March 12, 2019

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Vol XXIX No. 94

Petrol price up, diesel down NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): Petrol prices edged higher by up to 6 paise per litre while diesel rates were cut by up to 11 paise per litre across the four metro cities on Monday, according to state-run IOC’s website. Currently, staterun oil marketing companies review petrol and diesel prices on a daily basis, based on the international fuel prices and the value of rupee. Any changes in the rates are implemented at petrol and diesel stations with effect from 6 am. In Dimapur, petrol price stood at Rs.70.14 per litre after Monday’s hike while diesel price fell to Rs.64.86 per litre. In the state capital, a litre of petrol was retailing at Rs. 70.96 and diesel at Rs. 65.48.

JDU reaffirms support to PDA

DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): Janata Dal United (JDU) Nagaland state unit, one of the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) partners, Monday affirmed that party’s rank and file was “fully behind” the PDA government. In a press release, JDU Nagaland state unit president Senchumo NSN Lotha and general secretary Kitoho S Rotokha also reiterated that the party full support the alliance and would continue to do so.

JDU state unit, on behalf of its national president and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, has also congratulated the chief minister Neiphiu Rio and deputy chief minister Yanthungo Patton for successfully leading the PDA government to a one-year completion.

Recently, BJP Nagaland state unit, another alliance partner, also affirmed that it was fully committed to keep the PDA intact.

NSCN (I-M) budget session

DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): NSCN (I-M) Tatar Hoho Budget Session 20192020 has been scheduled for March 18 and 19, 2019 at 10 am at Council Headquarters, Hebron. NSCN (I-M) through its MIP has, therefore, informed all the executive members and members of the steering committee, council of kilonsers, Tatars, heads of departments, Naga army authorities, NSWON, NFFWWF, CNC and all the authorities of regions and sub-regions to attend the budget session. Further, all members “in the position of status” irrespective of steering committee, kilonsers, deputy kilonsers and tatars have been informed to attend the session.

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“My personal car is for church and visits, the office vehicle is used for farm and office work.”

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Need responsible solution, says China on global terrorist tag for Azhar

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Cong for tie up with NPF for LS polls

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): With Nagaland set to go to the polls on April 11 for the lone Lok Sabha seat, the political scenario in the state throws up two alliances- ruling PDA and the other, a possible understanding between the opposition NPF and the recently rejuvenated Congress.

The current sitting Lok Sabha MP, Tokheho Yepthomi is from the NDPP and a consensus candidate of the PDA. It is likely that Tokheho would remain as the lone contender as the unanimous candidate of the PDA. He had won the Lok Sabha by-poll in May 2018 over the NPF candidate C. Apok Jamir by a margin of over 1.7 lakh votes.

In the by-poll to the lone Lok Sabha seat, the NPF and Congress had forged a strategic understanding by setting up a common candidate from the NPF. While the PDA is all set to roll out its election machinery to retain the seat, the opposition NPF will also not let an opportunity go by in putting up a consensus candidate like the 2018

NAGALAND ASSEMBLY POLLS VOTE SHARE Party INC NPF BJP NDM IND Others NPF INC BJP NCP IND NPF INC NCP BJP IND Others NPF NDPP BJP NPP IND INC

Seats Votes % 2003 21 35.8 19 29.76 7 10.88 5 9.53 4 4.42 4 9.5 2008 26 33.62 23 36.28 2 5.35 2 4.01 7 13.09 2013 38 47.04 8 24.89 4 6.05 1 1.75 8 17.75 1 2.1 2018 26 38.78 18 25.30 12 15.31 2 6.9 1 4.28 0 2.07 Source: ECI

by-poll.

With the return of former veteran leaders back into the Congress fold, many more from the Nagaland

Distt administration mulls blocking stretch of NH-29 DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): Dimapur district administration is contemplating to block movement of vehicles on a particular section of NH-29 between Patkai bridge and Kukidolong area for a specific period of time for blasting of rocks on nearby hills for road widening.

Sources said the proposal to ban vehicular movements from 10.30 pm to 5 am was meant for ensuring safety to commuters and allow the contractors to carry out controlled blasting before the arrival of monsoon.

The move is aimed at speeding up construction work of the four-lane road prior to arrival of the monsoon rains, sources added.

However, sources said the proposal was yet to be finalised and awaiting the State government’s approval.

Though only some sections of the road would be blocked for vehicular movements for a particular period of time, arrangements would be made for alternate routes for vehicles plying at night, the sources added.

Congress are also in line for the homecoming, said a source from the party.

The Congress source told this Reporter, that the party was keen to set up a consensus candidate along with the NPF. For the Congress, a continuation of an understanding with the NPF appears quite ironic since the state party president and high command were totally opposed to having any truck with NPF in the DAN-III government because the BJP was also a constituent.

As a result of the manner in which they were almost shown the door, the party lost all eight MLAs on November 21, 2015 when they merged with NPF. Both Tokheho and C. Apok who fought the May 2018 by-poll, were among the eight Congress MLAs who merged with the NPF in defiance of the directive of the party president and party high command.

The Congress under Dr. S.C. Jamir, was the dominant party when its vote share in 1993 was a huge 46.02% for the 35 seats it won. The regional party NPC, the forerunner of NPF polled 32.82 % of

CEO warns of action against violators of electoral laws DIMAPUR, MAR 11 (NPN): Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nagaland has warned that appropriate legal action would be taken against anyone found violating laws related to conduct of free, fair and transparent election.

In a directive issued in this regard, CEO Abhijit Sinha elaborated that Article 326 of the Constitution of India granted universal adult suffrage to every eligible Indian citizen, while Rule 39 of The Conduct of Elections 1961 mandated maintenance of secrecy of vote by electors.

Similarly, Section 135A of Representation of the People Act 1951 on “Offence of Booth Capturing” provides that whoever commits an offence of booth capturing would be punishable with imprisonment for a term not less than one year, which may further extended to three years with fine.

Open declaration of support in favour of a particular candidate or political party by a village, ward, khel or community through public announcement and even through publication in electronic or print media violates the above provisions, the CEO added.

The CEO order follows announcement of Lok Sabha poll schedule by Election Commission of India on Sunday.

the votes in 1993 and won 17 seats.

In 2003, the Congress under veteran leader Dr. S.C. Jamir saw a decline in its vote share when it polled 35.8% and won 21 seats. The same year in 2003, the newly formed regional NPF, under former Congress leader Neiphiu Rio got 29.76% of votes and won 19 seats. The vote swing away from the Congress then was around 13%. Despite being second largest party, NPF with the remaining parties-- BJP (7), NDM (5), J-DU (3), Samata Party (1) and Independent (4) NPF formed the government (DAN-I) headed

by Neiphiu Rio, a former Congress leader.

In 2008 the Congress, without Dr. Jamir who became Governor of Goa, got a vote share of 36.28% , around 3% more than in 2003. The party won 23 seats two more than in 2003. The ruling NPF got lesser vote share of 33.62% but won 26 seats, seven more than in 2003. The Congress failed to win over other non-NPF elected members despite UPA being inclined to tip the scales due to infighting within its leadership.

NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (PTI): The BJP Monday latched on to Rahul Gandhi’s reference to terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammad’s head as “Masood Azhar ji” to throw “Rahul loves terrorists” barb at the Congress chief, as the opposition party hit back accusing its rival of deliberately twisting his comments made with sarcasm.

Addressing a meeting of Congress workers here, Gandhi attacked the BJP, saying, “These people with 56 inch chest, you would recall, in their previous government, the current National Security Advisor Ajit Doval went in an aircraft with Masood Azhar ji and handed over Masood Azhar there in Kandahar.”

Gandhi noted it was Azhar who was responsible for the killing of 40 CRPF soldiers in Pulwama in Kashmir on Feb 14. Azhar’s group JeM has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Targeting the Congress chief, BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Come on Rahul Gandhi Ji! Earlier it was (Cont’d on p-7) the likes of Digvijay Ji who

The watchdog has also asked the airlines to ensure various requirements are complied with by engineering and maintenance personnel with respect to 737 MAX planes.

The operators have to ensure that no B737– 8 MAX aircraft in their fleet is operated without compliance with DGCA’s latest directions with effect from 1200 hours on March 12, the statement said.

Indian airlines continue to operate Boeing 737 Max aircraft, even as China asked its airlines to temporarily ground similar aircraft following an air crash involving this aircraft operated by Ethiopian Air-

called Osama Ji and Hafiz Saeed Sahab. Now you are saying ‘Masood Azhar Ji’.

What is happening to Congress Party?” Prasad said Gandhi has caused huge pain to families of martyrs and embarrassed the country with his comments.

Gandhi’s remarks showed the Congress can go to any extent for votes, he said.

“The Congress on one hand insults our armed forces and Indian Air Force by seeking evidence of their valour but honours a murderer, a terrorist like Azhar,” Prasad said. The BJP leader added India is working to have Azhar declared a global terrorist but Pakistan will now say even Indian leaders are giving the JeM chief respect. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala accused the BJP and a section of media of deliberately twisting Gandhi’s remarks.

“Two questions to BJP & select Bhakt Media, who deliberately seek to twist the ‘Masood’ sarcasm of Rahulji- 1) Did NSA Doval not escort & release terrorist Masood Azhar in Kandahar? 2) Did Modiji

not invite Pak’s rogue ISI to investigate Pathankot terror attack?”.

Another Union minister Smriti Irani also took a swipe at Gandhi. “What is common between Rahul Gandhi and Pakistan? Their love for terrorists. Please note Rahul ji’s reverence for terrorist Masood Azhar - a testimony to #RahulLovesTerrorists,” she tweeted.

In turn, Surjewala used the hashtag “BJP loves terrorists”.

Azhar and two other terrorists, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar and Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, were released from Indian prison in 1999 by the then BJP-led government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee in exchange for the passengers held hostage on board IC-814 flight hijacked to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Azhar formed JeM after his release from jail.

Since then, JeM, based in Pakistan, has been involved in terrorist attacks in India. The group was responsible for the attack on Indian Parliament on December 13, 2001 in which nine security personnel and officials were killed.

2019 election scenarios for BJP, Congress NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): The stage is set for 2019 Lok Sabha elections with Election Commission announcing the poll schedule. An aggressive Congress and possibilities of a mega opposition alliance have made the elections highly unpredictable even though Prime Minister Modi has got a massive image boost after air strikes on Pakistan and BJP hopes to get full majority riding on the still-intact popularity of its leader.

What are the prospects of BJP and Congress? There are chances of smaller parties playing a decisive role in the formation of the next government in the instances of two biggest parties falling short of seats. Based on a Times of India analysis, below are the possible scenarios for the two biggest parties.

Scenario 1 for Congress- 150+ seats: This looks a far cry and will need Congress to get the better of BJP

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Narendra Modi. (File)

in big states like Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Gujarat where two parties are face to face. This result will mean Rahul Gandhi could lead a non-NDA coalition.

Scenario 2- 110-130 seats: Congress will still be the largest non-BJP party by far and can still stake claim to leading a coalition government. This will be resisted by big regional players like TMC, RJD and BSP but other parties like Left, RJD, NC and DMK will support Rahul as PM. Scenario 3- 75-100

seats: This is thin ice as far as the leadership stakes go.

This number may well mean a decisive lead for BJP and that may put Congress out of play. Even otherwise, a pre- or post-poll grouping of regional parties may insist on their own candidate though consensus on this is not easy.

Scenario 1 for BJP250+ seats: Air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan to avenge Pulwama attack appear to have shifted the narrative from unemployment and farm distress and boosted Modi’s image as a strong leader. It could push

DGCA advisory for flying Boeing 737 MAX planes NEW DELHI/BEIJING/ S E AT T L E , M A R 1 1 (AGENCIES): Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday issued additional safety instructions to SpiceJet and Jet Airways for operating Boeing 737 MAX planes. The pilot commanding the aircraft should have at least 1,000 hours of flying experience, according to the DGCA directions.

A day after a 737 MAX aircraft crashed in Ethiopia killing 157 people, the DGCA said interim safety measures are being taken with inputs available at this stage.

“The DGCA will continue to closely monitor the situation and may impose/ take any other operational/ maintenance measures/ restrictions based on the information received from accident investigation agency/ FAA/ Boeing,” the regulator said in a statement.

BJP, Congress in war of words over Rahul’s ‘Masood Azhar ji’ comment

lines on Sunday. SpiceJet operates 13 Boeing 737 Max aircraft in its fleet, while Jet Airways operates five such aircraft in its fleet, according to its website.

However, most of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft owned

by Jet Airways have been grounded by lessors due to non-payment of dues.

China, Indonesia ground B737 Max 8: Responding to the second crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 soon after takeoff in less than five months, China and Indonesia ordered their airlines on Monday to ground all of these aircraft that they operate.

Civil Aviation Administration of China noted

in its announcement on Monday morning of the grounding that both the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday and a Lion Air crash in Indonesia in late October had involved very recently delivered Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft that crashed soon after takeoff.

Indonesia joined China about nine hours later in also ordering its airlines to stop operating their Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

Boeing not to change 737 MAX guidelines: Boeing said it had no reason to issue new guidelines to operators, which have bought 737 MAX airliner after one crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board.

“The investigation is in its early stages. But at this point, based on the information available, we do not have any basis to issue new guidance to operators,” Boeing said in a statement on Monday.

BJP’s tally to within sniffing distance of a majority, and along with the support of allies, see him return for a second term.

Scenario 2- 220-230 seats: Ahead of 2014, there was talk of a “160 club” inside BJP and outside as well which believed that Modi’s perceived lack of acceptability will mean a compromise choice for PM. This has now been replaced by a “220 club” that similarly feels current and potential allies would seek Modi’s replacement.

But BJP may well insist on Modi becoming the PM or choose to sit in opposition.

Scenario 3- 140-160 seats: This will mean Congress and others having made significant gains. A low BJP number could set the stage for a Congress-led government.

It will almost certainly mean BJP sits in the opposition.

It will still command numbers likely to be more than Congress.

RBI had objections to notes ban, agreed in ‘public interest’, reveals RTI NEW DELHI, MAR 11 (AGENCIES): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board had warned about the short-term negative effect of demonetization on growth and had noted that it would have no material impact on the campaign against black money. The central bank had listed four objections to the overnight notes ban announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before agreeing to it “in larger public interest”, an RTI reply has revealed.

The central bank board had met just about 2.5 hours before PM Modi’s sudden announcement in a televised address to the nation on November 8, 2016. The ban of Rs. 500 and 1,000 notes, which wiped out 86 per cent of the cash in circulation, was announced even before the board’s ap-

proval.

The approval was sent to the government five weeks later, on December 16, and the RBI had recorded its objections to most of the government’s arguments for banning high value notes.

According to the minutes of the RBI meeting, shared in response to the Right To Information (RTI) query, the directors had noted that it was a “commendable measure” but would have a short term negative effect on the GDP “for the current year”.

Then RBI Governor Urjit Patel, and the man who succeeded him as central bank chief -- Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das -- were present in the meeting that approved demonetisation.

The government had argued that the circulation

of Rs. 500 notes was up by 76 per cent and Rs. 1,000 up by 109 per cent. The RBI, however, said that argument did not adequately support cash ban recommendation.

The central bank directors also felt that while counterfeit notes were a concern, “Rs. 400 crore as a percentage of the total quantum of currency in circulation in the country is not very significant”.

Also, most of the black money was held not in the form of cash but in the form of assets like gold or real estate and demonetization would not have a material impact on those assets, the board felt.

The board pointed out that the growth rate of economy mentioned was the real rate while the growth in currency in circulation was nominal.

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‘Society needs a new mindset’

DIMAPUR: Dimapur deputy commissioner, Kevekha Kevin Zehol pointed out that a wrong cultural mindset has been negating the good in society and a new mindset needs to be recreated.

He was speaking as guest speaker at the Western Chakhesang Hoho (WCH) general session 2019, held at WCH conference hall, Chakhesang Colony Dimapur on March 9.

According to a press release from publicity & information secretary WCH, Vide Ritse, the DC, in his speech, lamented that the good Naga culture was fading away. Zehol said it was disheartening to see the majority of village and town populations, who have enough arable land, were now becoming more dependent on rice supply and subsidy schemes from the government. Young people are coming to interviews seeking jobs on the strength of VIP recommendations instead of coming well prepared, he added. He appealed to the community to rejuvenate

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honesty, bravery and the culture of hard work which has always been the Naga identity.

President WCH, Dietho Rhakho, in his welcome note said WCH had served community needs for 51 years now. He called upon the community to maintain good relationships and peacefully coexist, within the Chakhesangs

in particular and the Naga family in general. He also appealed to the community to extend their complete cooperation to the administrative and Police departments. Rhakho further appealed to the DC, who is also the chairman of the Dimapur District Sports Council, to erect a photo of late Goyiepra Kenye at DDSC (along with the

other recognised and honoured personalities) in recognition of his contribution to Nagas. Late Goyiepra Kenye, the release stated, led the Kohima Sardar Students movement resulting in Dimapur staying within the Naga area when Dimapur was put under Sibsagar (now Sivasagar) district, Assam in the year 1949.

WCH general secretary, Akholo Mekrüshu and treasurer, Shekhoyi Nienu presented annual reports which were approved by the house.

