July 17, 2017

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States asked to act tough against cow vigilantism NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the “issue of communal violence in the name of cow protection” needed to be tackled sternly and asked state governments to act “very tough” against those taking law in their own hands. At an all-party meeting ahead of Parliament’s monsoon session that begins on Monday, Modi told MPs that law and order was a state subject and as such the state governments needed to act strictly against those committing violence in the name of cow protection.

In his address to floor leaders of parties in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, Modi sought opposition support in fighting the issue of violence done in the name of cow protection.

The issue has raised concerns as the targets of such violence have been minority members and Dalits.

The Prime Minister “urged all parties to extend their support to the government in fighting corruption and the issue of communal violence in the name of

ZTYO slams govt over poor execution of projects in Zbto DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): Zunheboto Town Youth Organization (ZTYO) during its meeting on July 15 took serious note of the poor execution of development activities under Zunheboto district and diversion of funds by the state government.

In a press statement, ZTYO president, Awoto Yeptho said that developmental activities under Zunheboto town was poorly executed without following any specifications/blueprints.

ZTYO alleged that utilization certificate/completion certificate was blatantly issued without proper verification by HoDs under Zunheboto town.

ZTYO also asserted that many development activities meant for Zunheboto town was randomly diverted to different areas leaving Zunheboto town in a pathetic condition. In view of the above, ZTYO has decided to check the malpractices taking place in different government offices on developmental activities/schemes/ funds/ongoing projects in Zunheboto. It also warned that in the event of any discrepancies, ZTYO would be compelled to initiate own course of action against the erring employees.

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“Some people get to be where they are because of their caste. Happens only in India.”

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cow protection”, said an official statement issued after the meeting in Parliament House premises. Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar briefed the media and said Modi sought strict action against those people who were inciting tension in the name of cow.

“The central government has sent advisories to the state governments. Law and order is a state subject.

As such, very tough action should be taken against those indulging in violence in the name of cow protection,” Ananth Kkumar said, quoting the Prime Minister as saying at the meeting.

Modi said some political parties were painting cow protection with communal

colour and taking political advantages which does not benefit the country.

“A race has begun to score political mileages after painting cow protection with communal colours. This will do no good to the country. Everyone should come together and put an end to it (cow vigilantism),” the Prime Minister told all parties. “There is a law on cow protection in the country.

But committing crimes in the name of cow protection out of personal animosities cannot be tolerated,” Modi said.

The opposition has vowed to raise the issue in Parliament, seeking answers from the government on what it was doing to end the violence that has claimed many lives-- mostly Muslims and Dalits. Modi also asked the opposition to support the government in conducting business in both the Houses “without disruption”. Modi asserted that all political parties stood united to ensure “nation’s safety and security after such concerns were raised by many leaders on recent developments”, the statement said.

2 more Cong MLAs join BJP in Manipur Correspondent

IMPHAL, JUL 16: In yet another major blow to the Congress party in Manipur, two more Congress MLAs joined the saffron fold, taking the strength of the BJP in the house of 60 to 30, one short of crossing the half way mark.

Congress MLAs Ksh Biren (Lamlai A/C) who held the PWD portfolio during the previous Congress government led by chief minister O Ibobi and P Brojen of Wangjing-Tentha A/C have been officially admitted in BJP. Meanwhile, four councillors of Lilong (Thoubal) Municipal Council and two functionaries of Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee also joined the BJP. The two Congress functionaries were MPCC media cell chairman, Laishram Memo and secretary Potsangbam Sashikumar.

While welcoming the councillors-- Syed Ahmad, Abdul Barique, Imran Ahmad and Azmal Nisa, Manipur chief minister, N. Biren Singh said their joining the BJP was a testimony of the party being a secular political organization and entirely focused on development of the nation.

Prez poll today: Ram Nath Kovind vs Meira Kumar NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): The election to appoint the next President of India will take place on Monday at Parliament House in New Delhi, and in all State Legislative Assembly Secretariats. The race to Raisina Hills will pit Opposition nominee and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar against the Centre’s pick and former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind. While the polling is largely being viewed as a contest between two Dalit leaders, Kumar, at a conference earlier this month, had said that it is a “battle of ideologies”.

Last week, Kovind said the Presidential post is above party politics. “A president never belongs to any party. All people irrespective of caste, creed and religion, state are equal.

Vote bank is not important for me but development matters.”

The President of India will be elected by the Electoral college comprising of all elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Legislative Assemblies of States.

To become the president, either of the candidate needs to secure at least one vote more than 50 per cent of the total votes polled.

EC informs MPs, MLAs

The results of the election will be announced on Thursday, five days before President Pranab Mukherjee’s term expires.

Opposition’s selection Meira Kumar will be backed by parties like TMC, CPM, RJD, SP, BSP. Aam Aadmi Party has also hinted that it will support Kumar in her bid to become the next President.

SP divided in two camps: Samajwadi Party appears divided on the eve of the Presidential election with camps led by its patron

Mulayam Singh Yadav and party chief Akhilesh Yadav all set to vote for rival candidates, triggering possibility of cross-voting.

Though the division in the party may not have any bearing on the election result, it will certainly complicate the family feud further, said an SP insider, requesting anonymity. The sharp differences in the SP on the issue of presidential nominee was clear right from the day Ram Nath Kovind was chosen as the NDA nominee.

Miscreants torch vehicles in Kma CM enjoys absolute majority constitutionally: Yitachu

(L) The van completely burned down by miscreants and the partially burnt Maruti car on Sunday night. (NP)

Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 16 (NPN): Unknown miscreants torched two vehicles, Sunday evening at around 7.40 p.m. at different locations near Hotel Vivor, Kohima.

One of the vehicles, a Maruti van,was found parked at the Directorate of Fishery junction (around 400-500 meters away from Hotel Vivor) bearing registration number NL01H 2315. The van was completely burned.

Another Maruti car parked near Kohima Bible College junction (around 500-600 meters before reaching Hotel Vivor) and bearing registration number NL01H 3225 was also partially burned.

Police who were at the site, informed that the Maruti Van was set on fire first . While police were arranging for fire tender, the other Maruti car was also set on fire near Kohima Bible College junction.

Passersby and residents who saw the car in flames

DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): Government’s spokesperson and School Education & SCERT minister, Yitachu on Sunday categorically made it clear that dissident MLAs led by T.R. Zeliang “cannot move a noconfidence motion” against its leader and chief minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu.

“T.R. Zeliang cannot move a no-confidence motion is simply because he belongs to the party which, the chief minister, Dr. Shürhozelie heads, that is, the NPF Party. Therefore, Constitutionally and legally Dr. Shürhozelie still enjoys absolute majority in the House, because, NPF alone commands 47 members in the House of 60,” said Yitachu in a statement. Rather, he maintained that the confidence motion may put the NPF MLAs in a situation where they could face disqualification if they voted against the Party Whip.

Further, Yitachu said that the MLAs were being misguided to say that the Speaker’s office will not disqualify them. “However, the Court is at our door-step and their disqualification will become imminent if the

matter is taken to Court because the Constitution and the law of the land is supreme,” Yitachu stated.

Reaffirming that the NPF party was open to a total reconciliation process, Yitachu at the same time chose to put “certain facts on record for the people to know since the issue has surfaced in the public domain through certain press releases.”

In the present scenario, he said Dr. Shürhozelie was the Leader of the House by virtue of being the chief minister and made it clear that there was “no vacancy for the chief minister’s post.” Since the current dispensation was an opposition-less government, he said “even if there is an Opposition party in the Assembly, if the number of MLAs is less than 1/6 of the total number of MLAs, one cannot be termed as a Leader of Opposition.”

Yitachu lamented that the issue which could have been resolved in the party, being purely an NPF internal party problem, was now dragged to the Governor’s office and Speaker’s office. He said the differences between Dr. Liezietsu and T.R. Zeliang,

DAN chairman apologizes for current crisis DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) co-ordination committee chairman, Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu on behalf of the DAN legislators has apologized to all sections of the people for the ongoing political disturbances and appealed to the general public to maintain peace, calm and pray for the same.

In a statement, Azo also assured that they will all do the best in their capacity to bring back things to normalcy at the earliest.

“Let us remember that deep down in the heart of every Naga is the dream and desire for a better tomorrow,” he added.

He said in the hope of reconciliation and to further strengthen the DAN alliance, the chief minister along with the legislators and its party functionaries on July 13, 2017 agreed to induct one more minister

and two parliamentary secretaries from among the four BJP MLAs. This, Azo said was a clear indication of strengthening the Alliance.

He said the other step towards reconciliation was by way of revoking all the ten suspended members including Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio. Since both groups were trying to embrace reconciliation in its true spirit, Azo appealed to both the camps/any coalition party such as NCP, JDU, BJP and NPF not to issue any provocative statement which could affect the progress of the reconciliation process.

Azo also urged upon all leaders to wake and rise up to the situation and find a common ground in the greater interest of the NPF party and DAN coalition partners in general.

“The aim of any ar-

guments or discussions should not be biased or aimed at one sided victory alone but should be aimed at progress, improvement, corrective and constructive amicable solutions,” he stated.

While admitting that no one could evade the many conflicts and challenges that are from difference of opinions and clash of interest in any political crisis, Azo however said “it does not mean we cannot have a meeting point.”

He said “our primary focus should be to consolidate the party, keep the alliance intact, deliver goods and justice to the public and live up to the expectations of our electorates,” and called upon the leaders to live up to their mandate and principles as Christians as well.

Citing the Bible, Azo said there was a time for everything under heaven,

a time to quarrel, a time to make peace. With barely few months left for the current tenure to end, Azo said this was the most propitious time for all Naga leaders to unite, keep aside any grudges, bury our hatchets and commit to finding a permanent solution to the present dilemma and predicament through collective political wisdom and foresight.

He further said that the sudden political development which erupted on July 7 “has most regrettably shaken the entire Nagas and took us all by surprise.”

However, as a matter of fact, Azo said that there is only one CM post and a tussle for the same has unwittingly dragged the rest of the legislators and the innocent public into social and political unrest. “Nevertheless, to err is human and as leaders, we are also bound to make mistakes,” he said.

being members of the NPF, should be first decided in the party forum.

Yitachu reminded that Dr. Shürhozelie was “forced to take over the CM’s office” and recalled that the DAN legislators, during its meeting May 26, unanimously endorsed the view that Dr. Shürhozelie, should become a member of the Assembly in order to work together as a solid team to facilitate the same. Further, he said the DAN legislators appealed to the Election Commission of India to conduct the bye-election for the 10Northern Angami-I A/C at the earliest. Yitachu said the reconciliation process should not be treated as one’s weakness as the stability of DAN government was in the total interest of the people of the State.

Stating that people yearned for peace, development and progress, Yitachu called upon the leaders not go against the wishes of the people and try to resort to unconstitutional means, but settle differences in party forum through reconciliation. “We should carry forward the constitutional obligations mandated by the people to the DAN coalition,” he said.

NDA set to pick Vice President nominee today NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary board is slated to meet on Monday to pick the vice-presidential candidate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

On Sunday, Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar and vice-presidential candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi met members of political parties supporting their respective candidatures.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi said the Constitution and the law of the land were “sadly under siege today”. “In these contests, the numbers may be against us. But the battle must be fought and fought hard. We cannot and must not let India be hostage to those who wish to impose upon it a narrow-minded, divisive and communal vision,” she said.

The voting for the presidential election is on Monday, while that for vicepresidential election is on August 5. The counting of votes for the presidential election is on July 20, and the new president will take the oath of office on July 25.

The BJP-led NDA was to announce its candidate on Sunday, but this has been postponed to Monday. Sources claim Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla and Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu are two of the aspirants. However, some consider Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao as the frontrunner.

But just as the name of NDA’s candidate Ram Nath Kovind was a surprise to many, including people in the NDA, so could be that of its vice-presidential candidate.

MPs and MLAs cannot use their pens and will have to mark their preferences in the Presidential poll on Monday with a speciallydesigned writing instrument.

Voting by using any other pen will be held invalid, the Election Commission (EC) said on Sunday. The violet ink pen, procured from Mysore Paints that supplies indelible ink to mark voters’ fingers, carries a unique serial number and will be handed over to the voter before they enter the voting chambers in Parliament and state assemblies.

The specially designed pens are being supplied “so as to ensure that only instrument supplied by the EC is used for marking the ballot”, a statement from the poll panel said.

“Before entering (a) voting chamber, one polling staff will collect personal pens, if any one is possessing, and will give (the) special pen to MPs and MLAs for marking [a] ballot,” the statement said. The special pen will have to be returned to the polling staff. “Voting by using any other pen may lead to [an] invalidation of the vote at the time of counting,” the statement said

ANTA calls for 12-hr taxi strike DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): In protest against the alleged “brutal” killing of one its members, the All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA) has called for a 12-hour lightning strike of taxis on July 17 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Dimapur and Kohima. No taxi would ply in Dimapur and Kohima during the bandh period, ANTA informed.

Announcing the bandh, the ANTA Dimapur unit president, Tohozhe Awomi said the body of the taxi driver (NL-01-T8479) identified as Vijay, who went missing along with the vehicle on July 13, was recovered by police at Khovanullah, Dimapur on Sunday. ANTA alleged that the some “unidentified miscreants” had hired the taxi from Dimapur to Kohima on July 13.

However, with no news on the driver and the vehicle, the matter was reported to police, who swung into action and recovered the taxi in Kohima while the body was recovered from Khovanullah, ANTA said.

NLA informs legislators about Presidential polls DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): Nagaland Legislative Assembly commissioner & secretary and ARO, N. Benjamin Newmai has reminded all legislators that the Presidential election on July 17 will be held from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. at NLA secretariat annexe conference room.

All members have been requested not to bring in mobile phones/cameras inside the polling station.

Further, Newmai said that the de-sealing of the strong room to take out the ballot box and polling material is fixed at 9 a.m. Authorized representative of the contesting candidates, if he/ she so wishes may be present at the time of de-sealing of the strong room, it added.

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WEATHER FORECAST July 17

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SCJ, KROS, PGC and MCK hold fresher’s day

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(L-R): Sections of the gathering at Sazolie College, Jotsoma. Chief guest Kuholi Chishi addresses gathering at KROS College. Mr. & Miss Modern College with others.

DIMAPUR: Sazolie College, Jotsoma (SCJ), KROS College, Leirie, Kohima, Pfutsero Government College (PGC) and Modern College, Kohima (MCK) have organised separate fresher’s day programme in their respective institutes.

SCJ: Sazolie College, Jotsoma, organised its 13th fresher’s day on July 15 at the college auditorium, with the college vice principal, Waloniba Jamir, as the speaker.

Exhorting the students, Jamir encouraged them to develop positive attitude and try to grab all opportunities that come their way.

He asked them to turn their aspirations into reality by working hard and giving their best.

The vice-principal also said that the college has deliberately decided not to select Mr and Miss Fresher as it considered all

the students who joined the institution as equal.

The chairperson for the first session was Yashichubala (Semester V), invocation was said by Nzanthung Kikon (chaplain) and special music presentations were given

by Nyumei Ong (Semester III) and Lütsülü Swüro (Semester I), Kelezonü Mekro (Semester V) delivered the welcome address and Limajungla spoke on behalf of the freshers.

