January 9, 2020

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Vol XXX No. 32

DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 Pages 12 ` 5.00

JNU violence: Bollywood supports Deepika

ISL 2019-20: FC Goa ease past NorthEast United

Israel warns of ‘strong blow’ if Iran attacks

NATIONAL, PAGE 5

SPORTS, PAGE 12

INTERNATIONAL, PAGE 9

No US casualty in Iran missile attacks: Trump

REFRAINS FROM WARMONGERING; VOWS TO PUNISH IRAN WITH SANCTIONS

(L) Iran TV shows launch of missile against US base in Iraq (R) President Donald Trump addresses the nation.

WA S H I N G T O N, J A N 8 (AGENCIES): Less than a day after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at bases in Iraq housing U.S. and coalition forces, President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to decide against further escalating a military confrontation with Iran.

“As we continue to evaluate options in response to Iranian aggression, the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime,” Trump said in an address to the nation.

Sanctions, however, punishing, would represent a marked de-escalation of the current tensions between the United States and Iran, which began last week

Jacob allays fear over implementation of ILP in Dimapur DIMAPUR, JAN 8 (NPN): Public Health Engineering minister Jacob Zhimomi Wednesday allayed fears over implementation of inner line permit (ILP) in Dimapur district, saying ILP was not to harass any citizen but to know who is entering the state and for what purpose.

“It is to prevent illegal immigrants from illegally entering the State,” Jacob stated. He further mentioned about the Government’s notification in 1979 where approval was given to extend tribal belt to entire Dimapur district and said that ILP was not a new concept. “There are various categories for tourists, labour class, skilled labour, renewal basis, sms alerts and other technological involvement so there is no need to panic,” he assured.

Addressing the District Planning and Development Board, Zhimomi also expressed serious concern over the presence of industrial units in the residential and school areas. He said establishments of brick kilns, stone crushers/quarrying within school and residential areas will not be permitted if the industrial units do not fulfill the required provisions as it pertains to health issues, pollution and water contamination.

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when an American drone killed top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.

In response to the extrajudicial killing of Soleimani, Iran on Tuesday fired missiles at several Iraqi military bases known to house U.S. and coalition forces involved in the fight against ISIS. But instead of announcing a stepped up military offensive, however, Trump used his prepared remarks on Wednesday to strike an uncharacteristically positive note.

“I’m pleased to inform you, the American people should be extremely grateful and happy,” Trump said. “No Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime. We suffered

no casualties. All of our soldiers are safe and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases. Our great American forces are prepared for anything.”

“Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world,” Trump continued. “No American or Iraqi lives were lost because of the precautions taken, the dispersal of forces and an early warning system that worked very well.”

Trump defended the controversial U.S. decision to kill Soleimani while the general was visiting Iraq last week, calling him a “terrorist.” But the president stopped far short of threatening further military action.

“As we continue to evaluate options in response to Iranian aggression, the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime,” Trump said. “These powerful sanctions will remain until Iran changes its behavior.” Trump also said US forces are “prepared for anything,” but for now, “Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world”. Asserting that as long he was US President, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, he called it the “leading supporter of terrorism” and that it had “threatened the civilized world”.

Calling on Europe and other parties, such as Russia and China, to the 2015 Iran nuclear accord to abandon the deal and negotiate a new one, Trump said that he would ask Nato to “become much more involved” in the Middle East.

Even though Trump threatened Iran with additional sanctions, he also appeared to offer the Iranians an olive branch, signalling the United States does not seek a war with Tehran. “The US is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it,” Trump said.

Rio highlights financial problems of the state with 15th Finance Commission DIMAPUR, JAN 8 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister, Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday highlighted the plight of the state’s financial health, particularly following the change in the system of financing after 1989, when the funding arrangement put in place under the 16 Point Agreement was discontinued.

Holding a meeting with the two-member 15th Finance Commission team-- Dr. Ashok Lahiri and Ajay Narayan Jha at the chief secretary’s conference hall in Kohima, Rio explained the problems the State had to face due to its remote location, besides being financially handicapped.

He also raised some issues of concern to the State like the need for help in setting up Chiethu airport, for which land had already been acquired and importance of the foothill road for economic development of the State.

Rio further briefed the members how the manufacturing sector had been heavily affected by the ban imposed by Supreme Court of India on felling of timber.

The chief minister also highlighted the problems caused due to non-completion of road projects in the State despite the

Neiphiu Rio at a meeting with 15th FC members in Kohima Wednesday. (DIPR)

passage of many years, causing untold problems to the people.

On his part, the Planning minister, Neiba Kronu raised concerns over the slow rate of development and the need for funds for maintenance of assets.

He also pointed out the problem faced by the State due to discontinuation of SPA funding, resulting in liabilities of more than Rs 500 crore.

The Finance Commission members observed that Nagaland had high revenue expenditure compared to other North-eastern States, that the level of AT&C losses in power sector was very high and that the entire Northeast was lagging behind in infrastructure development. They observed that the Credit Deposit (CD) ratio was very low.

Other issues discussed included direct benefits transfer, PFMS, banking coverage, low

CD ratio, low resource base, high revenue expenditure and decline in capital expenditure.

Lahiri emphasised focusing on agriculture sector, harvesting abundant rainfall in the region and produce more so as to reduce dependence on commodities from outside the State.

He also stressed becoming more self-sufficient in fish and meat products.

The members expressed the need for the State government to explore more avenues to generate resources to fund its developmental activities.

Most importantly, the 15 FC member stressed on rationalisation of employees so as to bring down revenue expenditure and increase developmental expenditure. There was also discussion on the functioning of local Bodies in the State, including communitisation of public institutions.

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Ukrainian airline crashes in Iran, all 176 dead CS hopeful about visit of 15th FC

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim, Wednesday. (AP/PTI)

TEHRAN, JAN 8 (AGENCIES): A Ukrainian airliner carrying 176 people crashed on the outskirts of Tehran during a takeoff attempt Wednesday hours after Iran launched its missile attack on U.S. forces, scattering flaming debris and passengers’ belongings across farmland and killing everyone on board. The Ukraine International Airlines flight was carrying 167 passengers and nine crew members from several countries. Ukraine Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said they

included 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three British nationals. The passenger manifest included several children and teenagers, some as young as 1 or 2.

The Iranian military disputed any suggestion the plane had been hit by a missile, and Iranian aviation authorities said they suspected a mechanical problem brought down the three and half year old Boeing 737.

However, Ukraine has refused to rule out that the plane

that crashed in Iran and killed all 176 on board was struck by a missile.

Initially, Ukraine’s embassy in Iran said on Wednesday morning that engine failure caused the plane to crash and denied that it was terror-related or that a rocket had hit the aircraft. But it later withdrew this statement, saying that anything was possible, and Zelensky instructed Ukraine’s prosecutors to open criminal proceedings over the crash.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said: “Our priority is to find the truth and everyone responsible for the tragedy.”

M a j o r wo r l d a i r l i n e s Wednesday rerouted flights crossing the Middle East to avoid danger amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

Iran ‘won’t hand over’ black box: Iran said it will not give the black box of the crashed Ukrainian airliner to planemaker Boeing, the head of Tehran’s civil aviation organisation was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Correspondent

KOHIMA, JAN 8 (NPN): As 15th Finance Commission members Dr Ashok Lahiri and Ajay Narayan Jha arrived here Wednesday to meet State government officials, chief secretary Temjen Toy clarified that the duo were not on a mission to help the state in wiping out its revenue deficit but expressed confidence that they would understand the predicament that the state was under and suitably recommend a favourable revenue gap grant.

Toy said this in an exclusive interview to Nagaland Post at his office chamber Wednesday. When asked about what the state expected, he reminded that Nagaland was created out of political necessity though economically unviable. Further, he explained that because of historical reasons the employment rate in government was so high that most Central funds were spent on salary.

Toy reminded that Nagaland has a small resource base and no matter how much effort was made to improve, it would hardly make much difference. He illustrated by saying that State’s total resources, including taxes, hardly came to a thousand crore rupees that could hardly meet a

month or two of monthly salary for government employees.

Toy said the everything was government centric while business and industries were not able to come up for various reasons and all these contributed to the sad affairs of the State. He felt that the immediate future of the state in being financially self-reliant appear bleak. On excess employment in government sector, Toy conceded that tough measures needed to be initiated to check it. He said time has come for the State to come out of the over dependence on the government.

He said the state government was seriously considering on how to offset the over employment.

About the backdoor appointment, Toy vowed he would take action that instead of accusing the government, people must come forward and bring the issue to his knowledge.

He also asserted that squatters from airport site would be evicted and that the Dimapur district administration was already working on it.

On his instruction to stakeholders involved in construction of four-lane road from Patkai to Purana Bazaar to submit latest status report by first week of January 2020, Toy revealed that he was yet to receive the report.

NST divisional manager clarifies

DIMAPUR, JAN 8 (NPN): In a rejoinder to the statement issued by Nagaland Lokayukta regarding absenteeism of staff and offices remaining closed in the state capital, the NST divisional manager, Kohima Vikiho H. Yepthomi clarified that the NST divisional manager’s office has been functioning in the AMK building opposite to Congress Bhavan and not as shown in the photo that was published in the media.

Yepthomi said the photo the office building, submitted by B.Phom Dy. SP of Nagaland Lokayukta Police establishment, was allotted only recently and currently under minor renovation.

Stating that the new office would be occupied soon by the department, Yepthomi has therefore requested the concerned authority “to make necessary correction and exclude the office from the news article in all the local newspapers.”

Bharat bandh evokes mixed response in NE KG Kenye suspended from NPF GUWAHATI/AGARTALA/SHILLONG, JAN 8 (IANS): A countrywide shutdown on Wednesday called by 10 central trade unions (CTUs) and other organisations to protest against the Centre’s economic policies evoked partial response in northeastern states. Flights operated normally to and from northeastern states and the Northeast Frontier Railways also operated their trains in all states of the region.

No major untoward incident was reported from any of the states.

In Assam, normal life was partially hit in most parts of the state as a large number of vehicles went off the roads and most markets were shut. Though medicine shops were open but a large number of commercial shops and shopping malls were shut in many places.

Most educational institutions, especially schools, remained closed.

Maximum bank branches and financial institutions remained shut.

But most government offices functioned almost normally.

The bandh in Manipur was a mixed response. The state observed holiday on account of Gaan-Ngai festival, the post-harvest festival Kabui tribe, as such no educational institution and government office functioned for the day. The all-women market complexes were the most affected as women vendors decided to suspend their business in support of the strike. Almost all the petrol outlets including financial institutions remained close for the day. The strike had no impact in hill districts of the state.

In Tripura, the normal life was affected due to the 24-hours shut down. Most markets, shops and business establishments were closed in the state and most private and passenger vehicles remained off the roads. But many government offices functioned almost normally and schools and other educational institutions also remained open.

The nationwide strike evoked little response in other states-Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Meghalaya.

Postal services affected in Nagaland

Kohima postal employees staging protest. (NP)

KOHIMA, JAN 8 (NPN): Postal services in Nagaland was affected as All India Postal Employees Union (P-III, P-IV and GDS) Nagaland division joined the one-day nationwide strike on Wednesday called by ten central trade unions to press for the 12-point common demands of the working class that include minimum wage, social security and several others.

Altogether 41 Post Offices across Nagaland remained closed including Railway Mail Service.

The strike was called by National Federation of Postal Employees, New Delhi. The Kohima division postal staff including AIPEU Nagaland division held a demonstration outside Head post office, Kohima. In Dimapur postal staff also a demonstration outside Super Market area.

(Correspondent)

DIMAPUR, JAN 8 (NPN): Finally putting all speculations to rest, NPF has suspended its Rajya Sabha member KG Kenye from both primary and active membership of the party till further orders for voting in favour of Citizenship Amendment Act in Parliament last month.

Party president Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu in his suspension order explained that he was acting in pursuance to the recommendation of Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) and in exercise of the power conferred on him as president

by Clause 9 of Article-V read with Article XIV of the party’s constitution.

He, however, ruled that Kenye would be bound by the whip of NPF on the floor of Upper House as per the existing law and judicial decisions of Supreme Court.

The suspension order stated that DAC at its meeting held on December 27, 2019 thoroughly examined Kenye’s reply to the show cause notice served on him and recommended to discuss his reply in a bigger forum within the party.

And in pursuance to the recommendation of DAC, a consultative meeting comprising of central office bearers (COBs), NPF Legislature Wing, frontal and cell heads, divisional presidents and special invitees was convened on January 7 at NPF central office in Kohima, where Kenye too was given special time slot to present his point of view.

However, the order stated that the House decided to stick to the central executive committee (CEC) resolution of January 31, 2019 to oppose CAA. The meeting was also not convinced with the explanation

rendered by the Rajya Sabha member and arrived at a consensus opinion that he had acted in contrary to the said resolution. Hence, the matter was referred back to DAC, which, after proper application of mind, recommended suspension of his membership from the party.

The order also deplored the MP’s intention and conduct in addressing a press conference after receiving the show cause notice.

Mentioning that Kenye might have personal reasons for voting in favour of CAA, the president however asserted that as far as the party’s stand was concerned, there was no change as it remained opposed to CAA. He also clarified that Kenye’s conduct and action in Rajya Sabha on the issue did not reflect and represent NPF’s stand in any man(Cont’d on p-7) ner.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

Workshop held on combating child trafficking DPDB meeting held in Tuensang

(L-R) Ongbou, Gregory, Kevithüto and Paresh during district level workshop on combating child trafficking in Kohima at Hotel Japfü. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, JAN 8 (NPN): District level workshop on combating child trafficking in Kohima, organized by national commission for protection of child rights in collaboration with Nagaland state commission for protection of child rights and Seva Bharati Purbanchal was held at Hotel Japfü Kohima on Wednesday.

Kohima deputy commissioner, Gregory Thejawelie in his address said that state still a long way to go although there were many activities taken up for child rights. He reminded that society needed to give effort and support for chil-

dren especially in regard to education and health care. Stating that many unreported cases against the children were happening in the society, DC challenged the concerned authority to know the actual problem facing society and bring to the public domain. He warned that unless the present trend happening in the society was checked, the condition may go from bad to worst.

Senior superintendent of police Kohima, Kevithüto Sophie in his address stated that minors were particularly vulnerable to trafficking as they are more easily manipulated and often don’t realize that they are the victims of the

crime. He said child trafficking involves a number of complex crimes requiring law enforcement to collaborate with multiple community partners to identity and respond to child victims. SP informed that juvenile/children who happened to end up in Nagaland from different states were engaged as domestic helpers and at the same time abused and exploited by their employers.

He said with the proactive role of the child protection unit in creating public awareness and actively engaging in the protection and welfare of children in distress, there is decrease in the number of reported cases against abuse. How-

ever, he said actual figures could be higher as many victims are still not registering cases with the police, largely because they do not know the law or fear traffickers. He informed that hundreds of children were indirectly trafficked to Kohima as well as other districts inNagaland from rural areas on pretext of job, education and some family relation with the trafficker’s employer.

He informed that till date no anti-human trafficking cases have been registered in Kohima district, however some cases were registered under POSCSO Act in Kohima district in 2015, 8 cases, 10 cases in 2016, 7 in 2017, 4 in 2018 and 7 in 2019. He informed that under kohima district a child friendly police station at women station PS has been set up with children caricatures painted on the wall for friendly environment where OC and NGOs of women PS are the care taker of the children. He said DEF Kohima constituted anti-human trafficking unit with additional SP of police as nodal officer along with officers from the unit as members.

Member Nagaland state commission for protection of child Rights Ongbou Chang in his address said the demand for child domestic helper in the state was promoting human trafficking, where almost majority household

Assam Rifles civic action prog

news in Brief

KMC directs business establishments: Kohima municipal council (KMC) has directed all the business establishment/shopkeepers within its jurisdiction to white wash/clean the front side of their respective shops facing the road side on or before January 20 for the forthcoming Republic Day and also to host the national flag on top of the shops and building by 6 a.m on January 26.

BJP Wokha meeting: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wokha district has convened a joint co-ordination meeting on January 11, 10:30 a.m at district office Wokha. All the district office bearers, frontals, cell and mandal president and general secretary have been directed to attend the meeting.

