21 Mar 2022

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Vol XXXII No. 104

DIMAPUR, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Russia bombs another shelter in besieged city: Ukraine

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Zelenskyy warns of World War-3 if negotiations with Russia fail

KYIV, MAR 20 (AGENCIES): Amidst the rising tension between Ukraine and Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Sunday that he is “ready for negotiations” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that failure to do so would entail “a third World War,” CNN reported.

“I’m ready for negotiations with him. I was ready for the last two years.

And I think that without negotiations we cannot end this war,” he was quoted by CNN in its report.

“I think that we have to use any format, any chance in order to have a possibility of negotiating, the possibility of talking to Putin. But if these attempts fail, that would mean that this is a third World War,” he added.

In recent days, Zelenskyy has advocated further negotiations as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth week. In a video mes-

STKK to take strict action against proxy teachers DIMAPUR, MAR 20 (NPN): In line with the All Sumi Students’ Union (SKK) deadline to eliminate proxy teachers in government schools in Sumi inhabited areas, the Saptiqa Area Students’ Union (STKK) have resolved to take stringent action against those failing to abide by the decision.

In a press note, STKK STKK president Jevi Kinni Hesso and general secretary Pito Swu said that the union held a joint meeting with Saptiqa Area Public Organisation, Saptiqa Area GB Federation, Sumi Totimi Hoho, area council and chairman, federating units under STKK, headmaster and colleagues of Saptiqa High School and resolved that “no proxy teacher shall be entertained”.

Reminding that the deadline would end on March 31, STKK said that from April 1 onwards the union would initiate own course of action against those teachers failing to carry out his/her duty.

STKK also said that no teacher under G.H.S Saptiqa would be allowed for transfer with post without NOC from the concern authority.

Further, Grade 4 staff have also been asked to carry out their daily responsibilities, failing which the union would be compelled take stringent action against defaulters.

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“He has been talking about revamping the party in 2014, 2016 and 2019. And every election, the party has fared worse.”

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sage released on Saturday, Zelenskyy urged dialogue to take place “immediately,” warning that failure to do so would result in “great losses” for Russia.

“We have always insisted on negotiations. We have always offered dialogue, offered solutions for peace. And I want everyone to hear me now, especially in Moscow. It’s time to meet.

Time to talk. It is time to restore territorial integrity and justice for Ukraine,” he said.

In a huge escalation amid the conflict, Mos-

cow claimed it had struck a Ukrainian arms depot with hypersonic missiles- this would be the first use in combat of the next-generation weapons as Russian forces pushed deeper into the besieged and battered port city of Mariupol, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more Western help.

The US officially confirmed that Russia used ‘Dagger’ nuclear-capable hypersonic aeroballistic airto-ground missile during the hostilities in Ukraine, CNN reported. According to the CNN report, this was the first recorded case of the use of such missiles during Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal, also known as ‘Dagger’, has a claimed range of more than 2,000 km, Mach 10 speed, and an ability to perform evasive manoeuvers at ev-

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ery stage of its flight. It can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads and can be launched from Tu-22M3 bombers or MIG 31 K interceptors. It entered service in December 2017 and is one of the six new Russian strategic weapons unveiled

by President Vladimir Putin earlier this month.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began about a month ago, an estimated 6.5 million people have been displaced within the nation, while another 3.2 million have fled owing to safety concerns.

Zelenskyy, who had previously rejected the US offer to evacuate Kyiv to safety, has garnered worldwide acclaim for spearheading the struggle against Russia’s attack. Many ordinary citizens have also volunteered to join the military in order to assist the country in its fight against heavyweight Russia.

Hyderabad FC beat Blasters to lift maiden ISL title SPORTS, PAGE 12

Covishield dose gap reduced to 8-16 weeks

ULB polls issue: JCC calls for consultative meeting on Mar 25

NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (PTI): India’s top body on immunisation NTAGI has recommended administering the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield between eight and 16 weeks after the first dose, official sources close to PTI said on Sunday.

Presently, the second dose of Covishield is given between 12-16 weeks after the first dose under the National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy.

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has not yet suggested any change in the schedule of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, whose second dose is administered 28 days after the first dose. The recommendation for Covishield is yet to be implemented in the national COVID-19 vaccination programme.

“The latest recommendation of NTAGI is based on recent global scientific evidence derived from programmatic data,” said an official source.

Demands state govt to officially declare JIC report

DIMAPUR, MAR 20 (NPN): Following the March 9, 2022 consultative meeting resolution/decision to hold Urban Local Body (ULB) elections with women reservation, the Joint Co-Ordination Committee (JCC) has convened a joint consultative meeting on March 25 with all apex tribal bodies and civil organizations to discuss on the “pending unsettled contentious issues” in the context of the demands and aspiration of the Nagas.

In a press note, JCC convenor, Luola-o Usou and secretary W. Rainbow Ngullie said, taking into serious consideration the March 9 resolution, JCC held a meeting on March 17, 2022 and resolved to hold a consultative meeting with (Cont’d on p-8) Naga Tribes Action Com-

Ball in the court of NPF legislators on Rajya Sabha polls

Correspondent/Staff Reporter

KOHIMA/DIMAPUR, MAR 20 (NPN): NPF which has joined the PDA government after which the current United Democratic Alliance (UDA) was formed as an all-party and opposition-less government appears to be on two minds over the issue of backing the NDPP’s commitment on ceding the lone Rajya Sabha seat to the BJP. Veteran Naga politician and NPF party president Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu is not inclined to accept the “pact” made between NDPP and BJP for the RS seat. He has therefore, written a letter to NPF legislature party leader T.R. Zeliang to enlist the

support its NPF legislators to recommend the name of NPF working president and former minister Thenucho Tunyi as the NPF candidate.

The legislature party wing was yet to respond to the letter by NPF president Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu to NPF legislature party leader, T.R. Zeliang.

NPF sources indicated that the organisation was clear that it will set up a candidate and that the legislature proceed with the matter. On the unexpected turn of events, the sources said the NPF was in opposition and not part of the deal between NDPP and the BJP when Rio in 2019 promised to give BJP the RS seat. NPF

then was in opposition and had backed the Congress candidate who narrowly lost to PDA consensus candidate from NDPP. Sources also contend that if BJP wanted to go by the 2019 promise made by Rio to the party in exchange for support for the NDPP candidate during the Lok Sabha election, then there should have been discussions for setting up a consensus candidate among the present UDA constituents.

Speaking to Nagaland Post, NPF secretary general Achumbemo Kikon clarified the party’s stand that there was no dispute on the decision to set up a party candidate. It was learnt that the NPF legislators were

Biren to continue as Manipur CM

Biren Singh with Sitharaman, Rijiju and others on Sunday. (NP)

Correspondent

IMPHAL, MAR 20: Putting all speculation to rest, N. Biren Singh has been chosen as the chief minister of Manipur for the second.

Biren was unanimously elected by the BJP Legislative Party on Sunday in the presence of Union finance minister Nirmala Sithara-

man and Union law and justice minister Kiren Rijiju, who were sent to Imphal as central observers.

The announcement was made to the waiting media

by Sitharaman, shortly after she and Rijiju convened a closed-door meeting with the BJP legislators at the state BJP head office in Imphal on Sunday afternoon.

Besides Biren, there were two more contenders for chair-- Biswajit Singh and Yumnam Khemchand.

Biswajit was minister in the previous Biren-led government and Khemchand was the Assembly speaker.

Though all the three had met with the BJP’s central leadership in Delhi on Saturday, the decision by the legislator was unanimous to elect the former footballer and journalist-- Biren Singh.

Sitharaman said: “This is a good decision taken unanimously by everybody and will go a long way in providing Manipur stability and a good governance together with the MLAs who won the election.”

of us and more particularly with governmental agencies, NVCO said it was high time for the government to promote the basic rights of all consumers ensuring those rights were respected and protected from market abuses and social injustices which undermine the so called ‘Consumer Rights’.

However, NVCO said that the state government was yet to frame rules & regulations for the new Act, which was urgently needed to allow the functions of State Commission and Dis-

trict Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions smoothly.

Further, NVCO also said that since the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was no more applicable, the Nagaland University should also immediately update the LLB study course/syllabus with the new Act (CPA, 2019).

NVCO stated that the CPA, 2019 provides for the establishment of an executive agency known as the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA)

imate demands of the Nagas against the application of the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001 in its present form.

And consequent upon the said endorsement, JCC/ NTAC was committed and has consistently urged the state government to review/ amend the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001 in consonance with the legitimate rights and aspiration of the Nagas.

JCC said it had also submitted another memorandum to chief minister on November 25, 2021 in continuation to the January 23, 2017 memorandum, wherein JCC had re-affirmed its demand to withhold the ULB polls till the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001 was reviewed/ amended by the Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted in 2017 in consultation with the apex tribal bodies/hohos.

In view of the recent development vis-à-vis March 9 resolution, the signatories said that JCC/NTAC felt it necessary to convene a joint consultative meeting.

Is NPF serious on filing nominations? asks NPCC

scheduled to hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue but it was not held.

When contacted, TR Zeliang informed Nagaland Post that the meeting could not be held since he was out of station.

Zeliang, said that he had entrusted senior NPF legislator and spokesperson Imkong L. Imchen to convene the meeting of the legislators on Monday morning to taken the “final call”.

Another NPF legislator, when contacted, said that the decision of the MLAs will be made known only after the meeting on Monday and before the commencement of Assembly session.

It was also learnt that Thenucho had met with TR

Zeliang and some senior leaders on Saturday night to discuss the matter. Thenucho reportedly rushed to Guwahati Sunday morning to meet with some BJP leaders, sources said. However, there was no information about the outcome of Thenucho’s meeting in Guwahati.

As reported, a senior NPF legislator had said that MLAs at a meeting held on March 18 “decided not to file nominations as BJP candidate is a consensus of BJP and NDPP.” Now that the party organisation has decided to contest the election against BJP, the onus now lies with NPF MLAs and how they wriggle out of a situation.

ASTD reminds on Naga cemetery renovation

Future Covid waves unlikely to have serious impact

DIMAPUR, MAR 20 (NPN): Ao Senso Telongjem Dimapur (ASTD) has once again reminded all that the union would be starting the project to redevelop and transform the Old Naga Cemetery from March 21.

In this regard, the union has appealed all individuals/ parties whose family members have been buried at the cemetery to contact ASTD to share any concerns/inclusion to be made for the renovation work. It may be recalled that the ASTD signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NCD to take up the project.

NVCO asks state govt to implement CPA 2019 DIMAPUR, MAR 20 (NPN): Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) has urged the state government to immediately implement the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) 2019 and Nagaland University to update the LLB study course/syllabus with the new Act, stating that the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 has been entirely replaced and no more applicable.

While pointing out that the responsibility for promotion and protection of consumer rights rests with all

mittee (NTAC) along with all tribal apex bodies/hohos, CNTC, ENPO, TPO, NTC, NCD, DNSU, DUCCF, GBs Union Dimapur, Naga Women Hoho Dimapur and Dimapur-based civil society organizations on March 25 at 11 a.m. at Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) office, Nyamo Lotha Road, Dimapur.

Further, JCC has urged the state government to officially declare the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) report in connection with the killing of two innocent youth and injuring several innocent people on January 31, 2017.

JCC also reminded that, in pursuance to the demand of the Nagas, it had submitted a memorandum on January 23, 2017 to the state government against conducting ULB polls till Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001 was reviewed/amended.

JCC said that the Naga apex CSOs have mandated and endorsed JCC/NTAC by a resolution dated February 7, 2017 to voice the legit-

to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers, make intervention when necessary to prevent consumer detriment arising from unfair trade practices and to initiate class action including enforcing recall, refund and return of products, etc.

He also reminded all that State Consumer Helpline 1800-345-3701 functions as an alternate remedy mechanism for consumers for any query related to consumers’ grievances faced daily in the market.

NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (PTI): Amid a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia and parts of Europe, experts in India feel that given the high vaccination coverage and immunity due to natural infection, any future waves are unlikely to have a major impact in the country. Some of them even said that the government should consider relaxing the mask mandate as the daily cases and deaths have remained low for a while.

Dr Sanjay Rai, a senior epidemiologist at AIIMS and the principal investigator of Covaxin trials for both adults and children at the institute, said that SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus and mutations

DIMAPUR, MAR 20 (NPN): A day after NPF party had decided to field veteran Naga politician and NPF working president Thenucho Tunyi for the Rajya Sabha, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president K. Therie has asked NPF whether it was serious on filing the nominations “to defend and protect Nagaland’s identity, religion, culture and social practices, or, is it another act of camouflaging regionalism?”

While pointing out that NPF had compro-

are bound to occur. Already over 1,000 mutations have occurred, although there are only five variants of concern.

“India experienced a very devastating second wave last year, which was very unfortunate, but currently this is our main strength as natural infection provides better and longer duration of protection. Also, there is high vaccination coverage. Hence, severe impact of any future wave is unlikely,” Rai, professor at the Centre for Community Medicine at AIIMS, said.

He said the Centre should continue with surveillance, including genomic sequencing, to monitor emergence of any future variant.

mised with “Hindutva/ communalism” by joining UDA, Therie, however, said that if NPF “realize their past mistakes and rise to defend and protect the secular image specially that of a Christian dominated state, it would be wonderful.”

He said that the Congress in Nagaland has its own Constitution that was based on the principle of being regional in content and national in outlook.

“We firmly uphold socialist, secular and democratic principles,” he added.

According to Dr Chandrakant Lahariya, an epidemiologist and public health specialist, the possibility of a fresh surge in India is low.

“If we analyse data on seroprevalence, vaccination coverage and evidence on the spread of Omicron, it is logical to conclude that the Covid-19 epidemic in India is over. For India, the possibility of a fresh surge for many months and even with a new variant is low,” he said. “Because of the hybrid immunity after three waves of natural infection and a large proportion of adults receiving both doses of vaccine, the susceptible pool has come down drastically,” Lahariya said.

India-Japan collaboration for economic development of NE NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomed the launch of the India-Japan Initiative for Sustainable Development of the North Eastern region.

Both the leaders appreciated the importance of India-Japan’s continued collaboration through the Act East Forum (AEF) for the sustainable economic development of North East-

ern and for enhancing the region’s connectivity with Southeast Asia, said Minister of External Affairs in a joint statement.

The India-Japan initiatives for sustainable development include “Initiative for Strengthening the Bamboo Value Chain in the North East” and cooperation in health care, forest resources management, connectivity and tourism in different states of the North East.

Talking about Japan’s

cooperation with India, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said: “As part of this cooperation, the two sides have launched a sustainable development initiative for the northeast region of India and this includes cooperation in areas such as connectivity, healthcare, agro-industry and disaster management.

It also includes an initiative for strengthening the bamboo value chain in the northeast.”

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World Oral Health Day observed across state

ZYF (N) reacts to allegation

Dignitaries with participants during World Oral Health Day in Kohima.

DIMAPUR: Zeliangrong Youth Front Nagaland ZYF (N) has vehemently condemned the allegation levelled against its president in the NZPO meeting held on March 14.

In a press release, ZYF (N) media cell stated that such “false allegation of corruption” levelled against its president was nothing new and called upon the “alligators” to produce evidence on what occasion and whatever infor mation they had concocted such unfounded lied against its president.

Stating that the Medical personnel and children at the World Oral Health Day programme in Zunheboto.

DIMAPUR: World Oral Health Day is observed annually on March 20 after it was launched by FDI World Dental Federation in 2013.

It is also considered as the largest global awareness campaign on oral health and the theme of this year is “Be Proud of Your Mouth”.

The annual observance spreads messages about good oral hygiene practices for adults and children and illustrates the importance of oral health in maintaining general health and wellbeing.

Nagaland too joined in observing the day by carrying out various health

he said.

Vidilhou Suohu, administrator Kros College Kohima also delivered short speech. The programme was chaired by Dr. Rosy Y h o m e, s e n i o r d e n t a l specialist NHAK. Wokha: In Wokha, the day was observed among Sunday school students at Tiyichan Baptist Church Wokha under the aegis of National Oral Health Programme.

According to chief medical officer, Wokha, the theme speaker, was senior dental surgeon, district hospital Wokha, Dr Daisy Ovung, who spoke on oral hygiene, prevention of oral

community. World Dental Federation is confident that simple, targeted action has the power to curb the prevalence of oral diseases and make oral health a personal priority for all,” he said.

Good oral hygiene habits will keep away most of the dental problems saving from toothaches and costly dental treatments and others, Dr. Koza said.

Awareness regarding the importance of oral hygiene has significantly increased in the developed countries, but contrary to that, the modern dietary lifestyle habits are posing a greater risk for oral health,

CRPF conducts Civic Action Programme

Members of Jakhama Baptist Church and elders at the special Sunday Morning Worship Service for 80 years and above organised by the church on March 20.

WSSU condemns attack on president DIMAPUR: Western Sumi Students Union (WSSU) vice president Kabo G. Z h i m o n i a n d ge n e r a l secretary X. Hinoka Chophi have strongly condemned the dastardly attack on its president A. Kughato Achumi on March 19 night allegedly by one Enoch Wotsa.

In a press note, WSSU claimed that Kughato was deliberately and brutally

attacked with an attempt to cause and inflict serious harm. It said that such a t t a c k wa s c owa r d ly, inhumane and does not find any place in a civilized society.

Further, on learning the gravity of the incident, WSSU said an emergency meeting was held on March 20 with its advisors and senior leaders where the union expressed surprise

to lear n from reliable source that the attack on its president was not random but allegedly a premeditated murder with a criminal motive.

Starting that such act was unbecoming in Naga culture, WSSU appealed all responsible citizens to condemn such crime.

The union also prayed for speedy recovery of its president.

DIMAPUR: CRPF 78 battalion, under its Civic Action programme constructed bus waiting shed at Mima Village, Kohima, on the request of the villagers.

CRPF in a press release informed that the constructed bus waiting shed was handed over to village council of Mima by the Commandant CRPF 78 bn, WR Josuah in the presence CRPF personnel, village council members, eminent personalities and villagers, at a programme organized on March 17.

diseases and food habits for good oral health.

On the occasion, a quiz competition on oral health was conducted by Dr. Mhayani Jami and prizes were awarded to the winners. Toothpastes and information, education and communication materials on oral health were also distributed among the children.

