July 26, 2018

Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXVIII No. 229

THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Need to ask if our freedom is in peril: Hamid Ansari

Serena accuses anti-doping authorities of ‘discrimination’

Assam govt reassures all genuine Indian citizens

national, Page 7

sports, Page 11

northeast, Page 4

NRC: Govt issues guidelines to states in NE Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JUL 25 (NPN): Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Wednesday asked the Assam State Government and neighbouring States to ensure maintenance of law & order in the run up to and post-publication of Draft National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Assam government has been advised to set up a State-level coordination committee under the chairmanship of chief secretary to ensure coordination among state agencies, NRC authorities and Central agencies. Round-the-clock control rooms at the state capital and district headquarters are to be activated to receive complaints and coordinate prompt response.

Registrar General of India (RGI) has been asked to use all means of communication including websites, toll-free numbers, SMS etc, to provide information to public about the Draft NRC. Further, MHA has advised the Assam government that no action should be initiated by the administration or the police based on the Draft NRC. There is no question of referring the persons whose names do not figure in the Draft NRC to the Foreigners’ Tribunal as people are entitled to file claims & objections and due opportunity has to be given to them before final publication. The question of referring any person to a detention centre based on NRC exercise also does not arise.

State government has been asked to issue clear instructions in this regard to all administrative and police functionaries. The part draft of the NRC was published on the intervening night of December 31 and January 1, wherein the names of 1.9 crore of the 3.29 crore applicants were incorporated.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had in a statement earlier assured that every individual will get justice and will be treated in a humane manner.

22000 CAPF rushed to Assam

Centre has sent over 22,000 central paramilitary troops in order to beef up security in Assam and adjoining states in view of the publication of the draft NRC. MHA has directed these units to be deployed immediately in the vulnerable areas of the state, officials said.

“A total of 220 companies of the central armed police forces (CAPFs) are being sent to the state in view of the NRC,” a senior official said.

The largest contingent among the forces is from the CRPF (53 companies) followed by Sashastra Seema Bal (41), BSF (40), ITBP (27), CISF (20) and Railway Protection Force (5). A total of 34 companies of the special auxiliary police are also being sent, they said.

About 105 CAPF companies are being rotated and utilised for law and order duties from within the state, they said. One company of paramilitary comprises 100 personnel.

Nagaland prepares for preemptive action

DIMAPUR, JUL 5 (NPN): Ahead of the publication of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam on July 30, 2018, Nagaland government is set to take all preventive measures against influx of illegal immigrants from Assam.

According to DIPR, Nagaland police will be deploying additional forces to the border areas to check and prevent influx of the illegal immigrants. Besides, additional IRB units are being deployed and flying squads are to be sent. State government is also writing to the village councils to be vigilant and not to allow the illegal immigrants to enter their jurisdictions or to employ them in any manner.

DCs have also been directed to take appropriate measures in this respect and to issue necessary advisories to house owners in the towns to verify the identity of the tenants from the concerned authorities and not to let out their premises to doubtful and suspicious people. This was decided at a meeting of the Home and police departments under the chairmanship of chief secretary Nagaland, Temjen Toy. Toy stated that the state government was contemplating carrying out exercise on enrolment under NRC.

NSF demands strict mechanism: Naga Students Federation (NSF) has urged the state government to place strict mechanism to monitor the entry and exit of migrants/immigrants, saying the federation would also conduct spot verification to the entry and exit points in the State.

In a press release, NSF president, Kesosal Christopher Ltu, and general secretary, Imtiyapang Imsong, stated that if the state government failed to take necessary measures to monitor the flow of illegal immigrants, massive alarming migration of illegal immigrants was bound to happen.

According to NSF, the NRC, exercise to get rid of immigrants ,was posing the biggest demographic threat to the neighboring states of Assam and Nagaland in particular.

Further, NSF informed the general public, indigenous and non-indigenous not to entertain or make effort to create passage for illegal immigrants and initiate strict and befitting action against the defaulters.

Federation also impressed upon all the federating units and sub-ordinate bodies to be vigilant and monitor in their respective jurisdiction.

MPW clarifies on NSF to observe 100 Tokheho raises Despite neglect oldest border incident years of Naga Club Naga issue in Parl school in Japukong excels DIMAPUR, JUL 25 (NPN): Wamaken village, whose land extends right up to the border with Amguri, has pointed out few facts with regard to one of the two incidents that took place on Monday and Tuesday.

M e j e n s a n ge r P u t u Wa m e k e n ( M P W ) o n Wednesday through its secretary Ben Moa, informed that the incident on July 23 occurred after a group of people from Assam, with security provided by Assam police and Sivasagar district administration, started clearing a spot located at Watiyongpang near Nagaland gate under Wameken jhum area for setting up of an outpost for Assam police.

On learning of the activity, MPW said, as legitimate landowners, villagers on July 24 drove out the encroachers and this led to tension in the area.

MPW however said necessary and prompt action by Tuli district administration and police contained the situation. Later, a meeting was also held between officials from both the side and the local MLA of Amguri constituency also visited the spot. Meanwhile, the alleged firing incident, as reported in the Assam media, supposedly took place near Seleng tea estate in Jorhat district.

DIMAPUR, JUL 25 (NPN): To commemorate the 100 years of Naga Club, the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has constituted a committee through the executive council of NSF to oversee the occasion. The committee would be headed

by Neingulo Krome as convenor with 12 other members namely Vipopal Kintso, Dr. Dietho-o Yhoshu, Neivor Rutsa, Supongmeren Jamir, Elias T. Lotha, Kuputo Kits, K. Elu Ndang, Daniel Tep, Imchatoba Imchen, Sienotho, president NSF and general secretary NSF. In a press release, NSF general secretary, Imtiyapang Imsong, said that the coming together of Naga elders to form the Naga Club was “epoch-making for the Nagas to realization of identity and to social and political consciousness.”

Naga Club started the Naga journey of collectively responding to the changes of time and envisioning a shared future, said the federation. In this regard, the NSF maintained that Naga people should celebrate the glorious legacy and take time to retrospect and introspect and find inspirations to continue “our journey with renewed vigor towards finding our rightful place in the world.”

DIMAPUR, JUL 25 (NPN): Lone Lok Sabha member from Nagaland, Tokheho Yepthomi, raised the Naga political solution issue in the Parliament on Tuesday.

According to an official bulletin, MP reminded the house of the negotiation that has been going on for the last 21 years. He expressed apprehension that there could be law and order problem in Nagaland in particular and northeast states in general if the negotiation takes longer time.

Drawing the attention of the house, the MP pointed out that during the period of negotiation, there had been successive governments (NDA government 19992003 and UPA government 2004-2014) and the current government.

The MP, therefore, urged upon the House to expedite and resolve the issue at the earliest possible time.

Road clearance work underway at the landslide area.

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96 seats leading

66 seats leading

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(L-R) Imran Khan, Nawaz Shariff and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

ISLAMABAD, JUL 25 (PTI): Pakistan’s flamboyant cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was leading in 96 parliamentary seats while its main rival Nawaz Shariff ’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was ahead in 66 seats in the initial round of counting today in an election marred by a deadly suicide attack and allegations of manipulations by the powerful military.

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of former president Asif Ali Zardari was leading in 37 seats, a sign indicating that he could play a ‘kingmaker’ in case of a hung parliament, accord-

ing to media reports. According to trends available, Independents/others were ahead in 59 seats including Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)- an alliance of traditional religious parties leading in 11 national assembly seats.

Pakistan’s National Assembly comprises a total of 342 members, of which 272 are directly elected whereas the rest - 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for religious minorities - are selected later through proportional representation among parties with more than five per cent of the vote.

A party can only form the government if it manages to clinch 172 seats in

total. PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif, who is hoping to become the next prime minister, was leading with 4,230 votes in NA-249 (Karachi West-II), according to trends. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was leading with 5,218 votes in NA-200 (Larkana I).

According to the Election Commission, 3,459 candidates are in the race for 272 general seats of the National Assembly, while 8,396 candidates are running for 577 general seats of the four provincial assemblies Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

More than 30 political parties have fielded their candidates for the elections.

WC NNPGs react to statements DIMAPUR, JUL 25 (NPN): Working Committee (WC) of the NNPGs on Wednesday said it was pained to come across the recent statements issued in the name of NNC (Parent Body).

In a press note, WC NNPGs media cell said when the political talks started between government of India and WC in October 2017, the president of NNC (Parent Body) Z Royim Yimchunger and CCM colleagues endorsed V Nagi, general secretary to represent the group. Subsequently, it said Nagi was made one of the five co-conveners of WC, representing NNGPGs, in the ongoing political dialogue with the Centre.

“A l m i g h t y G o d touched and used each leader to respect, inspire and accept the other. This spirit of comradeship will guide all the leaders even in

future,” WC stated.

With the involvement of so many committed and senior national leaders, having his own ideology and political orientation, so also human follies and weaknesses, WC said while coming together for a common political vision, personality and ego clashes become inevitable.

However, WC said “while all the leaders admirably maintained their composure and temperament in a dignified manner even in the most difficult moments such as at WC leaders’ meetings and negotiating table, unfortunately on many occasions V Nagi’s aggressive tone and volatile temperament broke the chain and began to effect the morale of Naga delegation.”

It said the political dialogue too became stretched, tense and damp with little progress and negative energy slowly seeping in de-

spite the agreed position signed between GoI and the Nagas.

In this regard, WC NNPGs said since the great hope and responsibility bestowed by the Naga people upon the WC was being tested, a decision had to be taken to maintain the tempo of the political dialogue.

Therefore, the convener and four other co-conveners on May 5, 2018 addressed NNC (Parent Body) president, Z. Royim Yimchunger to replace the then co-convener, V Nagi with a senior leader, possessing maturity, patience and character capable of analysing both soft and harsh criticisms with a clear political mind.

And as per the per the order of the NNC (Parent Body) president made available to WC convener and other co-conveners, it said the Central Executive Council members of NNC (Cont’d on p-7)

Landslide affects NH-29 at Peducha Human-elephant conflict: ORVC Body of new born found

This is it!

“We cannot reveal why Rafale the jet is so expensive because we believe in security.”

DIMAPUR, JUL 25 (NPN): Government High School Longchem, said to be the oldest in Japukong Range and which will be celebrating golden jubilee has no proper wall or floor since it was established. This was disclosed in a press statement by Longchem Ad hoc Town Committee (LATC) vice chairman, A Panger Longchar,in an open letter addressed to principal director school education.

According to LATC, the high school has remained neglected by the department for so long but despite all these, the school has managed to excel in HSLC examinations. LATC pointed out during the past fifty years there were ups and downs in exam results but the school achieved 100% pass in 2016-17 and 2017-18 HSLC exams with some students securing distinctions in English and Social Science subjects.

As compared with other schools, LATC said the school also lacked adequate teaching staff as the only Mathematics teacher was transferred in December 2017 with no replacement yet.

The committee has, therefore, appealed to the principal director of school education to look into matters raised and take necessary actions.

Pakistan polls: Imran Khan’s PTI surges ahead of PML-N

slides along the stretch of NH29 affecting traffic along the KOHIMA, JUL 25 (NPN): Kohima-Dimapur road, police Incessant rain has caused land- said. Wednesday. Smooth Correspondent

flow of vehicular movement on National Highway-29 has been affected due to sinking of road and mudslide from above the road near Theja service petrol pump, Peducha following incessant rains in the past 24 hours.

NH-29 not only connects Dimapur and Kohima, but is also considered the lifeline of neighbouring Manipur.

According to sources from Kiruphema village, a single lane was currently being allowed for vehicles to pass through the affected area.

Sources said members of Kiruphema village youth association were assisting commuters to cross the muddy road and also helping push vehicles stuck in the mud.

Sources said there were chances of road getting totally cut off any moment because of incessant rain.

Machineries for four-lane construction are also being pressed to clear the road, sources said.

seeks compensation for farmers inside flight lavatory

DIMAPUR, JUL 25 (NPN): Old Riphyim Village Council (ORVC) has urged the State government to provide compensation to farmers for damage caused to their farmlands by wild elephants, besides weaning away the pachyderms from human habitations.

In a press communiqué, village council (VC) chairman Nyanbemo Patton pointed out that majority of the people were cultivators and were solely dependent on their farm produce for livelihood. And as the harvest season was approaching, he said there was growing apprehensions in the minds of the farmers of wild pachyderms raiding their farmlands, unless the government initiated necessary remedial measures in time.

Patton claimed that even on July 23, a herd of wild elephants numbering about 20 was seen by villagers in Tchukhum area, near the old quarry site

NEW DELHI, JUL 25 (AGENCIES): In a shocking turn of event, a body of a newborn baby was found on an AirAsia flight to Delhi from Imphal via Guwahati on Wednesday.

As mentioned in NDTV reports, the baby has been delivered on board in the toilet and had toilet paper stuffed in its mouth.

Meanwhile, police have registered a case of death and are investigating if the baby was stillborn.

A doctor from the airport’s medical team confirmed that the baby was delivered on board the flight that had arrived from Guwahati. A suspect has been detained.

The “premature dead foetus” was discovered when the aircraft was preparing to land at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. The crew alerted the police, who detained the woman after questioning all the female passengers on board the flight, the airline said.

AirAsia said the matter has been reported to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. “We will be assisting in the investigation and cooperating with all agencies concerned. AirAsia India would like to apologise to all guests experiencing disruptions in their flight schedule,” the air carrier’s (Cont’d on p-7) statement said.

few kilometres away from the helipad where human inhabitation was also slowly rising.

The VC chairman explained that the presence of wild elephants in their only cultivable land was not only posing a serious threat to human lives, but was also leading to frustration among the farming community of both old and new Riphyim villages.

Mentioning that wild elephants seemed to be venturing nearer to human settlements each year, Patton added that, besides farmlands, even piggery and dairy farms were no longer safe and had already been abandoned by some because of the fear of the pachyderms.

The VC chairman further claimed that even after the joint assessment undertaken by district level committee at the behest of Wokha divisional forest officer Zuthunglo Patton on July 12 for assessment of the

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‘World Population Stabilization Fortnight’ ends in Mon district

Asha Cooridinator, Phomching block, explaining contraceptive methods to village women.

DIMAPUR: District Health Society, Mon completed the World Population Stabilization Fortnight

Campaign with the slogan, two phases -- Mobilisation “Start a Meaningful Tomor- Week and Family Planning row with Family planning” Services Week. which was divided into A press release from

NHM, Mon media officer, Leeyan Chemshy stated that the fortnight covered 183 IUCD insertions, 73 permanent sterilizations and distribution of numerous temporary contraceptive agents to all the blocks.

The District Programme Management Unit (DPMU) also held a meeting and came up with a decision to plan out a strategy to stay acquainted with the ground reality and facts concerning the importance of family planning.

The IEC (Information, Education and Communication) team set up sessions of Inter personal Communication (IPC) and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) in order to give the women, men and couples comprehensive information about all contraceptive options and that there was support for personal decision making regarding family planning.

Coordination meeting held in Meluri DIMAPUR: ADC Meluri, Rhosietho Ngouri held a coordination meeting with all Heads of Offices and institutions under Meluri on July 25 at DBs Hall.

DIPR reports that Rhosietho, in his welcome address, called upon the officers posted in the subdivision to be responsible since the area people had high expectations of them.

During the meeting, the Independence Day program was chalked out and work was distributed. A general social work activity will be held on August 8 starting from 6 am, the report added.

During the meeting, Meluri sub-division Departmental Coordination Committee was formed with the ADC as the convenor.

The board also decided to hold coordination meetings once every two months. He requested all the departments to submit their department’s allotment patta and map by August 2018.

NCC cadets attend weapons display, lecture Zbto DC issues traffic regulations

Assam Rifles officers explain the workings of Mortars and Bazookas to NCC cadets.

DIMAPUR: 32 Assam Rifles (AR) organized a weapon display for NCC cadets who are attending ongoing annual training camp of 24 Nagaland (Indep) Company NCC under the aegis of NCC Group HQ, Kohima on July 25, at Livingstone Foundation Higher Secondary School (LFHSS), Dimapur.

Lt Col Vivek Shukla,

camp commandant, in a press release said that the cadets were acquainted to small arms and heavy battalion support weapons.

The cadets learnt about various weapon systems which a battalion uses in its operations in war and counter insurgency operations.

The cadets showed keen interest in learning and understanding the weapons.

32 Assam Rifles also organized a band display during the event. The band contingent showed various formations while playing their music. Approximately 400 Cadets was part of the event.

Another press release from Government of India’s press information bureau (defence wing) reported that a motivational lecture on joining the Indian Army, both as an officer and soldier, was also conducted under the aegis of Spear Corps on July 24 at the training camp. Col Sanjeev Malik, director recruiting, army recruiting office Rangapahar delivered the lecture where he highlighted various job avenues, perks, privileges in the Indian Army and explained the required standards to join and also how to approach the written, physical and medical examinations. About 400 students attended the lecture.

DIMAPUR: In the interest of better traffic management and orderly conduct of public affairs in consultation with all the concerned stakeholders, Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto Shanavas C. Has ordered the implementation of certain regulations in Zunheboto.

DIPR reports that the following regulations are to be implemented -- departure timing of commercial vehicles: Tata Sumo, Village BUS PVT & NST and Mokokchung Bus timings will be 1:30 p.m (summer) March to October, 1:00 p.m (winter) November to February.

Restriction of loading/ unloading of Mini-Truck/ Heavy Truck and parking in town area: 8 a.m to 3 p.m.