The second session which was compered by Wellenchila (Semester V) included songs, dances and beat-boxing, vote of thanks was said by Kevizeho Pucho (Semester V). The fresher’s day programme was jointly planned and organised by the cultural committee and students’ council of the college.

KROS: KROS College, Leirie, Kohima celebrated its 7th fresher’s day on July 14 with director

higher education, Kuholi Chishi as the chief guest.

In her speech, Kuholi deliberated on the three important aspects--to aspire, to acquire and to inspire towards becoming successful human beings.

Being an academician herself, Chishi advised the students to stay focused on their academic performances and at the same time discovers themselves with the various skill development programmes offered by the college.

Earlier in the programme, chaplain, Mimi Suohu invoked God’s blessing, while the 5th semester students welcomed the fresher with the song— “one in love”.

The student representative, Hangchio Shio delivered the welcome note, musical play--“take me to the cross” was presented

by KROS fellowship while KROS College, principal, Imsuinla Imti highlighted

help them in their future career.

She also encouraged the students to be hard working, keeping their priority by giving importance to the career one chooses and aim to become in future.

Earlier, PGC principal, Dr. Moanochet Longchar, exhorted the student to maintain amicable relationship with one another, cultivate the zeal to study and at the same time take part in cocurricular activities.

He also announced about the poor students’ fund to be funded by the teaching faculty of the college for the aspiring student from “poor economic background”.

Welcome address was delivered by Pfutsero Government College Student Union, vice president, Weru Mero while Kudie Krome spoke on behalf of the fresher. Zewekhro Tsu-

ha and Khroto-u Kapfo were crowned as Mr & Miss fresher’s 2017, while Dikehro Kapfo and Wetso-u Mero was declared runners up.

MCK: Modern College, Kohima organised its 20th annual fresher’s social at the college auditorium with winner of India’s first MMA SFL challenger, Captain of Goa Pirates, SFL and First MMA instructor to NSG, Kario Issac Maheo.

Speaking in the programme, Kario Issac Maheo, shared about his life and encouraged the students to be steadfast and be committed to achieve their dream.

MCK, principal, Dr. H.P. Singh, exhorted the students on the importance and need of becoming skilled and responsible members of the society.

He emphasized on a valuable role to play in building the nation while

Vacation Bible School at VVSBC Review meeting on IESDP

DIMAPUR: Review meeting on Integrated Eri Silk Development Project (IESDP) under NERTPS for state level stakeholders was held on July 14 at conference hall directorate of Sericulture.

In the meeting, secretary sericulture, Kenilo Apon, spoke about the ongoing project in the district which he said was for upliftment of women empowerment and sustainable livelihood.

Apon encouraged the women beneficiaries to avail maximum benefits through various components of the programme.

The meeting was chaired by joint director, Asangla Alinger, who also welcomed all the officials and the beneficiaries.

The keynote address was delivered by director of Sericulture, Imtisosang Ao. Altogether 85 beneficiaries from four blocks of Kohima district and officers from the department attended the programme.

NNC/ GDRN membership drive DIMAPUR: NNC/GDRN (Non Accord) has informed that NNC/GDRN Chang region and its army wing have been mobilizing a membership drive within Chang region to safeguard and to uplift its government. In a press note, NNC/GDRN (Non Accord), MIP kilonser, Khehoto Rochill said the team was led by ‘lt. col.’

Apong, Tuensang, town commander and deputy kilonser, Akong Chang, to reach out and to strengthen the Naga national movement in the emerging political scenario under the six NNPGs. NNC/GDRN (Non Accord) has requested all the organizations and well wishers to extend support and to cooperate in this endeavour.

activities and programme of the college. KROS Nightingale enthralled the crowd with the quartet titled, “New Jerusalem”.

The top 20 HSSLC, Ngaugiayile thanked the college authority and seniors students for organizing the programme. The winner of solo inter-collegiate gospel beat contest, 2017, Thoidambo Nring presented the song—“go the distance” and vote of thanks was delivered by B.A 5th semester, Kaini.

PGC: Pfutsero Gover nment College held its 35th fresher’s day on July 14 under the theme “Putting Knowledge into action” with additional deputy commissioner, Pfutsero, Zeneikhonuo Vimeru as the chief guest.

Speaking in the function, Vimeru encouraged the student to follow the right company and maintain a healthy environment as this habit would

Seminar on community led total sanitation programme

VVSBC Children, teachers and others at Vacation Bible School.

DIMAPUR: Valley View Sumi Baptist Church (VVSBC) Children Education Department (CED) organised Vacation Bible School from July 14-16 under the theme “Children

in God’s Kingdom”. Two hundred children who attended the Vacation Bible School were divided into five groups. Many activities were conducted wherein the children partook in full

jollity. Meanwhile, VVSBC C E D Pa s t o r, Av i t o l i Awomi has acknowledged the resource persons and church members for their immense cooperation and contribution.

DIMAPUR: North East Initiatives Development Agency (NEIDA) conducted a seminar on community led total sanitation at the deputy commissioner Office, Kiphire town.

A press note by Kiphire District Swachh Bharat coordinator, Pepenthung Lotha, stated that the seminar was attended by all the 11 ward representatives including women leaders of various churches of Kiphire town. The seminar focussed on clean town and environment as a part of Swachh Bharat Mission curriculum funded by Tata Trust.

also highlighting the challenges of the educational system inherited from the colonial power.

Speech on behalf the freshers’ was delivered

by Komuni of Class 11 (arts).The programme started with an invocation

by Aboli Sumi, managing director, Pelee Hekha introduced the special guest to the audience, welcome speech was delivered by general secretary, MCSU, S. Mopa Lanphong.

Imnakumba Changkiri of Class 11 (arts) and Bendangmenla Aier of Class 11 (science) were declared Mr and Miss fresher’s MCK 2017 by Dr. Rukulu Kezo. Vote of thanks was delivered by literar y secretar y, MCSU, Kelevino Mekro while benediction was pronounced by Shwenilo Chung. The programme was compeered by Athishu Chakre and Chaya Bisukarma.

news in brief PHH rice distribution at Purana Bazaar, Dimapur: Purana Bazaar Village, GB, Ntongsi Ngullie, has informed that PHH rice for the month of July would be distributed to all PGG ration card holders on July 17 at council hall Purana Bazaar. All ration card holders have been informed to collect the rice according to timing mentioned: Model Colony-7 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Jorapukhri-10 a.m. to 11 a.m.; New Colony-11 a.m. to 12 noon; Mt. View Colony-12 noon to 1 p.m.; Middle Colony-1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and High School Colony-2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Washing & dietary contractor meeting postponed: Washing & Dietary Contractor, ad-hoc president, Pausap Ndang, has informed washing contractors of both district and health units/centre under directorate of H & FW that the meeting which was scheduled to be held on July 18 at11 a.m. at NCSU head office, Kohima has been postponed till further information.

DIC Chozuba informs: DIC Chozuba has informed that PMEGP applicant that interview date for selection of beneficiaries should be read as July 27 at 10 a.m. onwards and not as published.

DSU, RKST organise summer camps for children BJP leaders tour Mokokchung district

(L-R): Cultural dance being presented at DSU summer camp. Participants of RKST summer camp.

DIMAPUR: Dimasa Students Union (DSU) Bamunpukhuri village and Rajeshwari Karuna School Tuli (RKST) organised separate summer camps for children.

Seven-day summer camp 2017 organised by DSU under the under the theme “bloom where you are planted” concluded on Sunday.

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organised every year for the students. He pointed that if the educated and designated people take up such activities, it would have a great impact on the society and encouraged the gathering to organise such kind educational programs.

Guest of honour, Dimasa Public Organisation Nagaland (DPON), general secretary, Munuhor Thaosen also spoke in the programme.

DSU said that the camp was beneficial for developing skills, uplifting

the tradition and culture and the best chance for self enhancement.

It also undertook exhortation programs which was beneficial for both parents and students.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by Jyoti Dimasa, Dimasa cultural dance and Dimasa cultural games was presented by the students, invocation was pronounced

by Uttam Difoesa, welcome address was delivered

by Dimasa Student Union Bamunpukhuri (DSUB) president Nairing Girisa and

Rejesh Longmailai (VCC) also spoke on the occasion.

Prizes were given away to the winners of different competitions and vote of thanks was delivered by Maibi Naiding.

RKST: Rajeshwari Karuna School Tuli (RKST), held its 3rd summer camp from July 13 to 14, with secretary Chumukedima Ao Baptist Church, Bendang as resource person.

RKST stated that the two-day summer camp was filled with enormous fun and excitement, as the children

learnt new songs, dance and moral lessons which were very essential for their social and spiritual life.

The children were also given workshop on various topics and activities such as, colouring, crossword puzzles, identifying words from puzzles and also space to learn moral lessons. Imtijungla and Sangronaro who had accompanied the resource person also helped out in the various activities.

Vote of thanks was proposed by headmaster, Mhondamo Lotha.

DIMAPUR: A team of BJP leaders led by secretary organization in-charge Nagaland State BJP, Ananta Narayan Mishra and BJP Nagaland state president Visasolie Lhoungu, toured Mokokchung district from July 8-14.

BJP team comprising of Nagaland State BJP in-charge, Mokokchung district, vice president Er. Senkathang, L.Temsu Jamir, general secretary S.Moa Imsong and presidents of all the frontals (morcha) started the district mandal tour from 30th Alongtaki mandal.

Temjen Imna Along Lkr co-convenor (finance) and S.E.M BJP Nagaland, L. Temjen Jamir Ex MLA & S.E.M BJP Nagaland and Dr. Temsuwati S.E.M BJP Nagaland also joined the tour team in various occasions. During his visits to all the mandals, Ananta Mishra challenged all the party workers on implementing ten points programme at the earliest. He also deliberated on district committee

BJP team address party workers during the tour. to booth level committee structure formation.

Ananta expressed clearly that BJP was not against any particular religion rather the party stands for upliftment of the general public under the theme “development for all”.

He also expressed concern about the condition of the road, electricity, healthcare, primary education in Nagaland and called it a total system failure. Ananta called upon all the people of Nagaland to voice against corruption and added that the only remedy was to

choose the right representatives in the coming 2018 general election.

During his visits to various Mandals, Ananta also visited historical places like Longkum village, Molungkimong Village, first Christian village in Nagaland, Sungkotenem in Mopongchuket Village and Nature park at Ungma village. The newly appointed full time worker for BJP in the state from Mokokchung district, Imnanungsang Lemtor and Limanguba accompanied the secretary organization throughout the tour.

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ENSUB organises seminar challenges they had come across in Bangaluru.

The programme started with welcome address

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inglang Konyak and invocation by ENSUB executive-chairman, Mukwang Konyak and benediction by Bechung Andenshu.

Participants of ENSUB seminar on July 15.

DIMAPUR: One day seminar on “Issues and challenges on migration from eastern Nagaland in Bangalore: A review of the learning and growth perspective” was organised

by Eastern Naga Students’ Union Bangaluru (ENSUB) for Eastern Nagas and people from Northeast on July 15 at Shishya Church Bangaluru.

Resource person Dr. Budhendra, consultant to Lookhande Hospital in the field of public health, Bangaluru, advised the delegates to know how to adjust and live in cities so as to avoid harassment and racial discrimination from people.

Another resource person Vezokho Resu, president, North East Welfare Association Karnataka (NEWAK) also shared about his experiences on how NE-community has been racially discriminated in work places, colleges, public places and by landlord.

He further said that in order to minimize or reduce racial discrimination and sexual violence towards NE-people, the central government should address the issues strongly in parliament and come up with necessary action and plans.

He said that North East MPs, ministry of DONER, and all the eight states political leaders should address the issue on priority. Resu also advised the union to have their helpline for members and also connect with Bangalore city police officers so as to tackle the issues in future.

During the seminar, delegates were divided into five groups with Khangyang chang (advisor), Rilipong thonger (ex-president), Chinglang Konyak (president), Apong Yimchunger (assistant finance secretary) and Bechung Andenshu (member) as group leaders. Each member shared their views and experiences on issues and

SDO Pungro, Kihola PLV KDLSA and others monitor the essay competition.

DIMAPUR: Kiphire District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) conducted essay competition on fundamental rights and duties on July 14 at Eastern Saramati College Pungro.

The winners were adjudged by Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) Pungro, Samuel Thyug. The first prize was bagged by Lomathong (B.A 3rd semester) of Eastern Saramati College, second position by Sara J. Yim (B.A 3rd semester) of Eastern Saramati College and third position by Ngulila (B.A 3rd semester) of Eastern Saramati College. The prizes will be given away on August 15 during the Independence Day function. Altogether 10 students participated in the essay competition.

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LRD officials visit Tichibami village

LRD director, Hoto Yeptho and secretary, Y. Kikheto with other officers and farmers at cardamom field, Tichibami village on July 15.

DIMAPUR: Department officials from land resources paid a visit to Tichibami village-- the highest grower of cardamom in Nagaland with 6 lakh saplings being provided by land resources department--on July 15 A press note by District Project Officer, Vikugha Kiba, stated that with the efforts of the villagers, the number of saplings have now gone up to almost 10 lakh.

It stated that cardamom cultivation was fetching the villagers Rs 35 lakh (approx) annually at present. The villagers are also harvesting kiwi fruit from around 200 plants out of 2000 plants and getting an annual turnout of Rs 28 lakh, informed the release. Secretary of Land Resources, Y. Kikheto Sema, said that the departK

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ment has channelized coffee market outside the state and even abroad and encouraged farmers to grow coffee wherever possible.

He expressed happiness that Tichibami village was providing water to Mokokchung district and lauded the villagers for their humanitarian service and urged them to continue living harmoniously with their neighbours.

Director, LRD, Hoto Yeptho, also thanked villagers for proper implementation of the department’s schemes. LRD officers were also impressed with the meticulous report presented by self help groups.

The officials also visited Shotomi village where a meeting was held with the leaders and watershed development team members.

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Assam to shut down IPFT to continue road, rail blockade inter-state check gates Agartala, Jul 16 (IANS): The Tripura government on Sunday held an inconclusive meeting with the leaders of the IPFT, who rejected a plea to calloff the week-old blockade of the state’s key national highway and the lone railway line over their demand for a separate state.

The seven-day-old blockade has led to serious shortage of essential items, including food grains.

Responding to the state government’s call for talks to end the impasse, a nine-member Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura delegation, led by party chief Narenda Chandra Debbarma, took part in the meeting with top Tripura officials at the state secretariat here.

The state government was represented by Chief Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan and Director General of Police Akhil Kumar Shukla.

“We have told the of-

Assam assembly ready for presidential polls Guwahati, Jul 16 (Agencies): Preparations have been completed for voting for the presidential election for Assam lawmakers at the state legislative assembly.

Ballot boxes, papers and special pens from the Election Commission have already reached the assembly. Voting will be conducted from 1000 hours to 1700 hours at the central hall of the assembly premise. EC nominated officials to oversee conduct of voting have also arrived already. The ballot boxes will be sealed at close of voting and flown to New Delhi where counting will take place. There are altogether 126 MLAs in the state, 14 Lok Sabha members and seven Rajya Sabha members. While two MLAs will vote in New Delhi, three MPs will vote in Guwahati.

The vote value of an MLA from Assam is 116 and that of an MP is 708.

