18 Feb 2022

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Vol XXXII No. 73

DIMAPUR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2022 Pages 12 ` 5.00

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integration not mentioned From Nirav Modi to ABG: Top bank loan scams Sovereignty, in FA and Agreed Position: SC Jamir

NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (AGENCIES): The NPA crisis seems far from over for India's banks, both public and private, as another major financial fraud has come to haunt them just three years after the Nirav Modi case unfolded. This time, the scale of fraud is nearly double than that of Nirav Modi's case in 2018.

In what is termed as the biggest banking fraud in India, the CBI has booked Gujarat-based ABG Shipyard Ltd and its former chairman and managing director Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal along with others for allegedly cheating a consortium of 28 banks of Rs 22,800 crore.

The firm took loans from these banks and the money was invested in overseas subsidiaries, for buying assets in affiliated companies and for transferring money to related parties.

The shipbuilding company, which turned into a non-performing asset (NPA) in 2013, also violated the terms of Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) -- a mechanism in which the lender banks either reduce

State logs 22 fresh Covid-19 cases DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (NPN): Nagaland on Thursday recorded 22 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while no deaths were reported.

Of the fresh cases, nine were from Dimapur, four each in Kohima and Phek, two each in Mokokchung and one in Wokha, taking the total caseload to 35328.

The death toll remained unchanged at 753 (including 4 non-Covid deaths but with positivity) P T I : Wi t h 3 0 , 7 5 7 people testing positive for Covid-19 in a day, India's total tally of cases rose to 4,27,54,315, while the recovery rate crossed the 98%mark again, Health ministry said on Thursday.

The death toll rose to 5,10,413 with 541 daily fatalities. The active cases have declined to 3,32,918, comprising 0.78% of the total infections. The daily Covid-19 cases have been recorded at less than one lakh for the last 11 consecutive days.

NLA session on March 19

DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (NPN): Governor of Nagaland has summoned the Eleventh Session of the Thirteenth Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) to meet at 9:30 am on March 19, 2022 at the Assembly Hall, Kohima.

This is it!

“Take the last remaining salary for school admission.

Means no shopping for one month for you.”

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Nirav Modi

the interest rates on the loans of the distressed borrower company or increase the tenure of the repayment.

The Forensic Audit by Ernst and Young has shown that between 2012-17, the accused colluded together and committed illegal activities including diversion of funds, misappropriation and criminal breach of trust.

The loan account was declared as non-performing asset (NPA) in July 2016 and fraud in 2019. However, this is not the first time a major financial fraud has hit the banks, here are some of the banking frauds that shook India, and the public and private sector lenders in recent years: Punjab National Bank scam: In 2018, Punjab National Bank, India's second-largest lender, reported a fraud to the tune of Rs

Mehul Choksi

Vijay Mallya

get the foreign branches of the Indian banks to make payments to the sellers.

It later came to light that PNB officials misused the SWIFT network to send transaction request messages to other banks. As a result, the transactions were never recorded in the bank’s core system and higher authorities at PNB were unaware of the fraud.

The fraud came to light when the corrupt PNB official retired -- the firms related to Modi and Gitanjali group again requested for fresh LoUs but were denied since the records did not mention any such arrangement. On further scrutiny, the fraud was exposed.

In all, foreign branches of 30 Indian banks were duped of Rs 11,400 crore by the Nirav Modi and Gitanjali firms. Modi escaped

India days before the news of the scam broke out. He is currently in the United Kingdom and is seeking political asylum in Britain.

Vijay Mallya fraud case: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, whose now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owes more than Rs 10,000 crore to more than a dozen banks, fled India on March 2, 2016 the day some public-sector banks moved the Debt Recovery Tribunal against him.

The "King of Good Times" and his companies have been embroiled in financial scandals, and controversies since 2012. A group of 17 Indian banks are trying to collect approximately Rs 10, 000 crore in loans which Mallya has allegedly routed to gain stakes in about 40 companies across the world.

State BJP should change double standard approach towards NPF: Azo

Operationalise 1.1 lakh HWCs by Mar 31: Centre to states

KO H I M A , F E B 1 7 (NPN): NPF legislator Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu has questioned State BJP for its cold approach towards the regional party, while asking the saffron party to “take it or leave it completely”.

Azo, who is the team leader of NPF Senapati division for the Manipur Assembly polls, stated this during an election campaign at Sarong Assembly constituency on Thursday, NPF Central Youth Wing (Media Cell) said in a press note.

He said BJP should change its double-stan-

14,000 crore. The fraud was then dubbed as the biggest fraud in India's banking history. The key accused in the case were jeweller and designer Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, and others, including some PNB employees.

The firms belonging to Nirav Modi Group and some other firms owned by Gitanjali Gems purchased raw gems from overseas firms, and had to make payments to the sellers in foreign currency.

A junior official at PNB fraudulently issued ‘letters of undertaking’ (LoUs), allowing these firms to get short term loans from overseas bank branches to pay the sellers. Under the terms of the LoU, PNB was the guarantor of these loans.

The firms related to Modi would ask the PNB official to issue LoUs and

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Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu

dards approach and attitude towards NPF, adding that saffron party wanted NPF in Manipur but maintained distance in Nagaland.

Azo reminded that the regional party was formed

on October 21, 1963 for Naga national cause and issue. Therefore, he claimed that the regional party was formed out of sweat, blood and tears when the Nagas were going through the most difficult times.

Further, he mentioned that former Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh would have continued his reign, had he not been belittled the Nagas and mistreated them.

Prior to NPF’s entry into Manipur, Azo alleged that Nagas were treated as second class citizens.

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ONGC may resume operations along Assam-Nagaland border NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (AGENCIES): The oil wells run by state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on the disputed Assam-Nagaland border may soon resume operations, with the Union home ministry stepping in to resolve the controversy between the two state governments, reports The Economic Times.

Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla held discussions to allay concerns of the two states, after which teams from the Centre vis-

ited Nagaland in a bid to help resume operations, said officials. While Assam government has granted permission, a response from Nagaland is awaited, they said.

Home ministry officials said differences arose due to an inter-border dispute between Assam and Nagaland. The chief secretaries of the two states attended the meeting called by Bhalla and assured that drilling operations would be resumed. An ONGC spokesperson said in response to ET's query, “All efforts are being made

for a favourable outcome to resume the operations.”

Exploration and production activities were stopped at three oil wells - Khoraghat#10z, Khoraghat#48 and Nambar#05 - in June last year by the Nagaland government for allegedly not obtaining prior permission before starting drilling activities. Officials said the area where the drilling wells are located has a large Naga population and is among the regions which are a matter of dispute between Nagaland and Assam.

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DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (NPN): Former chief minister and Governor Dr SC Jamir pointed out that since neither Naga sovereignty nor integration figured in the Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015 and Agreed Position of November 17, 2017, this can be understood that both issues were off the negotiation table.

The veteran Naga leader and only surviving member of the Naga People’s Convention (NPC), that signed the 16-Point Agreement with the government of India for creation Nagaland as the 16th state of the Indian union, said this meant that Nagaland would continue to remain as a separate and distinctive administrative and political entity.

Noting that the Framework Agreement and Agreed Position were both signed and subsequently ratified by all concerned under the decisive leadership of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi, with so much time having already lapsed, Jamir said it would indeed be ideal and most opportune if the final Naga accord was inked during the tenure of Modi.

He said if this happens by 2022 then it would open a new Naga journey which also happened to be the 150th anniversary year of the advent of Christianity on Naga soil.

Jamir expressed the hope that a final political settlement between leaders of Naga groups and the Centre will be an honourable one and give a better and brighter future to Nagas.

According to him, in order to facilitate this the groups should set aside their personal differences for the sake of common Naga cause and unite to come up with one voice and one stand for the final accord, as the ultimate goal and objective was one and the same. Also with dignity, he said the fact should

be accepted humbly that within the meaning and framework of honourability, Nagas could only take, possess and cherish what the Central government and Indian Parliament gave to them through the political process.

Jamir acknowledged that the challenges that would lie ahead of the final Naga peace accord would be overwhelming.

He said consolidation of enduring peace, initiating genuine reconciliation in blood-soaked Naga society, absorption and assimilation of erstwhile underground brethren into normal life, resetting and streamlining governance process, grounding of agreed-upon political issues – all geared towards preparing the ground for the new dispensation to take off – were just some of the major issues that might need to be addressed. All this indeed would be most challenging, he added.

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HC asks State Govt not to make any appointment except through NSSB

NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (PTI): The health ministry on Thursday urged states and Union territories to expedite the operationalisation of 1.1 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), equipped with tele-consultation services, by March 31.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said this during the video-conference, while reviewing the operationalisation status of AB-HWCs, tele-consultation services and physical and financial progress made under ECRP-II and PM-ABHIM.

DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (NPN): Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench has asked the State government not to make any appointment except through Nagaland Staff Selection Board (NSSB).

Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Joel Naga and Khikhro Kreo of the Rising People’s party (RPP), a two-bench judge of Justice Songkhupchung Serto Justice Devashis Bar uah on Wednesday ordered that no appointment should be made in all the posts and services (Read more on p-5) mentioned in the affidavit

except through the board provided in the regulation as the board had come into existence.

They also ruled that with the appointment of chairman and one member, NSSB had the required quorum to start functioning since the quorum for the board was two as per Regulation 4 of the NSSB Regulation, 2020.

And keeping in view the popular demand, the High Court further directed the State government to provide the required infrastructure and ministerial staff at the earliest so that

the Board could start functioning effectively and was able to conduct exams for recruitment to posts and services.

Listing the matter after four weeks to enable the counsel for the petitioner to go through the list of posts and services mentioned in the affidavit and make submission, the bench further directed senior additional advocate general to seek instruction as to when the third member of Nagaland Staff Selection Board would be appointed and when staff and infrastructure would be provided.

Dimapur police nab two with drugs worth Rs.5 cr

The two accused along with the seized drugs in police custody.

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (NPN): In a major drug seizure, the Dimapur police’s special operation team (special ops) arrested two persons along with huge quantities of Yaba (world is yours) tablets worth

Rs. 5 crore here on February 16, 2022.

The two arrested accused have been identified as Abdul Gaffor Khan (24), of Khanlikar Baksa, Assam and Md Helal Khan (30) of Lilong Turil Ahambi, Manipur.

Commissioner of Police (CP) Dimapur, Rothihu Tetseo, told Nagaland Post at his office chamber Thursday that the police received intel with regard to movement of drug consignment in some vehicles in Dimapur. Based on the intel, CP said the

special ops team intercepted a vehicle and apprehended the duo along with drugs that was being transported to Assam from Manipur.

Stating that Dimapur police was trying its best to crackdown on drug and alcohol in the district, the CP has, therefore, appealed to general public to provide information to the police. He said that the police would maintain confidentiality of any citizen providing such information.

With regard to rampant extortion in Dimapur, CP said that police had been trying its best to curb illegal tax(Cont’d on p-8) ation.

SAYO asks NHIDCL to promptly repair NH-2 stretch TVC reacts to Chief Angh of Sheanghah DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (NPN): Southern Angami Youth Organization (SAYO) has appealed to the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) to promptly repair National Highway-2 stretch between Naga Heritage Village, Kisama and Khuzama Police Check Post.

In a letter addressed to the NHIDCL general manager, SAYO president Metekhrielie Mejura and The dilapidated road condition general secretary Metevizo between Naga Heritage villageSophie stated that NH-2 Khuzama check post. (SAYO)

stretch was in deplorable condition causing inconvenience to the general public and commuters.

SAYO said that the NH-2 stretch from Kigwema to Khuzama Village has been left in a dilapidated state for a long time. It also said that the stretch from Jakhama till Khuzama village was in a hazardous state making driving unpleasant and unsafe for drivers and commuters.

SAYO said that the company was entrusted with the task of improving and maintaining road

connectivity to enable efficient and safe transport.

Therefore, SAYO has urged the NHIDCL said the concerned contractors to take prompt remedial steps and expedite the repairing works at the earliest.

Meanwhile, SAYO has also appealed to the state government to intervene and address the matter for the welfare of the public. It has, however, cautioned that the concerned agency would be liable if any accident or untoward incident occurred due to hazardous road condition.

DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (NPN): Tangnyu Village Council (TVC) has reacted to the claim made by chief Angh of five Sheanghah villages-Sheanghah Chingnyu, Sheanghah Tangten, Sheanghah Wamsa, Sheanghah Mokok and Sheanghah Lokyo-- concerning the shifting of EAC Hqs from Longshen.

In a press release, TVC chairman Tangyin and secretary Yapo Konyak dismissed the chief Angh’s claimed that the Chief Angh of Tangnyu village had allegedly encroached the boundary more than 200 hectares of

Longshen EAC HQ. In this regard, TVC has asked the Angh of Sheanghah to produce an official proof and submit it to Tangnyu village council or appear in person for customary ‘Oath Taking’.

With regard to the chief Angh’s claim that infrastructure viz. EAC office, EAC quarter, staff quarters etc. were demolished, TVC has demanded an official report and other relevant documents as proof, failing which Tangnyu village council would be compelled to file FIR for false allegation. Refuting the claim that Tang-

nyu village council did not allow Survey team sent by state government to proceed, TVC has asked that chief Angh to clarify the date and time of the alleged incident.

TVC stated that GBs, DBs, Anghs, VCCs, Student union representatives, representatives from every village namely: Sheanghah Chingnyu, Tangnyu, Yuching and stakeholders in the presence of verification committee led by the commissioner & secretary of land resources and EAC Longshen on January 20, 2022, had unanimously

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Kashiho inaugurates JSS centre

DIMAPUR: Minister for Soil & Water Conservation and Geology & Mining, V. Kashiho Sangtam inaugurated the Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) centre in Kiphire on February 16.

According to a DIPR report, Kashiho while speaking at the inaugural programme said that through the JSS programme, drop-out students would be able to avail free vocational training. He urged upon the trainees not only to acquire the diploma certificate but also to gain knowledge in order to set up one’s own business for self-employment.

The minister encouraged drop-out students to

board of management chairman, Pankaj Kumar while highlighting the aim of the programme said that the main objective of JSS was to provide free vocational training to skill the drop-out students and help them create new opportunities.

He informed that JSS centres would be opened at Pungro and Seyochung soon and later in the rural areas.

Later, guest of honour, Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship, ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurs, Suknya spoke V. Kashiho Sangtam speaking at the inaugural about skill development objectives and its activiprogramme in Kiphire district. (DIPR) ties. Vote of thanks was delivered by director I&C, spread information about ral areas. the programme in the ruMeanwhile, JSSK Tsadiba Sangtam.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2022

State cybercrime PS inform on scam website ‘HPZ tokens’

Students of IC visit Konger Agritech DIMAPUR: Students of B.Sc. Botany (hons) VI semester, Immanuel College visited Konger Agritech for mushroom cultivation training on February 14 at Konger Agritech, Aoyimkum, Dimapur. In a press release, the college informed that founder, Konger Agritech, Dr. Sosang during the training highlighted the importance of mushroom and its marketing and delivered hands-on training on cultivation and spawn production.

During the visit, students visited the farm and spawn production laboratory. The main purpose of the training was to guide, empower and instill the importance of self-reliance among the students, the release stated.

DIMAPUR: The state cybercrime police station has registered a case against unknown accused persons based on a written complaint vide case No. 03/2021 U/S 420/120 B IPC R/W 66 D IT Act. According to a DIPR report, the fraudsters who went by the name “HPZ Tokens” duped thousands of people throughout India “amounting to crores of rupees.”

The modus operandi of the scammers was to lure victims to invest in the company on the pretext of doubling their investment by an app called HPZ Token.

The report informed that initially, some investors received returns from their

investments made and the victims were further asked to introduce more investors to get additional incentives/ bonuses apart from their investments i.e. downline commission.

The mode of payment by the investors was done through an app downloaded from the HPZ Token website through virtual payment addresses.

As per the allegations, the scam in Nagaland “started around June 2021” and

by August 2021, the fraudsters had stopped the payments and the website was inaccessible.

Police have informed the public to volunteer and share information if any with regard to the above

companies/allegations.

The identity of the informant, if desired would be kept confidential and information regarding the case may be shared to +91 8413980982.

The state cybercrime police station stated that the case highlighted the widespread cybercrimes committed in the country and state.

In this regard, the public have been requested not to share bank details/OTPs with anyone and avoid transfer of money to unknown persons/accounts even if they appear genuine without clear confirmation.

“Cybercrime is a highly organised crime and we all need to remain vigilant” it further stated.

NVBDCP meet on malaria elimination Orientation prog on POCSO & PCPNDT Act held in Longleng

One of the speakers addressing the members at the meeting on Wednesday.

DIMAPUR: National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), Wokha district held a District Task Force (DTF) meeting on malaria elimination in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner (DC) Wokha on February 16.

A press release from the office of the chief medical officer (CMO) Wokha infor med that de puty CMO Wokha, Dr. Zuben Kikon in his keynote address said that malaria was a major health problem in the country and urged upon the health workers to sincerely execute their duties in order to prevent resurgence of malaria cases in the district.

