July 22, 2016

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Rs.100 cr already released for NPPCL

Spl Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JUL 21 (NPN): Central government has already released Rs.100 crore to Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Limited (NPPCL) for its revival, said Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Babul Supriyo on Thursday. In reply to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Supriyo said the government had approved revival package for NPPCL, a Central Public Sector Enterprises under Department of Heavy Industry (DHI), in June 2013. “Industry is a State subject, hence revival of old mills is prerogative of state government/UTs or concerned Administrative ministry/department where these are under public sector,” he said.

Supriyo pointed out that DHI was concerned with CPSEs under its administrative control, which includes decision on their revival/closure also.

Education row: Rio’s hearing on August 8

DIMAPUR, JUL 21 (NPN): Two complainants, S. Shingnyu and Hanghu in a press release informed that the hearing of the case pertaining to the education degree row of Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio would be held on August 8, at the court of the chief judicial magistrate Kohima. The complainants further said “after the full police investigation on the FIR, charge sheet against the Neiphiu Rio, for use of fake/false certificate, has been submitted by the Police to the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate.” Accordingly, Rio along with the other accused persons have been summoned to appear before the court of CJM, Kohima on August 8, they said. Stating that the FIR was lodged on February 11, the complainants however claimed that the FIR was registered only after a lapse of one month.

WSKH seeks help for Yeveto village

DIMAPUR, JUL 21 (NPN): Western Sumi Kukami Hoho (WSKH) has raised concern over reported threat posed to Yeveto village and its surrounding areas by flooding waters of Zubza river, which was flowing at danger level and causing massive erosion. In a press release, WSKH president, Y. Isawoto Zhimomi, expressed dismay over the report that despite repeated appeals by villagers, the responsible department or administration failed to visit the affected area and take stock of the situation. In this regard, WSKH has urged the department and administration to intervene into this grave situation at the earliest.

Road closure in Tsg

DIMAPUR, JUL 21 (NPN): PWD (NH), Division-III, Tuensang has informed that the road between Lasikiur and Yei Bridge on NH-155(202) would remain closed due to subsidence at location 173km. In a press release, PWD (NH) executive engineer Imnajungba Jamir said it could take one week for the department to restore it. Therefore, commuters have been advised not to ply on that road until further notification. The department while expressing regret for the inconvenience caused has requested for cooperation.

This is it!

“Political parties rush to places where atrocities have taken place only for publicity.”

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DIMAPUR friday, july 22, 2016

Dalit issue heats up in RS

N E W D E L H I , J UL 2 1 (AGENCIES): Heated exchanges between opposition and BJP benches were witnessed in Rajya Sabha on Thursday after a Congress member alleged discrimination against Dalits in Gujarat saying they were not being allowed to enter temples in some villages there. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, P.L Punia (Congress) said dalits in many Gujarat villages were being discriminated against and not allowed to enter temples. He also alleged that the dalits were also not being allowed to take water from the village well.

“Dalits are migrating from villages as those associating with them are being punished. We heard of Gujarat’s progress and equality. Today the real face of the government has come out…Government is not concerned about welfare of dalits and poor. It is clear that this government is anti-dalit,” he said, urging the government to maintain equality and harmony.

In hard-hitting remarks targeting the NDA government, CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Thursday that mere bombastic words uttered loudly will not stop atrocities against the Dalits and minorities in the country. “Often during discussions (on atrocities against the Dalits), there is a diarrhoea of words and constipation of action,” the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader

Rajnath Singh

Sitaram Yechury

said while participating in a discussion in the Rajya Sabha.

Taking a jibe at the ruling BJP, whose leaders have been quite vocal in condemning the Una incident, the CPM leader said: “Loud words have to be matched with concrete action.”

“Ever since this government has come to office in May 2014, new avenues of attacks have opened up against the Dalits,” Yechury said. “The conviction rate has dropped; it is less than five per cent. In 2008, the conviction rate was 48 percent.

“We can voluminously speak, but then what is the action? What is the action that should follow? If the conviction rate has dropped, what is the action that the government proposes?” he said. He said the onus of taking action in such crimes was on the government.

Blaming the mindset that encourages atrocities against the Dalits and other marginalised groups of society, Yechury said there was a need to fight this

mindset. “Worst atrocities are being committed against the weaker sections on the basis of allegations,” he said.

Replying to a debate in the House, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the Gujarat government has taken prompt action in the case involving thrashing of some dalits by cow protection activists and had arrested 16 accused and suspended 4 police officials including an Inspector. The state government is also working to set up a special court to try this case within six months, he said.

During the day-long debate, the opposition blasted the government over attacks on dalits and minorities, alleging that a “Taliban-like attitude” was prevailing in some parts of India and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over such issues. Responding to the opposition charges, Singh said, “this incident is a blot on humanity. Gujarat incident is unfortunate and such incident

should not happen again.”

Contending that blaming each other is “no solution”, he said, “Our government will not tolerate any physical violence or verbal abuse against dalits”.

The Home Minister rejected the opposition charge that cases of atrocities against dalits have increased in last two years and said he could reel out figures of such incidents that took place under Congress rule. “But these things will not help. We have to think about solutions”.

Strongly objecting to the allegations, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the member should not make “sweeping statements without any basis” to target a state which is a “model state” of the country. “It is a political speech. The people have given their mandate. Try to respect that. Don’t make political speeches. If there are specific complaints, government will address them. Let him not make sweeping political comments. I totally condemn such comments,” he said.

As heated exchanges ensued between members from treasury benches and opposition on the issue, Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien asked Punia to bring to the House if he had “any specific instance.

But no sweeping allegations.”

This saw some Congress members display some papers to highlight the issue, much to the dismay of Kurien, who said, “What is this nonsense…

Don’t display anything”.

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Disqualification issue: Cong, NPF optimistic of outcome Staff Reporter

Dimapur, Jul 21 (NPN): The case pertaining to the election petition in the Supreme Court, filed by the AICC on behalf of the NPCC for disqualifying seven of the eight former Congress legislators who merged with NPF, has reached an interesting phase.

The disqualification petition is the second, after the NCP disqualification petition in the Supreme Court against three NPC legislators who merged with BJP The Supreme Court a few days back, had re-directed the case to the Gauhati High Court, principal bench and asked that the case be disposed off within eight(8)weeks. The Supreme Court had also separated the AICC case from the other case filed by the NCP. That means, both cases will be taken up separately.

Both cases are somewhat interlinked technically as they involve the grounds under which the Speaker had taken the decision(s) over the issue of ‘merger’ on different occasions.

After the eight suspended Congress MLAs eventually merged with the NPF in September 2015, the NPCC moved for disqualification of seven by the Nagaland Speaker. One legislator was out of the purview after being elected deputy speaker.

The issue revolves around the eight former Congress legislators who joined the T.R

.Zeliang ministry during April 2015 in defiance of the AICC’s stand not to be in the same government with the BJP. The Congress sources said the Speaker rejected the NPCC petition on the ground that seven Congress MLAs made up more than the required 2/3rd of the total number of the legislator group and also in the light of an earlier ruling by the Gauhati High Court which had recognised the merger of three NCP legislators with the BJP. Following the Speaker’s ruling, the AICC then approached the Supreme Court directly. According to Congress sources, the AICC had not gone to the High Court since the latter in the NCP-BJP case , ruled that the merger with BJP was in line with the Anti Defection Law/Tenth Schedule.

Both sides-former Congress MLAs (now NPF) and NPCC-- expressed optimism about the Supreme Court decision. One of the NPF legislator told Nagaland Post, that the issue was clear, that the high court ruling , as in the earlier case would be along similar lines. NPCC sources however said that the AICC will contest the interpretation of the Tenth Schedule under Sections 2 & 4.

Under Section 2, the sources said the defectors had “voluntarily” given up membership of the Congress for the loaves and fishes of office and on Section 4, the original party-INC had not merged with the NPF.

Naga woman alleges ‘racial discrimination’ NEW DELHI, JUL 21 (AGENCIES): Just days after a Manipuri woman had alleged of racial slur at Delhi airport, another woman, from Nagaland has alleged that the K.R. Puram police not only refused to register a complaint of robbery but were callous.

Sonny Tsanglao alleged that two men on a bike snatched her wallet on July 13 at T.C. Palya signal. She went to the police station to lodge a complaint.

“The personnel refused to lodge an FIR and made us change our statement. Instead of theft/robbery, they told us to write that the wallet, containing documents and cash, was lost. They asked us our nationality, which country we are from. I replied Nagaland, India, which seemed like a joke to them. They smirked and one of them said ‘oh..!

India…. and Manipur is the capital of Nagaland’. It was pure racial discrimination,” she posted on the Facebook page of the Bengaluru City Police.

She claimed that she spoke in English and Hindi, but none of the police personnel could understand either language.

A senior police officer from the East Division said that the complaint was forwarded to them by the Facebook team and it is being looked into.

IT deptt detects high-value deals Recall army from Naga First batch NE youths join Delhi Police as SIs areas: NPMHR urges GoI

NEW DELHI, JUL 21 (AGENCIES): Warning tax evaders that they own up high-value transactions, the Income Tax department on Thursday said it has identified 90 lakh such transactions carried out without quoting PAN and would issue as many as seven lakh letters seeking their details.

The high-value transaction trails were detected following the department’s drive to bring to book maximum amount of black money during the one-time compliance window closing on September 30. “The department has details of about 90 lakh such transactions for the period 2009-10 to 2016-17,” a finance ministry statement said.

It said the tax department with the help of in-house computer techniques, grouped such non-PAN transactions and identified 7 lakh high-risk clusters having around 14 lakh nonPAN transactions and these are being “scrutinized” by the tax department closely. “The department will be issuing letters to the parties of these transactions requesting them to provide their PAN number against these transactions,” the ministry said.

The tax department has scrutinized the Annual Information Returns (AIR) for high value transactions which have divulged cash deposits of over Rs 10 lakh in a savings bank account, sale/ purchase of immovable property valued at Rs 30 lakh or more, and many of these transactions do not have PAN linked to it.

Further for convenience of people to whom letters have been issued, the department has developed a new functionality on e-filing portal wherein such entities can own up transactions and provide structured response electronically.

Earlier this month, the tax department had asked its top officers to closely scrutinise high-value transactions to identify potential black money holders who can avail of the 4-month compliance window ending September 30 to come clean. The parties can log-in to their e-filing website and by quoting a Unique Transaction Sequence Number provided in the letter sent to them, can link their transaction with their PAN easily, the ministry said.

DIMAPUR, JUL 21 (NPN): Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) has called upon the Government of India (GoI) to “recall its military from all Naga areas for the sake of humanity.”

I n a p r e s s r e l e a s e, NPMHR secretary general Neingulo Krome said in the backdrop of ongoing ceasefire agreements and political negotiations that different Naga political groups (NPGs) have entered into with the Government of India, and various efforts of reconciliation amongst the NPGs in particular, NPMHR has been making its own effort to stay away from “provocative issues and elements.”

However, Krome said the “constant recurrence of acts with utter disregard for human life, where Nagas were concerned, at the hands of Indian military personnel, one was left with choice but to express its resentments with pain and anger.”

He cited killings of two

school children in Wuzu firing, “waging war” on school children by the 14 Assam Rifles personnel at Bible Hill Phek town in the past, mysterious death of Vezota Vasa, who was serving as sepoy in the Jat Regiment, on June 23, 2016 in Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh).

Krome said the Indian army continued “to bulldoze and bully the Naga population through checking and frisking, raiding houses, apprehending people, even enforcing liquor prohibition on highways etc. all under the protection of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. “And side by side, conduct tours, contribute computers worth measly amounts and pose for photographs, conduct medical camps, all for cheap publicity and to say that they are the ‘friends of the hill people’,” Krome said.

All those actions and behaviour, he said were “timetested and nothing new to the Nagas and this are unwavering realities, which will be repeated again and again.”

Hibu seated along with the 13 sub-inspectors of Delhi Police from the NE states Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JUL 21 (NPN): After undergoing rigorous training in Delhi Police training schools, 13 individuals from North Eastern states have formally joined the Delhi Police as sub-inspectors.

IGP and Nodal officer for North Eastern people living in Delhi, Robin Hibu said 13 officers including two lady officers, joined Delhi Police

and are undergoing practical field training in different sensitive police stations of Delhi.

Hibu said he held an interactive session on for over two hours with the first batch of officers from NE states on Thursday.

While encouraging the young officers to get acquainted with the issues faced by Delhi Police, particularly in connection with North East people, Hibu at the same time

asked them to learn Hindi, Haryanvi, Punjabi languages in order to connect them with mass For this, Hibu said that the Delhi Police would be holding special Hindi speaking soon.

Hibu said that the 13 sub-inspectors were recruited in addition to 436 NE youths who were selected earlier are undergoing training as constables.

Monster quake: NE, Bangladesh & Myanmar zone face high threat N E W D E L H I , J UL 2 1 (AGENCIES): A monster earthquake, possibly with a magnitude 8.2 to 9 on the Richter scale, is brewing beneath Bangladesh, Myanmar and Northeast India, imperilling 140 million people within 99 km of its potential epicentre, according to a new paper in the journal Nature Geoscience.

When that might happen is unclear. It could be 500 years from now or it could be tomorrow, but the researchers said an earthquake is inevitable.

The 62,159-sq-km area, along what is called the “IndoBurmese arc”, which runs through India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, is where the Indian tectonic plate – a raft of the earth’s crust that bears the subcontinent – is diving obliquely under the Sunda plate in Myanmar, at around 46 mm a year. The two plates have been stuck for 400 years, and a growing strain could eventually liberate itself in a large earthquake, researchers said.

The evidence comes from the first detailed picture of

the region’s tectonic motion.

A team of scientists from the US, Singapore and Bangladesh analyzed the combined data over 13 years from global positioning system – a network of satellites around the earth used to locate positions, in this case plates that form the planet’s crust–stations in Bangladesh, with additional data from India and Myanmar.

“This is the first regional GPS study that uses data from across the entire plate-boundary region (locations where two tectonic plates meet),” Michael Steckler, the lead author of the study and a geophysicist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory told IndiaSpend.

“This is a great work,” Vineet Gahalaut, Director, National Centre for Seismology, New Delhi, told IndiaSpend.

“Lots of groups and people are working on the Himalayan region, not in this region.

Considering the lives involved, the study brings much-needed attention to the seismology of the region.” Gahalaut is not involved with the study.

Topographic map of the Ganges–Brahmaputra Delta and Indo-Burman Foldbelt showing GPS velocities. Plate boundaries and major faults are shown in black and grey, respectively. Triangles mark the surface traces of thrusts. Hinge zone indicates the edge of the Indian Craton. Arrows show GPS velocities in an Indian frame of reference. Red, blue and green arrows are new stations from Bangladesh, stations from India, and stations from Myanmar, respectively. (Source: Michael Steckler et al.)

As many as 107 Indian towns and cities lie in areas prone to earthquakes, with 60% of the subcontinental landmass vulnerable, IndiaSpend reported in April 2016.

Steckler said they have

long guessed a megathrust fault – the interface between tectonic plates – may be lurking underneath Bangladesh, but they did not have the data or the model. Now, using data from the GPS arrays, which

can track the crust’s movements accurate to within 2 mm each day, “we can see the motion of the various blocks and across faults over the years”.

The region is unstable below the surface as much as on the surface, with a daily dose of social, economic and security problems. Fault lines crisscross the innards and surface. “The presence of a locked megathrust plate boundary represents an underappreciated hazard in one of the most densely populated regions of the world,” said the paper.

The newly identified subduction zone – where one tectonic plate dives under the other – yet again illustrates the patchwork of faults in South Asia. As India plows into Asia, some of the continent is wrapping around the side of the Indian plate, causing considerable deformation in Asia. The Indian and Eurasian plates have been in conflict for 50 million years at this collision zone, with the Indian plate diving, northward, under the Eurasian plate.

“This produces the com-

bination of mostly sideways and some convergence in this complicated zone,” Steckler explained.

The world’s largest earthquakes occur at subduction zones, when slabs of heavy ocean crust slide under the other plate below the ocean floor or under neighbouring continental crusts.

In 2004, the 9.3 magnitude Indian Ocean temblor, epicentred in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra, triggered a tsunami that killed 2,27,898 people; in 2011, a 9 magnitude earthquake centred off the coast of Tohoku in Japan setting off a tsunami, killing 15,891 and triggering the Fukushima nuclear meltdown.

However, this particular subduction zone in the IndoBurma region is right under our feet, so to speak, and its nature has been a bone of contention. Since the motion between the plates is angled, some researchers thought the two plates were sliding past each other and that there was no significant coming-together

between the plates and hence no subduction, a more violent affair.

The latest GPS evidence indicates motion consistent with subduction. “Furthermore,” said Steckler, “the pattern of deformation indicates that the two plates are locked – they are stuck together [the Indian plate is stuck to the underside of mountains in Northeast India and Myanmar] – but will eventually jump in a large earthquake.”

Another peculiarity of the region is its sedimentary build-up. As the Himalayas erode, mud pours into the Ganga and Brahmaputra and finally spills into the Bay of Bengal. This mud is being scraped off and folded up to form the Indo-Burman Ranges, like a rug being pushed against a wall, as Steckler put it, further destabilising the plates. “The largest difference between this and other subduction zones (not counting zones where continents are in collision) is the enormous thickness,” said Steckler.

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Campaign on human-animal conflict mitigation

Nagaland Post, Dimapur Friday, July 22, 2016

news in brief NADA general meeting: Nagaland AYUSH Doctor’s Association (NADA) has convened general meeting on July 28, 10 a.m. at DUDA guest house Kohima.

WSSU presidential meeting: Western Sumi Students’ Union (WSSU) has convened its presidential meeting on July 23, 10 a.m. at WSH office, Chekiye village. All the unit presidents and WSSU executives have been asked to attend the meeting.

LSU summer meeting: Lazami Students’ Union (LSU) has convened a summer meet on July 23, 10 a.m. at the residence of Lutovi Phucho, Themizie Colony, Kohima. All the executives, advisors, action committee, unit presidents and representatives have been requested to attend the meeting.

Officials of the Forest Department, Administration and Police, Fingerprint and Castle Group with the Head GBs and GBs of the Human-Elephant affected villages of Wokha District.

DIMAPUR: Ongoing campaign awareness campaign on human-animal conflict mitigation reached Wokha town on Thursday wherein the stakeholders were briefed on the issue.

According to a press release by divisional forest officer Wokha, Zuthunglo Patton, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests (M&E), Nagaland Ved Pal Singh, IFS, who was the chief guest of the programme, addressed the gathering regarding the possible solutions to mitigate HumanElephant conflict (HEC).

He also appealed to the villagers to have empathy for these animals and to consider the possibility of coexistence because mitigation could never happen unless the people themselves are willing to compromise in the first place.

Singh urged the stakeholders present to consider the undeniable fact that hu-

man being are the only ones whose population is increasing whereas all other creatures seem to be decreasing in number or getting extinct from the face of the earth.

In a keynote address, chief wildlife warden of Nagaland, Satya Prakash Tripathi, IFS, apprised the gathering consisting of Head GBs and GBs of all the HEC affected villages that the department has constantly been in touch with the MoEF&CC regarding the plight of the people and efforts are going on for mitigation of HEC. He stressed on the fact that there was no other option but for human beings and elephants to coexist.

Tripathi, further stated that it is important to have inter-departmental cooperation in trying to find mitigation solutions like departments of Agriculture, Horticulture, Veterinary and Animal Hus-

bandry, DRDA as well as Administration and Police because this is a mammoth issue which the Forest Department alone cannot solve.

Powerpoint presentations were then given by the Fingerprint group regarding the richness of the state and the importance of conservation. visual presentations were also given on how to deal with HEC in three situations – first, by preventing them from coming into the village or agricultural fields; second, how to raise early warning so that villagers in nearby areas know about the arrival of these giants; and thirdly, what to do in situations when the villagers have to chase them away.

Steve Odyuo, chairman of the Natural Nagas, a Wokha-based NGO which is actively involved in conservation work in the District, spoke on various issues.

He requested the forest department to look into whether it is because of various land-use changes in Wokha that the elephants all seem to be shifting to the upper range of Wokha; to determine whether it is because of the vast rubber cultivation encouraged by another Department; and also, to consider carrying out village to village sensitization so that awareness programmes would be more effective.

He further requested the forest department to set up a wildlife range office at the earliest so that a rapid response team could function accordingly.