Allotment of parking area: Tata Sumo/Village Bus PVT/NST. i) Suruhuto, Atoizu,

Akuluto, VK: New Colony; ii) Satakha, Aghunato Satoi, Daily Market.

Local Taxi Parking – i) Parking lot no -I New Colony; ii) Parking lot no -II-Project Colony; iii) Parking lot no - III - Daily Market (behind mini truck parking); iv) Parking lot no -IV-BOCHospital road junction.

Tata mobile/Bolero pick up parking: KL Chishi junction.

Mini-Truck Parking: Daily market below SP Office. Foot-path vegetable vendors will not be permitted to sell their products on the road. Strict action will be initiated against defaulters.

All the concerned vehicle owners and general public have been requested to take note and have been directed to comply strictly with the order failing which necessary panel action shall be initiated.

NPRAAF mourns

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) has mourned the demise of Music & Cultural affairs secretary, William. K. Lotha, at 11 p.m July 24 in Dimapur after a brief illness. A condolence note from team NPRAAF said that late William K. Lotha was born on April 22, 1986 and was a founding member of NPRAAF, who ceaselessly crusaded against all forms of corruption in the state ever since the inception of NPRAAF. His dream was that the educated youth of the state would live in a world of fairness and justice, the note said. In every meeting he expressed optimism that one day Nagaland would see better roads, health, education and would be free of corruption if every NPRAAF member continued to champion the cause of the people. NPRAAF Zhadima Village Council, GBs, VDB members along with district said that it would remember his priceless contribution made administration- SDO (C) Chiephobozou, Elika Zhimomi, DBs, OC and staff towards the organisation and the selfless service rendered of Chiephobozou before the destruction of 164 bottles of IMFL on July 24, in the fight against corruption. The note also conveyed which was seized by Zhadima Village Council. prayers for his soul to rest in eternal peace.

Sümi Küküpütsa celebrates first anniversary

Sümi Küküpütsa Editor, SK BoDs along with Sümi elders, leaders and officers after the program. (NP)

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DIMAPUR, JUL 25 (NPN): Sümi Küküpütsa, a Sümi vernacular daily, celebrated its first anniversary on Wednesday here at the conference hall of Hotel Saramati, Dimapur in the presence of Sümi elders, officers and well-wishers.

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of directors, Dr. Khekugha Muru said a likeminded group of people from a social media page of the same name, “Sümi Küküpütsa”, decided to start a daily with an aim to promote and preserve the Sümi language.

Asserting the need to preserve one’s mother tongue, Dr. Khekugha said a tribe or community would lose its identity if they failed to utilise their language.

The chairman also thanked individuals, civil society organisations and wellwishers for their constant support and urged them to continue to extend their cooperation. Sümi Küküpütsa, Editor, Honikali Lohe also asserted the need to promote and preserve the Sümi language and called upon the younger generation to learn their own mother tongue.

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ering, secretary Finance and Land & Resources, Y. Kikheto Sema drew attention to language attrition in the Sümi community and asked Sümis to contemplate the issue, as it threatened the identity and existence of Sümis. Recalling the contributions and efforts of some Sümi leaders to preserve the Sümi language, Kikheto called upon Sümis to extend support in order

to preserve the language. He also encouraged all Sümis to communicate in their mother tongue.

Representatives from Western Sümi Hoho (WSH), Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC), Western Sümi Kukami Hoho (WSKH), Sümi Totimi Hoho (STH) Zunheboto, Sümi elders and officers also expressed the need to promote and preserve the Sümi language and asked all Sümi community members to extend their support to Sümi Küküpütsa.

T h e p r o g r a m wa s chaired by Sümi Küküpütsa (SK) Board of Directors (BoD) member, Botovi Sema while Jonah Achumi, SK BoD member recorded the proceedings. Special numbers were presented by Pretty Rhythm and Abel T Asumi, invocation by Lhomithi Baptist Church Pastor Toluho Chishi, special prayer was given by Dimapur Sümi Baptist Church Pastor Rev. S Vitoshe Swu and vote of thanks by the chair.

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‘NE youth can profit from rich biodiversity’

(L- R) Prof. C R Deb, Prof. Pramod Tandon, Prof. Pardeshi Lal, Prof. Sangyu Yaden, Prof. Talijunglang and Dr. Neizo Puro. (NP) Correspondent

MOKOKCHUNG, JUL 25 (NPN): The youth of North East India (one of the 4 biodiversity hotspots in the country) should venture to profit from the rich biodiversity through innovative measures. There are ample opportunities for youth to take up naturally provided skilled entrepreneurships, if one was adventurous enough to venture into the field. This was suggested by CEO, Biotech Park, Lucknow, professor Pramod Tandon.

Prof. Pramod Tandon, was delivering the key note address during the work-

shop on ‘Skill & Enerpertreneurial Development of the Tribal Youth’, held under the theme ‘Value-addition to rich Bio-resources – with special reference to medicinal and aromatic plants’ – July 25 to 28, being held at the Kinimi Hall, NU, Nagaland, Wednesday.

The workshop is organized by Advance Level Institutional Biotech Hub, Department of Botany, NU, Lumami, in collaboration with Biotech Park, Lucknow, UP and is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, India. The inaugural function was chaired by Dr. Neizo Puro and the welcome address was delivered

by Head of Department Botany, Talijungla while the vote of thanks was proposed by assistant professor Dr. A Paul.

A special song was presented by Kivi. Earlier, short speeches were delivered by NU, vice chancellor, Prof.

Pardeshi Lal, School of Sciences, Dean, professor Sangyu Yaden and organizing secretary, Prof. C R Deb. Altogether, 51 self help groups (villagers from the vicinity of the University), researchers and students attended the workshop at the opening registration day. More registrations are expected said the chair of the function.

news in Brief NPGN/NNC (N/A) Lotha region emergency meeting: Lotha region NPGN/NNC (N/A) has convened an emergency meeting on July 28. All Lotha region civil wings have been asked to be present at the meeting. Failing this, stern action will be taken as per the Azha. For more queries one may contact 8974017869.

Dimapur -III A/C INC emergency meeting: Dimapur -III A/C Indian National Congress (INC) has convened an emergency meeting on July 28, 11 a.m. at ACCC office. All members and office bearers have been requested to attend the meeting.

DoF&AR to sell fresh fish: Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources (DoF&AR) Nagaland will be selling fresh Doyang fish at Modern Fish Kiosk, Keziekie and PHQ junction, BOC, Kohima on July 27 from 6 a.m onwards.

The public has been informed to avail of the opportunity.

DCC informs: District Congress Committee (DCC) has informed the presidents of ACCC, DDCC office bearers, DDYC, DDMCC of all the five A/Cs of Dimapur that an important meeting has been convened on July 28 at Congress Bhavan, Dimapur. All have been requested to attend without fail as failure to attend will attract disciplinary action.

For further information, one may contact 8787404116.

ANSTA review meeting: All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) has convened a three-day conference in the first week of November 2018, to be hosted by a central team along with ANSTA Kohima district. The association has also convened a review meeting of general conference on August 3, 11 am at its Rest House, Kohima. All executive members of ANSTA and RGTF have been asked to attend without fail. Rs. 400 per head as conference fee will be col-

lected from the members of the association. The units & sub units officials have been requested to collect it and submit to the central office along with the list of the names at the earliest possible time.

NBA meeting: Nagaland Bar Association (NBA) has informed members of the planning committee and sub-committees of the golden jubilee celebrations that a meeting has been convened on July 27, 2:30 pm at the bar room, Dimapur. The meeting will discuss issues related to the golden jubilee celebrations. All members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

NDPP meeting: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) has informed all concerned that a meeting has been convened on July 28, 11 am at conference hall, central office NDPP, Kohima. All CEB members, all region presidents, president, youth organization and president women organization have been directed to attend the meeting without fail.

PAC meeting: The Public Action Committee (PAC) of the Naga Council Dimapur has convened a meeting on July 27, 11 a.m at Hotel Saramati. All tribal presidents, NWHD, DUCCF, GB’s Union Dimapur Sadar, DCCI & NCD office bearers have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

Modern college Kohima freshers’ social: The 21st freshers’ social of Modern college Kohima under the theme “A journey towards quintessential outlook” will be held on July 27, 10 a.m with director of higher education Nagaland Kuholi Chishi as the chief guest.

Te-l Khu-khu Nyi festival: Te-l khukhu Nyi festival organized by Viswema Pfütsana Keseko will be celebrated on July 26, 9 a.m at council hall Viswema with deputy director, administrative training institute, Nagaland, as the chief speaker.

Legal awareness program held in Dimapur DIMAPUR: A legal awareness program was held at Niu Colony Burma Camp, Dimapur on July 18. The program was aimed at educating the denizens of the colony on the numerous legal rights of the citizens. The colony council said that the colony benefited greatly from the program and expressed its gratitude to Ajongba Imchen, secretary DDLSA/ Chief Judicial Magistrate Dimapur and his team from DDLSA for conducting the legal awareness program. The council also extended its appreciation to the neighbouring colony G.B’s , chairmen and denizens of the colony for the large turnout.

LJP Nagaland appoints party leaders

DIMAPUR: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Nagaland held an executive party meeting at Tourist Lodge Dimapur on July 25. A press release from LJP Nagaland chief general secretary, Manthungo Odyuo said that the house unanimously resolved to endorse the state president to make the following appointments with immediate effect: i) Kewekhro Kapfo, working president; ii) K. Tiasunep Tzudir, Kisan Cell president; iii) K. Khetoho Zhimomi, youth president; iv) Shetoi Aye, ex-serviceman president; v) Beno Hulang, vice-president; vi) Hiranmay Das Gupta, general secretary; vii) Nirmal Das, secretary; and viii) Dipu Deb, secretary.

NYK Kohima conducts seminar on sanitation

DIMAPUR: On account of the Swachh Bharat Summer Internship 2018, a seminar on sanitation was conducted by the Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK), Kohima in collaboration with the directorate of Urban Development Swachh Bharat Mission at DC conference hall, Kohima on July 25, with Shaying Sheu, SDO (Civil) Kohima and Changsang, EAC Kohima as resource persons. A press release from Nehru Yuva Kendra Kohima stated that, Changsang stressed upon how waste should be treated and that youth should be responsible for taking that initiative. He called upon the youth present to put more importance on sanitation and stopping open defecation.Shaying Sheu said “sanitation starts from the home” and stressed on the dangers and health hazards of using plastic. He said plastic bags not only created risks for health but also caused an enormous impact on the environment where most plastic bags end up in the landfills, waterways, forests, creeks and on every street corner due to the improper disposal of plastic bags. The program culminated with distribution of pamphlets. The program was attended by club members from Good shepherd Club, Kezekevi Club, Catalyst Club and other youth.

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Agartala A couple of morning showers

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Guwahati Cloudy, a thunderstorm Imphal

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Itanagar Cloudy, a t-storm in the area

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Dimapur A t-storm around in the a.m.

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Tuensang A shower and t-storm around Wokha

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Zunheboto A shower and t-storm around

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Jacob Zhimomi with Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri on July 25.

DIMAPUR: Minister for Public Health Engineering, Jacob Zhimomi called on Union Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri at his office Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi on July 25, and appraised him on the water crisis face by the people of Dimapur town.

Zhimomi also submitted

a proposal for ‘augmentation of water supply’ for Dimapur town.

According to PRO (IPR) Ngaland House New Delhi, the Union Minister expressed his serious concern over the clean water problem and assured Zhimomi that he would look into the project proposal.

The union minister also mentioned that he will

Kiphire among bottom of 115 Aspirational Districts

discuss the matter with his officers at the earliest to find a way to help the state.

Jacob Zhimomi extended an invitation to the union minister to visit the state during the hornbill festival, to which the union minister replied that he was looking forward to visiting Nagaland and other North Eastern states soon.

District on July 24. (DIPR)

partment, Civil Secretariat, Kohima.

Temjen called upon the departments to coordinate among themselves for the development of the district.

He asked the heads of departments and officers, especially in Kiphire district, to tie up with one another and urged them to render their services as part of a mission and not as a duty. The chief secretary also asked them to keep updating the records and the indicator.

Temjen also expressed his appreciation for the people of Kiphire district for working hard to ensure development of their district despite differences.

The joint secretary as well as Prabhan Officer from Ministry of HRD, Government of India, Sanjay Kumar gave a slide show presentation. Deputy Commissioner of Kiphire and Heads of Departments of the district also attended the meeting.

DGC celebrates 52nd Foundation Day Staff Reporter DIMAPUR: Dimapur Government College (DGC) celebrated its 52nd Foundation Day at the College Auditorium on Wednesday.

Students, faculty members of the college attended the program along with family members of late Dr. Hokishe Sema who also graced the occasion.

Speaking as the guest speaker, former head of department (English) of the college, K P Avikasit drew comparisons between today and the yesteryears when accessing information was an arduous and time consuming task. In comparison, he said students today have access to a wide spectrum of knowledge at the tip of their fingers but he cautioned that it should not be at the cost of human values being pushed into the backburner.

Avikasit called upon the students to give back to society and sought to drive home the message that education was only complete when the recipient gives back to society. He reminded students of their responsibilities towards society as responsible adults, adding that “With better facilities, responsibilities

EU leading the singing of the college anthem. (NP)

are also greater.”

Av i k a s i t f u r t h e r stressed on how good leaders at the top levels of management were also vital for any institution or organization to thrive and grow, and how despite trying circumstances, the presence of good leaders would help an institute stand the test of time.

Earlier in the program, principal of the college, Kavili Jakhalu outlined the humble beginnings of the college from a ramshackle structure in July 25, 1966 to the premier institution it is today. She likened the college to “a child who has grown into a vibrant and thriving adult” as she recounted the days when the college was sandwiched

between a noisy and bustling railway bazaar and the rail tracks where Public College of Commerce currently lies and how it had changed over the years.

Kavili Jakhalu said the college started with 83 students and 7 teachers and was conceptualized when 13 citizens met on October 1965 and agreed to start a college. The college formally came into being on July 25, 1966 and was taken over by the government in 1989, which was followed by a difficult phase of transition.

Kavili Jakhalu expressed her gratitude to the founding fathers of the college, saying that the foundations of the success the college enjoys today was laid 52

years ago.

The other highlights of the program were the singing of the college anthem led by the college EU, a special song by Watitemjen and friends, and the presentation of the Dr. Hokishe Sema Academic Excellence Award, L T Yepthomi Academic Excellence Award and Departmental Meritorious Award to 13 meritorious students of the college.

The prog ram was chaired by Dr. V Vupru, invocation was pronounced by assistant professor English, Suzanna Yaden and the vote of thanks was delivered by vice president, Dimapur Government College Students’ Council, K Keong.

Dimapur DC informs on railway land compensation

DIMAPUR: Dimapur DC, Sushil Kumar Patel has, through a public notice, informed all landowners and beneficiaries affected by the New BG Railway under Dimapur district, that the compensation for the affected land, buildings and other items will be paid in the DC Dimapur’s Conference Hall on July 31, 10 a.m onwards for Dhansiripar, Pimla, Razaphe Basa, Khemnok, Zutovi and Sukhovi.

The chairman/Hd. GB Temjen Toy addressing the state level committee meeting for Kiphire Aspirational and members of the conDIMAPUR: Nagaland chief secretary, Temjen Toy lamented that the progress in Kiphire was not so encouraging even as Kiphire remained among the bottom of the list of 115 Aspirational Districts of the whole country.

According to DIPR, Toy was speaking as the chairperson of a state level committee meeting for Kiphire Aspirational District held on July 24 in the Planning & Co-ordination De-

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cerned village council have been asked to be present in person to identify landowners and beneficiaries during disbursal of the cheques, failing which the payment will be withheld. The notice emphasized that the landowners and beneficia- CHILDLINE 1098 Mokokchung visited Penli Government Middle School on July 23 to ries have to come in person create awareness on CHILDLINE and impart knowledge about their rights and duties. along with identity proof, bank pass book (original and photocopy), passport photos (5 copies) etc. Payment to representatives other than the concerned person will not be entertained.

Kohima district fish farmers get fish feed

DIMAPUR: Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources distributed fish feeds (wheat bran and mustard oil cake- MOC) to fish farmers of Kohima district under Blue Revolution (NEEL KRANTI) on July 25 in Kohima. A DIPR report said that, in a short speech, DFO Kohima, Dory Yanthan, talked about the importance of supplementary feeding and how to prepare feeds for better and faster growth of fish. She also encouraged the farmers to work harder and be self-reliant. The DFO also thanked the department for providing feeds to the local fish farmers A road was washed away near Mesulumi village on NH 29 connecting Phek & Kiphire, for better farming and to boost the fish culture industries some 8 to 9 kms from Pfutsero town towards Chizami. Only light vehicles are being in Nagaland. Altogether 50 farmers were benefited. allowed to ply through an old abandoned bridge as a temporary measure.

food safety Fire breaks out at Hazi Park, Dimapur Naga American Foundation holds conference DCCIandonstandard

Members of the Naga American Foundation during the conference at Santa Clara, California.

DIMAPUR: Naga American Foundation (NAF) held its 2018 conference on July 13 and 14 at Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. The conference, which was the 16th gathering organized by the NAF, was hosted

by San Francisco Bay Area Nagas at Santa Clara First Baptist Church.