He informed on the availability of rapid diagnostic test kits and use of Long Lasting Insecticidal

Nets (LLIN) for controlling the disease.

The de puty CMO stressed on early diagnosis and prompt treatment as key components for prevention.

A PowerPoint presentation on district scenario was given by NVBDCP consultant, Wezolo Medo where he gave a brief introduction on NVBDCP, epidemiological report, human resources, objectives, activities in district and health institutions involved in programme.

He infor med that three cases of malaria were found in Wokha in the year 2021 and the district fell under category two which was the “pre-elimination phase”.

More than 69,350 LLINs were distributed in 149 villages across the

district and 28 colonies of Wokha town in 2021.

He further informed that 11 microscopic centres were functioning in the district to conduct malaria test.

Meanwhile, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Wokha, T. Lankonsen Tsanglao spoke on the importance of behavioral changes and participation of line departments to prevent the disease.

ADC pointed out that being alert was key in stopping transmissions and suggested that the health workers educate the rural community on prevention.

Earlier, the meeting was chaired by district vector borne officer, Dr. K. William Humtsoe while vote of thanks was delivered by epidemiologist, Dr. Khesheli Awomi.

DIMAPUR: District administration & Mahila Shakti Kandra-District Level Center for women, Longleng in collaboration with Longleng District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) conducted an orientation-cum-training programme on POCSO & PCPNDT Act for Anganwadi & Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers on February 15 at VDB hall, Longleng.

According to a DIPR report, CDPO Longleng, Longlang Luckpan in his short speech acknowledged MSK-DLCW for organising the programme and encouraged the participants to take such programmes as an opportunity to learn and ASHA and Anganwadi workers along with resource persons and others at the training educated others. programme. (DIPR) Resource person, project Assistant LDSA, Adv. Acknowledgement Monyei Phom spoke on POCSO Act and elaborated on different types of offences committed towards children below 12 years of age, punishable under section 6 of the POCSO Act. She highlighted about the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, (JJ Act) 2015 and encouraged the gathering The family and relatives extend our warmest thanks for your to be more practical in ap- expressions of sympathy, kindness, floral tributes and support proach relating to the of- shown to us at the sudden demise of Lt. Lanusanen Aier on fences under the prescribed 10/02/2022.

We deeply appreciate your thoughtfulness at this difficult law.

Meanwhile, resource time and thank you most sincerely.

person Adv. Panglang Phom spoke on pre-conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994 & PCPNDT Amendment Act, 2002.

He encouraged the gathering to be aware of such acts and to approach LDLSA for further details with regard to services provided.

Later, an interactive session was held with regard to women centric schemes, women issues, health & hygiene led by WWO MSK Longleng.

Altogether, 164 ASHA & Anganwadi workers attended the programme.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by panel lawyer LDLSA, Adv. Chingmei.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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Loving Wife, Children & Relatives

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

01.11.1980 – 30.01.2022 Mr & Mrs Kevipele Iheilung along with our daughter-in-law and grand-children would like to thank and acknowledge various churches, organisations and all sympathizers who have helped us in many ways, financially, materially etc. and continuously praying for us and for the departed soul of our only child Late Shri Perangteising Bosco. We also thank Dr. Nokchur and his team at CIHSR Hospital, Dimapur for taking care of him throughout his sickness. db-122/22

Acknowledgement

Late Mrs. TOSHILI YEPTHO

Late Putimen Jamir

25.01.1975 – 06.02.2022

Born on : 01/01/1952 – died on : 07/02/2022

" If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord.

So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord." Romans 14:8 We, the bereaved family members of late kHeSHIto cHISHI would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to each and every one of you who stood by us and supported us physically, financially and in prayers during the time of his prolonged illness and death.

We are truly indebted to all churches, various organizations, friends, neighbors, relatives and well wishers for your sympathy, assistance and words of empathy and memorable tribute to our beloved Dad. Your prayers and presence have been immeasurable source of comfort which will continue to encourage us forever.

Words are inadequate to express how much we are thankful to you all and we deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually, but it's our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless each and everyone of you abundantly. dP-789/22

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Loving Wife, Children, Grandchildren and In-laws

“But as for me, it is good to be near God, I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge…” Psalm 73:28 Words fail to express the pain at the untimely loss of our beloved Lt. Putimen Jamir, on 6th February, 2022, but the overwhelming love, prayers, and support extended to our family in manifold ways, from far and near, has lightened our grief, and helped us tide through the turbulent times.

We will remain ever grateful to the selfless blood donors, individuals and organisations that had lent their assistance throughout the period of his illness and final journey. We would like to specially thank the dedicated medical teams of KOHIMAS and NHAK (ICU) for their loving care, till he breathed his last.

We are indeed deeply indebted, and it is our sincere prayer that God’s abundant blessings be upon you, always.

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Born : 15.03.1965 – Died : 14.02.2022 We, the family members of Late Mrs. TOSHILI YEPTHO would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to one and all who stood by us spiritually, mentally, physically, financially and materially during the illness and sudden demise of our beloved mother, who left for the heavenly abode on 14-02-2022.

We would like to convey our special thanks to : 1. NCRC Sumi Dimapur 2. Niu Vety Fellowship 3. Nitozu Baptist Church 4. Dr. Ikheto Sema and colleagues, Olive Hospital 5. Niu Colony Council 6. Sastami Union Dimapur 7. Inazhe Lagha Dimapur 8. Litami Kuposhu Kulu, Dimapur Though we are unable to mention and thank individually to all, we pray that our Almighty GOD richly bless each and every one who have done and shown their wonderful noble deeds to us. The grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST be with you all.

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WEATHER FORECAST FEBRUARY 18

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Dr Imkongsenla (third from the left) along with SCERT officials and others at the launching programme of her book. (NP)

Correspondent KO H I M A , F E B 1 7 , (NPN): Director for State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT), Chumchanbeni Kikon on Thursday said there was proposal to set up more District Institutes of Education & Training (DIET) in the state.

She was speaking at the launching programme of the book “Effectiveness of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET)”, authored by Dr. Imkongsenla Longchar here, in the State Institute of Educational Management & Training (SIEMAT) hall.

Chumchanbeni informed that the state had eight DIETs where three were established after upgrading the teacher institute of Chiechama, Mokokchung and Tuensang.

Along with the eight DIETs, she disclosed that there was also “a proposal for setting up more DIETs in the state.”

She said DIETs were established with a vision to provide academic support and resource at the grassroots level for success of various strategies and programmes.

The SCERT director informed that DIETs were “institutionally visioned”

and structured.

She said that they supported in developing resource materials and syllabus which would benefit the elementary education.

Further, she that the book would be especially beneficial for the SCERT and elementary teachers in the state.

Speaking at the programme, the author informed that the book was an extension of her doctorate thesis which she dedicated to all the student teachers.

The author gave a brief overview of the book which addresses the growth and development of elementary teacher education in the

state followed by various studies that were carried out in the world with regard to teacher education.

She informed that the book contained details of the study along with nature and tools used. Dr. Imkongsenla also discussed about various problems and challenges which obstructed the effectiveness of DIET in the state.

The book stated that around 76.38 % female educators were in the state while the age group 3035 were highest, covering about 25% where female enrolment was up to 74%.

Meanwhile, professor Dr. Zavise Rume while giving a review on the book emphasised its importance in order to understand DIET. He congratulated the author for writing a book that not only explained but also conceptualised the meaning of DIET through which the quality of teacher education could be improved.

The inaugural programme was moderated

by Dr. Daili Kholia while a speech was delivered by publisher and Editor in chief, Dimapur publishing company, Dr. Hitoca.

Ongpangkong Mungdang holds CMC Connect lauds state govt’s prompt move 60th general conference

DIMAPUR: Christian Medical College (CMC) Connect has expressed gratitude to state chief minister Neiphiu Rio and minister for PWD (housing and mechanical), Tongpang Ozukum for responding to its request to allot a plot of land in view of the problems faced by patients who travel to Vellore for medical treatment.

In a press release, CMC Connect convenor Hosheto Achumi and coconvenor Dr. Aomangyang Walling stated that at a meeting on December 21, 2021 held in Dimapur they discussed difficulties faced by patients and attendants in securing affordable and decent accommodation in Vellore.

Noting that most North Eastern states had their own rest houses with designated government officers in place, CMC Chümoukedima Ao Senso Telongjem (CAST) on February 16 held a meeting with deputy Connect said it decided to commissioner (DC) Chümoukedima, Abhinav Shivam in the conference hall of the DC. approach the state governMOKOKCHUNG: Ongpangkong Mungdang (OM) held its 60th general conference on the theme “Nuchiba Senso (Free Citizen)”, with HoD, department of Geography, Nagaland University, Prof. Lanusashi Lkr as guest speaker, Thursday, in the town hall, Mokokchung.

While delivering a speech, deputy commissioner (DC), Mokokchung, Limawabang Jamir said that the forefathers always stood tall with their heads held high by following the culture

of hard work, honesty and respect for humanity. He pointed out that this was the identity of “our” people and that they should preserve it for the coming generation.

Earlier, a short speech was delivered by village council chairman, Chungtia village, N Bendang, invocation was said by Kumlong Baptist Church, associate pastor, Dr. R Zulu Jamir while benediction was said

by Khensa Baptist Church pastor, Rev. K Temjen Longchar and vote of thanks

was proposed by planningcum-fund raising convenor, Lipokmar.

Earlier, a new team of office bearers was elected.

The new team would be led by Lipokmeren Jamir from Longsa village as president, Lanutoba Imchen from Mangmetong village as vice president, Dr. Rongsenchiba Pongener from Longmisa village as general secretary, Limawati Kichu from Mekuli village as treasurer along with three other members.

DAPCU conducts awareness campaign at Tetso College

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The team also stressed on developing an understanding about the infection, to reduce stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV & AIDS and TB, and to encourage blood donation within the youth in the state.

During the programme, resource person DPO, DAPCU, Meceivinuo highlighted HIV & AIDS, its causes, prevention and emphasised on reducing stigma and discrimination.

District tuberculosis officer, Dr. Benchillo presented on TB, causes, its

prevention and cure while district supervisor, DAPCU, Orenthung Ngullie talked on blood donation, his experience and the importance of voluntary blood donation.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by RRC nodal officer Tetso College, Kechegi Khing while vote of thanks was proposed by assistant professor, department of Commerce & Management, Payal Dutta.

Altogether, 50 RRC members attended the programme accompanied by two RRC nodal officers.

DIMAPUR: The monthly meeting of Kohima District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) was held under the chairmanship of advisor for Technical Education & Election, Medo Yhokha in the conference hall of the DPDB Kohima on Thursday.

According to a DIPR report, the meeting chaired

by DPO & member secretary DPDB, Pudusul Luho reviewed the last meeting minutes.

On the agenda of the proposal for reconsideration of shifting Sumo parking site to KMC parking site submitted by various institutes at Jotsoma, the house deliberated on the issue and decided to take up the matter after necessary consultation with the responsible authorities.

On registration of societies, Medo Yhokha

suggested that DPDB may streamline the verification system by involving responsible departments to look into the matters and give their opinions to the sub-committee of DPDB for verification and then to DPDB for recommendation to the state government.

Meanwhile, advisor for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire also suggested that the concerned area administrative officers and verifying committee share their opinions on the matters in the DPDB meeting in order to bring up a strong society in the district.

On the agenda, the house after deliberation decided to recommend five societies that presented their aims and objectives to the state government for

further necessary action.

Medo also expressed concern over the mushrooming of “unwarranted” tuition centres in Kohima and suggested that responsible departments along with student bodies be involved to recommend the matter after proper survey and study in order to streamline the whole system.

Later, in his concluding remark, the advisor appreciated the initiatives and efforts contributed by the district officers and encouraged them to continue their efforts towards the development of the district.

He also asked the members to come up with a proposal for the development of Kohima town and requested them to be more active and come up with more creative ideas in the next meeting.

NEWS IN BRIEF CMO office Dmu informs: Office of the chief medical officer, Dimapur has informed that medical board for service confirmation, invalidation and commutation of pension for grade-III grade-IV staff under Dimapur district would be held on April 2, August 6 and November 19 for the year 2022, 10 a.m. at the office of the CMO Dimapur.

NCRC informs on false COVID vaccine prophecies: Nagaland Christian Revival Church council has informed that false prophecies were told by certain individuals at the “International Revival Crusade from February 11-13 at Chathe prayer centre” with regard to COVID-19 vaccine. In this regard, NCRC president Rev Vangpong Phom and general secretary Rev. Kiyezhe Sumi has informed that these prophecies were “unbiblical and unspiritual” and have urged upon the believers and churches “not to be confused over such prophecies”.

ANHTU Peren unit appeals: All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union, Peren unit has appealed to the state government and responsible department to release pending salaries of CSS 2012-2015 batch from November 2021 to January 2022 along with arrears. The unit lamented that even after 10 years’ service, the department “could not deliver its genuine demands” and urged upon the state government to intervene at the earliest.

IRCS Mkg branch provides medical kits: Indian Red Cross Society, Mokokchung Branch and Rotary Club Mokokchung on Thursday handed 600 face masks, 250 soap bars and 76 organic hand wash to Dr. Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital.

FGN informs: FGN, ministry of Rali Wali has informed that a joint meeting of Naga National Council and Federal Government of Nagaland would be held on February 28, 10 a.m., in transit peace camp (TPC), Kohima. All central authorities, office bearers of Naga Women Federation, office bearers of Naga Youth Federation and high-ranking Naga army officers of NNC/FGN have been urged to attend the meeting.

Charter presentation of LC: Charter presentation of Lions Club of Akuluto was held on February 14, at town hall, Akuluto town under Zunheboto district under the guidance of Lions Club Dimapur, Blue Venda.

Table-top exercise held at Jalukie

DIMAPUR: A meeting on table-top exercise was held at customary court, ADC office Jalukie on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by assistant manager (M&PR) NSDMA, Keren Rose Koza.

In her address, Keren Rose Koza said the purpose of the mock exercise was to test the preparedness of the district in the event of disasters. She inferred that the exercise was jointly being organised by NSDMA in collaboration with NDRF & SDRF. Students and faculty members of the college along with DAPCU officials at the During the meeting, programme.

DIMAPUR: In commemoration of 75 years of India’s Independence, District Aids Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU) supported by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO), conducted an awareness campaign on New India @75 at Tetso College on Thursday.

In a press release, Tetso College, senior media executive, Rinsit Benjamin Sareo informed that the team from DAPCU disseminated information with regard to HIV & AIDS and TB prevention and services.

ment to urgently look into the matter.

Representatives of the group met the chief minister on February 1 and handed a letter to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin, requesting for a land to be allotted for the purpose of setting up a rest house for patients from Nagaland.

In this regard, the body expressed appreciation to the CM of Tamil Nadu for his positive response “to the extent of identifying a plot of land in Vellore the very next day.”

While acknowledging the state chief minister for his concern and Tongpang Ozukum for travelling to Chennai and Vellore, CMC Connect expressed hope that the genuine need of the patients would soon be materialised.

F u r t h e r, i t c a l l e d upon the public to pray for early completion of the project.

Medo Yhokha speaking at the Kohima DPDB meeting on Thursday. (DIPR)

DDMA Peren DPA, Kedigong gave a brief highlight on the Incidence Response System (IRS) and the role and responsibilities of various departments that would be taking part in the exercise which would be held on February 18.

He informed the members that the staging area would be set up at Government Higher Secondary School ground, Jalukie, 11 a.m., where a siren would be sounded by fire & emergency services followed by a briefing at customary court, ADC Office Jalukie.

M e a n w h i l e, A D C Jalukie, Dr. Tinojongshi Chang called upon the officers involved in the exercise to give their best for the successful conduct of the exercise.

Others who spoke in the meeting included deputy Commandant 12th BN, NDRF, Abhinav Kayshap.

Later, an interaction session was conducted where doubts were clarified.

The meeting was attended by administrative officers, HoOs, NDRF, and police personnel.

LPG black marketing FIR filed against driver

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KOHIMA, FEB 17 (NPN): M/s Seyie Gas Service on Thursday lodged a first information report (FIR) with the North Police Station, Kohima against one LPG truck driver accused of black marketing.

In the FIR made available to the media, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Seyie Gas Service, Kuolachalie Seyie alleged that the accused identified as one Sobin Daimary (30), driver of LPG truck (NL 07A-9984) of M/s Wokha Gas, was involved in black-marketing at Pherima on February 13.

He claimed that the accused driver was caught red-handed by one ‘maj.’ Neisalie

belonging to a Naga political group.

On questioning, Seyie stated that the accused made false statement claiming that the consignment belonged to M/s Seyie Gas Service, which caused “provocation and misunderstanding” between the management of the Gas Service, the said political group and public of the area.

Seyie said the act was not only a crime tarnishing the integrity and authenticity of all LPG distributors, but also an act of defaming his agency--M/s Seyie Gas Service.

