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Panel formed to review reservation policy Policy not properly Existing reservation implemented: ENPO highest in India: NSF

Y. Patton along with his colleagues during the consultative meeting on Friday.

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KOHIMA, MAR 5 (NPN): After 44 years since reservation policy began in the State, a consultative meeting held here on Friday to review the policy decided to constitute a working committee comprising representatives from civil society organisations, student bodies and the State government to study the matter in depth.

The meeting, convened by the state government through the cabinet subcommittee on reservation policy headed by deputy chief minister Y. Patton, was held at Hotel Japfu here.

It was decided to induct representatives from Eastern Nagaland Peoples’

NH-29 stretch partially open

Organisation, Eastern Naga Students’ Federation, Tenyimi Peoples’ Organisation, Eastern Nagaland Gazetted Officers Association, Central Nagaland Tribes Council and Central Nagaland Students’ Association, into the working committee, while NSF and Core Committee on Rationalization of Reservation Policy were yet to submit the names.

Similarly, deputy CM, Y Patton, ministers-- Neiba Kronu, Paiwang Konyak, Metsubo Jamir and advisors-- Toshi Wungtung, KT Sukhalu and Zhaleo Rio will be representing the government side.

Later, addressing media persons, planning & coordination, land revenue and

Rainfall likely over NE region

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During the meeting, NSF president Ninoto Awomi pointed out that the total percentage of reservation in the State, which stands at 41%, was one of the highest in the country.

He said, as per the existing reservation policy in the government job sector, six tribes from the eastern Nagaland were enjoying 25% job reservation, while Chakhesang and Pochury were enjoying 6%, Zeliang 4%, Sumis of Kiphire 2% and the physically challenged 4%.

Assuming that the government agreed/accepted the 45% job reservation for the six tribes of eastern Nagaland, Ninoto remarked that the total reservation would increase to 61%, adding that such move would be unreasonable, defeat competitive mindset, murder meritocracy and would be self-defeating for the entire (Cont’d on p-8) State.

Delimitation process halted in 4 NE states

NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (AGENCIES): The government has cut back the mandate of Delimitation Commission set up last year to carry out the delimitation of seats in Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland, by taking the four North Eastern states out of its purview, at least for now, a Times of India report stated.

The panel, meanwhile, has been given a year’s extension beyond March 6, 2021, to continue with its delimitation work in J&K. The move-- which comes even as the panel led by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai had covered initial ground to get the delimitation exercise going in the D I M A P U R , M A R 5 four North Eastern states (NPN): Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated thunderstorm/ lightning is very likely over northeastern states during NEW DELHI, MARCH the first week.

5 (IANS): Centre may surAccording to India prise consumers with a Meteorological Depart- sharp cut in excise duty on ment (IMD), overall rain- petrol and diesel to tame fall activity was very likely rising prices of auto fuels to above normal over West- that have already reached ern Himalayan Region historic high levels.

(WHR) and northeastern Sources privy to the states during first week. development said the duty In the second week, above normal rainfall over cut may be as high as Rs northeastern states is very 8 per litre on the two fuels so that consumers are likely.

The maximum temperatures are likely to be above normal by 2-4°C over northeastern states during the second week.

NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (PTI): As the farmer agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws enters its hundredth day on Saturday, union leaders have asserted that their movement is far from over and they are “going strong”.

The marathon movement has sent out a message of unity, made “farmers visible once again” and brought them back on the political landscape of the country, they said on Friday.

For over three months, the three Delhi border points at Singhu, Tikri and Ghaz“We’re taking average ipur have transformed into consumption- multiplying townships occupied by thouthe highest reading by 12 sands of farmers from difmonths.” ferent parts of the country, DIMAPUR, MAR 5 (NPN): Dimapur district administration has informed that all types of vehicles would be allowed to ply from 5am to 5pm daily along the NH-29 stretch between Chathe River Bridge (Patkai Bridge) and Kukidolong with effect from March 5, 2021 till further orders.

In a circular, the deputy commissioner (DC) Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan, advised all the commuters and plying vehicles to strictly adhere to all the traffic regulations and maintain a distance of at least 30 metre between vehicles.

parliamentary affairs minister Neiba Kronu claimed that the meeting was fruitful and constituted a working committee in line with the government’s proposal.

He said the committee had been constituted to make an in-depth study of the reservation policy, adding that its next sitting has been scheduled on March 20. Kronu said the committee would review the whole reservation policy and see how best it could benefit the people– pocket-wise, area-wise, block-wise and tribal-wise.

Mentioning that certain suggestions and proposals had already been put forth by the representatives,

Meanwhile, speaking to media persons, representative of ENPO, Kekongchim Yimchunger said nothing was impossible when issues were placed and discussed across the table.

He alleged that the reservation policy was not properly implemented in the past few years because of which the issue had come up, cautioning that if this was not rectified, disparities would remain.

Acknowledging the government for its initiative in convening the consultative meet, he regretted that though the aim of the reservation policy was to bring the underprivileged tribes on a par with rest of the people, this did not happen the way it should have, and added that ENPO suggested to the government to identify where it went (Cont’d on p-8) wrong.

– is understandably an attempt to tide over a legal loophole, as Section 8A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, mandates EC, and not the Delimitation Commission, to carry out delimitation in the four north-eastern states based on a Presidential order.