ACD general meeting: Aichisaghemi Community Dimapur (ACD) has convened a general meeting on January 11, 9 a.m at the residence of its banker, Nitoshe Rochill at Burma Camp, Dimapur. All citizens of Aichisaghemi residing at Dimapur have been requested to attend the meeting.

DC Kohima convenes meeting: Meeting has been convened at DC’s conference hall, Kohima on January 13, 11 a.m to chalk out work distribution and other arrangements in regard to the ensuing Republic Day celebrations at New Secretariat Plaza, Kohima. Deputy commissioner Kohima Gregory Thejawelie has requested all concerned to make it convenient to attend the meeting positively.

DC Wokha informs: Deputy commissioner & district election officer, Wokha, Orenthung Lotha has informed all political parties under Wokha district and AEROs and supervisors of 37 & 38 assembly constituencies that electoral roll observer for Wokha district, Y. Kikheto Sema, commissioner & secretary, PHED Nagaland is scheduled to visit the district on January 9. In this regard, a meeting with all concerned has been convened on January 9, 10 a.m at DC’s office chamber.

All concerned have been requested to attend the said meeting positively.

NSPWA annual meeting: Nagaland State Pensioners Welfare Association (NSPWA) Kerala unit will hold its 26th annual meeting-cum-family get together on January 11 at Believers Church youth center hall at Trivalla. All members and new pensioners have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

SOUDA hour of prayer: Shena Old Union Dimapur Area (SOUDA) will hold an hour of prayer on January 10, 6 a.m onwards under the theme, “Seeking Lord’s protection and his Guidance, for the year 2020” from respective places. Members of SOUDA have been requested to participate in the hour of prayer.

KET scholarship (UK): Kohima Educational Trust (KET) has invited applications for the award of KET scholarships (3 years scholarship) for students who are in class VIII (8) in current year 2020 from recognised educational institutions in Nagaland, with February 10 as the last date. KET scholarship award will be held on March 20 at The Heritage, Raj Bhavan Rd, Officer’s Hill, Kohima. For further inquiry, one may contact Mhasisalie Solo, executive manager of The Kohima Educational Society at 8575013986.

Workshop for Shaala Siddhi external evaluators: State mission office, Samagra Shiksha Nagaland will be organizing two-day workshop for Shaala Siddhi external evaluators on from January 15 and 16 at SIRD auditorium, below New Secretariat, Kohima. Introductory service will start at 9:30 a.m on January 15. Sr. SDEO, SDEO, JEO and AEO have been asked to attend the workshop. For any queries, one may contact programme coordinator Liyalo Apon at 9615033405/9774650185.

DIMAPUR: Various activities were conducted by Assam Rifles under its civic action programme for the welfare of public in different areas.

Kohima Battalion: Kohima Battalion conducted an interaction meeting with GBs and VDB secretaries at Kohima on January 4.According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), during the event various initiatives and facilities being provided by the Assam Rifles towards pre-recruitment training to facilitate enrollment in the armed forces and employment opportunities in collaboration with various skill development agencies was

MR. YISANIMO KIKON & MRS. LODILO KIKON 9th January 2020

Congratulations on your Golden Wedding Anniversary.

May God continue to bless your life with more Love and Happiness.

Wishing you both many more years of happy married life.

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Loving children, in-laws and grandchildren

OFFICE OF THE

KONGAN UNION KOHIMA NAGALAND

FELICITATION

The Kongan Union Kohima, takes immense pride and honour to congratulate Miss S. Chingmei, D/O Mr. & Mrs. C. Shanpen for being selected to the post of Extra Assistant Commissioner in the recently declared NPSC NCS, NPS, NSS & Allied Services Examination 2018.

The Union further extends sincere prayers and warm wishes in all her future endeavours.

(Y. CHINGKAM) (C. LWNGNYEI) President General Secretary

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DIMAPUR: Narcotic cell of the Excise department, Nagaland seized 400 bottles of codeine cough syrup (Condectuss) at the excise check gate, Chumukedima on January 8.

According to deputy commissioner of Excise Dimapur, S. Chanlei Angh stated that in this connection, one person namely, Wapang Chang, 37 years, son of Sapu Chang resident of Medziphema town, was arrested and booked under relevant section of Drug & Cosmetic Act 1940.

The duty party consisted of Nokcha AIE, Burtemshi H/c, and constables Nyingpen, Khumeng, Vitsathrong, Chumben, Rokovikho, Mangyang and Aienla.

informed. Company commander expressed all readiness to assist the functionaries for any genuine assistance in the area. 25 functionaries attended the meeting.

Jalukie Battalion: Jalukie Battalion conducted GBs meet at Tening on January 5, with an aim to mark the New Year based on amity and certitude. Various insights about the prevailing situation was shared and discussed upon, with emphasis on the current social and political situations with respect to peace accord and facets of CAA. Requirement for welfare of the residents was also discussed. 15 GBs attended the meeting.

HAPPY 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

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Narcotic cell seizes illegal drug

in the urban towns have huge demand for child domestic helpers.

As reported from some source, he said that the demand for cheap labour and sex slaves especially in Dimapur and urban towns has opened doors for professional human traffickers to take the advantage. He reminded the gathering that it was high time to take critical measures and steps to foster the spread of education, create awareness among parents and communities, strict laws prohibiting child labour , to support various NGOs. Senior technical expert – North east cell and education NCPCR Paresh Shah said several rights have been guaranteed to the children in the constitution of India, which enables states to make special provisions for children.

He said government was committed to give children opportunities and facilities to develop in healthy atmosphere and ensure that their constitutional and legal rights were protected.

He also shared the NCPCR composition, mandate under other child related Acts, key action areas U/S 13, CPCR Act , 2005, strategies for effective functioning and others.

Programme was attended by around 60 persons from concerned department, NGOs, police , administration, public and others.

DIMAPUR: The monthly district planning and development board meeting was held at DC conference hall Tuensang on January 8 under the chairmanship of vice chairman and DC Tuensang, Kumar Ramnikant. According to DIPR report, the board discussed on the forthcoming mini hornbills of the Chang and Yimchunger, work distribution for the forthcoming republic day celebrations.

CMO Tuensang gave a power point presentation on PMJAY Ayushman Bharat schemes and its benefits. Chairman also requested all the stakeholders to take initiatives in giving

awareness to all corners of eligible individuals will be the district so that more benefitted.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF LABOUR New Capital Complex NAGALAND: KOHIMA

File.No.LBR-10/75 (Vol-IV)

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CIRCULAR

Dated Kohima, the 08th January, 2020

In inviting a reference to ADVERTISEMENT No. NO.LBR-10/75 (Vol-IV) Dated Kohima, the 27th September, 2019 issued by the undersigned, all concerned applicants except those in the rejected list are hereby informed to collect ADMIT CARD from the Directorate of Labour, Nagaland, Kohima, during office working hours from 20.01.2020 to 24.01.2020. The written examination will be held on 08.02.2020 in the Nagaland Public Service Commission Hall.

No further information will be communicated individually.

The list of rejected applicants and the reason for rejection is as given below.

LIST OF REJECTED APPLICANTS FOR LDA cum COMPUTER ASSISTANT Sl.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Name Koishing P Phom Imchei N K Phom Kitemenla Jamir Limasunep Ao Noklangmenla Tokaho Q Aye Longme K S Konyak Aguonuo Angami Neiseto Zutso Chumbenthung Tungoe Ruokuolhoulie Orenthung Ngullie Aochiba Jamir Amongjungla Ngepyei C Konyak Azehli Sangtam MhaloT Kithan Penjei Konyak Anjei C Phom P Davina Yanthan Yimyapangla Pongen Echungbeni

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Kumar Ramnikant, DC Tuensang addressing the DPDB meeting held in Tuensang on January 8. (DIPR)

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WEATHER FORECAST January 9

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Agartala Partly sunny with a shower

22 14

Mostly cloudy

19 10

Guwahati A shower in the morning

19 13

Aizawl Imphal

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Naga Club Members on its 102nd Foundation Day at Kohima.

DIMAPUR: Naga Club observed its 102nd Foundation Day on January 7 at M.C Hall, Red Cross Building, Kohima with Medoselhou Keretsü as the guest speaker.

A press release by Naga Club information and publicity section said Keretsü recalled that Naga Club was formed by Naga visionary leaders on January 7, 1918 at a time when Nagas were living in an age of “political unawareness without any knowledge and sense of responsibility about neither sovereignty nor national consciousness”.

He said the Naga Club was already in existence and has been working to consolidate the various Naga tribes into a distinct Naga

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Nationality under the leadership of Rheichalie Pienyü when the British Statutory Commission from Great Britain headed by John Simon with Atlee and E. Cadogan visited Kohima, Naga Hills District, Assam in 1929.

Keretsü recalled that it was during this critical juncture that the leaders and members of the Naga Club submitted the famous Naga Memorandum to Simon Commission on January 10, 1929.

On August 14, 1947, he said Naga National Council declared independence of the Nagas as being an independent nation, consistent fully with the position Naga Club had declared eighteen years earlier in 1929.

Keretsü said the subsequent all-out struggle waged by all Naga tribes, starting with the Naga voluntary Plebiscite in 1951 reaffirming their stand, the boycott of the first two Indian General Elections, and the enormous price Nagas have paid up to this day for their declared aspirations, have shown that the Nagas believed their position was fully justified, valid and legitimate legally, morally and from all other considerations.

Keretsü further said, “The objective of Naga Club framed by our forefathers 102 years ago was to realise the need of coming together as a people. At that point of time in history, Nagas had very few edu-

cated members; we barely had any knowledge about politics let alone about our human rights. Yet, in spite of all our short comings, we were known for our honesty, bravery and such other ageold values.”

He regretted that despite the sacrifices made by the pioneers for unity the same has elusive for the Nagas. Keretsü lamented the present “sad reality” that any organization which bears the nomenclature “Naga” attract the malicious eyes of the external forces and attempts of such forces trying to divide such organizations.

Keretsü concluded by saying, “I would like to implore all present here today that we should, at all times remember that we are one people, one race, one family.

And sooner or later, it is the destiny of the Nagas to live together as one people under the same administrative umbrella. No force on earth should deter us from uniting and so we should turn back to our Creator once again for unity.”

Earlier in the programme chaired by Naga Club general secretary, KN Mhonthung Lotha, the invocation was pronounced

by Rengma Baptist Church, Kohima pastor Dr. Kenyeseng Tsela while Naga Club treasurer, Vixepu Swu, extended greetings.

YAA 54th general conference underway at Sotokur village

N. Bangkhao Konyak, advisor, DUDA Nagaland speaking at the inaugural session.

DIMAPUR: The 54th general conference of the Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA), hosted by Sotokur village, Tuensang got underway on January 7.

A press release by YAA press and information secretary, S Thsankiu stated that, the 54th general conference monolith was unveiled by N. Bangkhao Konyak, advisor, DUDA Nagaland in the presence of Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organization (ENPO) president, Kekongchim Yimchunger, Yimchungrü Tribal Council (YTC) general secretary, Laji Luyanba, host of Sotokur village council members and village elders.

Speaking on the occasion, the special guest at the

inaugural session on January 8 urged the students to be the role model by overcoming all the challenges in life. He stated that peace was the foremost and the pre-requisite condition for all round development. He called upon all to maintain peaceful and congenial atmosphere both within and with the neighbors as well. He urged the students to be proactive to usher in all round progress and development. He further advised the students to identify and follow one’s own passion while choosing the right profession.

Rev. Fr. Loyola Anthony, parish priest, St. Augustine Parish Chessore blessed and dedicated the four day-long conclave

on introductory evening while S. Yansomong Yimchunger, president YAA declared open the conference on January 7.

ENPO president, Kekongchim Yimchunger exhorted the students to work hard and to obtain quality education. Lamenting that anyone can obtain a degree certificate, he stressed on degree with knowledge and wisdom.

YTC general secretary, Laji Luyanba mentioned that there were only two ways in life, good and bad, whereby he advised the students to choose the right path.

Rev. Akhang, Sotokur Baptist Church pronounced invocation and M. Bumbakiu, Chassir Baptist Church offered benediction prayer.

About 3000 delegates from the entire Yimchungrü inhabited towns and villages are attending the four daylong conclave which will culminate on January 10.

Earlier in the programme, president YAA, S. Yansomong Yimchunger offered welcome address while L. Khumrito and T Chimrila presented songs.

Programme was compered

by Hanshila M Khiphur and Tsusokhiung and vote of thanks was proposed by Keyoungkhum vice president, YAA.

Meghalaya governor RN Ravi meets society leaders

S H I L L O N G, J A N 8 (AGENCIES): The governor-designate of Meghalaya, R.N. Ravi on Tuesday held consultation meetings with a wide range of civil society leaders in the last two days on various issues concerning the state, reports The Northeast Today.

As part of his initiative to reach out to the society leaders, Ravi met leaders of the Khasi JainMao menfolk performing during Chiithuni festival on January 7 at DBHSS ground, tia Presbyterian Synod led

by Rev. S.S Majaw, ArchDimapur. (Mao Hoho Dimapur) diocese of Shillong led by Fr. John Madur, Sein Raij led by Joining Pde, Seng Khasi led by D o n k u p a r D k h a r, Synjuk Ki Rangbah Shnong led by R.L Blah, I-CARE Shillong led by Toki Blah and Meghalaya Tourism Development Forum led by R. G. Lyngdoh.

A press communique issued by the Raj Bhavan today stated that discussions were detailed and extensive covering the contemporary issues agitating the minds of the people.

“The leaders freely shared their views, concerns and expectations and underscored the paramount need for peace and communal harmony in the society. Every leader emphasised the need and urgency for a vision and action plan for a progressive Meghalaya based on building of the intrinsic and potential strength of its land and people and not to be swayed or subdued by irrational fears,” read the release.

Governor expressed his gratitude to the leaders for their constructive views and urged them to help consolidate the progressive

Governor of Meghalaya, R N Ravi at the consultative meeting with civil society leaders. (TNT)

forces in the society for the enduring good of the people of Meghalaya.

Governor also hoped to meet other civil society leaders including the youth and entrepreneurs in coming days and continue

the process of constructive dialogue with the society leaders. “The Governor is open to meeting other

concerned groups to enable them to share their views,” added the press release.

Zuvotong Colony Youth Organisation (ZCYO) Wokha commemorated its 6th foundation day on January 6 by organising a picnic at Doyang Hydro Electric Project. (NP)

NEIDS awareness programme held in Mokokchung

Officials and participants at the NEIDS awareness programme. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: An awareness programme on North East Industrial Development scheme (NEIDS) 2017 was held at Hotel Whispering Wind conference hall, Mokokchung on January 8.

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report, around 30 persons attended the event. General manager T. Lipokwati Ao gave the welcome address where he encouraged the participants to avail benefit of the scheme and to work sincerely. A presentation on NEIDS was given by

M. Mhabemo Kithan, inspector Industries. A live demonstration for registration on DIPP portal was also presented by assistant director Cholzo Sophie.

Programme was chaired by T. Nochet functional manager DIC Mokokchung.

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ITANAGAR, JAN 8 (PTI): The Arunachal Pradesh government will fight a legal battle in the Supreme Court “with all preparations” so that the 73,000-odd Chakma and Hajong refugees living in the state do not get citizenship with the help of the amended Citizenship Act, the Assembly was informed on Wednesday.

Chakma and Hajong refugees came from erstwhile East Pakistan - now Bangladesh - five decades ago. The Supreme Court had directed the Centre in 2015 that they are accorded Indian citizenship.

Several organisations in Arunachal Pradesh have been opposing the idea of granting citizenship to them saying it would change the demography of the state.

The state government had filed a review petition on October 26, 2015 against the apex court’s judgement of according citizenship to the refugees but it was rejected, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said during the Question Hour.

Responding to a query from Congress MLAs Nabam Tuki and Wanglin Lowangdong, he also said the state government then filed a special leave petition on September 14, 2016,

NFR to monitor 28 stations through CCTVs Guwahati, Jan 8 (PTI): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will monitor the security of 28 stations through closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, an official said on Wednesday.

High definition CCTV cameras are being installed at platforms, circulating and waiting areas of important stations with sufficient number of passengers, NFR spokesperson Subhanan Chanda said.