A press release from NAF secretary, Justin Aier stated that speakers included Dr. Vic Nienu, an early Naga pioneer in the San Francisco Bay Area, who also gave a welcome address, and Stephen Imsong, a manufacturing engineer from Boston, Massachusetts, who talked about a solo motorcycle trip that he took across the US last year. He recalled that many K Y M C

Naga families hosted him during his trip. Imsong also spoke about the distinct “Naga warmth” that was afforded to him during his travels.

Professor of English at Central Washington University, Dr. Paulus Pimomo, and Dr. Sylvia Pongener, of Bolingbrook, Illinois, delivered the keynote talks. Dr. Pimomo spoke on his childhood communitarian education in a Naga village, something he described as “a sound foundation for people interested in growing into well-adjusted individuals among others in any society.” He also referred to the importance of lifelong learning as the equipment for navigating different perspectives and

cultures. Dr. Pongener, a former board member of the NAF, talked about Naga hospitality and how it remains a common and important representation of Nagas living abroad.

Senior pastor of Santa Clara First Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Wungreiso Valui, who along with his wife, family life pastor, Margareth Valui, led one of the largest American Baptist congregations in the Bay Area, told the story of Nagas’ introduction to the Gospel and their subsequent spreading and growth in many countries around the world. “The vibrant, skilled, and educated youth at NAF 2018 is the story of a bright future in America”, Rev. Valui said. “We are the

fruits of the labor of God’s work.”

NAF board announced that its next conference is to be held in Edison, New Jersey in 2020, and will be hosted by the family of Stelton Baptist Church senior pastor, Rev. Dr. Louis Meren Ao. NAF president, Honili Sema proposed a vote of thanks.

Other highlights of the conference included a cultural show featuring traditional dances, musical performances, and a martial arts demonstration, and culminated in a video presentation produced by titled by Rev. Dr. Valui entitled “Gospel Coming Full Circle”. Around 100 individuals from across the United States attended the conference.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has extended its support to the initiative of DoH&FW for ensuring food safety and standards in Nagaland.

A press release from DCCI president, Akashe Zhimomi stated that it seeks the help of the DoH&FW and DMC towards working out a mechanism to ensure vegetables and fruits were under constant monitoring and fit for human consumption. DCCI has also strictly warned vegetable and fruits vendors that it would not tolerate selling of chemically treated items for public consumption. It further warned footpath vendors against selling products in unhygienic conditions.

The recent inspection of food joints, bakeries and ice cream units carried out revealed unhygienic conditions and food items unfit for human consumption, and hence DCCI warned that it would periodically carry out such surprise checks in the future.

DCCI also appreciated commissioner secretary Himato Zhimomi and Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi CMO Dimapur and his team for working tirelessly to detect contaminated foods being sold in the market.

A part of the roof of the godown damaged in the fire. (NP)

DIMAPUR: A fire reportedly broke out at Hazi Park Dimapur on July 25 at around 4 a.m.

A press release from Hazi Park Business Welfare Committee (HPBWC) president, Hukato V. Achumi stated that the fire erupted due to an electrical short-circuit, however the fire was controlled in time and only one godown was damaged.

According to the release, dampness due to rain and the timely arrival of fire tenders prevented a major mishap which oth-

erwise would have been a According to sourcmajor catastrophe. es, the damage may be The Dimapur Police roughly estimated at 10 to flying squad prevented 15 Lakhs. crowds from gathering in the area which on many occasions, the release said, lead to burglary and theft.

In this connection, HPBWC has expressed its gratefulness to all those who rendered their services during the fire. HPBWC also lauded Dimapur police flying squad, fire tenders and others who rendered services during the fire.

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Assam govt reassures all genuine Indian citizens

S i l c ha r , J u l 2 5 (Agencies): As the deadline approaches for the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) to be published on July 30 next, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal as well as his ministry’s secondin-command, Finance and Health & Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the people of Barak Valley need not to worry as the State Government is with the genuine Indian citizens, Northeast Now reported.

Sonowal while addressing a Mahila Samaroh at Police Parade ground in Silchar in Cachar district on Wednesday, said, “The Government is duty-bound to ensure safety and security to all Indian citizens and genuine Indian citizens should not be worried if their names are left out in the complete draft of NRC.” He also said that all the genuine Indian citizens would get opportunity to get their names included in the NRC in accordance with the guideline laid down by the Supreme Court of India.

Recalling the indomitable role played by the wom-

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en in Barak Valley region, he underlined the contributions of Kamala Bhattacharjee, Sangita Dutta, Sumitra Dutta, Jutika Das etc and said that the 21st century belongs to women and the remarkable success of Hima Das showed that women if they want can reach to the pinnacle of success.

The CM along with Finance Minister Sarma attended a Mahila Samaroh in Karimganj on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Sonowal said that the Barak Valley region of the State is marked with brimming potential and the society stretched across on both sides of the river Barak shows the vibrancy of the valley. In this backdrop, the women folk of the Barak Valley region should come forward and work hand in

hand with their male counterpart for the development of Barak Valley in particular and the state in general.

Sonowal also said that both Central and State Governments have been working in tandem to channelize the immense potential of the women folk of the country.

Therefore, among various women specific schemes, both the Governments have launched ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ and ‘Kanaklata Mahila Sabalikaran Achoni’ to take women empowerment to its logical conclusion. Sonowal called upon the people of Barak Valley to maintain close vigil on all the developmental schemes being implemented in the region. Chief Minister Sonowal also handed over cheques among various SHGs in the Mahila Samaroh organised here.

Addressing a gathering of around 20,000 womenfolk from various Self Help Groups (SHGs), Finance Minister Sarma, said, “I and our Government are with every genuine Indian citizen for which no one should fear if their names are not there, as we would stand by them.”

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28 per cent growth Smuggled gold worth Rs 80 in tax collection in lakh seized in Manipur North East region Correspondent Guwahati, Jul 25 (PTI): The North East region has witnessed a 28 per cent growth in tax collections till June 30 this year compared to the same period last year, according to a senior income tax official.

During the current financial year, the Income Tax Department in NER has collected Rs 1,564 crore out of target of Rs 8,357 crore, said L C Joshi Ranee, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, NER during the celebration of 158th Income Tax Day here yesterday.

The net collection in the region during the financial year 2017-18 was Rs 7,097 crore, Joshi said.

He urged people to use the benefits of the service of online applications like Aaykar Setu which helps taxpayers to get any information and services needed.

In the prog ramme top three tax payers in the category Corporate (both PSUs and non-PSUs) of North East region for the financial year 2016-17 were felicitated.

Under the category of PSUs Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Oil India Limited and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) were felicitated as the top three tax payers, respectively.

IMPHAL, Jul 25: Anti-Smuggling Unit of Imphal Customs Division Wednesday nabbed two persons with 16 pieces of gold rods worth around Rs. 79,90,144.

The gold rods weighting 2.651 kg was seized from the two persons during an operation conducted by sleuths of the anti-smuggling unit from Imphal’s Khoyathong Traffic Point, said assistant commissioner RK Darendrajit of Customs Division, Imphal.

The arrested persons have been identified as Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Bheru village of Punjab’s Patiala district and Jagraj of Rurki Budh village of the same state and district.

They attempted to smuggle the gold by casting them into rods and hiding them in a compartment of two stroller bags, the assistant commissioner said.

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CPI-M MP says Tripura Internet services restored in Mnp villagers facing starvation

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IMPHAL, Jul 25: After five days, the Manipur government restored the mobile data services in Manipur on Wednesday.

A government order issued by Special Secretary (Home) Kh Raghumani on July 20 last banned the mobile internet services for five days to curb rumour-mongering through spread of hate videos and messages in the state.

Some mobile service providers started their inter net ser vice from Tuesday night while other resumed from today

morning.

It may be noted that the ban on mobile internet was imposed after tension brewed up in the state, particularly in Imphal, in the wake of a series of protests that intensified during the sitting of the monsoon session which concluded on Monday.

Earlier, agitating students demanding an end to the crisis in Manipur University, and civil society organizations protesting against the Manipur Prohibition (Second Amendment) Bill-2018 had threatened to disturb the last day of the monsoon session on Monday.

New Delhi, Jul 25 (IANS): Displaying samples of rotten rice and flour in the Lok Sabha, CPI-M MP from Tripura Shankar Prasad Dutta said on Wednesday that “starvation will ruin” the state if the Central and state governments fail to provide adequate funds for the MGNREGA scheme.

“As there is no money in the hands of hills or village people, fair price shop dealers are selling rotten rice and flour. I have the rotten flour collected from a shop...insects can be seen. Please see whether these are eatable,” the MP from Tripura West said in the Lower House.

Dutta blamed the state’s ruling BJP-IPFT (Bharatiya Janata Party-Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura) government for the alleged apathy towards people in the state, saying: “Today maximum number of people in Tripura have no work to do...even in agriculture fields. Earlier, during the Left regime, people were earning around Rs 600-800 per day under the MGNREGA scheme, as there was plenty of work.”

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) Act 2005 provides for at least 100 days of guaranteed employment in every financial year to every household.

Central team inspect border pillar in Manipur Border forces of India, Bangladesh IMPHAL, Jul 25: A Central team comprising of officials of the ministry of external affairs (MEA), ministry of home affairs (MHA) and the Surveyor General of India, on Wednesday, inspected border pillar no. 81 of the Indo-Myanmar border (Manipur Sector) in the wake of a controversy that it had been shifted.

The Central team arrived in Imphal on Tuesday to examine the ground reality following a plea from the state government to conduct a spot verification after allegations surfaced of the border pillar being relocated three kilometers towards Manipur from the original location.

The Central team accompanied by Tengnoupal district deputy commissioner and superintendent of police visited the site where the original pillar was located.

After inspecting the site, Lt General Girish Kumar, the Surveyor General of India, said that as per records, no change was

Arunachal ranked 4th in cleanliness ranking: Khandu Itanagar, Jul 25 (PTI): Chief Minister Pema Khandu Wednesday said Arunachal Pradesh was ranked fourth in the cleanliness ranking among the states.

“Our government had allocated an amount of Rs 30 crore for carrying forward the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA),” Khandu said and exuded confidence that the states ranking would improve more in the days to come.

The chief minister said due to coordinated efforts among all the stakeholders, Arunachal Pradesh could achieve the status of Open Defecation Free (ODF) well in advance of the deadline of December 31, 2018.

Khandu today formally launched the Swachh Sarvekshan Grameen (SSG-2018), a national survey launched by the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the state. The objective of the rural survey is to undertake ranking of states and districts on basis of their performance attained on key quantitative and qualitative Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen (SBM-G) parameters.

The central team during the inspection at border pillar no. 81 along with villagers and members of CSOs and politcal parties on Wednesday.

He said, “One cannot made to the border pillar. joint survey by both repHe however said that resentatives of Myanmar simply claim land at the he had recorded the com- and India. international border based plaints of the villagers and assured them that he DECLARATION would send a report for a Regd. No. : 2544/ Tsg Date 20/7/2018

on eye-view assumption.

It requires related documents.”

He further stressed on the need to collect more documents related to the issue from the state government so that they could put up the matter to the higher concerned authorities.

Manipur Congress spokesperson, Hareshwar Goshwami who was present at the site showed various supporting documents and maps to convince the visiting team that the border pillar no. 81 had been shifted.

He was supported by members of the CSOs and other political parties by producing more documents to prove the alleged encroachment towards Manipur’s land.

The central team also, on the demand of the villagers, proceeded to Namjil Lok River which the members of CSOs and political parties as well as the villagers claimed was the original site.

discuss Rohingya crisis in Agartala

Agartala, Jul 25 (PTI): The “security concerns” over the Rohingya influx were among the many issues discussed on the last day of the four-day conference between top officials of border guarding forces of Bangladesh and India.

At the biannual conference that concluded in Agartala yesterday, officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) pledged to maintain peace through effective coordination.

Talking to the press at the BSF frontier near here, Md. Zahid Hasan, the Additional Director General of BGB, said the two sides discussed ways to control border crimes, including infiltration of Rohingya refugees.

He also asserted that the refugees from Myanmar have exerted economic pressure on Bangladesh, but they did not pose any threat.

The claim was, how-

GOVERNMENT OF THE NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PFUTSERO : NAGALAND.

I, Shri. IMTICHUBA, S/o KOIBA CHANG of Maksha Village, District Tuensang state of Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and a resident of the above mention address.

2. That due to clerical mistake my name is wrongly entered/recorded as IMTICHOBA instead of IMTICHUBA in my High School Leaving Certificate Examination Admit Card and Marksheet.

3. That the above mentioned names are refer to one and same person only.

4. That from today onwards my name IMTICHUBA shall be used in all officials and other purposes The above statement from para 1 to 4 are correct to the best of my Knowledge and nothing materials is concealed therein.

DEPONENT K-2218

Whereas, Smti. Vepilu Vadeo of Pfutsero Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 to draw service benefits family pension SBI A/C No. 11842647970, Account etc. belonging to Late Theputso Vadeo, Forest guard who expired 6/7/2018.

Therefore, notice is hereby issued inviting any claims and objections from the public pertaining to the above mentioned property and the same to be submitted to the office of the Additional Deputy Commissioner Pfutsero, within a period of 30 days from issue of this notice. In the event of this office not receiving any claims and objections within the stipulated time, Succession Certificate will be issue to the applicant as prayed for.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PFUTSERO : NAGALAND

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER LONGLENG : NAGALAND

No. Jud-4/SC/2014/856

Dated Pfro, the 24th July 2018

NOTICE

Whereas Shri. MHASEPRA ROSE of Pfutsero Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act 1925 to draw the service benefits, Family Pension, Account etc. belonging to Late ZUVETSOLU ROSE, who expired on 07-05-2018.

Therefore, notice is hereby issued inviting any claims and objections from the public pertaining to the above mentioned property and the same to be submitted to the office of the Additional Deputy Commissioner Pfutsero, within a period of 30 days from issue of this notice. In the event of this office not receiving any claims and objections within the stipulated time, Succession Certificate will be issued to the applicant as prayed for.

Additional Deputy Commissioner, Pfutsero K-2212

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA, NAGALAND

Dated,Wokha the 18th July 2018

NOTICE

No. Judl – 47/2017-18/ / Whereas Miss Mhalo, daughter of Late Shri. Renchumo Lotha, a permanent resident of Koio Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits pertaining to PPO No. 8478 and to draw SBI AC No.11766533720 in favour of her deceased father Late Renchumo Lotha, who expired on 13/06/2018.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/ objections if any, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after the cutoff date and succession certificate shall be issued.

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NOTICE

NO. LLG/JUD/SUC/2009-10/

Dated Pfro. the 24th July 2018.

Dated, Longleng the 6/7/2018

OBJECTION NOTICE

Whereas, Kumari P. Easter Phom of Yachem Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to operate/draw/ transfer/withdraw the Securities in respect of Late Kumari L. Shiklong Phom who expired on 16th December 2017.

Now therefore, public are hereby asked to file claims/ objections, if any within one month from the date of issue of this notice.

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(John Tsulise Sangtam) Deputy Commissioner, Longleng : Nagaland.

NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMENTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (SECTION 375 OF THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) In the Court of Shri. Albert Ezung Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Nagaland Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late Y. Renchumo Tsopoe Deceased, has been filed by Shri. Yansali, relation wife R/o. H.No. 106 Sematilla to draw his/her family Pension, Bank Acct etc, who expired on 16.7.18.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if he/she so desire may appear in this Court within 30 days, on the said day of 26/8/17.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court this 25 day of 7/18.

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Addl. Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland.

ever, contested by BSF Inspector General (Tripura Frontier) H K Lohia, who said the “threat perception” from Rohingya refugees should not be ruled out entirely.

Hasan, while talking at the press meet, said, Bangladesh had taken measures to control Rohingya movement.

“The Rohingya refuges from Myanmar are not allowed to go outside their camps in Bangladesh. We have our security systems in place,” he added.

The official also said the country had been hosting over 1 million Rohingya refugees.

“We have our limitations and capabilities. We are managing over 1 million Rohingya refugees. We feel they have exerted socioeconomic pressure on the country, but there is no terror threat from them,” Hasan said.

Lohia, who attended the media interaction along with IG Laltendu Mohanty from the Meghalaya frontier and IG NS Jamwal from Assam, said, there was no evidence to suggest that the Rohingyas had terror links, but it was necessary to remain alert as a number of refugees have infiltrated into other countries, including India.

“A huge number of Rohingya refugees have migrated to other countries.

The possibility of terror threats can’t entirely be ruled out at this moment. However, no credible proof was found so far to suggest that Rohingya refugees have terror links,” he added.

Both sides also stated that the cordial relationship between the BSF and the BGB would go a long way in containing human trafficking and illegal arms trade.

DISTRICT ANGLERS' WOKHA NAGALAND (DAWN) H.Q .Wokha-797111, Nagaland.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The District Anglers’ Wokha Nagaland (DAWN) would like to express our profound gratitude to all the participants, sponsors and well wishers for rendering service and assistance towards the 1st promotional local angling competition held at Tsumang Lake Wokha on 21st July 2018.

We convey our special thanks and appreciation to : 1. Shri. Kevisa Kense, Director, Deptt. of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, GoN 2. Anglers Association Nagaland (AAN) 3. Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon (IAS), DC Wokha 4. Commandant 28 AR, Wokha, Col. Hiren Borah 5. Shri. Mhathung Tsanglao, ADC Hq. Wokha 6. Er. Zaren Kikon, SDEO BSNL 7. M/s. Renponthung Ezung & sons 8. Er. Mhathung Kikon, E.E R&B Wokha 9. Dr. Mhonchan Shitiri 10. Shri. Chumben Murry, Youth Director WTBC 11. Shri. Mhonbemo Ngullie, VP AAN 12. Er. Daniel Humtsoe, Housing Kohima 13. Smti. Rosemary Ezung SDAO Wokha 14. Smti. Sentinaro DFO Wokha.