Sources indicated that the options being discussed in the government include an amendment to Section 8A of the RP Act with retrospective effect to authorise Delimitation Commission to conduct the delimitation exercise in Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

Another important proposal under consideration is moving a Constitutional amendment Bill seeking to make 2011 census figures instead of 2001 cen-

sus as mandated by the 87th Constitutional amendment, as the basis for delimitation in the four North Eastern states. “Several representations have been received by the law ministry and home ministry to this effect,” said an official.

Once the required amendments are in place, the same delimitation panel can resume its work in respect of the four northeastern states.

T h e a l l e ge d l e g a l anomaly in the original mandate of Delimitation Commission relating to the four NE states was first pointed out by former legal advisor to EC S K Mendiratta in a letter written to the poll panel on June 4, 2020. Stating that Parliament had expressly, by law, vested the authority

to conduct the delimitation exercise in the four states, in EC by taking it out from purview of the Delimitation Act, 2002, Mendiratta opined that the notification dated 6.3.20 of the law ministry was “unconstitutional, illegal and void ab initio”. He warned that the exercise by the Delimitation Commission in the four north-eastern states shall be declared void by the courts, “causing not only embarrassment to the Election Commission and Delimitation Commission, but also resulting in wastage of huge precious public funds”.

EC had forwarded the letter to law ministry, which reverted to EC seeking its opinion on retrospectively amending the R P Act. EC gave its no-objection to the proposal.

Centre could cut duty on fuel by `8 per litre provided immediate relief.

“The revenue projection from the oil sector for FY22 gives the government room to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel sharply to provide immediate relief to consumers. This is being examined and a call may be taken soon,” said a government official privy to the development.

According to a report

prepared by ICICI Securities, excise duty on auto fuels is estimated at Rs 4.35 lakh crore in FY22, if there is no cut in excise duty on the two products as against the budget estimate of Rs 3.2 lakh crore.

“Thus, even if excise duty is cut by Rs 8.5 per litre on or before April 1, the FY22 budget estimate can be met. We are optimistic

of excise duty cut given demand recovery, impending privatisation and inflation concerns but expect it to be more modest than Rs 8.5 per litre,” the brokerage firm said in its report.

Government officials agreed that there is room to cut duty but its quantum may be decided later this month ahead of the start of new financial year.

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23 cops, civilians enter India from Myanmar; seek refuge in Mizoram AIZAWL, MAR 5 (IANS): At least 23 Myanmar police personnel and some civilians have crossed over into India and are seeking refuge in Mizoram, officials and villagers along the borders said on Friday. Mizoram’s lone Lok Sabha member C. Lalrosanga said that 15 Myanmar police personnel came to Champhai district while eight policemen took shelter in Serchhip district.

The police personnel and some civilians from the military coup-hit Myanmar entered into the two Mizoram districts since Wednesday.

“The Mizoram government has issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) with regard to the people entering Mizoram from Myanmar in view of the military coup. Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has already asked the people living along the borders to follow the SOP issued by the state government,” Lalrosanga told IANS over phone.

Serchhip district Deputy Commissioner Kumar Abhishek and his Champhai district counterpart Maria

M.Ed 3rd Sem urges NU to hold online exam DIMAPUR, MAR 5 (NPN): Days after B.Ed. trainees of 2019-2021 and 2020-2022 batch objected to the proposed conduct of offline examination and demanded conduct of online examination, the MEd 3rd semester students have also expressed opposition to the conduct of offline examination for M.Ed 3rd Semester student-teachers of 2019-2021.

In an appeal letter addressed to the controller of examination NU, the M.Ed student teachers of Nagaland University (NU) and State College of Teacher Education (SCTE) have appealed the university authority to instead conduct online examination. They said that sudden step taken by the university to conduct offline examination seemed “unjustifiable” when the entire teaching-learning process was conducted online.

They said that the “drastic reversal of scenario to switch from online learning to offline examination has created apprehension among the student-teach(Cont’d on p-8) ers”.

We are going strong: Farmers as stir enters 100th day

This is it!

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Farmers in Amritsar raise slogans as they prepare to march towards the Delhi border to join protest on Friday. (PTI)

mainly Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.

Rakesh Tikait of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) said they are prepared to continue the protest

as long as it is required.

“We are completely prepared. Unless and until the government listens to us and meets our demands, we will not move from here,”

Tikait, who is among the leaders at the forefront of the movement, told PTI. Despite several rounds of talks between the government and the farmer unions, the two sides have failed to reach an agreement, and the farmers have refused to budge until the three laws are repealed.

Enacted in September, the three farm laws have been projected by the Centre as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove the middlemen and allow farmers to sell their produce anywhere in the country. The protesting farmers, on the other hand, have expressed apprehension that the new laws would

pave the way for eliminating the safety cushion of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and do away with the “mandi” (wholesale market) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporates.

While a resolution was reached on two of the four demands -- rollback of rise in power tariff and penalties for stubble burning -- in January, a decision on repeal of the three farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP continues to be stuck in limbo. However, according to the farmer leaders, the movement, which will complete its 100th day on Saturday, has achieved much beyond the immediate scope of the protest.

People stage a protest against the military coup. (Reuters File)

C.T. Zuali told the media separately that the district authorities have been providing food and shelter to the people who came from across the border.

Both DCs said that the entire matter is under investigation, and has been communicated to the higher authority and they are awaiting further instructions. Mizoram Home Department officials were not available on phone to confirm the development.

Villagers of the border areas of Champhai and Serchhip districts told the media that at least 50 people comprising unarmed police

personnel and civilians from Myanmar have crossed over to the mountainous state since March 3.