Railway Ministry has already decided to provide 19,000 high definition CCTV cameras at 983 railway stations across the country under the Nirbhaya fund to ensure round-theclock security to passengers especially women. In NF Railway, CCTVs are to be commissioned at 28 stations out of which 16 are being done by NFR under Integrated Security System, Phase - I and II and 12 are being done by RailTel under Nirbhaya fund, he said.

Out of the 16 stations, eight including Guwahati, Lumding, Dimapur, Dibrugarh, New Jalpaiguri, Siliguri Jn, Kishanganj and Katihar) were commissioned during the period 2016-18 and eight others are being commissioned now.

Out of these remaining eight stations, five- Kamakhya, Rangiya, Diphu, Silchar, New Bongaigaon have been commissioned.

Three others - Kokrajhar, Mariani and New Tinsukia are likely to be commissioned by March 2020 along with the 12 stations of Alipurduar Junction, New Alipurduar, Coochbehar, New Coochbehar, Raiganj, Barpeta Road, Jorhat Town, Bongaigaon, Tinsukia, Purnea Jn, Samsi and Agartala being done

by RailTel. The footages of CCTV would be monitored by trained RPF personnel and concerned station manager will also be given access to the CCTV camera footage whenever needed.

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which was admitted by the Supreme Court and the hearing is awaited.

Khandu said, following another SC verdict of 1996, the state government has been providing basic amenities such as health care, education, electricity and water to the Chakma and Hajong refugees living in Changlang, Namsai and Papumpare districts.

Asked by Lowangdong about the possibility of the refugees moving the Supreme Court claiming themselves as the natives of the state following amendment of the Citizenship Act, Khandu said the state government will fight the case “with all preparations”.

The Chakmas who are Buddhists, and the Hajongs who are Hindus, allegedly faced religious persecution and entered India through the then Lushai Hills district of Assam, now Mizoram.

According to the amended Act, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 after facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants and will be given Indian citizenship after they reside in India for

five years.

Khandu said, all the 4,637 applications for citizenship by the Chakmas and Hajongs have been recommended with negative remarks by the state government and the matter now in the court of the Union Home Ministry.

According to a survey of 2015-16, the total number of Chakma and Hajong refugees in the three districts is 73,780.

Changlang district has 65,875 refugees, followed by 5,348 in Namsai district and 2,257 in Papumpare, Khandu said.

In response to another query on alleged encroachment of forest land and illegal tree felling by the refugees in Changlang district, the chief minister said he would convene a meeting of the principal chief conservator of forest and other officials concerned on January 10 to review the situation.

The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly in October 2017 adopted a resolution to call upon the Centre to immediately take steps to protect the territorial and other rights of the tribals in the state if granting of citizenship to Chakmas and Hajongs is considered.

Chakmas and Hajongs were originally residents of Chittagong Hill Tracts in erstwhile East Pakistan.

They left their homeland when it was submerged by the Kaptai dam project in the 1960s.

Khandu said a total of 7,072 Tibetan refugees also stay West Kameng, Lohit, Upper Siang and Changlang districts of the state.

BSF seizes gold valued Rs 1 cr in Tripura Agartala, Jan 8 (IANS): Border Security Force (BSF) troopers led by senior officials on Wednesday arrested three people of a family who were smuggling gold valued around Rs one crore from Bangladesh, BSF official said.

Acting on a tip-off, the BSF jawans led by senior officials apprehend one Jahangir Hossain, 54, his wife and son while they were clandestinely acquiring 2.276 kg gold worth of Rs 96 lakh from the Bangladeshi smugglers.

“The Indian smuggler Jahangir Hossain, while doing the illegal trade was assisted by his wife and young son. The three were detained at the spot bordering Jaynagar (on the outskirts of the state capital here),” BSF Deputy Inspector General (DIG) C.L. Belwa told IANS over the phone from the IndiaBangladesh border.

He said that Customs officials were informed who later reached the border village. The gold was handed over to the Customs Department for completing their formalities.

On January 3, the BSF and and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had seized around 1,68,500 Yaba tablets (drugs) worth of Rs 8.53 crore destined for Bangladesh from a house in a border village called Matinagar-Rayermura under the Sepahijala district in western Tripura.

Tripura shares a 856km international border with Bangladesh, of which a stretch of 67 km is still unfenced.

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Failed grenade attack on Imphal AG office

(L-R) The grenade that failed to detonate. Security forces at Imphal AG office. (NP)

Correspondent IMPHAL, Jan 8: Suspected militants failed in carrying out a bomb attack on the AG (Accountant General) office when they lobbed a hand grenade on Wednesday afternoon.

After the failed grenade attack, top officials of the state police and CRPF rushed to the AG office and took stock of the situation.

Two motorcycle-borne youths suspected to be militants lobbed the hand grenade at the AG office situ-

ated on the eastern side of NH-102 adjacent to state police headquarters and opposite Imphal West district police headquarters which is also guarded round the clock by the CRPF personnel.

A police report stated that the two suspects lobbed the Chinese made hand grenade around 2.35 pm which t failed to explode. The grenade fell near the northern sentry post of the office.

The grenade attack was suspected to have been intended to target security

personnel guarding the office, according to the police personnel who rushed to the spot soon after the incident.

Experts of the state police bomb detection and disposal squad safely defused the grenade and disposed it at an open area of Langol in Imphal West district around 4 pm.

Imphal police station has lodged a suo mottu against the unknown culprits for further investigation.

None of the insurgent group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

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SHILLONG, JAN 8: The Meghalaya Editor and Publisher Association (MEPA) has demanded an unconditional apology from State Home Minister James Sangma for his misbehaviour with a senior journalist.

In its emergency executive committee meeting held on Tuesday, MEPA has resolved to demand an immediate public apology from Sangma for his misbehaviour towards the senior journalist and also to ensure that such incidents do not recur in the future. “Media has the right to ask question

from those in power and if the right of the media is throttled, the future of democracy will be in peril,” MEPA General Secretary John Wilson Thabah said.

Thabah said the members of the association discussed the incident in detail and felt that the behaviour of the home minister towards the senior journalist was unbecoming of his stature since the journalist concerned and his colleagues present had wanted to meet the minister and discuss various issues related to the state. “Since James K Sangma is a minister in charge of various departments and also the

fact that he is the official spokesperson of the MDA government, it is the duty of the journalists to meet him to get the version of the government on various issues. But the manner in which the minister conducted himself and even trying to aggressively confront the senior journalist is totally condemnable and unacceptable,” Thabah said.

On Tuesday, the media fraternity in Meghalaya had also demanded for an unconditional apology from Sangma for his misbehaviour with journalists that took place on Monday.

The scribes, which

met on Tuesday at Shillong Press Club, also condemned the minister’s uncalled for behaviour with the press people waiting at his office door for a meeting with him to seek answers to several questions, currently being raised by the public.

In a letter signed by several jour nalists and submitted to Sangma, the scribes expressed shock at the unwanted behaviour of the home minister in the secretariat on Monday evening. The media persons also submitted a list of 24 questions to the minister and sought his replies on them soon.

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sees admin connivance in JNU violence: Bollywood supports Deepika JNUTA violence; blames police inaction

port of Deepika.

Vikrant Massey: Heart swells with pride. #JNUViolence @deepikapadukone Nimrat Kaur: Leading from the front, the tallest #DeepikaPadukone.

Vikramaditya Motwane: Deepika’s stand is going to make a lot of young people question their parents, their peers and their gover nment. Hopefully they’ll go out and educate themselves. And not parrot everything authority tells them. She’s a true hero.

JNU violence probe on track: DCP Arya

Devender Arya (File)

NEW DELHI, JAN 8 (IANS/PTI): Stating that Delhi Police had responded promptly after receiving a written request from JNU administration on January 5, DCP, Devender Arya, claimed on Wednesday that investigation into the

Sunday’’s violence, was on track.

Arya, who visited JNU campus on Wednesday, said that cases have been transferred to Crime Branch and situation on campus is well within control of police administration.

He said that apart from video footage and phone call data, help of social media platforms is also being sought to investigate the violent incidents that rocked the campus on January 5.

He said that police in uniform are deployed outside JNU campus while police in civil dress were stationed on campus as per request made by JNU administration. JNU and its vicinity have been the scene of protests and counter protests following the assault on Sabarmati hostel inmates on campus by groups of masked people. The pro-left student unions and ABVP have been accusing each other over the attacks.

Police receives 11 complaints in connection with JNU violence The police have received 11 complaints, including one lodged by a professor in connection with the violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University, officials said on Wednesday.

Heavy Police force continued to be deployed at JNU after a mob of masked young men stormed the varsity campus in south Delhi on Sunday, police said.

The police have received 11 complaints in connections with the incident on January 5. Out of these, one complaint has been lodged by a professor while the other complaints have been lodged by the students, they said.

The 11 complaints received in connection with

the violence at the varsity on Sunday, will be transferred to Crime branch, police said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Devender Arya said the present situation in JNU is in control. “At the request of JNU administration, the police presence will continue,” he said.

Policemen in civil clothes will be inside the JNU campus while personnel in uniform will remain outside the campus, he said.

Teams of both the Crime Branch and Forensic Science Laboratory have visited the campus to collect evidence. Videos are also being scrutinised, they said.

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The Dimapur Nkonchan Yonchucho Yamo Ekhung (DNYYE) joins Mr & Mrs. Nchumbemo Ezung, of Yonchucho village, as they celebrate the success of their daughter Ms. Arhonbeni Ezung, who successfully cleared the NPSC Combined NCS, NPS, NSS & Allied Services Examination 2018 in the prestigious category of Nagaland Civil Service (NCS) to the post of Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC). The Ekhung expresses its sincere appreciation to Ms. Arhonbeni Ezung for bringing laurels to the village and the Naga society through her hard work and sincerity.

Va r a na s i , J a n 8 (IANS): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to visit Varanasi on January 10 to meet students in the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

Her visit is aimed at establishing communication with BHU students.

This will be her first visit to the BHU which has been mired in controversy since the past several months.

In September 2017, violence was seen on the campus over an incident of molestation and then in November 2019, there were prolonged protests over the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Sanskrit Department.

According to sources, Priyanka will meet students for an informal interaction in BHU. BHU sources, however, said that no formal permission had been granted for Priyanka’s visit.

“We cannot allow political leaders to address students on the campus unless there is a valid reason,” said a senior faculty member.

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI): The Congress on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to “stop crushing” India’s soul after BJP leaders gave a call for boycott of Deepika Padukone’s film “Chhapaak” in the wake of her visit to JNU campus in support of protesting students.

The opposition party also alleged that as per Modi and his ‘Bhakts’, no artist can protest or join a cause and has no right to express.

“Modiji, Stop crushing India’s soul! As per you and your Bhakts - 1. No artist can protest. 2. No artist shall join a cause. 3. No artist has a right to express.

“Chappak is not about an artist but 1,000 women who suffer acid attacks on their body and soul every year. Isn’t this the same,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said on Twitter.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera took a swipe at the BJP, asking if Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone should visit the RSS headquarters in Nagpur instead of JNU.

Randeep Surjewala (File)

The opposition party’s reaction came amid calls, including from some BJP functionaries, to boycott Padukone’s upcoming movie ‘Chhapaak’ for her visit to the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday to express solidarity with the students who were attacked by a mob.

“The ruling party has reduced (itself) to indulging in petty social media polls, faking videos. Should she (Deepika Padukone) go to Nagpur, the Sangh headquarters, to promote her movie? What do they want this country to be,” Khera asked.

His reaction came

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istrative terror as normalcy “is an insult to injury”.

“The mob violence could not have been possible without the active connivance of the administration and deliberate inaction

by Delhi Police,” it said.

However, another section of teachers, under the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Federation,

when he was asked about a strong reaction from a quarter of the BJP on the actor’s visit to the university.

Khera said the government is filing FIRs against students and youth instead of hearing them out.

“If someone is showing concern to the protesting youth, you raise questions on him/her,” he said, alleging the ruling BJP claims it is the world’s largest party but it has a “small heart”.

“If there is unrest across universities, we expect the Prime Minister to go there, we expect the Home Minister, the senior leader of the BJP to go and listen to the youth of this country, whichever campus we are talking about,” he said in reference to protests by youth and students on various campuses.

On Padukone’s visit to the JNU and the BJP’s criticism of it, Khera alleged the ruling party sees “bad intent” everywhere.

He alleged that the prime minister, home minister and other BJP leaders have never heard or answered the youth on their problems.

Kejriwal dares Tiwari on free schemes New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS): Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday dared the city’s BJP chief Manoj Tiwari to implement free electricity and water schemes in the states ruled by the saffron party before promising it in Delhi.

Responding to a tweet which claimed that Tiwari had said that he will not end the subsidies implemented by the ruling AAP but increase it by five times, Kejriwal said this is a mockery of the people.

“Five times more subsidy? Means instead of 200 units, you will give 1,000 units of free electricity and instead of 20,000 litres of free water, you will give one lakh litres of free water? You are making fun of people by these promises. Before Delhi elections, implement this in any one BJP-ruled state,” he tweeted in Hindi. The city will go for polls on February 8 and the ruling AAP and opposition BJP are the main contenders along with the Congress. The Kejriwal government has given free electricity up to 200 units and free water up to 20,000 litres to the city.

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alleged that a few students have been “radicalized” following instigation from JNUTA. A masked mob armed with sticks and rods on Sunday attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus, injuring at least 35 people, including JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh.

Under fire from students and faculty members for not taking immediate measures when they were brutally attacked by the mob, Vice Chancellor Kumar on Tuesday urged the students to put the past behind and return to the varsity’s premises.

“Our heart goes out to all the injured students. The incident (violence) is unfortunate,” Kumar had said in a brief statement.

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With immense pride and honour the Thenyizumi Student’s Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Rokha Sekhoyi, S/o Lt. Puhusayi for securing the post of Secretariat Assistant (S.A) in the recently conducted NPSC Civil Service Examination.

May Almighty God abundantly bless you in all future endeavours.

Veduto Theyo John Swiho President General Secretary Thenyizumi Student’s Union Thenyizumi Student’s Union

The Khuzama Youth Organisation (KYO) extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Nophreho Lüho, S/o Lt. Kezevihol Lüho for being promoted from Secretariat Assistant (SA) to Junior Sectional Officer (JSO) Home Department Govt. of Nagaland.

The KYO wishes him good health and success in his future endeavour.

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An appeal has already been made to public to share information and video clips of the incident, police added. On Sunday, a mob of masked young men stormed the JNU campus in south Delhi and targeted students in three hostels, unleashing mayhem with sticks, stones and iron rods, hitting inmates and breaking windows, furniture and personal belongings. They also attacked a women’s hostel.

Priyanka likely to visit BHU on January 10

NEW DELHI, JAN 8 (PTI): The mob attack in Jawaharlal Nehru University could not have been possible without the active connivance of JNU administration and deliberate inaction by police, the JNU Teachers’ Association alleged Wednesday, even as a section of teachers accused it of “instigating” students.

JNUTA also slammed Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar for asking students to “put the past behind” and return to classes.

“How can students go back to hostels or to classrooms when they do not feel safe? How can teachers go back to teach when they do not feel safe?” JNUTA said in a statement.

The teachers association said the command to students and faculty to forget and to accept admin-

I, Shri R. THUNGCHAMO OVUNG, S/o. Late Rhyuzamo, presently residing at 5th Mile, Model Village, Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and state as under:That my correct official name is R. THUNGCHAMO OVUNG which is entered in my service book. Whereas in my Academic Certificates my name is entered as THUNGCHAMO, in my Promotions Orders and other official records my name is also entered as R. THUNGCHAMO @ R. THUNGCHAMO LOTHA and THUNGCHAMO. And whereas R. THUNGCHAMO OVUNG @ R. THUNGCHAMO @ R. THUNGCHAMO LOTHA @ THUNGCHAMO, all refers to my name or the same person.

That henceforth my name shall be used as R. THUNGCHAMO OVUNG in all official records.

Registered Vide Reg. No. 78/2020, Date 08/01/2020, Notary Public, Dimapur; Nagaland.

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the student union president Aishe Ghosh, who was beaten up in Sunday’s attack. Photos and videos of Deepika standing in solidarity with the protesting students have gone viral ever since.

