March 25, 2017

Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXVII No. 108

DIMAPUR, saturday, march 25, 2017 Pages 12 ` 4.00

Manohar Parrikar presents budget, focuses on agri, edu

Diphu XI to take on Whiskers CC in final today

UK attack: Significant arrests made

national, page 5

sports, Page 11

international, Page 9

Govt to initiate consultations on ULB election Correspondent

KO H I M A , M A R 2 4 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu on Friday informed the house that the state government has decided to initiate the process of dialogue and consultation with the stakeholders on elections to the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in order to arrive at a broad based consensus on the issue.

Winding up the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address in the assembly, here Friday Dr. Liezietsu said the state government and those organizations opposed to ULB polls were of the same opinion (to protect Article 371-A) . He said the government’s stand was that since the case which was pending before the Supreme Court the ruling could have adverse effect on Article 371-A. He said it was so because the women’s reservation was mandatory under Article 243-T of Part IX-A of the Constitution and in the State Municipal Act. He further called upon the legislators to keep close

Dr. Shurhozelie speaking on the third day of the fifteenth session of the 12th nagaland Legislative Assembly on Friday. (DIPR)

contact with the public in order to hold the confidence of the people. Dr. Liezietsu was of the opinion that the recent incident was a result of lack of close rapport with the people.

According to DIPR, the chief minister said it was inappropriate to interpret the recent violent incidents in the state as being due to a result of accumulated anger by unemployed youths, while drawing attention on remarks by some members to that effect.

Border fencing: On Indo-Myanmar border fencing issue, Dr. Liezietsu said his government would ensure that the traditional rights of the Nagas were

protected and to allow free movement within their own ancestral land.

He further informed the house that with the collective effort and support of the Centre, they were able influence the Myanmar government to stop the construction of fencing. He also cautioned that such attempts to divide the Nagas would have adverse effect on the peace and security in the border areas.

7th RoP: On implementation of the 7th Central Revision of Pay (RoP), the chief minister said the government after careful consideration and discussion with CANSSEA, decided to implement the

RoP from April 2018.

However, he said CANSSEA was yet to accept the offer. Recalling the that 6th RoP was brought into effect from April 2010, with one month’s pay bonus, Dr. Liezietsu said the next RoP was due only in 2020 since revisions were made after every 10 years. However, he said the government decided to advance it by two years, and to start implementing it from 2018.

Employment issue: Dr. Liezietsu while appreciating the introduction of Personal Information Management System (PIMS) by the state government, said though PIMS was introduced in 2016, the process

was yet to be completed in most of the departments.

CM also reminded that the government had banned all contract and adhoc appointments without following due procedure since June 6, 2016.

He however assured to look into any irregularities brought to the notice of the government of those who were not following proper procedures.

Responding to the issues highlighted by other members on youth and employment, Dr. Liezietsu said it was in consonance with the priorities of the government and as envisioned in the Nagaland Vision 2030 that the state government would intensify its efforts in expanding opportunities for gainful employment for the youth.

On the issue for rightsizing of government work force, CM said he would ask the ‘Manpower Rationalization Committee’ headed by the chief secretary to recommend corrective measures for managing the manpower in a better manner particularly in the major departments like Police and Education.

Naga solution most

urgent: Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu said the state government had been pressing to the Centre that solution to the Naga issue has become more urgent than ever.

According to DIPR, Dr. Shürhozelie pointed out that the Naga issue has been recognized as unique

by Government of India, and that the state government was also playing the role of the facilitator. However, he said that alone would be insufficient since the government needed to be more aggressive in its approach and adding “the government must have hard talks with all the factions”.

He also acknowledged the bold decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to solve the Naga political problem.

In his concluding statement, chief minister Dr. Shürhozelie called upon “all to work hard and be more aggressive to solve our Naga political problem.” He also appealed to all 60 legislators to come together and to have the same opinion to bring the people together and solve the problem.

128 GT, 532 PT posts vacant in education deptt: Yitachu Correspondent

KO H I M A , M A R 2 4 (NPN): A total number of 660 posts –– 128 graduate teachers (GTs) and 532 primary teachers (PTs) –– have fallen vacant during the last three years (2013-2017) in the department of school education (DoSE), stated minister for school education & SCERT, Yitachu, in the assembly on Friday.

The minister said the vacant posts were proposed to be filled up after the ban on new appointments were lifted by the state government. Responding to the starred question of Mmhonlumo Kikon, MLA, on the number of government high schools producing nil result in the HSLC examinations, the minister said that 24 schools produced nil results in 2014, 38 schools in 2015 and 30 schools in 2016.

Yitachu said the department has taken remedial measures to improve the HSLC results in the GHS including rationalisation of schools and teachers, posting of headmaster and assistant headmaster to the schools where there was no (Cont’d on p-7) headmaster and assistant

headmaster. He said other remedial measures initiated by the government were appointment of maths and science teacher even during freezing of new appointments , coaching classes in the government run schools, strengthening, monitoring and inspection of schools and remedial teaching in English, Maths and science under RMSA and SSA. Yitachu informed that the delay in release of salaries of RMSA, SSA and Hindi teachers was due to delay in receipt of funds from the Ministry of Human Resource Development. In a supplementary question, Kikon said that producing nil results despite taking remedial measure was of great concern. He also asked what had been the many causes for the nil results and what was the process of remedial measures? Kikon added that producing nil results was not a good sign for the government-run schools.

BJP MLA also had asked whether the vehicles purchased for Mid Day Meal (MDM) was under the provision of the MDM scheme.

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MVC alleges embezzlement in MGNREGA funds

CM apprises NLA on SC notice to poll panel on alleged EVMs tampering Resolution on border fencing introduced fuel adulteration case

DIMAPUR, MAR 24 (NPN): Medziphema Village Council (MVC) has accused Rural Development department of embezzlement of funds provided under MGNREGA, which is exclusively meant for village development especially in rural areas.

In a press statement, MVC session chairman Niesakuolie Siam and session secretary Kevisikho Kuotsu claimed that the VDB secretary and MVC chairman were made to sign on blank cheques by RD department that was “meant for department mobilization works.

In this regard, the council at its annual general meeting on March 18 has unanimously resolved that henceforth, VDB secretary and chairman Medziphema Village Council would not issue any blank cheque to RD department.

However, in the event, any cheque was issued then it should have the name of beneficiary, exact amount and proper details on the utilization of the said fund/ money. At the meeting, lack of transparency in utilization of MGNREGA funds and funds embezzled by the RD department, was thoroughly discussed, the statement added.

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KOHIMA, MAR 24 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, who also holds the charge of Food and Civil Supplies, has said police have registered three cases in connection with the fuel adulteration case. He informed the house that five people were arrested in the third case but investigation could not be completed so far since the main accused was absconding.

In his reply to the starred question posed by Mmhonlumo Kikon, MLA, the chief minister said 13 persons were arrested in the first case and released on bail and that six persons were charge-sheeted after investigation.

In the second case, the chief minister said 15 persons were arrested and after investigation while eight persons were charge-sheeted.

Replying to a supplementary question by Kikon, regarding constitution of SIT on fuel adulteration case and the officials involved, the former chief minister, T.R. Zeliang, who was earlier in charge of F&CS department, said seven member SIT team headed by IG, Wabang Jamir, was constituted to probe the case.

Zeliang further informed the house that the team had almost completed the investigation and the case was now pending in the judicial court.

The government found its self in quite a situation when advisor Finance, T.R. Zeliang rose up to reply to the supplementary question instead of the chief minister. It would have put speculations to rest had the chief minister stood up and clarified the reply would be given by the T.R. Zeliang during whose tenure, as F&CS department’s minister in-charge, the case came up.

N e w D e l hi , M ar 2 4 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Election Commission on a PIL seeking investigation by software experts into the allegations of tampering of EVMs in the recently-concluded state assembly elections. A bench of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul issued notice on a PIL by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma who has contended that on account of “political conspiracy”, the Election Commission “did no effort to collect and arrange VVPAT paper trail machines”.

Contending that though there was “no technical and financial crunch” to arrange the VVPAT machines, the Election Commission did not approach the top court if it was not provided with required funds by the Central and the state governments for their acquisition.

Seeking investigation of EVMS, Sharma said that Election Commission has itself admitted that the EVMs are

tamper-proof till their technical, mechanical and software details remain secret and the same can be detected via reverse engineering by any expert.

He said that according to poll panel itself, 71 EVMs were stolen since 2009 and therefore it prima facie appeared/was proved that after reverse engineering, software has already been prepared and used in various elections since after 2010 for favourable election results.

Sharma alleged that the general and state elections held after 2010 and conducted by EVMs have been manipulated and forged for grabbing power with the help of wireless device which is liable to investigated and tested via foreign electronic lab.

Citing the case of a candidate getting zero votes in Mumbai while he and his family had voted for him, he said this was but one case of fraud which proves that EVMs have been tampered with. EVMs, which have not been tested till date, cannot be relied upon as tamperproof, said the PIL, adding that

JSUN begins indefinite GHSS Jalukie bandh

This is it!

Protesters holding placards picket the premises of GHSS Jalukie on Friday.

“In democracy the majority is always right.

Even in what we should eat or dress.”

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DIMAPUR, MAR 24 (NPN): Jalukie students union Nagaland (JSUN) along with Jalukie Pumling Nko (JPN) and Old Jalukie Village Council (OJVC) on Friday reportedly lunched indefinite bandh of government higher secondary school (GHSS) Jalukie and picketed the school premises in a peaceful manner.

In a press release, JSUN president, Haizin

Mpom, and general secretary, Pehiato Hingleu, said the bandh was called to express resentment towards the state government for not honouring MoU signed between the OJVC and the government of Nagaland and appointing “outsider” to a post under grade- IV. The union has urged the responsible authority to revoke the appointment and appoint a land

owner candidate at the earliest to prevent “further turmoil and inconveniences” caused to innocent students.

As part of its phase-I agitation, JSUN said administration block of the school was closed down on Friday, but classrooms and teaching staff were exempted. The union, however, warned that the bandh would be intensified if the

department failed to meet its genuine demand.

Further, the union appealed to the school education department to look into the matter seriously and act accordingly. JSUN also cautioned of “irrepressible situation” in the event its demand was not met, adding that the department would be held responsible for the consequences.

when tampered by criminals for “vote-stealing” by changing votes in favour of a political party for grabbing power, it is a fraud upon basic structure of democratic constitutional systems which is not only liable to be stopped but also investigated and prosecuted to restore popular faith and democratic systems in the country.

On March 16 last, the Election Commission had emphasised that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were tamper proof and termed the allegations by some political parties concerning their use in assembly elections to five states as “baseless, speculative and wild”.

“ECI unequivocally reiterates that given effective technical and administrative safeguards, EVMs are not tamperable and integrity of electoral process is preserved,” the EC had said in a statement. It said the commission did not receive specific complaints or concrete material from political parties/candidates about alleged tampering of EVMs in assembly elections in five states.

Acharya appeals citizens to observe Earth Hour DIMAPUR, MAR 24 (NPN): Nagaland Governor P.B. Acharya has appealed to the people of the State to join Raj Bhavan to observe Earth Hour by switching off lights between 8:30 to 9:30 pm on March 25. In a statement, Governor said that Earth Hour was all about taking steps towards positive change. “‘Let us play our part in reducing carbon footprint, both in personal life and in the workplace, which is essential in order to create a healthy and environmentally safe world,” he stated. He further called upon the citizens to support the pledge and mitigate emission of Green House Gases by switching off non-essential lights in each household, offices and other spaces.

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KOHIMA, MAR 24 (NPN): After the discussion on construction of international border fencing at Pangsha dominated the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address on Thursday, the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Friday introduced the state government’s resolution on the issue, which was moved by Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) minister, P Longon.

In the resolution, the house seeks to request the government of India to impress upon the government of Myanmar to permanently drop the project of construction of fencing on the Indo-Myanmar border in the state of Nagaland with a view to continuing the cordial and fraternal relations amongst the Nagas living on both sides of the border.

To this introduced resolution, the consideration and adoption would be held in the assembly on March 28. NLA speaker informed that any amendment to this resolution could be submitted till 2pm of March 25.

NSCN (I-M) Tatar session adjourned sine die DIMAPUR, MAR 24 (NPN): Speaker of Tatar Hoho Ashiho Asoumai has adjourned the twoday budget session of the NSCN (I-M) sine die which concluded on March 24.

During the session, the house discussed thoroughly on the Vote on Account of the proposed budget for the year 2017-2018, stated MIP in a press statement.

The house also unanimously approved the budget proposal passed by Medo Angami, Kilonser, Chaplee Affairs.

The first day of the session began with an obituary report by Keya Ministry where a one minute silent prayer was observed in remembrance of the martyrs.

In his presidential address, Vice President GPRN Gen.(retd) Kholi stressed on national econo-

my in terms of sustainable income generation and its judicious management.

He reiterated that “national economy has become imperative to harness the human potentiality in the service of the nation and organization”.

Therefore, he said it was our responsibility to prepare and adopt reliable and viable budget and to formulate right system so that generated income are judiciously spent.

He further appealed to the members of the house to adopt right and effective decision to save the nation from all kinds of dangers and difficulties within and outside.

The session continued with a motion on the Presidential address. The house also discussed meticulously on various agendas pertaining to the National interest.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur saturday, march 25, 2017

World Tuberculosis Day observed across Nagaland

(L-R): World Tuberculosis Day observed in Dimapur, Mokokchung, Phek and Mon.

(L-R): World Tuberculosis Day observed in Longleng, Kohima, Zunheboto, NEISSR and Sendenyu village.

DIMAPUR: World Tuberculosis Day was observed across Nagaland on Friday under the theme “Unite to End TB” by organising various awareness programmes on Tuberculosis.

Dimapur: Lions Club Dimapur (LCD) observed World TB Day. At the programme, RNTCP, DTO Dr. Talitoba, oriented the participants on the signs and symptoms of TB and the diagnostic and treatment available free of cost at RNTCP TB Centre for the public.