Short speechs were delivered by W. Khole Kapfo (WCGBU); Bino Kenye (WCMA); Likalo Letro representing WCYO and WCBA; advisor WCH, Weku G. Kenye; and Dr. C. Tetseo. A folk song was presented by Vetahülü Sapu and Akrone Vero. Prayers were pronounced by Rev. Dr. Weyiete Lohe and pastor Kühüsheyi Chotso.

The prog ra m wa s attended by VCCs, GBs, leaders and representatives from 16 units/villages under WCH, and frontal organisations of WCH.

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NSCN (R) warns imposters DIMAPUR: NSCN (R), through its MIP, has stated that many unscrupulous elements were serving information slips, demand letters and collecting taxes in and around Kohima town by masquerading as NSCN officials.

In this regard, NSCN (R) has issued a stern warning to all those responsible to immediately stop “such sordid and fraudulent activities or face severe consequences of serious and of highest nature”.

It also said that Avi ‘deputy kilonser’, Finance i/c of Kohima has been assigned for the purpose of “legitimate taxation” in and around Kohima and he can be reached at 8014797929.

NSCN (R) has also requested all individuals concerned to take note that henceforth, if any transactions take place without the knowledge of the Kohima I/C, it will be considered void and will not be included in the government’s revenue file of regular collection of “legitimate taxation”.

Training on youth leadership concludes Excise department seize IMFL DIMAPUR: During routine frisking at Chumukedima check gate, a District Excise duty party arrested Atsachom (27), son of Yangsemong; Alung (33), wife of Kal; Asezo (26), son of Veshu; Mukha Rai (60), son of Krishna; Ase Sangtam (25), son of Yangtongse; and Abone (33), in possession of assorted illegal IMFL.

Participants and resource persons of the youth leadership and community development training held in Zunheboto.

DIMAPUR: Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) Zunheboto organized a three-day residential training on youth leadership and community development which concluded at the SKK Hall, Zunheboto on March 6.

A press release from NYK Zunheboto program

coordinator (PC), Vekho P Ringa stated that the training was organized to enhance young leadership capacities to help others live a meaningful life and contribute to nation building.

Altogether 41 youth participants attended the

training. The resources persons for the training were DYC NYK, John Mokhobo, Economics professor, Swami, instructor Sutsah Academy, Holivi H Achumi, instructor Sutsah Academy, Ilikali and PC, NYK Zunheboto, Vekho P Ringa.

NSS unit of Sao Chang College (SCC) visited the Primary Health Care (PHC) centre at Longpang, Tuensang to perform community service, on March 9. NSS student volunteers cleaned the PHC and surrounding areas, attended to the sick and infirm, helped the staff in their work and interacted with the patients’ family members and staff of PHC. NSS student volunteers also catered meals for all present at the PHC. (SCC, NSS unit program officer)

Various bodies condemn alleged rape of minor girl KOHIMA: Various Yimchunger organizations have condemned the alleged rape of a minor girl on February 24 in Tuensang and demanded stringent action against the perpetrators under the law. A joint statement from the Yimchunger Union Tuensang Town (YUTT), Yimchunger Beru Areakho Tuensang Town (YBATT), Yimchunger Student Union Tuensang Town (YSUTT) and Yimchunger Union 3rd NAP Sakshi (YU 3rdNAP Sakshi) out rightly condemned the act and said that such kind of inhuman act by the perpetrator should be condemned by all right thinking citizens.

It further urged the law enforcing authorities to book the perpetrators under appropriate sections of the law and award punishment in accordance with the crimes committed. It also appealed to the law enforcing agencies to not grant bail to the perpetrators under any circumstance.

According to Superintendent of Excise and Prohibition, T. Arilong Longkumer, all accused have been booked under section 44 of NLTP Act 1989. He further stated that regular frisking and checking for illegal contrabands will be intensified in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections.

news in Brief SOVC bans: Seithekema Old Village Council (SOVC) has re-affirmed its earlier order banning drinking alcohol along the village road, hunting and fishing, and immoral activities within its jurisdiction. The council has warned that offenders shall be penalized.

AKTK presidential meeting: The first presidential meeting of the Ao Kaketshir Telongjem Kohima (AKTK) will be held on March 21, 11 am at its treasurer’s residence. All the concerned federating units, colleges and subordinate office bearers have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

Information for Dimapur Arms License holders: Commissioner of Police, Dimapur, has informed all arms license holders in Dimapur to deposit their licensed arms at the nearest police station without fail on or before March 25, in view of forthcoming general elections to the Lok Sabha 2019. Failure to comply with this order shall invite prosecution of the licence holder under the Arms Act, 1959 and may lead to cancellation of the arms licence.

Information for Mon Arms License holders: DC & DEO Mon has informed all arms license holders of Mon district to deposit their arms along with licenses at the nearest police station by March 30, in view of forthcoming general elections to the Lok Sabha 2019. Disciplinary action will be initiated against defaulters. Also, issue of arms license and renewals has been suspended till completion of the election process.

Under Section 144 of CRPC 1973, carrying of arms, including licensed arms now, is banned till completion of the election process, except by those authorized to do so.

ZWS joint meeting: Zeliang Welfare Society (ZWS) Nagaland has convened a joint meeting of Zeliang People Organization 1 & 2, Liangmai Council Nagaland, Zeme Council Nagaland, Village Council Chairman Union (Peren), ZWS Nagaland and Peren District Goan Burah Association, for March 15, 10 a.m. at Zeliang Com-

munity Building, Eros Lane, Dimapur to deliberate on some important issues.

All have been requested to attend the meeting.

NUVC on land patta renewal: Naga United Village Council (NUVC) Dimapur has informed its residents to renew their land pattas between March 25 and April 25 from 9 am till 12 noon at the council hall.

Agape college alumni meet: Agape College, Dimapur Padumpukhuri, has convened its alumni meet for March 21, 9 am at the College Chapel Hall.

All former students of the college have been requested to attend the Alumni meet. Queries may be directed at phone numbers 8118923292, 8118979437, 7005862726.

TUM to celebrate annual day: Tenyimi Union, Mon (TUM) will be celebrating its annual day on March 17, 3 p.m. at Tenyimi Compound, Mon Town. All members have been requested to attend the function in at least one ornament or dress of cultural significance.

DEO Pughoboto calls meeting with political parties: In pursuance of the ECI letter, General Elections to the Lok Sabha for one Nagaland Parliamentary Constituency will be held on April 11.

In this regard a meeting between the District Electoral Officer (DEO) Pughoboto and all political parties under Pughoboto sub-division will be held on March 12, 1 pm. Presidents of all Pughoboto political parties, along with party functionaries, have been directed to attend the meeting without fail.

(DIPR) Lost & Found: An original document belonging to Vinoto Achumi has been found and is at the Dimapur District Autorickshaw Drivers’ Union head office. The documents include, NBSE qualification certificate, Aadhaar card, SCERT registration number, birth certificates and some photos. The rightful owner has been asked to claim them from the head office during office hours or contact the DDADU joint secretary, Renthungo Tsopoe at 9612895889.

Speech contest conducted in Mon second Monday of every month ‘Girl day’ in Mon

Mon district administration officials and participants of the BBBP Inter School Speech Competition held on March 11 in Mon. (NP) Correspondent

MON, MAR 11 (NPN): Continuing the Beti B a c h a o, B e t i Pa d h a o (BBBP) campaign, District Administration Mon, organised an Inter School Speech Competition on the topic ‘Importance of

Girl Child in the Society’, on March 11 at the Mon Deputy Commissioner’s Conference Hall.

Shongmet M Konyak of Sacred Heart School, Mon was declared the winner of the competition, while Yingkhao of St John Higher Secondary

School, Mon and Ngunlen C Konyak of Police Unit School, Mon bagged the second and third prizes respectively.

DC Mon, Thavaseelan K, handed over the prizes to the winners.

Dharam Raj, Assistant Commissioner, Mon

and Vitokha Yepthomi EAC, Mon Hq were the competition judges.

EAC & Nodal Officer BBBP Mon, Imliwapang Aier added that the Mon District Administration has declared the second Monday of every month a “Girl day” in the district.

ANPSA Pfutsero organises teachers’ orientation IPPI launched in Kiphire district

Members of ANPSA Pfutsero after the teachers’ orientation program held on March 8 in Pfutsero.

DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Private Schools Association (ANPSA) Pfutsero division organised a teachers’ orientation program on March 8, at Woodland Christian School Rukizu, Pfutsero. The program focused on “Innovative Teaching Methods” in the first session and “Teacher’s Motivational Strategies” K

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in the second session, with SCERT Nagaland’s, Dr. Zavise Rume.

A press release from ANPSA Pfutsero division president, Kedidaung Sephe stated that in the first session, Dr. Rume, shared his experiences as a teacher and said faith in the teaching profession was very important. He encouraged

teachers to form a strong teaching foundation in principles and philosophy and go beyond textbooks.

“No number of books can explain the actual roles of a teacher”, Dr. Rume asserted and motivated the teachers by adding that great teachers assess their success by observing if their students were successful,

constructive members of society and good human beings. To teach with authority one should be “the Master of his subject”, Dr. Rume said.

In the second session, Dr. Rume concentrated on the importance of motivation and propounded the idea that “motivation is the only way of learning”.

He said that motivation is equivalent to learning because learning is the process of change and modification of behaviour. He advocated for ‘Achievement Motivation’ where a child is motivated by his or her own achievements.

A new team of office bearers was also elected for the tenure 2018-2020.

The team will be led by ThepuhuThira as president, Mathew Rabha as general secretary, and three others.

The program attended by over 180 teachers from 16 different schools under Pfutsero Division.

It was led by Thepuhu Thira; invocation said by pastor Rukizu Baptist Church, Zuneyie Veyie; welcome address by advisor ANPSA Pfutsero division, Thekho Rova; vote of thanks by ANPSA Pfutsero division, Kedidaung Sephe; and a closing prayer was offered by headmistress Baptist School Pfutsero, Kivi Venuh.

DIMAPUR: IPPI 2019 in Kiphire aspirational district was launched by M Sahyung Phom, DC Kiphire, where he administered the first dose of polio vaccine at Deluxe Point Kiphire Town on March 10.

A press release from district media officer, CMO office, Atsali T Thongtsar stated that the DC, in his speech, stated that with Kiphire being an aspiration district, the denizens should actively participate in nation building by helping their children stay free from diseases. He also added

that no child should be left unvaccinated below the age of 5 years. District Program Officer (DPO) RCH/UIP, Dr. Pewezo Khalo gave an overview of the IPPI program and district microplan besides convergence with the line departments and strategies to handle hard-toreach sites.

He appealed to all the health workers to carry out the activity with dedication and sincerity. Evengical Union Kiphire volunteered to cover 11 booths to administer two drops of polio to children under the su-

pervision of medical staff.

Kiphire district set up 131 booths for the IPPI campaign targeting thousands of children. The program was jointly organised by District Health Society (DHS) in collaboration with district administration & 7th Assam Rifles.

T h e p r o g r a m wa s chaired by Zitilong Sangtam district facilitator, NHP, welcome address was said

by CMO Kiphire, Dr. E. Motsuthung Patton and invocation was offered by Yotsala Sangtam youth pastor KTBL.

PGC organises farewell program

DIMAPUR: Pfutsero Government College (PGC) Pfutsero, on March 7, organised a farewell program for its assistant professor and head of English department, D. Chandani, at the college auditorium.

A press release by the college stated that in the program, PGC principal, Dr. Moanochet Longchar described the outgoing assistant professor as a cheerful person who had rendered her services to the college through thick and thin.

Outgoing assistant professor, Chandani, said she was thankful for the opportunity to serve the community and students in particular. She also thanked her colleagues and family for their cooperation and support.

Short speeches were also delivered by assistant professor, Medozu Mero, PTA president, Neikhwetso Mero, Reka Mero, on behalf of the Alumini Association, and assistant professor, Neipre-u Mero.

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Foresters training in Dimapur

Training on bio-medical waste management concludes

DIMAPUR: Nagaland deputy CMO, Dr. Antoly ment while handling bioHealth Project (NHP), with Swu, gave a brief introduc- medical waste. support from the office of tion to bio-medical waste, Lohe spoke on the the Chief Medical Officer its importance, and how various BMWM Treatment (CMO) Dimapur, con- to manage it. She further and Disposal technologies ducted block-wise training oriented the trainees to the and urged the participants programs on Bio-Medical rules & regulation under to implement BMWM Waste Management, from BMWM. in their respective health February 27 to March 8.

Re s o u r c e p e r s o n , facilities to prevent and A press release by DPM (quality-assurance), control infections.

CMO Dimapur stated that Vethipralu Lohe, oriented Staffs from 57 govthe trainings were conduct- the trainees to segrega- ernment health facilities ed to orient health workers tion, collection, storage participated in the BMWM of all government health and transportation of bio- trainings. CMO Dimafacilities under CMO Di- medical waste. pur, Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi mapur to managing bioShe also emphasised and staff under DPMU medical waste in their re- on the importance of per- Nagaland Health Project Department officials, trainers, trainees and guests at the Foresters training launching in Dimapur on March 11. spective health facilities. sonal protection and the Dimapur were also present Re s o u r c e p e r s o n , use of protective equip- for the trainings.

DIMAPUR: A two-day program, emphasized on Wildlife (Protection) Act, Bano Haralu, mantraining course in the dis- the need for joint training 1972. aging director, Nagaland cipline of “Enforcement of for forest and police ofSatya Prakash Tripathi, Wildlife & Biodiversity wildlife laws in Nagaland” ficers. He said that there PCCF & HoFF & CWLW, Conservation Trust, emis underway at Forest Office was a perceptional change Nagaland, in his keynote phasized on the need of Complex Dimapur from in the minds of people and address emphasized on regular interactions and March 11 to 12. they were coming forward the need to help people communication between A press release from to volunteer in conserva- by declaring their commu- field officers with comchief wildlife warden, tion efforts. He cited the nity conservation areas into munities on conservation Dimapur, Satya Prakash example of Sukhai vil- ‘community reserves’ so matters. She also highTripathi stated that the lage in Zunheboto district, people could be benefitted lighted the need for active training is organized by the which has declared an area on a sustained basis. participation of women in Nagaland Forest depart- a community conservation Dev Prakash Bankh- all activities related to forest ment, in collaboration with area, with other neighbor- wal, PCCF (Rtd), Assam and wildlife.

Wildlife Crime Control ing villages. and regional head of WildTemjenyabang Jamir, Bureau, (WCCB) Ministry L. Kire, principal sec- life Conservation Society, CF, publicity & training of Environment, Forests & retary of Nagaland, de- North Eastern Region, laid chaired the inaugural proClimate Change, Govern- partment of Environment, emphasis on the importance gram and welcomed the ment of India, New Delhi Forests & Climate Change, of forest and wildlife for participants. A vote of and the Wildlife Conserva- in his address, asked the survival. He applauded the thanks was proposed by tion Society (NGO) India. participants/trainees to at- efforts of the Nagaland For- Suman WM Sivachar, DCF T. Rele Aye, additional tend the course sincerely to est Department in declaring O/o the PCCF & CWLW, Tourism advisor, H Khehovi Yepthomi and Tourism secretary, T. Mhabemo Yanthan deputy commissioner of learn how to register cases 57 community reserves un- Nagaland and wildlife war- with the deputy director and two private tour operators from Nagaland, were at the Police, (Crime) Dimapur, against offenders under der the Wildlife (Protection) den, Wildlife Division, International Tourism Borse (ITB) – Berlin from March 6 to 10, in Messe, Berlin. They speaking at the training different sections of the Act, 1972.

Kiphire. participated in the event promoting Nagaland tourism. (Press secretary to Advisor)

Aboi satellite OST centre launched

An awareness program on HIV/AIDS & Drug dependency was organized by Shansham Organization, TI Mon, on March 6 at Drug Rehabilitation Centre, Gospel Outreach Ministry, Tapi road Mon. The Centre has 30 to 40 drug users at present. (Shansham Organization, Program Manager, Stephen Patton)

Continuing the Poshan Pakhwada fortnight celebrations, Social Welfare Dimapur organized a Poshan Rally on March 9 from DDSC stadium to City Tower. Anganwadi workers under Dimapur town participated in the rally wearing Poshan Abhiyaan tee shirts and holding placards about benefits of good nutrition, hygiene, poshan activities etc. More events are planned up to March 22 under the Poshan Pakhwada celebrations. (District Program Officer, Dimapur)

DIMAPUR: A launching program for a Satellite OST Centre & Induction Camp was organized on March 6 and 7 at CHC Aboi.

A press release from district program officer, DAPCU Mon, Longyim Tzudir stated that assistant director, (OST), NSACS, Ketichu Kent, gave a short introduction to the Satellite OST program, where he expressed sincere acknowledgment to the principal director, H&FW and project director, NSACS for their support in the process of opening the centre. He also thanked Project Sunrise for sponsoring the Launching & Induction Camp. He said that the main purpose of starting the satellite OST centre was to enable beneficiaries to access services at their door steps.

ZLO Mokokchung and OST master trainer, Dr. Temsuyanger, sharing the benefits of OSTs, mentioned that it was a most essential program, and urged beneficiaries and society as a whole to understand the health benefits of OSTs and utilize it judiciously.

