February 7, 2020

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Vol XXX No. 61

State BJP files complaint against twitter user DIMAPUR, FEB 5 (NPN): BJP Nagaland state unit has filed a complaint against a twitter user for allegedly posing as “a mouthpiece of BJP Nagaland”.

PRO to state BJP president, Samuel Sumi, in his complaint addressed to Dy.SP in-charge of cyber crime branch PHQ, alleged that the particular twitter account user was tarnishing party’s image with tweets “probably designed to create inflammatory issues within the Nagaland political circle.”

Screenshot of the user’s purported tweets which was submitted to the police, were also forwarded to the media.

The tweets made serious allegations of moral turpitude by “NDPP leaders” in Nagaland.” The BJP said “such nefarious exercise is uncalled for” when the present ruling dispensation was “working hard to give justice to the interest of our people.”

In the light of the above, the state BJP has urged the police to verify the details of the twitter account holder and take further necessary action at the earliest.

Power discon. drive

DIMAPUR, FEB 6 (NPN): Power department has informed all the consumers under Chumukedima electrical division that the department would continue to disconnect power supply of payment defaulters without any further notice.

In a press release, executive engineer Chumukedima electrical division stated that the disconnection drive would affect defaulters of all categories of consumers in towns and villages falling under Chumukedima electrical division. The department has, therefore, requested all the consumers in the towns and villages under Chumukedima, Dhansiripar, Niuland, Kuhuboto, Medziphema and Ralan administrative blocks to take note of it and pay their electricity bills.

Further, the department has informed that if there were cases of non-receipt of bills or discrepancy in the bills, the consumers could report to the office of the concerned SDO (electrical) to resolve the issues.

Feb 8 working day

DIMAPUR, FEB 6 (NPN): State government has declared February 8, 2020 (second Saturday) as working day for all offices of the state government located in Kohima on account of the ongoing 5th Session of the 13th NLA. All AHoDs and HoDs have been directed to ensure attendance of the officers and staff of their respective departments.

This is it!

“Seems they’re making elections in India as IndoPak civil war .”

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DIMAPUR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Firm on CAA, NPR, Modi raps opposition for hurdles

Mumbai City beat Jamshedpur FC 2-1

nCov toll in China jumps to 563

NATIONAL, PAGE 7

SPORTS, PAGE 12

INTERNATIONAL, PAGE 9

North East peaceful, growing fast: PM 30,000 people were living a life of insecurities.

“However this time we have brought all the

Farmers more interested in various schemes than cultivation: Yanthan

stakeholders together and the accord is clear that there Correspondent are no more pending issues of the crisis” he said.

KOHIMA, FEB 6 (NPN): Advisor horticulture and border affairs, Mhathung Yanthan, Thursday expressed regret that farmers were more interested in Prime Minister Modi various schemes than farmtook a savage dig at Con- ing despite Nagaland having gress leader Rahul Gan- potential for cultivation of dhi in parliament, referring various horticultural crops.

Speaking at the one to the belated response of “tubelights”, as he rebutted day “Hortipreneurs Meet on the opposition on its criti- Marketing of Horticulture Produces” organized by the cism of his government.

Modi made an appar- Department of Horticulture ent reference to Rahul’s rally at Hotel Japfu here Thursin Delhi and a comment he day, Yanthan encouraged had reportedly made about the farmers to be more sin“youth beating Modi with cere and hardworking and sticks over the lack of jobs”. take up business-oriented As Rahul rose to interject, farming.

He said that adapting PM sneered: “I have been speaking for 30-40 minutes to the changing situation but it took this long for the with technological intervencurrent to reach. Bahut se tion like mechanization was tubelight aise hi hotey hai the need of the day. The (many tubelights are like advisor, however, stated that extension services needed to this)”.

Later, Rahul was prod- be strengthened.

Yanthan expressed ded by reporters to respond to the tubelight jibe but he delight that many Hortididn’t. He said: “The biggest preneurs from different disproblem before the country tricts were attending the is unemployment and Modi- meet to share their experiji has nothing to say about ences, issues, challenges that. PM’s style is to distract and suggestions for the way forward.

India.

PM defends CAA, Modi’s ‘tubelight’ NPR; raps Oppn dig at Rahul Gandhi Narendra Modi speaks during the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in the Rajya Sabha, Thursday. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, FEB 6 (AGENCIES): Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha on Thursday rejected Opposition’s claims that Northeast was burning and said that in reality, the region has “unprecedented peace”. He said that the blockades have been lifted and the region has become a “constructive contributor” to India’s success story.

Delivering the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Modi said, “Ghulam Nabi Azad said Northeast is burning. If it was burning, then the first thing you would have done is to send a delegation of your MPs there and for sure conducted a press conference. I think his memory is restricted before 2014 and that’s why I would like to update that Northeast is full of peace and is a prime

member of India’s road to development.”

“People in NE now do not feel that Delhi is a distant place. Now the government is at their door step...” he said. He added, “For 40-50 years, violent protests and blockades were going on in the region. Today, these protests have stopped and we’re moving ahead together.”

Modi said his government worked on providing electricity, railway connectivity, mobile connectivity and various other aspects of development of the region.

Modi further said the government had taken decisive action to help the Bru people of Mizoram, whereas state governments of the past had indulged in vote-bank politics. He said, “The problem of Bru-Reang people had been persisting for about 25-30 years. About

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday defended the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Population Register (NPR) while discussing the motion of thanks to President’s address in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Modi launched a blistering attack on opposition parties on their attempt to “misguide and misinform” the nation on Citizenship Amendment Act, National Population Register and Article 370.

Modi said that the Census and NPR were “normal administrative processes” which have been carried out previously as well. His key reasoning was that tools like NPR help improve reach and implementation of government schemes. He said that information like language spoken by parents were key indicators for setting up schools based on linguistic patterns. (Full story on p-7)

All Wuhan evacuees test negative for nCoV: Govt NEW DELHI, FEB 6 (IANS): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday said all evacuees from Wuhan, China, have tested negative for novel coronavirus. “All 645 evacuees from Wuhan have tested negative,” said the Health Ministry in a statement released on Thursday.

In addition, 510 samples have been tested by ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) network laboratories of which all have tested negative except for 3 already reported positive and clinically stable.

It also said that as on February 6, 138,750 passengers from 1,265 flights had been screened. Till now, no new case had been detected, accept three positive cases in Kerala. “Community surveillance and contact tracing is going on by Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme for 6,558 persons across 32 states and UTs,” said the Ministry.

CORONAVIRUS INDIA UPDATE

 1,38,750 passengers from 1.265 flights have been screened; no new case detected

 All 645 evacuees from Wuhan, China tested negative

510 samples tested by ICMR network laboratories; all negative

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 Positive cases in Kerala; but are clinically stable  3 Community surveillance and contact tracing ongoing by IDSP for States/UTs.

6,558 persons across 32

Meanwhile, the fourth Joint Monitoring Group meeting was held Thursday chaired by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to discuss various technical issues, including review period of follow up required for asymptomatic travellers from China.

“Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in coordination with central Ministries

and all States and Union territories is taking adequate measures for management of novel coronavirus in India,” said the ministry.

“In case of fever, cough and symptoms of pneumonia, seek medical attention immediately. The ministry also provided a helpline number as well as an email ID in case of any doubts about the disease.

Asks Lokayukta to take suo moto notice DIMAPUR, FEB 6 (NPN): While expressing appreciation to Nagaland Lokayukta for taking up corrupt practises of illegal appointments in the Tourism department, Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) reiterated that unless the cases were taken to their logical conclusion, the efforts would end up as only being “sensational news for nothing.”

In a statement, information and publicity wing of NPRAAF also demanded that the Lokayukta take suo moto notice of its press release with regard to appointments of Grade III / Grade IV staff of the PWD as Tourist Officers by flouting service rules and exten-

Republican Senator Mitt Romney, a bitter critic of Trump and the party’s presidential nominee in 2012, voted against the president on the first charge, but followed the party line on the second article of impeachment.

Suffered ‘terrible ordeal’, says Trump Trump holds up a newspaper during National Prayer Breakfast, at the Washington Hilton, Thursday. (AP/PTI)

dent Joe Biden, a potential Democratic rival in the 2020 presidential election, using nearly USD 400 million in military aid as leverage.

Though Trump, 73, has been acquitted, he will become the first impeached president to seek re-election. A two-thirds majority vote was needed to remove Trump, which was always going to be a long shot in

a 100-member Senate controlled by his Republican Party with 53 seats.

“For now, the impeachment of Mr. Trump appears to have evenly divided the nation,” The New York Times reported. “The outcome represented a political triumph for the White House and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...,” The Washington Post noted.

He, however, expressed concern over the diminishing number of farmers and the increasing trend of rural people migrating to the urban areas.

Reminding the central government’s vision to double farmers’ income by 2022, Yanthan said that the centre was coming with refrigerated facility in the fast moving train as well as in the airlines.

Yanthan appealed to North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) to continue to extend financial assistance to the Hortipeneurs who were found viable and feasible.

Meanwhile, the advisor cautioned the presence of non-Naga middlemen in marketing channels who take away major chunk of benefits that were supposed

to go to Naga farmers.

In his keynote address, commissioner and secretary, Y Kikheto Sema, said that since traditional system of farming was not sustainable the department encourages farmers to take up horticulture crops that were sustainable, ecologically friendly and economically viable.

Sema advised the entrepreneurs and farmers to learn how to manage their business within the state first and gradually focus beyond the state.

Maintaining that Nagaland has less scope for large and medium scale industries, he said the main scope was agro-based industries, adding that massive employment opportunity can be created through horticulture industry.

(Cont’d on p-8)

NPRAAF alleges illegal appointments sion of deputation.

NPRAAF alleged that the appointments were made under political pressure and for which the Tourism department’s productivity suffered. It maintained that the department should appoint candidates having tourism subject as tourist officers through NPSC. In this regard, NPRAAF cited the case of a serving Section Officer (in Sl.No.2) who was allegedly appointed as Tourist Officer (TO) for a period of one year on December 12,2007 after the Model Code of Conduct came into effect between DecemberFebruary 2008.

It claimed that the officer (TO) was then absorbed as assistant director on January 2, 2008 as per the incumbency list of TOs to be up-graded post to assistant director within a week after MCC came into effect.

NPRAAF deemed the appointment as illegal and

Senate acquits President Trump of all impeachment charges WASHINGTON, FEB 6 (PTI): The Republican-controlled Senate has acquitted Donald Trump in his highprofile impeachment trial, giving the US President a major political victory in an election year but not before bitterly dividing the country and costing millions of dollars to the tax payers.

T h e S e n a t e vo t e d Wednesday 52-48 to acquit Trump of abuse of power and 53-47 to absolve him of obstruction of Congress, the two charges he faced. The vote along party lines foiled the Democratic Party’s determined bid to overthrow Trump ahead of the November 3 presidential election.

The Democratic-led House of Representatives approved the articles of impeachment on December 18 after charging Trump with pressuring Ukraine to smear former US vice presi-

(2nd from R) Mhathung Yanthan addressing the gathering. (NP)

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he and the Republicans had been put through a “terrible ordeal” by some very dishonest and corrupt people during the impeachment.

Addressing the religious believers at the 68th Annual National Prayer Breakfast, Trump referred to the impeachment and said that every possible attempt was made to hurt the nation. Trump said he and the Republicans had been put through a “terrible ordeal

by some very dishonest and corrupt people”.

“I don’t like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong. Nor do I like people who say, ‘I pray for you,’ when they know that’s not so,” Trump said.

“They have done everything possible to destroy us, and by so doing, very badly hurt our nation. They know what they are doing is wrong, but they put themselves far ahead of our great country,” he said. During his address, Trump said that he has taken historic action to defend religious liberty, including the Constitutional right to pray in public schools. “At every stage of our nation’s long march for civil rights was inspired, sustained and uplifted by faith, prayer and devotion of religious believers,” Trump said.

violation of the People’s Representation Act 1951.

NPRAAF also cited the case of Sl. No.3 whose service was allegedly extended by an order of the Governor of Nagaland vide order dated December 16, 2018.

It alleged that the officer’s name was included in the incumbency list of TOs to be upgraded to assistant director/Sr. Tourist Officer who was appointed and absorbed on June 6, 2006 though the officer was a graduate teacher on deputation for one (1) year as per the notification order dated December 28, 2007 for a post that should have been recruited through NPSC. NPRAAF claimed that Sl.No.2 was a Section Officer (Mohurrir) equivalent to a peon and Sl.No.3 was a graduate teacher who was appointed then absorbed in the department after cabinet approval on August 5, 2010. NPRAAF said the ef-

fective date of appointment was mentioned as August 5,2010 although both were appointed and absorbed on January 2,2008 and June 2,2006 respectively to the rank of assistant directors.

It also cited another case of Sl.N0.5 who was allegedly appointed and regularised on September 13,2010 without due sanction from the P&AR department and against service rules.

NPRAAF said it was mandatory to obtain NoC from the parent department before absorption in another department and only after clearance from the P&AR department. However, NPRAAF maintained all rules were flouted in the above cases. It wondered whether the departments are to follow service rules or cabinet rules when the government is supposed to follow its own rules instead of flouting them.

(Cont’d on p-8)

No religious divisions, people pray together at Shaheen Bagh NEW DELHI, FEB 6 (AGENCIES): Amid ongoing protest at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act, people from all religions offered prayers here Thursday. The protest in South Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur entered 53rd day on February 6. The agitation has been thrusted by political parties into a poll issue.

The event was aimed to end the atmosphere of “fear and violence” that is prevailing in the country and to send out a message of communal solidarity. People from all religions-- Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism and Christianity-- participated in the event.

Sultan Sheikh, a Muslim, was dressed as a Sikh man. “Our Prime Minister talks about recognising someone from the attire. I want him to recognise to

which religion I belong,” he said, adding that don’t try to divide our country.

Sant Yuvraj, a follower of Hinduism, said: “We are doing this for the unity and solidarity of the country.

All religions are united here.

No one should consider Shaheen Bagh as a demonstration of Muslims. Sikh people are chanting Gurbani here while Christians are reading Bible along with Muslims who are reading “aayats” from Quran and I am performing a “havan” as a Hindu sant. Even this “havan” has been organised by all people irrespective of their religion”.

Alexander Fleming, a Christian, said: “This event doesn’t belong to any political party, and the Citizenship Amendment Act introduced by the government is against the Muslims”.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020

NSRLM organises financial inclusion melas in Wokha, Changtongya DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Rural Livelihood Mission (NSRLM) Wokha block held its first financialinclusion mela on January 5 at town hall, public ground, Wokha.

According to a press release by NSRLM, resource person Neibounuo Suokhurie, branch manager Nagaland Rural Bank highlighted the importance of savings accounts and shared the process and benefits of various schemes like PMJJBY, PMSBY, and APY. Emilo Ovung, district coordinator Social Welfare informed that there were about 1019 beneficiaries in Wokha block availing this scheme.

Viroko Thapo, BPM Wokha informed about the various medical insurances and benefits, Masheto Nandu NStCB branch manager briefed on the total number of SHGs availing loans from NStCB and sensitised on the awareness of hoax bank phone calls and messages. Y. Shanchobeni Humtsoe, horti inspector, department of Horticulture shared about livelihood opportunities for women under MIDH scheme for holistic growth of horticulture sector in floriculture development, mushroom

SHGs, resource persons from NSRLM and others at the mela.

Participants and resource persons at Changtongya block.

production etc.

Sentinaro Alley, MD (R&D and marketing) from Zatara Pvt. Ltd, which has partnered with NSRLM spoke about their plans to launch a strong brand by procuring packaging and providing marketing solutions for local products in Nagaland, which would be advertised online and within the country.

Dr. BL. Mhalo Tun-

SISD, Wokha Block, and Thungcibeni Mozhui, area coordinator-FI, Wokha block as chairperson. The programme ended with an interactive session between SHGs and Zatara pvt.ltd, banks and allied depts. Altogether, 380 participants attended the mela. Earlier, invocation was done by Yireni Ngullie, president Sharon VLO Vankosung, Samuel Ngullie additional

goe, ACTO KVK shared about various training programmes provided by KVK and informed SHGs on the upcoming training on horticulture.

Abeno Ovung, livelihood expert from Forest department reminded SHGs on afforestation and shared about JICA project, Dr. Wonchano, women welfare officer (MSK) explained about the objective

of one Stop-Centre Sakhi and women helpline 181.

Tsuro SHG, Lumro VLO, Wokha village shared that the group had earned an income of Rs1,11,170 from IGA and that they plan to start a ginger farm for ginger candy production.

A traditional song was performed by Yanchanka Vlo Longsachung, vote of thanks by H. Wophyomo, area coordinator-

district program manager Wokha as the first speaker and a detailed overview of NSRLM block status was summed up by Nzanbemo Patton, block program manager.

Changtongya block: NSRLM under Changtongya Block, Mokokchung held one day financial inclusion mela in two clusters at Changtongya village and Akhoya vil-

Assam Rifles conduct civic action programmes in Nagaland

3 Assam Rifles weapons display.

Chieswema Battalion national interactive tour.

Dimapur Battalion polio campaign.

Jalukie Battalion poster competition.

Tuensang Battalion interactive meeting.

Zunheboto Battalion lecture at GHSS, Longkhim .

DIMAPUR: Various battalions of Assam Rifles have been conducting civic action programmes across the state for welfare of the general public.

3 Assam Rifles: 3Assam Rif les conducted weapon display for NCC cadets at the ongoing Combined Annual Training Camp-113 at IG stadium. A press release from 24 Nagaland (I) Coy NCC stated that cadets were given detail briefing by qualified weapon instructors on the characteristics and capabilities of various weapons being used in Indian army. Cadets were also given the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the weapons. After the display of weapons, cadets were taken to living barracks to familiarize themselves and have first hand information on the army way of living.

