH DEC 2013

Dear Dad, its painful to know that three years have gone by without you but every memory with you still comes back in echoes and your teaching guide our lives.

Thank you Dad for your love and care. You are forever in our hearts.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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Badminton tourney at PVHSS from Dec 17 DIMAPUR, DEC 7 (NPN): Hindu Yuva Sanga has informed that it would be organising the “Shri Manik Bhattacharjee Memorial Open Night Badminton Tournament 2016” on December 17-18 at Pranab Vidyapith Hr. Sec. School (PVHSS) campus.

Deeply missed, Wife, children & family members

2nd DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved

Late Mrs. ARHONI NGULLIE

Obituary We the bereaved family members of Late Imlichiba Walling, would like to express our profound gratitude and sincere appreciation to each and every individuals, neighbours, well wishers, churches, unions, near and dear ones who stood by us physically, financially, materially and with unceasing prayer, love and generosity at the demise of our beloved on 3rd Dec. 2016.

We regret our inability to thank and reciprocate each one of you individually, but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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01/02/1966 – 24/10/2016 We the bereaved family members of Late S. Nepachullen Chang, would like to express our immense appreciation to each and every individuals, neighbours, unions and well wishers who stood by us physically, financially and emotionally during the brief illness and at the sudden demise of our beloved.

We regret our inability to thank each one of you individually; it is our humble prayer that God the Almighty bless you all abundantly.

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Loving wife, children & family members

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Loving children, grand children and family members.

8th December’ 2014

When someone we love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.

“We miss you deeply Mummy.”

OBITUARY

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Born in : 1920 Died on : 02/12/2016

OUR DEAREST MOTHER LT. TEMSUSONGLA

"Yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for though art with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort me."

Psalm 23:4

From loving children, grand children & family members

K Y M C

(Mongsenyimti) On her 25th Death Anniversary

Born : 24/01/1975 – Died : 2/12/2016

13.01.1988 - 30.11.2016

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With profound and heartfelt gratitude, we the bereaved family members of Late Sapimo Tep, would like to thank each and every individual who stood by us physically, financially, materially and spiritually at the sad demise of our beloved father on 2nd of Dec. 2016. Though we are unable to thank each one of you individually for your kindness and generousity, it is our humble prayer that Almighty God bless all of you abundantly.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. Nsunyu Baptist Church.

2. Ehunnu Baptist Church.

3. Ghakhanu Baptist Church.

4. Veterinary Department, Tseminyu.

5. Chunlikha Vill. Council.

6. Kethagha Service Union.

7. Rengma Tep Clan.

Loving husband, children & relatives

We the bereaved family of Late Kumlano Murry, (BOD Boo) D/o Lt. Zaremo Murry, would like to convey our heartfelt and profound gratitude to each and every individuals, colleagues, friends, neighbours, churches and well wishers who stood by us physically, emotionally, materially, financially and through unceasing prayers during the prolonged illness till the sad demise of our beloved on 30th Nov. 2016.

We deeply regret our inability to mention and thank each and every individual by name, but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly for your acts of kindness and generosity and reaching out to us during our times of sorrow.

Your good deeds will be always be cherished.

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Loving mom, sisters, relatives and loved ones.

We the family members of Late Nungsangmongla Walling (Khar), would like to express our immense and sincere appreciation to all who helped and stood by us physically, emotionally, materially, financially and through prayers during the short illness and at the sad demise of our beloved, who left us for her heavenly abode on 2nd Dec. 2016.

Though we are unable to mention each and everyone of you individually, it is our humble prayer that our good Lord will bless you all abundantly.

Our heartfelt gratitude to :1. Khar Union, Dimapur 2. Khar Fellowship, Dimapur 3. Dr. Kahuka Sema, staff and nurses (Family Health Clinic, Half-Nagarjan) 4. Mrs. & Mr. Topoli Sema 5. Mishikito Village (Full-Nagarjan) 6. Blood Donors 7. Electrical Colony Youth, Full-Nagarjan 8. Neighbours, anuk apang, relatives and friends.

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Loving mother, brothers, sister, in-laws, nephew, nieces and relatives

08/12/1991 – 08/12/2016 25 years have gone since you left us to be with the Lord, though physically you are not with us, your presence always reminds us of your love and affection that you have laid behind. No matter how many years go by, we will continue to remember you as the ages role on.

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Loving husband, children, grand children, great grand children, in-laws and relatives

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WW-II peace rally steals the show at Hornbill

(L-R) participants from Thailand with secretary Tourism. the four women participants. WW-II Peace rally participants at Kisama on Wednesday. (NP)

at Kisama.