15. Shri. T. Mhao Humtsoe, DSO Zunheboto 16. Shri. Tsungro Kithan, Dimapur 17. Shri. Yanithung Tsopoe, Wokha 18. Shri. T.S Lotha, Kohima 19. Shri. Shanthungo M Ezung 20. Shri. Mhonbemo Daniel Khuvung 21. Shri. Thungdemo Humtsoe 22. Smti. Loreni Tsanglao, Freelancer 23. Shri. Hayibemo Ezung, Longsa 24. Shri. Shalumshan Tsanglao 25. Media Fraternity 26. MUSU Angling Club Dimapur 27. Lotha Eloe Hoho 28. Lotha Youth Hoho 29. Lotha Students Union 30. Lotha Class-1 Contractors' Union Wokha 31. The Woods Management, Doyang 32. Vivi Enterprise Dimapur 33. Dental Health Clinic, Wokha 34. T. K Enterprises, Tsumang 'B' Wokha 35. Green Arrows, Wokha 36. Sanjeevani Drug Store, Wokha 37. Volunteers & Juries 38. Participants

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Chumbemo T Ngullie Gen. Secretary, DAWN

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rioting case: Hardik, Violence mars Maratha quota bandh Visnagar aides get two-year jail term Mumbai, Jul 25 (PTI): The bandh in Maharashtra called by pro-quota maratha groups was today marked by violence and arson even as one more protester died, a day after consuming poison.

In the wake of violence, the bandh in Mumbai was called off midway, despite which some areas continued to witness incidents like stone pelting till late evening.

Protesters attacked buses, indulged in arson and pelted stones at local trains in several parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai and the adjoining Thane city, during the bandh called

by Maratha outfits to press their demand for reservation in jobs and education.

The Mumbai-Pune and Mumbai-Goa highways were blocked for hours by the protesters.

Three policemen, including a Superintendent of Police, suffered injuries in stone pelting.

Police used force, including teargas shelling and baton charge, to disperse the violent protesters at several places. A number of places saw pitched battles between the police and stone-pelters for hours.

Marathas, a politically-influential community constituting around 30 per cent of the state’s population, have been demand-

Maratha Kranti Morcha protesters stop a train during their statewide bandh, called for reservations in jobs and education, in Thane on Wednesday, July. (PTI) ing reservation in jobs and education.

The community members have earlier organised several rallies in various districts to highlight their demands. Last year, a huge rally was organised by the Maratha Kranti Morcha in this connection in Mumbai.

On Sunday last, 27-year-old Kakasaheb Shinde, a proquota protester, jumped off a bridge over Godavari River in Aurangabad and died.

This led to intensification of the agitation. Yesterday, a man, identified as Jagannath Sonawane, consumed a poisonous sub-

stance during the protest in Aurangabad. He died today at a local government hospital.

The latest round of agitation, organised in the form of a bandh in various places of Maharashtra since Monday, today reached Mumbai where a shutdown was attempted to be imposed.

However, the bandh in the financial capital of India, which began this morning, was called off just before 3 pm after various parts saw violence.

“We only wanted to prove that we are together and proved it. We never

wanted protests to get violent and therefore, we are calling off our bandh in Mumbai for today,” Virendra Pawar, leader of the Morcha, told reporters here.

“We suspect some people carried out violent activities with political motives. Otherwise, it was supposed to be peaceful like before. But considering the reports of violence coming from outside Mumbai, we decided to call it off,” Pawar added.

Another leader of the Morcha said a bandh may be called again on August 9 but a final call in this regard

will be taken after consulting all senior members of all Maratha morchas.

The Maratha Kranti Morcha had given the call for the bandh, demanding an apology from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for alleging that some members from the community were planning violence at Pandharpur town in Solapur district.

Fadnavis, who was scheduled to perform puja at a temple on ‘Ashadhi Ekadashi’ on Monday, cancelled it after the Maratha outfits threatened to disrupt the event.

“Whatever we had to convey to the government, we have done so. But we have been disappointed by the government’s response over the last two years,” Pawar said.

The agitation leader said not a single representative from the government had reached out to the protesters. Attacking the chief minister, the agitation leader said Fadnavis has been “confining himself to his AC room” and never bothered to address their demands.

While imposing the bandh, protesters pelted stones at some local trains as well as buses and set ablaze a bus of the state-owned Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) in suburban Mankhurd.

Mehsana (Guj), Jul 25 (PTI): A Gujarat court sentenced today Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and two others to two years imprisonment in a case of rioting and arson in Visnagar town here in July 2015.

Later, Hardik Patel and his two aides - Lalji Patel and A K Patel - were granted bail by the same court.

Visnagar sessions court Judge V P Agarwal held Hardik Patel, Lalji Patel and A K Patel guilty under IPC sections pertaining to rioting, arson, damage to property and unlawful assembly.

The three were awarded two years imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 50,000 each, which the trio deposited in the court today.

The other 14 accused were let off by the court for want of enough evidence against them.

From the penalty collection of Rs 1,50,000, the court ordered that Rs 10,000 be given to TV channel reporter Suresh Vanol, Rs 1 lakh to the owner of a car torched by the mob during violence and Rs 40,000 to local BJP MLA, Rishikesh Patel, towards damage caused to his property.

Hardik Patel, 25, was

Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel interact with media, in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, July 25. (PTI) one of the accused in the FIR which was filed in Mehsana district on July 23, 2015, when a rally of the Patel community seeking reservation turned violent in Visnagar, resulting in damage to property and assault on some media persons.

During the violent agitation, the mob had torched a car and vandalised the office of local BJP MLA Rishikesh Patel.

A rally of more than 25,000 people of the Patel community demanding reservation was then at the initial stage of quota movement in Gujarat.

At that time, Hardik Patel was not a known figure and was one of the foot soldiers of Lalji Patel, who is the president of the Sardar Patel Group (SPG), a quota agitation body.

The rally in Visnagar was the first prominent event of the quota movement when Hardik Patel came into limelight.

As per the case details, when the rally reached near the office of MLA Patel, some Patidar community members tried to meet him to hand over a memorandum of their demands.

However, when they did not find the MLA in his office, they got angry and ransacked his office.

It was also alleged that protesters had torched a car parked on a road in the area.

Some media persons were also attacked by the mob at that time.

The complainant in the case was TV channel reporter Vanol, who was brutally thrashed by those present in the rally.

CBI seeks whereabouts of Talks in BJP to replace Fadnavis: Sena MP; party rejects claim Mehul Choksi from Antigua Maratha quota protesters and the opposition parties who have accused the state government of dilly-dallying on the demands of the Maratha community.

The present situation in the state is “worrying” and the BJP-led state government has been “unable to tackle” it, Raut said.

Two senior BJP ministers rubbished Raut’s claim, saying there was no talk within BJP of replacing Fadnavis.

Re ve n u e m i n i s t e r Chandrakant Patil said, “There is no reason to replace the chief minister.

The Chief Minister is much

several years without any demand of such guarantee, it said. The officer could not find instructions for such LoUs in bank’s system which led to detailed scrutiny where the scam surfaced prompting the bank to approach the CBI with a complaint against which an FIR was registered on January 31 this year.

Choksi allegedly swinMehul Choksi (file) dled Rs 7080.86 crore, makAgency for Crime and Se- ing it possibly the biggest curity (IMPACS), the paper banking scam in the country, reported today. it had alleged.

Choksi’s actions show that he had planned in advance his escape and subJAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA NIHOKHU sequent life knowing that (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Dept. of Education, Govt. of India) the scam would blow up Dimapur District, Nagaland – 797103 after the retirement of PNB E-mail: jnv_dmp@rediffmail.com employee Gokulnath Shetty JNVST RESULT FOR ADMISSION IN CLASS VI & XI FOR THE SESSION 2018-19 who was helping him with Class VI Class XI renewals of Letter of Undertakings, the source said.

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Next day, his firm D00120 K00114 L00207 P00286 P00152 approached Brady House H00146 L00117 L00224 P00295 L00285 branch of the Punjab Na- A00225 N00155 L00236 P00308 tional Bank seeking renewal D00204 P00153 L00244 P00311 and issuance of Letters of Undertaking which were de- H00278 I00234 M00199 N00349 nied as the officer concerned Admission form can be downloaded from school website www.dimapur.jnv.academy or th sought cash guarantee for collected from the office of JNV Nihokhu, Dimapur 5 Aug.2018 onwards and submit the application form before or on 10th Aug. 2018. issuing these notes, the CBI Principal FIR alleged.

JNV, Nihokhu, Dimapur The executives told the DC-1373 officer that they have been taking these letters over last

Jhansi, Jul 25 (PTI): The sixth accused, who was part of a group of youth which allegedly molested a 16year-old girl and also filmed the act, was arrested here today, police said.

“On the complaint lodged by the girl, a case was registered against the accused. One person was arrested today, taking the number of persons arrested (in this connection) to six,” circle officer Moth Thakur Deenpal Singh said. The incident is said to have taken place around 10 days ago in an area under the Chirgaon police station, he said. The video shows the girl being molested by a group of boys while dragging her to a forest area. The girl can be seen shouting for help.

DIG (Jhansi zone) Subhash Singh Baghel had yesterday said, “As soon as we got the information about the incident, senior police officials rushed to the spot.

The girl seen in the video was located and a written complaint filed.”

He said the victim alleged that a boy from the neighbourhood had threatened her and taken her to a nearby place where some other boys were also present.

“A case has been registered against the culprits under various sections of IPC along with the POCSO Act as the victim is a teenager. The main accused has been arrested in the case,” Baghel said.

more in favour of giving Marathas reservation than even I am.”

Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said there is

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6th accused arrested in Jhansi molestation case

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no talk within the BJP of replacing Fadnavis. All decisions in the party are taken collectively, he added.

D i s m i s s i n g R a u t ’s

claim, BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari said, “Both the government and chief minister are doing a fine job and are stable. There are no problems within the party. This is just rumourmongering by the Sena.”

Raut also said the Shiv Sena has been supporting the Maratha community’s demand of reservation in government jobs and education from the very beginning.

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New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI): The CBI has written to Antiguan authorities seeking whereabouts of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, allegedly involved in over USD 2 billion scam in state-run Punjab National Bank, government sources said.

The move comes after it emerged that Choksi had moved to the Caribbean country in July and also taken a local passport.

The CBI in its communication sent to Antiguan authority last evening cited diffusion notice issued by the Interpol against the fugitive businessman and sought details of his movement and his present location, the source said.

Choksi had taken citizenship of Antigua in November 2017, and oath of allegiance on January 15 this year, according to a local newspaper Antigua Observer.

Citing reports from Indian outlets, the newspaper sent a questionnaire to Citizenship by Investment unit of Antigua about Choksi.

It was informed that Choksi’s application was granted after “robust due diligence” and “international investigation” by “reputable agencies”, including the International Criminal Police Organization and the CARICOM Implementing

Mumbai, Jul 25 (PTI): Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut today said there are “talks within the BJP” to replace Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in the backdrop of the ongoing Maratha quota stir which has turned violent. “(BJP president) Amit Shah and (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi will take the final decision on changing the leadership in the state.

But there is talk within BJP of changing the chief minister,” Raut told reporters here.

Fadnavis, sworn in as the chief minister in October 2014, is under flak from

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 229 Dimapur, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018

Human life less than cow

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ndia’s democracy and rule of constitutional law has again bitten the dust after another victim died in a brutal manner at the hands of self-styled cow protectors and indicated that, a cow’s life is more precious than a human being. Alwar, in Rajasthan has earned notoriety for showing just that on two occasions and both incidents-the lynching of Pehlu Khan on April 1,2017 and on July 20,2018 - happened barely a year of each other. On April 1,2017 Pehlu Khan, along with six others, were fired upon as they were transporting cows and calves for dairy business. They had valid documents that permitted purchase and transportation of the cows. However, the mob at Alwar weren’t interested in legal documents but suspicions fuelled by communal hatred.

Rajasthan’s Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria defended the cow vigilantes, describing their deed as “alright” and blaming the victims for illegally transporting animals. Even Alwar Superintendent of Police Rahul Prakash on April 8, claimed that “Pehlu Khan and the others were 100% cow smugglers.” As if last year’s outrage in the media never happened, Alwar again made news for the wrong reason when another suspected cow smuggler (spelt Muslim) was brutally lynched on July 20. Rakbar Khan, who was killed in Alwar on Saturday, was accused of being a “habitual cow smuggler” by local BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja, in whose constituency the death happened. Interestingly, the MLA slammed the Rajasthan police for allegedly beating Khan to death in police custody for three hours and “implicating Hindu villagers” for lynching him. The post mortem report revealed the severity of the beatings suffered by Rakbar and which point the brutalities on the Rajasthan policemen. Rajasthan DGP (law and order) N R K Reddy admitted that there was an “error of judgement” by cops in gauging the situation. The police also admitted they made a mistake in handling a deadly vigilante attack in Alwar on a man by tending to the cows instead of the injured.

A judicial probe should be ordered to expose all involved including the rouge-policemen. recent cases have revealed that a particular religious identity has been clearly under attack of the majoritarian forces who are probably using cow protection politics as merely a tool to eliminate their ‘enemies’. According to the data released by IndiaSpend, 28 people were killed and 124 others were injured in these attacks by the so called ‘gau rakshaks’. What is more disturbing in these numbers is that out of the 28, deaths 24 were Muslims, which is a whooping 86 percent of the total fatalities. As many of 97% of these attacks were reported after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government came to power in May 2014, and about half the cow-related violence - 32 of 63 cases - were reported from states governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) eight run by the Congress, and the rest by other parties. As many as 124 people were also injured in the cow-related attacks and more than half (52%) of these attacks were based on rumours. The veneration of the cow in Hinduism has been totally distorted and it is very painful to hear how the cow protectors justify the murders. At a time when India seeks to be a world leader, such crimes have projected India as a nation of vigilantes or a mob republic and a variant of fundamentalist Pakistan.

DailyDevotion Am I Blessed Like This?

Blessed are… —Matthew 5:3-11 When we first read the statements of Jesus, they seem wonderfully simple and unstartling, and they sink unnoticed into our subconscious minds. For instance, the Beatitudes initially seem to be merely soothing and beautiful precepts for overly spiritual and seemingly useless people, but of very little practical use in the rigid, fast-paced workdays of the world in which we live. We soon find, however, that the Beatitudes contain the “dynamite” of the Holy Spirit. And they “explode” when the circumstances of our lives cause them to do so. When the Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance one of the Beatitudes, we say, “What a startling statement that is!” Then we must decide whether or not we will accept the tremendous spiritual upheaval that will be produced in our circumstances if we obey His words. That is the way the Spirit of God works. We do not need to be born again to apply the Sermon on the Mount literally. The literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount is as easy as child’s play. But the interpretation by the Spirit of God as He applies our Lord’s statements to our circumstances is the strict and difficult work of a saint.

The teachings of Jesus are all out of proportion when compared to our natural way of looking at things, and they come to us initially with astonishing discomfort. We gradually have to conform our walk and conversation to the precepts of Jesus Christ as the Holy Spirit applies them to our circumstances.

The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of rules and regulations— it is a picture of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is having His unhindered way with us.

Quotes

Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better. ~ Stefon Diggs

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018

Post-mortem

Derivative of Nagas rights to self determination

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he attaining nonagenarian (1929-2018) Naga struggle for self-determination is given birth by legitimate historical, cultural, political as well as biological that has no divergence to any existing universal law. The present contenting disclaimer of neighboring states and their stiff opposition to the Indo-Naga political settlement is observed purely as a direct challenge to humanity and existence. Simply, an employed baby sitter cannot claim parentage.

Such is the prevailing situation at this stage of final Indo-Naga political settlement that India needs to understand if at all she is determined to bring the age old political conflict to an honorable end.

Nagas are not Indian is the proven fact and the crux of the conflict, hence solution should be arrived at in the bidding of respect and coexistence. If the present offer of shared sovereignty is taken as illusive, there may not be any better time and opportunity for both the party.

The policy of incitement and waylaying to disowned the agreed terms and recognition of Naga uniqueness should be stopped immediately because it will never serve the continuation of supra subjugation/oppression instead it will lead to provocative engagement to the 71 years old republic.

People’s rights are derived out of history, cultural, political as well as biological legitimacy but on abjuration to respect others rights evoked engagement of power, strength and frame malign policies of annihilation. What Nagas don’t validate in demand for self-determination as a people? Did the Nagas ask others land? No, it is pathetic on the countering opposition (Meitei and associates) against to settlement to any cultural, political, economic and self-identity establishment.

Savagery has no place in this post modernity.

It only shows immaturity that manifest the syndrome of power and ruling obsession. What don’t belong to you; do not belong to you, so it is wise to practice political tolerance rather than challenging humanism and existential rights of people. Such grandiloquence is an overriding to the provision of the charter of the United Nations, the

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights “All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development”.

The Nagas without boundaries and as a nation must come toward united and stand the test of time to any aggression and those vying to derail the peace initiative that is expected to ink the final settlement. Successively, if the generous offer of shared sovereignty is not admiring to India the Nagas need to go his own way. It is hard to have total faith in the Indian as well as her perplex democracy that could hardly deal with political concerns.

It is of a great apprehension that India will keep the negotiation delay by political party, democratic etc. as an implication. The framework agreement is believed to be signed on the basis of two political entities which therefore required no others people’s acceptance and interference.