More than 500 Sunday school students and teachers participated in the programme.

Zunheboto: Medical department of Zunheboto district also observed the day where an oral health team led by Dr. Easter

Chophy Ngullie organised a programme at DC-hill prayer fellowship church.

According to DPRO Zunheboto, Dr. Easter who was the main resource person dwelt on the importance of maintaining proper oral health, steps to maintain oral hygiene and bad oral health habits and its harmful effects. The second resource person, Alibo K Swu spoke on the physiological effects of tobacco.

The programme was attended by various church leaders, youth, children and teachers from the department of child ministry (DC-Hill).

The second session was conducted

by AIDA, Don Bosco Job placement Network on Tata Consultancy services.

An introductor y note on Tata consultancy Service (TCS) was delivered

by Sebi Chacko, regional Co-ordinator for Don Bosco, Job Placement Network, India.

He updated the students with the various job opportunities available in the region and in the country.

Re p r e s e n t a t ive f r o m Ta t a Consultancy office, Dhrubjyoti Gogoi also addressed the students and the purpose of TCS through a proper PowerPoint presentation.

The programme concluded with a note of thanks proposed by Ronit Dangme, sixth semester, History department.

PBC holds home revival in Kiphire

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Suraksha Bima Yojana, accident assurance worth Rs.2 lakhs at just Rs. 12/per annum.

Discussion between participants and resource persons was fur ther followed.

The programme

DIMAPUR: NNC/GDRN (N/A) will be observing its 66th Republic Day on March 22 at 10 am at Oking.

Therefore all the members both from civil and the army have been requested to attend the same without fail and to uphold in prayers.

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved Mother Lt. Tiapokla Jamir (Chuchuyimlang)

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Loving son, daughter & relatives.

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1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF LATE WATIPENBA AO Home revival programme at Phuvkiu Baptist Church.

DIMAPUR: Phuvkiu Baptist Church (PBC), Kiphire held home revival prog ramme on March 19 and 20. The main speakers of the revival were Zashekho Hibo and Neilhou Sopfünuo, Evangelists of

Resource persons and students at the seminar.

of bank and deliberated on prospects of various schemes and insurances available in SBI such as, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, a life insurance policy with Rs. 2 lakhs at just Rs. 330/- per annum, Pradhan Mantri

NNC/GDRN (N/A) Republic Day

cell of KLBC, the team held a join fellowship together with Rev. John Kamei as the speaker.

During the service, ZPFKSCJ presented special song and special presentation. ZPF president, Yizierangbe presented the activities of Zeliangrong Prayer Fellowship Science College Jotsoma.

The join fellowship was presided by Zubeen Newmai.

Pastor KLBC, Rev, Zeliangrong Prayer Fellowship team from Kohima Science College Jotsoma with N.Silubo urged the student KLBC elder on March 20. to fear God and seek DIMAPUR: Zeliangrong ( Z P F K S C J ) v i s i t e d “Prayer Mission work” on heavenly wisdom in order Prayer Fellowship Kohima Kohima Liangmai Baptist March 20. to achieve their desire Science College Jotsoma Church (KLBC) as part of According to media goals.

Koinonia Baptist Church Kohima.

A press release by PBC stated that on March 20, the service was led by Watila Yimchunger, while offertory prayer by pastor, PBC, Rev Kumkiu, and testimonies

were shared by Lanu Aier and Shürhozetuo.

The two-day revival programme witnessed healing of physical ailments, spiritual breakthrough and deliverance among the attendees.

SCC organizes seminar on career prospects AR conduct welfare activities DIMAPUR: Career guidance and planning committee of Sao Chang College (SCC), in collaboration with State Bank of India, Tuensang branch, organized seminar on career prospects in SBI and financial literacy at the college premises on March 17.

A press release by SCC stated that resource persons for the programme were junior associate, Ato Tzudir, Assistant Manager, Aniket Midha and chief manager SBI Tuensnag branch, Lohuo Besii, who covered topics on high career prospects in SBI and explained on how to prepare for different clerical and P.O exams.

Besii shared about different type of bank accounts and functions

DIMAPUR: Dimapur police has recovered an unidentified body of male aged around 30-35 years from Dimapur railway track at KM 257/5-6 between DMV-RXR on March 19. According to PRO of Dimapur police, the deceased- fair complexion wearing black long pant and inner half pant (jean), was suspected to be knocked down by a running train.

After completing of all legal formalities, the body has been shifted to District Hospital Morgue for post mortem examination/identification. In this connection, claimant/ relatives/ friends of the deceased have been asked to contact the Officer-in-Charge GRPS, Dimapur (7085055021).

ZPFKSCJ holds fellowship with KLBC

SCHE organises career counselling DIMAPUR: Salesian College of Higher Education (SCHE) in collaboration with Imperial Academy, Dimapur and AIDA, Don Bosco Job Placement Network, conducted a career counselling on March 19.

Organised by IQAC &Art and Literary Club, the objective of the programme was to help students informed about career decision based on their professional choices.

In the first session, Saket Saurav, ex- faculty of the Administrative Faculty, Imperial Academy, gave a motivational talk on the benefits and also on how to appear for the Civil Service Examination.

The session concluded with the short interactive question hour where doubts of the students were cleared.

Unidentified body recovered

was chaired by Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Dr. Shokip Tumtin, while P r i n c i p a l - i n - C h a r g e, L o n g t i c h a n g Tz u d i r delivered welcome address and vote of thanks by A s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r, History, Dr. L.J Neken.

D I M A P U R : Va r i o u s battalions of Assam Rifles under the aegis of Hq IGAR (North) has been conducting programmes and other civic action activities for the local populace across the state.

Dimapur battalion: Dimapur Battalion facilitated construction of two toilet blocks at Doyapur village, Dimapur on March 19. It was handed over to village authorities. The battalion also facilitated provision of water supply s c h e m e ( B o r ewe l l ) a t Amaluma village, Dimapur and handed over to village authorities.

Jalukie Battalion: The battalion responded to provide assistance for immediate needs to the families affected by jungle fire at Inbung village under Athibung, Peren district on March 17.

AR in a statement stated that in the inferno, L Sinsong and his family lost all its belongings.

The villagers were also adequately briefed about various precautionar y measures against such fire incidents.

Meanwhile, village authorities have expressed gratitude and appreciated the efforts of the Assam Rifles for their concern and effort towards the local populace.

Phek Battalion: Assam Rifles personnel donated blood to save a life of an anemia patient undergoing surger y at District Hospital, Phek on March 18.

AR stated that on the request of Chief Medical Officer, District Hospital, two volunteers donated their blood.

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programmes.

Kohima: In the state capital Kohima, a programme was organized by the De par tment of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima under National Oral Health Programme at Kros College, Kohima.

Speaking on the theme, Dr. Pfukrolo Koza, junior dental specialist Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) said that the day aim to empower people with the knowledge, tools and confidence to secure good oral health.

“The growing burden of oral disease demands action on ever y level: individual, family and

allegation was made to tarnish the good image of the organisation, it warned individuals or organisation to desist from making any false allegation.

The media cell further stated that ZYF (N) being a responsible organisation never intended to hurt the sentiments of any individuals however such evil devise vested to tarnish the good image of the organisation will not be tolerated and warned individual or organisation trying to tarnish the good image of the organisation shall be dealt appropriately.

It’s been a year today since you left us but not a moment passes by without missing you.

You will always be in our hearts forever.

Loving Wife, Son and Family Members.

1st Death Anniversary

Avilie Abraham Chasie Died on 21/03/2021 Its been a year since we lost you and thought you are no more with us, your fond memories linger in our hearts.

We pray to God for your soul to be in Peace forever.

You are dearly missed.

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nagalandpost.com Poll Q.:Is the state govt doing the right thing to improve sports in the state?

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Q: Will it matter for Nagaland

if the next the Rajya Sabha representative is from the BJP?  Yes.  No.  Can’t Say.

WEATHER FORECAST MARCH 21

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Very hot with hazy sun

38 20

Aizawl

Mostly sunny and very warm

Guwahati Hazy sun and very hot

33 14 37 19

Very warm and hazy sunshine

34 10

Itanagar An a.m. shower; partly sunny

30 20

Shillong

Mostly sunny with a shower

27 14

Kohima

Mostly sunny

29 15

Dimapur Mostly sunny and very hot

37 19

Hazy sunshine

31 16

Tuensang Cooler with hazy sunshine

23 11

Hazy sunshine

29 19

Zunheboto Hazy sunshine

28 14

Imphal

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Experts dwell on localisation of SDGs in NE Over 100 screened DIMAPUR: T h e f i r s t phase of two-week research capacity building programme on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was conducted under the flagship of Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and North East Training, Research and Advocacy Foundation (NETRA) for young north eastern research scholars from March 14-18 at RIS, New Delhi.

15 research scholars from eight different north eastern states attended the programme.

Dr. Rajesh Tandon, chairman of FIDC and president of PRIA in his inaugural speech discussed about the Localization of SDGs: Perspectives from North Eastern States of India. He urged the participants to contribute their research work to the people or to the community they belong.

In his presentation, Prof. Chakraborty also raised the issues of localizing SDGs in North East.

Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh also interacted with the participants. He listened to the queries and suggestions provided by the partici-

Experts and scholars with Dr. Rajeev Kumar at the programme in New Delhi. pants for the attainment of SDGs in North East.

He pointed out that SDGs should be achieved by integrating the local knowledge and practices with modern knowledge without harming the originality of the region.

Prof. S. K Mohanty, Senior Professor, RIS and Dr. Sumit Seth, Joint Secretary, Policy Planning and Research, Ministry of External Affairs also joined during the interaction.

While interacting, Dr. Rajeev Kumar, vicechairman of NITI Aayog urged all the participants to go to the ground level and find out the real facts and data about the North East region of the country. He also asked them to connect with the local people and try to understand the need

of the local people which will help different policymakers to frame suitable policies for them.

Professor Sachin C h a t u r ve d i , D i r e c t o r General, RIS discussed on India’s Development Cooperation: A Cross Border Spectrum in relation to 17 SDGs. Among the speakers, Shubhamay Bhahattacharaya, Fellow RIS, discussed on Energy Security (SDG7) and essentiality to understand the risk and benefit factor of the energy transition from conventional to renewable energy source.

Dr. Priyadarshi Dash, Associate Professor, RIS enlightened the participants about different aspects of financing SDGs. Prof. T.C. James, RIS and president of NIPO

explained about the terms health, health for all and sustainable healthcare.

Dr. Purva, Sr. Researcher, NIUA, in her speech pointed out that it was not simple to align all the goals and objectives to the global framework, therefore it was everyone responsibility to get down at the city level (SDG-11) and develop these indicators and understand those indicators.

Professor Amitabh Kundu, RIS spoke on SDG11.

Expatiating on gender equality, SDG5, Dr. Beena Pandey, RIS asserted that the women empowerment was the precondition to achieve the targets of several other SDGs like poverty eradication, inequality, access to good health and education for all, decent

work and economic growth among others.

Dr. Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay, director of PRIA highlighted the roles played by a civil society organization in a community or a nation.

Dr. Jayanta Choudhury, Asst. Professor, Tripura University, Founder of NETRA, discussed how to localize SDGs in North East. He also emphasized on importance of capacity building of different stakeholders, strengthening of existing local level institutes in the North East.

All the participants also participated in International discussion on Indigenous people and India organized by RIS. At the end of the programme, participants presented their thoughts on issues related to North East India under the mentorship of Prof. Kesang Degi, Board Member of NETRA and Professor, Department of Education, RGU, Arunachal Pradesh.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme commenced with a short speech by professor, Milindo Chakraborty, Visiting Fellow, RIS. The next phase of programme will be conducted in April at Regional Centre, IGNTU, Manipur.

Patkai Christian College holds 1st Shishak Annual Lecture framework for both ethical thinking and social action, he said.

Dr. Vivee Peseye receives Alumni Excellence Award On the occasion, the college also awarded the 1st Annual Alumni Excellence Award to Dr. Vivee

Peseye for her contribution in the field of Music.

The award has been instituted by the AAPCC to recognise alumni who are excelling in different fields and also contributing to society at large. The excellence award carries

a citation, certificate and cash.

Dr. Peseye, who is the Dean of the Margaret Shishak School of Music (MSSM) is an alumnus of the college and has been part of the college, teaching music for over 30 years.

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Medical team with the children and elders.

DIMAPUR: A two-day Reproductive & Child Health (RCH)-cum- Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) and Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) camp was carried out at various villages under Satakha Block, Zunheboto on March 18 and 19.

The camp was organised by District Health Society (DHS) Zunheboto under Directorate of Health and Family Welfare. During the camp, 113 patients registered and out of which 62 children were screened and treated with medicine except for dental condition and reactive air way disease which were all referred to higher facilities.

In a press statement, district media officer, CMO Zunheboto, Keneikhrietuo, stated that the camp was conducted in order to reach

out to the grassroots level to strengthen the healthcare facilities and provide healthcare system to the people.

The medical team was led by Dr. J. Hokugha Sema DVBO/DSO accompanied by Dr. Kiyeto Awomi MO RBSK, Tolibo GNM, MMU, Akali Chishi ANM RBSK and Kakiye Sumi RBSK Coordinator.

Health services and medicines were provided free of cost to all the patients. Screening for diabetes, hypertension, various ailment like viral fever, geriatric and other routine examinations were also carried out.

Other treatment such as ANC, blood pressure, anaemia, fever and cough, skin condition were also conducted.

Dr Vivee Peseye receiving the Alumni award.

DIMAPUR: The 1st Tuisem A. Shishak Annual Lecture organised by Patkai Christian College (Autonomous) and Alumni Association Patkai Christian College (AAPCC) was held at Bundrock Auditorium, Patkai Christian College on March 19.

Speaking on the topic “The idea of a Christian College”, Founder and principal emeritus of Patkai Christian College (Autonomous), Rev. Dr. Tuisem A. Shishak pointed out that Christian institutions of higher learning have failed to integrate Christian faith and secular culture in higher education.

Giving a historical perspective on the concept of education and universities, he said that the university was, in its origin, a deeply Christian idea. “That Christian vision was grounded in a community of scholars and learners, committed, under God, to the fearless pursuit of truth in service of neighbor and to the use of disputation to sharpen ideas,” he said, quoting Brad Littlejohn, a scholar on Christian political thought and ethics.

Rev. Shishak viewed that contemporary universities were

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failing to live up to these founding ideals and caving in to outside pressures - both real and imagined - in order to avoid giving offence.

Rev. Shishak, who established Patkai Christian College in 1974, said that the college was founded to be a liberal arts institution of higher learning based on biblical truth, symbolized by the school motto: Light and Truth. He said education can help a person to discover a pattern of meaning, which will give potential dignity to the separate aspects of experience.

However, he viewed that today’s education has failed to provide humanity’s greatest needs — meaning and purpose in life.

“The goal of a university or college education is first and foremost to train and perfect the mind,” he said, quoting from Newman’s “The Idea of a University.”

He insisted that the Christian college does not exist to protect young people “from sin and heresy.”

A Christian college like any other college should be concer ned with universal knowledge while providing a Christian worldview based on a

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Cong MLA Das to vote for NDA in RS polls: Himanta Assam gets state bird White-Winged Wood Duck from Czech Republic

easily elected, though it may fall short by a couple of votes if the Opposition votes as a bloc for its lone nominee so far.

If Das votes for the joint candidate fielded by the Opposition, it will be able to secure 44 votes, two more than the number required for the second candidate to win.

Out of seven Rajya Sabha seats from Assam, the BJP currently holds three and Congress two. The BJP ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has one member in the Upper House, while the other is held by an Independent.

The BJP’s strength in the 126-member Assam Assembly is 63, while its allies AGP has nine and UPPL has seven MLAs. In the opposition camp, the Congress’ strength is 27, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has 15 members, Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) has three, and CPI(M) has one MLA. There is one Independent MLA also.

The BPF has lent its support to the government on the Assembly floor although it has not entered into any political alliance as of now.

GUWAHATI, MAR 20 (AGENCIES): For those who could not get a chance to see the state bird of Assam – White-Winged Wood Duck – in the wild, Assam State Zoo now welcomes you all.

And interestingly, Assam got its state bird from Zlin Zoo in Czech Republic.

The birds arrived Sunday from Prague via a Qatar Airways flight with a stopover at Doha, reports The Sentinel Assam. Two captive bred pairs have arrived at the Zoo. The birds have been kept under strict quarantine for 45 days and would take some time before the public is allowed.

The process to get the bird started in 2019 from the other side of the globe.

Ashwini Kumar, divisional forest officer of Assam State Zoo, said this is the only zoo in the country which has white-winged wood ducks. Due to its ghostly calls in the night, it is locally known as “Deo hanh” ( Divine Duck).

The bird has a black body, a white head that is thickly spotted with black, conspicuous white patches on the wings and red or

PM brought unity among chief 877 newborns, 61 mothers in ministers of NE states: Biplab M’laya died during pandemic

Arunachal reports one COVID case, tally at 64,484

G U WA H AT I / R A H A , MAR 20 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday claimed that suspended Congress MLA Sashi Kanta Das will vote for the BJP-led NDA candidates during the Rajya Sabha biennial elections in the state.

Two Rajya Sabha seats from the state are falling vacant on April 2 and the voting is scheduled to be held on March 31.

After meeting the disgruntled opposition legislator Das at his residence in Raha in Nagaon district, Sarma said: “Das had earlier announced that he would be with the government for all developmental works. Now, he has announced to vote for BJP-led NDA candidates in Rajya Sabha polls.”

The chief minister later tweeted about his meeting with Das and said that they “reviewed developmental activities in the area and discussed ways to accelerate them further”.

The legislator told reporters that he supports Sarma’s “development works” and will be with the government for the overall development of his constituency.

Das, a first time MLA from Raha constituency,

AGARTALA, MAR 20 (PTI): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has helped develop unity among the CMs of the northeastern states, who now jointly strive for the growth of the region.

Deb was speaking at an event to welcome tribal rights activist and Tripura People’s Front (TPF) chief Patal Kanya Jamatia, who joined the BJP on Sunday. “… It is Narendra Modi who pays equal respect to chief ministers of smaller states. Our strength has now increased as the CMs strive for development

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other leaders visited Congress MLA Sashi Kanta Das’ Dimou Chariali residence on Sunday. on December 20 had announced that he had decided to join the government as he wanted to work for the development of his constituency, but would continue to remain in the Congress as he had not joined the BJP. Hours after that, the state Congress had sent a show-cause notice to the MLA and subsequently suspended him from the party.