The Peace Rally was organized as part of the on-going Hornbill Festival to commemorate the legendary Battle of Kohima, which is considered as one of the fiercest battles of the entire war.

Teams from Nagaland, Hyderabad and Thailand took part in the rally.

Before converging at Kisama, the rally convoy moved around Kohima Capital Town, halted at Kohima Commonwealth War Grave to lay wreath and observed one minute silent prayer in memory of the brave souls who gave their today for tomorrow.

A brief award ceremony was held after the rally culminated at Kisama.

Addressing the function, secretary for Tourism and P&AR, Angou Thou IAS congratulated the participating teams for successfully completing the rally and urged them to be the ambassador of peace. Paying tribute to the heroes of 1944, Thou said the rally was a reminder of the sacrifices of the brave soldiers who fought the fiercest battle in 1944.

She appealed the participants to return next year with more participants especially the womenfolk.

The secretary later handed out the prizes to the participants of the Rally.

The best original vehicle was begged by S. Lanu Jamir, S. Wabang Longkumer, Dr. Tali, Along. They received Rs. 30,000 in cash, certificate and trophy.

D r. T i a s u n e p Pongener, Dr. John Kemp, Dr. Kevisevohe Sekhose won the best maintained vehicle award and took home Rs. 20,000 in cash, trophies and certificate.

M. Ababe Ezung, Mhonjon Humtsoe won the best uniform squad award while Vekato Chishi, Tsethozelie Liezietsu, Imna

Hokugha wins Stilt Bamboo Race

SAI NERC Imphal admission from December 17

Correspondent

KOHIMA, DEC 7 (NPN): 15 vintage WW II Jeeps traversed the serpentine Kohima road from IG S t a d i u m Ko h i m a t i l l Kisama on Wednesday in what has become one of the main attraction of the Hornbill Festival-- the World War II Peace Rally.

Organized by the Nagaland Adventure and Motor Sports Association (NAMSA), in collaboration w i t h t h e g ove r n m e n t of Nagaland, the Rally was flagged off from IG Stadium Kohima this morning and culminated at World War II Museum

traditional game, after beating 14 competitors here at the ongoing Hornbill festival at Kisama on Wednesday.

He finished the race of around 60 meters and 5 steps up in 26.19 seconds

to claim the title and a cash prize of Rs. 7,000.

The event was organized by the state Department of Youth Resource and Sports.

The first runner-up title went to Tamu who completed the race in 28.2 seconds and received a cash prize of Rs. 5,000.

Kushen (30.43 seconds) finished third and received Rs. 3,000.

The prizes for the winners were given away by assistant director Youth Resource and Spor ts, Megolhou Dolie.

Altogether 15 persons representing various tribes of Nagaland participated in the race.

The game was a hit among the tourists, visitors and locals who were thoroughly entertained.

It may be mentioned that stilt bamboo walking game is a popular and old indigenous game of Nagas which is played to determine a person’s ability, agility, flexibility and technique.

Real Madrid looking for 2nd Club World Cup title

players unhappy over Federer, Serena’s pull out

Stilt bamboo walking competition on 7th day of Hornbill festival at Kisama (NP)

Correspondent

K ohima , D ec .

7 (NPN): Hokugha emerged as champion of the stilt bamboo walking competition, an indigenous Naga

Madrid, Dec 7 (IANS) Already the tournament favourites, Real Madrid are looking for their second title at the Club World Cup, which starts in Japan next Thursday.

Despite the absence of Welsh forward Gareth Bale, one of the stars in manager Zinedine Zidane’s squad, the Spanish side will arrive at the tournament with an extraordinary unbeaten run and a comfortable lead in La Liga.

Winner of the Champions League against Atletico Madrid in Milan and later the European Super Cup against Sevilla in Trondheim, Zidane’s team are looking for their third title of 2016 and the fourth consecutive one for a European team at the Club World Cup. Since Pep Guardiola’s B aye r n M u n i c h b e a t Morocco outfit Raja Casablanca in the 2013 final, all Club World Cup titles have gone to Europe.

Real Madrid were crowned champions in Morocco against San Lorenzo Argentino and Barcelona did it in the last edition, playing in Japan against Argentina’s River Plate.

The tournament

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of Japan 2016 presents Colombian Atletico Nacional as a newcomer.

The winner of the Copa Libertadores was to play Chapecoense in the final of the Copa Sudamericana before the plane crash tragedy.

Like Real Madrid, Atletico Nacional will enter the tournament in the semifinals, and both teams may face in the final on December 18.