According to the villagers, all the intruders belong to the Chin ethnic group, to which the Mizo community of Mizoram belongs. An influential Mizoram student body -- Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) -- expressing solidarity with Mynamar’s Mizo communities had organised sit-in demonstrations last month in Aizawl, protesting the recent military coup in Myanmar and the human rights violations in the neighbouring country.

BJP women leaders seek Along’s removal DIMAPUR, MAR 5 (NPN): Days after nine district presidents of the state BJP unit demanded the removal of the State unit president Temjen Imna Along, the BJP women’s wing leaders (Bharatiya Janata Mahila MorchaBJMM), too has joined the bandwagon seeking removal of Imna Along.

In a press note, 15 former BJMM members led by ex-president Sanuo Ngullie and ex-general secretary Asangla Ao and current state BJMM secretary Phyobeni and executive member Bokali Sumi pointed out that Temjen, who was a cabinet minister holding three portfolios, was faced with the daunting task of carrying forward the party’s work, organisational set-up and functioning due to the dual posits being held by him.

This, they said, was leading to divisions amongst party workers, especially due to defeat of the party’s candidate by a huge margin in the by-election to 59 Pungro constituency recently. They alleged that one main reason for the defeat was that the incumbent president was not in a position to devote full time and dedication for the overall welfare and interest of the

party as he has to manage three departments simultaneously, adding that there was no clear instructions from him to party karyakartas for proper co-ordination, identification of division and management of works.

The BJMM members said this was compounded by lack of resolution of these pressing issues, which in turn caused huge embarrassment to all party members.

They cautioned that if the present state of affairs was allowed to continue, BJP could end up losing more seats in the 2023 Assembly election since the party has no mass contact.

Mentioning that many representations had been sent to Central leaders in the larger interest of the party, they regretted that no positive response or outcome has been achieved till date.

T h e y wa r n e d t h a t should the incumbent president be allowed to continue, then BJMM Nagaland would be compelled to take extreme steps and measures. On behalf of BJMM, they also strongly advocated the policy of “one man, one post” so that the State president was able to dedicate time 24x7 for the primary welfare and interest of the party.

No new COVID case reported DIMAPUR, MAR 5 (NPN): No new COVID-19 cases were reported in the State on Friday, while active cases stood at 15. As on March 5, the total caseload remained at 12210. Till date, a total of 11951 patients have recovered from the infection.

41,835 inoculated: State Health department Friday informed that a total of 41,835 doses of the Covishield Vaccine have been administered across the state till date.

According to state immunization officer (UIP) Dr. Ritu Thurr, 800 senior citizens 60 years and above

and 82 beneficiaries with specified comorbidities between 45-59 years have successfully received the COVID-19 vaccine without any adverse events needing medical interventions.

Dr.Thurr said that vaccination would continue for the citizens across all notified COVID-19 Vaccination Centers (CVC).

Asserting that the pandemic was expected to go on for years, Dr. Thurr said there was an urgency to vaccinate citizens as early as possible with the increase in COVID-19 variants and mutations.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021

vaccination training, meeting held in Tsg, longleng

Deputy commissioner & chairman DTF, Kumar DPO (RCH/UIP), Dr. Imnameren Phom presenting a Ramnikant addressing the TDTF meeting. (DIPR) PowerPoint presentation.

DIMAPUR: COVID-19 vaccination meeting and training was held in Tuensang and Longleng to ensure maximum vaccination of targeted population and to discuss the challenges and processes.

Tuensang: District Task Force (TDTF) for COVID-19 vaccination held a meeting at DC’s conference hall on March 4, 2021. Deputy commis-

sioner (DC) & chairman DTF, Kumar Ramnikant chaired the meeting.

According to DIPR report, the meeting discussed on the updates on first phase vaccination for health care workers, second phase vaccination for front line workers and third phase for 60+ senior citizens and 45 to 59 of age with comorbidities.

DIO Tuensang, Thun-

gchabeni disseminated on the overall scenario of the vaccination processes and the challenges on making it a successful completion.

She also highlighted on the introduction of COVID 2.0 App and urged beneficiaries who had taken the first dose of Covaccine to take the second dose.

RRT WHO, Dr. Christina Nzani Humstoe updated on her visits to vaccina-

tion sites and sessions.

M e a n w h i l e, D C stressed on the importance of awareness campaign for the vaccination and the proactive role of churches, youths and NGOs. He also called for translations of awareness messages to local dialects and requested the church to assist in dissemination of messages.

Longleng: 2nd phase

of district and block level training of trainers (TOT) on operational planning for age appropriation COVID19 vaccination was held at CMO conference hall on March 5, 2021.

A press release by the chief medical office stated that while delivering the keynote address, chief medical officer (CMO) advised all to mobilise the 60 years and above and those over 45 years to 59 years with co-morbidities in their respective health units and blocks.

Citing that healthcare workers were the forerunners during the pandemic, CMO encouraged those who have not been vaccinated yet to come forward and avail the vaccine.

During a PowerPoint presentation, DPO (RCH/ UIP), Dr Imnameren Phom gave a brief background on Covid vaccination, key achievements, next phase Cowin 2.0, eligible ben-

eficiaries, criteria for over 45-59 beneficiaries, covid vaccination centres, covid vaccination centre session capacity, vaccination slots online registration and appointment booking.

Meanwhile, district media officer, Roseline spoke on communication strategy, key principles of vaccination, gaps observed in implementation, steps taken to reduce hesitancy and improve coverage, etc., during the programme.

Vaccine cold chain manager (UNDP), Limunya Rume also spoke on Cowin portal, Cowin app, online registration, user guide citizen registration, vaccinator app on the spot registration, and vaccinator app.