The visit led to Twitter being divided over Deepika’s stance on the issue. #BoycottChhapak and #ISupportDeepika both began trending on Twitter.

Here are tweets from members of the film frater nity who spoke up in sup-

matter which political party you support, do u support violence? Don’t visuals of bleeding students and teachers shake you up? We can’t sit on the fence any longer.

Kudos to @deepikapadukone for showing up,& all those who spoke for speaking up. This is not the time to stay quiet.

Prakash Raj: Actor Prakash Raj shared an artwork featuring Deepika’s bold onscreen roles, and the bravery she’s shown in real life. @prakashraaj. Thank you @deepikapadukone ... thank you for being a true INDIAN ..

Anubhav Sinha: I have been saying so. Women are stronger beings. RESPECT @deepikapadukone B h u m i Pe d n e k a r : More power to you @deepikapadukone. Can’t wait to watch #Chappak tonight.

United we stand.

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Deepika Padukone at JNU.

Nikkhil Advani: As producer today @deepikapadukone would’ve been standing in the preview theatres in Mumbai waiting to hear praise being showered on her maiden production.

She instead chose to stand in solidarity with #JNUstudents knowing fully well the ramifications of her actions. #RESPECT Besides retweeting those who spoke in support of Deepika, Anurag Kashyap also changed his Twitter profile picture to that of the actress meeting Aishe in JNU. Sayani Gupta: Thank you @deepikapadukone for giving this movement a mainstream narrative.

For using your position to choose the correct path. It always comes to the women and yes, they do deliver! Big love sister! #WeAreWithJNU #noplaceforfascism Sonakshi Sinha: No

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The Dimapur Jamitsu Ekhung takes immense pleasure to congratulate Mr. MHONTEN Y. JAMI, S/o Mrs & Mr. Y L JAMI IAS (Retd.) on being promoted to the post of Survey Officer under the Department of Land Record and Survey, Govt. of Nagaland. It is our prayer that the Almighty God continue to bless and guide you in your future venture.

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (Agencies): Deepika Padukone’s visit to JNU Tuesday night to stand in solidarity with the students who were subjected to violence on Sunday has met with both applause and criticism. While many have dismissed it as a publicity stunt for her upcoming release, some members of the film fraternity have lauded the move, saying that they were proud of the actress, reports News 18.

Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap and Anubhav Sinha, Deepika’s Chhapaak co-star Vikrant Massey, actresses Bhumi Pednekar, Sonakshi Sinha and Nimrat Kaur were among those who lauded Deepika Padukone’s visit to JNU. Deepika, who was in Delhi to promote her film Chhapaak, due for release on January 10, visited the University and met

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CAA tunnel vision

hose who vehemently opposed the CAB described it as “divisive. It proved true when it divided people across the social and political spectrum. It also divided political parties especially within those that had initially opposed it. The “minority-majority” binary that the BJP sought to create did not work. The Bill amending the Citizenship Act, 1955, was passed, despite the message that it was a highly socially divisive and sectarian one.There are now rumours and murmurs on why some MPs whose parties had opposed the Act instead voted the other way. After CAB was later enacted Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA), it continues to divide.

The national divide has interesting facts. CAA has succeeded in polarising the nation in tune with the ideology of the party in power at the Centre which continues to push through its various agenda through brute majority in parliament. Unfortunately, in pursuance of this objective the Modi government has decided to fight fire with fire. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is believed to spearhead the CAA has vowed that there will be no rollback. The Modi government has launched a nationwide pro-CAA march across the nations including visitations to houses by its leaders to woo the people in favour of the Act. The government has used the police to book even those who had peacefully protested against the CAA. Be that as it may, the unabated wave of nationwide protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and, more recently, the National Population Register has proven to be a most interesting turning point in India’s democracy. When the BJP -led NDA government scored a political point by getting the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed smoothly, it had not anticipated what would follow. The opposition parties, too, were taken unawares by the deep ferment that had been building up against the legislation. The protests initially were confined to the north-eastern States when the dubious connection between the CAA and the NRC began to unfold. Advisor to the powerful students union of Assam-AASU and conglomeration of north east students-NESO- Samujjal Kumar Bhattcharya has termed CAA as “unconstitutional”, and “anti-Assam”. Bhattachrya warned that the people of Assam and the north east will continue to oppose the CAA till it is withdrawn. The anti-CAA outpouring has witnessed youths spearheading the agitation across India. Students, including those from elite universities, management schools and the Indian Institutes of Technology, came out in support of the protests and against the CAA. The message was loud and clear: discrimination would not be tolerated and the right to protest peacefully in democratic India was sacrosanct. It appears that the Modi government will not retreat on the CAA even if the sky falls. It is now a matter of who blinks first. That may only happen after more agitations and violence are witnessed but it will be too high a price to be paid. Clearly, the ball in the court of the Modi government and confronting the public or even victimising those who support the CAA is not going to help neither the government nor the people and least of all the economy, when the slowdown appears not to be going away so soon.

DailyDevotion Is My Sacrifice Living?

Abraham built an altar…; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar… —Genesis 22:9

This event is a picture of the mistake we make in thinking that the ultimate God wants of us is the sacrifice of death. What God wants is the sacrifice through death which enables us to do what Jesus did, that is, sacrifice our lives.

Not— “Lord, I am ready to go with You…to death” (Luke 22:33). But— “I am willing to be identified with Your death so that I may sacrifice my life to God.” We seem to think that God wants us to give up things! God purified Abraham from this error, and the same process is at work in our lives.

God never tells us to give up things just for the sake of giving them up, but He tells us to give them up for the sake of the only thing worth having, namely, life with Himself. It is a matter of loosening the bands that hold back our lives.

Those bands are loosened immediately by identification with the death of Jesus. Then we enter into a relationship with God whereby we may sacrifice our lives to Him. It is of no value to God to give Him your life for death. He wants you to be a “living sacrifice”— to let Him have all your strengths that have been saved and sanctified through Jesus (Romans 12:1). This is what is acceptable to God.

Quotes You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. ~ Abraham Lincoln

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Post-mortem

When US and Soleimani worked together B efore Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed by a drone strike outside Baghdad’s international airport in the early hours last Friday, he was hardly a household name in the United States. The White House — which had ordered the killing — immediately set about framing the assassination along the same lines as the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a few months previously, or that of Osama bin Laden in 2011.

America had just defeated one of its greatest enemies, officials said.

But that Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force — the country’s elite external military wing — was a relatively unknown figure among the American public not only attests to his skill as an officer of clandestine warfare, but also the extremely complicated relationship he had with the United States. Just a few years earlier, Soleimani had been an indispensable figure in the fight against the Taliban and ISIS.

Soleimani’s ability to be both foe and occasional ally to the U.S. was part of his trademark style of warfare — which was so successful that it led many commentators to brand him the most skilled officer operating in the Middle East.

According to Dr. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, a world politics professor at SOAS University of London and author of the forthcoming book What Is Iran? Domestic Politics and International Relations in Five Musical Pieces, Soleimani created “a regional axis that is both institutionalized and ideological,” which could “translate into versatile military and political action whenever necessary.” Soleimani could simultaneously fight Israeli forces in Lebanon through Hezbollah (to the detriment of Washington) while conducting operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan (to Washington’s benefit).

Iran’s occasional collaboration with the U.S. began right after 9/11. While the Trump administration has

repeatedly claimed that Iran was at least partially responsible for the attacks, Tehran actually used the occasion to express its sympathy with the American people, denounce the Taliban and recalibrate its relations with Washington. According to Dr. Marvin Weinbaum, director of the Afghanistan and Pakistan program at the Middle East Institute, Iran not only opened up its airspace to give aid to the initial American invasion of Afghanistan but was “absolutely critical in bringing the various factions of the mujahedeen and the Northern Alliance together.”

That eventually culminated in the creation of Afghanistan’s current Constitution.

Weinbaum believes that Soleimani was instrumental in the collaboration, which was brought to a swift end following President Bush’s 2002 declaration that Iran was a part of the “Axis of Evil” alongside Iraq and North Korea.

Whatever residual good feelings remained between Washington and

Iran entirely evaporated in the early years of the Syrian Civil War. During that conflict, Soleimani propped up the embattled Assad regime against prodemocracy protesters, foreign intervention and, later, Islamist factions such as the Nusra Front and, by 2014, ISIS. While the Syrian Civil War represented a nadir of American-Iranian relations, with America-backed militias fighting Iranian-backed militias, the rise of ISIS provided a marriage of convenience. Alongside ISIS’ anti-American slant, according to Adib-Moghaddam, the terror group also had a “virulently racist anti-Iranian, anti-Shia agenda.”

Perhaps no military action better displayed Soleimani’s willingness to collaborate with the United States than the September 2014 Siege of Amirli, a small Shiite Turkmen town in Iraq. Fearing that ISIS intended to commit genocide, Iran and American-backed forces, with direct air support from both countries,

lifted the siege in what was to turn out to be one of ISIS’s most stinging defeats.

The Siege of Amirli was just one instance of IranianAmerican collaboration to fight ISIS, all of which took place alongside the warming of relations between the two countries before the the signing of the 2015 nuclear agreement. But this de facto alliance had its limits. AdibMoghaddam opined that the “politics of the conflict made it largely impossible for the two countries to integrate their strategic preferences into a coordinated approach.”

W h i l e Tr u m p h a s sought the lion’s share of the credit for destroying ISIS, Adib-Moghaddam says it was Iran, along with Russian air power and Kurdish forces, that “dealt the decisive blows.” And Soleimani was the mastermind behind it. “Irrespective of the politics and biography of the man, the killing of Soleimani made the world that much more dangerous to live in,” says Adib-

Moghaddam, “and this insecurity is the real bond that binds common Iranians and Americans together and which should mobilize them as a part of a global movement against war, both here and there.” Still, many in Syria and Iraq are celebrating Soleimani’s death. “He represents to many Syrians the terrorist arm of the mullah’s regime in Iran,” says Eyad Hamid, a Syrian journalist. “Syrians outside Assad regime-controlled areas were jubilant about his assassination, regardless of the Trump administration’s motives behind this move.

For them, Soleimani is no less involved in their misery than Assad.” Meanwhile, his assassination appears to have united Iranians against America weeks after protests showed growing disenchantment in cities like Tehran against the Islamic regime.

It is a reminder that just as Soleimani’s relationship with the U.S. was complex, so too will be his legacy in the Middle East.

Philip Kowalski

Revenge is not a solution CAA, NPR and NRC: Are

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hocking news keep pouring in from the Gulf region and the latest being the death of around 80 American soldiers in an Iranian retaliatory missile attacks on the US facilities in Iraq and in another tragic incident in which 56 people and more than 200 were injured in a stampede which broke out on Tuesday at the funereal of Iranian General QassemSoleimani killed in a US air strike at the Baghdad airport. The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Major General QassemSoleimani as the procession began. What had set off the stampede is not yet known to the outside world.

The funeral procession in Tehran on Monday drew over one millionpeople crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets in Tehran. A similar stampede, though on a smaller scale,struck the 1989 funeral procession for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini killing at least eight peopleand injuring hundreds.

Soleimani’s death in a drone strike on Friday has sparked calls across Iran for revenge against America, drastically raising tensions across West Asia.

Earlier, Hossein Salami, the new leader of Iran’s Revolutionary guard vowed to avenge Soleimani’s death as he addressed a crowd of supporters gathered at the coffin in a central square in Kerman.

Salami said, “We tell our enemies that we will retaliate but if they take another action we will set ablaze the places that they like and are passionate about.” The crowd in response chanted “Death to Israel.” Needlessly, Israel is a long time regional foe of Iran.

According to a report on Tuesday by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, Iran has worked up 13 sets of plans for revenge for Soleimani’s killing.

The report quoted Ali Shamkhani, the

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, as saying that even the weakest among them would be a historic nightmare for the US. However, he declined to elaborate. Meanwhile, the US Air Force launched a drill with 52 fighter jets in Utah; just days after President Donald Trump threatened to hit 52 sites in Iran. Britain has come out condemning the attack on military bases in Iraq that hosted US-led coalition forces including British personnel. It has urged Iran not to repeat the reckless and dangerous attacks. Surely and slowly, the world will divide on this issue and it will not be good for Iran.

Most appalling thing about Iran rightnow is that there is a miasma of revenge lingering all across Iran following the killing of Soleimani by the US military. Every Iranian’s mind is injected with the poison of revenge. Every religious leader, high ranking officials, and even the daughter of the slain Soleimani speak revenge on America. The terms they use against America can have a devastating effect on the laymen let alone others. This could upset the people’s composure and lead people from being sane to insane.

People will become prejudiced like the proverbial saying ‘everything looks yellow to a jaundiced eye.’ Revenge repels rational thought in man and in the revengeful mind; there is nothing but revenge, which eventually kills the man who harbours it. So, Iran’s leaders must not be carried away by spite, instead exhort their people for maintaining calm and composure. Revenge is not a solution but destruction, and in the destruction nothing constructive is gained. Let us all hope for a change in Iran’s attitude as Iran’s role is pivotal in maintaining peace in the Gulf region.

T K Nandanan, Kochi

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ndia is boiling on the issues of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizenship (NRC). How should Nagas respond to that situation?

The answer is simple and plain. Nagas were not Indians and Naga territories were not Indian territories. Nagas were free people. For that reason, we declared own independence to let the world know of our independent status, established our own government, the Federal Government of Nagaland, to run the affairs of our own country and we enacted our own constitution (Yehzabo).

The Naga government was running the affairs of the newly organized country smoothly. However, India violated the sovereignty of Nagaland by her aggression.

Those in support of CAA, NPR and NRC may claim that Nagas became India’s citizens on the basis of 16point agreement of 1960 or the Shillong Accord of 1975.

Truth was that, the Naga National Council (NNC), the only mass based authentic and mandated Institution of the Nagas that declared the independence of Nagaland was not party to 16-point agreement or the Shillong Accord. The only legitimate

agreement Nagas had signed with India was the 1964 ceasefire agreement. It was not a simple ceasefire agreement but a bilateral peace treaty, international in nature by entities. By that treaty, India consciously recognized the legitimacy of the Federal Government of Nagaland which also meant that India recognized separate citizenship of the Nagas. Citizenship is a sovereign subject.

India as a sovereign Republic has her own constitution that defines her own citizens. In the same way, Nagaland as a nation has her own constitution that defines her own citizens. The sovereignty of India and Nagaland are entirely different. So also the citizenship. History of independence was clear for both the nstions. Nagas declared their independence on August 14, 1947. India formally attained independence from Great Britain on August 15, 1947. Modern India was created by the British but independent Nagaland was organized into a modern nation state from time tested established institutions. Nagaland as a nation has no power to question the citizenship of sovereign Republic of India.

In the same way, India has no right to impose her citizenship on Nagas. Independent

Nagaland has not been a normal functioning nation because of forced occupation and imposed rule. It has been under an abnormal situation. India caused that mal-situation. An imposition under an abnormal situation cannot be binding. Therefore, whether it is CAA, NPR or NRC, it will only have an imposition effect on Nagas. Attempt to impose these laws on Nagas violate our right as separate citizens.

Nagas have no obligation to prove our citizenship to India because we are the citizens of our own country . No Indian law will protect the Nagas. Independence is our only protection. That being the truth, CAA, NPR and NRC are not applicable to Nagas. Nagas should have nothing to do with the problems going on in India in protest against the CAA, NPR and NRC because it is India’s internal problem.

Nagas should not meddle in India’s internal problems but being a separate nation, we should mind our own business. This is an opportunity for Nagas to reassert our position to let the world know that Nagaland is a separate nation and Nagas are her citizens.

(Views expressed here are personal) Dr. K. Hoshi, Phek

Rejoinder to ‘A word of caution’ of N. Kitovi Zhimomi

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n his statement, Mr. N. Kitovi Zhimomi said, “Working Committee of the Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) strongly opposes any move to change the political map of Nagaland. Any solution that will abrogate Article 371 A (of the Indian Constitution) is not acceptable to NNPGs.” From day one, the Naga people have rejected outright the invitation of the Constituent Assembly of India to join the Union of India and its constitution. But, against this historic Naga national decision, the 16point agreement was signed between the GoI and a few Naga traitors in the stolen name of the Naga people on the basis of the Article 371 A of the Indian Constitution.