While Los Blancos have three Intercontinental Cups to their name, Atletico Nacional will attempt to make history and win its first great title.

The tournament will begin this Thursday at the Yokohama International Stadium with a match between the host, Kashima Antlers Nippon, and Auckland City, current Oceania champion and a regular participant in the Club World Cup. The winner of that game will face on December 11 in the quarter-finals, to be played in Osaka, with Mamelodi Sundowns, the African champions.

Just before that, in the first clash of the last eight stage, Asian champions Jeonbuk Hyundai will face Club America.

K o l ka t a , D ec 7 (IANS): National tennis champion V.M. Ranjeet and 2014 Chennai Open wild card entrant Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan on We d n e s d a y l a m e n t e d the absence of superstars Ro ge r Fe d e r e r a n d Serena Williams from the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) due to demonetisation.

“It’s obviously a loss for tennis fans and players to not get the opportunity to watch Federer or Serena play in front of their eyes,” Ranjeet said on the sidelines of the Premjit Lall Invitational Tournament starting here on Thursday.

Eight players including Vishnu Vardhan, top seed Sriram Balaji, Kaza Sharma, Dalbinder Singh and Sanam Sharma will be part of the three-day meet.

“It’s obviously a bigger miss for the fans more than the players. We have seen these stars like Roger and Rafa (Nadal) play here last time. But just to have dinner with say Roger Federer is an experience of a lifetime for any of us,” Jeevan said.

Federer and Serena were supposed to come for the second edition of the franchise tournament o r g a n i s e d b y ve t e r a n doubles specialist Mahesh Bhupathi.

D I M A P UR , D E C 7 (NPN): Football selection trails for admission into SAI, Regional Football Academy, Nor th East Regional Centre (SAI, NERC) Takyel, Imphal, will begin from December 17 to 19. This was informed through a press note by centre in-charge, SAI, STC, Dimapur, Naba Singh.

The selection trail will be conducted under the supervision of chief project director, SAI National Scouting Project Cell, S.S. Hakim.

Players born on or in between 012.01.2000 to 31.12.2001 are eligible to participate in the trail. Interested/eligible candidates have been infor med to re por t at SAI, NERC Imphal on December 17, at 7 a.m along with age proof certificate from competent authority and 3 copies of passport size photos.

Yaden and Nzanthung bagged the best Repon Squad Best all women Squad was awarded to Kalito Zhimo, Kakheli Zhimo, Kitoli Zhimo, and Likivi Zhimo, while best discipline s q u a d w e n t t o R . T. Chang, Micheal Yanthan, Orenthung Ngullie and Chumben Kikon.

Best Tourism Squad was awarded to the visiting team from Thailand, Theerachat Potisit, Savin Saina, Purim Phar N and Natalee Aenosubnono.

The best team received Rs. 10,000 in cash along with trophies and certificate.

red cards, bat size limit in cricket soon

Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS): Cricket is contemplating player evictions for the first time next year, while also limiting the size of everbulging bats.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) World Cricket committee recommended that umpires be given the power to eject cricketers from a game for serious disciplinary breaches.

The MCC World Cricket committee met here on Tuesday and Wednesday.

MCC is the guardian of the laws of the game. The new laws will be implemented at all levels of the game from October 1, 2017, if they are approved by the MCC’s main committee.

The new laws will include a stipulation that umpires can remove a player from the field for threatening an umpire, physically assaulting another player, umpire, official or spectator and any other act of violence.

“The World Cricket committee believes that the game must now include a mechanism to deal with the worst disciplinar y offences during the match, and not subsequent to it as is presently the case. If approved, the ability to send a player off would therefore

come into effect at all levels of the game from 1st October 2017,” an MCC release said here on Wednesday.

“The committee debated sanctions for lesser offences -- including run penalties and sin bins -- but did not believe anything should be introduced to the laws, where it would be harder to achieve consistency of application around the world. However, MCC will look to devise such a system as an appendix to the laws which governing bodies or leagues may wish to implement within their own playing regulations.”

The MCC committee also recommended specific bat size limitations be made to both the edges and depth of a bat as it believes the balance of the game has tilted too far in the batsman’s favour. The committee felt the time has come to limit the sizes of bat edges and depths.

“The main committee of MCC will now be asked to approve a limit to bat edges of 40 millimetre and bat depths of 67mm (60mm for the depth plus an allowance of 7mm for a possible curve on the face of the bat). If approved, these changes will be implemented into the new code of the Laws

of Cricket, which will be introduced on 1 October 2017,” MCC said.