K Seyie in the FIR urged the authorities to take prompt legal action against the driver and also the distributor M/s Wokha Gas “on the grounds of master-and-servant joint liabilities” without delay.

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BJP promises free scooters for female college students in manifesto

BJP national president JP Nadda (centre), Manipur CM N Biren Singh (left) and others release the party’s manifesto in Imphal, February 17, 2022.

IMPHAL, FEB 17 (PTI): The BJP on Thursday released its manifesto for the assembly elections in Manipur, promising twowheelers to meritorious female college students, increasing the monthly pension for senior citizens to Rs 1,000 and setting up a Rs 100 crore start-up fund.

Releasing the manifesto, BJP national president JP Nadda said that under the leadership of Chief Minister N Biren Singh the state has headed towards development in the last five years, tackling the drugs menage and achieving stability with rule of law being established.

“Free scooty will be

given to all meritorious c o l l e ge - g o i n g g i r l s t o empower the women of the state,” Nadda said, quoting the manifesto.

The BJP also promised Rs 25,000 to girls from economically weaker sections under the ‘Rani Gaidinliu Nupi Maheiroi Singi Scheme’ if voted back to power.

The party announced two free LPG cylinders per year to the beneficiaries of the PM Ujjwala scheme, and increasing the monthly pension for senior citizens from Rs 200 to Rs 1,000, if voted back to power.

“Laptops will be also be provided to all meritorious students who pass class

12, as a gateway to higher education,” Nadda said.

“Scholarships will be given to children of marginal, small and landless farmers, pursuing technical education at the graduate and post-graduate level,” he added.

The financial assistance of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi will be increased for the farmers of Manipur from Rs 6,000 to Rs 8,000 per annum, the party promised.

The BJP also announced setting up Manipur Skill Development University to train youths for making them job-ready, and an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

to ensure that people do not have to travel out of the state for medical treatment.

A Rs 100 crore ‘StartUp Manipur Fund’ would be set to give zero-interest loans of up to Rs 25 lakh to entrepreneurs, the BJP promised.

The Loktak Mega Eco-Tourism project will become a reality, and cash incentives and subsidies would be given for setting up homestay facilities, to promote tourism in the Northeastern state, the BJP said.

“FO-FO Train” (Follow Foothills Train) -- a peripheral rail network along the foothills of the state will be developed to boost tourism and increase allied vocational opportunities, the party said.

T h e B J P b e l i e ve s in good governance and the ‘Go to Village’ and ‘Go to Hills’ programmes will be expanded to reach government schemes at the doorsteps of the people, Nadda said.

Besides the chief minister, senior BJP leader Sambit Patra, state BJP president A Sharda Devi and Union minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh were present at the programme.

Biplab Deb to join BJP’s campaign trail in Mnp today

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Congress pooh-poohs BJP’s claim of bringing stability to Manipur

Biplab Kumar Deb AGARTALA, FEB 17 (PTI): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb would hit the BJP’s campaign trail in Manipur on Friday.

Deb, who is currently in Delhi, is scheduled to campaign for the party in Manipur and return on Saturday, a BJP leader in Agartala said.

“The chief minister will address a few rallies and take part in roadshows in Manipur,” the party leader said on Thursday.

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik, an MP from Tripura, has been extensively campaigning for the party in poll-bound Manipur for the past two weeks, he said.

Earlier, BJP’s Tripura unit president Manik Saha campaigned for the party in the poll-bound state.

Manipur will vote in two phases on February 28 and March 5. The votes will be counted on March 10.

Jairam Ramesh IMPHAL, FEB 17 (PTI): Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday described the BJP’s claim of bringing stability to pollbound Manipur as “hollow” and its zero-tolerance policy towards drugs as a “joke”.

Releasing the manifesto earlier in the day, BJP national president JP Nadda asserted that under the leadership of Chief Minister N Biren Singh, the state has headed towards development in the last five years, tackling the drug menace and achieving stability with rule of law being established.

Ramesh told reporters that the Manipur government website informs people that only 47 per cent of the state’s eligible population have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, which is among the lowest in the country.

He claimed that this proves the failure of the BJP government in the North-eastern state where assembly elections will be held in two phases on February 28 and March 5.

It was the Congress that gave the people of the state a “stable and able government” for 15 years in a row since 2002, Ramesh said, claiming that the BJP’s manifesto is nothing but “joomla” (mere announcements).

To call the election results of 2002, 2007 and 2012 as mandates of instability is a “mockery” and an insult to the people of Manipur, the AICC observer said.

“The Constitution was murdered by the BJP in 2017. The mandate was for the Congress but the BJP formed the government,” he said.

Assam BJP MLAs file FIRs against T’gana CM 597 bottles of Phensedyl seized from SGH

NAGAON/RANGIA (ASSAM), FEB 17 (PTI): Two Assam BJP MLAs have filed police complaints against Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao for his alleged “antinational” remarks seeking proof of India’s surgical strike against militants in Pakistan, police officials said on Thursday.

BJP’s Kamalpur MLA Diganta Kalita and Barhampur MLA Jitu Goswami lodged two identical complaints at Kamalpur and Nagaon police stations on Wednesday, but no case has been registered as of now.

“We have received the complaint. No FIR has been registered as of now,” Nagaon additional superintendent of police Dhruba Bora told PTI. A senior officer at Kamalpur police station said the police is probing the matter and no FIR has been registered yet.

The two identical complaints by the ruling party legislators in Assam said that the Army is a national entity without any political colour or allegiance to any political party. “... But the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana, Sri Rao had attacked the sanctity of the Indian Army by adding political colour to it for the purpose of his political rivalry and campaign against the party in power at Centre.

“This act is purely offensive, anti-national and against the interest of the Nation and certainly not expected from a person holding a very high Constitutional post,” they

BJP MLA Diganta Kalita lodges an FIR against Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. said.

The complaints were referring to Rao making a statement on January 12 at Raigiri in Telangana and at a press meet on January 13 questioning the surgical strike by Indian Air Force.

Lending suppor t to Cong ress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had demanded proof of the surgical strike, Rao said half of the country, including himself want to know the “truth behind the targeted strike”.

The Assam MLAs in their complaints said “He (Rao) through his statement passed comments not only against the Indian Army but also against the Government of India in a very derogatory and demeaning manner and such an act on his part is nothing but an act against the Government of India as well as the Indian Army.

“His comment against the Indian Army and Government of India shows disrespect against the sovereign institution of our country and while doing so

he had tacitly supported the campaign and propaganda of Pakistan showing our country in a very poor taste,” the complaints said.

Kalita and Goswami also alleged that Rao’s comments put the Army in a “very poor light” before not only the citizens of India but also in the eyes of the world.

“His act in questioning the action of the Indian Army against an enemy nation is clearly prejudicial to national integration and against the sovereignty of our country... Therefore, you are requested to initiate an investigation and punish the culprit as per law,” they said.

Assam youth BJP asks police to file case

G U WA H AT I , F E B 1 7 (IANS): The BJP youth wing lodged a police complaint demanding action against Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for making comments on surgical strikes against Pakistan, police said on Thursday.

A police official in Guwahati said that a complaint was received from the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) at the Bharalumukh Police Station but it was not yet registered.

Lawyer Priyanku Pratin Parasor and legal co-incharge Abhinaba Purkayastha on behalf of the BJYM in their complaint said that on February 13 while addressing a public meeting at Raigiri of Yadagiri Bhuvanagiri district, Telangana Chief Minister made some comments against the Indian Army relating to the surgical strike.

“He made comments not only against the Indian A r my b u t a l s o a g a i n s t the Government of India in a very derogatory and demeaning manner and such an act on his part is nothing but an act against the Government of India as well as the Indian Army,” the complaint said.

The BJYM in its complain said that Rao’s comment against the Army and the Government shows disrespect against the sovereign institution of the country and by making such remarks he had tacitly supported the campaign and propaganda of Pakistan showing India in a very poor taste and which also puts the Indian Army in a very poor light not only before the citizens of India but also in the eyes of the world.

The BJYM, which also submitted a Compact Disk containing the video clip along with its complaint, urged the Assam police to initiate a thorough investigation and punish Rao as per law.

NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (IANS): Border Security Force (BSF) troops seized 597 bottles of banned cough syrup Phensedyl from the border area under South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya on Wednesday.

According to BSF officials on Thursday, on a specific tip-off, the

recoveries were made near Border out Post (BoP) Devendera in Jankhol under 55 Battalion Sector headquarter Tura i n M e g h a l aya w h e n the bottles were getting smuggled to Bangladesh.

On February 14, the BSF personnel arrested two youths for allegedly smuggling it near the

WMC holds meet with Mizoram government DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (NPN): Re p r e s e n t a t ive s o f t h e government of Mizoram and World Meetei Council (WMC) held a meeting at Mizoram Hous in New Delhi on February 15 to find out ways to resolve the issues arising fom the double murder of Keisham Prabin Singha and Namram Nipen Singha in Mizoram on January 31 and February 8 respectively. Both deceased are residents of Cachar district of Assam.

A press release by WMC Secretary General Yambem Arun Meetei stated that the while the Mizoram government was represented

by Rosangzuala, OSD to the chief minister, WMC was

WMC members with OSD to Mizoram CM.

led by Ms Mayanglambam Diana, Vice President of WMC Delhi unit.

The Secretary General, W M C Ya m b e m A r u n Meetei joined the meeting via video conferencing from Bangalore and Mizoram CM Zoramthanga called up his OSD from Aizawl to enquire

on the progress of the talk.

In the meeting, the Mizoram gover nment agreed to handover the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). WMC said it would withdraw the blockade on SilcharAizwal National Highway on February 21, on the day the

last rites of the 2nd victim.

The release by WMC further stated that it would be following up the issue to ensure that justice is delivered. It stated that the two parties have agreed to work to improve communal relations existing between the different communities living in the region. The OSD also invited WMC to Aizawl to meet the chief minister or the home minister of Mizoram for further discussion.

WMC said it is also wo r k i n g t o t a k e a l o n g members of the victims’ families and genuine members of CSOs who have all along been working to get justice in all its future course of action.

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Hakimpur BoP in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

The arrested youths were allegedly involved in smuggling of narcotics over the past few days in the region and were to be paid Rs 500 for transporting 60 bottles of Phensedyl which were recovered from their possession.

The assembly election threw a hung house in 2017, in which the Congress emerged as the single largest party. However, the BJP, in alliance with regional parties, formed the government.

“Political instability came only in the last five years. The BJP gave five years of darkness,” Ramesh said.

On the menace of drug abuse in the state, he claimed that everybody is aware of the nexus that exists between the ruling party and the narcotic mafia.

“In the last five years, there is a complete destruction of democracy and civil rights,” the former Union minister said.

Slamming the BJP manifesto for being “silent” on the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), he said the Cong ress has made its stand clear on the controversial law.

In its manifesto released earlier, the grand old party promised to work towards repeal of the Act, if voted to power.

Ramesh alleged that the NGOs, the media and anyone who oppose the chief minister and the government were under threat.

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UP polls: SP hits ‘century’ in first two phases: Akhilesh FIROZABAD (UP), FEB 17 (PTI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that his party has already hit a “century” in the first two phases of polling in Uttar Pradesh and will have enough numbers by the fourth phase to form the government.

In the first two phases of polls in the state, voting was held on the 113 constituencies and 59 seats each will go to polls in the third phase on February 20 and fourth phase on February 23.

“Have already hit a century in first two phases... and by the fourth phase of polling Samajwadi Party will have enough numbers to form the government,” the SP chief said addressing an election rally in Nasirpur area of Firozabad here.

Polling in Firozabad seat is also slated in the third phase.

“The people of Firozabad will open the eyes of the BJP this time, “ the SP chief said.

Yadav also promised caste census in the state after the formation of the SP government and equal representation and honour

Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Singh during a public meeting in Mainpuri, Thursday. (PTI) to all castes.

“This is the election for saving democracy, saving Constitution of Baba Saheb Ambedkar, saving the honour of backwards, Dalits and minorities who have been humiliated,” he said.

Yadav said criminals are those who give the chance to a mafia don to play cricket, referring to pictures of a don turned politician of eastern UP playing cricket, gone viral on social media.

“I am saying again, those who have to break law or not work according to it need not vote for Samajwadi Party,” he stressed.

Charging the BJP of

betraying the people, he said “listen to their speeches, small leader says small lies, bigger one big lies and the biggest is uttering the biggest lies’’.

He said the BJP has not fulfilled its promise of doubling the farmers income, jobs to the youth.

The SP chief asked the people to help in “saving” the UP and promised to work on the socialist principles for which Mulayam Singh Yadav had fought.

He also alleged that the Modi government is selling everything including airports, trains and railways so that no one gets a reservation in getting jobs.

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Amit Shah takes jibe at SP over Mulayam campaigning for party MAINPURI (UP), FEB 17 (PTI): Addressing a rally in the SP stronghold of Karhal, from where its president Akhilesh Yadav is contesting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah took potshots at the party on Thursday for bringing veteran leader Mulayam Singh Yadav for campaigning.

Accusing Akhilesh Yadav of indulging in dynastic politics, he said the previous SP government in Uttar Pradesh had 45 members from his family.

“I had heard Akhilesh Yadav say on television that he would now come to Karhal only on March 10 (the day the poll results are scheduled to be announced).

But he came here six days later and under this scorching sun, also had to bring Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav). When the beginning is like this, what will be the end result?” Shah asked.

Incidentally, Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav made his first appearance in the ongoing election process on Thursday, addressing a meeting for his son Akhilesh Yadav at a distance of only about three kilometres from the venue of Shah’s rally.

The home minister told

the voters if they want the BJP to win 300 seats in Uttar Pradesh, then it can be achieved through an electoral victory in Karhal, from where the saffron party has fielded Union minister S P Singh Baghel.

“Only one seat can do the work of 300 seats. Make the ‘kamal’ (lotus, BJP’s poll symbol) win in Karhal and the SP will be wiped out from the state,” he said.

Shah said Baghel holds an important position in the Union council of ministers.

“He is a big leader of the Baghels. When he joined the BJP, he did so after leaving power. We made him the president of the (party’s) OBC morcha. He contested the (Lok Sabha) election and won. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modiji made him a minister and there was no need for him to contest the Assembly polls. But he said he does not want Uttar Pradesh to be run by gangsters again,” he said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said once again a government that works for the welfare of the poor, backward classes, Dalits and farmers has to be installed in the state and hence, Baghel has been fielded in the ongoing polls.

Hitting out at the SP,

‘Unemployment rising but BJP govt blaming Nehru for people’s problems’ CHANDIGARH, FEB 17 (PTI): The BJP had been in power for more than seven years and was still blaming first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the problems of the people, former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh said on Thursday in a scathing attack against the Modi-led government.

Targeting the central government on a host of issues, including the farmers’ agitation, foreign policy, price rise and unemployment, Singh said ahead of the Punjab elections on February 20 that the BJP’s nationalism was “fake” and was based on the British policy of “divide and rule”.

The Congress played the message delivered in Punjabi at a press conference here.

According to Singh, the government had proved to be a “complete failure” on the issue of foreign policy.

The Chinese army, he alleged, was occupying “our pious land for the last one year but efforts are being made to bury this issue”.

“Our relations with neighbouring nations are also deteriorating,” Singh said. Further targeting the Centre on foreign policy

Cong makes people of one region fight against those of another: PM

ABOHAR, FEB 17 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi for his ‘UP, Bihar and Delhi de bhaiye’ remark, saying people with such “divisive thought” do not have the right to rule the state.

Addressing a rally here ahead of the February 20 Punjab assembly polls, he also urged voters to bring the BJP-led alliance to power in Punjab for the all-round development of the state.

Channi during a Congress roadshow on Tuesday courted controversy by asking people not to let “bhaiyas” of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi enter Punjab, a remark apparently aimed at leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is emerging as a strong contender for the polls to 117-member state assembly.

In a video circulating on social media, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is seen beside

PM Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally for UP Assembly elections, in Fatehpur. (PTI) Channi and clapping when he made the remarks during the roadshow in Rupnagar.

The word “bhaiyas” in reference to people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is generally considered offensive.

During his address, Prime Minister Modi attacked the Congress, saying it “always makes people of one region fight against another region for its own gains”.

Referring to Channi’s remark, he said the entire country saw this.

“The statement, which the Punjab chief minister has made, and his leader, who was standing beside him, was clapping. The entire country has seen this,” Modi said.

“By such statements, who are they trying to insult. There would hardly be any village here (in Punjab) where our brethren from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar would not be doing hard work,” he said.

Noting that Guru Ravidas Jayanti was observed on

Wednesday, he said, “I want to ask these leaders where was Sant Ravidas born.

Was he born in Punjab? He was born in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi and you will not let ‘bhaiya’ of Uttar Pradesh to enter here, will you throw out Ravidasiyas (followers of Guru Ravidas), will you erase Sant Ravidas’ name too. What kind of language are you speaking?”