Both the ruling NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind and opposite candidate Meira Kumar had campaigned for support in the state.

ficials that we would not withdraw the blockade until the central government gave us a concrete assurance about our separate state demand,” Debbarma later told reporters.

He said, “Our party General Secretary Mevar Kumar Jamatia and youth wing President Dhananjoy Tripura are now camping in New Delhi. They will meet Union Minister of State Kiren Rijiju on Monday. We would decide the future course of action after their meeting.”

Debbarma said that t h e s t a t e g ove r n m e n t should also communicate its decision to the central government about IPFT’s statehood demand.

The indefinite blockade, since July 10, has caused a crisis in supply of essentials, food grains, fuel, basic goods and other items in the markets of the north-eastern state.

The IPFT has been agitating since 2009 for a

separate state carved out by upgrading the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) areas.

The politically important TTAADC constitutes two-thirds of Tripura’s 10,491 sq.km. area, which has 12,16,465 (mostly tribals) of the state’s 37 lakh population.

Meanwhile, President of another tribal party Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura - and former extremist leader - Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl said Tripura is the “Twipraland” and tribals have been living here for decades and there is no need to split the state.

“To protect the interest of the tribals, TTAADC can be made more powerful with increase in financial support, promulgation of inner line permit for outsiders, more land rights to the tribals and all-round development of the council areas,” Hrangkhawl added.

NFR diverts trains from Agartala

The North East Frontier Railway (NFR) has diverted trains from Agartala to Kolkata in view of the indefinite blockade railway line at Baramura range near Agartala for past seven days.

NFR officials stated that it has been decided to originate and terminate AgartalaSealdah bi-weekly Kanchanjunga Express at Silchar instead of Agartala until the blockade is cleared and the situation normalised. Earlier, the Agartala-Guwahati and Agartala-New Delhi train services were cancelled due to the blockade. However, Agartala-Silchar service will run between Kumarghat and Silchar while AgartalaDharmanagar train service remained suspended due to blockade. Thousands of passengers are facing serious problem due to the sudden cancellation of train service between Agartala and Sealdah.

will have to bear major losses in terms of revenue,” Sarma said.

The government will hold a meeting with all departments concerned tomorrow to chalk out a detailed policy in this regard, he said.

“We will have to device some policy to give some sort of compensation to these departments like the marketing board. In case of Excise, the government will have to reduce to state taxes to make the prices at par with other states so that illegal transportation stops. We will take a final decision tomorrow,” said the Assam finance minister.

The Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board is heavily dependent on the check gates for its cess collection.

Funds for all affairs of the Board, including salaries of 1,100 employees, are met from the cess.

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Campaign to root out corruption

Itanagar, Jul 16 (Agencies): Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu, who had come to power exactly one year ago following a series of fastchanging political episodes, has launched a campaign to root out corruption in the state by asking senior government officers to compulsorily sensitize the citizens against it.

The state vigilance department on Sunday issued a notification directing all the Principal Secretaries, DGP, Commissioners, Secretaries, Deputy Commisioners, Additional Deputy Commissioners, Directors, CEOs and heads of departments to put up display boards outside all government offices asking the people not to pay bribes and to inform appropriate officials about officials asking for bribes.

The display boards would have names and contact numbers of several officers in the state vigilance department as well as the district and local police, a press release quoting the chief minister’s directive, said on Sunday.

Three arm smugglers arrested in Mnp Assam flood toll climbs to 60; over 10 lakh affected

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IMPHAL, Jul 16: Manipur police have arrested three international arm smugglers along with arms allegedly smuggled from neighbouring Myanmar.

Two AK-47 rifles and two magazines were found concealed in a Tata Sumo (MN-04A 5711), police said Sunday.

The three alleged arm smugglers were identified as Jamgoulun Khongsai (28) son of Jamtong

Khongsai of Aihang village of Chandel district, Letkhogin Mate (25) son of Ngamjahem Mate of Moreh Ward No. 3 (Tengnoupal district) and Khupkhanthang Ngaite (21) son of Bungzalian Ngaite of Tonjang village of Churachandpur’s Singhat subdivision.

They were arrested along with the arms Saturday afternoon, around 4 pm from Pallel along the Imphal-Moreh section of NH-102 after a brief

Three-day summer camp at Tezpur University concludes

chase, police said. They were intercepted by a team of Thoubal district police who intensified their frisking and checking duty along the stretch of the highway based on specific information.

Thoubal district police SP said that teams of police commandos attached with the district police swung into action after receiving information of smuggling sophisticated arms from Myanmar to Churachandpur via NH102. When the police commandos intercepted and checked the Tata Sumo, two AK-47 rifles with magazines were found concealed underneath the spare tyre.

Four mobile handsets and six SIM cards were also seized from their possession, the senior police officer added.

The consignment was to be handed over to a man in Churachandpur district of Manipur, said police.

The three arrested were engaged in the arm smuggle from Myanmar for the last few years, the SP added.

to work hard and advised them to focus on studies.

He answered a lot of questions of the students regarding how to prepare for competitive exams, skills needed to be successful in life and shared his own experience.

During the three-day camp, the students have undergone various programmes and activities, such as, a workshop on introduction to “Robotics,” “Night Sky Viewing” by the Astronomy Club and a virtual tour of the University. The students also interacted with Prof. Madan

Sarma, Vice-Chancellor of the university and noted journalist, Samudra Gupta Kashyap in a special session.

The students also visited various departments/ laboratories/Central library and got acquainted with the state of the art facilities the university provides.

The students also showcased their soft skills in a cultural program organised during the camp.

Apart from these activities, the students also learned basic yoga protocol during the camp.

Guwahati, Jul 16 (PTI): The flood situation in Assam marginally improved Sunday with the water level receding, amid reports of one more death and over 10 lakh people affected across 21 districts in the state.

According to a report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person died in Morigaon district, raising the death toll to 60 in this year’s flood related incidents. Eight of them have died in Guwahati alone, after the floods hit the state.

The ASDMA said over 10 lakh people are currently affected in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South almara, Goalpara, Morigaon, Nagaon, Karbi Anglong, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, Karimganj and Cachar districts.

At the Kaziranga National Park, 38 per cent of the area is under water, leaving some animals dead and some moving to nearby highlands.

RTI reveals EPIC card fraud case in Meghalaya

Tura, Jul 16 (Agencies): A resident of Mahendraganj has been accused of fraudulently obtaining his election ID after an RTI seeking information on his EPIC revealed the address and information for the EPIC under his name was not even available with the South West Garo Hills (SWGH) election office!

The matter came to light after one Muktadur Hussain of Mahendraganj filed an RTI in the SWGH Election office to verify an EPIC of one Mostafa Ahmed (EPIC – KHVQ595520) who claimed to be a resident of House # 247, Serial# 729 of Majherchar under Mahandraganj.

The house however is alleged to belong to one Chand Miah leading to the Participants of three-day summer camp organised by Tezpur University and Election office reporting to administration of Kaliabor sub-division on Sunday. state that no such name had D imap u r , J u l 1 6 (NPN): The three-day summer camp jointly organised

by Tezpur University and administration of Kaliabor sub-division concluded Sunday at Tezpur University. Rajiv Kumar Bora, additional chief secretary, government of Assam paid a visit to university and interacted with the 150 students who were at the summer camp.

30 different schools of Kaliabor sub division attended the camp.

Speaking on the occasion, Rajiv Kumar Bora encouraged the students

Guwahati, Jul 16 (PTI): Assam government Sunday announced to shut down all inter-state check gates from next month, a step aimed at reducing transportation cost of essential items coming from other states.

“The government has taken an in-principle decision to shut down all check gates along the inter-state borders. As a measure of goodwill, the state government has decided to go beyond Goods and Service Tax (GST) and close down even those gates, which deal with non-GST items,” Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

He said the government will suffer loss of revenue because of this decision, but the actual impact will be known only after a year.

“Some departments like Excise, Transport or for that matter even the Agriculture Marketing Board

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been enrolled under SWGH for the same address. The RTI was filed on Dec 8, 2016 with a reply provided on Jan 19, 2017.

“The RTI has revealed that there is no relation between Mostofa Ahmed and Miah and Miah’s address was fraudulently used.

This reveals that Ahmed has cheated the election office and also violated the law and order of the state as per the inquiry done by a magistrate of SWGH election office. The question now is how he could also obtain an export- import license, PWD Registration license while also applying for an international license, all based on a fraudulent EPIC card,” asked Hussain. The inquiry was conducted after a complaint by Hussain to the deputy commissioner, Election of SWGH.

A woman with her children rows a makeshift raft across flood waters in the Kamrup district of Assam.

ASDMA said 1,512 villages are under water and nearly 50,000 hectares of crop area inundated.

The worst affected is south Salmara, where over 3.07 lakh people have been affected by the deluge, followed by Dhubri with more than 1.88 lakh people marooned.

Authorities are running 280 relief camps and distribution centres in 15 districts, where 22,837 persons are currently taking shelter.

The government has distributed rice, dal, salt and mustard oil among the flood victims, the ASDMA said.

A c r o s s t h e s t a t e, 10,99,141 animals and poultry have been affected by the flood waters, the agency said.

Due to the impact of flood, many roads, embankments and bridges have been damaged in several districts, including Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Biswanath, Goalpara,

Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Golaghat, Majuli, Sivasagar and Karimganj.

Currently, the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at two places - Nimatighat in Jorhat and Dhubri town.

Other rivers flowing above the danger mark include Dhansiri at Numaligarh, Barak at AP Ghat in Cachar and Badarpurghat in Karimganj, Katakhal at Matizuri in Hailakandi and Kushiyara at Karimganj town.

Assam Rifles provide drinking water to flood affected areas

Assam Rifles personnel providing fresh drinking water to villagers.

D imap u r , J u l 1 6 (NPN): Troops of 42 Assam Rifles at Komlakhong Chingthi post under Mayaung Imphal constituency provided clean drinking water to the people of

Phaugakchau village on July 15.

The actions of the Assam Rifles came at a time when there was no supply of clean drinking water for last two days forcing

locals to consume polluted water.

The people of these areas have been affected by river overflowing its banks.

Adjoining areas areas have been inundated by water.

Mnp CM blames previous govt for frequent flooding in the state Correspondent

IMPHAL, Jul 16: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh Sunday accused previous government for frequent flooding in Manipur, particularly in the valley areas.

The frequent flood in the state was due to previous government’s failure to take up long term policy, said Singh.

“The previous government took up only contractual oriented works. No long

term policy to control flood was taken up by the previous government,” he added.

It may be mentioned here that N Biren Singh was once minister of irrigation and flood control in the previous government.

Singh added that with the coming of the new government, long term policy to control flood will be taken up. Preparation of details project report of the same had already started.

Seeking people’s coop-

eration, the chief minister said that without the supports and cooperation of the people, government will not able to implement the proposed long term policy successfully. Asserting that since the very installation in March this year, the new BJP-led coalition government was studying the problems and issues being facing by the common people.

“During the last three months, we have come to know that people are suffer-

ing untold miseries due to erratic policy of the previous government. Some of them are suffering at the limit of their woe,” he said.

Amidst these sufferings, people of the state were facing floods for four times within two months, he added.

Meanwhile, the water levels of major rivers running in the valley areas have receded below the warning level, however various places were still under water.

According to a source from the state irrigation and flood control department (IFCD), rivers like Iril, Imphal, Nambul, Kongba, Thoubal etc were now below the warning level.

However, several areas were still under water, allegedly due to lack of proper drains.

Hundreds of families were still taking shelter at the relief camps opened by government as well as by voluntary organizations.

16 Amarnath pilgrims killed in J&K road accident Srinagar/New Delhi, JUL 16 (AGENCIES/ IANS): Sixteen Amarnath pilgrims were killed and 19 others, including eight minors, were injured as a bus they were travelling in rolled down a gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Sunday afternoon.

“Sixteen are feared dead so far,” a senior official told The Hindu.

A police official said a State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) bus, part of the Amarnath pilgrims convoy, were carrying as many as many as 43 passengers when it met with an accident near Banihal, about 100-km away from the Pahalgam base camp.

The bus, bearing registration number JK02V0594, rolled down several feet and plunged into a fast flowing stream. An official said a chopper was put into service to rescue the injured pilgrims.

“Nineteen injured, including eight minors, are being shifted,” said a Banihal administration official.

Preliminary reports suggest that the bus was negotiating a sharp bend at Nachilana when it lost control and fell down. “The possible cause for the imbalance and getting out of control was apparently a tyre burst,” said an of-

the spot and rescue the injured Governor N.N. Vohra, who also heads the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), held a meeting in Srinagar. Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said, “I am deeply shocked and saddened to know the about the bus accident carrying Amarnath yatris. My condolences to the families who lost their family members. I have directed the administration to airlift the injured immediately to the Jammu hospital and rescue operations are on.”

Modi condoles deaths of Amarnath yatris

Security personnel carry out rescue work after a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims falls into a gorge, off Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. ficial.

The bus was apparently on the way to the cave shrine in the Valley as the yatra entered its 17th day.

The stream flows around 100 feet down the road.

In Srinagar, the hospital administration described the condition of some of the injured pilgrims as “serious”. “Five injured were admitted to Srinagar’s SKIMS hospi-

tal,” said the official.

Several other injured were airlifted to Jammu.

“Two injured were locally admitted in a Banihal hospital,” said the official.

Scores of locals converged on the spot and were able to rescue the pilgrims initially. Later, the Army, CRPF and police joined the rescue efforts.

A local resident said ropes were used to reach

70 protesting TN farmers detained

Tamil farmers shout slogans during their protest demanding loan waiver and compensation for crop failure at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

New Delhi, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): Scores of Tamil Nadu farmers, who had grabbed eyeballs with their unique protest earlier this year, on Sunday landed in the national capital to resume their agitation for loan waiver and droughtrelief package.

However, around 70 cultivators were detained when they tried to stage a demonstration near the Prime Minister’s residence

on Lok Kalyan Marg. They were later taken to Parliament Street police station.

“Our demands were not met as promised by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami and Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan. So we have decided to resume our protest for another 100 days,” farmers’ leader P Ayyakannu said. The farmers have been demanding a drought relief package of Rs.40,000 crore,

farm loan waiver and setting up of Cauvery Management Board by the Centre.

They will join an indefinite protest after their counterparts, taking part in ‘Kisan Mukti Yatra’, reach Jantar Mantar on July 18.

The group led by Ayyakannu had in March staged novel protests by holding human skulls outside the Prime Minister’s house, stripping naked outside the President’s and drinking urine.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the deaths of Amarnath Yatris in a bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Extremely pained by the loss of lives of Amarnath Yatris due to a bus accident in J&K. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased,” Modi tweeted.

“I pray that those injured in the bus accident in J&K recover soon.”

At least 16 pilgrims on their way to the Amarnath shrine were killed and 20 others injured on Sunday when a bus carrying them plunged into a gorge near Banihal town in Ramban district.

PM Modi asks parties to isolate corrupt politicians NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the political class to join hands against those seeking an escape route by dubbing action against graft as a political conspiracy, apparently indicating the recent graft cases against leaders of the Trinamool Congress and the RJD. Addressing an all-party meet ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning on Monday, he said action against corrupt politicians is a must.

“When the law takes its course against those who loot the nation, then we have to unite against those who seek an escape route by dubbing such an action as a political conspiracy,” the Prime Minister tweeted.

