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Minimize natural hazards: CM

Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 7 (NPN): Disaster risk reduction was about choices but was everyone’s business, said Nagaland chief minister, T.R. Zeliang on Thursday as he called for making “ourselves and communities” resilient to the natural hazards.

Addressing a two-day workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) on climate change at the Capital Convention Centre here Thursday, Zeliang urged upon the elected members of Nagaland legislative Assembly to establish a “Legislators’ Forum for Disaster” not only to help in creating awareness among the people, but also promote people’s action in ensuring that natural hazards did not become disasters.

He reminded that gathering that it should be everyone’s endeavour to create a culture of prevention as against a culture of reaction.

He also opined that “our approach should be guided by our basic belief ” which could mitigate the impact and bring people together.

Zeliang stressed that climate change was greatly contributing to disasters in recent years and there was a need to “closely link our DRD plans and our climate change adaptation strategies.”

He suggested that DRD should also become part of “our sustainable development plans”, incorporating how to make better choices relating to many livelihood issues as un-

USSC endorses ‘Shopilak declaration’ DIMAPUR, JUL 7 (NPN): United Sangtam Students’ Conference (USSC) has endorsed the “Shopilak Declaration 2016” adopted at the 15th ENSF federal assembly at Tuensang on June 28, 2016 in the presence of all the federating units of ENSF. While upholding the declaration, USSC president, Thrikyuse Sangtam and general secretary, Achum Thonger asked the Sovereign Republic of Freeland (SRF) group functioning in its jurisdiction to stop immediately.

United Sangtam Students’ Conference also appealed individual involved in the group to denounce its membership since it was not a mandated group/organization of the Eastern Nagas in general and Sangtam in particular.

The Sangtam students’ body further cautioned the functionaries of the group not to mislead the innocent public and misinterpret the history of the Eastern Nagas for their greed.

USSC warned that it would not be held responsible for any course of action initiated against any individual found involved in the group.

In this regard, USSC has appealed to all the right thinking citizens to report immediately in the event of any individual or group found violating the declaration.

This is it!

“No, he’s not charting campaign itinerary. He’s writing names of heads of nations he’s visiting.”

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T.R. Zeliang along with the participants during the workshop for ‘Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) on climate change at Capital Convention Centre, Kohima. (NP)

sound development policies and plans would invariably result in increased disaster risk and disaster losses.

Dwelling on the manmade disasters, Zeliang urged the gathering to make feasible plan and work on that issue seriously. He further suggested that DRD plans also make provisions for the involvement of social organizations, voluntary and community-based organizations.

S u s t a i n a b l e D eve l opment Forum Nagaland (SDFN) advisor and former Nagaland chief secretary Alemtemshi Jamir, in his introduction on workshop purpose and outcomes, said disaster and calamity were uncertain and it can happen to anyone, irrespective of their status and so everyone should be able to respond to it.

He maintained that the home department alone should not be expected to respond to the disaster incidents but that every department should involve in times of emergency, with basic

knowledge to deal it. Jamir suggested a community based set up to address disaster in times of need.

In his address, Sikkim’s Lok Sabha MP, P.D. Rai, stressed the need for community, capacity, collaboration and capital to deal with any types of disaster incident.

He said political will was important to effectively deal the issue of disaster. He also shared the experiences of Sikkim earthquake of 2011 where many lives and property lost.

NECTAR New Delhi director general, Sanjiv Nair, highlighted the disaster event on global scenario, disaster management in India, NECTAR work on river flood forecasting and others.

A short presentation on DDR and NSMDA in Nagaland was presented by OSD to NSMDA, Johnny Raungmei. Member national disaster management authority (NDMA) New Delhi Dr. Kamal Kishore gave his message through video who

could not attend the programme. State chief secretary, Pankaj Kumar, chaired the programme and delivered the welcome address.

The programme was attended by a host of ministers, parliamentary secretaries, MLAs and advisors, district DCs, HoDs, AHoDs, police and army officers, NGOs, govt. Officials, NSDMA officials and others.

In the technical session-1 on “climate change and science of DRR”, Dr. Ajit Tyagi, Air vice Marshal (retd) and former DG of IMD, spoke on extreme rainfall events in the Himalayas-forecasting & early warning and challenges of coordination of rescue and relief operations. Prof. Malay Mukul, IIT Bombay, spoke on “the scientific reality of earthquake hazards in the Himalayas”. Dr Adam Drosdzol KfW Development Bank, spoke on “insurance mechanism against extreme weather events” and later there was question and answer session.

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4 cadres of NSCN (R) killed in Khosa DMAPUR, JUL 7 (NPN): Four cadres of the NSCN (Reformation) were killed near Kheti village, 7 kms away from Khonsa, Arunachal Pradesh along the Nagaland border on Thursday wee hours.

According to AR sources, based on intelligence inputs that NSCN (R) cadres were collecting illegal tax, arms dealing and involved in drug peddling in Khonsa and nearby villages, troops of 16 Assam Rifles launched an operation and neutralized four NSCN (R) cadres.

The cadres were operating from a temporary camp located in the vicinity of Kheti village, AR said.

During the operation code name ‘Op Kheti’, AR said that their troops came under heavy gun-fire and in retaliation two cadres—‘capt’ Jano Tekwa and ‘sgt. maj.’

Lombho Pangsa were killed.

Later, when the troops carried out a search, some cadres fired at the troops. In the ensuing gun-fire, two more cadres were killed identified as ‘sgt.’

Tongbai and ‘corpl.’ Mankhu Wangsa, AR stated.

The troops also recovered two AK-47 rifles along with four magazines, one pistol, live ammunition and other documents.

Though AR claimed that the troops busted the hideout, search and combing operations were still on till Thursday late night, sources said.

Appropriate action against preacher Zakir Naik: Centre NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, JUL 7 (AGENCIES): Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik faced more heat today with the government saying “appropriate action” will be taken against him over his speeches that were reported to have inspired some of the Dhaka attackers, calling it “highly objectionable”.

As Mumbai-based Naik came under the scanner, senior Congress leader Digivjaya Singh was in the BJP’s line of fire after a 2012 video showing him share a dais with the 50year-old televangelist praising him at an event to promote communal harmony surfaced today. “The Home Ministry will study (his speeches). It will take appropriate action after studying them. His speeches, as being reported in the media, are highly objectionable,” the new Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters in Delhi.

Naidu’s remarks came a day after Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju hinted at action against the preacher after looking into whether Naik through his speeches glorifies terrorist acts

by Muslims. Naik yesterday asserted that his speech on Islam and terror has been taken out of context and claimed that he had only said muslims should terrorise anti-social elements.

Naik’s speeches are believed to have inspired some of the Bangladeshi militants, who killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, at an upscale restau-

ASTD questions govt’s silence on fuel racket Subsidy incentives for employment generating units of NE: DoNER

In a press note, ACAUT media cell said that thought a fuel outlet owner may not be involved in running fuel adulteration unit, “it does not mean he/ she is selling clean fuel or that he/she is innocent”.

It further said that “simply because a fuel outlet owner is not linked with the fuel adulteration kingpins does not mean he/she is not complicit in the larger fuel adulteration racket”.

As kerosene is mixed and supplied to fuel outlets, ACUAT alleged that every SK Oil Agency in the state was also a suspect. “Unless proven otherwise by the competent authorities, every fuel outlet in Nagaland is suspected of selling adulterated fuel and every SK Oil Agency of diverting kerosene to the adulteration units run by the kingpins”, it added.

Stating that the SK Oil-fuel outletadulteration unit nexus was a complex one involving every known player including Manipur state, ACAUT said it was compelled and would be compelled to issue clarifications.

“Clarifications are mainly given to rectify errors and present the facts or the truth as it is. These clarifications are not ACAUT Nagaland in a clarification ‘clean chits’ which only the competent said it wanted to set the record straight on authorities like the police and the courts issues pertaining to fuel adulteration and can issue by way of either acquittal or conviction”, ACAUT said.

SK Oil agencies.

DIMAPUR, JUL 7 (NPN): Ao Senso Telongjem Dimapur (ASTD) has questioned the state government for remaining “tight lipped” about the fuel adulteration racket busted recently jointly by ACAUT, Dimapur police and district administration.

“Inaction on the part of the government having heard the desperate voice of the people will hang the democracy in shame”, ASTD president, Supu Jamir and general secretary, Onen Walling said in a joint press statement.

They also questioned the responsible department for remaining “deadwood” on the racket.

The Senso Telongjem has also fully supported ACAUT Nagaland for shouldering the “mammoth task” and demanded that the state government award befitting punishment to those responsible irrespective of status and position.

ASTD further warned that inaction by the state government would invite total catastrophe in the state economy and that the government would be accountable to the people.

ACAUT clarifies

Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JUL 7 (NPN): Ministry of Development of NorthEastern Region (DoNER) will offer subsidy incentives in Northeast for industrial and other units generating employment. Announcing this on the conclusion of a meeting of the Ministry here this morning, Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh said that, as a policy, the Ministry would encourage such entrepreneurship and business establishments which generate employment for the youth in the region.

For this purpose, he said, the assistance to North Eastern Development Finance Corporation (NEDFI) would incorporate a component of higher interest subsidy for such units which give more employment. The Ministry is coordinating with Ministry of Finance in this regard, he added.

Spelling out the action plan for the year to come, Dr Jitendra Singh gave details of Venture capital funds as another incentive for those undertaking “Startup” initiatives

in the North-Eastern region. This will be an added attractive feature for youth from all over India who wish to avail the benefit of Prime Minister’s “Startup India, Standup India” programme by setting up an establishment in Northeast.

Dr Jitendra Singh referred to a meeting held recently with the North Eastern Space Applications Centre wherein it was decided to carry out satellite based survey for planning and monitoring of projects in the region. This, he said, will help in expediting the projects and also avoid discrepancies.

In a similar initiative, he said, all the eight states of Northeast region have agreed to cooperate in carrying out geo-tagging by giving GPS details of various ongoing schemes in the respective states.

Dr Jitendra Singh said DoNER ministry would also take up waste management project under North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) and North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project. In this case, the ministry would study the other tried models of waste management.

Students protest over demand for Govt. law colleges Correspondents

KO H I M A / M O KO KC HUNG, JUL 7 (NPN): Students of three Law Colleges in the state staged a sit-in protest at their respective colleges on Thursday, demanding setting up of Government Law Colleges in the state.

The sit- in protest was as part of the phase-1 agitation, announced by Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) to express resentment towards the state government’s “lackadaisical attitude” in setting up Government Law Colleges in Nagaland.

In Kohima, students of Kohima Law College taking part in the protest, shouted slogan, “we want government Law College” while some held placards, which read “law is the backbone of a nation”, “treat us equally with other professional institution” and “the prestige and reputation of a state depends on how laws are imparted”.

NLSF president Lanusowa Pongen, who addressed

the students, said the federation had submitted numerous representations to the state government appealing for setting up Law Colleges in the state.

However, it was “very unfortunate” that the government has ignored the importance on the need of law in the state by keeping aside and “indulge in immeasurable corruption”, due to which the students have resorted to democratic means of agitation, he added.

He said the protest was just the beginning and warned of “harder” strike on the failure of the government to meet their “genuine demand”.

While pointing out that three private-run law colleges in the state have produced many imminent lawyers and advocates like retired Chief Justice H.K. Sema, Justice L.S Jamir , the NLSF president appealed to the state government to come up with policies for law studies, so that eminent lawyers and advocates could be produced. He also appealed to the government to create an

equal opportunity so that law could be pursued by both poor and rich alike.

Kohima Law College Students Union (KLCSU), president Vitoka P. Aye said that once the government takes over the law college, necessary requirements such as to meet guidelines of UGC and Bar Council would be implemented in letter and in spirit. He said that absence of proper infrastructures in the law colleges have “created many untold problems and hampered the career of the law students”.

Even after 50 years of statehood, there was not a single government law college in the state which itself proved state government’s “highest negligence”, said Aye. Meanwhile, principal Kohima Law College, Visevenuo Pienyü advised the students, who were the “law keepers” to maintain peace within the law while carrying out protest, submitting memorandum and movement towards achieving their goal.

Advisor NLSF, T. Lima suggested that the first demand of the law students should be recognition of at least one of the private law institutions by government, after which a separate government law college could be taken up. He said Nagaland is the only state without government Law College. Later, NLSF submitted a memorandum to the governor and chief minister.

In Mokokchung, students of Mokokchung Law College under the aegis of Mokokchung Law College Students’ Union staged sit-in protest at Town Hall Mokokchung where a brief program was conducted.

Students voiced their concern on the negligence of the state government towards law students and demanded setting of Government Law Colleges. Short speeches were delivered by NLSF deputy speaker Nungshimeren and AKM assistant general secretary, Shilu. The sit-in protested was also staged by law students in Dimapur.

ANAHTA serves ultimatum on govt; demands salary DIMAPUR, JUL 7 (NPN): All Nagaland Aggrieved Hindi Teachers’ Association (ANAHTA) has served an ultimatum on the state government to release their salary from February 2016 to June 2016 within seven days. In a press release, ANAHTA lamented that despite several appeals for releasing salary, their pleas appeared to have fallen on deaf ears.

ANAHTA stated that the excuse of not releasing their pay and arrears has always been that the Centre has not released the fund.

However, ANAHTA said it has observed that even when the money was received, the government failed to pay them salaries on monthly basis by hoarding “our money for the reason best known to authorities.” .

Meanwhile, the association has urged the ACAUT, NSF, concer ned citizens, unions and NGOs to extend support.

Digvijay speaks out

Zakir Naik (File)

rant in Dhaka last Friday.

Digvijay Singh, who was seen praising Naik in the 2012 video, defended himself, saying if there was any evidence against the preacher, then the Indian and Bangladeshi governments should take action against him. In the video, Singh told Naik that he should take his message of peace world over. However, BJP was quick to target Singh and also demanded action against Naik, saying he was a “threat” to national security as it was clear from his speeches that he “incited” people.

“Terrorism is enemy of humanity. Anybody who directly or indirectly abets it is guilty. People like him (Naik) are a threat to our national security. Government agencies should decide on action against him under the existing legal system. It is clear that he incited people,” party national secretary Shrikant Sharma said. Coming to the defence of Singh, Congress Chief Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said his senior colleague has himself stated that he only appealed for peace, harmony and brotherhood.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said all provocative speeches by Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians should be banned.

“If the speeches are to be banned…all provocative speeches on religion by Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians should be banned,” Singh told media here.

He said if the Government of India or the Government of Bangladesh has any evidence against Naik’s involvement in the ISIS, they should take action against him.

Issuing a clarification, Singh said he spoke against religious fundamentalism and terrorism in his speech at the conference organised by Zakir Naik, adding that he had also appealed for communal harmony.

“The conference was for communal harmony and against terrorism. It was also to explain that Islam is against innocents being killed,” he added.

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik Thursday said his statement “urging all Muslims to become terrorists” has been taken out of context and that he is totally against terrorism and the killing of innocent humans.

“Many of the news channels in India are showing a clipping where I am saying that every Muslim should be a terrorist. Whenever anyone wants to malign me, they show the clipping.

Auto driver held while trying to flee with minors

DIMAPUR, JUL 7 (NPN): In a shocking incident, an autorickshaw driver allegedly tried to flee with three minor children while the mother was buying vegetables along the roadside on Thursday in Dimapur. According to police sources, the mother had hired the autorickshaw (NL 07F-8687) from Aoyimsen to go to Purna Bazaar along with her three minor children. On the way, the mother stopped the auto at sub-jail junction to buy some vegetables. While the mother was with Kripal Sahni the nearby vegetable vendor, she reportedly saw the auto driver fleeing away with her three minor children. As the auto was on the move, the mother screamed for help and the alert public of the area managed to stop the auto and apprehended the driver, police said. The accused has been identified as one Kripal Sahni, resident of Lahorjan. (Staff Reporter)

Governor, CM extend ‘Tuluni’ greetings

DIMAPUR, JUL 7 (NPN): Nagaland and Assam Governor, P.B. Acharya, has extended greetings to the Sumi community on the occasion of ‘Tuluni Festival’. In his greetings, Acharya said that “the celebration of different festivals in our Naga society tells, how we as a Naga, continue to evolve our civilization and succeed in all our endeavours with oneness and unity in spite of many hurdles.” Acharya said “as we celebrate this festival let us encourage ourselves to review our good and noble qualities and look forward in renewing our spirit of friendship and understanding to maintain a peaceful co-existence and continue to protect and preserve our rich culture.”

CM: Nagaland chief minister, T.R. Zeliang, has extended “cheerful greetings” to the Sumi community on the auspicious occasion of Tuluni. In his message, Zeliang said Tuluni celebration signified abundance and fruitful season and was celebrated by both young and old, which symbolized unity and oneness.

The chief minister expressed hope that the celebration would bring peace, prosperity and serenity to all Nagas, and especially for the Sumi community.

F&CS deptt refutes NSCN (R) claim

DIMAPUR, JUL 7 (NPN): Reacting to NSCN (R)’s claim of busting “illegal stores” selling PDS rice in Mon, Food and Civil Supplies (F&CS) department, Mon termed as “totally false and baseless” statement made by NSCN (R). In a press release, F&CS Mon superintendent E. Pangjei Konyak stated that the incident occurred on July 6, 2016 at around 11am. The superintendent stated that on July 5, 2016, some NSCN (R) functionaries approached the supply department “to deposit for certain quantities of rice.”

However, the superintendent said the department explained the inability to fulfil their demand since the rice allocation was meant for the beneficiaries. Subsequently, the superintendent said on July 6, 2016, NSCN (R) functionaries “with an order from their higher authority” forcefully took away 210 bags of APL rice meant to be distributed to the beneficiaries through respective FPS from the department rented Godown located at Walo ward, Mon town. He said the incident was immediately reported to district administration and police Mon and through their timely intervention, 210 bags of rice was retrieved from NSCN (R) ceasefire camp on the same evening and were presently kept under police custody.

PM to interact with CMs on July 16

NEW DELHI, JUL 7 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet chief ministers on July 16 to discuss a host of issues, including inter-state relations, internal security and atrocities on SC and STs. Convened after a gap of 10 years, the 11th meeting of the Inter-State Council here will also discuss issues concerning school education, direct benefit scheme, Aadhaar card, good governance and economic and social planning, according to an official.

Corrigendum

DIMAPUR, JUL 7 (NPN): Apropos the news item “8 more PIL filed against H&FW: NHRLN”, the eight PILs were the pending cases of November 2015 and the alleged embezzlement of NRHM amount was Rs. 62 crore and not as mentioned.

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Sensitization programme on anti-tobacco in Phek

state Muslims celebrate Eid in Dmu, Kma

the harmful effects of tobacco which was a risk factor for six of the leading causes of death in the world.

She further sensitized the shopkeepers on the harmful ingredients found in tobacco and added that tobacco contained more than 7000 chemicals several of which can cause cancer and are dangerous to health. Dr. Reyosalü also requested the shopkeepers and hotel owners to put up signage on anti-tobacco.

Under the COTPA Act the shopkeepers were further

imparted awareness that sale of tobacco products to and by minors and sale of tobacco and tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutions was banned.

Leaflets on anti-tobacco were distributed to all the participants. Altogether 70 shopkeepers and police personnel attended the programme.

Earlier the program was chaired by EAC Phek, Tiayanger Jamir and vote of thanks was delivered by Phek Town Chamber of Commerce president, Zachive Rhakho.

Training on kharif vegetables in Mangkolemba

DIMAPUR: Diphupar Muslim Community celebrated and offered mass prayer, Eid-ul-Fitr (Namaz) at Diphupar Jame Masjid with its Pesh Imam, Thursday. The Pesh Imam greeted the community members and delivered the message of “righteous living and good thinking.” A group of community members led by secretary Muslim Council Dimapur, F. Rahman (Islam) visited Central Jail Dimapur and offered prayers with the inmates. The prayer was followed by sweets distribution and exchange of greetings.

KO H I M A : Ko h i m a Muslim community has extended gratitude to everyone for the grand success of the festival “eid ul fiter”, which was celebrated with great zeal and joy, Thursday.

WCSU informs

Dr. Reyosalü speaks at awareness programme on “anti-tobacco” in Phek.

DIMAPUR: Shopkeepers and hotel owners of Phek were sensitized on “anti-tobacco” Thursday at Phek DPDB hall with district nodal officer (NTCP) Phek, Dr. Reyosalü Lase Vizo as the resource person.

The programme was conducted for shopkeepers so as to create awareness on Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, (COTPA) 2003 and the penalty that have to be paid by defaulters under this act. Dr. Reyosalü also sensitized the participants on

Nagaland Post, Dimapur Friday, July 8, 2016

DIMAPUR: Wokha Circle Students’ Union (WCSU) has informed that the union would be undertaking surprise visit to the government departments and schools within its jurisdiction. In a press release, WCSU organizing secretary, Chumben B. Yanthan has informed that union would impose stern action if any government employees were found defying office terms. WCSU has also asked concerned government employees to be dutiful in order to avoid repercussion in the near future.

Participants after training programme on Kharif vegetables and important commercial crops.