Modi further asked where Guru Gobind Singh was born.

“He was born in Patna Sahib in Bihar, and you say you will not let people of Bihar enter. Will you then insult Guru Gobind Singh ji?... Will you insult the land where Guru Gobind Singh was born, will you use such language that you will not let people of that state enter here,” he said.

They are saying they will not let people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar enter, Modi said, adding, people with “such divisive thought do not have the right to rule

Punjab even for a moment”.

Referring to the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission report, he said it was his government which implemented them.

“History is witness that the Congress has always betrayed farmers,” Modi said.

“There was a demand for implementing the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission report for several years but they continued to sit on the file.

Congress governments only spoke lies,” he said.

He said when his government was formed at the Centre, it implemented the recommendations of the commission, and that it was in his government’s time, there was a record purchase of foodgrains.

Attacking the Congress government in Punjab, Modi said every trade has been captured by the mafia in Punjab.

He also said that because of the Congress gov-

ernment’s policies, nobody was ready to make investments in Punjab.

In entire Punjab, one voice is coming out and that is to make the BJP-led alliance victorious and form a “double engine” government, the prime minister said.

“Double engine gover nment means speedy progress. It means weeding out sand mafia and drug mafia from the state. The double engine government means flourishing of trade, giving jobs and creating new avenues of self-employment,” Modi said.

“Give one chance to us, give me five years and then see how the double engine government takes Punjab on a speedy path of development,” he said.

The BJP is contesting the elections in alliance with the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and the Sukhdev Singh Dhindsaled Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).

Harish Rawat building castles in Modi’s governance only in advertisements: Priyanka FEB to his friends,” the Con- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), air even before poll verdict: BJP CHANDIGARH, 17 (PTI): Congress leader gress general secretary told she said “both use religion,

DEHRADUN, FEB 17 (PTI): The BJP hit back at Congress leader Harish Rawat for his recent remark that he would either be chief minister or sit at home, saying he does not have the patience to wait for the poll verdict and is building castles in the air.

“His impatience shows he entered the poll battle just to grab the chief minister’s chair and has nothing to do with public concerns,” state BJP media in-charge

Manveer Chauhan said. The Congress’ “greed for power” has reached such a level that the fight for the chief minister’s post has begun in the party even when the poll verdict is still sealed in the EVMs, he said. “Even before the poll verdict is out, Rawat has begun to build castles in the air,” Chauhan added.

Though the Congress made Rawat its poll campaign head for Uttarakhand, it did not declare him its chief ministerial candidate.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre on Thursday, saying its governance is only visible in advertisements.

She also accused the BJP and the AAP of using religion and sentiments for political gains.

“Modiji’s governance is only in advertisements, there is no governance in the country. Had there been governance, there would have been employment and

BJP accuses AAP of stoking communal divide

NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (PTI): The BJP on Thursday accused the Aam Aadmi Party of working to cause fissures between the Hindus and Sikhs in Punjab in its bid to capture power in the state, and cited lack of Sikh representation in the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in the national capital to attack it.

BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta also alleged that the AAPs agenda is to “loot” Punjab and likened it to the East India Company which wants to grab power in the state by making all sorts of promises.

At a press conference, they accused Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal and other

AAP leaders of making false claims in their campaign for the Punjab assembly polls and said the “Delhi model” highlighted by the regional party is a sham.

In Delhi model there is no Sikh minister, Punjabi language has been deliberately neglected, over 850 new liquor outlets have been opened, no school and college have been opened, and health infrastructure is in shambles, Sirsa said.

Referring to reported remarks of AAP that Hindus in Punjab are feeling apprehensive about internal security, Sirsa lashed out at the party for allegedly stoking communal fire in the state in its bid to win the polls, which are scheduled

for February 20.

Hindus and Sikhs eat from the same plate and have no differences, he said, adding that people of the state have chased away those who have tried to cause fissures between the two communities.

The Sikh leader asked Punjab voters to be wary of AAP. Sirsa alleged, “They (AAP) are a bunch of frauds. Kejriwal wear many disguises.”

He asked voters of the state to set aside all differences to “save” Punjab. He asserted that only Prime Minister Narendra Modi can make the state free of debt and drugs while ensuring security and employment in the state.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra price rise would not have been there. Had there been governance, PSUs, which generate employment, would not have been sold

reporters at Pathankot in poll-bound Punjab, where she also addressed a rally.

She said poor people, small traders and small entrepreneurs in the country are facing several difficulties and hitting out at the Centre, asked who is worrying about them. “Where is governance?” Priyanka Gandhi asked and said an amount of Rs 2,000 crore is being spent on publicity.

Taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the

sentiments to do politics.

They are not doing development”. At the rally, the Congress leader attacked both Modi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal. “When I heard Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal talk about Punjabiyat, it made me laugh. I thought, how would they understand Punjabiyat? To understand it, one has to live it. Punjabiyat is a sentiment.”

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Manmohan Singh matters, Singh said, “Old friends are constantly alienating from us, while our relations with neighbouring countries are also deteriorating.”

“I hope that now the ruling dispensation has come to understand that the relations of the countries do not improve by forcefully embracing the leaders, playing on a swing with them or going for uninvited biryani,” he said, in a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

With the Congress targeting the Centre saying its governance was visible only in advertisements, Singh said, “The truth somehow always comes to the fore. It is very easy to talk big things but it is very difficult to put those things into action.”

He said the government does not have trust in the country’s constitution

and “institutions are continuously being weakened”.

“Today the situation is very worrisome. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the short-sighted policies of the central government, on the one hand, have caused people to suffer from falling economy, rising inflation and unemployment.

“On the other hand, the present government which has been in power for the last seven and a half years, rather than admitting their mistakes and making amends, is still blaming first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for being responsible for people’s problems,” Singh said in his video statement. Then making a sharp attack, he said, “I clearly believe that the post of prime minister has its own dignity and blaming history cannot reduce one’s sins.”

Hitting out at the central government, Singh, who is a noted economist, said they have no understanding of the economy, which was not in a healthy shape.

“Unemployment has reached its peak in the whole country today. Farmers, businessmen, students, women are all unhappy,” he said.

States asked to operationalise 1.1 lakh health, wellness centres

NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (PTI): The Union health ministry urged the states and Union territories on Thursday to expedite the operationalisation of 1.1 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (ABHWCs), equipped with teleconsultation services, by March 31.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan chaired a meeting through a videoconference with all the states and Union territories to review the operationalisation status of the AB-HWCs, the tele-consultation services and the physical and financial progress made under ECRP-II and PM-ABHIM, a statement issued by the ministry said.

Highlighting that the Centre is dedicated to expanding public healthcare delivery across the country, the states were informed about the implementation status of the AB-HWCs, their operationalisation as tele-consultation centres and the status of implementation of projects under the ECRP-II package through a detailed presentation.

Bhushan highlighted that for ensuring Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) under Ayushman Bharat, the sub-health centres (SHCs) and the primary health centres (PHCs) are being strengthened as health and wellness centres (HWCs). “The states were advised to ensure opera-

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tionalisation of the target of 1.10 lakh HWCs by March 31, 2022 through customised and focussed strategy.

This in effect means that these HWCs must be fully functional and equipped to dispense free meds, provide free diagnostics and all prescribed health packages, including yoga and healthy living sessions,” the statement said. They were also advised to ensure that all the 1.1 lakh AB-HWCs are adequately equipped to function as effective and vibrant tele-consultation “spokes”.

This would include ensured availability of internet connectivity, desktops or laptops and the required trained and skilled personnel, including CHOs. The states are also required to ensure that all the HWCs are mapped to a “hub”, which could be a district hospital or a district medical college hospital. For each such spoke, the states must ensure that a base minimum number of teleconsultation sessions are conducted, starting from Thursday, the statement said.

The HWCs are crucial in providing preventive, promotive, rehabilitative and curative care for an expanded range of services encompassing reproductive and child health services, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, palliative care and elderly care, oral health, ENT care and basic emergency care.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post

Post-mortem

VOL. XXXII NO. 73 DIMAPUR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2022

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Downward spiral

nother veteran Congress leader- Ashwani Kumar- considered close to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and also a staunch supporter of Congress interim-president Sonia Gandhi quit the party on February 16. He was law minister in the UPA-II government and is the first senior UPA cabinet minister to leave the Congress post its debilitating Lok Sabha election defeat in 2019. Ashwani has been associated with the party for over four decades.

He had defended Gandhi strongly when 23 senior leaders, now popularly known as G 23, wrote to her in August 2020 calling for sweeping changes in the party.His exit also signals that there is increasing disenchantment even among the old guards. Ashwani is among the many Congress leaders who have left the party in recent months. Many leaders, especially the gen-next of the Congress and close confidantes of Rahul Gandhi have left the party such as - Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada, R. P. N. Singh, Sushmita Dev, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Laliteshpati Tripathi - in the last two years. Senior leader RPN Singh joined BJP on January 26, abandoning decades-old familial associations to leave a party that that had only the day before listed him as a star campaigner in Uttar Pradesh.Ashwani was not exactly ambitious like the young ones. Despite the never-ending string of losses suffered by the party in state elections and the humiliating defeats in 2014 and 2019, Ashwani chose to remain loyal to Sonia. However, after the unexpected wins in 2004 and 2009, the Congress slide began after a bold and new BJP emerged from the shadows of Vajpayee and Advani era. The Congress was facing a totally different BJP and under a more ruthless leadership that was determined to win at all costs.

The Congress lost state after state in elections to the BJP mainly through poaching and wholesale horse trading of unimaginable scale. On the other hand , the Congress has failed to respond to the challenges posed by the BJP as well as belied expectations of the public to remain relevant. Unfortunately, under Rahul the Congress continues on a downward spiral but Sonia, like a doting mother, only sees Rahul. This has made the Congress a family party whose AICC is filled up with sycophants who need the family and vice versa. Therefore, when Ashwani decided that it was time to leave, he expressed a lot of pain and anguish.

Without taking the name of Rahul Gandhi, he said the “national mood is not in favour of the alternative that the Congress party presents to the people in terms of its future leadership”. Young leaders like Jyotiraditya Scindia, RPN Singh, Sushmita Dev, Pradyout Deb Barma etc left because the Congress high command has no vision for them. Priyanka Vadra has come to centre stage from nowhere only to add to the star circus. The biggest tragedy with the Congress is that though the party is the only viable challenger to the BJP, its leadership- Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka- are incapable of seeing anything but only to exert a grip on the party amidst spreading disenchantment because of Rahul’s leadership. Instead, those holding such views are shown the exit door or made to feel unwanted. This is what Ashwani experienced like many others before him but unfortunately the free fall appears unstoppable with more likely to leave.

DailyDevotion Taking the Initiative Against Depression Arise and eat. —1 Kings 19:5

The angel in this passage did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the Scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable. He simply told Elijah to do a very ordinary thing, that is, to get up and eat. If we were never depressed, we would not be alive— only material things don’t suffer depression. If human beings were not capable of depression, we would have no capacity for happiness and exaltation. There are things in life that are designed to depress us; for example, things that are associated with death. Whenever you examine yourself, always take into account your capacity for depression.

When the Spirit of God comes to us, He does not give us glorious visions, but He tells us to do the most ordinary things imaginable.

Depression tends to turn us away from the everyday things of God’s creation. But whenever God steps in, His inspiration is to do the most natural, simple things— things we would never have imagined God was in, but as we do them we find Him there. The inspiration that comes to us in this way is an initiative against depression.

But we must take the first step and do it in the inspiration of God. If, however, we do something simply to overcome our depression, we will only deepen it. But when the Spirit of God leads us instinctively to do something, the moment we do it the depression is gone. As soon as we arise and obey, we enter a higher plane of life.

Quotes

Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure. ~ Meister Eckhart

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2022

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Whither-Ward is Nagaland Moving?

ime for Brutal Honesty: The time has come for the Nagas to wake up from our self-imposed state of hapless inertia, and be brutally honest about what has been happening to our beautiful land and its people. The past may teach and inspire us, without holding us captives; the present messy conundrum may awaken us to the stark realities that ruthlessly stare at us, and the beckoning of the future should inspire resolve in us to stand up and goad us to undertake the solemn task of reshaping our own destiny.

We live in an irrevocably interconnected and intertwined world in which there and are things we alone can decide and do for ourselves; but there are many more things we cannot decide or do on our own even when those matters directly affect us. It is more than high time for the Nagas to climb out of the imaginary world that some people try to create through archaic rhetoric, threat and intimidation, not grounded on the realistic world we are wedged in, and face headlong the world of reality courageously and positively.

Nature’s Pristine Beauty and Heaps of Dry Bones: The story of Nagaland evokes a sense of awesome majesty and dismal misery.

Majesty, because the State is endowed with beautiful mountains and hills that smile with rays of morning sun whose bejeweled beauty does not fade away until the veil of darkness overcast the sky. With the advent of dawn in the distant horizon, we see the greenish majesty emerge from the world of darkness but now, these hills and mountains seem to stand still like a young lady in a dark, gloomy mood under the moonlit sky, with the world in mute silence, attempting to whisper to us something that is infinitely sad, grave and tragic which the world cannot understand. Such is the contrasting world of the Nagas today. Like Ezekiel’s vision in the Bible, the entire landscape of Nagaland appears to be a labyrinthine valley of death, scattered as it were with heaps of dry bones everywhere,- lifeless bones of decades of political demagoguery and status-quo rhetoric denuded of flesh and blood, that has lost the life-throb and mojo that once aroused and propelled an entire people in pursuit of a higher and brighter destiny for themselves. Nagaland today is mired in a deadly political quagmire. Of all the States on planet earth, tiny Nagaland today is governed by most number of governments and authorities, constitutional and extra-constitutional. Underneath the veneer of calm and orderliness, the intermingling power-play, by various political bodies and authorities have left state governance on the verge of collapse and the socio-economic development of the State lurching and lagging behind all others. If all the multiple extortions collected in various different forms and ways with total absence of public accountability, together with all the generous funds that flowed into the State from the Government of India and loan sources

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during the last two decades for poverty alleviation, rural life uplift and socio-economic development of the State were to be tabulated, the emerging figures would be astoundingly large. And, if against such colossal resources that became available to the State we try to ascertain and match the corresponding dwarfed, languishing, stranded or nonexistent assets on the ground, the emerging contrasts and contradictions would perhaps be nothing less than shocking!

We would perhaps then see the future of the State and its children hijacked away to some nothingness by some ruthless monster, called corruption. Without confronting head-on and addressing the root causes that have reduced our lot into heaps of ‘dry bones’, simply indulging in high sounding, bombastic rhetoric divorced from reality, and political power juggling and positioning with the sole objective of power-grab will never quicken and revitalize the ‘dry bones’ that our plight has become today.

Drifters on Never-ending Road of Quicksand: We, the elderly generation of Nagas have vivid memories of how with practically nothing in hand, but fired up by their vision and conviction, and propped up by the sole resource of the active support of common Naga villagers, the Naga political movement started and was carried on against what appeared to be impossible odds. Years went by when, the Nagas, confronted with political ‘Manifestos’ soaked in foreign Communist ideology under the garb of ‘Nagaland for Christ’, found them totally incompatible with the Naga customary and democratic ways of life.

What traumatized the Naga sensibilities even more deeply were the shocking and wanton fratricidal encounters and killings that ensued, which appeared to engulf the entire spectrum of Naga society,- brother ruthlessly killing brother almost anywhere and everywhere they encountered each other as political adversaries, under the vaunted slogan, ‘Nagaland for Christ’.

Today, engulfed in suffocating multiple extortions and multiple governments in the land of believers in Christ, the common people find themselves bombarded regularly by furious vituperation, slander and thunderous invectives hurled against each other, and against anyone who would dare to disagree with them.

Take a glance at the other side of the same coin.

The Naga leaders of the older generation were not that qualified academically.

However, enthused with clear realistic vision for the people, they committed themselves completely to the service of the people.

Most unfortunately, the Naga political movement that was launched as a peaceful, non-cooperation movement, tragically turned into violent armed conflict between the Indian security forces and the Naga underground cadres, resulting in unleashing of unparalleled brutality and indescribable suffering to the innocent public. It was in the midst of this horrendous saga of human tragedy that the

Naga People’s Convention (NPC) was organized, operationalised and with active dialogue between delegates and representatives of all the Naga tribes, the NPC drafted the memorandum very consciously and judiciously featuring all the prevailing exigent strenuous social-political realities. It needs to be understood by all concerned that while commenting on the 16th Point Agreement, one should sets his feet upon solid rock of fact and truth.

Statehood came into being not from the blue , but it was through collective wisdom of the representatives of the 16 tribes of the then Naga Hills of Assam and the Tuensang Frontier Division of NEFA and unanimously adopted the 16-Point Memorandum, that eventually became an ‘Agreement’ with the GOI known as the 16-Point Agreement.