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dimapur Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi, reiterated on the importance of timely detection and treatment of TB and further urged the students to spread the awareness on TB and maintaining a hygienic lifestyle.

Dr. Antoly, Deputy CMO, Dr. Lanuakum, DPO (RCH/UIP), Dr. C.Tetseo, nodal officer, NTCP, Staff under RNTCP and DAPCU also participated in the programme.

MOKOKCHUNG: Mokokchung obser ved World TB day at Imkongli-

ba Memorial District Hospital, jointly organized by RNTCP unit Mokokchung and Project Axshya.

Speaking at the programme, Deputy Commissioner, Sushi Kumar Patel, IAS, said that attempt to curb this disease had been in vain because of false pretence, stigma and ignorance about TB by majority of the general mass. He further encouraged the medical staffs to work collectively in order to eradicate TB. Delivering a shor t speech, Dr. Chubatemsu Ao, Sr. MO. DRTB, Mokokchung, said called for active support and involvement from all sections of the society to eradicate TB. Dr. M. Imyangluba Ao, DTO also highlighted on the activities and performance of RNTCP and Project Axshya in the district. He also called upon the participants to join hands and unite to end TB in the society.

At the programme, nursing students, IMDH presented a special song, Dr. S. S Lakaba, CMO exhorted the congregation and vote of thanks was delivered

SDEO Peren informs

YVC asks police to arrest March 3 perpetrators

DIMAPUR: Sub Divisional Education Officer (SDEO) Peren has informed all GMS and GPS under SDEO to collect de-worming tablets from nearest health centre and report the number of tablets received and number of students availing the tablet.

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by Ajanuo Natso, Project Axshya. The program was chaired by Dr.Takosunep, SMO. (Correspondent) PHEK: Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program Phek (RNTCP) in collaboration with the Emmanuel Hospital Association Phek observed World TB Day, at Holy Care School, Phek.

Resource person of the programme, District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO) Phek Dr. Ruokuohelie Rutsa sensitized and gave awareness on tuberculosis to the participants. He informed that people with HIV, diabetes, chronic smokers, alcoholic, malnutrition etc were in high risk of getting TB. The programme was attended by headmaster, teachers and students of class 5 to 10 and 52 Jawans of 5th BN NAP Phek.

MON: World TB day was observed in Mon with Lemei “Miss Mon 2016” as the guest of honour at St. Mary School, Mon. Speaking at the occasion Lemei called upon the stakeholders to jointly combat TB to eradicate from the

society and said putting an end to TB would be a historical achievement. Besides joint venture to eradicate TB she also urged upon the gathering to fight against stigma and discrimination against TB patients.

Significance of the day was delivered by Dr. Yannang MO, DH, Mon while introduction of school health programme was highlighted by Dr. Khobung, programme manager, World Vision India, Yithmei enchanted the gathering with a special number and a quiz competition.

The programme was jointly organized by the RNTCP, Project Axshay, World Vision India and DAPCU. TUENSANG: Tuensang observed World TB Day, at main police point junction Tuensang organized by the CHAI PROJECT AXSHYA in collaboration with IDS and RNTCP government of Nagaland.

Focusing on the theme, deputy CMO, Dr. Sungmo Chang explained about the basic on TB, symptoms, treatment, stigma attached

to TB patients. She also urged all the NGOs, government department to support for the cause of TB in the district as it was one of the dreaded killer diseases loosing many lives due to TB. Loyem Memorial School, principal Debashish deb, shared his experience, solidarity speech on behalf of the Chang community was presented by the Tribal President Nokshang Chang.

LONGLENG: District Health Society Longleng celebrated “World Tuberculosis Day” at Community Hall Yongnyah under the theme “Unite to end TB” on March 24.

Changsang Soted EAC Yongnyah, encouraged the participants to be aware of the TB treatments that were available in the hospital so that the public in general would be less affected.

An interactive session was also held led by Dr. Manen Phom, MO PHC Yongnyah. The programme was attended by 180 participants along with staff of RNTCP District Hospital Longleng and the staff and

nurses of PHC Yongnyah.

KOHIMA: Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Kohima observed World TB Day at Christ King Higher Secondary School (CKHSS) and Bethel Higher Secondary School, (BHSS) Kohima.

In the introductory remark it was stated that in the past there were many misconception surrounding the TB disease, some branding the disease as hereditary, untreatable etc but TB is preventable, treatable and curable.

During the presentation made on TB and RNTCP by Dr. K. T Lotha State TB Officer, and Dr. Apichetla Amer, assistant programme officer, it was stressed that Tuberculosis was one of the most infectious diseases in the world causing the maximum number of deaths.

The thematic message “Unite to End TB” was given by Dr. Swuduvelu Ngully Medical Officer and Dr. Potikokla TB HIV coordinator.

NNaga DAO, ARK Foundation unhappy on H&WF minister reply D I M A P U R : N e t wo r k of Nagaland Drugs and AIDS Organisation (NNagaDAO) and Access to Rights and Knowledge (ARK) Foundation have raised objection on the reply given by minister of health and family welfare P. Longon against questions put forth by Mmhonlumo Kikon, MLA, on the status of payments to be made to the NGOs working in the field of HIV and AIDS in the floor of the Assembly on March 23.

According to NNaga DAO, the minister replied was only on financial year 2016-17, stating that Rs. 1.68 core was yet to be released, however remained silent on the backlog of Rs. 3.23 core.

The NGO has also hit out at the minister of diverting the subsequent question raised by MLA Mmhonlumo Kikon, who had enquired on the action taken on the representation submitted to the chief minister by the NGOs after a protest rally in Kohima on November 10, 2016. Instead, Longon replied that the government had already paid 80 %

of the amount and that the NGOs were demanding the remaining 20%.

In this regard, NNagaDAO reminded Longon that the State government was aware that NACO brought out 80% pegged norms/formula and remaining 20% of the total budget should be supported by the State.

It was for this reason, a financial discrepancy of Rs 3. 23 core was brought in the last fiscal year 201516, NNaga DAO said.

N N a g a DAO a l s o maintained that NGOs have signed an MOU / contract with 100% and not 80%, therefore demanded that 100% of the amount be released as per the MOU. The apex body of NGOs has also demanded that the NACO and NSACS (Nagaland Government) to pay the payable to the NGOs. Further, NNaga DAO concluded that the minister’s silence on the action taken to resolve the issue raised by NGOs was that he was not briefed properly or the state government have not played its role.

Meanwhile, NNagaDAO praised Mmhonlumo Kikon for rising pertinent question in the assembly. NNagaDAO was hopeful that NSACS executive board will sit as soon as possible to deliberate and resolve the issue before the financial year ends.

ARK Foundation: ARK Foundation has also urged the Health Minister to get his facts corrected where he mentioned that there were 45 NGOs working on PL HIV & AIDS under NSACS, as reported in a local daily.

In a clarification, ARK foundation cited that these 45 were not NGOs but number of Targeted Intervention (TI) Projects and that there were only 28 NGOs implementing 45 TI Projects across the state working with High Risk Groups (HRGs) of which the project Break up was 19 (IDU), 3 (IDU&OST), 1 (Migrant), 1 (Truckers), 15 (Core Composite), 3 (MSM), 2 (FSW) and 1 (FIDU) projects making it a total of 45 TI projects.

On the issue of pay-

ments to these projects implementing NGOs, ARK Foundation reiterated about the urgent need to release the backlog amount of Rs.3.23 crore for the period of December 2015 till January-March 2016.

Despite having signed an MOU of 100% with NSACS for the financial year 2015-16, the NGOs were not provided the funds for the works they implemented during these four months, even after a lapse of almost a year, ARK foundation stated.

ARK foundation also stated that it was the legitimate right of NNagaDAO to demand the 100% funds on behalf of the NGOs. Further, ARK foundation have also urged the Health Minister to immediately appoint a project director for NSACS, since the office was functioning without a project director for the past few months and also highlighted the need to urgently develop strategy/ program for addressing Viral Hepatitis C in the state, as part of the state’s obligation to protect the health rights of its citizens.

CM, others lay annual administrative reports

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KOHIMA, MAR 24 (NPN): Chief Minister, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu and concern ministers and parliamentary secretaries on Friday laid administrative reports on the third day of the ongoing 15th session of the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

The CM tabled a copy of the following rules: Rules for regulating the procedure for deputation and absorption of Central and State Service

Officers, including officers from Autonomous Bodies and their service conditions under the Government of Nagaland, 2016 and the Nagaland Rules of Executive Business, 2016.

Annual Administrative reports 2016-17 of their respective departments were also laid on the table by minister for Power C. Kipili Sangtam, minister for Rural Development, REPA, C.L. John, minister for Transport & Civil Aviation, IT&C, Border Affairs, Paiwang Konyak, parliamentary secretary for Fisheries, Printing

& Stationary, Shetoyi, parliamentary secretary for Land Revenue, VG, Women Development, L. Khumo, parliamentary secretary for Housing, Er. Levi Rengma, parliamentary secretary for Justice & Law, SIRD, Er. Picto Shohe, parliamentary secretary for Irrigation & Flood Control, N. Jacob Zhimomi, parliamentary secretary for Soil & water Conservation, Pukhayi, parliamentary secretary for Industries & Commerce, Amenba Yaden and parliamentary secretary for Agriculture, Y.M. Yolow.

ZUNHEBOTO: World TB Day was observed held at Old Town Prayer Fellowship with Dr. Aron Senior Medical Officer as the guest Speaker.

At the programme, Dr. Hokishe, CMO, Zunheboto highlighted on the theme ‘Unite to end TB’ and TB symptoms and how TB can be cured through proper treatment and medications, and also requested the church leaders and invitees to involve and support in the activities to create awareness to fight against this deadly disease.

Awareness that TB is curable at free of cost through DOTs Treatment, Dr. Aron sr. MO emphasised on the basics of TB, infection, suffering and stigma associated with the disease.

NEISSR: North East Institute of Social Science and Research (NEISSR), Dimapur, commemorated the World Tuberculosis Day at the NEISSR Conference Hall wherein assistant professor, Liangamang Robert, stressed on the role of social worker in

creating awareness.

The trainees also presented on the history behind the commemoration of the World TB day, causes, symptoms and preventive measures for T.B. Through presentations the trainees dispelled the myths that are usually associated with the understanding of how Tuberculosis is spread and can be treated.

SENDENYU VILLAGE: World TB Day was observed by the Kohima District TB Control Society under the establishment of the Chief Medical Officer, Kohima district with the community of Sendenyu village at the village panchayat hall on March 24.

District TB officer, Kohima, Dr. Asunu Sakhrie, Dr. Kezholenu Sakhrie, chest specialist Naga Hospital Authority Kohima and DOTS PLUS Supervisor, RNTCP program, Neiphrelie highlighted the gathering on TB. Kohima Mobile ICTC also conducted voluntary testing of HIV for 41 people from the village and general check up for 30 patients.

news in brief HASSU presidential meeting: Highway Area Sumi Students Union (HASSU) has convened presidential meeting on March 26 at 1p.m at its office. All the members and unit presidents have been requested to attend the meeting.

AG Kohima informs: Audit officer of AG (Audit) Kohima has informed that press conference scheduled to be held at conference hall of the Accountant General (Audit) Kohima on March 24 at 4:15 p.m. has been cancelled. It has inform that press conference would be held at a later date when C&AG’s audit report gets placed during ongoing 15th session of the 12 NLA. DC Phek informs: Deputy Commissioner Phek, Murohu Chotso has informed the general public that Biometric enrolment facility for making Aadhar card was now available at the Office of the DC, Phek. DC further informed that for the time being only the indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland were eligible to avail the facility as per the directives of the State government.

MCCI annual general meeting: Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) has convened its annual general meeting for the year 2017 on March 28, 1 p.m. at MMC shopping complex. MCCI has also informed that all business establishments and shops in Mokokchung town would remain closed starting from 1 p.m. till the general meeting gets over. Customers and public have been requested to bear with the inconvenience.

TSUD informs: Tenyimi Students’ Union Dimapur in collaboration with Pinnacle Skill and Pro Rural would be organizing a Skill Development cum Career Guidance seminar on March 25 at 10 a.m. at Town Hall. All students’/ unemployed youths those who are interested have been invited to attend the seminar.

ECC farewell prog: Eastern Christian College (ECC) farewell programme for the outgoing students would be held on March 27 at 10 a.m. at the College Auditorium. All the 6th semester students and well wishers have been requested to attend the programme.

Correction: Apropos the news items published in this daily on March 24 under the heading “40.251 acres purchased for Kohima medical college”, in regard to payment status of NGOs working on PLV HIV & AIDS, the same should read as minister Longon said the state government was not in the position to pay in full when the centre government has released only 80% for them and not as published. In the 3rd column, the sentence should read as, highlighting the latest status, the minister said this year 41 cases of dengue were detected in Mon district in the month January. Inadvertent error is regretted.

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CBPF resolves to oppose ‘good governance day’

DIMAPUR: Chakhesang Baptist Pastors’ Fellowship (CBPF) during its fellowship held at Chizami Baptist Church from March 21 to 23 had resolved to support the CBCC’s stand against imposition of “good governance day” on Christmas Day. A press note by Pastors’ Fellowship CBCC chairman, Rev. Dr. Nuvucho Dzüdo and executive secretary, Rev. Dr. Vezopa Tetseo, has urged the state government of Nagaland to take up the matter in all seriousness with the central government for necessary rectifications.

CBCC maintained that the observance of good governance day on Christmas day was a deliberate attempt on the part of the central government to suppress the religious rights of the Christians in India and would go down in history as discriminatory move against the religious minority.

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It also stated that it was a threat not only to the spirit of secularism but a total disregard, neglect, discrimination and denial of our fundamental right to religious practices.

CBCC also noted that imposing uniform civil code in addition to g o o d g ove r n a n c e d ay were a display of political arrogance and religious intolerance of the central leadership of the day.