The so-called Nagaland state is but the child of Indian constitution. This take us to wonder why a tall leader like N. Kitovi Zhimomi is advocating for the cause of 16point agreement even when the Indian leaders too have admitted the fact that the 16-point agreement does not

solve the Indo-Naga political problem. This never augurs well for his standing with so many years of sacrifice for the Naga national cause.

The present Nagaland state covers only 16,579 square kilometer whereas Nagaland has 120,000 square kilometer.

Who changes the map? Out of 50 tribes, Nagaland state embraces only 16 tribes. Who divides the Nagas?

He also says, “Integration through constitutional and administrative measure… The administrative system of the Naga tribes in other states shall be worked out as per the constitutional scheme without any interference or infringement on the Provisions of the Article 371 A.” When we say ‘Nagas’, all Nagas are one. And that there is no white Nagas or black Nagas. The Nagas were forcibly divided by the colonial power and placed them in different administrative units for political reason known to all. The terms - the Indian Nagas, Burmese Nagas, Manipur Nagas, Assam Nagas, Arunachal Nagas and Nagas of Nagaland state are

derogatory language used by the colonialists.

Integration of the divided Naga ancestral domains is the inherent right of the Nagas, and that the Government of India has officially recognized the legitimate right of the Nagas to integration of all Naga areas. By integration, it means – geopolitical integration based on sovereign right of the Nagas, not that of the Indian or Burmese constitution.

Indeed, we are for a territorial integration under one political roof. We don’t see any meaningful solution without integration. However, political settlement with the Government of India cannot cover Nagas in Burmese occupied areas. That will be the second phase to be settled with the Burmese Government. PAN Naga Hoho will be a common platform for the Nagas to inculcate and foster the spirit of oneness and unity of all Nagas who are arbitrarily divided by the enemies’ artificial ‘Berlin wall.’ Common culture, common history, common root of language, common iden-

tity, common social values, common religion, common territory and common political concept are materials for integration. It is more than cultural body. The Naga Regional Territorial Councils (NRTC) to be created on the basis of Framework Agreement in Naga Areas in the so-called Manipur state, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam are transitional. The present Nagaland state and the NRTC governments will be equipped with sovereign powers as envisioned in the Framework Agreement. Power to decide our future by ourselves is epicentral to our politics. He also said, “Abrogation of Article 371 A will lead to total collapse of the sovereign rights of the Nagas.”

The sovereign right of a people is inherent. It cannot be given or taken away by any power. Based on the universal principle of democracy, the Government of India (GoI) has recognized the sovereignty of the Nagas. Our national politics, our national resistance movement and our negotiations with the GoI are centered on sovereignty.

And that the Article 371 A of the Indian constitution is the anti-thesis of the Naga sovereignty, the epicenter of Naga politics. All Nagas are indigenous in Naga country.

Indigenousness of a Naga is to be traced from common history, common culture, common identity, common DNA, common territory, common social practices, common religion and common political concept. But granting residential permit or citizenship to the immi-

grants, refugees or foreigners is a legal matter to be dealt with. The Scripture says, “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.” We believe all Naga leaders are advocates of the Naga National cause, not that of the Indian constitution.

Issued by MIP, NSCN (I-M)

Reader’s Post

Maintenance must be consistent

Sir,

Ghorapatti road in DDSC area has been efficiently repaired and commuters are now experiencing smooth traffic flow. Now that the road has been repaired, the maintenance of the same needs to be followed with utmost efficiency as roads tends to get neglected over a period of time. Constant vigilance and regular repair works at intervals would go a long way in prolonging the durability of the roads. The same is applicable to other roads that are undergoing repair in and around Dimapur. Thousands of vehicles ply throughout the day in this commercial city and it is advisable to maintain the roads consistently.

Gautam Das, Khermahal, Dimapur

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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Bharat bandh: mixed response; violence in Bengal

NEW DELHI, JAN 8 (AGENCIES): Protesters took to street Wednesday in response to a one-day nationwide strike called by ten central trade unions against the government’s ‘anti-people’ policies. Transport and banking services were affected in most states while protesters were detained in West Bengal, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.

Among the demands of the protesters were – increased fee structure and checking commercialisation of education, addressing agriculture sector crisis, withdrawal of Citizenship Amendment Act, saving JNU, among others.

West Bengal: Incidents of violence and arson were reported from various parts of the state with buses, a police vehicle and government properties being vandalised by strikers who tried to enforce the 24-hour bandh.

In various parts of the state, railway tracks and roads were blocked, affecting normal life.

Country-made bombs were found on several roads in Barasat area of the North 24 Parganas district. Crude

bombs were also found on railway tracks at some places in the district.

Meanwhile, chief minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Congress and the Left parties, saying those who don’t have any political existence in the state are trying to ruin its economy by pursuing “cheap politics” of strikes.

Punjab & Haryana: The nationwide strike received a partial response in Punjab and Haryana.

Protesters blocked roads and rails tracks at a few places and also took out processions against the central government in support of their demands in Punjab, the police said.

Banking services were hit in both states and Chandigarh as employees of public sector banks observed the strike.

The call of various farmers’ organisations, which are seeking implementation of Swaminathan Commission report, to stop supplies of milk, vegetables and other items as part of their call to ‘rural India bandh’ also failed to evoke much response in both states, except at a few places.

SFI members burned a tyre outside the University of Calcutta on Wednesday. Coutesy-Indian Express

Rajasthan: Banking and financial operations were affected in Rajasthan where thousands of employees associated with trade unions participated in the strike. Roadways buses, autorickshaw services were partially affected, particularly in areas like Sikar, Ganganagar and Hanumangarh. However, the strike remained peaceful in the state.

Similarly, thousands of workers of textile and cement industries, krishi mandis also participated in the strike in different parts

of the state.

Tamil Nadu: At least 800 people, including 2 MPs from Left parties, were arrested from Coimbatore.

The demonstration was led by CPI Lok Sabha MP, K Subbaryan, who is also Tamil Nadu AITUC president and CPI(M) MP, P R Natarajan.

The state transport services remained normal.

Banking services were mildly affected but otherwise it was business as usual in the state.

Maharashtra: The strike failed to evoke much

response in Maharashtra with transport and banking services remaining largely unaffected in many districts as well as in Mumbai.

Trade union leader Ajit Abhyankar, however, claimed that at least 15,000 people affiliated to various Central trade unions, Bhartiya Kamgar Sena, posts, banks, and other government establishments participated in a public rally outside the district collectorate in Pune. He also claimed that the institutions which were working smoothly employed only contractual employees.

Uttar Pradesh: About 15 lakh power sector employees and engineers across the country went on strike against the Centre’s proposed amendments to the Electricity Act as well as other privatisation policies of the government, which they say are against the interest of the consumers and employees.

Gujarat: Banking services were partially hit in Gujarat on Wednesday due to the strike. However, the strike has had no impact on the operations of the State Bank of India, Indian

Overseas Bank and Bank of Baroda in the state, as majority of the employees of these banks are associated with other unions, which have not joined the strike, he said.

Telangana: Banking services across Telangana were severely affected due to the strike. Operations in all public sector banks except SBI were affected.

The strike by as many as three lakh employees and workers was underway with the participation of members of various trade unions in the state, senior leader of Telangana CPI, Sudhakar said.

Andhra Pradesh: Leaders of the Congress, CPI and CPM were taken into custody as they staged a sit-in protest on the highway outside the RTC bus station in Vijayawada. Reports said employees stayed off duties in various public sector undertakings, mostly in Visakhapatnam. Most of the banks remained shut.

Karnataka: In Karnataka’s Madikeri, a KSRTC bus was damaged due to stone-pelting. However, bus operations were normal across the state.

7 BJP will pay for stubborn stance on CAA: Amarinder CHANDIGARH, JAN 8 (IANS): Taking former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan head on over the threat of the Centre implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act at any cost, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the BJP would have to pay a heavy price for such stubbornness.

An elected government which refuses to heed the voice of its people or respond to their anger is bound to lose their confidence and collapse, said the Chief Minister, adding the BJP’s stance on the issue “smacked of a dangerously fascist approach that would lead to their eventual downfall”. As far as his government was concerned, “there was no way it would allow the brazenly divisive Act to be implemented in Punjab”, Amarinder Singh said.

“You cannot force us to do so,” he said, even as he reiterated that neither he nor the Congress was against grant of citizenship of persecuted minorities in other countries, such as Sikhs in Pakistan, but were completely opposed to the discrimination in the CAA

against certain religious communities, including the Muslims. Despite the nationwide public outrage over the controversial CAA, the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was refusing to acknowledge the unconstitutionality of the legislation, said the Chief Minister, lashing out at Chouhan for his “shockingly inconsiderate remarks on the issue”.

It was obvious that Chouhan, like other BJP leaders, had no inkling of the implications or consequences of the CAA, nor did he apparently want to understand it, said Amarinder Singh in a reaction to the comments made by Chouhan in Ludhiana a day earlier.

Chouhan had absolutely no idea what he was talking about, nor had he bothered to study the Act, which has triggered massive public protests across the country, said the Punjab CM, adding that the protests were not “the brainchild of the Congressa or any other party, as Chouhan was claiming, but the result of a spontaneous outrage among Indians cutting across religious and party lines”.

Stone pelting at pro-CAA rally in MP Yashwant Sinha to lead yatra against CAA, JNU violence some time. Shajapur Superintendent of Police (SP) Pankaj Shrivastava said some unidentified miscreants pelted stones when the rally reached Qureshi Mohalla area.

“The police personnel walking along the rally immediately brought the situation under control. The rally later reached its destination under police protection,” he said.

Additional police force was deployed in the area, Shrivastava said, adding that

the situation was now under control. “No case has been registered in this connection so far, but appropriate legal action would be initiated against the miscreants after the incident is investigated,” he said.

Meanwhile, Rashtriya Raksha Manch president Narayan Prasad Pandey sought action against the stone pelters. He said stones were hurled towards the rally although it was being taken out in a peaceful manner.

Mumbai, Jan 8 (PTI): Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha will lead a multi-state yatra (march) beginning on Thursday from here, seeking repeal of the amended citizenship act and a judicial probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge into “state-sponsored violence” like the one in Delhi’s JNU. Speaking to reporters here, Sinha said the ‘Gandhi Shanti Yatra’ will also demand from the government to declare in

Parliament that the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) will not be implemented.

The yatra, which will culminate at Raj Ghat in Delhi on January 30 -- the day when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated - will pass through Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, covering a distance of over 3,000 km.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar will flag off the yatra from the Gateway of India

Rio highlights financial problems of the state...

At the meeting, chief secretary Temjen Toy explained the reasons for high number of State government employees and on the measures being taken to reform the power sector in recent times.

He said that measures were being taken to rationalise the number of government employees by Manpower Rationalisation Committee and efforts towards convergence of

various government sectors to make implementation of schemes more effective.

He requested the 15th FC to give due consideration to cover the revenue gap and also provide funds for State-specific needs to ensure a steady pace of development.

The members were also informed of the difficulties faced due to poor banking coverage and poor network coverage, hampering progress of direct benefits transfer as well as

access of rural people to institutional credit.

Both sides expressed appreciation to the issues raised.

Two members of 15th Finance Commission are in the State on a two-day visit.

They are the only full time members of the commission who had not yet visited the State.

The earlier visit of the commission to the State in November 2018 included its chairman NK Singh and

member Dr Anoop Singh.

On arrival, the members made a brief visit to Kohima War Cemetery and State Museum. In the afternoon, the duo interacted with chief minister Neiphiu Rio, planning minister Neiba Kronu and State government officials led by chief secretary Temjen Toy. Expressing gratitude to the members for visiting the state, Rio said the State had great expectations from the commission.

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“Hence, we are demanding the government declare in Parliament that it will not implement NRC in the country, that it will repeal CAA. “Secondly, there be a judicial inquiry by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the state-sponsored violence, the latest being the JNU violence, and the perpetrators are punished at the earliest,” the former Union minister said.

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said the Rashtra Manch, the outfit he leads, named the yatra after Gandhi as peace has allegedly been disturbed across the country.

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“As soon as the situation settles, the market will shift its focus on Q3 results and Budget,” said said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services.

BSE capital goods, energy, industrials, oil and gas, metal and auto indices fell up to 1.42 per cent, while telecom, basic materials, teck and IT rose up to 2.43 per cent.

Broader BSE midcap and smallcap indices bucked the weak market trend, rising up to 0.16 per cent.

In rest of Asia, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul markets ended up to 1.57 per cent lower.

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“Average AUM at Rs 27.26L cr at an all-time high, net equity inflows trebling in the last month to Rs 4,499 cr, continued robust SIP book Rs at 8,518.47 cr and SIP AUMs at an all-time high at Rs 3.17 lakh cr is reflective of positive sentiment in equities.”

Vishal Kapoor, CEO, IDFC AMC for the December AMFI data, said: “MF Industry data for December indicates a sharp pick-up in retail investor interest in equity funds, with net equity inflows jumping 4X over November and monthly SIP flows rising from Rs 8,273 crore in November to a record Rs 8,518 crore in December”.

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MUMBAI, JAN 8 (IANS): Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) inflows during December last year jumped

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rose 0.12 per cent to 97.12.

The 10-year government bond yield was at 6.56 per cent.

“Rupee traded in range of 71.87-72.11 a gap down opening on news of Iranian missile attacks on US base military bases in Iran/ Iraq to take revenge on US was witnessed but it seemed short lived as rupee started traded stronger after gap down opening,” Jateen

Trivedi, Senior Research Analyst (Commodity & Currency) at LKP Securities, said.

Exporters seemed to participate in around the 72 levels and the levels of 72-72.25 will keep acting as a crucial barrier for USD/ INR pair whereas 71.6071.40 as supports, he said.

On the equities front, the BSE Sensex settled 51.73 points, or 0.13 per cent, down at 40,817.74.

The index had plunged nearly 400 points in early session.

While, the NSE Nifty closed 27.60 points, or 0.23 per cent, lower at 12,025.35.

According to HDFC Securities, “Higher international gold price and weaker rupee supported domestic gold prices to trade higher.”

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MUMBAI, JAN 8 (PTI): The Indian rupee retraced early losses to settle 12 paise higher at 71.70 against the US dollar, tracking late recovery in domestic equities, in an otherwise gloomy global market conditions reeling under heightened US-Iran tensions.

At the foreign bank exchange, the domestic unit opened significantly lower at 72.05 per dollar as against the previous day’s close of 71.82. During the day, it traded in the range of 72.07 and 71.69 to the US currency.

Tracking worsening US-Iran tussle, crude benchmark Brent was trading lower at USD 68.34 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,

cent in the current fiscal also kept investors cautious, traders said.

L&T was the top loser among Sensex constituents, shedding 2.19 per cent, followed by ONGC, Titan, Sun Pharma, Hero MotoCorp and Infosys.

On the other hand, Bharti Airtel, TCS, Ultratech Cement, Bajaj Finance and ICICI Bank spurted up to 2.74 per cent. “Market is sensing some ease in tension with the view that there will be no effect on equities in the long-term. For the short term, market will adapt a careful tactic given limited room to grow due to premium valuation and slowdown

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The minister further said MMTC will sell 49 per cent in Neelachal Ispat, while that of Odisha Mining Corporation 20 per cent, Odisha Investment Corporation 12 per cent, NMDC 10 per cent.

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The Odisha government via its two undertakings - Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha Ltd (Ipicol), owns 26 per cent stake in NMDC Ltd, BHEL Ltd, and Mecon Ltd own minority stakes in NINL.

MUMBAI, JAN 8 (PTI): Equity benchmarks clawed back most of their lost ground to end modestly lower on Wednesday as global markets were whiplashed by a fresh wave of volatility after Iran launched retaliatory strikes against US forces in Iraq.

After plunging nearly 400 points in early trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex stabilised to finally settle 51.73 points, or 0.13 per cent, down at 40,817.74.

Similarly, the broader Nifty shed 27.60 points, or 0.23 per cent, to finish at 12,025.35. World equities nosedived while gold and US Treasuries firmed up on safe-haven demand after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases with US personnel in response to the killing of its top general Qasem Soleimani.