The training was attended by DTO (NTEP), Dr. Temsusashi, medical officers from the blocks, DPM, DCM, BPMs, CHOs, ASHA co-ordinator, DEOs and staff of CMO office.

USSC holds handing and taking over programme Jalukie ‘B’ Baptist Church celebrates golden jubilee

USSC officials along with the old and new office bearers.

DIMAPUR: United Sangtam Students’ conference (USSC) held its 73rd handing and taking over programme on March 2 at FIC Angangba village Tuensang.

During the programme, short speech on-

behalf of the outgoing office bearers was delivered by executive chairman Thronglichum and general secretary Selicho T. Thonger.

Outgoing Executive Chairman added that the time, efforts and wealth

spent by each individual towards the conference was not wasted but was rather an investment.

Selicho T Thonger shared how working with his esteemed colleagues was a blessing for him.

He also stated that he had

served the conference with full satisfaction. Speech onbehalf of the newly inducted was also delivered by newly inducted executive secretary, Rangkhamong.

Newly inducted officers were Lumpili Sangtam as general secretary, Tiakaba Sangtam as assistant general secretary.

While, in executive Board, K. Rongthrongkyu Sangtam was elected as executive chairman and Rangkhamong as executive secretary.

Earlier, USSC president, Samuel B Sangtam delivered welcome address, Ponchili for led the programme, Thsadongse pronounced invocation while vote of thanks was delivered by K . Rothrongkyu Sangtam.

ZBCC executive secretary Rv. Izieteilung Terieng during the unveiling of the jubilee monolith at Jalukie ‘B’ village.

DIMAPUR: Jalukie “B” Baptist Church under Zeme Baptist Church Council (ZBCC) Nagaland celebrated its golden jubilee on February 25, 2021.

In commemoration of its jubilee, the church also hosted the 68th ZBCC triennial conference from February 23-24 which was attended by delegates from various churches under ZBCC. The conference was conducted following the

Vikehie Welfare Society (VWS) Viswema under Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, government of India conducted an essay competition on “road safety” at John Government Higher Secondary School Viswema, Kohima on March 4. Altogether 25 students of class 10 participated in the competition where first position was bagged by Anmol Subba, second by Neimhakhono Lese and third place by Yingngam S Konyak.

SOPs in place.

Earlier, golden jubilee monolith was unveiled by ZBCC executive secretary, Rev. Izieteilung Terieng.

The jubilee celebration saw the participation from all churches under ZBCC as well as invitees from nearby villages.

M e a n w h i l e, t h e Church extended its gratitude to all who contributed to the jubilee celebrations in kind, cash, services and prayers support.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Neisetuonuo Debbie and assistant technical expert, state horticulture nursery, department of horticulture, Dimapur, Sapong, as resource persons.

Farmers were taught to make pineapple squash, juice, tomato sauce, mushroom pickle, various preservation methods and up skilled their knowledge on packaging and bottle sterilisation.

Later, they were later taken to medicinal and aromatic unit, sugar mill

village, 5th Mile, Dimapur where resource person, proprietor, Origins, Nagaland, K Nihokhu Chophi demonstrated process of various medicinal and aromatic plants to manufacture green herbal tea.

Meanwhile on the second day farmers, were taken to Pristine Foods,

N a g a l a n d , ow n e d b y Apulle Phesao for training on various fruit candies processing and juice making.

Altogether, ten farmers along with seven ATMA staff led by deputy project director, ATMA, Mokokchung Sentinaro Longchar attended the training.

IN LOVING MEMORY

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OF OUR BELOVED

LATE PENCHILO EZUNG

GPRN/NSCN condoles

DIMAPUR: The GPRN / NSCN expressed grief over the sudden demise of joint secretary, Khekato V. Aye who passed away on March 3, 2021. He was enrolled in the national service in 2006.

A condolence note

by GPRN/NSCN through its MIP stated that late Khekato V. Aye served wholeheartedly and with full commitment for the cause of the Naga national movement in various capacities for 15 years till his last.

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It stated that in his demise, GPRN/NSCN had lost one of its “promising patriot” and his comrades particularly in the central secretariat, GPRN was left with a void which would be difficult to fill.

GPRN/NSCN said that his sacrifices towards the nation would be cherished in the record of Naga history. Further, it conveyed its condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed the Almighty to grant them comfort as his soul rests in peace.

DATE : 6th MARCH 2021

A sorrowful year has passed since you left us for your Eternal Heavenly Abode. Nevertheless, with fondness and love, we always remember the selfless sacrifices that you have rendered to us as the pillar of our family and made us who we are today.

Thank you, loving mother for all the love, care and understanding.

You will always be in our hearts.

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Your Loving Husband, Children, In-Laws and Grand-children

DC Phek restricts jungle burning and hunting: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Phek, Razouvolie Dozo has restricted any village town, community group of persons/ individual from indulging in random burning of jungle/ forest and all types of hunting wild animals within Phek district. The order stated that any violation would be viewed seriously and penalised as per relevant sections of the law.

Mon COVID vaccination sensitisation drive: DC Mon Thavaseelan K has informed that Mon DTF for Covid vaccination would be visiting all the wards in Mon town for interaction with the citizens regarding phase three of Covishield vaccination. The schedule for the visit is as follows: on March 6, Zaklom ward (8 a.m.), Shamnyu ward (8:30 a.m.) Tanlao ward (9 a.m.); on March 8, Tongpang Ward (8 a.m.), Shantham ward (8:30 a.m.), Wagiem ward (4 a.m.); on March 9, Chingai ward (8 a.m.), Thamnan ward (8:30 a.m.), Walo ward (4 a.m.); on March 10, Jahjon ward (8 a.m.) and Techa ward (8:30 a.m.)