CBCC called upon all Christians to defy the imposition of good gover nance day on Christmas day and also appealed the concerned authority to repeal the c e n t r a l g ove r n m e n t ’s decision to obser ve good governance day on Christmas day. CBCC also called upon all believers to pray for God’s intervention for necessary repealing and rectification of the government’s decision.

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Mnp CM allocates portfolios Lone NPF minister gets PHED, printing and stationary

IMPHAL, Mar 24: Barely a day after ministry expansion, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh Friday allocated portfolios among his council of ministers The chief minister retained key departments like home, legislative affairs, general administrative (GAD) and tourism besides others. Biren also kept with him the departments of personnel, planning, vigilance transport, minor irrigation CADA, sericulture labor and employment, minority & OBC, information technology and any other department not allocated specially. Finance, excise, taxation, science & technology, economic & statistic and civil aviation were allocated to the deputy chief minister Y Joykumar.

The portfolios allocated to him was against the demand of the NPP, that is,

home department among others. Among the three other ministers from NPP, L Jayantakumar was allocated the charge of health and family welfare, law and arts& culture, Letpao Haokip got the portfolios of IFCD, youth affairs & sports and tribal while hill areas development and fisheries were allocated to N Kayisii.

NPF’s lone cabinet minister Losii Dikho got the portfolios of PHED, printing and stationary.

BJP’s senior leader Th Biswajit, who is the government spokesperson, got public works department, rural development and panchayati raj, commerce and industry, power, administrative reforms and training, information and public relations. LJP’s cabinet minister in the coalition government got PDS and consumer affairs along with weights and measures.

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IMPHAL, Mar 24: Agitating Joint Action Committee Against Anti-Tribal Bills (JACATB) Friday turned down Manipur gover nment’s invitation for a meeting to discuss and bring a solution to the impasse seeking more time for consultation with stakeholders.

JACATB is spearheading agitations against three bills passed by the state Assembly in August 2015 to address the demand for implementation of Inner Line Permit System in Manipur.

The new government on Thursday invited JACATB for a meeting to discuss and bring a solution to the ongoing impasse on March 25. JACATB, however, informed the government that it “will not be in a position to attend the meeting tomorrow (March 25) as we are still in the process of consulting various tribal bodies and individuals.”

“The JAC is committed to wrapping up the series of consultations to arrive at

a consensus at the earliest, and will inform you once we are done so that we can proceed with the meeting to bring about a cordial solution to the current impasse,” JACATB stated.

Meanwhile, JACATB has convened a public convention on March 28 (Tuesday) at the Young Paite Association (YPA) hall at Hiyangtam, Churachandpur district headquarters.

Congress legislator Th Shyamkumar who defected to BJP will be the minister in-charge of MAHUD, town planning, forest & environment, horticulture and soil conservation.

T h e o n ly w o m a n cabinet minister Nemcha Kipgen has been allocated the portfolios of social welfare and cooperation.

Education, revenue and rehabilitation went to Th Radheshyam of BJP. V Hangkhalian of BJP got agriculture, veterinary & animal husbandry.

The departments to be looked after by the 12 parliamentary secretaries were also allocated. NPF MLA Khasim Vashum is the parliamentary secretary for transports, planning and sericulture while K Leishiyo for PHED, printing and stationary and Awangbou Newmai for minor irrigation, CADA, agriculture and PWD.

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Diphu, Mar 24: Assam University, Diphu Campus, which remained closed since March 10, reopened Friday in the presence of Dilip Kumar Nath, Vice Chancellor of Assam University, Silchar.

The students locked the gate of the campus demanding full-fledged central university status for the campus and all facilities appropriate for a central institution. The students also demanded the removal of present Pro Vice Chancellor.

Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor has affirmed that maximum demands of the students will be fulfilled within one month.

The serving Pro Vice Chancellor will also be substituted with a fresh one within seven days, he said. The vice chancellor also assured that other demands of the students will be taken up in phase wise manner.

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DIMAPUR MONGSENYIMTI SENSO TELONGJEM Dimapur- Nagaland DMST CONDEMNS

The Dimapur Mongsenyimti Senso Telongjem (DMST) vehemently condemn the inhuman and barbaric murder of one of our bonafide member Mr. Lanunukshi Pongen by unidentified miscreants on 20th March 2017 at Hill View Colony near D.C Office, Dimapur. Such inhuman criminal act cannot be tolerated in our civilized society which is beyond human comprehension. There, the DMST strongly urge upon the law enforcing agencies to immediately initiate the impartial investigations and deliver the justice. It is made clear that DMST will not remain silent till the murderer (s) is booked and befitting penalty is awarded.

(Senkatemjen Ozukum) President, DMST

Nagaland Post, Dimapur saturday, march 25, 2017

Assam University, Fire at petrol pump in Shillong MAR 24 Police are still investigatDiphu reopens Shillong, (AGENCIES): A fire ing the site of the incident.

(Odinungsang Pongen) General Secretary, DMST

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broke out at a petrol pump located at the main junction between Nongrim Hills and Rynjah here on Friday afternoon even as police are yet to ascertain the exact timing and cause of the fire.

No casualties have been reported from the site of the incident so far.

The Fire Brigade has been pushed into the scene. Police are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire.

However, it was reported that it was the oil tanker truck which was inside the pump, which caught fire, creating panic across the residential areas in Nongrim Hills.

M’laya Assembly passes deficit budget Shillong, Mar 24 (PTI): Meghalaya Assembly today passed the Rs 13,048 crore annual budget for the year 201718 presented by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma. The budget has a deficit of Rs 1,236 crore, which is around 3.8 per cent of the state’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), and total receipt of Rs 12,510 crore. Sangma, who holds the finance portfolio, announced that the budget has done away with Plan and Non-Plan expenditure to synchronise with the budgetary framework of the Union Government. In his budget speech, the chief minister spelt out how his government was mopping up additional resources by revising VAT and excise duty on liquor and increasing tax on transportation, cigarettes and bidis. Sangma pledged a development plan outlay of Rs 1731.57 crore for rural development, Rs 909.94 crore for education, Rs 712.8 crore for road and bridges and Rs 420.93 crore for health and family welfare.

Salem osang Tsungremi WAPANGNOKarishitalangmoajang ma From: Oja, Oba,Zuintu and Odiben “Dearest Mom, U R our Angel, our Soul & the ultimate Heavenly Gift to us. With U, Mom we are alwyz at Peace. We love u, Mom and aid all of our emotions, we wish U a SUPER Happy BIRTHDAY. Songti, Sunep & Dad. Dear Sophenle Seb, Happy Birthday !!! May your day be filled with plenty of happiness and nothing but good times. God’s grace be with you always.

From teachers and friends Little laurates Montessori School Selouphe, Dimapur

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PUGHOBOTO : NAGALAND NO. JUDL-4/SUCC/2016-17/278 Dated 14th March 2017

PUBLIC NOTICE

Whereas, Smti. Lhovili Sema, W/o Late Yeshito Sumi of Mishilimi Village has applied for the issue of succession certificate under Indian Succession Act, 1925 in order to claim Family Pension of her husband who expired on 11th March 2017.

Therefore public are hereby asked to file claims/objection if any within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of publication of this notice.

Namang Sepong Chang, Sub Divisional Officer, Pughoboto : Nagaland K-0796

NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMENTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (SECTION 375 OF THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925)

NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMENTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (SECTION 375 OF THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925)

In the Court of Smti. Elizabeth Ngully Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur District, Nagaland

In the Court of Smti. Elizabeth Ngully Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur District, Nagaland

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late Tiameren Deceased, has been filed by Smti. Imtiyala relation wife R/o. H/No. 146 (B) Duncan Bosti to draw his/her, Landed Property etc, who expired on 6.8.08. Covered by Patta No. 1226, Dag No. 1436, Mouza No. 2, Block No. 4.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if he/she so desire may appear in this Court within 30 days, on the said day of 24/4/17.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court this 23 day of 3/17.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late A. Tsatheo Lotha Deceased, has been filed by Smti. Nghelo Lotha relation wife R/o. Purana Bazar, Dimapur to draw his/her Family Pension, Bank Acct etc, who expired on 18/3/17.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of the said deceased, may if he/she so desire may appear in this Court within 30 days, on the said day of 23/4/17.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court this 22 day of 3/17.

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The joint-council (Imkonglenden Colony, Ura Villa Colony, United Colony and Circuit House Colony) Ward-20, Dimapur vehemently condemn the brutal murder of Mr. Lanunukshi Pongen, S/o Aozulu resident of Imkonglenden Colony by unknown miscreant on 21st March 2017.

The joint-council appeal to the law enforcement authorities to strictly investigate and take strong stringent action against the perpetrators.

The council convey its deep condolence and a prayer to bereaved family members.

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The Christian Education Department of Thilixu Village Baptist Church held the Senior Class Graduation 2017, on 19th March. All together 73 students graduated. The graduation service was organized with Rev. Dr. Yehevi Jimo, Senior Pastor, TVBC as Speaker.

Mr. Vikugha delivered the speech on behalf of graduating students and there was a special presentation by all the students. They were blessed with prayers as they move forward to the new stage as Youths.

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Manohar Parrikar presents budget, focuses on agri, edu

PANAJI, MAR 24 (PTI): The new BJP-led government in Goa today presented its first budget that targeted an economic growth of 11 per cent in 2017-18 and laid special focus on agriculture, social security and education.

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the budget for 2017-18 and proposed additional grant for schools imparting education in Konkani and Marathi.

“I am presenting a revenue surplus budget of Rs 202 crore with an estimated revenue of Rs 10,872 crore and expenditure of Rs 10,670 crore,” Parrikar said.

The budget size increased to Rs 16,270 crore from Rs 14,694 crore in FY 2016-17. The Chief Minister said Goas per capita income stood at Rs 2,71,793, the highest among states.

During the last fiscal, there was a three-fold rise in central funding to Rs 3224.61 crore, which is 22.4 per cent of the net state budget.

He projected an 11 per cent growth in the gross state domestic product (GSDP) during the next fiscal. The budget assured implementation of

RS disrupted over new Commission for Backward Classes NEW DELHI, MAR 24 (IANS): Rajya Sabha on Friday witnessed an uproar and was adjourned for 10 minutes over the government reportedly approving a proposal to create a new National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes.

The issue was raised soon after the house met for the day’s business at 11 a.m. by Ram Gopal Yadav of Samajwadi Party, who opposed the idea of creating the new Commission, saying the government must protect “reservation and rights” of the Backward Classes of the country. He was supported by other members from the opposition benches. Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot assured the house that reservation of the Backward Classes would not get affected because of the new Commission.

Manohar Parrikar the Public Services Act to streamline administration and introduced a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for the government servants.

To curb corruption, Parrikar proposed constituting a special squad in vigilance department to probe graft cases, including those related to disproportionate assets.

Parrikar targeted 6 per cent growth in agriculture and earmarked Rs 172 crore for the sector.

He proposed a scheme to promote commercial cultivation of mangoes and said emphasis would be given to horticulture and floriculture.

To boost sugarcane cultivation, the budget proposed Rs 10,000 per hectare subsidy to farmers.

To encourage education in mother tongue, Parrikar allocated Rs 6-crore

additional grant for schools imparting education in Konkani and Marathi.

Also, 50 more school counsellors will be recruited.

A sum of Rs 50 crore was earmarked to clear backlog of students who did not get laptops under the Cyber Age project, he said, adding 3.6 per cent of the GSDP would be spent on education.

Parrikar announced that financial benefits under flagship programmes like Dayanand Social Security Scheme, Grih Aadhar and Ladli Lakshmi would be linked to inflation.

The government would study the impact of these schemes.

The CM proposed Rs 900 crore for social sector, Rs 475 for women and children and Rs 190 crore for tribal welfare.

Allocation for public works department was raised by 40 per cent to Rs 1,900 crore. The government allotted Rs 105 crore for hosting upcoming matches of U-17 FIFA World Cup and 2018 National Games 2018.

Parrikar proposed a ban on sale of plastic bags with thickness of below 40 microns and to provide LPG connection to all families to make Goa kerosene-free.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAR 24 (IANS): CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday accused the BJP and RSS of going ahead with their agenda of turning a secular India into a “Hindu rashtra” as well as violence and communal polarisation in some states.

He said both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were targeting Communist Party of IndiaMarxist cadres in Kerala and Tripura since his party was the one consistently attacking their agenda of “Hindu rashtra”.

“They are engaged in working out communal polarisation and are also engaged in violence. We have been their target in Kerala for ages; and now they are working to see us out of power in Tripura and out of West Bengal... the issue is very serious...,” he said.

Yechury told the media here that the CPI-M will deal with the matter through democratic means.

He also accused the BJP of flouting all precedents in Parliament and holding parliamentary procedures in contempt.

“I have just been informed by my colleague in the Rajya Sabha that the government has decided to move the Finance Bill in the lower house today (Friday)

Sitaram Yechury after the private members bills.

“Such a thing has never happened before. The BJP has absolute contempt for parliamentary procedures.

They are resorting to all this because they do not have the numbers in the upper house.”

The CPI-M leader said the situation in Uttar Pradesh was going from bad to worse ever since new Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had assumed office after the assembly elections.

“The RSS and other self-appointed vigilantes are taking law into their own hands and closing down slaughter houses. There is clear-cut law in the state on this aspect, but that’s not being followed ever since the new Chief Minister has assumed office,” the Left leader said.

Yechury said moral policing had also been taken up by forming ‘anti-Romeo squads’.

VIJAYAWADA, MAR 24 (IANS): An Indian woman and her seven-year-old son were found dead in their home in New Jersey, according to the family in Andhra Pradesh.

The victims were N. Sasikala (40) and her son Anish Sai, their family, in Prakasam district, said on Friday. Sasikala’s husband N. Hanumantha Rao found the bodies when he returned home from work on Thursday evening. Y. Sambasiva Rao, a member of Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly from Prakasam district, spoke to representatives of Telugu Association of North America (TANA) over phone about the incident. He said the mother and her son were strangulated to death. Hanumantha Rao and Sasikala both were software professionals.