Besides ensuring integrity in public life, action against corrupt politicians was a must. Every party should identify such leaders amongst themselves and disassociate itself from them, PM Modi said. He also lamented that for the past few decades, the reputation of the political class has been at stake due to the behaviour of some politicians. “We will have to assure the people that not all politicians are tainted,” PM Modi said.

PM Modi’s remarks came against the backdrop of Trinamool Congress and RJD dubbing the action against their leaders by law enforcement agencies over alleged corruption as political conspiracy.

Centre has taken maximalist position on Kashmir: Congress NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today alleged that the Centre has taken a “maximalist” position on Kashmir and “aggravated” the problem in the Valley.

His remarks came two days after the Centre briefed opposition parties on the stand-off with China and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of an attack on Amarnath pilgrims. The former Union home minister said the Kashmir issue is “a festering wound” and the people of the Valley are caught between “two maximalist positions” taken by the central government and militants. The casualties are the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the future of the state, he said in a series of tweets.

“Just as the militants have taken a maximalist position that has to be rejected out of hand, the Central government has taken a maximalist position that has

P Chidambaram aggravated the problem,” he said. The senior Congress spokesperson posted on Twitter that on many occasions in the past, he had “cautioned that the Kashmir issue or problem (or by whatever name it is called) was a festering wound”.

The Opposition has been blaming the Centre and the PDP- BJP government in the state for the unrest and violence in the Kashmir Valley since the death of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces last year.

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Modi warns on cow vigilantism New Delhi, Jul 16 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the “issue of communal violence in the name of cow protection” needed to be tackled sternly and asked state governments to act “very tough” against those taking law in their own hands.

At an all-party meeting ahead of Parliament’s monsoon session that begins on Monday, Modi told MPs that law and order was a state subject and as such the state governments needed to act strictly against those committing violence in the name of cow protection.

In his address to floor leaders of parties in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, Modi sought opposition support in fighting the issue of violence done in the name of cow protection.

The issue has raised concerns as the targets of such violence have been minority members and Dalits.

Subhash Chandra Bose The gist of the matter for the French secret service, according to More, is that Bose did not die in the air crash on August 18, 1945, as commonly held. “But he escaped from Indochina alive and his whereabouts were unknown as late as December 11, 1947, as reported in the secret document. This implies that he was alive somewhere but not dead in 1947,” said More, quoting the report written for the “Haut Commisariat de France for Indochina “SDECE Indochinese Base BCRI No. 41283 csah Ex No. 616, under the title: “Archival Information on Subhas Chandra Bose.” “In this report, it is clearly stated that he was the ex-chief of the Indian Independence League and a member of Hikari Kikan, a Japanese organisation. It

is further stated clearly that he escaped from Indochina, though it does not state how,” he said.

The British and the Japanese too declared that Bose died in an air crash after he took off from Saigon on his way to Tokyo. But the French government had always been silent on the issue, though Vietnam/ Indochina was a French colony during the 1940s.

So the findings of More attain significance. “Very quickly after the Japanese debacle and surrender on 15th August 1945, the French arrived in Saigon, along with British troops and took charge of Saigon.

But unfortunately they left no direct accounts of Bose’s death in the air crash. They had never endorsed the theory that Bose died in the crash,” said More.

Sonia attacks Modi govt

Sonia Gandhi New Delhi, Jul 16 (IANS): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi government, saying the country cannot be hostage to those “who wish to impose upon it a narrow-minded, divisive and communal vision” as she called for conscience vote in the presidential and vicepresidential elections.

Addressing a meeting here of several opposition parties on the eve of the presidential poll, she said the election represents “a clash of ideas” and “a conflict of disparate values” and the

battle should be fought hard.

Opposition’s presidential candidate Meira Kumar and vice-presidential candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi were present at the meeting. The vice-presidential election will take place on August 5. Both the elections take place through secret ballot and electors are not bound by any whip.

Sonia Gandhi said that presence of MPs from many parties confirmed that the fight for an inclusive, tolerant and pluralistic India is being truly waged.

Alluding to the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance having an edge in presidential and vice-presidential elections, she appealed for conscience vote.

“In these contests, the numbers may be against us. But the battle must be fought and fought hard.

We cannot and must not let India be hostage to those who wish to impose upon it a narrow-minded, divisive and communal vision.

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High Court after he failed to get any interim relief from the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

The Minister had moved the apex court to seek an urgent hearing of his plea either by the High Court or the apex court itself, so that he could participate in the July 17 election.

The top court, in its order, said that the outcome of the case has an “important bearing” on whether Mishra would continue to be a member of the assembly and vote in the Presidential election.

C H E N NA I , J U L 1 6 (AGENCIES): How did Subhas Chandra Bose die?

To find the answer, the Indian government had appointed three commissions.

The Shah Nawaz Committee (1956) and Khosla Commission (1970) said that Bose died in an air crash on August 18, 1945 at Taihoku airport in Japanese-occupied Taipei, while the Mukherjee Commission (1999) concluded that he did not die in an air-crash.

The government, however, rejected the findings of the Mukherjee Commission.

But that didn’t stop scholars from dwelling deep to find the truth.

Paris-based historian J B P More, who recently stumbled upon a brief French secret service report dated December 11, 1947 at the National Archives of France, has come up with a finding that Bose didn’t die in an air crash and was still alive in 1947.

“It is not stated in the document that Subhas Chandra Bose died in the air crash in Taiwan.

Instead, it is reported that Bose’s present whereabouts were unknown as late as December 1947, which again implies that the French did not buy the theory that Bose died in the air-crash on August 18, 1945,” said More, who teaches at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Economiques et Commerciales, Paris.

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HC rejects MP Minister’s plea to vote in President poll New Delhi, Jul 16 (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Sunday refused to allow Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister Narottam Mishra -- disqualified by the EC for not disclosing money spent on paid news in 2008 assembly elections -- to participate in the July 17 Presidential poll.

A Division Bench of Justice Muralidhar and Justice Pratibha Singh rejected Mishra’s application that challenged a single-judge bench’s order to dismiss his plea to vote in the Presidential poll.

The single-judge bench had on Friday also dismissed his plea that challenged his disqualification by the Election Commission (EC) on June 23 for not disclosing expenses he incurred on paid news in his election expenditure returns and barred him from contesting elections for three years.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Mishra to move the Delhi

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In exercise of the power conferred upon me, vide Art. VII.A. (X) of the DPP Constitution, I hereby call for a General Convention of the DPP on the 26th of July, 2017, at 1100 hrs at Nousi Auditorium, Niathu Resort, Chumukedima, Dimapur.

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BTCP celebrates 28th foundation day

Speaker addressing the gathering at BTCP foundation day.

DIMAPUR: Baptist Theological College, Pfutsero, (BTCP) celebrated its 28th foundation day on July 15 with Chakhesang Mission Centre Church, Pfutsero, Pastor, Dr. Kuzhopoyo Tu-

nyi as the guest speaker.

Basing his sermon on 1 Peter 5:6-9, Dr. Kuzhopoyo encouraged the college community to lead a life of obedience, prayer, resistance and overcom-

ing temptations through Christ.

The programme was attended by CBCC staff, pastors, head of educational institutions of Pfutsero and other well wishers.

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KOT organise 11th N.I. Jamir academic excellence award

DIMAPUR: Kohima Ongpangkong Telongjem (KOT) organised the 11th N.I. Jamir academic excellence award programme on July 15 at Moluki, Merhulietsa Kohima with commissioner of taxes, Nagaland, Asangba Chuba as the main speakers In his address, Asangba Chuba, described the recipients of the award as an honour and exhorted them that to achieve something we have to work harder.

He asked the students to work honestly, to have motivation and advised the gathering not to escape from reality but be aware of the current situation. In is short speech, Retd. chief secretary, Alemtemshi Jamir, in congratulated all the awardees reminded the gathering that in this competitive world everyone has to work hard in order to achieve success in life.

N.I. Jamir trust board

member, C. ImtingzukLongkumer, late N.I. Jamir as fatherly figure not only for the Aos but for the Nagas and added that the award may be the first but it will become a gateway for the future.

N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award was given to Ao students who come up in the top twenty in the HSLC exam conducted by NBSE. The award includes Rs. 10000 cash and a certificate. The recipient of 2017 N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award are Moamanen Jamir 10th Rank, Limatula Imchen 12th Rank, T. Sentolila Lemtor 13th Rank, Nokingsangla Jamir 14th Rank, Temjeninla Jamir 16th Rank, Zuiner Jamir 18th Rank, LongsenerLongkumer 19th Rank and Okten Jamir 20th Rank. So far 42 students have received the N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award till 2017.

Celebration of World Youth Skills Day 2017 at Govt. ITI Wokha, where Keynote address was delivered by Er. Enchiba Longkumer, principal and Mhathung Ezung proprietor M/s MHA Mechanized Furniture, exhorted the gathering.

Nagaland Physiotherapist Association (NPA) held a solidarity campaign along with the rest of the physiotherapists across the country, under Indian Association of Physiotherapist (IAP) demand for Central Independent Physiotherapy Council of India on July 16.

ABBNSS holds meeting; to fight against corruption DIMAPUR: Nagaland Brastachar Nirmulan Sangharsha Samiti (ABBNSS) deliberated the organisational set up in all districts of Nagaland during its meeting held on July 15 at R.S building near head post office, Kohima.

A press note issued

by ABBNSS, president, R.Sopu Angami and joint

secretary, Kereingukho Rino stated that the main aim and objective of the organization was to fight against the root cause of corruption as well as all forms of corruption existing in Indian society and maintenance of justice.

The meeting also decided to fill up all the vacant post in the state organization and members

have been requested to furnish their bio data.

Earlier, invocation prayer was said by Kereingukho Rino. ABBNSS Nagaland informed that national executive meeting of ABBNSS would be held on September 17, 2017 at Latur Maharashtra where a Naga traditional troupe would represent Nagaland.

Two-day vacation bible class was conducted by Nepali Baptist Church christian education department on July 14 and 15, under the theme: “Super Special”. Nepali Baptist Church CMD family thanked the resource persons CED, Lotha BCC M . Khodao Lotha, SST Lotha BCC Abeni and others for their co-operation and prayers in making the programme a success.

KSU mourns demise of oldest person

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KSU said the contributions made by late Dusho would be remembered and further conveyed condolence to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

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DIMAPUR: Khütsami Students’ Union (KSU) has mourned at the demise of late Dusho Swüro (103), the oldest man of Khütsami village who passed away on July 14. In a condolence message, KSU said late Dusho Swüro son of late Lt. Yotsoyi Swüro was born Upper Merhulietsa senior citizens and youths voluntarily repaired road by filling up potholes and clearing the in 1914. He was appointed drainage on July 15. The volunteers are seen filling up as the first Panchayat chairpotholes and clearing drainage. man in 1956 by A.Z Phiz,

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Candidates securing a minimum of 50% (Gen.) and 45% (SC/ST/OBC) either at the Graduation or PG level only may apply for the NCTE recognized two year B.Ed. Course for the current session. Prospectus can be obtained from the college office from 10th July till 24th July, in between 10 am to 2 pm.

All the candidates are required to bring their eligibility certificate from NU, Lumami. NOC for in-service govt. teacher must be submitted before the final selection process.

Last date of submission of duly filled-in form is 25th July 2017. Extension of the last date will not be entertained under any circumstances.

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Class 10 and above / Children Ministers

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Certificate in Christian Ministry and Leadership

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BTCP celebrates 28th foundation day

Speaker addressing the gathering at BTCP foundation day.

DIMAPUR: Baptist Theological College, Pfutsero, (BTCP) celebrated its 28th foundation day on July 15 with Chakhesang Mission Centre Church, Pfutsero, Pastor, Dr. Kuzhopoyo Tu-

nyi as the guest speaker.

Basing his sermon on 1 Peter 5:6-9, Dr. Kuzhopoyo encouraged the college community to lead a life of obedience, prayer, resistance and overcom-

ing temptations through Christ.

The programme was attended by CBCC staff, pastors, head of educational institutions of Pfutsero and other well wishers.

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KOT organise 11th N.I. Jamir academic excellence award

DIMAPUR: Kohima Ongpangkong Telongjem (KOT) organised the 11th N.I. Jamir academic excellence award programme on July 15 at Moluki, Merhulietsa Kohima with commissioner of taxes, Nagaland, Asangba Chuba as the main speakers In his address, Asangba Chuba, described the recipients of the award as an honour and exhorted them that to achieve something we have to work harder.

He asked the students to work honestly, to have motivation and advised the gathering not to escape from reality but be aware of the current situation. In is short speech, Retd. chief secretary, Alemtemshi Jamir, in congratulated all the awardees reminded the gathering that in this competitive world everyone has to work hard in order to achieve success in life.

N.I. Jamir trust board

member, C. ImtingzukLongkumer, late N.I. Jamir as fatherly figure not only for the Aos but for the Nagas and added that the award may be the first but it will become a gateway for the future.

N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award was given to Ao students who come up in the top twenty in the HSLC exam conducted by NBSE. The award includes Rs. 10000 cash and a certificate. The recipient of 2017 N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award are Moamanen Jamir 10th Rank, Limatula Imchen 12th Rank, T. Sentolila Lemtor 13th Rank, Nokingsangla Jamir 14th Rank, Temjeninla Jamir 16th Rank, Zuiner Jamir 18th Rank, LongsenerLongkumer 19th Rank and Okten Jamir 20th Rank. So far 42 students have received the N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award till 2017.

Celebration of World Youth Skills Day 2017 at Govt. ITI Wokha, where Keynote address was delivered by Er. Enchiba Longkumer, principal and Mhathung Ezung proprietor M/s MHA Mechanized Furniture, exhorted the gathering.

Nagaland Physiotherapist Association (NPA) held a solidarity campaign along with the rest of the physiotherapists across the country, under Indian Association of Physiotherapist (IAP) demand for Central Independent Physiotherapy Council of India on July 16.

ABBNSS holds meeting; to fight against corruption DIMAPUR: Nagaland Brastachar Nirmulan Sangharsha Samiti (ABBNSS) deliberated the organisational set up in all districts of Nagaland during its meeting held on July 15 at R.S building near head post office, Kohima.

A press note issued

by ABBNSS, president, R.Sopu Angami and joint

secretary, Kereingukho Rino stated that the main aim and objective of the organization was to fight against the root cause of corruption as well as all forms of corruption existing in Indian society and maintenance of justice.

The meeting also decided to fill up all the vacant post in the state organization and members

have been requested to furnish their bio data.

Earlier, invocation prayer was said by Kereingukho Rino. ABBNSS Nagaland informed that national executive meeting of ABBNSS would be held on September 17, 2017 at Latur Maharashtra where a Naga traditional troupe would represent Nagaland.

Two-day vacation bible class was conducted by Nepali Baptist Church christian education department on July 14 and 15, under the theme: “Super Special”. Nepali Baptist Church CMD family thanked the resource persons CED, Lotha BCC M . Khodao Lotha, SST Lotha BCC Abeni and others for their co-operation and prayers in making the programme a success.

KSU mourns demise of oldest person

WANTED

judicial member in 1957 and served as Rüna Peyu in 1969 and various other capacities.

KSU said the contributions made by late Dusho would be remembered and further conveyed condolence to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

HOME TUITION TEACHER For CBSE Cl-XI Physics & Chemistry. at Dimapur.