Dimapur Battalion: Dimapur Battalion conducted pulse polio immunization camp 2020 under IPPI at Kashiram Basti, COB Dhansiri, forest gate and adjoining areas. Medical staff of the battalion in its various immunization booth created awareness about the importance of “Two drop to save life”.

Altogether, 148 children were immunized during the camp.

those ailing from the same was also covered.

A total of 26 students and three teachers attended the lecture.

Jalukie Battalion: Jalukie Battalion conducted a poster making competition at Baptist School, Tening on January 19, wherein students exhibited their imagination, touching upon themes related to health, environment and nature.

Prizes will given out to best three entrants. A total of 42 students participated. Jalukie Battalion also conducted a lecturecum-interactive session on January 16 at Ngwalwa village community hall, Peren under the theme, “Join Indian Army/Assam Rifles” to generate awareness among youth about the various employment avenues with Indian Army/Assam Rifles. Participants were also informed about the assistance being provided

by Assam Rifles to prepare aspiring candidates for recruitment rallies.

Tuensang Battalion: Tuensang Battalion conducted an interaction meeting with village functionaries clubbed with a friendly volleyball match at Tobu and surrounding villages on January 18. Aspects related to the ongoing political development and

into Sainik schools for students was covered. 45 village leaders including the village chairman, GBs, senior citizens, ex servicemen, representatives from students and youth organsiation, village guards and religious teachers attended the function.

Chieswema Battalion: National interactive tour for students of Kohima and Phek districts was flagged off by Brig Satbir Singh SM, Deputy Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) from HQ IGAR (North) on January 20. The tour is being conducted by Chieswema Battalion as part of the Assam Rifles initiative to encourage learning and generate awareness among youth. The 12-day itinerary comprise of visits to Delhi, Dehradun and Mussoorie including Sansad Bhawan, War Memorial, Nehru Planetarium, Indian Military Academy, IAS Academy as well as interaction with governor of Uttarakhand.

Mon Battalion: Emphasizing the need to lead a “fit and healthy lifestyle” and in sync with the “Fit India Campaign” launched by the government of India, Mon battalion of Assam Rifles organised a run on the occasion of Samvidhan Diwas on January 16 at

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Zunheboto Battalion: Zunheboto Battalion organised a lecture on “lifestyle diseases” at Govt Higher Secondary School, Longkhim, Tuensang on January 18. According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), various lifestyle diseases and the need to engage in healthy food habits to include physical activities to keep lifestyle diseases at bay, was covered. Awareness on health education and precautions from common viral diseases was also imparted. 30 students and 04 teachers from the school attended the lecture.

Battalion also carried out a cleanliness drive at Chare town on January 17. The drive was conducted to give an insight about the importance of hygiene, sanitation and its benefits to individual and society at large.

The event covered various waste management techniques to tackle plastic use and to encourage use of eco-friendly bags. Zunheboto Battalion conducted a lecture cum awareness programme on ‘HIV/AIDS’ on January 27, at Government Higher Secondary School, Longkhim, Tuensang. Misconceptions related with the mode with which HIV/ AIDS spreads and also the need for empathy towards

maintenance of peace and harmony in the region for progress and development of the region was discussed upon. Village elders were also informed to motivate the youth to participate in the meritorious sports persons recruitment rally schedule in Apr/May 2020. 30 GBs participated in the event.

Tuensang Battalion also organised an interaction with civil social organisations on January 21, at Chenloisho under the theme “Peace to progress”.

A total of 46 village leaders including the village council chairman, Gaon Burhas, senior citizens, ex servicemen, women welfare organizations, students & youth organisations, village guards and religious teachers attended the function. The meeting covered the need for peace to being about harmony and progress in the region.

Common concerns hampering progress was also discussed upon.

Tuensang Battalion held an interaction with all village communities at Company Operating Base Wangti on 24 Jan 20. Various initiatives of the Assam Rifles towards employment of youth through various skill development camps, pre-training for recruitment rallies and admission

Chenmoho village. Assam Rifles stated that the run was an endeavour to engage the community to participate in healthy lifestyle practices and spread awareness about importance of regular physical activity to stay fit and healthy.

Mokokchung Battalion: Mokokchung Battalion of Assam Rifles is conducting pre-recruitment rally training for local youth at Battalion Headquarters with an aim to prepare and enable youth in making a career in Defense Forces. The awareness being imparted through mock written test, physical and medical test will prepare desirous candidates to take the upcoming rallies with confidence and correct approach.

Mokokchung Battalion conducted an interaction with Assam Rifles ex-servicemen at Battalion Headquarters on January 27. Commandant Mokokchung Battalion interacted with the ARESM to hear of their concerns and grievances and assurance of all possible support and assistance was given. A basic medical health check-up facility was organised for the ARESM and their families.

Altogether, 25 ex-servicemen around Mokokchung town and surrounding villages attended.

lage on February 5 and 6 respectively in convergence with Social Welfare department, ATMA Mokokchung, SBI Changtongya Branch, NStCB Changtongya, Health and Family Welfare department.

A press release from NSRLM Changtong ya block stated that, resource person from Social Welfare Limala supervisor and Tajunginla district coordi-

nator highlighted on the PMMVY scheme for pregnant and lactating women.

Resource person from SBI Changtongya Chandrakant cash officer and K. Asenla branch manager, NStCB Changtongya branch shared the process and benefits of PMSBY, PMJJBY, APY, PM-Mudra schemes and band credit linkage. Resource person from ATMA, Mokokchung Rongsennungla deputy project director and Aolemla Kichu block technology manager highlighted the various activities of ATMA. Dr. Wapang, medical officer CHC, Changtongya shared the benefits of Ayushman Bharat Yojana health card, JSY and JSSK. Spot registration for various schemes was carried out where registration under PMSBY was done for 24 SHG members and 16 people registered under PMJAY with the help of Ayushman coordinator CHC, Changtongya. Arka SHG and Adianu SHG of Unger village applied for bank credit linkage during the mela. Altogether 620 participants inclusive of village council, church representatives, student body and SHG members attended the event.

news in Brief PAC-NCD emergency meeting: PAC-NCD will hold an emergency meeting on February 7, 3 p.m at Naga Council Dimapur conference hall to discuss important issues. All the presidents and secretaries of 19 Naga tribal bodies and all non Naga Dimapur based organizations, DUCCF, BAN, DCCI, NWHD, DNSU, Sadar GBs, Chumukedima Chamber of Commerce, EDBA have been requested to attend the meeting on priority.

NPCC consultative meeting: Consultative meeting of NPCC office bearers has been convened by Khriedi Theunuo, working president on February 11, 11 a.m at Congress Bhavan, Kohima, to discuss and work out strategies for the proposed civil disobedience programme to press the GoI for implementation of the political solution. All the NPCC working presidents, vice presidents, general secretaries, secretaries, treasurer and frontal chiefs have been requested to attend the meeting compulsorily without giving reasons for absence.

DC&DEO Dimapur informs: Deputy commissioner and district election officer (DC&DEO) Anoop Khinchi has informed all concerned that the final publication of photo electoral roll, 2020 for 1-Dimapur-1/2-DimapurII/3-Dimapur-III/4-Ghaspani-I and 5-Ghaspani-II A/ Cs will be published on February 7, 11 a.m at conference hall of the deputy commissioner Dimapur. All concerned have been requested to attend.

DC Mon informs: Deputy commissioner, Mon Thavaseelan K has informed to all the interested unemployed youth between the age of 18-26 years under Mon district that the TUSTI Foundation in collaboration with Mon district administration will be organising a free career counselling & out-reach camp in the field of Tourism & Hospitality (Under PMKVY) in the following blocks: Tobu block on February 10, 11 a.m at ADC’s office Tobu; Aboi block on Februrary 11, 11 a.m at ADC’s office Aboi; Mon HQ on February 12, 11 a.m at council hall Mon town; Tizit block on February 13, 11 a.m ADC’s office and Naganimora block on February 14, 11:30 a.m at ADC’s office Naganimora.

DC Wokha informs: Deputy commissioner (DC) Wokha Orenthung Lotha has informed that Wokha DPDB meeting for February has been postponed due to forthcoming assembly session till further notice.

KKDA general meeting: Kichilimi Kuqhakhulu Dimapur Area (KKDA) has convened a general meeting on February 8, 9 a.m at the banker Khehoto G Chishi residence in Chekiye village. All the members of KKDA have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

Change of nomenclature to Can Youth: Can Youth has informed general public, NGOs, civil societies, government departments and medias that a general body meeting was held on January 7 at its office, wherein it resolved to change the nomenclature of “CAN Youth” to “Can Youth” as per the power conferred to general body by the constitution of Can Youth. CAN Youth shall be called and identified as Can Youth for all intent and purposes and that, there would be no abbreviation. For more information, one may contact at 9856767224.

KSU Mon wishes HSLC & HSSLC students: Konyak students’ union (KSU), Mon headquarter has extended best wishes to all the students appearing for the HSLC and HSSLC examination. KSU also requested the Power department of Mon district to supply electricity regularly especially during the night time as most students prefer to study late-night.

Wokha DPDB postponed: Vice chairman DPDB Wokha & deputy commissioner, Wokha, Orenthung Lotha informed all board members that due to unavoidable circumstances the monthly DPDB meeting for February has been postponed till further notice.

Teachers’ orientation at SHSS, SMS: Two-day teachers orientation programme for Straightway Higher Secondary School (SHSS) and Straightway Mission School (SMS) teachers started on February 6 at the school campus and will culminate on February 7. Resource persons for the programme are Dr. Temsurenla, vice-principal, MCTE, Dr. Awala Temshi Administrator SCMC, Dr. Aotemshi, Assistant Professor FAC. K Y M C

nagalandpost.com Poll Q.: If PM Modi ignores communal politics will it endear him to all sections?

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WEATHER FORECAST February 7

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Increasing clouds

27 9

Aizawl

Increasing cloudiness

Guwahati Hazy sunshine Imphal

Increasing clouds

21 6 25 9 22 3

Itanagar Hazy sunshine

22 9

Shillong Hazy sunshine

16 2

Hazy sunshine

17 5

Dimapur Hazy sunshine

22 9

Hazy sunshine

18 7

Tuensang Cooler with hazy sunshine

11 2

Hazy sunshine and cooler

16 8

Kohima Mkg Wokha

Zunheboto Hazy sun

16 4

Imnatiba, advisor inaugurating the SLEDCC at Hotel Saramati Dimapur on February 6. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, FEB 06 (NPN): Entrepreneurship is a new culture for Nagas, however, Naga entrepreneurs should think big and dare to be different, said Imnatiba, advisor of Industries & Commerce, Labour & Employment, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship at the inaugural function of State Level Exhibition & Entrepreneurship Conclave (SLEEC), at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur, on Thursday.

He maintained that

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though Nagas are new to entrepreneurship, one should dare to be different, think big and also take advantage of the schemes provided for the entrepreneurs by the central as well as state government.

However, admitting that state government have also failed to look into or satisfy demands made by entrepreneurs, he asserted that going forward, the government and entrepreneurs should try to console each other and that state government should also closely monitor the problems faced

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by the entrepreneurs. He further added entrepreneurs should not be burdened with tax and donations from undergrounds, organisations, churches, etc.

Briefing the gathering on the topic, “An overview of entrepreneurship in Nagaland”, chairperson, governing council, YouthNet, Hekani Jakhalu, stated that local entrepreneurship was the only sector to address issues of unemployment in the state.

She maintained that there were around 8 lakhs in population between the

employable age group of 15 to 35 years (2011 census), to which, she maintained it as a big number, as per the present conditions of Nagaland.

Jakhalu also laid down seven practical problems faced by entrepreneurs of the state; lack of access to knowledge and skill to run a successful business; lack of mentorship and collaboration with other entrepreneurs; limited understanding of business skill; limited market knowledge; lack of funding access for start ups; lack of financial, Human Resource (HR), management; branding, etc,.; lack of basic infrastructures. She later hoped that the government would look into it.

Earlier, speech on journey of entrepreneurship was delivered by Alem Longkumer of Country Craft, and key note address by jt. Secretary, Ministry of MSME, govt. of India, New Delhi, Alka Nangia Arora. A special song was also presented by Note Grid Children’s Choir.

Welcome note was delivered by principal secretary Nagaland, of Industries & Commerce, Lithrongla G Chishi, while vote of thanks was addressed by director, Industries & Commerce K Hokishe Assumi.

NBCC resolves to commit ‘Naga solution to God’

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has resolved to commit the Naga political solution to God and to continue to pray for the leaders in the state and in the Centre.

This was among the resolutions adopted during the recently held 83rd annual general meeting of the NBCC held from January 30 to February 2 under the theme “Stronger Together”, hosted by Liangmai Baptist Association at Tening Nam Baptist Phumling.

In view of the life threatening novel coronavirus outbreak, the coun-

cil, NBCC resolved to mobilize churches to sincerely pray for the world and for the state of Nagaland for His divine intervention.

It also pointed out that, as per the 2019 NBCC/NMM report, 14 out of 20 associations have already sent 14,299 missionaries and evangelist and 1,56,238 volunteers involved to fulfil the “Great Commission” and the council has resolved to continue the work and enlarge the world evangelism and mission.

Refer ring to the theme “Stronger Together”, NBCC also resolved to continue the ministry

of support and care for one another in the association level and in the local churches.

The meeting also resolved that the ministry towards every age group, men and women, will have no distinction but be given due importance and opportunity.

The meeting was attended by 473 members/ associate members from 20 associations.

The council expressed heartfelt gratitude to Liangmai Baptist Association for their hospitality towards the delegates and their commitment in hosting the meeting.

KU branch Aboi on Mopung EAC Hq

DIMAPUR: Having given a thought over the ongoing issue on Mopung by Angjangyang and Tobu and feeling that it was not going to bolster Konyak land and its people in anyway but deteriorate age-old feeling of brotherhood and family, Konyak Union (KU) Branch Aboi has called for settling the issue immediately by both sides by keeping Mopung EAC headquarter under Angjangyang sub-division.

KU Branch Aboi president Pangao Konyak and general secretary Phongnyei Changkhu recalled that home department’s general branch on October 31, 2014 reviewed the cabinet decision of Augsut 7, 2008 and issued order for upgrade of EAC

Headquarter at Longching to a sub-division and shifting it to Angjangyang in Mon district and retain EAC Longching with immediate effect.

The re-structured jurisdiction in the order no. 2 stated that Angjangyang, Changlang, Angphang and Jakphang villages would remain under Angjangyang sub- division. Further, Mopung EAC headquarter was brought under Angjangyang sub-division.

Hence, after consultations and meetings, KU Branch Aboi urged both sides to abstain and follow the directive of the State government for betterment of Konyaks in particular and Nagas in general.

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Officers and NCC cadets with 3 Assam Rifles band.

DIMAPUR: In a series of activities conducted in the ongoing CATC-113 at IG Stadium, Kohima by 24 Nagaland (I) Coy NCC, 3 Assam Rifles (AR) band personnel under Hav Mahendra Singh conducted band display for NCC cadets at IG stadium, Ko-

hima.

A press release from 24 Nagaland (I) Coy NCC stated that, around 450 cadets witnessed the display.

Most of the cadets were exposed to such band display for the first time.

Col Daniel Lotzem, commanding officer of 24

Nagaland (I) Coy NCC Kohima on behalf of all NCC Cadets attending the camp expressed his gratitude to Col Debaraj Bhattacharya commanding officer and all ranks of 3 Assam Rifles on their commendable work for motivating the NCC cadets.

KIPHIRE, FEB 6 (NPN): First ever mini soil testing laboratory and soil health card scheme (SHCS) under the department of Soil & Water Conservation was inaugurated today by deputy commissioner Kiphire, Sarita Yadav, Kiphire at DC’s conference hall attended by HoDs, NGOs and public leaders.

Sarita Yadav said that the mini soil testing lab and soil health card scheme will augment the problem faced by the farmers in the district. DC also urged upon the farmers to utilize the facility provided by the department so that farmers in Kiphire get the maximum benefit out of the scheme.

Giving a brief background about the scheme, P. Angming Konyak SDO (Soil) Seyochung stated that soil health card scheme was officially launched by the ministry of Agriculture &

DC along with officials, NGOs and public leaders after the programme.

Farmers Welfare on February 19, 2015 and under the scheme department will be issuing SHCS to each and every farmers of the district after testing and analyzing soil from the field farm nutrients. He said basing on the nutrients from the farm SHCS department will recommend the dose and other soil amendments

requirements to maximize crop yield.

Po i n t i n g o u t t h a t SHCS is important for farmers to cultivate according to the fertility of the soil after testing and analyzing of the soil, he informed that soil testing will be based upon 12 parameters to study the nutrients of the soil.

Introduction of the scheme was given by Tsuthong SCA, kiphire.

Delivering vote of thanks Chumei Yanlem, DSCO, Kiphire thanked various Agri & Allied departments for extending help and cooperation for the launch of the scheme.

She also informed that 5 model villages selected by

the government out of the 5 blocks under Kiphire will be the 1st villages where soil testing will be done first.

She called upon the farming community and public leaders to extend help and support towards the department for the successful implementation of the scheme.

ASMT celebrates golden KSC reaches out to college students jubilee in Mokokchung for citizen perception survey DIMAPUR: Kohima city gears up to face another assessment, whereby the CEO of Kohima Smart City (KSC) has reached out to citizens to participate in the citizen perception survey which accounts for 30% weightage in the assessment.