Medical officer, CHC Aboi, Dr. Manom, delivered a welcome address, and other participants who spoke in the program included project officer TI, NETSU, Zachamo Ovung; chairman of Hospital Medical Department, Ponge; president KNSK (Aboi unit), Shongmeth; and vice chairman Adhoc Town Committee, Aboi, Shah-ang. A special song was presented by Pangpet, Peer Educator, TI. Staff of the Nodal OST centre, District Hospital Mon, inducted 72 new clients during the program.

It was chaired by program manager TI, (NNP+), Wanmei K, while “actt.”-&M&E, TI (NNP+), Pangom K, thanked the resource persons, CHC staff and management committee, government officials, civil societies, Churches, students and well wishers for their participation in making the program a success.

Earlier, pastor Mongnyei, said the invocation and the benediction was offered by pastor Nagamese Baptist Fellowship, Aboi Yanching K.

Meeting in Dimapur to discuss Lok Sabha elections

Kevekha Kevin Zehol addressing nodal officers at the meeting on March 11. (DIPR)

D I M A P U R : Wi t h a n nouncement of the Lok Sabha election date for Nagaland, deputy commissioner Dimapur, Kevekha Kevin Zehol who is also the district election officer (DEO) Dimapur, convened a meeting of all the nodal officers in charge of various teams, held on March 11 in the DC’s Conference Hall, Dimapur.

According to a DIPR report, Kevekha urged officers to work in full gear with sincerity and commitment

in order to ensure free, fair and successful conduct of the Lok Sabha polls slated for April 11. He further directed the officers to not apply for any leaves until the election process was over.

However, should unavoidable circumstances compel someone to apply for leave, the DC asked the concerned officers to let him know.

“These are not duties but deputation to the Election Commission of India,” he said.

The training for officers

in Dimapur district will be held in three phases. Phase one from March 22 to 23, second phase from March 29 to 30 and the last phase on April 8.

The DC and DEO further directed administrator DMC to remove pamphlets, posters and banners that feature the face of elected members of any political party.

In the meeting, ADC and ARO Dimapur, Sharon Longchari also highlighted the C-vigil App.

Government Teachers’ training in Dimapur

R Amongla Jamir and other officials with trainee teachers at the launching of the motivational training program for government teachers on March 11, in Dimapur. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, Mar 11 (NPN): To encourage, inspire and make a positive impact on the lives of students, a motivational training program has been organized for government teachers of Dimapur which commenced Monday, at Don Bosco Institute for Development Leadership (DBIL) Dimapur.

The program is an initiative of the Don Bosco unit of Dimapur, under which 23 Government High Schools and seven Government Higher Secondary Schools, with K Y M C

six teachers from each school, will be trained in rotation.

Speaking at the inaugural program as special guest, District Education Officer (DEO) Dimapur, R Amongla Jamir, in her speech encouraged the teachers to take advantage of the opportunity by being attentive which, she said, will motivate them in their teaching profession. Giving some examples about the qualities of a good teacher, she asked them to build good relations with, and learn to understand, their students. Jamir also encouraged them to be role models,

saying “let us go forward for perfection”.

The training program will cover various activities and topics such as Classroom Management, Stress Management, Psychology, Traditional Aspects of Teaching, Creative Writing etc. It will culminate on April 16. Resource persons for the training include former HOD, NU Fr AJ Sebastian; media coordinator of Dimapur province, Fr Jonas; DBIL director, Fr CT Varghese; and DBIL coordinator, Victor. A total of 600 teachers will be trained during the course of the program.

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Assam CEO Mukesh Sahu addressing a press conference at Guwahati on Monday. (UB)

Guwahati, Mar 11 (PTI): Over 2.17 crore people will be eligible to vote in the three-phase Lok Sabha election in Assam, including 7.06 lakh first time voters, a top election official said here Monday.

Assam, Chief Electoral Officer, Mukesh Chandra Sahu addressing a press conference here, said the number of voters are being updated on a daily basis and the final figure will be published just before the polling. “As per the last summary revision published on January 1 this year, we have a total electorate of 2,17,60,604 across Assam. Out of this, 1,11,32,782 are male and 1,06,27,319 are female,”

he said.

The CEO said with announcement of the polling dates on Sunday by the Election Commission of India, the modal code of conduct (MCC) comes into force with immediate effect and all the mechanism like flying squads and static surveillance teams to monitor that have been activated.

“We will also have an app -- cVIGIL. Anyone can take a picture or video and upload it in the app. Then our team will go and take action.

The MCC is for having a level playing field for all candidates and we will implement that strictly.

There is no question of any bias to ruling party can-

didates (as alleged by the opposition),” he added.

To oversee the entire process, the ECI will send general observers and expenditure observers, while police observers may also be sent depending on the requirement The voting in Assam will take place at 28,143 polling stations in three phases on April 11, 18 and 23, while the counting of votes will be on May 23 after completion of the entire sevenphase voting across the country, he added. During the first phase, voting will happen for Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur constituencies at 9,574 polling stations with 75,16,284 electorates, Sahu said.

Karimganj (SC), Silchar, Autonomous District (ST), Mangaldoi and Nawgong will go for polling in the second phase, in which 68,36,496 persons will vote at 8,992 election booths. The CEO informed that Dhubri, Kokrajhar (ST), Barpeta and Gauhati seats will witness elections at the last phase across 9,577 polling stations, where 74,07,824 people will vote.

Be job creators, instead of job seekers, Assam CM to youth Dibrugarh, Mar 11 (Agencies): Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday urged the youth to vigorously engage themselves in self-employment activities without waiting for government jobs.

According to Northeast Now, Sonowal said this while inaugurating the newly constructed building of District Industries and Commerce Centre (DICC) at Dibrugarh. Highlighting the state government’s push for facilitating ease of doing business, Assam chief minister Sonowal urged Dibrugarh DICC officials to make this new building, which has been constructed at a total cost of Rs. 3.83 crore, act as a bridge between the banking institutions and aspiring entrepreneurs so that they can set up their businesses without any difficulty.

Sonowal underlined the importance of the youth becoming job creators instead of job seekers.

He reiterated the positive transformation in the state’s industrial sector being brought by initiatives like land mark public sector investment of Rs. 40,000 crore in oil and gas sector

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of the state, augmentation of Numaligarh Refinery’s production capacity from 3 MTPA to 9 MTPA, setting up crude oil pipeline from Odisha’s Paradeep and connecting the gas grid from Barauni and urged the state’s young generation to empower themselves by acquiring necessary skills to take advantage of this positive scenario.

Saying that big national and international corporate players are showing interest in setting up their businesses in the state due to the prevailing peaceful environment here, Sonowal called upon aspiring entrepreneurs to equipped themselves with knowledge and skills taking advantage of state government’s skill development push.

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MNPF celebrates 6th foundation day

IMPHAL, Mar 11: Manipur Naga People’s Front (MNPF) observed its 6th foundation day on Monday.

An emailed statement of the armed outfit said that the day was celebrated at its general head quarter (GHQ), mobile battalion units, and at all department of the outfit.

Honouring the party flag and paying tributes with revolutionary salutes the martyrs, who sacrificed for the cause of the revolutionary movement, were the main highlights of the celebration, it added. On the occasion, chairman John Francis asserted that Manipur is a home of various communities adding that leaving aside one community will not make Manipur strong, the statement said.

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Talking to reporters, G Badal Sharma, a senior engineer of BIPL thanked the CSOs, hill leaders and student bodies for their tireless efforts to secure unharmed release of the workers.

Sharma said that since the day of kidnapping, all works related with the improvement of NH-2 remained suspended.

Agartala, Mar 11 (Agencies): Tripura Congress Monday ruled out the possibilities of a pre-poll alliance with the CPI(M) saying that the two parties share a history of bitter opposition for decades in the state.

Speaking to indianexpress.com, Tapas Dey, vice president, Tripura Congress said: “Though CPI(M) and Congress are in talks for an alliance in West Bengal for the upcoming Parliament elections, there is no possibility of such an alliance in Tripura.” “We have requested the party high-command to ensure that there is no alliance between CPI (M) and Congress in West Bengal.

However, if the party decides otherwise depending on the national scenario, we shall welcome it. But there will be no overt or covert alliance with CPI(M) in Tripura,” Dey added.

The senior party leader said that many Congress

leaders were allegedly murdered by CPI(M) in their rule over two decades. He also expressed that the BJP is “damaging” Tripura on the lines of the left. “The Left started damaging Tripura. BJP is finishing and perpetuating it. Congress is open to an alliance with any anti-left, anti-BJP political parties here”, Dey said.

“If we look at CPI (M) from 1972, they played a much stronger role as opposition compared to what we get to see now. They have failed to play their role as opposition in and out of the Assembly”, he added.

He also said that he suspects BJP and CPI(M) are maintaining a clandestine political link.

The Election Commission of India Sunday announced that general elections in the state will take place in two phases, while West Tripura goes to polls on April 11, East Tripura will vote on April 18.

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New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI): The Editors Guild on Monday said the Meghalaya High Court’s order in a contempt case against The Shillong Times, including its editor and publisher, is “intimidatory and undermines” press freedom. The Meghalaya High Court Friday sentenced The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shoba Chaudhuri to sit in the corner of the court room till the rising of the court, besides imposing a fine of Rs 2 lakh each in a contempt case.

The case relates to an article published by the paper on the perks and facilities for retired judges and their families. The Editors Guild, in a statement, said it is deeply distressed over the Meghalaya High Court’s order. “The order, which among other things imposes a fine along with a threat of imprisonment and a ban on the publication, is intimidatory and undermines press freedom,” the Guild said.

improvement works were abducted from their worksite at Changoubung in Kangpokpi district.

The workers said that they were released at an unknown mountainous area last night around 11.30 pm and were found by members of Naga People’s Organisation, who provided them food and shelter.

They also claimed that

IMPHAL, Mar 11: Manipur police on Monday busted one more fake Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) production unit in Thoubal district.

In this connection, three persons identified as Heikrujam Bikramjit Singh (37) of Khongjom Bazar, Changamayum Usharani Devi (43) of Athokpam Awang Leikai and Md Ajit Khan (39) of Heiyel Labuk were arrested, police said.

Police also seized various items that were used in the preparation of fake IMFL. The arrested persons along with seized articles have been handed over to Khongjom police station where a criminal case was lodged, the source added.

It may be noted that on March 5, the same Thoubal district police busted a fake IMFL manufacturing unit and arrested a couple.

The busting of the fake IMFL unit came at a time when the state excise department has intensified checking of flow of illicit liquor in the state in connection with the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. The excise department had already intensified its drive against flow of illicit liquor into the state where prohibition is in force well ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha poll schedules.

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IMPHAL, Mar 11: Three workers of Bhartia Infra Project Limited (BIPL), kidnapped by suspected militants on March 6, were released unharmed on Sunday night.

The three workers- Sinam Bijoy Singh of Sagoltongba of Imphal West district, Konjengbam Temba Meitei and Khumanthem Gopen Singh, both from

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Mizoram’s first Lokayukta 3 BIPL workers released unharmed in Manipur Yairipok of Thoubal dis- they were not harassed in chairman sworn-in trict, engaged in the NH-2 any way by the abductors.

Aizawl, Mar 11 (PTI): Retired IAS officer C Lalsawta was sworn-in as the first Chairman of the newly-constituted Lokayukta in Mizoram on Monday, officials said. He was sworn-in at the Raj Bhawan here, they said. State governor Jagdish Mukhi administered the oath of office to Lalsawta, an official said. Chief Minister Zoramthanga, other ministers, Mizoram Assembly Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo, legislators and senior officials were present on the occasion, he said. The function was presided over by state Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo, younger brother of the new Lokayukta chairman. Lalsawta is a 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer. He was the principal secretary of finance department in the state from 2008 to 2011.

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EC introduces steps to improve voting process New Delhi, Mar 11 (IANS): From the faces of candidates with their respective party symbols on EVMs to the use of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), the 2019 Lok Sabha election will introduce voters to a range of novelties in the voting process.

The Election Commission said this on Sunday while announcing the schedule for elections to 543 constituencies in 36 states and union territories spread over seven phases. Among the things introduced to improve the voting process are: 1. Photo Voter Slips (PVS): This will not be accepted as the standalone identification document in polling stations. Electors can carry their electoral roll and Elector Photo Identity (EPIC) or any of the 11 alternative photo identity documents that include passport, driving licence and service identity cards with photograph issued to employees by central and state governments, public sector units and public limited companies.

The other documents

include passbooks with photograph issued by bank and post office, PAN card, Aadhaar card, smart card issued by the Registrar General and Census Commission of India under the National Population Register, MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) job card, health insurance smart card issued under the scheme of the Labour Ministry, pension document with photograph, official identity cards issued to MPs, MLAs and MLCs. 2. Braille Photo Voter Slips: To ensure wholesome and constructive participation and active engagement of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the election process, the Commission is issuing accessible photo voter

slips with braille features to persons with visual impairment, over and above the normal photo voter slips to be issued.

3. VVPAT at all booths: VVPATs -- which allow a voter to verify his or her vote -- will be used alongwith EVMs at every polling station to enhance the transparency and credibility of the election process. The Commission has made arrangements to ensure availability of adequate number of EVMs and VVPATs for the smooth conduct of the elections.

4. Photographs of candidates on EVM Ballot Paper: To help voters identify the candidates easily, the Commission is printing photographs of candidates on the EVM as well as on

postal ballot papers.

5. Women Staff: The Commission wants at least one polling station in every Assembly to be managed exclusively by women staff.

6. Social Media Platforms: Social media platforms will cooperate with the Election Commission to track the political campaign. The EC has also asked these platforms to hire a Grievance Officer to look into the complaints lodged by users.

7. Tracking of EVMs through GPS: The Commission has instructed Chief Electoral Officers of all states and Union territories to carefully monitor at all times end-to-end movement of all reserve EVMs and VVPATs. For this purpose, vehicles of all Sector Officers’ with reserve EVMs and VVPATs will be mandatorily fitted with GPS tracking system.

8. Minimum facilities at polling stations: All Chief Electoral Officers have been instructed to ensure that every polling station is equipped with assured minimum facilities like drinking water, shed, toilet, ramp for

physically challenged voters and a standard voting compartment.

9. Protection to electors of SC/ST, weaker sections: Those who force or intimidate members of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe to not vote or to vote for a particular candidate are liable to be jailed -- from six months to five years -- and fined.

10. Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP): The Commission has launched several initiatives under SVEEP, its flagship voter education programme, to connect voters of all categories to the polling stations.

1 1 . Vo t e r G u i d e : Ahead of the elections, every household will get a voter guide, with the date and time of polls, contact details of the Booth Level Officers (BLOs), important website details, helpline numbers, documents required for identification besides other important information including the dos and don’ts for the voters.

The BLOs will distribute this Voter Guide along with the Photo Voter Slips.

5 15 Maoists killed, 59 arrested this year in Jharkhand R a nc h i , M a r 1 1 (IANS): At least 15 Maoist guerrillas have been killed and 59 arrested by the security forces in Jharkhand so far this year, an official said on Monday.

“A large scale operation has been launched to hold free and fair elections in the state. The Jharkhand Police, along with the central paramilitary forces, have launched a special drive in the state.

“In the last two months, 18 encounters have taken place between the security forces and the Maoists in which 15 Maoist guerrillas have been killed and 59 have been arrested,” L. Khiyante, Chief Electoral Officer of Jharkhand, told reporters.

He said: “To ensure safety and security during the Lok Sabha elections, the operation against the Maoists and the criminals will continue in cooperation with the bordering states.”

He also informed that from February 1, 8,926 pending warrants have been disposed off.

No tie up with AAP; Rahul says Cong has to win in Delhi New Delhi, Mar 11 (AGENCIES): Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday scotched any hopes of a tie-up with the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi for the Lok Sabha elections as he urged booth level workers to win all seven seats in the capital.

“Congress has to win all the 7 seats in Delhi. The booth level workers have to ensure it,” he said.

The grand old party had drawn a blank in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi with the BJP sweeping all seven seats.

Earlier Monday, AAP leader Gopal Rai said that his party is not in talks with the Congress for an alliance in Delhi and it will contest all seven seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own.

Rai said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal will hold a meeting with all state unit chiefs of the party and MLAs to discuss the strategy for the parliamentary polls later in the day.

“The party is not in talks with the Congress for

Rahul Gandhi (File) an alliance in Delhi and it will contest all the seats on its own,” the AAP’s Delhi unit convenor said.

“Kejriwal would be holding a meeting this evening at his residence to discuss the strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.”

Talks of an alliance between the Congress and the AAP evaporated last week after Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit announced that the party will not form an alliance with the AAP in the national capital and contest the Lok Sabha polls alone.

Delhi votes on May 12, the sixth phase of the seven-phase general elections.

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assumptions and misinformation solely aimed at maligning the Mirwaiz”.

“Knowing his status and position, it appears to be an outcome of considerations other than the law,” he added. Dhar said the Mirwaiz is not only a political leader but also a religious head of a large section of people in the state.

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the counsel said in the letter dated March 10, a copy of which was released on Monday. Dhar said his client is not acquainted with the subject matter of the FIR referred to in the NIA’s notice.