Please contact : 7005671483

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DIMAPUR: Khütsami Students’ Union (KSU) has mourned at the demise of late Dusho Swüro (103), the oldest man of Khütsami village who passed away on July 14. In a condolence message, KSU said late Dusho Swüro son of late Lt. Yotsoyi Swüro was born Upper Merhulietsa senior citizens and youths voluntarily repaired road by filling up potholes and clearing the in 1914. He was appointed drainage on July 15. The volunteers are seen filling up as the first Panchayat chairpotholes and clearing drainage. man in 1956 by A.Z Phiz,

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Accredited by ATA & IATA (Govt. Reg. No. EDS/HTE/13/90 dt. 14/11/91

ADMISSION OPEN TILL JULY 30

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ADMISSION NOTICE FOR B.Ed. (2017-2019)

Candidates securing a minimum of 50% (Gen.) and 45% (SC/ST/OBC) either at the Graduation or PG level only may apply for the NCTE recognized two year B.Ed. Course for the current session. Prospectus can be obtained from the college office from 10th July till 24th July, in between 10 am to 2 pm.

All the candidates are required to bring their eligibility certificate from NU, Lumami. NOC for in-service govt. teacher must be submitted before the final selection process.

Last date of submission of duly filled-in form is 25th July 2017. Extension of the last date will not be entertained under any circumstances.

Eligibility/ Mode of Study

Duration

Certificate in Children Ministry (CCM)

Class 10 and above / Children Ministers

6 Months

Certificate in Christian Ministry and Leadership

Class 8 and above / Christian Ministers

2 Years

Dip.Th

10 Passed

2 Years

B.Th

Diploma Graduates/ 12 Passed

3 Years

M.Div

B.Th/B.A (Residential & 2 Years Correspondence)

M.A in Holistic Child Development (HCD)

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Pressure mounts on RBI to cut policy rate, say experts

Insurers to collect Aadhaar of agents to remove duplications NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (PTI): Regulator, Irda has asked insurance companies to collect Aadhaar, the 12digit unique identity, of their agents for creation of an online database in order to eliminate duplications.

The Insurance Information Bureau of India (IIB) will house the database. The regulator said the creation of the database started with the issuance of Point of Sales person guidelines. The purpose was de-duplication of POS enrolled by insurers and insurance intermediar-

ies, said the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irda).

Therefore, the Aadhaar number was taken as the unique identifying field to remove duplication, it said.

Going forward, the regulator said, it was viewed that the same logic could be extended to insurance agents and trained and qualified persons of insurance intermediaries that would include broker, qualified persons with Aadhaar number as the unique identifying field.

NEW DELHI, Jul 16 (pTI): With inflation falling to record low levels and industrial growth slipping to below 2 per cent, bankers and economists feel the pressure has increased on the Reserve Bank to cut benchmark interest rate next month.

The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor Urjit Patel will meet on August 1-2 for the third bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2017-18.

The MPC in its previous review in June had retained the repo rate at 6.25 per cent for the fourth straight time citing risk to inflation.

Private sector Kotak Bank is of the opinion that since the RBI has revised down its inflation trajectory sharply in the June policy, and given that inflation reading, the central bank has some room to be accommodative. “We expect the MPC to cut repo rate by 25

bps in the August meeting,” the bank said in report.

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research too expects the MPC to cut rates by 25 basis points (0.25 percentage point).

An SBI report said that most inflation risks are now on the downside and expect the retail inflation to be sub-2 per cent for the next month, sub-3 per cent for August-September and sub-4 per cent for OctoberNovember and 4-4.5 per cent between December and March.

For 2017-18, CPI inflation average could thus be below 3.5 per cent with a downward bias, the report added.

The retail inflation, which the RBI mainly factors in while deciding interest rate, has declined to historical low of 1.54 per cent in June. The wholesale price inflation for the month too has dropped to eight month low.

Industry chamber CII

is of the view that declining inflation, which has been undershooting the central bank’s inflation target by a large margin, should induce the RBI to resume its rate easing cycle.

CII said it “strongly recommends” a rate cut of 50 basis points in the forthcoming monetary policy to provide a fillip to demand.

Commenting on the retail inflation data, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian had said the “paradigm shift” in inflationary process has been missed by all, who have made “systematic inflation forecast error”, apparently referring to the RBI. In the MPC, RBI Governor Urjit Patel had argued for avoiding “premature policy action” and waiting for more inflation data.

“Incoming data is expected to provide greater clarity on the durability of recent food and nonfood disinflation,” he had opined.

New Delhi, Jul 16 (PTI): Over two weeks into the GST regime, the allpowerful GST Council will meet tomorrow to take stock of the implementation of the new indirect tax.

This will be the first meeting of the Council since the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1 and the 19th since it was set up in September last year.

But unlike the earlier meetings, when the states and Centre used to sit across the table and decide on a plethora of issues, this time the interaction would happen through video conferencing.

“19th Meeting of GST Council under the Chairmanship of FM Arun Jaitley will be held through Video Conferencing on July 17 in Delhi,” the finance ministry tweeted.

After the last Council

meet on June 30, it was decided that next meeting will happen on August 5.

But the date of the meeting, sources said, was advanced as the Council wanted to take stock of the situation post the rollout and get a nation-wide report.

The council, chaired by Jaitley and having state finance ministers as members, has over the past 10 months ironed out various contentious issues and decided on a four-tier tax structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent.

Over the last two weeks, the ministry has been issuing clarifications on doubts raised by industry.

Besides, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has held a marathon sixday ‘GST Master Class’ for businesses and traders explaining the rules of the new tax regime and answering their queries online.

Transactions through cards rise by 7% post DeMo

Jan Dhan deposits surge to Rs Digital drive puts India at greater cyber attack risk 64,564 crore: Government data

N EW D ELHI , J u l 16 (PTI): Transactions through debit and credit cards rose by merely seven per cent post demonetisation, as against a surge of over 23 per cent in overall digital transactions, top government officials told a parliamentary panel.

Officials from various ministries gave a presentation to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on ‘Demonetisation and Transformation towards Digital Economy’.

The digital transactions in all modes increased by 23 per cent to 27.5 million in May 2017 from 22.4 million in November 2016, according to the presentation, a copy of which is with PTI. The highest jump was witnessed in transactions through UPI, from one million per day in November 2016 to 30 million in May 2017.

NEW DELHI, Jul 16 (PTI): Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts have touched a new high of Rs 64,564 crore, of which over Rs 300 crore came in the first seven months of demonetisation, according to government data.

The Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet scheme, aims at bringing hitherto unbanked areas and people under a formal banking system. Bank accounts can be opened with a zero balance under the PMJDY. Finance ministry data, accessed through a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by a PTI correspondent, show that there were about 28.9 crore PMJDY accounts on June 14 this year.

Of these, 23.27 crore accounts were with public sector banks, 4.7 crore with regional rural banks and 92.7 lakh with private ones.

These accounts together

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about not falling for phishing attacks,” Neumeier emphasised.

He suggested that malicious emails or links should also be part of the awareness process.

“Countries like India are developing very fast which opens doors for more cyber attacks,” Neumeier added.

The experts also recalled how over 200,000 users were affected in 150 countries after the “WannaCrypt” virus attack which paralysed computers -- with a demand being made for a payment of $300 in bitcoins (crypto-currency or virtual currency) for a system to be unblocked.

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2010 and India was quite safe till then.

But now, India and other “developing countries are most vulnerable, especially the financial sector.

We perceive that banks are most vulnerable in India”, Kamluk told IANS. Stephan Neumeier, Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific, stressed the need to educate people to save them from becoming victims of cyber attacks.

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Across 1 Celebration outside Leatherhead? Not entirely (6) 4 Service provided in mountainous area (6) 8 Carry minute emblem that’s venerated (5) 9 Terrace rebuilt for provider of food (7) 10 Anticipate deposits being taken in payment (7) 11 People waiting in line for a letter, we hear (5) 12 A diet seen to be wrong for people held in custody (9) 17 Time to follow American custom (5) 19 Last offer (4,3) 21 Given name of boy with elederly relative (7) 22 Chap with Italian article in Italian city (5) 23 Retiring, slip inside for a drink (6) 24 Hidden stores, we hear, for crowds (6) Down 1 Turning up, upper-class gent is discouraged (3,3) 2 Engineers, worn out, went to bed (7) 3 Essayist’s woolly jumpers?

(5) 5 Quite an odd arrangement and quite an old thing (7) 6 Start playing tennis to be of use (5) 7 An animal Her Majesty has to worry about (6) 9 Dear singer - one joining cast (9) 13 Hi-fi component required for one posting messages (7) 14 Small animal went ahead and looked displeased (7) 15 They try an Old Testament book (6) 16 Saint in Kansas is very bad (6) 18 Stagger from a labyrinth (5) 20 Bishop going in car to dance (5)

Kaspersky Lab, told IANS on the sidelines of the recently-concluded “Interpol World 2017” conference in Singapore`s Suntec City.

His comments came as the Moscow-based cyber security firm found that the “Petya” attack hit Gateway Terminal India operated

by AP Moller-Maersk at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), a facility near Mumbai which is India`s biggest container port.

The terminal was unable to load or unload because of the attack as it failed to identify which shipment belongs to whom.

According to Vitaly Kamluk, Director of Global Research and Analysis Team for APAC at Kaspersky Labs, there was no cyber security threat till

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indulged in such activities.

In a press release issued on November 18, the government had said, “There are some reports received that some people are using other persons’ bank accounts to convert their black money into new denomination notes.”

This, it had said, had also been reported in Jan Dhan accounts.

The government had said such activities could attract penalty if it was established that the amount deposited in the account did not belong to the account holder.

“Also the person who allows his or her account to be misused for this purpose can be prosecuted for abetment under the Income Tax Act,” it had said.

Alongside other facilities, PMJDY accounts also allow an overdraft facility of up to Rs 5,000 in one account per household, preferably held by a woman member.

Singapore, Jul 16 (IANS): India`s growing economy and digital push have caught the attention of hackers and an increasing wave of cyber attacks could soon badly impact the country, experts from Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab have warned.

India and other South Asian countries are now on the radar of cyber attackers, said experts, adding that the government and corporates need to procure state-of-the-art, New Age security solutions to thwart their plans.

The impact of recent global cyber attacks were clearly visible in India as “WannaCrypt” -- that affected 150 countries globally -- and the recent “Petya” malware attack hit computers in the country.

“India`s growing economy and digitalisation are really a big concern as cyber attackers have now begun focusing on developing countries with big populations and average incomes,” Eugene Kaspersky, Chairman and Chief Executive of

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KAKURO

DIMAPUR: Angami Youth Organization (AYO) has vehemently condemned the act of “hooliganism and goondaism” perpetrated by unknown miscreants in Kohima by burning down two vehicles near Vivor Hotel.

In a condemnation note, AYO president Neinguvoto Krose and general secretary Kekhrie Pfukha demanded that the perpetrators involved should be booked and awarded necessary action under appropriate section of law. It also demanded that the responsible authority to institute proper investigation immediately. Further, AYO appealed to all political parties to refrain from such diabolic and unworthy acts, as “it is evident that this incident is a fall out of the present political imbroglio”.

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have deposits of Rs 64,564 crore, the Finance Ministry data show. Public sector banks account for Rs 50,800 crore, regional rural banks for Rs 11,683.42 crore and private banks, Rs 2,080.62 crore.

O n N ove m b e r 1 6 , 2016, there were 25.58 crore PMJDY accounts with an aggregate deposit of Rs 64,252.15 crore, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar had told the Lok Sabha.

Thus, between November 16 last year and June 14 this year, Rs 311.93 crore had been added to Jan Dhan accounts.

The PM had on November 8 last year announced the demonetisation of 500-rupee and 1,000rupee notes.

Following reports of alleged misuse of Jan Dhan accounts to convert black money into white after the note ban, the government had warned people that they would be penalised if they

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The finance ministry had earlier said the GST has been implemented “without any major problems being reported” from the field offices.

The ministry has also asked businesses to register themselves for the new indirect tax regime by logging on to the portal https:// www.gst.gov.in/ latest by July 30.

To take the registration, a trader needs to file an online application for which a valid PAN, email id and a mobile number is a must. No physical documents need to be submitted unless a query is raised and documents are asked for. All necessary documents can be scanned and uploaded.

The trader will receive his/her registration online within three working days from submission of online application, it said.

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Turkey commemorate failed coup with rally

I s ta n b u l , J u l 1 6 (Agencies): Turkey’s president addressed tens of thousands of people Saturday at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the country’s crushed military coup, vowing to “rip the heads off ” of terror groups and of the coup-plotters who tried to end his more than a decade-long rule.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the large, flag-waving crowd who took part in a national unity march in Istanbul, converging at the iconic July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge to remember 250 people who died on July 15, 2016 trying to resist the coup. Accompanied by his family and the families of the deceased, he inaugurated a hollow, globe-shaped monument featuring the names of the victims near the foot of the bridge.

“Exactly a year ago today, around this hour, a treacherous attempt took place,” Erdogan said. “The July 15 coup attempt is not the first attack against our country, and it won’t be the

People take part in the “National Unity March” to commemorate the one year anniversary of the July 15, 2016 botched coup attempt, in Istanbul.

last,” he said, referring to a series of terror attacks that also hit the country. “For that reason, we’ll first cut the heads off of these traitors.”

The bridge was the scene of clashes between civilians and soldiers in tanks.

At least 30 people died there and more than 2,000 were injured across Turkey in the struggle. Thirty-five coup plotters were also killed.

Photographs of the 250 “martyrs” were displayed on monitors and their names announced. Erdogan praised their bravery saying they

were armed only with Turkish flags and “their faith” while resisting coup-plotters in their tanks.

Erdogan was later due to return to Ankara to address parliament at the exact moment it was bombed a year ago. He is also scheduled to inaugurate another monument honoring the dead. Turkish soldiers attempted to overthrow the government and the president using tanks, warplanes and helicopters on July 15, 2016. The coup plotters declared their seizure of power

on the state broadcaster, bombed the country’s parliament and other key locations, and raided an Aegean resort where Erdogan had been on vacation. But Erdogan had already left and the coup attempt was put down by civilians and security forces. Turkey blames USbased cleric Fethullah Gulen for orchestrating the coup and infiltrating state institutions. Gulen denies the allegations. In the aftermath of the coup attempt, Turkey declared a state of emergency that has been in place

ever since, which has allowed the government to rule by decree and to dismiss tens of thousands of people from their jobs. More than 50,000 people have also been arrested for alleged links to Gulen and other groups. In the latest government decree published Friday evening, 7,395 more state employees were fired, including teachers, academics, military and police officers, bringing the number of dismissed to more than 110,000. The government calls the crackdown necessary to purge state institutions of those linked to Gulen, but critics say the dismissals are arbitrary and the victims’ paths to recourse severely curtailed.

“It has been exactly one year since Turkey’s darkest and longest night was transformed into a bright day, since an enemy occupation turned into the people’s legend,” Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said earlier in the day at a special parliamentary session in Ankara, the capital, attended by Erdogan.