For India and the Nagas, political mutuality and natural negotiation appear more pragmatic in finding a common ends rather than investigative manipulated diplomatic dexterity application.

If India is a competent nation she should have made used the constitutional provision that the empowered creation of state/ states.

The protracted conflict should find an immediate termination before the extraction of people’s trust and empathy. Nevertheless, Nagas were not ruled either by Burma or India since time immemorial, the present Naga situation is the divisional colonialism and aggression of the two (India and Burma) against Universal rights and on the pretext of delaying independence with a deliberate derisory to the United Nations Charter that solemnly proclaimed to bring to a speedy and unconditional end of colonialism an all its forms and manifestations.

Note: The article expresses is in the exercise of freedom of speech and expression. The writer can be reached at doclungleng@gmail.com Dr. Aaron Lungleng

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Who is the mother or step-mother of the Nagas?

alf a century has gone by since the glorious declaration of the State of Nagaland. It is time that the State must compete with the neighbouring States in development of human resources and infrastructures. Failure to do so can turn the State into a primitive museum. Economic growth is equally important to raise the standard of the State. The central Government is kind enough to feed Nagas with easy money despite it failures in some aspects. Many ministers go to Delhi in search of financial assistance. They more they assist, the more we become dependent. We search for a motherly treatment from the central Government but give a step-mother’s treatment to our own people back home.

This is why development of people and places do not go hand in hand.

Every Indian State is given timely financial assistance to manage its affairs so as to renew the face of India towards wholesome growth. No State is left orphan to manage its own life or to die in misery. Likewise, Nagaland has received sufficient financial assistance from the central Government.

We do not deny many developmental works. But quality development is better than quantity non-lasting development. There should be sincere reality check to make sure that we do not fall ill due to mismanagement or disorder.

There is always financial deficit in Nagaland because we know only how to receive. With less income from the State (within), it is far beyond the capacity to develop Nagaland into a selfsustainable State.

There are so many stepmothers in the form of politicians, public leaders and associations. We have become the cause of our own downfall.

Are all districts or (political) constituencies of Nagaland getting their equal financial share to develop its area? If the answer is positive, than why do some areas of Nagaland still live like ancient world without much or any development?

Who shall be blamed for such dejected life of our brothers and sisters? There are many leaders who consume the share of others and still live in glory.

The illiterate, uneducated and simple minded people are taken for long ride so as to drain their (given) wealth and position. A big mansion can be built in towns and cities at the expense of a tiny thatch hut of the villagers. A vast and deep division (a type of caste system) is digging its foundation among the Nagas.

This is because some people try forcefully to be more equal than others by extending their illegal tentacles far and wide.

All must be given equal share and privileges to grow and develop (be it towns or villages, far or near). Every cruel unfaithful step-mother should realize that Nagaland cannot grow under them.

The recent voice of the Eastern Nagas demanding separate State aroused the feeling of uneasiness (though not expressed) in some of the Political Advisors/leaders who played the role of step-mothers.

Indeed, they have played the role efficiently. Those Government officials who are hardly seen in their work places bear equal shame and guilt. They can be called ‘the new stepmothers’ to Nagas. Is the Government of Nagaland giving a step-motherly treatment to the eastern brothers and sisters (as some people claim this statement to be true)? Who is the mother or step-mother of Nagaland? It is our own people who modify themselves from mother to step-mother. If we become step-mothers to each other than the future of Nagas will have no grip.

Who divided the Nagas into eastern or western Nagas? It is the step-mother. She divides the children of the family. What is the stand of the political leaders from the so called eastern Nagaland? (as they called themselves to be).

Do they feel neglected by the Government of Nagaland or are they neglecting their own people? Every cause of divi-

sion starts from within.

The public forum, youth and student body have equal responsibility in bringing up their respective areas through the system of check and balance. But when associations drown themselves in the pool of money, they need not talk about development and progress. A good public speech is not enough to expose one’s personality. Hidden actions can speak more than public speeches.

How many associations in Nagaland can truly say with clean lips and hearts that they are working tirelessly for the good of the Nagas? Many people speak against corruption and other forms of evil practices only after wiping their mouth clean. Yes, after the stomach is filled, it is easy to speak of hunger and thirst.

Many people hunger and thirst for development and progress after filling their own pockets and stomach. Associations can further or block the system of development. They can further development if they are true to themselves. They can block development if they stand only for selfish motives. Most financial assistance meant for particular area can be swallowed together by different associations. Today, Nagaland has numerous associations.

Are they helping Nagaland to grow or decay slowly? Are they taking the place of mother or step-mother?

Let every political representative be held responsible for development or non-development of its constituency. They need not reside in Kohima or Dimapur from January to December. To return to one’s own constituency after four and half years is not enough to taste the life situation of the people. Today, Nagaland is in need of good mother who can look after the daily affairs of the Naga family.

Let us not allow several wicked step-mothers to intrude our rights and privileges.

Rev. Fr. G. L. Khing, Kohima

Kudos to Nagaland Food Safety Commission

heartily congratulate the State Food Safety Commissioner Mr. Himato Zhimomi and his team for the sincere initiatives being taken to check the habitual anomalies committed by traders and food producers in Nagaland. The detection of formalin injected fish on sale in market, the exposure of unhygienic hoteliers and bakeries and the seizure of fruits ripened with use of chemical are but semblance of governance. I am thankful to Bengaluru based Public Affairs Centre(PAC) for highlighting the comparative data on how each State is governed effectively in India, and for sure Nagaland is recorded at the penultimate as least governed. It is obvious and such exposure of truth does not surprise anyone here in Nagaland nor such will prick the 60 members and bureaucrats who have elephant skin barring few.

The opinion of PAC’s Public Affairs Index(PAI) has alarmed Meghalaya.

Yet no amount of warnings and embarrassments can make Nagas sensible as we, including myself, all have been suffering from numbness for too long. In that state we allowed individualism and selfishness to dictate the governance of the affairs of the State.

In that state, we allowed our valuable and powerful laws to get rusted and rot. I do not believe that for want of laws the Food Safety measures could not be enforced earlier. The nodal

authorities were equipped with powers to take actions against the defaulters at anytime and at any place with the same existing laws and yet none bothered till Mr. Himato Zhimomi was given the assignment as I watch in the gallery.

Introspectively speaking, due to negligence of the concerned authorities to prevent sale of contaminated food in the market, how many lives were lost and how many people are being placed in health peril due to adulterated food items. Is Nagaland Govt. not responsible for those who had premature death due to food poisoning? Why Nagaland has maximum number cancer patients in NE? Is Nagaland Govt. serious about the ongoing operation against food adulteration and unhygienic hotels and confectionaries under the command of Mr. Himato?

The Govt. must not have subjective operation but the enforcement of the law must be holistic and impartial. The actions of the defaulters are not accident but incident, and therefore corrective measures should be laced with punitive actions to make the defaulters respect the law henceforth. The Kohima team has started as disclosed, but how determined and sincere the team will be is the question. Just as the CMO Dimapur, the Kohima counterpart too should have comprehensive action plan without any subjectivity. The ini-

tiatives have begun and it should not be allowed to become a mere show like Nagaland’s Swach Bharat or Kohima Town cleaning once in a blue moon but it should reach its logical conclusion.

Hence, there are possibilities in the process that Mr. Himato may become the odd number similar to that of a discipline petty police officer in Nagaland.

As assigned, the poor police officer booked the culprit and reported the matter to his boss. Whereas, instead of getting unconditional support from his boss for the honest job done, he had to face reprimand for the reason that his boss connived with the culprit. The police personnel on ground are demoralized lot today as the fish always rots from head and never from tail.

To be blunt, authorities of today, be it politician or bureaucrat, are malleable and remained un-resistible to wads of currency notes from traders or anyone who can offer. I am sure Mr. Himato and team is now uniting all those whose business establishments are checked. When so, the nucleus will become formidable to gain political, legal and bureaucratic backings. Following which whisper campaign will start branding Mr. Himato to be over smart, excessive, partial, too personal and vindictive followed by lobby for his immediate transfer to insignificant Department.

If the State Govt. becomes so fragile and lacks

integrity even to lend support to such an important undertaking (its all for health) headed by a daring bureaucrat who is found able to resist the temptation of abuse of the delegated power for personal interest, then the common man will have what they do not deserve. Our markets will go back to square one.

Formalin laced fish will fill the fish market and we will be compelled to consume contaminated food items all the time to come.

Secondly, as much as the contaminated food is poisonous to health, the manipulated and uncontrolled rates of items be it eatables or garments or construction materials are injurious to consumers’ economy. The other day, the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DCCI) clarified that costly rate of brick is due to indulgence by middlemen and not that the kiln owners raised the rate.

The ball is in the court of the Govt. now. I believe Nagaland has the costliest rate of sand in the country as Kanaikat sand costs Rs.26000/-, Longli sand costs Rs.23500/and Deopani sand costs Rs.22000/- per truck load respectively though the rates do fluctuate.

Although we do not have elected Municipal body, we have District administration manning the Council. Yet, for instance as Kohima town, I seldom see the presence of the administration in respect of public welfare

measures. The consumers are always at the mercy of traders whose hobby is to squeeze maximum juice from the gullible consumers. I do not trust the vegetable qualities imported from outside Nagaland to Kohima market. I am told chemicals are used for the speedy growth of even non-cultivated jungle leaves which are on sale at Kohima. What about meat qualities in Kohima markets? How perfect are the scales of meat sellers?

How often the responsible local officers are responsible enough in monitoring

the markets for the sake of consumers. Are our food items safe for human consumption or not. The authority concerned must be committed to verify food item comprehensively in the interest of the citizens.

Whereas, when the local administration has much indifference and lethargy, who will protect the interest of the consumers. Show your existence. All those who are doing well, you are not alone. You have the support of right thinking people.

Z. Lohe

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Dimapur since time immemorial

I congratulate the Chakhroma G.B. Union for bringing out the fact that Nagas had always lived in their own land of “Dimapur” from time immemorial giving minute details. “Dimapur” did not even have a name when the British came in the 18th Century. The so called Dhansiri River was called Temorü (no-end river) in Tenyidie by Angamis of the area. “Dhansari” was a name coined by outsiders later on. Yes, legend has it that it was Thezhüuo, an Angami warrior with divine and supernatural powers and magic who occupied the deep forests of Dimapur with a group of youth who accompanied him throughout his migratory travels from the east. Kiruphema claims that Thezhüuo was a man of the village. So the story goes on. Over the years, one named “Dima” came and begged to live with Thezhüuo’s group; then marriage of Thezhüuo’s daughter with Dima followed. Then came construction of the fort and pond, and then destruction of the fort, etc.

K. K. Peseyie, Kohima

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Haridas and E.K. Sabu and Dy. SP Ajith Kumar for having attempted to cover up the crime by destroying evidence and falsifying police station records. It granted bail to them The case touched a raw nerve among people because of Parvathy Amma’s protracted and determined legal battle to bring to justice the killers of her only son. It had also prompted a public discussion on police brutality and led to widespread condemnation of third-degree methods.

Par vathy Amma thanked the media for the outpouring of social support their coverage of the case had triggered. She said no other mother should suffer her fate. “They killed my son during an Onam 13 years ago. Now they will spend their Onam in prison. No court will

Human-elephant conflict: ORVC seeks compensation... Goa MLAs want (From p-1) bullfighting to loss of human life, domestic animals, crops and properties by wild animals, especially by wild elephants, for awarding compensation, another incident was reported be legalised just two to three weeks back by the same herd of wild elephants.

He alleged that the herd had damaged paddy fields, vegetables, banana and rubber plantations, orange groves and farm huts, thus affecting the farmers from the two villages of Old Riphyim and New Riphyim very badly and which had been verified by the respective village councils.

WC NNPGs react to statements (From p-1) (Parent Body), on June 6, 2018 convened a meeting at Dimapur and endorsed Toshi Walling to represent the group as co-convener of NNPGs WC, replacing V Nagi. Since then, WC said Toshi Walling as co-convener and Liangkebo Zeliang are representing the group.

The group maintained that the Working Committee was intact with all six NNPGs adequately represented with convener and five co-conveners, along with other members. Since the current Indo-Naga political negotiation was in progress, WC hoped that V Nagi, as a committed national leader and general secretary, would exercise wisdom and work closely with president Z Royim Yimchunger and co-convener WC, Toshi Walling, CEC member, to take the ongoing dialogue to a logical conclusion. With this, WC NNPGs said it would not be issuing anymore statement on this matter.

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be doubly sure.” She said the second post-mortem revealed the same cause of death: starvation.

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New Delhi, Jul 25 (IANS): Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha, chief of NDA constituent Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, on Wednesday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should not be chief ministerial candidate in 2020 assembly polls.

“Nitish Kumar should not be the face of chief ministerial candidate in next assembly polls,” he told a local TV channel here.

Calling for a new face to be projected as NDA’s chief ministerial candidate in place of Nitish Kumar, Kushwaha said: “Nitish Kumar will be Chief Minister for 15 years till 2020, now other should get opportunity to work as Chief Minister.”

“Nitish Kumar should go for bigger politics now and he should say no to the Chief Minister’s post,” he added.

Reacting strongly to Kushwaha’s statement, Nitish Kumar’s Janata DalUnited leader K.C. Tyagi said Nitish Kumar would continue as Chief Minister till people of the state wanted him.

Kushwaha’s statement indicates cracks in NDA in Bihar ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls with differences over seat sharing among allies are yet to be resolves.

VVPAT machines for conducting 2019 Lok Sabha polls to be delivered by year-end.

New Delhi, Jul 25 (IANS): The Election Commission on Wednesday said 5.88 lakh units of VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) have been produced so far and the remaining 10.27 lakh units would be procured

by November, allowing it the time for making pre-poll preparations for the 2019 general elections.

“VVPAT deliveries have been delayed due to analysis of “technology stabilization issues in the initial batches and incorporates essential design improvements”, the EC said in a report on Wednesday highlighting how the Commission was struggling to meet the deadline. The EC said in a statement that even after continuous monitoring, all VVPATs will be delivered well before the end of November 2018, well within the time required for making pre-poll prepara-

tions. In order to meet the requirement of VVPATs for 100 per cent saturation of all polling stations for the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, the Commission had placed an order for 16.15 lakh VVPATs with state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL).

To date, 5.88 lakh units have been produced by the PSUs (4.36 lakh by BEL and 1.52 lakh by ECIL), which is 36 per cent of the total quantity to be supplied,” it said.

“Both the PSUs have assured the Commission that the remaining VVPAT units (10.27 lakh) will be manufactured and supplied to the various states/UTs before end of November 2018.” “The Commission is committed to 100 per cent deployment of VVPATs at all polling stations in all elections,” it said.

Need to ask if our freedom is in peril: Hamid Ansari New Delhi, Jul 25 (IANS): Former Vice President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday said that a question was staring at all of us if the open society “we used to take pride in” was facing a serious existential threat amid “voices of sanity” being silenced.

“Mourning is just not enough. We should challenge...if our freedom of expression is being challenged and if that is really facing a challenge then every citizen is threatened,” Ansari said at an event here to pay tributes to Kashmiri editor Shujaat Bukhari who was shot dead outside his Srinagar office on June 14. The former Rajya Sabha Chairman said Bukhari stood for sanity and that was what put him in a difficult condition.

“A good man, good editor and a thinking individual was snatched from us so brutally. We have to ask why.” he said, adding the

selves what we are going want democracy or peace through. We used to take flourish in Kashmir”. pride in being an open sociShe said we needed to ety and we still do. But we ask why the situation was beneed to stop and ask if that ing allowed to slide and why society is in peril.” all the peace dividend that Malini Parthasarthy, had accumulated because of the co-chairperson of The earlier Kashmir initiatives Hindu Group, speaking at the had been wasted away. event organised by consult“Clearly the answer ing firm Bureau of Research lies in the continuing indifon Industry and Economic ference of the Modi govFundamentals (BRIEF) said ernment to the terror and Hamid Ansari Shujaat’s “assassination is continuing alienation of the first victims of such a situa- a chilling reminder of the ordinary Kashmiri buffeted tion become those who carry vested interests and anti- between the security forces voices of people to larger democratic forces who don’t and the terrorist groups. audiences.

“Shujaat’s death is an example. Not the only one example. Those who speak honestly and candidly are prevented (from speaking) in the most brutal manner. We have a case in Bangalore,” Ansari said, referring to the last year murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh who was shot dead in her home on September 5.

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New Delhi, Jul 25 (IANS): Hunger appears to have killed three minor sisters on Tuesday in Mandawali area of east Delhi.

Though the police are still awaiting the second post-mortem report, the doctors at Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hospital here said the first autopsy revealed that the girls died due to ‘starvation’.

The police said the three victims aged two, four and eight years, were found unconscious in their one-room house by their neighbours and were later declared brought dead at the LBS Hospital.

“When their neighbours went to the house, they discovered that the girls were numb while their mother, who was also present in the house, did not know anything,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police, East, Pankaj Kumar Singh.

The mother, along with the neighbours, took the kids to LBS Hospital, where they were declared brought dead.

“The family had shifted to Mandawali a few days back,” said Singh, adding they were living with a relative. The father, a rickshaw-puller, has been missing since Tuesday morning, he said.

The minors’ mother, the police said, is mentally challenged, and she was unable to look after her children.