ANGBA extend support: ANGBA extends support: All Angami Gaon Burah Association (ANGBA) has extended support to Chakhroma GBs Association (CGBA) resolution to stand and abide by the principle of selection.

In a press release, ANGBA president Thepfukedo Kuotsu and secretary Lhousavi Kipu while extending their support said that the association should follow the Naga customary right selection/rotation and not election.

TRSU committee meeting: Tsogin Range Students Union (TRSU) organising committee has convened a meeting on March 7, 2 p.m. at the residence of convener finance, Chegeseng Kath, Sepfuzou Colony Kohima. All organising committee, finance committee and different sub-committee conveners have been requested to attend the meeting.

SMC informs on closing of establishments: Shiv Mandir Committee (SMC), Singrijan has informed all concerned that the committee resolved to disallow opening of stalls, shops, bhandaras, entertaining programmes, mela etc. around Shiv Mandir area, during Maha Shiva Ratri Utsav, on March 11. The committee informed that only Shiva Darshan would be allowed to devotees maintaining SOPs issued by DC, Dimapur.

Total restriction of traffic movement between Sakraba & Pholami village: DC Phek, Razouvolie Dozo has informed that there would be total restriction of traffic movement between Sakraba & Pholami village area between the chainage 20+000 to 20+500 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. from March 5 to March 31, 2021. The restriction was necessitated to facilitate speedy completion of 2-lane construction works of Phek-Pfutsero road. Public have been advised to avoid travelling along the stretch during the stipulated time for safety.

NSCN (K) expels members: As per the directive from the collective leaders, NSCN (K) expelled deputy kilonser, Ariba Yim, joint secretary Rikhum Yim and under secretary, L. Toshi Sangtam from active Naga national service from both the party and government for hatching a conspiracy within the NSCN set-up with immediate effect from March 5. The expelled members have been ordered to submit all government properties within seven days from the date of this issue of order, failing which NSCN/GPRN would take its own course of action as per the law of the land.

15 Southern Angami II A/C village adoption committee held DIMAPUR: 15th Southern Angami II A/C village adoption committee 2019-2021 was held on February 18, at Kidima A press release from Kidima Students Union (KSU) president, Viketozo Kintso stated that the programme was chaired by village adoption committee convener EAC Kezocha, Vineikho Tetso and deliberated the help and activity rendered to Kidima Village so far.

The convener was accompanied by district sports officer and district sericulture officer who distributed numerous sports goods to the Kidimayouth organisation, catering items to Kidima Women Society and a computer/printer set to Kidima Students’ Union.

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BELOVED MOTHER

Late Mrs. Asenle Wanth Your life was a blessing Your memory a treasure You are loved beyond words And missed beyond measure.

ATMA conducts within state farmers’ training

DIMAPUR: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Mokokchung conducted two days within state farmers training on February 18 and 19, on “value addition of agricultural and horticultural crops” in Dimapur.

A press release by district agriculture officer and PD, ATMA, stated that on the first day, hands on demonstration on value addition and food processing was conducted with horticulture officer,

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Loving Family Members

Died on 06.03.2020

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MOATEMJEN JAMIR

Died : 12th February 2021 We, the bereaved family of Late Moatemjen Jamir (Mangmetong) wish to express our heartful gratitude and sincere appreciation to each and every individual, various organizations, relatives and neighbours who stood by us emotionally, financially, materially, physically and unceasing prayer support during his brief illness and demise on 12th February, 2021.

Special thanks to : 1. Mangmetong Baptist Church.

2. Mangmetong Village Council.

3. Mangmetong Putu Menden A Khel.

4. Mangmetong Putu Menden B Khel.

5. Okotso Village Council 6. Mangmetong Jamir Kidong 7. Mechanical Department, Mokokchung Division 8. Ongpangkong Mungdang 9. Ao Kaketshir Mungdang 10. Ongpangkong Kaketshir Mungdang 11. Mangmetong Students' Union.

12. Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo 13. Lungmen Fellowship, DABA 14. Mrs. & Mr. Imkong. L. Imchen (MLA) 15. Mrs. & Mr. Khensanuken Jamir, Dimapur 16. Mrs & Mr. Moatoshi Tzudir, Alichen 17. Excelcare Hospital, Guwahati May God bless you all abundantly.

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We, the family and relatives of Late Tsitongse Anar extend our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all the individual, civil organisations, churches and well wishers who stood by us physically & financially at the sudden demise of our beloved father on 1st March, 2021.

Our special thanks and gratitude to all following : 1. Sangtam Baptist Lithro, Kohima 2. Youth Ministry (SBLK) 3. Sangtamlarü Thsingmujang 4. Prayer Group (SBLK) 5. Yangzitong Fellowship Kohima 6. Women Ministry (SBLK) 7. Murise Baptist Church, Dimapur 8. Seyochung Union Kohima 9. Sangtam Union, Kohima 10. Sangtam Students’ Union, Kohima 11. Executive Engg., Gen. Division 12. Staff of Gen. Division K-515

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nagalandpost.com Poll Q.: Are pre-poll predictions accurate with regard to the forthcoming state elections?

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focus more on power, roads, agriculture and education than on construction?  Yes.  No.  Can’t Say.

WEATHER FORECAST March 6

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Hazy sun; warm, low humidity 35 19 Aizawl

Hazy sun

27 12

Guwahati A stray afternoon t-shower

30 15

A t-storm around in the p.m.