A press release from KSC CEO Kevi Meyase stated that, the Kohima Smart City together with the Green Team Kohima is reaching out to college students to participate in the online survey where citizens between the ages of 18-99 years can participate.

Dr. J. Tongpang Walling releasing the souvenir. (NP)

Correspondent MOKOKCHUNG, FEB 6 (NPN): The Asetkong Senden Mokokchung Town (ASMT) celebrated its golden jubilee at the Town Hall Mokokchung on Thursday.

The celebration was held under the theme “Jungyitenshi”. The main speaker at the jubilee was Rev. Dr. A. Tali Ao, associate professor, CTC K Y M C

Aolijen who spoke from the theme Jungyitenshi.

Short speeches were also delivered by S. Bendang Longkumer, president Asetkong Mungdang and I. Ali Aier presidential council member, Ao Senden.

Meanwhile special songs were presented by Longjang Senso Telongjem and Longpa Senso Telongjem.

Dr. J. Tongpang Walling, former president released the jubilee souvenir.

Both teams have visited Sazolie College, Alder College, Mt. Olive College, Oriental College and Kohima College between February 3 and 7.

The college outreach will continue apart from other activities with the wards like inter ward wall painting competition, signature campaign, etc.

It must be noted that, Kohima, has gained an infamous distinction of being the second most “unlivable” city in India ranking 110 out of 111 cities on August 13, 2018 on its ease of living conducted under the

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India.

M e a n w h i l e, K S C CEO Kevi Meyase has informed that as part of its awareness campaign on the importance of citizen participation in the ease of living index 2019 survey, the Kohima Smart City is launching an interward wall painting with slogan competition on February 7, 4 p.m at the KMC-KSCDL conference hall. All the ward chairmen and youth presidents have Rajeshwari Karuna School (RKS) Tuli was part of the diamond jubilee celebration been requested to attend of the 49 Squadron (PARASPEARS) Air Force Jorhat on February 2. (CEC Society, the launch.

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HCY Phek holds 12th general session DIMAPUR: Hebron-I Colony Youth (HCY) in Phek town conducted its 12th general session on February 4 under the theme “Stepping out from comfort zone” with Zachizo Venuh, assistant director Information Public Relation Kohima, as the guest speaker.

A press release from Hebron-I Colony Youth stated that, in his speech Zachizo congratulated Kewetso Khape president

and his team of Hebron-I Colony Youth for his dynamic leadership. He said the colony has earned an exceptional reputation in the town, be it in the field of inter-colony tournament, town cleanliness and youth active participation in different important activities. He also requested youths to do away with anti social element in the colony to keep the vicinity at ease and peaceful. He also advocated importance

and benefits of smart mobile phone and use of social media in today’s trend of evolution while reminding the appalling side of it as well.

Colony chairman Adu Vero, encouraged the youths to be watchful and give full cooperation with the welfare body and urged them to lead a life of integrity and strong moral principles as good example for younger generation.

Youths competed in yo-

delling and wrestling competition where winner of the wrestling were Kuvetho Vero, second bagged by Ripe Wetsah and in yodelling first was Vehusuyi Soho and Vevoneyi Khesoh bagged the second position.

Earlier, presidential address was delivered

by Kewetso Khape, Toyi Swuro presented tenure reports, vote of thanks was pronounced by Beduhu Khamo and invocation by Vepoto Riga.

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Assam Rifles felicitate Basaiawmoit demands Art 371 for Bike rally in Kokrajhar M’laya; lashes out at NPP government NCC, NER directorate

to welcome PM Modi

Bike rally organized by All Bodo Students’ Union in Kokrajhar.

KOKRAJHAR, FEB 6 ( AGENCIES): The All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) on Thursday took out a bike rally in Assam’s Kokrajhar welcoming the Bodo Accord, reports The Northeast Today.

The rally was also to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is coming on Friday to join the Bodo Accord signing celebration.

Organized by Kokrajhar district committee of

SHILLONG, FEB 6: Former Meghalaya legislator, Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit, on Thursday hit out at both the ruling and opposition legislators from Khasi-Jaiñtia Hills district for their failure to protest against the centre’s move to repeal the words KhasiJaintia from the preamble of the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1973.

Our leaders should have protested on the centre’s move. Now that they have repealed,do you think they would give in to the demands of the state government to implement Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Meghalaya?” Basaiawmoit said addressing a public rally at Student’s Field here.

The rally organised by the former legislator resolved to launch a revolution known as ‘Iada ia Ka Ri’ (Protect The Land) across the 36 assembly segments in the Khasi-Jaiñtia hills region of the state.

Former Urban Affairs Minister, Ampareen Lyngdoh, former Khasi Student’s Union president, Michael Syiem, and a host of leaders from various pressure groups also attended the rally.

“Initially, we will be holding consultations with all the village headmen and bring all pressure groups under one banner to mount pressure on the government to implement ILP and to exempt Meghalaya from the CAA,” Basaiawmoit said.

Accusing Chief Minister Conrad Sangma of having some kind of understanding with Home Minister, Amit Shah for not implementing ILP in the state, the

former legislator recalled on the meeting where Shah had asked Sangma and members of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance coalition held in New Delhi to go back to Shillong and to meet him after Christmas to discuss the ILP. Stating that Meghalaya needs constitutional provisions like Article 371 so that laws made by the Centre won’t affect and to protect the interest of the indigenous people of the State, Basaiawmoit said, “The State has its own religious, social practices, customary law and procedure, administration of civil or criminal justice involving decisions according to customary law and ownership and transfer of land.”

Slamming the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) on the alleged illegal transportation of coal , Basaiawmoit claimed, “There is illegal transportation of coal right under the nose of the police and the transport department. Both the Home Minister (James Sangma) and transport minister (Sniawbhalang Dhar) should be accountable to the public.”

Moreover, he alleged, “Only those in power benefit from illegal transportation of coal while the government is going around saying that the state is facing financial crunch.

The revenue accrued from transportation of coal should have gone to the government’s exchequer for building infrastructures roads, schools and hospitals.”

Basaiawmoit also appealed to the gathering that the public as a whole need to launch a “revolution to fight corruption”.

Street vendors clash with police in Imphal at the clash site was detained by the police. The clash erupted on the streets at the iconic all-women market complex in the heart of the capital city after police foiled a meeting of the street vendors at GM Hall located 100 meters away from the allwomen market complex.

Street vendors, mostly women agitating against a recent government order restricting their vending hours.

Over 600 development projects completed in NE: Minister

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS): Over 600 development projects related to development of infrastructure in North Eastern States were completed since fiscal 2014-15 till date, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday. Singh said this while responding to a question asked in Rajya Sabha.

“A total of 667 projects have been completed, including 32 projects which were sanctioned during the period.”

The Union Minister (MoS) of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) also informed the house that the ministry and North East Council(NEC) had also sanctioned more than 500 development projects in the respective

An order of the Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) issued on January 16, allows the street vendors to vend their wares between 5 am and 9 am and after 4pm.

Demanding a review to the vending hours, the street vendors under the aegis of Roadside Vendors’ Welfare Association have been protesting on the streets at Imphal markets. Irked by repeated eviction by police,

on February 28, thousands of street vendors confronted the police and since then, the street vendors have been confronting the police regularly.

However, police prevented them from holding the meeting in the backdrop of prohibition on gathering of five or more people under section 144 of CrPC being promulgated in Imphal West district. The angry

street vendors then marched towards the all-women market complex and poured their angered by disturbing normalcy in market places where they clashed with the police who baton charged them. As the clash continued, additional police team rushed to the spot. They fired several rounds of tear gas shells and used mock bombs to disperse the agitating street vendors. In the

melee, three women vendors and four police personnel sustained injuries. They were rushed to RIMS hospital where some of them were discharged after medical treatment.

Street vendors alleged that the time period given by the government was odd where people don’t usually come to buy the essential commodities which in turn affect their business.

Assam Rifles with NCC cadets from Northeast that took part in the Republic Day Camp.

SHILLONG, FEB 6: NCC Cadets of North Eastern Region ( NER) directorate were felicitated by Lt Gen Sukhdeep Sangwan, DG Assam Rifles at HQ DGAR, Laitkor, Shillong on Thursady on their return from Republic Day Camp (RDC).

The Assam Rifles appreciated the NCC NER for stealing the limelight in RDC by bagging trophies in the PM’s rally, Guard of Honour, Flag Area and National Integration Awareness presentation (NIAP).

It was the first time that the North East Region NCC, won a large number of awards and was also adjudged best overall contingent in Republic Day Camp out of 17 contingents from all over India.

Addressing the cadets on the occasion, DG Assam Rifles said that ‘North East’ is in DNA of Assam Rifles and Assam Rifles takes pride in the achievement of NCC NER Directorate.

While complimenting the Cadets for their commendable achievements, DG encouraged them to

think out of the box by inviting NCC cadets from other parts of the country to learn about the rich heritage of the North East and for conducting camps over here wherein Assam Rifles will render guidance and assistance.

The DG also apprised them that Assam Rifles has taken up a case with the MHA for according priority in recruitment in Assam Rifles to NCC Cadets holding C-Certificate.

During his address, DG announced the starting of Residential Sports School based on the model of Sports School Rai (Haryana) by Assam Rifles at ARPS, Shillong, and extended an proposal to ADG, NCC NER Directorate to send potential NCC Cadets studying in Class 6 to 9 to take admission where they will be sponsored by the Govt initiative i.e, ‘Khelo India Mission’.

The event culminated with the announcement of Rolling Trophy i.e replica of ‘Dhai Murti’ a symbol of Assam Rifles, which will be presented to the best NCC Group in the NER Directorate.

Dearest Baby Bauphen As new memories begin with you, the joy and love begins to shine and glow with everyone around you. You are the strength that shall continue to bring us together. Today as you reach your 1st birth anniversary, we wish you “All the very Best” for the coming years. May God bless you with love and success.

From your loving Parents, Uncles, Aunties, Grand Parents & Great Grand Parents. ________________________________ Dear wifey

Jitendra Singh

“As you blow the candle on your birthday cake,i want to tell you what a wonderful wifey you make.without you in my life, my heart would have bled. with you,i look forward to a wonderful life ahead.happy birthday,bby” always hubby.

region.

“Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and NEC have sanctioned 549 projects costing Rs 8640.08 crores under various schemes for the development of North Eastern States”, said the minister, adding that the remaining projects are at various stages of implementation.

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The Old Riphyim Village Council along with the Old Riphyim Students’ Union extend our heartiest congratulations to the following members on being elevated to higher status as well as for bringing laurels to the community.

1. Shri. Chonbenthung Patton, on promotion to Dy. Kilonser NSCN (IM).

2. Shri. Amos Ngullie, on promotion to Dy. Kilonser NSCN (IM) 3. Shri. Khenchanthung Patton, on promotion to Tatar NSCN (IM) 4. Shri. Terence E. Kithan, for his achievement in the recent NPSC exam as Secretariat Assistant (SA).

5. Shri. Myanthung Patton, for clearing LDA cum Computer Assistant under Education Department.

We wish them good health and pray for greater success in future endeavours.

(Nyanbemo Patton) (Renlamo Patton) Chairman, ORVC President, ORSU

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With immense joy and pride, the Phüsachodümi Students’ Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Hüzholü Chüzho, D/o Mr. Vezhosayi Chüzho & Mrs. Neikhonuo Chüzho for her outstanding achievement as Geo-Scientist in the recently declared Combined Geologist Examination, 2019 result conducted by UPSC under the Geological Survey of India.

The Union wishes her the best in her future endeavours.

Vevozo Vero General Secy., PSU

Zhoponieyi Chüzho President, PSU

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IMPHAL, Feb 6: A market place in Imphal city turned into a battlefield on Thursday as agitating street vendors clashed with police, injuring seven persons - three women and four policemen.

A youth said to be a salesman of a shop who threw back a tear gas shell toward the duty magistrate

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The ABSU leaders appealed to all communities of Bodoland region to come and join the grand celebration.

Modi is visiting Kokrajhar on Friday to participate in the celebrations of the signing of the Bodo Agreement. Hectic preparation is going on at the venue for the smooth success of the programme.

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ABSU, over 2000 members of the students’ union participated in the rally.

It started from Titaguri area near SAI complex in Kokrajhar and travelled through the town, Banargaon, Dotma, Serganguri, and Simbargaon area.

Adviser of ABSU, Khungkra Swargiary flagged off the rally.

Swargiar y said the people of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) is happy to welcome the Prime

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No one in BJP worthy of becoming CM: Kejriwal Says AAP will continue free schemes for Delhi

NEW DELHI, FEB 6 (PTI): No one in the BJP is worthy of becoming chief minister of Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday, the last day of campaigning for the February 8 elections, and held out the promise of continuing free schemes and introducing more if necessary.

Attacking the BJP on a host of issues, including its neglect of unauthorised colonies and doing nothing to clear the Shaheen Bagh road, the AAP supremo mocked the party for its lack of good candidates and asked what would happen if it chose Sambit Patra or Anurag Thakur for the chief minister’s post.

“People want to know who will be the Bharatiya Janata Party’s chief ministerial candidate. What if it chooses Sambit Patra or Anurag Thakur for the post?” Kejriwal, who has been challenging the party to declare its chief ministerial candidate ahead of the polls, asked sarcastically during an interview with PTI. While Thakur, a minister, was banned from campaigning by the Election Commission for a hate speech at a rally, Patra, the party’s spokesperson, received a show cause notice

Arvind Kejriwal addresses the media ahead of Delhi Assembly Elections, in New Delhi, Thursday. (PTI)

from the poll panel for his provocative remarks during a television interview.

“All the existing free schemes of the Delhi government will continue for the people of Delhi. We will introduce more schemes if needed,” Kejriwal said, pitching for another term in power.

Asked to list his top five priorities if voted back, Kejriwal, whose party won 67 of 70 seats in the last elections, said he will work towards reducing pollution, redesigning roads, cleaning Delhi, providing clean water 24x7 and improving transport.

Kejriwal said the BJP had tried to polarise the assembly polls, and asserted that the results on February 11 will show if it succeeded or not. Discussing the anti-

CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh, the AAP national convener alleged that the BJP has not cleared the Shaheen Bagh road because of the assembly elections.

“What stopped Union Home Minister Amit Shah from clearing the stretch?

What is Amit Shah’s interest in keeping the road blocked?

Why do they want to trouble the people of Delhi and do dirty politics over the protests?” Kejriwal asked.

He said the BJP is only talking about Shaheen Bagh and has “completely forgotten” about its promise of regularising unauthorised colonies.

“They have forgotten about unauthorised colonies just before the assembly elections. Has Amit Shah spoken about unauthorised colonies for the last 20

SC to hear Centre’s appeal challenging HC verdict on hanging of Nirbhaya convicts

NEW DELHI, FEB 6 (PTI): The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday the Centre’s appeal challenging the Delhi High Court’s verdict dismissing its plea against stay on the execution of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.

Additional Solicitor General K M Natraj, appearing for the Centre, on Thursday mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari. Natraj told the court that jail authorities are unable to execute the convicts in the case despite the fact that their review petitions

have been dismissed and curative petitions and mercy pleas of three of them have been rejected. The Delhi High Court Wednesday held that all the four convicts are to be executed together and not separately while setting a week’s deadline for them to avail the remaining remedies. If the convicts choose not to make any type of petition in seven days from now, the institutions/ authorities concerned will deal with the matter, as per the law, without further delay, it said.

Hours after the high court’s verdict, the Centre filed an appeal against it in the apex court. The high court said all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case

have to be executed together, not separately, and faulted the authorities concerned for not taking steps for issuance of death warrants after rejection of appeals of the convicts by the Supreme Court in 2017. The trial court had on January 31 stayed “till further orders” execution of the four convicts in the case -- Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31), who are lodged in Tihar Jail.

A lawyer associated with the matter had said the grounds taken for challenge in the top court are almost the same as taken in the high court while filing the appeal against the trial court order.

days?” Kejriwal asked.

“BJP leaders are just talking about Shaheen Bagh.

Pick up any speech since January 15 and you will find no mention of unauthorised colonies,” he said.

The Lok Sabha in November passed the NCT of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill 2019 to grant ownership rights to residents living in Delhi’’s 1,731 unauthorised colonies.

According to the BJP, the move will benefit 40 lakh residents. The issue was considered a major poll plank for the upcoming elections.

“After Januar y 15, Shah has not even mentioned the issue of unauthorised colonies. In the last four months, they just gave registry to 20 people... you can imagine how much time they will take to give registry to the 40 lakh residents of the unauthorised colonies,” Kejriwal said.

The AAP’s vote bank, he said, are all those people who want good education for their children, good medical treatment, roads in front of their houses and 24-hour electricity.

“These elections will establish a new kind of politics in the country and that is the politics based on work. It

BSP candidate attacked in Delhi suffers injuries

NEW DELHI, FEB 6 (PTI): Delhi legislator and BSP candidate Narayan Dutt Sharma, who was earlier with the AAP, was allegedly attacked with batons by three unidentified people in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

Sharma, who is the legislator from Badarpur and is seeking re-election to the Delhi assembly as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate, suffered minor injuries.

“The attack on Narayan Dutt Sharma is condemnable and shameful,” BSP chief Mayawati said on Twitter. The incident took place around 1 am when he was returning home in Badarpur after attending a party meeting. Three men stopped his car, vandalised his vehicle and beat him up, a senior police official said.

He said a case under relevant sections of the India Penal Code has been registered. The three men are yet to be caught, the officer said.

Police are analysing CCTV camera footage to ascertain their identity, he said.

used to be said that votes are not cast based on work done by the government. If you want to get votes you need to establish your vote bank based on caste and religion,” he said.