Brent crude oil futures rose nearly 0.62 per cent to USD 68.67 per barrel.

The rupee, which skidded 20 paise in opening deals, recovered to trade 3 paise up at 71.78 per US dollar (intra-day).

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NEW DELHI, JAN 8 (IANS/PTI): The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to divest equity shares of six PSUs, including MMTC and Odisha Mining Corporation in Neelachal Ispat Ltd. “The Cabinet has approved divestment of some shares of six companies held in Neelachal Ispat,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told media after the Cabinet meeting here.

Cabinet has allowed Neelachal Ispat stakeholders to sell shares, he said.

The six PSUs are MMTC, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd (BHEL), Odisha Mining Corporation, Odisha Investment Corpora-

fiscal. Of these imports, about 100 million tonnes is non-substitutable as they are tied to the power plant or user factories, the rest can be cut down, he said.

He also said lease of 334 non-captive mineral mines is expiring on March 31, 2020.

Of these, 46 mines, mostly in Odisha and Karnataka, are operational. Of the 46, 36 are iron ore mines.

The country would face a shortfall of 60 million tonnes of iron ore if these mines are shut due to expiry of mining lease and the time taken in re-auctioning them, he said, adding the Cabinet has approved auctioning them before March 31 as also transferring the current forest and environment clearances to the new winner thereby saving 2 years needed in normal course to get those approvals.

This, Joshi said, would enable seamless transfer and no production will be lost.

Under the ordinance, allocation of coal/lignite blocks for composite prospecting license cum mining lease has been provided; requirement of previous approval in cases where the allocation of blocks was made by the central government has been dispensed with, the minister said.

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As many as 40 coal blocks will be put up for auction in the new round, he said.

The move will help create an efficient energy market, usher in competition and reduce coal imports, while also ending the monopoly of state-owned Coal India Ltd. India’s coal sector was nationalised in 1973.

Joshi, however, said Coal India will be “supported and strengthened” and adequate blocks will be allocated to it to meet the target of producing 1 billion tonnes of coal by 2023.

Of the 204 coal blocks whose allocation was cancelled by the Supreme Court in 2014, only 29 could be auctioned as some of these mines had end-use restrictions - meaning coal produced from them could be used only for the designated captive purpose only and not traded in the market.

The opening up of the mining to non-coal companies as well as removing the end-use restriction will pave way for the auction of these mines, he said.

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In a bid to attract investments and boost domestic coal production, the government on Wednesday approved promulgation of an ordinance to open up coal mining in the country to non-coal companies while removing restrictions on end-use of the fuel.

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi also gave its nod for concluding auction of iron ore and other mineral mines before the expiry of their current mining lease on March 31, so as to avoid disruption in production.

Briefing reporters, Coal and Mines Minister Prahlad Joshi said the Cabinet has approved promulgation of Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 to amend Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 and Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act 2015. The ordinance will amend the current proviso in the law that allows only companies in coal mining to bid for coal mines.

Any company meeting the minimum criteria will now be allowed to bid for coal mines, the first auction of which under the liberalised rules will open within this month, Coal Secretary Anil Kumar Jain said.

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Israel warns of ‘strong blow’ if Iran attacks

JERUSALEM, JAN 8 ( AG E N C I E S ) : P r i m e Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Wednesday that Israel would strike a “resounding blow” if attacked by arch foe Iran, as regional tensions soar after the US killing of a top Iranian general.

“Anyone who attacks us will receive a resounding blow,” the premier told a Jerusalem conference after Iran launched a salvo of retaliatory missile strikes on bases used by US troops in Iraq.

Netanyahu has described the target of last week’s US drone strike -- Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards foreign operations arm -- as a “terrorist-inchief ”.

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decades, he sowed fear and misery and anguish and he was planning much worse,” Netanyahu said.

“He was the architect and driver of Iran’s campaign of terror throughout the Middle East and the world.”

The Israeli premier praised US President Donald Trump for “acting swiftly, boldly, and resolutely” in killing Soleimani in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The drone strike has put the United States and

key allies on alert for Tehran’s response to the killing.

A senior Iranian official on Monday warned the Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv would be turned “to dust”, if Washington carried out further military action in response to its retaliatory moves.

He reiterated his praise to US President Donald Trump for “acting swiftly, boldly, and resolutely” in killing Qassem Soleimani.

He stressed that Israel fully supports the US in its recent military campaign in the Middle East.

Iran has vowed to avenge the deadly drone strike, prompting alert in Israel, a close ally to the US. On Monday, Mohsen Rezai, head of Iran’s Expediency Council, warned that “if America takes any measure after our military response, we will turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust”.

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Airlines avoiding flying through Iran, Iraq airspace PARIS, JAN 8 (AFP): A growing number of airlines said Wednesday they were avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace for flights to the region after Tehran fired ballistic missiles against bases housing US troops in Iraq.

“As a precautionary measure and following news of air strikes underway, Air France has decided to suspend until further notice all flights through Iranian and Iraqi airspace,” an Air France spokesman told AFP. Iran launched a series of missiles at bases housing US troops in the early hours, officials in Washington and Tehran said.

Iran’s supreme leader called the attacks a “slap in the face” after a US drone strike killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani near Baghdad international airport last week.

Shortly after the missile attacks, the US Federal Aviation Administration said it was banning USregistered carriers from

flying over Iraq, Iran and the Gulf.

Its Russian counterpart, the Federal Air Transport Agency, said it was recommending airlines avoid the air space over Iran, Iraq and the Persian and Oman Gulfs “due to information about current risks for safety of international passenger flights”.

The region is an important corridor for flights travelling between Europe and Asia, although planes can be rerouted.

A KLM spokesman told AFP: “Until further notice, KLM has no flights over Iranian or Iraqi airspace. All flights to different Southeast Asian destinations and other destinations in the Middle East will be flown through alternative routes.” In Germany, Lufthansa said it had cancelled its daily flight to Tehran in addition to halting overflights of Iran and Iraq until further notice.

It added that Saturday’s twice-weekly service to northern Iraqi city of Erbil would also not depart.

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Volunteer firefighters tending to a controlled fire in Australia’s Meroo National Park on Sunday.

SYDNEY, JAN 8 (IANS): Australian authorities on Wednesday confirmed that the death toll due to the raging bushfires that have ravaged the country since September 2019, has increased to 26.

The toll reached 26 after firefighter Matt Kavanagh, 43, died wile on duty after a crash between two vehicles which police linked to the bushfires, Victoria’s Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville said.

This is the third death in Victoria due to the fires, which have already caused 20 fatalities in New South

Wales and three more in South Australia, reports Efe news.

The confirmation came as firefighters continued their struggle to control dozens of fires that have been raging in the country’s southeast as temperatures are expected to rise above 40 degrees Celsius at the end of the week.

On Tuesday, they took advantage of improved weather conditions to bolster preparations against the blazes that continue to burn in those areas.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, during a visit

to Kangaroo Island told reporters that weather conditions were expected to worsen in the coming days.

Two people died on the island at the end of the year amid the still raging fires.

The fires have burned more than 50 houses and almost half of this tourist island, located some 112 km from Adelaide, home to 60,000 kangaroos, 50,000 koalas and other endangered animals who are suffering the catastrophe’s consequences.

The Insurance Council of Australia said Tuesday a total A$700 million ($485 million) of accumulated damages have been recorded since September, with nearly 9,000 fire-related claims.

Mor rison, heavily criticized for his handling of the crisis, announced Monday a package of A$2 billion over the next two years to finance the recovery of affected areas.

The fires have razed more than 8 million hectares of land throughout the country, equivalent to the area of Austria, including some 2,000 homes.

Pakistan Senate passes bills 2019 second hottest year on record: EU climate agency to extend Gen Bajwa’s tenure ISLAMABAD, JAN 8 (PTI): Pakistan’s upper house of Parliament on Wednesday passed three crucial bills to give extension to Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa for another three years.

The bills to extend the retirement age from 60 to 64 years for the chiefs of army, navy and air force, and the chairman of the joint chief of staff committee sailed through the Senate or the upper house despite protests from minor parties, Geo News said.

As soon as the bills were passed, Senate chair-

man Sadiq Sanjrani adjourned the session.

The bills were already approved by the Standing Committee on Defence.

On Tuesday, the three bills - The Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill 2020, the Pakistan Air Force (Amendment) Bill 2020 and the Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Bill 2020 were passed easily by the National Assembly or the lower house of Parliament as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People Party (PPP) supported them.

All eyes are now on President Arif Alvi, whose signatures on the bills will formalise them into law, which will grant the prime minister the power to extend the tenure of any service chief.

Gen Bajwa, a close confidant of Imran Khan, was to retire on November 29 last year at the end of his three-year original term but the Prime Minister gave the 59-year-old Army chief another extension of the same length, citing the regional security situation through a notification on August 19.

PARIS, JAN 8 (AFP): 2019 was the second hottest year on record and ended the hottest decade in history, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said Wednesday.

Data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Ser vice (C3S) showed that worldwide temperatures last year were second only to 2016, in which temperatures were boosted 0.12 degrees Celsius by an exceptionally strong El Nino natural weather event.

The average temperature in 2019 was only a few hundredths of a degree below the 2016 level.

The five last years have been the hottest on record, and the period of 2010-2019 was the hottest decade since records began, C3S said.

Globally temperatures in 2019 were 0.6 Celsius warmer than the 1981-2010 average. Earth’s temperature over the last five years was 1.1C-1.2C warmer than pre-industrial times.

Last year was Europe’s hottest ever.

“2019 has been another exceptionally warm year, in fact the second warmest globally in our dataset, with many of the

individual months breaking records,” said Carlo Buontempo, head of C3S. 2019 was just 0.04C cooler than 2016, which saw temperatures boosted by a once-in-a-century strength El Nino.

C3S also said that atmospheric carbon concentrations continued to rise in 2019, reaching their highest levels on record.

The United Nations said last year that manmade greenhouse gas emissions needed to tumble 7.6 percent each year to 2030 in order to limit temperature rises to 1.5C.

Current pledges by countries to cut their emissions put Earth on a path of several degrees warming by the end of the century.

The first week of 2020 has seen climate-related disasters such as the fires ravaging southeastern Australia and flooding kill dozens of people in Indonesia.

Scientists say such catastrophes will become more frequent and more intense as temperatures climb.

“The past five years have been the warmest on record; the last decade has been the warmest on

record,” said Copernicus director Jean-Noel Thepaut.

“These are unquestionably alarming signs.”

Last year saw the most pronounced warming in Alaska and other parts of the Arctic, as well as large swathes of eastern and southern Europe, southern Africa, and Australia. In Europe all seasons were warmer than average, with several countries registering both summer and winter temperature highs. December 2019 was 3.2C warmer than the 1981-2010 reference period, C3S said.

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Late Yapangsangla (1934-2019) In fond remembrance of a wonderful mother, grandmother and great grandmother who left for her heavenly abode on this day one year ago. We miss you and cherish your memory. We are comforted that you rest secure in Father’s arms. You remain in our hearts always.

Children, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.

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We the bereaved family members would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and every Individual, Neighbours, Friends, Relatives and well wishers who stood by us Physically, Financially, Materially and Spiritually during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved father Lt. Imlinungba Imsong (Merangkong) on 3rd January 2020.

We sincerely convey our special thanks to :1. Tuli Lenten Baptist Arogo 2. Forest & Raw Materials Contractors Association Tuli 3. Transport Commissioner & Staff Kohima 4. Merangkong Senso Telongjem Dimapur 5. Tamlu Union Dimapur 6. Merangkongtsür Telongjem Dimapur 7. Konyak Baptist Church Dimapur 8. B.S Nganlang Hon’ble MLA & Family 9. Dr. W. Hentok Phom, AIIMS, New Delhi 10. Doctors & Nurses BLK, New Delhi 11. Doctors & Nurses Eden Medical Centre Dimapur.

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Our deepest and heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us during the prolonged illness and demise of our beloved mother Late Visakhonu Mekro. It is our humble prayer that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

A light from our lives has gone A voice we love is still, A place is vacant within our hearts which never can be filled.

We hold you close within our hearts, And there you will remain.

To walk with us throughout our lives until we meet again.

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Coal made from plant waste could help cut CO2 emissions

Vikram Bhatt’s ‘Hacked’ to release on February 7

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

Zeenat Aman’s comeback play to premiere in February

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ributes have been paid after the death of Ugly Betty creator, Silvio Horta, who has died by suspected suicide at the age of 45.

The TV writer was found in his motel room in Miami on Tuesday, with Horta’s representatives subsequently confirming his passing. Variety have reported his cause of death to be a self inflicted gunshot wound, citing several sources. America Ferrara, who played the title role in Ugly Betty between 2006 to 2010, wrote on Instagram: “I’m stunned and heartbroken to hear the devastating news of Ugly Betty creator, Silvio Horta’s death.

“His talent and creativity brought me and so many others such joy and light.

I’m thinking of his family and loved ones who must be in so much pain right now, and of the whole Ugly Betty family who feel this loss so deeply.”

Vanessa Williams, who played Wilhelmina Slater, added “Still in shock after hearing the tragic news of our #uglybetty creator #silviohorta. His creativity and passion will be missed by so many of us that worked with him. May he Rest In Peace.

Eric Mabius, who played Daniel Meade, wrote on Twitter “Silvio and I used to stay up late and laugh until our sides hurt and complain to one another about life.

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oal made from plant waste could help cut annual carbon dioxide emissions by more than 730 million tons by 2030, according to a new study from China.

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology in China say bio-coal could also help improve food supplies by replacing bio-fuels made from grain. The team say that if coal was replaced with their plant based alternative, made from forest and agricultural waste, then millions of tons of carbon wouldn't be released.

The bio-coal they produced is an 'energy efficient' solid by-product of distilling bio-oil - an existing 'plant product' which they say is 'highly corrosive and inefficient'.

The team estimate that

by 2030 about 400 million tons of 'bio-coal' could be produced every year, all of which could directly replace the fossil fuel.

Bio-coal could 'help fast-track climate change mitigation efforts by providing an accessible opportunity for developing countries to switch out conventional fossil fuels for renewable energy', say the team.

The researchers say other options such as biogas involve 'dipping into the food supply', something many developing nations don't have the resources to do.

Bio-oil synthesized from the thermal decomposition of plant waste has been identified as an alternative to grain-based biofuels for some time, the team say.

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irector Vikram Bhatt's next, a stalker thriller titled "Hacked", is all set to hit the screens on February 7, the makers announced on Wednesday.

The film, to be released

by Zee Studios, features Hina Khan, Rohan Shah, Mohit Malhotra and Sid Makkar.

"I have put aside the horrors of the spirit world to talk about the horrors of the real world and our vulnerable lives on the Internet is one such horror. It just takes one Hacker with enough motivation to ruin your life," Bhatt said in a statement.

The filmmaker said "Hacked" is about a single woman and an obsessed hacker.

"My association with Zee has been an old one.

Way back in 1996 it was with Zee that I had my first hit film, 'Fareb'. I am delighted to have Zee Studios as my partner for 'Hacked'.

It's a new beginning with my old partners," he added. It is produced by Amar Thakkar and Krishna Bhatt. (PTI)

ollywood diva Zeenat Aman will come back to theatre after a 15-year hiatus with "Dearest Bapu, Love Kasturba", and it will premiere in February.

The play will be part of the upcoming The Great Indian Theatre Festival (TGITF). Brought by BookMyShow, the fest will be home to over 50 plays that will be performed in over 25 cities all over India. It will start from February 22.

The fest will launch with a grand premiere in Mumbai with Zeenat Aman's "Dearest Bapu, Love Kasturba", before moving to Hyderabad, Delhi, Bengaluru, Vadodara, Chennai and Kolkata.

The Great Indian Theatre Festival features celebrated names including Shabana Azmi, Kumud Mishra, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Rakesh Bedi, Shikha Talsania, Mandira Bedi, Samir Soni, Jim Sarbh, Ranvir Shorey, Neil Bhoopalam, Lillete Dubey, Kitu Gidwani, Sandhya Mridul, Arif Zakaria, Suchitra Pillai, Cyrus Sahukar, Aadar Malik, Saurabh Shukla, Achint Kaur, Ira Dubey, Aahana Kumra, Shweta Tiwari, Sayantani Ghosh, Minissha Lamba, Rohit Roy amongst others.