In the discussion hour villagers enthusiastically participated and shared their experiences and their woes to the concerned officials present. There was collective agreement on the fact that there was an urgent need

for the government to set up a wildlife range office in Wokha District so as to make it easier for the locals to seek assistance from the department.

The campaign is organised by Department of Environment, Forests & Climate Change in collaboration with Fingerprint & Castle Group and sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in the District HQs of Nagaland.

The chairperson was Vincent Belho of Castle Group, DFO Doyang Plantation Division Lhinghoikim Touthang, IFS delivered the welcome address and the programme began with an invocation by Wokha Town Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Sulumo Ezung and concluded with vote of thanks given

by DFO Wokha Zuthunglo Patton, IFS.

First CRP round launched at Lazami 26 villages under SAVDBA

BDO Ghathashi Block addressing the gathering.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) Team under Ghathashi block launched the first community Resource Person (CRP) Round on July

14 at Lazami Village.

During the programme, Block Development Officer (BDO) Ghathashi Block, Khukiye Sema explained the aims and objective of the

CRP Round and encouraged the womenfolk to help in the development of their family and community as a whole.

He said the selected women would undergo intensive classroom training as well as field and exposure trips to learn about NRLM and its core concept and principles; norms and objectives and how to mobilize and nurture SHGs. The CRP’s along with area coordinator would stay for 10 days at Lazami village for mobilising and forming the SHGs in the village.

The launching programme was attended by BDO, state program manager, Visakono Sakhrie, block staff, village council chairman, G.Bs, Church leaders , council members and womenfolk of Lazami village.

GPS & GMS S/Wamsa celebrate 50 yrs

DIMAPUR: Government Primary School and Government Middle School S /Wamsa Mon celebrated its golden jubilee under the theme “foundation of knowledge for youth” on July 20.

Speaking on the occasion as special guest, SDEO, Mon, Lanusenla Aier acknowledged the great deeds of pioneers in sowing the seeds of education in the village.

She called upon the village community, teachers and students to pit extra efforts with sincerity for excellence and to catch up with rest of the world.

Pastor S/Wamsa Baptist church,

Ngeamjei also spoke on the celebration.

Earlier, welcome address was delivered by VEC chairman, Thonglon, while highlights on the schools at S/Wamsa were briefed by VEC secretary, J. Panjon.

The programme was chaired by assistant teacher, Panjon, vote of thanks was delivered by primary teacher, Mankho and benediction by Pastor S/Wamsa Baptist church, Ngeamjei.

The celebration was attended by host of invitees from neighbouring villages besides village elders Angh, GPS, VCMs, students union S/Wamsa and dignitaries.

hold general meeting

DMAPUR: Suruhuto Area Village Development Board Association (SAVDBA) held its general meeting on July 15 at RD office conference hall, Suruhuto and discussed important agendas regarding clean election for better development.

The meeting was attended by Suruhuto Area Public Organization (SAPO), Sur uhuto Kukami Hoho (SKH), Suruhuto Range Students Union (SRSU), Suruhuto Totimi Hoho (STH), church leaders fellowship, Tuzu Island Kukami Hoho (TIKH) and all chairman of respective villages comprising of 26 villages.

In the meeting, the house discussed at length and collectively extended support and cooperation for the common cause of the area and

unanimously resolved that opening of political camp during the election would be banned, use of alcohol and intoxicating drugs and all prohibited items would be restricted.

The house resolved that all intending candidates and political parties should have common camping and platform at every village to deliver their aims and objectives for betterment of the area. It also resolved to implement rules and regulations under the election commission of India.

The association further convened its next meeting on September 23 at RD office conference hall, Surhuto town. All organization, union and hohos have been informed to bring modalities for further implementation.

Summer camp held for children

DIMAPUR: Two-day summer camp for Catholic children concluded July 17, at St. Joseph Parish, Chumukedima.

160 children (classes 3-12) from St. Joseph Church, Chumukedima and St. Antony Church, Tenyiphe attended the camp.

The camp was conducted by Rev. Fr. Loyola Antony from St. Peter’s Parish, Kiphire with the assistance of Rev. Fr. John Lichoi from St. Joseph Parish, Chumukedima, Bro. Luke and Bro. Peter from Good Shepherd Seminary, Dimapur. Sisters from SABS, CMC, and Sisters of Charity congregations also extended support through songs and party games at the camp.

DSSU 2nd joint meeting: Dimapur Sumi

Students Union (DSSU) has convened its 2nd joint meeting on July 23, 10 a.m. at the residence of its banker Er. Ghokuto Assumi, near Shamrock Hospital, Duncan Basti. All units, sub-units presidents, general secretaries and college representative have been asked to attend the meeting.

KSUK freshers’ meet cum general session: Konyak Students’ Union Kohima

(KSUK) would be organizing its 33rd freshers’ meet cum general session on July 23, 10 a.m. at state academy hall Kohima. All the Konyak students have been asked to attend the session.

WSKH general session: Western Sumi

Kukami Hoho (WSKH) has informed that its general session which was supposed to be held on July 2 but was postponed due to passing away of late Isak Chishi Swu has been rescheduled on July 29 at Agri Expo Site, 4th Mile Dimapur. It informed that parliamentary secretary for Irrigation and Flood Control, Jacob Zhimomi, would grace the occasion as chief guest.

NCSU consultative meeting: New

Changsu Students Union (NCSU) Wokha has convened a consultative meeting on July 26, 9:30 a.m. at Hotel Hornbill. All the executive members, senior members and elders have been requested to attend the meeting.

SDEO Aghunato informs: Sub-Divisional

Education Officer (SDEO) Aghunato has informed all the graduate teachers and SSA graduate teachers (regular) who were appointed upto 2013 to submit bio-data along with appointment order, date of birth, date of graduation, date of B.Ed pass, educational qualification, date of counting seniority list

VEC Wangti village refutes BAC Mon claims DIMAPUR: Village Education Committee (VEC) of Wangti village has termed the statement of Bharatiya Adash Samachar (BAS) Mon which was published under the headline, “BAS Mon on irregularity of teachers” on May 8 as “false and baseless.

In a press release, VEC chairman, P. Kangnyei said, despite of delayed due to communication it felt necessary to clarify the same.

VEC claimed that the GMS building was intact and therefore, there was no question of classes being conducted at the private/VEC chairman residence and since beginning of this academic session classes were conducted at the school building.

In this regard, VEC asked the BAS Mon to furnish the detail information of their visit to GMS Wangti along with a photo copy of their finding within three days from the date of publication of this statement.

on or before July 30 for onward submission to the directorate of school education. It further informed that SDEO will not take any responsible failing to submit the required information within the stipulated period.

Lost and found: A bag belonging to Chungkholun Kuki containing retirement certificate, 4th NAP Bn, pension payment order, Nagaland pensioners association ID card, pan card, bank passbook, aadhar card of Helen Khongsai was found at Bata Charali area on July 15. Rightful owner have been asked contact at 825693656 within seven days.

PDVCO seminar: Peren District Voluntary

Consumer Organization (PDVCO) would be organizing a seminar on July 29, 11: 30 a.m. at Jalukie Town Council Hall and general election on July 30. All concern individuals, traders union, public leaders and well wishers have been invited to attend the programme.

DDEO Wka informs: Deputy District Education Officer (DDEO) Wokha Sentinenla Ao has informed both government and private schools that the district level seminar on the topic “pulses for sustainable food security prospect and challenges” would be held on the month of August 2016. All the schools in Wokha district have been directed to submit name of two participants i.e. from class 8 to 10 students to the DEO office on or before August 12. DDEO said date, time and venue of the seminar would be intimated later.

F&CS informs FPS/village councils:

Office of assistant director Food and Civil Supplies (F&CS) has informed all the FPS/ village councils of Kohima centre that the AAY food grains would be released from July 25 to 26 between 10:30 am and 4p.m.

All concerned FPS/village councils have been directed to collect their respective quota within the stipulated period.

ANGPTA Mon unit formed: Primary

teachers of Mon district held a meeting on July 15 at DRDA Conference hall, Mon and unanimously decided to form All Nagaland Government Primary Teachers’ Association (ANGPTA), Mon unit. A release by the association stated that it would work in coordination with ANGPTA central office for the common welfare of the all primary teachers of Nagaland and to safeguard the interest and welfare of the primary teachers of Mon district in particular. Accordingly, a nominating committee was selected and entrusted the responsibility to set up the office bearers of the ANGPTA Mon unit at the earliest. Altogether 200 primary teachers attended the meeting.

Kohima police arrest ‘high ranking’ KCP members DIMAPUR: Kohima Police led by SDPO (North), Puzoto Khatso, and O.C South P.S, conducted search operation near New Reserve, Phesama on July 20 and arrested alleged K.C.P cadres.

According to Sr. Superintendent of Police, Kohima Police the two has been identified as Wangkheirakpam Suresh Meitei aka Athouba aka Bung aka Abung aka Wangba aka Ibungo aka Gulam (39) son of W. Momocha Meitei of Soibam Leikai, Khanglabungleirak, Manipur and Sougrakpam Nelson Singh aka Sushil aka Bai Macha aka Mosana (34) son of S. Parijat Singh of Keishampat Jailor Leirak, Manipur. Kohima Police said during interrogation, it was ascertained that Wangkheirakpam Suresh Meitei was a member of PREPAK who was arrested by Manipur Police in 2006 and on his release, joined K.C.P outfit. Police said he was an active and high ranking member of the K.C.P outfit and reportedly wanted

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by Manipur Police in several cases. Kohima police said Sougrakpam Nelson Singh was also a member of PREPAK but was arrested in 2006 and after his release in 2007, he joined K.C.P and has been an active member of the outfit ever since, Kohima Police informed. In this regard, Kohima Police stated that the arrested cadres were later handed over to Manipur Police.

14 Naga youths VHND cum health camp in Shangnyu BTC holds 27th ENSUD extends service clears Indian Army foundation day towards Dmu traffic police selection exam

Members of Eastern Naga Students’ Union Dimapur with traffic personnel.

DIMAPUR: One day “service towards Dimapur traffic police and police personnel on duty” was organized

by Eastern Naga Students’ Union Dimapur (ENSUD) on July 16 under the theme “serve the cause”.

In a press release, ENSUD said the main objective was to appreciate commendable job rendered by the police personnel. It stated that the union officials interacted

with Dimapur traffic police and police personnel on duty, while handing away light refreshment as a gesture of goodwill towards their service.

Meanwhile, ENSUD stated that it also observed the vehicular movement and parking lot was “well streamlined and maintained in a disciplined manner” adding that wearing helmet was also being strictly implemented

as compared to the past. The union has also urged the authority to implement the “zebra crossing” which has been placed for the convenience and safety for the pedestrians.

The release stated that ENSUD took up the initiative at Zone-1 covering from DC court police point till Purana Bazar police point. It has appealed the commuters to abide by the traffic rules for the smooth functioning.

DIMAPUR: A felicitation programme was organised for 14 Naga youths hailing from Peren district who have cleared Indian Army selection exam.

The youths were given pre-recruitment training by 18 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 6 Sector Assam Rifles. The pre-recruitment camp enabled Naga Youth to succeed in the recruitment rally attended by 3130 youth.

According to DIPR report, felicitation ceremony of all the successful youths was organized at New DC Complex, Peren, which was attended by the DIG, HQ 6 Sect AR, Brig Brijesh Dhiman & civil administration officials headed by DC Peren.

14 selected youth along with their parents, family members and prominent personalities from their villages attended the ceremony.

All the successful candidates expressed their gratitude to 18 Assam Rifles & security forces saying that without the support of Security Force their success would not have been possible.

Participants and officials after VHND cum health camp at Shangnyu PHC, Mon .

DIMAPUR: Village Health Nutrition Day (VHND) cum health camp was conducted on July 17 at Shangnyu PHC, Mon under the district health society in collaboration with the world vision.

During the programme, non-technical staffs along with the village leaders held a meeting highlighting the details of the programme and

to discuss the issues related to the effects hampering the health sector in the village.

The camp was attended by district programme manager, Moie Bonnie Konyak, programme manager, world vision, Mon, L Khobung, M C H N c o o r d i n a t o r, world vision, Mon, Mohe Phangcho, BPM, Hingkai Konyak and asha co-ordina-

tor Nyelei.

The camp was assisted

by MO Angphang PHC, Dr Nyamnei, MO (Ayush), Dr Elizabeth, mobile health team, GNM (MMU), Azho, ANM S/Chingnyu, Ganngam, ANM T/Chingnyu, Lemya. Altogether 233 patients were registered and 36 IUCD insertions were done.

DIMAPUR: Baptist Theological College (BTC) observed its 27th foundation Day on July 15. Gracing the programme, Rev. Dr. V. K. Nuh, one of the founders of the College and Fellowship of Naga Baptist Associations former general secretary lauded the college for the growth.

He encouraged the students to be sober and work hard and be equipped to do the ministry of God in a changing world work hard and to devout themselves into prayer life. Rev. Dr. V. K. Nuh, also narrated how the early Christian leaders establishing Mission Centre and starting Bible school worked hard to establish Bible school in order to give leadership to the Churches. He narrated how Jacob wrestled with angel and he was blessed by God. The programme was attended by CBB Staff, CWWS Staff, pastors and church workers. Earlier, the programme was chaired by lecturer Rukuzo Ruho, welcome speech was delivered by Rev. Senokhape Losou, progress report of the college was delivered by principal of the college Reverend Dr. Yiepetso Wezah.

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ANM Trg School Tuensang graduation day DIMAPUR: Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) Training School Tuensang organized graduation programme for its 25th batch on July 20 at Chapel Hall of ANM Training School.

Speaking as the chief guest, medical superintendent district hospital Tuensang, Dr. Hathling Hangsing while congratulating the students reminded them that unlike other graduation day where caps are thrown off as a sign of achievement, in nursing schools caps are put on.

He said this signifies responsibility, dedication, respect, dignity, sacrifice, endurance and duty.

In a short speech, ANM Training School Tuensang principal, Khevili Shohe termed the result as “excellent” with 100% pass percentage wherein 21 students were placed in 1st division and 12 students in 2nd division.

The programme was chaired by nursing tutor, Khoshelu, invocation by fellowship in-charge, Mongsenla, while first year Auxiliary Nurse Midwife students presented a special song followed by oath taking by ANM Training School Tuensang vice principal Chubala.

DGBR Lieutenant General Suresh Sharma calls on Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya.

DIMAPUR: Director General Border Roads (DGBR) Lieutenant General Suresh Sharma, AVSM during this four-day visit to Nagaland and Manipur called uponGovernor of Nagaland, PB Acharya, and interacted with him on various issues concerning development of roads.

According to a press re-

lease by Cdr, 15 Border Roads Task Force, Col SP Yadava, DGBR Suresh Sharma whose tour concluded on Thursday pointed out that encroachments, unabated quarrying on National Highways and water logging of the roads were issues which needs attention of administration and local bodies.

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DIMAPUR: Kohima District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) as a part of the action plan for the month of July 2016 visited the Observation Home, Kohima and interacted with the officials and Juveniles, Thursday.

During the visit, retainer lawyer KDLSA Joshua Sheqi spoke on an overview of new juvenile justice Act--Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of children Act 2015 that was passed by the parliament of India and has came into force on January 2016.

He said the bill would allow a juvenile justice board which would include psychology and sociology to decided whether a juvenile criminal in the age group 16-18 should be tried as an adult or not.

Sheqi also added that there were ten important point one need to know about the new bill wherein it included the bill mandates setting up juvenile justice board and child welfare committees in every district. Each committee will have a chairperson and four other members all specialists in matters relating to children. The proposal law aims at adjudicating and disposing cases dealing with juveniles keeping in mind “the best interest of the children and their rehabilitation”.

In a short speech chief

Members of Kohima District Legal Services Authority and others after the programme.

judicial magistrate & secretary KDLSA Mezivolu T. Therieh spoke about providing help and services to the people without any barriers, be it church organizations, NGOs and even juveniles.

She said that legal services have been provided to women and children free of charge and encouraged the juvenile by saying that they still have hope and a chance to be a better person as children below the years of 18 can be corrected and restored

because their brain have not been fully developed yet.

However, she said that unless they have the will power and decide to change, they cannot become a better person.

The programme was chaired by legal aid counsel for JJB KDLSA Akumla Longchari, welcome address was given by Esther Nakhro superintendent Observation Home, Kohima.

Nakhro shared about some Dos and Don’ts and

also said that running the Observation Home was a big challenge as most of the juveniles brought to the home having history of broken homes and substance abuse.

She proposed that they also need the help of KDLSA to sensitize the officials of the various homes in Kohima so that work can be done more effectively.

The program ended with interaction with the management where they shared their experiences.

tion Fortnight on July 20 at Community Health Centre (CHC) Changtongya for the villagers of Changtongya and Tuli block.

During the camp, 33 laparoscopic sterilization and 12 copper- T insertion were performed after conducting all the formalities.

Services of ambulance from nearby health units were utilized for picking and dropping of beneficiaries.

The camp was organized by the DPO (UIP & RCH) Mokokchung, Dr Temsuyanger with the assistance from IMDH Mokokchung, Dr. Ademla Gynecologist and team, ZLO Mokochung, Dr. Ayangla and MO Mongsenyimti, Dr Rachel, SMO CHC ChangPatients availing treatment at free sterilization camp. tongya, Dr. Imtijungshi and DIMAPUR: A free steriliza- the theme take responsibility, of the World Population Day his staffs also assisted the DC Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel IAS, ADC Mokokchung Bendanglila with operators tion camp was held under make plans” in continuation and Population Stabiliza- camp. and supervisors during the launching of NPR Cell at Mokokchung. (DIPR)

DDADU clarifies on election notice

DIMAPUR: Dimapur District Auto Drivers Union (DDADU) has clarified to all bonafide members of the union that the election notice that appeared in local dailies on July 20 was issued and published without proper consultation of the office of DDADU. In a press note, president DDADU, Hokaito Zhimomi, stated that a meeting was called on July 17 to deliberate on the election process of DDADU for the tenure 2016-2019. However, the meeting was adjourned as only one advisor and a handful of office bearers were failing to fulfil the requisite

quorum of 2/3rd majority as per DDADU constitution, Zhimomi said.

He stated that, however, some “unruly” individuals, on their own and without regard to DDADU constitution or members, issued a press notification calling for election.

In this regard, Zhimomi stated that it was mandatory to invoke Article-XI (a) of the “duly” registered Constitution of DDADU for setting up of Election Commission and therefore the election notice “purportedly” issued by the Election Commission in local dailies was “null and void” since no such Election

Kavita Acharya, wife of Nagaland Governor on Thursday interacting with students of GMS Officer’ Hill.

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Free sterilization camp in Changtongya National population register launched in Mokokchung

Kavita Acharya interacts with students in Kohima

DIMAPUR: Wife of Nagaland Governor, Kavita Acharya, on Thursday visited the Government Middle School (GMS) Officer’ Hill and interacted with the students and staff.

The release also stated that Sharma also opined that increase productivity and better quality are his key result area.

During the visit, DGBR visited major roads and also met local formation commanders. He was accompanied by chief engineer, project Sewak, A K Bhatnagar.

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It may be mentioned that Kavita Acharya has adopted GMS Officers’ Hill and under her guidance the school is expected to excel more academically as well as improved infrastructure.

Meanwhile, the Officers’ Hill Colony Council (OHCC) and Ward Education Committee (WEC) Officers’ Hill GMS have expressed sincere gratitude to Kavita Acharya for the visit.

Commission was set up by DDADU and the said notice was issued ultra-vires the DDADU Constitution.

Further, in the interest of DDADU, Zhimomi maintained the notice issued be considered “unauthorised” and “un-mandated” and also cautioned that any further notification or press release without due consultation of the members, office bearers, and advisors of DDADU would be considered as a threat to the sanctity of the constitution of DDADU and any unauthorised entity operating against the interest of DDADU would be doing so at their own risk.

NLSF informs

Dimapur: Nagaland Law Student’s Federation (NLSF) has informed all the founding members and former alumni of NLSF and each federating units, college administration and lecturers that the NLSF would be publishing its biennial magazine/ souvenir during its 7th general conference 2016.

All concerned have been asked to contribute articles relating to issues of law, important related topics and essays to the office of the NLSF on or before the second week of August. One has been asked toontact the social and cultural secretary Keyigabuing Ndang for further information.

DIMAPUR: National population Register (NPR) was launched Thursday at Mokokchung by Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel IAS. According to DIPR report, the objective of the NPR was to create a comprehen-

sive identity database of every resident. The launching of NPR in the district would be followed by commencement of data entry to in-corporate the correction for finalization of NPR database in the state.