US Senate to delay vote on China house fire kills 22; arson suspect arrested Republican healthcare bill BE I J I NG , J u l 1 6 (Agencies): Authorities apprehended a man suspected of setting fire to a two-story house in eastern China early Sunday, killing 22 people, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Investigators discovered traces of gasoline at the scene of the pre-dawn fire in Jiangsu province and found all the doors of the house locked, according to the national work safety agency.

The house, located in the city of Changshu, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) northwest of Shanghai, was used as a dormitory for 29 people working at a local restaurant, according to The Beijing News newspaper. The residents were mostly migrant workers in their 20s working as waitresses and cooks, the report

The building where a deadly fire broke out early on Sunday in Jiangsu Province, China.

said. Three people were injured in the blaze.

The man who was apprehended is surnamed Jiang, Xinhua reported,

without giving more details.

Changshu’s city government said the fire broke out at around 4:30 a.m.

Washington, Jul 16 (IANS): The Senate will delay a vote on the Republican healthcare bill as Senator John McCain is still recovering from a surgery, the media reported. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed the move on Saturday night, reports CNN. McConnell tweeted that the Senate will work on other legislative issues and nominations next week and “will defer consideration of the Better Care Act” while McCain is recovering from his surgery.

McCain’s absence would have imperiled the bill, which needs the support of 50 of 52 Republican senators to advance.

McCain, 80, is in Arizona after having a blood clot removed from above his left eye, CNN reported.

His office said the clot was discovered during an annual physical and removed Friday at the Mayo

Clinic Hospital in Phoenix.

Senate Republicans unveiled a revised version of their health care bill on Thursday, and party leaders had planned a vote, or at least to take the procedural steps toward a vote which could have taken place as early as Tuesday.

It was unclear how long the delay will be, reports The New York Times.

Meanwhile, two Republican senators - Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky - have already said they will not support a motion to proceed to floor debate on the legislation. A number of other Republicans including Senators Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Dean Heller of Nevada, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rob Portman of Ohio, have also expressed serious reservations about the bill in its current form.

Israel reopens sensitive holy site closed after attack Jerusalem, Jul 16 (PTI): Israel reopened an ultra- sensitive holy site on Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim worshippers were refusing to enter due to new security measures including metal detectors and cameras.

Crowds chanted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) as a number of initial visitors entered Jerusalem’s Haram al-Sharif compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount.

The flashpoint holy site includes the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock.

But midday Muslim prayers were held outside the site due to the new security measures.

“We reject the changes imposed by the Israeli government,” Sheikh Omar Kiswani, Al-Aqsa director, told reporters outside.

“We will not enter through these metal detectors.”

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ISLAMABAD, Jul 16 (PTI): Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa is “analysing” the evidence against Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a military court, and will decide his appeal on merit, the Army said here Sunday.

Jadhav, 46, filed a mercy petition before Gen Bajwa last month, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement issued on June 22. The statement said that the former Indian Navy

judge bench of the Supreme Court began examining a report submitted by the JIT over the money laundering allegations. The bench, after examination of the report, asked for transcripts of all speeches made in the last 60 days by Mr Sharif ’s party leaders, presumably to examine them for contemptuous content.

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Ja k a rta , J u l 1 6 (IANS): Indonesia will now refer to the northern areas of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea as the “North Natuna Sea” in an act of defiance against Beijing’s territorial ambitions in the region, the media reported. At a press conference in Jakarta on Saturday, Deputy Minister for Marine Sovereignty Arif Havas Oegroseno unveiled a new map with the renamed territory, reports CNN. “We need to continue updating the naming of the sea and report to the UN about the borders,” Oegroseno told Indonesia’s state-r un news agency Antara. “This (system) would allow the international community to know whose territory they pass through,” he added. Part of the renamed area falls in China’s “nine-dash line” -waters extending hundreds of miles to the south and east of China’s island province Hainan.

don flats, Dawn News reported. The JIT noted “that these (15) cases have also been quashed without conducting a proper trial and without giving evidence a chance to come on record”.

The probe team also recommended the NAB be complete its investigation into the London properties.

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CHUBANUNGLA IMCHEN IMLIMENLA LONGCHAR Mangmetong Kaketshir Telongjem and Mangmetong Students’ Union Mokokchung Unit with immense pride and joy extends our heartiest congratulations and profound appreciation to: 1. Miss Chubanungla Imchen, D/o Mr. Sentitemsu Imchen & Mrs. Kilensungla Longchar for securing Top 1 position in B.Sc (Zoology) from Kohima Science College, Jotsoma Nagaland (Autonomous).

2. Miss Imlimenla Longchar, D/o Mr. Temjenkaba Longchar & Mrs. Sashinaro for securing Top 6 position in BA (Political Science) from St. Edmund’s College, Shillong Meghalaya, NEHU. May our Almighty God bless you in every endeavours of your life.

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dent Pervez Musharraf regime, soon after he toppled the Mr Sharif government in the October 1999 military coup, reports Dawn News.

The case regarding the Sharif family’s four London apartments was also among the investigations started by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in December 1999. In its April 20 verdict, the country’s Supreme Court asked the JIT to investigate the money trail for the Lon-

Palestinians stand at an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City.

sailants opened fire on Israeli police Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City before fleeing to the compound.

Israeli authorities said they had come from the flashpoint holy site to commit the attack.

Israel took the highly unusual decision to close the Al- Aqsa mosque compound for Friday prayers, triggering anger from Muslims and Jordan, the holy site’s custodian.

The site remained closed on Saturday, while parts of Jerusalem’s Old City were also under lockdown.

Israeli authorities said the closure was necessary to carry out security checks and announced it would reopen the compound today.

Police said Sunday that so far two gates leading to the holy site had been opened, equipped with metal detectors.

Pak Army chief ‘analysing’ evidence against Jadhav

JIT recommends reopening 15 cases against Sharif ISLAMABAD, Jul 16 (IANS): The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) which probed the Panama Papers case against Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ’s family assets has recommended reopening 15 cases against Mr Sharif, the media reported on Sunday.

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Kulbhushan Jadhav officer had filed the petition after the Military Appellate Court rejected his appeal.

Pakistan Army spokesman Major Gen

Asif Ghafoor today told reporters that Gen Bajwa was “analysing the evidence against Jadhav. The Army chief will decide Jadhav’s appeal on merit.”

Jadhav is eligible to appeal for clemency to the Army chief under Pakistan’s law, and if his plea is rejected, he can subsequently appeal the Pakistan president for the same.

He was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in April for his alleged involvement in espionage and terrorist activities.

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Disney’s cartoon princesses gather in real life Reshita Baruah crowned second runners up at Mrs. World 2017

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s proof that you can be a princess when you grow up, the voices behind 10 of Disney’s cartoon princesses have gathered at a US event for fans.

The women have voiced heroines spanning nearly three decades of films, from The Little Mermaid (1989) to 2016’s Moana.

Snow White and Cinderella were absent, but Disney claimed it was the largest gathering of its “royals” in one place. They are resuming their roles for a new film

which Disney said would “break down” the princess stereotype.

Next year’s release, Wreck-It Ralph 2, will feature all the Disney princesses in a scene where they wear T-shirts - not dresses - and discuss the “challenges of being perfect”. John Lasseter, Disney and Pixar’s chief creative officer said. “These characters are really strong...

We love to think of them way beyond just the movie that was made.” “I would change who I am, change the

sea for the sand just to stand with you” - Ariel from The Little Mermaid “What I love most about rivers is you can’t step in the same river twice. The water’s always changing, always flowing” - Pocahontas “I want adventure in the great wide somewhere! I want it more than I can tell!”

- Beauty and the Beast’s Belle “Let it go, let it go, can’t hold it back anymore!” - Elsa from Frozen “Okay, first, I am not a princess. I’m the daughter of the chief ” - Moana Irene Bedard, who played Pocahontas in 1995, said the princesses would be moving with the times.

Disney, which has faced questions over the impact its princesses might have on young girls’ ideas of perfection, has more recently attempted to rework its onscreen heroines.

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eshita After being adjudged as second runners up, Reshita Baruah took the opportunity to Baruah genuinely “thank the people for all the support”. She said “it really mattered” to her. from Assam, who represented India at Mrs. World 2017 p a ge a n t , wa s crowned at the grand finale of the prestigious pageant. At the same pageant she also won the title of Mrs. Two-day children rally was organized, by City Faith Church, Promising kids Congeniality. at Doyapur on 11th and 12th of July 2017 and the number of children who Reshita Baattended were around 700 (Seven hundred) and tremendous experiences ruah hails from were responded by the children through this rally. We the promising kids of the Jorhat dis(L) Reshita Baruah City Faith Church would like to acknowledge all those who have supported us trict of Assam.

She is the first woman from her state to represented India physically and financially throughout the children rally and we would also like in this contest. Prior to this, she was crowned Mrs. India to specially thank the people those who have sponsored to feed the children for two days, Our heartfelt thanks to : World, in 2017 at the Mrs. South Asia 2017 pageant.

2. DEKOV LASUH She competed against 21 other contestants in Everett, 1. KHEKAHO AWOMI Washington, USA. She went through three rounds which 3. AKAI KONYAK 4. OMEGA YEPTHOMI (G.S Road President) included cocktail round, fitness round, and the evening 5. ALUNG INKA 6. KHEKAYI CHISHI gown round.

7. VICKY GHOSH 8. SADONG AIER Mrs. World provides each candidate the opportunity 9. KHEKATO V. AWOMI for personal growth, self-expression and development.

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Passion Crusade 2017 speaker Relentless Worship Band front-man Jeremy Williamson from Fort Collins, US along with the praise and worship team led by Joe and Lindsay Shuman during the final day of the Crusade held at Urban Haat, Dimapur, Sunday. (PC Huska Kiba)

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England win first U19 Euro C’ship title

England U19 players celebrate after being crowned European Under 19s champions in Gori on Saturday.

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The triumph follows on from England’s success at the U20 World Cup and Toulon Tournament, while they also reached the final of the European U17 competition and the U21s made the semi-finals of their European Championships in Poland last month, losing on penalties to Germany.

The opening exchanges at the Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium in Gori were cagey.

Just before the halfhour, Nmecha - whose stoppage-time goal against the Czech Republic had secured England’s place in the final - got away down the right and fed City teammate Isaac Buckley-Ricketts who set up Mount, but the Chelsea man saw his shot blocked.

Portugal went close when Domingos Quina,

who plays for West Ham, dragged a left-foot shot wide.

At the start of the second half, England goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale had to be alert when he collected a shot from Mesaque Dju out on the right but the Three Lions went ahead in the 50th minute.

Midfielder Mount whipped a 25-yard free-kick up over the wall, which hit the base of the right-hand post and bounced back into the six-yard box where Suliman nodded it into an empty net.

Portugal, though, were not behind for long and the equaliser soon followed in the 56th minute. Abdu Conte sent over a deep ball from the left flank, which drifted through towards the far post, where Sterling sliced it past team-mate Ramsdale.

Bakayoko completes Chelsea switch

Chelsea have signed Bakayoko from Monaco for £40 mn.

Bakayoko, who was crucial in Monaco’s run to Champions League semifinal last season, pens a five-year deal with Antonio Conte’s side, keeping him at Stamford Bridge until 2023.

“I am very happy to be here and to join this great team. I have grown up watching Chelsea. Sign-

Kachari sports club football tourney underway Dimapur, Jul 16 (NPN): The 5th Kachari Sports Club Football Tournament got underway on July 15 at Kachari Sports Complex, Dimapur with Nagaland DGP L.L Doungel and Lun Tungnung as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively.

Addressing the participants, the chief guest encouraged the players not neglect their studies while playing the games.

Also speaking on the occasion were Commissioner of Police, Dimapur Lima Sunep Jamir and Kachari Tibal Council president Ramesh Hasnu.

The programme was chaired by Kachari Sports Club president Hareshwar Mech.

God’s blessing was invoked by Mech Kachari Baptist Church Naharbari pastor Robin Mech, welcome address was delivered by Robert Khemprai and the vote of thanks was proposed by Kachari Sports Club vice president Rofik Khemprai.

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8 killed in Senegal football stadium stampede Dakar, Jul 16 (IANS): At least eight people were killed and over 45 others injured in a stampede and a subsequent wall collapse during a local league cup final in Senegal’s capital Dakar.

With the score at 2-1 during extra time, a fight broke out between fans of rivals US Ouakam and Stade de Mbour, reports Xinhua news agency.

The police fired tear gas to control the situation.

As spectators tried to flee the stadium, part of a wall collapsed.

Rescue workers and medics are currently working at the scene and searching for more survivors under the rubble.

G e n e va , J u l 1 6 (IANS): Indian chess Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna played out a hard-fought draw against Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia in the final round of the FIDE Grand Prix here in Geneva.

The World No. 22, playing with white pieces, on Saturday started off on an aggressive note, determined to finish the tournament on a winning note but had to settle for a draw as the Russian had other plans.

The game, which went on for 115 moves, saw the players settling to share the point as time was running out.

“I had a few chances to win but my opponent defended really well to prevent the loss and lead the game towards a draw,” the Guntur player said.

As the tournament culminated after the ninth round, Harikrishna finished tied fourth on the leaderboard, courtesy six draws, two wins and just one loss.

“Had I won, I would have finished tied second.

I finished as tied fourth, for which I am happy as my game quality was far better than the previous Grand Prix,” Harikrishna said.

“I missed some chances in games against Mamedyarov and Adams, but a good performance overall,” he added.

By finishing fourth, Harikrishna gained 60 Grand Prix points along with a handsome amount of 9,000 euros ($10,320).

Rashford strikes twice as United thrash LA Galaxy

Manchester United players celebrate following Marcus Rashford’s opener which came inside two minutes against LA Galaxy.

LOS ANGELES, Jul 16 (Agencies): Marcus Rashford scored twice as Manchester United kicked off their pre-season tour of the United States with a 5-2 rout of the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday.

With new signing Romelu Lukaku starting on the bench, England striker Rashford reminded manager Jose Mourinho of his eye for goal with an energetic display against an outclassed Galaxy team.

Rashford opened the scoring after only two minutes, punishing an error from Ariel Lassiter near the Galaxy penalty area to dart in on goal and place his finish beyond goalkeeper Jon Kempin.

The 19-year-old doubled his tally in the 20th minute, latching onto a clever pass from Juan Mata to make it 2-0. Marouane Fellaini put United 3-0

ahead five minutes later, tucking a low shot past the hapless Kempin after good work down the left flank by Jesse Lingard.

United boss Mourinho changed his entire line-up at half-time, handing a debut to Lukaku, who completed his record transfer from Everton earlier this week.

The Belgian international might have opened his United account within four minutes of coming on, but saw his shot saved by the Galaxy’s Brian Rowe, who replaced Kempin at half-time.

The remainder of the half resembled a training exercise, with United dominating possession against a Galaxy line-up who also made wholesale changes at half-time.

Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan both went close while new sign-

ing Victor Lindelof should have done better with a close-range effort that flew over the bar.

However on 67 minutes United got their fourth of the night when Martial burst forward and threaded a pass to Mkhitaryan who made no mistake with a confident low strike.

Martial made it 5-0 five minutes later, rifling home Timothy Fosu-Mensah’s pullback.

The Galaxy meanwhile, who had failed to register a single attempt on goal in the first half, bagged the first of two late consolation goals when Giovani dos Santos caught Lindelof napping to score past Joel Pereira.

A Romain Alessandrini corner was then nodded home by Dave Romney in the 89th minute, deflecting off Dos Santos on its way into the net.