While the police claimed that the case was

Panaji, Jul 25 (IANS): Goa lawmakers on Wednesday urged the state government to legalise bullfighting even as Animal Husbandry Minister Mauvin Godinho assured the Assembly that he will lobby the Centre to get the banned sport legalised.

“I will fight for this actively and lobby in Delhi.

This is something which the Goans love,” Godinho told the Assembly even as legislators cutting across party lines demanded mulling of ways and means to get the ban revoked.

“Our bullfighting is not like the ones involving matadors. There (in Spain) they kill bulls. Here, we rear bulls for the fights. It does not amount to cruelty. In fact, bullfighting is like boxing,” Nationalist Congress Party MLA Churchill Alemao said.

at Pipavav in Gujarat and is currently building five Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPVs) for the Indian Navy and 14 Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard.

“The decision of the Government of India to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from France was made through an inter-governmental agreement signed between the two countries.

“Also, all these 36 aircraft are being manufactured in France and will be delivered on a ‘fly away’ basis from Dassault manufacturing facilities in France to the Indian Air Force and no Indian company has any role to play,” he said.

Dassault choose Reliance Group as its joint venture partner to meet the ‘offset’ or export obligation component of the deal and this was “an independent agreement between two corporate private sector entities, and Governments had no role to play in this matter,” he wrote.

Gandhi has been attacking the government on the deal which he claims was inked at a much higher price than the one the previous UPA regime had negotiated. Last week during the debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, he accused the government of changing the deal to benefit “one businessman“.

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Prabhavathi Amma, mother of Udayakumar, in tears after hearing the verdict. (PTI)

pardon them. They killed an innocent man. God has heard a mother’s prayer”, she said. Ms Parvathy also thanked E. K. Raju of the CPI and her brother for their staunch support.

The case has come as a legal victory for the CBI. It had bolstered its case against the local police by flipping seven suspect officers, who were present at the station on the day of the crime, in favour of the prosecution. It also relied heavily on sworn statements of crime scene experts and forensic doctors.

The CBI’s case was that K. Jithukumar and S.V. Sreekumar apprehended Udayakumar, along with his friend Suresh Kumar, from Sreekanteswaram Park around 2 p.m. on September 27, 2005. Suresh was a history-sheeter with a long police record of petty theft. Their suspicion was aroused when they found Rs 4,000 with Udayakumar.

The prosecution case was that Jithukumar and S.V. Sreekumar along with another colleague K.V. Soman bound Udayakumar to the bench spreadeagled and inflicted crush injuries on his thighs purportedly to extract a confession.

New Delhi,Jul 25 (Agencies): Billionaire and Reliance Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group (ADAG) chairman, Anil Ambani has written to Congress president Rahul Gandhi refuting allegations of his Reliance Group lacking experience to get the Rafale fighter jet deal and said the government had no role in French Group Dassault picking up his company as a local partner.

In a two-page letter written on December 12, 2017, Ambani explained to Gandhi, who has been attacking the government over the Rafale deal, why his Reliance Group bagged the multi-billion dollar project.

Invoking his family’s “respectful relationship” with the Gandhi family over generations, Ambani said he was “personally saddened” by the “unfortunate statements” against him and his group by several functionaries of the Congress party.

“Not only do we have the necessary experience but we are also the leaders in several important areas of defence manufacture,” he said in the letter written on the last day of campaigning for the Gujarat assembly polls that was marked by political mud-slinging over the Rafale fighter jet deal.

He said Reliance Defence has the largest shipyard in the private sector

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T h i ru va na n thapuram, Jul 25 (AGENCIES): A special court of the CBI in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday sentenced to death by hanging two police men for torturing to death Udayakumar, 26, at the Fort police station in the city in 2005.

The CBI Special Judge Nazar handed down the capital punishment to K. Jithukumar and S. V. Sreekumar. The victim’s 67-year-old single-mother, Prabhavathi Amma, was in court, clad in white, to hear the verdict. The accused officers wept as they listened to the order.

The judge said he found no mitigating circumstances to reduce the quantum of punishment.

“Law enforcers are protectors of life and property and not death dealers. The accused had killed an innocent person in their custody,” he said.

Justice Nazar ruled the crime fell in the rarest of the rare category that deserved death. Their illegal actions had severely eroded public trust in the law enforcement and caused social harm. The court also awarded three-year imprisonment to retired SPs T.K.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018

The GBs Union Dimapur would like to convey our heartiest appreciation and sincere thanks to the following persons for their kind generous contribution which could make the GBs Union Dimapur Annual General Meeting held on 13th July' 2018 at Lotha Hoho Ki, Dimapur a grand success.

1. Shri. Moatoshi, Hon'ble MLA. 2. Commissioner of Police, Dimapur.

3. Director, Food & Civil Supplies Deptt.

4. Administrator, DMC. 5. Urban Development Officer.

6. Superintendent, Food & Civil Supplies Deptt.

We would also like to thank the EAC Dimapur, President Naga Council, President DUCCF and President NWHD for their valuable words of encouragement and inputs on the role and responsibilities of the GBS in the context of the present society.

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I, the above named Affiant do hereby solemnly declare and state as under :1. That my real name is Mr. N. Chubangangshi. (Real Name) 2. That my name Mr. N. Chubangangshi (Real Name) is recorded in my Aadhar Card bearing Aadhar No. 4822 0954 7537, whereas in my Saving Bank Pass Book in the State Bank of India, Tuli Branch bearing A/C No. 33168024947 my name is inadvertently recorded as N. Chuba Mouzadar, as a result there appears to be different persons, which is in fact refers to the same and one person only.

3. I FURTHER DECLARE that for the purpose of evidencing any matter I shall at all time hereafter in all records, deeds and writings and in all proceedings, dealings and transactions, private as well as upon all occasions whatsoever use and sign my name as Mr. N. Chubangangshi.

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5. I further state that the contents of this affidavit from paragraph 1 to 4 of this affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing material has been conceal therein, and no part of it is false.

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The situation is even worse for luxury car makers who import a majority of their parts from foreign vendors.

“We are watching the trend cautiously and will act accordingly,” the daily quoted Roland Folger, MD & CEO of Mercedes-Benz India as saying. Meanwhile, the TOI report quoted Audi India head Rahil Ansari as saying “We would not be in a position to protect prices in the long run if rupee gets weaker.” Other than cars, TV manufacturers are also mulling a price hike from next month if rupee fall continues, the TOI report further added. “It is increasingly getting difficult to manage the situation.

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“We are feeling the impact (from a weak rupee).

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New Delhi, Jul 25 (Agencies): The weakening rupee may soon minimise the gains from the latest round of goods and services tax (GST) rates cuts for consumers as several TV, car manufacturers are evaluating a price hike, ET Nownews reported.

The falling rupee is making a dent on TV, car manufacturer’s profitability as it makes imports costlier thereby raising the cost of production of TVs and cars of domestic manufacturers.It may be noted that the Indian rupee fell to an all-time low of 69.10 against the US dollar on July 19, making it one of the worst-performing Asian currencies.

Economists believe the current situation may

Meanwhile, the Financial Benchmarks India Private Limited (FBIL) fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 68.8028 and for the euro at 80.4497.

The bond market, however fell back and the 10-year benchmark yield ended higher at 7.79 per cent.

Against a basket of other currencies, the dollar index was down at 94.27.

In cross cur rency trade, the rupee also recuperated against the British pound, euro and Japanese yen to end at 90.51, 80.44 and 61.94 per 100 yens, respectively.

Elsewhere, the euro remained flat against the US dollar ahead of Trump’s scheduled meet with Juncker even as the ECB convenes on Thursday to make its rate decision.

The British pound retreated sharply after hitting a fresh one-week high on bouts of risk-aversion that gripped the European markets.

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intense dollar pressure, before reversing sharply as banks stepped up greenback sales for exporters and custodian clients amid a weak US currency.

After scaling an intraday high 68.70, the local unit finally settled at 68.79, showing a sharp rise of 15 paise, or 0.22 per cent.

It had lost 10 paise in last two days.

Meanwhile, the greenback slipped ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Junker in Washington, against the backdrop of a deepening trade dispute.

On the energy front, crude oil extended gains after US crude inventories fell more than expected, easing worries about oversupply.

In the meantime, China announced a package of policies to spur domestic growth in the face of rising trade frictions with the US.

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New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI): Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday said it is recalling 1,279 units of new Swift and Dzire models to inspect for a possible fault in the airbag controller units.

MSI in a statement said it will proactively and voluntarily undertake a recall for 1,279 vehicles (566 new Swift and 713 new Dzire) manufactured between May 7 to July 5, 2018.

“Recall campaigns are undertaken globally to rectify faults that may be potential safety defects. Starting July 25, 2018, owners of the vehicles included in this recall campaign will be contacted by Maruti Suzuki dealers for inspection and replacement of the faulty part free of cost,” the company added.

“Relatively higher interest rates, high oil prices, uncertainties on the exchange rate, gradually building up political risks from the 2019 elections - are all headwinds that can slow down the growth momentum,” noted Samiran Chakraborty, senior economist at Citi.

“Much will depend on the extent of (government) spending in fiscal year 2019 and its multiplier effect on the rural economy.”

The consensus for growth has remained largely unchanged for almost a year in Reuters polls, despite worries about escalating trade disputes, which has dented confidence among economists surveyed on most other major economies.

Indeed, the Reuters poll growth forecast for India this fiscal year is now a touch higher than the International Monetary Fund’s projection, at 7.3 per cent.

Some respondents also said the trade dispute between the United States and its trading partners will have only a minimal impact on the Indian economy, compared to others in the region.

Mumbai, Jul 25 (PTI): Reversing its two-session slide, the rupee rebounded by 15 paise Wednesday to end at a fresh one-week high of 68.79 against the US dollar on bouts of greenback selling by exporters and corporates.

The forex market witnessed a highly volatile session, with the home currency falling initially before staging a comeback.

The upbeat trend was supported by unwinding of long dollar positions by speculators and local banks in view of subdued overseas cues, even as Dalal Street’s record-breaking run continued for the third straight day.

The Indian unit also recovered against the British pound, euro and Japanese yen. Most Asian currencies were treading water. Earlier, the rupee opened weak at 68.96 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market against 68.94 previously.

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economists who answered an additional question on risks to the outlook said the recent rise in oil prices was the biggest threat, as that would increase the prospect for more interest rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of India.

“We think that for every 10 dollar rise in oil prices, India growth declines by 30-40 basis points. This impacts growth by lowering consumption and raising input costs,” said Shashank Mendiratta, economist at ANZ. India’s economy has started to recover after a slowdown caused by a ban on high-value currency notes in November 2016, followed by the hasty implementation of a goods and services tax (GST) in July last year.

Indeed, growth has been accelerating over the past year from a low of 5.6 per cent to above 7 per cent in recent quarters.

But, while the quarterly growth outlook for India is relatively steady through to the end of next year, it is not expected to match or surpass the 7.7 per cent rate reported for the latest quarter.

Dimapur, Jul 25 (NPN): Project director DRDA Wokha, Thungdeno Mozhui on Wednesday inaugurated a multi marketing complex at Wokha village near NST colony Wokha town.

The complex was inaugurated after it was dedicated by WVBC pastor, O. Thungben Kikon.

The programme was chaired by BDO Wokha block, Albert Patton.

Speaking at the programme, project director appreciated the Wokha village council and VDB for using the village funds judiciously sanctioned by DRDA. The project director also urged the district administration of Wokha to check the sale of unhygienic items and cancelled their permit in the event of any one selling unhygienic items.

Wokha village council chairman, S.Yanphamo Tungoe delivered the welcome address and secretary VDB Mhonthung Erui gave a brief report on the construction of the marketing complex. Vote of thanks was delivered by Wokha village council secretary, Zhchanbemo Kithan.

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The over $2 trillion economy, which surpassed France recently to become the world’s sixth-largest economy, is expected to grow 7.4 per cent in the fiscal year ending in March 2019 and 7.6 per cent next, according to average forecasts in the latest poll of nearly 70 economists, taken July 19-24.

In contrast, analysts in the most recent Reuters poll expect China’s economy, the world’s second largest, to grow 6.6 per cent this year.

But record high costs of diesel and petrol - which are the biggest items on India’s import bill - at a time when the rupee is weakening and close to a record low has become a major burden, posing a risk to those forecasts.

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Polling ends in Pak; 37 killed in violence

Islamabad, Jul 25 (IANS): At least 37 people were killed and several injured mostly in a suicide bombing in Balochistan on Wednesday as millions of voters thronged polling stations across the country to exercise their franchise in the 11th general election.

Counting has begun at certain polling stations after the voting ended.

The Balochistan bombing targeted the convoy of Deputy Inspector General of Police Abdul Razzaq Cheema near a polling station. It left 31 persons, including some policemen, dead. The senior police official escaped unhurt, Geo News reported.

Civil Hospital Quetta officials confirmed the casualties. The area was crowded as people were making their way to vote at Tameer-e-Nau Model School. Polling was halted at the polling station, only to resume later.

While polling stations opened for voting at 8 a.m., enthusiastic citizens queued up outside their respective stations as early as 7 a.m.

The PML-N had sent a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, seeking an extension in time by one hour. But the poll body refused.

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(L-R) Pakistani voters with their national identity cards waiting in a queue in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday.

Pakistani volunteers and security officers visit the site of a bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday. (AP/PTI)

eral elections are expected to trickle in immediately with the final outcome likely by Thursday morning or afternoon, according to election officials.

A Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) worker was killed and two others injured as party activists clashed with Awami National Party (ANP) workers outside a polling station in Nawan Kali in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to Express News.

Another person was killed in firing outside a Mirpurkhas polling station in Dighri area.

In a separate incident, one person was killed while five people were injured in a cracker blast outside a political camp in Larkana.

A mini-jeep taking voters to polling stations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa fell into a deep gorge, resulting in the death of four people.

The workers of the two parties clashed in Mardan as well. Several people have been injured in the firing incident. Following the clash.

Police took control of the affected area. Two people were injured in a firing incident in Dera Murad Jamali in Balochistan.

In a separate incident, four people were injured in a blast outside a political camp in Larkana in Sindh province, the home of the Bhutto family.

Independent candidate Jibran Nasir said that Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan

supporters attacked a facilitation camp he had set up in Chandio Village in Karachi.

As many as 12,570 candidates are in the field for a total of 849 seats of the national and provincial assemblies in the general election.

Nearly 106 million people are eligible to vote.

The battle is mainly between three parties: Shahbaz Sharif ’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Imran Khan’s PTI. In an effort to increase voter participation, the Election Commission declared a public holiday on Wednesday. Over four lakh security personnel have been deployed at polling stations across the

country to maintain law and order and take action against harassment, after the nation witnessed one of the bloodiest campaigns, including the July 13 bombing that killed 150 people.

According to a poll official, 5,878 polling stations have been declared “highly sensitive” -- official euphemism to mean they are prone to violence -- in Sindh; 5,487 in Punjab and Islamabad; 3,874 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and 1,768 in Balochistan.

The elections are being held as emotions run high over a graft case that led to the imprisonment of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz.

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LO N D O N, J u l 2 5 (Agencies): Teenagers, and particularly girls, are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS epidemic with around 30 adolescents becoming infected with HIV every hour, according to a report by the United Nations children’s fund UNICEF, Reuters reported.

Of those 30 new infections each hour among 15 to 19 year-olds in 2017, around 20 - or two-thirds - were in girls, UNICEF said, representing a “crisis of health as well as a crisis of agency”.

While there has been substantial progress in the fight against AIDS in the last two decades, the failure to prevent so many new infections among children and teenagers is slowing this down, the report said.

It said the epidemic’s spread among adolescent girls is being fuelled by early sex, including with older

men, forced sex, powerlessness in negotiating around sex, poverty and lack of access to confidential counselling and testing services.

“In most countries, women and girls lack access to information, to services, or even just the power to say no to unsafe sex,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF’s executive director. “HIV thrives among the most vulnerable and marginalized, leaving teenage girls at the centre of the crisis.”

UNICEF’s report, presented on Wednesday at an AIDS conference in Amsterdam, said that 130,000 children aged 19 and under died from AIDS last year, while 430,000 – almost 50 an hour – were newly infected.

Adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 account for almost two thirds of the 3 million under-19 year-olds living with HIV. And while AIDS-related

deaths among all other age groups have been falling since 2010, those among older adolescents aged 15 to 19 have seen no reduction.

Angelique Kidjo, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador who contributed to the report, said economic empowerment and education were crucial.

“We need to make girls and women secure enough economically that they don’t have to turn to sex work,” she said. “We need to make sure they have the right information about how HIV is transmitted and how to protect themselves.”

UNAIDS says the fight against the AIDS epidemic - in which 37 million people worldwide are infected with the incurable HIV virus - is at a “precarious point”, with deaths falling, treatment rates rising, but rates of new HIV infections stubbornly high.

To ron t o, J u l 2 5 (PTI): A Pakistani-origin man has been identified by the Canadian police as the gunman who killed two persons and injured 13 others in a deadly mass shooting incident in Toronto claimed by the ISIS terror group.

Faisal Hussain, 29, was suffering from psychosis and was getting professional help, Canada’s public broadcaster CBC News reported.

The Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL), said Hussain was “one of the soldiers of the Islamic State”.

“He carried out the attack in response to calls to target nationals of countries of the coalition” fighting IS in Syria and Iraq since 2014, the terror group’s propaganda agency Amaq reported today.