The five month-long festival will travel to various Indian cities including Jaipur, Pune, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Indore, Bhopal, Surat, Bhubaneswar, Goa and Kochi amongst others.

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Kangana: Spirit of 'Chhapaak' slap on those who commit acid attacks

Air pollution may affect psychological health in kids

Will talk to 'corrupt journalists' in 'strong language'

Nation's environment is of pride, patriotism: 'Tanhaji' director

ctress Kangana Ranaut says the trailer of Deepika Padukone starrer "Chhapaak" reminded her of her sister Rangoli Chandel's similar experience and that the film's spirit is a slap on those who commit acid attacks.

Rangoli Chandel, who is an acid attack survivor, on Wednesday tweeted a video of Kangana, thanking director Meghna Gulzar and Deepika for making a film like "Chhapaak".

In the video, Kangana speaking in Hindi, said: "I recently saw the trailer of Chhapaak and after watching I remembered the acid attack incident that took place with my sister Rangoli. The kind of courage my sister showed during and after the attack gave me the strength and inspires me to face every challenge that comes my way. Her smile gives me the courage to take “Panga” with every sadness."

(IANS)

higher if you have a higher genetic liability for the disease. Our data shows that these associations are independent of each other," Horsdal said.

The association between air pollution and schizophrenia cannot be explained by higher genetic liability in people who grow up in areas with high levels of air pollution, the researcher said.

According to the study, researchers combine genetic data from iPSYCH with air pollution data from Department of Environmental Science for results.

Though the results demonstrate an increased risk of schizophrenia when level of air pollution during childhood increases, researchers cannot comment on the cause.

Instead they emphasised that further studies were needed before they can identify the cause of this association, they concluded.

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ir pollution may affect our physical and psychological health in the long run as researchers have found that children who are exposed to high level of air pollution while growing up, have an increased risk of developing “schizophrenia”.

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.

"The study shows that the higher the level of air pollution, the higher the risk of schizophrenia. For each 10 µg/m3 (concentration of air pollution per cubic metre) increase in daily average, risk of

cided to try and produce a form of fuel with more desirable properties - including better heat generation during combustion.

Lead researcher BinHai Cheng and colleagues used conventional, scalable chemical engineering processes to distill bio-oil made from five common plant wastes.

They found the most efficient plant material to use in generation bio-coal were rice husks, which they say are abundant worldwide Their process involved turning rice husk into bio-oil which was then distilled and turned into the solid 'bio-coal' which has similar properties to fossil fuel coal without the polluting elements such as copper and nickel They used products commonly found around the world including rice husk, saw dust, wheat straw, bagasse, and soybean straw and distilled them to approximately 464 degrees Fahrenheit, resulting in a glossy black solid - coal. The team studied the new biocoal created from rice husk and found it was thermally stable and had an energy possibility equal to commercial fossil based coals.

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schizophrenia increases by approximately 20 per cent," said study researcher Henriette Thisted Horsdal from Aarhus University in Denmark.

"Children who are exposed to an average daily level above 25 µg/m3 have an approx. 60 per cent greater risk of developing schizophrenia compared to those who are exposed to less than 10 µg/m3," Horsdal added.

According to the study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, the research team included 23,355 people in total, and of these, 3,531 developed schizophrenia.

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ilmmaker, Anubhav Sinha, has said that his Twitter account will from now onwards talk to "corrupt journalist in a very strong language".

Anubhav took to Twitter on Wednesday and wrote: "Pl Unfollow Me if you can't deal with strong language.

This account is now going to talk to corrupt Journalists in a very strong language.

Sometimes abusive. If you can't deal with it please unfollow me."

The director's tweet comes amidst the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) violence fallout.

On January 5, several masked individuals thrashed students and teachers inside the campus here with wooden and metal rods on Sunday.

At least 20 students were admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences with severe injuries, including the Students Union President Aishe Ghosh, who was reportedly hit over the eye with an iron rod.

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The genetically-edited trees grow as well as their natural counterparts, researchers from the US said.

However, fears that genetically modified trees could damage wildlife means that schemes involving planting such face massive opposition.

'Our findings suggest isoprene emissions can be diminished without affecting biomass production in temperate forest plantations,' said paper author and forest biotechnologist

Steve Strauss of the Oregon State University. 'That's what we wanted to examine — can you turn down isoprene production, and does it matter to biomass productivity and general plant health?' 'It looks like it doesn't impair either significantly. In Arizona, where it's super hot, if isoprene mattered to productivity, it would show up in a striking way, but it did not.' 'Plants are smart — they'll compensate and do something different if they need to.'

out significantly reducing biomass production gives us a lot of optimism,' said paper author and Arizona University ecologist Russell Monson.

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t a time when the entire nation is going through a political turmoil over the government's imposition of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 or CAA, "Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior" director Om Raut feels the general environment of the country is that of pride and patriotism.

"I think this is a time when the general atmosphere of our country is of pride, the environment is of a very strong feeling of being an Indian, of patriotism.

The entire environment is such. Cinema and filmmakers are only a reflection and part of society. We represent a society and are also influenced by it. Whatever the environment in the country is today, is of tremendous pride of being an Indian.

A very natural reflection of that is happening in cinema. I hope, we keep feeling proud about who we are and what we do and bring our nation forward," said Raut.

"Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior" is a period drama based on the life of Maratha warrior Tanaji Malusare, who was a trusted military leader of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The film stars Ajay Devgn in the title role.

With Bollywood delivering quite a few period dramas over the past few years, Does he think this is

the perfect time to release another period drama? "We have had a tradition of talking about history. Recently there have been quite a few films dealing with historical subjects," he replied.

Raut has researched over the subject over the past five years after he made up his mind way back in 2006 that he wants to make a film on Tanaji Malusare, his favourite historical character since his childhood. He has co-written the script along with Prakash Kapadia.

Talking about the same, the filmmaker told IANS: "I was influenced by this man Tanaji Malusare as a child. I was told about his life by my grandparents. We had a very small chapter in our history book on him.

His bravery, selflessness all of which were told to me in the form of stories by my family, attracted me. In 2006-07 I finally decided that I want to make a film on him but then I got busy

with other work. In 2015, I started researching on the subject for the film."

Raut feels nobody could have pulled off the historical character better than superstar Ajay Devgn.

"Look at the type of personality that Mr Devgn has and the depth of his performance. There wouldn't be anybody other than him to play this part according to me. He is the most perfect choice for the role," he said.

"Tanaji Malusare was a mesmerizing personality, he was huge, he was a brilliant strategist. The Guerrilla warfare which the Marathas are famous for, Tanaji Malusare was a champion of that. It was actually a war strategy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Tanaji Malusare was one of his strongest lieutenants to pull that off.

He was a huge asset to the Maratha empire.

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enetically modified poplar trees that do not release airpolluting chemicals that help produce ozone may hold the key to saving the planet, a study suggested.

Poplars are a fast-growing source of renewable wood fuel — and are often seen as a greener alternative to fossil fuels.

However, these trees also emit high levels of the chemical isoprene that forms toxic ozone when mixed with other air pollutants in sunlight.

In three-year-long trials at plantations across Oregon and Arizona, the researchers showed that trees can be genetically modified to reduce negative impacts on air quality while leaving their growth potential virtually unchanged.

The team genetically modified poplars not to produce isoprene. Trees whose production was suppressed did not suffer any ill effects.Their photosynthesis, or 'biomass production' was the same as unaltered varieties — and they were able to make fuel and grow as well.

The researchers used a genetic engineering tool known as RNA interference to disrupt protein coding instructions from each cell's DNA. The researcher's work paves the way for for future isoprene research — including in different growing environments.

'The fact cultivars of poplar can be produced in a way that ameliorates atmospheric impacts with-

Entertainment, BookMyShow, said: "The fest is a culmination of India's love for theatre. This form of art is deep-rooted in our culture and over time, the appetite for quality theatre has grown manifold with Indian audiences seeking varied entertainment options in this genre."

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16th Phek town intercolony tourney begins

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Winter Cricket Challenge in Wokha on January 10

DIMAPUR, JAN 8 (NPN): 24th the Winter Cricket Challenge (WCC) organised by Senior Noble Klan (SNK) would commence on January 10, 2020 at 11 am at local ground Wokha town with Lotha Hoho chairman Er. Mhondamo Ovung as the special invitee. Ten teams from different districts would be taking part in the annual winter cricket tournament, which is also one of the state’s oldest running cricket tournaments.

1st death anniversary lt. pichomo lotha 08/01/2019

It’s been a year since you left us for your heavenly abode, but in our hearts you are always remembered.

Loving Wife, Children & Family Members

Players being introduced to the SP Phek Vesupra Kezo at the PTYS intercolony tournament.

a God’s blessings. A special number presented by Kukhruno Khamo. An oath taking was administered by PTYS games and sports secretary Nuvota Tsutso. Altogether, 11 colonies are participating in the tournament.

The tournament would conclude on January 15, 2020 coinciding with Sukrunye Festival, which would be graced

by Dr. Kuvezochi Hoshi, general secretary (Central) NDPP, as sukrunye guest.

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generation of students how far they were prepared to go to achieve what their predecessor had achieved and have been cherished by the people.

The two-day sports event would witness table tennis boys/ girls singles and mixed doubles; football, volleyball and basketball boys and girls which would be played in knockout format.

On December 9 night, cultural showcase and prize distribution ceremony function would be held.

SASTAMI KUGHUKO KUPOSHUKULU DIMAPUR Sukusho Kighini Kupughu Atsala : 11-01-2020 Ayi : 7:00 Inaqhe A-a : NCRC, Purana Bazar Atsapiu : Rev. Kihoto Rotokha, Senior Pastor, Chekiye Baptist Church PITHITSA : Aghami kumtsu pututa Kibo hekutsu pesu sukusho kighini kupughu lo ighino kukumgha ighilu penike kusu ani.

General Secy Joseph Achumi

Chairman Kuhoi Yeptho

In Loving Memory 1st Death Anniversary "You will always be in our Hearts with us" Loving Wife, Children, Grandchildren & Relatives

Late Jomomo Ovung

Died : 30th December 2019 We the bereaved family members would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all who stood by us spiritually, physically and financially during the prolonged illness and sudden demise of our beloved father.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. Shri. Mmhonlumo Kikon, Hon’ble MLA and Advisor, Govt. of Nagaland.

2. Liphanyan Baptist Church.

3. Liphanyan Village Council.

4. Liphanyan Union Dimapur.

5. Ralan Area Baptist Churches Union (RABCU).

From, ~Loving Wife, Sons, Daughter, In-laws and Grandchildren~

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TESOPHENYU GROUP STUDENTS’ UNION Lt. KIKHETO SWU Born 08-10-1995 – Died 05-01-2020 The family of Late Kikheto Swu, wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gesture of kindness shown to us following our sad loss.

We offer our heartfelt thanks to the many friends, neighbours and wellwishers who visited our home, attended, service and burial who provided emotional and practical supported for us at this difficult times.

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1934 – 21/12/2019 Having completed his earthly sojourn, his departure was no less remarkable with arrays of love and care, sympathy and assistance and without withholding any efforts to console the grief-stricken family during the illness and demise of our father Late ZHEHEVI KIHO, G.B Luthsumi and R/o D.C Hill Zunheboto.

The family of the departed soul would like to express profound indebtedness to every kind hearted friend and well wishers for their priceless acts of love and solidarity all through the heart-rending times.

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he also urged the students to work hard from now itself to achieve their vision they have conceptualized today.

To the players, he urged them to give their best in every sports they participate in upholding the sportsmen spirit.

AKM president, Imkongwati, in his short speech, said Asetkong known as the heart of the Ao land has been acknowledged for producing leaders in various prospects.

He challenged the current

of Late Imliwabang

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Rijiju, Kom send off athletes for Khelo India Games NEW DELHI, JAN 8 (IANS): In a bid to make Khelo India a world-class sporting experience for the budding athletes, Sports Authority of India (SAI) has come together with SpiceJet to help more than 1000 kids experience the joy of flying.

At the send-off ceremony of the athletes at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju was present along with Sports Secretary Radheshyam Jhulaniya, Director General SAI, Sandip Pradhan, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet, Ajay Singh and other dignitaries, besides London Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom. The presence of the six-time world champion Mary Kom was a bonus for the young stars, many of whom look up to the boxing queen. The Manipuri legend took her time to interact with the athletes and motivated them before they boarded the flight.

took charge.

The Catalan responded to the problems United posed his side last time out by deploying an extra midfielder with both City strikers Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus left on the bench.

Guardiola’s tactical plan worked to perfection as a fluid front four of Silva, Mahrez, Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne were too fleet of foot and thought for a United defence without the injured Harry Maguire.

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DIMAPUR, JAN 8 (NPN): The 16th Edition of the Phek Town Intercolony tournament cum Sukrunye organized by the Phek Town Youth Society (PTYS) on the theme “Forging Excellence” started at Phek town local ground Wednesday with Superintendant of Police (SP) Phek Vesupra Kezo gracing the inaugural function as tournament guest.

Speaking at the event, Vesupra Kezo lauded the PTYS for persistently organizing a huge inter-colony tournament every two years enabling youth to showcase sporting talents.

He said that participation in sports built a good relationship and productive in community and the society develop at a very fast pace and reduces crimes.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by PTYS advisor Shekhozo Rhakho, welcome note was delivered by PTYS president Neizote Venuh and BHBC pastor Rev. Novosayi Vese invoked

“Last season is a good example against PSG. Hopefully in front of our fans we can make a good game and reach the final.”

United have shown their ability to win at the Etihad already this season as they tore City apart on the counter-attack to shock the Premier League champions on home soil just a month ago.

But City restored their recent dominance of this fixture with a third consecutive win at Old Trafford and a fourth in five away derbies since Guardiola

AKTM Sports Secretary administrating the oath during 42nd AKTM Sports cum General Conference at Kubolong Football Ground on Wednesday.

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HQ. TESOPHENYU KOHIMA, NAGALAND Regd. No :593 Motto: “Rise up and shine”

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TGSU gratefully acknowledges following personalities, groups, unions and organisations for generously contributing towards its Office Inauguration cum Felicitation Programme and 12th Edition of TGSU Tournament (Football for Men and Open Penalty Shootout for Women) under the Theme; “Sports for Fitness, Discipline and Unity” held from 28th December 2019 till 3rd of January 2020.

The Union prays upon Almighty God to bless them abundantly.

1. Mr. G.K. Rengma (Donated 12th Edition TGSU Trophy) 2. Er. Nosilo Magh Rs. 5000/ 3. Ms. Yhunbeni Magh & Ms. Inie Magh Rs. 10000/ 4. Mr. Khonbu Jemu Rs. 5000/ 5. Mr. Thonpfü Woch Rs. 1000/ 6. Mr. Peter Magh Rs. 5000/ 7. Mr. Atilo Tep Rs. 3000/ 8. Er. Kaso Seb Rs. 500/ 9. Er. Chenos Kemp Rs. 5000/ 10. Er. Chengato Kath (Special Guest, opening ceremony) Rs. 50000/ 11. Mr. Gwahilo Chung Rs. 3000/ 12. A-Tsenzi Rs. 3000/ 13. Tesohenyu Group Youth Organisation (TGYO) Rs. 1000/ 14. Mr. Alikha Kath Rs. 1000/ 15. Tesophenyu Sporting Club Rs. 2000/ 16. Mr. Zenilo Tep Rs. 500/ 17. Mr. Obed Kath Rs. 2000/ 18. Mr. Gwathonlo Kath Rs. 1000/ 19. Keshwenchwi Logwa Rs. 1000/ 20. Er. Nitilo Magh (Special Invitee) Rs. 10000/ 21. Mr. Tenyelo Seb (Resource Speaker) Rs. 7000/ 22. Mr. Shengato Jemu (Guest of Honour) Rs. 30000/ 23. Ar. Jwenga Seb Rs. 10000/ 24. Mr. AZ Obed Magh Rs. 1500/ 25. Mr. NR Magh Rs. 2000/ 26. Mr. Ashento Magh Rs. 1000/ 27. Mr. AP Francis Magh Rs. 1000/ 28. Mr. Heni Tep Rs. 3000/ 29. Mr. Nnoyhun Tep Rs. 2000/ 30. Mr. Jwenga Magh Rs. 1000/ 31. Dr. Shasinlo Magh (Special Guest, closing ceremony) Rs.10000/ 32. Tesophenyu Village Council Rs. 50000/ 33. Ziphenyu Village Council Rs. 20000/ 34. New Tesophenyu Village Council Rs. 15000/ 35. Sewanu Village Council Rs. 15000/ Sd/Sd/Mr. Ngvüyhun Tep Mr. Anthony Semy Convenor & Co-Convenor & President TGSU Finance Secretary TGSU K-57

ford restored some pride for the hosts to reduce the deficit 20 minutes from time, but they face a huge task when the sides meet again for the semi-final, second leg on January 29.