Reacting to Sarma’s statement on Rajya Sabha polls in the state, Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah said the party will issue a “three-line whip” to all its MLAs asking them to vote for the party’s nominee Ripun Bora.

Biplab Kumar Deb together, which was not seen earlier,” Deb said. He also said the Centre has sanctioned Rs 1,300 crore for the development of indigenous people of the state.

Hailing Patal Kayna

“When we issue the whip, all MLAs will have to vote for the party’s candidate. They will also have to show their votes to the polling agent of the party.

If any MLA does not obey the whip, strict disciplinary action will be initiated,” Borah told PTI. He also criticised Sarma, for allegedly carrying out “horse-trading” of opposition MLAs to win both the seats.

The same view was echoed by Raijor Dal president and MLA Akhil Gogoi.

“This is not an unhealthy development for the Congress alone, but the entire democratic system.

for choosing the “right party” to work for the state’s progress, Deb asked Tripura BJP leaders to accommodate members of the TPF in all the existing committees - state and booth level. The TPF was floated in 2014 as an NGO by Patal Kanya, who said after joining the BJP: “I am not endorsing Tipraland or Greater Tipraland, but certainly want to work for development, safety and security of the indigenous people.” “All the leaders and workers of TPF will actively work for the BJP, even as it will continue to function as an NGO,” she added.

Rhino estimation at Orang National Park

GUWAHATI, MAR 20 (AGENCIES): The “14th Rhino Population Estimation 2022” at the Orang National Park began on Sunday and shall continue till Monday.

The Orang National Park authorities earlier had informed in an order that during the rhino population estimation, the movement of tourists inside the national park is completely banned from March 20 to 21, 2022.

The park will be reopened for tourists on March 22, 2022, after the end of the Rhino population estimation inside the park.

It may be mentioned that the Rhino population estimation is a mandatory management practice and suspension of tourism activities during the period is necessary for the interest of the smooth conduct of the estimation.

Such behaviour of the chief minister openly roaming around to buy MLAs is not a good sign for the state,” Gogoi said.

The BJP has nominated Pabitra Margherita as its candidate for one seat, while its coalition partner United People’s Party Liberal’s (UPPL) working president Rwngwra Narzary was named for the second seat.

The two seats are currently held by Ripun Bora and Ranee Narah of the Congress. Bora is in the fray this time as the Opposition parties’ joint candidate.

The ruling coalition stands comfortably poised to get one of its candidates

SHILLONG, MAR 20 (PTI): As many as 877 newborn babies and 61 mothers have died as pregnant women refused to get admitted to hospitals for institutional delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic due to fears of contracting the disease, the Meghalaya government has informed the NHRC. The Meghalaya government has recently submitted the action taken report to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) after the latter registered a case over the high number of maternal and newborn deaths in the state during the pandemic.

“The causes of the newborn deaths had been looked into and it was found that the fatalities were due to the lack of medical attention and care because pregnant women refused to get themselves admitted to the health institutions due to fear and stigma of contracting COVID-19 and also the refusal to test for COVID-19,” the report said.

During the time the

deaths had taken place, it was mandatory to segregate COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients, hence testing was done to avoid the spread of the disease, especially in hospital wards, it said.

Even though women “abstained” from visiting health facilities, ANMs and ASHAs were regularly monitoring their health through home visits and counselling, urging them to visit hospitals during delivery, the report said.

Taking cognisance of the high number of deaths, the state government had launched a “rescue mission” and health teams were constituted to identify all pregnant women and register them on a mobile application to prevent such incidents, the state government said.

The state administration said that besides the pandemic, “the underlying and often unaddressed socio-economic and gender dimensions” added to the high number of maternal and child deaths in Meghalaya.

ITANAGAR, MAR 20 (PT): Arunachal Pradesh reported a single COVID-19 case on Sunday, pushing the tally to 64,484, a senior health official said here.

As many as 64,179 people have recuperated from the disease thus far in the state including, three on Saturday, the official said.

The COVID-19 death toll in the northeastern state remained at 296, as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The fresh coronavirus case was detected from Lohit district, the official said.

The COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 99.53 per cent, he said. Arunachal Pradesh currently has only nine active COVID-19 cases.

The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas, has the highest number of active cases at 5, followed by West Kameng, Upper Siang, Lohit and Anjaw districts with one each, the SSO said.

White Wing Wood Duck in Assam Zoo. orange eyes. Its average length is about 81 cm. The sexes are more or less alike, the male having more gloss on the plumage, and being much larger and heavier.

It mostly resides in dense tropical evergreen forest and is known to prefer inaccessible swampy areas formed by numerous rivers, streams, etc. The duck is generally found in pairs or in small parties of four to six, though parties of more than 10 are also recorded. It loves shade and spends most of the day in secluded jungle pools, occasionally perching on the trees during the day.

It is a crepuscular bird as it is most active at dusk and dawn. The adults are largely omnivorous. The food consists of plant and

animal material, aquatic plants, seed of wild and cultivated plants, aquatic insects, crustaceans, molluscs, frogs, snakes and fish.

It breeds in the hollows of trees during summer months. The bird was first granted protection from hunting in 1937 when the Assam Government (then under British rule) restricted hunting of the ducks during the breeding season (April to September) and outside stipulated reserve forest areas of the state “The Union Ministry of Forests, Environment and Climate Change, Assam Forest Department and Assam State Zoo have left no stone unturned to make the dream a reality,” Kumar said.

Police must be polite towards citizens, says Assam CM GUWAHATI, MAR 20 ( AGENCIES): The Assam Chief Minister on Sunday asserted that police must be polite towards innocent citizens and at the same time, it should act sternly towards offenders or culprits, reports The Sentinel Assam.

The CM’s statement came after a traffic police personnel named Fakhruddin Ahmed along with his colleagues assaulted a biker identified as Biki Prasad Gupta. Speaking further on this with the media, Sarma informed that he had directed the police to extend an apology to Gupta and his family. ‘’After watching the video, I directed the city police department to initiate strict action against the police officials who were involved in this. I also asked them to extend an apology to the person and his family,’’ he said. ‘’ During my last with SP’s in Duliajan, I had clearly mentioned that police have to be polite towards innocent civilians and strict action against the offenders,’’ he added.

Notably, outrage erupt-

Himanta Biswa Sarma ed after the video which shows Traffic constable Fakhruddin Ahmed and his colleagues assaulting Gupta in the broad daylight in the middle of the road at the Paltan Bazar area of the Guwahati metropolis. In the video shared, the traffic official was seen stopping a man riding a bike along with his family. As soon as he stopped the two-wheeler rider a big brawl broke out between the two following an argument as seen in the video. However, in taking action against the case of police brutality, the higher official took no time to remove the traffic constable from his service.

Indigenous rights activist Patal Kanya Jamatia joins Manipur woman alleges rape in south Delhi, 1 held BJP, calls for greater unity among tribals, non-tribals

Patal Kanya Jamatia elections in alliance with Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA).

The alliance parted away as differences grew between TIPRA and TPF and all the candidates were withdrawn.

Accusing TIPRA Motha of violence, she said, “last night miscreants backed by TIPRA Motha threatened people of dire consequences if they arrived at the joining function. Roads had been blocked to prevent our supporters and vehicles were denied for hiring.”

“These tactics can’t prevent me. TPF stands as a symbol of development and peace. They say ‘Greater Tipraland’, I am telling you, it is ‘Greater

Unity’ between tribes and non-tribes which is required for overall development of the masses.

We all should ensure our peaceful co-existence”, said Jamatia.

Lauding Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, she said, “he is the first Chief Minister of Tripura who wants to create equal opportunities for tribals as well as non-tribes.

It is a historic day and we all shall work hard to ensure that the double engine government gets two more engines by establishing governments in TTAADC and Village Councils”.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said, “I want to congratulate Patal for her courageous fight. Despite so many obstacles,

she came with such a huge gathering. My support is always with you, don’t worry, Modi ji is with you, the Home Minister is with you, JP Nadda, Jishnu and the whole country is with you. Today I got another sister in the form of Patal Kanya and a brother knows how to keep his sister safe from imminent threats.”

Speaking exclusively to ANI on the sidelines of the joining programme, Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik launched a scathing attack on TIPRA and said, “Patal Kanya Jamatia in her speech said that BJP is the only party that really thinks about the indigenous people. She explained that not Greater Tipraland but Greater Unity can give more strength to the state.

Some leaders are there who are trying to misguide and mislead people in the name of Greater Tipraland.”

On being asked after the programme, Jamatia said, “the political activities of TPF will be stopped completely but its fight for the social causes shall continue under the same banner. Politically, the entire TPF is now part of the BJP”.

place on March 16 and it was reported by the victim on March 18, Friday.

“A complaint was received at Safdarjung Enclave police station on Friday in which the 21-year-old victim woman alleged that she was raped two days ago, by her colleague,” the official said.

The woman, in her complaint said that she works as a service staff at a hotel

in Humayunpur, southwest Delhi. “On March 16, at around 1.30 a.m. when she came out of the washroom of the restaurant, her fellow worker identified as Sanjay committed the heinous

crime with her,” the official said. He informed that the victim did not inform anyone about the alleged rape on that particular day, however, later she lodged a complaint.

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Kohima Science College (autonomous), Jotsoma This is to bring the notice to all the Alumni and well wishers of Tenyimia Students' Union Kohima Science College (Autonomous), Jotsoma that we are celebrating the mark of 50 years (1971-2021) on 2nd April 2022(Saturday) We invite each and everyone to join us for the most anticipated day.

Be a part of us on this joyous and auspicious occasion as we celebrate our Golden Jubilee.

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AGARTALA, MAR 20 (AGENCIES): Putting all speculations to rest, tribal rights activist and Tripura People’s Front (TPF) chief Patal Kanya Jamatia on Sunday joined Bharatiya Janata Party at a programme in Agartala city, reports ANI. Senior BJP leaders including Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, state party president Dr Manik Saha, Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik and others welcomed newcomers to the party.

Hundreds of TPF workers attended the joining programme wearing the saffron scarf and initiated their new political journey.

While addressing the rally, Jamatia said, “The main reason behind this political step is to ensure safety, security and peace for the people living in the hills.”

Tripura People’s Front was formed in the year 2014 to give voice to the indigenous rights movement.

The TPF commenced its political activities a few years back and fielded candidates in the previous Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council

NEW DELHI, MARCH 20 (IANS): A 21-year-old woman, a native of Manipur, was allegedly raped in the national capital and one person was arrested in this connection, an official said here on Sunday.

The accused was identified as Sanjay, a resident of Humayunpur, Delhi.

According to the official, the incident took

SUMMON FOR SETTLEMENT OF ISSUE (ORDER – V, RULE – 1, 5, 20) IN THE COURT OF SEYIELENUO MEZHII, Civil Judge, Sr. Division Dimapur, Nagaland Suit No. : 03/2021 Plaintiff : Dr. ANDREW AHOTO SEMA Defendants : Mrs. BOHOLI WOTSA To, Mrs. BOHOLI WOTSA WIFE OF MR. LEO DAVID H.NO.171, NEPALI BOSTI, DIMAPUR, NAGALAND Whereas Dr. ANDREW AHOTO SEMA has instituted a suit against you for DECLARATION OF RIGHT OF OCCUPATION. You are hereby summoned to appear before the Court in person or by pleader duly instructed and able to answer all material questions relating to the suit on 21/04/2022 10:00 a.m. without fail.

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

Given under my hand and the seal of the Court 16th day of March 2022.

Civil Judge Sr. Division Dimapur : Nagaland DC-245/22

Uddhav rejects AIMIM alliance offer

SAYS IT’S PART OF BJP’S GAME PLAN TO DEFAME SHIV SENA’S HINDUTVA AGENDA MUMBAI, MAR 20 (PTI): Asserting that Shiv Sena is a “Hindutvavadi” party, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday rejected AIMIM’s offer for an alliance calling it a “conspiracy” by the opposition BJP to defame the Sena, which heads the Maha Vikas Aghahdi (MVA) government.

T h a c k e r a y, w h o heads Shiv Sena, virtually addressed a meeting of the party MPs and officebearers here wherein he lashed out at BJP, the former ally of Sena, on Hindutva and other issues.

“Who has sought an alliance with the AIMIM? This is a game plan and conspiracy of the BJP. The AIMIM and the BJP have a tacit understanding.

The BJP has ordered the AIMIM to defame the Shiv Sena, to raise questions on Shiv Sena’s Hindutva.

Accordingly, the AIMIM leaders are making the offer of alliance,” Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut told reporters

Uddhav Thackeray

quoting Thackeray.

O n S a t u r d ay, A l l India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Imtiaz Jaleel caused a stir stating that his party can ally with the Shiv Sena-led MVA to prevent the BJP from coming to power, evoking sharp reactions from Sena.

The NCP and Congress, the other two partners in the MVA, had said the AIMIM must prove that it was a “like-minded” party and not the “BJP’s B-team”.

Raut, a Rajya Sabha MP, said the Sena will launch ‘Shiv Sampark Mohim’, a mass outreach prog ramme, on March 22 in 19 districts across

‘UP legislature party meet likely on March 24’ LUCKNOW, MAR 20 (PTI): The BJP’s Uttar Pradesh legislature party is to formally elect Chief Minister-designate Yogi Adityanath as its leader in its meeting likely to be held on March 24, a day before his swearing-in, a senior party leader said.

The March 25 swearing-in of Adityanath is to be held in Ikana Stadium on Shaheed Path in Lucknow.

The grand swearingin ceremony is expected to be attended by a galaxy of senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP national president J P Nadda, besides other central ministers.

“The date of the meeting of the BJP legislature party is yet to be

finalised. However, there is a possibility that the meeting will be held on March 24,” a senior UP BJP leader told PTI on Sunday.

When contacted, another prominent party leader said, “A meeting of the BJP MLAs was to be held on March 21 but it seems to have been postponed to March 24.”

After leading the BJP to a thumping victory in the just-concluded elections, Adityanath will lead the country’s most populous and politically cr ucial state for the second time consecutively as its chief minister.

Union Home Minister Shah and former Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das have been made obser ver and coobserver respectively for the government formation in Uttar Pradesh.

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Vidarbha and Marathwada regions in Maharashtra on Thackeray’s orders to dispel the confusion the BJP was trying to create about Sena on various issues.

“Uddhav ji said Shiv Sena will never join forces with the AIMIM. The Shiv Sena president also said that his party had never been associated with and will never be associated with those who bow before the grave of Aurangzeb,” Raut said.

The chief minister has asked Shiv Sena leaders to “destroy” those who are doubting Hindutva propagated by the party, he said.

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on S a t u r d ay t e r m e d S h iv Sena “Janab Sena” while responding to AIMIM’s alliance offer to the Thackeray-led party.

Responding to the jibe, Thackeray said the Sena always believed that Hindutva was above politics.

“What Janab Sena?

The Shiv Sena is a staunch Hindutvavadi organisation.

It was and will remain Hindutvavadi. The Shiv Sena’s Hindutva is not adulterated,” he said.

Raut recalled that the BJP had formed a government with the “proPakistan and separatist” PDP in Jammu-Kashmir (in 2015).

He sarcastically said that it was a “revolutionary alliance” (between PDPBJP) that gave a new “direction” to the country.

“Now, we will tell the people which is the real Janab Sena,” Raut said quoting Thackeray.

In the meeting, Thackeray recalled that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had stated that those who take positions against Muslims “are not true Hindutvavadis and cannot be called Hindus, Raut added.

Thackeray also accused Maharashtra Gover nor Bhagat Singh Koshyari of “murdering democracy” by delaying the approval to

12 names sent by the MVA to him to be appointed as MLCs from the Governor’s quota.

AIMIM MP Jaleel had said that AIMIM was always blamed for BJP’s victory in polls and dubbed the ‘B’ team of that party. “ To p r o v e t h i s allegation wrong, I proposed to Rajesh Tope (Maharashtra health minister and NCP leader) that we are ready for an alliance,” he had told a Marathi news channel.

Arguing for the alliance, he also said, “There is no power left in them (Shiv Sena) to defeat the BJP single-handed.

That’s why they need the support of Congress and NCP. I propose that let’s add another wheel to the (three-wheeled) autorickshaw and make it a comfortable car. We have expelled the corporator who had opposed the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ (in the Aurangabad municipal corporation) and he has joined the NCP now”.

Target is to make J-K free of terror, corruption: Lt. Gov

UDHAMPUR (J&K), MAR 20 (PTI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration intends to make the union t e r r i t o r y a d eve l o p e d society free of terror and corr uption, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday.

In his address at the attestation-cum-passing out parade of 636 newly recruited Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at the Subsidiary Training Centre here, Sinha lauded the role of the security forces for bravely facing various c h a l l e n g e s, i n c l u d i n g infiltration attempts, and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from across the border.

“Jammu and Kashmir is full of diversity, which is our strength. We have faced all the challenges successfully and our security forces are alert. They have played a pivotal role in building a new Jammu and Kashmir by thwarting the anti-national elements,” Sinha said.

The Lieutenant

Sharad Yadav merges his party with RJD NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (PTI): Former Union minister and socialist leader Sharad Yadav merged his party Loktantrik Janata Dal with Rashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday, pitching for unity in opposition ranks to take on the BJP. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav welcomed the veteran leader, who had fought some of the keenest Lok Sabha poll battles against his father Lalu Prasad Yadav in the 1990s, into his party’s fold, saying that it is a message for the anti-BJP parties to unite to take on the ruling dispensation.

S h a r a d Ya d av (74) had been keeping low after battling health issues for months, and the development is seen as an effort to rehabilitate his colleagues and other associates as his party LJD could never become a serious force after being launched following his separation

LJD leader Sharad Yadav and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during a programme in New Delhi, Sunday. (PTI)

with JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

He had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election on the RJD ticket while his daughter had fought the 2020 Bihar assembly poll as a nominee of the Congress, then an RJD ally.

Unity of opposition parties is his priority, Sharad Yadav told reporters here, while lauding Tejashwi Yadav for leading the fight against the BJP-led NDA

in Bihar.