Responding to the BJP’s allegation that the AAP dispensation did not allow implementation of central government schemes like Ayushman Bharat, Kejriwal said the scheme is not in favour of the people of Delhi.

“We will implement all the good schemes which are in favour of the people of Delhi. Ayushman Bharat is not in the interest of the people of Delhi,” he added.

He said his health scheme benefits two crore people of Delhi but the Ayushman Bharat is targeted only at those who earn less than Rs 10,000 per month.

Kejriwal also trained his guns at the Congress.

Referring to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s allegation that the AAP has taken credit for work done by the Sheila Dikshit government, Kejriwal said had the grand old party worked for the people of Delhi they would have voted for the Congress.

“Why did they vote for the Aam Aadmi Party?” he asked.

5 Lecturer set 10 defectors who helped BJP ablaze by stalker rewarded with Cabinet berth ‘critical but stable’ BENGALURU, FEB 6 NAGPUR, FEB 6 (PTI): The condition of the 25year-old woman lecturer who was set ablaze in Maharashtra’s Wardha district three days ago continues to remain “critical but stable”, hospital authorities here said on Thursday.

Ankita Pisudde (25), resident of Hinganghat in Wardha, district, has been undergoing treatment at the Orange City Hospital in Nagpur. She was allegedly set ablaze by Vikesh Nagrale (27) on Monday on the way to her college. Pisudde suffered 40 per cent burns.

In a medical bulletin issued on Thursday, the hospital said, “No setbacks have occurred till now, although her condition remains critical. Her vitals are being maintained with oxygen supply. She is responding to commands. Her condition does remain critical.”

Specialists treating the woman were keeping an eye on anticipated complications like infection and respiratory deterioration, the hospital said. She underwent two sessions of debridement, dressings and upper limbs multiple fasciotomy, it added. The state government on Tuesday flew Navi Mumbai-based National Burns Centre director Sunil Keswani to Nagpur to supervise the woman’s treatment.

(PTI): The Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday rewarded the 10 defectors, who helped the BJP bring down the Congress-JDS coalition and come to power, with Cabinet berths.

The then disqualified Congress-JDS MLAs who had shifted loyalty to the BJP and won the December by-elections, were sworn-in at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan with the Governor Vajubhai Vala admistering oath of office and secrecy.

The ten are S T Somashekar (Yeshwantpur constituency), Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak), Anand Singh (Vijayanagar), K Sudhakar (Chickballapur), Byrathi Basavaraj (K R Puram), A Shivaram Hebbar (Yellapur), B C Patil (Hirekerur), K Gopalaiah (Mahalakshmi Layout), K C Narayana Gowda (K R Pet) and Shrimant Balasaheb Patil (Kagwad).

The much-awaited expansion takes the strength of the Cabinet to 28, with six vacancies now. In the first expansion last August, 17 Ministers were inducted.

The latest exercise wasn’t without a twist.

Yediyurappa had announced on Sunday that 13 aspirants, including the ten who were sworn-in on Thursday and three BJP old-

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timers would be inducted.

The three who were expected to get Cabinet berth were Umesh Katti, Arvind Limbavali and C P Yogeshwar.

A section of the BJP had opposed making Yogeshwar a Minister, pointing out that he had lost Assembly elections and not a member of either House.

Late on Wednesday, Yediyurappa said induction of BJP old-timers had been put off following directions from the party’s central leadership. The decision to take none of the “native” BJP leaders into the Cabinet in the current round came after intense lobbying from several aspirants which threatened to go out of hand at one stage, party sources said.

The 10 newly inducted Ministers were among the then 16 Congress-JDS MLAs who brought down the coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy.

DGCA asks airline CEOs to follow Vishakha guidelines NEW DELHI, FEB 6 (PTI): Aviation regulator DGCA has told CEOs of all airlines to strictly follow the Vishakha guidelines to deal with the cases of sexual harassment in their respective organisations, according to an official communique.

The DGCA, in a letter to the CEOs on Wednesday, stated that it has received “numerous” complaints from women working as pilots, cabin crew and in other technical areas regarding sexual harassment by their senior colleagues.

“All the airlines are hereby advised to ensure strict compliance of the Vishakha guidelines. They should also give wide publicity about this committee among the employees to facilitate hassle-free reporting and disposal of matter in accordance with relevant national regulations,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.

The regulator told the CEOs that the Supreme Court, in the Vishakha case, had laid down the

guidelines for dealing with “such situations”. It pointed out that one of the Vishakha guidelines requires all organisations to have a “Complaint Committee” consisting members from a “third party”.

“Action taken in the matter please be intimated within two weeks from the date of the issue,” the DGCA instructed.

Along with its onepage letter to the CEOs, the aviation regulator also attached a four-page copy of Vishakha guidelines.

In 2019, Air India and its subsidiaries Alliance Air and Air India Express received 10 sexual harassment complaints in total, Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Thursday.

As per Puri’s reply, of the eight complaints Air India received in 2019, seven of them were disposed of. Air India Express and Alliance Air received one complaint each and they were disposed of in 2019

itself.

Puri stated that as per the DGCA rules, the airlines need not submit their details of their compliance with the 2013 law of sexual harassment.

“However, all the private domestic airlines have constituted Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to investigate the complaints of alleged sexual harassment made by the women employees of the airline companies, in compliance with the (2013) Act,” he added.

Sena takes dig at Modi over Ram temple trust announcement Goa: Independent MLA Khaunte

MUMBAI, JAN 6 (PTI): The Shiv Sena on Thursday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the announcement of a trust to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya was aimed at laying the “foundation” for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls and it will be completed during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

It was expected that the Ram temple issue will not be politicised, an editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said.

Elections to the 70member Delhi Assembly will be held on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced in the Lok Sabha formation of a 15-member autonomous trust to construct the temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

“Modi gave the slogan of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ just four days ahead of polling for the Delhi Assembly. Will be happy if (the number) goes up by two-four seats with the help of Shri Ram,” the Shiv Sena said.

“It was expected that the issue of Ram temple will not be politicised, but its ‘foundation’ was laid for the

Uddhav Thackeray (File)

Delhi Assembly (election) and will be completed on the occasion of 2024 Lok Sabha (polls),” it said in cryptic remarks.

It is expected that a “Ram Rajya” (welfare state) will be realised in a true sense in the country by then, it added.

There is criticism that the BJP “brought in” Lord Ram as Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has caused restlessness in the saffron party ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls, the Marathi daily said.

“This (criticism) is because the prime minister announced formation of the temple trust four days

ahead of polling. It is important that the prime minister made the announcement in the Lok Sabha,” it said.

The Shiv Sena said the Supreme Court will have to be thanked first for the prime minister’s announcement about the trust, as the apex court had ordered construction of the temple in November last year.

It also thanked Modi for discharging his duty as the prime minister in the light of the Supreme Court order. The Shiv Sena, which had long campaigned for the temple construction, said how autonomous the trust is going to be will be known only after the appointment

of its members.

It said the trust should have representation of all the organisations which campaigned for the temple construction, if it is an “autonomous body”.

The Uddhav Thackeray-led party said it was active in the campaign for temple construction from day one.

“The BJP itself had then admitted that the Shiv Sainiks landed hammers on the Babri (mosque) and the (then) Shiv Sena chief (late Bal Thackeray) said he was proud of the Shiv Sainiks who brought down the Babri,” it pointed out.

H u n d r e d s o f S h iv Sainiks “laid their lives” in the violence after the Babri mosque demolition, it claimed.

“Those who gave the slogan of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ should keep this in mind,” it said. Recalling L K Advani’s role in the campaign, the Shiv Sena said the BJP would not have attained the current position in country’s politics had the veteran leader not taken out a ‘rath yatra’ in the name of Shri Ram (in 1990).

The construction of

Ram temple had been part of the BJP’s poll manifesto for years, and it was expected that the promise would be fulfilled when the Narendra Modi government was formed at the Centre in 2014 will full majority, it said.

During the previous term of Modi government, the Shiv Sena - a partner of the BJP till last year - called for bringing an ordinance for temple construction, but the government did not do so, the editorial recalled.

“Eventually, hearing took place in the Supreme Court on the Ram temple issue for 40 days in a row and the it gave verdict in favour of the Ram temple (construction)...the trust is being formed due to that court order,” it said.

“It is binding on any government to implement the courts order. Prime Minister Modi followed that order,” the Marathi publication added.

While making announcement about the trust on Wednesday, the prime minister also said the government has decided to transfer 67.70 acres of land acquired under the Ayodhya Act to the trust.

held for ‘threatening’ BJP leader

Rohan Khaunte (File)

PANAJI, FEB 6 (PTI): Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte was arrested by Goa Police on Wednesday midnight for allegedly threatening a state BJP spokesman, an official said.

He was later granted bail in the wee hours of Thursday, he said.

Goa BJP spokesman Premanand Mahambrey on Wednesday filed a police complaint against Khaunte for allegedly threatening him. He also submitted the complaint to state Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar.

“Khaunte was arrested from his residence at Porvorim in North Goa district around midnight and later released on bail,” Deputy

Superintendent of Police (Porvorim) Edwin Colaco told PTI. The MLA was placed under arrest after the Goa Police approached the Assembly speaker, seeking his consent for the legislator’s arrest.

The speaker’s permission is required as Goa Assembly session is currently underway. The budget session of the state Assembly will conclude on Friday.

The police in their submission before the speaker pointed out that the accused is an influential person and an elected representative, while the complainant is a spokesman of a political party, which might lead to

further troubles. Khaunte, the former state revenue minister, was subsequently arrested and booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 341 (wrongful restraint) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), a senior police official said. Mahambrey in his police complaint accused Khaunte of threatening him at the Assembly complex building on Wednesday evening.

Before that, Mahambrey addressed a press conference where he accused Khaunte of being involved in illegalities.

Later, Goa BJP chief Sadanand Tanavade alleged that Khaunte threatened Mahambrey as he was “frustrated” over the latter’s press conference. Khaunte was dropped from the Pramod Sawant-led state Cabinet last year. When contacted, Khaunte denied threatening Mahambrey.

“I have not touched anyone. The BJP is frustrated as we are exposing them in the House, hence they are trying to divert the attention,” he said.

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Upswing of totalitarianism

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n recent times, there has been an increase in the instances when sedition charges were filed under flimsy pretexts against intellectuals, human rights activists, filmmakers, university teachers, students, and journalists. All because they chose and dared to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of National Register of Citizens (NRC) or mob lynching in various parts of the country. On ‘Sedition’ the charges are filed under Under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code for an offence committed when “any person by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government.”

The Sedition Act of 1870 allowed the government to arrest or detain any person without a fair trial in the court who was seen protesting or criticizing the British Government. Section 124A was inserted in 1870 by an amendment introduced by the British when it felt the need for a specific section to deal with the offence. It was one of the many draconian laws enacted to stifle any voices of dissent at that time. Interestingly, the British have gotten rid of this law in 2009. Sedition is a non-bailable offence.

Punishment under the Section 124A ranges from imprisonment up to three years to a life term, to which fine may be added. A person charged under this law is barred from a government job. Section 124A (sedition) of the IPC is being increasingly used as a tool for the suppression of dissent. This unwelcome trend is being attributed largely to the overzealousness of attention-seeking ‘nationalists.’

These cases often don’t have a leg to stand on in the courtroom as the charges are mostly unsubstantiated and politically motivated. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of sedition cases registered in India rose to 70 in 2018, up from 51 in 2017 and 35 in 2016.

Among those historian who were booked for Sedition included- Historian Ramachandra Guha, filmmaker Shyam Benegal and vocalist Shubha Mudgal. They had written an open letter to the prime minister, voicing their concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching and other hate crimes.

The FIR had been registered on the order of a court in Muzaffarpur (Bihar), by a lawyer well known for entangling VVIPs in litigation. After a nationwide uproar, better sense prevailed and the charges were dropped. Only two of the 18 persons against whom trial was completed in three years (2014-16) were convicted; the rest were discharged or acquitted. In the latest, a nine-year old school student, who took part in a school play that picked holes in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), her mother, along with the head teacher of Bidar’s Shaheen School, is in judicial custody for alleged sedition and other charges pertaining to provoking breach of peace.

The police have been questioning the schoolchildren and the staff to find out who all were involved in scripting and staging the play. While democracy ensures equality and justice for all and freedom of speech, this essence appears to be taken away by totalitarianism from a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life such as freedom, will, or thought of others.

DailyDevotion Are You Ready To Be Poured Out As an Offering? (2)

I am already being poured out as a drink offering… —2 Timothy 4:6 Are you ready to be poured out as an offering? It is an act of your will, not your emotions. Tell God you are ready to be offered as a sacrifice for Him. Then accept the consequences as they come, without any complaints, in spite of what God may send your way.

God sends you through a crisis in private, where no other person can help you. From the outside your life may appear to be the same, but the difference is taking place in your will. Once you have experienced the crisis in your will, you will take no thought of the cost when it begins to affect you externally. If you don’t deal with God on the level of your will first, the result will be only to arouse sympathy for yourself.

“Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar” (Psalm 118:27). You must be willing to be placed on the altar and go through the fire; willing to experience what the altar represents— burning, purification, and separation for only one purpose— the elimination of every desire and affection not grounded in or directed toward God. But you don’t eliminate it, God does. You “bind the sacrifice…to the horns of the altar” and see to it that you don’t wallow in self-pity once the fire begins. After you have gone through the fire, there will be nothing that will be able to trouble or depress you. When another crisis arises, you will realize that things cannot touch you as they used to do. What fire lies ahead in your life?

Tell God you are ready to be poured out as an offering, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be.

Quotes

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Post-mortem

Govt yet to shed ‘charity approach’ towards PwDs

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he faulty policymaking blatantly ignores the newly enacted Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and diverges from the social approach towards disability adopted under the new Act. The aspirations of persons with disabilities in Union Budget 2020 were once again shattered with the Finance Minister announcing a meagre amount of Rs 9500 crore for senior citizens and persons with disabilities. The charity approach toward persons with disabilities can be still seen with them featuring under the care group of the development agenda and not under the aspirational group.

This in itself sets persons with disabilities a step backwards in the line of inclusion.

It is unfortunate that the official documents still continue to refer to the 1995 Persons with Disabilities Act for detailing their statutory obligations concerning persons with disabilities. The faulty policy-making blatantly ignores the newly enacted Rights of Persons with

Disabilities Act, 2016 and diverges from the social approach towards disability adopted under the new Act. The budget allocates around Rs 251 crore towards the implementation of the 1995 Act, which only covered seven disabilities, and not 21 as mentioned under the new Act. A National Fund has been constituted to secure finances towards proper implementation of the Act of 2016, but the lack of budgetary allocations around it have rendered it meaningless.

The Accessible India Campaign (AIC) which is one of the flagship programmes for accessibility does not find any mention in the Budget.

Although the AIC was successful more on the level of creating a noise around accessibility, its vision was not translated on the ground due to lack of accountability framework and transparency.

While hopes were pinned on its better implementation, lack of a financial framework has made it defunct.

India has the largest

concentration of persons with disabilities who face multiple vulnerabilities and deprivations as the majority population continue to live in poverty.

Accounting for the additional costs of disability increases poverty at both the extensive and intensive margin as the poverty rate amongst households with disabled member’s increases from 18 per cent to 34 per cent. Poor households with disabled members fall seven per cent below the poverty line on average when the cost of disability is ignored.

Accounting for the same can reduce this to three per cent. The Budget 2020-2021 has failed to take this into account. It continues to impose additional constraints through Goods and Service Tax (GST) on aids and appliances used by persons with disabilities, and there has been no tax exemption for them. Such measures will continue to impose more costs on the lives of disabled persons.

Accessibility to the physical, social, economic and cultural environment,

to health and education and to information and communication is important in enabling persons with disabilities to fully enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Research and promotion of universal design in products and services is important to ensure accessibility requirements of persons with disabilities.

And the budget document reveals that no allocation of funds has been made for research on disabilityrelated technology and products and neither for establishment of colleges for hearing impaired. Even the National Institute for Inclusive and Universal Design has seen a mere allocation of Rs 1 lakh.

The Rehabilitation Council of India, which is responsible for creating experts to work with persons with disabilities. has seen a token increment of Rs 5.50 crore from that of Rs 5 crore from last year.

Therefore, some recommendations that can be suggested in the hope that the concerns of persons with disabilities are included henceforth. For

instance, the procedure to avail customs duty relaxation/exemption on the goods for persons with disabilities should be linked with self-declaration to mitigate hardships caused in availing such exemptions/relaxations.

Persons with disabilities should be given a 0.5 per cent benefit in interest similar to that given to senior citizens on account of the rising cost of living and increasing disabilityrelated costs and should not be denied health and life insurance.

Proper funds should be allocated for the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. GST should be completely removed on goods used by persons with disabilities as it imposes high cost on products.

The income tax ceiling for people with disabilities and those with dependents with disabilities should be increased to Rs 5 lakh.

Increase in 80U exemption from Rs 75,000 for people with less than 75% disabilities and Rs 1,25,000 for people with

over 75% disabilities to Rs 1,50,000 and Rs 3,00,000 respectively. Increase in deduction on 80D from Rs 50,000 per dependent to Rs 1,00,000 per dependent. A database of taxpayers availing 80U deductions must be maintained. This will throw light on the number of taxpayers who have a Disability. A deduction of up to Rs 40,000 is allowed for the treatment of specified ailments such as thalassemia. This should be increased to the actual expenses or at least Rs 1 lakh (For example, a thalassemia major patient can spend up to Rs 1-2 Lakh pa). The list must be updated to align with the RPWD Act and ailments such as multiple sclerosis must be also recognised for such exemptions.

‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ can only be a reality when the government realises that “sab” includes people with different disabilities at different stages of their lives and their ‘vikas’ becomes imperative to the overall health of the Indian economy.

Arman Ali

De-radicalisation is the new call of security Is the Pan Naga Hoho scheme going

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aith-based radicalisation as distinct from ideological or ethnicity-based motivation behind militancy, is at the root of the new global terror of our times that has unfortunately got linked with the so-called ‘Islamic world’. In the Indian context, this threat had overtaken the challenge the state faced in the Naxalite belt or the North East. Invoking the war cry of Jehad -- a mandate of Quran to the faithful to fight for the defence of Islam and the Ummah in danger, till the last breath -- has been used in a facile way by many Ulema and the leaders of the community who were striving to retain their political power.

Socio-political and economic grievances have been turned into a cause for Jehad -- a ‘win win situation’ painted by its protagonists coming in handy for them to recruit the young for this ‘war cry’ in Kashmir and elsewhere. In any insurgency or militant movement, youth -- for reasons of their vulnerability to indoctrination and loyalty to their leaders -- tend to be on the forefront with a degree of daring that often made the task of bringing them back to the path of normalcy difficult.

In the Valley many of them got into a role of collaboration with the Pak terrorists infiltrated from across the LoC making counter-terror operations more arduous.

Radicalisation of youth, that led them to a blind acceptance of Jehad, is a known project of Pak ISI and its proxies in India engaged in an ongoing ‘proxy war’ against this country. What should cause concern is their determined bid to exploit the ‘Minority issues’ here. The environ created by the anti-CAA stir, with its no-holds-barred communal propaganda, must be receiving the closest attention of our national security set-up.

Radicalisation is now a serious long-range threat to India’s security because Pakistan is unabashed about giving safe haven on its soil to terror outfits having linkages across the spectrum of Islam and is determined to use all clandestine channels available to it, in Kashmir and elsewhere, to radicalise local youth including teenagers.

Pakistan wants the sleeper cells of terror recruits to support the covert offensive of the Mujahideen infiltrated from across the LoC in the

Valley or sent in clandestinely to other parts of the country.

De-radicalisation of misguided youth has, therefore, emerged as a prime strategy for India’s counter- terror effort.

Our security forces, led by the army, have to continue eliminating terrorists in Intelligence-based operations. However, apart from the hardened local militants, who accompanied the foreign Mujahideen and ran the risk of getting targeted in such operations, there could be some youth in varying stage of radicalisation falling into the hands of the army personnel.

It should be feasible for the civil administration to take them on for a non- coercive programme of ‘corrective education’ -- using the outreach to the families wherever possible -- for getting them back on the constructive path.

It may be mentioned that the army has evolved the practice of running health camps and other outreach programmes to build an image of friendliness towards law abiding citizens in the affected areas of Kashmir. This should strengthen the above endeavour of the government.

De-radicalisation initiatives are, however, greatly dependent on the capacity of the entire administration, including the police, to act as the eyes and ears of the state to detect youth who were vulnerable to radicalisation attempts of the adversary.

Many of the identified stone pelters of Kashmir would need this approach of a corrective response.

As part of a de-radicalisation educational programme, there may be incentives from the government for mainstreaming the youngsters by way of exploring the means of fixing them in jobs, facilitating their entry into a higher study programme or rendering a much needed financial help to their family.

Any programme of reeducating the ‘radicalised’ elements through interactions would call for the right content that highlights the value system of a democratic society, importance of religion as a source of social unity and advancement of peace, opposition to political misuse of freedom of religion and so on.

Competent communicators should be able to bring out how all religions believe in one God though they may call Him by their own names, explain that religion is a matter of individual faith and point

out that it was an important contributor of good social conduct involving respect for another person’s faith. Importance of showing reverence for symbols of the nation, considering national identity as the source of unity of all citizens and appreciating the greatness of democracy based on ‘one man one vote’ that worked for development of all and equal protection of law to all, has to be put across convincingly.

A clear message should be delivered to the youth that any indulgence in public violence under the misguiding influence of someone else can permanently damage the career for the life and that it was never too late to abandon the path of disruption and return to the sensible course of putting forth one’s demands in a peaceful manner.

In the context of Kashmir, it should be explained that post-370, the Centre had taken full responsibility for the development and protection of all the people of J&K as one state without discrimination between Valley and the Jammu region, that the state had suffered because of the corruption of the Valley parties who encouraged separatism for their own political gains and that Kashmiris will now see better opportunities of growth throughout India and will also be better protected against Pak-sponsored terror.

At the same time, it is extremely important that the security & intelligence set-up of the centre and the state identify the preachers and the hidden masterminds -- within India and abroad -- furthering the enemy’s agenda and take them on legally and operationally.

Equally vital is to scan the social media channels and websites used by the enemy agents to reach out to the targets for trapping them for recruitment in sleeper cells for terror activity.

A lot is being done in this direction but data collection and analytics for fixing the originators of the activity need an ongoing consolidation.

Our intelligence set-up would, of course, use the tradecraft to gain access to the adversary’s network getting over the ‘community’ barriers if any -- infiltration through ‘plants’ is successfully achieved by many agencies of the West.

(IANS) D.C. Pathak

to unite the Nagas or divide them?

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he meaning of the word “Pan” in a social context is to combine together a racial or religious group into one form.

The word “Pan Naga Hoho” is a new word in Naga national political vocabulary. It came into existence only in the mid 2010s.

This Pan Naga Hoho word is not mentioned or even alluded to, in the Naga Yehzabo (Constitution) which was approved by the Naga nation on January 14, 1956. As for Nagaland’s territories, the Naga Yehzabo states in Article 1 that the territories of Nagaland shall comprise of all the territory occupied by the Nagas from time immemorial.

It further states in Article 8 that the only national government to be recognized by the Naga nation shall be The Federal Government of Nagaland. As for the political organization of the Naga people, Part xiii of article 143 of the Naga Yehzabo states that the Naga National Council shall be the only political institution in Nagaland.

As for the official Naga Parliament, the parliament’s nomenclature is stated as the Tatar Hoho (House of the M.P.s).

The Naga Yehzabo is therefore a political umbrella like, national document that unites and integrates all the Naga peoples and lands under one federal government called the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN henceforth). This FGN was established on March 22, 1956 at Parashen in the Rengma region of Nagaland to run the affairs of the newly established Republic of Nagaland that was established on January 14, 1956. This same government went to war with India in the 1950s when Indian troops invaded Naga territories. It also signed an international Ceasefire Agreement with the government of India on Sept. 6, 1964. No other political settlement has been made with the Government of India besides this Ceasefire Agreement of 1964. (As for the Shillong Accord of Nov.11, 1975, the accord

is not a settlement agreement as even the word “Naga” or “Nagaland” is NOT at all mentioned in the Shillong Accord document.

The word Federal Government of Nagaland or the Naga National Council is also NOT mentioned at all in the document.

On the other hand, this Pan Naga Hoho idea is a very recent idea that emerged from the NSCN IM and Indian government talks beginning from 1997. As for its contents-for all that the Naga public knows or speculates- it is but an umbrella like canopy sprouting from within the 16,527 Sq. km. India created- Nagaland State of India.

However, the umbrella’s ends will reach down to the Indian created Naga lands within the boundaries of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh with financial autonomies.

This will be so, while geographically, these Naga lands will still remain within the boundaries of the Indian created neighbouring three states of India.

Therefore, in its true essence, this Pan Naga Hoho scheme will validate the splitting of Naga territories which had already been grouped together as a single entity in the Yehzabo of Nagaland and the Federal Government of Nagaland. In the Pan Naga Hoho scheme, there are even talks about the creation of a so called “Frontier Nagaland’ which will further split the Naga territories in the Tuensang division. This means that the ancient Naga territories of the Naga nation will be splintered into five regions under the Constitution of India. Such a scheme stands diametrically opposed to the Constitution of the Federal Government of Nagaland. But despite all these facts, some very misinformed (or shall we call them “naive Nagas” still thinks that this Pan Naga Hoho scheme is a grand new scheme that will bring immeasurable benefits to the present and future Naga citizens for all times to come.

Kaka D. Iralu

Reader’s Post

Don’t take it for granted Sir,

Back in the days, young people would address elders with their respective tribal connotations. But of late, the younger generation seems to be so westernised that they forget to address elders properly. I also feel that young parents have a big role to play in this.

As young parents, we must utilise every opportunity available to us and we need to continue the tradition of our forefathers because times are changing and our beliefs will get so diluted that our way of life will become foreign to us. It’s like good health. You may take it for granted until you lose it.

Amongla Kichu, Mokokchung

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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Firm on CAA, NPR, Modi raps opposition for hurdles

NEW DELHI, FEB 6 (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a blistering attack on opposition parties on their attempt to “misguide and misinform” the nation on Citizenship Amendment Act, National Population Register and Article 370. Replying to the debate in Rajya Sabha on a motion thanking the president for his address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament, PM Narendra Modi claimed that the opposition sang two tunes when it came to CAA. “The Kerala chief minister was, on one hand, warning about extremist elements infiltrating anti-CAA protests and on the other, his party was supporting them in Delhi,” PM Modi said.

PM Modi said the Kerala chief minister has warned about extremists being involved in anti-citizenship law protests in the state but Left party members were supporting similar protests in the national capital.

Quoting statements made by Ram Manohar Lohia and Lal Bahadur Shastri on supporting minorities facing persecution in Pakistan, PM questioned Opposition if “it was ok to misguide and misinform the nation?” “Can anybody be a part of a campaign that

Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha, during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, Thursday. (PTI)

does the same? The path being taken on CAA by many Opposition parties is unfortunate,” he said.

The prime minister claimed that anti-CAA protests were an attempt to cover undemocratic activity under the garb of protests against the law. He went on to say that no one is going to get political benefit out of the protests.

Earlier in the day, during his speech in Lok Sabha, PM Modi had referred to Jawaharlal Nehru’s letter to Assam’s first Chief Minister Gopinath Bordoloi asking him to distinguish between Hindu refugees and Muslim migrants from Pakistan.

In Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said the Congress is having problems when his government is taking decisions to fulfil wishes

of the country’s “founding fathers”.

Opposition to NPR shows anti-poor mindset: Mounting a strong defence for National Population Register, the prime minister said that parties which conducted the NPR during their terms were opposing it to play votebank politics.

Saying that the NPR process helps ensure that social welfare schemes reach the rightful beneficiaries, PM Modi accused those opposing it of having an anti-poor mindset.

In Rajya Sabha, he said the NPR was first done in 2010 and later updated in 2015. He said census and NPR are “usual administrative” processes which have been carried out previously as well but have now suddenly become contentious.

Questions asked in the NPR are purely governancerelated, he said citing the example of asking citizens of the language spoken by them and their parents are deeply linked to the schools that need to be set up in that particular area.

“Don’t try to mislead people,” he said, asking opposition parties to not politicise the issue for narrow political gains.

“They are opposing (NPR) for narrow and frivolous political narrative. This is anti-poor,” he said, adding his government had made productive use of the data collected by previous NPR to give benefits of the schemes to the poor.

“We have a record of your NPR, no citizen was persecuted based on that record of NPR,” he said, citing the statement of the home minister of the Congress-led UPA government appealing to citizens to enrol in the exercise.

Article 370 scrapped after proper discussion: Reacting to Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad’s accusation that Article 370 was passed without due discussion on it, PM Modi said that ‘this observation was not correct’.

Modi said one member said the decision to abrogate the special status for Jammu and Kashmir in August last

year was taken without discussion. “This observation is not correct. The entire nation has seen detailed discussions on the subject.

MPs have voted in favour of the decisions.” He attacked the Opposition for not offering any “constructive suggestion” during the debate, saying they made a “virtue out of stagnation”.

“People do not forget things easily. I want to remind the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha about the manner in which proceedings regarding the creation of Telangana took place” when the house was locked and televised address stopped when the bill to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh was passed, he said.

Modi listed the Centre government schemes implemented in J&K after the abrogation of Article 370.

He said for the first time in decades, people of Jammu and Kashmir got benefits of reservation.

Indian economy strong: In his 1 hour 16 minutes speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also claimed that the fundamental of the Indian economy were inherently strong.

“Fundamentals of the Indian economy are strong, inherent quality to move ahead. The youth wants us to think on a wider and bigger scale and hence, we

have set the target for a $5 trillion economy,” the PM told Rajya Sabha.

Accusing Opposition of dwarf vision, PM Modi said that ‘pessimism and gloom’ will not help India become a five trillion dollar economy. “There is no question of thinking small. Pessimism and gloom do not help us. We talk about a five trillion dollar economy. Yes, the aim is ambitious but we have to think big and think ahead,” the PM said.

The prime minister also took a jibe at the critics of GST. “If you had so much knowledge about GST, then why did you keep the nation waiting?” he asked.

“When Pranab da was asked me about GST, I asked him whether it is technology-driven and secondly, I asked him about the interest of manufacturing states. It is Arun Jaitley ji, who discussed this with the state and made it possible,” PM Modi said.

Meanwhile, the Motion of Thanks to the President Address was adopted by the Parliament soon after it was passed in the Rajya Sabha by voice vote amid a walkout by all Opposition Parties in protest against the discriminatory CAA. The Lok Sabha adopted the motion unanimously after all amendments given by the Opposition were negated.

7 Sheena Bora murder case: HC grants bail to Peter Mukerjea MUMBAI, FEB 6 (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in the Sheena Bora killing case, observing that prima facie there was no evidence of his involvement in the crime.

Justice Nitin Sambre granted bail to Peter Mukrjea on a surety of Rs two lakh and directed that he should not contact his children Rahul Mukerjea and Vidhi Mukerjea and other witnesses in the case.

The court, however, stayed its order for a period of six weeks so as to enable the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the agency probing the case, to file an appeal. Peter Mukerjea was arrested on November 19, 2015 in the case, in which his former wife Indrani Mukerjea is the main accused.

The court in its order noted that there is prima facie no evidence to infer that Peter Mukerjea was involved in the commission of the crime.

“When the incident took place, the applicant (Peter Mukerjea) was not in India. The trial in the case is already underway. The applicant is in jail since over four years and has recently undergone a bypass surgery,” Justice Sambre said.

“Except for statement

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of the approver in the case, Shyamwar Rai, there is no reference to Peter Mukerjea in any evidence. There is no other evidence to show his involvement in the conspiracy,” the court said.

Justice Sambre said on April 24, 2012, the date of the alleged killing, there was direct involvement of Indrani Mukerjea and her previous husband Sanjeev Khanna in the offence, as alleged by the CBI. “There is also no explanation put forth by the CBI as to why Peter Mukerjea was arraigned as accused in the case six months after the arrest of the other accused (Indrani and Khanna),” the court said. The court also refused to accept the prosecution’s argument that Peter Mukerjea conspired to kill Sheena Bora as he was unhappy with the relationship between her and his son Rahul Mukerjea.

Mehbooba, Omar and two RTI reveal dues of Air India towards VVIP charter flights Yogi issued show-cause notice others booked under PSA for ‘biryani to terrorists’ remark notice public order by the authorities. Similarly, senior PDP leader Sartaj Madani was booked under the PSA. Madani is the maternal uncle of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.

Both Sagar and Madani were detained in the aftermath of August 5 crackdown by the Centre on politicians following abrogation of special status of the erstwhile state, besides its bifurcation into two union territories. Their six-month preventive custody was ending on Thursday.

Earlier, the officials had said that former NC legislator Bashir Ahmed Veeri was also booked under the PSA but later it turned out that he had been released.

were also pending.

Under VVIP charter flights, Air India provides its aircraft to ferry-- the President, the Vice-President and the Prime Minister-- for which the bills are paid by the ministries.

If outstanding bills of VVIP charter flights were not enough, the carrier had also accrued bills of Rs 526.14 crore towards tickets taken on credit by government officials as on March 31, 2019, according to the reply.

Out of Rs 526.14 crore, Rs 236.16 crore were pending for over three years, Air India said in its response.

The airlines also said provisioned Rs 281.82 crore as an accounting charge in its account books for “prob-

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total pending dues towards VVIP charter flights and amounts owed by different public authorities towards Air India among other details.

The information under the RTI Act is defined as any record in any form held by or under the control of public authority which has to be furnished to an applicant within 30 days subject to exemptions under the law.

According to a response provided by the Civil Aviation ministry on December 5, 2019, a net loss of Rs 8,556.35 crore (provisional) was reported by Air India. The total debt of the airlines is pegged at around Rs 60,000 crore.

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EC said, prima facie, by making such remarks the senior BJP leader has violated provisions of the model code of conduct enforced for the February 8 Delhi assembly polls. Adityanath had made this remark during a speech here on February 1. It may be mentioned that the EC on Wednesday imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on BJP MP Parvesh Verma for his “terrorist” remark against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

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The decision drew sharp criticism from the BJP, which accused the ruling party of creating an “atmosphere of fear” among the masses to pursue vote-bank politics. Locals had hit the road in Watgunge area of the city on Wednesday evening, after two officials of a private bank, engaged to collect details for Aadhaar, visited the area, a source at the civic body said.

The protesters blocked the road, refused to provide details and held the officials captive for three hours, alleging that the process was being carried out for updating NPR -- an exercise, which the Mamata Banerjee government said, would not be allowed in Bengal.

The CM had also stated that NPR was a “dangerous game”, which could lay the groundwork for NRC. According to the KMC source, it was only after the police intervened, the two officials were rescued and later arrested. Both have been booked on charges of criminal conspiracy and under various sections of the IT Act, and remanded in police custody till February 12.

able non-recovery”.

Air India had stopped the practice of issuing tickets on credit to government agencies for the travel of their officials in December last year because of accruing pending bills.