DIMAPUR: One day training programme on Kharif vegetables and important commercial crops was conducted by SDAO, Mangkolemba on June 29 at Dobashi hall, Mangkolemba.

During the training, resource person SDAO Mangkolemba, Imkongtemsu spoke on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and package of practices on maize, tomato and cardamom. He also em-

phasized on the potential of large cardamom.

A.O II, Senep walling, elaborated on the importance and practices on System of Rice Intensification (SRI), while a brief explanation on oil plum and cultivation of oil plum was delivered by A.O II Onglu.

The training programme was attended by 90 farmers from 15 neighbouring villages under Mangkolemba sub-di-

vision. After the programme kits, implements and planting material were distributed to all the farmers.

A separate training on Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North-Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) was also conducted at SDAO Mangkolemba.

In the training, chief training officer A.O II, Senep walling, spoke on implementation of the scheme and the

guidelines to be followed in their respective field.

He said that MOVCDNER was a submission under National mission for sustainable agriculture (MMSA) and that farmers need to open bank account for direct benefit transfer.

Farmers from seven beneficiary villages attended the training programme which was chaired by SDAO Mangkolemba, Imkongtemsu.

‘Nagaland has potentials Anti-rabies vaccination camp in Tseminyu to become UNESCO site’

Dimapur Sümi Baptist Church (DSBC) Christian Education department conducted three-day teens camp from July 5 to 7 under the theme “I am the true wine” at National Peace Prayer House and Retreat Centre Nihoto village Dimapur. Altogether 174 persons participated in the annual camp.

AYO informs; appeals

DIMAPUR: Keeping in view the ongoing renovation/beautification works carried out at the four walk bridge in Kohima town, Angami Youth Organization (AYO) has cautioned “town dwellers” not to deface/damage the beautification works.

In a press release, press secretary Angami Youth Organization, Tsoto Sale informed that the organization has directed the colony youths to be vigilant and “catch some miscreants” who have been carrying out unruly activities at the renovation sites.

Angami Youth Organization further warned that anyone caught defacing or destroying the beautification projects in and around Kohima town would be “flogged in public”.

While appreciating the different organizations based at Kohima for undertaking various sensitization activities, cleanliness and environment drive, Angami Youth Organization has appealed to all communities or groups particularly the Angami people based at Kohima to come forward in initiating more of such works.

ANDMSA Mon unit supports DIMAPUR: All Nagaland District Ministerial Staff Association (ANDMSA) has extended full support to its central office “charter of demands”. In a press note, president All Nagaland District Ministerial Staff Association Mon unit, P. Ngaching Konyak and general secretary T. Amos Lotha, stated that the association “fully support the “genuine” charter of demand.

In this regard, the association has urged the government to implement the charter of demand on priority.

DIMAPUR: Several places in the Dzukou valley landscape and Doyang valley landscape (New Riphyim and Pangti) have potentials to be declared as the UNESCO site, stated a press release, conservator of forests (PUB), office of the PCCF & HoFF Nagaland, Temjenyabang The release stated that this was observed by programme specialist (Natural Sciences) UNESCO Office, New Delhi, Dr. Ram Boojh who was on a four-day visit to the state to assess the feasibility of these sites being covered under the UNESCO programmes, either as biosphere reserve or world heritage site.

Temjenyabang said the visit was made as department of environment, forests and climate change, government of Nagaland has embarked on an “ambitious initiative of declaring select landscapes or conservation sites of repute in Nagaland as UNESCO sites”.

In this regard, Dr. Ram Boojh visited several places in the Dzukou valley landscape and Doyang valley landscape (New Riphyim and Pangti) along with the forest officers and community leaders on June 28 and 29 respectively to gain first-hand experience of the natural wealth and socio-cultural diversity in the proposed landscape.

In a meeting of the senior officials of the government and Forest department held at the conference of the chief secretary, Nagaland, a preliminary

presentation on potentials of these selected sites was made.

The visiting official expressed his agreement that the proposed sites had potential to be declared as the UNESCO site, stated the release.

Earlier, a stakeholder consultation meeting was organised by the department on June 27 where in senior forest officers including PCCF & HoFF M. Lokeswara Rao, visiting officials from UNESCO, officiating members of Southern Angami Public Organisation and representatives from villages in the Dzukou valley landscape discussed and deliberated the possibility of declaration of the landscape as biosphere reserve or world heritage site.

Similar stakeholder consultations were organised at Pangti and New Riphyim village to assess the prospects of Doyang valley landscape for UNESCO site.

Dr. Ram Boojh later called on minister for environment, forest and climate change Dr. Nicky Kire to appraise him about the intentions of the UNESCO to assess the proposed sites for inclusion under their programme.

Dr. Nicky Kire called upon the department officials and visiting dignitaries to make all efforts to declare the proposed sites under the provisions of UNESCO so that the communities involved would be empowered to reap the direct and indirect benefits of such declaration.

Dog owners with their pets and veterinary department team after the vaccination.

DIMAPUR: Veterinary department under Tseminyu conducted anti-rabies vaccination camp on Thursday at Veterinary Dispensary, Tseminyu town, where around 60 numbers of dogs were vaccinated.

In a press release, VAS

Tseminyu stated that rabies was a highly dreadful zoonotic disease endemic in the northeastern states and was transmitted to human through rabies infected dog bites (virus is secreted through saliva) and has been found to cause casu-

alties in the state.

It stated that the safest and the most economic ways to avoid contracting this deadly disease was by vaccination of healthy dogs, thereby such camps were top priority in the state.

The 23rd Summer Bible School organized by Christian Higher Secondary School and Town Baptist Church, Dimapur concluded on July 2, at Covenant Hall, CHSS. Altogether, 450 plus students attended the programme.

ATMAs conduct trainings for farmers across Nagaland

news in brief NPA executive body meeting: Nagaland Pharmacists’ Association (NPA) has convened its executive body meeting on July 19, 11 a.m. at the NIHESW conference hall, opposite commissioner’s office, near DC’s office main town Kohima. All office bearers, executives and presidents/general secretaries of the district unions have been requested to attend the meeting.

LSU 6th union assembly: Lotha Students

Union (LSU) has convened its 6th union assembly for the tenure 2014-16 on July 13, 11a.m. at Doyang. All the executive council, tribunal, various committees, constituent units, circle and range student unions have been inform to attend the assembly. It has been informed that transportation would be made available at 8 a.m. on July 13 at police point Wokha. For more information one has been asked to contact at 9612787805.

(L-R): Farmers and ATMA officials after the training programme at Kobulong block and Khedi Baptist church, Kohima village.

DIMAPUR: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) blocks across Nagaland have been conducting several trainings and demonstrations for the farmers so as to enhance their skill and productivity.

KOBULONG BLOCK: ATMA, Kobulong block organized two mobilizations and capacity building of farmer’s group cum lingers with financial institution for micro-credit in association with co-operative department at Sungratsu village, Mokokchung on July 5 and 6. Resource person SICS co-operation, Lipok deliberated on maintenance of cash

book, accounts opening and further related details with discussed. Earlier highlighting on principles and purpose of mobilization and capacity building was shared by ATM Kobulong block, Nuksunginla Jamir. The programme was chaired by ATM, Moanaro.

Kohima: ATMA Kohima district conducted district level training on local made detergent, dish wash gel and hand wash at Khedi Baptist church, Kohima village on July 6. The main aim of the training programme was to encourage the youth for promoting locally made products for sustainable livelihood and generate in-

come. In his keynote address, DAO & PD (ATMA) Vizonyu LIezie enlightened the participants by sharing some of the successful activities of the SHGs promoted by ATMA Kohima district. He further appraised the participants to start learning and practising from their own home and then help the society. The resource person deputy PD (ATMA), Rokoshuno Angela gave a hand on demonstration to the participants on the said topic.

Altogether 36 trainees were benefitted.

M A N G KO L E M BA BLOCK: ATMA Mangkolemba Block conducted training

and demonstration on Soya bean and Maize at kumpani ward Mangkolemba on June 30. Resource person AFA, Chubameren, stressed on the “economic return on cultivation of maize and soya bean and the intercultural operations to be followed”. There was also an interaction session with the farmers. After the training programme, a field demonstration was held in which the farmers actively participated. Earlier, the programme was chaired by SDAO and convener ATMA Mangkolemba Block, Imkongtemsu. At the end of the programme planting material were distributed to all the farm-

ers. Altogether 20 farmers attended the programme.

WOZHURO/ RALAN: ATMA Wokha, Wozhuro/ Ralan block organised training cum demonstration on June 27 at New Ralan village on organic farming. The programme was led by HEA & BTT convener (ATMA) T. Chenithung Tsanglao and WDT, Amos Odyuo as resource person.

During the training the farmers were highlighted on the concept and importance of organic farming and encouraged for such adoption for sustainable farming practices.

Demonstration on vermicomposting technique and use of

bio-agro inputs was also carried out during the programme.

Meanwhile, on the same day Block Farmers Advisory Committee (BFAC) meeting was held at New Ralan. During the meeting BTT convener briefed on activities of ATMA and functions and duties of BFAC; suggestions from farmers were noted and activities to be taken up within the block were also discussed. Altogether 47 farmers including 10 BFAC members from 8 villages, New Ralan, Chandalashung A, Chandalashung B, Worokvu, Wochan, Yanlum, Yankeli, Old Ralan attended the programme.

USSC meeting: All the parents of Guntur Engineering College, Nalanda Institute of Engineering and Technology and Phonics Group of Institutions students under NEEF and USSC Education initiative-2015, have been informed that there will be a meeting on July 9, 3 p.m. at DUDA Guest House. All the parents have been requested to attend the meeting.

MYO expels: Mengujuma Youth Organization (MYO) has expelled one non-local for sexual assault. In a press release, MYO President, Kelevizo Rurhie and assistant general secretary, Krovi Secu stated that the non-local identified as Azim Uddin from Karimganj district Assam attempted to sexually assault one Nepali lady age 35 on Jun 19 at Mengujuma village. The organization further stated that a case was registered under North PS Kohima and “whoever tries to bail him out will be doing at his/her own risk”.

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DPDB meeting at Peren.

DIMAPUR: District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting of Peren and Kiphire districts were held at their respective Deputy Commissioner (DC)’s conference hall.

Peren DPDB meeting for the month of July was held on July 7 and was chaired by DC Peren Zarenthung Ezung. During the meeting, sensitisation programme on HIV and AIDS was conducted where power point presentation was given by district ICTC supervisor Peren Ngauzeulungbe.

Basics of HIV and AIDS and the district scenario of last financial year were presented before the members.

It was also highlighted that

though there had been a great improved treatment access for PLHIV, there was the increasing need for reducing vulnerability and risk, this in stigma, and increase access to legal and social protection by the infected and affected population.

DC Peren also requested the members to create more awareness and facilitate the PLHIVs to avail social protection. Chief medical officer, Ngangshimeren also shared to the members not to discriminate or stigmatize the people living with HIV and AIDS. Earlier, the DC welcomed the newly posted officer Executive Engineer PHED Er. Vikura Khape.

The meeting also reviewed the last meeting minutes and discussed the following agendas and decided to forward it to the department for further necessary action: upgradation of sub-centre to Primary Health Centre at Samziuram, registration of Jalukie Pumling Nko society and construction of waiting shed at Tri Junction Ngaulong.

The board also discussed Nagaland badminton association tournament which would be held in Peren district from August 24 with DC Peren as the convener for the tournament.

The proposal of the reorganisation of RD Block i.e.

Jalukie Sangtam under Peren to Jalukie block was differed to next DPDB meeting.

The DC in a notification said submission of staff list should be completed at the earliest as directed by the CEO. It was also decided that the forth coming Independence Day programme would be held at Multi-disciplinary Outdoor sport complex (MDOSC) for which more inputs and co-operation were required from HoOs. KIPHIRE: Monthly meeting of Kiphire DPDB was held on July 5 under the chairmanship of deputy commissioner and vice chairman DPDB Kiphire, Sedevikho Khro.

According to DIPR report, the chairmen welcomed all the members including new posted members. The board gave away the prizes to the meritorious students who secured the highest marks in Mathematics and Science amongst the students studying under Kiphire district in the HSLC Examination2016.

Daniel Y. Rongli from Loyola Higher Secondary School Kiphire scored 94 in Mathematics, Yokhumcha from Little Flower School, Pungro scored 86 in Science.

The board discussed on repairing of damaged roof of GPS, Phisami which was submitted by SDEO Kiphire.

The Board decided to forward the matter to the Government for necessary action. Proposal for transfer of Longtsunger Village to Pungro Administration is received from the villagers. Presently the village is under the administration of EAC Kiusam.

The board discussed and felt that the matter needs more information from the administrative officer of the area, hence decided to write to the EAC Kiusamto present his views and observation in the next meeting.

Cooperation department made its presentation and PWD(R&B) department was asked to make departmental presentation in the next meeting.

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Participants of Peace lovers summer camp.

DIMAPUR: Two-day summer camp for the Peace Club members organised by Peace Channel at Development Association of Nagaland (DAN) training centre 4th Mile was held from July 4-5 under the theme “empowering youths for social change”.

In his exhortation on the first day, director of DAN, Rev. Fr. Charles said every coming together of peace clubs members brings changes and it was not a

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AASU, KU (Aboi unit) appeal on road diversion DIMAPUR: Aboi Area Students’ Union (AASU) and Konyak Union (Aboi unit) have appealed for non diversion of inter-district connectivity road from Apao junction – Longleng to Aboi –Longching village – Longleng.

I n a p r e s s r e l e a s e, Konyak Union (Aboi unit) president Wanglem Konyak and AASU working president, Wangam Konyak while appreciating the effort of minister National Highway for taking initiative to bring highway in its area said the diversion of road would result in addition of more than 20 km distance (one and half hour journey).

The signatories stated “the general public prefer short and smooth motorable road with less expenses, as it was an old road, short and reliable”.

It said the inter-connection of highway between Apao junctions to Longleng would be a boon and great benefit to villages like Apao Changnyu, Apao Changle, Sowa Changle and two villages of Longleng district namely Yongam and Phumnyu as the road passes through these villages.

In this regard, the unions have appealed the concern minister and department to reconsider their request “favourably”.

(L-R) OTYS and PVYO youth during a mass social work and tree plantation drive. Cadets of SSP during Swachh Bharat campaign.

DIMAPUR: Combined social work and tree plantation drive was carried out by Phek Town Youth Society (PTYS) and Phek Village Youth Organization (PVYO), Thursday.

Social work started from Phek town and extended upto Phek village with more or less 130 youths participat-

ing in the social work. The social work covered an area of 9 km from Phek town, which included clean-up and desilting drainage, filling the potholes and clearing the road side of weed grass.

SPP: Cadets of Sainik School Punglwa carried out a cleanliness drive from the school campus to Punglwa

village under the Swachh Bharat campaign.

600 cadets under the guidance of senior master, Sainik School Punglwa, Kanu Barman and other teachers, marched along the two kilometre route from the school to Punglwa village, picking up all non biodegradable waste materials.

their surrounding neat and clean to avoid preventable diseases and to keep their environment hygienic.

Through the cleanliness drive the cadets contributed their little share to make “clean India” drive a reality for every citizen to live healthy, stated Sainik School Punglwa.

Input sessions on child rights, HIV and its pandemics were also covered during the two-day programme for the students by various resource persons.

The camp witnessed various individuals, groups and inter-school competitions, such as quiz, songs, dance and fun filled learning activities.

The camp saw participation by 42 students from various schools in Dimapur.

Home department informs on I-Day meeting

DIMAPUR: Home department general administrative branch – II in a circulation has convened a meeting on July 15, 12 noon at home commissioner’s office chamber to chalk out the work distribution/programme for Independence Day celebration 2016.

According to DIPR report, the home department has requested the following officers/departments to attend the meeting.

Director General of Police, Nagaland, Kohima; IGAR (North), Nagaland, Kohima; the Commandant, 164, Naga Territorial Army, Jakhama; the DIG CRPF, Nagaland, Kohima; the Commandant 155thBn BSF Battalion, Chedema; the Director, Sainik Welfare & Resettlement; the Commissioner & Secretary, School Education; the Commis-

sioner & Secretary, Art & Culture; the Commissioner & Secretary, Land Resource Development; the Commissioner & Secretary, IPR; the Commissioner & Secretary, PHE; the Commissioner & Secretary, Horticulture; the Commissioner & Secretary, Health & Family Welfare; the Special Secretary, Home; the Deputy Commissioner, Kohima; the Superintendent of Police, Kohima; the CEO, Kohima Municipal Council, Kohima; the Director, Youth Resource & Sports; the Director, Music Task Force; the Director, IPR, for wide publication in all local dailies; the DIG, Fire; the Deputy Commandant General, Home Guards & Civil Defence and the SDO, PWD (H), Nagaland Civil Secretariat have been asked to attend the ensuing Independent Day meeting.

28 AR interacts with Lotha & Rengma apex bodies

According to DIPR report, various important issues were discussed during the interaction in which all officers and ladies of 28 Assam Rifles participated.

The report stated said the programme was another stride towards achieving the Moto of Assam Rifles the “Friends of Hill People.”

The members of Lotha Hoho, Rengma Hoho and Lotha Hoho Eloe also appreciated the initiative taken by 28 Assam Rifles and assured their “unconditional support to security forces in future”.

DC Kohima informs on NH-2

DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner Kohima, RovilatuoMor has informed that road widening would be carried out at the landslide area near Dzüdza bridge (NH 2) on July 9.

The DC has informed that consequently, vehicular movement shall be curtailed from 8-10 a.m. on the stipulated date. He requested the public to take note accordingly and bear with the inconveniences caused.

After clearing the roads the cadets went to the Punglwa market area and picked up all scattered polythene, wrappers and other waste materials.

Finally they gathered in the village and cleaned up the village area.

The cadets also sensitised the villagers to keep

waste of time.

He said that peace was very essential for society and that Nagas had been peace loving people in the past but over the course of time all the good virtues has been lost due to negative perspective.

Therefore Rev. Fr. Charles encouraged the students to develop the culture of peace in the society.

Peace Channel and its activities were highlighted to the students by the Peace Channel staff.

28 Assam Rifles and representatives of Lotha Hoho, Lotha Eloe Hoho and Rengma Hoho after the interactive session at Wokha, Thursday . (DIPR) DIMAPUR: An interaction munities like Lotha Hoho, 28 Assam Rifles under the with apex frontal bodies of Lotha Eloe Hoho and Reng- aegis of HQ 5 Sector Assam Lotha and Rengma com- ma Hoho was organised by Rifles at Wokha, Thursday.

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During the camp, Dr. T. Temsu from Dimapur district hospital and his entire team highlighted the students with power point presentation regarding various health issues and how to take preventive measures.

Altogether 40 units of bloods were donated by staff and students during the camp.

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Centre asks Manipur for report Uranium mining risky affair without state nod: Sangma on killing of former militant

IMPHAL JUL 6 (IANS): Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the Manipur government on the recent killings of former insurgents in the state who had joined the national mainstream.

According to informed sources, the central government is concerned that these killings may derail the peace process in the state.

In the latest incident, Hmar National Army Chairman Lalthanshang Hmar was gunned down near his house on Tuesday in Churachandpur district. Earlier, Jamkholal Zou, a self-styled captain of the United Kuki Liberation Front, was hacked to death in Chandel district.

On April 21, former PREPAK Chairman Ningombam Nabachandra and his driver were shot dead in their ‘safe house’ inside the camp of 7 Manipur Rifles in Imphal East district. The killers escaped unnoticed.

Some other former insurgents also had been gunned down in separate incidents in the state.

With such killings on the rise, at least one militant outfit in Imphal West district has taken up arms once again, even though it had suspended operations.

Police sources said the development has vindicated those militant groups that did not suspend their operations.

The peace process in Manipur began in May 2000 when the army reached an agreement on suspension of operations with some tribal outfits. However, the state government remained noncommittal, observers here pointed out.

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who also held the home portfolio then, told IANS that his government was not taken into confidence over the suspension of operations.

Despite the agreement, police and paramilitary forces continued to arrest and kill some of the former insurgents.

It was then that the Union home ministry stepped in.

Eventually, another agreement was signed in August 2008 -- this time taking

the Manipur government into confidence. “Fifteen tribal and three non-tribal underground organisations joined the national mainstream after signing the agreement. They have been placed at different designated camps since then,” an official told IANS. But some leaders of these outfits are not happy because of the meagre stipend they get. Moreover, no political dialogue has been initiated for a settlement. The former insurgents, who have been disarmed, are also in constant fear of being killed.

Villagers have been protesting the government plan to set up designated camps for former militants in the close vicinity.

Referring to reports of some inmates indulging in unlawful activities, Manipur Home Minister Gaikhangam said: “The government shall come down heavily if the inmates violate the ground rules of the suspension of operations”. Police had arrested some inmates on the charge that they were involved in extortion bids.

SHILLONG, JUL 7 (PTI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday cautioned of the risks involved in uranium mining if it is done without the consent of the state government.

Sangma’s reaction came in the wake of the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL), a Government of India enterprise, floating a tender inviting companies interested in constructing infrastructure and also to excavate 3,75,000 tonne of uranium ore annually.

“I have just been briefed by the Political Department.