The NPR cell in

Mokokchung would collect information relating to persons who are residing within the district and house to house enumeration throughout the district. At present there are 10 operators and 12 supervisors at the NPR Cell, Mokokchung.

Commuters informed on Wokha-Merapani road

DIMAPUR: Executive Engineer (EE), PWD (R&B) Baghty, has informed that WokhaMerapani road (interstate highway), the only lifeline to the people of Wokha district has been extensively damaged from heavy landslides and due to incessant rain erosions had occurred across the entire stretch from Doyang to Merapani (22.0-63.0 km).

EE stated that public commuters and transportation of essential commodities were severely hit causing immense hard-

ship to the people, particularly the areas in Bhandari, Baghty, Sanis, and Doyang Hydro Project.

Meanwhile, expressing gratitude to the district administration, PWD staff, PWD Mechanical, Department of Power, and the public for their cooperation, EE has informed commuters plying along the area to be cautious as the soil was instable and that massive landslide were likely to occur anytime during the rainy season.

E-learning likely to start in SDEO Tseminyu 28 selected GHSSs in state informs DIMAPUR: Twenty eight selected Government Higher Secondary Schools in Nagaland are likely to start E-learning this academic year.

The project is the initiative of Governor of Nagaland & Assam of P.B. Acharya and Indian National Fellowship Centre (INFC), an NGO from Mumbai, the department of school education, government of Nagaland, in collaboration with the Rotary Club Mumbai (North).

According to DIPR report, a project has been worked out to start E-learning in 28 selected Government Higher Secondar y Schools in Nagaland.

The project aims to strengthen education in Government Schools, with the assistance of NGOs and Rotary Club, Mumbai (North).

In this regard, Dr. Tausif Jalal, general manager, Wockhardt Foundation, a multi-national Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Company which is the Prime Donor, headquartered in Mumbai visited Kohima for three days from July 13-15.

The report stated that Dr. Tausif held discussions with the officials of Education Department in the presence of governor at Raj Bhavan.

He has also visited four selected schools in and around Kohima district and held discussions with the school authorities about the modalities for implementing of E-learning programme.

The government and the NGOs have agreed to extend the E-Learning scheme to more deserving government schools on request.

E-learning in schools will increase access to learning opportunities, to enhance general quality of teaching/learning and to develop skills and competencies need needed in this century.

The Wockhardt Foundation has also agreed to enhance the number of schools in the State if the criteria are fulfilled. They are also planning to start E-learning in selected schools this academic year itself. Government Schools of Nagaland, most probably, are the premier institutions to introduce E-Learning amongst the 8 North Eastern States.

DIMAPUR: Sub-Divisional Education Officer (SDEO) informed regularised graduate teachers who were appointed up to 2013 to submit date of birth, date of graduation, date of B. Ed pass, date of appointment and date of counting seniority along with documents to the office of SDEO Tseminyu on or before July 31.

Sub-Divisional Education Officer has also asked all schools under SDEO Tseminyu to obtain Aadhaar number of students from class I to class 12.

All head of institutions have been asked to initiate and engage this exercise in a time bound manner as scheduled- compilation of biometrics for Aadhaar of students

by July 31, generation of Aadhaar number by August 15 and seeding or linking of Aadhar with bank account of students by August 31.

Sub-Divisional Education Officer has also informed that this was in reference to centrally sponsored scheme national means-cum-merit scholarship scheme and national scheme of incentive to girls for secondary education.

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A G A RT A L A , J U L 2 1 (IANS): Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday asked ministry officials to send a technical team to the northeast region to restore Tripura’s lifeline, National Highway-8, which has been badly damaged by rains of the past many weeks.

“Three Tripura parliamentarians met Gadkari in New Delhi on Wednesday to apprise him of the condition of NH-8. The minister directed officials to send a technical team to the spot,” Tripura’s Lok Sabha member Jitendra Chowdhury told IANS over phone from Delhi.

“Gadkari ordered for steps to restore the national highway immediately. We have submitted photographs and documents on the precarious condition of the highways in the region.”

Road Transport and Highways Ministry Secretary Sanjay Mitra was also present during the meeting.

The NH-8 has turned into a muddy field with kneedeep mud at Lowerpoah in south Assam adjoining northern Tripura, thereby almost cutting off Tripura from the rest of the country.

Tripura and other northeastern states are mostly dependent on highways for the supply of essential goods, food grain and fuels from other

Workers trying to move vehicles stuck on the damaged National highway 44 due to the heavy landslides at Khasiapunji in Karimganj district, Assam on Wednesday. (PTI) parts of India.

The supplies to Tripura have continued to be hit severely for more than one and a half months now even as the state government sought the Centre’s and Assam government’s intervention to repair the NH-8.

Following the shortages caused by disruption of both rail and road traffic, prices of essential commodities and fuel have shot up in Tripura.

The situation worsened as the train services between Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam and the rest of India became irregular for more than two months due to damage to the rail tracks in the mountain-

ous Dima Hasao district of Assam.

Tripura Chief Secretary Yashpal Singh, who visited the damaged stretch of the highway on Monday, told IANS: “I have talked to the ministry secretary and the Assam Chief Secretary. I requested them to restore the road.”

Tripura Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanulal Saha said the state government has suggested that food grain, essential items and fuel be transported to Tripura through Bangladesh.

“The Food Corporation of India and the Indian Oil Corporation officials assured us they have taken steps to

transport food grains, petrol and diesel through Bangladesh. For this, the GuwahatiDawki-Dharmanagar route and Bangladesh’s Ashuganj river port would be used,” Saha told reporters.

Tripura Public Works Department Minister Badal Choudhury also spoke to Assam’s PWD Minister Parimal Suklabaidya and sought his intervention to overcome the crisis.

Besides thousands of goods-laden trucks, several hundred oil tankers carrying fuel from Guwahati are stuck ahead of the damaged highway areas in Assam’s Karimganj district, adjoining northern Tripura.

GUWAHATI, JUL 21 (PTI): Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Assam Assembly for the second day in a row over the Special Category Status issue as the opposition Congress staged a brief walkout alleging partiality by the Speaker over allowing a discussion on the matter.

D u r i n g Z e r o H o u r, Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass asked state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to give a statement on media reports that the Special Category Status state tag has been withdrawn from Assam. Congress MLA Rakibul Hussain objected to it, saying he was not allowed to raise the issue as Point of Order during Zero Hour yesterday.

“You (Speaker) did not allow us to raise the issue and asked us to bring it through a device. We have not raised the issue yet. How can a Minister answer it?” he asked.

He was joined by other Congress MLAs, who were confronted by ruling party members, leading to a noisy scene. “The House is not running on any rule. It is being run on your (Speaker) own wish and interest. In protest, we decide to leave the House,” Hussain said before walking out with all Congress MLAs. In the absence of the Congress members, Sarma gave his reply by saying that only the nomenclature for the spacial treatment to Assam has been changed. “Earlier, the nomen-

clature was Special Category Status State and now it has been renamed as North East and Hill States. We continue to get special assistance as recommended by the 14th Finance Commission,” he added.

The minister also said Assam continues to get fund in 90:10 and 80:20 pattern for many Centrally-sponsored schemes along with 100 per cent assistance in some. Mentioning the schemes, Sarma said: “If you need the detail of funds received under the schemes, I will give that in the House on Monday.

“As I said earlier, I reiterate my statement that Assam got Rs 5,000 crore more during 2015-16 compared to 2014-15 from the Centre. Assam continues to get the benefits of the Special Category Status state,” he said. As soon as Sarma finished his statement, Congress returned to the House to join the rest of the business of the day. Yesterday, Congress had demanded a clarification from Assam government over continuation of Special Category status to the state following reports of Centre withdrawing the benefit. Hussain had raised the issue as Point of Order after the Question Hour in the Assembly by showing a local news paper report quoting Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that Centre withdrew the benefit from Assam and North East as a whole.

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Head of ‘the world’s largest family’ turns 72 AIZAWL, JUL 21 (PTI): Ziona, who is believed to head the largest family in the world with 38 wives and 89 children, on Thursday celebrated his 72nd birthday at Baktawng Tlangnuam village in central Mizoram’s Serchhip district.

A religious community called ‘Chana’s sect’ organised dances, parade and singing of hymns composed by Ziona himself to mark the day and the celebration was completed with a community feast by over 2,100-strong sect.

Ziona, who heads the ‘Chana’s sect’, has 38 wives, 89 children and a large number of grand children.

Ziona married his first wife in 1959 at the age of 15 and the last one in 2004 when he was 60.

W’shop on cable TV digitisation in Imphal Manipur hill tribes to boycott Flood situation serious in Assam DIMAPUR, JUL 21: A workshop on cable TV digitization for all nodal officers from North Eastern states was held at Hotel Classic Grande, Chingmeirong Road, Imphal on July 20. An official press release here informed on Thursday.

The workshop was organized to review the progress implementation of cable TV digitization phase III & phase IV in NE states.

Addressing the workshop, as resource persons advisor to Ministry Information & Broadcasting, Yogendra Pal gave a brief highlight on the introduction of Digitized Addressable System (DAS) in India where Nagaland is under phase III. He said that Cable TV Digitization has many positive sides which would provide good quality of picture and sound with Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), including multiple choices of channels where it gives choice to consumers.

It would bring in transparency as the signals of the cable operator are encrypted and can be received only

through a set top box after due authorization from the service provider, he added.

He also added that one important feature of digitization was the broadband service through the digitized cable operators.

Pointing out some of the cable TV networks (Regulation) Act 1995, Yogendra highlighted some major provisions and further emphasized on the Section-3 (Registration); Section-4 (DAS); Section-5 (Program Code); Section-6 (Advertisement Code); Section-8 (Compulsory Channels); Section-9 (Standard of equipment) and Section-10 (Inspection). He said that the Act mandates the following Authorized Officers namely: District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate or Commissioner of Police within the local limits of jurisdiction for implementation who has power to seize equipments being used by cable operators if the given provisions have being contravened.

He also highlighted the roles and responsibility of the nodal officers of the State and further informed that a toll

free helpline No. 1800 180 4343 has also been launched to facilitate any queries in eight languages in regard to the cable TV digitization.

During the workshop, discussions were taken up on various provisions of the Cable Television Network Act, including penalty for violating the Act or for running unathorised channels etc.

Joint Director, IPR, Tokishe Sema who led the IPR team highlighted the status of Cable TV Digitization Phase III being carried out in the urban areas of Nagaland State where he informed that almost 50% of digitization has been completed.

He also informed that the Department of Information and Public Relation, Nagaland has conducted a workshop on cable TV Digitization in the month of November 2015 where all the Multi System Operators (MSOs), Local Cable Operators (LCOs) and District Nodal Officers within the State had attended the workshop.

The workshop was attended by nodal officers from Nagaland and Manipur.

Congress, I-Day celebrations

Correspondent IMPHAL, JUL 21: Joint Action Committee Against AntiTribal Bills (JACAATB) Churachandpur and Outer Manipur Tribal Front (OMTF) have resolved to boycott Congress party, holding the party responsible for introduction and passing of the three “anti-tribal” bills.

The decision was taken by a joint meeting of JACAATB and OMTF held in Imphal’s Haokip Veng on July 18 last.

The resolution of the meeting said Congress party is primarily responsible for drafting and introducing the three anti-tribal bills which were passed by Manipur Legislative Assembly on August 31, 2015.

It also stated that the party will not be allowed to have any activities in all tribal areas and their office shall be locked with immediate effect.

“Any political parties, whether national or regional which work against the interest of the tribal will meet the same fate as that of the congress party. Congress party is hereby band in all tribal areas with

effect from July 18, 2016,” it stated. The meeting also threatened to boycott Independent Day if the Centre fails to resolve the issue.

“Failure on their part the OMTF and JACAATB will be compelled to start democratic form of agitation including abstain/boycott of the 69 Indian Independent Day celebration,” it said. The meeting decided to meet the state officials at the earliest possible date and submit a memorandum on three infamous anti-tribal bills that are under examination by an expert. After the meeting with the Governor of Manipur, a delegation of the two bodies will go to Delhi to appraise the situation to the Union Minister(s) and the Central government. The joint meeting also re-affirmed the boycott of all tribal MLAs and the lone tribal MP of Manipur, who fail to hear the cry of their people.

The joint meeting realized the need for a separate political entity for the tribals of the state and decided to call a wider consultation and awareness campaign at the earliest possible.

Guwahati- NDRF-SDRF search operation for missing boy (3) GUWAHATI, JUL 21 (PTI): Flood situation continued to be serious in Assam on Thursday affecting nearly two lakh people in seven districts where erosion has washed away hectares of land, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority said.

The seven affected districts are Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Morigaon, Jorhat, Dhemaji, Sivasagar and

Kokrajhar. More than 320 villages are under water in the floods that have snapped surface communication by damaging roads, breached embankments and caused large-scale erosion in many areas, the ASDMA said. The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at Nematighat in Jorhat and Dhubri, Dhansiri at Numaligarh in Golaghat, Jia Bhorali at N T

Road Crossing in Sonitpur district, Sangkosh in Golakganj and Beki at Road Bridge in Barpeta district. Boats have been pressed into service to rescue and evacuate the marooned people whose houses are under waist-deep to neckdeep water from the over-flowing rivers. Over 4,200 people have taken shelter in 24 relief camps and relief distribution centres.

239 rhinos killed in 16 years in Assam: govt Speaker to talk with parties over delegation to Centre GUWAHATI, JUL 21 (PTI): A total of 239 rhinos were killed by poachers in the last 16 years in Assam, Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma said on Thursday. Replying to a query of Congress MLA Ajanta Neog during Question Hour in the Assembly, Brahma said the 239 rhinos were killed by poachers from 2001 to July 2016.

“The morale of forest staff is very low. There is no proper basic amenities. Transit camps are in dilapidated conditions and there are no facilities of drinking water. They do

not even get their ration every month - it is given only once or twice in a year,” she said.

The minister said the department had employed casual staff, but unfortunately their pays are not regular.

“It is said that money is sanctioned for uniforms, but they do not get it... How will they survive? I discussed the issue with the chief minister as we are serious about stopping poaching,” Brahma said.

She said the equipment, including arms such as .303 rifles, are of very old technology

JCILPS detains 154 more migrant workers Correspondent IMPHAL, Jul 21: Volunteers of Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) caught 154 migrants entering Manipur on Thursday. JCILPS has been conducting drive against entering of migrant workers into the state in the last few days on the national highways as its first phase of agitation programme demanding inner line permit in Manipur.

Earlier, the organisation had caught 47 migrants in Imphal’s North AOC on July 17 last. On Thursday, the volunteers caught 154 non-locals from several Imphal-bound inter-state buses coming from Dimapur along NH-2 at Sekmai. Members of the Advance Women Society, Awang Sekmai Protection Committee and members of local club conducted the verification drive in the presence of volunteers of JCILPS from early morning till around 11 a.m. to verify their K

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identity. Later the detained persons were handed over to Sekmai police station. JCILPS assistant secretary Atur Rehman alleged that the inter-state buses have been carrying such nonlocals from outside the state despite repeated warnings from JCILPS. He further appealed to the contractors and companies engaged in constructions to stop importing workers from outside the state without proper verification.

Indefinite hunger strike continues

One of the four students who have been on a indefinite hunger strike programme, was Thursday shifted to the hospital in a critical condition. The girl student, Pangambam Meria Devi, a class-XII student of TG Higher Secondary School was picked up by a team of Singjamei police around 10.30 a.m. and shifted over to Child Right Protection Committee for undergoing treatment.

and most times there is scarcity of bullets.

“We need to modernise the equipment. We need to provide good transit camps, uniforms, shoes and all other facilities. My first priority is to prevent poaching, but I cannot claim that I will be able to fully eliminate poaching,” Brahma said, adding that there is a big international racket operating for rhino horns for its medicinal value.

“In Assam, a horn is sold for Rs 1.5 lakh and above. Once it crosses international bor-

der, its value touches crore. In Myanmar, it is Rs two crore and it is Rs three crore in China. So unless we break this racket, sporadic incidents of poaching will continue,” the minister said.

She informed the house that a total of 705 poachers have been identified and 661 of them have been arrested since 2001. Congress MLA Rakibul Hussain appealed to all parties and organisations to rise above politics on rhino poaching issue and condemn the poachers strongly instead of blaming each other.

GUWAHATI, JUL 21 (PTI): Assam Assembly Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass on Thursday said he will discuss with leaders of all political parties over taking a delegation to the Centre for granting ST status to six communities of the state.

“I will discuss the issue with the leaders of all political parties. After that I will take a decision about taking an all-party delegation to the Centre,” Dass said during the Question Hour in the Assembly.

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AGP MLA Phani Bhusan Choudhury requested the Speaker to lead an all-party delegation to New Delhi to meet the Prime Minister and press for granting ST status to Koch-Rajbongshi, Tai-Ahom, Chutia, Moran, Motak and Tea tribes.

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sembly, we had discussed this issue many times and decided to take an all-party delegation under the leadership of the Speaker to the Prime Minister. However, we could not meet him,” he said.

Congress MLA Rakibul Hussain informed the House about his party’s support on

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Earlier, replying to a query by AGP MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita, Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes Minister Pramila Rani Brahma said the previous Congress government had done many work on this issue.

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Dalits ‘soft target’, says Una panel ‘government should ban such cow protection groups’

Members of Dalit Community stop a train at Udhna Junction during a protest in Surat on Thursday against the recent assault on their community members. (PTI) AHMEDABAD, JUL 21 (PTI): A fact finding team which visited Gujarat’s Una town in connection with the brutal assault of Dalits, has claimed to have found a new trend among ‘cow vigilantes’ to show bravado by making a particular Dalit community as their “soft target”.

The incident of beating up of seven Dalit youths in Mota Samadhilya village of Gir-Somnath district last week has triggered large scale protests across the state. The protests worsened yesterday as seven youths attempted suicide with violence and arson spreading to various places in the state.

An eight-member fact finding team, comprising Dalits from various city-

based NGOs including Dalit Adhikar Manch, which went to the village from here a few days back, found out that the incident was brutal as the alleged beating of youths started from 9.30 AM and continued unabated till 1.30 PM, and inspite of the victims’ kin repeatedly calling police, the latter allegedly did not act.

The team members said that Dalits are “soft targets” for these vigilante groups. Dalits are actually not involved in slaughter of cows, but are only doing their traditional business of leather, while they (vigilante groups) refrain from confronting those involved in slaughter, they said.

There is a particular Dalit community that deals in the trade of leather.

AINEC condemns media crackdown NEW DELHI, JUL 21 (PTI): A top body of newspaper editors has strongly condemned the “undeclared censorship” on newspapers in Kashmir Valley, calling it a direct attack on freedom of press.

The All India Newspaper Editors’ Conference (AINEC), in a strongly worded resolution, slammed the alleged ban on publications, raids on the newspaper offices and printing presses and said the PDP-BJP government in the state has “failed” the right thinking people. “No government in the Centre or in the states can preserve democratic traditions of our great country without supporting the freedom of press, in spirit and reality.

In Gir-Somnath and surrounding districts of Gujarat these self-appointed cow protection committees have come up in the name of saving cows, said Kaushik Parmar, who led the fact finding team to the village.

“We have found out that this inhuman incident of beating Dalit youths was not one off. From last many months these particular community members have become target of these cow protection groups,” Parmar said.

“There have been at least three such incidents in the past two months in the area when the Dalit community members were beaten up by these so-called cow vigilante groups. All those are related to skinning of dead cows,” he

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But since last seven to eight months, they have started targeting Dalit community members who are involved in leather business and are soft targets, to show off their bravado. It has been noticed that these groups in the past few months attacked Dalits when they were involved in skinning of dead cows,” he said. “Instead of targeting those involved in slaughter, these groups started targeting Dalits,” charged another fact finding team member Subodh Parmar.

“One farmer whose cow was killed had called this family (Dalits who were beaten up in Una last week) to dispose of the dead cow. They (victims) took the dead cow outside the Mota Samadhilya village and were skinning it, when about 30 to 35 people of cow protection group came and started abusing and beating them,” Kaushik Parmar claimed.

“The beating continued from 9.30 AM to 1.30 PM. The family members of victims and others called up police but it did not turn up,” they said.

The accused themselves made the video footage and also had a group photograph clicked after doing the act, they said.

The fact finding team members have demanded that the state should ban such cow protection groups.