To today’s Naga leaders and people, living, thriving and enjoying merrily off the fruits of the sacrifice and visionary efforts of the NPC of over six decades ago, who try to decry the merits of the 16-Point Agreement, let it be made loud and clear without bias or prejudice towards anyone, that the 16-Point Agreement led to creation of the present State of Nagaland,was not a matter of guesswork, but of mathematical precision. It was no rhapsody or poetical fiction nor a fume fancy. It was a monumental achievement to pave the way for the people of Nagaland to play pivotal role in nation building. The then tiny population of 3,69,200 people, the NPC had succeeded in providing A Special Safeguard for the distinct Naga identity in the Constitution of India under Article 371(A). This unique feature is available to the state of Nagaland only.!

Today’s modern-day politics of Nagaland on both sides of the spectrum appears to be marked by near endless defections, reformulations, reinventions, re-christenings,all in the name of the Naga cause, the same old wine changing the shape and colour of the container bottle endlessly,- unwittingly laying bare total lack of morality, political principle or conviction, and above all character, guided completely, as it appears, by outright self interest and self advancement.

From social media posts, news media reports, releases given by social activist groups, statements made by political bodies, C&AG Audit Reports, and various sources including from the successive damning indictments of NITI AAYOG on Nagaland’s dismal performance on socio-economic development, today’s general public are aware of the dismal plight in State governance.

They are frustrated, disillusioned, and find themselves caught helplessly in the vortex of totally unexpected twists and turns of Nagaland politics, keenly aware but unable to do anything about the dark and uncertain Naga journey that never seems to see daylight. The sudden spurt in the demand for new districts is an outburst of the people’s desire to have something tangible in their possession and ownership. They are least bothered about the viability or

otherwise that such creations entail, especially of the additional financial burden that an exceedingly oversized and ever-expanding State Govt. organization crunches on a State that is solely dependent for its survival on Central funding largesse grants and releases.

Our journey together as a people, instead of taking us forward to new frontiers of peace and greater heights of development and progress, appears to be taking us downhill towards a state of helpless inertia and paralysis or chaotic decline and a failed State. Can we as a people afford to journey on like this any further on this road that seems to lead us nowhere?

Need for Realism and Re-invention of the Naga Journey: • We can no longer afford to remain stuck where and how we are now, still much less to the vanished bygone past, especially with the potential possibilities of the desirable changes staring at us, if only we would have the collective will, courage and unity to move forward.

Time and the world around us will not wait for the Nagas to catch up with them. Other States which appeared on the political scene long after us have gone ahead of us. We are not in competition with anyone, but we owe it to our children and the upcoming generations to move in sync with the fast changing times and irrevocable realities.

• In the context of the present Naga political saga, since the signing of the 1st Ceasefire with the GOI in 1997, which was around a quarter of a century ago, the international geopolitical content and dynamics have undergone vast changes. India today is a much stronger and much more powerful global player. There is absolutely no chance or possibility in the light of India’s international standing today of any sensible foreign country standing up openly in internationally accredited Forum for the Naga cause of more than seven decades ago, and no fool-hardy country however big or strong will risk the misadventure of a costly and futile international war with India to try to liberate a tiny, far-flung, land-locked, economically non-viable Nagaland through armed invasion! Such wishful thinking and fantasy should not even be allowed to stray through one’s meandering imagination.

• The Naga people have been long-suffering and have shown enormous patience. The existing conundrum of years of subjecting the people to times of indiscriminate killings and traumatic pain, followed by multiple extortions, multiple extra-constitutional impositions, and deprivation by the powers-that-be of what they believed was the legitimate due to the State and its people through alleged misgovernance and corruption, can cause unexpected and uncontrollable outbursts from the people. History is replete with such stories. The common people’s patience should no longer be strained or tested further. Everyone concerned should expedite the Naga peace process towards a final

conclusion and allow the unfolding of a new chapter of the Naga story. The State and its people more than deserve this long-awaited reward.

• We honestly believe that the final political settlement between the Naga Underground leaders and the GOI will be an honourable one which will give a better and brighter future to the Nagas. In order to facilitate this, since the ultimate goal and objective is one and the same, our Underground brethren should, for the sake of the common Naga cause, set aside their personal differences and unite to come up with one voice and one stand for the final ‘Accord’. Also with dignity, the fact should be accepted humbly that within the meaning and framework of honorability, the Nagas can only take, possess, and cherish what through the agreed upon political process, India, the Central Government in Delhi, and the Indian Parliament gives to the Nagas.

• Neither Naga sovereignty nor Integration figure on the body of both the Framework Agreement of 3rd August 2015 and the Agreed Position of 17th November 2017, respectively, it is understood that the issues of Naga sovereignty and integration of Naga areas are off the negotiation table.

This would mean that Nagaland continues to remain as a separate and distinctive administrative and political entity. Under the decisive leadership of Mr. N Modi, the Honourable Prime Minister, the ‘Framework Agreement’ of 2015 and ‘Agreed Position’ of 2017 were both signed and subsequently ratified by all concerned. With so much time that has already lapsed, it would indeed be ideal and most opportune if during the present tenure of the dynamic and decisive leadership of Mr. N Modi, the Honourable Prime Minister, the final Naga ‘Accord’ is inked and a new Naga journey initiated in the year 2022 itself which happily happens to be the 150th anniversary jubilee year of the advent of Christianity on Naga soil.

• The challenges that would lie ahead of the final Naga Peace Accord would be overwhelming. Consolidation of enduring peace, initiating genuine reconciliation in the blood-soaked Naga society, absorption and assimilation of the erstwhile Underground brethren into normal life, resetting and streamlining the governance process, grounding of agreed-upon political issues,- all geared towards preparing the ground for the new dispensation to take off,are just some of the major issues that may need to be addressed.

All this indeed would be most challenging. Decades of violence have made many orphans and widows and even now the tears of the aggrieved families have not been dried up. To avoid any more bloodshed in the post settlement, as Christians and their society there are two fundamental doctrines of ethics, which stand out prominently above all others and give it its peculiar grandeur and its pre-eminent excellence are the doctrine of forgiveness. This is the maxim for Christians.

Here Nagaland Churches can play their part.

• There will be both physical as well as psychological problem for the ex-ugs.

Many of them will find it extremely difficult to adjust with the normal lives and on the other hand many of them will suffer from guilty conscience.

They have committed crimes while they were underground at the fiat of their authority.

Here we have to put ourselves into their shoes and do something concrete to remove that fears from their minds. It must be remembered that sympathy plays very important part in moral economy of the society. It is this noble sentiment which makes us to go out of ourselves and enter into the feelings and wants, into the difficulties and sufferings of others, with a view to afford relief. Our selfishness keeps us in chain within ourselves. Sympathy breaks this iron chains and drag us into the bosom of the sorrowing brother, so as to make us feel as he feels. With this spirit we have to approach the problem of the ex-ugs so as to create a peaceful and harmonious Naga society.

• In order to cut the Gordon-knot of the Naga political conundrum, members of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly in their wisdom propounded two extraordinary formula to help resolve the vex Naga political problem at the earliest for which they have pledged among themselves to uphold the sanctity of their commitments. Formation of party-less or opposition-less government for the sole purpose of Naga political solution is a classic example even though it looks outlandish in political vocabulary but it is a solemn commitment of Naga elected members to achieve their goal. Furthermore, they have also made official declaration to vacate their seats to pave the way for the new political dispensation. These commitments were published widely in all the dailies and conveyed to the leaders of India. The people of the country in general and the people of Nagaland in particular are therefore anxiously waiting and watching the practical demonstration of their commitment and its consummation. It is hoped that they will surely exhibit and prove beyond any shadow of doubt the true spirit of Naga honesty and truthfulness and exemplify to the world what Nagas can do. Is it also not an opportune time to take most impactful step of making the way in this Naga Church Jubilee year to expedite and conclude decisively the final Peace Accord, leaving the field completely open for the GOI and the Naga national leaders, with no excuse, but to chart out the new journey ahead. This will be the most effective way of facilitating and expediting a final conclusion to the protracted Naga peace process. Needless to say, this issue should be a regular prayer concern of all Nagas everywhere, and particularly of all the Naga Churches everywhere, led by the NBCC. God bless Nagaland and all the Naga brethren.

S.C. Jamir Former CM & Governor

With streaming videos come sleep deprivation

ome people are suffering from insomnia, while there are many who willingly do not want to sleep. With the growth in income and wealth, some people indulge in different types of pastimes. The common factors for sleeplessness include consumption of tea, coffee, alcohol and excess indulgence in phone, computer, movies, new age series and parties etc.

The sleeping habits of people with a decent income also change.

A healthy person needs at least seven hours of sound sleep, which the new lifestyle has robbed of.

Teenagers and youth are so obsessed with watching streaming videos and series on OTT platforms like Netflix, Bigflix and

Amazon Prime Video that they watch it continuously for hours sacrificing their much-needed sleep. They keep on staring at their mobile screens. Social media initiated this trend followed by OTT series.

Due to this, many types of physical problems including fatigue, boredom, burning sensation in the eyes come around.

The people in the US suffer more in this respect. Sleep deprivation is a big problem out there, and Americans are spending a lot of money on gadgets that help them sleep well.

Due to the new lifestyle, the market for sleep aids is booming.

According to a report by Global Market Insights, in the first year

of the Covid pandemic, sales of sleep aids in the world exceeded Rs 94,000 crore. This figure is expected to triple by 2025. Although the results of these devices are not 100 percent.

A lot of work still needs to be done in this direction. People in the USA are not satisfied with their gadgets. A healthy person should get enough sleep every night that after waking up s/he does not feel tired. If this happens, it means that there is a lack of sleep.

According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an adult person needs at least 7 hours and maximum 9 hours of sleep a day. Getting less sleep can increase blood pressure. Such people are 20 percent more likely

to have a heart attack.

They can also suffer from obesity. Actually, sleep keeps a balance of hormones, due to which the development of the body and the mind remain intact.

Getting good sleep increases efficiency. This increases the immunity of the body and keeps the weight under control. Getting enough sleep keeps diseases like heart diseases and diabetes away.

It is famous about Portugal’s famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo that he never gets eight hours of sleep at a stretch. On the contrary, he sleeps five times a day for one and a half hours.

His routine has been going on since he used to play for Manchester United. A 40-minute

power nap after lunch is also a part of his routine. Consumption of alcohol also interferes with sleep. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3 million people die every year in the world due to excessive alcohol consumption.

A l c o ho l - bo r ne d ise a se s account for five percent of the world’s expenditure on treatment of diseases. Similarly, 8 million people die every year due to tobacco. These include 1.2 million passive smokers, people who do not use tobacco themselves, nor do they smoke cigarettes, but who live with those who do.

Narvijay Yadav is a senior journalist and columnist. Email: narvijayindia@gmail.com

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

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hand over 25 ‘big’ drugs cases Plea in SC to cancel bail of Union minister’s son States to NCB for comprehensive probe

months.

On October 3, last year, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to the area.

Four farmers were moved down by an SUV. A driver and two BJP workers were then allegedly lynched by angry farmers.

A journalist also died in the violence that triggered outrage among opposition parties and farmer groups agitating over the Centre’s now-repealed agri laws.

No immediate plan to evacuate Indians from Ukraine: Govt

NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (PTI): India does not have any immediate plan to evacuate its citizens from Ukraine and its focus has been on ensuring their safety rather than on anything “larger”, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing that India has been supportive of an immediate de-escalation of tensions and resolution of the Ukraine crisis through sustained diplomatic dialogue.

He said the Indian embassy in Kyiv has been in touch with the Indian students in Ukraine and that it continued to monitor the situation on the ground.

The embassy on Tuesday advised Indian citizens, especially the students, to temporarily leave that country in view of the “uncertainties of the current situation”.

It also asked Indian nationals to avoid all nonessential travel to and within Ukraine.

“Our focus is and remains on Indian citizens, Indian students, Indian nationals rather than anything larger than that and in terms of what we need to do to ensure that they are safe,” Bagchi said.

He said there are no immediate evacuation plans and that no special flights are being arranged.

Noting that there were limited number of flights between India and Ukraine under the air bubble arrangement, Bagchi said the restrictions on the number of flights and the passengers are being removed.

“Indian carriers are being encouraged to operate charter flights between India and Ukraine,” he said, adding there are flights through other routes as well.

On India’s position on the overall situation, Bagchi said it has been supportive of an immediate de-escalation of tensions and resolution of issues through sustained diplomatic dialogue.

He said India also welcomed efforts being undertaken for the implementation of the Minsk agreement.

Russia has positioned around 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine besides sending warships into the Black Sea for naval exercises, triggering concerns among the NATO countries about a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia has been denying that it plans to invade Ukraine.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (PTI): The NCB has been handed over 25 “big” drugs cases by various state governments so that a “comprehensive” investigation against the cartels can be conducted and the entire network can be unearthed, officials said on Thursday.

The federal anti-narcotics agency has deputed a dedicated group of officers to supervise investigation in these cases, having interstate or international links, apprehend the accused, file charge sheets and secure conviction, they said.

States like Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and a few others, have “identified big drugs cases and handed them over to the Narcotics Control Bureau” even as an equal number of such cases are in the pipeline and discussions between the agency authorities and few other state governments are on.

The move to hand over large unsolved drugs cases

to the central agency finds its origin in a letter written to top state government authorities by NCB director general (DG) Satya Narayan Pradhan in November last year, stating that states should consider sending cases, having inter-state or international ramifications, to it in order to take the investigation to a logical conclusion.

The letter was written after Union Home Minister Amit Shah had reviewed the national drug scenario at a high-level meeting a little earlier, and stressed that there was a “need for central and state narcotics crimes investigation agencies to work in very close partnership and coordination.”

DG Pradhan told PTI that as a follow up to his communication, the agency has been handed over 25 such cases till now by the states, and the agency has begun working on them.

“We are in continuous talks with various state

governments and soon we expect to get as many as 25 more such big cases. The aim is to unearth the panIndia nexus and disrupt the narcotics trafficking chain with the help of the state authorities who initially worked on the case,” Pradhan said.

This letter was sent with an aim and request that the larger organised crime and terror syndicates linked to narcotics are busted effectively saving not only the country’s future generations from drugs addiction but also ensuring national security in the entire process, he added.

Pradhan’s letter had mentioned that “in many cases the ring leaders and financiers, especially those with multi-state operations and presence in drug trafficking, evaded the clutches of law, posing a serious challenge for all drug law enforcement agencies in India, including the state police.”

Can dark horse Baghel trounce Akhilesh?

WILL SPS BAGHEL EMERGE A DARK HORSE AGAINST AKHILESH YADAV LIKE SHUBHENDU ADHIKARI? Shivaji Sarkar LU C K N OW, F E B 1 7 (NPN): Amid shifting of majority votes, the next phases of polls in the central UP hold key to the fate of the state. The party winning the region reins Lucknow.

The trends in first two phases in UP and Uttarakhand turned curioser. The minority votes are consolidating and majority votes are shifting. It gives jitters to contestants and is becoming out-of-the-ordinary subject of study for social scientists.

It is not easy to say if the trends would continue in the next phases. The split of majority votes finds echo in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Kalyanpur, Kanpur Dehat address. Modi called upon the “Hindus not to split their votes” deprecating Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee move to divide majority votes in Goa. Whether it changes the perception in the central UP and leads to Hindutva consolidation as BJP workers fan out or is overturned would be watched. The Samajwadi Party got 90 seats here in 2012 and a mere 12 in 2017 in centre parts of the state. The BJP

also had a loss and windfall. In 2012, it got 10 seats that soared to whopping 90 of the 118 seats. BJP had a sweep in ten districts. The SP was nearly wiped off in its Yadav stronghold. The BSP has minor presence but can tilt the balance in favour of BJP. The region is spread from Hardoi in the West, Lucknow, Kanpur – heart of the region; Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah –the Yadav belt and Bundelkhand.

The region understands the pulse and the party that controls the region controls UP. The BJP had no recognizable leader in the region in 2017 but the Modi wave decided the overwhelming sweep of 312 seats and another 13 for its allies.

It also has the key seat of Karhal. It will decide whether Akhilesh Yadav would be in the UP Assembly and could lead the state or not. He faces stiff resistance as BJP pits central minister Satya Pal Singh Baghel against him. The BJP has sent key organizers and strategists and hundreds of workers to the constituency. It is too prestigious for the party. High pitched contest is crucial if Baghel could emerge a dark horse like Shubhendu

SPS Baghel

Adhikari who trounced Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram in Bengal.

Ayodhya is adjacent or almost a part of the region. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had considered contesting from there. But Ramjanmabhoomi temple is not a great vote attractor.

In the recent Zila (district) Panchayat elections BJP could get eight of the 40 seats. The rest are with SP and its allies. Yogi quietly shifted to Gorakhpur.

Chief priest of Ramjanmabhoomi temple Mahant Satyendra Das says he told Adityanath to shift as there was commotion in Ayodhya for houses and shops being demolished due to infrastructure projects in the wake of the construction of the temple. Soaring real estate prices and manipulative land deals also are issues, party workers say.