In the RTI response, the airlines has provided a list of agencies against which bills were pending.

These include the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax, Intelligence Bureau, CRPF, Department of Posts, Reserve Bank of India among others.

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SRINAGAR, FEB 6 (PTI): Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, besides two political stalwarts from NC and its arch-rival PDP were booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) by the administration on Thursday, officials said here.

A magistrate accompanied by police served the order to Mufti at the bungalow where she has been detained, the officials said.

Abdullah was also booked under the PSA, they said. National Conference general secretary and former minister Ali Mohammed Sagar, who wields a support base in downtown city, was served with a PSA

NEW DELHI, FEB 6 (PTI): Cash-strapped Air India, which is being disinvested by the government, has outstanding dues of over Rs 822 crore towards VVIP charter flights, according to latest data provided by the national carrier to an RTI response.

In its RTI response provided on Wednesday to Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd), who sought to know the latest data on outstanding bills of Air India, the carrier said as on November 30, 2019, Rs 822 crore were pending towards VVIP charter flights.

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The 10-year Indian government bond yield was at 6.45 per cent.

On the domestic stock market front, the 30-share BSE Sensex settled 163.37 points, or 0.40 per cent, higher at 41,306.03. The broader NSE Nifty rose 48.80 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 12,137.95.

Foreign institutional investors purchased equities worth Rs 248.94 crore on a net basis on Wednesday, according to provisional exchange data.

The Financial Benchmark India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the reference rate for the rupee/dollar at 71.2664 and for rupee/ euro at 78.6544. The reference rate for rupee/British pound was fixed at 92.7746 and for rupee/100 Japanese yen at 65.12.

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(From p-1) In the light of the above, NPRAAF urged the state Lokayukta to ensure that violators of such illegal acts, must be brought to book so as to instil transparency and faith in the system while the Lokayukta was investigating the case of a former IAS officer of the Tourism department, involved in questionable appointments.

NPRAAF also demanded that the state government fully cooperate with and support the Lokayukta in delivering justice as cited above which the cabinet had been misled in approving the regularisation of the illegal appointments.

Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS): RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday ruled out any step by RBI to bail out the government from fiscal deficit expansion by printing more currency or monetize the deficit. “There is no plan to monetise the government’s fiscal deficit,” Das said during the post-policy conference.

The government has already crossed the fiscal deficit at 132 per cent of the estimate as of December-end and in the Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the use of ‘escape’ clause in the FRBM Act to expand the fiscal deficit to 3.8% in current fiscal (from 3 per cent announced in July Budget) and to 3.5% in the next fiscal (up from 3.3 per cent projected in the previous budget).

This is the third consecutive year that the government has revised its fiscal deficit target. For FY21, government will borrow a record Rs 8.1 trillion.

But for the current fiscal, the Finance Ministry will not raise any extra borrowing. Instead, the government has said it will raise Rs 2.4 trillion through small savings certificates for the current fiscal, against Rs 1.3 trillion estimated in the July Budget.

Since the small savings target for the current fiscal year is very ambitious which, if not met, raises threat of extra borrowings, therefore RBI monetising government on this was anticipated, but RBI has now ruled it out. Small savings mobilisation till December has been only Rs 1.21 trillion, according to data from the Controller General of Accounts.

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The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in the sixth bimonthly monetary policy review meet of 2019-20, unanimously voted to keep the repurchase or repo rate unchanged at 5.15 per cent while retaining its accommodative stance.

“The central bank recognised the stagflationary state of the economy, inflation at 5-year high (7.35 per cent) while growth at 6-year low (4.5 per cent),” said Rahul Gupta - Head of Research Currency Emkay Global Financial Services.

“In our view, if inflation falls below the upper tolerance band along with low growth RBI will definitely warrant for a rate cut. But if CPI continues to hover above 6 per cent, despite subdued growth we would see RBI undertaking the unconventional measures with unchanged repo rate,” Gupta said.

Meanwhile, the global crude benchmark Brent futures rose 0.22 per cent to trade at USD 55.40 per barrel.

T h e d o l l a r i n d ex , which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, rose by 0.03 per cent to 98.32.

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Mumbai, Feb 6 (PTI): The rupee on Thursday rose by 7 paise to close at 71.18 against the US dollar after the RBI left the policy rates unchanged but maintained its accommodative stance to boost growth.

Investor sentiments strengthened after the Reserve Bank of India signalled to continue with accommodative stance, while low crude oil prices, weakening of the US dollar and gains in domestic equity market supported the domestic currency, forex traders said.

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened on a positive note at 71.22. During the day, it saw a high of 71.11 and a low of 71.30.

The Indian currency finally settled at 71.19, higher by 6 paise against its previous close. The domestic unit had settled at 71.25 against the American currency on Wednesday.

“RBI kept its repurchase rate unchanged at 5.15 per cent, citing higher inflation. That, however, doesn’t mean the end of the rate cut cycle. The stance remains accommodative as RBI pointed out economic activity remains subdued and there is policy space available for future action,” said V K Sharma, Head

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(From p-1) The commissioner and secretary also informed that the department would be identifying different types of horticulture produces in all the districts and would be putting in check the overlapping of activities in the state.

He also stated that the department would facilitate air and train cargos for shipping the horticulture crops to the rest of the country. Besides, he said the department had plans to open outlets in metro cities and at airports.

Director of horticulture & mission director, Dr. R. Elithung Lotha, in his welcome note, stressed on how the farmers and entrepreneurs in Nagaland should take advantage of horticulture produces in order to encourage employment and agriculture in the state. NEDFI and entrepreneurs from Wokha, Dimapur and Tuensang participated in the day long meet.

and would also ease the process for tax administration of sending PAN cards to the residential address of the taxpayer.

The government has made PAN-Aadhaar linkage mandatory and over 30.75 crore PANs have already been linked to Aadhaar. However, as on January 27, 2020, over 17.58 crore PANs are yet to be linked with Aadhaar.

The last date for the PAN-Aadhaar linkage is March 31, 2020.

On how the proposed ‘taxpayer charter’ would work, Pandey said the idea behind it is that since all tax laws specify the obligation of taxpayers, the same for tax administration was not listed out and that is what is being done.

Going forward if a tax officer does not follow the charter, they would be penalised, he said.

“The whole purpose is ‘we should have a trustbased system’ where the honest taxpayers should not be harassed, we should have a minimal manual interface, most of the problem should be solved online, the whole system should be very very simple.

We made assessment faceless, now appeals faceless, we are moving in that direction,” Pandey said.

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New Delhi, Feb 6 (PTI): The government this month will roll out a facility to issue online PAN cards instantly on furnishing of Aadhaar details, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said.

The Budget 2020-21 has proposed to launch a system under which Permanent Account Number shall be instantly allotted online on the basis of Aadhaar without filling up the detailed application form as it sought to further ease the process of allotment of PAN. When asked when will the facility be launched, Pandey told PTI: “System is getting ready. So this month itself ”.

Explaining how the facility would work, he said individuals can go to the income tax department website and enter the Aadhaar number. A one-time password (OTP) will be sent to the Aadhaar registered mobile number.

The OTP will be used to verify Aadhaar details.

Following this PAN will be allotted instantly and the individual can download the e-PAN card.

This will help the taxpayer to get rid of the hassle of filling up application form and submitting it to the tax department

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“It has to be kept in mind that the central bank has several instruments at its command that it can deploy to address the challenges the Indian economy faces in terms of sluggishness in growth momentum,” he said.

The MPC said that while easing global trade tensions should encourage exports and spur new investment, the outbreak of the new coronavirus may impact tourist arrivals and global trade.

“Downside risks to global growth have increased in the context of the outbreak of coronavirus, the full effects of which are still uncertain and unfolding,” Das said.

The MPC said economic activity remains subdued and the few indicators that have moved up recently are yet to gain traction in a more broadbased manner. “Given the evolving growth-inflation dynamics, the MPC felt it appropriate to maintain status quo.”

On the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget last week, the MPC said, “the rationalisation of personal income tax rates in the Union Budget 2020-21, should support domestic demand along with measures to boost rural and infrastructure spending.”

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per cent. For the full 2020-21 fiscal, it put the GDP growth at 6 per cent, which is at the lower end of the 6-6.5 per cent expansion projected by the government’s Economic Survey.

To boost credit growth, it scrapped the mandatory requirement for banks to set aside cash of 4 per cent for every new loan extended to retail automobiles, residential housing, and small businesses till July 2020.

Also, in a major relief to the real estate sector, the RBI extended the restructuring of project loans by a year. Loans for projects that have been delayed for reasons beyond the control of their promoters have been extended by another one year without downgrading the asset classification. This aligns with the treatment accorded to other project loans for the non-infrastructure sector.

The move will bring much-needed relief to the cash-starved real estate sector.

At a news conference, Das said while the pause decision may be on expected lines, the RBI has several instruments up its sleeves, hinting at the use of unconventional tools such as the ones used by the US after the global financial crisis in 2008 to boost growth as rate cuts were not effective enough.

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Mumbai, Feb 6 (PTI): The Reserve Bank on Thursday expectedly kept interest rates unchanged amid uncertain inflation outlook but left the door open for more easing in future even as it took steps to spur credit growth in an economy facing its worst slowdown in more than a decade.

With all six members of the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das-led Monetary Policy Committee voting unanimously, the repurchase or repo rate was maintained at 5.15 per cent while retaining its accommodative stance.

With food prices driving retail inflation to a more than five-year high of 7.35 per cent in December, the central bank raised its inflation projection for the six months to September to 5-5.4 per cent from 3.8-4 per cent previously while terming the outlook on price rise as “highly uncertain”.

The RBI cut its policy rate by 135 basis points over five straight meetings last year, before hitting the pause button in December on inflationary concerns.

The RBI stuck to its prediction of 5 per cent GDP growth in the current fiscal - the lowest in 11 years but lowered its growth forecast for the first half of the coming financial year to 5.5-6 per cent from its December projection of 5.9-6.3

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A medical worker in a protective suit walks by patients who diagnosed with the coronaviruses settle at a temporary hospital in Wuhan. (AP/PTI)

tion. Meanwhile, a Chinese newborn has been tested positive for the killer virus, just 30 hours after birth, becoming the youngest case recorded so far, the BBC said in a report.

T h e b a b y, w h o ’s mother was diagnosed with the virus while she was pregant, was born on February 2 in a hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.

Similarly, a six-month

old baby in Singapore was known to have tested positive, as well as an eightyear-old from Wuhan who is currently in Australia.

The virus has spread overseas, with 25 nations confirming a total of 191 cases, although there has so far been only two deaths outside mainland China in the Philippines and China.

The other countries where coronavirus cases have been reported are

Japan (45), Thailand (25), Singapore (24), Hong Kong (21), South Korea (18), Australia (13), Germany (12), Taiwan (11), the US (11), Malaysia (10), Macao (10), Vietnam (10), France (six), UAE (five), Canada (five), India (three), Italy (two), the UK (two), Philippines (two), Russia (two), Cambodia (one), Finland (one), Nepal (one), Sri Lanka (one), Spain (one) and Sweden (one).

COLOMBO, FEB 6 (PTI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will undertake a four-day state visit to India and hold talks on a number of key areas including trade, defence and maritime security cooperation, his office announced here on Thursday.

The visit, beginning February 7, will be the Rajapaksa senior’s first overseas visit since his brother Gotabaya was elected President in November.

He will have meetings with President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

“The scheduled meetings will build on the strong relationship that already exists between the two countries,” Mahinda’s office said in a statement.

Mahinda hopes to finalise the implementation of the USD 450 million line of credit pledged by Prime Minister Modi to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa during his visit to New Delhi in November, according to the statement.

NASA astronaut who set female space record back on Earth Washington, Feb 6 (IANS): Astronaut Christina Koch who created a new female record by spending 328 days in space returned to Earth on Thursday after an 11-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS).

The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying the Expedition 61 Flight Engineer Koch, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of

Christina Koch (File)

Roscosmos and Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) reached Kazakhstan safely at 2.42 pm India time.

Koch in December set a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, eclipsing the record of 288 days set by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2016-17.

Her stay is just 12 days short of all-time US record

set by Scott Kelly during his one-year mission in 2015-16.

“Having the opportunity to be up here for so long is truly an honour. Peggy is a heroine of mine and has also been kind enough to mentor me through the years, so it is a reminder to give back and to mentor when I get back,” Koch said in December.

Koch, who arrived at

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Israeli troops wounded in Jerusalem car-ramming

Lankan PM Rajapaksa to visit India from Friday

the space station on March 14, was expected to be on a typical six-month mission.

NASA extended her stay, partly in a bid to collect more data about the effects of long-duration spaceflight.

Ko c h w i l l h ave spanned 5,248 orbits of the Earth - a journey of 139 million miles, roughly the equivalent of 291 round trips to the Moon.

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One of the 14 soldiers injured is in serious condition, the rest suffered light to moderate wounds.

where Jews can pray.

“During the incident, a terrorist sped his car towards (Israeli) soldiers,” the army said.

Israeli troops “are currently pursuing the terrorist who escaped the scene.”

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said “the incident is being investigated as a terror attack.” T h e r e have been car-rammings targeting Israeli troops in the past, in the occupied West Bank as well as Jerusalem.

The Islamist Hamas movement, which con-

trols Gaza, hailed the carramming as a “practical response” to US President Donald Trump’s controversial Middle East peace plan.

In a statement, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the attack was part of the “resistance operation” but stopped short of claiming responsibility.

It came amid heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, since the release last month of US President Donald Tr ump’s long-awaited peace proposals.

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" The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, Blessed be the name of the Lord."

Job 1:21 We, the family and relatives of Lt. K. Merenla, wife of Shri. N. Temsu Aier offer our heartfelt gratitude to all the friends, neighbours, churches and well wishers who stood by us, comforted us and helped us bear the bitter cup.

We convey our heartfelt special thanks to : 1. Doctors & Nurses, Oking Hospital, Kohima 2. OMH Council Kohima 3. OMH Youth Kohima 4. Molungyimsen Senso Telongjem, Kohima 5. Molungyimsen Fellowship, Kohima 6. Molungyimsen Baptist Arogo 7. Molungyimsen Senso Union, Kohima 8. Changki Union, Kohima 9. Changki Fellowship, Kohima 10. Kosasanger Putu Molungyimsen 11. Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo 12. KABA, Youth Department 13. Judge of Guwahati High Court (Kohima Bench) Loving Husband, Children and Family Members

Lt. K. Merenla

03.03.1957 - 28.01.2020

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Born in : Jan 1952 | Died on : 27-01-2020 We, the family of Late Yanpani (Nshumlo) Khuvung would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all individual, churches, villagers and well-wishers who stood by us and comforted us physically, financially and spiritually during the brief illness and demise of Lt. Yanpani (Nshumlo) Khuvung on 27th Jan 2020.

We would like to convey special thanks to:1. Lotha Baptist Church, Chumukedima 2. Lotha Eloe Ekhung, Chumukedima 3. Shaki Baptist Church 4. Shaki Khumshum, Dimapur 5. Shaki Khumshum, Kohima 6. Shaki Prayer Fellowship, Kohima 7. Shaki Eloe Yanpoe Yanpi Eyi 8. Shaki Eloe Khumshum, Dimapur 9. Faith Prayer Fellowship, Chumukedima 10. NIT Nagaland Faculty and Staff, Chumukedima 11. Chumukedima Okotso Khumshum 12. NCRC, Diphupar 13. Neighbours, friends and well-wishers, etc.

We regret our inability to thank each and every one personally but we do pray that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving children, grandchildren, in-laws and relatives.

Jerusalem, Feb 6 (AFP): A car-ramming targeting Israeli troops in Jerusalem wounded 14 people early Thursday in an attack that Palestinian Islamist group Hamas hailed as a response to Washington’s controversial Middle East peace plan.

A manhunt was underway for the driver who fled the scene outside a popular Jerusalem entertainment spot.

The attack occurred shortly before 2:00 am (2400 GMT) outside the First Station, an historic Ottoman-era railway terminus that has been turned into a cultural and entertainment centre with bars and restaurants.

The attacker struck in the street outside where the soldiers had been marching, the army said.

One of then soldiers was “severely injured” and has been evacuated to hospital.

Public radio said they were new recruits on their way to an induction ceremony at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, the holiest site

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BEIJING, FEB 6 (IANS): The death toll due to the fast-spreading novel coronavirus outbreak in China has increased to 563, authorities said on Thursday, while the number of confirmed cases also rose to 28,018.

The National Health Commission on Wednesday received reports of 3,694 new confirmed cases and 73 deaths on Wednesday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Xinhua news agency reported.

Among the deaths, 70 were in Hubei province and one each in Tianjin, Heilongjiang and Guizhou.

The commission added that 3,859 patients remained in severe condition, and 24,702 people were suspected of being infected with the virus.

A total of 1,153 people had been discharged from hospital after recovery.

The Commission said 282,813 close contacts had been traced, adding that among them, 21,365 were discharged on Wednesday, with 186,354 others still under medical observa-

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I s t anb u l , F eb 6 (AFP): A plane carrying 177 people skidded off the runway at an Istanbul airport, caught fire and split into three after landing in rough weather on Wednesday.

Officials said that noone had lost their lives in the spectacular accident, but 120 people were injured. Live images broadcast on Turkish television showed several people climbing through a large crack in the severed aircraft and escaping onto one of the wings at the rear.

The Boeing 737 operated by Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines had flown into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport from the Aegean port city of Izmir, NTV television reported.

The plane was apparently buffeted by strong winds and heavy rain lashing Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city.

“At the moment, 120 people who were injured have been hospitalised,” said governor Ali Yerlikaya, adding that most of them were “doing well, aside from one or two people.”