28 11

Imphal

Itanagar Mostly cloudy, p.m. showers

23 13

Shillong

Partly sunny

21 11

Kohima

Not as warm; an a.m. t-storm

21 11

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

27 14

Cooler; a stray a.m. t-storm

21 11

Mkg

Tuensang A thundershower in spots Wokha

13 7

A couple of morning showers 21 13

Zunheboto Cooler; a stray a.m. t-shower

18 9

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021

Kma district administration NSF Mangalore holds 13th annual freshers’ meet farewell for outgoing officers

DIMAPUR: Naga Students Forum (NSF) Mangalore held its 13th annual freshers’ meet and parting social on February 28, 2021 at Tannirbhavi beach, Mangalore.

Newly elected office bearers of the forum for the year 2021-2022 were Temjenyapang Longchar as president, Ame Nangbo as vice president, Kevizonuo Pienyü as general secratery, Kezhalenuo SekDC Kohima, Gregory along with outgoing officers and others after the launch of “Kohima hose as joint secretary, against COVID-19” at the farewell programme in DC’s conference hall, Kohima. (DIPR) Kevin Pienyü as PRO, Imkumnaro Kichu as DIMAPUR: A farewell pro- ficers today. the state capital under capable treasurer along with four gramme for outgoing addiHe further wished them and dedicated seniors. tional deputy commissioner good health and extended his Delivering speech on (ADC) Kohima, Lithrongla wishes on their new assigned behalf of the staff of DC Tongpi Rutsa, SDO (C) Shay- works.

Office, Kohima, Rakalung ing Sheu and EAC Kezocha, In her farewell speech, highlighted the qualities and Vineikho Tetso was held the outgoing ADC thanked efficiencies held by each outat DC’s conference hall on all for their support and coop- going officers and narrated March 5, 2021. eration towards the successful some of the memories.

According to DIPR re- implementation of various On the occasion, “Koport, deputy commissioner activities and for making her hima Against COVID-19”, (DC) Kohima, Gregory The- stay a successful and memo- a report on activities underjawelie in his speech thanked rable one. taken by District Task Force the outgoing officers for their She shared that what she (DTF) on COVID-19, Koefforts and contributions had learnt from the DC would hima district was launched towards the successful man- be taken wherever she was by DC Kohima, Gregory agement of various activities posted. Lithrongla said that Thejawelie and outgoing in the district. her contribution towards the ADC, Lithrongla Tongpi Acknowledging the district may have been a drop Rutsa. role played by the outgoing of water in the ocean however Earlier, the farewell officers in managing and the experiences gained were programme was chaired by handling number of issues, enormous. revenue officer, Kelevituo elections, disasters related Outgoing SDO (C), Nisa, invocation by Zakiesato matters and towards the fight Shaying and EAC Vineikho Khatso and special songs by of COVID-19, DC shared also delivered farewell speech- head Dobashis, Lhaliezhu that the office was losing the es where they expressed the and Ketuoraviü Marina of most capable and refined of- privilege of having worked in DC office, Kohima.

Naga students in Mengaluru during the freshers’ meet and parting social on at Tannirbhavi beach, Mangalore.

other members.

During the programme, Akumtoshi from Alva’s Engineering College delivered presidential speech and welcome address, Kedokhono Kotsu delivered speech on

behalf of the freshers while Lidise Sangtam spoke on behalf of the outgoing students.

Earlier, Naga students from St. Aloysius College, NITTE presented songs dur-

ing the programme while title of mister and miss fresher were given to Agustin Pamei of St. Aloysius College and Kenie Pienyü of NITTE. Around 71 Naga students attended the programme.

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Awareness on ‘drug abuse prevention’ held in Tuli

DIMAPUR: Yimkümmer Welfare Society (YWS) in collaboration with department of social welfare, government of Nagaland organised a seminar on awareness on “drug abuse prevention” at Yimkümmer House, Tuli on March 3, 2021 with ADC Tuli, Imsongmeren as guest speaker and social

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worker and author, Dimapur, Maong Jamir as resource speaker.

The topics covered were “issues related to drug abuse and alcoholism” and “basics on drug abuse and alcoholism.”

Valuable inputs on the subject were also contributed by program coordina-

tor, youth mission Kohima, Sanen and residential counselor, grace rehabilitation home Tuli, Kilang Imsong.

The seminar was attended by SDPO Tuli, all ward chairman and representatives from 11 wards of Tuli Town, pastors of Tuli Lenten Baptist Church, Aitlenden Baptist Church,

Luyong Baptist Church and youth and adolescents from several churches led by youth pastors.

The purpose of this seminar was to sensitise and create awareness about the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders on drug abuse and to share information on primary prevention.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021

‘India-Japan collaborating for prosperous NE’ Himanta’s Twitter photos ‘fake’ : Cong

A g a r tala / Shillong, March 5 (IANS): For developing a prosperous northeast India under the India-Japan collaboration, Tokyo is providing financial support to diverse the projects in all the eight states of the region, top officials, diplomats, experts and economists said on Friday.

India’s Foreign Secretar y Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Japan Ambassador to India Suzuki Satoshi and many experts and economists, while hailing Japan’s financial aid for varied projects in eight northeastern states, said that Indo-Japan collaboration would boost a secure and prosperous northeastern region in convergence of India’s ‘Act East Policy’, ‘Neighborhood First Policy’, towards a vibrant Bay of Bengal region and realising a common vision of a “Free and open Indo-Pacific”.