Opposition par ties should join hands nationwide to take on the BJP, he said.

“This step (merger) has been necessitated as an initiative of his regular efforts for bringing together scattered Janata parivar in view of the current political situation in the country,” he had earlier said in a statement, claiming the BJP government has been a failure and people

are looking for a strong opposition.

The merger marks his coming together with Lalu Prasad Yadav after more than three decades with both leaders seen to be at a fag end of their political career.

Lalu Prasad Yadav had quit Janata Dal in 1997 to form his party over differences with its leadership as the probe against fodder scam, in which he was a main accused, gathered pace.

Sharad Yadav was then seen as his rival within the Janata Dal, and he later joined hands with Nitish Kumar to end RJD’s 15-year reign in Bihar in 2005.

Sharad Yadav was, however, also seen as a key votary for the JD(U) -RJD alliance in the 2015 assembly polls in Bihar against the BJP, and he later parted ways with Kumar over his decision to ally with the BJP again.

Manoj Sinha

Governor, who inspected the parade and took salute at the march past, said the decades-old ter ror ecosystem needs to be dismantled completely.

“We have continued our efforts to deal a decisive blow on corruption, terror f i n a n c i n g, a n d t e r r o r ecosystem to make Jammu and Kashmir a developed society, free of corruption and fear. This is our target,” he said.

Sinha urged the fresh BSF recruits to live up to the tradition and expectation of the force and the people, and perform their duties with professionalism so that no enemy can violate the country’s borders.

“Drug addiction is a big challenge as drugs are smuggled by Pakistan under a conspiracy. You have to play a big role to check the smuggling of drugs,” he said.

Congratulating the recruits, Sinha said, “You are fully capable and ready… the country is witnessing that BSF is performing its duties in mountainous regions, plains, deserts and deep forests with great devotion and dedication. The force is bravely facing every danger to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the nation.”

The Lieutenant Governor said India has always desired to live with mutual harmony with its neighbours for peace but, “We are ready to give a befitting response if someone wants to test us.”

Lauding the BSF, he said its motto of ‘lifelong duty’ is the identity card of its personnel. “I am proud to be here among the brave soldiers of the force,” he said.

BJP to stake claim to form govt in Goa today PANAJI, MAR 20 (PTI): The BJP will meet the Goa governor on Monday and stake a claim to form the next government, state unit resident Sadanand Shet Tanavade said on Sunday.

The much-awaited BJP legislature party meeting will also be held on Monday to select the leader of the House, who will be the next chief minister.

“BJP president J P Nadda has informed that the legislature party meeting would be held on Monday after which party leaders will meet Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai and stake a claim to form the next

government,” Tanavade told a press conference.

The legislature party meeting will begin at 4 PM on Monday. BJP’s observer Narendra Singh Tomar and co-observer L Murugan, Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadanavis, desk in-charge C T Ravi will attend the legislature party meeting, Tanavade said.

He said the date of swearing-in of the new g ove r n m e n t wo u l d b e decided after meeting the governor on Monday.

In the recently-held elections in Goa, BJP won the majority by bagging 20 of the total 40 seats.

Kejriwal tells ministers in Punjab to Make no illegal recommendation: perform or be ready to be replaced Bhagwant Mann to party MLAs be given a target by Mann sahab regarding works they have to do. They will have to work round-the-clock. ‘’If your (ministers) targets are not met, then the public will say change this minister, bring another minister... work has to be done and whatever target given by Mann Sahab has to be met,” the Aam Aadmi Party chief said in his first address to party legislators through videoconferencing after the formation of the new government in Punjab.

Kejriwal also advised the MLAs to be polite and not to be rude or use objectionable language against anyone, including officials.

Jail was a ‘torture camp’ during Emergency: TN CM Stalin C H E N NA I , M A R 2 0 (PTI): Marked by a sense of detachment ‘like a saint’, late DMK patriarch and his father M Karunanidhi handed him over to police during the infamous Emergency period, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has reminisced in his autobiography.

Recounting his entry into the Central Prison here following arrest in 1976, Stalin in his autobiography described the jail time as a ‘torture camp’ that reverberated with the sounds of wailing.

Though shocking, it gave ‘sakthi’ (strength) to an ideologically committed

person to face anything, the Chief Minister said adding, “That day, I got the strength to face anything.”

S t a l i n’s 3 3 4 - p a g e autobiography in Tamil, ‘Ungalil Or uvan’ (One among you) Part I, was released here recently by Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi.

Hours after the DMK government in Tamil Nadu led by Karunanidhi was d i s m i s s e d o n Ja nu a r y 31, 1976, Stalin recalled that police arrived at their Gopalapuram residence here looking for him.

However, he was at a nearby town of Mathuranthakam at the time.

“I can tolerate anything but not dishonesty and theft of public money.

If I come to know or Mann sahib comes to know that anybody has indulged in wrongdoing, then not even a single chance will be given,” he said, adding “people have shown faith in us and we cannot break their trust”.

Kejriwal said, “‘ghamand mat karna’ (do not be arrogant). You did not defeat them. It is the people who defeated them.”

“Do not think I have become an MLA now and will become a minister and then CM. These things should not come into your mind,” he said.

CHANDIGARH, MAR 20 (PTI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday cautioned his party MLAs against making any recommendation for any illegitimate work while asking them to work for resolving people’s problems.

He also asked the Aam Aadmi Party legislators to work hard for turning Punjab into a vibrant state.

C a u t i o n i n g the MLAs against making any illegitimate recommendation, he said, “If you recommend for anybody, it means you are taking away somebody else’s right.”

Mann gave the advice while addressing his party’s

there. We should not see we got less number of votes from this village,” said Mann.

This government is also of those people who did not vote for the AAP, said Mann, flanked by AAP’s Punjab co-incharge Raghav Chadha.

Bhagwant Mann

91 MLAs at Mohali here.

“People have given us a very big mandate.

We have to reach every nook and corner to resolve people’s issues. We have to bring change in people’s lives,” said Mann in his address.

“Wherever there is a problem we have to go

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While he will be there “like an elder brother to guide” them, Kejriwal said the 92 MLAs have to work with honesty as a strong team under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, whom he lauded for the decisions taken after assuming office.

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High rhetoric low content

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agaland Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, in his maiden address to the 11th session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly on Friday, did not deviate from past speeches and stuck to expected lines especially with regard to the Naga political issue.

The Governor exuded optimism that the long-awaited resolution to the Naga political issue would materialize soon and will usher in a “new era of peace and prosperity” in Nagaland. It should be noted that the “long awaited” solution has defied expectations even after more than 20 years of negotiations between the stakeholders and the government of India’s interlocutor. The speech of former Governor R.N. Ravi had unexpectedly deviated from the expected line when he told the house on February 12,2021 that all formal negotiations with the stakeholders-NSCN (I-M) and WC, NNPGs- had concluded on October 31,2019. Ravi went on to say that since all formal talks have ended, it was time to push towards finalization of the agreement that sought to be a one solution for one political issue. If, on the other hand, the regional parties-NDPP and NPF- still believe that talks have not ended, then someone is lying. If the regional parties have proof or belief that talk are yet to be concluded, then perhaps the government of India’s representative (not interlocutor) A.K. Mishra should be kind enough to tell the state government and in particular the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) which has the NDPP, NPF and BJP as constituents. The UDA came together to form an all-party and opposition-less government to further solution of the Naga political issue by playing their role as “facilitators”. Of course, without coming together, it does not mean there cannot be any solution since neither the government and legislators are part of the negotiating team or consulted at all. Furthermore, irrespective of whether ruling or opposition or whatever ideology, all political parties in Nagaland have been consistent with their stand over solution to the Naga political issue. According resolutions to this effect have been adopted by the assembly on several occasions in the past. This is one of the pre-conditions made prior to hold formal talks. The cry for peace and solution are phrases that has been used too often and too many times in the past even before signing of the cease fire in 1997. The governor’s assertion that the UDA had made every endeavor as facilitator in the peace process so that all negotiating parties were “able to appreciate each other’s position” and arrive at a solution that was “honourable, acceptable and inclusive” to all said much but literally meant little. It was the same language repeated umpteen times.

The appeal to negotiating parties to come together to heed the call of the people and come together and work for the common goal of solution, also literally said everything for everybody but that was the same call or appeal made prior to and after signing of the Framework Agreement (2015) and Agreed Position (2017). These agreements are essentially the broad based guidelines for eventual settlement. Since these have been signed years ago, there is no reason for further delay in inking and operationalising these agreements into one broad solution. In all these years after signing of these agreements and also the prime minister Narendra Modi’s utmost desire to end the chapter of conflict in Nagaland and the region; the role of the state government comes here is to bring clarity on the issue and explain to people the status.

Instead, the government has been forming legislators’ forum, core committee etc. There is hardly any need to put up a sideshow when the people are fed up with the inordinate delay. The people have spoken on all occasions and their voice is supposed not only to be heard but is supreme.

DailyDevotion Friendship with God

Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing…?

—Genesis 18:17 The Delights of His Friendship. Genesis 18 brings out the delight of true friendship with God, as compared with simply feeling His presence occasionally in prayer. This friendship means being so intimately in touch with God that you never even need to ask Him to show you His will.

It is evidence of a level of intimacy which confirms that you are nearing the final stage of your discipline in the life of faith. When you have a right-standing relationship with God, you have a life of freedom, liberty, and delight; you are God’s will. And all of your commonsense decisions are actually His will for you, unless you sense a feeling of restraint brought on by a check in your spirit. You are free to make decisions in the light of a perfect and delightful friendship with God, knowing that if your decisions are wrong He will lovingly produce that sense of restraint.

Once he does, you must stop immediately.

The Difficulties of His Friendship. Why did Abraham stop praying when he did? He stopped because he still was lacking the level of intimacy in his relationship with God, which would enable him boldly to continue on with the Lord in prayer until his desire was granted. Whenever we stop short of our true desire in prayer and say, “Well, I don’t know, maybe this is not God’s will,” then we still have another level to go. It shows that we are not as intimately acquainted with God as Jesus was, and as Jesus would have us to be— “…that they may be one just as We are one…” (John 17:22). Think of the last thing you prayed about— were you devoted to your desire or to God? Was your determination to get some gift of the Spirit for yourself or to get to God? “For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him” (Matthew 6:8). The reason for asking is so you may get to know God better.

“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4). We should keep praying to get a perfect understanding of God Himself.

Quotes

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain

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EVs are not clean cars. Long education may not teach more

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he Ukraine war is upending India’s dream budget and now gets further bruised with high rise in crude prices and retail inflation beyond 6 percent toleration limit of the RBI. The nation has to tighten its belt, go slow on reckless infrastructure spending, and be austere as indicators go for a toss amid efforts of the government batting for a better economy as its energy expenses and defence alertness is to cost more.

The government need not shy away on the crucial indicators as crude jumps to pressure prices – 11th month double-digit wholesale index at 13.1 percent and the retail CPI touching eight-month high at 6.1 percent in February. As also people spending less and shift to buy unbranded cheaper products.

Oil and gas is to bleed the country even as it looks for alternative sources but has little capacity to face western sanctions that have crashed Russian stocks by 50 percent and currency by 20 percent. The war hardens the international market, soars energy prices and makes exports difficult despite a plunging rupee at Rs 76 to a dollar. Imports

are growing at $ 616.91 billion, 55 percent increase, exports at lower volumes at $ 335.88 billion. The trade deficit at $ 228.92 billion rises by 47 percent.

The US and Britain frown upon India’s bid to buy more oil from Russia at discounted rates. Meddling through a new cold war of sanctions is not easy.

It thaws India’s relations with Iran, a dependable friend. It is also likely to fetch lower prices for LIC privatisation move. Indian business and consumers are at the mercy of global winds.

Each move or a change has costs. So far the nation is carrying out on its budgetary path but it is fraught with chances of compromising on extra expenses. Borrowings are high and a likely cut on infra spending of budgeted Rs 10 lakh crore looms large.

The criticality increases with youth unemployment rising to 26 percent in first quarter of 2021 and headline joblessness remaining at 12.7 percent and government seeking to spend Rs 1.58 lakh more mainly for PM Awas Yojana takes from National Small Savings Fund and urea support. The rural

India that had shaken the country on farms bill remains unstable and urban shaky Prime Minister Narendra Modi has during his election campaign repeatedly told the people about his government’s herculean efforts in keeping Shivaji its development objectives intact despite the hardships. The economy remains shaky as the private sector is unable to maintain the façade of keeping up their efforts and depends on government for support.

As per the World Inequality Report, the country stands out as poor and very unequal with the top 1 percent of the people holding more than one-fifth of total national income in 2021 and bottom half just 13 percent.

Average Indian’s income is Rs 204,200 or about Rs 17,016 a month and the bottom still less at Rs 53610. “India stands out as a poor and very unequal country with an affluent elite”, the report says.

So the average Indian wants to rush to the jobs but the National Education Policy, in its bid to align it with the affluent US, has decided to keep the

young bound in schools and universities for about two more years, delaying the primary education by a year at age six, though not at all needed, and graduation by another. As education is getting prolonged, its funding by parents also become more Sarkar e x p e n s i v e with high delayed fee payment, if not default and dropouts. If a child for any reason loses another year his joining the productive employment is to be delayed by three years and would remain an economic burden on the society.

Apart it raises government and societal expenses for apparently not much betterment in term of extended time. The intended changes in syllabi could be made within the present timeframe. It is a misnomer that change has to be expensive. It also needs to correct its mistaken stress on PhD, considering it to be research.

The PhD certainly is not research, exceptions apart. Austerity can be achieved cutting down on similar superfluous expenditures. If two years are saved for education, it means a minimum savings of Rs 2.5 lakh by each stu-

dent and in terms of faculty and infra cost billions by the government and society every year.

Prime Minister Modi needs to intervene to correct this NEP anomaly. Let Indians complete education faster, cheaper and the world follow it. Extending terms do not make education better. But if the Indian youth joins the work force early, they can make the competition tougher for the rest of the world.

As of now it must do away with the unnecessary subsidy of Rs 2908 crore increased from Rs 800 crore for electric car (EV). Similarly, it needs to review infra projects that defy Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) norms. It also can consider cuts for many other infra projects.

Such austerities are needed in various areas and the country must reconsider its decision to rush for EV. Maruti-Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava has appropriately suggested not going for it merely for the issue of emission or pollution.

He says, “EVs are not clean cars. These are far more expensive and does not suit Indian needs. EVs depended on coal fired

thermal plants will not reduce carbon emissions or greenhouse gases in the next 10-15 years. In other words it virtually goes against the basic concern of the IPCC. “If we just adopt whatever strategies the US and Europe are following, I don’t think we will be doing justice to what we need to do in India,” Bhargava says.

So India needs to rethink on its investments on unsettled EV technology, building of charging stations and making the country dependent on imports of battery. The battery, unless made with elements found in India would remain extremely expensive and supply uncertain. So India may continue with CNG and consider incentivizing it something it does not now.

Inflation, low manufacturing and high toll like fees are hitting the country. But these are not being addressed. The infra increases incomes of large groups and rent seeking but does not accelerate growth.

India to grow has to carefully cut on infra and spend more on merchandise production. Times are difficult and complex solutions have to be worked out.

Post-mortem

NSCN/GPRN (Reformation) president’s Republic Day message

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s we celebrate the Naga Republic Day, I take this opportunity to thank our almighty God for keeping the Naga family hale and hearty. On this auspicious occasion I also would like to thank every Naga men and women for defending the Naga Nation as envisioned by our pioneers.

My profound and

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deepest respect to all the fallen heroes who made the supreme sacrifice while defending the Naga country against the onslaught of the adversaries.

Nagas are not lost people but are the chosen one.

We have so far been able to withstand the onslaught of the mighty adversaries in the Naga country through His grace.

Let us not lose hope but, humble ourselves in His sight and prepare ourselves to protect and preserved the God’s given identity.

The powerful hand of God has led us thus far and so will Ile even in the future.

The enormous and painstaking exercise by various civil society organization, the churches and the FNR (Forum for Naga

Reconciliation) which has relatively brought peace and a halt to the senseless killing among the Naga brothers deserves huge applause for their contribution towards a peaceful Naga society.

As we prepare ourselves to embark into a new journey under a new political relationship with the GOI, let us all come together and stand in uni-

son as it is the disunity among the Naga family and fragmented opinion which has been an obstacle to our much awaited and desired political solution.

No solution is bigger and greater than love, peace and brotherhood.

Nagas need to look forward and run a race ahead of time otherwise opportunity may not always

knock our door. On this occasion I once again thanks all my comrades who stood by me on all thick and thin situation and also the Civil Society Organization’s and the Churches who had been our constant sources of strength and inspiration.