As of now, there is no engagement by the Government of India to that effect (uranium mining) and of giving a green signal. If they are doing it, it is at their own risk,” Mukul told reporters at the sidelines of the cabinet meet.

“If someone’s action has any negative fallout, the state government will take a call since law and order is a state subject,” he said.

UCIL General Manager (open pit) P N Sarkar had on July 2 announced in a local daily that the company “ is

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planning to set up open pit mine and processing plant of the uranium ore in South West Khasi Hills district.”

The UCIL wants interested companies to undertake activities such as getting clearances and pending consent for establishment and mining of uranium.

The state government had in 2010 given authorisation to the Union Ministry of Road and Transport to upgrade 325 km-long state roads in the mining area to “facilitate mining of uranium” under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East (SARDP(NE)).

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Assam on alert after Bangla terror attacks GUWAHATI, JUL 7 (IANS): Assam Police has been put on alert after the recent terror attacks in Bangladesh and reports of five suspected terrorists crossing over from the neighbouring country into India and heading for Assam, a senior police officer said.

The reports said five suspected terrorists from Bangladesh had crossed the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills region. “There were reports that residents of a remote village in South Garo Hills district had spotted the five youth coming from other side of the border. We are yet to confirm it and are in touch with our counterparts in the Garo Hills,” Assam Director General of Police Mukesh Sahay said.

The report assumes significance as Bangladesh-based Islamic terror module, Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), has been active in Assam, where several alleged jihadi operatives working for the JMB have been arrested in the past two years. A training camp of these jihadi operatives was busted in Chirang district of Assam this year and firearms like AK-47 assault rifles seized.

Rs 58 lakh for Laldenga remembered in stipend for trainees Mizoram on death anniversary ITANAGAR, JUL 7 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh government has released Rs 58.48 lakh for payment of stipend to ITI and government craft centres trainees in the state.

Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, who also holds the finance portfolio, released this amount out of a total Rs 311.76 lakh kept in budget estimates for 2016-17, an official release informed here on Thursday.

The remaining amount People shift to safer place using raft from a flood affected area in Guwahati on would be incorporated in the Thursday. (PTI) revised estimate for the 201617. The stipend would benefit 866 trainees across the state, the release said.

Meghalaya Muslims celebrate Eid, offer prayers for peace

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SHILLONG, JUL 7: Eidul-Fitr, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, was on Thursday celebrated across Meghalaya, a predominantly Christian state, with prayers for peace across the world.

People prayed for peace in the world, particularly in Iraq, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia following the terror attacks.

“We are sad about the situation in the Middle East and Bangladesh, whose people are being bombarded. Allah will listen to our prayers for peace, stability, development and happiness in the world,” Shillong Muslim Union general secretary Sayeedulah Nongrum said.

Thousands of men and children clad in new clothes

and wearing skull caps offered prayers in Eidgahs or open grounds and mosques in Shillong, Dawki, Nongpoh, Lad Rymbai, Byrnihat and in the Garo Hills region.

The biggest congregation was at the Eidgah of India’s first glass mosque, the Madina Masjid in Shillong, where nearly 10,000 people offered prayers. Hafiz Saddam Hussain led the prayers.

The festival celebrates the culmination of 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan,” Hussain said.

Every Muslim family gave to charity -- fixed at Rs.60 this year -- as per Islamic rules, so that the poor can also celebrate the festival.

After the prayers, Muslims visited the houses of relatives and friends to greet them.

Guests were treated to “sheer

khorma” (sweet made of vermicelli, milk and dry fruits) and other delicacies.

Governor V. Shanmuganathan and Chief Minister Mukul Sangma greeted the people on the occasion.

Shanmuganathan hoped that the festival which marks the end of the holy Ramadan, will be celebrated with fervor and traditional gaiety inspiring compassion, brotherhood and goodwill.

Sangma said Eid-ul-Fitr “which marks the end of the month-long fasting, remind us of the common values that unite us in our humanity, reinforcing the obligations that people of all faiths have towards each other and strengthen the bond of unity and brotherhood amongst all.” Muslims constitute four percent of the nearly three million people of Meghalaya.

AIZAWL, JUL 7 (PTI): A committee has been set up to monitor the conditions of members of Bru community, who were repatriated from the refugee camps of Tripura, Mamit district Deputy Commissioner Lalbiaksangi said on Thursday.

The panel will oversee the conditions and problems faced by the repatriated Brus and submit a report to the state government and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Lalbiaksangi told PTI over phone from Mamit.

She said the committee was constituted in view of the proposed resumption of repatriation process scheduled to commence from November this year.

The committee was constituted following the directions of Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary (Northeast),

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“In other words, the only way to protect ourselves is to protect the nature,” Ibobi said.

Deputy chief minister Gaikhangam who presided over the function said that in Manipur conservation of forest will be more successful than planting of saplings haphazardly.

“While planting trees we should encourage planting of indigenous species and not necessarily depend on the exogenous varieties,” he asserted.

On the occasion, a book entitled “A book on Sacred Groves of Manipur” was also released by the chief minister and seedlings were presented to the dignitaries on the dais besides distributing the same to school children.

Before the formal function, the chief minister, deputy chief minister, commerce and industries minister led the people in planting trees in the campus of the trade centre.

National Famine Front while Mizoram was reeling under a great famine called ‘Mautam’ caused by gregarious bamboo flowering which resulted in population explosion of rodents in the late 1950s.

He converted the MNFF into a political party - the Mizo National Front (MNF) on October 22, 1961 with its main object to struggle for independence from the Indian Union. The MNF declared independence on March one 1966 plunging Mizoram into a disturbed state for 20 years before signing peace accord on June 30, 1986 and Mizoram became a full-fledged state on February 20, 1987.

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Ibobi calls for protection of nature IMPHAL, JUL 7: Calling for “sustainable utilization” of natural resources, Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh on Thursday said, “the only way to protect ourselves is to protect the nature.”

He was addressing the 67th Vanamohatsava function at Trade-cum-Permanent Exhibition Centre at Lamboikhongnangkhong in Imphal West district.

Ibobi said that the planting of a seedling was just a beginning, caring them to maturity wpuld be the path and sustainable utilization of the resources will be the ultimate goal towards development and conservation.

Asserting that Vanamohatsava reminds the duties of responsibilities of conservation of the nature and its resources, the chief minister said that “forgetting out duties towards the nature will harm us.”

“Nature has a dynamic equilibrium of its own and will try to maintain the same by its own means-catastrophes.

Whenever that equilibrium is disturbed, nature has reacted wildly and in the process, myriad of species have gone to extinction.”

“If we do not treat nature with respect and care it will react towards us with vengeance. Hence, when we say, protect nature, we have

AIZAWL, JUL 7 (PTI): Rich tributes were paid to the legendary Mizo leader Laldenga in Mizoram on his 26th death anniversary on Thursday with leaders of the Mizo National Front (MNF) and others laying wreaths at his burial place in Aizawl this morning. Former state home minister and ‘Army Chief ’ of the erstwhile underground Mizo National Army (MNA) Tawnluia and Laldenga’s widow Lalbiakdiki were among those who laid wreaths at Laldenga’s tomb. Born on July 11, 1927 at south Mizoram’s Pukpui village in Lunglei district, Laldenga joined the British Indian Army in 1944 and formed the Mizo

Ministry of Home Affairs, during his visit to Damdiai in Mizoram-Tripura- Bangladesh border district of Mamit on Saturday.

The DC said the Monitoring Committee is chaired by the Deputy Commissioner and has three official members from the district administration and three members from the Bru community.

According to the Road Map-V for Bru Repatriation, approved recently by the MHA, 3,445 Bru families were proposed to be repatriated from the relief camps in

Tripura.

The effort to repatriate 3,500 Bru families during June to September last year failed as not a single Bru came forward in their respective relief camps before the Mizoram officials, to be identified as bona fide residents of Mizoram.

Thousands of Bru families fled Mizoram and migrated to Tripura due to communal tension triggered by a murder inside the MizoramBangladesh-Tripura border Dampa Tiger Reserve by suspected Bru militants on October 21, 1997.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Through this column, we would like to express our profound heartfelt gratitude to each one of you who stood by us and supported us morally, physically, materially and through unceasing prayer by believers during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved Late Thepule Lohe, Rtd. Registrar, C.E., NPWD office, Kohima and President, Chozuba Range Public Organisation (CRPO) on 3rd July, 2016 at Bethel Medical Centre, Kohima.

Among many others, we would like to convey our special thanks to:1. Doctors & nurses, Bethel Medical Centre, Kohima 2. Doctors & nurses, Dispur Hospital, Guwahati 3. Shri. Chotisüh Sazo, Honb’le Speaker, NLA 4. Shri. Zhovehü Lohe, Former Speaker, NLA 5. Shri. Thenucho Tünyi, Former Speaker, NLA 6. Mrs. Sano Vamuzo, LFormer Chairperson, NWC 7. Shri. Zaveyi Nyekha, Rtd. Principal Director, School Education 8. Shri. Polan John, ADC & Staff, Chozuba 9. Shri. Vekhosa Kotso, Commandant, 4th NAP, Thizama 10. Dr. Chumben Humtsoe 11. Rev. Poswünyi Nyekha 12. Rev. T. Phesao 13. Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao 14. Rev. Zhowhüyi Nyekha 15. Shri. Vaprümu Demo 16. Shri. Sovenyü, Former President, CPO 17. Shri. Vekhochi Nienü, Chaplain, CBCC Christian Fellowship, Guwahati.

18. Shri. Vekuto Nienü, Nagaland House, Guwahati 19. Shri. Küdecho Khamo 20. Koinonia Prayer Centre, Tsiesema Basa 21. Blood Donors 22. Neighbours of Lower Chandmari, Kohima 23. All our in-laws 24. CBCK & CBCMH, Kohima 25. CBCMH Prayer Cells at PWD, Chandmari & Midland, Kohima 26. Diphupar ‘B’ Chakhesang Baptist Church 27. Chakhesang Christian Revival Church, Upper PWD, Kohima 28. Rikhuba Baptist Church, Chozuba Town 29. Chozuba Range Public Organization (CRPO) 30. Chakhesang Public Organization (CPO) 31. Yorübami Welfare Organisation, Kohima 32. Chozuba Range Wrestling Association 33. ChozubaTown Adhoc Committee 34. National Workers, Chakhesang Region 35. Phüsachodü Village Council 36. Sakraba Village Lohe Khel 37. Chakhesang Mother’s Association’ 38. All Village councils & Churches under Chokri, Chozuba & Sekrüba Ranges 39. Yorüba Village Council and its Frontal Organisations – YSU & YYA. We regret our inability to thank each and everyone individually, but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless each one of you richly in return for the good deeds you have rendered to our family in time of our hardship and sorrow.

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We thank God for this day. Happy Birthday to the most wonderful daughter !. ~ Oba, Oja & all your love ones.

Vital north-east rail link back on track after two months

SILCHAR /AGARTALA, JUL 7 (IANS): The broad gauge line of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) -- the lifeline of several north-eastern states -- was restored on Thursday, almost two months after it was damaged by heavy rains.

The restoration of the rail traffic will be a great relief for southern Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and parts of Manipur which are linked to the railway network of India through the NFR line.

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Pranav Jyoti Sharma said a new 300metre track was laid to divert the route slightly at the problematic spot in Migrendisa in Dima Hasao district of southern Assam.

“After running goods train on the route on an experimental basis for a few days, we will decide on resuming normal passenger train service,” he told IANS over phone from NFR headquarters in Maligaon on the outskirts of

Guwahati city.

Huge landslides triggered by downpour damaged the tracks on April 27. Good train traffic was restored on May 6, only to be disrupted again from May 13 onwards.

That cut off southern Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and parts of Manipur from the railway network.

The NFR converted the 110 years old metre gauge line to broad gauge last year in south Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram. However, poor soil conditions are hampering running of trains on certain sections.

The Guwahati-Silchar rail route is the lifeline for southern Assam comprising Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dima Hasao districts, and the mountainous states of Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.

The region is dependent on the rail line for supply of food grain, essential commodities, fertilisers, petroleum products, construction materials and other goods.

Meghalaya Cabinet approves setting up of 5th Pay Commission Correspondent Shillong, Jul 7 (IANS): The Meghalaya Cabinet on Thursday set up the Fifth Pay Commission for reviewing the salaries and other emoluments and promotional policies of its own personnel and certain other categories of employees.

The decision comes eight days after the central government constitutes the Sixth Pay Commission for its staffers and other employees.

The constitution of the pay panel by the ruling Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance government comes after the central government hiked the salaries of its employees under the seventh pay commis-

sion. Former Meghalaya Chief Secretary Peter James Bazeley will head the three-member panel.

The Cabinet also approved the names of former Secretary of North Eastern Council Uttam K. Sangma and Lambha Roy as members of the Fifth Pay Commission.

Chief Minister Mukul Sangma told journalists that the a commission will study and submit its recommendation on the new pay structure of the state government employees.

He said that an effective date for implementing the new pay structure would be decided by the cabinet after the commission submitted its recommendations to the state government.

A C K N OWLED GEMEN T Through this column, we thank each and everyone who stood by us during the brief illness and at the demise of Late Samuel Mozhui, Son of Lt. Ezanthung Mozhui of Longtsung Village. A very special thanks goes to Mr. Geoffrey Yaden and family, staff of Nagaland Post, Dimapur, Pastor and members of Living Word Centre, Dimapur, Pastor and members of Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur, Ekhyo Yan (Domokhia) Baptist Church, LBCD Town Area Fellowship, District Hospital Dimapur, Doctors & staff, Longtsung Ekhung, Churches Colony Elders and Youth, friends, relatives and well wishers for your prayers, material and financial support.

Words are not enough to express our gratitude and we have nothing to repay you but the good Lord bless you abundantly.

Loving wife, daughters, mother, brother, sister, niece and family members

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Aug 1931 — 02.07.2016 We the family members of Late Likao Odyuo would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to everyone who stood by us during the prolonged illness and sad at the demise of our beloved father. We are comforted and consoled much through your love, prayers, concern and support in every way.

Though we are unable to thank each one of you individually, it is our prayer that God will richly bless you all.

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Terror is gravest threat to world: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stands next to Mozambique’s President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi during an honor guard review in Maputo, Mozambique, Thursday. (PTI)

struck at the mosque of Prophet in Saudi city of Medina a few days back. “The networks of terror are inter-linked with other trans -national crimes.

Our agreement on prevention of drug trafficking is a testimony to our shared determination to combat this menace and these networks,” said Modi who oversaw India and Mozambique sign the pact on the occasion.

India and Mozambique will step up security and defence cooperation to “advance our shared security interests”, said Modi, who arrived here this morning on a day-long visit on the first leg of his five-day tour of four African countries.

“We will work together to support the Mozambican defence forces. By building capacities and institutions, training of personnel, supply of equipment, and in responding to their other emerging needs,” Modi said.

Noting that India and Mozambique are connected by the Indian Ocean, he talked about the “emerging security challenges”, including in the maritime areas.

“It is an ocean of many economic opportunities. But, we are also aware of the emerging strategic and security challenges in the maritime domain,” said the Prime Minister who was later hosted for banquet by the Mozambican President.

Underlining that India and Mozambique “face similar challenges” as the developing countries, Modi told Nyusi, “We will be a trusted friend in your development. And, a reliable partner in ensuring a bright, safe and secure future for our people.”

PIL filed in HC for scrapping of BJP’s Lotus symbol MUMBAI, JULY 7 (PTI): A PIL seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to scrap ‘Lotus’ symbol allotted to BJP was filed in the Bombay High Court on Thursday, contending that it is a national flower and cannot be used as a party icon.

The petition alleged that BJP is using the national flower (Lotus) for electroral purposes and thereby violating the Emblems and Names (Prevention of improper use) Act 1950.

“Lotus is a sacred flower and occupies a unique position in art and mythology of ancient India and it has been an auspicious symbol of Indian culture.

Lotus is a flower of Goddess Laxmi and symbolises wealth, prosperity and fertility,” said the petition filed by activist Hemant Patil.

“Lotus symbolises purity, achievement, long life and good fate and hence cannot be used as a symbol by any party for election purpose,” argued the petition, which is likely to come up for hearing next week.

The petitioner said he had given a representation to the Election Commission to scrap the Lotus symbol of BJP as it was a national flower but it had not been considered and hence he had moved the Bombay high court.

The Lotus symbol was allotted to BJP 25 years ago by the Election Commission but no party or person had ever objected to it, though it is violative of Emblems and Names (Prevention of improper use) Act, said the petition.

Tense scene in Kashmir Valley acts as bait for jihad, says Kasuri NEW DELHI, JUL 7 (PTI): Kashmir has a deep resonance inside Pakistan and the tense situation in the Valley acts as bait and encourages radical elements ‘to wage jihad to liberate fellow Muslims’, says former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.

He also says that there will always be a minority opinion sympathising with the activities of the jihadis due to the staunch commitment of Pakistanis to the Kashmir cause.

“If that were not the case,” he says, “there would be no willing recruits from among the masses to the jihadi cause.”

However, among influential sections of public opinion and in the corridors of power it was realised that Pakistan’s policy of support to non-state actors had actually boomeranged on it, says the senior leader of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party who has dealt with India-Pakistan relations.

On the Pakistan-India dynamics, he says, “Pakistan-India relationship does have an impact radicalising elements among Muslims in Pakistan.

Kashmir has a deep resonance inside Pakistan.

Furthermore, the tense situation in the Kashmir Valley also acts as bait and encourages radical elements ‘to wage jihad to liberate fellow Muslims’.”

He feels normalisation of relations between Pakistan and India will help pluralistic

Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri and liberal forces in Pakistan besides helping the conditions of minorities in both countries.

Kasuri is also of the opinion that notwithstanding the initial romance surrounding the Mujahideen activities, the West and particularly Pakistan continue to pay a heavy price for this jihad and both are still suffering from its blowback.

“Over time, the West and Pakistan have had to contend with increasing linkages between terrorist groups of different orientations.

Pakistan also discovered, to its horror, that some of the groups fighting in Kashmir could just as easily attack its own civilians and security forces.

“In many cases, the intelligence and law enforcement agencies were also targeted.

Public opinion in Pakistan began turning against the activities of violent groups for whatever cause,” he writes in an article in the Equator Line magazine’s latest issue,

contributors to which are all Pakistanis. Kasuri says that there was a growing recognition among the middleclasses and major sections of the media that Kashmir and other issues with India could not be resolved by resorting to violence by non-state actors and although their activities definitely attracted a lot of international attention, it was equally clear after 9/11 that the international community had lost any appetite for such activities.

“It came to be realised that Pakistan and India would have to find a negotiated settlement to Kashmir and other outstanding issues between them. I do not wish to convey the impression that, at the time when I assumed office, the support for jihadi groups had evaporated among all sections of public opinion. Due to the staunch commitment of Pakistanis to the Kashmir cause, there will always be a minority opinion sympathising with the activities of the jihadis,” he writes.

According to Kasuri, there are many reasons for the rise of fundamentalism in Pakistan and it may be helpful to look at the subject from at least four perspectives.

“First, Pakistan’s political and constitutional struggle to create a new dispensation after Partition; this determined the role of the ulema allowing for its expansion under General Zia-ul-Haq. This, in turn, contributed later on to the strengthening of the fundamentalist forces.

MAPUTO (MOZAMBIQUE), JUL 7 (PTI): Amid a spurt in terror attacks in various countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said terrorism is the “gravest threat” to the world, “equally impacting” India and Mozambique which agreed to strengthen security and defence ties and bolster cooperation in food security.

After Modi’s wide-ranging talks with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi here, the two countries signed three pacts, including a significant “long-term agreement” under which India will buy pulses from this African nation to meet its recurring shortfall and contain prices of this commodity.

Declaring India as a “trusted friend” and a “reli-

able partner” of Mozambique, the Prime Minister also announced that essential medicines, including those for treating AIDS, would be donated to this country as part of efforts to strengthen its public health system. India will also help build capacities of Mozambique’s security forces, Modi said with a vow to “walk every step” with this country on its path of development and progress.

He identified agriculture, healthcare, energy security, security, defence and skill development as some of the areas having potential for cooperation.

“We want our development and economic ties to benefit our societies. We also want our partnership to ensure the safety and security of our

EID: India, Pakistan soldiers exchange sweets

High court judges shortage goes Govt trashes Cong charges of telecom scam up from 443 to 470 in 7 months

JAMMU/BIKANER, JUL 7 (PTI): Sweets were on Thursday exchanged between the Indian and Pakistan security personnel to celebrate the festival of Eid at several points on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan.

Indian and Pakistani Army exchanged sweets on several points along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

“On the festival of Eid, Army representatives of India and Pakistan exchanged sweets at Poonch-Rawalakot Crossing Point and Mendhar Hot Spring Crossing Point in Krishna Ghati Sector of Jammu and Kashmir,” a defense spokesman said.

NEW DELHI, JUL 7 (PTI): The 24 high courts in the country are short of 470 judges, the latest data shows even as the executive and judiciary continue to have differences over key clauses of a document which will guide future appointments to the higher judiciary.

At the beginning of the year, the shortage was of 443 judges, while in the later part of 2015 it was 392, data available with the Law Ministry states.