Sasikala used to work from home. The couple had been living in the US for nine years. This is the latest in a series of incidents involving Indian techies. Telangana’s aeronautical engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, was killed when Adam W. Purinton, who earlier served in the US Navy, shot him in Olathe, Kansas, on February 23. Vamshi Reddy Mamidala, also from Telangana, was shot dead in Milpitas, California, on February 10 in a garage in his apartment building.

the establishment of India’s first centre for pulmonary medicine and sleep disorders at AIIMS. “The ACC has approved the appointment of Randeep Guleria, Professor and head of Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders at the AIIMS, New Delhi, to the post of Director,” said the statement.

Guleria will hold the post for five years.

The previous AIIMS Director Prof M.C. Misra retired on January 31 this year.

NEW DELHI, MAR 24 (IANS): Leading pulmonologist Randeep Guleria was on Friday appointed as the new Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, said an official statement.

Guleria, who heads the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders at AIIMS, was among the top three contenders whose names were sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for the post.

Guleria -- a Padma Shri awardee -- is credited with

Two farmers commit suicide in Nashik district

MALEGAON, MAR 24 (PTI): Two farmers committed suicide in Nashik district apparently due to loan burden and financial losses in onion crop, police said today. The suicides were reported from Malegaon and Devla talukas of the North Maharashtra district. Mahadu Karbhari Pawar, a resident of Soundane village, consumed poison at his residence. He was rushed to a private hospital, where he died, police said. The 57-year-old agriculturist was depressed due to mounting loan burden, they said, without providing details. In the second incident, Jagan Vithal Ahire, a resident of Dongargaon, hanged himself in his home, police said. The 38-year-old had taken a loan of Rs 70,000 from a local cooperative society and was finding it difficult to repay it, they said. Both the farmers also suffered losses in their onion crop, they added.

Maha BJP mulls snap polls by ending ties with Sena MUMBAI, MAR 24 (PTI): Under constant pressure from its ally Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra is mulling the option of a snap poll as many in the party believed the situation was conducive to secure a

majority on its own.

A meeting of the state BJPs core committee here last evening dwelt on a set of possible scenarios including the interim polls.

The current assembly has its term till mid-2019.

“The meeting discussed

political situation in case Sena isnt a part of the ruling dispensation,” a Bharatiya Janata Party source said.

The feasibility of going for snap polls was discussed, the source told PTI. There was unanimity over acting against the Se-

nas “nuisance”, including the negative comments in that partys mouthpiece Saamana, the source said.

Its stellar performance in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarkhand assembly polls and the impressive showing in civic polls across Maha-

rashtra have emboldened the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state. There was also a discussion on weaning some MLAs away from other parties and getting them re-elected on Bharatiya Janata Party symbol, the source said.

JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA LUMAMI, ZUNHEBOTO , NAGALAND

NOTICE FOR ADMIT CARD JNV SELECTION TEST-2017

NAGALAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION KOHIMA Dated Kohima, the 24th March, 2017

NOTIFICATION NO.NPSC/CESE-2012:: In pursuance of the Commission’s Advertisement No. NPSC1/2016 dated 20.06.2016, Addendum/Corrigendum dt. 23.06.2016 & 01.07.2016, Notification dt. 19.07.2016 & 07.09.2016, Corrigendum/Addendum dt. 24.10.2016, Corrigendum dt. 26.10.2016 & Addendum dt. 08.02.2017, for recruitment to Assistant Professor(s)/Lecturer(s)/RA and PGT(s) under the Departments of Higher Education, SCERT and School Education, written examination was conducted on 13th & 14th December 2016. On the basis of marks scored in the written examination & academic weightage, the Commission is pleased to declare the candidates bearing the following roll numbers to have qualified for the Viva-voce: 3002 3020 3022 3033 3035 3040 3042 3047 3066 3069 3082 3083 3086 3089 3091 3100 3107 3112 3117 3160 3163 3167 3172 3180 3191 3202 3224 3229 3230 3231 3249 3261 3262 3263 3271 3277 3294 3296 3298 3302 3317 3338 3342 3353 3355 3365 3369 3373 3377 3386 3387 3394 3408 3412 3467 3478 3480 3484 3485 3502 3512 3516 3531 3534 3535 3538 3547 3587 3595 3606 3609 3614 3615 3617 3628 3631 3638 3641 3647 3650 3652 3653 3655 3660 3665 3667 3668 3669 3670 3676 3677 3682 3685 3686 3691 3693 3694 3695 3696 3698 3703 3707 3711 3718 3719 3722 3725 3726 3729 3730 3732 3736 3739 3740 3742 3743 3745 3747 3749 3753 3754 3755 Note: 1. Viva-Voce shall commence from 18th April 2017 onwards. Call letters shall be sent individually by post. Those who do not receive may collect from the Commission’s Office from 10th April 2017 onwards. Related information will be made available in the Commission’s website at www.npsc.co.in 2. The ratio of Candidates/Vacancies as per NPSC (State Civil & other Services) Recruitment Rules, 2008 under Rule 15(4) cannot be maintained in some posts in view of insufficient eligible candidates.

3. The following post(s) shall be re-advertised due to non-availability of eligible candidates: Item No Name of Post Department No of Post(s) 2 Asst. Prof. Physics Hr. Education 3 25 PGT Mathematics School Education 2 27 PGT Physics -do1

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Admit card for appearing in JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SELECTION TEST-2017 for class-VI can be collected on or before 31/03/2017 during office hours. The JNVST Exam will be conducted on 8th April-2017 (Saturday) at 11.30 AM on the following exam centre : Centre Name of Name of the Exam Centre Admit Card Distribution Office Code the Block Higher Secondary School, Office of the District Education 01 Zunheboto Govt.

Zunheboto Officer (DEO), Zunheboto Head Master Govt. High School, 02 Akuluto Govt. High School, Akuluto Akuluto Office of the District Education 03 Satakha Govt. High School, Satakha Officer (DEO), Zunheboto Office of the District Education 04 Aghunato Govt. High School, Aghunato Officer (DEO), Zunheboto Office of the District Education 05 Suruhuto Govt. High School, Suruhuto Officer (DEO), Zunheboto of the District Education 06 Pughoboto Govt. High School, Pughoboto Office Officer (DEO), Zunheboto So all the students who have been eligible for JNVST-2017 are requested to collect the admit card in time.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND KOHIMA: NAGALAND – 797001

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The Department of Agriculture, Government of Nagaland invites from bonafide and eligible candidates of Nagaland for engagement of manpower on contractual basis under the State Extension Reforms Scheme (ATMA).

Sl Category Salary per No. of Posting Mode of Qualification(s) no of post month Post place recruitment 1 Assistant Consolidated 140 Blocks Graduate or Post Graduate Contractual Technology Rs. 15000/in all in Agriculture /Horticulture/ & Manager pm districts Sericulture / Fisheries/ Co-terminus (ATM) Forestry/ Veterinary & with the AH/Agri. Marketing/ Agri. scheme Engineering General terms & conditions: 1. Application forms may be obtained from the ATMA Cell, Room No.C-09, Directorate of Agriculture, Kohima, Nagaland during Office hours.

2. Interested candidate(s) fulfilling the eligibility criteria should submit application with the following supporting documents: a. Attested educational passed/ provisional pass certificate from HSLC to degree level. b. Two (2) recent passport size photo c. ST certificate and Indigenous Inhabitant Certificate d. No Objection Certificate from the employer in case of employed candidates along with work experience ( if any) 3. All positions will be engaged initially for 1 (one) year and subject to extension based on funds made available from the Govt. of India.

4. Selected candidates cannot claim for a regular appointment as the posts are coterminus with the scheme.

5. Preference will be given to the local candidates of the concerned district who are willing to perform extension services at block and village levels.

6. The last date for submission of application is 20th April, 2017.

7. The date & venue of interview for qualified candidates after screening will be notified in all the daily local newspapers.

(HELIE RUPREO) Director of Agriculture & SNO ATMA DC-577 Nagaland : Kohima

MOKOKCHUNG, NAGALAND No. JUDL – 17/90-91/338 Dated Mkg. 21st Mar 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE Whereas Smti. Lanurenla has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, in order to claim family pension against her husband Late Putirenba Ao of Longsa village.

Therefore, public are hereby invited to file claims/objection if any within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. If no objection is received within the stipulated period, Succession Certificate shall be issued on her name.

Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung, Nagaland

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Whereas Smti. Tiakala has applied for issue of Succession Certificate under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, in order to claim family pension against her husband Late Imoliba (Lance Naik) of Sungratsu village.

Therefore, public are hereby invited to file claims/objection if any within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. If no objection is received within the stipulated period, Succession Certificate shall be issued on her name.

Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung, Nagaland DC-579

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE TUENSANG : NAGALAND NO.PD&SJ.TSG/NOTICE-1/16-17/691

Dated Tsg. The 27th Jan. 2017

OBJECTION NOTICE Whereas Smti. C.N. Lepla Chang of Tuensang Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to operate/draw transfer/withdraw the debts & security in respect of Late, her husband Thungti Chang, who expired on 24/01/2017.

Now therefore, Public are hereby asked to file claims/objection if any within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice.

(MAYANG LIMA) Principal District & Sessions Judge DP-2715 Tuensang, Nagaland

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DailyDevotion Decreasing for His Purpose He must increase, but I must decrease. —John 3:30 If you become a necessity to someone else’s life, you are out of God’s will. As a servant, your primary responsibility is to be a “friend of the bridegroom” (John 3:29). When you see a person who is close to grasping the claims of Jesus Christ, you know that your influence has been used in the right direction. And when you begin to see that person in the middle of a difficult and painful struggle, don’t try to prevent it, but pray that his difficulty will grow even ten times stronger, until no power on earth or in hell could hold him away from Jesus Christ. Over and over again, we try to be amateur providences in someone’s life. We are indeed amateurs, coming in and actually preventing God’s will and saying, “This person should not have to experience this difficulty.” Instead of being friends of the Bridegroom, our sympathy gets in the way. One day that person will say to us, “You are a thief; you stole my desire to follow Jesus, and because of you I lost sight of Him.” Beware of rejoicing with someone over the wrong thing, but always look to rejoice over the right thing. “… the friend of the bridegroom…rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:2930). This was spoken with joy, not with sadness— at last they were to see the Bridegroom! And John said this was his joy. It represents a stepping aside, an absolute removal of the servant, never to be thought of again.

Listen intently with your entire being until you hear the Bridegroom’s voice in the life of another person. And never give any thought to what devastation, difficulties, or sickness it will bring. Just rejoice with godly excitement that His voice has been heard. You may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it (see Matthew 10:34).

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It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. ~ Bill Gates

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Post-mortem

Vol. XXVII NO. 108 Dimapur, Saturday, March 25, 2017

tate services associations in Nagaland have remained firm that they should also get similar benefits as that recommended by the 7th Pay Commission for central government employees and will not accept the state government’s proposal to make it effective from March 1, 2018. For lakhs of central government employees, the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission has been widely hailed and welcomed as it would mean, that from January 1,2106 salaries and other allowances would be hiked by 23.55%, while doubling the entry and top level pay to favour a virtual One Rank One Pension(OROP) for civilians retiring before January 1,2016. The previous 6th Pay Commission had recommended a 20 per cent hike which the government doubled while implementing it in 2008. The then UPA government provided the amount of Rs.712 crore needed to implement the 6th Revision of Pay (RoP). Whether the amount was utilised for the said purpose or diverted to other accounts remains a debate. However, what is clear is that Nagaland does not have the financial resource to implement revision of pay. There is clearly a big problem for Nagaland in implementing the revision of pay due to acute shortage of funds. The state services associations want the Revision of Pay (RoP) to be effective from March 1, 2017. To fulfil the 7th RoP, the state government would need a huge amount of Rs. 954 crore annually to cover the salary component. The reason that the government proposed to make the RoP effective from March 1, 2018 was due to severe funds constraints. Government employees in Nagaland, have every right to demand and expect pay and perks in line with the recommendations of central pay commissions since these are constitutionally valid and binding. It may be recalled that similar demand for implementation of the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission on Revision of Pay (RoP) in 2008. The issue was also played out through strikes which highlighted the demands by various associations of government employees. In this regard it may be pointed out that currently there are around 1, 10,000 or if not more than that number government employees, if backdoor appointments are taken into consideration but which excludes some 33,000 work charged employees. The ratio of government employees works out to a little over 5% of the total population of the state. These 5% of the state’s population consume, by way of salaries and other allowances, a huge slice of around 70% of the state’s annual budget. That leaves around 30% of the budget for around 90% of the people. The government servants are well paid but underworked and a negligible percentage from among the huge army of 1,40,000 approximately do anything productive.

Government servants are employed in the interest of public but in practice, they think that their needs are primary to everything including public service.

However, the public interest demands responsibility and commitment to the public for good governance.

Interestingly, during the period when the 6th RoP was under furious discussions, the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) had suggested a slew of reforms to hold bureaucrats responsible for service delivery. If they fail to deliver, they will be shipped out to make way for outsiders who can join the civil service at senior positions.

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Degradation of natural resources in the context of Wokha district

he result of the cumulative activities of farmers, household and industries, all trying to improve their socioeconomic well being has tend to be counterproductive for several reasons. People may not completely understand the long-term consequences of their activities on the natural resource base. The most important ways in which human activity is interfering with the global ecosystem are : a) Fossil fuel burning which may double the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by the middle of the next century, as well as further increasing the emissions of sulphur and nitrogen very significantly ; b) expanding agriculture and forestry and the associated use of fertilizers ( nitrogen and phosphorous ) are significantly altering the natural circulation of these nutrients ; c) increases exploitation of the freshwater system both for irrigation in agriculture and industry and for waste disposal.