Kuknalim Y. Wangtin Naga, President NSCN/GPRN (Reformation)

The political philosophy of Bhagat Singh

evolution (Inquilab) book is a good source to can jointly initiate political outrageous exploitation is not a culture of understand Bhagat Singh’s activities, even though in of one nation by another. bomb and pistol. intellectual and literary matters of religion we Where is God? What is he Our meaning of revolu- preferences. It establishes might have many differ- doing? Is he enjoying all tion is to change the pres- the fact that he accepted ences with each other. We these woes of the human ent conditions, which are Marxism as his political feel that true well-wishers race? A Nero, a Changez: based on manifest injus- ideology. What an irony, of India would follow down with him” Bhagat tice. therefore, that the right- these principles and save Singh concludes: ‘The idea — Bhagat Singh wing elements, with their India from the suicidal of God is helpful to man March 23 will mark ingrained communalism, path it is on at present. in distress. Society has to the 91st martyrdom day are making attempts to “Why I am an Athe- fight this belief as well as of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, hijack the legacy of this ist”, perhaps the most idol worship and narrow one of the most iconic great revolutionary. well-known article by Bha- conception of religion. figures of India’s freedom Though most of Bha- gat Singh, was written Similarly when man tries struggle. Bhagat Singh gat Singh’s important ar- while he was in prison and to stand on his own two is held in great esteem ticles were written in jail, was first published in The legs, and becomes a realist, and admired not only in he wrote a number of People, a paper founded by he shall have to throw faith India, where his popu- other essays from 1924 Lala Lajpat Rai. Explain- aside and face manfully all larity is only increasing onwards when he was ing one of the reasons the distress and trouble in with the years, but now only 17. On November for his being an atheist, which circumstances may also in Pakistan, where 22, 1924 Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh writes: “I ask land him. That is exactly he is considered a “shared concluded his article “Uni- why your omnipotent God my state of affairs. It is not hero” between the two versal Brotherhood” thus: does not stop every person my vanity, my friends. It is neighbouring countries. If you are really inter- when he is committing any my mode of thinking that Bhagat Singh’s image as an ested in preaching peace, sin or offence? He can do has made me an atheist... I anti-colonialist and a fiery happiness and universal it quite easily. Why did he have read of atheists facing nationalist is not complete, brotherhood, then learn not kill warlords or kill the all troubles quite boldly, so for he was much more than to react against insult and fury of war in them and am I trying to stand like a a martyr. indignity. Be prepared to thus avoid the castrophe man with head held high His deep commit- die to undo the damage hurled down on the head to the last, even to the ment to “Inquilab” was of your motherhood — Be of humanity by the Great gallows.” not merely political but ready to die so that Mother War? Why does not he While in jail, Bhagat also social as he wanted India may live. Then and produce a sentiment in Singh — besides his asa revolution not only to then alone our country the minds of the British sociates, Sukhdev and Rafree India from bondage, will be free, and we will people to liberate India? jguru — went on a strike but also from the age-old be empowered and be Why does he not infuse along with other political discriminatory practices able to preach universal altruistic enthusiasm in prisoners, who included of caste, creed, religion brotherhood and force the the hearts of all capital- the famed Bengal revoand supersitition. What world to walk on the path ists to forego their right of lutionary Jatin Das. The is less well known is that of peace. personal possessions of the purpose of the strike was Bhagat Singh was a great The Calcutta session means of production and to improve jail conditions political thinker and a of the Indian National thus redeem the whole and the provision of faciliprolific writer.

Congress, presided over by labour commutiy from the ties at par with European Bhagat Singh was in Pandit Motilal Nehru, was bondage of capitalism?” prisoners. prison for two years before held in December 1928. He also writes: “British The fast lasted 116 he was hanged on March Almost six months before rule is here not because days, although Jatin Das 23, 1931. While in jail the session, Bhagat Singh God willed it, but because died after 63 days. His he maintained a diary in wrote (June 1928): The they possess power... It is body was sent to Calwhich he wrote his ac- martyrs of 1914-15 had not with the help of God cutta, where nearly six count of what he read separated religion from that they keep us under lakh people waited at the and had liked. Some of politics... Some Indian their subjucation but with Howrah railway station. his favourite authors were leaders (meaning Congress guns and rifles, bombs A few weeks before JaBertrand Russell, Trotsky, leaders like Jawaharlal Ne- and bullets, the police and tin Das died, Jawaharlal Karl Marx, Frederick En- hru and Subhas Chandra militia, and it is because Nehru, who was soon gels, V.I. Lenin, Upton Bose) also wish to sepa- of our apathy that they to take over as Congress Sinclair, Robert Louis Ten- rate religion from politics. are successfully commit- president, visited him as nyson and Rabindranath ...If religion is separated ting the most deplorable well as Bhagat Singh in Tagore. This Jail Note- from politics, then all of us sin against society – the jail. This finds mention Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this

in his Autobiography: I happened to be in Lahore when the hungerstrike was already a month old. I was given permission to visit the prison. I saw Bhagat Singh for the first time and Jatin Das and a few others.

They were all very weak and bedridden, and it was hardly possible to talk to them much. Bhagat Singh had an attractive, intellectual face, remarkably calm and peaceful.

There seems to be no anger in it. He looked and talked with great gentleness... Jatin Das looked milder still, soft and gentle.

He was in considerable pain when I saw him.

Deeply touched, Nehru issued a press statement: I was very much pained to see the distress of the heros. They have staked their lives in the struggle.

They want that political prisoners should be treated as political prisoners.

I am quite hopeful that their sacrifice would be crowned with success.

The revolutionar y Bhagat Singh was deeply committed to socialism.

It was therefore natural that he greatly admired the two youth icons of his day — Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose.

In 1928, he wrote: The most important young leaders in the present scenario are Bengal’s Subhas Chandra Bose and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. These two leaders are making their presence felt and are participating in the movements of the youth in a big way. Both are wise and true patriots.

After explaining the virtues and attributes of both great leaders, Bhagat Singh appeals to the youth newspaper nor that of the

of Punjab: The need of the hour is that Punjabi youth should ponder over these revolutionary thoughts and make up their minds.

Punjab needs food for thought and this can be provided only by Pandit Nehru. This does not mean that we should be blind followers. But as for as views are concerned it is time for the Punjabi youth to follow him, so that they may know the true meaning of Inquilab, the need for Inquilab in Hindustan and the place of Inquilab in the world.

On February 2, 1931, a few days weeks he was hanged, Bhagat Singh advised the youth: Crush your individuality first, shake off the dreams of personal comfort. Then start to work. Inch by inch you shall have to proceed.

It needs courage, perseverance and very strong determination. No difficulties and no hardships shall discourage you. No failures and betrayals shall dishearten you ... through the ordeal of sufferings and sacrifice, you shall come out victorious!

Bhagat Singh had a message for the Press too which seems as relevant today as it must have been when written almost a century ago: “The real duty of the newspapers is to educate, to cleanse the minds of the people, to save them from narrow sectarian divisiveness and to eradicate communal feelings to promote the idea of common nationalism.”

Praveen Davar (The writer is a former Secretary AICC and Editor, The Secular Saviour) Editor in any manner.

Death threats to K’taka judges; 2 arrested

BENGALURU, MARCH 20 (IANS): Two people have been arrested in connection with issuing death threats to the Special Bench judges of the Karnataka High Court who dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classrooms.

While Kovai Rahamathulla was arrested from Tirunelveli, S. Jamal Mohammad Usmani was taken into custody from Thanjaur.

Both the arrests took place on Saturday night.

The accused are office bearers of the Tamil Nadu Towheed Jamaat (TNTJ).

The arrests were made after multiple complaints against the accused in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Police sources said that several persons have been booked in this connection.

Last week, the special bench comprising Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justices Krishna S. Dixit and Khaji Jaibunnesa Mohiyuddin, while dismissing the petitions demanding hijab in classrooms, underlined that wearing of hijab is not an essential part of Islam.

Several organisations in Tamil Nadu are protesting against the judgement. A

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Y-category security for K’taka HC judges who gave Hijab verdict

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi (File photo)

video of the accused Kovai Rahamathulla went viral where he allegedly instigates violence against the Karnataka judges.

In his speech, the accused mentions about a district judge in Jharkhand being mowed down last year while the latter was out on a morning walk. He even stated that people know where the Chief Justice of Karnataka go to walk in the morning.

Tamil Nadu BJP Chief and former Karnataka cadre IPS officer K. Annamalai, has written to the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Justice M.N. Bhandari and demanded an inquiry.

In Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha police in Bengaluru have booked an FIR based

on the complaint by advocate Sudha Katwa. In the complaint it is mentioned that there is death threat, criminal intimidation, use of abusive language and also breach of peace, as well as communal harmony, in the state.

The police have registered the FIR under IPC Sections 506 (1), 505 (1) (B), 153 A, 109 and 504.

Meanwhile, advocate Umapathy has filed a representation with the Registrar General of the Karnataka High Court in this connection.

The Advocate’s Association Bengaluru has also condemned the development.

The police has beefed up security for the Karnataka High Court judges.

Bengaluru, March 20 (IANS): The Karnataka government has decided to beef up security for the High Court Judges who are part of the Special Bench that ruled against the plea for allowing Muslim girl students to wear hijab in school and college classrooms.

Kar nataka gover nment’s decision comes in the wake of death threats to the judges from certain quarters in neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that the High Court judges who gave the verdict on the Hijab issue, will be provided with Y-category security.

Speaking to the media here on Sunday, Bommai said, “If anybody is not happy with the verdict he or she have the option of approaching the higher courts.

We will not tolerate antinational forces that threaten the rule of law in the country. Already security has been strengthened for the judges but I have instructed that they be provided with Y-category security.”

Bommai also questioned the silence of so-

called liberals and secularists, on the threats being issued to the judges. The state police have been instructed to seek custody of the accused and bring them to Karnataka for further investigation.

Two persons have been taken into custody in Tamil Nadu in connection with issuing death threats to the judges of Karnataka High Court who dismissed petitions demanding wearing of hijab in classrooms.

The special bench comprising the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice Khaji Jaibunnesa Mohiyuddin, while dismissing the petitions demanding hijab in classrooms, had underlined that wearing of hijab is not an essential part of Islam.

In Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha police in Bengaluru have booked FIRs based on the complaint by advocate Sudha Katwa. In the complaint it is mentioned that there is death threat, criminal intimidation, use of abusive language and also breach of peace and communal harmony in the state.

BSF probes drone found in farmland along Indo-Bangla border in West Bengal N E W D E L H I / KO L KATA, MAR 20 (PTI): The Border Security Force (BSF) is probing whether the Chinese drone found by a farmer in his field along the India-Bangladesh international frontier in West Bengal was being “misused” for trans-border crimes.

The South Bengal frontier of the border force headquartered in Kolkata issued a statement on Saturday, saying it has approached the local police station in Petrapole, North 24 Parganas district, to take custody of the black quadcopter model ‘S500’ to get it forensically examined.

“The drone is manufactured in the Peoples Republic of China and it was found by farmer Pankaj Sarkar in his farmland in Purbapara (North 24 Parganas district) around 6 am on March 19.”

“The farmland is about 300 meters from the international border. The farmer picked up the broken drone and handed it over to the officials of the local Petrapole police station,” the BSF said. BSF troops from the nearby border post Kalyani reached the

spot but as they could not gather much details and the drone, the force approached the police. It was found that the drone does not have a camera. No one has claimed it till now, the BSF said. “We are investigating whether the drone was misused as part of a conspiracy to breach border security or for trans-border smuggling,” it said.

The force said it tried to gather information about the drone and found that a resident of Kalyani village and his son reportedly saw an unidentified flying object, emitting flash lights, coming from the adjoining Bangaon village side, and it crashed around 10 pm on March 18.

While security agencies like the BSF and others, deployed along India’s Western front along Paki-

stan, are grappling with the emerging threat of drones carrying arms, ammunition and drugs or undertaking surveillance sorties at that front, this is probably the first time when such a suspicious flying object was found along the eastern front with Bangladesh.

A probe will establish if this was some nefarious drone activity or if someone was just playing around with the unmanned aerial vehicle, a senior officer told PTI. West Bengal shares about 2,217 kms our of the total 4,096 kms of the India-Bangladesh border. The South Bengal frontier of the BSF is tasked to guard over 913 kms of the West Bengal portion and it is marked by multiple riverine bodies, the mangrove area in Sunderbans and other difficult terrain areas.

BJP using ED, CBI for political gains: Court orders framing of charge against Malik, Saeed, others TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee

Cong forbids Tharoor from attending CPI-M seminar T H I RU VA N A N T H A PURAM, MARCH 20 (IANS): Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, K. Sudhakaran has once asked party leaders to refrain from attending CPI-M seminar to be held in April. Sudhakaran said that the state party has issued a ban on party leaders participating in the national level seminar to be organised by the CPIM as part of its National Conference at Kannur and if anyone violates that they would have to face party action. The 23rd party Congress will be held at the red fort of Kannur from April 6 to April 10, and as part of the seminar CPI-M is organising national conference.

The CPI-M has invited Shashi Tharoor and for-

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mer Union Minister, K.V. Thomas for the seminar on national politics.

The Congress party had issued a statement that no Congress leader must participate in the CPI-M seminar as the party is in a fight against the CPI-M due to the anti-people policies of the left government led by Pinarayi Vijayan. Tharoor, meanwhile on Saturday, said that there was no party ban for him to participate in

the seminar. K. Sudhakaran retorted to this and said that if anyone participates in the seminar he will have to face disciplinary action.

Sudhakaran, however, said that if Sonia Gandhi grants permission to participate in the seminar, then Tharoor can do so.

The Congress is against the K-rail project of the left government in the state and the major public participation against the stone laying and encroachment of properties in the state has turned the ire of the people against the left government.

Congress leaders are of the opinion that in such a situation where public mood is against the CPI-M and the Left Front, if some leaders attend a function organised by the CPI-M, it would give

wrong message to the party cadres and general public and hence the ban of participation in the seminar of the CPI-M. With Sudhakaran categorically stating that those who participate in the seminar would face music, it is to be seen as to how Shashi Tharoor will be responding to this. Meanwhile, CPI-M state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said that the Congress is unnecessarily creating an issue of leaders participating in the seminar.

He said that the Kerala state Congress party is playing second fiddle to the BJP and that the seminar to be organised was against the BJP led government at the Centre. He also welcomed the Congress leaders who can take part in the seminar.

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Kashmir. The court also charged Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Md Yusuf Shah, Aftab Ahmad Shah, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Md Akbar Khanday, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Masarat Alam, Abdul Rashid Sheikh and Naval Kishore Kapoor.

Special Judge Praveen Singh, after discussion of evidence, said prima facie, it is established that Shabir Shah, Yasin Malik, Rashid Engineer, Altaf Fantoosh,

Masrat and Hurriyat/Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) were the direct recipients of terror funds.

“So far from the statements of witnesses, a pattern is emerging - Pakistan or its agencies and accused share a common goal and there is an agreement on the means to be used for achieving that goal and the terror funding is also being provided from Pakistan,” he said.

The court said, in the conspiracy, “The baton was held by conductors sitting across the border in the

Vax only solution to curb 4th Covid wave: TN Minister

CHENNAI, MARCH 20 (IANS): Tamil Nadu Health Minister, Ma Subramanian has said that vaccination is the only solution for curbing the 4th wave of Covid-19.

He was speaking to reporters during a brief interaction at the Tuticorin airport.

He, however, said that there is a dip in the number of cases but asked people to be cautious as there is an increase in the number of daily cases across the globe.

T h e Ta m i l N a d u Health Minister said, “IIT Kanpur has stated that the fourth wave is likely to hit after June and we cannot rubbish anything. Cases are on the rise globally.”

He said that South Korea is adding 4 lakh cases per day among Asian countries

while the UK and the US are also witnessing an increase in cases per day. The Minister said that Tamil Nadu has less than 100 cases per day and zero deaths due to Covid-19 for the past few days but neighbouring Kerala on Saturday recorded 847 new cases. Subramanian said that the number of second dose of the vaccine is less in Tuticorin, Kanniyakumari, and Tirunelveli districts and added that the health department and the state government are reviewing the reasons for the fall.

The Minister said that Tamil Nadu is working closely with the Government of India in extending help to MBBS students who have returned from Ukraine for their further studies.

‘Hot Day’: Delhi sees mercury Jharkhand reels under scorching heat rises to nearly 40 degrees C NEW DELHI, MARCH 20 (IANS): It was a hot day in the national capital on Sunday with a maximum temperature of 39.9 degrees Celsius being recorded at the Pitampura monitoring station.

The IMD said that the maximum temperatures were above normal by 4.5 degrees over most parts of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, and Rajasthan. As per IMD update at 5.30 p.m., the capital recorded a maximum temperature of 36.6 degrees Celsius and a minimum was at 19.8 degrees Celsius, while the relative humidity was 26 per cent and the wind was blowing in the north-northwesterly direction at a speed of 5.4 km per hour. It also said that no significant heat wave conditions

are likely over Delhi during the next 4-5 days. Meanwhile, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the city was 224 for PM10 and 110 for PM2.5. As PM10 went over 100, the department issued a ‘moderate’ health advisory which means that sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion and heavy outdoor work. The PM2.5 level was under the ‘poor’ category.

Usually, the air quality is categorised as ‘good’ when the AQI is between 0 to 50; ‘satisfactory’ between 51-100; ‘moderate’ between 101-200; ‘poor’ between 201-300; ‘very poor’ between 301-400; ‘severe’ between 401-500; and ‘hazardous’ at over 500.

RANCHI, MAR 20 (PTI): Jharkhand is reeling under scorching heat with maximum temperature hovering around 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of the state, a weather department official said. The department, on Sunday, issued a heatwave alert for Garhwa, Palamu, Chatra, and Latehar districts, in the northwestern part of the state, for the next two days.

Godda was the hottest district with the maximum temperature reaching 40.7 degrees Celsius during the past 24 hours, followed by Palamu with its headquar-

ters Daltonganj recording the maximum at 40 degrees Celsius, according to Ranchi Meteorological Centre.

State capital Ranchi simmered at 36 degrees Celsius, while Jamshedpur at 38.1 degrees Celsius in the past 24 hours. There will be no relief from the sweltering heat for the next couple of days, the department said.

Officer-in-charge of Ranchi Meteorological Centre, Abhishek Anand, told PTI, “No relief in sight from rising mercury in Jharkhand for next two days. A heatwave condition might prevail in four northwest dis-

tricts of the state for next couple of days.” A heatwave is declared if the departure from the normal temperature is 4.5-6.4 degrees when the maximum reaches at least 40 degrees in the plains or 37 in the coastal weather stations. Few other criteria can also lead to its declaration.

On the impact of the heatwave, the meteorological centre, in its bulletin on Sunday, said that it could lead to moderate health problems for vulnerable people such as infants, the elderly, and people with chronic diseases.

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behind me,” Banerjee told reporters at the airport here.

“The BJP is using CBI and ED in its interests. They are yet to accept the drubbing and the rebuff to the brazen flaunting of money and muscle power in the assembly polls,” Banerjee, the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed.

Without naming anyone, Banerjee also alleged that the central agencies had never taken any action against “someone who was

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above, have been found to be terrorist acts.

After reading a joint press statement issued by Syed Ali Geelani and Mohammad Yasin Malik and others, the court noted that terrorist organisations and JRL/All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) not only share a common goal but from their own official words, it is apparent that they work in unison towards that goal.

The court also noted that prima facie there existed a criminal conspiracy pursuant to which large-scale protests, resulting in violence and arson at a massive scale, were orchestrated.

The court said Malik had set up an elaborate structure and mechanism across the world to raise funds for carrying out terrorist and other unlawful activities in Jammu and Kashmir in the name of “freedom struggle”.