There were no deaths.

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“Some passengers evacuated the plane by themselves but others are stuck inside and our rescuers are working to free them,” Transport Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan said on CNN-Turk television.

The plane was carrying 171 passengers and six crew members, the governor said, while Turkish media reports said there were 12 children on board.

Governor Yerlikaya said the plane “slid some 60 metres” after skidding off the runway, and then “fell about 30-40 metres” down a bank.

The accident, which he attributed to bad weather, “could have had more serious consequences,” he said. NTV showed images of the badly damaged plane and flames inside, which were later put out by firefighters.

After darkness fell, television footage showed dozens of rescue workers in high-visibility jackets surrounding the plane with flashlights.

Some sprayed water jets onto the severed body of the aircraft, while others could be seen climbing up onto the plane to comb

through the cabin.

According to NTV, Turhan said the plane broke after a “strong landing” at Sabiha Gokcen, one of two main international airports in Istanbul.

The front of the plane including the cockpit was sliced off from bulk of the fuselage, and another huge fissure separated the rear of the aircraft including the tail.

Sabiha Gokcen, which lies on the Asian side of Turkey’s commercial hub, was closed and flights were being redirected to Istanbul’s main airport.

There had been very strong winds and rain in the area before the incident and poor weather conditions in Istanbul, particularly in winter, often lead to the cancellation of flights.

The Istanbul public prosecutor has launched an investigation into the incident. The plane had landed at the airport at 1518 GMT, the private DHA news agency reported.

Pegasus, which has been flying for 20 years, has a fleet of 83 aircraft, including 47 Boeings and 36 Airbus planes, according to its website.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF MY BELOVED MOM LT. LANUSANGLA ON HER 1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Mom, your life was a Blessing; an inspiration for me. You taught me that love must be taken care with respect.

I am blessed to be your daughter; you did your best for me with generosity.

In our home it is lonely today; missing you. Hope to see you again in heaven.

Remembering you this day and always.

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BORN : 06-03-1963 – DIED : 27-01-2020 "BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, AND I WILL GIVE THEE THE CROWN OF LIFE" - REV. 2:10 We, the bereaved family of Lt. Howoto Zhimo (Colonel Rtd) would like to offer our heartfelt gratitude to Friends, Relatives, Neighbours, Churches, Fellowships, Colonies, Villages, Councils, Unions, the President and Comrades of NSCN (IM), B.A. 4th Sem and Teacher-in-Charge of St. Joseph University, V.K. Area and Well-Wishers who provided sincere words of solace, comforting calls, support in the form of prayer, physical, material, financial and moral during his illness and our times of grief and sorrow. Words of thanks seem so inadequate for all of the kindness and concern that has been bestowed upon our family. Also, to those who helped in any way, your kindness made our loss more bearable. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude.

May our good Lord bless you all richly for blessing us with your kindness.

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Rescue members and firefighters work around the wreckage of a plane after it skidded off the runway at Sabiha Gokcen Airport, in Istanbul, Wednesday. (AP/PTI)

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Eilish criticised after saying Kirk Douglas, Hollywood legend Katy Perry is ambassador for Prince Billie rappers are ‘lying’ in their music and star of ‘Spartacus’ dies aged 103 Charles’ anti-trafficking charity

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aty Perry has become the latest ambassador for Prince Charles’ anti-trafficking charity British Asian Trust.

The singer joined the Prince at a dinner at Banqueting House in London last night (February 4), where her new role was announced.

Explaining her position in an Instagram post, Perry writes: “In my role,

I will primarily focus my spotlight on helping find solutions to end child trafficking.

“India has always been a place I have a magnetic connection with, and in addition to my work as a @UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, I’m excited to be part of the work of helping the children of South Asia. Every child matters and has the right to basic human needs.”

Introducing the Prince on stage at last night’s event (via Radio X), Perry said: “I’m excited to be here because I’m a big fan of his royal highness and all the work that he has done and is continuing to do, especially in India for children.

“In my own personal experience, he has an incredibly kind soul. So kind, that yes, sometimes he talks to his plants.

“And he asked me if I could sing to his plants,” she said of her first job in the role. “And I will, in the future. You have my word, sir.”

Charles then said he was “enormously grateful” for Perry’s “kind introduction,” adding: “She told me just now that she wanted to make it slightly more spicy, but I think she resisted the temptation.

“But I must say it was a great pleasure to have met her in Mumbai last November at a gathering for British Asian Trust council members on the day before my birthday. Meeting her turned out to be a wonderful birthday present.”

Katy Perry released her most recent album ‘Witness’ in 2017, and followed it up last year with a series of new singles – ‘Never Really Over’, ‘Small Talk’ and ‘Harleys In Hawaii’.

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illie Eilish has been criticised after saying in a recent interview that rappers are “lying” in their music.

The singer is the current cover star for Vogue and she made the comments about hip-hop artists to the publication.

“Just because the story isn’t real doesn’t mean it can’t be important,” Eilish said, justifying her use of alter egos in her songs.

“There’s a difference between lying in a song and writing a story. There are tons of songs where people are just lying. There’s a lot of that in rap right now, from people that I know who rap.”

She continued to illustrate her point by saying: “It’s like, ‘I got my AK-47 and I’m fuckin’…’ and I’m like, ‘What? You don’t have a gun.’ ‘All my bitches…’

I’m like, ‘Which bitches?’

That’s posturing and that’s not what I’m doing.”

Social media users have since called Eilish out for the

comments, with some pointing out that she has cited hip-hop’s influence on her own music in the past.

“Uses hip-hop influenced music to become famous – takes the aesthetic of hip-hop to become a fashion icon – shits on hip-hop,” one Twitter user wrote. “the normal white woman pop career path. Miley did the same thing.”

“Billie Eilish is 18, of course she has this freshman dorm cold take,” added another. “She’ll grow out of it in two years.”

Meanwhile, in the same interview, Eilish defended her friendship with Drake. The Grammy-winning star sparked concern last year when she revealed the 33-year-old rapper had been texting her.

“A grown man can’t be a fan of an artist?” she said. “There are so many people that the internet should be more worried about.”

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cclaimed Hollywood actor Kirk D o u g l a s, w h o starred in classics like Lust For Life, Spartacus and Paths Of Glory, has died aged 103.

His son Michael Douglas confirmed the news of his passing in a statement on Facebook: “It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103.

“To the world he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to.

But to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad, to Catherine,

a wonderful father-in-law, to his grandchildren and great grandchild their loving grandfather, and to his wife Anne, a wonderful husband.

Born in Amsterdam, New York in 1916, Kirk Douglas rose to fame in the golden age of Hollywood. He was one of the icons of the era, which also produced megastars like Gregory Peck, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.

With a career spanning six decades (1940s2000s), Douglas was prolific as a screen actor, and has more than 90 credits to his name. He was thrice nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in his illustrious career: for Champion (1949), The Bad And The Beautiful (1952), and Lust For

Life (1956). Although he did not win the statuette, he was conferred the Academy’s honorary award in 1996 in recognition of five decades in the industry.

B u t o f h i s r o l e s, Douglas was arguably best known for his role in Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus, in which he played the titular character. In the scene that has since been engraved in pop culture lexicon forever, Spartacus rises to proclaim “I’m Spartacus!”, identifying himself to spare others.

Douglas is survived by his wife, three sons (including Michael), five grandchildren and a greatgrandchild. Following the tragic news, an abundance of celebrities took to the Internet to share their grief.

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IIT Guwahati holds Alcheringa Cultural Fest Nick Cannon responds to accusations of homophobia in Eminem beef

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ashion model and mister India International 2012 from Nagaland, Opang Jamir and fashion designer Payal Goswami were the juries for the recently concluded Alcheringa Haute Couture competition held at IIT Campus Guwahati on February 2.

Over 20 fashion designers and fashion institutions within India participated

for this year 24th edition of Alcheringa Cultural Festival. The demolition crew from Kolkata won the first position, NIFT Shillong and NEIFT Bluecloud Guwahati bagged the 2nd and 3rd position respectively. Alcheringa Cultural festival is one of the biggest students’ festivals in northeast India, its inception in 1996 by a group of students of IIT Guwahati.

SRK goes gaga over Shakira, his ‘all time favourite’

ick Cannon has discussed accusations of homophobia that have stemmed from his ongoing feud with Eminem.

The beef began when Marshall Mathers took aim at Cannon and his ex-wife Mariah Carey on Fat Joe and Dr Dre single ‘Lord Above’ last year.

Cannon has since responded with no less than four diss tracks – ‘The Invitation’, ‘Pray for Him’, ‘Used To Look Up To You’ and ‘Canceled: Invitation’.

On ‘The Invitation’, Cannon claimed Eminem let his chauffeur perform oral sex on him, which resulted in accusations of homophobia being levelled

against Cannon.

Now, in an interview with DJ Vlad, Cannon has responded to the accusations. “Some people were saying I was being homophobic,” he began. “I was like, ‘I’m not scared of him sucking dick. There’s nothing scary about it, if that’s what you like.’ I was like, ‘Bring all your boyfriends to the show. Come to the show muthafucka.’”

Watch the full interview here. Later on in the interview, Cannon admits that part of the reason for his continuation of the beef with Eminem is to keep himself in the spotlight.

“2008, I was angry,” he said. “I was upset. I wanted

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to whoop his ass. 2019, I’m more level-headed. I’m more educated and I’m more calculated. I have a brand new morning radio show that’s doing very well. I have Hip

Hop battle rap television show that’s doing very well.

Ooh, let’s use this.

“I got a record label with artists that are signed.

Y’all can get some attention.

Let’s go ahead and get this.

He got them fans. He got them stans. Let’s go get this attention. Let’s create this conversation. I got a whole new group of followers now because of this process.”

50 Cent recently claimed that he advised Eminem to ignore the Nick Cannon beef, saying: “You can’t argue with a fool.

When you understand that a person is not registering even when they’re losing, then the argument goes forever. So you should just stop.”

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50th Wedding Anniversary

A big congratulation to Mrs Imsenkokla and Mr L. Mangyang on your 50th Wedding Anniversary.

May the Lord bless you with good health and many more good years.

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uperstar Shah Rukh Khan is all praises for ‘Whenever’ singer Shakira after her powerpacked performance at the Super Bowl event.

SRK on Wednesday took to Twitter and heaped praises for the “Hips don’t lie” fame artiste for her recent performance at the Super Bowl 2020 on Tuesday. “So wonderful, so hard working so absolutely entertaining. My all-time favourite,” Shah Rukh tweeted.

He also shared a picture in which Shakira is seen clad in a red dress, shaking a leg on the stage. Shakira also admires SRK a lot. In the past, she had mentioned that she’s a big fan of the King Khan. “@iamsrk I’ve always been a huge fan... would love to do something together some day! Big kiss, Shak,” she had tweeted.

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State Level Hindi Essay Writing Competition was held at Directorate of School Education on 29/01/2020 organised by Hindi Section through financial help extended by ‘SAMAGRA SHIKSHA’ Nagaland with Principal Director Shri. Shanavas C. (IAS) and Shri. Razouseyi Vese, Additional Director of School Education.

They encouraged the participants not to give up learning Hindi Language as it is the National Language and everyone has to know this beautiful language to communicate with others.

They also emphasized on the importance of Hindi and appealed to the participants to give extra time to this particular subject.

The competition was organised for the students of classes 7-10 of Govt. Schools.

The 1st prize was bagged by Smt. Kamala Thapa of GHSS P.W.D Kohima, following with the 2nd prize by Shri C. Pemong Phom of GHSS Tuengsang and 3rd by Smt. Nokenkala of GHSS Mayangnokcha Mokokchung and Smt. Chingnang Phom of GMS Block Longleng.

The prizes were handed to the winners by Principal Director Shri. Shanavas C. (IAS). The programme was chaired by Shri.

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Bayern squeeze into German Cup quarters Marseille cut gap to PSG in Ligue 1

Thomas Mueller celebrates with Bayern Munich team-mates after scoring a goal during their German Cup match against Hoffenheim.

BERLIN, Feb 6 (Agencies): Thomas Mueller weighed in with a goal and an assist as holders Bayern Munich squeezed past Hoffenheim 4-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the German Cup. Mueller’s golden run continued at the Allianz Arena to leave him with seven goals and nine assists in the 14 games since Hansi

Flick replaced Niko Kovac as coach last November.

Not to be outdone, Mueller’s forward partner Robert Lewandowski claimed two goals in the third round tie. However, Hoffenheim’s Israeli forward Munas Dabbur caused Bayern a few nervous moments with two late goals as the visitors came back from 4-1 down.

It was Mueller who had calmed Bayern’s early

nerves, forcing an own goal from Benjamin Huebner to equalise after Bayern defender Jerome Boateng had turned the ball into his own net.

Mueller then gave Bayern a 2-1 lead before Lewandowski netted either side of half-time to extend their lead before Hoffenheim’s late fight back.

Bayern are the biggest name into the last eight

after RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund both crashed out on Tuesday to Eintracht Frankfurt and Werder Bremen respectively.

After Lewandowski had an early goal disallowed for offside, Hoffenheim threatened an upset when Boateng turned a shot

by Hoffenheim winger Ihlas Bebou into his own net on eight minutes.

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ed just five minutes.

Canadian winger Alphonso Davies crossed to Mueller in the middle, but the ball clipped the knee of Huebner and looped into the net.

Bayern were 2-1 up on 20 minutes when David Alaba’s cross found Mueller and the Germany star fired home from close range.

Lewandowski then pounced when Hoffenheim goalkeeper Philipp Pentke failed to claim a high ball under pressure from Mueller.\ The Poland striker was on hand to head the stray ball into an empty net on 36 minutes and settled the matter with a well-taken fourth goal after the break.

L ewa n d ow s k i h a s scored in all four of Bayern’s matches so far in 2020 and leaves him with a season tally of 35 goals in 29 games in all competitions.

Union Berlin are also through after seeing off minnows Verl from Germany’s four tier with a 1-0 win thanks to a late goal by midfielder Robert Andrich.

A goal by Argentinian striker Lucas Alario helped Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-1 win at second division side VfB Stuttgart.

Paris, Feb 6 (Agencies): Dimitri Payet scored a brilliant goal as secondplaced Marseille claimed a 2-0 victory at Saint-Etienne on Wednesday to cut the gap to Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain back to 12 points although hundreds of their diehard fans were stopped from watching the game.

Andre Villas-Boas’ Marseille opened up a sixpoint lead over third-placed Rennes, who lost 1-0 at Lille on Tuesday, by bouncing back from successive goalless stalemates against Bordeaux and Angers.

The match was delayed by 15 minutes after clashes between the two sets of fans outside the Stade GeoffroyGuichard.

According to firefighters and the Saint-Etienne prosecutors’ office, there were no injuries or arrests.

However, the game was played without visiting supporters – believed to number around 400 – who left under police escort despite making a round trip of around 650km.

Payet gave Marseille a seventh-minute lead with a magnificent individual goal, shaping to cross before cutting onto his left foot and

Players of Marseille celebrate scoring a goal during their Ligue 1 match against Saint-Germain.

hammering the ball past bewildered home goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier from what seemed an impossible angle.

The former West Ham United star has scored 10 goals in all competitions this season. “I was looking for the cross, but I saw that he (Ruffier) wasn’t in his goal at all, so I took the opportunity to hit it hard,” Payet told Canal+.

“I will dedicate this match to our supporters who unfortunately this evening made the round trip but couldn’t reach the stadium.”

Saint-Etienne rarely threatened, although Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda had to be alert to keep out Lois Diony’s effort shortly before half-time.

The away side made the points safe in the 85th minute, as Nemanja Radonjic drilled a fine left-footed shot into the bottom corner.

Earlier on Wednesday, Lyon failed to close the gap to the top three as they were held to a goalless draw at home by lowly Amiens.

Rudi Garcia’s side sit sixth in the table, seven points adrift of Rennes, who occupy the third and final Champions League qualification spot.

Rayan Cherki, 16, came off the bench but was denied a winner when his effort struck the post.

“Too many players have been below their normal level,” said coach Garcia. “We gave our best and it wasn’t much.”

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G u wa h at i , F eb 6 (IANS): Mathematically, NorthEast United FC can still make it to the Indian Super League play-offs but will need to do too much in the remaining games, starting with a win against Kerala Blasters FC at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium here on Friday.

NorthEast United have 11 points from 13 games and are ninth on the table.

They can still make it to the top four, if they win all their remaining five matches. But for a side which has won just two of the games so far, winning five in a row could be a

difficult ask. That may still not be enough as they will need teams above them to drop too many points.

Last year’s semi-finalists, NorthEast have been pegged back by the premature exit of Ghanaian star Asamoah Gyan from the competition due to an injury. Since his exit, they haven’t scored a single goal in their last four matches.

“We had a lot of problems with strikers. We did not have a second striker.

Maximilian (Barreiro) left.

After that Asamoah had to leave due to serious injury and also Pana (Panagiotis

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The G.B of Fellowship Colony along with the residents are immensely grateful to Shri. H. Tovihoto Ayemi (Advisor Department of Power) and Mr. Niholu Ayemi (OSD, Department of Transport) for black topping the road in our colony and other developmental work. We, sincerely appreciate your benevolent aid and leadership. We hope that you will continue the good work in the future and may the Almighty bless you both abundantly.

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Triadis). In those four games in a row, we played really well but couldn’t score.

That is the only problem we have,” said NorthEast coach Robert Jarni.

Jarni might have been tempted to think what might have been had last year’s top-scorer Bartholomew Ogbeche continued with them.

The Nigerian striker helped the Highlanders make it to their first-ever play-offs last season but parted ways in the summer to join Kerala Blasters along with Dutch coach Eelco Schattorie.