Par ticipating in a

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day-long virtual dialogue, Shringla said quoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi that northeast India is a gateway to southeast Asian countries.

“Prime Minister has said that the northeast region has the potentiality to be the growth engine of India as well as the mantra of peace, progress and prosperity is echoing in the northeast. We are giving push to three ‘Cs’ - connectivity, commerce and cultural commonalities with the southeast Asian countries,” the Foreign Secretary said. The vir-

tual dialogue on the theme ‘Development of North Eastern Indian Region: Indo-Japan Collaboration for Connectivity, Commerce, Capacity Building, Culture and Conservation’ was organised on Friday by Shillong-based think-tank and research group Asian Confluence.

The Foreign Secretary said that the northeast today has a network of educational centres of excellence, new medical and technology colleges as well as livelihood and skilling institutes. “The northeast connects us to a neighbour and to one of the most economically dynamic and political significance geographies of the world -- the ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific region,” he said.

Shringla, quoting Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, said the the government’s developmental agenda gives very high priority to the

northeast region. “The government is ensuring smooth access to financial assistance from multilateral and bilateral funding agencies to help introduce innovative and global best practices,” Shringla said.

He said Japan is the only country with which India has an annual summit as well as the 2+2 foreign and defence ministerial dialogue. “Japan is the fourth largest investor in India. The number of Japanese companies in India has been increasing steadily, more than 1,400 of them are present in India. Japanese ODA (Official Development Assistance) is deployed over sectors ranging from health care to sustainable development.”

He said that Prime Minister Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe established India Japan “Act East Forum” in 2017 to coordinate joint efforts for overall develop-

ment in the region. “The longest bridge in the country across the Brahmaputra in Assam’s Dhubri is being constructed with Japanese support. Japan is also helping us in modernising Umiam hydroelectric power station in Meghalaya and the Guwahati water supply and Guwahati Sewerage Project.” The Foreign Secretary said that the initiative aims to enhance connectivity between our northeast region and southeast Asia and Bangladesh.

“Five Meetings of the ‘Act East Forum’ have been held so far. I have had at its most recent meeting on January 28, the opportunity to discuss various ongoing projects with Ambassador Suzuki.

Four road connectivity projects are underway in various northeastern states and roads are being augmented in Mizoram, Meghalaya and in Tripura,” he stated.

Guwahati, Mar 5 (PTI): The Assam Congress on Friday called the photos of tea gardens shared by senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on the Twitter as ‘fake’ and said they were not used by the party in its poll campaign.

The photos were those of the tea gardens of Taiwan and were definitely not used

by Congress in its ‘Axom Bachao Ahok’ (Come, Let Us Save Assam) campaign as alleged by Sarma, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Bobbeeta Sharma told PTI. BJP is rattled as people who want progress to return in the state are connecting with the Congress and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s visit to the poll-bound state has left the saffron party worried, she said.

The two-phased state election is slated for March 27 and April 1.

Sarma, the state finance minister and senior BJP leader of the north

east, had tweeted twice on Thursday under the hashtag #CongressInsultsAssam claiming that the pictures used for the party’s campaign were those of tea gardens of Taiwan.

In the first tweet, he said “official Congress campaign page is using photo of tea garden from Taiwan to say ‘Assam Bachao’. Congress leaders can’t even recognise Assam? This is an insult of Assam and Tea Garden workers of our state”.

In the second tweet, the minister said, “first Congress couldn’t identify Assam, now Congress can’t even recognise Assamese people. This is again a pic from Taiwan. Congress leaders have forgotten Assam. Let’s show @INCIndia how beautiful our land is”.

The APCC spokesperson said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’sannouncement of five guarantees to the people of Assam has “disconcerted the BJP who are

bereft of any issue and are thus resorting to such false propaganda against the Congress”.

Her five gurantees are a law to nullify the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, five lakh government jobs, raising the wages of tea garden workers to Rs 365, free electricity up to 200 units per household and Rs 2,000 monthly income support to homemakers if congress is voted to power in the state.

The BJP could not keep its promise of increasing the daily wage for tea garden workers to Rs 351 and only after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi committed to increase it to Rs 365 it hastily increased Rs 50 under immense pressure, the Congress spokesman said.

“We have guaranteed that within 30 days of forming the government, we will make it Rs 365 and this has been done after consultation with all stakeholders which is feasible”, she added.

Assam assembly polls: BJP Excavator stolen from Assam recovered in Nagaland releases list of 70 candidates

New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI): The BJP on Friday released its first list of 70 candidates for the Assam assembly polls and announced that allies Asom Gana Parishad and United People’s Party Liberal will contest on 26 and eight seats respectively.

Party general secretary Arun Singh told a press conference that Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will contest from Majuli and minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari, con-

stituencies these two top BJP state leaders currently represent in the 126-member assembly.

Besides Sonowal and Sarma, leaders of the Asom Gana Parishad and the United People’s Party Liberal were also present at the press conference.

The BJP in the first list has replaced 11 sitting MLAs with new faces, Singh said.

The three-phase Assam assembly polls will be held on March 27, April 1 and

April 6. In the first phase, 47 constituencies will go to polls, in the second phase, polling will be held in 39 constituencies and in the third phase, polling will be held in 40 constituencies.

The BJP central election committee had met here on Thursday to finalise these names.

The saffron party is pulling out all the stops to retain power in the state where it had formed government for the first time in 2016.

the pretext of test driving the machine after it reached Lahorijan area of AssamNagaland border back in 2019. The operator later approached the Khatkhati police and formally filed a

Police teams from Assam and Nagaland with the recovered excavator.