Nagaland in North-East India (93.200 -95.150 E and 25.600 – 26.400 N, Figure 1) is considered to be on of the world’s biodiversity hot-spots, containing the most northern evergreen wet forest (Anonymous, 2007) on hilly terrains at altitudes between 194 to 3,826 m a.s.l. its population of about 2 million people lives in eleven districts and consists to 89% of Naga belonging to 16 different tribes. 59% of the population depend on slash and burn agriculture, locally referred to as ‘Jhum’ cultivation (Statistical Handbooks of Nagaland, 2003; Jacobs, 1990). Average annual rainfall in Nagaland ranges from 2,000 to 3,000 mm and is unimodally distributed from May to October (Anonymous, 2009a). in summer (March to September) mean monthly temperatures range from 16-310C, while in winter (October to February) they vary from 4-240 C (Anonymous, 2009b).

Situated in the North-East of India, Nagaland is one of the remotest and most secluded states of the subcontinent. After World War II, it was declared a restricted area, for which access regulations were only lifted in 1997. Since then, only few studies on the culture and traditions of the Naga people were published and even less is known about the productivity of the local land use systems and people’s food security.

In 1971 the first reliable population census in Nagaland revealed a total of 516,600 people which increased to 1,988,000 in 2001, leading to a population density of

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n t r o d u c t i o n : Yo g i Adityanath, the newly appointed Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, directed government officials in UP to stop chewing pan, pan masala, and gutka during duty hours. The use of tobacco and pan products has been banned in hospitals, schools and colleges too. In Imphal, insurgent groups are actively involve in banning the sale and use of tobacco. Those who were caught selling tobacco products like pan, khaini, raja, talab, etc., were heavily punished sometime even shot. Government of India prohibits and restricts advertisement in mass media (tv or in movies) about tobacco.

It also imposes heavy tax on the production and sale of tobacco. The State also prohibits smoking in public places with heavy fine or imprisonment. It requires 75% of tobacco packet being devoted to create awareness about the danger of using tobacco. However, the Church had kept silent for all these years on this issue.

Tobacco: Most people know tobacco is really bad for them. It is indeed a strange habit of human beings that inhales smoke deliberately into one’s system, and continuing the process again and again to derive satisfaction. It is the cause for many preventable diseases in the world. Tobacco is devastating to human body and second-hand smoke is equally damaging to those around it. According to a research, tobacco kills more than AIDS, road accidents,

120 persons per km2 (Census of India, 2001). To satisfy food needs of a growing population, in Wokha District, Nagaland, fallow periods were reportedly shortened from 20 to 30 years in 1990 to today’s average of 6 years. During the last decades most remaining forest lands were converted into shifting cultivation areas which included slopes of more than 100%. Most remaining forest resources are degraded; only 9% of the total area of Nagaland are classified as dense forest.

Little is known about the agricultural productivity and rural communities’ food security in Nagaland (North-East India) where high population growth leads to increasingly shorter fallow periods and a reported decline in soil productivity. This problem is particularly severe in the Wokha District, where 73% of the population depends on shifting cultivation and the duration of fallows has been reduced from 15 to six years. The present study was carried out in two villages, Menshangpen and Tsopo, to quantify the gap between local farmers’ food demand in cereals and the amount harvested from their slash and burn fields. Data are based on comprehensive interviews on household size, food consumption, crop yields, duration of fallow periods and on the determination of fields sizes over two years.

The results indicated that per caput field size available for cultivation averaged 1.800 m 2 in Menshangpen and 1,100 m 2 in Tsopoe. Per adult the daily caloric intake from harvested cereals such as rice ( O ryza sativa L. ) , millet ( Pennisetum glaucum L.) and maize ( Zea mays L. ) was in Menshangpen 9,100 kj in 2014 and 7,300kj in 2015. In Tsopo, these values were with 6,400 kj even lower. On average the 2015 harvests allowed to feeds an average household for nine and half months in Menshangpen and for nine months in Tsopo. Hence during this year in both villages one quarter of the needed cereals had to be purchased from outside, in order to fill a village level food gap of 130 t of rice in Menshangpen and of 480 tin Tsopo. This already delicate food situation is further aggravated by an annual population growth of 6.7%.

Given the rapid population increase and the continued predominance of shifting cultivation, Nagaland is particularly suited to analyse the relationship between demo-graphic factors and the ful-

murder, legal drugs, illegal drugs and suicide combined. Cases of oral cancer in North East India have been increasing at a fast rate during the past few years.

Disturbingly, in Nagaland, many students are addicted to smokeless tobacco from their early childhood. A small survey conducted by the BD Third Year students of Baptist Theological College, Pfutsero, among the students in Pfutsero educational institutions, showed that many young girls and boys are addicted to tobacco substances. The Church, as moral guardian of society, must wake up from its slumber and educate its members about the danger of using tobacco.

Nicotine: Nicotine is a very strong addiction substance. Once addicted it becomes very difficult to quit tobacco dependence. When one uses tobacco products, nicotine is quickly absorbed into bloodstream. Within 10 seconds the nicotine reaches the brain. It causes the brain to release adrenaline, creating a buzz of pleasures and energy. The buzz fades quickly though, and leaves the user feeling tired, a little down, and wanting the buzz again. This feeling is what makes one light up the next cigarette. Since our body is able to build up a high tolerance to nicotine, we will need to smoke more and more cigarettes in order to get the nicotine’s pleasurable effects and prevent withdrawal symptoms. This ups and downs cycle repeats over and over, leading to

fillment of basic subsistence needs: cereal production and fuelwood collection, and the ensuing effects on forest and soil degradation.

Based on field surveys conducted in two contrasting villages in 2014 and 2015, this study com-pares human demands for cereals and firewood with actual crop yields and discusses the results in the light of literature data. In this way the carrying capacity of Jhum systems in this specific region of NorthEast India is determined, consequences of the typically low grain yields from shifting cultivation on food availability are analysed, and potential adaption strategies to increasing resource degradation and scarcity are elaborated.

The disappearance of natural resources damages an area and limits its ability to sustain a population. The population could be trees, animals, or even people.

Often, this damage is the result of beneficial activities performed irresponsibly. Wastewater discharged into an estuary can alter the salinity, affecting the lifecycle of sea grass and fish nurseries. If fishing is a source of income for community, not only will improper treatment and disposal of wastewater damage natural resources, but it will harm the local economy as well.

On the larger scale, natural resources can be impacted to appoint that they can no longer be repaired. Species cannot be brought back and populations can no longer survive on the land. Damage from deforestation impacts biodiversity, causes soil erosion, and limits the farming of an area.

Degradation of natural resources often has a chain effect.

For example, consider the impact that clearing acres of rain forest for farming has on the environment both local and global. The soil cannot support crops that are harvested on a yearly basis and its productivity quickly diminishes.

As income decreases along with the crop yields, farmers abandon the land in search of more fertile fields, increasing pressure on local resources. The deforested land does not absorb rainwater as before, so rainfall causes more water to flow into nearby rivers all at once, flooding downstream villages and cities, however, drought is also an outcome of deforestation. Part of the reason rain forests are so wet is that trees play a vital role in supplying water to the atmosphere through transpiration ; without trees, the water to produce rain simply isn’t there. Haphazard deforestation results in patches of remaining

forest separated by cleared land.

Plants and animals are effectively marooned, isolated from their species. Fewer options can result in inbreeding, weakening the gene pool.

Larger species, usually predators, are especially vulnerable to population loss simply because there are so few of them. A bad breeding year, a natural disaster, or a disease can wipe them out. On a global scale, deforestation contributes to a buildup of greenhouse gases; fewer trees mean more carbon dioxide is left in the atmosphere.

Effects include : a) Direct effects, which are caused by the action and occur at the same time and place. A) Indirect effects, which are caused by the action and are later in time or farther removed in distance, that are still reasonably foreseeable. Under the onslaught of an ever- increasing human population, it has become clear that humanity and the world’s environments and ecosystems are under serious threat. However, in past times and present, when people are in desperate need, they have little choice but to exploit Nature to the fullest of their abilities and technologies.

It is only when this challenge is met that we shall have a better understanding of whether and why rural dwellers deplete their local natural resources. In particular, what is the exact responsibility of the type of strategic interactions subsumed in the tragedy of the commons model as compared with other potential explanations, such as lack of awareness or knowledge about ecological effects of human efforts, heavy discounting of future income streams, uncertainty regarding future prices of CPR products, uncertainty about future property rights, ambiguous impact of output price increase on conservation practices, availability of more attractive income opportunities ? This question needs to receive precise answers if we want to define the most appropriate solutions to end situations in which the lot of future generations is dangerously threatened.

However, people are gaining a better understanding that one system cannot operate at the expense of another. Conservation of natural resources has become a priority for business and governments, which tout sustainability as a way to strike a balance between helping the environment and preventing economic or personal hardship.

Jess. T. Murry, Chairman, Green – SONS, (greensonsdimapur@yahoo.co.in)

Church and tobacco

addiction. Children and teens are especially sensitive to nicotine, making it easier for them to become addicted. Cigarette makers know that nicotine addiction helps sell their products. Cigarettes today deliver more nicotine more quickly than ever before. Tobacco companies also use additives and chemicals to make them more addictive.

Effects of smoking on health: The effects of smoking are serious. It can harm nearly every organ of the body. Smoking weakens body’s immune system that protects a person from infection and diseases. It leads to respiratory infections, doubles the risks of developing rheumatoid arthritis, 30% to 40% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, decreases bone density leading to fracture, harms blood cells and damages the function of heart, affects lungs and causes breathing problem, affects eyesight/vision. Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals. About 70 of them are known to cause cancer. It negatively impacts male and female fertility and is harmful to pregnant women and their unborn babies.

Secondhand smoke: Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke from the burning end of the cigarette and the smoke exhaled by smokers. When we are around a person who is smoking, we inhale the dangerous chemicals as the smoker.

Smokeless tobacco: Smokeless tobacco is to-

bacco that is not burned. It includes chewing tobacco, dip, snuff, and betel quid. At least 28 chemicals in these products have been found to cause cancer. Smokeless tobacco may cause tooth decay in the exposed tooth roots. It can also cause gums to pull away from teeth. In India, tobacco chewing accounts for 30% of the total consumption, beedi smoking (54%) and cigarette smoking (16%). Paan, paan masala, gutka, khaini, gul, bajjar, etc. are other forms of smokeless tobacco.

Some facts and figures about tobacco effects: There are nearly 1.3 billion smokers in the world. One out of two smokers died of smoking related diseases.

India has more than 300 million smokers. India has the highest rate of oral cancer in the world with 90% of the patients being tobacco chewers. In 2010, 930,000 adults died due to tobacco in India. Over 60% of those suffering from heart disease below the age of 40 years are smokers. Approximately half of all cancers in men in India are tobacco related. It is said that the profit made by the tobacco companies is equivalent to the medical expenses spent by smokers.

Reflection: Use of tobacco has adverse effect on individual’s health. It incurs huge family’s expenditure on buying and later on for medical treatment. It disturbs other’s wellbeing especially through second hand smoke.

It leads to moral and spiritual bankruptcy. It ruins a child’s future. Many chronic smok-

Parashen the ‘secret but sacred place’

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n 14th January 1956 when the Naga constitution/Yehzabo was passed by the NNC, thus intensified Naga’s long march for freedom from India, which engulfed all Naga inhabited areas including Rengma country. Subsequently the plan for hoisting of Naga Independent flag came into being thus Ciethu near Chiephobozo under Kohima district was surveyed but Indian Army foiled the attempt and consequently AZ Phizo along with his comrades, notably Whenha Rengma, decided to hoist the First Naga Independent flag at Parashen on 22nd March 1956. It was at Parashen on 22nd March 1956 the first Tatar Hoho was held and the NNC, representing the Naga Hill District and Hongking Government, representing the free Nagas, freely and willingly merged into a single entity known as the Federal Republic of Nagaland and in addition established the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) with Mr. Khriesaniesa Seyietsu as the first President ‘ Kedahge ‘ of the FGN and Mr. Whenha Rengma as the first Ato Kilonser (Prime Minister) of the FGN. Consequent upon this development, the the Naga Safeguard was changed into Naga Home Guard with General Thungdi Chang as the Commander -in-Chief. Thus Gen.Thungdi Chang hoisted the first Naga Independent Flag of the newly formed Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) at Parashen in the presence of AZ Phizo and other Naga patriots at Parashen in the Rengma Territory which is also known as Naga National Park. One can travel towards ‘Parashen the Secret but Sacred place’ via Sendenyu through Sendenyu Bio Diversity forest and via Phenshunyu through Whenha Memorial Sports Complex. In honor of the 61 years of the Naga Independent Flag hoisting day at Parashen, the Rengma Selo Zi (Youth Organization ) commemorated the great day of pride on 22nd March 2017 at Parashen, where the Naga National flag was hoisted once again in the same place by the Rengma Youth Organization (RSZ) at 7:30 a.m.

Press and media cell, Rengma Selo Zi (RSZ), (ayakenneth2017@gmail.com)

ers find it easier to abstain from food than controlling tobacco related substances during fasting programme.

Dirtying the wall by chewing tobacco and spitting on it demonstrate how uncivilised we are. Littering of plastic covers of tobacco pouches destroys the beauty of environment. Tobacco is a nonsense in civilised world.

Can the Church remain a silent spectator when a Hindu Priest (Yogi Adityanath), an underg round g roup (Meiteis) and Government (GOI) are taking strong action against the use of tobacco? Food and drinks are meant for life and not for destruction. Therefore, using tobacco is not a question of whether it is ‘sin’ or ‘not’ (as

many Christians often ask), but the important question is whether it is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for health. Is tobacco really necessary for life and growth of our body? It is high time for us to save ourselves and the coming generation from the destruction of intoxicants. Let us take this time to think together and help each other. For healthy living and harmonious society, let us say ‘NO’ to tobacco. Let us not wait God to perform miracle again. Let us not wait others to bring change but let us be the agents of change and make miracle happen in our land by transforming our society.