He said the NIA’s notice to the separatist leader appeared to have been issued on the basis of “fallacious

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New Delhi, Mar 11 and people participating in (IANS): The Supreme it have to be intimated in Court on Monday agreed advance. to hear a PIL seeking to prohibit road shows and motorbike rallies by political parties during Near DC's Office Complex campaigning for the Lok Dimapur - 797112, Nagaland Sabha polls as they violate law and breach of instructions issued by the Election Dimapur, the 12th March 2019 Commission.

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The PIL, filed by forSd/mer Director General of Principal Police Vikram Singh and DP-1975 social activist Shaivika Agrawal, contended that these road shows and bike rallies were detrimental to the environment and contribute to noise pollution, traffic jams and inconvenience to people.

Referring to Election Commission (EC) instructions issued earlier, the petitioners said the EC directives mandated registration of details of vehicles wherein a convoy can’t have more than 10 vehicles; two convoys must maintain a distance of 200 metre; more than half the road cannot be covered by organisers of a road show and the number of vehicles

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Srinagar, Mar 11 (AGENCIES): Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to question him here instead of in Delhi as he fears for his security in view of “conditions of hostility”.

The NIA is investigating a case related to terror funding in Kashmir through hawala channels. The agency last month carried out a series of raids on separatists, including the Mirwaiz, and summoned him for questioning in Delhi.

“Under the prevailing conditions of hostility wherein there is a threat to the personal safety of my client, it becomes unwise for my client to travel to Delhi,” counsel for the Mirwaiz, Aijaz Ahmad Dhar, said in a letter to the NIA in response to the agency’s March 6 notice. If the NIA wanted to question the Mirwaiz, it could do so in Srinagar and he is willing to cooperate as “he has nothing to hide”,

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gered seven-phase poll announced by the Election Commission for the state, Majumdar said: "The point is whether an elaborate election will ensure free and fair polls until and unless there is a proper deployment of the CRPF and other security forces."

He also called for confidence-building exercises among the voters, and alleged that the people were afraid of a repeat of the turmoil the state witnessed during the recent panchayat elections. Communist Party of India-Marxist State Secretariat member Rabin Deb alleged that Trinamool leader Anubrata Mandal had used threatening words soon after the elections were announced.

"We want to know what is the guarantee that the voters will be able to cast their votes if they go to the polling booth, as our experience in previous years during panchayat elections and the assembly by-polls is diametrically the opposite."

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14 times in the past, news agency ANI reported. “I thought that already two members of my family are contesting polls this time, ” he said. Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule, a sitting MP, will contest the Lok Sabha polls.Parth Pawar, the son of Sharad Pawar’s nephew Ajit, is the second family member contesting the elections.

Last month, Sharad Pawar had said that besides him, his daughter Supriya Sule would also contest the Lok Sabha polls. “Parth, Rohit and Ajit will not contest the election. I am going to contest,” Pawar said, in

Ko l k ata , M a r 1 1 (IANS): West Bengal's opposition BJP and CPI-M on Monday complained to the Election Commission that the ruling Trinamool Congress leaders were "threatening the voters".

"There is no democracy in West Bengal. Just after the announcement of the election on Sunday, a Trinamool minister, who also happens to be the Mayor of Kolkata, said that the CRPF will just come for two days and rest of the days, people have to depend on the state police.

We believe he was threatening them," state Bharatiya Janata Party Vice President Jay Prakash Majumdar told reporters after an all-party meeting convened by the state's Chief Electoral Officer. On Sunday, Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim had said the state police looks after the law and order throughout the year, and so why everyone was suddenly talking about the central forces.

Asked about the stag-

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response to a question that suggested he was drawing criticism from other political parties for “dynastyic politics”. Rohit Pawar is the grandson of Sharad Pawar’s elder brother Appasaheb and is a member of the zilla panchayat. Sharad Pawar is a three-time chief minister of Maharashtra and a former union agriculture minister in the UPA government. During an interview with HT, Parth Pawar had expressed willingness to contest polls from Maval.

Party workers from Pimpri-Chinchwad, which was once the stronghold of Ajit Pawar and a part of Maval constituency, are backing Parth’s candidature.

Parth, 28, has been actively participating in various social as well as political programmes in PimpriChinchwad. In 2014, Shiv Sena’s Shrirang Barne won the Lok Sabha polls from Maval by a margin of at least 1.70 lakh votes with the NCP’s Rahul Narwekar at the third position.

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New Delhi, Mar 11 (AGENCIES): Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Monday stepped back from his earlier decision to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Madha in Maharashtra and has decided to make way for his grand nephew to fight the polls.

Announcing his decision in Pune after meeting senior party members, the 78-year-old NCP boss said he has decided not to contest Lok Sabha polls after discussing the issue within the family. “After holding talks with family, we were of the opinion that next generation members should be given a chance. There is demand from various party leaders and workers for Parth Pawar’s candidature from Maval,” said Sharad Pawar, clearing way for Parth, his grand nephew and son of Ajit Pawar.

Sharad Pawar said that he felt it was the right time to take decision to not contest since he already contested

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Vol. XXIX NO. 94 Dimapur, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019

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India at crossroad

hough the Election Commission of India (ECI) had delayed the announcement for the scheduled Lok Sabha election by five days, yet it was welcome since it has put to rest apprehensions expressed by opposition leaders. This time 900 million voters will elect 543 MPs as compared to 814.5 million in 2014.This will also include around 1.5 crore new voters who have attained 18-19 years on January 1, 2019 and who constitute 1.66 per cent of the total electorate. The 2019 general election is scheduled to be held in 7 phases from April 11, 2019 to May 19, 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The counting of votes will be conducted on May 23, 2019 and on the same day the results will be declared. The 2019 Lok Sabha election is crucial for Modi in particular he seeks a bid to retain power. It is also crucial for the fragmented and leaderless opposition as another loss would surely mean a political catastrophe. The term ‘Modi government’ best describes who rules India.

The Modi government has been successful in ‘managing the national media’ and thus, able to manipulate facts to suit itself. The failures of Modi are many but they have not received the attention from the media.

Even alleged scams –Rafale, Bank loans, communalising of all institutions has not been given proper highlight in the media. That itself is the most serious damage done to democracy. Modi has not fulfilled his 2014 poll promises. The farmers are still in distress and thousands have committed suicide. Modi had promised to double their income when he campaigned in 2014. He also promised Rs.5 lakh medicare for the 10 crore poor household under Ayushmann Bharat Scheme. His promise of electrifying four crore household, build 100 smart cities and so on have not seen the light of day. He also made the most famous promise to credit Rs.15 lakh in the account of every Indian citizen from the black money his government would bring from foreign banks. Instead, banking has been hit by a series of loan scams and customers are paying hiked up charges and restricted from transacting beyond certain amount. He promised 10 crore jobs in five years but hardly one crore have been employed after five years. In fact, India’s unemployment rate has touched 6.1 per cent, which is the highest it has been since 1972-73. The report by National Sample Survey Office’s (NSSO’s) further said that unemployment was higher in urban areas, at 7.8 per cent, as compared to 5.3 per cent in rural areas of the country.It is in the economy which Modi has micromanaged that has done well. He has achieved the target of reducing the deficit initially due to huge revenue earnings through excise duty on oil which were not lowered despite crude prices having come down from $130 per barrel (2013-14) to $40 per barrel (2015-16) and today to $70 per barrel. The government earned nearly 3 lakh crore as revenue by centralising power. Economically, Modi has done a good job in containing inflation but deficit is rising. On the other hand, Modi has undermined all government institutions as he micro manages the entire government edifice through his omni-potent PMO. The undermining of CBI, RBI, ECI, CVC and other public institutions is the most damaging effect of the one-man rule government. However, the moot point is if people will ignore them because there is no alternative as against awesome resources of the BJP?

DailyDevotion Obedience to the “Heavenly Vision” I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. —Acts 26:19 If we lose “the heavenly vision” God has given us, we alone are responsible— not God. We lose the vision because of our own lack of spiritual growth. If we do not apply our beliefs about God to the issues of everyday life, the vision God has given us will never be fulfilled.

The only way to be obedient to “the heavenly vision” is to give our utmost for His highest— our best for His glory. This can be accomplished only when we make a determination to continually remember God’s vision.

But the acid test is obedience to the vision in the details of our everyday life— sixty seconds out of every minute, and sixty minutes out of every hour, not just during times of personal prayer or public meetings.

“Though it tarries, wait for it…” (Habakkuk 2:3).

We cannot bring the vision to fulfillment through our own efforts, but must live under its inspiration until it fulfills itself. We try to be so practical that we forget the vision. At the very beginning we saw the vision but did not wait for it. We rushed off to do our practical work, and once the vision was fulfilled we could no longer even see it. Waiting for a vision that “tarries” is the true test of our faithfulness to God. It is at the risk of our own soul’s welfare that we get caught up in practical busywork, only to miss the fulfillment of the vision.

Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms.

Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.

Let God send you out through His storm, and don’t go until He does. If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod. However, if you allow God to plant you, you will “bear much fruit” (John 15:8).

It is essential that we live and “walk in the light” of God’s vision for us (1 John 1:7).

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“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019

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The jumble sale of NPF

t is the liberty of NPF to stay united, to opt for disintegration or to adopt any political manoeuvre as thought fit in its wisdom. A non-NPF member, like myself, need not neither bother nor try to indulge in the business of NPF had not the latest mishaps of NPF have its share of impact on the overall political scenario of the State of Nagaland and its governance. The ignorant lot may not necessarily understand the vital role the Opposition party plays in moulding and driving the good governance home in a State.

Today’s Opposition party of NPF having 26 MLAs in a house of 60 is very formidable. The stronger is the Opposition the better is supposed to be the transparency in governance.

The performance of the Opposition is rated at how efficient and effective in keeping the ruling party on tender hook both inside and outside of the House. In other words, the Opposition does not have a single role of floor performances such as putting Starred and un-Starred Questions, participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks on Governor’s address by moving amendment motion, the debate on the budget speech by moving Cut Motions or putting a Private Member’s Bill on Matters of Public Importance. The Opposition has the best opportunities to check and cross-check the performances of the Govt. collectively and individually by means of exposing the wrongdoings in governance on any issue relating to the welfare of the people. The Opposition influences or even forces the ruling party to change anti-people program to pro-people program. Keeping the CAB 2016 in cold storage was the handiwork of the Opposition parties in Raja Sabha just for instance. The check and balance role is therefore played by the Opposition.

Such being the importance of the role of the opposition, Nagaland needs strong and dedicated Opposition party. Any political party that acts well as Opposition can rule well.

Any political party is not destined to be in ruling endlessly, but it is destined to perform dual roles of opposition

and ruling alternately. For economically poorer MLAs in Opposition, it is most trying time for one to survive politically mostly because the voters, in Nagaland in particular, do not appreciate the predicaments an elected member faces while in Opposition. Yet, by experience, an Opposition MLA is in the best institute of learning real politics, and it helps one to become robust in the long run. Those elected members who never tasted the curry of Opposition are like bamboos grown under the shadow of giant trees which is un-useable for any purpose. Those un-trained and all the time privileged MLAs (every time in ruling) are the ones who live in castles in the air not knowing the conditions of those who live on earth’s surface. Those MLAs made for ruling definitely lacked depth, selfish, destructive and not people friendly as they are from another planet and they remained insensitive to human languages and sufferings.

However, in the context of Nagaland, those MLAs from other planet find it easy to get re-elected for the mere reason that their Bank account make them eligible. Thus, today, Nagaland is fashioned in their designs.

An arm chair MLA cannot become a pro-active Opposition member.

An Opposition member has to be very hard working solely by which he can become well-informed. Knowledge is the best weapon for him to gain strength in commanding respect from colleagues and from bureaucracy. An MLA who suffers from megalomania comes and vanishes without leaving trace. There are tendencies particularly with Opposition MLAs having misconception that the whole bureaucracy is on the side of the ruling party and therefore un-penetrable. Whereas, in reality, bureaucracy naturally remains porous. Bureaucracy remains 50:50 in matters of allegiance. The only thing an Opposition MLA has to do is to explore relentlessly, after which one can discover.

Now, the old regional party NPF has some landmark achievements in its kitty. The Nagaland Land and Revenue

Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1978, the establishment of Nagaland VDB in 1970s and the revocation of Rongmei tribe recognition by the President of NPF while serving as the CM for a brief period are some of the major achievements. Yet, basking leisurely in the past few glories leads the old regional party to suffer from megalomania.

Whereas, the recent NPF drama by which 18 of its MLAs offered olive branch to NDPP for exclusive regional coalition seemed to outwit the minority restless and fragile few. Perhaps, the circumstances compelled the 2/3 majority of NPF legislators to play the sabotaging game of 1/3 openly placed the party in a whirlwind. Possibly the game of 18 saved the split of the Legislature Party for the moment, and yet it was costly. The ‘knee jerk’ fart produced huge amount of foul smell.

The cheeks of NPF was smacked by both NDPP and BJP. The grape of NDPP-NPF coalition was found to be sour. Indeed, the drama eventually concluded to be NPF’s self-goal.

Is NPF feeling comfortable to be out rightly rejected by BJP in Nagaland while its 4 MLAs are coalition partner of BJP in Manipur? What is this inconsistency? Secondly, not long ago, an NPF functionary purportedly represented the party in one of the debates on the contemporary Naga political negotiations issue conducted

by NE Live TV channel harped on Naga integration saying that NPF has committed on it. Is NPF conveying to GOI and the Naga negotiators that lest the expected solution includes Naga integration, NPF will reject such solution?

Whatever said and done is the desire for having a working Opposition party in Nagaland which is the need of the hour and not that of a Legislature Party enjoying the position of Opposition with its leader having the status of a Cabinet Minister and yet those Honourable Members are easily wooed to go for jumble sale. I hope Kaziranga is not revisiting?

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Protestants still protesting

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onstitutionally, secularism gives us the freedom of faith and belief where, every citizen of India has the right to practice his/her choice of faith without any discrimination in the country, India. Whereas, here in Nagaland we boast of 95% Christian amongst which Baptist could be 70-75% out of which 60% could be in village and hamlets who are mostly ignorance of their own faith that ultimately put the rest of the other denomination in great jeopardy from time to time was simply “Ignorant Christian” in the making.

Here, the recent incident’s story goes like this; it was on 9th March 2019 where a group of catholic missionary from St. Xavier Parish Jalukie went to Beisumpuilo, some 35 KM from Jalukie on casual program just to meet some of their faithful in that village. There on the way, to their utter dismay at around 2:30 p.m. the village’s Baptist pastor along with a strong force of youth blocked the whole road with logs and bamboo declaring that catholic are not allowed in their village without any rhyme or reason more like Puritanism that went viral in most of the whatapp groups with pictures of the incident. There, despite of counter argument and justification, it’s become useless for the diehard youth would not understand anything beyond their nose. Thus, thereby the missionaries from St. Xavier meekly returned to their base in the best spirit of Christianity without creating a situation to the most satisfaction of those jealous Baptist youth.

Taking a dig at this long practice of the Baptist in Na-

galand as a whole or partial, the NBCC as the religious head organization of the state cannot remain silent for such outrageous action of their own flock. It’s true that most of such conflicts and hiatus are the result of their own pomposity who, thought that they have the key to the gate of heaven, “heaven forbid” Nevertheless, why I have sarcastically coined the headline was for the fact that; some 500 years back since what is seen as the “Start” of the reformation, when the German priest Martin Luther challenged the tradition of worship in the late medieval catholic church and that ushering in a schism that led to the rise of protestanism across Europe.

No wonder, it was Dr. Clark who first set foot on Molungkimong Mokokchung district Nagaland on 22nd December 1872 as the first Christian missionary had deeply embedded the seed of Baptist Christianity (Protestant) in Nagaland with its big acclamation of “From Darkness to Light” very good so far.

However, as the time ticks on, the old habit of protesting once again jumped back into the system especially here in our soil where, God Himself must be amusingly amused at His own creation, Halleluiah.

Here, I am sure some diehard Protestants may considered this write up as blasphemy but the random act of their own flocks speaks volume of their real being. Therefore, it would be of the nicest thing if the apex organization rein in their flock with transparent Christian doctrinal instruction to all its protestant families in the state of Nagaland.

N. Haisoyi Ndang, Lower Bayavu Kohima

Private schools: The unsung leaders of School Education in Nagaland

(From previous issue) It is also astounding that the entire fleet of private schools in Nagaland runs only with meager self generated funds, mostly through fees, which is equivalent to 10% in comparison to the entire budgetary allocation given to Government Schools each year. Even a layman will be able to judge the huge discrepancy in utilization of funds, whereby private schools are able to cater to more than 75% students of the state with mere 10% financial resource raised by themselves which hardly make ends meet and also without any assistance from either the State or the Central Governments and that too with so much of quality and yeoman service to the State of Nagaland; but on the other hand, even with 100% budgetary allocation of several Thousand Crores of Rupees each year poured in so lavishly by the State Government, the Government Schools are not even able to cater to a quality education even for less than 25% of the total students in Nagaland.

Despite all the monetary benefits and exorbitant salaries given to Government Schools and Teachers they always fail to outdo the private schools in all fields of activities including examination results, infrastructure or other extracurricular facilities.