As on July 1, the high courts were facing a shortage of 470 judges, with the Allahabad High Court having the maximum vacancies at 82.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court is short of 39 judges, followed by Madras (37), Andhra Pradesh/Telangana (36) and Karnataka (35).

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people,” he said at a joint media interaction with Nyusi after their talks during which the two leaders discussed ways to enhance trade and investment and step up cooperation in other fields.

While talking about the challenges, Modi said, “President Nyusi and I recognize that terrorism is the gravest security threat facing the world today.

Mozambique and India are no exceptions. Terrorism impacts India and Mozambique equally.” His comments assume significance as these came against the backdrop of spurt in terror attacks in various parts of the world. This included the second major terror attack in less than a week in India’s neighbour Bangladesh just hours before Modi spoke. Terrorists even

lahabad, Andhra Pradesh/ Telangana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Patna, Punjab and Haryana and Rajasthan are also functioning with acting chief justices.

Parliament had enacted the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act to do away with the over two-decade old collegium system where judges appoint judges. The law was struck down by the apex court on October 16, last year.

A Supreme Court bench, while deciding on ways to make the collegium system more transparent, had asked the Centre to redraft the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) in consultation with the states.

The MoP is a document which guides the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court

Namami Gange projects worth Rs 250 cr launched in U’khand

and the 24 high courts. At present, there are two MoPs -- one for the apex court and the other for the high courts.

The government had sent the MoP to the SC collegium in March. The CJI had returned the document in May raising objections on the various clauses.

Last week, then Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda had met Chief Justice of India T S Thakur to iron out differences but sticking points remain.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, who yesterday took over as the Law Minister, said he will strive to find a “common ground” between the government and the judiciary on the issue of appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the high courts.

NEW DELHI, JUL 7 (PTI): The government Thursday night rubbished Congress charge of a Rs 45,000-crore telecom scam, saying the CAG report on understatement of revenue by six telecom firms pertains to UPA period from 2006-07 to 2009-10 and it has initiated process of recovering the money from firms like Bharti, RComm and Vodafone.

“CAG Report on understatement of revenue by six Telecom Service Providers by Rs 46,000 crore was received in February 2016. The report pertains to four years i.e.

2006-07 to 2009- 2010 which is before the tenure of this government,” the Department of Telecom said in a statement.

The report, it said, points out a shortfall of Rs 5,000 crore of License Fee and Spectrum Usage Charge and

RECRUITMENT IN TERRITORIAL ARMY 164 Inf Bn (TA) (H&H) NAGA Date 09 Aug 2016 to 10 Aug 2016

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HARIDWAR, JUL 7 (PTI): Holding that “wrong planning” led to the pollution in Ganga, Union minister Uma Bharti on Thursday launched 43 projects worth Rs 250 crore under Namami Gange programme in Uttarakhand, saying that the Modi government is taking corrective steps to cleanse the river.

“The Ganga has not been polluted because of untreated water as much as because of wrong planning. Projects being launched under Namami Gange are corrective steps to atone for what has been done over the years to dirty the river,” she said here.

The Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation said that the ambitous scheme of the Centre will not only cleanse the river and

maintain its flow, but will also ensure that the Rs 4,000 crore spent on the river under Ganga Action Plan in 29 years since 1985 (till 2014) do not go waste.

Announcing that the Centre is mulling passage of a legislation called the Ganga Act in Parliament for the success of Namami Gange, Bharti said industries will not just be debarred from dumping their untreated waste into the river but treated waste as well will be diverted for irrigation purposes.

The preliminary draft of the Act will be sent to the states for opinion and the final draft will be prepared based on it, she said.

Bharti said the Ganga flows through her veins more than blood and renewed her pledge to begin a Ganga Pa-

dayatra in October to create awareness among the people about the advantages of a clean Ganga and how they could contribute to it.

Director of Namami Gange Rajat Bhargav said the projects launched include expansion of the ghats, tree plantation along them, consctruction of sewage treatment plants and developing adequate civic amenities along the banks of the river.

Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Mahesh Sharma, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat and former chief minister and Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank were present on the occasion.

A total of 231 projects worth Rs 1,500 crore are being launched at 100 places across the country today under Namami Gange.

NAGALAND : KOHIMA

NOTIFICATION NO.E.VIG-23/2010

Dated Kohima, the 5th July 2016

The result of L.D.A-cum-Computer Assistant under State Vigilance Commission is hereby declared the name and Roll Number of the successful candidate in order of merit are given below :Roll Number 350 Roll Number

Kumari Vituozonuo Keditsu

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The waiting list shall be valid for 6 (six) months from the date of declaration of result.

The Board could not recommend for the 2nd post as there was no particular tribe earmarked for the post of Backward tribe in the roster, moreover there is a ban on de-reservation of post as per Government Notification NO.RCBT-5/87 (Pt-III) dt. 4th September 2015.

Height 02 Cms

Weight 02 Kgs

Chest 01 Cm

Height 03 Cms

Weight 03 Kgs

Chest 03 Cms

5. Physical Fitness Test.

Physical Fitness Test of 01 Mile Run, Pull Ups, Balance & 9 Ft Ditch will be conducted.

6. Education for Soldier (General Duty)

Class-X pass with 45% marks with min 33% marks in each subject. No stipulation of percentage in case of XII class pass.

7. Tattoos.

Persons with Tattoos, visible in physical training dress are not eligible.

8. Domicility.

Must be indigenous Naga Tribal of Nagaland State.

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Surjewala alleged at a joint press conference with party spokespersons Shaktisinh Gohil and R P N Singh.

He alleged that the government is “surreptitiously taking steps to protect the interests of six leading telecom companies by helping them avoid the payment of charges rightfully owed to the government.”

He claimed that this is a clear-cut case of loss to the public exchequer verified by the CAG “with the sole aim of helping friendly ‘crony capitalists’.” The telecom companies named by Surjewala are Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, Idea, Tata and Aircel.

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(b) National/State level sportsmen

determined to recover every rupee of underpaid amount with interest and penalty from every defaulting company in the minimum possible time.”

Earlier, Congress Thursday alleged a staggering Rs 45,000-crore telecom scam and that Modi government was “surreptiously taking steps” to protect the interests of six leading telecom companies which owe the money to the public exchequer, which was later refuted by BJP. “Latest is a staggering ‘Telecom Scam’ of approximately Rs.45,000 crore plus that is being buried under the carpet by ‘Modi Sarkar’”, party’s chief spokesman Randeep

Sl. No. Name 1.

Mr. N. Lichamo Jami Waiting list Sl. No. Name

1. Date, Time and Vacancies in Recruitment Rally (a) Date 09 Aug 2016 to 10 Aug 2016 (b) Time 0600 hrs (c) Venue Public Ground, Longleng, (Nagaland)

4. Relaxation in physical standards. (a) Son of service/ men/Ex-servicemen/war Widows & adopted son/son-in-law of war Widow, if she has no son

Uma Bharti with Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat launching ‘Namami Gange’ programme in Haridwar on Thursday. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari is also seen. (PTI)

Rs 7,000 crore of interest.

The six service providers are Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel, Reliance Communications, TATA Tele and Idea.

“The Department received the key documents scrutinised by the CAG in mid-June 2016. These are being vigorously examined and the process of issue of demands for the four financial years for six operators in 22 license service areas in consonance with license agreement is currently ongoing,” the statement added.

DoT said the demands raised from this exercise will be recovered with due interest and penalty as applicable under license agreements.

“There is therefore no loss of revenue to Government,” the statement said.

Stating that Revenue Assurance is the top priority of DoT, it said, “The government is

The candidates will be in possession of the original and photocopy of following documents at the time of enrolment. (a) Education Certificate including Board Certificate in original. (b) Domicile Certificate/Permanent Residential Certificate in original (Issued by DC/ADC). (c) 12 copies of Passport size colored photographs. (d) Latest Character certificate from nearest Police station (Not older than six months). (e) Ration Card/Voter Identity Card/Aadhar Card. (f) No Objection Certificate from Civil/Govt employer. (g) Unmarried certificate from village administration head with official seal (for candidate below 21 year of age).

Note : 1. No TA/DA will be paid to the candidate during the Recruitment Rally. Candidates are requested to arrange for food/lodging under own arrangement.

2. Legal action will be taken against candidates providing false information or documents during Recruitment Rally.

3. If at any point of time it is found that candidates is involved in unfair means, he will be taken out from Recruitment Rally.

4. For any assistance/query contact – Major Rajat Datta (09478111612).

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IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT

(THE HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) KOHIMA BENCH

MAC APPEAL NO. 2 (K) OF 2016

Oriental Insurance Company Limited -VersusShri Moatemsu & others To Shri Sakutemjen, Son of Late Lendatuba, R/o Medical Ward, Changtongya, District - Mokokchung, Nagaland.

(Owner of Vehicle No. NL-02/C 5622 (Maruti Car) Shri Rongsenpokha, Son of Akangtemjen, R/o Longmisa Village, H.No. 501, Mokokchung, Nagaland.

(Driver of Vehicle No. NL - 02/C 5622 (Maruti Car)

.......... Appellant

............ Respondents

.... Respondent No. 2

.... Respondent No. 3

NOTICE

Please, take notice that the above appeal has been filed by the appellant (Oriental Insurance Company Limited), wherein you have been impleaded as respondent No. 2 and 3.

You are therefore directed to appear before this Court on 29.07.2016 in person or by pleader duly instructed and able to answer all material questions relating to the appeal.

Take notice that in default of your appearance on the date mentioned above the appeal will be heard and determined in your absence.

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Deputy Registrar, Gauhati High Court (Kohima Bench) Kohima, Nagaland

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opinion/EDITORIAL

Nagaland Post Vol. XXVI NO. 210 Dimapur, friday, July 8, 2016

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espite two consecutive verdicts reposed by the voters, which should have been opportunities to reshape, reorganise, rejuvenate and re-invent; the Congress unfortunately failed to do so and in 2014, received its worst ever humiliating and historic thrashing , retaining only 44 out of the 206 seats it had won in the 2009 Lok Sabha election. Much time has passed since 2014 and a lot has changed in Indian politics but there has been no change in the Congress except rejig of the same faces. Today, the party faces a very serious crisis as it cannot exist without the Nehru-Gandhi family dynasty. The UP assembly election in early 2017, which is only six months or so, has all political parties on hectic preparations to prepare list of candidates and their respective strategies. UP is considered a very important state for 2019 Lok Sabha election as it has 80 seats and so it is seen as a must win for parties or alliances vying for power in 2017. The ruling Samajwadi Party(SP) led by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and mentored and tutored by his daddy and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, is facing a strong anti-incumbency feeling across UP. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) under Mayawati is the favourite to return back to power but that may not be easy. Stopping the BSP from taking over from the SP, will be of interest for the BJP so ensure that Mayawati does not get too close to power. Coming a distant fourth, the Congress has some presence in hardly 30 constituencies out of 403.The Congress lacks credible leadership and has been experiencing reversals since 2014. The loss in Arunachal due to defection was blamed on Rahul’s inability to understand the seriousness of the problem when BJP got involved with the dissidents. The same happened in the recent assembly election in Assam where Rahul gave a deaf ear to dissidents and the party eventually paid the price. Since 2009, Rahul was tipped to be the party’s prime ministerial candidate. However, he has never seemed consumed by the ambition to lead India, and his performance as the party’s figurehead in election campaigns has driven some Congress supporters to despair. It was not surprising, that the clamour for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra(PGV) got louder. Congress poll strategist Prashant Kishore has pitched for an expansion in Priyanka Gandhi’s role as campaigner in Uttar Pradesh, believing that her charisma can help in the party’s revival, and also focusing on strengthening the organisation’s base at grassroots level in order to lift its morale and fortune in the run-up to the 2017 state assembly polls. Murmurings have also started on the engagement of Kishore and his team members for the UP polls. The outsourcing of the party has also confirmed that Rahul and team are not in tune with the pulse of the masses. Also, with the elections just around the corner, Congress is the only party, which is yet to set its house right and confusion prevails within the party rank and file over their future. The very idea of roping in Priyanka for the UP polls reveals bankruptcy of ideas. She may enthuse party workers but that cannot bring the votes needed. It would be a lost cause if Priyanka, was to devote more time in defending the shady deals of her husband than campaigning for the party.

DailyDevotion All Efforts of Worth and Excellence Are Difficult Enter by the narrow gate….Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life….

—Matthew 7:13-14 If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all efforts of worth and excellence are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but its difficulty does not make us faint and cave in— it stirs us up to overcome. Do we appreciate the miraculous salvation of Jesus Christ enough to be our utmost for His highest— our best for His glory?

God saves people by His sovereign grace through the atonement of Jesus, and “it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13).

But we have to “work out” that salvation in our everyday, practical living (Philippians 2:12). If we will only start on the basis of His redemption to do what He commands, then we will find that we can do it. If we fail, it is because we have not yet put into practice what God has placed within us. But a crisis will reveal whether or not we have been putting it into practice. If we will obey the Spirit of God and practice in our physical life what God has placed within us by His Spirit, then when a crisis does come we will find that our own nature, as well as the grace of God, will stand by us.

Thank God that He does give us difficult things to do!

His salvation is a joyous thing, but it is also something that requires bravery, courage, and holiness. It tests us for all we are worth. Jesus is “bringing many sons to glory” (Hebrews 2:10), and God will not shield us from the requirements of sonship. God’s grace produces men and women with a strong family likeness to Jesus Christ, not pampered, spoiled weaklings. It takes a tremendous amount of discipline to live the worthy and excellent life of a disciple of Jesus in the realities of life. And it is always necessary for us to make an effort to live a life of worth and excellence.

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A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. ~ Axel Munthe

Nagaland Post, Dimapur friday, July 8, 2016

Post-mortem Death, be not proud!

National food security act

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entre has adopted National Food Security Act in the year 2013 as would provide food grains at highly subsidized rate to cover two third of the country’s population. This Act aims at providing rice, wheat, coarse cereals at Rs. 3, 2, & 1 per kg to almost millions of Indian. Food security has long been implementing in the country but what’s remarkable of NFSA 2013 is that the allocation and coverage of targets has overwhelmingly increased in which the Chief Minister of Nagaland termed this Act is the landmark in the state’s history.

It is reported that the centre has also assured of conceding to provide 75 percent of transportation subsidy in the ratio of 75:25 between centre and state for the cost of transportation of food grains from FCI godowns to designated point of sale. The poor masses have now confident that the state has adequate facilities and infrastructures for proper storage and safe keep of food grains stock.

The poor should not be deprived from mismanagement or improper storage of food grains that left vulnerable to rain and attack by rodents in godowns.

The beneficiaries have also confident that the state government would not fail to bear the cost of 25 percent transportation charges in time while implementing this scheme. The poor should not be suffered from corruption or negligence of implementing agency.

The concerned agency should be responsible in transporting, delivering all essential food grains to every

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public godowns (FPS) through a statewide network so that the targeted poor can purchase at a minimum price.

What objective we set and Act adopted is good but how effective it could implement is a challenges as the corruption and fraud had devastated the Public Distribution System to such an extend as it is run by a vicious cartel of bureaucrats, political parties, fair price shop owners and middlemen. Fair price shop owners are mostly political workers and most of the beneficiaries of BPL/ AAY are relatives of leaders or headmen or those officials involved in it and bribery on the other hand as such loopholes and leakages have occurred in the PDS supply system. Fair price shop owners are imposed/demand taxes by different factions/groups/individuals, so the more demand, the more prices increased on the food items they are distributed. Because of several taxes and demands imposed on them, the fair price shop owners wants to sell food grains as soon as possible so they sell to persons (non-poor) who can buy whole sack. However, genuine poor families are unable to buy whole sack of rice at a time and they are embarrassed to approach for few kgs of grains. The supply of PDS has benefitted some non-poor than who are struggling to secure even one square meal a day.

The department and village authorities have to ensure whether the poor are excluded while targeting for entitle of assistance and whether the AAY, Annapurna, BPL

Our Asu

ometimes we have to put aside issues and differences and view the big picture. This is exactly what the thousands did when they turned out to pay tribute and homage to our dear Asu Issak Chishi Swu. It is safe to say every Naga felt they lost someone or experienced emptiness on hearing the news of his passing. Some just felt it but many decided they have to say goodbye in some way or the other and fare thee well they did. Just a few generations back we Nagas were still so primitive.

No Naga knew paper even centuries after Shakespeare had written all his great works.

No Naga heard music even hundreds of years after Mozart died. Most Nagas had not even seen a bicycle even after the Wright brothers invented the aero plane nor would there have been many Nagas who switched on a bulb when the television was already invented. So you can imagine the sudden transit for the Nagas as a whole from Stone Age straight into the twenty-first Century.

This Transition required special care and attention lest we lose our heritage and even more so our identity. For an Educated, Selfless God Fearing man and someone who simply loved his people it would have been hard to ignore this fact. So our Asu started his movement with likeminded friends. Whatever happened there after and over the years there is no denying we have an identity today. Imagine If you googled Naga and no information came out. I look in the mirror and thank God for this life and thank my parents for giving this face a name and our Asu for giving this name and identity called Naga.

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card holders are genuine. Careful attention is to be made while identifying the beneficiaries ensuring that the families who desperately need help should not be excluded.

We appreciate Nagaland voluntary Consumers’ Organization (NVCO) for carrying out an Intensive Awareness Campaign on National Food Security Act (NFSA) and who would be initiating “Citizen right Awareness Campaign” in the state. People are to be well highlighted of the Act and know their rights. It is hoped that their campaign would extent all over Nagaland so that the citizens are well informed. The department may also require introducing SMS based complaint filing or feedback so as the beneficiaries can send their grievances through a mobile phone.

The poor stricken families, due to low income spend all their incomes on food to sustain life and left other basic necessities.

They neglect to education, health and sanitation. If this particular scheme provides food grains to targeted poor ensuring everyone has stable access to enough food of satisfactory quality sparing their income, they will realize to invest on education and other facilities as one require. A significant impact of the programme—elimination of poverty section depends on the timely delivery, reforms and transparent implementation, or else, crores of subsidies would land up in the pockets of some vested interest people.

Bausha Pauwung Buchem, Agri ward, Longleng

In support of ACAUT

o detect, book, investigate and take appropriate action against any person violating the laws of the land is the bounden duty of an elected government. It is not the primary responsibility of ACAUT to invest so much effort to unearth every anomaly that an individual officer, a politician, a Govt. Department or a business firm has committed against public interest in the State of Nagaland today. Indeed, it is the primary duty of the popular Govt. of the day to remain sincere and sensitive enough to any form of abuse of power and violation of rules by either its employees or private individuals and book such culprits efficiently without fear or favour in the interest of governance.

However, in contemporary Nagaland context, the roles are practically reversed. In fact, the State Govt. has virtually shed off its basic responsibilities of upholding the rule of law. The present Govt. is responsible in dismantling its own established laws and ethics. A solid instance is how the Vigilance Commission is disarmed. This beingthe situation, the role of the Govt. is to be held by philanthropic NGOs like, NTC, NPRAAF, NCVO, SN and ACAUT for the sake of the oppressed.

Accordingly, the ACAUT has exposed how the industry of fuel adulteration runs in Nagaland. There is no room for anybody to doubt about the racket which is not a recent

Where is my home delivery

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o start with I don’t want to offend anyone with my article but the hassle I have to go through every time I get a document or a package on express courier services in Kohima has to be brought to light as a genuine customer. The hours I have to spend to receive a document or a package is seriously “no bargain for an express service”. Nowhere in India or other countries require a person to go to the express courier facility to collect the document or package. If we miss the first delivery they make second attempt, even third elsewhere.

I make purchases online and if i am lucky to get my items on Indiapost I breathe a sigh. The situation at Bluedart, Kohima is a sight, the express checkout be it free home delivery or a paid delivery. It is an everyday issue now with nothing less than an hour of tantalizing repeated requests to process the delivery. If we mention it to any express courier

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service about home delivery there is a flat reply “manu nai” and sometimes they are rude.

Now my question here to every rightful citizen is “whose job is it to make the delivery?”. The amount charged by express courier services anywhere is triple or more the amount charged by Indiapost. When we make purchases online, valued items above a limit make free delivery.

Are we not entitled for a free home delivery? Or am I missing something when free delivery is mentioned because I have not received any home delivery on express courier services even on paid checkouts.

Respected managements of express courier services in Kohima.

Please do reconsider the delivery options. Time is a valued asset and all I am asking is to make the delivery at my address if I am entitled to be one as your customer.

Munna Sunar, Kohima

For political redemption

ne righteous man’s sacrifice was required to save the world from the death of sin. There was no chance for the mankind to receive salvation except His sacrifice on the cross. Indeed, He did it, He was none other than Jesus of Nazareth. In the same way, one righteous leader was required to be the sacrificial lamb for political redemption. The sins of the national workers are too heavy, no one was ready to repent from their sin and turn to God to save the nation. Our beloved national father late Yaruiwo Ino Isak Chishi Swu did it to save the nation. And it was the only way to political solution. For this reason he was anointed by God, this is the

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hrough the agents of haters, murderers, lethal weapons, accidents,diseases, wars, natural calamities and the like, death has reduced humans to shreds. Death laughs uncontrollably while the living wail and cry ceaselessly. The sleep of death evokes a strong sense of emptiness upon the lives of those affected by it. Sleepless nights of pain and tears continue to haunt the living for the dead. Death sweeps over the race of human mercilessly. It has spared none.