“Such cow protection groups should be banned across the state. There is already a law against cow slaughter in the state, then what is the need of such vigilante groups,” Kaushik Parmar said. The team has also demanded that police should add IPC section related to criminal conspiracy in the FIR registered in connection with the Una incident.

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THANE, JUL 21(PTI): In a suspected case of honour killing, a 16-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly killed by family members of a girl with whom he was in love with in Navi Mumbai.

Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the case and the 17-year-old girl, who belonged to a different caste, has also been detained, police said on Thursdfay.

Following the incident, some members of the Republican Party of India (RPI) took out a morcha to Nerul Police Station late last evening demanding action against the police personnel who had allegedly refused to initially register a complaint by the parents of the boy of his abduction by the girl’s brothers. The Navi Mumbai Police on Wednesday suspended two officers of Nerul Police Station in this connection. The boy, identified as Swapnil Sonawane, a resident of Dharave village in Nerul area of Navi Mumbai in Thane district, was in love with a 17year-old schoolmate.

However, the girl’s parents did not approve of the relationship. On Tuesday night, a group of around 2025 people, including the girl’s family members, severely beat up the boy with iron rods at Dharave village in Navi Mumbai, police said.

The boy was later taken to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead, they said. Subsequently, the police yesterday arrested the girl’s brothers Sagar Naik (25), Sajesh Naik (21), father Rajendra Naik (50), mother Malti Naik (43), the brothers’ friends Ashish Thakur (23) and Durgesh Patil (22), and an autorickshaw driver Sameer Shaikh (23). The accused have been booked under relevant IPC sections for murder, kidnapping, rioting and criminal intimidation and also under The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), police said.

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Modi govt pursuing saffron agenda, destroying federal structure: Mamata

KOLKATA, JUL 21 (PTI): Accusing Narendra Modi government of pushing “saffronisation” agenda and destroying federal structure, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said she will not tolerate attempts to spread communal hatred in the name cow protection as she targeted BJP over the attack on dalits by cow vigilantes in Gujarat.

Addressing a massive rally here, the Trinamool Congress supremo launched a fierce attack on the ruling BJP at the Centre over alleged interference in matters of the states and called for strengthening regional parties to take on BJP, saying she will help her “friends”, though at the same time Banerjee made it clear that she did not wish to be the Prime Minister. “They (Modi government) are destroying the federal structure in the country and interfering into the matter of states,” Banerjee said in her speech on the occasion of ‘Martyrs’ Day’, observed by her party every year to commemorate the killing of 13 youth Congress workers in police firing in 1993.

Calling for strengthening of regional parties, the TMC chief said that she would help her friends, but she would not want to become prime minister.

Mamata Banerjee “Many are saying that I want to become the prime minister.

But I don’t want anything more.

I want to stay in my hut and work in the state.”

Her statement indicated that TMC was eying national presence in the 2019 Lok Sabha poll as party vice-president Mukul Roy stated that TMC would reach a stage when it would be a deciding factor in government formation at the Centre.

Banerjee also charged the Centre with trying to push the agenda of “saffronisation” in the country and referred to the incident in Gujarat where dalits were attacked by vigilantes for skinning a dead cow.

“Someone may be a supporter of a particular party. But in every sphere of life, from education to other sectors, attempts are made to enforce the agenda of saffronisation in the

country,” she said. “I condemn the way dalits are attacked in Gujarat. In the name of Gau Rakhsa and cow protection they are spreading communal hatred and riot. “We will not allow this communal hatred in the name of cow protection,” she said. In an obvious reference to the BJP and the RSS she said, “I have come across reports that activists from certain political party and their sister organization are going to every household and inquiring about the number of cows. Who are they to ask these questions?”

“Whether I will have beef or mutton, who are you to dictate me? If I eat mutton or chicken there is no harm, but if I eat beef then it is a problem.

Who are you to decide this? it is a matter of personal choice.

We will not tolerate if they try to conduct survey on number of cows in the state and ferment trouble,” she said. Amid slogan of “Bhag Modi Bhag”, Banerjee targeted the BJP, saying, “Delhi conspires against us, but we will not bow down. TMC cannot be finished that way.

The more they target us, the more we will reach the people”.

Banerjee accused the central government of not focusing on work but being more busy with advertising itself.

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t’s election time again and so politics has also taken hold while truth gets buried under a litany of words replayed over and over again. Atrocities on Dalits, Adivasis and Scheduled Tribes in India refuses to go away because the culture of prejudice often promoted by politicians for vote bank, has only been restructured, not eradicated.

Some opine, that recent attacks on Dalits have only given rise to deep suspicions that politics has a way of using such ugly incidents to whip up sentiments for vested interests. Whether true or not; what is shocking remains the fact that the centre and states have failed to act on their own words.

Dalits and adivasis account for about a quarter of the Indian population (over 250 million); they are the primary victims of the ongoing development process. The Constitution provides for special steps for their economic development and social amelioration. In the recent weeks and months, Dalits were victims of various criminal acts perpetrated by those form other communities. During April this year, a Dalit woman law student at Perumbavoor in Ernakulam, was brutally raped and murdered. The rape and murder of the 30-year old Dalit woman sent shock waves across Kerala. The police then arrested the accused, identified as Ameerul Islam, a 23-year old native of Assam’s Nagaon district from Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu. In June this year, volunteers of the Gau Rakshak Dal forced two men, who they suspected were beef transporters, to eat a concoction of cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd and ghee. The gangrape of a A 21year-old Dalit student of Rohtak for a second time in three years by two of the five accused charged with sexually assaulting had also shocked the nation. The victim disclosed that after raping her, the accused wanted an out of court settlement, which she refused. The college-going daughter of a poor charpoy-maker was first raped in 2013 in Bhiwani.

It was allegedly after gang-raped her. They left her to die in bushes in Sukhpura Chowk, where she lay unconscious with her clothes torn before being seen by a passerby and taken to hospital, said police sources. The recent incident, that has taken caused outrage and also taken parliament by storm involves the public thrashing of four Dalit men in Una town in Gujarat. The four Dalit men were tied to a SUV and publicly thrashed by six members of the Gau Rakshak Dal in a village of Gir-Somnath district on Monday. The four Dalits were engaged in skinning dead cows when they were caught by the Gau Rakshaks and accused of cow slaughter. Gujarat has been ruled by the BJP for a record 18 years consecutively excluding a brief innings from 1995 to 1996. When BSP and Dalit leader Mayawati raised the issue, the BJP’s UP state unit vice president denounced her as being worse than a prostitute. That led to huge outrage against the BJP in parliament. The BJP had to act by expelling Dayashankar Singh, its vice president for six years. The UP government under Akhilesh Yadav has to arrest Singh. Racial, caste and religious prejudice has become ingrained in India’s polity because it pays dividends in elections. That is the greatest tragedy about justice and secularism in India.

DailyDevotion The Doorway to the Kingdom Blessed are the poor in spirit… —Matthew 5:3 Beware of thinking of our Lord as only a teacher. If Jesus Christ is only a teacher, then all He can do is frustrate me by setting a standard before me I cannot attain. What is the point of presenting me with such a lofty ideal if I cannot possibly come close to reaching it? I would be happier if I never knew it. What good is there in telling me to be what I can never be— to be “pure in heart” (Matthew 5:8), to do more than my duty, or to be completely devoted to God? I must know Jesus Christ as my Savior before His teaching has any meaning for me other than that of a lofty ideal which only leads to despair. But when I am born again by the Spirit of God, I know that Jesus Christ did not come only to teach— He came to make me what He teaches I should be.

The redemption means that Jesus Christ can place within anyone the same nature that ruled His own life, and all the standards God gives us are based on that nature.

The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount produces a sense of despair in the natural man— exactly what Jesus means for it to do. As long as we have some self-righteous idea that we can carry out our Lord’s teaching, God will allow us to continue until we expose our own ignorance by stumbling over some obstacle in our way. Only then are we willing to come to Him as paupers and receive from Him. “Blessed are the poor in spirit….” This is the first principle in the kingdom of God. The underlying foundation of Jesus Christ’s kingdom is poverty, not possessions; not making decisions for Jesus, but having such a sense of absolute futility that we finally admit, “Lord, I cannot even begin to do it.”

Then Jesus says, “Blessed are you…” (Matthew 5:11). This is the doorway to the kingdom, and yet it takes us so long to believe that we are actually poor! The knowledge of our own poverty is what brings us to the proper place where Jesus Christ accomplishes His work.

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As such, the Ao forefathers celebrated two important festivals in a year related to agriculture – one was the sowing festival called Moatsü and the harvest festival called Tsüngremmung. Moatsü is celebrated in the month of May, when the sowing season starts. And Tsüngremmung is celebrated in the first week of August every year, when the fields are ripe and ready for harvest. Tsüngremmung is also a time for thanksgiving to God for an abundant blessing in the lush fields. The Longsa Tourism Committee presents you’re a journey to an ancient calling of the forebears through this article.

Significance: The essence of Tsüngremmung is sanctification of the self and society for obtaining blessings from God. It has a strong bearing on community building as the entire village comes together to work, earn, save and eventually share, in the feasts that accompany the festival.

Preparations for the festival actually start during the cultivation season, when the Zünga (age groups) work the fields to collect for the Zünga Yongya (age group feasts), held during Tsüngremmung.

Tsüngremmung thus evolved as festival where, along with feasting, oral traditions and knowledge were passed from one generation to another, through song and dance and community life enhanced through sharing.

August 1: Süngbenmung This day is dedicated solely to preparations for the upcoming celebrations because work on the second day is considered taboo. The

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works are divided according to Zünga (age groups), Kidong (clans) and Kimang (family) involving: Gathering of firewood; Collection of vine (stem of sword bean creeper)

by Züngalepzük (the middle age group) from the jungle for the ceremonial tug-of-war between men and women; Pounding of rice; Preparation of meat and food; Cleaning of village and decorating of houses with the leaves of Longditsüngba Chungpet August 2: Yatimung The main day of the festival on which no labor is done – it is believed that the sounds of rice being pounded and wood being chopped chase away the much sought after blessings. The entire community participates in various traditional as well as cultural activities: Ceremonial pulling of the Shangzü followed by singing and dancing; Ceremonial tug of war between the men and women with the stem of the sword bean creeper; Folk dance performances by the different groups; Group-wise feasting; distribution of rice and meat to the poor; the festivities continue through the night with Kimak, where friends and relatives visit homes and sing songs of history and love while they are served rice beer and meat.

August 3: Aien Lenpi On this day, the entire community comes together to clean paths leading to the village, in preparation for socio-cultural interactions with the neighboring villages after the harvest season that follows Tsüngremmung.

Young men who are soon to be married send out meat to signify their impending departure from the Arju (dormitory) At the end of the feast, a bonfire is made around which young men dance and in accordance with tradition, throw leftovers into the fire. Kimak continues on this day.

The origin: In the days of old – when men abided close to God – there lived a man named Merangshang. He was hard working and devoted much of his time to working his

field. The field adjoining his was cultivated by Tsüngremshang. While Merangshang toiled endlessly, he observed that Tsüngremshang worked only occasionally and yet, at harvest time, his field yielded abundant grains. Observing this amazing phenomenon, Merangshang befriended Tsüngremshang and asked him his secret. Tsüngremshang revealed that he could communicate with God and that during the cultivation period he would purify himself and just before harvest time, he performed a ritual to propitiate God, asking for His blessings. Merangshang also decided to follow in his neighbor’s footsteps and the following years, they observed the same worship, and both received abundant harvests.

Merangshang passed on this knowledge of propitiating ‘Longditsüngba’ (translated as God the provider) for an abundant harvest, to the rest of his village. Slowly, it gained a growing number of practitioners and soon the entire village stared coming together to offer thanksgiving in the form of a festival that came to be known as Tsüngremmung (named after the man who started the ritual). Eventually the entire Ao tribe began observing this festival.

As the years passed, the flowering of the white blossoms of ‘Songsaben’ below Chungliyimti was taken to herald the festival. Since the blossoms were first sighted from Longsa village, Tsüngremmung was therefore celebrated first at Longsa and only then observed in the other Ao villages. So the festival is also referred to as Longsamung.

About Longsa: The Ao Naga village of Longsa is situated Southeast of Mokokchung adjoining Zunheboto and Tuensang districts. Set amid rolling hills, which reflect the azure of the cloudless skies above, the village affords visitors breathtaking vistas of its green surrounds. A colorful and vibrant people, the men and women of Longsa deeply treasure their ancestral legacy as is evident in the way they

live their lives …with a strong sense of pride. Longsa is one of the most prominent villages in the Ao country. It has produced a lot of luminaries and leaders who have immensely contributed in various fields.

Seeing the immense potential of Longsa village, the Government of Nagaland declared Longsa as a Tourist Village in the year 2006. Ever since, Longsa has remained in the world map as a tourist destination for visitors from world over with more and more tourists visiting the village every year.

The village land is interspersed by about 10 streams and rivers, among which Dikhu and Tsütsüng are prominent landmarks. These rivers not only make the soil fertile and the climate pleasant but also make for popular picnic spots. Longsa is famous for its Chilli, maize and ginger crops.

A tea estate, patchouli distillation unit and jute and allied fibers developmental projects are some of the industries that are flourishing here.

Getting there: Option I: Fly to Dimapur in Nagaland and drive to Kohima. The Nagaland State Transport (NST) operates a chopper service from Dimapur to Mokokchung every Monday and Saturday. The chopper flight from DimapurMokokchung takes only 25 minutes. From Mokokchung, there are available taxis and buses to Longsa which is about one hour drive. From Kohima, take National Highway 61 and drive to Mokokchung. From there, catch the Mokokochung - Tuensang Highway which passes through Longsa.

(Dimapur is connected to Kolkata by Indian Airlines and by rail to major Indian cities) Option II: Fly to Jorhat in Assam. Turn off NH 37 at Jhanji and take NH 61 to Amguri – Mokokchung and onwards to Longsa by the Mokokchung-Tuensang highway. (Jorhat is connected to Kolkata by all major airlines.

Koltakta is connected to all metros and major Indian cities by air or rail) Tourism Committee, Longsa (Mokokchung)

Brevity of life

f there is but one thing that humans need to hear over and over; it is this, Life is short. Life lived in the light of knowing the brevity of life is totally unlike from living a carefree life. A carefree life is never worth living. It was Socrates who said, “An unexamined life is not worth living.” Life is short and it should be expended in and for the right reasons. A life wasted in worldly petty affairs in the absence of knowing and living for eternity will only end up in total loss of both body and soul. The strivings of men in this worldmoves in the direction of physical materialistic world. The balancing of true spiritual strivings is found wanting. Hence, loneliness and despair seems to be jotted in many dairy of life. But this should not be! For some, life is long and lonely but the fact of the matter is life is too short to be living lonely. Having a positive attitude in living the short-given life by God will propel humans to achieve greater feats for kingdom’s purpose and expansion.

The Holy Book has immense examples to point out the shortness of life. It looks as if God wants humans to grasp the fact that life is temporary and one need to live life in that perspective. For instance in the book of Isaiah 40:6-7, God spoke to Isaiah through a voice saying, “Cry out.” And Isaiah replied, “What shall I cry?” The reply was staggering. It says, “All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass.” Here in this conversation between God and the prophet, the voice is pleading Isaiah to cry out in letting the people understand that they are only flowers that blooms today and tomorrow is no more. God was trying to reach out to his people in communicating that life is too short to be wasted, playing games. The wise live their lives calculating their days and years but fools do not.

One needs to invest the time in the fruitful labour of mastering one’s own profession and not dabbling around with bunch of important yet unfruitful undertakings. Too many humans have failed to understand that life is a lease prearranged in our account. Either we waste it or invest it for a meaningful purpose. Nothing ever belonged to us. Naked we come from our mother’s womb,

naked we depart.Time can never be bought with money or effort. Life can only be lived once. There are no promises of reincarnation or rebirth that we will live again. The only certainty that we possess is the life “Now” and we ought to use the best of it now.

Riches, fame and beauty flies away like a bird. It doesn’t stay forever. The accumulation of all that’s in the world will rot in rust. Wise and godly earning will last for posterity. But ill-gotten gains will be snatched away in the twinkling of an eye. The feasting, laughter and merriment will soon end in gloom and tears. A pauper with godly fear will be remembered for a long time but a wealthy spendthrift fellow will be buried without a single sorrow or tear. The life lived in the assurance and hope in the Lord will suffer no grief but confidence in possession and wealth will go through immense pain and hardships.

Many people merely exist. They act robotically to the pressing situations around them. The automaton of living life without taking control over circumstances is what defines most of people. The uncertainty of life has made people think that life is meaningless and insignificant. Dying at one’s own hand has been the fate of many but life has much more to offer. In the mixed bag of pain, suffering, loss, separation, joys, happiness and contentment, life gives a taste of all the bitterness and the sweetness of the cruel world.

Humans need to embrace life with optimism and true faith that God is sovereign over every unexplainable mysterious ways of workings in this universe.

Humans cannot regret that life is too short. Celebrating the everyday life should be a daily ritual of one’s life. It is not in the years but the quality of life in the years that matters the most. The meaningful existence for short yet fulfilling years comes in the exhaustion of rendering useful service to people around us. Too many people have only lived for themselves and have found it to be too boring and unsatisfying because a selfish life is not what God intended his people to be.

The Bible teaches that humans are masterpieces of God created in His own image for good works. The fulfilling life in this short-given time on earth is to live for the One who made us and act in the direction of His written ordinance.

Vebu Khamo, Bible Student

section’s however advanced it may be while other’s pull in different direction unconcerned of their children’s future and of impending consequences and watch apathetically literally waiting for a tolling stroke of time.

The irony of the situation remain’s when intellectual’s are often targeted and made scope goat at the pleasure of some for exposing and ventilating the anger-tight compartment of the people which is not so pleasurable but serious issues about whereto of our society, which is nothing less then targeting and sabotaging our common life-line. Our resilient passivity would be regarded as weakness and instead encourage the negative element’s who knows our social character to

exploit the situation to their advantage. A few sticks may be breakable by the overweight burden’s of the time but should realise the immense collective strength and secure bundling of truth, intellectual’s and people against any adverse matter’s engulfing our society.

Hence our life should correspond positively against the formidable question which need but not usual small step’s but collective giant leaping answer which I believe is the call of time. Intellectual’s are the brightest beacon of our hope and therefore no one has the right to keep that light from shining and rob of our future.

(To be concluded) Hukato Achumi, concern citizen, Dimapur

A responsible Society

t the dawn of history of mankind and civilization’s, the responsible agent’s of humanity with it’s constructive genius and intellect has enabled to adapt, survive and progress towards the evolution of modernity, which still fascinates the modern men. The various needs of man which necessitated the early life spanning over many centuries about the art of living from simple to complex and organised life for the sake of common good, well-being and safety, which may have inspired in the formation of society. As society advances and along with it faces many crisis, challenges and disastrous situations, which when occurred have atleast this advantage that they forced them to think and explore thereby widened the knowledge as to salvage from the dire situation’s.

In the process of adaptation’s, many thing’s of our wider and greater human civilization’s cutting across time, space and centuries have refined and altered from age to age, and any society which failed in this process remain itself isolated or waned away, due to lack of sustaining vitality to the emerging needs of man and society.

This various common practices of prolong involuntary but responsible act of adaptation and also conforming to certain rooted and core cultural values and practices developed and cherished over the span of time empirically correspond well with the present and future need’s which may have given birth to the ideal’ ~ and belief ’s as well as tradition’s and cultures and way’s of life in a magnificent form. Thus, we cannot afford to discard the knowledge of the past which had kept them alive and handed to this day as a result of centuries of experiences and alteration’s by the generation’s gone by, which invariably and somewhat conform’s toward’s

universalisation. They had drawn sustenance while gradually moved away from negativitism toward’s positive common belief ’s refined through the ages in the why and where to of human existence.

It is the perennial flow of the refined cultural stream encompassing all the positive and commonly accepted ideal’s, belief ’s, values, habit’s and practices. etc, which determines a society strength, it’s character in the wider sense and it’s capacity to survive arbitraric and against all odds. Many thriving nation’s possessed such rich and rooted ennobled cultural heritage which mould’s them in keeping with it’s basic and along cherished ideal’s and belief ’s, thereby providing idea’s flowing into the arteries of the society with cultural nourishment in an assimilable form.