The Government of Nagaland should come up with a drastic step to put to action a plan whereby the public funds are not wasted in vain but put to more judicious use. Instead of pouring all the public money unnecessarily in non-productive government schools, it should rather be the honest endeavour of the government to provide more grants in aid to all private schools in the State out of the budgetary allocation that the government doles out exclusively for government schools each year. If there is any benefit that is going to take place out of the huge allocation of funds and resources for government schools, it will be towards the construction of mansion like buildings belonging to some School Education Department Officials or some Head-

masters or some government teachers who have already reached the zenith of prosperity in Nagaland. Therefore, the Government should dwell on this matter with due earnestness and use some much needed conscience in the utilization of funds and channelize it properly so that the benefit of government resources only to performing government as well as private schools which have always ensured the development in the quality of education for Nagaland. Also the Teachers’ Awards that are given at State and District Levels every year is in sheer favour of the Government Schools without much and proper verification and just on the mere basis of recommendation. It is really baffling to note that though there is no effort by most Government Schools in the growth of education, more than 80% of government teachers are selected each year for the Awards. There should be a conscious effort on the part of the Education Department towards bringing about equity in the criterion of selection of awards for the Government and the private schools. How can the private schools providing genuine and quality education to more than 75% of students across the State be sidelined for such Awards?

In recent times there has been much criticism from various quarters about the fees collected by private schools. But when we make a logical analysis, where will the managements of private schools pay reasonable salaries to the private teachers in lines with the salaries received by the government teachers who are getting hefty amounts despite their minimal efforts in comparison to the private school teachers? Whatever the criticisms about private schools and their fees, the truth remains that they are surviving not because of the fees alone, but due to the fact that the proprietors or mission-aided societies have supplementary businesses, ventures, missionary funds and various other assistances which aids in the development of the private schools. Some of the private schools have been

forced to shut down because of lack of incentives or any supplementary or alternative businesses to keep the schools up and running. The private schools, on the other hand should in fact receive true patronage and recognition as they have put in their own resource and effort in bringing about educational benefits to so many students from varied backgrounds. In sharp contrast some organizations and agencies receive so much of appreciation from all corners, despite the fact that they have been able to achieve the few laurels that they may have achieved only due to some governmental funds and schemes; whereas, the private schools go unrecognized despite their entrepreneurial capabilities and service for the mankind.

Moreover the parents of students studying in private schools should be immensely grateful that their children are receiving quality educational facilities in the private schools in Nagaland itself without having much tension for their children’s welfare and without spending undue extravagant money for sending them to private schools outside the State. The educational facilities provided by some of the private schools in Nagaland are at par with some of the best schools outside the State. Also making the children pursue their studies in Nagaland saves them from undue harassment and dangers that they might be exposed to while pursuing their studies away from their home state in hostile conditions while also giving the parents ample opportunity of monitoring their children’s performance and upbringing without any fear, stress and tensions about their children’s whereabouts. This is due to the fact that in recent times there have been many alarming cases of children ruining their lives in the metropolitan cities by keeping their parents in the dark that they are studying in good schools, whereas the truth is that they get carried away and resort to immoral acts driven by the colourful city life filled with night clubs and bars. Such children come back to Nagaland and become misfits as

they become alienated from their culture and society as they have been exposed to an all together different culture and mindset when they had been pursuing their studies outside the state and by the time they become oriented to the Naga society it becomes too late. It is therefore always desirable that parents who are permanently settled or working in Nagaland educate their children within the State itself till their Higher Secondary levels or for simple graduation unless and until they have a desire of sending their children for technical and professional courses.

In this regard, it is also very important to take note of the fact that many private schools in Nagaland offer unsolicited fee-concessions and special benefits and scholarships to many deserving students and also students from marginalized families, not forgetting the benefits that go into educating the wards of the school staff members, in terms of 50% or even 100% concessions in fees. To make matters worse, private schools suffer from non-payment of fees by many defaulting parents.

Again, the private schools have different fee structures depending on the kinds of facilities and faculty provided.

Therefore, critics must know fully-well that it is at the sheer discretion of an individual to choose any school according to one’s educational needs and a polished up-bringing.

Thus, it is pertinent that those who blindly criticize the private schools should look into facts and make a thorough analysis before making wild accusations.

Helen Keller rightly said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision!” As the future generations of a glorious culture and one of the most culturally rich States in India, let us not lose sight of our immediate goals and let us dwell in the truth with a vision for the equitable growth and development of the entire Naga society.

Today we are in a democratic society – we are free to speak. However, the vast majority maintain silence despite the fact that they tend

to disagree with violence, corruption, nepotism, etc. that abounds in our state and elsewhere. Thus, our state, society and perhaps our homes suffer because of our silence. There are many agencies, business cartels, land grabbers and stockists in our State who monopolises the economic benefits and hoard goods and indulge in adulteration too. They have organized themselves mainly for their own selfish goals or motives and not for the greater benefit of the citizens.

Many of the individuals are utilizing these organizations as spring boards for their individual success. These organizations also act as lobbies in the government and bring about senseless and autocratic rules just for their own benefits and also indulge in blanket bandhs, thus disrupting normal lives.

The rampant corruption, unstable prices, deteriorating education & health systems and nepotism in our society is a direct fall out of these kinds of agencies and organizations which have been thriving due to the patronage of few individuals. If we have to make ourselves accountable and truly educated, we have to make a collective effort on all fronts to root out such corrupt practices and work unitedly and unselfishly like our forefathers, so that our Naga society can move forward in the right direction towards peace, progress and prosperity for all.

As Mother Teresa has rightly put, “The hands that serve are holier than the lips

that pray”, let us all collectively work towards helping the young minds of our society and bring about equitable development of all sectors without any ‘isms’ and corruptions. Let us strengthen our education system in such a way that it reflects our rich heritage.

The motive behind penning down this article is not to antagonize any individual, organization or the government. The main aim behind it is to bring to the fore what is pertinent, that is to build a society devoid of lacunas in education, to change the mindset of the society towards the private schools and most importantly to tell everyone that in whatever capacity or field that we work in, whether in government or private sector, we must uphold the very basic ethos of humanity because ultimately we are all working towards the betterment of the human society and our upcoming generations.

Let us all remember that leadership is not only about holding a status or position but about performance, contribution and responsibility which is executed honestly and without any bias. In conclusion, let us all open our eyes to the fact that no person was ever honoured for what he received; honour has always been the reward for what one gave.

(Concluded) Dr. Andrew Ahoto, President, All Nagaland private schools’ Association (ANPSA), Dimapur Unit

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Keeping the city safe

The presence of street lights with working light bulbs is very comforting especially in the PWD junction which had for long been a nightmare for commuters at night.

Such improvements and beautification of Dimapur and other district headquarters is most necessary. Let us hope that constant monitoring is done by concerned department because miscreants usually end up shooting down light bulbs in their inebriated enthusiasm. Keeping the city safe at night also depends on how well lit it is.

T.M. Singh, PWD Colony, Dimapur

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

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019

‘Balakot air strike a political gimmick’ Srinagar, Mar 11 (AGENCIES): National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Monday made serious allegations against the BJP-led Centre, saying it ordered the air strike in Pakistan’s Balakot with the “sole purpose” of winning Lok Sabha elections.

The Srinagar MP alleged the BJP has “failed” on all fronts and it was apprehended that there would be a fight or skirmish with Pakistan before the polls so that Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes some kind of an “avatar” without whom India cannot survive.

“This surgical strike (air strike) was done only for the purpose of election...totally for the election. We lost an aircraft worth crores of rupees. Be thankful that the IAF pilot (Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman) survived and returned from Pakistan with respect,” Abdullah told reporters here.

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Farooq Abdullah (File)

on February 26, the Indian Air Force pounded Jaishe-Mohammed’s biggest training camp in Balakot.

The air strike came in response to a terrorist attack in Pulwama on February 14, in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed.

Abdullah said Monday, “In the Parliament, we knew they have failed on all other things and that there would be a fight or a skirmish with Pakistan in Kashmir so that he (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) becomes some kind of an ‘avatar’ without whom India cannot survive. But I want to tell him that whether he or I live or not, India will live and move forward.”

The NC president said

an atmosphere of fear was being created to help the BJP in the polls.

“They want to create an atmosphere of fear.

There would be no war.

The whole world is watching. This government is only using the senior officer for winning the election, the officer whom they got by superseding many others and who is now dancing to their tunes. Otherwise, there is no danger,” he said, without naming the “officer”.

“This atmosphere of fear that they have created in the country that without him anything will happen, I want to tell him that you were neither a God and never will be,” he said.

Abdullah said there is no other way than to talk to Pakistan over the Kashmir issue.

“They (New Delhi) have brought this (Kashmir) into international limelight. Several countries are now involved in making India and Pakistan to talk over Kashmir and they will have to engage them-

‘Key conspirator’ in Pulwama attack killed and killed more than nine militants so far, including some top commanders.

Mudassir Khan, a resident of Midoora in Tral, was an active JeM militant since 2017 and is believed to have been involved in several attacks, including the Fidayeen attack on Sanjuwa base camp in Jammu and the CRPF camp in Lethpora, over the past two years.

His role in the Pulwama attack has been pieced together by the security agencies following the attack and they have established that he was the mastermind behind the attack.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had carried out searches at his house on February 27, in the aftermath of the Pul-

wama attack, as well.

“He was in close touch with the suicide bomber, Adil Ahmad Dar, and we believe this man, Khan, provided the logistics for the attack,” a police source said.

Eldest son of a labourer, Khan was a graduate and also had a year-long certification as an electrician from the Industrial Training Institute (ITA).

Local sources told The Tribune that Khan worked as an Over Ground Worker (OGW) for Pakistani Jaish commander, Mufti Waqas, before becoming an active militant.

Waqas was killed in March last year-in Hatiwara area of the Awantipora Police district not far from the site of the Pulwama attack.

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New Delhi, Feb 11 (AGENCIES): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a fresh charge sheet against Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam accused Nirav Modi under the anti-money laundering law, officials said on Monday.

They said the charge sheet or the prosecution complaint has been filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Mumbai.

This is a supplementary charge sheet against the diamantaire and few others and the ED had recorded additional evidences gathered in the case and attachments made, they said.

The assembly election in 2013 saw a steep decline in vote share when Congress managed only 24.89% for only eight seats.

That same year saw a huge swing for NPF when it outdid the Congress by polling 47.04% of votes and winning 38 seats.

The assembly election in 2018 was a straight contest between two regional parties-ruling NPF and its offshoot, the newly formed, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and where the Congress was nowhere in sight.

In the 2018 election NPF polled 38.78% of votes and won 26 seats while NDPP polled 25.30% of votes and won 18 seats.

The BJP performed well polling 15.31% of votes and winning its highest tally of 12 seats.

In 2003, BJP had won

seven seats. On the other hand, Congress in 2018 got a dismal 2.07% of votes polled and drew a blank.

The 2018 election came after a majority of Congress veteran members left the party in 2016 due to differences with the NPCC chief.

The condition of the party was such that there were hardly any takers for party ticket.

The by-election in the same year also saw the party gravitating towards NPF, the party it had bitterly opposed since 2003.

Congress workers are buoyed by the return of former veteran leaders and Naga veteran Dr. S.C. Jamir taking on the role of mentor.

It would need more than homecomers and a few newcomers to gain lost ground for the Congress since financial resources decide the fate of politics and political parties.

Dhinakaran moves SC against Delhi HC ruling on ECI decision

New Delhi, Mar 11 (AGENCIES): Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Monday moved the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court judgment upholding an Election Commission of India (ECI) decision to recognise the E.K. Palaniswami-O. Panneerselvam faction as the “real” All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) worthy of the ‘two leaves’ election symbol.

The petition was mentioned by senior advocate Vijay Hansaria before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. The case has been listed for hearing on March 15.

Dhinakaran, through his counsel Vivek Singh, challenged the February 28 judgment of the High Court, saying it was erroneous and sought an ex-parte order to stay the verdict till his petition in the apex court is decided. He also wanted the apex court to freeze the implementation of the ECI decision of November 2017 to allot his rival group the ‘two leaves’ symbol.

SC to send 10% quota law challenge to Constitution Bench

New Delhi, Mar 11 (AGENCIES): The Supreme Court on Monday decided to consider the question whether the challenge to the 10% economic reservation law should be heard by a Constitution Bench.

A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi scheduled a hearing on the question of reference to the larger Bench on March 28.

The court refused to pass any interim order to stay or hamper the implementation of the Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, which provides 10% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for those economically backward in the

unreserved category. The issue of reference to a Constitution Bench arose when senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan pointed out that 50% quota limit was part of the Basic Structure of the Constitution and the new amendment tinkered with it.

The Act amended Articles 15 and 16 by adding clauses, empowering the government to provide reservation on the basis of economic backwardness.

The petitions in the Supreme Court, mainly the one filed by activist Tehseen Poonawala, said the Act violated the Basic Structure of the Constitution.

They argued that the 50% ceiling limit on quota was “engrafted as a part of the

Basic Structure of the Constitution’s equality code” by the Supreme Court. One of the petitions, filed by Youth For Equality, represented by advocate Senthil Jagadeesan and settled by advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, contended that the Supreme Court, in a nine-judge Bench judgment in Indira Sawhney, had settled the law that economic backwardness could not be the sole basis for reservation.

The plea argued that the Act was “vulnerable” and negated a binding judgment of the top court.

The petitioners contended that the amendments excluded the OBCs and the SC/ST communities from the scope of

the economic reservation.

This, it said, “essentially implies that only those who are poor from the general categories would avail the benefits of the quotas”.

It said the high creamy layer limit of `8 lakh per annum ensured that the elite captured the reservation benefits.

Further, the petitioners said the Supreme Court had settled the law that the “State’s reservation policy cannot be imposed on unaided educational institutions, and as they are not receiving any aid from the State, they can have their own admissions provided they are fair, transparent, non-exploitative and based on merit”.

A petition said, “While

the impugned amendment attempts to overcome the applicability of Articles 19(1)(g) and 29(2), it remains completely silent on Article 14, which right protects the citizens from manifestly arbitrary State action.” It also contended that the term “economically weaker sections” remained undefined in the Act along with the “ambiguous” term of “State.

A Constitution Bench, back in September 2018, modified a 2006 judgment requiring the State to show quantifiable data to prove the “backwardness” of a Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe community in order to provide quota in promotion in public employment.

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Anantnag, Mar 11 (AGENCIES): The family of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander Mudassir Khan has identified his body as one of the two militants killed in Tral encounter, police said on Monday as it awaited forensic reports.

The 23-year-old Khan is the mastermind of the Pulwama attack.

“One of the two slain militants has been identified as Mudasir Khan, alias Mohammad Bhai, JeM commander believed to have masterminded the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF troopers were killed,” an officer said.

Following the attack, the security forces have cracked whip on the JeM

selves as it is the only way forward,” he said.

Asked about the Election Commission of India’s decision to delay the assembly polls in the state, Abdullah said he feared some “mischief ” by the Centre in J-K. “I think they must have thought of doing some mischief, that’s why they delayed the polls. I do not understand that when thousands of people took part in the Panchayat and municipal polls, what danger they think there is now when forces are present in larger number than they were. And they are present in every nook and corner of the state,” he said.

The NC president said all parties are in favour of holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls and now the public should understand what their motive is.

He said if the EC is saying that the environment is conducive for Lok Sabha polls, then why is it not conducive for the state polls.

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ment. “The nonfund based facility can be later converted to current account credit facility and be used to fund operations or meet other dues,” the source added.

To avail of the loan, Jet Airways had to create a trust and retention account (TRA) through a

tripartite agreement with PNB and ICICI Merchant Services. This mechanism is used to protect banks and lenders against defaults by insulating the project’s cash flows.

Under this pact, the TRA agent has to make all payments to lenders directly, without the borrower’s intervention.

This includes managing the project’s operation and maintenance expenses, maintaining a debt servicing reserve and a separate cash reserve for operational spending.

Jet Airways had a debt of Rs 9,600 crore as of December 31. It has incurred a total loss of Rs 3,200 crore in the nine months through December, with a negative net worth of Rs 10,370 crore.

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The term loans have a five-year repayment tenure, but their interest rates are varied. The Rs 750 crore loan has been extended at a rate of 12-month Libor plus five percent and a

yearly reset. For the Rs 300 crore term loan, it is six-month Libor plus 3.5 percent and a half-yearly reset.

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paper that the airline wants to use the money to clear dues to aircraft lessors and pay staff salaries.

This fund infusion may prop up Jet Airways’ credit rating and help resume flights that have been cancelled ever since at

least 49 of its planes were grounded in February.

“The loan has been raised in dollars at a stronger rupee as compared to the value of the rupee now.

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cluding a term loan of Rs 750 crore and a non-fund based facility of Rs 250 crore.

It is unclear how the carrier will use this credit.

While speculation is that the funds will be used for its working capital needs, sources told the news-

number of large deals (deals of value greater than $100 million),” said the report by the global consultancy firm for tax, transaction and advisory services.

Nine large deals aggregating $1.8 billion (Rs 12,578.2 crore) were made last month.

SoftBank and Carlyle’s $415 million (Rs 2,899.9 crore) investment in Delhivery was the largest deal in February 2019 and also the largest PE/VC deal in the logistics sector, it said.