From the newly born child to the ripe old age, from the least to the greatest, from the fools to the wisest, from the poorest to the richest, the aroma of death has bewitched them to sleep. Death is mysteriously real as it has ravaged generations under its power. It comes knocking on every door of our homes.

Humans hate to think or talk about death. We try to push it out of our minds.

Too many young people have optimistic feelings about the longevity of their lives.

Nobody wants to die young. But an awful lot have been snapped off too early. The beauty of human is destroyed by death and decay. Some face death right in the eyes with glowing victorious disposition while some face it with the gloom and doom of despair and terror. What makes the difference? Why do humans shudder and tremble at the thought of death? Is there an escape from it? Is there nothingness to life after all?The well-known British atheist writer Bertrand Russell, just two days before Einstein died issued a joint statement with the famous physicist, confessing his own state of despair that “those of us who know the most are the gloomiest about the future.” The anguish of hopelessness in that honest confession is the absence of God in the picture of human lives. Death is feared so much because God is feared so little. The idea of an afterlife seems a fairy land for a post-modern sceptical intellectual world.

will of God. We must be proud of him, we must remember him till the end of this world. He knew before he died that he must die like a sacrificial lamb to save the Naga nation. He had proved that he loves his people and the nation. He was a true saviour of the Naga nation whom God had chosen.

He fought the good fight and kept the faith and rest in peace. Now, he is in the very presence of the Lord. After three months Naga people will see the glory of God, the day was counted from the death of our beloved late Yaruiwo Ino Isak Chishi Swu. Every Naga people must remember him with honor. Kuknalim Jesse Pamei, Chaplain

set up, but we all know that this illicit business has been there for long. The Govt. knows it that most of the petrol pumps in Nagaland do stock adulterated fuels, both petrol and diesel.

Yet, the Govt. has never ever tried to uproot the illegal business which is punishable under law. May be some of the concerned authorities in the Govt. are having share holding in the illicit industry and therefore disabling the racket may harm their business interest. And we all know that Food & Civil Supplies Deptt. is in-charge of essential services which includes Kerosene oil distribution which is in question now. Also, we all know that this very Deptt. has been the exclusive additional portfolio of few successive Chief Ministers including the existing one.

I never like to use adulterated fuel as that will shorten the engine life of my vehicle. Yet, from where do I get uncontaminated and genuine fuel in Nagaland? Therefore, every consumer is compelled to spend money for adulterated fuel as much as paying for the genuine fuel. Nevertheless, what else the helpless consumers do when theelected Govt. decides not to make it presence felt in such matters of public interest.

Now, the major task of the detection on the racket is done by ACAUT. For judicious and satisfactory probe and actions, the political will of the Govt. is indispensable.

It is for the District administration

Late Isak Chishi Swu, God’s chosen leader

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ate Kushe Chishi Swu of Chishilimi village, father of late Isak Chishi Swu, an anointed first Christian convert and an evangelist in Sumi community often visited our village and it was during one of his visit in 1929 revealed him in dream about late Isak Chishi Swu at lat Nizheto Zhimomi’s place, then the first pastor Sheyipu village. As he woke up he shared his dream that was revealed to him by God’s angel.

In his dream, he dreamt about his wife, who was pregnant then, he saw an angel coming down and whispered in his ear that his wife will give birth to a baby boy and you are to name him Isak. Late Kushe replied that how he can be sure to be a baby boy when his wife is still pregnant, an angel opened his eyes and revealed his wife’s womb a baby boy and marked star in his forehead. And together they thanked potent God for the revelation. Late Nizheto Zhimomi affirmed and blessed him saying, “this dream is His plan and we have no choice but a righteous man deserves it. May God bless you as His creator has shown you”. Isak Chishi Swu’s legacy for the Nagas will be remembered as a great and humble and God fearing chosen leader.

Heikhu Zhimomi, Padum Pukhuri

But it’s a reality that cannot be eluded with nonsensical arguments.

The famous sonnet written by John Donne, “Death, be not Proud!” tells of death as a defeated enemy. Though some have called him mighty and dreadful, he is not so! One short sleep past and we all wake eternally. And death shall be no more; death shall die.This holy sonnet was a direct allusion to 1 Corinthians 15:26: “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” The captivating picture of death as portrayed in the Bible doesn’t fall short of our notice as Apostle Paul plainly states, “Death is gain for me, I desire to depart and be with Christ.” He anticipated death with a supernatural undying hope. This longing and desire of hope is only possible in the ultimate intimate union with Christ.

The King George VI of Britain, just before he died of cancer gave this famous speech about his own predicaments: “I said to the man at the Gate of the Year, “Give me a light that I may walk safely into the unknown.” He said to me, “Go out into the darkness, and put your hand in the hand of God, and it shall be to you better than the light, and safer than the known.” What confidence! What boldness in the face of death! It was God that gave him such an un-daunting voice. In relation, Godwas the anchor of his soul. The conviction of forever-ness in human hearts points to the reality of life after death. Death and decay are inevitable. Generations come and go. It will never pass by again. Death tells us to look at the world temporarily. Death teaches us to cherish life and people around us. Death removes pride and reminds us that humans are nothing but mortal beings. Death is not the end but the inauguration of the forever-ness of life. Therefore, we sing with confidence, “Where, O Death is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Corinthians 15:55). God bless.

Vebu Khamo, Bible student.

to scrutinize the expositions made

by ACAUT and take prompt action against the culprits. It is also for the administration to thoroughly examine the involvement of not only professional fuel dealers but people of all shade which is a possibility.

However, if at all, some powerful and rich rascals are share holders, the investigation will once again be blinded, then the tempo of investigation will become damp squib. Rather, the local administrators and the Police officers who sincerely pursued the racket will be sandwiched between the public pressure and the behind the screen powerful politicians and bureaucrats having syndicate with those greedy businessmen. Whereas, the question of booking and punishing the culprit will not arise allowing the fuel adulteration racket in Nagaland to become a bigger booming business. We are watching whether this racket is the exclusive operation of those culprits named or the joint venture.

In the event of the Govt’s refusal to conduct thorough probe followed by positive and timely actions, it will not be difficult to understand that the racket in question has the approval of the Govt. of the day. In such situation, the culprits, who are exploiting hundreds of thousands of consumers, will have the last laugh at ACAUT saying ‘Oh! ACAUT, where is your sting?’

Z. Lohe

Petroleum rich state

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y the grace of God Nagaland has ample source of petroleum and natural gas outlay at Changpang and Tssori area in Wokha district, as well as in many other places in Nagaland.

For example, during British government in Naga hills, petrol production was only in Burma now Myanmar. Petrol was only supplied from Burma under the nomenclature, Burma Oil Company (BOC). Likewise petrol production in Assam is under the nomenclature Assam Oil. Petrol production in India is under Indian Oil, Hindustan Oil etc.

Therefore, it is not wrong if Nagaland too declares its nomenclature as Nagaland Oil (NO) but permission should be obtained from government of India (GoI) in order to avoid hindrances. But till date none of the Naga scholars, well educated, qualified, far-sighted and visionary people has not made any remarks pertaining to this.

If Naga government declare its nomenclature as Nagaland Oil, Nagaland too could become a noted petroleum producing state in the global world.

Rikhyo Kikon Lotha, pensioner NCS and senior citizen, Wokha

Reader’s Post

Financial inputs both from state & centre

Sir,

I have established a weaving and handloom training centre at Rikhuba , Chozuba town with a view to provide necessary self-employment opportunity to the talented youth especially the women folk in the rural area way back in 2008. And now with a few available established facilities we could have conducted our activities on a progressive line by way of providing knowledge in the same trade to a number of candidate within our localities to put further on our cap, even some of our trainers have already availed PMGP & other government jobs and bank loans with the training certificates issued our centre. However, at this juncture, we would like to draw your kind attention and to state government that we are still yet to provide with necessary financial inputs both from the state and the centre through concerned department and ministry, though we have applied it for time and again by spending a huge amount of money and resources. In this connection, we place our grievances before the public and the concerned authorities through your esteemed paper that the same financial grants and sanctions be made at the earliest towards the centre to enable us and to equip ourselves with better training facilities.

Sekhotolu, managing director weaving & handloom society training centre, Chozuba town, Phek district Nagaland

Sir,

To the manager Baroda Bank Wokha

With due respect to your esteemed authority I on behalf of the PMEGP (Pradhan Mantri Employment Guarantee Program) scheme beneficiaries 2014-15 batch would bring to your notice once again on the pending loans distribution under the scheme cited above. It has been a year since the KVIB has selected educated unemployed and allocated quiet a number of it for loan procurement through your bank but no steps have been taken so far to address the problem of the pending loan sanctions despite several assurance and deadlines. Therefore, kindly look into the matter so as to help the local entrepreneurs foster the possibility of availing the platform. After several rigorous process of selection the final candidate were allocated to your bank for the loans so as to establish a stand in order to earn a livelihood. However the final stage to dispatch the loans thorough your bank has posed a huge hurdle in the dreams of the young entrepreneurs. The beneficiaries allotted to different banks have availed the loans and are already in process of establishing a source of livelihood yet the beneficiaries allotted to your bank are still struggling to procure the loans that are sanctioned by Khadi and Village Industry Board. We believe in due process of the system and your authority. We sincerely pray and hope that your concern authority would look into the matter and bring about an amicable solution as soon as possible considering the volatile situation of the agitated beneficiaries.

M. Ngullie, (m.597.ngullie@gmail.com)

Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur friday, July 8, 2016

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Javadekar takes charge of HRD Ministry, Irani skips event

New HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar meets Textiles Minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi on Wednesday. Irani was holding the charge of HRD earlier. (PTI) NEW DELHI, JUL 7 (IANS): Smriti Irani may have scoffed at speculation over her ouster with a “Kuch toh log kahengey”, but the former HRD Minister was missing from a ceremony on Thursday to formally hand over charge of the ministry -- despite two phone calls to her by her successor Prakash Javadekar.

Irani, who was shunted to the low-profile Ministry of Textiles in Tuesday’s cabinet reshuffle, seems to be “unhappy” over being displaced from the HRD Ministry, said sources.

On Thursday, Irani failed to attend the chargetaking ceremony of the newly-appointed HRD Minister Javadekar at Shastri Bhavan despite being present in Delhi and being formally invited.

Traditionally the outgoing minister hands over charge to the new minister

at a formal ceremony.

On Wednesday, but for Javadekar, all the other newly-appointed ministers as well as those who were shifted from their ministries went to their new offices in the presence of the outgoing minister.

Following the tradition, Javadekar himself handed over the charge of Environment Ministry to newcomer Anil Madhav Dave on Wednesday, while Irani took charge of her new Textiles Ministry.

But Javadekar’s assumption of charge of the HRD Ministry was set for Thursday.

Javadekar was hopeful that Irani will turn up on Thursday to hand over the charge, but she didn’t.

Javadekar waited till the last for Irani to show up before taking the charge.

“Javadekar ji called Ira-

ni twice in the morning. But she finally didn’t turn up,” a source told IANS. Irani’s absence was apparent of her unhappiness at being shunted out, but Javadekar downplayed the issue, saying “She was supposed to come today, but she was stuck in some personal work.”

“I had a word with her in the morning on phone,” the Minister said.

After the reshuffle, Javadekar had gone to meet Irani at her residence on Wednesday morning.

Sources said that Javadekar had tried to soothe Irani’s dejection but his efforts were in vain.

Javadekar, who was supposed to take charge on Wednesday deferred it till Thursday and even held a meeting with HRD officials in the ministry on Wednesday itself.

On Wednesday, Irani, after taking charge of the Textiles Ministry had denied rumours that her move to the new office was a demotion.

She thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for placing her in charge of a sector that has immense potential to generate employment.

On persistent questioning about her being moved out of the HRD Ministry, Irani said, “There have been so many questions and so many things being said.

I would only say that ‘Kuchh to log kahenge, logon ka kaam hai kehna’ (People will talk, it is their business).”

Javadekar was the only Minister of State to be elevated to cabinet rank in Tuesday’s reshuffle.

Sources close to Irani told IANS that she had had an inkling she might be shifted out from the HRD ministry.

When she met an Education Minister of one of the BJP ruled states few days ago, Irani indicated that she might not be in the HRD Ministry when he visits her next.

Sources told IANS that Irani was shifted to Textiles because of the many controversies during her tenure as HRD Minister and the way she dealt with them.

“She should not have dealt with these controversies in such aggressive manner.

As an HRD Minister she was not supposed to behave like this. You are dealing with students. Even a teacher doesn’t behave the way she did.

The ministry was given to Javadekar, who is known to be a cool and clam person,” a source told IANS.

Eid celebrated across India

Eye surgery botchup: Case registered against doctors H Y D E R A BA D, J U L 7 (PTI): A case has been registered against doctors of a government-run eye hospital here following allegations that seven patients suffered loss of vision after undergoing cataract surgery, police said on Thursday.

Following a complaint, the case was registered against some doctors of the Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital under IPC section 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), Humayun Nagar Police Station Inspector S Ravinder said. He, however, said names of doctors were not specifically mentioned in the case.

“The matter will also be referred to the Telangana Medical Board,” the Inspector told PTI. Thirteen elderly patients, including women, contracted infection in their eyes with seven of them suffering partial loss of vision after undergoing cataract surgery at the hospital last week.

Jitender Reddy, son-inlaw of one of the affected persons, Anji Reddy (70), alleged negligence on part of the doctors in the complaint, the Inspector said.

In the complaint, Reddy alleged that doctors of the hospital did not perform the surgeries properly and no precautions were taken. Besides, five follow-up surgeries were conducted on the patients without informing the matter to their kin resulting in vision loss, the police officer said.

However, doctors at the hospital have already ruled out any negligence on their part and claimed that the saline bottles used during the surgery were contaminated, resulting in infection in the eyes of the 13 patients, who were in the age group of 60-70.

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Muslim women offering namaz on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr at Eidgah in Lucknow on Wednesday. Women offered namaz at the Eidgah for the first time. (PTI) NEW DELHI, JUL 7 (PTI): Muslims Thursday flocked to mosques and eidgahs across the country to offer special prayers, exchanged greetings and took part in feasts with family and friends as they celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr which marks the end of Ramzan, the holy month of fasting.

In the national capital, people dressed in their festive best turned up at historic Jama Masjid, Fathepuri Masjid, Hazrat Nizamuddin and other mosques for ‘namaz’, wished each other ‘Eid Mubarak’ and exchanged gifts.

Festivities gripped Jama Masjid and Chandni Chowk areas where people were busy buying sweets and savouries to welcome friends and relatives. Ecstatic children, who were gifted ‘Eidee’ (money) by parents and elders, were at the forefront of the festivities, buying toys and other items from shops around the mosques. People also gave alms to the needy who had

gathered around the mosques and eidgahs (prayer grounds).

Markets in various Muslimdominated areas in the city have been decked up on the occasion.

Extensive security arrangements were in place across the country, especially where large congregations took place.

People in Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala celebrated Eid yesterday.

President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi have greeted people on the occasion and hoped that it will inspire all to follow the path of love and universal brotherhood and will deepen the spirit of harmony and peace in society.

Chief Ministers in several states joined the special prayers and greeted the people.

Bollywood stars, too, spread the cheer and took to the social media to extend

Eid greetings to their fans and peers.

In Uttar Pradesh, a spirit of bonhomie and festive cheer marked Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations as Muslims from all walks of life made a beeline for eidgahs and mosques for offering the Eid prayers.

In Lucknow, women offered ‘namaaz’ at Aishbagh Eidgah for the first time.

Governor Ram Naik and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav greeted people on the occasion at Eidgah.

Border Security Force and Pakistan Rangers, the border guarding forces of the two countries, exchanged sweets and greeted each other on the occasion at several places along the international border.

In Malda in West Bengal, festivities were marred by a mishap. A 10-year-old boy died and six others were injured when a sceptic tank on which they had gathered, collapsed during an Eid congregation.

Mosiruddin had connections retired babus Mehbooba seeks people’s with at least two terror groups:CID to probe scams cooperation for peace

Sena to be part of Fadnavis’ cabinet expansion; gets 2 MoS berths MUMBAI, JUL 7 (PTI): Two Shiv Sena MLAs will be joining the Devendra Fadnavis Ministry in Maharashtra, which will be expanded tomorrow, putting to rest the speculation whether the Uddhav Thackeray-led party would be part of the exercise in the wake of growing strain between the two ruling partners.

However, Sena’s demand for elevation of the existing Ministers of State (MoS) to the Cabinet rank was turned down by the Chief Minister, as these two Sena MLAs will be inducted as MoS. Five BJP legislators will also take oath as ministers.

Uncertainty over whether Sena would be part of the cabinet expansion loomed large throughout the day as there was speculation that Sena will not become part of the exercise, as it was not given a single berth during

the recent Union Cabinet expansion.

A close aide of Shiv Sena chief told PTI late tonight, “Uddhav Thackeray tonight said that Sena MLAs Gulabrao Patil and Arjun Khotkar will be inducted into the Fadnavis Council of Ministers.”

According to the Sena source, Patil, legislator from Jalgaon rural constituency and Khotkar, five-time MLA from Jalna will take oath as MoS. Several rounds of meetings were held at ‘Matoshri’ and ‘Varsha’, the residences of Uddhav Thackeray and Fadnavis respectively, to discuss about the party’s stand over the cabinet expansion.

At the meeting of party legislators held at ‘Matoshri’, Uddhav finally decided to be part of the cabinet expansion.

“Several legislators were against joining the cabinet

as the party was insulted by the BJP president Amit Shah before expansion of union cabinet. However, their voices were dominated by party ministers. The ministers succeeded in convincing Uddhav ji to accept the offer from CM,” the Sena source added.

Senior Shiv Sena ministers Diwakar Raote and Subhash Desai, who attended Sena’s meetings later also met the Chief Minister and tried to convince the latter about the party’s demand.

“Thackeray’s demand was that its existing MoS should be elevated as cabinet ministers. However, Fadnavis was not ready for that,” a Sena source added.

Several meetings were also held between the officials after which the central hall of the state legislature was chosen as the venue for oath taking ceremony of new ministers.

SRINAGAR, JUL 7 (PTI): On the occasion of Eid, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday sought the cooperation of the people in promoting pace, harmony and brotherhood and wanted them to partner her government’s endeavour to bring stability and prosperity to the militancy- hit state.

“I need the support and cooperation of every citizen of this state to realize the vision of (former Chief Minister and Mehbooba’s father) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed of a cohesive, peaceful and prosperous Jammu and Kashmir,” she said interacting with hundreds of people who visited her official residence here to extend Eid greetings.

She said the people need to strive for promotion of peace, harmony and brotherhood and partner with her government’s endeavor to end the miseries of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and bring stability and prosperity to the state which is bleeding due to militancy.

An official spokesman said the Chief Minister personally received the visitors and exchanged Eid greetings with them.

The visitors included ministers, MPs, MLAs, civil and police officers, political workers, lawyers, representatives of trade, travel and civil society organizations

besides common men, women and children, the spokesman said.

On the occasion, special prayers were also offered for Sayeed, who breathed his last in January this year, he said.

Meanwhile, a National Conference spokesman said hundreds of people from all walks of life thronged the residence of party Working President and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here to extend Eid greetings to him.

Party leaders, legislators, office bearers and party workers in addition to senior officers of the police and administration as well as prominent social activists and trade representatives called on Omar yesterday and today and exchanged Eid greetings with him, the spokesman said.

Interacting with the people, Omar prayed for the state’s honour, dignity and prosperity and said it was the duty of every conscientious citizen to protect the state’s political rights and interests and also to work towards alleviating the grievances of the masses.

The NC Working President expressed profound grief and sorrow over the spate of attacks around the world, especially those in Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and Iraq recently and prayed for the restoration of peace and amity in the world.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 7 (PTI): Delhi government has decided to hire retired bureaucrats to conduct an inquiry into cases of alleged irregularities and wrongdoings in various departments.

The Vigilance Department of the government has invited applications from retired officers, not below the rank of Deputy Secretary, who have either worked with the central government or the state government, for empanelment as inquiry officers.

A senior government official said that the department will pick only those officers who do not have any criminal record and have not crossed the age of 65 as on April 1.

The inquiry officer, having impeccable integrity, will have to give an undertaking of maintaining strict secrecy in dealing with documents and information.

“No secret documents, information, data shall be divulged to anyone during the inquiry. All the records, reports, etc. available with the inquiry officer shall be duly returned to the authority which appointed him/her.

“The inquiry officer shall conduct the inquiry proceedings in the official premises provided by the department/organisation which engages him or her,” a notice issued by the vigilance department said.

In April this year, the Arvind Kejriwal government had appointed 8 IAS and DANICS officers as special Vigilance Commissioners in its various departments.

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College in the city and had studied there till second year.

Even from those days he was actively involved with fundamentalists,” the officer said.