Mourinho rules out move for Ronaldo

Los Angeles, Jul 16 (Agencies): Jose Mourinho ruled out any attempt to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford.

United manager Mourinho is keen to bolster his ranks further after already strengthening his squad with the additions of Victor Lindelof and Romelu Lukaku, who both made their debuts at the StubHub Center.

But the Portuguese manager dismissed the pos-

sibility of a move to bring Ronaldo back to Old Trafford from Real Madrid.

“We have never thought about it because he is too much of an important player for his club, of great economic power,” he said.

“We have not been able to find for whatever reason anything that could have made us think that Ronaldo could leave. I’m not going to waste my time thinking about players who are mission impossible.” Mourinho

gave a list of summer targets to executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward with the hope of making four topquality additions.

United have so far brought in Lindelof and Lukaku, with the latter’s arrival said to have ended their interest in Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata. “He belongs to Madrid,” said former Real boss Mourinho.

“Madrid have decided and we have not come to an agreement. It is simple. It is a shame.”

“He is a player who made it to the first team with me. We have a special liking for him, he is someone special. I enjoyed watching his evolution at Juventus and Madrid. It is like that. I don’t think he can end with us,” he added.

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17-07-2015 Dear God we gratefully thank you for giving us our Dad. You must love us so much, because You gave us the best You had.

Watch over him and keep him in your care and may he feel our love for him.

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The Management, Staff & Students of Holy Cross Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur is deeply grieved of the Demise of REV. FR. FELIX, The Founder of Holy Cross School, Dimapur.

We extend our sincere condolences & Prayers to the bereaved Family.

May His Soul Rest In Peace

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While commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of Late W. Chubanungba Ao, we remember and salute the brave men of the 21st Naga Labour Corps who went to France during World War I. It was indeed a defining moment in the making of Naga history. We also reflect on the moment when his father Havildar Watingangshi Imchen of the 37th Company was informed by their commanding officer Francis Bhore, that, “Your wife gave birth to a boy on 17th July 1917. He was born during the middle part of your week-long Moatsü festival at Longkhüm. They have named him Chubanungba (Chuba: English King; nungba: in support of) and he is at the moment doing fine and healthy. This news was conveyed through the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, Naga Hills. It’s good news. You work hard.”

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R.I.P Late Rev. Fr. Felix Born on 10th December 1927 Died on 15th July 2017 Funeral Service : 02.00 p.m on 17th July 2017 Venue : Good Shepherd Seminary, Dimapur The Management of Holy Cross Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur invite the Crossians both the past and the present for the Funeral Service.

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Lo n d o n, J u l 1 6 (Agencies): Chelsea have signed Tiemoue Bakayoko from Monaco for a reported fee of £40million.

The 22-year-old becomes the Blues’ second most expensive signing of all time, £10million less than Fernando Torres in 2011.

ing was the natural thing for me because it is a club I loved very much in my childhood,” the Frenchman told the club website.

“I am now looking forward to evolving under this fantastic coach and alongside so many great team-mates.”

Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo said: “Tiemoue was outstanding as Monaco emerged as one of Europe’s best sides last season and we are delighted to welcome him to Chelsea.

“Despite his young age he already has plenty of experience as a French title winner and having competed in the latter stages of the Champions League, we believe he will add considerable quality to our squad.”

But England regrouped and regained the lead in the 68th minute.

Mount burst away down the right and charged into the penalty area before clipping the ball back across to Nmecha, who swept into an unguarded net.

Porto forward Rui Pedro dragged an angled shot wide from the edge of the England box as Portugal sought an equaliser.

England were reduced to 10 men with five minutes left when Edun collected a second caution followed by a red card for a trip on Madi Queta in the centrecircle.

Miguel Luis flashed an angled drive into the side netting and substitute Josh Da Silva cleared a header off the line during five minutes of added time as England held out for victory.

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Gori, Jul 16 (Agencies): England won the U19 European Championship title for the first time after beating Portugal 2-1 in Saturday’s final.

Aston Villa defender Easah Suliman headed the Young Lions in front early in the second half before a sliced own-goal from Chelsea right-back Dujon Sterling drew Portugal level before the hour.

Keith Downing’s side, though, secured a memorable victory when Manchester City forward Lukas Nmecha swept in after 68 minutes following a powerful run from Chelsea’s Mason Mount down the right.

England finished the match with ten men after Fulham’s Tayo Edun collected a second yellow card in the 86th minute, but it was not enough to deny

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Federer wins record 8th Wimbledon title US beat Nicaragua 3-0 in Gold Cup tempt to compose himself.

The 28-year-old held serve on the resumption but the lethal barrage continued, Federer stretching his lead over his friend to 4-1.

Cilic dropped the set 6-1 and called a medical timeout to have his left foot bandaged and take a painkiller. His discomfort was reflected in his statistics.

By the end of the sec-

ond set, he had served just two aces compared to the 130 he had fired past bamboozled opponents in his previous six rounds.

Fe d e r e r p o u n c e d again with a break for 4-3 and wrapped up the onesided final with a second serve ace to complete his coronation after just 1hr 41 minutes.

Fittingly, he too wept at the end .

Vesnina, Makarova win women’s doubles title

Roger Federer made history with the win as he became the first man ever to claim eight Wimbledon men’s singles titles

London , J u l 1 6 ( Ag en c i es ) : Ro ge r Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and became the tournament’s oldest champion Sunday with a straight-sets victory over injury-hit Marin Cilic who dramatically broke down in tears midway through the final.

Federer claimed his 19th Grand Slam title 6-3 6-1 6-4 and at 35 is Wimbledon’s oldest men’s winner of the modern era, succeeding Arthur Ashe, who was almost 32 when he won in 1976.

However, the Swiss superstar’s 11th Wimbledon final, and 29th at the majors, will also be remembered for the moving sight of the popular Cilic

breaking down in tears after slipping 3-0 behind in the second set.

The seventh seeded Croatian, the 2014 US Open champion, sobbed inconsolably and buried his head in his towel as his title dream slipped away.

He then had his left foot taped at the end of the second set but it was in vain as Federer became the first player since Bjorn Borg in 1976 to win Wimbledon without dropping a set in the entire tournament.

Beneath a star-studded Royal Box where Prince William and wife Kate r ubbed shoulders with actors Hugh Grant and Bradley Cooper, Cilic had his first break point in the fourth game.

It was saved by Federer and it was to be Cilic’s only glimmer of hope.

Federer broke in the next game when his opponent suffered a nasty fall on the worn surface which was to ultimately undermine his challenge.

Federer then served up two love service games before claiming the opener 6-3 off a Cilic double fault, the Croatian’s second of the final.

The Swiss superstar swept into a 3-0 lead in the second set and at the changeover, Cilic slumped in his courtside chair in tears and in obvious pain.

The trainer and doctor were summoned before Cilic hid his head in his towel in a desperate at-

Hamilton wins fourth straight British GP

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning the British GP at the Silverstone racetrack in Silverstone, England, Sunday. (AP/ PTI)

SILVERSTONE, Jul 16 (Agencies): Lewis Hamilton cruised to a fourth successive British Grand Prix victory on Sunday as he cut Sebastian Vettel’s lead in the championship to a single point.

The Briton finished 14.063sec clear of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen third after Vettel suffered a dramatic late

tyre puncture.

The German nursed his Ferrari home in seventh after pitting prior to the final lap, allowing Raikkonen to sneak back onto the podium after the Finn had also been struck by a similar tyre problem.

Hamilton, who started on pole, matched Jim Clark and Alain Prost with a record-equalling fifth win at his home race.

M a x Ve r s t a p p e n and his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo, who began in 19th on the grid, were fourth and fifth respectively, with Nico Hulkenberg sixth for Renault.

Vettel was followed

by Esteban Ocon and his Force India team-mate Sergio Perez and Felipe Massa, who came home 10th for Williams.

Russian women’s doubles pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina thrashed Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the final of the the Wimbledon Tennis Championships here.

The second seeded Russian combine on Saturday eased to a 6-0, 6-0 mauling of the ninth seeded TaiwanRomanian pair.

This victory was the first for Russian tennis players at Wimbledon, while Vesnina made her way to the Wimbledon final in pairs for the third time in her career, Makarova did it for the second, reports Tass news agency.

Before that, they won together the French Open in 2013, the US Open in 2014 and gold medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Kubot, Melo win men’s doubles crown

Poland’s Lukasz Kubot and Brazil’s Marcelo Melo won the Wimbledon men’s doubles title on Saturday after beating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(2), 3-6, 13-11 in an epic test of endurance.

The match had to be finished under the Centre Court floodlights with play suspended at 11-11 in the evening gloom for the roof to be closed.

Marach and Pavic were caught cold and broken in their first service game after the restart, leaving the victorious pair to fall to the floor in an exhausted celebration after clinching victory in a match lasting four hours and 39 minutes.

Both pairs had come through titanic five-set battles in the semi-finals, with Austrian Marach and Croatia’s Pavic taking more than four and a half hours to subdue Croatians Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor 17-15 in the final set.

Sandhu wins Victorian Open squash title CHENNAI, Jul 16 (PTI): India’s Harinder Pal Sandhu continued his fine run by winning a second title in two weeks, beating top-seed Rex Hedrick of Australia 12-14, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 in a 77-minute final of Victorian Open squash, a PSA Tour event, in Melbourne on Sunday.

The first game saw long rallies and Hedrick held his nerve to win it on extra points as the two mixed caution with aggression.

Third-seeded Sandhu, who had won the South Australian Open last week, stepped up to win the second game 11-3 using an attacking game to keep his rival at bay.

The third game also followed a similar pattern as Sandhu romped home 11-4. The 28-year-old Indian carried the momentum into the fourth game and stayed ahead to win it 11-7. It was his fourth title of the year.

United States defender Matt Miazga (4) celebrates his goal in the second half against Nicaragua at FirstEnergy Stadium.

CLEVELAND, Jul 16 (Agencies): A late goal from Matt Miazga helped the United States to a 3-0 win over Nicaragua in the Gold Cup on Saturday and ensured the hosts top spot in Group B on goal difference.

After Panama beat Martinique 3-0 in the earlier Group B game, the U.S. knew they needed to win by three clear goals to avoid a quarter-final match up against Costa Rica, one of the tournament favorites.

“Clearly a good result for us,” said U.S. coach Bruce Arena. “It’s a game where we wasted some opportunities and made things hard on ourselves,” he added of his side missing two penalties.

The hosts took the lead after 36 minutes when Joe Corona’s deflected strike got him on the international scoresheet for the first time in four years.

The Americans’ second goal also came thanks to a deflection when Kelyn Rowe’s shot outfoxed keeper Justo Lorente at his near post.

Miazga got the crucial third, his first international goal, when he headed home a Graham Zusi free kick with two minutes remaining.

The Nicaraguans, who were already out the tournament after losing their first two games, were down to nine men at the time after they had Luis Copete sent off for two

bookable offences, while another was receiving treatment on the sidelines.

The result was particularly harsh on Nicaraguan keeper Lorente, who saved second half penalties from Dom Dwyer and Corona.

The top two teams from each of the three Gold Cup groups advance to the quarter-finals along with the two best thirdplace teams.

In the only quarterfinal match up already decided, Panama will face Costa Rica, while the U.S. must wait to find out who they face.

Canada and Honduras have also qualified.

Mexico, Jamaica and El Salvador are battling to qualify from Group C.

Arab nations tell FIFA to strips Qatar of 2022 WC LO N D O N, J u l 1 6 (Agencies): The six Arab countries who last month cut ties with Qatar are reported to have written to world soccer’s governing body FIFA to demand it be stripped of hosting the 2022 World Cup because they consider the Gulf state to be a “base of terrorism”.

The Swiss website The Local reported that Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt had collectively written to FIFA asking it to remove Qatar as

hosts under Article 85 of the FIFA Code, which allows for such action in the case of emergency.

Reuters has not seen a copy of the letter and FIFA said that their president Gianni Infantino had not received any such document.

“The FIFA president has never received such a letter and subsequently has not done any comment on that,” said a FIFA spokesman.

“As already said, FIFA is in regular contact with the Qatar 2022 Local Organising Committee and

the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy handling matters relating to the 2022 FIFA World Cup,” he added.

A source familiar with the Qatari government’s World Cup activities said Qatar is aware the Saudis and others are engaged in such a move but understands Qatar has not yet received the letter.

People in the United States who represent and advise the Saudi government have also not yet responded to Reuters’ request for con-

firmation or comment.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic and transport ties with Qatar in June, accusing it of supporting terrorism and Iran. Doha denies the charges.

Qatar, a country with a negligible soccer background or infrastructure, was a controversial winner of the right to host the 2022 World Cup, which will be held in November and December to minimise the impact of the desert state’s harsh climate.

Nagabazar FC official logo, flag launched

Members of Nagabazar Football Club after launching the official logo and flag on Sunday.

Dimapur, Jul 16 (NPN): The official logo and flag of Nagabazar Football Club (NFC) was launched by Nagabazar Baptist Church assistant pastor Mezhiizolie Meyase at the Panchayhat hall on Sunday.

The Nagabazar Football Club will be participating in the Kohima Football League, 2017 organized by Kohima Town Club.

NFC is a permanent club under Nagabazar Youth Organization (NYO).

The NYO contributes to the society by carrying out social services like cleanliness drive and sanitation service.

The Panchayat board and Nagabazar residents encouraged the team to move forward with enthusiasm and sporting spirit.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVII NO. 221 Dimapur, monday, JuLy 17, 2017

Public responsibility

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hile not making any comment on the stay issued of Gauhati High Court over the case filed by the chief minister against the directive of the Governor for holding floor test( which was slated for July 15) as the case would be heard on July 17; the common chorus of the people by and large, has been to apportion blame on the elected members for continuing with their political drama and ignoring the mess they have created since 2003. The NPF which is today the only dominant political party in Nagaland, has attracted blame for re-enacting the political coup for the fifth time(from 2006-07 , 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017). The drama has been described as ‘leadership issue’ but there are also other interests that are closely associated with the rebellions, such as- demand for cabinet berths, lucrative portfolios and having respective demands met. True politics has been described as a refuge of scoundrels and scallywags as they speak lies and they cheat because people don’t want to hear the truth. A word about the series of political crisis that has overshadowed Nagaland since May 2014. As commented earlier, the elected members of the ruling party, whose numbers had been continually growing through engineered mergers, have finally taken its tally to 47(one vacated the seat for the forthcoming byelection). The people who voted the representatives( whether fairly or unfairly according to one’s own opinion), have to also share the blame for the mess in all spheres of society.

The solution appear to be simplistic- clean election (spearheaded and monitored by the church panel).