The generation’s stranded at a cultural cross-road may get inspiration’s and rediscover our own rich cultural heritage relevant in many aspect’s while assimilating the positive idea’s of modem world towards moulding a responsible individual contributing towards a secure future of society. As societal mood began to under went changes and good sense prevail at every corner’s, a common quest began to take precedence over negativities inorder to realize the still awaited fuller richer life. Our common cherished ennobled tradition’s and culture like any societies of the world will help to create a favourable conditions for collective future prospect’s while leaving aside disturbing idea’s to promote peace and progress and drown animosity, confusion and chaos.

When various issues reared it’s ugly heads, our society feels the humidity and beginning to get choked by the hazard’s of the accumulated matter’s, which never before in the recent had our society to grapple with many a problem

and as complex a nature as are confronting it today. We cannot ill-afford to irresponsibly remain in a secluded cocoon’s without any contribution and mortgaged the well-being of present and future in various aspect’s for some swift temporary gain. Various issues like illegal immigration, wide scale corruption’s, backbreaking taxation’s, huge unemployment, factional disunity, stiff necked and some contrasting political ideologies of national movement, spiritual and moral decadence, dignity of women, environmental degradation, ism’s in various form’s ... etc, are some issues which concern’s all. The need of different approaches to all these formidable and intense issues which seriously beginning to curtail in furthering our wellbeing and sustainable progress is in need of a calm and sober assessment for a tangible result.

At this extraordinary time, it demand’s that our society leave aside the irrational destructive path’s leading to nowhere, except dooming consequences, as the issues effect’s or will effect the life of everyone. In so far as the ill-effect’s are a reality, it need’s a deliberate, conscious and concerted effort’s over the steaming issues before the onslaught of disastrous storm’s gathering overtime at our horizon.

Brethren’s, the glaring issues are not imaginary grievances, it need’s collective wisdom and active participation of all which symbolises a darkest night before the beautiful day break. Unless the people woke up and whole heartedly involve in whatever way possible with the brave son’s and daughter’s of this beautiful land, who defiantly stood-up on behalf of the people, voicing out and affronting against the common impending issues, it may take undue time to materialize.

As the intensity of the issues gather momentum after a lull-

ing lapse which beckon us all to take some drastic but wise decision which is not one of ease but of incessant striving toward’s a conceivable end. It would be fatal for our society to overlook the urgency of the moment, while we still can flex our way from the deadly quick sinking sand and self-destruction to a life of opportunity and brighter destiny. Let us all leave aside numb attitude or shut our eyes against the grim realities and listen to the symphonical convenient notes, until the truth at it’s peril transform’s us in to beast’s by taking all the frustrating wrong step’s for the right cause.

In as much as the intellectual’s are the destiny maker’s of our evolving global village, so also the intellectual’s in our midst are the mover’s and shaker’s of the glaring issues confronting our society, who in their efforts are proving to be made of gold over the testing furnace of issues. It is encouraging to watch the birth of many intellectual’s blossoming over the thorny issues and becoming the torchbearer’s and guardian’s of our society, battling selflessly and striking at the heart of the matter’s during the thin and thick of time. Their bold proactive involvement in the ocean deep uncharted issues sets an inspiration to ail, who in different capacities encouragingly shouldering societal responsibilities and obligation’s literally spending sleepless night’s and scorching’s of the day without any direct benefit deserves our standing applause.

This unsung heroic and determine intellectual’s are stressing as well as pressing upon the alarming button to wake the people slumbering over the issues, so as to together take an even stronger line against the obstacles entrenched deep in our societal lifeline. However the enormous challenges cannot be met only by some

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Sir,

News of landslides, flood, and other natural disasters are regularly featured in the local dailies during rainy season.

Most of these disasters are largely due to the fact that most part of Nagaland has loose soil and partly because of faulty construction designs-be it roads, houses, or other structures.

I came to know through your newspaper that many families have been rendered homeless, commuters were stranded, and that properties have been destroyed due to natural calamities.

However, by the grace of God, there have been no reports of death so far.

While I appreciate the media for highlighting the plight of the affected people and the authorities for initiating prompt action, I strongly feel that there exists a lack of proactive measures with regards to information.

Proactive measures such as identifying the ‘danger’ areas most likely to be affected by agents of nature and dissemination of prior information especially to the identified areas will go a long way in averting disasters and prevent loss of precious lives.

It is therefore my humble appeal to the concerned Department to kindly collect/maintain data of affected areas and disseminate the information so that citizens could be well prepared for natural calamities and minimize the affect.

Nzanbemo Kithan, Sewak Colony, Dimapur

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Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti chairs an all party meeting to discuss law and order situations following the killings of 44 civilians, at SKICC in Srinagar on Thursday. (PTI)

Dreaded Maoist couple surrender in Odisha MALKANGIRI (ODISHA), JUL 21 (PTI): A dreaded Maoist couple involved in around 150 cases and carrying a reward of Rs nine lakh on their head, surrendered before the police in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Thuyrsday.

Sukhdev and wife Rukmini were active for over a decade and decided to give up arms after they realised that naxals were harassing tribals and poor people, said Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Mitrabhanu Mohapatra. Around 150 cases involving that of murder, landmine blast, abduction and attack on police were pending against the couple in different police stations, police said.

While the state government had announced a reward of Rs five lakh on the head of Sukhdev, Rukmini was carrying a reward of Rs four lakh, Mohapatra said.

Sukhdev, an active Maoist for the last 15 years, functioned as the commander of Malkangiri division, while Rukmini was engaged in naxal activities for around 12 years and said to be the woman commander of Baipariguda Maoist division, police said.

and sense of solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir reflected during the debate on the prevailing situation in the State in both Houses of Parliament, an official spokesman told reporters. “The meeting calls for converting this political consensus into a national initiative for addressing the problems confronting Jammu and Kashmir and its people,� he said, adding the meeting called for “inclusive engagement of all the stakeholders� in Jammu and Kashmir for carrying forward the peace and reconciliation process in the State.

The spokesman said the meeting expressed deep grief and concern over the loss of life and injuries caused during the law and order situation prevailing in the Valley since July 8 -- the day when Hizbul Mujahideen militant commander Burhan Wani was killed. The unrest has claimed 43 lives and injured over 3,400 others.

The meeting also observed a two-minute silence to pay homage to those who lost their lives in the law and order situation, the spokesman said. The Chief Minister expressed gratitude to the leaders of all the political parties for their presence to

Hoisting of ‘Pak flag’ at a house creates flutter

A flag resembling the national flag of Pakistan seen hoisted at a house of Kharadi locality in Biharsharif town of Nalanda district of Bihar on Thursday. (PTI) BIHARSHARIF (NALANDA), JUL 21 (PTI): Officials of Nalanda district in Bihar today went into a tizzy over report of hoisting of a flag resembling the national flag of Pakistan at a house located in Kharadi colony.

Monster quake: NE, Bangladesh & Myanmar zone face high threat (From p-1) This mud also feeds the plains of the Ganga and Brahmaputra basin, turning it one of the world’s most fertile regions. The researchers estimated that sediment disgorged from the rivers has moved the edge of the continent westward by about 400 km near Bangladesh.

With the mud piled up as thick as 19 vertical km, it is challenging for scientists to pinpoint the contours of a future temblor.

140 million people living on a jelly-like land: In effect, the region’s 140 million people are living on jelly.

In the event of an earthquake, Steckler said, the thick sediment may reduce “high-frequency shaking� but will amplify “low-frequency ground shaking�, which refers to violent shaking that can topple buildings. “No one has yet modeled the effect in detail, but overall, I think, it will make the effects of the earthquake worse,� said Steckler. “There may also be liquefaction, where the ground can temporarily lose solidity, and buildings can topple.�

The present study focused on the eastern boundary of the Indian plate, the Indo-Burman range, but tectonic disquiet grows as well on the northern boundary, on the Main Himalayan Thrust, as IndiaSpend reported here and here.

There is, as IndiaSpend reported in October 2015, a possibility of a more severe earthquake in the Himalayas – although it isn’t certain when – than the 7.8-magnitude temblor that devastated Nepal on April 25, 2015.

Steckler acknowledged that a study of this nature calls for more data collection and interpretation. For example, researchers don’t know when the last one was or how often they repeatedly occur, and so they cannot estimate a time for the next one.

There is not yet robust data on the shape of the fault, how much strain is taken by the folds and how much at the meeting of the plates, the megathrust.

Researchers say they’re working on collaboration, and a tripartite meeting between India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar scientists –including Steckler and his colleagues – had been held. Gahalaut said that a “big project� is in the works – with each country’s researchers seeking funding from their own respective ministries–to possibly include early warning systems. “We’re going to share data and analyse it jointly,� he said.

Private TV channels showed the green flag with moon and crescent hoisted at the house of one Anwarul Haque in Kharadi colony in Biharsharif, district headquarters of Nalanda.

Nalanda is the home

district of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

After getting information from the media that a Pakistani flag has been hoisted atop a house, SubDivisional Officer (SDO) Sudhir Kumar and Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammad Saifur Rahman rushed to the spot and seized the flag from family members.

The family had already removed the flag before officials reached the place.

Later, the officials took the flag with them.

SDO Sudhir Kumar said the matter is being investigated, including veracity of the flag, whether it was actually the national flag of Pakistan.

S h a b a n a A n w a r, Haque’s daughter, told PTI, “We are hoisting this flag on the occasion of Muharram for past five years�.

Haque is engaged in business of supply of tent and furniture on special occasions.

Neither an FIR has been lodged nor anyone has been arrested or detained in this connection so far, the SDO said.

As the news flashed on TV channels, opposition attacked the Nitish Kumar government over the episode.

Senior BJP leader C P Thakur demanded stern action into the matter.

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AMRITSAR, JUL 21 (PTI): Panic gripped the international airport here on Thursday after an unclaimed piece of baggage arrived on a SpiceJet flight from Dubai, forcing authorities to take all anti-bomb threat measures including deploying the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad to deal with any situation.

The unclaimed baggage, however, was later found to be belonging to an Indonesian national who had “missed� boarding her SpiceJet flight SG 056 with 183 passengers on board at Dubai despite clearing security and immigration checks at the Dubai Airport.

NEW DELHI, JUL 21 (PTI): Opposition in Rajya Sabha Thursday launched a frontal attack on the BJP over growing attacks on Dalits and other sections, saying a “Taliban-like attitude� was prevailing in some parts of the country and the ‘Gujarat model’ had been thoroughly exposed.

Participating in a discussion on recent incidents of atrocities on Dalits in various parts of the country, the members also said the situation in Gujarat was “explosive� as Dalits were attempting to commit suicide.

The debate came amid large-scale protests after the recent case in Una in Gujarat, where four Dalit youths were brutally beaten up in public by some cow vigilantes.

Initiating the discussion, senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav sought a ban on ‘Gau Rakshaks’ (cow vigilantes) operating in some parts of the country.

He said there was a “Taliban-like attitude� and it was matter of shame that even after 70 years of independence, atrocities against Dalits, especially women, were increasing. “Who created these ‘Gau Rakshaks’? Why doesn’t the government ban them? What is this tamasha? .... We talk about Taliban ... our caste system has a Taliban-like attitude, we need to discuss

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Terming the mindset of the ruling party as “worrisome� and that of bolstering “obscurantism�, he said “I keep wondering that when it came to Dalits, there is diarrhoea of words and constipation of action. There are voluminous speeches but no action.�

Observing that India of the last two years was not the India he remembered, Yechury said cow is venerated here but absurd charges are framed against people who skin the dead cow. “New avenues of persecution and repression are brought about with Ministers comparing Dalits to dogs.� “Last year, of the 25 students committing suicide in the country, 23 were Dalits�, he said, adding that a mindset was being created against them with some Ministers abusing them and RSS top brass seeking review of reservation policy.

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that,� Yadav said. Congress and other members joined him, saying the incident only exposes the real face behind the “Gujarat model� being propagated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Observing that the youths were joining such groups because of rising unemployment, Yadav said “in Gujarat, these Gau Rakshaks say 33 crore gods and goddesses live in the cow. Such superstitions are being spread in this country.�

Congress leader Ahmed Patel said the situation in Gujarat was “explosive� as Dalits were attempting suicide.

He warned that the Centre should ensure that the recent “shameful� incident does not turn into a communal one ahead of next year’s Assembly elections in the state. “You have talked about Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, but the situation is just the opposite.�

Patel said the real face of the Gujarat model of development was being exposed now. “We have always said that Gujarat model worked for the benefit of few industrialists.

They (BJP) have always divided the society and ruled.�

Terming the situation as “very explosive� in Gujarat, he said if urgent steps are not taken to control it, then the situation might explode.

He said the centre should

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a political response. “I feel the situation is grim and the response that we want to such a grim situation, especially by the government of India on immediate basis, we expect that they understand these realities and face them. “What has happened till now is there is flare up which is extinguished, people get killed, it is discussed and then the same story is repeated. If that happens, I am afraid, there will be bigger troubles ahead,� Tarigami said. The CPI(M) leader said the government should not look at the situation in isolation and should not rely exclusively on security forces. “I want to place this before the whole country that please draw lessons. The Parliament of India which is in session, should not look at this as an incident, do not think in isolation of whatever is happening or how much of blood has been wasted here, you cannot ignore this. “The first thing is do not terrorize the people of Kashmir by relying exclusively on security forces, that is not an answer, not at all.

It is unacceptable to all of us,� he said.

Tarigami said the situation in the Valley was not just a law and order problem. “Yes, law and order is involved partly. “But essentially it is a political unrest and needs a political response.�

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SRINAGAR, JUL 21 (PTI): As an uneasy calm prevailed in violence-hit Kashmir, an All Party Meeting on Thursday called for a national initiative to address problems confronting the state and an “inclusive engagement of all the stakeholders� to carry forward peace and reconciliation process.

The meeting, convened by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, was however boycotted by opposition National Conference.

The five-hour long meeting here while discussing the prevailing law and order situation in Kashmir Valley took note of the empathy

deliberate over the prevailing situation. She, however, expressed dismay over the non- participation of the NC at the meeting. “I had spoken to NC working president, Omar Abdullah, myself last evening and requested him to attend the meeting,�

Mehbooba said, adding the presence of the leaders of the largest opposition party in the State would have added value and substance to the meeting.

In a two-page letter to senior Minister of PDP Abdul Rehman Veeri, the NC yesterday said in absence of any “credible, effective and humane leadership� in the state, an all party meeting was a “futile� and “meaningless� exercise. Leaders of various political parties--Pradesh Congress Committee president G A Mir, CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami, Panthers Party president Harshdev Singh, Peoples Democratic Front leader Hakim Mohammad Yasin, Democratic Nationalist Party leader Ghulam Hassan Mir, Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Sanjay Saraf, Awami Ittehad Party leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, CPI leader A R Tukroo and BJP State president Sat Sharma also spoke at the meeting.

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Mumbai, Jul 21 (PTI): The rupee today recovered from early losses against the American currency and ended marginally higher by 3 paise at 67.17 on mild dollar selling by banks and exporters.

The domestic currency largely shrugged off the high volatility in stocks and rebounded sharply towards the fag-end trade following bout of dollar selling by exporters and also aided by greenback’s weakness against some currencies overseas, a forex dealer said.

Moreover, the ECB rate decision later in the day largely focused on trade. The rupee resumed a tad lower at 67.22 as compared to Wednesday’s

closing value of 67.20 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market and dropped further to hit an intra-day low of 67.27 on sustained dollar demand.

However, the home unit staged a solid rebound towards the tail-end trade in the face of smooth dollar supply and managed to settle higher by 3 paise, or 0.04 per cent, at 67.17.

It had finished 10 paise lower yesterday. The US dollar index, which hit a more than four-month high on Wednesday, was down by 0.10 percent at 97.06 in early trade.

The RBI fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 67.2035 and euro at 74.1523.

New Delhi, Jul 21 (IANS): The Income Tax Department is closely scrutinising 14 lakh high value non-PAN transactions reported for the period 2009-10 to 2016-17 and will be soon issuing letters seeking information regarding the same, an official statement said on Thursday.

“The Income Tax Department has details of about 90 lakh transactions for the period 2009-10 to 2016-17.

These include reporting of cash deposits of Rs 10,00,000 or more in a saving bank account, sale and purchase of immovable property valued at Rs 30,00,000 or more, etc.

Many of these transactions do not have PAN linked to it,” said a finance ministry statement.

“The department has g r o u p e d s u c h n o n - PA N transactions and identified 7 lakh high-risk clusters having around 14 lakh non-PAN transactions which are being scrutinised closely. The In-

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come Tax Department will be issuing letters to the parties of these transactions requesting them to provide their PAN number against these transactions,” the statement said.

A new functionality on e-filing portal has been developed wherein people who receive these letters can own up transactions and provide a structured response electronically. People can log-in to their e-filing website and by quoting a unique transaction sequence number from the letter sent to them, can link their transaction with their PAN easily.

Responses to these letters can be given electronically by choosing the option of either owning up the transaction or denying the transaction as their own.

“The responses received from such parties online will be examined by the Income Tax Department. The department will initiate further necessary action in those cases where no replies are received,” it said.

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the food regulator also issued draft guidelines for quality standards of fortified atta, fortified maida, durum wheat maida, quinoa, fortified rice, instant noodles, tapioca sago or palm sago and pearl millet flour.

Earlier this year on April 1, FSSAI had asked state authorities to launch proceedings against only those noodle or pasta companies that had taste-enhancer MSG in their products despite carrying ‘no MSG’ or ‘no added MSG’ label on the packets.

Glutamate is naturally found in some common foods such as milk, spices, wheat, and vegetables.

In June last year, FSSAI had banned Nestle?s Maggi noodles over allegations of high lead content and the presence

of MSG above permissible limit.

The Bombay High Court lifted the nationwide ban on Maggi noodles, and asked Nestle India to go for a fresh test of samples in three independent laboratories across India.

Mumbai, Jul 21 (PTI): Second largest private sector lender HDFC Bank today reported a 20.2 per cent growth in net profit to Rs 3,239 crore for the three months to June on the back of a healthy rise in core net-interest income, even as the asset quality marginally worsened. The Aditya Puri-led bank, known for retail lending focus that has been helping it grow much higher than the industry and maintain industrybest asset quality for long, has also begun to face challenges its peers have been suffering.

While gross non-performing loans rose to 1.04 per cent from 0.95 per cent, its net NPA remained flat at 0.3 per cent.

Accordingly, provisions rose to Rs 866.7 crore from Rs 728 crore a year ago.

But, deputy managing director Paresh Sukthankar was quick to dismiss any concern on the asset quality front saying the bank is “comfortable” with the rise in bad loans. “We are still very comfortable,” Sukthankar told reporters adding “no serious large chunky” corporate account had contributed to the rise in the bad loans.

“Primary growth driver is the rise in net interest income, which is 71 per cent of our net revenue and grew 21.8 per cent.

So, that clearly sets the tone for the topline,” Sukthankar said.

He said loan growth, which grew nearly three times the industry average at 23.2 per cent, was driven by small-andmedium corporate borrowers and individuals.

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Total balance sheet size stood at Rs 755,100 crore compared to Rs 629,322 crore a year ago.

While total deposits rose 18.5 per cent to Rs 573,755 crore, advances grew 23.2 per cent to Rs 470,622 crore.

Sukthankar said growth on the retail side came from usual products like personal loan, credit card and home loan. The bank saw its commercial vehicle segment and auto loans growth at at 18.8 per cent and 18.9 per cent, respectively.

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Net interest margin for the quarter stood at 4.4 per cent, and Sukthankar guided for the margins to remain in the 4-4.4 per cent range.

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New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI): Food safety regulator FSSAI issued draft guidelines for standards of instant noodles and has proposed that egg powder may be added.

The notification has been issued in wake of maggi controvesry last year, so that to bring more clarity in regulating the instant noodles products.

Instant Noodle means product prepared from wheat flour and/or rice flour and/or flour of any other cereals, millets and legumes.., Food Safety and Standards Authority of India said in a notification.

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Mumbai, Jul 21 (PTI): Power and automation technology solutions provider ABB India today reported a 35 per cent jump in net profit for its second quarter ended June 30, at Rs 77 crore.

The company, which follows January-December as its fiscal year, had reported a profit of Rs 57 crore in the corresponding quarter of fiscal 2014-15.

Total revenue for the April-June quarter stood at Rs 2,102 crore against Rs 1,932 crore last year, registering a growth of 8.79 per cent.

“We have registered a consistent performance of profitable growth. Our deeper engagement with the customer coupled with broad technology portfolio is a key enabler in converting market challenges into opportunities,” ABB India CEO and Managing Director Sanjeev Sharma said.