Ogbeche has been in prolific form with 11 goals

for the Kochi-based side and has also netted seven in the last five outings.

Such has been the impact of Ogbeche’s departure from NorthEast that the striker has more goals to his name this season than what the Highlanders have collectively scored.

Neither Ogbeche nor Schattorie - who coached NorthEast last season -have had any cause to celebrate at Kerala. The former finalists were within a fighting chance of making it to the top-four but those hopes evaporated after they were grounded by Chennaiyin

FC 6-3. Kerala have now conceded 12 goals in their last three matches, including six at home during the last game.

“That (vs Chennaiyin) was not a complete defensive failure. It was more individual errors, we all know what happened. Till 38th minute, match was dominated by us. If you commit such mistakes, we need to address them. We did our work on that and we have to cut down those individual errors which can cost you games,” said Kerala Blasters assistant coach Ishfaq Ahmed.

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With immense pride and honour, we the Baimho Students' Union, Village Council and BBC would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to MR. AARON AKIVITO SEMA, son of Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema for becoming the youngest person to reach one of the Highest Altitude of the World during the Mt. Everest Fashion Runway which was held at Kala Patthar, Mt. Everest, Nepal on 26th Jan. 2020, coinciding with the 71st Indian Republic Day. He was the show-stopper at the event where he displayed his placard which reads "I, Aaron Akivito Sema, Aged 12 years, from Nagaland can humbly stand tall at the highest altitude for the cause of climate change. Why can't you? Let's be the change." It is also worth mentioning that Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema & Master Akivito Sema were the only two individuals who represented the entire country of India, thereby creating a rare history by registering themselves in the Guinness Book of World Record as the Highest Altitude Fashion Show in the World.

We pray that our Almighty God continue to bless and guide him in his future endeavours.

ATO CHOPHY KAVIHO CHOPHY President, BSU Advisor, BSU

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L o n d o n , F eb 6 (Agencies): Heather Watson will lead Great Britain’s bid to reach the new-look Fed Cup Finals in their qualifier against Slovakia.

Watson, who is Britain’s highest-ranked player in the absence of world No 14 Johanna Konta, faces Anna Schmiedlova in the opening singles rubber in Bratislava on Friday.

Harriet Dart will then Heather Watson take on Slovakia’s No 1 Viktoria Kuzmova in the newly-crowned Austra- divided into four groups of second singles rubber, with lian Open champion Sofia three, with the winner of each group advancing to debutants Naiktha Bains Kenin.

The 12 finalists will be the semi-finals. and Emma Raducanu named to face Kuzmova and Magdalena RybarikoOFFICE OF THE va in Saturday’s doubles.

The winner of the tie will join 11 other teams at FELICITATION the Fed Cup Finals in Budapest from April 14-19.

Mima Students’ Union expresses its warmest Last year’s winners commendation to Shri. Vilelie Khamo for being France, runners-up Austra- announced as a recipient of the Governor’s Gold Medal lia and hosts Hungary have 2020. The recognition stands testimony for the outstanding already secured a place in and selfless services rendered to the society. the finals, along with 11The union also congratulates Ms. Mhasinuo Tepa, time champions the Czech daughter of Lt. Teisovi Tepa for being awarded the Union Republic, who were given Home Minister Medal 2020 for her excellence in Police a wild card.

Training and Mr. Atou Rülu, son of Mr. Vilapra Rülu The remaining eight for securing the 3rd position (under 16) in the recently teams will be decided by th the qualifying ties, which concluded 58 SASA Wrestling Meet 2020.

May the Almighty God continue to bless and guide you include Latvia away to a daunting United States all in your future endeavours. side featuring Serena WilMetebo-o Sote Neingutuo Tsochü liams, Coco Gauff and President MSU Information & Publicity Secretary

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Mumbai City beat Jamshedpur FC 2-1

Players of Mumbai city and Jamshedpur FC fight for the ball during their ISL match.

Mumbai, Feb 6 (Agencies): Mumbai City FC came back from behind to beat Jamshedpur FC 2-1 in a crucial Indian Super League (ISL) 2019-20 clash on Thursday at the Mumbai Football Arena.

Noe Acosta (7’) had given Jamshedpur the lead in the first half but the hosts came back strongly in the second half as Armine Chermiti (60’) and Bidyananda Singh (90+2’) scored for Mumbai.

Jorge Costa made two changes in the Mumbai City lineup from their last game. Pratik Chaudhari and Raynier Fernandes returned in the starting lineup

replacing Hminthangmawia and Modou Sougou.

Antonio Iriondo, on the other hand, brought in three changes in the Jamshedpur starting lineup.

Narender Gahlot replaced suspended Jitendra Singh in the backline while David Grande and Aniket Jadhav came in for Sumeet Passi and Amarjit Singh.

I t wa s a n a c t i o n packed first half with end to end football right from the beginning of the match.

Mumbai had found the back of the net in the 4th minute when Chermiti slotted the ball home from a corner but he was given offside.

From the very next

move, Aniket Jadhav made a run into the Mumbai box and squared the ball for Farukh Chaudhary but before he could receive the ball Sourav Das brought him down and gifted the visitors a penalty. Noe Acosta converted the spot-kick to put Jamshedpur in front.

Mumbai kept control of the game after conceding early and had more possession of the ball but Jamshedpur pressed very hard in the middle and successfully held on to their lead at half time.

Jorge Costa made a double substation at the beginning of the second half as he brought in Serge Kev-

Having Ross helps in the middle: Nicholls Auckland, Feb 6 (IANS): New Zealand opener Henry Nicholls lavished praise on experienced campaigner Ross Taylor for his masterly hundred in the first ODI that helped the hosts beat India, saying his presence at the crease and the conversations helped him.

Riding Taylor’s 21st ton, the Kiwis gunned down India’s mammoth 347/6 to win by four wickets with 11 balls to spare in Hamilton on Wednesday.

This was New Zealand’s highest-ever run chase The second ODI will be played in Auckland on Saturday.

“Having someone like that at number four, especially with Kane Williamson not being there as well, the experience he brings is immense. It is not just about the runs, because batting with him in the middle, you keep having those conversations that help your batting too,” Nicholls said here on Thursday.

Taylor smashed an unbeaten 109, with Tom Latham scoring 69 off 48

Henry Nicholls

balls and Nicholls scoring 78.

“The dimensions of the ground helped us and he certainly likes batting there. It was a great partnership and great knock from him. Ross being there till the end to be not out and win the game was immense for us,” he said.

On Lathham’s knock, he said: “Tom and I have played together for a long time, so I have certainly seen him play like that before. He is very versatile and adaptive to the game scenario and conditions.

The way he started, well it was slow, 2 off 10 balls or something.

“But he managed to put the pressure back on Kuldeep (Yadav) and their other spinners. Being captain he led from the front and that partnership changed the game for us,” said Nicholls.

Nicholls said their 5-0 drubbing at the hands of India in the T20I series did not have any bearing going into the one dayers.

“We didn’t feel it as part of the group coming in. So I wasn’t feeling any pressure and there is no need to prove anything. It was a small ground and a big chase, so it was nice we were able to do that,” Nicholls said.

“It was great, our biggest chase ever in ODI cricket and it was good to be able to contribute in it.

In the past, playing India in India, we have had a couple of chases around the 300-mark and others we got close to. It was nice to do that again at home, and to actually win the game, it was great,” he added.

yn and Bidyananda Singh in place of Sourav Das and Raynier Fernandes.

The hosts went all guns blazing right from the beginning and were looking hungry for an equaliser.

They finally got the goal at the hour mark when Armine Chermiti converted a clinical header from Diego Carlos inch-perfect cross.

Jamshedpur showed some fight after 75 minutes and had come very close to take the lead in the 84th minute when they got back to back chances to score.

First Castel failed to tap in from a handshaking distance off Acosta’s low cross which Amrinder saved.

Amarjit tried to slot the rebound home but Chermiti blocked the ball.

The visitors were punished for being wasteful as Bidyananda Singh scored the winning goal in the injury time. Rafique initiated the move by keeping a low cross inside the box which Joyner Lourenco had intercepted but the ball went to Pratik who laid it off for Bidyananda and the youngster found the back of the net with a brilliant shot from the edge of the box.

Mumbai picked up their seventh win of the season and remained on the fourth position ending Jamshedpur’s dream of making it to the play-offs.

demic” that could skew public perception in the run-up to the Olympics and Paralympics.

“Fear is spreading quicker than the virus,” he said.

“It’s impor tant we quell that fear. Only 191 of the total cases are outside mainland China, so let’s put things into perspective.

If you compare those rates with the common flu, they are still relatively small numbers,” added Spence.

“The World Health Organization (WHO) has not declared this a pandemic.

We dealt with the Zika virus in Rio and in these matters we need to rely on the experts.

“We will follow the advice of the World Health Organization. Every or-

ganising committee looks into countermeasures, and we have measures in place from previous Olympics and Paralympics here in Tokyo.

It is standard practice, it’s business as usual.”

More than 20 countries have confirmed cases of the flu-like coronavirus.

Japan has had no reported deaths so far, but 45 cases have been detected, including at least 20 people on a cruise ship carrying more than 3,700 passengers and crew quarantined off Yokohama.

The WHO has declared the outbreak a global health emergency. Japan has warned citizens against non-essential travel to China and fast-tracked new rules including limits on entering the country as it tries to con-

London, Feb 6 (IANS): England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of England’s Test tour of Sri Lanka and the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which begins on March 28.

Archer sustained a bone stress injury to his right elbow following England’s opening Test against South Africa at Centurion last month and was ruled out of the final three matches of the four-match series which Joe Root’s team won 3-1.

He underwent further scans on his injured right elbow on Wednesday in the UK which confirmed a low grade stress fracture, stated England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a statement.

“He will now commence an injury rehabilitation program with the ECB medical team with a view to be ready for the international summer campaign starting in June against the West Indies in a three-match Test series,” it added.

England are scheduled to travel to Sri Lanka to play a two-Test series beginning March 19.

The 25-year-old fast bowler played 11 matches for Rajasthan Royals last season and scalped 11 wickets. In 2018, he had played 10 matches where he picked up 15 wickets.

Kohli is India’s most valuable celebrity

Virat Kohli

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS): Team India skipper Virat Kohli is a modern-day idol for many youngsters.

He has innumerable records to his name in the game of cricket and his popularity can also be judged by his brand endorsements which is currently highest among celebrities in India.

According to a study by global advisory firm, Duff and Phelps, Kohli topped the brand valuation list for the third consecutive year as his value rose by an impressive 39 per cent to $237.5 million in 2019.

In the study titled Celebrity Brand Valuation Study 2019: “New is Gold.” which provides a ranking

of India’s most powerful celebrities based on brand values derived from their endorsement contracts, the 31-year-old Indian skipper was ahead of many Bollywood stars Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shah Rukh Khan.

A k s h ay Ku m a r i s second in the list when it comes to brand endorsements with brand value of $104.5 million, at a growth of 55.3 per cent.

Celebrated Bollywood couple Ranveer Singh and Deepika, claimed the third spot with a brand value of $93.5 million each. Deepika retained her most valuable female celebrity status for

the second consecutive year whereas Ranveer moved up a spot, to now occupy the same position as that of his wife.

The other sportspersons in the list are all cricketers with M.S. Dhoni claiming the 9th position with a value of $41.2 million, Sachin Tendulkar taking the 15th spot and Rohit Sharma in the 20th place.

Kohli is currently leading Team India in New Zealand in the three-match ODI series. India had won the five-match T20I series 5-0 and would now be looking to stage a comeback in the ODI series after they lost the first match on Wednesday.

Spurs beat Southampton in FA Cup 4th-round replay London, Feb 6 (IANS): Tottenham edged Southampton 3-2 in an FA Cup fourth-round replay that was decided on a penalty conversion by Son Heungmin shortly before the start of second-half stoppage time.

The teams had to square off in a rematch on Wednesday after their initial fourth-round encounter on January 25 had ended in a 1-1 draw, reports Efe news.

Jose Mourinho’s men jumped out to an early lead at the 11-minute mark at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London when a shot by French midfielder Tanguy Ndombele ricocheted off defender Jack Stephens and travelled out of the reach of net minder Angus Gunn and into the goal.

But the Saints were unfazed by the early deficit and mostly outplayed Tottenham over the remainder of the contest.

In the 19th minute, Danny Ings had a golden chance to score the equa-

Olympics will go ahead: Tokyo organisers Tokyo, Feb 6 (Agencies): Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Thursday the Games would “go ahead as planned”, slamming misinformation over the new coronavirus for triggering panic.

Chief executive officer Toshiro Muto revealed that organisers have set up a task force to combat the fastspreading disease that has killed over 560 people and infected at least 28,000 -- the vast majority in mainland China -- but promised that the Games would be not derailed.

“The Olympics will go ahead as planned,” he told reporters after a Paralympic project review.

“It is important to remain objective and coolheaded. We don’t want to alarm the public. The infection is still limited and there is no problem staging the Olympics based on the current situation.”

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) spokesman Craig Spence complained that scaremongering had created an “info-

Archer ruled out of IPL with fracture

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tain the spread of the virus.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday pledged that preparations for the Olympics would proceed as normal.

“The coronavirus is beginning to have an impact on tourism,” he said. “But the government will continue to steadily prepare for the Games in close cooperation with the IOC (International Olympic Committee), the local organising committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.”

The Japanese government has chartered three flights to repatriate 565 Japanese nationals from Wuhan, the central Chinese city hardest hit by the virus. Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike promised at the weekend to implement “thorough measures” to protect people from the virus.

The health scare has led to the cancellation of Olympic qualifying events in China such as boxing and badminton. The Tokyo Olympics begin on July 24 with the Paralympics starting on August 25.

Tottenham’s Son Heung-min in action during their FA Cup fourth-round replay match against Southampton.

liser from just outside the six-yard box, but his shot slammed off the crossbar.

The visitors managed to knot the game at 1-1 15 minutes later, however, when a poor block by Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris set up Southampton striker Shane Long for a short-range finish.

Paes part of Indian Davis Cup team

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS): Veteran tennis star Leander Paes has been included in the Indian Davis Cup team that will travel to Zagreb to face Croatia in their World Group Qualifiers, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) announced on Thursday. The tie is scheduled to be held on March 6 and 7.

Paes, who announced in January that he will be calling time on his 30-year professional career at the end of the 2020 season, is accompanied by fellow doubles veteran Rohan Bopanna in the team. Divij Sharan has been picked as the third doubles player.

India’s top ranked singles players Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who is placed 122 on the ATP rankings, Sumit Nagal (125) and Ramjumar Ramamnathan (182) have all been included. Rohit Rajpal is the non-playing captain while Zeeshan Ali remains coach of the team. The AITA said that the playing five will be announced on a date closer to the event.

The Spurs were able to preserve the tie heading into halftime despite a very unconvincing performance, while the Saints’ strong showing was marred by an apparently serious knee injury suffered by midfielder James Ward-Prowse.

Ward-Prowse was in visible agony and had to

be taken off on a stretcher in the 39th minute after young Tottenham winger Ryan Sessegnon caught him with his studs on a clearance.

Both teams had good chances to score early in the second half, with Sofiane Boufal and Lucas Moura failing to convert

chances for Southampton and Tottenham, respectively.

Finally, the visitors grabbed the lead when Ings scored on a curving strike just inside the post in the 72nd minute.

The entire tenor of the match changed, however, in the final stages.

Moura scored the 2-2 equaliser with a right-footed shot in the 78th minute and then Son was brought down in the area by the Saints’ net minder eight minutes later. The South Korean did the honours himself on the penalty try, stepping up to the spot and slotting the ball home for the winner.

Tottenham will next square off at home in the first week of March against Norwich City in the fifth round (round of 16) of this annual English knockout football competition.

Matches in that round will not be replayed, so if the Spurs-Norwich contest is tied at the end of regulation extra time, penalties will determine who reaches the quarterfinals.

Ponting, Gilchrist to lead teams in Bushfire Bash

Melbourne, Feb 6 (IANS): Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist will lead their respective sides in the Bushfire Cricket Bash now set to be played on Sunday at the Melbourne’s Junction Oval.

The fundraiser game was originally scheduled to be played between Ponting XI and Shane Warne XI on Saturday in Sydney. However, Sydney’s forecast wet weather prompted Cricket Australia to reschedule the game to ensure the best possible pitch and outfield conditions are available for the Big Bash League (BBL) final, which will remain as scheduled in Sydney on Saturday night, reports cricket. com.au. The rescheduling has meant that Warne will now be unable to take part in the Bushfire bash because of his prior commitments.

Former Australia cricketers Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey as well as a number of the female stars, who were set to play, will also not

Ricky Ponting

be able to part of the game.

India legend Sachin Tendulkar will attend as coach of the Ponting XI, while West Indies fast bowling great Courtney Walsh will coach the Gilchrist XI. The exhibition match will be a 10-overs-per-side contest, with a five-over Powerplay, no bowling restrictions, and batters unable to get out from the first ball they face. Bowlers will not have over limits, fielders can sub on and off as it suits, while captains will have the ability to sub batters in and out during an innings.

While the charity match will now be played

Adam Gilchrist

in Melbourne, the Saturday night in Sydney will still be a fundraising opportunity, with all match profits and funds raised at the BBL final going to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund.

Current playing squad for the Bushfire Cricket Bash: Ricky Ponting (c), Adam Gilchrist (c), Brian Lara, Yuvraj Singh, Wasim Akram, Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Shane Watson, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Alex Blackwell, Dan Christian, Nick Riewoldt, Elyse Villani, Luke Hodge, Cam Smith.

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