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This is an aspirational region. Niti Aayog report on sustainable development puts the state at almost the lowest of the rung of sustainable development. It contributes significantly to agriculture but is poor on human development index.

People want more official support.

The decision is expected to be sharp in these 118 seats. The Yogi is harping on the issue of former chief minister Kalyan Singh who hailed from Auraiya not being given due reverence after his death by the SP. Would it help BJP get extra votes?

The region remembers covid19 bodies floating in the rivers, the difficult long migrant labourers’ trek, their chemical wash, acute poverty and farmer problems. Akhilesh is contesting on the issue of an empathetic regime that can lead the state. The two major contenders have their strengths and weaknesses.

Most sitting MLAs are proving liability for the BJP. While SP campaign is measured, sharp and avoids inciting passion,

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the BJP is aggressive, often raising threats from “SP’s goondas, Hijab and threat to the Hindus”, an attempt to polarize. There are sections of the people who are heeding Yogi. But there are others who have decided to throw their flank against.

As one moves around he could feel that yearning for change has its supporters.

A new social coalition is emerging. Majority community is aligning with unemployment, high prices and issues of junking of ten-year-old cars, stray cattle guzzling crops and many more. But in the first two phases it is also observed that caste groups like Tyagis and some others were swept by the Modi and community sentiments, rashtravad (nationalism), law and order, women’s safety and free food dole.

The silent voters may give jitters to perceptions and rules. Amid euphoria there are fears too as minority voters consolidate. The political parties are apprehensive of BJP’s influence on the official machinery.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (IANS): Calls regarding unattended bags and bomb threats at two different places in east Delhi created panic on Thursday. In view of the gravity of the situation, Delhi Police has also summoned National Security Guard personnel to the spot.

The first case was reported from Shahdara area, police said. “An unidentified bag was found in Shahdara district. Delhi Police and Fire Department received a bomb threat call at 2.15 p.m.

We found a bag from the spot and are checking it,” a police official said.

Meanwhile, another call, about an IED, was received at New Seema Puri.

“The call is regarding IEDs. We are taking it seriously,” said the police official. According to a source, investigation in the Seemapuri IED call has revealed that it has connection with Ghazipur incident, where an IED was found last month.

“The case is connected to Ghazipur IED recovery case. A 3 kg IED was recovered on January 17 from near the Ghazipur mandi.

A Special Cell team found a bag in the house of a suspect and some suspicious articles.

The occupants of the house is missing. The landlord was detained and is being questioned,” said a source.

the word “might” to arrive at a conclusion that the said crime culminated in a possibility of the driver trying to speed up the vehicle to save himself.

“The said conclusion by the High Court justice is unsustainable in law”, it said, adding that the reasoning of the High Court judge suffers from the vices of non-application of judicial mind taking recourse to assumptions without the support of direct evidence.

On February 10, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had granted bail to Ashish Mishra, who had been in custody for the past four

was reluctant to make any observation on the merits of the case as that would have an impact on the parties involved and influence the prosecuting agency as well as the courts which would ultimately look into the case.

The UP government had consented to the proposal leading to the appointment of the former judge and the reconstitution of the SIT which has been asked to make all efforts to conclude the investigation expeditiously and file the charge sheet.

Prior to this, the apex court had said it had no confidence and did not want the one-member judicial commission appointed by the UP government to continue the probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

Retired Allahabad High Court judge Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava was named by the state government earlier to enquire into the eruption of violence on Tikonia-Banbirpur road in Lakhimpur Kheri district.

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File photo of Ashish Mishra

On November 17, last year, the top court had appointed Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to monitor the probe by Uttar Pradesh SIT which will also get three IPS officers who are not natives of the state.

Observing that while investigating such offences, “justice must not only be done but also be seen and perceived to be done”, a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana had ordered reconstitution of the SIT and ordered the induction of IPS officers -- S B Shiradkar, Padmaja Chauhan and Preetinder Singh.

Shiradkar, an IPS officer of the 1993 batch from Maharashtra and presently serving as ADG Intelligence in Uttar Pradesh, will head the SIT, the apex court had said in its order.

Stressing on the need for a fair and just probe, the top court had said that given the “nascent stage of the investigation”, it

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NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (PTI): A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of bail of accused Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, who was arrested in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that killed eight people including four farmers.

An application has been filed by advocates Shiv Kumar Tripathi and CS Panda in the suo motu case registered on a letter petition sought setting aside of the order dated February 10 of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court.

They also sought direction to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Justice (retd) Rakesh Jain and the prosecution and Uttar Pradesh police as to why things are being delayed and to furnish a copy of the report comprising the charge sheet.

The plea said that bail order has “manifest error” as the High Court has rest its reasoning on “presumption and guesswork” using

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greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.15 per cent higher at 95.84.

“The local unit is str uggling near the psychological level of 75 as safe haven dollar remained in demand amid ongoing speculation of Fed tightening in March meetings along with geopolitical worries,” Dilip Parmar, Research Analyst, HDFC Securities.

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At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 74.94 against the American dollar but later dropped to a low of 75.18 against the greenback.

The local unit was quoted at 75.11 at close, down 7 paise from the previous close.

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day and live as one family and NPF is the only party that can bring Nagas under one umbrella”.

He remarked that Manipur political dynamics were such that no party would be able to form a government without the support of NPF as the party would be a king maker. Therefore, he urged Nagas to vote for NPF party and elect its candidates in order to be part of the government, while requesting them to rise up to the occasion in order to protect their identity and interests.

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(From p-1) He pointed out that a total of 99 cases had been registered for illegal taxation in Dimapur in 2021. CP, however, said that only three cases were filed by the victims, while the remaining 96 cases were through police intel and probe.

Lamenting that there were many complaints concerning illegal taxation but no complainants, the CP said it was difficult for law enforcing authority to take action without complainants. “Even though there is high rate of complaints, if there is no cooperation from the victim’s end, it is very difficult for the police to take actions,” CP said.

(From p-1) However, following the regional party’s entry into the State in 2012, he claimed that Nagas were treated with respect and dignity, adding that Nagas were emotionally integrated through politics.

The NPF legislator reminded the Nagas that NPF was linked with Naga identity as this was the only party in the country that spoke for the cause and rights of Naga people. He said, “We have a dream to come together one

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(From p-1) opposed and objected the proposal for shifting of EAC HQ. Longshen.

The council stated that representatives, who spoke on behalf of Sheanghah Chingnyu, also clarified that there was no question of land encroachment.

TVC said it had also asked the verification committee to verify the boundary if there was any issue on land. However, TVC said the committee also responded that there was no land encroachment issue.

Therefore, TVC has questioned the Chief Angh whether the representatives speaking on that day did not represent Sheanghah Chingnyu village?

TVC said they had gone to Chief Angh’s place twice (August 19, 2021 and November 11, 2021) to discuss the matter, but he was not to be found.

TVC has, therefore, asked the chief Angh to clarify and produce proofs on or before March 31, 2022, failing which the council would to take its own course of action.

Dimapur police nab two with drugs worth Rs.5 cr

headed by Justice BN Srikrishna found that Kochhar violated the bank’s code of conduct in the Videocon loan case.

The ICICI Bank had given Rs 3,250 crore in loans to Venugopal Dhoot’s Videocon Group, when Kochhar was leading the bank.

Videocon group had made around 28 proposals to the ICICI Bank, of which, around eight were sanctioned. Chanda Kochhar was part of the sanctioning as well as recommending committee in four such proposals made by the Videocon group, according to a report in Mint.

The ICICI Bank sanctioned loans worth Rs 1,875 crore to the Videocon Group and the companies associated with it between 2009 and 2011. Within months of sanctioning of the loans, Dhoot’s Supreme Energy had granted a loan of Rs 64 crore to NuPower Renewables, in which Deepak Kochhar owned a 50 per cent stake.

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Gold climbs to Rs 513 NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (PTI): Gold prices in the national capital on Thursday rallied Rs 513 to Rs 49,738 per 10 grams, reflecting overnight gains in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal settled at Rs 49,225 per 10 grams. Silver zoomed

by Rs 190 to Rs 63,222 per kg, from Rs 63,032 per kg in the previous trade. “Spot gold prices for 24 carat gold at Delhi rose by Rs 513 reflecting overnight gains in COMEX gold prices despite of rupee appreciation,” Tapan Patel, senior analyst (commodities) at HDFC Securities, said.

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The objectives and modalities of ESDP trainings were explained

by Project Leads of IIE Chandan Pachani and Jintu Shill. It was followed by an interaction session with beneficiaries, where more clarity on ESDP and PMVDY was elaborated by the IIE officials.

A total of 57 Van Dhan Vikash Kendra’s will be trained under Entre preneurship Skill Development Programme (ESDP) this financial year.

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Guwahati and 150 PMVDY beneficiaries from five Prime Minister Van Dhan Vikash Kendra clusters.

Inaugurating the PMVDY-ESDP program, the Chairman of MARCOFED, Dr M Chuba explained about the global market value of the Minor Forest Produce (MFP), which has been traditionally used by the Naga tribes.

PMVDY-ESDP has been planned and designed w i t h t h e o b j e c t ive t o impart and upgrade value addition skill on Minor Forest Produce for the tribal beneficiaries of the state of

to extradite Mallya from the UK. Last week, the Supreme Court gave one last opportunity to Mallya to defend himself either personally or through a lawyer within two weeks. The top court told Mallya to present his stand or face contempt of court case if he fails to do so.

Mallya had filed an appeal in the UK Supreme Court in 2020 in the wake of losing an appeal in the London High Court against an extradition order to India. In 2020 the Indian government was notified that Mallya could not be currently extradited due to an unspecified “confidential legal matter”.

Videocon case: In 2019, the CBI registered an FIR against former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon group MD Venugopal Dhoot over alleged irregularities in loans sanctioned by the bank to the group in 2012. The same year, a panel

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DIMAPUR, FEB 16 (NPN): Prime Minister Van Dhan Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme (PMVDY-ESDP) training for PMVDY beneficiaries under state implementing a g e n c y M A RC O F E D Ltd was inaugurated in Mount Mer r y College Chümoukedima in Dimapur today.

The program was inaugurated by the Chairman MARCOFED Dr M. Chuba in the presence of Nukshilemla, manager; Rongsentoshi, executive officer; other officials of MARCOFED Dimapur, IIE

(From p-1) Mallya came under the radar of several agencies, including Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for charges including financial fraud and money laundering.

Started in 2005, Kingfisher Airlines was grounded in 2012 after rising debt burden made it impossible for the airline to continue operations.

In June 2016, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court declared Mallya a ‘proclaimed offender’ on a request by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its money laundering probe against him.

In January 2019, he was declared a fugitive economic offender under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act. The government is making efforts

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the Ministr y of Tribal A f f a i r s, G ove r n m e n t of India for the “Prime Minister Van Dhan YojanaEntrepreneurship & Skill Development Programme (PMVDY- ESDP)” for implementation in the state of Nagaland. IIE will impart 175 ESDP Training in the Prime Minister Van Dhan Vikas Kendra Clusters of Nagaland. Project Leads of IIE PMVDY – Assam initiated the process with Honey Mission, MARCOFED situated at Dimapur and Department of Under Developed Area (DUDA) Kohima, Government of Nagaland.

Prime Minister Va n D h a n Yo j a n a Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Programme (PMVDY-ESDP) has been planned for 30 days for 25 participants for each P M V DY c l u s t e r s o f Nagaland. Master trainers have been impaneled for the training programmes.

The trades of the trainings are food processing, food processing (Mushroom), bamboo utility, handicraft, soap making, baking. The meeting was concluded with a thanks giving note

by Nukshilemla, manager MARCOFED.

US hopes India will support America if Russia attacks Ukraine

TEHRAN, FEB 17 (AP): Iran’s supreme leader vowed on Thursday that his country would ramp up development of its civilian nuclear program, as major world powers continued delicate talks in Vienna to revive Tehran’s landmark nuclear deal.

In a televised speech, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the importance of nuclear energy for Iran, while again asserting that it had no interest in nuclear weapons.

Khamenei’s remarks seemed clearly aimed at the countries involved in the Vienna talks.

“Enemies are making cruel moves against our nuclear energy issue, (putting) sanctions on nuclear energy that they know is peaceful,” he said. “They do not want Iran to achieve this great and significant progress.”

The accord, which former President Donald Trump abandoned nearly four years ago, granted Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its atomic program. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, tweeted late Wednesday that the parties were “closer than ever” to an agreement.

Pak journalist says he was tortured on orders of Imran

NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (IANS): Pakistan journalist Mohsin Baig, who was arrested following a raid at his residence, has claimed that he was tortured by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials on the orders of Prime Minister Imran Khan while in police detention, Friday Times reported. He was taken into custody in connection to the “derogatory and demeaning” remarks he made on a news channel last week about the premier and Minister of Communications Murad Saeed.

The senior journalist, seemingly with a black eye and cuts to his face, made the allegations to journalists while he was escorted into a terrorism court in Islamabad by police on Wednesday.

Baig was arrested from his home in Islamabad early Wednesday morning.

According to some reports, Baig’s son was injured during the raid and faces possible charges, while others have claimed that shots were fired, as well. Footage of the arrest purportedly shows Baig firing a gun into the air and aiming at police.

Police have added terrorism and attempted murder-related charges to the FIR against Baig, in addition to the one lodged by Saeed for “defaming army officers” and “statement conducing public mischief ”, among other charges.

His arrest came after a show-cause notice issued by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to private TV channel News One for airing the comments Baig made about the minister on February 10th.

Baig had appeared on the talk show ‘G for Gharidah’, hosted by Gharidah Faruqi, to comment on the Prime Minister’s acknowledgement of Saeed’s performance with the Ministry of Communication, which received the top certificate as the best performing federal ministry in the country, the report said.

On the show that night, Baig had insinuated that the “real reason” Saeed ranked in first place was “written in Reham Khan’s book”. Other guests on the show jumped in to agree with him.

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The Wokha District Dobashis Association take immense pride in congratulating Shri Peter Lichamo and Smti Obangla Jamir, wife of Shri Zarenthung Ezung, on being conferred with IAS. The Association also thanked the State Government for reposing faith and acknowledging their standards and services by elevating to the highest status.

The Association heartily congratulate by wishing them good health and wisdom as they embark on their newly assigned responsibilities.

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The office of the Bamunpukhuri - I Village Council notifies to all the concerned citizens of Bamunpukhuri - I Village that the following general resolutions have been adopted in the interest of the general villagers after thorough deliberations at the general meeting, held on Saturday the 6th November 2021 at 10:00 am, Kachari Community Hall.

1. Buying and selling of land within the jurisdiction of Bamunpukhuri - I Village should be in the knowledge of the Village Council. Absence of the consent and knowledge of the Village Council shall be considered as objectionable and the Council will not take responsibility in any land disputes.

2. The land owners whose lands are prone to water logging are to take remedial measures such as fencing, land filling etc., so as to prevent casualties.

3. 24 ft (4 ft drainage) for Main road, 20 ft for Connectivity road and 18 ft for Approach road are to be maintained.

The above resolutions will come into effect from 18.02.2022. Failing to abide by the norms, the Village Council shall take necessary action.

S A N T I AG O, F E B 1 7 (IANS): Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has declared a constitutional state of emergency in four northern provinces, granting special powers to the Armed Forces to control irregular migration along the border.

The measure, which will last 15 days with the possibility of a two-week renewal, includes the deployment of 672 military personnel and 100 police officers to guard Chile’s northern border with Bolivia and Peru, reports Xinhua news agency. The South American country is facing a “migratory and security crisis”, mainly in the provinces of Arica, Parinacota, Tamarugal and El Loa, according to the government, amid an increase in the flow of migrants through unauthorised crossings and in extreme conditions.

T h e P r e s i d e n t ex plained in a press statement that the police and military will conduct patrols and checks, establish new observation posts, deploy drones and unmanned aircraft, utilise helicopters for surveillance and transfer, along with night vision cameras, thermal cameras and satellite communication equipment.

pretexts that would proceed to an invasion. “And again, we remain in that window.”

Both Harris and Blinken are now flying to Germany to attend the Munich security conference from February 18 to 20.

“She will build on the President’s and the national security team’s intensive engagement with European allies and partners and continue to emphasize with our partners our ironclad commitment to our NATO allies, underscore our commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and reaffirm our shared interest in upholding the principles that have underpinned European peace and security,” Psaki said.

“She’ll be participating in the formal programme of the conference as well as engaging with allies and partners and meeting with leaders on the margins,” the press secretary said.

The Kremlin has repeatedly denied it has plans to attack Ukraine but demanded that NATO never admit Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations as members and the military alliance roll back troop deployments in former Soviet bloc nations.

WASHINGTON, FEB 17 (PTI): A Russian invasion of Ukraine can happen anytime now, the White House said Wednesday as President Joe Biden announced plans to dispatch Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Tony Blinken to attend the Munich conference to meet world leaders and unite them against Moscow.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki anticipated that an attack could take place at any time.