More than 150 dead in IS attacks in southern Syria Beirut, Jul 25 (Agencies): A string of suicide blasts and raids claimed by the Islamic State group killed more than 150 people in southern Syria today, in one of the jihadists’ deadliest ever assaults in the country, AFP reported.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attacks hit several areas of the largely governmentheld southern province of Sweida, where IS retains a presence in a northeastern desert region.

They came almost a week into a deadly Russiabacked regime campaign to oust IS fighters from a holdout in a neighbouring province of the country’s south.

IS claimed responsibility for the violence, saying “soldiers of the caliphate” attacked Syrian government positions and security outposts in Sweida city, then detonated their explosive belts.

The Britain-based Observatory said three suicide attackers set off boobytrapped belts in Sweida city, as other blasts hit villages to the north and east. A fourth suicide explosion hit the city later.

“IS fighters then stormed villages in the province’s northeast and killed residents in their homes,” Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said.

The suicide blasts and

Images of the aftermath of the attacks were broadcast by state media.

raids killed 156 people including 62 civilians, the Observatory said.

The remaining 94 dead were pro-regime fighters, most of whom where residents who had picked up weapons to defend their villages, it said.

Sweida, whose residents are mostly from the Druze minority, have been relatively insulated from the war that has ravaged the rest of the country since 2011.

“It’s the bloodiest death toll in Sweida province since the start of the war” in 2011 and one of the deadliest ever in Syria, Abdel Rahman said.

The violence also left 30 IS fighters dead, including the suicide attackers.

The jihadists captured at least three of the seven villages it targeted but clashes were ongoing today, the Observatory said.

State media confirmed the attacks had killed and wounded people in Sweida city and villages to the north

and east, but did not give a specific toll.

SANA published images of the attack’s aftermath in Sweida city, showing the remains of a victim sprawled on a staircase near a damaged wall.

Abandoned shoes lay in the middle of the road among fruit that had spilled out of cartons.

The UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Syria Ali al-Zaatari condemned the “terrorist bombing in Sweida city today,” saying all civilians should be protected.

And the Russian foreign ministry said the IS attacks “confirm the need for energetic and coordinated efforts by the international community to eradicate this universal evil from Syrian territory”.

State television said the army was targeting IS in the province’s east.

Despite pro-government forces ousting the group from urban centres in eastern Syria

last year, surprise IS raids in recent months have killed dozens of regime and allied fighters.

The jihadists still hold some territory in Syria’s south, including in Sweida and another isolated but larger patch in neighbouring Daraa province, to the west.

That pocket is held by Jaish Khaled bin al-Walid, a jihadist faction whose 1,000 fighters have pledged allegiance to IS. After ousting non-jihadist rebels from most of the country’s south, President Bashar al-Assad’s troops and his Russian allies are now closing in on the IS pocket in Daraa province.

SANA said the IS attacks on neighbouring Sweida were an attempt to relieve pressure “on IS remnants facing their inevitable end in the western Daraa countryside”.

Today, Russia-backed regime forces pressed their heavy bombardment of the IS-held pocket in Daraa.

At least 41 civilians have been killed in air strikes on the jihadist holdout since July 19, the monitor says.

Fierce clashes between the two sides have killed 49 regime fighters and 67 jihadists.

Syria’s south is ostensibly protected from fighting by an internationally brokered ceasefire since last year, but violence has dramatically risen in recent weeks.

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Islamabad, Jul 25 (PTI): Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf chief Imran Khan’s vote from a parliamentary seat in Islamabad, from where he is also contesting the general elections, may be cancelled by the election commission for allegedly violating the code of conduct, according to media reports today.

President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif and former foreign minister Khawaja Asif may also face action after the poll panel took serious note of them interaction with the media after casting their votes.

Khan, a cricketerturned-politician, came under scanner of the Election Commission of Pakistan for not maintaining the secrecy and casting his vote in full view of the media and cameras.

The ECP may now cancel his vote for Islamabad’s NA-53 constituency, the Dawn reported.

The poll body took notice of the Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf chief, the PML-N leader and Asif speaking to media after casting their vote, a senior ECP official said.

25 (Agencies): The Laotian prime minister said today 131 people are still missing two days after a dam collapse swamped several villages in the country’s south, killing at least 26 people, AFP reported.

In a rare televised press conference by the leader of the secretive communist country, Thongloun Sisoulith gave the most specific figure so far for the number unaccounted for.

Earlier official reports spoke of hundreds missing in Attapeu province.

“One hundred and thirty one people have been reported missing,” he said, adding all of them were Lao nationals.

Survivors have questioned why they got little warning of the deluge, which inundated several villages across a vast area with several metres of flood water.

Two South Korean contractors said they had reported damage a day before parts of the Xe-Namnoy dam gave way Monday and unleashed a wall of water.

Thai consular official Chana Miencharoen, at the scene of the relief effort told AFP that by late afternoon Wednesday 26 bodies had

“Seventeen others are injured and in hospital,” he said, adding roof-level floodwater was hampering rescue efforts in a remote area of the poor and landlocked Southeast Asian country.

Information trickled slowly out of Laos as the publicity-shy country tried to get to grips with the disaster.

The Vientiane Times reported that 3,000 were in need of rescue as of Wednesday afternoon, taking shelter in trees and on rooftops.

Footage on Laos television showed people huddled on roofs awaiting rescue as muddy water swirled menacingly just below them, with the army and local volunteers leading the rescue effort.

Questions began to emerge over the collapse, with some of the displaced saying they were warned to leave their homes only hours before disaster struck.

“It happened quickly, we had little time to prepare ourselves,” Joo Hinla, 68, from one of the worst-hit villages of Ban Hin Lath, told AFP from a warehouse crammed with over 700 displaced people in a neighbouring province.

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riana Grande, Kim Kardashian West and Ellen DeGeneres have voiced their support for pop singer Demi Lovato.

The 25-year-old is in a Los Angeles hospital receiving treatment for a suspected drug overdose.

Lovato was found unconscious at her home on Tuesday and was treated at the scene.

Famous friends of the star have been posting

on social media, whilst thousands of fans have been using the “Pray for Demi” hashtag.

They have included former Disney co-stars Nick and Joe Jonas, who starred alongside her in the 2008 film Camp Rock and enlisted her as a suppor t act on the Jonas Brothers World Tour in 2009.

Nick Jonas@nickjonas: Like all of you I am reeling at the news about

Demi. All of us love her and need to pray for her to get well. She is a fighter. #prayfordemi A number of artists also gave their support, including friends and collaborators Katy Perry, Clean Bandit, Ariana Grande and Kesha.

High profile figures also talked about the addiction problems Demi had faced and offered their love and prayers, including TV hosts Ellen DeGeneres

and Tyra Banks.

Bruno Mars@BrunoMars: Sending love and prayers to Demi Lovato Many stars also professed to being fans of Lovato and cited her as an inspiration, including Lady Gaga and Ruby Rose.

Lady Gaga@ladygaga: We should all wrap our arms of love around Demi Lovato. I am so happy you’re alive. Thank God. If I know my monsters as well as I believe I do, we all wish you self-compassion and inner peace. And may you receive the love so many have for you. #ImConfidentInDemi Demi, I love you.

Justin Timberlake@ jtimberlake: Praying for you @ddlovato. You are loved.

Friends Kim Kardashian, Brad Paisley and Cardi B also gave their support to the star.

Kim Kardashian West@KimKardashian: Sending lots of light and prayers to you baby girl @ddlovato (BBC)

ir Elton said he tried to help George Michael with addiction issues prior to his death in 2016.

George died of natural causes aged 53 but his death was linked with previous battle with alcohol and substance abuse.

“You can’t help people who don’t want to help themselves, I’ve learnt that as an addict and I’m 28 years clean and sober,” Sir Elton told Channel 4 news.

“When people told me when I was using, that I was doing the wrong thing I would get so angry and tell them to go away, or stronger language than that.”

Sir Elton has been raising awareness of a new global campaign MenStar to encourage young men to undergo testing for HIV. Sit Elton and George famously recorded a version of Don’t Let The Sun Go Down in 1991.

“I understand George’s... When I said a couple of things and he did a whole page interview in Heat magazine saying I should shut up, I understood what his reaction is.

(BBC)

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ers in February, claiming the two works were “in many ways identical”.

In his ruling, however, the judge said they only shared “a basic premise”.

Del Toro’s film, which won four Academy Awards in March including best picture, told of a mute cleaner who falls in love with an amphibious creature.

David Zindel’s suit

claimed the film bore a number of similarities to his father’s play, in which a cleaning lady goes to work in a laboratory where experiments are carried out on dolphins.

Judge Anderson accepted that the plots were similar but ruled that the central concept was “too general to be protected”.

The director who wouldn’t be silenced at the Golden Globes He also found that the two works “primarily explore different themes”, despite there being “minor similarities in [their] expressive choices.”

His judgement, issued on Monday, dismissed the legal action “with prejudice” and said the defendants were entitled to recover their legal costs.

Del Toro himself said he had never heard of Zindel’s play and that producer Daniel Kraus had pitched him the idea for the film in 2011.

Paul Zindel, who died in 2003 aged 66, was best known for his 1970 play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.

The play won him the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1971 and was turned into a film the following year by actor Paul Newman.

playing music and being able to express ourselves in a melodic form, an aggressive form and just have fun with that. The future, there’s still things to do so you just keep inventing new things all the time, try to create new things every day.”

The U.K. leg of Iron Maiden’s “Legacy Of The Beast” tour kicks off in Newcastle on Tuesday, July 31.

Since the tour’s open-

ing night in Tallinn, Estonia at the end of May, the band has already played to around 750,000 fans in sold-out stadium, arena and festival shows across Europe, including selling out the prestigious Atletico Madrid football stadium in Spain last week.

Maiden’s “The Book Of Souls” world tour kicked off in early 2016 and hit North America last year.

The band’s Mayan-themed set saw Eddie, Maiden’s omnipresent mascot, having his heart torn out of his chest by singer Bruce Dickinson, who threw the heart into the crowd.

“The Book Of Souls” is Maiden’s first ever double studio album and their most successful chart-wise to date, debuting at the No. 1 spot in over 40 countries around the world and No. 4 in the U.S.A. (Blabbermouth)

In this handout provided by Paramount Pictures and Skydance Hollywood actors Tom Cruise and Vanessa Kirby are seen in an official still from Mission Impossible - Fallout. (PTI)

Google testing ‘grammar suggestions’ feature for ‘Docs’

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oogle is testing a new tool called “grammar suggestions” for its word processor app “Google Docs” that would be integrated directly into the spell-checking tool to help users avoid grammar errors.

The new tool that would underline and highlight probable grammar issues with a blue line, is in the experimental phase and has been made available to eligible applicants of Google’s Early Adopter Programme (EAP), Android Headlines reported late on Tuesday.

The full-featured checker would allow users to wait until they have finished typing up a document before correcting any

possible errors.

The real-time checker would automatically cycle through the highlighted words or phrases and the user would have the choice to either ignore or fix the errors.

“Google says its grammar checker is powered by the same Machine Learning algorithms as its spelling checker and natural language search feature. That means that the tools should continuously improve over time and as more users take advantage of it,” the report said. Microsoft’s Office software also incorporates a similar “grammar check” functionality to keep up the pace in the document editing sphere.

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he plot of Oscar-winning fantasy film The Shape of Water was not copied from a 1969 play, a US judge has ruled.

Judge Percy Anderson has dismissed a legal action that claimed Guillermo del Toro’s film copied the story of Let Me Hear You Whisper by Paul Zindel.

The late playwright’s son sued del Toro, the Fox Searchlight studio and oth-

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Governor, Nagaland PB Acharya along with Voice of Nagaland team.

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oice of Nagaland (VoN) has been invited to perform at a major music festival in Bangkok, Thailand, scheduled to be held in the first week of August.

After the successful

venture of its music video titled ‘As One’, which currently stands at 1.25 million views on YouTube, the team has been invited to perform by the organizers of the music festival.

A team of 15 artistes

will be heading out to perform in the event and as the song ‘As One’ says, the team will promote peace and unity and also portray the vibrant cultures of Nagaland.

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ccording to IQ Magazine, Guns N’ Roses has broken the attendance record for a hard rock/heavy metal act at Gothenburg, Sweden’s Ullevi Stadium. The band’s July 21 concert was attended by 64,289 people, surpassing the record previously set by Mmetallica (63,036 attendees).

Pollstar previously reported that the 2016 and 2017 legs of Guns N’ Roses’ “Not In This Lifetime” tour grossed a combined $480.9 million from 125 performances around the world.

Guns N’ Roses recently kicked off its first tour of 2018, a 19-show European trek that included performances at Download festivals in Paris, Madrid and the United Kingdom.

About seventy people travel with the “Not In This Lifetime” show in addition to the truck drivers; that number goes upwards of five hundred, including the local workers, by show date once catering, security, etc. are factored in, according

to the GN’R tour’s production manager, Dale “Opie” Skjerseth.

Guns kicked off its long-rumored and longawaited reunion tour in April 2016 with a club show in Hollywood and appearances in Las Vegas and at California’s Coachella festival.

The “Not In This Lifetime” tour features classic lineup members Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Axl Rose (vocals) backed by guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Fank Fer-

rer, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and new second keyboardist Melissa Reese.

Despite the success of the tour, there has been no indication that Guns intends to record a new album anytime soon. The last Guns studio album, “Chinese Democracy”, came out in 2008 and featured only Axl Rose from the band’s classic lineup. The last album on which Rose, McKagan and Slash appeared together was 1993’s covers set “The Spaghetti Incident?”

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ron Maiden bassist Steve Harris has told Metal Hammer magazine that he is confident the band will eventually get around to putting together the followup to “The Book Of Souls” album, which arrived nearly three years ago.

“We’ve got this [touring] cycle going on,” he said. “I’m pretty damn sure we will do another album, and then all well and good, we’ll go out on tour to back that up. How long that will go on for, I don’t know.

We’ve been talking about this kind of thing for the last 20 years, but as time goes on, it becomes more of a reality that one day we may not be able to tour any more. But I don’t want to think about that. You’ve got to enjoy the moment.”

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Maiden had no plans to retire after the completion of the band’s “The Book Of Souls” world tour. “We’re not stopping after this tour; this isn’t the last tour by any means,” he told The Press-Enterprise. “We’re going to finish this one out, which we’re having a lot of fun [doing], and then we’re going to take some time off and next year there’s going to be some surprises.”

When asked how he

would feel if Maiden suddenly came to an end, Dave said: “If it was to finish tomorrow, I think I could say quite honestly that I’ve been very happy and very lucky and have done everything, enjoyed most of it, because of all the places we’ve traveled to, you’d never go there.

We’re lucky enough in that respect to see the world several times over by being on tour. That in itself has been a great experience and also

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Nadal says winning all matches Let Messi have time to think Serena accuses anti-doping not his aim, lives for competition about national team: AFA authorities of ‘discrimination’

Serena Williams returned to tennis in February after a year out, during which she gave birth to her first child.

London, Jul 25 (Agencies): Serena Williams says she is a victim of “discrimination” as she is the most drug tested American tennis player, BBC reported. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion made the claim in a tweet on Tuesday, after doping officials visited her.

The American had previously expressed frustration about the volume of her tests earlier this month.

“Out of all the players it’s been proven I’m the one getting tested the most. Discrimination? I think so,” said the 36-year-old. An article published by website Deadspin in June revealed that

Williams had been tested out of competition by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) on five occasions in 2018.

It also claimed the player was not present when Usada officials visited her home on 14 June - Williams stated that the tester showed up 12 hours earlier than the agreed time. It was eventually marked as a “missed test” - three of those would result in a Usada doping violation. At the time of publication of the Deadspin article, Williams had been tested more than twice as many times as other top American players - male or

female - including US Open champion Sloane Stephens (one) and sister and multiple Grand Slam winner Venus Williams (two). Williams was asked about the findings of the report during Wimbledon earlier this summer.

“I never knew that I was tested so much more than everyone else,” said the seven-time champion, who lost to German Angelique Kerber in the final.

“Until I read that article I didn’t realise it was such a discrepancy with me as well as against the other players that they listed, at least the American players - both male and female.”

Mallorca (Spain), Jul 25 (IANS): Spanish tennis great and current world No.1 Rafael Nadal said on Wednesday that throughout his career, he has been driven by the thrill of the competition rather than a desire to win 100 per cent of his matches.

On Wednesday, the 17time Grand Slam champion presented a new tournament bearing his name: the Rafa Nadal Open, part of the ATP Challenger tour, to be held in his home city Manacor on the island of Mallorca from August 25 to September 2, reports Efe. “My goal has never been to win everything,” Nadal said, insisting he prefers “to be competitive every week, and if I win, all the better”.

“At this point in my career, winning is the essence of the sport, but competing well and enjoying at highest level is what makes me really happy,” the 32-year-old added. Nadal said it was “an exceptional circumstance” that he has remained on top of the tennis world after turning 30, alongside Swiss legend Roger Federer, 36, and Serbian great Novak Djokovic, 31.

“There are two options to explain the fact that three players are dominat-

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ing the (tennis) circuit for so many years, and that we are in the top positions in the ranking for so many years,” Nadal said. “Either we have been special, or the emerging players have not been special enough,” he said, adding “I cannot say which is correct”.

However, Nadal believed “a generation with special players” would replace him “either because they will be better than us in a short time, or because of our age.” Nadal was upbeat about his new tournament on the Challenger tour, the second-tier professional tennis circuit, saying “Everyone has gone through a Challenger, and competing in one of them is very important for tennis players.”

“I played for half a year in Challenger tournaments before turning professional, and it was a very interesting experience, I enjoyed it a lot.”