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seen taking wads of currency notes wrapped in a towel and now is a front-ranking leader of state BJP.” This is the reason the impartiality of Central agencies comes into question, he said. “I have been summoned by ED tomorrow. And I have faith in the judicial system. We (TMC) will not surrender,” the Diamond Harbour MP vowed.

Both Abhishek Banerjee, and his wife are scheduled to face the ED sleuths for interrogation in the national capital on March 21 and 22, a highly placed source said. Banerjee and his wife had earlier moved the court against the ED’s summon to Delhi, stating that since both are residents of West Bengal they should not be called by the agency to appear before it in the national capital.

form of Pakistani agencies such as ISI and each of the conspirators, knowing every other conspirator, was playing his own role as per the directions of the conductor in order to create a symphony of bloodshed, violence, mayhem and destruction with the ultimate object of secession of J&K.” It said the money for terror funding was sent from and by Pakistan and its agencies and even the diplomatic mission was used to fulfil the evil design. Money for terror funding was also sent by proclaimed international terrorists and accused Hafiz Saeed, it said.

It said a criminal conspiracy was hatched with a final object of secession of J&K from the Union of India and within that conspiracy, a conspiracy was hatched to commit certain acts to achieve the object of the original conspiracy and those acts, as discussed

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KO L K ATA , M A R 2 0 (PTI): Trinamool Congress MP and party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said the BJP government at the Centre is using the ED and CBI for its political interests, unable to accept the setback in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls. Banerjee and his wife Rujira left for Delhi to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in connection with a probe into a money laundering case linked to a coal scam in West Bengal, a well-placed source said.

“As I had said at a public meeting in 2020 November, if anyone can prove that I had misappropriated even 10 paise, I will walk up the podium and get myself hanged publicly. No need to put ED and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (PTI): A Delhi court has ordered framing of charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yasin Malik and others in a case related to alleged terrorism and secessionist activities that disturbed the Valley in 2017.

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Govt working on GST classification of cryptos

NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (PTI): The government is working on classification of cryptocurrency as goods or services under the GST law, so that tax can be levied on the entire value of transactions.

Currently, 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) is levied only on service provided by crypto exchanges and is categorised as financial services.

GST officers are of the view that cryptos, by nature, are similar to lottery, casinos, betting, gambling, horse racing, which have 28 per cent of GST on the entire value. Besides, GST at 3 per cent is levied on the entire transaction value in case of gold.

“There is a clarity needed in regard to levy of GST on cryptocurrencies and whether it has to be levied on the entire value, We are seeing whether cryptocurrencies can be

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classified as goods or services and also removing any doubt on whether it can be called an actionable claim,” an official said.

Another official said that if the GST is levied on the entire transaction of cryptocurrencies then the rate could be in the range of 0.1 to 1 per cent.

“Discussions are in a nascent stage on the rate of tax, whether it would

be 0.1 per cent or 1 per cent. First a decision on classification will have to be finalised and then rate will be discussed,” the official told PTI. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) law does not clearly state about classification of cryptocurrency and in the absence of a law on regulating such virtual digital currencies, the classification has to

take into account whether the legal framework classifies it as actionable claim.

An actionable claim is a claim which can be made by a creditor, for any type of debt other than a debt secured by mortgage of immovable property.

The 2022-23 Budget has brought in clarity with regard to levy of income tax on crypto assets. From April 1, a 30 per cent I-T plus cess and surcharges, will be levied on such transactions in the same manner as it treats winnings from horse races or other speculative transactions.

The Budget 2022-23 also proposed a 1 per cent TDS on payments towards virtual currencies beyond Rs. 10,000 in a year and taxation of such gifts in the hands of the recipient.

The threshold limit for TDS would be Rs. 50,000 a year for specified persons,

which include individuals/ HUFs who are required to get their accounts audited under the I-T Act. The provisions related to 1 per cent TDS will come into effect from July 1, 2022, while the gains will be taxed effective April 1.

Separately, the government is working on legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies, but no draft has yet been released publicly.

AMRG & Associates Senior Partner Rajat Mohan said actionable claims, other than lottery, betting and gambling are not exigible to GST. “Private cr yptocurrency can neither be termed ‘money’ nor be categorized as ‘securities’ for taxation, thereby, what remains to be checked is whether the legal framework would categorize the same as ‘actionable claim’ or not,” Mohan added.

SBI lines-up 12 NPA accounts for sale to ARCs NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (PTI): The country’s largest lender SBI has lined-up a dozen non-performing assets (NPAs) on sale to recover loan dues of over Rs 820 crore, as per the bank’s notifications. In terms of the bank’s policy on sale of financial assets, in line with the regulatory guidelines, SBI said it has placed these accounts for sale to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs)/banks/ Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)/financial institutions (FIs), on the terms and conditions indicated there against.

In various notices on its website, State Bank of India (SBI) has put up a total of 12 bad assets for sale during this month to April 13.

NPA account Topworth Urja & Metals Ltd, with a loan outstanding of Rs 396.74 crore is to be sold

in an e-auction to be held on March 29, 2022. With reserve price fixed at Rs 85 crore, SBI said the NPA account will be sold on a cash/cash-cum-SR ratio of 50:50.

“Bid with highest cash component shall be considered as successful bid,” it said in a notice.

Another account, Balasore Alloys with dues of Rs 186.10 crore (reserve price Rs 178.22 crore) will also be e-auctioned on March 29.

“In case the bid is higher than the total dues as on date of assignment, plus outstanding non-fund based facilities, the bank reserves its right to retain such higher amount as a premium in its books and is not under any obligation to refund to any of the parties concerned including the borrower,” it added on Balasore Alloys.

Covishield dose gap reduced to 8-16 weeks (From p-1) “According to it, when the second dose of Covishield is given eight weeks onwards, the antibody response generated is almost similar when administered at an interval of 12 to 16 weeks,” the source explained. The decision will lead to accelerated administration of the second dose of Covishield to the remaining six to seven crore individuals amid rising cases in several countries, the source said.

The government had on May 13, 2021 extended the gap between the first and second doses of the Covishield vaccine from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks based on the recommendations

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diate surge there have been record sales in March 2022, which is putting strain on the entire logistics and supply infrastructure,” Jio-bp spokesperson said.

This is further exacerbated by shortage of Tank Trucks and rakes due to sudden surge in demand along with limited availability of TT crew during the festive period across the industry, the spokesperson added.

While private retailers have not disclosed sales, PSU retailers have sold 3.53 million tonnes of diesel from March 1 to 15, up 32.8 per cent from a month earlier. The sales were 23.7 per cent higher year-on-year and 17.3 per cent higher than sales in March 1-15, 2019.

Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri last week said that fuel sales had jumped 20 per cent due to hoarding in anticipation of price increase, but sources insisted the sales also increased because of bulk users queuing at petrol pumps.

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prompted bulk users to refuel at petrol pumps rather than book tankers directly from oil companies, they said.

This has led to widening losses of oil companies, who were already bleeding from selling petrol and diesel at way below the cost.

While Nayara Energy did not reply to an email sent for comments, Jio-bp -- the fuel retail joint venture of Reliance and UK’s bp -- said “there is a massive surge of demand at fuel stations (retail outlets) due to increased delta of Rs 25 per cent between retail and industrial price of diesel, leading to heavy diversion of bulk diesel (direct customers) to retail outlets.”

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an unprecedented jump in funding activity led to the creation of unicorns.

The total funds raised by the 42 unicorns in 2021 increased 11 times year-onyear (YoY) to $12.8 billion, while valuations jumped 5x to $89 billion. The total transaction value grew from $16 billion in 2016 to $66 billion in 2021, implying a CAGR of 33 per cent, dominated by venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investments. The average deal size also increased significantly from $8 million in 2016 to $32 million in 2021, the report said. “The growth in transaction value reflects investor’s confidence in India’s growth story of being one of the fastest growing emerging market economies and can be attributed to large fundraising rounds (Flipkart/ Swiggy/ Dream11 closed large funding rounds of $3.6/ $1.25/ $1.24 billion in 2021),” it added.

after counting of votes on March 10, but the ensuing start of the second half of the Budget Session meant that the price increases didn’t happen.

Private fuel retailers like Nayara Energy, Jio-bp and Shell were forced to hold petrol and diesel prices as they would have lost customers, if rates at their petrol pumps were higher than those of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL). But now, the PSU retailers have hiked rates for bulk users such as state bus fleets and malls and airports which use diesel for generating back up electricity, sources said.

There is hardly any bulk or industrial user of petrol, diesel is widely used in industries.

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number of unicorns, it said.

“This rapid unicornisation in India is attributable to increased digitisation (accelerated by COVID-19), cheap data rates (led by Jio’s disruption), high-speed internet availability (optic fiber and upcoming 5G technology), higher engagement on mobile applications (average hours spent on mobile per user grew 1.5x since 2019), brands shifting advertising budgets to digital platforms, and several people being involved in innovation and start-ups, led by the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ vision,” it added. The term “unicorn” describes a privately-owned start-up with a valuation of over $1 billion. The term was introduced by venture capital investor, Aileen Lee, in 2013 to describe rare tech start-ups that were valued at more than $1 billion.

Calling 2021 as the “age of the unicor ns”, HDFC Securities said that

1,432 petrol pumps in the country after sales dropped to almost nil as it could not match the subsidized price offered by the public sector competition.

A similar scenario may unfold again as retailers’ losses widen from bulk users being diverted to petrol pumps, they said.

Price of diesel sold to bulk users has been hiked to Rs 122.05 per litre in Mumbai. This compares to Rs 94.14 a litre price of the same fuel sold at petrol pumps. In Delhi, diesel costs Rs 86.67 a litre at the petrol pump, but for bulk or industrial users it is priced at about Rs 115.

PSU oil companies have not raised retail prices of petrol and diesel since November 4, 2021 despite a surge in global oil and fuel prices, a move seen as aiding the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in crucial state assembly elections.

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NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (AGENCIES): The unicorn wave in India is going strong, with the country adding almost one unicorn every five days in the first two months of 2022, HDFC Securites said in a report, adding that India is expected to get over 100 new unicorns in 2022.

The brokerage said that funding activity continues to be strong in 2022 as well, which will lead to creation of a record number of unicorns, Business Today reported. “...India has come a long way in terms of creating value...With one unicorn being added every five days within the first two months of 2022, India is expected to have 100+ new unicorns for the year 2022,” the report said. India added about 42 unicorns in 2021 as against 37 unicorns created in the previous 10 years together.

Globally, India ranks third in the world in terms of total

NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (PTI): The price of diesel sold to bulk users has been hiked by about Rs 25 per litre in line with a near 40 per cent rise in international oil prices, but retail rates at petrol pumps remain unchanged, sources said.

Petrol pump sales have jumped by a fifth this month after bulk users like bus fleet operators and malls queued up at petrol bunks to buy fuel rather than the usual practice of ordering directly from oil companies, widening the losses of retailers.

Worst hit are private retailers like Nayara Energy, Jio-bp and Shell, who have so far refused to curtail any volume despite a surge in sales. But now closure of pumps is a more viable solution than continuing to sell more fuel at rates that have been on freeze for a record 136 days, three sources with direct knowledge of the development said.

In 2008, Reliance Industries had shut all of its

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Russia bombs another shelter in besieged city: Ukraine

LVIV, MAR 20 (AP): Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the embattled port city of Mariupol, where Ukraine’s president said an unrelenting Russian siege would be remembered for centuries to come.

It was the second time in less than a week that city officials reported a public building where residents had taken shelter coming under attack. A bomb hit a Mariupol theatre with more than 1,300 believed to be inside on Wednesday, local officials said.

There was no immediate word on casualties from the reported strike on the art school, which The Associated Press could not independently verify. Ukrainian officials have not given an update on the search of the theatre since Friday, when they said at least 130 had been rescued.

Mariupol, a strategic port on the Azov Sea, has been under bombardment for at least three weeks and has seen some of the

worst horrors of the war in Ukraine.

At least 2,300 people have died, some of whom had to be buried in mass graves, and food, water and electricity have run low.

“To do this to a peaceful city, what the occupiers did, is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation. “The more Russia uses terror against Ukraine, the worse the consequences for it.”

In recent days, Russian forces have battled their way into the city, cutting it off from the Azov Sea and devastating a massive steel plant.

The fall of Mariupol would be an important but costly victory for the Russians, whose advance is largely stalled outside other major cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since World War II. In major cities across Ukraine, hundreds of men, women and children have been killed in Russian bom-

weapons launched from the relative safety of Russian airspace.

A rocket attack on the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv early Friday killed as many as 40 marines, a Ukrainian military official told The New York Times, making it one of the deadliest single attacks on Ukrainian forces.

In a separate strike, the Russian Defense Ministry said a Kinzhal hypersonic missile hit a Ukrainian fuel depot in Kostiantynivka, a city near Mykolaiv.

The Russian military said Saturday that it used a Kinzhal for the first time in combat to destroy an ammunition depot in the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine.

Russia has said the Kinzhal, carried by MiG-31 fighter jets, has a range of up to 2,000 kilometers (about 1,250 miles) and flies at 10 times the speed of sound.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Saturday that the US couldn’t confirm the use of a hypersonic missile in Ukraine.

Konashenkov said Ka-

libr cruise missiles launched

by Russian warships from the Caspian Sea were also involved in the strike on the fuel depot in Kostiantynivka and were used to destroy an armour repair plant in northern Ukraine.

Unexpectedly strong Ukrainian resistance has dashed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hopes for a fast victory after he ordered his troops to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24.

While the Kremlin has said Russia is conducting a “special military operation” aimed at legitimate targets, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday that “brutal, savage techniques” targeting civilians had allowed Moscow’s troops to advance.

UN bodies have confirmed more than 847 civilian deaths since the war began, though they concede the actual toll is likely much higher. The UN says nearly 3.4 million people have fled Ukraine as refugees.

Estimates of Russian deaths vary widely, but even conservative figures are in the low thousands.

9 ‘Group of Russian elite plans to assassinate Putin by poison’

KIEV, MAR 20 (IANS): A group of influential people who oppose President Vladimir Putin and who plan to assassinate him, is forming among the Russian business and political elite, according to the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.

The goal of this group is to remove Putin from power as soon as possible and restore economic ties with the West, destroyed by the war in Ukraine. “A part of Russia’s political elite sees Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov as Putin’s successor. It is Bortnikov who has recently fallen out of favour with the Russian dictator.

The official reason for the FSS leader’s downfall is fatal miscalculations in the war against Ukraine”, Ukraine intelligence has said, Ukrayinska Pravda reported.

It was Bortnikov and his department who were responsible for analysing the views of the Ukrainian population and the capacity of the Ukrainian army.

It is known that Bortnikov and some other in-

fluential members of the Russian elite are considering various options for removing Putin from power. In particular, poisoning, sudden illness, or other “accident” is not excluded, the intelligence said.

It is possible that these processes are connected with the recent “leak” of the location of Chechen units in the north of Kiev.”

According to intelligence, this leak may have been intended both to weaken Kadyrov’s influence and as an attempt to establish cooperation with the Ukrainian authorities in advance, bypassing the current leadership of the Russian Federation, the report said.

According to the Ukrainian intelligence, the Russians are sending another terrorist group to Ukraine to eliminate the country’s leadership. It is reported that regular groups of fighters associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian propagandist close to Putin and owner of a Russian mercenary group called Liga (Wagner), have started arriving in Ukraine.

Israeli Prime Minister to Pak Interior Minister warns opposition Pope slams war as visit India from April 2 against disrupting OIC conference ‘sacrilege,’ ‘repugnant’

Car runs into carnival revellers in Belgium, killing 6

Medical staff rest in a basement used as a bomb shelter at the Ohmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv. (AP/PTI)

bardments, while millions of civilians have raced to underground shelters or fled the country.

In the capital, Kyiv, at least 20 babies carried by Ukrainian surrogate mothers are stuck in a makeshift bomb shelter, waiting for parents to travel into the war zone to pick them up.

The infants — some just days old — are being cared for by nurses who cannot leave the shelter because of constant shelling by Russian troops who are trying to encircle the city.

In the hard-hit northeastern city of Sumy, authorities evacuated 71 or-

phaned babies through a humanitarian corridor, regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy said Sunday.

He said the orphans, most of whom need constant medical attention, would be taken to an unspecified foreign country.

Russian shelling killed at least five civilians, including a 9-year-old boy, in Kharkiv, an eastern city that is Ukraine’s second-largest.

The British Defense Ministry said Russia’s failure to gain control of the skies over Ukraine “has significantly blunted their operational progress,” forcing them to rely on stand-off

JERUSALEM, MAR 20 (PTI): Stressing that IndoIsrael ties are based on mutual “appreciation and meaningful collaboration”, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said he will be visiting India in the first week of April to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The visit also aims to expand the cooperation between the two countries in the areas of innovation and technology, security and cyber, and agriculture and climate change.

“Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will pay his first official visit to India on Saturday, 2 April 2022, at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” the Israeli PM’s Foreign Media Adviser said in a statement.

The two leaders had first met on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow last October when PM Modi had invited PM Bennett to pay an official visit to India, the statement said.

“This visit will reaffirm the important connection between the countries and the leaders, and will mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of relations between Israel and India,” it added.

Informed sources told PTI that it will be a fourday visit from April 2-April 5. “The purpose of the visit is to advance and strengthen the strategic alliance between the countries, and to expand bilateral ties.

In addition, the leaders will discuss the strengthening of cooperation in a variety of areas, including innovation, economy, research and development, agriculture and more”, the media adviser said.

Bennett will be meeting his Indian counterpart, senior government officials and also the local Jewish community during his visit.

The full schedule of the visit and additional details will be issued separately, the statement said.

Zelenskyy suspends parties with Russian links

US’ Indo-Pacific strategy as ‘dangerous’ as NATO North Korea fires artillery into expansion resulting in Ukraine crisis: China sea days after missile launch

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KYIV, MAR 20 (AP): Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered to suspend activities of 11 political parties with links to Russia. The largest of them is the Opposition Platform for Life, which has 44 out of 450 seats in the country’s parliament.

The party is led by Viktor Medvedchuk, who has friendly ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the godfather of Medvedchuk’s daughter.

Also on the list is the Nashi (Ours) party led by Yevheniy Murayev. Before the Russian invasion. the British authorities had warned that Russia wanted to install Murayev as the leader of Ukraine.