He said the higher revenue and a better cash position was the result of higher volume of technology driven short cycle orders, the relentless pursuit of cash, the continued focus on time delivery of opportunities and streamlined operations.

“With our experience and future leading technologies, from micro-grids to Internet of Things, services and people, ABB is well positioned to partner the journey of sustainable growth in India,” Sharma added.

During the quarter, the company bagged orders worth Rs 2,040 crore.

tem. This will enable them to add significant value to their customers by knowing how the product is being used and will also drive efficiency improvements across the value chain,” said Sudipta Ghosh, Leader - Data and Analytics, PwC India.

According to the report the key challenges in front of the companies are many.

Many of them lack of clear digital operations vision from the leadership (45 per cent), lack of skills in data analytics capabilities (53 per cent) and fostering a strong digital culture (41 per cent).

“Operational disruption from cyber security breaches is another top concern for Indian industrial companies.

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“The manufacturing industry today accepts that digitisation is no longer a luxury for organisations, but a necessity to drive revenues, efficiency and profitability in the future.

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Ahmedabad, Jul 21 (Agencies): Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. (GSFC), has announced a price cut in the “Sardar” brand fertilisers, saying a majority of the shareholders of the company are farmers about whose welfare the Statepromoted company was concerned.

GSFC has been manufacturing and supplying “Sardar” brand since the last 50 years. The company, in a statement, said the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of its phosphatic fertilisers sold under its premier brand name “Sardar” has been reduced, GSFC has slashed the prices of DAP up to ` 117/- per bag. APS up to ` 32/- per bag and NPK (123236 grade and 10:26:26 grade) up to ` 53/- per bag with effect from July 16. Officials pointed out that price revisions are being rolled out in various states of the country and the MRP will very from one state to another as per the existing state taxation laws.

ABB India’s June quarter profit up 35%

New Delhi, Jul 21 (IANS): Going digital being the priority for most of the top company officials, more than a quarter of the industrial firms think their exposure to digitisation is high and expect it to rise to 65 per cent within the next five years, a recent survey said here on Thursday.

“More than a quarter (27 per cent) of the industrial companies have rated their level of digitisation as high, and this value is expected to rise to 65 per cent within the next five years in India. Globally, this number is expected to grow from 33 per cent to 72 per cent during this period,” the report, Industry 4.0: Building the Digital Enterprise, done

by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said.

Industrial companies in India and Asia-Pacific have the advantage to leapfrog ahead of those in the developed economies given their greenfield starting positions.

As a result, they have fewer legacy issues pertaining to outdated systems, processes, technological capabilities, which need to be addressed, the report stated.

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Rupee ends 3 paise higher at 67.17 GSFC cuts prices of Sardar brand

New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI): The Reserve Bank is expected to cut key interest rates by 25 basis points in its policy review meet on August 9, if good rains damp pulse price inflation, says a Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) report.

Pulses inflation is running at 27 percent on a poor summer rabi crop.

“With good rains, pulses’ sowing for the kharif season has jumped 39 per cent above last year’s sowing. This should pull down pulses prices by 20 percent and cool CPI inflation to 5.1 percent by March,” BofAML said in a research note.

According to the global brokerage firm, the Reserve Bank could slash policy rates for three reasons - first a good monsoon would douse agflation; second, June core-CPI inflation has softened; and finally, high lending rates continue to constrain May industrial growth.

“If good rains damp pulses prices inflation, as we expect, CPI inflation should be well on track to the RBI’s 5 percent March 2017 target,” the report noted.

BofA-ML has cut its March CPI inflation forecast to 5.1 percent from 5.7 percent, in line with the RBI’s 5 percent target, with rains likely to pull down pulses prices. Rains are currently running a surplus of 102 percent of normal.

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economic context is far from being robust and is marked by a modest pickup in some advanced economies from their low levels of growth.

He also said that decline in growth in emerging markets and developing economies, increased financial sector volatility, and, in general, a downward revision of global growth projections by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also pose challenges.

The IMF earlier this week cut global growth forecast for 2017 by 0.1 percentage point to 3.4 per cent citing “substantial” increase in economic, political, institutional uncertainty on account of Brexit.

Mr Jaitley said the structural problems of emerging

a clean Tamil Nadu; and Mission for skill development.

According to him, the ‘Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project’ will be taken up with the World Bank assistance at a cost of Rs 900 crore, while a sum of Rs 355.81 crore has been provided for poverty reduction schemes in the state in the budget.

For urban livelihood programmes, an amount of Rs.350 crore has been provided in the budget.

Panneerselvam said that during the current fiscal it is proposed to train 200,000 youth for skill development and a sum of Rs 150 crore has been earmarked for the project.

He also said that a sum of Rs.2,000 crore has been allocated in the budget for Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Fund.

He added that the government promoted infrastructure projects through the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management Cor poration (TNIFMC) which is now in the process of mobilising the first financial closure of Rs 3,000 crore.

Panneerselvam also said the government will give 12,000 milch cows to poor women and 400,000 goats/sheep to one lakh poor families this fiscal, while it has also decided to provide 5.35 lakh students with laptops during the current year at an outlay of Rs 890 crore.

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markets and developing economies (EMDE) continue to affect their growth.

“The sluggish global trade and low commodity prices have also adversely affected commodity-exporting EMDEs, by aggravating their corporate and other economic vulnerabilities,” he added.

India, Mr Jaitley stressed, is following the approach of “reform to transform” through far reaching structural reforms.

“We have taken several initiatives to boost investment climate and improve the ease of doing business,” he said.

Referring to the initiates, he said setting up National Infrastructure Investment Fund would stimulate investment in infrastructure and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, for easier exit of companies have been passed by Parliament.

Besides, programmes such as Make in India, Startup India and Skill India are focused on encouraging innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation.

The gover nment has launched a massive financial inclusion programme and more than 20 crore bank accounts have been opened for the unbanked persons.

Chennai, Jul 21 (IANS): Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK government, that was voted back to power in the May 2016 assembly elections, on Thursday presented a deficit budget for 2016-17 without any new taxes.

Presenting the budget in the assembly, Finance Minister O.Panneerselvam said the revenue deficit for the ongoing financial year has been estimated to be Rs 15,854.47 crore and the fiscal deficit at Rs 40,533.84 crore.

“The total revenue receipts under the various categories of revenue resources for 2016-2017 has been estimated at Rs 1,48,175.09 crore in the revised budget estimates as against the interim budget estimates of Rs 1,52,004.23 crore,” he said, adding that the state’s outstanding debt at the end of this fiscal will be around Rs.2.52 lakh crore.

During 2016-2017, the state has given thrust to capital expenditure with an allocation of Rs 24,679.38 crore, he said.

Panneerselvam said the government has formulated five missions with ambitious targets - Mission for water resource management and revival of Kudimaramath (maintenance of water systems by people); Mission for housing to achieve hut-free villages and slum-free cities; Mission for poverty reduction and economic empowerment of the poor; Mission for

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Shanghai, Jul 21 (PTI): India has underlined the need for a judicious mix of fiscal, monetary and structural policies by major economies to deal with the heightened uncertainty on account of Brexit, or Britain’s exit from the European Union.

“Governments, Central Banks and regulators have to mitigate the pressure of such vulnerabilities through judicious mix of fiscal, monetary and structural policies,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in his speech at the meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Development Bank (NDB).

In his speech, read out by Joint Secretary in the Finance Ministry Raj Kumar, Mr Jaitley said that Britain’s decision to exit from the European Union, commonly termed as Brexit, has further heightened uncertainty, market volatility and risk-averse behaviour.

Mr Kumar represented India at the first annual general body and board of governors meetings of the NDB which took place in Shanghai on Wednesday, as Mr Jaitley could not attend it because of the ongoing Parliament session back home.

Outlining the challenges, he said the current global

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Cruz booed as he snubs Trump C L E V E L A N D, J u l 2 1 (Agencies): The Republican convention erupted into tumult on Wednesday night as the bitter primary battle between Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz reignited unexpectedly, crushing hopes that the party could project unity.

In the most electric moment of the convention, boos and jeers broke out as it became clear that Mr. Cruz — in a prime-time address from center stage — was not going to endorse Mr. Trump. It was a pointed snub on the eve of Mr. Trump’s formal acceptance speech.

As hundreds of delegates chanted “Vote for Trump!” and “Say it!” Mr. Cruz tried to dismiss the outburst as “enthusiasm of the New York delegation” — only to have Mr. Trump himself suddenly appear in the back of the convention hall. Virtually every head in the room seemed to turn from Mr. Cruz to Mr. Trump, who was stone-faced and clearly angry as he egged on delegates by pumping his fist.

Mr. Cruz was all but drowned out as he asked for God’s blessing on the country and left the stage, while security personnel escorted his wife, Heidi, out of the hall. One delegate yelled “Goldman Sachs!” at her — a reference to the company that has employed her, a job that Mr. Trump attacked during the primaries.

A short while later, Mr. Cruz faced insults as he made his way down a corridor — one

120 militants killed in Afghan operations Kabul, Jul 21 (IANS): At least 120 Islamic State militants were killed in wide-scale operations launched during the past 24 hours by Afghan army, police and intelligence agency personnel, said a Defence Ministry statement on Thursday.

Up to 48 militants were killed in Achin district while 49 militants were killed in eastern province of Paktia after the joint forces attacked militant positions, Xinhua news agency reported.

In one operation, 22 Taliban militants were killed after the troops raided their bunkers in Sangin district of Helmand province.

“A Ta l i b a n s h a d ow district governor for Sangin named Mawlawi Aqah was among the killed,” the statement said. The forces supported by army’s artillery and warplanes also found weapons and defused dozens of improvised explosive devices and landmines during the raids.

Sen. Ted Cruz waves to the crowd as he walks on stage to deliver a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday .

woman yelled “Traitor!” When he tried to enter the convention suite of the Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, he was turned away.

The commotion on the night that Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, Mr. Trump’s running mate, later gave a well-received speech, was a jarring demonstration of just how divided Republicans remain and a stunning departure from modern political conventions. The uproar over Mr. Cruz’s refusal to endorse Mr. Trump recalled an earlier political era, such as when the moderate Republican Nelson Rockefeller was heckled

for using his speech at the 1964 convention to criticize Barry Goldwater, the party’s nominee that year.

“I’ve seen some crazy things,” said Brandon Bell, the chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Party, who was still stunned as he absorbed what had happened on the convention floor. “I don’t think this is going to play well.”

Mr. Cruz, who has all but declared that he wants to run for president again in 2020, especially angered Republican leaders who had been counting on him to keep his pledge that he would support the eventual

nominee, a vow that other leading Republican contenders also made last fall.

Mr. Trump had invited Mr. Cruz to speak even though he had doubts that peace was possible after their brutal race, during which Mr. Trump repeatedly called him “Lyin’ Ted” and suggested Mr. Cruz’s father had a role in President Kennedy’s assassination.

Mr. Trump called Mr. Cruz on Monday and asked for his endorsement, according to a senior aide to Mr. Cruz who requested anonymity to relay private conversations. Mr. Cruz indicated to Mr. Trump that he would not offer an endorsement, the aide said.

Trump advisers said on Wednesday night that Mr. Trump had been unhappy with the text of Mr. Cruz’s speech but held out for the remote possibility that Mr. Cruz would make a last-minute endorsement.

When none arrived, and with Mr. Cruz sounding like a nominee-in-waiting, Mr. Trump grew impatient with the stubbornness of his rival. Gov. Chris Christie, a close ally to Mr. Trump, could be seen shaking his head watching Mr. Cruz go on, just before Mr. Trump made his unplanned entrance into the hall.

Convention organizers were furious at the length of Mr. Cruz’s speech. He was originally allotted 12 minutes, but planners made a late decision to allocate 20 minutes instead.

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Resist religious ‘infiltration’: Xi to Chinese Muslims BEIJING, Jul 21 (Agencies): Chinese Muslims should promote social harmony and resist illegal religious “infiltration”, President Xi Jinping said while visiting a mosque in a heavily-Muslim part of western China, state media reported on Thursday.

There are about 21 million Muslims in China, ranging from the Uighur people who live in the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang to the Hui, many of whom are highly Sinified, and other ethnic groups.

China’s constitution guarantees religious freedom, but rights groups say the officially atheist ruling Communist Party seeks to restrict religious practice, especially for Muslims. China strongly denies such charges.

Touring Ningxia, home to about 2.4 million mostly Hui Muslims, Xi said Chinese Muslims should practice their religion as part of Chinese society and “carry forward the patriotic tradition”, the official China Daily said.

“Religions in our country, the endemic ones and those from abroad, have become deeply embedded in the Chinese civilisation, whose history covers more than 5,000 years,” Xi said while visiting a mosque in Ningxia’s regional capital Yinchuan. “They will continue to flourish while taking root here.”

Chicken odour ‘prevents malaria’

Live chickens as well as compounds extracted from chicken feathers were used in the experiments.

London, Jul 21 (Agencies): The smell from a live chicken could help protect against malaria, researchers have found.

Ethiopian and Swedish scientists discovered that malarial mosquitoes tend to avoid chickens and other birds.

The experiments, conducted in western Ethiopia, included suspending a live chicken in a cage near a volunteer sleeping under a bed net.

Last year malaria killed nearly 400,000 people in Africa, the UN says.

Infection and death rates are declining but health officials are continuing to look for new ways to prevent the spread of the disease.

The malaria parasite, which initially hides in the liver before going into the bloodstream, is carried from person to person by mosquitoes when they drink blood.

The scientists, whose research was published in the Malaria Journal, concluded that as mosquitoes use their sense of smell to locate an animal they can bite there must be something in a chicken’s odour that puts the insects off.

Addis Ababa University’s Habtie Tekie, who worked on the research, said that the compounds from the smell of the chicken can be extracted and could work as a repellent.

Field trials for this stage of the research are now “in the pipeline”, he told the BBC. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences were also involved in the project.

Compounds extracted from chicken feathers were also used in the experiments, as well as live chickens.

Researchers discovered that the use of the chicken and the compounds “significantly reduced” the number of mosquitoes that were found in the trap nearby.

The scientists say that with reports that some mosquitoes are developing resistance to insecticide “novel control methods” need to be embraced.

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Kuala Lumpur, Jul 21 (IANS): Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak faces pressure internationally and at home amid US allegations of massive fraud at state investment fund 1MDB. The fund, set up by Najib in 2009 with the stated aim of boosting the Malaysian economy, had defrauded Malaysians “on an enormous scale”, BBC quoted US Attorney General Loretta Lynch as saying.

Najib, identifiable as “Malaysian Official 1” and whose account allegedly received millions in funds originating from

1MDB, has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

US authorities on Wednesday said it were moving to seize more than $1 billion assets related to the fund which would make up only a proportion of the more than $3.5 billion allegedly diverted.

N a j i b wa s o f f i c i a l ly cleared of criminality by the Malaysian attorney general earlier this year. The attorney general was dismissed after he repeatedly criticised the prime minister’s handling of the case.

The current attorney general, Mohamed Apandi, said on Thursday that there was no evidence funds were misappropriated from 1MDB. Former premier Mahathir Mohamad said there “can be no doubt” that Najib was responsible for 1MDB’s finances.

H e s a i d M a l ay s i a n s should stage street protests against Najib, as they have in the past, and push for a referendum on his leadership.

Parliamentary opposition leader Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said he should go on leave “so as not to create the perception of abuse of power” or hinder this “very important” investigation”.

A spokesperson for Najib said the government would “fully co-operate with any lawful investigation in accordance with international protocols”.

“As Najib has always maintained, if any wrongdoing is proven, the law will be enforced without exception.”

1MDB said in a statement last year that it had never given money to the prime minister and called the claims “unsubstantiated”.

Meanwhile, Singapore fraud investigators said on Thursday they had seized more than $175 millions in assets connected to 1MDB and found several major banks, including Standard Chartered, had showed “weaknesses in the processes for accepting clients and monitoring transactions”.

Nice truck China, Pak troops launch first joint border patrol near Xinjiang attacker planned BEIJING, Jul 21 (PTI): Chinese and Pakistan border troops have for the first time launched joint patrolling of the border connecting PoK with Xinjiang province amid reports that over 100 Uighurs have fled the restive region to join ISIS. The state media reported about the joint patrol even as Chinese President Xi Jinping asked the Chinese Muslims to practice their religion ‘as part of Chinese society and direction’.

The People’s Daily Online on Thursday published a dozen photos with a caption “the frontier defence regiment of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Xinjiang, along with a border police force from Pakistan, carry out a joint patrol along the China-Pakistan border”.

The photos show teams of armed troops from both sides conducting foot patrols in a number of areas.

This is the first time China-Pakistan began joint patrols in recent years though Chinese troops have been conducting patrols in the area since 2014.

Though there is no writeup to provide details of the joint patrolling and what prompted both the countries to launch it, it coincides with reports of over 100 Uyghur Muslims sneaking out of Xinjiang to join ISIS. US think-tank New America Foundation on Wednesday said tough religious restrictions on Muslim minorities in China’s far west may have driven 114 Uighurs to join the ISIS but found that the recruits had no prior experience with jihad, raising questions about China’s official narrative of radicalisation in Xinjiang by

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the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM).

Uighurs are a predominantly Muslim Turkic-speaking ethnic group who hail from Xinjiang and China in the past has stated that a number of militants from the community who fought in Syria were caught after their return to cause violent attacks in the volatile province, which bore the brunt of the militancy reportedly carried out by the ETIM. The New America Foundation in its report said banning and or strictly controlled the observance of certain Muslim practices, such as growing beards and fasting during Ramadan has led many to join the ISIS. The separatist militant group ETIM in the past is reported to have training bases in Pakistan’s tribal areas and subsequently, Pakistan military under pressure from China carried out massive air and ground operations to clear the Uyghur militants’ bases.

Currently, the work is underway for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which connects both the countries through highways, rail, optic cable network and pipelines. Once the $46 billion project is complete, Xinjiang will get linked to Pakistan’s Gwadar port.

Meanwhile, state-r un China Daily today reported that Xi on a visit to Ningxia Hui autonomous region, the home for Hui Muslims, asked Chinese Muslims to practice their religion as part of Chinese society and direction, and resist illegal religious infiltration and carry forward the patriotic tradition.

DHAKA, JUL 21 (PTI): Four Islamist militants of the banned homegrown JMB group, including its top regional head, were arrested today, who authorities said were responsible for Bangladesh’s worst terror attack on a cafe here in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided a hideout of militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Gazipur’s Tongi this morning and arrested the four militants.

Mahmudul Hassan Tanvir, the ‘Amir’ of the group’s

southern region was among the arrested persons, the RAB spokesperson said.

The other three have been identified as Ashiqul Akbar Abesh, Najmus Shakib and Rahmatullah Shuvo.

RAB’s media wing Director Mufti Mahmud Khan said a huge quantity of weapons, ammunition and bomb-making material have been recovered from the house.

Khan said the RAB swung into action after receiving a tip-off that the four were present in a building.

Khan said these four had taken shelter in the house

Security forces have been looking JMB hideouts since the July 1 attack on Dhaka’s Holey Artisan Bakery that killed 22 people, including an Indian girl.

The six gunmen were killed by army commandos who stormed the cafe the next morning.

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1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Lt. Mhonsao Ngullie

Died on : 22.07.2015 A year has gone by since you left us for your heavenly abode but not a single day has passed without thinking about you. Your words of encouragements and fatherly advice remain always fresh in our hearts. Your absence from us is missed profoundly but the thought of you being present with the Lord consoles us. Sleep well till He returns!

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PARIS, Jul 21 (Agencies): The truck driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and appears to have been plotting his attack for months, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday.

Prosecutor Francois Molins said five suspects currently in custody are facing preliminary terrorism charges for their alleged roles in helping 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel in the July 14 attack in the southern French city. Molins’ office, which oversees terrorism investigations, opened a judicial inquiry Thursday into a battery of charges for the suspects, including complicity to murder and possessing weapons tied to a terrorist enterprise.

The suspects are four men — two Franco-Tunisians, a Tunisian and an Albanian — and one woman of dual French-Albanian nationality, Molins said. The driver was a Tunisian man who had been living in Nice for several years.

People close to Bouhlel said he had shown no signs of radicalization until very recently. But Molins said information from Bouhlel’s phone showed searches and photos that suggested he could have been preparing an attack as far back as 2015.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack, though authorities have said they had not found signs that the extremist group directed it.

before Eid during Ramadan and that the house was used for training JMB recruits.

He said eight bombs and bomb-making material, a pistol, a magazine, more than 100 rounds of ammunition, eight machetes and some jihadi literature have been seized from the house.