Z. K. Pahrü Pou, BTC, Pfutsero

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Dare to speak out

The news of the untimely death of a dear friend late Lanunukshi, under such gruesome circumstance came as a massive shock that left me numb and sick. I am angry not only at the perpetrators for daring to commit such a horrific crime against an innocent young man but also at the system that has, over the years, allowed criminals to act boldly undermining the judicial system and the indifferent attitude of people towards criminals and heinous crimes.

I am in mourning and I dare speak out against the criminals who have no place in a civilized society. Every effort must be taken to book the culprits and be served with the strenuous punishment that is only befitting for such despicable beings. Every right thinking citizen and organizations should condemn the horrific crime that has cut short the life of a promising young man and devastated the lives of so many beloved ones.

Imlibenla Wati, Miss Super Talent India 2016

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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KIPHIRE, MAR 24 (NPN): Community Mobilization training for Village Education Committee (VEC) and Town Education Committee (TEC) was held on Friday at Hopongkyu Memorial Hall Kiphire Town.

In his address, deputy mission director, State Mission Authority Nagaland, Talitemsu Ao, encouraged VEC/TEC and teachers to coordinate so as to run the school smoothly.

He said as per government norms Village Education Committee and Town Education Committee were appointed for three years term and so should aim for quality education apart from other development during their tenure.

Talitemsu also asked the Village Education Committee and Town Education Committee to maintain proper financial report so that proper implementation could be made. He also asked the gathering to use SSA flagship programmes judiciously.

In a key note address, ADC, SSA (DMA) Kiphire, Sethricho Sangtam encouraged VEC/TEC to be responsible and contribute for the progress of education system.

He also asked teachers not to only focus on students but to have a strategy for community mobilization in their own levels so as to build relationships with the community.

In the second session, topic such as quality monitoring was delivered by project assistant, Tsalimew, maintenance of accounts by accountant DMA Kiphire, teachers profile (SDMIS & UDISE) by programmer, Likhase, school development plan and community participation by ADC (SSA), inclusive education for disable by IE coordinator, Caroline Sangtam, computer aided learning/swaach vidyalaya & shagun portal by ADC (SSA) Kiphire and civil works by JE DMA Kiphire, Aochuba.

DIMAPUR: NSCN (I-M) while reacting to news item “One NSCN (I-M) kilonser apprehended” published in local dailies on March 21, has clarified that Neiba Kire, former kilonser of ministry of war victim’s welfare was no more a member of the NSCN. In a release, NSCN (I-M) MIP informed that Kire was terminated from active national service on September 5, 2016 on account of his “irresponsible actions and activities, which are detrimental to the principles of the orga-

nization.”

Further, NSCN (I-M) has disowned the publication of press statement of PRO IGAR (N) alleging him as member of the NSCN.

spent in buying votes which ultimately became the root cause of all forms of corruption in Nagaland.

It also stated that WSBAK organized the first clean election campaign in 2017 for the churches under Aghunaqha area on March 4 at Zutoi Baptist Church.

More than 100 delegates including the GBs, village chairmen and members, Pastors and church leaders attended the campaign representing 30 churches.

A booklet on clean election campaign in Sümi language entitled “Amiku-

cho Kikishe Lojikugha” was distributed to educate the people on the prevailing election system.

Resource speakers, Rev. Aheto Sema, Kakheli, Inato Shikhu urged the people to rise to the occasion to stand and act together for free and fair elections. About 60 persons took the responsibility of ensuring clean election by signing the pledge card.

WSBAK has informed that more workshops and campaigns would be organized in the coming days for churches under WSBAK covering 10 areas.

the government to constitute a committee headed by the chief minister to revamp the education system, failing which he said the system would go out of control.

On the unemployment, Kronu also suggested for “soft loan” to be made available to the youth to start up their business. Special assistance mechanisms like CM Corpus Fund, Special Development Fund etc. are not enough since nowadays entrepreneurs needed bigger investments than what they get through those schemes, Kronu added.

Parliamentary secretary for Home Guard & Civil Defence, E.E. Pangteang pointed out that roads being the basic needs of the people, the government should continue to accelerate the construction of roads throughout the state and give more importance to those areas where road connectivity was poor.

He further suggested regular inspection of schools, at least twice a year to keep check on quality education, proxy and bogus teachers. He also appealed

to the MLAs to play a part in assisting the Education department in their own constituencies.

Neiphrezo Keditsu, MLA spoke on the need to give more emphasis on public sector undertaking, by setting time bound and targeted realistic project so as to generate employment and revenue in the state.

On Article 371 (A), the MLA pointed called upon the members to protect the rights and privileges, saying it solely depended on the elected members.

Advisor, Geology & Mining, Naiba Konyak while referring to the January and February ULB polls issue said as the elected members, their decisions and resolutions should be respected.

He added that issues related to Article 371 (A) should be resolved through negotiation and not violence. Konyak, speaking on the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan pointed out that water supply on the water deficient areas should also be enhanced to supplement the Mission’s success.

Kohima College organizes workshop

DIMAPUR: Kohima College, functional English department organized workshop programme on “Spoken word poetry with the Four Felons” on March 21, The workshop was conducted by Dzüvingünuo Dorothy Chasie, Akule Lasuh, Shürhonuo Tsürho, and Inatoli Jimo, who were currently pursuing their master’s degree at Nagaland University, as resource persons. The resource persons urged the students to use this medium as a creative outlet to express opinions and thoughts on issues/subjects that touch our lives and leave an impact. They also reminded the students to use poetry to heal and not to injure others. The programme was followed by interaction with the students.

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DIMAPUR: Supporting the call for clean election campaign by NBCC, Western Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Küqhakulu (WSBAK) has launched “clean election campaign”.

A press note by WSBAK CEC Committee convener, Rev. Aheto Sema, stated that on February 28, a committee for clean election was set up with orientation of members led be Hekani Jakhalu, chair, Governing Council Youthnet, Kohima.

The release stated that Hekani highlighted election malpractices and election related expenses where large amount of money had been

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DIMAPUR, MAR 24 (NPN): UGC national seminar organised by the Department of Sociology, Tetso College in collaboration with Young Indians, Nagaland Chapter got underway at Tetso College on Friday under the theme “Challenges and issues of tribals in India.”

In a keynote address, Professor A. Lanunungsang Ao, stressed on some major issues faced by tribal people and cited land issues, exploitation of tribals, economic backwardness, insecure livelihood, lack of proper education, road connectivity, infrastructure and communications as some major problems faced by the tribals in India.

He pointed out that majority of the tribals were engaged in agriculture and that most of them were unable to even produce the minimum requirements to feed their family. Citing examples

of Bodoland, Tripura and Jharkhand, Lanunungsang said there has been increase of tribals coming in conflict with the establishments which has created apprehensions among the tribals about preserving their identity. He added that a major cause of concern was the erosion of tribal identity in certain States.

The inaugural session was chaired by Zujanbeni M Lotha, assistant professor Tetso College, invocation by Sentiben, RC, Tetso Girl’s Hostel, welcome address

by Thungdeno Humtsoe, committee convenor, signing of the declaration of the national seminar was done by prof. A. Lanunungsang Ao and Dr. P.S Lorin, principal Tetso College and a special song was presented by Mayangti and Vinikali of B.A. 2nd semester. The inaugural programme was followed by the academic sessions where paper presentations on “Gender politics: systematic unseen barriers to Naga

called on the members to give more emphasis on the youths of the state. He lamented that the state with immense natural resources remained untapped due to lack of transportation facilities. He further added the government should not be a source of employment but a source of generating employment.

He suggested on earmarking certain amount of funds in all departments to help and encourage youths in developing their potentials.

Also participating in the debate, MLA Neiba Kronu spoke on Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Nagaland and suggested the government to invite investor and funding agencies, for which an investor friendly environment was needed in the State. He recommended that Nagaland Investment Board be setup with a permanent office for clearance and facilitation of investors.

On the education sector, he said during the period of 2015-16, Rs. 997.29 crores were spent on salaries alone, whereas only Rs. 580 crores were allotted for the entire planned budget. He urged

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treat their own people by forcing out infants, children, aged people and leaving them to the mercy of the chilling winter. Swu said the government’s good intention to protect Article 371(A) was misunderstood, saying the issue of women reservation in itself was something that could not be swept under the carpet. He further urged the government to continue to make all possible efforts to see that the educated youth do not go wasted, just because they do not get government employment.

Swu also felt that the government should identify NGOs that are capable of generating employment to Naga youth and continue to assist them in every possible way. On Vision 2030 document, he said the document indicated possible ways to meet challenges in the state.

One aspect was to skill the youths to enable them to meet the emerging job markets in India. He also spoke on other issues like finance, border fencing, roads, development etc. During the debate, Merentoshi Jamir

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women rising” was delivered

by Dr. Achingliu Kamei, Dept of English, Atma Ram College, DU; “Class formation in tribal societies-case study of the Sumi Naga”

by Alphonsus D’Souza, NESCR, Guwahati and Herali Achumi, Wangkhao Government College, Mon; “Artists Labour market: The tactic voice of Naga musician” by Zajano Z. Yanthan, Ph.D scholar, School of Developmental Studies, TISS, Mumbai; “Authenticity and representation of the tribes in modern Indian literature: Literary imagination and misrepresentation in tribal narratives” by Sarat Kumar Jena, asst. professor, language, culture and media studies, Institute of Advanced Research, the Puri Foundation, Gujarat; “Lopsided State: A critical reading of Mahasweta Dev’s salt” by Muktiprakash Roy, asst. professor, Department of English, AKPC, West Bengal and “Impact of drug and alcohol abuse on social and health issues of women in Nagaland” by Dr. Velhou Koza, asst. professor Department of Sociology, Don Bosco College, Kohima.

Discussion and interaction was also conducted after the end of the academic sessions. Pakinzinliu Chawang and Nungchim Christopher were the moderators of the academic sessions.

(From p-1) Earlier, the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address was moved by MLAs-Merentoshi Jamir, Neiba Kronu, Neiphrezo, parliamentary secretary for Home Guard & Civil Defence E.E. Pangteang, Advisor Geology & Mining Naiba Konyak and Minister for Roads & Bridges Y. Vikheho Swu. Joining the debate, Swu while sharing his concern on the issue of ULB election and subsequent reactions, said the unresolved and unsettled issue will come back to Naga public domain sooner or later and therefore need to share opinion on the matter. In this matter he said it was not his intention to point fingers or blame any individual, organisation or tribe, however he questioned the Naga public saying “was there no better way to express resentment or grievances other than breaking people houses, burning down government buildings and properties?”

He lamented that the agitators were not following Naga culture the way their

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income tax department has ensured complete confidentiality and immunity in respect of the declarations made under the scheme.

Mandatory deposit of 25 per cent of the undisclosed income will be made in PMGKY. The deposits will be interest free and have a lock-in period of four years.

The department warned that it has all the information about the deposits made by people and non-declaration of unaccounted income will be liable to tax, surcharge and cess at the rate of 77.25 per cent alongwith penalty, prosecution and enforcement actions.

“As the last date is approaching the government is going all the way to make non tax-compliant declare their income under PMGKY,” tax expert Pritam Mahure told IANS.

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Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) net purchased equities worth Rs 1,094.44 crore while domestic investors offloaded shares worth a net Rs 590.78 crore yesterday.

In the 30-share Sensex kitty, GAIL, ITC, RIL, Coal India, Wipro, Asian Paints, Hero MotoCorp, M&M and PowerGrid ended higher, with gains of up to 1.17 per cent.

Investors awaited a delayed vote on US healthcare reform, which is seen as a proxy for the success of Donald Trump’s progrowth agenda, brokers said. The BSE banking index gained 1.23 per cent, followed by PSU 0.97 per cent, realty 0.39 per cent and consumber durables 0.37 per cent.

On the economic front, India’s current account deficit (CAD), at USD 7.9 billion for the third quarter of 2016-17, was higher than USD 7.1 billion in Q3 of 2015-16 and USD 3.4 billion in the preceding quarter.

New Delhi, Mar 24 (IANS): With the scheme to declare unaccounted income coming to an end on March 31, the income tax department on Friday warned black money holders to make use of the remaining period or face penalty.

“Why wait till March 31, 2017? Declare your black money now or get penalised later!” the income tax department said in an advertisement in newspaper dailies here.

It asked black money holders to declare their unaccounted income under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) scheme till March 31. They could make the deposits in the form of cash or in an account with bank or post office or specified entity, with a tax, surcharge and penalty totaling up to 49.90 per cent, it said. The

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higher and advanced to 29,539.85 on foreign inflows, but slipped due to profit-booking to close up 89.24 points, or 0.30 per cent, at 29,421.40.

The 50-share Nifty crossed the key 9,100-mark and closed at 9,108, up 21.70 points, or 0.24 per cent. Intra-day, it touched a high of 9,133.55 and a low of 9,089.40.

A rising rupee added to the market buoyancy, which closed at 65.41.

Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services, said, “Banking stocks gained traction today on expectation of announcement of policy for quick settlement of NPAs shortly, which kept positive vibes in the market.”

According to traders, global market turned mixed due to cautiousness following postponement of vote on US healthcare Bill to Friday.

The broader markets logged a mixed trend, with the small-cap surging and the mid-cap retreating.

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Mumbai, Mar 24 (PTI): The stocks ended with gains for the second day as the benchmark Sensex rose over 89 points and the Nifty reclaimed the 9,100-mark today, driven by banking stocks, amid a firming trend overseas.

However, both posted their first weekly loss in three, with BSE slumping 227.59 points, or 0.76 per cent, and the Nifty 52.05 points, or 0.56 per cent.

Bank stocks caught the fancy, buoyed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s promise that the government, along with RBI, will find a solution to the rising NPA problem soon.

Bank of India went up 5.02 per cent, Bank of Baroda 4.26 per cent, Union Bank of India 3.29 per cent and PNB 4.05 per cent on the BSE. Shares of SBI rose 2.81 per cent to Rs 276.05.

Private lenders too joined the party, with ICICI Bank up 2.90 per cent and Axis Bank 0.23 per cent.