On the purpose of Musiruddin’s recent visit to West Bengal after almost six years in Tamil Nadu’s Trippur, where he was staying with his family and two children, the CID officer said “Though he is giving us different stories, we have got definite clues that Musiruddin was here to kill someone staying at his native Labhpur village in Birbhum district to settle an old score. Kallu Sheikh and Amin Sheikh were to help him in the act.”

For this purpose Musiruddin had bought from New Market here the 13-inchlong knife, which was seized when he was apprehended from Vishwa Bharati Fast Passenger train at Amadpur in Burdwan district on Monday. Besides, he also had plans to visit Nepal but its purpose was still not clear to the sleuths, he said. Musiruddin’s home at RRB Road in Trippur district’s had been raided by the sleuths yesterday and a laptop was seized.

His wife had also been interrogated. The sleuths have also detained two more persons — Chandan Sheikh and Swapan Sheikh from Labhpur and they have been brought to Kolkata for questioning.

“From Musiruddin’s mobile phone call list we found that several calls were made to these persons.It seems that he was in touch with several youths from the area.

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President Pranab Mukherjee during receiving greetings from various people on the occasion of Eid at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI)

KOLKATA, JUL 7 (PTI): Suspected terrorist Mosiruddin has revealed his connections with top leaders of at least two terror groups and that he was deployed to spread their tentacles in West Bengal and other places in the eastern parts of the country, a top CID officer said on Thursday.

Mosiruddin, who was arrested from a running train earlier this week, revealed this when he along with his two accomplices Kallu Sheikh and Amin Sheikh was grilled jointly by the CID, National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Intelligence Bureau (IB).

“During the interrogation, the interrogators got hold of information which established Musiruddin’s links with Islamic State (ISIS) and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).”

It was also found that Mosiruddin was called as Abu Al Musa Al by leaders of the terror groups and that he was close to ISIS’ former chief in the country, Shafi Armar.

“He was in touch with Armar for quite some time and grew pretty close to him.

They were in touch via social networking site and used fake email ids to communicate. He (Mosiruddin) was connected to other leaders of JMB also,” the officer said.

During questioning, it was also found that Musiruddin had met a few top JMB leaders at least more than five times this year.

Musir uddin used to change his mobile numbers often, he said, adding that the suspected terrorist also used a specific app to stay in touch with the ISIS leaders and other members.

He was also actively linked to a few fundamentalist groups when he was pursuing graduation from a city college.

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2016, the government has the flexibility with regard to the closure date of the compliance window, which opened on June 1. Hence any change in closure date can be made effective through a notification.

As regards the payment of tax and penalty, neither the Finance Act nor the Rules with regard to IDS had stipulated such payment in instalment.

Various trade bodies however have asked for leniency in payment of taxes and sought extension of scheme to address the cash flow problem around November.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has already issued three sets of clarifications on the scheme in form of frequently asked questions (FAQs).

The scheme applies to both residents as well as nonresidents (as both these categories could have taxable income that can be declared under the IDS).

“We will issue more FAQs. We are still getting queries from people and we will address them individually,” the official said.

In order to make the IDS a success, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has been holding video conferencing with senior tax officials every week to assess the progress made under the scheme.

In the previous set of FAQs, the I-T department had clarified that where a search

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has already been conducted by the Income tax authorities, the taxpayer cannot declare the undisclosed income under the IDS until the end of the period up to which a notice can be issued under the Income Tax Act. A clarification that the valuation report need not be provided along with the declaration, but can be provided before the acknowledgment is issued has given some leeway to the taxpayers to arrange for the same.

Similarly, it has been clarified that taxpayers who may have received summons from the Income Tax Department without receiving any notice for assessment till date, or taxpayers who have received assessment notices after May 31, 2016 are eligible to make a declaration under the scheme for that year.

Last year the government came up with a similar scheme for persons having unaccounted black money abroad. Disclosures during that window were charged with a total tax and penalty of 60 per cent.

A total of Rs 4,147 crore of undisclosed wealth was declared during the 90-day foreign black money compliance window that ended September 30. At 60 per cent (30 per cent tax and 30 per cent penalty), the government got a net tax of Rs 2,500 crore from the declarations.

New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI): Ringing Bells, the company that created a stir a few months ago by claiming that it will come up with the cheapest smartphone, on Thursday said it will start phase-wise distribution of the Freedom251 mobile smartphones from July 8.

“We will start delivery of 5,000 Freedom 251 phones in the first phase in online and offline mode from tomorrow,” Ringing Bells Director Mohit Goel said here while unveiling other products that included an LED TV priced Rs.9,990 per unit. He claimed that the company is ready to ship two lakh units of the smartphone for Rs. 251 each, but “only if it gets government support”.

Goel further added that some 30,000 customers had gone ahead with the booking despite a glitch and seven crore

people had signed up.

Freedom 251, which was touted as the world’s cheapest smarphone when it was announced back in February, was later withdrawn by the company. The company also refunded the money to customers after government agencies mounted a closer scrutiny.

Later, the firm said it would deliver the phone through cash-on-delivery to those who had placed the order.

As for the cost of the phone, Goel claimed to have tied up with mobile applications, including with Hike Messenger, a Bharti Softbank venture, for keeping the price so low.

The company also unveiled four new feature phones in the range of Rs. 699-999 and two smartphones between Rs. 3,999 and Rs. 4,499.

Rupee recoups 6 paise to end at 67.39 vs USD Mumbai, Jul 7 (PTI): In line with equity market, the rupee today recovered by 6 paise to end at 67.39 against the American currency on fresh selling of dollars by banks and exporters on the back of good foreign capital inflows.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 265.63 crore on Tuesday, as per provisional data released by the stock exchanges.

The rupee opened almost flat at 67.46 as against Tuesday’s closing level of 67.45 per dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market.

The domestic unit hovered in a range of 67.51 and 67.34 per dollar during the day before ending at 67.39, showing a gain of 6 paise or 0.08 per cent.

The rupee had settled lower by 18 paise or 0.26 per cent on Tuesday.

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New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI): Gold prices slipped from a 28-month high by falling Rs 150 to Rs 30,900 per 10 grams in the bullion market today, with demand from jewellers softening, even as the metal rose overseas.

However, silver weeklybased delivery continued to climb as speculators mounted fresh bets on hopes of a further rise in its prices.

Traders said the fall in gold demand from jewellers at the existing higher levels mainly contributed to the fall.

They said, however, a firming trend overseas capped

the losses as investors looking for asset haven following market instability in the wake of UK’s vote to leave the European Union lapped up gold.

Globally, gold traded higher by 0.3 per cent to USD 1,367.45 an ounce in Singapore. The prices have gone up by 29 per cent in 2016 so far.

Silver, too, inched up 0.02 per cent to USD 20.06 an ounce.

In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity fell Rs 150 each to Rs 30,900 and Rs 30,750 per 10 grams, respectively. It had risen Rs 400 in yesterday’s trade.

Sovereign, however, saw scattered buying from retailers and traded higher by Rs 100 at Rs 23,500 per piece of eight grams.

On the other hand, silver weekly-based delivery spurted Rs 1,325 to Rs 47,840 per kg, but silver ready saw some pressure and plunged Rs 1,300 to Rs 46,100 due to reduced off-take by consuming industries.

Silver coins surged Rs 3,000 to Rs 77,000 for buying and Rs 78,000 for selling of 100 pieces.

after the company in a release today said that it has received an Establishment Inspection Report from the USFDA which had inspected its Goa facility in July 2015.

Among other pharma majors, Dr Reddy’s Labs, Cipla and Sun Pharma ended up 0.9%-3% each.

HDFC and HDFC Bank were also among the top Sensex gainers up 1.8%-2.5% each. Axis Bank ended flat.

The stock turn ex-dividend today for dividend of Rs 5 per share for the year ended 31 March 2016.

FMCG majors ITC and HUL gained 1.2%-2.8% on expectations that above normal monsoon boost rural volume growth. Tata Steel ended down over 5% amid media reports that the steel major would further delay the sale of its Port Talbot unit in Wales.

BHEL ended up 0.7%.

India Ratings and Research h a s p l a c e d s t a t e - ow n e d Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd’s (BHEL) “AAA” Rating on Watch Negative (RWN). The Outlook was Stable.

In the broader market, sugar shares such as Upper Ganges Sugar & Industries, Ponni Sugars (Erode), KCP Sugar, Sakthi Sugars and Kesar Enterprises ended up over

10% each on the BSE. According to Business Standard reports, the Union Government has clarified on Wednesday that export of imported raw sugar after refining will not attract any export duty. This paves the way for movement of various shipments that were stuck at ports. Punjab National Bank rose nearly 3% as its subsidiary PNB Housing Finance has approached the Securities and Exchange Board of India for an initial public offer (IPO) to raise Rs 2,500 crore.

Smallcap shares which have rallied include Claris Lifesciences which surged nearly 6% after the company said that it has received the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approval for Tobramycin Injection USP, 80mg/2mL and 1,200mg/30mL multiple dose vials, in the US. Dhanlaxmi Bank zoomed 19% on the back of over fivefold jump in trading volumes.

Dhanlaxmi Bank on Tuesday said it will raise Rs 200 crore through issuance of equity shares on preferential basis.

NBCC (India) surged over 10% after the company announced that it has won contracts valued at Rs 587 crore in June 2016.

SBI Card looks at 25% growth in card base

Singh pitches for farm mechanisation to boost farmers income

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Kolkata, Jul 7 (IANS): SBI Card, a joint venture of the State Bank of India and GE Capital, is looking at a 25 per cent growth in its card base and around 33 per cent growth in spend in the current fiscal, a top company official said on Thursday.

Aimed at cardless transaction, the credit card issuer is also in a process to develop Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology so that data of a customer’s card can be stored in his/her mobile.

The technology will help in the use of mobile for card transactions.

“We grew by 14-15 per cent in terms of number of cards (card base) in the last fiscal and we are looking at a 25 per cent growth this fiscal. We plan to add more than one million cards in the current fiscal,” said company’s Chief Executive Officer Vijay Jasuja.

The credit card insurer -- which currently maintains a market share of 15 per cent -- has a card base of 3.75 million.

“We have seen the growth in spend at about 33 per cent in the last fiscal and we are looking at a similar growth in terms of spending this year,” he said at the launch of SBI Card ELITE, a premium card.

Of the total portfolio, about 85 per cent of its cards is for mass segment while premium segment constitutes the rest, Jasuja said.

Mumbai, Jul 7 (Agencies): Benchmark share indices ended flat, amid a volatile trading session, with pharma shares gaining the most led

by Lupin after the company said it has received EIR from USFDA for its Goa facility.

The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 35 points at 27,201 and the Nifty50 settled 2 points higher at 8,338. In the broader market, the BSE Midcap index ended down 0.4% and the Smallcap index ended flat with positive bias.

“Markets are in a consolidation mode after recent rally ahead of the first quarter earnings. Further, IT sector continues to exhibit weakness after select companies issued profit warnings while salary hikes could put margins under pressure during the first quarter,” said A K Prabhakar, Head of Research, IDBI Capital.

Major European stock markets were trading higher led by fast moving consumer goods stocks. The CAC-40, DAX and FTSE-100 were up over 1.2% each.

Foreign portfolio investors were net buyers in equities worth Rs 265.63 crore on Tuesday, as per provisional stock exchange data.

Lupin was the top Sensex gainer to end over 6% higher

Radha Mohan Singh New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI): Aiming to double farmers’ income in the next five years, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said farm mechanisation will bring down the cost of cultivation by up to 25 percent and raise production by 20 percent. He also said that raising support price of agricrops will not suffice, as there is a need to bring down the cost of cultivation, for which, use of innovative farm machineries is the need of the hour.

The Modi government is promoting farm mechanisation in a big way under various programmes and has been setting up more testing and training centres across the country, he added. “Farm mechanisation is key for modernising agriculture

sector. Use of agri-machineries will help increase production by 20 percent and bring down the cost of cultivation by 20-25 percent. This is the need of the hour,” Singh said addressing an event on this issue.

Asserting that farm machineries need to be promoted both in agriculture and allied sectors to address labour shortage, the minister said the states should take equal interest and spend allocated central funds for this purpose. “We don’t have shortage of funds. The problem is that states are not utilising funds properly and timely.”

Blaming the previous regime for giving less priority to farm mechanisation, the minister said the focus in the

past had been on increasing the minimum support price (MSP) and loan waiver in the name of the increasing farmers income.

“But MSP is one aspect. Modi government is focusing on reducing the overall cost of cultivation and boost productivity,” Singh said.

Now, the government is making efforts to address the core challenges facing farm sector, be it improving soil health or providing irrigation to farm fields or for that matter promoting balanced use of fertilisers, he added.

On challenges faced in adopting new technologies, Agriculture Secretary S K Pattanayak said, “It is not financing or subsidy that is an hindrance in promoting farm mechanisation. The real issue is that not many of them are aware of innovative farm machines being developed in length and breadth of this country.”

Both public and private companies and even farmers themselves have developed novel farm machineries. “We are working how to bring them together and commercialize at lower price for the benefit of farmers,” he said.

“The PM has given the call to double farmers income.

We are trying how to achieve this. To remove drudgery in agriculture and save labour cost, farm mechansisation is must,” the Secretary noted.

B e n g a lu ru, J u l 7 (IANS): Leading e-commerce player Amazon India on Thursday announced expanding its infrastructure by adding six more Fulfilment Centres (FCs) to better equip itself for the upcoming festive season.

“With the exponential growth of online shopping in India, we are glad to announce six new FCs in India.

We remain committed to investing in our fulfilment and logistics capability to enable and empower sellers to serve customers nationally at lower costs,” said Amazon India Vice President Anil Saxena in a statement.

Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai are among the new locations of the planned centres, but Amazon did not divulge the investment value. It already has 10 such centres in Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal.

A FC enables a small seller or an SME to reach out to prospective customers on a massive scale by utilising the well-established infrastructure of an etailer like Amazon. Sellers can send their products to Amazon’s FC, from where the etailer picks, packs and ships the product to the customer who placed the order.

India, Mozambique to fasttrack farm sector cooperation Maputo, Jul 7 (IANS): India and Mozambique on Thursday agreed to fast-track agricultural cooperation after delegation-level discussions headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi here.

“Mozambique’s strengths are also the areas of India’s need,” Modi said in a joint press statement with Nyusi.

“And what Mozambique requires is available in India,” he said.

Observing that Nyusi had highlighted agricultural development as his top priority, he said experts from both sides have since held discussions on how to work together to improve agricultural infrastructure and productivity in Mozambique.

“Today, we agreed to put this cooperation on the fast track,” Modi said.

Stating that the both the countries were strengthening their partnership in food security, he said: “India’s commitment to buy pulses from Mozambique would help meet India’s requirement. It will also facilitate long-term investments in commercial farming, generate farm employment and raise farmer’s incomes in this country.”

The two sides earlier signed three agreements, including a long-term one on purchase of pulses from Mozambique for India.

The Prime Mnister said

Rise in food prices will stem demand: FAO official New Delhi, Jul 7 (Agencies): Though the demand for most food commodities in India is set to grow by 2025, it would at a slower rate as compared to 2005-15, according to UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). A plausible factor is the rising food commodity prices whereby a small section of the population will find food unaffordable and thus decrease consumption.

FAO India representative Shyam Khadka told The Hindu that in India, the scope for an increase in production area was limited in the case of food grains including wheat, rice coarse cereals.

“We believe that both the area under food grains as well as their yield will go up, but the rate of growth will be rather muted in the coming 10 years as compared to 2005-15.

In other words, at this point we do not foresee any major increase in production of food grains,” said Mr. Khadka. According to the FAO, with the increase in population and income levels, the demand for food commodities will certainly increase. However, this growth could slow down in the next 10 years due to multiple reasons and the rising commodity price is one of them.

“Two factors stand out in terms of a slower rate of growth: first, it is a natural corollary of a gradually slowing rate of population growth.

Besides, an important factor is income: rising household income is likely to play an increasing role in product substitution for meeting caloric requirements. For instance, as we have projected, while consumption of most cereals will gradually slow down, the demand for vegetable oils and sugar will spike, as will for other commodities such as livestock products,” said Mr. Khadka.

Mr. Khadka said another factor is rising food prices whereby a small section of the population will find food unaffordable and thus decrease consumption.

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health care was another area in which India’s capacities and Mozambican needs match well.

“India will be donating essential medicines for the Mozambican public health system, including medicines for treatment of AIDS,” he said.

Modi also stressed on the safety and security of the people of the two countries.

“President Nyusi and I recognise that terrorism is the gravest security threat facing the world today,” he said “Mozambique and India are no exceptions. Terrorism impacts India and Mozambique equally. The networks of terror are inter-linked with other trans-national crimes.”

He said an agreement signed between the two sides on prevention of drug trafficking was a testimony to the shared determination to combat the menace of terrorism and its networks.

Modi said that with India and Mozambique being connected by the Indian Ocean, there were many economic opportunities “But, we are also aware of the emerging strategic and security challenges in the maritime domain,” he said.

“To advance our shared security interests, President and I have today agreed to strengthen our defence and security relationship.”

Modi said that India and Mozambique stood with each

Maruti firm on double digit growth target in FY’17 Kolkata, Jul 7 (PTI): Mar uti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) today said its double digit growth target remains on track for the current fiscal despite production losses of 30,000 units in June owing to fire in one of its key vendor facilities at Manesar.

“Whatever losses we had we will make up in the next few months as our production engineers are working on how to increase the production,” MSIL Executive Director R S Kalsi said here today on the sidelines of the launch of new platinum rated showroom of ‘One Auto’ in Kolkata. The production loss is about 30,000 units for the company as the overall impact was almost for four weeks in the plant.

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tara Brezza and Baleno has increased to 5-7 months as waitlist for the cars has surpassed one lakh units.

Apart from the Manesar and Gurgoan production facilities of Maruti, the company is coming up with the 2.5 lakh capacity third plant in Gujarat.

“The trial run would begin in the period of JanuaryMarch 2017 and commercial production from the next quarter,” Kalsi said.

However, Kalsi was not sure whether the new plant would help bring down the waiting period of its fast selling cars as it would depend on lot of other factors.

The top company official did not disclose the models to be manufactured in the new plant.

IT spending to remain flat in 2016 globally: Gartner New Delhi, Jul 7 (IANS): Spending on information technology globally is forecast to be flat this year -- totaling $3.41 trillion -- slightly up from last quarter’s forecast of negative 0.5 percent growth, market research firm Gartner said on Thursday.

The cur rent Gar tner Worldwide IT Spending Forecast assumed that the UK would not exit the European Union.

“With the UK’s exit, there will likely be an erosion in business confidence and price increases which will impact the UK, western Europe and worldwide IT spending,” said

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Data centre systems’ spending is projected to reach $174 billion in 2016 -- a 2 per cent increase from 2015.

Global enterprise software spending is on pace to total $332 billion -- a 5.8 percent increase from 2015.

Devices spending is projected to total $627 billion by the end of 2016. Spending in the IT services market is expected to increase 3.7 percent, totaling $898 billion.

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other in the international arena on a range of issues.

“From the reform of UN Security Council, to the adoption of June 21 as the International Day of Yoga,” he said.

“Last year, at the COP21 Summit in Paris, India led a major effort to promote solar energy as a source of renewable energy.

“For this, we formed the International Solar Alliance to counter climate change.

The Alliance has the support of over 120 countries and we greatly value Mozambique’s partnership in this initiative.”

The Prime Minister also mentioned the 20,000 Mozambican citizens of Indian origin and described them as “a living bridge between our economies and our societies”.

Earlier on Thursday, Modi was accorded a ceremonial welcome after his arrival in Maputo on the first leg of his four-nation Africa tour.

Later in the day, the Prime Minister is scheduled to meet Veronica Mamoco, President of Mozambique’s National Assembly.

He is also scheduled to interact with students at the Science and Technology Park at Maluana, near here, and with members of the Indian community before leaving for South Africa in the evening.

This is Modi’s first official visit to mainland Africa.

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New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI): The government may extend the deadline for payment of tax on black money disclosed during the one-time compliance window and has accepted the industry request for tax being paid in instalments.

“The government is favourably considering to extend the tax payment deadline as it understands the liquidity crunch around November,” a top official told PTI. “Discussions are on with regard to the number of months by which the payment window can be extended. We have said that they can pay tax and penalty in instalments,” he said.

The comments follow Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s meeting with industry associations, CAs and tax professionals late last month to understand their concerns around the compliance window.

The Budget for 2016-17 announced a 4-month compliance window, allowing domestic black money holders to declare their unaccounted wealth, pay a tax and penalty of 45 per cent and escape prosecution and harsher punishment.

The window under the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) 2016 opened on June 1 and will close on September 30. Tax and penalty on income declared, as per the original scheme, is to be paid by November.

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identities of the arrested attackers. No group has claimed responsibility for today’s attack.

The incident comes close on the heels of last week’s deadly attacks on a cafe in Dhaka in which 22 people, including a 19-year-old Indian girl, were brutally slaughtered

by Islamic State militants.