“We are in the window where we believe an attack could come at any time, and that would be preceded by a fabricated pretext that the Russians use as an excuse to launch

an invasion,” Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference.

“We have talked about this a bit here, we’ve seen these tactics used in the past. Those could include but not be limited to the report you just referenced, claims of provocation in Donbass, false state media reports, which I think you should all, everybody should keep their eyes open and be aware of potentially fake videos and accusations about chemical weapons or accounts of attacks on Russian soldiers that have not actually occurred,” she said.

In response to a question, Psaki told the reporters that there could be a range of false flags and

China criticises India’s latest ban Afghan girls ‘must definitely’ on 54 more Chinese mobile apps return to school, says Karzai

BEIJING, FEB 17 (PTI): China on Thursday criticised India’s latest decision to block access to 54 more Chinese mobile apps over security and privacy concerns, saying that the move has damaged the legitimate interests of companies from China.

India on Monday blocked 54 more apps with Chinese links, including Tencent Xriver, Nice Video baidu, Viva Video Editor, and gaming app Garena Free Fire Illuminate.

The Chinese apps allegedly obtain various critical permissions and collect sensitive user data. The collected real-time data are being misused and transmitted to servers located in a hostile country, sources

in India said, adding that the IT ministry has issued interim directions for the blocking of 54 apps.

Reacting to New Delhi’s move, China’s Ministry of Commerce urged India to improve its business environment and treat all foreign investors, including Chinese companies, in a fair, transparent and nondiscriminatory manner.

Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng said the relevant Indian authorities have taken a series of measures to suppress Chinese companies and their products in India, which have seriously damaged their legitimate rights and interests.

“China expressed serious concern about this,”

official media here quoted Gao as saying.

Gao said China and India are inse parable neighbours and important economic and trade partners for each other. In 2021, the bilateral trade volume between China and India reached USD 125.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 43 per cent.

“The economic and trade cooperation between the two countries has strong resilience and great potential. It is hoped that the Indian side can take concrete measures to maintain the sound development momentum of bilateral economic and trade cooperation and to benefit the two countries,” he said.

KABUL, FEB 17 (IANS): Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that every girl in the country “must definitely” return to schools, as it is “absolutely” necessary for the well-being of war-torn nation.

In his remarks to France 24, the former leader said that the return of girls to school and women to their workplaces is the demand of Afghanistan itself, TOLO News reported.

G i r l s a n d wo m e n have been out of educational institutions and offices since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021.

Regarding the recognition of the incumbent Taliban government, Karzai said some initial steps were needed to be taken at the national level to pave the way.

“The first responsibility comes to the current government, to the Taliban government, to make sure that all Afghans from all walks of life, from all the Afghan people, are addressed, brought together, and the future of the country (is) discussed... The decision is made through the will of the Afghan people. The expression of that will is necessary then definitely recognition will follow,” he added.

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The Central Nagaland Tribes Council express our immense gratitude to our following Legislators for lending their full solidarity and unflinching support during the formation of our Central Nagaland Legislators Forum (CNLF) on 11th February 2022 at Hotel Acacia, Dimapur through physically, financially, materially and morally.

1. Y. Patton, Dy. CM, Nagaland 2. Tokheho Yepthomi, M.P. Lok Sabha 3. G. Kaito Aye, Minister, Nagaland 4. Imkong L. Imchen, MLA 5. Metsubo Jamir, Minister, Nagaland 6. Temjen Imna Along, Minister, Nagaland 7. Tongpang Ozukum, Minister, Nagaland 8. Mhonlumo Kikon, Advisor, Nagaland 9. Mhathung Yanthan, Advisor, Nagaland 10. Imnatiba, Advisor, Nagaland 11.Pukhayi Sumi, Advisor, Nagaland 12. H. Khehovi Yeptho, Advisor, Nagaland 13. K. T. Sukhalu, Advisor, Nagaland 14. Kazheto Kinimi, Advisor, Nagaland 15. Moatoshi, MLA, Nagaland 16. Dr. Longri Ao, MLA, Nagaland 17. Dr. Chumben Murry, MLA, Nagaland 18. Amenba Yaden, MLA, Nagaland 19. Azheto Zhimomi, MLA, Nagaland 20. Er. Picto Shohe, MLA, Nagaland

feLicitAtiON The Khulazü Basa Juve Krotho, Dimapur with immense pride and honour would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Vezokholü Kezo, D/o Mr. Chepfürayi Kezo and Mrs. Akangkala Aier for her successful achievement in clearing 2020-2021 Chartered Accountant (CA) conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India. Your hard work and determination has brought laurels to our union and to the community as a whole.

The Union is immensely proud and wish you success in all your future endeavours.

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not be redrawn by force,” Price said in response to a question.

“That, large countries cannot bully small countries. That only the people of a particular country can be in a position to choose their foreign policy, their partnerships, their alliances, their associations. Those are principles that apply equally in the Indo-Pacific as they do in Europe,” he said in an apparent reference to the aggressive behaviour by China against its neighbours, including India. India, the US and several other world powers have been talking about the need to ensure a free, open and thriving Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of China’s rising military manoeuvring in the region.

China claims nearly all of the disputed South

around USD 800 million to Russia for the missile systems in 2019. The S-400 is known as Russia’s most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system.

Earlier in the day, Blinken said that the US was doing everything it possibly can to seek a peaceful resolution to the crisis Moscow has “needlessly precipitated”.

According to a senior US administration official, the West detected that Russia had increased its force near Ukraine border by 7,000 troops, with some arriving recently, contrary to Moscow’s claims of withdrawal.

“To be very, very clear, we have not seen that. In fact, we have seen the opposite in recent weeks and even in recent days. More Russian forces, not fewer, are at the border and they are moving concerningly into fighting positions. This is cause for profound concern. At the same time, and as we’ve warned previously, over the past several weeks we’ve also seen Russian officials and Russian media plant numerous stories in the press,” Price said.

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China Sea, though Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it. Beijing has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea. Price said Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed defence issues, but refrained from commenting if there was any discussion on potential actions under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Enacted by the US Congress in 2017, CAATSA provides for punitive actions against any country engaged in transactions with Russian defence and intelligence sectors.

“There was a discussion of our broad defence relationship, but I wouldn’t want to characterise it beyond that,” Price said. In October 2018, India had signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defence missile systems, despite a warning from the Trump administration that going ahead with the contract may invite US sanctions.

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WASHINGTON, FEB 17 (PTI): The US has hoped that India, which is committed to a rules-based international order, will stand by its side in case of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, which as per the Biden administration seems imminent with Moscow adding 7,000 troops to Ukraine’s border in recent days. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday that there was a discussion on Russia and Ukraine during the recently concluded Quad ministerial in Melbourne that included foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the US. He said there was a “strong consensus” in that meeting that there needs to be a diplomatic and peaceful resolution to the Ukraine crisis. “One of the core tenants of the Quad is to reinforce the rules-based international order. And that is a rules-based order that applies equally in the IndoPacific as it does in Europe, as it does anywhere else. We know that our Indian partners are committed to that rules-based international order. There are any number of tenets in that order. One of them is that borders can-

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ctor Forrie J. Smith, who stars as Lloyd Pierce in drama series ‘Yellowstone’, will give a miss to the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG awards) as he has refused to bow down to the vaccination protocols at the venue.

As per Variety, the cast members of ‘Yellowstone’ have been nominated in the top category of ensemble in a television drama alongside ‘Succession’, ‘Squid Game’, ‘The Morning Show’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.

Among those nominated from the drama series are Kelsey Asbille, Wes Bentley, Ryan Bingham, Gil Birmingham, Ian Bohen, Eden Brolin, Kevin Costner, Hugh Dillon, Luke Grimes, Hassie Harrison, Cole Hauser, Jennifer Landon, Finn Little, Brecken Merrill, Will Patton, Piper Perabo, Kelly Reilly, Denim Richards, Taylor Sheridan, Forrie J. Smith and Jefferson White.

Smith shared a video on his Instagram clarifying that he is against vaccinations and thus won’t be attending the SAG Awards later this month. He told his Instagram followers, “I want to apologize to y’all for not being at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. I mean no offense to anyone.

I’m not vaccinated, and it’s a requirement to be vaccinated.”

“I’m not vaccinated, I will not get vaccinated.

I haven’t been vaccinated since I was a little kid. I don’t vaccinate my dogs, I don’t vaccinate my horses.

I’ve never had a flu shot. I never will. I believe they compromise your immunities. It’s just my beliefs.

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Family members and relatives mourn near the mortal remains of music composer Bappi Lahiri, being carried in an vehicle, during his funeral ceremony, in Mumbai, Thursday. (PTI)

Lahiri’s daughter and son, Rema and Bappa and other family members were seen weeping inconsolably as the body was placed on the van and slowly wended its way from Juhu to Vile Parle, a couple of kms away for the last rites.

Lahiri, 69, breathed his last around 11.45 p.m. the CritiCare Hospital on Tuesday night and Bappa returned from the US early today for performing the funeral rituals.

Bollywood personalities like Alka Yagnik, Vidya Balan,

Ila Arun, Bhushan Kumar, Mika Singh, Shaan, Kumar Sanu, Shakti Kapoor, Rupa Ganguly and more were present at the crematorium or at the Lahiri residence to pay their homage to the departed music legend.

Virtually the entire Bollywood - which swayed to his tunes in some or the other film - paid rich tributes to Lahiri including Amitabh Bachchan, Asha Bhosale, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Sha-

bana Azmi, Rakesh Roshan, Boney Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Nusshratt Bharucha, Anupam Kher, Riteish Deshmukh, Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Ashoke Pandit, Hansal Mehta, Poonam Dhillon, Jacqueline Fernandez and more.

Starting to wield the baton at the age of 19, Lahiri has bequeathed a rich musical legacy in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati film and a variety of western-Indian fusion music for his millions of fans worldwide.

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2,000-year-old Roman cemetery containing at least 20 ornately decorated graves has been uncovered near the shoreline in the northern Gaza Strip, with the antiquities ministry calling it the most important local discovery of the past decade.

Gaza is rich with antiquities having been an important trading spot for many civilisations, from as far back as the ancient Egyptians and the Philistines depicted in the Bible, through the Roman empire and the crusades.

Ruins discovered there include the remains of a siege by Alexander the Great as well as a Mongol invasion.

Twenty Roman graves have been located so far and the team expect to unearth 80 in total within the 50-square-meter cemetery.

Only two graves have been opened, one contained skeletal remains and some clay jars. Because of the shape of the graves and the relatively ornate decorations, they

Men work in a newly discovered Roman cemetery in Gaza, February 17. (Reuters)

likely belonged to “senior ranking people” in the Roman empire during the first century, said Jamal Abu Rida, director-general of Gaza’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Unlike Muslim graves from later periods that face north to south, the Roman graves lie east to west, he said.

“We have made several discoveries in the past, this is the most important archaeological discovery in the past 10 years,” said Abu Rida.

The area is closed off to journalists and the public

while the site is organised and made safe for visitors, the ministry said.

The site, which is being supervised by a French team of experts, was found by a construction crew working on an Egyptian-funded housing project. When they came upon some of the cemetery’s large, ancient bricks, they stopped work and called in the archaeologists.

Gaza is run by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which has fought four wars with Israel since 2008.

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Mistakes That Can Affect Your Cholesterol Your Numbers

LDL, or “bad” cholesterol. It can help to trim visible fat from meats and go with skim milk and low-fat yogurt. If your LDL is high, you shouldn’t get more than 6% of your calories from saturated fat.

Your cholesterol levels tell your doctor about the fats in your blood. Unhealthy levels are linked to hardening of the arteries, which can cause heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes. Your numbers include “bad” (LDL) and “good” (HDL) cholesterol, and triglycerides, a common fat in your body. If you understand where your numbers are and what may affect them, you can do some things to help manage them.

You Eat a Lot of Trans Fat

Sometimes called “partially hydrogenated” fats or oils, you find them in fried foods, pastries, pizza dough, doughnuts, muffins, cookies, crackers, and many prepackaged foods. They raise your bad cholesterol levels and lower the good stuff. Check food labels You Don’t Get Tested Unhealthy cholesterol numbers don’t typi- you work at a desk, try to get up and move to limit trans fats. Eat plenty of fruits, vegcally cause any symptoms, so it’s important around every 30 minutes, or think about using etables, whole grains, low-fat dairy, poultry, fish, and nuts. to get them checked. If you find out there’s a a standing desk. problem, diet, lifestyle changes, and medication You Smoke You Cut Out all Fats can help. After age 20, your doctor will want It lowers your “good” cholesterol levels, They’re not all bad. Replace saturated to do a simple blood test every 4 to 6 years to which means you keep more of the bad stuff. and trans fats with healthier polyunsaturated make sure they’re in the healthy range. If your And it’s linked to high blood pressure, diabetes, and monounsaturated fats. You’ll find those levels are off, your doctor will keep a close eye and heart disease. Quitting can make your fats in trout, salmon, herring, avocados, olives, on them to see if you need treatment. cholesterol levels better and help protect your walnuts, and liquid vegetable oils like safflower, arteries. If you don’t smoke, do your best to canola, sunflower, and olive oil. But make sure You Skip Your Workouts no more than 30% of your daily calories come Regular exercise is one of the best ways stay away from secondhand smoke. from any kind of fat. to control your cholesterol. You don’t have You Ignore Your Weight to run a marathon -- 40 minutes of walking, Carrying too many pounds, especially You Forget About Fiber swimming, cycling, or dancing 3 or 4 times around your belly, can raise bad cholesterol There are 2 types: soluble, which dissolves a week will do the trick. If you’re short on (LDL) and lower the good kind (HDL). But in water, and insoluble, which doesn’t. Both are time, you can break it into 10-minute incre- lose just 10% of your weight, and you could good for your heart health, but soluble fiber in ments throughout the day. Resistance training really help your numbers. Talk to your doctor particular helps lower your LDL levels. Add -- pushups, pullups, weights -- may help, too. about the best diet and exercise program to it to your diet with a bowl of oatmeal in the help you lose weight. morning or with oat bran, fruits, beans, lentils, You Park Yourself or vegetables.

Sitting too long can be linked to obesity, You Eat a Lot of Saturated Fat heart disease, and high blood pressure. It lowThis comes from beef, pork, lamb, and You Drink Too Much ers “good” cholesterol, which helps get rid full-fat dairy like butter, cream, milk, cheese, Overdoing it with alcohol can cause unof the bad stuff, and raises triglyceride levels. and yogurt, as well as tropical oils like palm healthy cholesterol numbers. In particular, it This is true even if you exercise regularly. If and coconut. All those things can raise your can raise the level of fats in your blood. Men

should have no more than two drinks per day, and women one. If you keep to that, you also might boost your HDL or “good” cholesterol numbers.

You Ignore Other Conditions

It’s important to understand and treat any medical issues linked to bad cholesterol numbers like high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, and hypothyroidism. If you have one of those conditions and manage it well, you may help your numbers, too.

You Skip Your Medication Sometimes

Follow your doctor’s directions about any prescriptions.

If you do forget to take your medicine, don’t try to “make up” doses by taking more the next time. It may not work the way it’s supposed to, or it may make you dizzy or sick.

Make sure to tell your doctor about any drugs you already take. Some drugs can cause problems if they’re taken at the same time as other meds.

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undreds of Mumbaikars, Bollywood personalities and music fans bid a tearful ‘alvida’ (adieu) to the ‘Disco King’ Alokesh alias Bappi Lahiri as his funeral procession started here on Thursday.

The mortal remains of Bappi-da - as he was revered in the industry - were carried out of his Juhu bungalow to a flower-bedecked van with a huge hoarding of his photo with the trademark jewellery, for his final journey to the Vile Parle crematorium.

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CHRISTCHURCH, FEB 17 (IANS): Career-best figures of 7/23 from unheralded paceman Matt Henry on return to Test cricket after eight months helped New Zealand dominate the opening day of the first Test against South Africa here on Thursday.

Henry, who came into the side because Trent Boult was on paternity leave, tore through the South African batting line-up with ease as he picked up the equal third-best Test figures by a New Zealand bowler as the Proteas were dismissed for just 95 at Hagley Oval.

His figures of 15-723-7 were the joint thirdbest test figures ever by a New Zealander after Ajaz Patel’s 10/119 (v India at Wankhede in 2021), and Richard Hadlee’s 9/63 (v Australia at Brisbane in 1985) and equal with Hadlee’s 7/23 against India at Wellington in 1976.

A cautious New Zealand had reached 116/3 by stumps to lead by 21 -- with Henry Nicholls (37*) and nightwatchman Neil Wagner (2*) at the crease -- and in a strong position to start the two-match Test series in style.

Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson and Will Young of New Zealand celebrate during play on day one of the first cricket test between South Africa and New Zealand, Feb. 17. (AP/PTI)

New Zealand pacers Henry, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson extracted considerable movement in the air and bounce off the pitch, hitting a good line and length repeatedly, putting South Africa under pressure. They made full use of the conditions after stand-in skipper Tom Latham won the toss and elected to field. But the day belonged to Henry, who

claimed his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket, helping the hosts dismiss South Africa for their lowest-ever score in Tests.