Speaking in a video address early Sunday, Zelenskyy said that “given a large-scale war unleashed by the Russian Federation and links between it and some political structures, the activities of a number of political parties is suspended for the period of the martial law.” He added that “activities by politicians aimed at discord and collaboration will not succeed.”

BEIJING, MAR 20 (PTI): The US’ Indo-Pacific strategy is as “dangerous” as NATO’s eastward expansion in Europe resulting in Russia’s military offensive against Ukraine, a senior Chinese diplomat has said.

“With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, NATO (North Atlantic Tr e a t y O r g a n i s a t i o n ) should have been consigned to history alongside the Warsaw Pact,” China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said while addressing the International Forum on Security and Strategy hosted by the Centre for International Security and Strategy of Tsinghua University on Saturday.

“However, rather than breaking up, NATO has kept strengthening and expanding. One could well anticipate the consequences going down this path.

The crisis in Ukraine is a stern warning,” he said.

Chinese officials say NATO’s plans to admit Kyiv heightened Russia’s insecurity resulting in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military action against Ukraine. Ever since Russia began military operations

ISLAMABAD, MAR 20 (PTI): Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Sunday warned the opposition leaders not to disrupt the OIC meeting here as he termed it a matter of national security, amid opposition threat to block the high-profile conference.

“I declare here that no one can dare to create any sort of hurdle in the holding of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conference because it is an issue of security of Pakistan,” Rashid said at a press conference.

The minister asserted that up to 15,000 security personnel of police and the paramilitary forces would be deployed to provide security to the delegates of Muslim countries coming to participate in the conference.

The two-day event at the Parliament will have representatives of more than 50 countries in attendance.

“Those due to attend the conference are our guests and the Pakistan Army has taken up the task of providing security to them,” he said earlier, adding that the government would “take care” of the opposition with ease and no one could dare create an obstacle in the way of the meeting.

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Initially, the opposition had threatened to stage a sitin if the national assembly session was not called on time to take up a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. However, the joint opposition toned down its stance on Sunday stressing that Pakistan’s political turmoil will not be allowed to affect the event in any way.

“The opposition pledges to do its utmost to create an atmosphere in which the distinguished guests will be able to carry out their activities with full attention, dedication and determination,” said a joint statement issued by opposition parties.

National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Sunday announced to convene the assembly session on March 25 to take up the notrust motion against Prime Minister Khan.

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Around 100 lawmakers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) submitted the noconfidence motion before the National Assembly Secretariat on March 8, alleging that the Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaaf (PTI) government led

by Prime Minister Khan was responsible for the economic crisis and the spiralling inflation in the country.

Opposition leaders threat to disrupt the OIC meeting created panic among the Islamabad-based ambassadors of the Muslim countries, according to Rashid. “I received calls from at least 22 ambassadors and I told everyone that come what may the conference would be held as per schedule,” he said at the press conference.

The OIC is a 57-member grouping of Muslim majority nations, including Pakistan. Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said the OIC session will coincide with 75th anniversary celebrations of Pakistan’s Independence Day. The 48th summit of the OIC-CFM will be held on March 22 and 23 under the theme: “Building Partnerships for Unity, Justice, and Development.”

Japan, Australia, saying the grouping is akin to Asian NATO. Early this month, Wang Yi in his annual press conference said Washington is seeking to create an Asian NATO to “suppress” Beijing.

“The real goal for the Indo-Pacific strategy is to establish an Indo-Pacific version of NATO,” Wang said.

Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had dismissed the notion that the Quad is an Asian NATO and said that there are “interested parties” who advance such analogies and one should not slip into it.

“Quad is a grouping of four countries who have common interests, common values, a great deal of comfort, who happen to be located at four corners of the Indo-Pacific, who found out that in this world no country, not even the US, has the ability to address global challenges all on their own,” Jaishankar told a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2022 at Munich last month.

Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY, MAR 20 (AP): Pope Francis has denounced Russia’s “repugnant war” against Ukraine as “cruel and sacrilegious inhumanity.”

In some of his strongest words yet since Russia’s invasion on February 24, Francis on Sunday told thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square that every day brings more atrocities in what is a “senseless massacre.” “There is no justification for this,’’ Francis said, in an apparent reference to Russia, which sought to justify its invasion as vital for its own defense. But Francis again stopped short of naming Russia as the aggressor.

Pontiffs typically have decried wars and their devastating toll on civilians

SEOUL, MAR 20 (AP): North Korea fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, days after the North’s latest missile launch ended in failure amid the country’s recent burst of weapons testing activity.

There is speculation that North Korea could soon try to launch its developmental longest-range ballistic missile to bolster its arsenal and dial up pressure on the United States to wrest concessions as negotiations remain stalled.

South Korea’s military suggested North Korea’s midair missile explosion last Wednesday involved parts of the Hwasong-17 missile, its biggest weapon.

On Sunday, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it detected firings likely from multiple rocket launch systems off North Korea’s west coast.

The ministry said the military closely monitors North Korean moves and maintains its readiness.

South Korea’s presidential office said in a separate statement it held an emergency national security council meeting to

without citing warmongers by name.

Francis also called on “all actors in the international community” to work toward ending the war. “Again this week, missiles, bombs, rained down on the elderly, children and pregnant mothers,’’ the pope said.

His thoughts, he said, went to the millions who flee. “And I feel great pain for those who don’t even have the chance to escape,’’ Francis added.

The pope said that “above all, defenseless life should get respected and protected, not eliminated.”

That priority “comes before any strategy,’’ Francis said, before leading those in the square in a moment of silent prayer.

BRUSSELS, MAR 20 (AP): A car slammed at high speed into carnival revellers in a small town in southern Belgium early Sunday, killing six people and leaving 10 more with life-threatening injuries. Several dozen were more lightly injured.

“What should have been a great party turned into a tragedy,” said Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden.

The prosecutor’s office said that in the early stages of the investigation there were no elements to suspect a terror motive, and two locals in their thirties were arrested at the scene in Strépy-Bracquegnies, some 50 kilometers south of Brussels.

In an age-old tradition, carnival revellers had gathered at dawn, intending to pick up others at their homes along the way, to finally hold their famous festivity again after it was banned for the past two years to counter the spread of COVID-19.

Some dressed in colourful garb with bells attached, walking behind the beat of drums. It was supposed to be a day of deliverance. Instead, said mayor Jacques Gobert, “what happened turned it into a national catastrophe.”

People stand by a TV screen showing a file image of North Korea’s rocket launch during a news program.

discuss what it called the North’s “short-range projectile launches.” Council members worked to analyse details of the firings in close coordination with the United States, it said.

The statement added that South Korea will use its enhanced military capability and its alliance with the US to prevent a security vacuum from occurring during a power transition period in Seoul.

President Moon Jaein’s single five-year term ends in May and he will be replaced by a new conservative government led by Yoon Suk Yeol.

A former top prosecu-

tor, Yoon has vowed to boost Seoul’s military alliance with Washington and win a stronger US security commitment to neutralise growing North Korean nuclear threats.

Wednesday’s failed missile firing was the North’s 10th weapons launch this year. The US and South Korean militaries said they concluded that two of North Korea’s recent launches before Wednesday’s were meant to test a Hwasong-17 system.

North Korea later said those launches were designed to test cameras and other systems for a spy satellite.

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PGA Awards: ‘CODA,’ ‘Succession’ win top honours V Institute of Fashion Designing Cutting &

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by Sian Heder, took the top film prize at the annual Producers Guild Awards.

What began as a Sundance sales sensation directed by Heder - the heart-tugging story following the only hearing family member in a tribe of charismatic New England fishermen - won the Darryl F. Zanuck award for best motion picture producing, reports Variety.

Other notable film winners at Los Angeles’ Fa i r m o n t H o t e l we r e Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ for documentary feature, and the musical j u g ge r n a u t ‘ E n c a n t o ’ for best producers of an animated film. ‘ S u c c e s s i o n’ t o o k home the Norman Felton Award for outstanding episodic drama.

‘Ted Lasso’ continued its trophy collection spree by claiming the Danny T h o m a s Awa r d f o r outstanding television c o m e d y. ‘ M a r e o f Easttown’ won the David L . Wo l p e r awa r d f o r outstanding producer of a limited series.

Power players including Universal Filmed Enter tainment

Producing team and cast of “Coda” accept the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures at the 33rd annual PGA in Los Angeles. (AP)

Group Chairman Donna Langley, Neon head Tom Quinn, Marvel Studios head of physical and postproduction Victoria Alonso, super-producer Ryan Murphy and more circulated before prizes were handed out.

Early in the evening was the PGA Lifetime A c h i e ve m e n t Awa r d , presented to Lucasfilm founder George Lucas and present leader Kathleen Kennedy. Longtime collaborator and Hollywood icon Steven

Spielberg presented to the duo.

“My wish is you feel the impact he’s had on your life, and the lives of your kids and grandkids. And, yes George, we’re of an age now where the greatgrandkids are watching ‘Star Wars’ for the first time,” Spielberg told the audience.

K e n n e d y, w h o s e body of work has earned a staggering 120 Academy Award nominations, called Lucas “my friend, mentor and the greatest master Jedi

of them all.”

EGOT winner Rita Moreno was awarded the Stanley Kramer prize, for her trailblazing career and off-screen life advocating for social justice. (IANS) Winners at the 2022 PGA Awards: Dar r yl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: CODA Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures: Summer of Soul (… or, When the Revolution Could Not Be

Televised) Dar r yl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Encanto Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Drama: Succession (Season 3) D av i d L . Wo l p e r Award for Outstanding Producer of LimitedSeries Television: Mare of Easttown Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Comedy: Ted Lasso (Season 2) A w a r d f o r Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Stand-up, and Talk Television: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Season 8) Award for Outstanding Producer of Game and Competition Television: Ru Pa u l ’s D r a g R a c e (Season 13) Award for Outstanding Producer of Nonfiction Television: The Beatles: Get Back (Season 1) Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures: Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free — The Making of Wildflowers

Tailoring holds 1st annual fashion show

Special guest Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema with students and other artists.

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he V Institute of Fashion Designing Cutting and Tailoring held its 1st annual fashioncum-graduation day on March 19 at Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre, Chümoukedima with president National People’s Party (NPP) Nagaland state, Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema as the special guest.

Dr. Sema in his speech applauded the proprietor of the institute Vilhousa (Asa) Movi for giving back to the society through his institute and further congratulated the students for successfully completing their respective courses offered at the institute. He said that one of the unique features of the Nagas is the gift of creativity. Stressing that Nagas need to adapt

the virtue of perseverance, he went on to add that “we have to be consistent and not give up too easily after one failed attempt”.

Citing the example of a plant which produces rich harvest if nurtured well, he said “our dreams and ideas too will bear good harvest if we attend to them with constant care”.

Vilhousa Movi, the proprietor of the institute delivered the k e y n o t e a d d r e s s. T h e students divided into three teams competed for the best creativity and best construction. President Nagaland Designers Association, Rosou Rhi; former Miss Nagaland, Vikuonuo Sachu, and a fashion designer and proprietor of Centy J,

Sentitola Ao, were the judges for the competition.

K i l e n t o l a J a m i r, a holistic counsellor by profession, anchored the show, Ravolu Chuzo was the show director and Sanjeev Tamang as choreographer.

NK Naga, the first Naga Bollywood playback singer, Ja n o N ye k h a a n d Z T Slingshot enthralled the crowd with their popular hits. Five renowned fashion designers from Nagaland, Asa Movi, Kenei Dzuvichu, Aso Tsurho, Vila Pojar and Vebulu Chuzho displayed their latest creations at the show. It may be noted that V Movi institute of Fashion Designing Cutting and Tailoring was established i n t h e ye a r 2 0 1 5 a n d headquartered at Sovima village Chumoukedima.

Astronomers find no signs of Planet Nine HoYeon Jung might return as a twin in Season 2: ‘Squid Game’ director

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t e a m o f astronomers who scammed about 87 per cent of the southern sky have found no trace of Planet Nine in our solar system yet.

Pluto, discovered in January 1930, was earlier k n ow n a s t h e P l a n e t Nine. However in 2006, astronomers reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet.

While astronomers continue to suspect that there might be a previously unknown Planet 9 in the distant solar system, the new search at millimeter wavelengths has failed to find any convincing candidate.

Led by Sigurd Naess of the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo, astronomers traced the planet using data from a 6 metre Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile.

Although ACT was designed to study

the cosmic microwave background radiation, its relatively high angular resolution and sensitivity makes it suitable for this type of search.

The astronomers scanned about 87 per cent of the sky accessible from the southern hemisphere over a six year period, and then processed the millimeter images with a variety of techniques including binning and stacking methods that might uncover faint sources but at the expense of losing positional information.

“The search found

many tentative candidate sources (about 3,500 of them) but none could be confirmed, and there were no statistically significant detections,” the team said in a statement.

“The scientists, however, were able to exclude with 95 per cent confidence a Planet 9 with the above-estimated proper ties within the surveyed area, results that are generally consistent with other null searches for Planet 9,” it added.

Astronomers are also of the view that a ninth planet previously

undiscovered must be lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system, perhaps in the giant Oort cloud of objects that begins hundreds of astronomical units (au) from the Sun and extends outward.

According to estimates, the speculative “Planet 9,” would be about 5-10 Earth-masses in size and orbit about 400-800 au from the Sun. But, “a planet at this distance would be extremely difficult to spot in normal optical sky searches because of its faintness, even to telescopes like PanSTARRS and LSST”, the team noted.

While the new results cover only about 10-20 per cent of the possibilities, other sensitive millimeter facilities are coming online and should be able to complete this search for Planet 9 as hypothesised, the astronomers noted.

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quid Game’ director Hwang Dong-Hyuk said that he is working hard on ideas for the next season of the South Korean killer survival drama.

Speaking to Deadline on the red carpet at Saturday’s Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony, the show’s creator said there is nothing to see just yet, but he is working hard on ideas for the next season of the South Korean killer survival drama, reports deadline.com.

“There will be more great games,

that’s all I can say.” Dong-Hyuk said.

“I’m just still brainstorming and collecting the ideas for Season 2. I haven’t even started with the writing yet.” Asked if there will be flashbacks?

Are those Season 1 characters gone forever and can we expect to see some cast members coming back somehow?

“No, because most of them are dead,” Hwang said with a laugh.

“I’ll try something to bring them back to Season 2.”

Gesturing beside him on the red carpet to HoYeon Jung, who plays

Kang Sae-byeok in ‘Squid Game’ Season 1, he said: “Let’s say maybe she has a twin sister, you’ll see.”

HoYeon laughed and said: “I could change my hair color. Let’s do a little like plastic surgery.”

Asked whether he had been surprised by the show’s runaway success, Hwang said: “Yeah in a way because who can expect this kind of success. I tried hard to make a successful show, but I never expected this much success. It’s a surprise.”(IANS)

‘RRR’ is the first film to visit Statue of Unity for promotions

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fter Bengaluru, H yd e r a b a d a n d Dubai, the pan-India cast of ‘RRR’ including director S.S. Rajamouli, and actors Junior NTR and Ram Charan visited Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Statue of Unity in Baroda.

‘RRR’ becomes the first film to visit this monument of India.

The makers and the cast shared their latest pictures from the Baroda visit, much to the surprise of their fans, thus building the anticipation even further.

Fr o m H yd e r a b a d , Bengaluru, Baroda, Delhi, Amritsar, Jaipur, Kolkata, Varanasi to Dubai, the makers have chalked out an extensive promotional plan wherein they will be visiting the major potential markets of the country for the film promotions from March 18-22.

Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ is the first Indian film to be released in Dolby Cinema.

The film includes a star-studded lineup besides lead actors Ram Charan and Jr. NTR, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt and Olivia Morris will be seen in pivotal roles while Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, and Alison Doody join in as supporting roles.

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Chelsea book FA Cup semis spot, Eng keep SF hopes alive with 1-wkt win over NZ Arsenal strengthen claim for EPL top 4 lia Kerr (24) and stand-in skipper Amy Satterthwaite (24) to negotiate England’s spin bowlers.

Kerr was Dean’s first victim and wickets continued to tumble late in New Zealand’s innings despite the fact Devine bravely returned to the crease to add a further boundary to her score before holing out.

New Zealand’s total was never looking likely to be enough, with Tammy Beaumont (25) and Knight using their experience to pace the chase and then Sciver getting involved to put the target within sight.

Frances Mackay (4/34) picked up two wickets in an over as England threatened to self-destruct, but Shrubsole’s experience came to the fore in the final stages to ensure the victory target was reached.

Brief scores: New Zealand 203 in 48.5 overs (Sophie Devine 41, Maddy Green 52 not out; Kate Cross 3/35, Charlie Dean 2/36, Sophie Ecclestone 3/41) lost to England 204/9 in 47.2 overs (Heather Knight 42, Nat Sciver 61, Sophia Dunkley 33; Jess Kerr 2/36, Frances Mackay 4/34) by one wicket.

L O N D O N, M A R 2 0 (IANS): Chelsea booked their place in the semifinals of the FA Cup with a relatively comfortable 2-0 win away to Middlesbrough.

On Saturday night, Chelsea had the game under control by the 31st minute, after Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech had both found the back of the second-tier Championship side’s net.

Lukaku was left with a simple tap-in, while Ziyech hit a nasty dipping shot to double Chelsea’s lead as the home side failed to hit a shot on target, Xinhua reports. The remaining quarterfinals will be played later on Sunday.

In the Premier League, Bukayo Saka’s 30th minute goal gave Arsenal a 1-0 win away to Aston Villa to strengthen their place in fourth.

Saka struck a crisp half-volley which went under the hand of slightly unsighted Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez. Although Arsenal were tired in the closing minutes, they were able to hold on for three points that give them

India’s Jehan opens F2 campaign Arjun Kadhe wins singles title at SKME ITF Open with podium finish in Bahrain

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AUCKLAND, MAR 20 (IANS): Defending champions England on Sunday boosted their chances of a semifinal berth in the ICC Women’s World Cup, defeating hosts New Zealand by just one wicket at the Eden Park to move up to fifth place on the table with four points. With Heather Knight’s side still to play two games, it has a chance to aggregate eight points and stake claim to a semifinal berth. The White Ferns, on the other hand, are virtually out of the tournament, as they have four points from six outings and only one game to go. At best Sophie Devine’s side can finish with six points, which will most likely be insufficient to earn a last-four spot.