However, Guardiola remains wary after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men recovered from losing 2-0 at home to Paris SaintGermain in last season’s Champions League last 16 to progress.

“It’s a good result, but it is not over because it is United,” Guardiola told Sky Sports.

DIMAPUR, JAN 8 (NPN): The 42nd Asetkong Kaketshir Telongjem Mungdang (AKTM) sports cum general conference began at Kubolong Sub-Division under Mokokchung District on Wednesday.

More than 400 delegates from seven units are currently camping at AKTM Headquarters Kubolong to attend the three-day sports meet cum general conference.

CDPO Kubolong, Imliyanger, who officially kicked off the sports meets at Kubolong Football Ground as chief patron, said that Asetkong was an important range in the Ao land and has produced many eminent leaders and luminaries. He therefore urged the students to progress and continue to keep the good image of the range as responsible students.

“Continuity of the good image of the Asetkong following the footsteps of the forefathers should be the responsibility of each student,” he said.

Imliyanger also said that to keep a good image to the people of Nagaland and the Ao in particular, they should humble themselves while pursuing their goal.

Calling the students that they were the future,

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Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva (center) scored an all-world opener Tuesday against Manchester United.

ternational was back to his best and opened the floodgates by smashing a shot into the top corner from outside the box on 17 minutes.

Silva turned creator for City’s second as one pass split the United defence and Mahrez rounded David de Gea to slot into an empty net.

Five minutes later it was 3-0 as De Bruyne left Phil Jones flat on the ground before his powerful shot was parried by De Gea into the path of the unfortunate Pereira, who could only turn the ball into his own goal.

Only a brilliant save from De Gea to deny Silva a second and Sterling’s miss from a inviting Kyle Walker cross prevented the scoreline from becoming even more embarrassing for United before the break.

City eased up after the break and United grabbed a lifeline when they finally caught the visitors cold on the break as Mason Greenwood teed up Rashford to calmly slot into the far corner for his 17th goal of the season.

There was no late rally from the Red Devils to further cut City’s advantage, leaving Solskjaer hoping for a repeat of the miracle in Paris that landed him the United job on a permanent basis last March.

42nd AKTM sports cum general conference underway at Kubolong

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League Cup: Man City rolls past Man Utd

MANCHESTER, JAN 8 (AGENCIES): Pep Guardiola warned Manchester City of Manchester United’s powers of recovery after his side outclassed their city rivals 3-1 at Old Trafford to put one foot in the League Cup final.

The holders were rampant before the break as Bernardo Silva’s wonder strike, Riyad Mahrez’s cool finish and an own goal from Andreas Pereira put City well on course for a third straight final.

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ISL 2019-20: FC Goa ease past NorthEast United

Players of FC Goa and NE United in action during ISL match at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Goa, Wednesday.

PANAJI, JAN 8 (AGENCIES): FC Goa climbed back to the top of the standings with a 2-0 win against NorthEast United at the Fatorda Stadium on Wednesday.

A Mislav Komorski (68’) own-goal followed by a Ferran Corominas penalty (82’) helped Goa secure three points.

While FC Goa went into the game unchanged, Nor thEast United had Pawan Kumar replacing suspended Subashish Roy Choudhary in goal. The visitors were without Asamoah Gyan and Kai Heerings in their squad but Federico Gallego and Rupert Nongrum made their way

in.

Hugo Boumous was at the heart of Goa’s attacks in the first half. However, despite creating chances, the hosts struggled to find the net. Corominas sidefooted a shot wide early on, couldn’t get his overhead kick on target in the 18th minute in the 44th minute, he failed to connect to Boumous’ pass across the face of goal.

Robert Jarni’s men mostly soaked up the pressure and created only a couple of half-chances as they looked to hit Goa on the counter. Gallego’s through ball in the 11th minute saw an alert Mohammad Nawaz effectively

rush off his line to clear the ball before an onrushing Redeem Tlang pounced.

Jackichand had an attempt saved by Pawan four minutes into the second half before being responsible for Goa’s lead in the 68th. Although helped on its way in by Komorski who steered the Indian winger’s cross goalwards from the right, the Highlanders’ goalkeeper was equally erroneous for letting the ball slip into the net.

Leudo was given the marching orders for bringing down Corominas inside the box and the Spaniard stepped up to convert from the spot to make it 2-0 in the 82nd minute.

sports Star tennis players to raise funds for bushfire relief work MELBOURNE, JAN 8 (IANS): In a bid to raise money for the bushfire relief fund in Australia, star tennis players like Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal will feature in an exhibition match on January 15, five days before the start of the Australian Open.

The contest will take place at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.

Meanwhile, local Nick Kyrgios will also be playing along with Stefanos Tsitsipas, Naomi Osaka and Caroline Wozniacki.

“For a period of about two and a half hours we’re going to be showcasing the game, but also coming together as a community to play our part in the relief effort,” Tennis Australia (TA) chief Craig Tiley was quoted as saying by the BBC. Kyrgios will also be donating 200 Australian dollars for every ace he hits in events held in Australia in January as part of the fundraising effort, while compatriot Ashleigh Barty will donate all of her prize money from the Brisbane International.

The ongoing bushfire crisis in Australia has so far killed 25 people and thousands of animals while also destroying nearly 2,000 houses.

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64th KOHIMA VILLAGE SPORTS MEET

Nine new records broken in athletics on day-2

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KOHIMA, JAN 8 (NPN): The athletic events of the 64rd Kohima Village Sports Association Meet 2020 came to an end as Tsütuonuomia-Khel took a huge lead over the medal tally of the sports meet with 34 medals (15 gold,9 silver, 10 bronze) on the day-2 at IG Stadium here Wednesday.

Dapfhütsumia-Khel continued in second position with a total tally of 14 medals (5 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze). PfuchatsumiaKhel in the third position with 13 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) and Lhisemia-Khel in the last position with 9 medals (4 silver and 5 bronze).

Second day of the sports meet of the athletic event saw nine new records broken. In 100 metres race (men), Neiketoulie Belho of T Khel broke the 1994 record (11.32 seconds) set

by Atsuu Miachieo clocking his best new record of 11.22 seconds.

While Belho also broke the new record for 200 meter race by finishing 23.35 seconds, a 2014 record set by Menuokhrielie Solo clocking 24.25 seconds. While the second and third position Dziesezotuo Rutsa (new record 24.17 sec) and Mhasiletuo Yhome (new record 24.19

Participant in action during the second day of the KVSA meet at IG stadium, Kohima Wednesday. (NP) sec) got better off the old record set in 2014.

While in women’s 100 metres race, Kekhrieneinuo Solo 2018 record (14.35 second) was broken

by Dziesengunuo Solo of T. Khel clocking a new record 13.90 seconds, with Dzüvichünuo Rutsa of P. Khel in second (New Record 14.21 sec), Kekhrieneinuo Solo managed to secure the third position only.

Interestingly, Kekhrieneinuo Solo managed to outsmart Dziesengunuo Solo in 200 metres race by setting a new record

29.42 seconds, bettering her previous record of 29.93 seconds in 2018.

Dziesengunuo Solo came in second with her best new record clocking 29.71 seconds.

Kikrusilie Kire broke new record in 800 metres race (men) clocking 2:10.17 seconds set by Keneinguzo Sote (2:12.18 second) in 1994.

Dziesezotuo Rutsa with a new record of 54.07 seconds for 400 metres race (men) beating the previous record of Menuokhrielie Solo record (55.57 second) in 2014. Khrielasakuo

Keretsü of D. Khel broke his own record of 34.52 meters set in 2018 with his best new record 34.65 meters in this edition for discus throw (men).

While 4x100 metres relay (Men) and 4x100 metres relay (Women) also set new records.

On the third day, football will take place at IG Stadium, 8 am, while the basketball (men and women) volleyball (men and women) will be played at Khuochiezie local ground in the afternoon. The indoor game will also take place at 4 pm onwards.

Visienyü champion Kiruphema wrestling c’ship ICC Test rankings: Kohli retains top spot

The winners and others of Kiruphema wrestling championship. (NP) Correspondent

KOHIMA , JAN 8 (NPN): Veteran wrestler and former Naga Wrestle Mania light weight champion Megovizo Visienyü Wednesday emerged as the champion of the 45th Kiruphema wrestling championship 2020. Visienyü is also former KYO wrestling champion in the year 2014 & 2016.

Gracing the wrestling meet as special guest at Kiruphema Basa, commis-

sioner & secretary Work & Housing and chairman disaster management Nagaland, Rovilato Mor, said that wrestling was a competition to promote young talents for prospect and was a contest to bring unity among the people of Kiruphema and neighbours.

He also urged the youth to be disciplined, maintain time management and be proud of their talents.

Based on the importance of health balance, Mor said healthy life could help one

feel their best.

Expressing happiness over the participation of wrestlers, he said “All players have added flavour to the championship meet and reveal a positive image of KYO amongst the sports fraternity.”

In senior category, M h a n e iv i t o K r u n e i l i e bagged in second position, while Megotsolie Suohumvü and Vichasa Suohumvü bagged 3rd and 4th position respectively.

In junior category, Ke-

dovilhou Kruneilie emerged as the champion, Vineikhozo Mor in second position, Kevimedo Zhünyü and Rokovisie Shosahie were awarded third and fourth correspondingly.

Altogether, 29 wrestlers participated in the KYO wrestling championship. Kevichatha Suohumvü, Pelhouvisie Hozoyie, Metsilie Suohumvü and Thepfülhouto Zenyü-u were the prize sponsors this year’s wrestling championship.

DUBAI, JAN 8 (PTI): India skipper Virat Kohli retained his top spot among batsmen while Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane slipped in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Wednesday.

With 928 points, Kohli is way ahead of second-placed Australian maestro Steve Smith (911), the ICC said in a statement.

Pujara was placed sixth, down one rung, with 791 points, while Rahane occupied the ninth spot after slipping a couple of positions with 759 points.

In bowling, India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, returning from an injury layoff, remained static at sixth position with 794 points, while spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (772 points) and seamer Mohammed Shami (771) were ninth and 10th respectively.

Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne grabbed a career-best third place. The 25-year-old moved up one slot after scores of 215 and 59 in the final Test against New Zealand.

He was the highest scorer in the recently-concluded series with 549 runs, while his five previous Tests that include two at home against

I-League: Aizawl, Churchill share spoils in thrilling draw

Players of Aizawl FC and Churchill Brothers FC in action during I-League match in Aizawl.

AIZAWL, JAN 8 (IANS): Aizawl FC and Churchill Brothers FC played out a hard-fought 2-2 draw in an I-League encounter here on Wednesday.

With the draw, Aizawl FC are placed fifth on the points table with nine points from seven games whereas Churchill Brothers go to the top of the charts with 10 points from five matches.

The match started on a slow note as neither team looked dominant from the onset. The first major mo-

ment came in the 29th minute with a set-piece from Kalif Alhassan of Churchill Brothers.

His dipping strike at the goal was going to find the lower right corner of the net when the Aizawl keeper carrying his form from the last match made a diving save to his right. Churchill Brothers again got a chance with a free shot for Vinil Poojary soon after but his strike from inside the box just went wide.

The moment of reckon-

ing finally came in the 44th minute as a low cross from the right flank by Joe Zoherliana was foiled by the away keeper and it fell to Aizawl’s Abdoulaye Kanoute who made no mistake and tapped the ball into the net from close range. Aizawl went into half-time leading 1-0.

The second half resumed and it had a different flavour to it. Churchill Brothers came out with more attacking intent and looked sharper. Another factor was also the introduc-

tion of Israil Gurung -- their set-piece expert at half-time who proved his worth immediately.

In the 64th minute, Israil got a free-kick from the right side of the Aizawl box and produced a dangerous curling strike which produced a save from the home team’s keeper but he couldn’t control it and the loose ball was finally tapped in by Robert Jr. Primus to level the score at 1-1.

Both teams were now trying to score the winning

goal but Aizawl fell behind in the 78th minute as a poor defensive clearance by the team resulted in a closerange strike by Vinil Poojary giving the away team a 2-1 lead.

The onus was now on Aizawl and on a day when the Churchill goalkeeper wasn’t at his best, they fancied their chances of a comeback. In the 80th minute, a cross from the left side of the box was spilled by the Churchill keeper and the ball landed for an easy tap in at the feet of Isak Vanlalruatfela. He made no mistake and smashed the ball to the back of the net levelling the score at 2-2.

In the dying moments of the match, both teams tried to score a goal but none could create a clear chance.

The match ended with the scores level, which also marks the fourth consecutive draw for Aizawl FC at home.

M e a n w h i l e, T i d dim Road Athletic Union (TRAU) FC registered a comeback 2-1 victory over city rivals Neroca FC in an ILeague clash at the Khuman Lumpak Stadium in Imphal on Wednesday.

Virat Kohli Pakistan, have seen him amass 896 runs.

Australian speedster Pat Cummins was at the top of the standings with 904 points ahead of Neil Wagner (852) and West Indies’ Jason Holder (830).

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc equalled a career-best fifth position that he previously achieved in

March 2018.

He finished with 15 wickets in the series that included four in Sydney. Spinner Nathan Lyon’s 10wicket haul has helped him advance five places to joint-14th.

For New Zealand, all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme was a notable gainer. He moved from 47th to 39th among batsmen and from 36th to 34th among bowlers. Matt Henry has moved up three places to 66th among bowlers.

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has made it into the top 10 for batsmen for the second time in his career after scores of 47 and 72. He moved from 15th to 10th, while his best was ninth, achieved in November last year.

Dom Sibley’s maiden Test century has lifted him 87 places to 80th while fast bowler James Anderson’s record 28th five-wicket haul in the first innings sees him back in the top 10 for bowlers.

Opener Dean Elgar (up three places to 19th) and Aiden Markram (up one place to 22nd) among batsmen and Anrich Nortje (up 34 places to 62nd) are the notable gainers for South Africa.

Malaysia Masters: Saina, Sindhu, Prannoy through to 2nd round; Srikanth bows out

Saina Nehwal

Prannoy

PV Sindhu

KUALA LUMPUR, JAN 8 (PTI): HS Prannoy stunned world number 10 Kanta Tsuneyama while ace Indian women shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal also sailed into the second round of the Malaysia Masters, here on Wednesday.

Prannoy, ranked 26th in the world, took 34 minutes to send Tsuneyama packing with a 21-9 21-17 win in the first round match.

Prannoy, however, runs into world number one and top seed Japanese Kento Momota, who has been in red-hot form, in the second round on Thursday.

Momota defeated

another Indian Parupalli Kashyap 21-17 21-16 in a 43minute first round match.

World Championships bronze-medallist B Sai Praneeth and the seasoned Kidambi Srikanth, though, bowed out of the men’s singles events. Reigning world champion Sindhu, seeded sixth, took just 35 minutes to beat Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Russia 21-15 21-13 in the women’s singles first round that lasted 35 minutes.

World number six Sindhu will face Aya Ohori of Japan in the second round on Thursday. The other Indian in the fray, London Olympics bronze medallist Saina

needed just 36 minutes to get the better of Belgium’s Lianne Tan. The unseeded Saina brushed aside Tan 21-15 21-17 in their first meeting against each other.

Both Sindhu and Saina have struggled recently, making a series of early exits with the former failing to defend the World Tour Finals crown last month.

Earlier, Praneeth made a first round exit after going down tamely to Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke 11-21 1521 while Srikanth lost to Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen 17-21 5-21 in only 30 minutes.

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