Late Lhousa – ü Miario Ziezou (Phekerkriema) Died on 11 – 07 - 2016

Our beloved mother Lt. Lhousa – ü Miario lived with us for about 106 years, by the grace of the Lord God Almighty.

And she left us for her heavenly abode on 11.07.2016.

When she was alive, many believers of our Lord Jesus loved her and cared for her in various ways and helped her in various ways. When she left for her heavenly abode on the fateful date, many people helped us and stood by us financially, physically, materially and in prayers.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every one of you individually, but it is our sincere prayer that our Almighty God blesses of you abundantly.

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Er. Wietho Nyusou

Born on : 26.8.1980 – Died on : 16.7.2016 We, the family members would like to sincerely convey our heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals, well-wishers, different organisations, churches and friends from all walks of life who stood by us in prayer and supported us physically, morally, materially and financially during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved Lt. Er. Wietho Nyosou.

We extent our special thanks to : 1. Shri. Yitachu, Minister, School Education, 9. Meluri Village Council.

Nagaland.

10. Pochury Hoho.

2. Executive Engineer, PWD (H) Education 11. Pochury Gazetted Officers Forum Division, Kohima.

12. Müluosou Citizen Gov t. Employees 3. Best Friends - Dr. John, Mr. Chitho Nyusou, Association Mr. Chahieng, Mr. Daniel, Mr. Küthorhole, 13. Müluori Area Youth Organization Mr. Souvitho, Er. Rhetho Nyuthe.

14. Pochury Mother’s Association 4. Meluri Village Baptist Church.

15. GMS Meluri Village 5. Youth Department MVBC. 16. Phrütheri Khel 6. Baptist Church, Meluri Town.

17. Ladies Club 7. Müluo Küzü Refü 18. Sariethsü Huofü 8. Tsarü Refü 19. Prayer Groups from near and far.

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LATE ANTI MARY 17.08.1998 – 17.07.2016 We the family members of Late Anti Mary convey our deep gratitude towards those who have highly supported us spiritually, physically and financially throughout the prolonged illness and at her sad demise on 17.07.2016.

We would like to express our special thanks to :1. Doctors, nurses and staff of Civil Hospital, Tuensang 2. Doctors, nurses and staff of Dr. Imkongliba Memorial Hospital, Mokokchung 3. Doctors, nurses and staff of NHAK. 4. TTBC and Prayer Committee.

5. Chang Baptist Lashong, Kohima 6. Chingmei Mutli Thangjam, 7. Red Cross Association, Mokokchung 8. Blood Donors Association, Kohima 9. Prayer Centres, Kohima.

10. Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Dimapur 11. St. John Sector 'B' Fellowship, Tuensang.

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Saudi Clerics renew Fatwa against Pokémon Go

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o m e p e o p l e p l ay i n g Pokémon Go today are probably too young to remember that Saudi clerics declared a fatwa, or Islamic religious ban, on Pokémon back in 2001. Unluckily for them, the resurgence of the augmentedreality version of the game has clerics renewing the ban to remind everyone that the pious do not wander around seeking imaginary animals.

The original fatwa claimed that Pokémon encouraged blasphemy and gambling. Since card symbols allegedly include the star of David, triangles, and crosses, the cards are promot-

ing Zionism, freemasonry, and Christianity, respectively. The edict also said that the game promoted gambling because people bought and sold cards (there may be a point here, given that loaded Pokémon Go accounts are being auctioned for thousands) and the storyline itself promotes the natural theory of evolution.

The renewal by the Saudi clerics has been echoed by officials in Egypt and Kuwait.

Officials in the United Arab Emirates have warned that the GPS-based game could make people vulnerable, which is exactly right given that armed

Beatles Hollywood Bowl Album: Demixed but not de-screamed

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T’S THE DEFINITIVE document of Beatlemania, an album culled from live recordings from their 1964 and 1965 LA gigs which features the group gamely charging through their world-changing ditties amidst a maelstrom of high-pitched human feedback: the screams of unhinged Beatlemaniacs. First released in May 1977 in the teeth of punk rock, The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl is one of few Beatle products never to have been reissued, until now.

The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl CD cover. Yes Beatle boffins, that is the Beatles in Tacoma WA, August 22, 1964. Pic by Bob Bonis.

The screams are still very much a feature of a brand new new version, repackaged to coincide with the release of Ron Howard’s Eight Days A Week documentary movie, although in Sam Okell and Giles Martin’s ‘de-mix’, sourced from the original three track tapes of the concerts, there’s more focus on the band, with the playing and singing coming through more strongly.

The reissue, retitled The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, also features previously unreleased versions of You Can’t Do That, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby and Baby’s In Black. Full tracklisting follows…

The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl 1. Twist and Shout [30 August, 1965]

2. She’s A Woman [30 August, 1965] 3. Dizzy Miss Lizzy [30 August, 1965 / 29 August, 1965 – one edit] 4. Ticket To Ride [29 August, 1965] 5. Can’t Buy Me Love [30 August, 1965] 6. Things We Said Today [23 August, 1964] 7. Roll Over Beethoven [23 August, 1964] 8. Boys [23 August, 1964] 9. A Hard Day’s Night [30 August, 1965] 10. Help! [29 August, 1965] 11. All My Loving [23 August, 1964] 12. She Loves You [23 August, 1964] 13. Long Tall Sally [23 August, 1964] 14. You Can’t Do That [23 August, 1964 – previously unreleased] 15. I Want To Hold Your Hand [23 August, 1964 – previously unreleased] 16. Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby [30 August, 1965 – previously unreleased] 17. Baby’s In Black [30 August, 1965 – previously unreleased] The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl will be released worldwide on CD and for digital download and streaming on September 9, followed by a 180-gram gatefold vinyl LP on November 18. The package includes a 24-page booklet with an essay by MOJO contributor David Fricke.

robbers have used Pokemon to lure victims.

Of course, not everyone agrees. While topic clerical body of Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim population in the world, warned that the game could make people “intoxicated,” businesses in the country continue to cash in and some aren’t deterred.

“I will not stop playing unless the reason is realistic,” 24-year-old Indonesian radio host Mohammad Resja Ilham, told reporters. He plays up to five hours a day but seems to be in no danger of becoming a freemason so far.

Miranda Kerr engaged to Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel

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The Australian supermodel is engaged to Snapchat founder and CEO Evan Spiegel, who is worth an incredible $US2.1 billion.

The former Victoria’s Secret Angel shared an Instagram photo overnight of her stunning sparkler with cute animated versions of her and her 26-year-old fiance on bended knee.

“I said yes!!!” she captioned the cute picture.

Spiegel, one of the world’s youngest self-made billionaires, was the one to pop the ques-

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etween its portrayal of drug subculture, alienation and Scottish nationalism, Danny Boyle’s film needs a new look “Choose life.” The dirtiest toilet in Scotland. Lou Reed singing “A Perfect Day” as a character overdoses. Running through the street to the tune of “Lust for Life.” Twenty years since it opened in the United States, the Scottish film “Trainspotting” has lodged a handful of great images in the cultural memory. And much of what the movie was about — drug addiction, nationalism, a feeling that the top and bottom of society have entirely divorced — is as relevant today as it was then.

Part of what’s strange is to see how much has changed in the 20 years since. Director Danny Boyle had one edgy independent — “Shallow Grave” — to his name when “Trainspotting” came out, and to Americans he was largely unknown. Now he’s been through “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Steve Jobs,” and other films of various degrees of personality and quality. He retains a reputation for smart work, but he’s a mainstream filmmaker in just about every way.

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The loved-up pair met at a Louis Vuitton dinner in New York City in 2014, although they first stepped out as a couple in June 2015.

They spent their first date doing Kundalini yoga at Golden Bridge in Santa Monica, favoured by Demi Moore and Madonna, according to The Edit.

Us Weekly reported earlier this week that the social media mogul was “ready to take the next step” with 33year-old Kerr.

“They are both completely smitten and Evan’s starting to look at rings,” a source said.

.K. Rowling has made no secret of her dislike for Donald Trump, but for “Harry Potter” readers, it would seem Trump is basically a real life version of Lord Voldemort.

This would perhaps go a long way in explaining the findings of a new study published in the latest edition of the journal PS: Political Science & Politics. The study, which surveyed 1,142 Americans in 2014, and again in 2016, asked them about their “Harry Potter” consumption, their attitudes on waterboarding, death penalty, the treatment of Muslims and gays, and — in 2016 only — their opinion of Donald Trump on a scale of 0 to 100.

Even after controlling for age, gender, level of education, age and evangelical identification, the survey found that readers of the novels tended to dislike the Republican presidential nominee. For each of the seven “Harry Potter” books a person had read, their evaluation of Trump dropped by 2 to 3 points on the 100 point scale.

“This may seem small,” Diana Mutz, a professor of political science and communication at the University of Pennsylvania, who conducted the study, said in statement.

“But for someone who has read all seven books, the to-

popular Coachella music festival in Palm Springs.

The last time they were seen together was in February at the opening of Jackson’s off-Broadway play Smart People.

They were frequently the subject of marriage rumours, with the couple thought to have secretly wed last year.

seemed like a fresh, almost feral presence in 1996, and is now someone associated with one of the biggest disappointments in cinematic history even if he continues to seem capable of doing great work. Robert Carlyle made a truly frightening Begbie, the psychopath whose key addiction was to sudden violence, but his role in “The Full Monty” and his ensuing work took some of the edge off that. The actors who come together to make the “Trainspotting” sequel, now filming in Edinburgh, bring very different connotations to their roles.

But the original film captured a lot of what was in the air at the time — often better than

it had been captured before. To an American audience, a movie about white people using hard drugs was startling in itself. The way the film portrayed the camaraderie and joys of drug use, as well as the frightening and unpleasant moments, is hard to match despite strong drug movies such as “The Man With the Golden Arm” and “Requiem for a Dream.” The soundtrack — with songs by Britpop heroes like Blur, Pulp, and Elastica as well as electronica and ambient music — is one of the best of its kind.

Well-acted, strikingly shot, brilliantly written movies don’t need to speak to the present: They can document something historical or just project something from the filmmakers’ imagination.

But “Trainspotting” feels like it’s about our time, 20 years later. The sense Renton and his fellow junkies have that mainstream society and the consumer economic system has left them behind is now widespread in both British and American society: the support for Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Brexit are proof of that.

Between the presence of crystal meth and, increasingly, opioid painkillers that can lead to heroin use, Americans can no longer pretend that hard drug use is just something that black people do.

tal impact could lower their estimation of Trump by 18 points out of 100. The size of this effect is on par with the impact of party identification on attitudes toward gays and Muslims.”

This, Mutz argued, could be because a lot of ideas that Trump has espoused in the past — a temporary ban on Muslim immigration and support for “enhanced interrogation” techniques such as waterboarding — has led many to draw inadvertent parallels between him and Voldemort, who is portrayed as the “dark lord” obsessed with preserving the purity of blood among wizards.

“I think a lot of the identification of Trump’s dominating kind of politics is something people associate with Voldemort,” Mutz told Time magazine. “So it

makes some sense that if you have been exposed to these long series of books where he is the ultimate kind of incarnation of evil, that the characteristics that are more aggressive tactics and so forth that Trump represents are less attractive, even leaving aside how it affects your policy attitudes.”

In addition, the survey also found that each Potter book read raised evaluations of Muslims and homosexuals by 1 to 2 points — a small impact, but still statistically significant.

“Throughout the series, love and kindness consistently triumph over aggression and prejudice,” Mutz said. “It’s a powerful positive theme, and thus not surprising that readers understand the underlying message of this storyline, and are moved by it.”

‘Madaari’ gets thumbs up from B-Town directors

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The makers arranged a special screening of the Nishikant Kamat directed movie for acclaimed directors like David Dhawan, Homi Adjania, Imtiaz Ali, Hansal

Mehta and others. According to David Dhawan, “Nishikant is a competant director, the script is very good, the way they have edited the film is fantastic, over all a good film.

It has a hold, Irrfan has always been nice and sincerely works and is a commercial actor.

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The Kuthur Students' Union would like to convey heartiest and joyous congratulations to Mr. L. Shophukiung Yimchunger son of Mr. & Mrs. R. Loyanba Yimchunger of Kuthur village for securing top 5 position in recently conducted NSEE entrance exam for MBBS. "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for L. SHOPHUKIUNG the stars to achieve your goal". We hope and pray for your success in your journey ahead.

President, Mr. R. Khunshi

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Pikachu headed to the big screen after the success of Pokemon Go

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The pair began dating in 2005 after Kruger divorced her husband, the French film director Guillaume Canet. They were often photographed at fashion events, including the

Harry Potter fans liken Trump to Voldemort

Drugs, despair, disintegration: 20 years later, “Trainspotting” still resonates

Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson have broken up

he stylish couple have separated after a decade together Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson have broken up after a 10-year relationship.

The stylish couple, who lived together in New York and owned homes in Paris and Vancouver, confirmed the split to People magazine.

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live action movie franchise based on Japanese video game Pokémon has been confirmed.

Legendary Entertainment, the media company behind Godzilla, Jurassic World and The Dark Knight Rises, has signed a deal with the Pokémon Company for the rights to create the feature films.

Hollywood’s interest in Pokémon comes after its recent resurgence in popularity following the launch of successful new app Pokémon Go. The first film will reportedly be based on Nintendo game Great Detective Pikachu, which sees the famous yellow Pokémon act as an

investigator on missions with a human accomplice.

Details about the movie are being kept a secret but Legendary said production will begin in 2017.

Pokémon Go was released in July and encourages users to explore the real world using their phone’s GPS and camera to catch the virtual monsters.

Players are known as trainers and much catch as many Pokémon as they can before utilising their unique skills during battles at local “gyms”.

The game has become a global phenomenon, with reports of it having 5.9 million daily users.

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India’s Shikhar Dhawan scores runs after playing a shot bowled by West Indies’ Shannon Gabriel, left, during day one of their first cricket Test match, Thursday. (AP/PTI)

Ravindra Jadeja and opting to go in with three pacers instead.

Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Shami joined Ishant Sharma in the pace department, while R Ashwin and Amit Mishra are the spin options. The West Indies handed a debut to Roston Chase, picking seven full-time batsmen, and left out fast bowler Miguel Cummins.

Bolt targets sprint sweep to close Olympic chapter winning 11 world titles and sweeping the three sprint titles at the Beijing and London Olympics.

The one title he missed came at the 2011 worlds in Daegu when he was disqualified from the 100 final.

Then, some of the conjecture over his false start focused on possible jitters caused by a lack of fitness but he blew away those theories with victories in the 200 and the relay.

Bolt has since lived with, and confounded, the injury narrative ahead of two major championships – a sore hamstring hampered him before London and a back problem similarly limited his outings before the 2015 world championships.

This year, Bolt was forced to skip the Jamaican Olympic trials because of another hamstring injury but his rivals, chastened perhaps by experience, have no doubt he will be at his best in Rio. Former world champion Tyson Gay described the injury scares as a “tradition”, while Justin Gatlin said it was all part of the “crazy stuff ” of an Olympic year.

“On the eve of the Olympics we’ll all be debating whether he can win. And then he will win,” American 400 metres great Michael Johnson said.

Gatlin, as he was before Bolt’s triple world championship triumph in Beijing last year, is shaping as the biggest threat to the Jamaican’s monopoly on the Olympic sprint titles.

The 34-year-old American’s two doping convictions have lent the air of a morality play to the battle for sprint supremacy between the pair.

Bolt’s pristine doping record and profile have see him cast as the saviour of his sport as it battles the turmoil unleashed by a string of doping and corruption scandals.

However brilliant, Bolt knows he cannot “save” his sport, and is content instead to ensure his own legacy before he heads into retirement after next year’s world championships in London.

His form indicates Bolt might not be in position to challenge the world records of 9.58 and 19.19 seconds he ran to win the 100 and 200 at the Berlin world championships in 2009.

But, as Gatlin said at the U.S. trials when discussing the Jamaican’s injury problems, Bolt has made a habit of making the exatrordinary ordinary: “The myster y of the Olympics is in the air. It is full of dreams and sometimes dreams don’t come true. But come on, man, he’s Usain.”

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA : NAGALAND. Dated, Wokha the 18th July 2016

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Shetovi Achumi Chairman, SOUK

Khekato K. Achumi Secretary, SOUK

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Avika K. Achumi S/o Shri. Kavito Achumi of Shena (Old) Village on being promoted to the post of District Employment Officer (DEO) Zunheboto.

We pray that Almighty God continue to guide you even in your higher assignments and may He grant you a healthy and long life.

OFFICE OF THE MONGCHEN VILLAGE COUNCIL P.O MANGKOLEMBA B.P.O MONGCHEN

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Mongchen Village Council acknowledges every individual and groups who stood by us during the onslaught of nature’s fury in the village on the month of May 2016 and 7th July 2016.

We also convey our special thanks to Shri Longnei Konyak, NCS EAC Alongkima for redressing our problem promptly during all those times of despair.

May God bless long life and prosperity to all of you for your noble work.

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Swachh Bharat Mission Kick Off

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, Jul 21 (NPN): With the aim to promote healthy lifestyle among youngsters through sports and to engage them in meaningful activities during the holidays, Elite Badminton Club, Dimapur, has organised a ‘Bad-

minton Coaching Camp’ at Eastern Christian College Auditorium, Dimapur.

35 children in the age group of 6 to 15, comprising 10 girls and 15 boys, are taking part in the Badminton camp which commenced on July 18 and will be culminating on July 31.

Dimapur, Jul 21 (NPN): The All Nagaland Kung Fu Association (ANKFA), Mokokchung is conducting a month-long free coaching camp at Mopungchuket vil-

Coached by veterans in the field of Badminton, the children would be learning various skills and discipline essential to excel in the sport during the course of the camp.

Meanwhile, Elite Badminton Club has stated that the camp will be an annual event in future.

Wozniacki injures arm; Stosur advances WASHINGTON, Jul 21 (Agencies): Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki suffered another setback in season of struggles Wednesday, retiring from a match she led against Australian top seed Samantha Stosur with a left arm injury.

The 26-year-old Dane, who was 5-4 since returning from a right ankle injury that wiped out her claycourt campaign, quit when the pain became too unbearable while leading 7-5, 3-4 in the second round of the WTA and ATP Washington Open. “It’s one thing after another,” Wozniacki

said. “After going out in the first round at Wimbledon I’m hitting the ball better and things are going well. It’s really disappointing.”

Wozniacki said she would need an exam to determine her next move and her status for future events, notably the Rio Olympics, which opens August 5. Wozniacki had to win an appeal to ITF to secure a place in Rio, the ITF saying she had not played enough Fed Cup matches to qualify for Rio. Her homeland’s tennis federation successfully argued the ankle injury limited her ability to play in the event.

Successful martial art students with their certificate.

lage. 15 boys are being trained under instructor Mongsen Jamir. The coaching camp, which began on July 1, would conclude on July 31.

Meanwhile, ANKFA

had also conducted a yellow belt grading ceremony at Christ King School, Sabangya on July 12. 11 students were granted yellow belt under instructor Moalemba.

Indian women’s hockey win 2nd tie of US tour Manheim, Jul 21 (IANS): The Indian women’s hockey team beat the US girls 2-1 in their second game of the ongoing pre-Olympic tour in here on Thursday.

Jill Witmer gave the hosts the lead in the 19th minute before Preeti Dubey (45th) and Lilima Minz (55th) struck for the Indians in the second half.

The two teams played out a goalless first quarter with neither able to breach the circle and create openings. the hosts took the lead in the second quarter via a penalty corner conversion

by Jill. The two teams went into half time separated by that strike with the US leading 1-0.

India came out stronger in the second half and started making inroads into the US defence, constantly breaching the circle via the flanks.

Their reward for all the pressure came in the final minute of the third quarter, Preeti scoring the equaliser via a penalty corner conversion.

DON BOSCO HR. SEC. SCHOOL

CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

ANNUAL ALUMNI MEET - 2016

"SHIKSHA KENDRA", 2, COMMUNITY CENTRE, PREET VIHAR, DELHI-110092 Telephone : 011-22019683, 011-22521081 Fax : 011-22509251 Email : aipmt.cbse@nic.in, Website : www.aipmt.nic.in

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All the past pupils of Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur (from HSLC batch 1993 onwards) are cordially invited to the Alumni Meet - 2016, on 13th August, at 10:00 am, in the newly constructed Auditorium of the School.