The BSE Sensex resumed

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New Delhi, Mar 24 (Agencies): After making Aadhaar number mandatory for filing of Income Tax returns and compulsory linking it with your Permanent Account Number (PAN) card, there could soon be a deadline.

As per a report in the Hindustan Times, government has “arrived at the tentative cutoff date of December 31”.

“People with existing PAN cards will either have to link them to Aadhaar or show proof of having applied for the 12-digit ID by December 31,” HT quoting a source added.

Aadhaar may become the only card required to identify a person, replacing Voter ID and PAN, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently said in the Lok Sabha.

The unique identification number Aadhaar may become the single identify card in future, he added.

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NEW DELHI, Mar 24 (PTI): The government on Friday said it has no plans to come out with Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 banknotes.

“The matter was examined in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India and it has not been fund suitable to introduce of Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 note,” minister of state for finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

He replied in negative when asked whether the government proposes to introduce Rs 5,000/10,000 denomination notes with a view to reduce the expenditure on printing of notes in future.

The government had recently introduced Rs 2,000 note along with a new Rs 500 note following the demonetisation which scrapped 86 per cent of the currency in circulation on November 8.

Economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das had last month said that the government has no plans to re-introduce 1,000 rupee notes.

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science teachers and even now as high as 50% of the schools were without maths and science teachers.

The minister said that since there was acute shortage of Naga candidates qualified for maths and science teachers, advertisements were floated even at national level, but that the response was very poor with only two responding to the advertisements.

He said no-availability of maths and science teachers had compounded the problem. Yitachu, however, said that the department was in the process of tracing out maths and science teachers, who were converted from arts, and also to revert those maths and science teachers, who were upgraded/ promoted.

On procurement of MDM vehicles, he said while the department was in the process of trying to have effective delivery of MDM goods to the schools, it encountered difficulties in reaching the commodities to the various schools. Yitachu said the issue on the procurement of vehicles for MDM has been raised even at national level. He said the department was monitoring how effectively the vehicles were being utilized and were receiving good reports so far.

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ment measures and based on credible evidence of tax evasion and other serious violations of provisions, the income tax department (ITD) conducts searches in cases of various persons, including companies and individuals.

Elaborating, he noted that based on material recovered during searches, investigation is conducted by investigating officers and findings of such investigations are shared with the assessing officers concerned.

Such assessing officers initiate and complete assessment proceedings as per the provision of the Act with a view to assessing the income and taking other actions such as raising of tax demand, levy of applicable penalties, recovery of such demands and filing of prosecution complaints.

(From P-1) The MLA also wanted to know where the vehicles were used and whether there was a need to buy such vehicles when MDM could not be provided.

Replying to Kikon’s question on nil results, the minister said there was a variation for the cause of nil results. He explained that in 2014 out of 293 GHS, there were 132 schools where teachers were not provided. In 2015, he said 111 schools were not provided with teachers and it was provided only in 2016 midyear. Yitachu said that there were again 21 schools where teachers were yet to be provided.

He added that 168 schools were not provided with headmasters thereby administration control was not there thus affecting the schools.

Another factor, Yitachu said was that in due course of the school upgradation, maths and science teachers were not available. In the past, he said arts teachers were converted to maths and

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Gangwar further said, “Besides levy of taxes on the total income of those persons whose assessments were completed during the last three years and current financial year (up to to January 2017), the ITD filed prosecution complaints in 2,432 cases.”

He added: “During the same period, 4,264 compounding applications were also received from persons who had committed offence under the Act.” Of the cases disposed of by criminal courts during the period, the minister said, “116 persons were convicted of offences committed under the Act.” In 3,218 cases, offences were compounded by the competent I-T authorities.

According to the minister, as part of enforce-

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New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI): The I-T department conducted searches on nearly 2,534 groups of persons in the last three financial years and the current one (up to January 2017) and unearthed undisclosed income of Rs 45,622 crore.

“During the last three financial years (2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16) and the current financial year (up to January 2017), the I-T department conducted searches on about 2,534 groups of persons, which led to admission of undisclosed income of about Rs 45,622 crore apart from seizure of undisclosed asset (cash, jewellery etc) worth about Rs 3,625 crore,” Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

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UK attack: Significant arrests made

LONDON, MAR 24 (PTI): British police said today they had made two more “significant” arrests over the brazen terror attack on parliament, as investigators focussed on how the lone perpetrator was radicalised and appealed for information about the killer who left at least four people dead.

Metropolitan Police Acting Deputy Commissioner and Head of Counter Terrorism Mark Rowley said two more “significant arrests” have been made in connection with the incident. A total of nine persons remain in custody and one woman has been released on bail. He also appealed to the public to come forward with any information on 52-yearold Khalid Masood, the suspect behind the terror attack, who was born as Adrian Russell Ajao in Dartford before converting to Islam.

He is said to have used a number of aliases, including Adrian Elms, and was known to UK police and i n t e l l i ge n c e s s e r v i c e s.

Masood drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday before crashing his car into railings and then r unning into the

FILE- In this March 22, 2017 file photo, the attacker Khalid Masood is treated by emergency services outside the Houses of Parliament London. British Police named on Thursday March 23, 2017. (AP/ PTI)

grounds of Parliament.

Armed with a knife, he stabbed a police constable, before being shot dead by police. At least 50 people were injured with 31 requiring hospital treatment as the attack unfolded and those affected included at least 12 nationalities, police said.

Rowley said the investigation would focus on his “motivation, preparation and his associates”.

He said police would investigate whether Masood “acted totally alone inspired by terrorist propaganda, or if others have encouraged, supported or directed him”.

Rowley added: “There

might be people out there who did have concerns about Masood but did not feel comfortable for whatever reason in passing those concerns to us.”

He also said there would be a review of Parliamentary security to see if changes were needed. Rowley also said that the Counter Terrorism Command were carr ying out five searches of addresses across the UK, having concluded 16 previously.

The Met Police have seized 2,700 items from these searches, including “massive amounts” of computer data and spoken to

‘China not seeking to militarise SCS’ for maintaining the freedom of navigation and overflight,” he added.

China has built numerous military facilities on islets in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety but whose sovereignty has been disputed by five other countries, leading to an escalation of multilateral tensions in the region, Efe news reported.

Li noted that China is the leading global exporter and its economy depends on free transit in this maritime area, through which around $5 billion worth of goods pass every year, and which contains rich fishing, gas and oil resources.

He stressed that it is the responsibility of all countries in the region to maintain peace in the South China Sea, which is disputed by Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan and the Philippines, with the US having also increased its presence.

Li said China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are negotiating a code of conduct, an initiative that was praised by Turnbull.

The Australian leader also urged “all parties to refrain from taking any actions which would add to tensions, including actions of militarisation of disputed features”.

Egypt’s former president Mubarak walks free after six years in detention

North Korea condoles London terror attack

3,500 witnesses and have been trawling through hundreds of uploads of video PYONGYANG, MAR 24 (IANS): North Korea on images.

Friday sent condolences to Attacker was Muslim the UK for Wednesday’s attack in London convert with violent past terror outside the Parliament T h e m a n w h o which claimed five lives. launched a terror attack on According to a report UK Parliament has been on state-media KCNA, identified by police as 52- North Korean Prime Minyear-old former convict ister Pak Pong-ju sent the Adrian Russell Ajao who condolence message to his acquired the name Khalid British counterpart Theresa Masood upon conversion May, Efe news reported. to Islam.

Pak stressed the North Scotland Yard Acting Korean government’s conDeputy Commissioner and sistent rejection of all forms Counter-Terrorism chief of terrorism.

Mark Rowley today reThe UK is one of only vealed that the “fast-paced” western European councounter-terrorism opera- tries that maintains relation to establish Masood’s tions with the isolated “motivation, preparation country. The good bilateral and his associates” has relations led to the opening been titled ‘Operation Clas- of embassies in 2000 in sific’. In his appeal to the Pyongyang and London, public, he added: “We re- where the second highest main keen to hear from official of the North Koreanyone who knew Khalid an legation, Thae Yong-ho, Masood well; understands defected last year. who his associates were; The London attacker and can provide with infor- rammed his car into pedesmation about places he has trians on the Westminster recently visited.

Bridge and fatally stabbed Scotland Yard said an officer guarding the Par“there was no prior intelli- liament building before begence about his intent to ing gunned down by the mount a terrorist attack”. police.

CAIRO, MAR 24 (PTI): Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak was today released from a military hospital for the first time in six years during which he faced a number of trials over charges of killing more than 200 protesters during the 2011 revolution that toppled him.

Mubarak, 88, left the Maadi Military Hospital where he had been detained for the past few years, heading to his home in Heliopolis, his lawyer Farid El-Deeb told local media.

Earlier this month, the Appeals Court gave its final verdict and acquitted Mubarak over charges of taking part in killing protesters during the 2011 revolution that toppled him.

Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for taking part in killing over 200 protesters during the 18-day revolt which began on January 25, 2011, but a retrial was ordered on appeal.

In 2013, the court cleared Mubarak and his seven aides, including his

FILE -- Hosni Mubarak looks towards his supporters from his hospital room in 2016, on the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

interior minister Habib elAdli, from the charge, but public prosecutors appealed the sentence.

Mubarak will face retrial in the “Ahram’s gift” case as he and some of his aides are accused of accepting gifts from the stateowned Al-Ahram newspaper.

Mubarak, who ruled Egypt since the 1952 abolition of the monarchy, became president in 1981 after Anwar Sadat’s assassination.

He was initially arrested in April 2011, two months after leaving office and had been at the hospi-

tal since 2013, when he was transferred there on bail from Torah prison.

A judge at a trial in May 2015 decreed that Mubarak could be released from detention.

However, the government of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi was reportedly reluctant to free him, fearing public backlash that may accompany such a move.

Sisi served as Mubarak’s military intelligence chief and led the military’s overthrow of his democratically elected successor M oha m m ed M orsi i n 2013.

TRANSFORMATION CRUSADE 2017 Theme “Arise and Shine”

Venue: Kohima Local Ground

Time: 4:30 PM

MARCH 25TH PROGRAMME Praise & Worship: Mr. Mezhusevi Zutso & Worship Team Leader : Mr. Neibalie Kiewhuo, Pastor, KBC Pianist : Er. Avolu Venyo Cantor : Miss. Vesavolu Rakho

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CANBERRA, MAR 24 (IANS): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday said his country is not seeking to militarise the South China Sea and its presence in the area is only to maintain freedom of navigation.

“China never has any intention to engage in militarisation in the South China Sea,” the visiting premier said at a press conference following a meeting in Canberra with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

“Chinese islands and reefs are primarily for civilian purposes. If there is a certain amount of defence equipment or facilities, it is

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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT

HIGH COURT OF ASSAM: NAGALAND : MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH KOHIMA BENCH

INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION (Criminal) NO. 7 (K) 2016 That State of Nagaland ….Applicant.

-versusShri. Thsapongse Sangtam & 7 Ors. ….Opp. Parties.

To 1. Shri. Imnaonen, S/o Shri. N.Panger, Kenouzou Colony, Kohima Nagaland.

2. Shri. N.Panger Jamir, S/o Lt. Nokin, Kenouzou Colony, Kohima, Nagaland.

3. Smti. Takachila @ K.Achila (Deceased) represented by Legal heir Shri. N.Panger Jamir, S/o Lt. Nokin, Kenouzou Colony, Kohima, Nagaland.

4. Shri. Takasashi, S/o Bendangnungsa Home Guard, Lower PWD, Kohima.

5. Shri. Tinu Wati, S/O Temjenmongba, Moademna, Mokokchung, Lower Bayavu Hill, Kohima, Nagaland.

NOTICE

Please take notice that the above Interlocutory Applicant has been filed by the applicant (State of Nagaland) in connection with Criminal Writ Appeal against the Judgment & Order dated 12-05-2016 passed by the District Session Judge and Special Judge PC Act in R.C.No. 2/05 wherein you have been impleaded as the opp. parties.

You are therefore requested to appear before this Hon’ble Court on 2104-2017 in person or by YOUR pleader fully instructed and able to answer all material proceedings relating to the Interlocutory Application.

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

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1. Scientist B (Medical/Non-Medical) ; 1(one) post : For Medical Candidates Essential Qualification : MBBS degree recognized by MCI Desirable Qualification : a. MD in any subject from a recognized university b. Two years R&D/teaching experience in any medical subjects after obtaining essential qualification. c. Additional Post Doctoral Research experience in any medical subjects in recognized institutes d. Knowledge of computer applications e. Candidates having working knowledge of “Ao (Naga)” dialect is preferred Age : Not exceeding 35 years.

Salary : Rs. 54,338/- + NPA+ HRA per month (consolidated) For Non-Medical Candidates Essential Qualification : Ist class Master Degree in Life Science/ Social Science/Anthropology or Biological Science from a recognized University OR IInd Class Master Degree with Ph.D Degree in Life Science/ Social Science/Anthropology or Biological Science from a recognized University Desirable Qualification : a. Additional research experience in the field of health science b. Knowledge of computer applications c. Candidates having working knowledge of “Ao (Naga)” dialect is preferred Age : Not exceeding 35 years.

Salary : Rs. 43,470/-+ HRA per month (consolidated) Note : MD/PhD degree in relevant subjects shall be treated equivalent to three years experience.

2. Technical Assistant : 5 (five) posts Essential Qualification : Graduate from a recognized university with one year field experience from a recognized Institute.

Desirable Qualification : a. Research experience in the field of health science. b. Knowledge of data collection and community survey. c. Candidates having working knowledge of “Ao (Naga)” dialect is preferred Age : Not exceeding 30 years.

Salary : Rs. 27,945 (consolidated) Note : 1. The posts are purely temporary for 6 (six) months 2. SC/ST/OBC candidates are allowed relaxation in accordance with the Govt. of India Rules, in force.

3. Candidates should come with original certificates and up-to-date bio-data along withself attested copies of certificates in support of age, educational qualifications, caste/tribe and experience.