The Islamic State (IS) terror group yesterday issued a new chilling video warning the Bangladesh government of more attacks in the country and across the world until Shariah law is established globally, saying last week’s gruesome attack here was just “a glimpse”.

The video message believed to be issued from Raqqa, the stronghold of the terror group in strife-torn Syria was released on YouTube.

Islamist gunmen stormed a popular restaurant in Dhaka’s posh diplomatic enclave late on

Friday killing 22 people, most of them foreigners from Italy, Japan, India and the US in an attack claimed by the Islamic State.

The IS video has gone viral on social media among Bangladeshis still recovering from the shock of the brutal slaughter of 20 hostages and two police officers in Dhaka.

Police said a massive manhunt was underway to nab other militants involved in today’s attack.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at an Eid reception at her residence said, “Those who are carrying out assaults even in Eid congregations, are enemies of Islam and humanity”.

She urged parents and school authorities to report to police if their sons or students had gone missing since the Dhaka attack was carried out by youths who went missing several months ago.

“We will you to track them down using modern technology, if required they will be given treatment in specialised facilities,” she said.

Meanwhile, the imam of the Eid congregation, who is said to have earned the militants’ wrath by spearheading a massive anti-Islamist campaign with Islamic scholars and imams, appealed for a “social resistance” against the militants.

“Their (militants) aim is to create panic among the people to weaken the natural social resistance. But I call upon the people not to panic which will only benefit the militants’ goal and instead wage a social resistance against the extremists,” he said.

US sanctions North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un for rights abuses

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DHAKA, JUL 7 (PTI): Islamist militants carrying bombs and machetes launched a deadly attack on Bangladesh’s biggest Eid gathering, killing four persons including two policemen and a Hindu woman, nearly a week after 22 people were slaughtered in the country’s worst terror attack.

Bombs exploded near an Eid prayer gathering in Sholakia in northern Kishoreganj district where at least 200,000 people had gathered, police said.

Police said one constable was dead and at least 13 others were injured. A second policeman later succumbed to his wounds on way to hospital in neighbouring Mymensingh.

Jharna Rani Bhoumik, a housewife, was also killed as she was hit by a stray bullet that penetrated her hut, officials said.

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WASHINGTON, JUL 7 (AFP): United States placed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on its sanctions blacklist today, saying he is directly responsible for a long list of extreme human rights abuses in his country.

Placing Kim on its blacklist for the first time, the US said, is an acknowledgment that North Korea is “among the world’s most repressive countries.”

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One suspected attacker was also killed in the exchange of fire with police at the blast site as roads in the area were cordoned off.

Police said that two of the attackers have been held while media reported the arrest of three persons.

Machetes were seized from the suspected assailants.

Local reports said six to seven people led the attack with sharp weapons on policemen when they were frisking people entering the Eidgah ground.

Kishoreganj ASP Obaidul Hasan said the blasts spread panic among thousands who were beginning to gather near the ground, but the prayers were not disrupted, bdnews24. com reported.

“That was probably a crude bomb. The facts are still unclear,” he said.

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ficials named in the sanctions were behind widespread, serious abuses including killings and torture of political prisoners in the country’s system of political prison camps, US officials said.

“Under Kim Jong-Un, North Korea continues to inflict intolerable cruelty and hardship on millions of its own people, including extrajudicial killings, forced labor, and torture,” said Adam Szubin, Acting Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.

Treasury said that Kim, North Korea’s “Supreme Leader,” was responsible for abuses in his roles as head of the country’s Ministry of State Security and Ministry of People’s Security.

According to officials in Washington, North Korea’s Ministry of State Security holds 80,000 to 120,000 prisoners in political prison camps

where torture, execution, sexual assault, starvation, and slave labor are common.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of People’s Security overseen

by Kim runs a network of police stations, detention centers and labor camps where suspects under interrogation “are systematically degraded, intimidated, and tortured,” the United States said.

Authorities in Washington for the first time identified other top officials directly involved in rights abuses, including Choe Pu Il, the Minister of People’s Security, Ri Song Chol, a senior official in the Ministry of People’s Security, and Kang Song Nam, a Bureau Director with the Ministry of State Security.

A senior US official said on background that naming the specific officials involved will help strip the anonymity under which they carry out systematic abuses.

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shortly, with his wife, four children and eight grandchildren.

The government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has not yet made any statement on the future of the refugees.

Sher Ali, a second generation refugee who was born in Pakistan 33 years ago, says he doesn’t want to return to Afghanistan, a country in which he has never lived.

“I was born here, I work here. This is the place I know, in Afghanistan, I am like a foreigner,” says Ali, whose family came to Pakistan in 1979.

Like Ali, most of the 1.5 million registered Afghan refugees and another million and a half staying in Pakistan illegally, were born in Pakistan, UNHCR spokesperson in the country, Duniya Aslam, told EFE. But Pakistan does not grant nationality to refugee children born in the country.

Of the total number of registered Afghan refugees, 40 per cent still live in some of the 43 UNHCR camps in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

While Pakistan has been asking the Afghan refugees to leave for years, the calls for their repatriation have grown in recent times following the 2014 Taliban attack against a school in Peshawar in which 125 children were killed.

DHAKA, JUL 7 (PTI): The three Bangladeshi youths who appeared in the latest ISIS video threatening of more terror attacks around the world have been identified as a dentist, an aspiring singer and an MBA student, officials said here on Thursday.

Model Naila Nayem’s former husband Tushar is one of the three youths who appeared in a so-called Islamic State video released yesterday, days after Islamist gunmen stormed a popular restaurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic enclave late on Friday and killed 22 people, most of them foreigners from Italy, Japan, India and the US, officials said.

Late Bangladesh Army major Washikur Azad’s son Tushar (with longer beards in the video) married Nayem in 2011 but later they separated, bdnews24 reported.

A dentist by profession, Tushar was missing for around two years. He completed secondary education at Adamjee Cantonment Public School and higher secondary at RAJUK Uttara Model College. He lived in Dhaka, the report said.

The youth appearing in the video with his face covered with Arabic-styled headdress has been identified by the sources as Tawsif Hossain, a former student of the Institute of Business Administration at the Dhaka University, it said.

He was a student of the 18th batch of the institute but left the university without completing the course.

Hossain had been arrested before on charges of his involvement with Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). His family sent him to Austria later on, but his friends there said he was not there, the report said.

PLA submarines in Indian Ocean legitimate: China

BEIJING, JUL 7 (PTI): Defending the movement of its submarines in the Indian Ocean as “legitimate” and in accordance with “international practices”, China Thursday said it never objected to the presence of Indian naval ships in the disputed South China Sea as long they follow the principles of freedom of navigation.

“Talking about the submarines, the Chinese submarines cross some of sea areas and those crossings are legitimate and legal and follow the international practices,” China’s defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said during a media interaction here, when asked about the movement of Chinese submarines in the Indian Ocean area which has raised India’s concerns.

Asked if the movement of Chinese submarines in the Indian Ocean is legitimate then why China considers Indian naval ships presence as “wrong”, Yang said China has never taken such a stand.

“I want to point out one thing. You said when the Indian ships enter the SCS (we are saying) it is wrong.

Where did you hear that. I am from the Ministry of Defence and I have never said that,” he said.

“If it is done in accordance with the international law and as freedom of navigation, that should be lawful.

Such movement should be helpful for country-to-country relations and for peace and stability in the region. All those kind of moves should be welcomed,” he said.

China claims almost all of South China Sea which is disputed by the Philippines,

Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

A UN tribunal is set to deliver its verdict on the Philippines’ petition challenging China’s claims on July 12.

Beijing which boycotted its proceedings said it will not honour the judgment.

While asserting its claims on the SCS, China has been saying that it never obstructed freedom of navigation, which India, US and other international community have been emphasising as it is the busiest commercial shipping route.

But at the same time China raised vociferous objections to US naval ships in the area especially in the waters close to artificial islands built by it.

On the deployment of US naval ships in the SCS, Yang said some countries from outside the region come to SCS under “various pretexts” of their self interests and in an attempt to make provocations and troubles.

“This has posed threat to peace and stability in the region. China is not afraid of them,” he said, adding that Chinese military is “not afraid of threats”.

“The military fleet coming to the SCS, what is their purpose? Is their purpose peaceful? Are they coming for a friendly visit? Or for a call on the Ports? They are welcome, but if they come for making trouble we have our countermeasures,” he said.

In May this year, four ships of the Indian Navy set out for a two and a half month long operational deployment to the South China Sea and North Western Pacific.

Indian naval ships also took part in the Malabar ex-

ercises along with Japanese and US naval vessels in the western Pacific recently.

China has, however, objected to India taking part in the oil exploration at the invitation of Vietnam saying it is disputed territory. In recent years, China has been deploying submarines in the naval escort missions taking part in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden in the Somali coast. Many questions have been raised why China has to deploy submarines for such operations.

Yang said that India and China were working well together in the Indian Ocean Region, as evident in the way both countries have closely coordinated anti-piracy escort missions in the Gulf of Aden.

“Since 2008, China’s navy has sent over 23 fleets to the Gulf of Aden and Somalia for escort missions and provided more than 6,000 services. We have cooperated well with the Indian Navy,” he said.

On India-China relations, Yang, Director General of the Information Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, said “Thanks to efforts of leaders, our bilateral relationship is developing very steadily and we maintained high-level strategic communication between the two militaries.”

“In terms of border exchanges we also maintained very good communication and both the countries have been working very hard to maintain peace tranquility along the border,” he said, adding the two armies have deepened cooperation in some technical areas.

Syrian army fire ‘cuts only road’ into rebel-held Aleppo

BEIRUT, JUL 7 (AGENCIES): Syrian government forces effectively cut the only way into rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Thursday as they advanced to within firing range of the road, rebels said, putting some 250,000 people living there under siege.

The advance near the Castello Road brought the Syrian government closer to its long-standing objective of encircling rebel-held areas of Aleppo. The rebels however said a fightback was underway to take back lost positions and resecure the road.

The advance came during a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army on Wednesday.

Aleppo, Syria’s largest city before the civil war with a population of more than two million people, has been divided for years into rebel and government sectors. The Aleppo area has been a major theatre in the conflict.

Heavy aerial and artillery bombardment had at times made the Castello Road impassable. However, Thursday’s advance brings government forces the closest so far to the road, making it even easier to hit and effectively cutting off the opposition-held sector of the city near the Turkish border.

“Currently nobody can get in or out of Aleppo,” Zakaria Malahifji of the Aleppo-

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based rebel group Fastaqim told reporters.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the advance by pro-government forces in the al-Malah Farms area had brought them to within one kilometre of the road.

The army said what it described as terrorist groups had tried to attack army positions in the area, and that it thwarted this assault and taken over the southern al-Malah farms, coming to within firing distance of the Castello road.

A second rebel official with fighters in the area said: “All the factions sent reinforcements and are trying to take back the positions taken by the

regime, but the situation is very bad. There was heavy regime air cover in the night.”

The observatory estimates that between 250,000 and 300,000 people live in opposition-held par ts of Aleppo.

Syria’s civil war, now in its sixth year, has killed at least 250,000 people, displaced more than 6.6 million inside the country and forced another 4.8 million to flee, many seeking refuge in Europe.

US secretary of state John Kerry on Wednesday had welcomed the Syrian army’s announcement of the truce, adding that discussions were under way to try to extend it.

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PESHAWAR, JUL 7 (IANS): Afghan refugees, who fled to Pakistan three decades ago carrying few belongings, are now facing an ultimatum from the Islamabad government to return to Afghanistan, a country that is still in the throes of conflict.

The war between Afghanistan and the then Soviet Union (1979-1989) forced three million Afghans to cross the border to seek asylum in neighbouring Pakistan, which last week extended their residency status for six more months, with a warning that after that they must leave, EFE news reported.

Islamabad, home to the second largest refugee population in the world and one of the oldest, blames Afghans for the violence afflicting the country and for flooding the labour market.

“My children and grandchildren were born here. They are more Pakistani than Afghani,” says Mohamed Zamir, one of the residents of the Kababian refugee camp in Peshawar, set up in 1981, housing 11,300 Afghan refugees.

Fifty-five years old Zamir, who manages a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) school, crossed the Pakistani border on foot along with his parents and nine siblings in 1981 and may have to retrace his steps and return to Afghanistan

K AT H M A N D U, J U L 7 (PTI): A sudden rise in water levels of a trans-boundary river originating in Tibet triggered flash floods in central Nepal, washing away over two dozen houses and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate to safer places.

Major road sections and hydropower projects, including the Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project, suffered damages in the flash floods yesterday.

Bhotekoshi, a river originating from the Himalayas in Tibet in China, saw a sudden rise of about four metres in water levels on Tuesday night.

Over 200 houses were at risk of floods due to the rise while at least 25 houses were washed away in Tatopani area near Nepal-Tibet border, officials said.

The local administration had issued alert for Bhotekoshi river and asked the downstream villagers to move to safer locations.

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It's been a year since you left us for your heavenly abode. Not a single day passes by without thinking of you. Even though you left us, you will be forever in our hearts. Until we meet in God's glory, we will forever cherish the exemplary life you showed us. We love you and deeply miss you in silent tears.

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8.7.2014 The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty warrior who saves.

He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.

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The sorrow never disappear the silent tears still flow, The pain is never far away because we loved you so, But you’re always in our hearts we think of you each day, And warm and special memories so often come our way You always had a smile to spare, Love to give and time to care, Our hearts still ache as we whisper low, God bless you Papa we miss you so.

Dearest Agwa, time will never erase your memory, your laughter and your magnetic presence.

We still feel your loss and our heartache has not yet subsided. We only find solace in the Lord knowing that you are at peace, rejoicing in heaven. We will always remember you as long as this heartbeat of ours last. And someday we will meet again and rejoice together where there will be no sorrow. Till then, be our guiding star as we journey onward.

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and Slender’ show Cobain’s ‘Unplugged’ guitar caught ‘Tall today at Hotel Acacia in daughter’s divorce battle T

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somewhere, or perhaps in a museum.

The truth is, it was given to Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, for safe keeping.

Now Frances Bean, 23, and her husband of under two years, Isaiah Silva, are divorcing, and things are getting ugly — with

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her father’s guitar, estimated to be worth millions, caught in the middle.

Silva, 31, claims that Frances Bean gave him the guitar as a wedding present, and she insists she did no such thing.

The guitar, a Martin D-18E, is one of about 300 made by the company before the model was discontinued.

It’s even more unique because it has a replaced bridge and nut that allowed for the left-handed Cobain to play it. According to Cobain’s ex, Courtney Love, it’s also the last guitar he played months before committing suicide in 1994.

“It’s not his,” she said.

“It’s a treasured heirloom of the family. It’s not his to take.

I’m very glad that she’s out of this very dangerous and toxic relationship.”

Frances Bean Cobain filed for divorce earlier this year, citing irreconcilable differences.

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he Planners, in association with Blue Wings and Sulimi, presents ‘Tall and Slender’- ‘Promotional showcase of Naga ethnic attire in global fashion’ today 6 p.m at Hotel Acacia, Dimapur.

The show would focus mainly on promoting local designers and ‘our’ rich cultural and traditional attires in modern age.

According to the organisers, not only will the show promote local designers, it will also highlight the need to preserve ‘our’ culture, ethnicity, and traditions- our true identity.

Also the organisers ex-

pressed hope that the show would create new avenues for the young creative designers, and would be a small step towards preserving our traditional ways of weaving and knitting, a humble attempt through fashion to bring all ethnic groups and tribes under one umbrella.

Spe c ia l g ue st a r tist would include Alobo Naga, Shalo Kent, Joseph Konyak and many more.

Show Stopper of the programme would be Veineinem Singsong former Miss Nagaland and also the reigning jewel queen.

Praise Team from Kohima after the worship service at 40 Days Revival,DDSC Stadium, Tickets will be available Dimapur, Thursday (NP) at the venue.

Balika Vadhu to go off air in July

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After eight long years,

TRP-spinner Balika Vadhu is finally set to go off air, according to Colors. While the channel was tight-lipped about the reason behind the decision, sources said falling ratings was the reason why Balika Vadhu’s run will finally end.

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Kim Kardashian & Kanye West reportedly ‘fight constantly’

for older kids to jump out of.

[Wyatt is] 19 months; she can’t jump. She just walks off it as if she is on a pirate ship,” Kunis told the magazine.

“Another impor tant thing to learn is that kids have a personality that has nothing to do with you. I have a really sweet daughter. She wants to hug all the other kids. I didn’t teach her to be sweet. It has nothing to do with me. I have realised you can control only so much,” she added.

The 32-year-old actress has also learned a lot about her husband in their years together, including the look on his face when he is not telling her the truth.

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When asked about the growing terrorism, Aamir Khan told reporters, “People who spread terrorism or do it, have no connection with mazhab (religion), that’s what I think, then whether he is of any religion, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Christian...”

“However much as they say that they are doing it for religion, they have no relation with religion, because if they actually followed it, (they will know) mazhab teaches us love,” the 51-year-old ac-

tor said.

When asked about his views on whether controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik should be banned, the “Dhoom 3” star said, “I won’t comment on that. I have said what I want to.”

Khan was speaking at a special Eid press conference. Last week, seven Bangladeshi terrorists hacked to death 22 people at an upscale cafe in Dhaka’s diplomatic enclave. Besides, three suicide bombings recently struck across Saudi Arabia site, the Prophet’s Mosque in in a single day, including an Medina, where four security attack at Islam’s second holiest guards were killed.

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un-toting action star Matt Damon says he wishes the U.S. would implement a gun ban similar to the one Australia implemented in the 1990s.

Appearing in Sydney, Australia, for his latest guntoting action film, Jason Bourne, Damon praised Australia’s gun ban and said he wishes the U.S. would follow the Aussies’ lead.

According to Stuff, Damon said, “You guys did it here in one fell swoop and I wish that could happen in my country, but it’s such a personal issue for people that we cannot talk about it sensibly. We just can’t.”

He went on to lament

that mass shootings in gunfree zones have not resulted in more gun control, saying, “Obviously mass shootings aren’t going to do it. There have been so many of them at this point. Sandy Hook, when those children were murdered, if that didn’t do it, you know, I just don’t know.

Maybe we just need to evolve further before we can have that conversation, I don’t know.”

Damon praised the Australia gun ban as “sensible.”

“Gun-toting action star Liam Neeson lambasted U.S. gun laws similarly in September 2014 by praising Britain’s handgun ban and making clear he “is totally for gun control in the US.” Following the January 2015 terror attack against Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris, Neeson called U.S. gun ownership “a [bleeping] disgrace.”

Hozier in Hollywood: Marvel’s new Iron Man is a black, female ‘It was a tricky one’ science prodigy: Who should play her?

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rish musician Hozier has recorded a soundtrack for The Legend of Tarzan but he admits the aggressive deadline was a challenge.

From Bray to Hollywood, Hozier has travelled far as his profile soars, becoming one of our most recognised and well-respected contemporary musicians.

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zan, starring Margot Robbie and Alexander Skarsgard.

Speaking to the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk, the 26-year-old admitted the aggressive deadline was challenging. “I was in LA around eight weeks ago, and I was just finishing up the last tour commitments. The filmmakers reached out, and because I was in the city at the time I was able to see an early edit of the film.”

He added: “It was a tricky one, it was literally the first week where I had no commitments so it was the first chance I’d had to take on a project like that.

“It was eight weeks ago that I’d heard about it and there was a four-week deadline to deliver it mixed and mastered. It’s kind of one of those things where you can’t make any promises on it. If I have a demo in about five days to a week, great.

“It’s hard to force an idea if it doesn’t feel right.”

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arvel Comics’ recent introduction of Riri Williams, a black MIT science prodigy taking up the Iron Man mantle, continues the publisher’s efforts to diversify its superhero ranks on the page. She joins a black-Hispanic SpiderMan (Miles Morales), a female Thor (Jane Foster), and an AsianAmerican Hulk (Amadeus Cho), among others.

While none of those storylines have yet migrated to the Marvel cinematic universe, we can’t help but think of several rising stars who would be strong candidates to play Riri on the big screen, and perhaps even pick up the franchise torch from Iron Man and Avengersstar Robert Downey Jr. down the line. Here are some suggestions to play Riri.

Zendaya :The actress and singer has appeared in several Disney Channel projects (Shake It Up, K.C. Undercover) and on Dancing With the Stars, and she released a self-titled album

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ne of the biggest literary discoveries in years, a copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, printed seven years after his death in 1623 and one of the rarest books in the world, has been discovered in a stately home on Scotland’s in 2013. She’s also playing an Isle of Bute. unknown role in Spider-Man: Authenticated by OxHomecoming. ford University academics Gugu Mbatha-Raw You at the Mount Stuart House, might know her from: Gina Prince-Bythewood’s music industry romance Beyond the Lights, and the period drama Belle.

Nathalie EmmanuelYou might know her from: Game of Thrones, where she plays Missandei, right-hand woman to the Mother of Dragons. She also had a costarring role in Furious 7, and is set to return for the franchise’s eighth installment.

Sonequa Martin-Green You might know her from: Playing Sasha on The Walking Dead, Tamara on Once Upon a Time, and Courtney on The Good Wife.