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Dhaka, Jul 21 (IANS): Seasoned Bangladesh pacer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza believes the English cricket team will tour the country, though a militant attack at a Dhaka cafe earlier this month has put the series in doubt.

The Tigers began their fitness camp for the England series on Wednesday morning under the supervision of Iftekharul Islam, standing in for trainer Mario Villavarayan, whose return to Bangladesh has been delayed due to the Gulshan cafe attack.

Although the players appeared cheerful for the most part, the unavoidable question surely lurked deep into their minds -- will the series they are preparing for be held at all?

Mashrafe, however, maintained a positive outlook.

“We don’t really know the technical matters being discussed inside. The BCB (Bangladesh Cricket Board) is working on it. I personally hope the tour will continue.

Bangladesh supporters are waiting to watch matches for a long time -- they love the game,” the limited-overs skipper was quoted as saying by bdnews24.com on Thursday.

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Sydney, Jul 21 (Agencies): Usain Bolt is keenly aware of the narrative of his extraordinary career and, for the fastest man who ever lived, the only fitting way to close its Olympic chapter is with a third sprint sweep at next month’s Rio Games.

Bolt is already assured of a place not only in the pantheon of his own sport but alongside the likes of Muhammad Ali, Pele, Michael Jordan and Jack Nicklaus – men whose names alone conjure up the notion of sporting excellence.

It is company the confident Jamaican covets and he is determined to concrete his legacy by capping eight years of sprint dominance by defending his 100, 200 and 4×100 metres relay titles in what he has said will be his final Olympics.

Barring injury or mishap, Bolt will run in his ninth Olympic final in the relay at the Rio Olympic Stadium on Aug. 20, the day before he turns 30.

He ran his first final in Beijing five days before his 22nd birthday, exploding into the consciousness of sports fans around the world by coasting to 100 metres victory in a world record time of 9.69 seconds with one shoelace undone.

Since that balmy August night Bolt has proved unbeatable in major championships,

Mortaza optimistic Eng will tour Bangladesh

London, Jul 21 (Agencies): Marco Cecchinato has been banned from tennis for 18 months and fined £33,500 after being found guilty of match-fixing.

The world No 143, who was a fourth-man reserve for his country’s Davis Cup team last week, is one of three Italians banned, along with Riccardo Accardi and Antonio Campo. Accardi was handed a 12-month ban and £16,750 fine, while Campo was banned for four months and fined £8,375.

Cecchinato, the most well-known of the trio, was found guilty of altering the outcome of his match against Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak at the ATP Challenger event in Morocco in October to benefit from illegal betting, and several other instances of sports corruption.

He can appeal against the ruling, but will not be allowed to play until January 17, 2018 if his appeal is unsuccessful. “Cecchinato has altered... the results of his singles tennis match against Kamil Majchrzak at the ATP Challenger in Mohammedia in 2015, as well as his doubles match, played with Luca Vanni against Betov-Elgin, in the ATP Challenger in Prostejov, also in 2015,” the Italian tennis federation said in a statement.

Badminton coaching camp at ECC

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The Kohima Pangti Ekhung would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Shri Khontsungo Ngullie on being promoted to the post of Under Secretary, Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Kohima and Shri Vanthungo Ngullie on being promoted to the post of Superintendent, Directorate of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Nagaland, Kohima.

The Ekhung takes immense pride and honor of your achievements and prays that Almighty God grant you good health, wisdom and knowledge throughout your endeavor.

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Cheteshwar Pujara (14* 63 balls) were at the crease, after Shannon Gabriel (1-18) bowled an encouraging spell for the hosts.

This was after skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat. The Indian thinktank threw up some surprise by way of their team selection, leaving out left-arm spinner

Murali Vijay (7) and Dhawan started off with Gabriel and skipper Jason Holder (0-14) starting the proceedings for the hosts. The West Indies had come out with a clear ploy and made good use of the new ball on a fresh first morning pitch.

Holder was the first one to test Dhawan with a short ball, and soon it became clear what plans they had set for the left-handed opener.

S o o n a f t e r, G a b r i e l worked up his pace and started bowling some testing deliveries to Dhawan. There were a couple lobs and edges, but luckily enough they didn’t go to any of the fielders. The difference in pace between the two bowlers allowed Dhawan to ease off against Holder.

Meanwhile, Vijay looked comfortable at the crease, leaving as many deliveries as possible. The hosts kept up with the plan though, as Gabriel started hitting the deck hard and getting sharp bounce on the odd delivery. And it was surprisingly good bounce that got Vijay, as he looked to play at one outside the off stump, only for the ball to kiss his glove and loop up to second slip where Kraigg Brathwaite caught it at after a little fiddling.

Italian trio banned for match-fixing

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Ralan Area Students’ Union na Jubilee Finance Committee jiang thungi jubilee tsata evamo ji tsukona thyutasanta khitav okupi omying eramo jiang topvuna nzansi Saturday date 23/7/16 yuta 3:00 p.m. lo President Ralan Area Students’ Union CHUMBEN OVUNG ki Taxes Colony Lingrijan opposite Immanuel College lo mmyanta rotana mhona to jonjiala.

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Dhawan, Pujara grind as India reach 72/1 at lunch

N o r th S o u nd (Antigua), July 21 (PTI): India made a cautious start, overcoming a testing spell from the West Indies fast bowlers to reach 72 for one at lunch on day one of the first Test here today.

At the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Shikhar Dhawan (46*, 74 balls, 4 fours) and

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Russian athletes banned from Rio

Yelena Isinbayeva, the 2012 Olympic pole-vault champion, was among the 68 athletes to appeal.

L AU S A N N E , J ul 2 1 (Agencies): The international sports tribunal on Thursday rejected an appeal by 67 Russian athletes seeking to overturn an IAAF doping ban on them competing at the Rio Olympics.

The ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is seen as a key indicator as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) debates whether to order a blanket ban on Russia over accusations of state-run doping.

CAS said it had “dismissed” an appeal by the Russian Olympic Committee and 67 athletes against a ban ordered by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

The 67 included two time pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva.

The IAAF ban covers all international competition, including the Rio Games which start August 5, and follows an investigation last year which found widespread “statesponsored” doping.

Originally, 68 Russians had appealed against the IAAF ban but the IAAF has cleared US-based long jumper Darya Klishina to compete in Rio as a neutral.

The IOC and the CAS decision said that Klishina could compete under the Russian flag.

An International Olympic Committee ethics commission is to rule on the case of Yuliya Stepanova, an 800m runner who gave evidence about the doping.

The IAAF welcome the CAS tribunal ruling.

“Today’s judgment has created a level playing field for athletes,” said an IAAF statement.

“The CAS award upholds the rights of the IAAF to use its rules for the protection of the sport, to protect clean athletes and support the credibility and integrity of competition.”

The Kremlin expressed “deep regret” over the CAS decision however. Russia has denied any state involvement

in the doping crisis.

The CAS ruling has been the focus of Olympic attention, however, since an independent WADA report this week said Russia ran a “state-dictated failsafe system” of drug cheating.

IOC president Thomas Bach called Russia’s actions a “shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and on the Olympic Games.”

According to the report

by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, the doping including the switching of Russian samples by secret service operatives at the 2013 world championships in Moscow. It said the operation was directed by the sports ministry.

WADA, backed by the United States and other nations, has called for Russia to be completely banned from the Rio Games. The IOC has said it will study the CAS decision and other legal implications before making a decision next week.

Russian Olympic officials have said an IOC decision could be made as early as Sunday. The IAAF suspended Russia in November because of an earlier doping investigation which also said there was “state-sponsored” action.

It refused to lift the suspension last month, meaning no Russian athletes could take part in Rio. Russia was the second most successful athletics nation at the 2012 London Olympics, behind the United States, with seven gold medals, four silver and five bronze.

Originally, Russia had 17 medals. But several are already at risk because of doping failures. Olympic 3,000 metre champion Yulia Zarapova has tested positive for anabolic steroids and will almost certainly be stripped of her gold medal.

Woman’s discus thrower

Darya Pishchalnikova, silver medalist in London, has been banned for 10 years because of drug failures.

The IOC has not yet reconfirmed the results of the London Olympics following the retesting of doping samples.

WADA lifts ban on Rio antidoping lab

Rio de Janeiro, Jul 21 (IANS): The World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) has lifted a ban on a drug-test laboratory here, allowing the facility to test athletes during next month’s Olympic Games.

The Brazilian doping control laboratory, or LBCD, as it is known, was stripped of its credentials in June based on its “non-conformity” with WADA standards, reports Xinhua.

In a statement issued late on Wednesday, the Montrealbased body did not explain what the lab did to recover its license to operate.

“Athletes can be confident that anti-doping sample analysis has been robust throughout the laboratory’s suspension and that it will also be during the Games,” WADA director general Olivier Niggli said.

WADA had previously said that blood and urine samples taken from athletes during the August 5-21 Rio Olympics would be analyzed at accredited laboratories outside Brazil.

LBCD was also stripped of its WADA accreditation before the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil. The suspension was lifted in May last year after the laboratory invested 60 million US dollars to upgrade equipment and train staff.

Saina seeded fifth at Olympics New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI): Star India shuttler Saina Nehwal has been seeded fifth while her compatriot P V Sindhu is seeded ninth in the women’s singles at the upcoming Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro.

Kidambi Srikanth, meanwhile, has received a ninth seeding in the men’s draw. Saina is world no. 5 and Sindhu is ranked 10th in women’s singles, Srikanth’s ranking is 11th in the world in men’s singles.

The seedings are based on today’s (July 21, 2016) World Rankings for the final confirmed Olympic qualifiers, and will be used for the draw on July 26. Each singles category has 13 seeds. Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei and Spain’s Carolina Marin are the top seeds in men’s and women’s singles, respectively.

Lee, runner-up at the last two Olympics and winner of two BWF World Superseries titles this season, is followed in the seedings by twotime World champion Chen Long (2; China) and two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan (3; China). In women’s singles, two-time World champion Marin heads a competitive field ahead of two Chinese -- Wang Yihan (2) and defending Olympic champion Li Xuerui (3).

T h a i l a n d ’s i n - f o r m Ratchanok Intanon (4), winner of three World Superseries titles this year, is also seeded ahead of the London Olympic bronze medallist Saina.

There are only four seeds in each of the three doubles categories and none of the Indian pairs figure in the seeding list.

The men’s singles draw will consist of 41 players in 13 groups, while 40 competitors will be divided into 13 groups in women’s singles. Each group will have one seed.

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Premier Futsal League: Goa beat

Bangalore 3-0, reach semifinals

Cafu made a winning start to Premier Futsal as Goa defeated Bengaluru.

N e w Del h i , J ul 2 1 (Agencies): Former Brazil captain Cafu made a winning start to Premier Futsal as Goa defeated Bengaluru 3-0 while Kochi triumphant over Chennai on Thursday.

The sixth day of action saw a new marquee player with Cafu filling in for the departed Ronaldinho, for the Goa 5s who defeated Paul Scholes’ Bengaluru 5s 3-0.

Meanwhile Michel Salgado and Falcao played out a thrilling encounter as Kochi 5s came back to record a 3-3 draw against Chennai 5s.

Scholes ended the campaign without a win under his belt as Bengaluru were eliminated in the group stages.

Cafu took no time to adjust as he helmed the defense with authority allowing his team-mates the freedom to rove forward at will. It took his team only 10 minutes to find

the first goal as Michael Silva made no mistake the second time, after his first shot was saved by Elias in goal.

While the second quarter remained goal less, Goa doubled their advantage in the third within a minute. After receiving a pass from Vampeta, Rafael Silva who was awarded the Man of the Match made no mistake as he drilled it in from close range.

The final quarter saw Bengaluru desperate for the goal with the goalkeeper at the half line to initiate attacks.

However that too yielded little as Goa had the last laugh as they scored their third with Vampeta burying in a penalty in the 39th minute.

The victory sees Goa leapfrog Kolkata as winners of Group B. The Group A encounter between Kochi 5s and Chennai 5s was a much more thrill-

ing affair with Falcao’s side establishing an early advantage in the second quarter, after a goal less first quarter through Romulo and Camilo which saw them go into half time with a 2-0 advantage.

However an explosive last few minutes in the fourth quarter saw four goals with Kochi equalising through rapid fire strikes from Moraes and Chaguinha.

Chennai were not done though, as they got their lead back through a powerful effort from Romulo. Kochi were however not done and secured their semi-final berth after Chaguinha scored a late equaliser tying the game at 3-3.

The stalemate sees Kochi finish as runners up behind Mumbai in Group A. The semi-finals will see Kolkata 5s taking on Mumbai 5s while Kochi 5s take on Goa 5s.

Hockey wizard Shahid laid to rest Pep loses City debut at Bayern; Conte’s first win

People offer funeral prayers for hockey legend Mohammed Shahid, in Varanasi on Thursday. (PTI) VA R A N A S I , J ul 2 1 (Agencies): Thousands of people of the historical city and former Olympians bid last adieu to the hockey wizard Mohammed Shahid with wet eyes as he was laid to rest at Taktakpur graveyard on Thursday afternoon.

With the arrival of Shahid’s mortal remain at his residence on Maqbool Alam road from Gurgaon on Wednesday night, hundreds of his relatives and admirers had gathered, reported TOI. With the dawn the gathering started to increase while many former Olympians including Jafar Iqbal, Ashok Kumar, Sujit Kumar, RP Singh, Shaqil Ahmed and Sardar Singh also visited there to offer floral tributes.

Politicians from all political parties also paid homage to

Shahid at his residence.

Around 12.45 pm Ashok Kumar and Jafar Iqbal wrapped the body with Indian tri-colour after which his last procession was carried out.

This last procession was halted at police lines crossing to take the mortal remains of Shahid inside Dayam Khan mosque to offer Janaje-ki-Namaj and later it marched again towards the graveyard. Police had to divert traffic from Kutchehri Golghar, Pandeypur and Hukulganj crossing till the Shahid’s funeral procession reached Taktakpur due to high number of participants.

The graveyard caretakers had made all preparations for burial before the mortal remains of Shahid reached at the Taktakpur graveyard located few hundred yards away

from the same police lines ground, where Shahid had started playing hockey in `70s and also played his last charity match in 2011. Before the rituals of burial was performed UP minister Ram Sakal Gurjar, DIG range Sanjiv Gupta, district magistrate VK Anand and SSP Akash Kulhary also paid tributes.

Following some complication in stomach this former captain of Indian hockey team was admitted to Sir Sunder Lal (SSL) hospital in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on June 25. When doctors noticed sharp deterioration in his health condition he was referred to Gurgaon based hospital on June 29. But, he died there during the course of treatment on Wednesday morning. He was 56. Shahid is survived by wife, one son, daughter and son-in-law.

Born on April 14, 1960 this master dribbler made his debut in junior team in 1979 to play in Junior World Cup in France and following his impressive performance in Aga Khan Cup he secured a berth in senior team in the same year. When Indian team won gold in Moscow Olympic in 1980 he played as center forward for his team. He was also the member of the Indian team that won silver and bronze medals in Asian games in 1982 and 1986 respectively.

He got captaincy of Indian team in 1985. He received Arjuna award in 1980-81 and Padam Shri in 1986.

(L) Bayern’s American forward Julian Green, deputising for absent senior colleagues in attack, shields the ball from City’s Pablo Maffeo. (R) Midfielder Bertrand Traore reacts the quickest to a cut back as he stabs the ball in from close range to open the scoring.

London, Jul 21 (Agencies): Pep Guardiola’s reign as Manchester City boss started with a 1-0 defeat in a friendly at his former club Bayern Munich on Wednesday in a game watched by 68,000 fans.

Erdal Ozturk scored the only goal of the game in the 76th minute although both sides were under-strength and under-cooked at the Allianz Arena with many of the leading players enjoying longer summer vacations following Euro 2016 and the Copa America.

Belgian international Vincent Kompany was an unused substitute for City after recovering from the thigh surgery

Prosecutors seek longer Pistorius sentence

Oscar Pistorius

Johannesburg, Jul 21 (Agencies): South African prosecutors said today they would push for a longer sentence for Oscar Pistorius, describing his six-year jail term for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp as “shockingly too lenient”.

After he was sentenced

earlier this month, Pistorius’ lawyers said the double-amputee Olympic sprinter would not appeal against the term, which was criticised by many activists as too short.

“The sentence of six years imprisonment, in all the circumstances, is disproportionate to the crime of murder committed (and) shockingly too lenient,” the National Prosecuting Authority said in a strongly worded statement.

The NPA added that the sentence was “an injustice and has the potential to bring the administration of justice into disrepute”, saying that it would file papers to apply for leave to appeal on Thursday.

Pistorius shot Steenkamp, a model and law graduate, in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013, saying he mistook her for a burglar when he fired four times through the

door of his bedroom toilet.

At the sentencing, High Court judge Thokozile Masipa listed several mitigating factors for giving him to less than half the minimum 15-year term for murder, including the athlete’s claim he believed he was shooting an intruder.

“He cannot be at peace.

I’m of the view that a long term of imprisonment will not serve justice,” Masipa said.

Pistorius, 29, previously a role model for disabled people worldwide, is being held in Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria.

He was released from the same jail last October after serving one year of a five-year term for culpable homicide -- the equivalent of manslaughter.

But an appeals court upgraded his conviction to murder in December.

At a hearing in June, Pistorius, sobbing heavily, hobbled on his stumps across the courtroom to demonstrate his physical vulnerability.

His lawyers had argued he should not be returned to jail on account of an anxiety disorder and depression.

Pistorius, who pleaded not guilty at his trial in 2014, has always denied killing Steenkamp in a rage, saying he was trying to protect her.

The Supreme Court of Appeal last year ruled he was guilty of murder, irrespective of who he believed was behind the door, when he opened fire with a high-calibre pistol he kept under his bed.

The year before he killed Steenkamp, Pistorius became the first double-amputee to race at Olympic level when he appeared at the London 2012 games.

which kept out of the Belgium team at the Euros.

E l s ew h e r e, A n t o n i o Conte secured his first win as Chelsea head coach with a 3-0 victory in their pre-season friendly over Austrian side RZ Pellets WAC. Bertrand Traore scored the first goal of Conte’s reign, turning home a Willian cross four minutes before half-time to hand Chelsea the lead.

Second-half goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Nathaniel Chalobah confirmed the win for Chelsea, who had lost their opening friendly 2-0 to Rapid Vienna, on Saturday.

Michy Batshuayi made

his debut in the second half after joining for £33m from Marseille in July, and looked lively for the final half-hour.

Chelsea’s first chance fell to Victor Moses after 13 minutes, but the Nigeria international’s curled effort struck the post and rolled into the grateful hands of the goalkeeper.

Moses continued to find himself in acres of space down the left, and the 25-year-old picked out Traore, but he could only fire over the crossbar from six yards out.

But Traore made amends before the interval, converting an inviting Willian cross past the goalkeeper at the second

attempt.

Willian proved to be a constant threat for Chelsea, and his bursting run moments before half-time led to a chance for Diego Costa, but his drilled effort was tipped away for a corner. After the break, the first opportunity fell to the Austrian side, but Dario Baldauf headed wide from a corner despite finding himself in plenty of space at the back post.

It was all eyes on Batshuayi from the hour-mark as the 22-year-old looked to make an immediate impact, coming on for Costa. Fifteen minutes from time, the Belgium international found himself clean through on

goal before pulling the ball back to Moses, who looked certain to score from seven yards out, but his effort was brilliantly cleared off the line.

Loftus-Cheek then scored Chelsea’s second goal six minutes from time, beating the goalkeeper to a Moses corner and heading into the empty net.

Chalobah rounded off the win with the very last kick of the match, accelerating into the box before shooting across the goalkeeper into the far corner.

Chelsea’s attentions will now turn to their International Champions Cup game against Liverpool in the USA next Thursday.

Open Snooker Championship Dimapur, Jul 21 (NPN): The 2nd Open Snooker Championship, organised by Royal Cueist Wokha, would be held from July 26 to 28 at Bhumick Royal Shots, Wokha. The champion and runners-up of the tournament would receive a cash prize of Rs.15, 000 and Rs.10, 000 respectively. Highest break point, consecutive black and the losing semi-finalists would also be awarded cash prize of Rs.2500 and 2000 each. The entry fee for the tournament is Rs.1000 and the last date of submission of form is on July 25 at 12:00 noon. The fixture would be drawn on the same day at 4:00 pm. Interested players can avail the forms from Bhumick Royal Shots, Tsumang A colony, Wokha. For more information, contact-9862876136, 9612989904 or 9612664171.

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