4. The applicants must provide a valid email id and contact no.

5. Registration and screening of candidates will be conducted at the venue. Interviewee reporting after 9:30 AM, 7th April 2017 will not be entertained.

6. No TA/DA etc. will be provided for attending the interview.

7. The decision of the selection committee will be final in this regard. Canvassing in any form will be considered as a disqualification.

(Dr. Aonungdok Tushi Ao) C/O Chief Medical Officer, Mokokchung, Nagaland E mail: nungdok@gmail.com DP-2711

OFFICE OF THE DIMAPUR NKONJAN NUNGYING EKHUNG

FELICITATION We the Dimapur Nkonjan Nungying Ekhung (DNNE) heartily congratulates Shri. M Nchumbemo Kikon on being promoted to the post of the SubDivisional Fishery Officer (SDFO) of Fishery Department, Government of Nagaland.

The Union further wishes him success and may our almighty God continue to grant wisdom and good health in his future endeavour.

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Jano Nyekha wins Best Folk Fusion Award E ighteen year old musician from Nagaland, Jano Nyekha who wrote her own original song ‘Aahoh’ won the award for the Best Folk Fusion at India’s biggest Indie Awards, the Radio City FM Freedom Awards 2017 which was held at Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai on March 22.

Radio City regional associate, indihut was represented by content manager Nikope Koza and the ceremony was attended by the glitterati of Mumbai along with music producers, musicians and music labels. The Best Folk Fusion award was accepted by Jano’s elder sister Nezelu on her behalf.

Jano wrote her original song ‘Aahoh’ when she was sixteen years old and won the Best Folk Fusion category 2016 on Nagaland based www.indihut.com which nominated her music to compete at the national level at the Radio City Freedom Awards with more than 500 entries from across the country.

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Under the initiative of Director of Fisheries, Kevisa Kense, the Department of Fisheries held a distribution programme of floating fish feed for progressive fish farmers of Zunheboto District under Blue Revolution (Neel Kranti) on 23rd March 2017.

District Fishery Officer, Imtisunep distributed Floating Fish feeds, to 50 progressive fish farmers of Zunheboto District. The DFO stressed on the importance of floating fish feeds which provides high protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals for better growth. He also encourage the fish farmers to provide balanced nutrition needed by the farmed fish for commercial fish farming.

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WORDS OF GRATITUDE TO GEOLOGY AND MINING DEPARTMENT, NAGALAND

The song was recorded at Tribes Music studio, Dimapur. indihut is associated with Radio City FM as the regional music partner for North-East India. Radio

City is the first private FM radio broadcaster in India.

Music Broadcast Limited operates radio stations under the brand “Radio City” in 29 cities and reaches out to over 49.60 million listeners.

Dossers Urge to perform at ‘Support’ show

ossers Urge a three man punk/pop/ blues rock band formed in 2011 by three brothers, David, Romoe and Gideon, would be playing at the “Support” show on March 25 with one of the favourites from Nagaland; “Rodeo Clowns.”

Having recorded an album at Converse Rubbertracks Studio in Brooklyn, New York, USA, Dossers Urge, toured across

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five cities in India playing tickets one can contact, at some of the biggest 9862251574. festivals such as the Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Indiearth Exchànge and The Humming Tree. The band has also been featured in numerous magazines such as The Rolling Stone India and featured in VH1 Music diaries. Winner of multiple contests, this band is one to look out for.

The show starts 7 pm - 9 pm, at West Road Mall, Jail Colony, Kohima. For

ATMA Nagaland consisting of 4 (four) officials and 12 (twelve) farmers participated during “Krishi Unnati Mela” 2017 held at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa Campus, New Delhi from 15th to 17th March 2017.

During the three days mega event, ATMA Nagaland participated and showcased various agricultural produces like Cereals- brown rice and glutunous rice, Pulsesfrench beans and rice beans, Millets- bajra and jobstear, Oilseeds- perilla, soyabean and sesamum, Spices- ginger and king chilly.

ATMA Nagaland stall was adjudged as the best stall under Government sector participants and awarded with a momento and certificate.

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The Council of Rengma Baptist Churches (CRBC) Zunpha, Tseminyu sincerely expresses its profound gratitude to Shri. Neiba Konyak, Advisor, Shri. Wanthang Rengma Director, Geology and Mining Department, Nagaland, Ground Water Cell in charge Shri. Mamen Ao, Joint Director and the team in charge Shri. Khikiya Kath Geologist for boring and constructing deep Tube Well at the CRBC Mission Centre with a pumping capacity of 2800 litters per hour. The Zunpha community has been longing for this facility for quite long due to scarcity of water. We earnestly pray that our Almighty God will bless the concern department and every individual behind this successful project.

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Diphu XI to take on Whiskers CC in final today 8th Silver Cup T20 Cricket

Hokaito of Whiskers CC receiving the MoM award from Pastor Surjay B Sapokota, Associate Pastor of NBC Kohima on Friday.

Ko h i m a , M a r 2 4 (NPN): Diphu XI from Karbi Anglong, Assam will take on Whiskers Cricket Club, Dimapur in the final of 8th Silver Cup T2- Cricket Tournament on March 25. The tournament is being organised by Nepali Baptist Church Kohima Youth Department under the theme “Peace and Uni-

ty through Cricket.”

The closing ceremony will be graced by Minister for Rural Development & REPA, C L John.

Meanwhile, playing the first semi-final match, Diphu XI comfortably defeated Radiant CC by 7 wickets. After winning the toss, Diphu XI elected to bowl and managed to restrict Radiant CC at 105 runs for 8 wickets in 20

Three-match UEFA ban for Alli

L o nd o n, M a r 2 4 (Agencies): Dele Alli has been handed a threematch suspension by UEFA following his red card during Tottenham’s Europa League draw with Gent.

Alli was shown a straight red card in the 39th minute of the game on February 23 for a studs-up challenge on Gent midfielder Brecht Dejaegere.

UEFA have imposed a three-match suspension on the Tottenham midfielder, which means he will miss the first three games of next season’s Champions League

or Europa League, depending on which tournament the club qualifies for.

Meanwhile, Arsenal and Bayern Munich have been hit with fines as a result of incidents in their Champions League last16 tie at the Emirates on March 7.

Arsenal have been fined €5,000 after a number of supporters invaded the pitch, while Bayern Munich have been handed a €3,000 fine after their supporters were found to have thrown objects during the same match.

36th DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Phom Monyiü volleyball tournament Dimapur, Mar 24 (NPN): The 8th Phom Monyiü Open Volleyball Tournament (PMOVT), organized by Longleng Town Students’ Union, will be held from April 4-7 at Longleng local ground under the theme ‘Grit, Guts, Glory.’

The winner of the tournament will receive a cash prize of Rs.50,000, 1st runner-up will receive Rs.30,000 while the 2nd runner-up and fourth place will pocket Rs.10,000 and Rs.5000 respectively along with certificates and trophies. There will also be award for the best discipline team besides individual awards. The registration fee is Rs.4000 and the last date of registration is on April 4. For more information, contact 9612840623 or 9862544094.

Futsal exhibition match on March 26 Dimapur, Mar 24 (NPN): In view of the upcoming Futsal football tournament, an exhibition match between Western Sumi Student leaders and Young Naga Personalities will be played on March 26 before the tournament kicks off. The exhibition match is being organized with an aim to promote futsal in Nagaland. All well wishers have been welcomed to witness the match.

Manohar to remain as ICC chairman Dubai, Mar 24 (PTI): ICC chairman Shashank Manohar Friday deferred his recent decision to step down from the post until a successor is elected following the completion of the 2017 Annual Conference.

The decision comes following an ICC Board resolution to request him to remain in post was passed with overwhelming support earlier this week.

In a significant show of support for Manohar, the Board asked him to withdraw his resignation or at the very least defer it until the ongoing process relating to governance and financial restructuring are completed. Commenting on the decision, Manohar said: “I respect the sentiments expressed by the directors and the confidence they have reposed in me. In the light of this, and although my decision to depart due to personal reasons has not

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sources believed Manohar decided to quit after BCCI gained enough ground to block the constitutional and financial reforms that were set to be passed by the ICC at its next board meeting.

Cricket Australia Chairman David Peever said: “This resolution is a clear indication that whilst the Board may not yet agree on the detail of our reform process, we are committed to the overarching philosophies of it.

“We all believe that Shashank should be the man to see it through and whilst respectful of a decision made for personal reasons, we are delighted that he has agreed to remain in post until the completion of the 2017 Annual Conference where we can elect a successor.” BCCI’s Vikram Limaye added: “It is important that the current issues are resolved to everyone’s satisfaction.

Tahir replaces Marsh in Pune squad New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI): Rising Pune SuperGiants today named South Africa spinner Imran Tahir as replacement for injured Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh ahead of IPL 10.

Marsh had been ruled out of the ongoing Test series between India and Australia owing to a shoulder injury, prompting the franchise to bring in the South African leg-spinner.

“Australia and Rising Pune SuperGiants allrounder Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of the 10th edition of the VIVO IPL owing to a shoulder injury.

As Marsh’s replacement, the franchise have roped in South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir into the squad,” the BCCI said in a statement.

India win 13 medals at Dubai para meet

DUBAI, Mar 24 (PTI): Indian para athletes did the country proud by claiming 13 medals in the season opening Fazaa International IPC International Athletics Grand Prix at the Dubai Club Stadium here.

The medals include five gold, three of which are won by Sundar Singh Gurjar.

Gurjar added a third gold medal in the Shot Put event T 44-46 category with a throw of 13.36m.

Sundar had earlier won gold in the javelin throw and discus throw in his category.

Sundar preparing intensely for World Para Athletic Championship in July in London is presently

supported and sponsored

by Cairn India.

The women athletes also added to the Indian gold medal tally with a gold-silver finish in the women’s wheelchair Shot Put F-55 category. Karamjyoti claimed the gold with 5.76m followed by Shatabdti Awasthi claiming the silver a mere 5

centimetres behind.

High Jumpers Sharad Kumar and Girisha H. Nagarajgowda gave India the silver and bronze in the F13/20/42/44 category with leaps of 1.66m and 1.63m respectively, wherein golden boy Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Bhati preferred not to compete.

FLOATING FISH FEEDS DISTRIBUTION TO BENEFICIARIES IN MON DISTRICT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT "A friendly smile, a casual touch are few of the best of you that mean so much to us…."

No words are seem adequate to say thank you to everyone who stood by us spiritually, morally, physically, materially and financially from Guwahati, Dimapur, Kohima, Wokha Town and Yikhum village during the illness and demise of our beloved husband and father Lt. Pvuzamo Kithan on 19th March 2017.

The Department of Fisheries distributed floating fish feeds to the small, marginal and progressive fish farmers at Mon District under blue revolution (NEEL KRANTI) which was held on 17th March 2017 at the District Fishery Office Mon. The DFO and Fish farmers of Mon district would like to thank and express their gratitude to the Director of Fisheries Shri Kevisa Kensa for providing fish feeds to the local farmers of the state.

Thank you so much for your love, compassion and empathy at the time of our grief. May Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

He was a wonderful person, a loving husband and father. The memories he left will live on forever in our hearts.

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changed, I am willing to continue as chairman till the responsibility as per the resolution is complete.

“I have duty to work with my colleagues to enable a smooth transition and continue our work on the governance of the ICC.” In a stunning turn of events, Manohar, a two-time former BCCI president, had last week resigned as ICC chairman citing personal reasons, abruptly ending his two-year tenure in a mere eight months.

However, highly-placed

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TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER IN LAW

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overs. Mungkham scored 26 runs while Puchu contributed 10 runs.

D i p h u X I b ow l e r Mridul claimed 3 wickets and Sanjiv took 2 wickets.

Diphu XI managed to chase the target in 15.1 overs losing only 3 wickets. Ishan scored highest 44 runs while Rahul made 39 runs.

Radiant CC bowler Kechesin claimed 2 wickets while Mungkham took 1.

Ishan was declared man of the match for scoring 44 runs.

In the second semi-final, Whiskers CC Dimapur beat Lower Bayavü Giants by 28 runs. Electing to bat first, Whiskers CC set a target of 134/6 in 20 overs.

Hokaito scored 50 runs while Jalal 27 and Jiten 15 remained not out.

Lower Bayavü Giants bowler Thungjamo and Sunil took 2 wickets each.

Chasing the target, Lower Bayavü Giants were all out in 19.1 overs scoring 105 runs. Skipper Tapitu scored 32 runs while Bicky added 20 and Ananta 13 runs. Whiskers CC bowler Jalal claimed 3 wickets, Imliwati and Shera 2 wickets each.

Hokaito was adjudged man of the match.

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You never said am leaving.

You never said goodbye.

You went so suddenly.

Yet we miss you beyond measure.

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Loving Tribute from family members

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RTD DIVISIONAL SECURITY COMMISSIONER. RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE

You don't hear too much about Father In Law, but I must say that mine was one of the Best! What made Him so special in my eyes was that he was not only the Father of my Husband but also the doting Son, a loving Husband, a responsible Brother, an admirable Brother in Law and a Generous man to everyone.. and each one of us looked upto Him with Love, Respect and Admiration.

From the First time I met him, my Father in Law felt bigger than Life to me. His heart was big and he showed his love in his own subtle ways. He essentially dropped the 'In Law' part and treated me as his own Daughter and accepted me into His Family with so much Love and Respect and encouraged me in anything that I wanted to do. He made me realize the Importance of Family. And I was privileged to have Him as my Father in Law. My Father in Law was a Thinker. He was a man who didn't push himself on anyone. Anyone who knew him have been touched by his selflessness and admired him. I'm sure that, he is still with us, as many of his most wonderful traits are now part of what makes up my whole extended Family. I see the strength that he had, passed on to my husband and His Family.

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He has left his mark on my heart and the hearts of his Children. His presence, His Humility, His Honesty, His Generosity and His humor will be missed and truly remembered. We will miss him everyday.

There is no better way to let you know how much I admired you Dad, not just as my Father in Law but for the person you are.

Dad, until we meet again. Farewell.

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