Buenos Aires, Jul 25 (IANS): Argentine Soccer Federation (AFA) president Claudio Tapia has called on fans to give superstar FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi some time to come to a decision about his future with the national team.

“We have a lot of confidence in him. We have to leave him alone, let him get himself together, let him start his tournament in Spain and next year ... we’ll see,” Tapia told Radio Mitre on Tuesday. Tapia said he was in contact with Messi, who was Argentina’s captain at the World Cup in Russia, last Friday, when the South American country celebrated Friends Day, reports EFE news agency.

“I think we have a good back-and-forth relationship,” the AFA president said, adding that he thought Messi would want to continue playing with the national team. Tapia said the 31-year-old Messi was “a big help financially for

tained the lead for most of the second half before the hosts scored a late equaliser.

Though India settled for a draw, skipper Rani is happy with her team’s performance as they held their own in front of a packed stadium cheering for the home team.

“I think it was a great match, a good start for us.

There are so many positives that we can draw from that match which will help us in the upcoming matches in the tournament. I don’t

think we are surprised with our performance because we have done well against England in the past and this time we went for a win,” Rani said.

Rani further added that the team watched the videos from their opening match and are betterprepared for the next challenge against Ireland.

“The entire team including support staff sat down for a meeting after the match to discuss our performance. We also discussed the goal we con-

Ramanathan, Paes make early exit from Atlanta Open

ceded and how we could have averted it. Our team feels we can do better than what we played against England and the aim is to improve match by match,” the striker added.

The Indians -- who are placed 10th in the world rankings -- will need to produce a similar performance against Ireland as a defeat or a draw will complicate things for them.

In such a scenario, the Indians will have to beat the US by a healthy margin and hope for a

favourable result from the clash between England and Ireland.

World No.16 Ireland, on the other hand, will be coming into their second match after a 3-1 win against a much higherranked US who are placed No.7 in the World rankings.

Ireland are currently leading Pool B and will want to carry on that momentum into the game against India.

“Yes, we have watched videos from Ireland’s

London, Jul 25 (Agencies): Ex-Australia captain Steve Smith will play in the Caribbean Premier League as he continues his 12-month ban from Australian cricket

match against USA and credit goes to them for a good start and good defending to hold their lead till the end,” Rani said.

“In the three days rest that we have had, we played a few practice matches among ourselves to try out different methods in goal scoring and keep up the momentum.

We need to make a good start against Ireland and keep up the pressure on them. We are confident and ready for the next challenge,” she added.

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the AFA.” The federation president said no one had been contacted yet about replacing Jorge Sampaoli as national team coach, adding that he would work with the AFA’s Executive Committee to select the next coach. The AFA’s Executive Committee next scheduled meeting is on July 31. Fans were extremely disappointed with the national team’s performance at the World Cup. Argentina’s roster was

headlined by Messi, who failed to score in the round of 16 against France and had just one goal in the tournament. At the World Cup, Croatia beat Argentina 3-0 in the group phase, while eventual champion France knocked off the South American squad 4-3 in the round of 16.

Sampaoli used 57 different players in a World Cup cycle of 15 matches, finishing with a record of 7-4-4.

Banned Smith to play in Caribbean T20

Women’s World Cup: Confident India face Ireland in must win tie Lo n d o n, J u l 2 5 (IANS): After a valiant start to their women’s hockey World Cup campaign, Rani Rampal-led India will take on Ireland in a mustwin second Pool B match here on Thursday.

India had enjoyed an excellent start to their campaign, holding World No.2 England to a 1-1 draw on Saturday.

The Indians could have stunned the Olympic Champions as they had taken the lead in the second quarter. They main-

Lionel Messi

for ball-tampering. He cannot play international or state cricket after his “leadership” role in the incident in March.

His ban does not extend to competitions outside Austra-

lia and he returned to competitive action in Canada in June.

The 29-year-old will play for Barbados Tridents in the CPL in place of Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan.

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POILWA STUDENTS' UNION DIMAPUR

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE The Poilwa Students' Union Dimapur expresses pain and sorrow over the demise of Shri. Gekhotso (Gebu) Haralu on rd 23 July 2018 at Dimapur after a prolonged illness.

Late Gebu hailed from Poilwa Village, is one of the early Graduates/MA among our people. From his early days he had a great zeal for Student’s community whom we love, admire and honour as a guardian and a true leader.

Gebu was an honest and dedicated teacher who laboured and toiled with all his capacities in a manner he can do as a Teacher, as Asst. Head Master/Vice-Principal, Christian Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur to give hope and future to the students community.

His death was a great loss to the Zeliangrong Community in general and Poilwa people in particular. PSU convey our deep condolences to the bereaved family.

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1st Death Anniversary LATE TEPTING PHOM, MONGTIKANG VILLAGE Born on : 15-08-1946 Died on : 26-07-2017

Your love for us and sacrifices as a responsible Father shall ever remain in our hearts.

Loving wife, children & grandchildren

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5th Death Anniversary

Ramkumar Ramanathan lost to Taylor Fritz in the Atlanta Open. (AP)

New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI): After the high of Hall of Fame Open, India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan made a first round exit from the ATP Atlanta Open singles while veteran Leander Paes too was ousted from the hard court tournament.

Ramkumar, who ended a runner-up at the Newport event last week, lost 4-6, 4-6 to American world number

five Taylor Fritz.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran has already lost his first round to Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko, thus Indian challenge ended at the tournament.

In the doubles, Paes and his American partner James Cerretani lost their opener 5-7, 1-6 to American pair of Mike Bryan and Frances Tiafoe.

LATE THANGSOI

(10/02/1962 – 21/07/2018) “If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord.

So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.”

Our sincere gratitude to each and every individual, churches, hospitals, organizations, friends, Department of Forest and well wishers who stood by us in thoughts, prayers, physically and materially during the moment of grief and sorrow at the demise of our beloved father.

We would also like to express our thanks to the staff, doctors and nurses of Eden Medical Centre, Dimapur, who attended and treated him with dignity and compassion.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each one of you individually. Your good deeds and presence will always be cherished in our hearts.

May God abundantly shower His blessings upon you all.

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We the bereaved family members of Late Ronga Tep (G.B Tseminyu Town) would like to express our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, neighbours, relatives, churches, organisations and well wishers who stood by us during the prolonged illness and at the demise of our dear father. We are unable to thank each and everyone of you individually but it is our earnest prayer to God almighty to bless you abundantly.

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Loving wife, children, grandchildren & family members.

of Lt. Mughavito Yeptho 26-07-2013

Sadly missed along life’s way, quietly remembered everyday. No longer in our lives to share, but in our hearts you are always there.

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Loving parents and family members.

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Loving wife, sons, daughters and relatives.

Pinto appointed head coach of Indian Arrows

New Delhi, Jul 25 (IANS): The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Wednesday appointed Floyd Pinto as the new head coach of Indian Arrows.

The AIFF’s technical committee met here on Wednesday to decide that Pinto will take over from Luis Norton de Matos who left his position recently.

Pinto is the head coach of the Indian U-20 team which will play in the COTIF International tournament in Spain.

Last season, the Arrows, AIFF’s developmental team comprising U-17 and U-19 players, finished rock bottom of the I-League.

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Late N. Alemba Phom (Yohanlemba Phom) 13/11/1958 – 30/06/2018 We hold your memories close within our hearts and there you shall remain, To walk with us throughout our lives until we meet again.

So rest in peace dear beloved one, we thank you for all that you've done.

We pray that God has given you the crown that you've truly won.

The family members of Lt. N. Alemba Phom (Yohanlemba) would like to offer our thanks all the people who showed great kindness and support in prayer and in kind during his illness and in time of his demise and mourning. We are truly indebted to every individual specially : 1. Yaongyimchen Union, Dimapur.

2. Phom Baptist Attoi, Dimapur.

3. Phom Baptist Fellowship, Green Hill Sector.

4. Directorate of Geology & Mining and Chemical Section.

5. Aokong Colony Council and Youth Department.

6. Eden Medical Centre, doctors and nurses.

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We the family of Late P. SUNGJEMWATI JAMIR who passed away on 18th July 2018 would like to thank you all most sincerely for your love, kindness and prayers during his illness and for your expression of sympathy and support in our recent bereavement.

We offer our heartfelt thanks to : 1. Friends, neighbours and well wishers 2. Dr. Imtiwapang Aier, Hon’ble MLA 23rd Impur Constituency 3. Shri. T. Imkonglemba Ao IAS 4. Doctors & Nurses of Dr. Imkongliba Memorial Hospital Mokokchung, Nagaland 5. Doctors & Nurses of ICU Unit, Naga Hospital Authority Kohima, Nagaland 6. Department of School Education, Mokokchung and EBRC staff Mokokchung Village 7. Department of Agriculture 8. All blood donors 9. Mokokchung Town Baptist Arogo (MTBA) 10.Mopungchuket Baptist Arogo 11. GMS Alempang Mokokchung 12.Lijaba Lijen Yimden Mokokchung 13.Mopungchuket Senso Telongjem Mokokchung As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude.

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KOHIMA FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Win for Vanguard FC, Twenty FC

Action in the match between Twenty XI FC (blue) and United 16 FC at Kohima local ground, Wednesday. (NP)

SC comfortably led the scoreline 2-0 till the 23rd minute after goals from Alex Lhouviphrelie (12th minute) and Puniirii Nienu (23rd minute).

The momentum shifted towards Vanguard FC in the 24th minute when the skipper Yhunshalo Kemp scored to reduce the margin.

Two minutes later, he again scored to level the scoreline.

The first session ended 2-2.

After the breather, Vanguard FC took full ad-

vantage of their opponent weak area and continue to mount pressure at regular intervals.

They were rewarded, when Mathew Kezhose scored two goals in the 62nd and 63rd minutes to secure three crucial points. Ziekiezou SC did try their best, but unable to find any break through as Vanguard FC hold on their strong fort.

Two players of Ziekezou SC Khrukhoto Resu and Keduoneizo Zhale and

Mbappe reveals he played WC finals with a back injury

Asia Cup: India to face Pak on September 19

Correspondent

Kohima, Jul 25 (NPN): Vanguard FC Tseminyu and Twenty XI FC Viswema each secured three more points by winning their respective matches in the Kohima Football League at local ground, Kohima on Wednesday.

In the first encounter, Vanguard FC came from behind to register a 4-2 win over defending champions Ziekiezou SC. Ziekiezou

Kylian Mbappe

PARIS, Jul 25 (Agencies): France striker Kylian Mbappe has revealed he played the World Cup semifinals and final with a back injury he hid from his rivals, AP reported.

In an interview with France Football magazine, Mbappe says he displaced three vertebrae in his back during the tournament in Russia three days before France defeated Belgium 1-0 in the semifinals. France won the World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Croatia in the final.

“It was essential not to alert our opponents, otherwise they could have taken advan-

tage of that and targeted this sensitive area,” said Mbappe, who scored four goals in the tournament including one in the final. “That’s the reason why with the staff and the players we kept it hidden, even for the final.”

The 19-year-old Mbappe was one of the stars of the tournament and picked up the award for the best young player at the World Cup. He became the youngest player to score two goals in a World Cup game since Pele in 1958, and also became the first teenager since Pele to score in a World Cup final.

Dubai, Jul 25 (IANS): Defending champions India will face arch-rivals Pakistan on September 19, the day after the Virat Kohli-led side open their Asia Cup 2018 campaign against a yet-to-be-confirmed qualifier here, the ICC announced the schedule late on Tuesday.

Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the opener of the biennial tournament, that runs from September 15 to 28, according to a statement from the International Cricket Council (ICC).

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are all confirmed participants, with the remaining spot still up for grabs amongst hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE), Singapore, Oman, Nepal, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Group A consists of India, Pakistan and the qualifier while Group B comprises of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Vanguard’s Sinlo Kent received yellow cards for foul play.

In the second match, 10-man Twenty XI FC Viswema overcame United 16 FC 2-1 after Viho Kin was sent off for foul play.

All the goals were scored in the second session of the match.

Twenty XI FC drew the first blood through Kelengoto James’ strike in the 54th minute.

Eight minutes later, the skipper Metol Neikha doubled the lead.

United FC managed to reduce the margin in the 75th minute through Tianuksung but it was too late as Twenty XI FC hold on to secure three points.

Kelengoto James of Twenty XI FC, Manyong and Kreziio Basew of United 16 FC were cautioned for foul play.

It may be mentioned that for the first time most probably in the state, a female referee Imli Merenla Jamir assisted as the third referee in the second match where an AIFF referee instructor, Joy Chandra officiated as the main referee.

Wednesday’s Match Sechii Zubza FC Vs New Market FC: 2 pm.

Guardiola signs new City contract Lo n d o n, J u l 2 5 (Agencies): Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has signed a contract extension with the club but insists a manager is judged on results and is never safe, Fox Sports reported.

The Spaniard clinched the Premier League and League Cup titles with City last season and has now penned a deal that extends his stay at the Etihad Stadium until 2021.

“When we decided to extend the contract, first of all I am comfortable, the second one is the club trust what we are doing,” he told the press. “Khaldoon [Al Mubarak], Txiki [Begiristain] and Ferran [Soriano] know it depends on results. We have three more years on the contract, but the results will dictate what will happen in the future.

“That’s the most important thing – to be consistent, and to arrive in April and May and be there for the title. “As football trainers we are always in a dangerous position.”

Meanwhile, Guardiola also took time to talk about Liverpool’s spending this transfer window. The Reds have spent big ahead of the 2018/19 season, with Xherdan Shaqiri, Naby Keita, Fabinho and Alisson joining the club, but Guardiola remains unfazed by his rivals’ transfers.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018

Asiad performance could be considered for Sports Awards

New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI): The Sports Ministry is open to the idea of considering outstanding performers of next month’s Asian Games for this year’s National Sports Awards, which will be held on September 25 instead of the conventional August 29 to ensure that athletes don’t miss out due to their participation in the continental showpiece.

Every year, the National Sports Awards ceremony is held on August 29 at the Rashtrapati Bhawan to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand as the National Sports Day. But in a departure from tradition, the awards ceremony will be held on September 25 to avoid a clash of dates with the Asian Games to be held in the Indonesian twin cities of Jakarta and Palembang from August 18 to September 2.

Sports Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar said the decision was taken to ensure maximum participation from sportspersons and the Sports Ministry has already received a green signal from the Rashtrapati Bhawan on the change of dates.

“The Sports Ministry has decided to shift the date as it coincides with the Asian Games. We want maximum participation from athletes, coaches and officials at the awards ceremony so we wrote to Rashtrapati Bhawan, requesting for the change of date,” Bhatnagar told PTI. The official also confirmed that performances at the Asian Games will be considered for the sports awards.

“The athletes who will receive the sports awards this year have already been selected on the basis of their entries received before April 30. But the government has provision to name outstanding sportspersons of Asian Games to the

recommendation committee,” Bhatnagar said. “The recommendation committee will have a meeting after the Asian Games and it will be up to them to decide. If they decide to include some more deserving names, they can be included along with the selected ones.”

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest sporting honour for an Indian athlete and has not been given to more than four athletes in a single year.

The Arjuna Awards are next in the pecking order and have been given to a maximum of 17 athletes in a single year so far.

The Dronacharya Award is handed out to outstanding coaches, while the Dhyan Chand honour is a lifetime achievement honour.

Asian Games: pain subsides, hope floats for Mirabai Chanu 18, the ace weightlifter says the pain is subsiding. “...the treatment prescribed is working, in the past two days the pain has been less. Within 2-3 weeks if the pain continues to lessen, I will be able to lift weights.”

The doctors have advised Mirabai, who competes in the 48kg category, to refrain from lifting heavy weights.

The world champion is currently at the National Mirabai Chanu Institute of Sports (NIS) in New Delhi, Jul 25 the cause.

Patiala, where she is limiting (PTI): Her Asian Games “I am confident that herself to just upper body participation is in doubt due in two weeks I can prepare training. to a lower back problem, well for the Asian Games,” “I am in Patiala with but world champion and Mirabai told PTI. everyone else in the camp, Commonwealth Games “The pain started gold-medallist weightlifter around May 25. I travelled Saikhom Mirabai Chanu to several places including says the injury is not as Delhi and Mumbai for treatbad as first thought and she ment but the doctors are would need just two weeks not able to diagnose what of training to be competi- exactly the injury is. All tests tion ready. have come back normal, the Mirabai had com - X-rays also don’t show anyplained of discomfort in thing,” she added. her lower back in May. The But with less than a injury has since puzzled month to go for the contidoctors across the country, nental showpiece, to be held who are unable to diagnose in Indonesia from August

because we thought if I get treated here I can resume weightlifting as soon as the pain subsides. I am just concentrating on bodybuilding, and strengthening my upper body,” she said.

A decision on her participation will be made within the next two weeks and the 23-year-old is eager to take part.

“I am very keen on participating in the Asian Games because in weightlifting the Asian countries like China, Thailand, Kazakhstan are the top countries. The competition will be good,” she said.

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dia’s first gold at the World Championship in 22 years after lifting a new world record of 194kg (85kg+109kg) at Anaheim, USA. She had bagged the gold at the CWG in April by lifting a personal best of 196kg (86kg+110kg), a national record.

After coming back from the CWG, she headed straight to the training centre at Shilaru, Himachal Pradesh.

Mirabai had also requested the Sports Ministry to install CCTV cameras in her room and training hall as she feared her food could be spiked to implicate her in a doping scandal.

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