Henry started the carnage when he had South Africa skipper Dean Elgar playing a loose shot to a fullish delivery pitched on and around off-stump.

Elgar went for a drive but could manage only a thickedge that Tim Southee

pocketed with an excellent catch at third slip, diving to his left. He went on to dismiss Aiden Markram (15) and Rassie van der Dussen (8) as South Africa lost wickets at regular intervals.

Jamieson chipped in with the wicket of Sarel Erwee (10), while Southee claimed of the innings -Temba Bavuma for seven.

Henry returned to dismiss Kagiso Rabada and Glen-

Mizoram cyclist Lalawmpuia creates record by pedalling over 1500 km

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AIZAWL, FEB 17 (PTI): A 48-year-old man from Mizoram has created a record by becoming the first among Mizos to pedal over 1,500 km in a single cycling expedition to reach Kolkata from Mizoram capital Aizawl.

C Lalawmpuia had set out from his home here on January 26 and reached the eastern metropolis on February 15 evening after recesses in 14 towns of Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam and West Bengal, The record came barely a year after a 55-year-old man from Kolkata, Parimal Kanji toured the periphery of India on a bicycle and covered over 15,000 km.

While Kanji’s mission was dream-driven, Lalawmpuia, who is a businessman from Aizawl city and a father of three, said he has a purpose for his expedition.

“My motive is to motivate Mizo youths and middle-aged men to take up cycling and take interest in it or any other adventure sports for physical health. I wanted to show them that long distance cycling is not only for foreigners or nontribals. Mizo tribals can also do it if they really take up cycling as sports and adventure,” he told PTI. Lalawmpuia, who runs a watch showroom in the city started by his late father in 1959 and took up cycling as a form of exercise in 2016, said he also wanted to show that people of his

NEW DELHI, FEB 17 (IANS): After successfully hosting the AFC Women’s Asian Cup in Maharashtra, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) is now set to host the Final Qualifying Round for next year’s men’s Asian Cup to be held in China. India’s bid to host the qualifiers at Kolkata has been accepted by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the AIFF informed on Thursday.

“The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has accepted India’s bid to host the third round of the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers which are to be held June 8, 2022, onwards.

The AIFF will be hosting the leg at the VYBK (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan) in Kolkata,” the AIFF said in a report on its website.

“While 13 teams, including host China PR, have already qualified by virtue of their earlier performances in the second round of the AFC Asian Qualifiers, the final 11 places remain up for grabs for 24 teams in the decisive Group Stage to be held in June across all five AFC zones in six host nations - India, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia and Uzbekistan,” the AFC confirmed in a statement on its official website. The AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers Final Round will be held across three match days on June 8, 11 and 14, 2022.

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age can remain energetic if they abstain from alcohol, tobacco and abuse of other substances.

Middle-aged men, he said, are fit for adventurous sports if they take care of their health. “The Mizos are no less capable of cycling and in taking up adventurous sports than others,” he asserted.

Lalawmpuia, had begun to collect his requirements for the long cycling expedition in November last year and chose Kolkata as his destination as Mizos have an emotional connect with the city since long.

He set out from his home at Dawrpui area in Aizawl on January 26 and reached his destination in the eastern metropolis on February 15 at around 3 pm covering about 1575.42 km.

Asked, the cyclist said he did not face much trouble during his 15 days journey.

He claimed that he is the first among Mizos to have covered such a long distance in a single cycling expedition. “ ... Thank God

I have done it. History has been made for the Mizos,” Lalawmpuia posted on his Facebook timeline after reaching Kolkata.

He has another feather in his cap. In October 2018 he had cycled 510 km to Phawngpui, the highest blue mountain peak in Mizoram’s southernmost Lawngtlai district near the Myanmar border.

His feat this time has earned the praise of numerous netizens who have sent him congratulatory messages calling it an epochmaking event in the history of the Mizos.

Mizoram Sports Minister Robert Romawia Royte has hailed the cyclist as ‘pride of the Mizos and the nation.’

“Salute C.Lalawmpuia, You’ve done it again. Adventuring by pedal cycle from Aizawl to Kolkotta, pedaling more than 1,570 kms for 15 days in 100 hours!! It’s a true adventure…!!Congrats Maawma, you are the pride of the Mizos and the Nation,” Royte tweeted.

ton Stuurman off successive deliveries but missed the hat-trick with a wayward delivery that went for four byes. Zubayr Hamza top-scored for South Africa with 25 before he fell to Henry.

South Africa needed to make early inroads with the new ball, but Kagiso Rabada (0/34) and Glenton Stuurman (0/19) were unable to make any impression on the New Zealand openers.

Tall paceman Marco Jansen (1/11) made the breakthrough when he dismissed Will Young for eight and Duanne Olivier (2/36) bowled stand-in Kiwi skipper Tom Latham (15) shortly after to reduce the hosts to 36/2.

B u t C o n way a n d Nicholls steadied the show, with the former falling late in the day to Olivier for a well-compiled 36 as the hosts took the honours on an opening day.

Brief scores: South Africa 95 all out in 49.2 overs (Zubayr Hamza 25; Matt Henry 7/23) v New Zealand 116/3 in 39 overs (Devon Conway 36, Henry Nicholls 37 not out; Marco Jansen 1/11).

KO H I M A , F E B 1 7 (NPN): Nor ther n Angami Sports Association (NASA) is leading in the medal tally of the ongoing 50th Angami Sports Association (ASA) meet.

With a total of 66 medals including 26 gold, 29 silver and 11 bronze, NASA is leading while Southern Angami Sports Association (SASA) with a total of 31 medals including 11 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze is in the second position.

We s t e r n A n g a m i Yo u t h O r g a n i z a t i o n (WAYO) with a total of 5 medals including 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze is in the third position while Chakhroma Youth Organization (CYO) with a total of 4 medals including 2 gold, 1 each of silver and bronze is in the fourth position.

On Thursday’s events, SASA emerged as the winners in both the men’s and women’s volleyball while NASA was placed in the second position in both the categories.

WAYO took home the football trophy by defeating NASA in the final.

Football match underway in the ongoing 50th ASA meet at IG Stadium Kohima.

In men’s and women’s table tennis, NASA took both the first and second positions in all the events including singles and doubles.

In the men’s singles of badminton, NASA emerged as the winner by beating SASA in the final while in the women’s singles NASA took both the first and second positions.

In men’s and women’s badminton (doubles), NASA took all the first and second positions.

In the mixed doubles category of badminton, NASA beat WAYO in the

finals and emerged as the winner.

With already 41 gold medals out of 43 shared among the four units, NASA is set to become the overall champions with its 26 gold medals.

The seniors’ category of wrestling meet will be held on Friday with chief minister Neiphiu Rio as the special guest and sports association/council of all the Naga tribes as special invitees. There will be trumpet blowing competition during the event while former ASA wrestling champions would be introduced.

2nd Champions Trophy: Woods XI (B), Scarlet Dominators and Walford CC register wins

DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (NPN): Woods XI (B), Scarlet Dominators and Walford Cricket Club won in their respective matches of the second Champions Trophy organized by Nagamese Baptist Fellow Chumoukedima at Chumoukedima ground on February 17.

In the first match, Woods XI (B) defeated Royal CC by 8 wickets.

Woods XI (B) won the toss and elected to field, restricting Royal CC at just 72 runs. They achieved the target in only 7.1 overs with Narayan being awarded the man of the match for scoring 45 runs and taking 2 wickets.

Scarlet Dominators won against Hornbills by 10 wickets in the second match of the day.

Put to bat first, Horn-

bills set the target of 172 r uns which was easily achieved by Scarlet Dominators in just 10 overs.

Chandan was adjudged the man of the match for scoring 104 runs as well as the first century of the 2nd Champions trophy.

In the third match, Walford CC knocked LSU Seithekema CC by a solitary wicket.

Taking the bat, LSU

Seithekema set the target of 206 runs while Walford managed to complete the task with a ball in hand.

Sujal of Walford CC was awarded the man of the match for scoring 74 runs.

FRIDAY’S MATCHES 1. Hurrican CC vs Woods XI (A) at 9 am 2. Braveheart Warrior vs Bokajan XI Star at 1 pm

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2022: Bruno Da Silva powers Champions League: Liverpool quell Inter 2-0 PVL Chennai Blitz to their first victory

MILAN/SALZBURG, FEB 17 (IANS): In a match between two former champions, Liverpool rode their luck for most of the match before scoring two late goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah to subdue Inter Milan in a Champions League Round of 16 match.

Firmino came off the bench in the first leg encounter at San Siro on Wednesday night and opened the scoring with a clinical header from a corner in the 75th minute.

And eight minutes later, Salah netted to give the Reds a two-goal advantage when they welcome the Serie A champions to Anfield in next month’s return fixture.

The two goals in the last 15 minutes of the match gave Liverpool a good cushion as they maintain their hopes of regaining the European crown.

The Reds rode their luck for long periods, not least when Hakan Çalhanoglu collected Ivan Perišic’s cross and shot against the bar 16 minutes in. Çalhanoglu was instrumental for the hosts, providing excellent setpiece deliveries for both

Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino celebrates scoring their first goal during the Champions League match. (Reuters)

Milan Škriniar and Denzel Dumfries to go close with their heads.

Sadio Mané’s firsthalf header was the closest Liverpool had come when Jürgen Klopp, his team on the back foot, made a triple change just before the hour.

Edin Džeko then had an effort ruled out for offside but the momentum soon began to shift, Firmino’s delightful header from Andy Robertson’s corner tipping the scales entirely.

Salah rubber-stamped a vintage away performance when he finished inside a crowded penalty area with just seven minutes left.

Juergen Klopp made four changes to the starting line-up that beat Burnley on the weekend. Ibrahima Konate, Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota came into the XI, while Harvey Elliott, at 18 years and 318 days, became the youngest player ever to make his de-

but for Liverpool in Champions League knockouts.

There were openings at both ends of the pitch during an entertaining opening 45 minutes.

Lautaro Martinez and Thiago both went close with efforts from the edge of the box early on, before they had some clear-cut chances.

Sadio Mane headed fractionally over from inside the penalty area after rising highest to meet Andy Rober tson’s free-kick.

Then, Hakan Calhanoglu pounced to receive an Ivan Perisic cross from the left, striking the crossbar from a tight angle and watching the rebound bounce clear.

There was nearly a golden opportunity for either side following counterattacks, though they were thwarted by vital interceptions from Calhanoglu and Konate, according to a report on Liverpool’s official website.

And the final chance of the first half went to the hosts as Milan Skriniar headed fractionally wide from an out-swinging corner.

A change for the Reds at the break saw Firmino replace Jota, the report

said. The hosts again came close to breaking the deadlock early in the second period. Perisic’s delivery following Denzel Dumfries’ switch was just out of the reach of Martinez in the six-yard box.

Under heavy pressure, Liverpool then opted for a triple change, bringing on Luis Diaz, Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson in place of Mane, Elliott and Fabinho.

Liverpool sealed their victory with another goal eight minutes later. Alexander-Arnold pumped a free kick into the area that was nodded down by Virgil van Dijk. In a position to latch on to the loose ball, Salah hit a first-time strike towards goal that took a slight deflection off an Inter player en route to the back of the net.

The goal meant Liverpool will be a lot more comfortable when they meet their rivals again for the second leg a few weeks.

Elsewhere, the famous German resilience came to the fore as Bayern Munich fought back from a goal down to secure a 1-1 draw against Salzburg in their Champions League Round of 16, first leg match.

HYDERABAD, FEB 17 (IANS): The Chennai Blitz recorded their first victory in the Prime Volleyball League after defeating Calicut Heroes 15-14, 15-9, 15-14, 10-15, 12-15 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Thursday.

Chennai picked up two points from this match and Chennai Blitz’s Bruno Da Silva was adjudged the Player of the Match.

Fernando Gonzalez stood tall for the Chennai Blitz as the team took the lead at 7-5 in the first set.

Thereafter, spikes from Jerome Vinith and Ajithlal C helped the Calicut Heroes level the scores at 9-9. David Lee produced a fantastic spike to help the Heroes win a Super Point and take the lead at 13-12. However, the Blitz fought hard and closed out the first set at 1514 through a fantastic serve

by Bruno Da Silva.

The Heroes made a few unforced errors as the Blitz took the lead at 11-8 in the second set. Pinamma Prashant pulled off a Super Serve and helped the Blitz win a Super Point and further extend their lead. The Blitz eventually

Volleyball match in action between The Chennai Blitz and Calicut Heroes during the Prime Volleyball League.

closed out the second set at 15-9 and took a 2-0 lead in the match. Ajithlal stood tall for the Heroes with a couple of blistering spikes and helped his team level the scores at 11-11 in the third set. Thereafter, Akhin GS effected a superb block as his team won a Super Point and took the lead at 13-11, but the Heroes leveled the scores at 13-13 by clinching a Super Point soon after. However, Gonzalez pulled off a brilliant spike as Chennai took the third set at 15-14 and sealed the match.

The two sides played out a hard-fought contest as they were locked at 9-9

in the fourth set. Thereafter, Calicut Captain Jerome Vinith effected a fantastic spike and helped his team clinch a Super Point and take a three-point lead at 12-9. The Heroes eventually wrapped up the fourth set at 15-10 and got on board.

The Blitz regained the momentum and took the lead at 6-3 in the final set. However, Ajithlal showed their brilliance as the Heroes gained the lead at 11-9. Ansab O pulled off a sensational spike as Calicut extended their lead further. The Heroes eventually closed out the fifth set at 15-12.

ISL 2021-22: Semi-final dates Badminton Asia C’ship: Indian men claim 3-2 win over Hong Kong announced; Final to be held on Mar 20

FATORDA (GOA), FEB 17 (IANS): The final of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2021-22 is scheduled to be held on March 20 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, the organiser of the league confirmed on Thursday.

The first-leg semi-finals will be held on March 11, and March 12. The return legs are scheduled for March 15, and March 16.

In one of the most closely-contested seasons of ISL, nine teams still remain in contention to advance into the Semi-finals. Season 2021-22 has been the most competitive ISL so far with only 19 points gap between the current top-placed team, Hyderabad FC (29) and NorthEast United FC (10),

in 11th. The ‘Away Goal’ rule will not apply in the semi-finals this season.

Teams with the highest goal aggregate in their respective two-legged ties will progress to the Final.

The league phase ends

on March 7.

The team finishing on top of the table will be crowned winners of the League Shield, earning a direct group-stage entry into the AFC Champions League next season.

Friday, March 11 - Semi-final 1 - 1st leg Saturday, March 12 - Semi-final 2 - 1st leg Tuesday, March 15 - Semi-final 1 - 2nd leg Wednesday, March 16 - Semi-final 2 - 2nd leg Sunday, March 20 – Final

SHAH ALAM (MALAYSIA), FEB 17 (PTI): The Indian men’s team, led by world championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen, secured a 3-2 win over Hong Kong in group A to keep its slim hopes alive of making the knockout stage at the Badminton Asia Team Championships here on Thursday. The crushing 0-5 defeat against Korea in their opening match has made life difficult for India as they are currently at the third spot in group A, just above Hong Kong, with one win and one loss.

Three-time defending champions Indonesia and Korea are currently ahead in the race to qualify from group A. India Open winner Lakshya Sen, Mithun Manjunath and doubles pairing of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Rethinasabapathi Kumar gave a good account of themselves during the five-match rubber.

World no 13 Lakshya start-

ed the proceedings, thrashing world no 17 Lee Cheuk Yiu, a silver medallist at 2013 Asian Youth Games, 21-19 21-10 in 35 minutes to give India a good start.

Hong Kong took control of the match with Law Cheuk Him and Lee Chun Hei Reginald notching up a thrilling 20-22 21-15 2118 win over Manjit Singh Khwairakpam and Dingku Singh Konthoujam.

Kiran George, who won his maiden Super 100 event at Odisha, put up a spirited show before losing 13-21 21-17 9-21 to Chan Yin Chak as Hong Kong led 2-0 after three matches.

Hariharan and Ruban, who had won the all-India senior ranking badminton tournament in Chennai in December last year, got the better off Hong Kong’s Chow Hin Long and Lui

Chun Wai 21-17 21-16 to keep India afloat. Manjunath, who had reached semifinals of Syed Modi Super 300, then saw off Jason Gunawan 21-14 17-21 21-11 to hand India a fine 3-2 win.

However, the men’s team will have to claim an outright win against title holders Indonesia on Friday and also need Korea to lose to Hong Kong to make

an improbable entry into the knockout stage.

India and Korea currently have one win and one loss and if both teams win on Friday, it will come down to number of matches and games won and lost, where Korea is ahead.

Indian women’s team lost its opening match 2-3 against Malaysia. They will take on defending champion Japan on Friday.

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