It needs to be mentioned that even the church itself needs to take a serious look within before confidently expecting that the campaign would be successful( whether 50% , 65% , 85% or 90%). In a society where people have learnt that it’s wise not to push beyond some point, otherwise one has to be prepared to face the consequences; it is not sure if the church or its panel or those who have taken pledge will be willing and bold enough to take on the forces who have preyed upon elections and rendered them as mockery. These include various armed groups, unorganised private armies, clan or communities exerting powerful influence in villages or even towns, or gangs of mercenaries offering services as workers to the highest bidder. In some villages/towns , the decision of the council/ influential clan(s) by word or mouth, has the effect of a diktat to decide on whom to vote for. Such decisions may not be in written form but it is understood as an edict to be followed. Over and above the involvement of armed elements, renegade private armies, lure of cash for vote, proxy voting, bogus names in the electoral roll; another major factor has been the pervading criminalisation that has taken place which have destroyed social values. There is no fear of God but fear of guns; not living within the bounds of law but above the law; loss of discipline and rise of the khushi-khushi syndrome.These are some of the ailments which have totally transformed Nagaland and inflicting a syndrome called asociality, which is described as- a moral abyss afflicting contemporary society that leads ordinary people to believe that there is a price tag for everything as those in power have purchased the mandate to serve personal, family or community needs above all.

DailyDevotion The Concept of Divine Control …how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! —Matthew 7:11

Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct in this passage for those people who have His Spirit. He urges us to keep our minds filled with the concept of God’s control over everything, which means that a disciple must maintain an attitude of perfect trust and an eagerness to ask and to seek.

Fill your mind with the thought that God is there. And once your mind is truly filled with that thought, when you experience difficulties it will be as easy as breathing for you to remember, “My heavenly Father knows all about this!”

This will be no effort at all, but will be a natural thing for you when difficulties and uncertainties arise. Before you formed this concept of divine control so powerfully in your mind, you used to go from person to person seeking help, but now you go to God about it. Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct for those people who have His Spirit, and it works on the following principle: God is my Father, He loves me, and I will never think of anything that He will forget, so why should I worry?

Jesus said there are times when God cannot lift the darkness from you, but you should trust Him. At times God will appear like an unkind friend, but He is not; He will appear like an unnatural father, but He is not; He will appear like an unjust judge, but He is not. Keep the thought that the mind of God is behind all things strong and growing. Not even the smallest detail of life happens unless God’s will is behind it.

Therefore, you can rest in perfect confidence in Him. Prayer is not only asking, but is an attitude of the mind which produces the atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural. “Ask, and it will be given to you…” (Matthew 7:7).

Quotes

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

Nagaland Post, Dimapur

monday, July 17, 2017

Right to repair a must to make consumer the king

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ot so long ago an Indian excelled in “jugad” also called the Ludhiana technology.

Indian semi-skilled techies ruled the repair and innovation business.

This developed into a lucrative business in several areas including the auto and other machinery spares. Even newspaper printing technologists were taking the help of who many might designate as hackers to devise parts of printing machines that had become outdated. Even today a prestigious mass communication institute runs an obsolete offset printing machine with the help of such ‘jugadus’.

It had been so successful that in 1990s a UK dealer used to market India-made Ambassador cars with ‘do it yourself ” kit. He was selling 30 cars a month.

The jugad has developed into a billion dollar industry, providing jobs and business. But now with hi-tech computer controlled devices like washing machines, cars or other devices this industry is facing severe problems.

The difficulties are not restricted to the techies; it is a woe for millions of householders, who used to fix many of the problems themselves. The household-

ers are extorted by the giant manufacturers in the name of “providing service”. It costs more than double the price as the parts itself may cost just Rs 50 but fixing charges would cost over Rs 1500. Since the spare would not be available in the market, as the manufacturer wants to keep a monopoly, the user has no option but to get fleeced by companies like Samsung, Videocon, LG or any other.

The key to extortion is in the word ‘scan’. A computer is attached to device to ‘find’ out the problem, which simple deductive argument can find it. Well there is a charge for it that makes auto or other manufacturers richer. Say it is your Honda car, the company at every service does the ‘scan’, charges Rs 450, in addition to about Rs 3000 charged for servicing, to tell you the car has no problem.

If you fix your car balancing problem outside for a fraction of a cost, the company charges, it frowns on you and sometimes threatens you with cancellation of warranty.

Customer is no more the king. They have become servants to their manufacturers.

The companies revel in this malpractice as they

earn more than they do from selling devices. In the absence of a monopolies law and a weak competition act, fleecing is the rule. Remedies even from consumer courts are difficult, time-consuming and cumbersome. The companies know it so they are extortive.

The companies deny the consumers their inherent right to repair through so called hi-tech and patent protection. The practice is anti-consumer, anti-farmer and antiShivaji poor. This is impacting the mobile phone, washing machine, refrigerator, tractor and other device repairers.

It is leading to job losses on the one hand and on the other deprives the user of the option of inexpensive fixing of the minor problems.

Why is the consumer unable to handle the situation? This is because the laws are vague; the companies have cartelised and jargonised the problems.

Their usual arguments are that consumers cannot be given the right to ‘destroy’ the machines and that the companies are their “protectors”.

The arguments are as destructive as telling a buyer of a house that even after

he buys the property, the seller would have the right to repair and alterations.

Once a device is sold, it is option and right of the buyer to do whatever he wants to do with his property. The companies do not have right over it except a responsibility that if the consumer seeks help they are bound to provide it.

While Indian consumers are ruing the ingress of foreign and Indian “hitech” products, their friends in the US have launched a Sarkar movement.

They call it right to repair. No they too have not been able to fix the big lobbies but have in a small way able to impact them.

It is becoming a mass movement. Indian consumers and farmers need to learn. Often consumers are foxed by the manufacturers, who say that repair information is proprietary and work to shut down repair shops.

In actuality, the manufacturer, except for providing assistance, which is legally mandatory, has no right over the product that has been sold to anyone.

Once sold the proprietary rights cease to exist. Denying information on repair needs to be made a punishable offence. However, still

it is not.

Even in the US, the companies rule the roost.

Only in May 2017, the US supreme court has come to the rescue of the buyer in what is called “right to tinker printer cartridge ink’. A repairer, Impression Products, wanted to make a toner cheaper by refilling Lexmark manufactured printer cartridges.

The Lexmark sued claiming proprietary rights. After a long battle the US supreme court ruled against Lexmark.

This seemingly insignificant tussle over printer toner clears the way for small businesses to fix the problem without the manufacturer’s permission. The court’s reasoning will help protect the consumer rights from overbroad copyright and other restrictions, like the ones written into “end user licence agreements”for software or imposed by technological restrictions.

The battle over such issues is becoming a wide movement across the US. The users and local techies are coming together to establish their rights. Farmers are fighting the computer giants, who have put some copyright-protected software in tractors and heavy machinery. They are forced to work with company-

approved technicians, who live far away and demand expensive charges. The farmers are supporting a right to repair legislation.

The large companies are contesting it. One giant computer firm is said to earn over $ 4 billion a year through smart phone repair business.

The company says they are “protecting against hackers”. The agitators are demanding that repair manuals be provided. The perception that one cannot fix his problem has been challenged and is finding wider support.

The issue is not about just some devices but is being propagated as the spirit of self-sufficiency so that repairers survive and consumers could get affordable services.

Indian consumers need to learn and so should the government and its consumer affairs department.

While Skill India is being promoted, it should also tailor it to the concept of self-sufficiency to protect the indigenous innovative workers and the proprietary right of the common man over the product he buys. Cheaper repairs would create jobs, add to wealth, GDP and give freedom from the clutches of the giants.

Post-mortem

Clean election campaign vis-à-vis its objectives ...

(From previous issue...)

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nfortunately, the writer himself has witnessed the ugly pictures of national workers involving in the obstructions of the developmental works and even involve themselves in booth capturing, rigging and use of brute force against the helpless villagers to vote for certain candidates of thier choice during the elections which is so unbecoming of the Revolutionaries. Under Such condition it is impossible for the voters to elect the most capable candidates possessing qualities of high integrity and thus promote corruptions and inefficiency.

Such actions are illegal in a democracy and is done only by the ‘Mafias, Goondas and low life criminals so it must be avoided by any such big organizations worthy of respect and names to be mentioned in the Naga history books. The Political groups and national workers should not be the reason for any obstruction to developmental activities whatsoever in the state but rather promote economic activities and conducive environment for the over all growth of the state. In Mathew 22:21 Jesus replied and I quote, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s” unquote. The common people very much understand and support for the political aspirations of the Nagas and is very much willing to give to Caesars what is Caesar’s but only needed from Caesars to be rational, benevolent and united.Infact to my knowledge, no sensible Nagas had never and will ever oppose Naga political movement and aspirations even though there might exist the differences in Political Ideology and the means to achieve the objectives. It must be made it clear that people resent or voice out their opinion against the illegal activities, high handedness, ignorance, apathy, callous attitudes of some particular National workers and disunity among the Naga political groups and not against Naga Nationalism per se. So these actions cannot be branded as ‘anti-national’ activities.

As much patriotic as Naga national workers are so is

the rest of the Naga population (so please do respect the opinions of others and learn to accept dissensions).

Infact, it is to be noted that every organs in the human body regardless of their size performs its own important functions. Caesars must therefore use his/s God given wisdom to think over whether Nagas can continue to live by eating only ‘political aspirations/solutions’ or the food. This may sound too narrow but truth be told ‘political freedom is meaningless without economic freedom’. They both must go hand in hand. So, the sooner the realization of this truth the better.

3) Village chiefs/GBs Start to Uphold the dignity of not just the red blanket on their shoulder but the true dignity, identity, role and responsibilities of this revered institution. The Red blanket which the esteemed chiefs wear might be just symbolic of their position in the British administrative convenience book but not the Institution which was given by our ancestors.

The respected kukamis, anghs, tatars, kedi/peyu etc (Thanks to Sumi Hoho’s wise decision to use kukami/Akukau officially in place of G.B) must remembered that the very institution was defended fiercely by our ancestors for its preservation and protection from foreign authorities and outside Interferences.

They must be reminded that the status of ‘Chiefs’ was given to them ( or inherited) not for the simple reason of being the ‘village old man’ (Goan Bura) but of being a person with authority, administrator, dispenser of justice, guardian of law etc.

However, over the recent years, this position and status has been reduced to a mere pawn in the game of petty politics.

There has been so many instances where the ‘chiefs’ themselves becomes the law breaker and use their status to influence the politicians and government officials in his personal favor and often misuse the development funds meant for the village development and if this is not done in their favor obstruction to developmental work in the village ensues. Further,

there has been so many instances where the ‘chiefs’ misuse their authority and take decisions to bear allegiance to particular political parties or candidates of their choice on behalf of the whole voters in their village thereby violating the individual Rights and freedom to vote for the candidate of his choice.

Such actions are regressive and is complete disregard of their own noble institution.

Although the village chiefs posses certain authority to take decisions over certain matters his decision must not based upon his personal interest and must not go against the welfare of his public.

4) Churches, intellectuals, bureaucrats and technocrats start to maintain integrity and raise their voice against Injustices.

The celebrated quote of Edmund Burke has reminded us all that quote unquote, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”.

There are good men out there among us who walk the talk and the younger generations salute you.

With exception to those people, there are experience which show us that sometimes we overplay our role and the other time we remain a mute spectators towards evil things happening around us. We intervene on the issues either too late or when it is not necessary.

The role of the modern church in the life of the 21st-century believer is critical because it fills a void only the church can.If a car needs fixing, it is brought to the mechanic shop. If the patient is sick it is brought to the Doctor. Likewise, if morality , ethics , integrity and spirituality fails whom shall it be brought to? The answer should be provided by the church. The church must questions themselves whether spirituality first or materialism first. Whether competing among themselves for spiritual and material superiority or “Serve one another,” as Paul wrote to the church in Galatia (Galatians 5:13).

(To be concluded...)

Kakugha Sumi Naga, Khetoi village, Aghunato.

Why Modi’s rule may be good for Nagaland

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t is true that a democratically elected government is better than having central rule imposed from Delhi. People have the right to have a government of their choice and therefore they elect their leaders or party to govern them. This is the essence of democracy—an elected government of the people, by the people and for the people.

However when this power or people’s mandate and sacred trust continue to be abused and misused by our ruling politicians, the question arises as to whether President’s Rule would be a better alternative for people’s welfare.

Let us try and assess why President’s Rule may be good for Nagaland and its people at this juncture—keeping in mind the murky political situation, financial crisis and also the prospect of a time-bound solution on the Naga issue as stated by the BJP led NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While the Governor should have as his first priority the need to explore all options to have a democratically elected government in place, he should however not remain oblivious to the longdrawn-out infighting and political stalemate within the ruling NPF, which is now clearly rampant without a meeting point.

Even if the Shurhozelie government survives the present crisis or a new leader takes his place to form another government, the Governor should use the discretion allowed by the constitution to ensure that whatever political formation comes into place should be in a position to provide a stable and accountable government.

The other option for the Governor is to recommend President’s Rule without dissolving the House, in which case the Legislature will be put under ‘suspended animation’. It will be up to the NPF to reconcile and set its house in order so that the Governor is convinced that a stable

government can be provided for the people.

The Assembly can then be restored and the government allowed to complete its full term.

The Nagaland Governor will hopefully apply his mind and take all these into consideration before deciding on the current political crisis.

The other point to be noted is that this is perhaps a good opportunity to prepare the ground for the much talked about political solution, which the Modi government is proposing within the near foreseeable future. If the present Modi government delivers on a time-bound solution, as it has stated, in all probability this will be done before the next Assembly election, which is sometime in early 2018.

So in any case the present Assembly and government may not last its full five year term if Modi delivers on the Framework Agreement. And since past governments as well as the present one has assured to step down in the event of a solution, there is a strong case for President’s Rule to be effected so that the transition period is used to rebuild the State and to provide a stable and peaceful environment so that all Nagas irrespective of politics or factions, both over-ground and under-ground, can come together.

In any case if President’s Rule does indeed come, the fault will be no one else’s but ours because we invited this eventuality by our greed for money and power.

Though undemocratic, President’s Rule may become a necessary evil, to cleanse and restore our polity.We have only ourselves to blame. In the end, a short spell of Modi’s rule in Nagaland may be just what the good doctor ordered, to cure our present ills and to prepare us for better days ahead.

(Along Longkumer: The writer is a senior journalist and former Editor, Morung Express)

Reader’s Post Sir,

Pay due attention

In the year 1964, Nagaland achieved full-fledged statehood but even after completion of 50 years (golden Jubilee) celebrated in 2013, Wokha district has remained hindered because the government of Nagaland paid lip service only.

It is extremely lamented that in Wokha district there is not a single important government manufactured set-up, central government established 2 (two) factories one in Doyang Hydro-Electric Project (DHEP) and other Gas Petroleum at Changpang in Wokha district but not Nagaland government sponsored.

The Global Open University, Nagaland established in Wokha district was immediately shifted to Dimapur, Central Government constructed border road from WokhaRalan- Bokajan to Dimapur black topping maintained like mirror, but laten taken up by the Government of Nagaland PWD (R&B) but totally neglected, no maintenance.

This road is not for Wokha district alone but for many districts such as Mon, Tuensang, Zunheboto and Mokokchung to reach Dimapur in no time.

There are several NGOs groups like tribal hoho, women hoho and students’ union etc but people of Wokha district honest, religious minded they do not like to harass the government, that is why they remain silent spectator and they do not claim their legitimate right/share.

Government of Nagaland declared slogan on 13th March 2010 Wokha district as “the land of plenty” but Wokha has been neglected due to various reasons. Therefore, the government need to pay attention to Wokha district which will soon be celebrating its 50 years in 2023, so by then at least the infrastructures in Wokha would be tip-top.

RIkhyo Kikon Lotha, Octogenarian.

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.