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New Delhi, Mar 11 (Agencies): Cashstrapped Jet Airways has secured funds worth Rs 2,050 crore from staterun Punjab National Bank (PNB) in a bid to provide temporary support to the carrier. The airlines raised foreign currency term loans worth Rs 1,100 crore and a non-fund based credit facility of Rs 950 crore from PNB, Mint reported.

This credit has been raised in two trenches through separate agreements with PNB. Under one agreement, the airline received credit of Rs 1,050 crore, including a term loan worth Rs 350 crore and a non-fund based facility of Rs 700 crore, the report said. With the second agreement came credit worth Rs 1,000 crore, in-

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New Delhi, Mar 11 (IANS): Private equity or venture capital investments rose by 51 per cent yearon-year to $2.6 billion (Rs 18,177.9 crore) in February 2019, said an EY report. It was 41 per cent higher than January.

“February 2019 recorded $2.6 billion in PE or VC investments, 51 per cent higher compared with February 2018 and 41 per cent higher compared with the previous month. The growth was driven by higher

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futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.68 per cent to USD 66.19 per barrel.

Forex traders attributed the rupee rise to growing support for the Modi government in the upcoming general elections. Prevailing geopolitical concerns in the wake of recent India-Pakistan military conflicts will be a key factor in the upcoming polls, they added.

Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 11 and will be held over seven phases followed by counting of votes on May 23, the Election Commission announced on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the BSE benchmark Sensex surged 383 points to close at 37,054.10 on Monday.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought equities worth a net Rs 3,810.60 crore on Monday, while domestic institutional investors sold shares to the tune of Rs 1,955.55 crore, provisional data showed.

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“The phased manufacturing programme (PMP) shall enable the manufacturers in the sector to plan their investments for establishment of a robust indigenous electric vehicles and related sub-assembly/ components manufacturing base in India,” the heavy industries ministry said in the notification.

The Union Cabinet last week approved setting up of ‘National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage’ to drive clean, connected, shared and sustainable mobility initiatives in the country.

It entails creation of a phased manufacturing programme valid for five years till 2024 to support setting up of a few largescale, export-competitive integrated batteries and cell manufacturing Giga plants in India.

The government has been pushing for popularisation of electric and hybrid vehicles in the country and has already notified the Rs 10,000crore FAME II scheme to be implemented from April 1 for three years.

New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI): Gold prices gained Rs 80 to Rs 33,250 per 10 gram at the bullion market on Monday due to fresh buying by local jewellers, even as the metal lost steam overseas, according to the All India Sarafa Association.

Silver, however, fell by Rs 370 to Rs 39,530 per kg due to low offtake from industrial units and coin makers. Traders attributed the rise in gold prices to pick-up in demand from local jewellers in the domestic market, but said a weak trend overseas capped the gains.

Globally, gold shed 0.09 per cent to USD 1,297.50 an ounce, and silver 0.20 per cent to USD 15.38 an ounce in New York as a weak US employment report sent the greenback lower and clouded the outlook for the global economy.

In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purities recovered by Rs 80 each to Rs 33,250 and Rs 33,080 per 10 gram, respectively. It had lost Rs 100 on Saturday.

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also be increased to 15 per cent from nil at present starting from April 2021, as the Centre eyes to promote mass adoption of electric vehicles through schemes like FAME II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India ) to be rolled out from April.

The basic import duty on battery packs used in manufacturing electric vehicles will also be increased to 15 per cent from the current 5 per cent from April 2021.

The basic import duty on lithium ion cells used in manufacturing of lithium ion accumulator for EVs will be doubled to 10 per cent from April 2021.

The phased manufacturing programme is part of a road map wherein through graded duty structure indigenous manufacturing of electric vehicles, its assemblies and parts or inputs of the sub-assemblies shall be promoted over a period of time.

The intention is to substantially increase value addition and capacity building within the country.

Mumbai, Mar 11 (PTI): The Indian rupee Monday advanced by 25 paise to close at 69.89 against the US dollar in line with a strong rally in domestic equities, reflecting positive investor sentiments amid hopes that the incumbent NDA government will get the second term.

Besides, sustained foreign fund inflows also helped the rupee trade higher.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the Indian unit opened on a positive note at 69.99 against the dollar and hit a high of 69.8250 and low of 70.03. It finally settled the day at 69.89, showing 25 paise gains.

The Financial Benchmark India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the reference rate for the rupee against the dollar at 69.9308 and against euro at 78.5710.

The reference rate for the rupee against the British pound was fixed at 90.7916 and against 100 Japanese yen at 62.93. In the previous session on Friday, the rupee was down 14 paise to close at 70.14. On a weekly basis, however, the domestic currency clocked 78 paise gains.

Meanwhile, the US dollar index -- a measure of the value of the American currency relative to a basket of key foreign currencies -- was marginally higher at 97.3220. Brent crude

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New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI): The government has notified phased increase in basic customs duty on parts of electric passenger vehicles to be assembled in India to 15 per cent from April 2020 and 10 per cent on imported lithium-ion cells

by April 2021 to promote domestic manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs).

The notification is part of the road map under the phased manufacturing programme (PMP), and also entails doubling the basic customs duty on completely built units of electric buses and trucks to 50 per cent from April 2020.

Currently, the basic import duty on completely knock-down kits used in electric buses, passenger electric vehicles, electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers and electric trucks is 10 per cent, which will be raised to 15 per cent from April 2020.

Basic customs duty on parts used in manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs) like AC or DC charger, motor and motor controller; power control unit, among others, will

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Ethiopian airlines black box found the blackened crash crater, looking for the remains of 157 lives. A shredded book. A battered passport.

Business cards in multiple languages.

Heavy machinery dug for larger pieces of the plane.

The plane’s “black box” of flight data and cockpit voice recorder had been found, Ethiopian Airlines said. An airline official, however, told

2 minute delay helped him survive Ethiopia crash

Workers gather at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday. (AP/PTI)

Ejere/ Addis Ababa, Mar 11 (Agencies/ IANS): Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as “an extra safety precaution” following the crash of one of its planes in which 157 people were killed, a spokesman said Monday, as Ethiopia marked a day of mourning and the plane’s damaged “black box” of data was found.

According to AP, although it wasn’t yet known what caused the crash of the new plane in clear weather outside Addis Ababa on

Sunday, the airline decided to ground its remaining four 737 Max 8s until further notice, spokesman Asrat Begashaw said. Ethiopian Airlines had been using five of the planes and awaiting delivery of 25 more.

Some other airlines around the world were deciding to do the same. Aviation authorities in China and Indonesia along with Caribbean carrier Cayman Airways temporarily grounded their Max 8s.

Red Cross workers slowly picked through the widely scattered debris near

The Associated Press that the box was partially damaged and “we will see what we can retrieve from it.” The official spoke on condition of anonymity for lack of authorization to speak to the media.

Forensic experts from Israel had arrived to help with the investigation, said Ethiopian Airlines’ spokesman Asrat.

Antonis Mavropoulos, President of the non-profit International Solid Waste Association, survived the Ethiopian Airlines crash that on Sunday killed all 157 people on board by being just two minutes late in boarding the flight. In a Facebook post, Mavropoulos, who was on his way to attend a five-day fourth annual UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, wrote that he was “mad because nobody helped me to reach the gate on time”.

“The flight ET 302 Addis Ababa-Nairobi crashed 6 minutes after taking off. I missed it by two minutes and when I arrived the boarding had been closed... I was screaming to put me on the flight but they did not allow it,” he wrote.

An angry Mavropoulos later booked a later flight but by then the crash of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet led to the cancellation of flights.

The airport staff “told me gently not to protest and pray to God because I am the only passenger who did not enter the flight which is missing”, he wrote.

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BAG H O U Z , M a r 1 1 (Agencies): U.S.-backed Syrian forces made slow advances into the edges of the last village held by the Islamic State group, battling militants holed up in underground tunnels, a spokesman for the force said Monday. The battle opened Sunday evening with large explosions and mushroom clouds rising into the air over Baghouz, on the Euphrates River in eastern Syria, as the Syrian Democratic Forces battered the village with artillery and gunfire, hitting an IS ammunition dump.

On Monday morning, the thuds of renewed artillery and heavy weapons fire could be heard. An airstrike hit the IS-held pocket around noon. Some 500 IS fighters are believed to be still in the territory, along with possibly 3,000 to 4,000 civilians, including women and children — mainly family members who remained after thousands of civilians streamed out of Baghouz in past week during pauses in the fighting.

Beijing, Mar 11 (PTI): Amid reports that the resolution to declare Pakistanbased JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist would come up in the UN Security Council on March 13, China on Monday said “a responsible solution” can only come through discussions. Beijing also said security issues constituted an “important topic” in its talks to ease tensions between Pakistan and India following the Pulwama terror attack.

The US, the UK and France had moved a proposal at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after the Pulwama tragedy to designate the chief of the Pakistan-based Jaish-eMohammed (JeM), which has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack, as a global terrorist. According to reports, the resolution was expected to be taken by the 1267 committee of the UNSC on March 13. China, which has thrice blocked such moves by India and other UN members, is yet

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announce its stand. Asked about India’s appeal and China’s stand on the issue, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang told reporters, “First I would like to say that the UNSC as a main body of the UN has strict standards and rules of procedures... China’s position on the designation of a terrorist by the 1267 Sanctions Committee is consistent and clear. China adopted a responsible attitude, follows the rules of the procedure of the committee and participated in the discussions in a responsible manner. Only through

discussions can we come up with a responsible solution.”

Recently, Chinese vice-foreign minister Kong Xuanyou travelled to Pakistan and held talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and other officials.

On Saturday, India said all the UNSC members were aware of the JeM training camps and the presence of Azhar in Pakistan and urged the nations to designate him as a global terrorist.

To another question whether the issue of Azhar’s ban figured in China’s talks with Pakistan, Lu said, “Recently, India and Pakistan has experienced a lot. We think those indents are not in the interest of peace and stability in the region”. “We have engaged in mediation efforts with both sides and held talks to promote the easing of tensions. We made enormous efforts. While exchanging ideas security is an important topic and I can say that our talks were wide ranging and quite deep,” he said.

Lootings as Venezuela power cut drags on World must prepare for inevitable next flu pandemic: WHO dark streets enforcing order at gunpoint while there were sporadic episodes of looting amid the desperation.

By its very nature, a clear picture of the blackout has been difficult to obtain over the past four days.

Many parts of the country are still cut off and it is hard to get a full account of their situation.

Even when the electricity returns, it is often patchy and only lasts for a few hours before dropping out once again.

What is clear, though, is that since the power outage hit on Thursday, huge swathes of Venezuela have

been struggling to cope.

Without internet, mobile phones, banks, credit-card machines, electric cookers or air-conditioning, ordinary life is bordering on the unbearable for many people, especially in low income communities.

Little wonder some are ready to snap. “I have a two-year-old son. Yesterday evening there was nothing to eat,” Majorie says, visibly angry outside a supermarket in the Terrazas del Club Hípico neighbourhood in Caracas.

A shop near her home was looted, she says, and a neighbour gave her some boiled rice.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We t h e f a m i l y m e m b e r s o f Lt. YAPUZHÜ RÜPREO wishes to acknowledge the many gestures of kindness shown to us following our sad loss.

We would like to offer our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, friends, neighbours, relatives and all the well-wishers who stood by us through prayers, materials and financial support during the prolonged illness and sad demise of our beloved father.

A special words of thanks to :1. Christian Revival Church, Chiechama 2. Central Christian Revival Church, D. Block 3. CYE Central Christian Revival Church, D. Block 4. Chiecha Ramia Dzevi Krotho (CRDK) 5. Rüpreo Chienuo Krotho 6. Metha Chienuo Krotho 7. Chiecha Daklane New Market Krotho 8. DAO and Staff, Kohima YAPUZHÜ RÜPREO 9. SIB Staff, Kohima 10. Principal and Staff of Dainty Buds Died - 17/02/2019 School, Kohima 11. Headmaster and Staff of Shalom Public School, Dimapur 12. Serüzou Women Society, New Market We regret our inability to mention every individual in person but it is our humble prayer that our good Lord will bless you all abundantly.

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Through this column, we the bereaved family members would like to express our profound gratitude and appreciation to all the individuals, friends, neighbours, relatives, churches, organizations, unions in Dimapur, Mon, Aboi, Chaoha and other neighbouring villages, who stood by us physically, financially, materially, by donating blood and through prayer support at the sad demise of our beloved one on 7th March 2019 at CIHSR Referral Hospital, Dimapur. We regret for not being able to mention each one of you by name due to space constraints, but you are well noted in our hearts, and pray that God Almighty will reward you for what you have done to us.

"It is hard to accept that you will no more be around with us. But you will not be alone, for angels will be your host. Till we all join there."

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L O ND O N, M a r 1 1 (Agencies): The world will inevitably face another pandemic of flu and needs to prepare for the potential devastation that could cause, and not underestimate the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

According to Reuters, outlining a global plan to fight the viral disease and get ahead of a potential global outbreak, the WHO said the next influenza pandemic “is a matter of when, not if ”.

“The threat of pandemic influenza is everpresent,” Tedros Adhanom

Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director-general, said in a statement. “We must be vigilant and prepared – the cost of a major influenza outbreak will far outweigh the price of prevention.” The world’s last flu pandemic was caused by the H1N1 virus, which spread around the world in 2009 and 2010.

Studies of that pandemic found that at least one in five people worldwide were infected in the first year, and the death rate was 0.02 percent. Global health experts and the WHO warn there is a risk that a more deadly flu virus will one day jump from

animals to people, mutate and infect many hundreds of thousands of people. Flu viruses are multiple and ever-changing, and they infect around a billion people every year around the world in seasonal outbreaks. Of those infections, around 3 to 5 million are severe cases, leading to between 290,000 and 650,000 seasonal flurelated respiratory deaths.

Vaccines can help prevent some cases, and the WHO recommends annual vaccination - especially for people working in health care and for vulnerable people such as the old, the very

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young and people with underlying illness. The WHO plan - which it described as its most comprehensive to date - includes measures to

try to protect populations as much as possible from annual outbreaks of seasonal flu, as well as prepare for a pandemic.

2ND DEATH ANNIVERSARY LT. Veneduyi Vero

Two years have passed since you left us to be with our Heavenly father.

We deeply miss you and remember you each day with silent tears.

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L o n d o n, M a r 1 1 (Agencies): Venezuela’s government has ordered schools and businesses to remain closed on Monday as a power cut drags into a fifth day. The opposition says at least 17 people have reportedly died as a result of the blackout. Residents in the capital, Caracas, told the BBC’s Will Grant of their growing despair.

According to BBC, each hour that passes without power in Venezuela brings more havoc and stress to a country already on edge.

Pro-government motorcycle gangs, known here as “colectivos”, roam the

Born on : 23/08/1936 Died on : 12/03/2017

2ND DEATH ANNIVERSARY

" Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord they will rest from their labour, for their deeds will follow them." Revelations 14:13

OF OUR BELOVED LATE MR. ROBIN MURRY 12.03.2017

It's been two years since you left us but not a day goes by without missing you. Your loving nature and kind ways are imprinted in our hearts.

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5TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF LATE RACHAMO PATTON

WHO LEFT US ON 12TH MARCH 2014

LT. LOVIKHE ASSUMI 13-06-1944 to 08-03-2019

We the bereaved family of Lt. Lovikhe Assumi wishes to thank you and acknowledge with great appreciation, your kindness during his time of illness and passing. It is during this time of sorrow we learn how much our friends and family mean to us. Your kindness and sympathy will always be remembered.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. Khutovi Baptist Church 2. NCRC Sumi Unity Village 3. Unity Village Sumi Baptist Church 4. Niuland Sumi Baptist Church/Women Dept./Youth Dept.

5. Niuland Sumi Baptist Church Choir 6. PWD/Supply Sumi Prayer Fellowship DSBC 7. Doctors and Nurses of NEIGRIHMS Shillong 8. Unity Village Sumi Council 9. Littami Kuqhakulu Dimapur 10. Diphupar Naga Youth Organisation 11. Dimapur Motor Sports Club 12. Supply Colony, Dimapur 13. C.M. Tent House, 4th Mile, Diphupar 14. Mrs. & Mr. Mughahoto Zhimo, Pastor SCF, Shillong 15. Mrs. & Mr. Tolu Chophy, Shillong 16. Mrs. & Mr. Rehiman (Hushili) Shillong 17. Mrs. & Mr. Charles Wallang (Holyca) Shillong.

We deeply regret and apologize for our inability to thank each and every individual but please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our heartfelt gratitude. We pray that the good Lord bless you all abundantly.

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It's been 5 years since you left us for eternal rest in the home of our Heavenly Father but your legacy of simplicity and humbleness has had impact in our lives throughout the years.

You are deeply missed and remembered with our silent tears.

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Born 17.01.1965 – Died 03.03.2019

We, the bereaved family members of our beloved LATE ALEMNUNGSANG (Longkhum), would like to convey and express our heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals, staff, unions and associations who had helped us in our time of need and bereavement through prayers, morally, financially and materially through the years during his illness and since the time he left us on 3rd March 2019 to be with his heavenly Father. It is our sincere wish and prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly. Amen.