Kiersey Clemons You might know her from: Dope. She played Diggy, one of the three ’90s-hip-hop-obsessed teens in Rick Famuyiwa’s coming-of-age comedy. More recently, Clemons appeared in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising.

the three volume, goatskinbound book was the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays and will now go on display for fans inside the stately home.

Emma Smith, professor of Shakespeare studies at Oxford University, told the BBC that reaction upon hearing of the find was: “Like hell they have”. A line worthy of the Bard himself.

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In an interview with Glamour magazine, the actress reflected on her first pregnancy — the couple has a daughter named Wyatt Isabelle, born in October 2014 — and how she got ready to have a baby.

“They are also suicidal.

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he will present from the stage at the Royal Albert Hall and will also perform in a few numbers.

The second ever Gospel Proms event will see a home grown “super choir” perform. It will be comprised of members from the best choirs and groups from around the country.

Williams said: “Working with the BBC in London is always exciting for me. I can’t wait to get to the Proms.”

Other well-known gospel singers who will perform include Dawn Thomas Wallace, Israel J Allen and saxophonist YolanDa Brown.

The Gospel Proms will be held on July 19.

which took a major hit after her 2011 divorce from Humphries. “[Kim Kardashian] is finally world famous, and doesn’t want to risk throwing it away,” the insider adds.

“She has too much to lose now.”

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed their first child together, daughter North, in June 2013 and later that year, they became engaged.

Then, after tying the knot in May 2014, Kim Kardashian welcomed her second child, a son, in December 2015.

Throughout her second pregnancy, Kim Kardashian’s weight gain was a hot topic, and ever since she gave birth, fans have been waiting and watching as the reality star attempts to get back to her pre-baby frame. Unfortunately, according to a recent report, Kim Kardashian hasn’t had the easiest time dropping the added pounds she accumulated during her pregnancy, and her weight has been keeping her from attending social events.

ccording to a new report, Kim Kardashian feels trapped in her marriage, which has allegedly been plagued by West’s “immature antics,” which have been seen frequently by his fans and followers on Twitter. “[Kim Kardashian] complains that Kanye acts like a child. He’s always having a temper tantrum!” a source told Radar Online on July 7.

While Kim Kardashian didn’t hesitate to divorce her second husband, NBA player Kris Humphries, after just 72 days of marriage, the report claims she’s refusing to file for divorce for a third time — and that her children with West, three-year-old North and seven-month-old Saint, are the main reasons.

In addition to leaving her children with a broken home, which she does not want to do, Kim Kardashian’s potential divorce filing would also affect her reputation,

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Serena Willaims and Angelique Kerber celebrate after winning their respective matches.

London, Jul 7 (Agencies): Holder Serena Williams will play Angelique Kerber in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon on Saturday.

Six-time champion Serena, 34, thrashed Russia’s Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-0 in 48 minutes to reach her ninth final.

Fourth-seeded German Kerber, 28, prevented a fifth all-Williams final by beating Serena’s older sister Venus, who was badly out of sorts, 6-4 6-4.

In January, the left-handed Kerber beat Serena in the Australian Open final for her first Grand Slam title.

Serena, who is bidding to match Steffi Graf ’s open era record of 22 Grand Slam singles title, simply had too much firepower for her unseeded

opponent. Vesnina, a twotime Grand Slam champion in doubles, looked overawed from the outset, losing the first four games.

The world number 50, playing in her first Grand Slam singles semi-final, rallied but still lost the first set in 28 minutes.

Things got even worse for Vesnina in the second set, the 29-year-old simply unable to deal with the Serena serve, which yielded only three points in the match.

Venus, who last won the title in 2008, was appearing in her first Grand Slam semifinal since the 2010 US Open and was the oldest major semifinalist since Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon in 1994.

Five-time champion Venus fell out of the world’s top 100 in 2011 after being

Kerala Blasters sign Haokip for ISL 3

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New Delhi, Jul 7 (IANS): Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Kerala Blasters FC announced on Thursday the signing of striker Thongkhosiem Haokip, popularly known as Semboi, for the upcoming third edition of the tournament. The talented 22-year-old striker, who had a fabulous run last season scoring four goals in six appearances for FC Goa, will now don the yellow jersey of Kerala Blasters.

Haokip started his career with the Pune FC youth academy where he became the first academy player to net a hat-trick while representing the club in the U-20 I-League. His ability to score hat-tricks can be seen from his performance in the 2014-15 season of the I-League where he scored three

times within 15 minutes against Shillong Lajong.

He had finished that season as the highest Indian scorer with seven goals in 18 matches.

He scored another hat-trick in the last ISL season, becoming the first Indian player to score a hat-trick both in the ISL and the I-League. “I am excited to be part of Kerala Blasters and hope to justify the faith put in me by the coach and the management. I am looking forward to meet and train with my new team-mates and coach Steve Coppell,” Haokip said in a release. “We welcome the young ever smiling Haokip into the Kerala Blasters family. We were impressed with his performances last season for FC Goa and hope he continues his form into this year.

diagnosed with the immune system disorder Sjogren’s syndrome.

And the eighth seed looked fatigued throughout, dropping her serve four times in the first set and also in the first game of the second.

Kerber continued to take advantage of Venus’ misfiring forehand, wrapping things up in one hour and 12 minutes to reach her first Wimbledon final. “We’ve had tough matches before and I knew she could bring it to me on this surface,” said Serena, who led Vesnina 4-0 in head-to-heads before Thursday.

“It’s never easy out there, every point you have to fight for. I can’t believe I’m in the final this year. I’m 0-2 this year [Serena lost the Australian and French Open finals] so I’m determined to win one.”

SL demand compensation from WADA Colombo, Jul 7 (Agencies): Sri Lanka’s cricket board will seek compensation from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over the wrongful suspension of wicketkeeper Kusal Perera. Perera was suspended during Sri Lanka’s tour of New Zealand last December after WADA said he had tested positive for a banned substance - a finding the laboratory later revised.

The International Cricket Council lifted the ban on Perera in May after Sri Lanka intervened to prove the tests were wrong, but the country’s cricket board said it spent £77,000 on legal and technical costs in defending Perera.

“The ICC and Sri Lanka Cricket are together in this right now to claim money from WADA,” said Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala. He did not say how much compensation the board would claim, but he said it would be an amount “never ever granted to anyone in the history of world cricket”.

In May, Perera said he had suffered “tremendous mental stress” after the positive result but insisted he always knew he would be eventually cleared.

As a result of the suspension, Perera was ruled out of Sri Lanka’s World Twenty20 title defence earlier this year.

India’s tennis star Sania Mirza and her women’s doubles partner Switzerland’s Martina Hingis suffered a shock defeat in the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon tennis tournament here on Thursday.

The top seeded IndoSwiss pair was knocked out by fifth seeds Hungary’s Timea Babos and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 2-6, 4-6 in just 68 minutes.

The Hungarian-Kazakhstani pair got off to a positive start, winning 13 of the 17 first serve points and winning two out of two break points to put the top seeds on the back foot.

Also, two doubles faults served by the Indo-Swiss pair in the opening set proved costly as the duo went down 2-6 to hand Timea-Yaroslava the advantage right at the start.

In the second set, SaniaMartina began the game well and aggressively. But powerful backhand and collective play by the fifth seeds saw them gather another 13 vital first serve points out of 27.

The second set was going in a see-saw manner but once Timea-Yaroslava won two break points there was no way back for the Indo-Swiss pair.

Despite breaking their opponents once in the set, Sania-Martina failed to hold on eventually missing a cut to yet another semi-finals as they lost the second set 4-6 to go crashing out of the tournament.

No Zika risk during Olympics, insists Temer Brasilia, Jul 7 (IANS): Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer has said that there is no risk of contracting the Zika virus during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“We can guarantee, as has the World Health Organization (WHO), that there is almost no risk of cases of the Zika virus occurring during the Games,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.

Temer explained that the winter in the Southern Hemisphere saw very low spread of diseases carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and that cases of Zika had plummeted in recent weeks in Rio de Janeiro and across Brazil.

“I remember that during the 2014 World Cup, when 1.4 million foreign tourists visited Brazil, a much awaited epidemic never happened. We will have a favourable environment for tourists during the Games,” said Temer.

According to the interim president, Brazil stands ready to welcome all visitors “with open arms”.

However, a number of international athletes, including top golfers such as Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Vijay Singh and NBA superstar Steph Curry, have pulled out due to Zika fears.

In June, the WHO said that there was no need to cancel or postpone the Games, since the propagation of Zika is unlikely to be affected by the sports event.

11 Murray etching his name among grasscourt greats LONDON, Jul 7 (Agencies): Slowly but surely Andy Murray is scratching his name alongside the all-time grasscourt greats on Wimbledon’s hallowed lawns.

The Scot , who emulated Fred Perry by ending Britain’s 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men’s champion in 2013, a year after winning Olympic gold on Centre Court, notched a 51st Wimbledon match victory by fighting off gallant Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in dramatic fashion on Wednesday.

It moved him equal seventh on the all-time list of men’s singles matches won here, alongside five-times champion Bjorn Borg, and put him into a seventh semi-final at the All England Club, level with his coach Ivan Lendl and world number one Novak Djokovic.

“That’s really nice,” he said when told he had matched Borg’s tally of victories. “He’s one of the best players that’s ever played. I must be doing something right to have equalled his wins,” a modest Murray told reporters, after surviving a Tsonga fightback to triumph 7-6(10) 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-1.

“He also won the tournament a lot more than me. Still have a long way to go to catch up. Hopefully I can win a couple more between now and the end of the tournament,” he added. The Scot’s quarterfinal against Tsonga was his ninth in a row at Wimbledon -- matching the run of American Pete Sampras.

By winning Wednesday’s match he became only the second active player to

at a press conference here on Wednesday. The plan involves security provided by 41,000 soldiers during the event, 21,000 of them here and the rest in the other five cities where the football matches will be held.

At the request of the regional government of Rio, 3,000 more soldiers have been added to the initial figure of

Messi to appeal 21-month prison term

Madrid, Jul 7 (IANS): Lawyers representing FC Barcelona’s Argentine football star Lionel Messi and his father Jorge will appeal against the 21month jail sentences (consisting of three seven month terms) handed to the pair for tax fraud by a court here.

Lionel was also sentenced to pay a fine of 2.1 million euros (around $2.4 million) while his father was fined 1.6 million euros for using companies outside of Spain to avoid paying 4.16 million euros earned from the players image rights between 2007-2009.

The footballer had alleged in his defence that his father managed his financial affairs and that he had merely signed the papers. This argument had originally been accepted by the Spanish Treasury, but the State

Prosecutor had insisted on the player’s guilt.

Neither of the Messis is likely to serve actual time in prison for the offence, but in a statement, their lawyers insisted that although the sentence of seven months for each year’s supposed tax avoidance was “symbolic”, it was “not correct”. “The most recent laws from the supreme court on the matter that concerns us would seem to prove the argument of the defence,” Messi’s lawyers Enrique Bacigalupo and Javier Sanchez-Vera explained in a communique.

FC Barcelona have expressed their support to their star player, publishing a message on the official club website saying Leo has “no kind of penal responsibility in relation with the events of this procedure”.

reach a century of grasscourt victories -- only seven-times Wimbledon champion Roger Federer (151) has more.

Friday will see the British player contest a 20th grand slam semi-final -- one more than Stefan Edberg and John McEnroe -- when he faces Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych.

Still only 29, and apparently at the peak of his powers, the statistical milestones could come thick and fast for Murray. But he will savour those after he has hung up his rackets. Now all he is concerned

about is lifting the Challenge Trophy again on Sunday.

The way he dug deep to subdue Tsonga’s onslaught spoke volumes for Murray’s refusal to buckle in the face of adversity -- a characteristic that shows up in a formidable 23-7 record in matches that have gone the five-set distance.

He has now won the last six. After winning his first four matches at a canter, Murray said the fight against Tsonga had left him battle-hardened for Berdych and possibly a repeat of his 2012 final against Federer.

Cristiano Ronaldo now Tevez ‘wanted £250k a week’ to return to West Ham sets sights on Euro final

Lyon, Jul 7 (IANS): Having taken Portugal into the final of the Euro 2016 football tournament with an excellent second-half performance against Wales, star forward Cristiano Ronaldo is determined to win this year’s title, finally avenging the loss in the 2004 edition final.

Sunday night’s final at the Stade de France in Paris will be the second for Portugal at the European Championships since their loss to Greece in the 2004 edition.

When reminded about that heartbreaking 0-1 loss to the disciplined, defensive Greek outfit in front of his home crowd at Lisbon, Ronaldo asserted that the Portugal players are determined not to let go of the opportunity to become champions of Europe this time round.

“This is different. I was 18, that was my first final.

My debut. Now 12 years have gone by and now we are going to play another final. I am very proud of that. I have always dreamed of winning for Portugal, I hope it is our turn now,” the 31-year-old said.

“I am very confident and I believe that all these boys deserve it. I deserve it, Portugal deserves it, the fans deserve it -- every single Portuguese person deserves it. They’ve been amazing supporters,” he added. “We’ve yet to win anything but it’s the final.

I don’t think many people thought that Portugal would make it to the final, but we are there. That fills me with pride, I am very happy. Now we have to get ready for Sunday and we want to make this dream true.” Ronaldo also congratulated fellow Real Madrid star Gareth Bale for spearheading Wales’ dream run in the tournament. The ongoing European Championships witnessed the first appearance at a major tournament for Wales since the 1958 World Cup where they lost 0-1 to eventual winners Brazil in the quarter-finals.

At the end of Wednesday’s c la sh a t the Pa rc Olympique Lyonnais Stadium here, Ronaldo and Bale embraced and exchanged words before leaving the pitch with the former appearing to console his Real Madrid teammate. “I congratulated them on their run. They had an amazing run. They were the shining star here, the revelation team,” Ronaldo told the media later.

“I wished them good luck and as for the rest I would rather not say.”

The semi-final win over Wales is also special for Ronaldo as he took his total tally in the European Championships to nine goals over four editions, thus equalling the alltime record of France legend Michel Platini.

Carlos Tevez London, Jul 7 (Agencies): West Ham have turned down the chance to re-sign Carlos Tevez - because the Argentine striker wants £250,000 a week.

Chairman David Sullivan confirmed the Hammers had offered Tevez, currently with Boca Juniors, a contract on £150,000 a week, which would have made him the highest-paid player in the club’s history.

But the 32-year-old demanded much more, to the disappointment of Sullivan, although he remains confident a deal can be done.

“We tried to get Tevez but he wanted £250,000 a week. In his last year at Juventus, he was great. But 250

Intruding aircraft to be shot down during Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Jul 7 (IANS): Brazil’s government has warned that it will shoot down any unidentified aircraft that violates the protected airspace around facilities of the Olympics Games here in August. “We are not playing,” said Defence Minister Raul Jungmann while introducing the Olympics Games security plan

Andy Murray celebrates a point against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their match on Wednesday. (AP/PTI)

grand a week?” Sullivan told the Daily Mirror.

“He’ll probably stay where he is now, but he doesn’t pay a lot of tax down there.”

Tevez is a huge favourite among the Hammers supporters after scoring seven goals in the final 10 games of the 200607 season to keep the club in the Premier League.

The player has always spoken of his fondness for the east London club but Sullivan is doubtful about the seriousness of such claims.

“All this business ‘I love West Ham.’ Well, it’s ‘I love West Ham if they give me 250 grand a week.’ So how much love is that for West Ham?” Sullivan added.

“I actually offered him

150 grand a week to come back, plus bonuses.

“I thought that was an incredible offer for someone who loves West Ham. It wasn’t a publicity stunt, I saw him being our No.1 striker. I was hoping he would reproduce what he did at Juventus a year ago. He was a fantastic player. But where do you draw the line with what you are prepared to pay?”

The Hammers, meanwhile, have agreed a deal to sign Turkey international winger Gokhan Tore from Besiktas.

Tore, who made 82 appearances and scored 12 goals for Besiktas, has joined on a season-long loan with a view to a permanent deal.

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Ronaldo powers Portugal into final

on hand to divert into the net from close range. Coleman responded with a flurry of Welsh changes, bringing on Simon Church, Jonathan Williams and Sam Vokes, but his side struggled to trouble their opponents’ defence.

Joao Mario squandered the chance to put Wales out of sight when his follow-up to an effort from Nani whistled past the near post, while a smart stop from Hennessey kept out Jose Fonte’s header.

Bale twice tested Patricio with stinging efforts from distance as Wales searched in vain for a route back into the match, and their adventurousness almost allowed Portugal to grab a third. Hennessey saved from Danilo and Ronaldo fired wide from a tight angle as Portugal saw out the closing stages for their Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the first victory in normal time at Euro 2016.

Euro 2016 semifinal soccer match against Wales. (AP/PTI) Lyon, Jul 7 (Agencies): Cristiano Ronaldo scored one and set up another as Portugal ended Wales’ remarkable run at Euro 2016 with a 2-0 victory on Wednesday night to reach the final. A cagey game in Lyon burst into life after the break when Portugal struck twice in three second-half minutes to book their place in Sunday’s showpiece, where they will face either Germany or France.

Ronaldo opened the scoring with a towering header (50), before his sliced shot from 25 yards was deflected home by Nani (53) to double Portugal’s advantage.

Wales, who by reaching the last four achieved their best finish at a major tournament, were largely restricted to longrange strikes from Gareth Bale, and failed to score in a match for the first time at the competition.

After a spine-tingling rendition of ‘Land of My Fathers’, it was Portugal who started on the front foot and Collins, making his first start for four months, was fortunate to avoid conceding an early penalty after grappling with Ronaldo in the box. A well-

worked set-piece presented Wales with their first opportunity, but the lively Bale fired over.

The Welsh superstar then forced Rui Patricio into his only save of the first half, skipping past the challenge of Danilo Pereira before firing straight at the Portugal goalkeeper from the edge of the box.

Having successfully shackled Ronaldo for the opening 44 minutes, the final chance of the half fell to the Portugal forward, but he headed wide at the back post under pressure from James Chester.

But he made no mistake five minutes after the break, out-jumping Chester to powerfully head past Wayne Hennessey from seven yards out.

It was Ronaldo’s third goal of the competition and his ninth in European Championship history, drawing him level with Michel Platini for most all-time.

Wales barely had time to respond before Portugal doubled their lead through Nani, with Ronaldo again involved.

The Real Madrid star dragged his shot, but his former Manchester United team-mate was

India’s Harilka held to draw in Grand Prix chess Chengdu, Jul 7 (IANS): India’s Grand Master Harika Dronavalli had to face a tough battle to earn a draw and a well-deserved half-point against Camling Pia of Sweden in the Fide Women’s Grand Prix here on Thursday.

The young Hyderabadi had to fall back on the defensive as the game got complicated and agreed to a draw after 31 moves.

Harika slipped to the third position following the draw with 3.5 points after five games. “My opponent surprised me in the opening. I could not get much out of the situation and had to settle for a draw,” Harika said.

Koneru Humpy the other Indian Grand Master in the fray, also played out a draw against Javakhishvili Lela of Georgia.

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Mumbai FC ropes in four domestic talents for ISL Mumbai, Jul 7 (PTI): Mumbai City FC has signed in David Lalrinmuana, Pronay Halder, Lalhmangaihsanga Ralte, and Anwar Ali as part of their preparation on Thursday for season three of the Indian Super League (ISL).

Lalrinmuana, who will turn 24 this November, was the captain for Aizawl FC in the 2015-16 I-League season.

He helped Aizwal FC get promoted into the top division of Indian Football and was even adjudged Mizoram Premier League “Player of the Year” 2015 and 2016.

Nominated for the FPAI Fans Player of the Year for the 2015-16 season, he will be seen bolstering the midfield this season for Mumbai City FC. Halder, represented Mohun Bagan in the 2015-16 I-League as a defensive midfielder and is one of the promising Indian players around signed by

Mumbai City FC. Halder has represented India at the under19 and under-22 levels and has been an integral part of the Indian National team ever since he made his debut under the tutelage of Stephen Constantine last year.

The Tata Football Academy graduate first created waves in Indian footballing circles with AIFF developmental side Pailan Arrows and then went on to represent Goan giants Dempo SC in the I-League and FC Goa in the ISL. Ralte, widely known as Sena Ralte, started his career from the Esthar Academy and later went on to join Royal Wahingdoh promoting his team to the top division in 2013-14.

Playing in the I-League, the left back developed a good rapport with Jackichand Singh and helped his team finish third in I-League 2014-15.

Ralte donned the Chennaiyin

FC hues in the 2nd season of the ISL, but will be seen at the Mumbai City FC camp this season. Ali, a talented Indian defender recognised for his dominance in aerial battles, kicked off his senior career with Punjab Police then switched to JCT where he made a bright start by bagging the Most Promising Player award in the Durand Cup 2006. His dominant performances in Dempo and Mohun Bagan got him selected into the national team where he was the rock at the center of the defence that propelled India on a winning spree in the late 2000’s. Commenting on the selection, Indranil Das Blah, CEO, Mumbai City FC said, “We are extremely happy to welcome Anwar Ali, Sena Ralte, David Lalrinmuana and Pronay Halder to the squad.

They bring in a mix of experience and youth which is essential to the team.”

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