The committee wants to draw a line as to how long and wide a bat will be to target mis-hits that are clearing the boundary ropes for six.

“Many of the top players’ bats have edges of between 38mm and 42mm, but there are some which have edges of up to 50mm, which was felt to be excessive and in need of restriction.”

A bat gauge will ensure that the new limits are adhered to in the professional game, whilst a moratorium period, allowing players to use their existing bats which may be in breach of the Law, will be allowed in the amateur game.”

“The length of the moratorium will be determined by local governing bodies and may vary for different levels of cricket,” the MCC said.

The MCC World Cricket committee’s chairman is former England captain Mike Brearley. The twoday meeting was attended by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Anurag Thakur and International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive David Richardson.

Dzieselatuo retains Hornbill Wrestling title Correspondent

Kohima, Dec 7 (NPN): Reigning champion Dzieselatuo Keretsü of Kohima village downed Ke d u ov i l i e Z u mu o f Tuophema village in straight bouts to lift the ultimate title at the 10th International Hornbill Naga Wrestling Championship held today at the amphitheatre, Naga Heritage Village, Kisama .

The 110 Kgs, 5’11” tall, and 30-year-old Dzieselatuo Keretsü from Kohima Village who represents Angami Sports’ Association (ASA) walked away with Rs. 80,000 along with citation.

Keduovilie Zumvu of Tuophema Village (ASA) came second and walked away with Rs. 50,000along with citation.

Semi-finalists Vekuzo Vero of Ciepoketa Village (CWA) and Seketoukho Nipu of Sechüma Village (ASA) received a sum of Rs. 20,000 each along with citations.

Fo u r q u a r t e r f i n a l i s t s - Petekuolie Nipu, Seyiesalie

Nakhro, Er. Mhasilhousie Nagi and Velato Veswuh received Rs. 5,000 each while the 8 pre-quarter finalists namely Vetazo Veswuh, Besuhveto Cümu, Mesaroko Pier, Keselvi Toso, Vevose Chiero, Sedevizo Kerütsü, Ve z h o p o C h ü z h o a n d Nlumrai Hegwang also pocketed a sum of Rs. 2,000 each.

35 wrestlers from 3 tribes namely CWA-9, ASA-16, ZWA-9 and Rahul Soma Sunder from Mumbai competed in the day long championship.

Fo r m e r H o r n b i l l Wr e s t l i n g c h a m p i o n Surhoneyi Soho, NWA champion Kezhalelie Keretsü and Hangcheu Zeliang were the referees while Echungbe Rao, Heisanrang Elungheing, Ketoulekho Ng ukha, Khrielakuolie, Wezhiepe Wetsah and Pozoto Shijoh judged the championship.

N WA H u k h o n e y i Soho, Chisazo Dawhuo, Kikhwesul Thokhwe and Visakhoto Krose were the members of Jury Board for

(From L-R) The top four winners Dzieselatuo Keretsü, Keduovilie Zumu, Vekuzo Vero and Seketoukho Nipu. (NP)

the championship.

E a r l i e r, p r e s i d e n t Te n y i m a i P u b l i c Organization (TPO), Timikha Koza, graced the championship as the chief guest and encouraged the wrestlers take up wrestling at a professional level.

Secretary, Tourism, Angau Thou (IAS) and officials from Tourism department gave away the prizes to the winners.

NWA general secretary

Ve k h o z o c h a i r e d t h e inaugural function while Rev. Fr. Anthony R. Dukru, vice principal, St. Joseph College, Jakhama, invoked God’s blessing.

Presidential address was delivered by NWA president, Neivikuolie Khatsü.

Pholami Cultural Troupe presented indigenous special presentation while NWA technical secretary, Visakhoto Krose administered oath to the wrestlers.

Ronaldo has already won Ballon d’Or; Spanish media

Cristiano Ronaldo

Madrid, Dec 6 (IANS): Real Madrid Football Club forward Cristiano Ronaldo will be awarded this year’s Ballon d’Or if reports in the Spanish press are to be trusted.

Barcelona-based newspaper Mundo Deportivo claimed that the Portugal superstar will win football’s top individual award for the fourth time.

Though the former Manchester United player, who besides winning

the Champions League, clinched the European Championships this year as well, is tipped to win the coveted prize, there is Argentina and F C B a r c e l o n a p l aye r Lionel Messi, France and Atletico de Madrid striker Antoinne Griezmann and Ur uguayan and Barca player Luis Suarez in the race too.

Mundo Depor tivo claimed that the winner has already been chosen.

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