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Tripura folk musician Shilpgram Mahotsav 2019 concludes S awarded Padma Shri

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Tripura nonagenarian folk musician on Monday said he was upset for not being able to physically receive the prestigious Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award, from President Ram Nath Kovind due to old-age complications.

“I am ver y upset that I could not personally receive the prestigious national award from the President,” the musician, Thanga Darlong, told IANS. Earlier on Monday, President Kovind presented the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards for 2019 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

Northern Tripura’s Kailashahar Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Vishal Kumar said: “He

Thanga Darlong (File) (Darlong) is 96-years old.

Due to old age ailments, he could not attend the ceremony in the national capital.”

Kumar said a state government official would attend the ceremony on behalf of Darlong.

In January, the Union Home Ministry announced to confer the Padma Shri on Darlong, who made the “Rosem”, a flute-like

musical instrument made of bamboo, and continues to play it till date.

The instr ument is made using seven small bamboo chips which is pierced into a wild fruit, locally called “om”, similar to a gourd. Last month, the Tripura government conferred Darlong the first Atal Bihari Vajpayee Life-Term Achievement Award. It was presented at the valedictory function of the 37th Agartala Book Fair.

The musician, who has travelled with his instrument across India and also to several other countries including Japan, has already been bestowed with the Sangeet Natak Academy Award, the Academic Fellowship Award and the state’s Vayoshresta Samman.

(IANS)

hilpgram Mahotsav 2019, a National Level of Folk Dance, Music, Craft & Traditional Cuisine Festival was organized by NEZCC in commemoration of its 12th year’s foundation of Shilpgram (Craft Village) from March 8 to 10, at Shilpgram, Panjabari, Guwahati.

The festival was inaugurated by the Governor of Nagaland & Chairman of NEZCC, P.B. Acharya, by lighting the traditional lamp of ‘Mangal Aarti’. Dr. Shah Mohammad Tanvir Monsur, Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Guwahati, Sherub Phuntsho, Vice Consul General, Royal Bhutanese Consulate General, Guwahati and Barnali Sharma, ACS, Director,

Cultural Affairs, Government of Assam, graced the occasion as a Guests of Honour and Special Invitees. The inaugural function was attended by other dignitaries. The address was delivered by NEZCC director Jitul Sonowal.

The Young Talented Artistes Award Ceremony for the Year 2017-18 was held coinciding with Shilpgram Mahotsav on March 8, at Shilpgram, Guwahati.

The award ceremony was organized by the North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC), Ministry of Culture. The Awards were given away by Hon’ble Governor of Nagaland and Chairman, NEZCC, P.B Acharya.

The NEZCC awarded 12 (Female 4 and Male

Nagaland Governor PB Acharya with participants during the event.

8) deserving Young Talented Artistes including Dhr ubajyoti TalukdarMime (Assam), Kaushik Kumar Handique-Sattriya dance (Assam), Krishnakshi Kashyap-Sattriya dance (Assam), Athokpam Chanchan Devi-Maibi Jagoi-Folk Dance (Manipur), Khun-

drakpam Sanatombi ChanuTheatre Acting, Chuileng Muivah-Painting – Creative Arts (Manipur), Genesareth Majaw-Painting – Creative Arts (Meghalaya), Haniel Rejel Jones Kharlukhi-Folk Tribal Music-Duitara (Meghalaya), Shemphanglin Khardewsaw -Folk Tribal

Music ‘Ksing’ (Meghalaya), Lalthlanchhuaha-Fine Art -Painting (Mizoram), Kilangtemsu -Theatre Director (Nagaland), Tongpangwati Walling-Theatre Acting (Nagaland). They were awarded Rs. 10,000 along with memento and certificates.

(NPN)

50TH ANNIVERSARY Mom & Dad

Chris Martin sends love to SRK

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oldplay frontman Chris Martin admires Bollywood’s ‘Baadshah’ Shah Rukh Khan, and hopes his charm stays on for forever.

He took the virtual route to express his love for the Indian superstar. The official Twitter handle of the band posted a note, with a line: “Shah Rukh Khan forever”.

“Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing ok. Better than ok actually. Here is some music I love at the moment,” he started, and then went to share the songs on his mind “Tal uno” by Barrie, “Dwa Serduszka” by Mazowsze, “A new beginning” by John Williams from the “Minority Report” and “Batard” by Stromae. Papersky, an Indie Grunge Rock band from Dimapur, after winning ‘Trends Project “Ok enough tweeting for one month. Shah Rukh Khan forever. Love,” he Play Battle of the Bands, Northeast’ at the Drift Music Festival, 2019, held on the added.

(IANS) March 9, at Greenwood Resort, Guwahati.

The home you have made and your loving commitment to each other have blessed our family in more ways than we can count. We are so happy that you are celebrating your 50th Anniversary.

Best wishes today and all days to come.

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KOHIMA SUMI TOTIMI HOHO, KOHIMA FELICITATION

Mrs. Lhovili Swu Secretary KSTH Kohima

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The Kohima Sumi Totimi Hoho, Kohima with pride congratulates Mrs. Hekani Jakhalu Kense, founder of Youth Net Nagaland for being awarded Nari Shakti Puraskar on 8th March, 2019, the highest civilian honour for women in India.

We salute your inspiring cause. Our blessings and prayers will always be with you.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019

Real Madrid beat Real Valladolid 4-1 in La Liga

Karim Benzema celebrates with team-mates after scoring the second goal for Real Madrid during their La Liga match against Real Valladolid.

IAAF maintains ban on Russian athletics over doping scandal it could risk missing out on sending a team to September’s world athletics championships in Doha, Qatar.

Since 2015, some Russian athletes have been allowed to compete internationally as neutrals provided they met certain criteria that showed they had operated in a dope-free environment.

B.P.O-Sitimi Town, Kiphire- 798611: Nagaland

I, Shri/Smti/Kum Tosovinu Kweho, S/o, D/o Dunei Kweho aged about 35 years, resident of Upper Chandmari, Kohima District, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That my present official name as per Aadhaar is Shri/Smti/ Kum Tosovinu Kweho.

3. That in some of my important documents it is written as Shri/ Smti/Kum Tosovinu Krocho 4. That the statement made in the affidavit and those statements made in the para 2 & 3 is one and same person.

That the above statement are true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and nothing has been concealed.

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The Nitoi Village Students’ Union, with immense joy would like to congratulate Er. INAHOTO Z SEMA, S/o Shri. ZHETOVI YEPTHOMI on being promoted to the post of Executive Engineer (EE), under the establishment of Rural Development, Government of Nagaland. The Union further congratulates Dr. INOVI SUMI, S/o Shri. Lt. AGHOZHE AYE for having graduated as Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery from Indra Gandhi Govt. Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra (Kashik University), becoming the first MBBS degree holder from Nitoi Village.

We are proud of your success! And as we treasure and celebrate the achievement of new feat that both of you has brought to us, we pray that Almighty God bestow you with good health and more success. May this achievement be a reliable asset to the people of Naga in general and the village community in particular.

(PUKHAI L SWU) (ATOKHU AWOMI) President, NVSU Asst. General Secy., NVSU

D u r b a n, M a r 1 1 (Agencies): South Africa welcome back Hashim Amla, JP Duminy and Aiden Markram to their squad for the last two One Day Internationals against Sri Lanka.

South Africa, who have a 3-0 lead in the five matches series, are making changes with an eye on World Cup selection.

Amla was rested for the first three matches after falling out of favour following last month’s test

series. It’s been speculated the 35-year-old’s international career is coming to an end.

Duminy returns from a shoulder injury which has kept him out of the team for several months.

Markram also returns after good form in domestic cricket.

The 24-year-old hit back-to-back centuries for the Titans to earn a recall after he was a surprise omission from the squad at the start of the series.

OFFICE OF THE

SUMI AWOMI KUPOSHUKULU (SAK) CAMP DIMAPUR ESTD – 2017

Motto : “Kutupo Kuxu Mekua”

FELICITATION Sümi Awomi Kuposhukulu no Timi hipaqo pesüno aqha lau LOPIVI kütsü sütsa pesüno kulha puwu tsü ani. Kughengu panoqono alaghi jeli kütüta lono SAK hu pite tsüke ghenguno.

1. Hotoshe Awomi, S/o Latovi Asst. Headmaster, GHS Suruhuto Awards Conferred i. National Teacher Award 2015 ii. Global Teacher Role Model Award 2015 iii. Bharat Jyoti Award 2017 iv. Bharat Ratna APJ Abdul Kalam Excellence Award 2017 v. Leading Educationalist of India Award 2018 vi. Jewel of North East Gold Award 2018 vii. Bharat Excellence Award 2019.

2. Rev. Ahokhe Awomi, S/o Zhevikhe, Ordained as Reverend State Co-ordinator by UBCANEI AWANA. 3. Ms. Toshili, W/o Kheshepu Awomi, promoted to Dy. Dir, Deptt of Medical 4. Khukiye Awomi, S/o Lt. Luvukhu, promoted to Asst. Dir, Department of School Education 5. Dr. Tovito Awomi, S/o Luheto GB of Ikishe Village, conferred to Insurance Medical Officer, Ministry of Labour & Empowerment

(V. HOYIVI AWOMI) President, SAK

(YEHOTO AWOMI) Gen. Secy, SAK

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Nongu kümtsüno azükinishi nonguno müla akeu Hiyam puqhe kithe wolo.

IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT

(THE HIGH COURT OF ASSAM; NAGALAND: MIOZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

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OFFICE OF THE

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We the Yimchunger Union Tuensang Town would like to express our deep gratitude and appreciation to all the organization and individuals who have assisted during the search of two missing children, Mr. Totsumong Yimchunger and Tsukhumong Yimchunger from Bazaar-C Sector Tuensang since 9-03-2019 and rescued the two missing children from New Tuensang Area on 10-03-2019 evening. YUTT would like to thank : District Administration SP, SDPO and its Police Personnel Yimchunger Tribal Council Yimchunger Union Tuensang Town Yimchunger Students Union Tuensang Town Yimchunger Beru Areakho Tuensang Town Yimchunger Boru Amukhongto Bazaar ‘C’ Colony Yungphang Village Council.

Words are inadequate to convey our sincere thanks to all and may Almighty God bless each one of you abundantly

Motto : "Light & Truth" H.Q. Pughoboto : Dist. Zunheboto

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The undersigned on behalf of the citizens, from all walks of life, congratulate Er. Z. Inahoto Yepthomi for being promoted to executive engineer (EE) P.W.D Govt. of Nagaland.

Let Almighty continue to guide him and grant him more wisdom and good health.

Hozheshe, Chairman Nitoi Village Council

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We the Kashanyu Baptist Church and the Kashanyu Village Council would like to convey our sincere gratitude to all individual, churches, organisations and well-wishers for their generous contributions towards the landslide-affected villagers.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. Council Of Rengma Baptist Churches (CRBC) Zumpha 2. Tseminyu Town Baptist Church 3. Terogunyu Baptist Church 4. Rengma Baptist Church, Padumpukhuri 5. Phenwhenyu Baptist Church 6. Rengma Selo-Zi 7. Rengma Chairman Forum 8. Caleb Kent & Family We regret our inability to mention and thank individually; may the Almighty God bless you all.

(K. Ashwen Tep) Pastor Kashanyu Baptist Church

(Gunyulo Semy) Chairman Kashanyu Village Council

The Tsaphimi Students' Union would like to convey its heartiest congratulations to Mr KAVITO SWU and Mr MUGHAPU ASSUMI for receiving the meritorious award of Elementary School Leaving Certificate 2018, under Zunheboto District, securing Top 1 and 2 respectively.

The Union would also like to congratulate and acknowledge the teaching faculty members of GMS Tsaphimi for their true dedication in bringing up the students as such as this.

The Union further wishes the best in all their future endeavors.

MIRIAM ACHUMI Gen. Secretary, TSU

KHUKIVI ASSUMI President, TSU

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The Zapami Village Government Employees Union sincerely congratulate Shri Chewelo Khutso, S/o of Lt. Keduzu Khutso, for securing the position of Stenographer Grade II at Guwahati High Court, Kohima Bench, and Shri Lhiri Khutso, S/o of Shri Weprenyi Khutso for getting through the departmental exam as LDA cum Computer Assistant under Health & Family Welfare Department.

The Union warmly welcomes them to its fold and wishes them well in their respective careers.

(ZHELO) Vice President Yimchunger Union Tuensang Town

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BPO. Sitimi P.O Kiphire Hq. Nagaland

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(RIKU KHUTSO) Press Secretary

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NITOI VILLAGE COUNCIL

P.O. PFUTSERO Motto : Empowered to Serve

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NITOI VILLAGE STUDENTS’ UNION

Regd. No. 824, Date 08/06/2016

OFFICE OF THE

(M.L. JUSTIN YIM) Secretary (Press & Information) Yimchunger Union Tuensang Town

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AFFIDAVIT DECLARATION

ZAPAMI VILLAGE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES UNION

(NEISA WETSAH) President

hauled down Sergi Guardiola in the area although Madrid were given a let-off when Ruben Alcaraz wildly blazed over the cross bar.

Valladolid had the ball in the net moments later but

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DOHA, Mar 11 (Agencies): World athletics governing body IAAF said on Monday it had decided not to lift a ban on Russia’s athletics federation over doping, saying it was still waiting to receive data collected from Moscow and financial compensation for its investigations.

Russia’s athletics federation (RUSAF) has been suspended since 2015 following a WADA report that found evidence of widespread doping in the sport.

The IAAF’s governing council discussed the possibility of lifting the ban at a meeting in Doha on Sunday and Monday. But Rune Andersen, chair of the IAAF’s Russia Taskforce, said Moscow had yet to meet two conditions.

“Logistical” issues had held up financial compensation, including for the taskforce’s costs and legal costs in cases Russia had brought to the courts, he said. And the IAAF had not yet not received analytical data and samples from a Moscow lab, which are now still being assessed by WADA. “Those (issues) need to be resolved. As soon as we have everything we need... we will seriously reconsider and recommend to the IAAF council for reinstatement (of Russia),” he said.

Russia’s reinstatement has been rejected on numerous occasions by the IAAF over the past three years.

Should it fail to meet conditions in the coming months,

sapping recent spell, Madrid were out-of-sorts early on as Valladolid looked to add to their misery.

The hosts were awarded a penalty in the 12th minute when Alvaro Odriozola

tance. The visitors started on the front foot after the interval and were awarded a spot kick six minutes after the restart when Oscar Plano brought down Odriozola.

Benzema proved not to be in as charitable mood as Alcaraz earlier as he coolly placed his spot-kick into the corner as Masip dived the wrong way.

The Frenchman gave Madrid a two-goal cushion and doubled his tally for the evening when he headed home from Kroos’ corner in the 59th minute.

Valladolid refused to surrender and the unfortunate Guardiola saw his strike clatter the post while they were given hope when Casemiro was given his marching orders after a cynical challenge on Plano which brought a second yellow card.

But Modric added further gloss to the scoreline when he jinked his way into the box and slotted beyond Masip.

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they were unable to capitalise against a Madrid side that finished with 10 men following the late dismissal of Casemiro.

Perhaps still nursing their wounds after a morale-

Madrid were bailed out by VAR, which determined Keko to be offside before delivering the cross which was converted by Guardiola.

Guardiola once again thought he had opened the scoring but VAR ruled he had strayed offside before heading beyond Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

Madrid failed to heed the warning signs, though, as their opponents were rewarded for their persistence in the 29th minute, when Keko’s cross was diverted towards goal by Guardiola before being turned in by Anuar. Having worked so hard to take the lead, Valladolid were undone by a sloppy error from goalkeeper Jordi Masip, who miscued a punch from Toni Kroos’ corner, allowing Varane to slot into the goal.

Masip atoned for his mistake on the stroke of half-time when he tipped away Brazilian midfielder Casemiro’s effort from dis-

I, Mrs. Merentula, aged about 35 years, wife of No. 3900764 Rfn/GD Late Imkonglemba, permanent resident of Longsa Village, PO Longsa, District Mokokchung, Nagaland, Pin 798601 and corresponding address H.No. 60, Ward-08, Chumukedima, Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and state as under: 1. That, I am a bonafide citizen of India and residing at the above mentioned address.

2. That, my actual and correct name is Merentula, as entered/ recorded in my Aadhaar card bearing No. 3976 7538 0072 and Birth Certificate Reg. No. 250/D.S.O/2019, whereas, in my SBI saving A/C No. 30954580720 and Pan Card bearing No. BWDPM9094G, my name has been inadvertently entered/ recorded as Merentola, due to clerical error.

3. That in my Birth Certificate Reg. No. 250/DSO/2019 my date of birth 02/07/1984, has been inadvertently recorded due to ignorance, whereas my actual and correct date of birth is 12/03/1980 as per my other official documents.

4. That, I am currently residing at H/No. 60, Ward-08, Chumukedima, Dimapur, Nagaland and hence forth my corresponding address shall be my current address H/No. 60, Ward No. 08, Chumukedima, Dimapur, Nagaland, PIN 797103.

5. That, Merentula and Merentola, pertain to the same and one person, henceforth, I shall be known as Merentula, date of birth 12/03/1980 and corresponding address H/No. 60, Ward No. 08, Chumukedima, Dimapur, Nagaland, PIN 797103, for future intents and purposes.