England chased down New Zealand’s score of 203 with more than two overs remaining, but just one wicket in hand. The defending champions were made to win the hard way as they lost five wickets for just 20 runs late in the chase to allow New Zealand back into the match. In the end it was experienced bowler Anya Shrubsole (7 not out) who held her nerve, as the England number 11 found

England’s Nat Sciver plays a shot during the Women’s WC against New Zealand.

the winning runs off Brooke Halliday (1/18) just as the home side pushed for the final wicket.

Spinners Sophie Ecclestone (3/41) and Charlie Dean (2/36) did the damage with the ball for England, before the experienced Nat Sciver (61) and Heather Knight (42) guided the successful run chase up until the late wobble. If England win their final two matches -- against Pakistan and Bangladesh - it would likely see

Jehan Daruvala

MANAMA (BAHRAIN), MAR 20 (IANS): India’s Jehan Daruvala opened his bid for the Formula 2 title with a second-place finish in the Sprint race of the Championship’s first round at the Sakhir International Circuit here.

The 23-year-old from Mumbai, who races for Prema Racing and is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, had started fourth after qualifying seventh under the Championship’s reverse grid rules.

Jehan’s season-opening podium was founded on a good start. He was up to third straight away and,

after fending off fellow Red Bull junior Liam Lawson in the Carlin, he set about in pursuit of second-placed Ralph Boschung.

The safety car was deployed on Lap 3 to clear the stranded Hitech of Marcus Armstrong.

It bunched up the field but Jehan, who took his first F2 win in Bahrain in 2020, held his ground, once again prevailing in a wheel-to-wheel battle with Lawson.

He caught and passed Boschung on Lap 16 just before the race was interrupted for the second time by a Virtual Safety Car.

them qualify for the knockout stages.

New Zealand had a miserable day as injuries to skipper Sophie Devine and seamer Lea Tahuhu hurt them hard on Sunday.

Devine hurt her back while batting and didn’t take the field for England’s innings, while Tahuhu pulled up short with a left hamstring injury. It remains to be seen whether the duo will be fit for New Zealand’s seventh and final group match

Boschung retook second as the race resumed.

But Jehan seized the place back on the 18th lap with a bold move around the outside of the Swiss racer into the right-handed Turn 4. He crossed the line less than two seconds behind Verschoor.

“We definitely have a lot of positives to take.

Finishing second in the first race of the year is a good start. I think we had the pace to fight for the win.

Unfortunately, I mistimed the Virtual Safety Car restart which lost us a lot of time and eventually cost us the win. But overall we have a really good car and I’m quite pleased with our start to the season,” said Jehan.

Je h a n n ow h e a d s into Sunday’s feature race, which he will start from seventh, where he qualified. He is hoping for another strong result to round off an encouraging season-opening weekend.

This season is Jehan’s third in Formula 2, the feederseries that sits below F1 on the single-seater ladder.

against Pakistan on March 26, although the tournament hosts may be out of contention for a semifinal berth by that stage. Devine’s side could still sneak into the final four with a win over Pakistan, but they will be relying on results going their way before that encounter if they are to stay alive.

Opener Suzie Bates (22) was dismissed early and Devine was forced to retire hurt with a back problem in the 15th over, leaving Ame-

BENGALURU, MAR 20 (IANS): Fifth seed Arjun Kadhe of India completed a golden double after he won the singles title, defeating second seed Sidharth Rawat 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the final of the USS 15,000 SKME ITF Open which concluded at the KSLTA Stadium here on Sunday.

The 28-year-old had won the doubles title on Saturday and garnered backto-back ITF titles after the win in Bhopal last Sunday where, incidentally, Rawat had finished runners-up.

“Winning the first set was very important in these conditions,” said Kadhe who opened up a 3-0 lead with a break in the second game. While Kadhe adopted an aggressive approach, Rawat played defensive and waited for his rival to make mistakes, which Kadhe didn’t most of the time. The rest of the games went with the serve as Kadhe took the first set at 6-3.

With the players tied at 3-3 in the second set, one loose shot by Kadhe changed the momentum in favour of Rawat who broke his rival’s serve in the sixth

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and eighth game to come back into the match strongly.

However, the spurt lasted a brief period only as Kadhe upped his game and didn’t give his opponent a semblance of a chance to bounce back into the match after he led 3-0 with a break in the second game of the third set. The best Rawat could manage was to hold serve in the fourth game as Kadhe served with purpose and came up trumps.

“I really enjoy playing in Bengaluru. I am happy to end up as the winner three times during these last two weeks,” said the champion who earned USD 2,160 but, more importantly, 15 ATP points while Rawat was richer by USD 1,272 and collected eight ATP points.

KTM’s Oliveira powers to victory in rain-affected Indonesia GP LOMBOK (INDONESIA), MAR 20 (AGENCIES): KTM rider Miguel Oliveira put on a wet-weather masterclass and held off world champion Fabio Quartararo in an intense battle to win the Indonesia Grand Prix in Mandalika on Sunday as MotoGP returned to the country after a 25-year absence.

Yamaha’s Quartararo qualified in pole position Miguel Oliveira but dropped to fifth before producing a late charge as MotoGP career win in the Oliveira made a strong Oliveira kept his compo- rain-delayed and shortened start and moved from sevsure to clinch his fourth second race of the season. enth to second, passing early

leaders Quartararo and Jack Miller before building what proved to be an unassailable lead.

“The last couple of months have not been easy,” the 27-year-old Portuguese said. “To be back with this win is very emotional for me. Quartararo was joined by fellow Frenchman Johann Zarco on the podium after the race was reduced to 20 laps from 27 due to safety concerns caused by extreme track temperatures and the start was delayed by over an hour because of torrential

DC Dmu convenes reception committee meet on South Asian Cross Country Championship DIMAPUR, MAR 20 (NPN): Deputy Commissioner Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan, IAS has convened a meeting for reception committee for the upcoming South Asian Cross Country Championship and 56th National Cross Country Championship on March 21, 11 a.m. at the conference hall of Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre, Dimapur.

The following committee members have been requested to attend the meeting positively: 1.

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pur 2. Deputy Commissioner, Chumoukedima 3. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Dimapur 4. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Chumoukedima 5.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Dimapur 6. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur 7. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Chumoukedima 8. Project Director, DRDA 9.

Administrator DMC, Dimapur 10. Director, Airport Authority of India Dimapur Airport 11. Station Superintendent, Railway Station Dimapur 12.

Yanthungbemo Kikon SDO (C) Dimapur Hq. 13. Khitaan Kaurinta, EAC, Dimapur Hq. 14. Er. Seyiekhrietuo Solo, EAC Chumoukedima 15. Dr. Samuel, EAC (Probationer) 16. Dr. Tolto Metha, Team Member, Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency 17. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur 18. Medical Superintendent, District Hospital Dimapur 19. Executive Engineer (PWD) Housing 20.

Executive Engineer (PHED) Urban 21. DPRO, Dimapur. 22.

District Sports Officer, Dimapur

rain. Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez missed the race, Indonesia’s first grand prix since 1997, after suffering a concussion following a crash in the warm-up session earlier on Sunday. read more Enea Bastianini, winner of the season’s opening race in Qatar, held on to his lead in the championship standings despite finishing 11th in Mandalika while Zarco’s Pramac Ducati team mate Jorge Martin crashed out of his second straight race.

DC Kma informs on SAAF Cross Country & 56th National Cross Country C’ships DIMAPUR, MAR 20 (NPN): Deputy Commissioner Kohima Gregory Thejawelie, NCS has informed that the South Asian Athletic Federation (SAAF) Cross Country Championship & 56th National Cross Country Championship will be held on March 26 in Kohima.

The route from National Highway-2 via IG Stadium, KMC Tata Parking (Near Northfield School junction) has been earmarked/proposed for the event.

In this connection, all concerned have been directed to clear the construction materials/waste materials/off-road vehicles within 5 (five) days from the date of this issue order. Failing which action will be initiated against the defaulters.

L O N D O N, M A R 2 0 (AGENCIES): The UFC returned to London on Saturday but it was two Liverpool fighters who stole the show, as Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann pulled off brilliant wins to electrify the crowd at the O2 Arena in the capital for the first time in three years.

McCann blazed forward from the opening bell against Brazil’s Luana Carolina and ended the fight in spectacular fashion in the third round with a spinning elbow that knocked her opponent out cold.

Not to be outdone, her close friend Pimblett bounced back from being rocked by an early punch to dominate Mexico’s Kazula Vargas, taking his opponent’s back and sinking in a rear naked choke submission to send the raucous crowd into a frenzy.

Still in her fight kit, McCann jumped back into the cage to celebrate with Pimblett, the pair hopping up on the fence to take the applause and cheers of the crowd.

Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku in action with Middlesbrough’s Dael Fry during the FA Cup quarterfinal match.

a four-point lead over fifth placed Manchester United with a game in hand.

Earlier, Leeds United came back from 2-0 down away to Wolverhampton to take a vital 3-2 win, which lifts them away from the bottom three.

First half goals from Jonny and Francisco Trin-

cao gave Wolves a comfortable lead at the break.

However, two goals in three minutes from Jack Harrison and Rodrigo Moreno made it 2-2 in the 66th minute, before Luke Ayling’s goal in injury time sealed three vital points and gave Jesse Marsch his second win as Leeds coach.

KDFA shortlists 26 players for Kohima district team

Players getting briefed before the trial matches in Kohima on Saturday. (NP) Correspondent

KO H I M A , M A R 2 0 ( N P N ) : Ko h i m a D i s trict Football Association (KDFA) has shortlisted 26 players to undergo further training and scrutiny for Kohima District Team for the upcoming Dr T Ao Inter-District Tournament 2022.

The trial for the selection was held at IG Stadium, Kohima on Saturday.

A total of 58 players took part in the trial, out of which 26 were shortlisted.

They will now undergo a two-week coaching after which the top 20 players will be selected to make up the final team to represent

the district.

The Kohima district team will be led by Vizovor Liezietsu as the team coach, Visakholie Medoze as the assistant coach.

While Azho Sophie will be the team manager, Zakietuolie Khrodi-assistant team manager and Zakielatuo Seletsu will be the team physio.

The trial matches were conducted by Kohima District Referees Association (KDRA) while the selection board members included Roko Angami, William Koso, Azho Sophie, Zakietuolie Khrodi, Viliebeizo Liezietsu, Vizovor Liezietsu and Visakholie Medoze.

ITBP wins 11th National Ice Hockey Championship

ITBP team celebrate after winning 11th National Ice Hockey Championship.

NEW DELHI, MAR 20 (IANS): The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has won the 11th National Ice Hockey Championship organised at Kaza in Himachal Pradesh, the force officials said here on Sunday.

In the final, the ITBP team defeated Indian Army 3-1. “The central ice hockey team of the ITBP representing All India Police Sports Control Board (AIPSB) won the 11th edition of the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) National Ice Hockey Championship for men - 2022 organised in Kaza, Himachal Pradesh,”

the ITBP said in a statement. The officials also said that five top teams of the country, including AIPSB (ITBP), Ladakh, Army Sports Control Board (LSRC), Delhi and Himachal Pradesh participated in the tournament.

This tournament began on March 14.

Ice hockey is a sport that is slowly gaining popularity in India and is played mostly in places like Ladakh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Ice hockey enthusiasts

from other places in the country, as well as tourists, head to places like Ladakh for the experience of playing in some of the highestaltitude rinks in the world.

There are a few artificial indoor ice skating rinks in the rest of the country, such as the Doon Ice Rink in Dehradun where ice hockey can be played on an international-sized rink.

Ice hockey was part of the 2020 Khelo India Winter Games in Gulmarg.

ITBP is a pioneer in adventure sports in the country and has an unparalleled record of mountaineering and allied sports.

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Hyderabad FC beat Blasters to lift maiden ISL title

FATO R DA , M A R 2 0 (AGENCIES): Goalkeeper Laxmikant Kattimani made three stunning saves as Hyderabad FC clinched their maiden Indian Super League title after defeating Kerala Blasters in penalty shoot-out in the summit clash here on Sunday.

Hyderabad beat Kerala 3-1 in the shoot-out after the match ended 1-1 in the regulation and extra time.

For Hyderabad, Joao Victor, Khassa Camara and Halicharan Narzary scored while only Ayush Adhikari found the target in the shootout as Kerala suffered heartbreak for the third time in the finals.

It was Kattimani’s day as his heroics helped Kerala prevailed in the shoot-out.

He saved the spot kicks from Mark Leskovic, Nishu Kumar and Jeakson Singh.

As soon as Narzary’s spot kick sent Kerala goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Gill the wrong way, the Hyderabad dug out and supporters at the stands erupted with joy while it was heartbreak for the passionate Kerala fans as spectators returned to the

Hyderabad FC celebrate after winning their maiden ISL 2021-2022 title on Sunday.

stadium to watch an ISL match after two years.

Earlier in the match, 22-year-old Rahul KP’s goal in the 68th minute put Kerala ahead, but Sahil Tavora equalised for Sahil Tavora with a stunning volley in the 88th minute.

There was not much to differentiate between the two teams till Rahul broke the deadlock in the

68th minute with a stunning right-footed shot from outside the box.

Rahul came charging towards the goal and struck a blinder of a shot, to which rival custodian Kattimani only got a hand before hitting the net.

Ke r a l a mu s t h ave thought they would lift their maiden ISL title but Tavora broke their hearts as he

struck with a breath-taking right-footed volley from the edge of the box with just two minutes left for the final whistle.

The two sides failed to produce a winner in the extra-time as the game went to penalty shoot-out.

Hyderabad midfielder Souvik Chakrabarti had a shot early in the match but Kerala goalie Prabhsukhan

Singh Gill was upto the task to deal with it.

In the 14th minute, Harmanjot Khabra whipped a cross for striker Jorge Diaz, who was free inside the box, but the Argentine could not connect it.

In the 23rd minute, Lalthathanga Khawlhring got the ball on the left-flank, skipped past Chakrabarti and passed it to Alvaro Vazquez, but the Hyderabad defenders did it well to not let the ball sneak behind the backline.

Kerala skipper Luna attempted a dipping shot from outside the box in the 30th minute but rival custodian Laximikanth Kattimani collected it with ease.

H yd e r a b a d h a d a chance to score when Javier Sivero, who replaced Joel Chianese, headed on target from a free-kick, but Gill made a wonderful save before Thounaojam Jeakson cleared the ball for the corner even as both the sides were locked 0-0 at half-time.

After the change of ends, Hyderabad started on the front foot and had a couple of chances in quick succession.

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All England Badminton Open: Lakshya Sen loses to Axelsen in final

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 20 (IANS): World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen finished as the runner-up at the 2022 All England Open Badminton Championships after losing to world number one Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles final, here on Sunday.

Sen, ranked world No 11, lost 10-21, 15-21 to reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen. The world No 1 was phenomenal in this tournament and didn’t drop a single game on his way to the top of the podium. The world No1 brought his A-game to the final. He found his rhythm early into the match and carried it through the opening game. There were moments of brilliance from Sen but those weren’t enough to challenge the former world champion, who won the first game convincingly.

In the second game, Axelsen used his powerful smashes to dominate Sen. The young Indian tried hard to defend but long rallies took a toll on him. Sen won three points on the trot

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to make a comeback but Axelsen showed his class and eventually won the second game and title.

Notably, Only two Indians -- Prakash Padukone (1981) and Pullela Gopichand (2001) -- have won the prestigious title.

Meanwhile, Akane Yamaguchi was crowned singles champion after she defeated AN Seyoung in the women’s singles final on Sunday. Yamaguchi ran out victorious in straight games 21-15, 21-15 in a match that lasted 44 minutes.

Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana have been crowned the men’s doubles champion.

The pair defeated second seeds and compatriots Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-19, 21-13 in an all-Indonesian final.

In the mixed-doubles final, the Japanese pair of Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino defeated the Chinese pair of Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Dong Ping in a match that lasted nearly an hour.

Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida have been crowned Women’s doubles champion. The Japanese duo defeated the Chinese pair of Zheng Yu and Zhang Shu Xian in straight games 21-13, 21-9, in a match that lasted 41 minutes.

James moves up to second on all-time scoring list Venezuela’s Rojas sets triple jump world record NEW YORK, MAR 20 (AGENCIES): LeBron James moved up to second on the NBA’s all-time scoring list on a bittersweet night after dropping 38 points on the Washington Wizards in a 127-119 loss for the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.

James, who started his NBA career in 2003, needed 21 points to pass Karl Malone (36,928 points). The 37-year-old now has 36,947 points in the regular season having played 113 games fewer than Malone.

LeBron James James reached the milestone with a lay-up in the second quarter and ac- Wizards who bounced back from a knowledged the crowd who gave him 16-point deficit to beat the Lakers, who a standing ovation. are ninth in the Western Conference.

But his night was spoilt by the “Obviously, at some point I’ll be

able to look back at this moment but right now, the feeling I have, I can’t separate it,” James said.

Former Milwaukee Bucks and Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a six-times NBA champion, tops the scoring list with 38,387 points -- a record that has stood for 33 years since he retired in 1989.

“I will not allow myself to think about it. I’ve always just played the game the way I’ve been playing it over the years,” James added.

James, a four-times NBA champion and 18-times All-Star, is under contract with the Lakers for next season, which will be his fifth with Los Angeles and 20th overall.

L O N D O N, M A R 2 0 (AGENCIES): Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas bettered her own women’s triple jump world record with a leap of 15.74 metres to win gold at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday.

The Olympic champion beat her previous outright best of 15.67 metres set at the Tokyo Games last year, as well as her indoor record of 15.43 metres, set in 2020.

Yulimar Rojas Rojas jumped over 15 Maryna Bekh-Romanmetres four times in the fi- record on her sixth and final chuk of Ukraine won silnal in Belgrade, landing the attempt.

ver with 14.74 metres, a personal best. The bronze went to Jamaica’s Kimberly Williams with 14.62 metres.

Rojas, 26, has been a dominant force in the discipline since the 2016 Olympics, where she won silver, before winning the outdoor world title a year later and repeating the feat in Doha in 2019.

On Sunday, she won her third straight world indoor triple jump gold, adding to successes in Portland in 2016 and Birmingham in 2018.

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