6. That, the statements made from Para 1-5 are true and current to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing stated herein above are false.

Deponent Sworn before me by the deponent on this the 11th day of Mar', 2019.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Regd. No. 454/2019 Dimapur : Nagaland Date 11/03/2019

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M a d r i d, M a r 1 1 (Agencies): Karim Benzema scored a second-half double as Real Madrid got back to winning ways after a dreadful past couple of weeks by coming from behind to beat Real Valladolid 4-1.

A pair of defeats at home to Barcelona looks to have ended Madrid’s quest for domestic glory this season while the pressure on Santiago Solari intensified after the capital club were knocked out of the Champions League by Ajax.

They made a sluggish start at the Estadio Municipal Jose Zorrilla against a side battling to retain their LaLiga status but two goals from Benzema and one each for Raphael Varane and Luka Modric underpinned a 4-1 victory.

Valladolid missed a penalty and had two goals ruled out for offside early on before taking the lead through Anuar Tuhami just before the half hour, but

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(CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION) Case No: W.P (C) No. 171 (K) /2018 In the matter of : Shri T. Longso Khiamniungan ………. Petitioner.

–VersusState of Nagaland & 54 Ors. …….. Respondents.

1. Shri M. Biri Chang, S/o Matchi Chang of Taknyu Village, DB Grade II, posted at EAC Office Chingmei.

2. Shri T. Putsoi, S/o Tangosi of Sanglao Village, DB Grade II, posted at EAC Office Nokhu.

3. Shri Imsumangyang Sangtam, S/o Rongsenba of Alisopur Village, DB Grade I posted at ADC Office Longkhim.

4. Shri A. Thrimho Yimchunger, S/o M. Asokhiung Yimchunger of Longtoker Village, DB Grade II, posted at EAC Office Mangko.

5. Shri M. Longshem, S/o Monglom of Choklangan Village, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Nokhu.

6. Shri M. Matbou Chang, S/o Naming of Chingmei Village, DB Grade II posted at EAC, Office Chingmei.

7. Shri A. Hothrong Yimchunger, S/o M. Ahoshe Yimchunger of Kiutsukiur Village, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Sotokur.

8. Shri Y. Sekyuchem Sangtam, S/o Yangtsase of Sangsomong Village, DB Grade II posted at ADC Office Longkhem.

9. Shri T. Tongpang Chang, S/o C. Thungti of Hakchang Village, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Sangsangnyu.

10. Shri K. Thongthong, S/o P. Korakmong of Lengkonger Village, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Sotokur.

11. Shri Pesing, S/o Khumong of Peshu Village, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Panso.

12. Shri Y. Thsajungli Sangtam, S/o Yimkyumong Sangtam of Longkhim Village, DB Grade II posted at ADC Office Longkhim.

13. Shri N. Chingmak, S/o Y. Chuba of Bhumpak Village, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Chingmei.

14. Shri Nagakusomba, S/o T. Mongba of Tuensang Village, DB Grade I posted at Tuensang Headquarter.

15. Shri Kiukum, S/o Muzungchim of Sotokur Village, DB grade II posted at EAC Office Mangko.

16. Shri Longsham, S/o Seko of Nokhu Village, DB Grade II posted at ADC Office Noklak.

17. Shri K. Chingmak, S/o Khoni of Yali Village, DB Grade II posted at Tuensang Headquarter.

18. Shri M. Haku Chang, S/o Metpong of Keshai village, DB Grade II posted at Sangsangnyu.

19. Shri C. Ngoubangsonba, S/o H. Changlemba Chang of Longra Village, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Ngoungchung.

20. Shri Mathri Yimchunger, DB Grade II posted at ADC Office Shamator.

21. Shri N. Pehei, DB Grade II posted at ADC Office Noklak.

22. Shri C. Tochi Chang, DB Grade II posted at Tuensang Headquarter 23. Shri Talimeren Sangtam, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Chare.

24. Shri C. Khumong, DB Grade II posted at ADC Noklak.

25. Shri Y. Imtichuba Chang, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Ngoungchung.

26. Shri Hotongkyi Sangtam, DB Grade II posted EAC Office Chare.

27. Shri Shitopong Yimchunger, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Sotokur.

28. Shri M. W. Chollen Chang, DB Grade II posted at Tuensang Headquarter.

29. Shri T. Chettei, DB Grade II posted at Tuensang Headquarter.

30. Shri Kiusumong, DB Grade II posted at ADC Office Shemator.

31. Shri B. Sayu Chang, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Sangsangnyu.

32. Shri T. Chingmak, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Ngoungchung.

33. Shri T. Palu Khiamn, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Nokhu.

34. Shri M. Shahoto Yimchunger, DB Grade II posted at EAC Office Mangko.

35. Shri I. Y. Somba Chang, DB Grade II posted at Tuensang Headquarter.

36. Shri W. M. Mullong Chang, DB Grade II posted at Tuensang Headquarter.

37. Shri C. Chuba Chang, DB Grade II posted at Tuensang Headquarter.

38. Shri Khingkhase Sangtam, DB Grade II posted at ADC Office Longkhim. ……….. Respondents.

NOTICE UNDER ORDER V. RULES 20 CPC. Please, take Notice that the above mentioned case W.P (C) No. 171 (K) /2018 has been filed in the Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench, wherein you have been impleaded as Respondents (Respondents 17 to 54).

The Hon’ble High Court dated 19.02.2019 has directed for substitute Notice through local dallies and fixed the matter after three weeks for entering of appearance. That if no appearance is made on your behalf, by yourself, by your Advocate, or by someone by law authorized to act on your behalf on the fixed date of appearance, the matter will be heard and decided ex-parte in your absence.

Signed and sealed by the order of the Court on this day the ………..

2019 Assistant Registrar (Judicial) Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench.

Kohima : Nagaland.

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ISL: Bengaluru beat NE Utd; enter final

Players of Bengaluru FC and NorthEast United FC fight for the ball during their semi-final 2nd leg in Bengaluru on Monday.

Bengaluru, Mar 11 (Agencies): Bengaluru FC won the second leg of the Indian Super League semi-final against NorthEast United 3-0 on Monday and progressed to the final to be played in Mumbai.

Miku, Dimas Delgado and Sunil Chhetri bagged the goals for the home team at the Kanteerava Stadium as the Blues overturned a 1-2 deficit from the first leg. BFC have now made it to the title clash in both their seasons competing in the ISL. The hosts started with an attacking line-up as they opted for creative midfielder Xisco in the place of defender Albert

Serran. Miku started up front supported by Sunil Chhetri and Udanta Singh.

Alex Barrera sat deepest, aided by Dimas Delgado alongside.

NorthEast United, without the injured Bartholomew Ogbeche and Rowllin Borges, started with Juan Mascia in attack and Lalrempuia Fanai in midfield. Robert Lalthlamuana, captain for NorthEast suffered an injury in warm-up and was replaced

by Keegan Pereira in the left-back slot.

The hosts started the faster of the two teams but it was NorthEast who had the first big chance of the night. Federico Gallego stole the ball in midfield,

slipped it to Juan Mascia who shot straight at Gurpreet Sandhu at his near post.

Miku, then, had three big chances for the Blues in the space of ten minutes but the Venezuelan striker contrived to miss all of those.

First, Nishu Kumar’s early cross in the 23rd minute was met by the unmarked striker but he contrived to put his header wide. Two minutes later, Harmanjot Khabra found Udanta Singh down the right and the Manipuri’s cut-back was blazed over the bar when it seemed easier to hit the target. And then, with 12 minutes to go in the first half, Miku start-

ing from the right channel cut in and beat four defenders, but his final shot with his left foot was tame and it was straight at NorthEast’s keeper Pawan Kumar.

Gallego was then injured in the second half as he blocked Miku’s shot, only for his shin bone to be injured, and he was stretchered off in an ambulance.

Miku then finally got his name on the scoresheet as Udanta’s low cross found him in the box and he flicked it with his left foot onto the post and into the net.

It was Miku at the other end playing a role in the second goal in the 87th minute, clearing the ball from a corner as Udanta Singh broke forward at pace. His misplaced cross was tipped onto the post by Pawan Kumar, as Dimas Delgado running into the box buried the rebound.

Captain Chhetri then sealed the deal in the 92nd minute, as Miku’s through ball set the BFC talisman on his way to goal. The no 11 rounded Kumar, and tapped it into the back of the net as the crowd erupted at the venue referred to as the fortress.

Nor thEast United failed to muster a response, as Bengaluru won the tie 4-2 on aggregate.

Bengaluru FC will play the winners of Mumbai City vs Goa, with the Gaurs leading the first leg 5-1.

Infantino to push forward Club WC

BERLIN, Mar 11 (Agencies): Gianni Infantino wants to speed up plans for a new Club World Cup and abolish the Confederations Cup at next week’s FIFA council meeting in Miami, according to German broadcaster ZDF. The report says FIFA president Infantino wants to discuss expanding the Club World Cup from it’s current format of seven teams to 24, including 12 sides from Europe on Thursday and Friday in the US. The Swiss also reportedly wants to scrap the Confederations Cup, an international tournament held the year before a World Cup by the host nation and last won by Germany in Russia in 2017.

According to the ZDF report, the new-look Club World Cup would be held from 2021, a year before Qatar hosts the 2022 World Cup. “Yes, that’s the way it will come about, we want to say goodbye to the Club World Cup (in it’s current format) and we will make that decision,” Fernando Sarney, Brazil’s member of the FIFA Council, told ZDF. According to the report, Infantino also wants to delay plans to introduce a global Nations League until a later date.

European football’s governing body UEFA has so far opposed the introduction of a new Club World Cup from 2021 in an already congested fixture list.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019

Federer wins Indian Wells opener

Roger Federer returns a shot to Peter Gojowczyk during their BNP Paribas Open match in California.

Indian Wells, Mar 11 (Agencies): Roger Federer began his campaign for a record sixth Indian Wells title by defeating German Peter Gojowczyk 6-1 7-5 in the BNP Paribas Open in California on Sunday.

Fresh from earning his 100th ATP singles title a week ago in Dubai, the Swiss fourth seed repelled a tough second set challenge from the world No. 85 to book his third-round place.

Federer said he was happy to get into his stride early in the tournament.

“For the first round I actually felt really good,” he told reporters. “If I maybe would have served a little bit better, I think things would have gone faster. But at the end it was a tough second set, and it’s maybe exactly what I needed.”

Federer, who won the last of his Indian Wells titles two years ago but lost in the 2018 final, used his backhand slice to keep Gojowczk from gaining any rhythm in the first set.

Yet the second proved more of a challenge as the German saved four break points in his first service game, then used his momentum to break for a 3-1 lead.

Federer immediately broke back before later benefiting from an untimely double fault for another break and serving out for victory in just over an hour and a quarter.

Also world number two Rafa Nadal brushed aside American Jared Donaldson 6-1 6-1 and will next face Diego Schwartzman after the Argentine beat Roberto Carballes 6-3 6-1.

Earlier in the day, Japan’s Kei Nishikori nar-

rowly avoided a second round defeat to Frenchman Adrian Mannarino before battling through 6-4 4-6 7-6(4).

World number seven Nishikori was not at his best, with the left-handed Mannarino’s flat groundstrokes neutralising his attacks and the Frenchman seemed to be heading for victory when he served for the match at 6-5.

Yet he double faulted on the third break point he faced in the game and Nishikori raced into a 6-2 lead in the deciding tiebreak.

Still, Mannarino kept fighting, saving two match points before the Japanese finally wrapped up victory after two hours and 33 minutes. “I was really focused on that last tiebreak,” Nishikori said. “I think we both played good, and I think in the tiebreak I played the best tennis.”

England thrash WI to sweep T20 series Arsenal beat Man United 2-0 to go 4th in EPL

England players with the trophy after wrapping up the T20 series 3-0 against West Indies.

Saint Kitts, Mar 11 (Agencies): England ended their Caribbean tour on an upbeat note when they thrashed West Indies by eight wickets in the final Twenty20 international on Sunday to sweep the threematch series.

Fast-medium bowler David Willey rattled through West Indies’ top order, taking 4-7 off three overs as England dismissed the home team for a paltry 71 in 13 overs at Basseterre in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The capitulation left West Indies with the ignominy of being the first

team to score less than 75 in consecutive T20 internationals, following their 45-run total in the second game on Friday.

No West Indies batsman scored more than 11.

It took England just 10.3 overs to polish off their victory target, Jonny Bairstow scoring a quickfire 37.

The dye was cast from the first ball on a slowish wicket when Shai Hope gave an easy catch to short cover off Willey, who was named man-of-the-match.

“My role up front there is to try to swing the new ball,” Willey said. “Tonight

it didn’t swing a great deal but I put it in the right area and there was a bit of hold in the pitch for me and it forced some errors from the West Indies.”

Captain Eoin Morgan was particularly pleased with the performance of some of his fringe players who got a chance to play when several first-choice players were rested.

England return home having improved as their tour progressed. They lost the test series 2-1 then drew the one-dayers 2-2 before sweeping the Twenty20 matches.

L O N D O N, M a r 1 1 (Agencies): Arsenal ended Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s unbeaten run in the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday to leapfrog its rival into the top four.

Granit Xhaka scored with a swerving long-range strike in the first half and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doubled the lead from the penalty spot in the 69th minute at the Emirates Stadium. The win puts Arsenal back into fourth place, two points ahead of United, and handed Solskjaer his first league loss since taking over as United manager in December. The Norwegian had 10 wins and two draws in his first 12 games.

Arsenal is now just one point behind north London rival Tottenham, with United fifth and Chelsea sixth, in an increasingly tight fight for the Champions League spots.

The result was a reversal from the team’s fortunes in France in midweek as well, when United beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 to advance in the Champions League and Arsenal lost 3-1 at Rennes in the Europa

Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka wheels away in celebration after scoring the first goal for his team during their EPL match against Manchester United.

League.

Arsenal coach Unai Emery deployed a surprisingly offensive-minded lineup with Mesut Ozil, Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette in attack, and the hosts put United under pressure from the start.

They had already created a number of halfchances when Xhaka gave his team the lead in the

12th minute with a shot that seemed to catch goalkeeper David De Gea by surprise, totally wrongfooting the Spaniard as it dipped into the far corner from 25 yards (meters) out.

United came close to equalizing several times, though, with Fred hitting the post and Romelu Lukaku - who had also hit the

crossbar early on - denied twice from close range by Bernd Leno.

Despite United enjoying a period of sustained pressure after the break, Lacazette was bundled over in the penalty area by midfielder Fred, and Aubameyang calmly converted from the spot in the 69th.

Au b a m e ya n g h a d

missed a late penalty in last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Tottenham but sent De Gea the wrong way to score his 17th league goal of the season.

“I made a mistake against Tottenham and I missed it, but today I was focused and scored a penalty,” Aubameyang said.

“I knew it would be tough, but I was really confident.

The spirit of the team was good. We have everything in our hands and we know it will be tough to finish in the top four, but we are confident — it was important to win this game today and we have chances.”

Arsenal’s celebrations for that goal were marred by a fan running onto the pitch, shoving United defender Chris Smalling before attempting to join the home players’ huddle.

The pitch invasion came just hours after a fan ran onto the field in the Championship derby between Birmingham and Aston Villa and attacked Villa’s Jack Grealish.

Marcus Rashford had one final chance to pull a goal back for United in injury time, but headed straight at Leno.

Zidane set for Madrid return

Madrid, Mar 11 (AFP): Zinedine Zidane will make a shock return as coach of Real Madrid after the club decided on Monday to sack Santiago Solari, say reports in the Spanish press. Madrid president Florentino Perez has reportedly met with the board and resolved to dismiss Solari, with Zidane set to be his replacement, nine months after the he resigned at the end of last season.

Zidane could take training as early as Tuesday and be in charge for Madrid’s La Liga game at home to Celta Vigo on Saturday.

His priority will be to secure Madrid’s place in the top four after a turbulent fortnight that has seen them lose twice to Barcelona and knocked out by Ajax in the Champions League.

Zidane won that tournament in each of his three seasons in charge at the Santiago Bernabeu, as well

Zinedine Zidane

as La Liga in 2016-17, while enjoying a strong relationship with the majority of the players. Gareth Bale was one of the few not to see eye-toeye with the Frenchman and Bale’s future will become even more uncertain, should Zidane’s appointment be confirmed.

Sergio Ramos had said earlier on Monday he accepts blame for the club’s “deeply disappointing” season but insists the players have no say on the coaching situation. Ramos posed a series of questions to him-

self on social media after Madrid had beaten Real Valladolid 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday night.

“As footballers we like to do our talking on the pitch but this season is not turning out that way,” Ramos wrote.

“Recent events have been disastrous and I’m not hiding. We are not hiding.

We the players are primarily responsible and I, as captain, more than anyone.” On Solari’s position, Ramos said: “It’s a decision that’s not ours to make and in which we never interfere. We have enormous respect for the position and we always support the Real Madrid coach.

“These reflections are, without doubt, the result of a deeply disappointing season but if success didn’t stop us, we’re not going to let defeat stop us. It’s our obligation to carry on, to work and to evolve.”

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