Bokajan, Mar 5: A team of Karbi Anglong police have successfully recovered a excavator two years after it was reported stolen from

the Khatkhati area along the interstate Assam-Nagaland border in East Karbi Anglong on Thursday.

As per reports, the ex-

cavator machine was sent on rent from Jharkhand for earth filling works in Nagaland. However, a gang stole it from the operator on

M’laya launches online portal for workers Timber smuggler shot dead

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Shillong, Mar 5: Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Friday launched the online registration portal for migrant workers under the Meghalaya Identification Registration (Safety and Security) of Migrant Workers Act 2020, in a function organized by the Labour Department at the NIC Conference Hall, Shillong.

The aim of the Meghalaya Identification Registration (Safety and Security) of

Migrant Workers Act 2020 is to ensure the maintenance of public order and protection and safety of migrant workers in Meghalaya through identification and mandatory registration of all such workers in the State.

As such, the portal enables the migrant workers and persons/contractors employing migrant labourers/workers to register them, failing which they will be liable to a fine of up to Rs. 5000.

“Registration through

the portal can be made from any part of the country, or through the common service centres or a help desk at the registration office with a payment of Rs.50,” an official notification said.

Speaking on the occasion, Tynsong said that with the passing of the Meghalaya Identification Registration (Safety and Security) of Migrant Workers Act 2020, the authority for issuing labour licenses now lie with the State Government.

Stating that the launch of the online portal will

improve the ease of doing business, he urged all stakeholders to utilize the portal so that a record of genuine migrant labourers/workers is maintained in the state.

Pointing out that this move is crucial for the development of the State as labour forces from outside are required to complete projects of different departments, he reiterated that only those migrant workers/ labourers who fulfill various criteria stated under the Act will be issued with a labour license.

Meghalaya governor lauds state govt

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Shillong, Mar 5: Meghalaya Governor, Satya Pal Malik on Friday said that the National People’s Party (NPP)-led government is making concerted effort to improve the standard of living through better governance.

“The government is particularly focused on enhancing the service delivery in health and education sectors and making larger investments in physical infrastructure,” he said, addressing the legislators on the first day of the Budget session of the Meghalaya Assembly. He said the critical focus of the government is on

improving rural livelihood and promoting enterprises through mission mode interventions. The Governor informed that at present there are 39 projects implemented in the State.

Two of these projects are sponsored by the North Eastern Council and the rest are from the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources.

The total cost of these projects implemented is Rs. 915 crore and they include building roads and bridges, establishing schools, water–related interventions, transport, protecting catchments areas and streamling some of the service sectors. Malik informed that the State government

is also undertaking the “Meghalaya Integrated Transport Project”, funded by the World Bank at a cost of Rs. 768 crore.

“The project will improve about 500 km of strategic road segments and stand alone bridges by using innovative, climate resilient and nature based solutions,” the Governor said.

Malik said the transport project would help the State harness its growth potential for high value tourism and agriculture and also enable the State to take advantage of its strategic location to emerge as a major connecting hub for trade with neighbouring countries.

Mnp journalists continue strike

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IMPHAL, Mar 5: Newspapers in Manipur failed to hit the stands for the second consecutive day on Friday as journalists continued their cease work strike against threat by armed rebel groups.

News broadcasting by local cable networks also remained suspended.

All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU) and Editors’ Guild Manipur were on cease work strike following pressure from two groups of an internal-conflict ridden rebel outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) on publication of statements issued by them.

The cease work strike

is likely to continue for the next few days as AMWJU and EGM reaffirmed their earlier decision to not entertaining any statements of the rebel outfit until the conflict within the outfit was resolved.

The apex bodies of journalists and editors reaffirmed the stand after hearing comments, suggestions and observations by leaders of civil society organisations (CSOs) and public leaders, during a joint meeting held at Manipur Press Club, Imphal.

Today’s meeting resolved a three-point resolution while denouncing pressure being given to the journalists because of the internal conflict within the United National Liberation

Front (UNLF).

While the first resolution appealed to the rebel group to resolve the internal conflict through negotiation at the earliest, the second resolution reaffirmed earlier decisions of AMWJU and EGM regarding nonpublication of any of the statements of the two groups within the outfit.

The third resolution appealed to all stakeholders to respect the “Code of Conduct (local adjustment)” framed by AMWJU and EGM and allow the media to work freely under the code.

However, the public meeting did not take any decision regarding suspension of the cease work strike of the journalists.

One new COVID-19 case in Mizoram, tally at 4,428 Aizawl, Mar 5 (PTI): Mizoram reported just one new COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours, which took the state’s tally to 4,428, an official said on Friday.

A 23-year-old woman in Aizawl tested positive for the infection after she returned from Delhi, he said. “The woman arrived at Lengpui airport on Thursday and was diagnosed with the disease there. She developed COVID-19 symptoms,” the official said.

The northeastern state now has 18 active cases, while 4,400 people have recovered from the disease.

Ten people have succumbed to the infection.

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Bokajan, March 5: In a major development, a suspected timber smuggler has been shot dead by a team of forest department officials under Silonijan Range in East Karbi Anglong on Thursday.

As per reports, the team of forest department officials confronted a group of timber smuggler inside the Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary and demanded that they surrender. The gang of smugglers who were engaged in cutting of endangered trees opened fire at the forest team prompting them to retaliate.

The exchange of fire lasted for a couple of minutes and the gang fled the spot under the cover of darkness. Later, on searching the area, a bullet ridden body was recovered by the forest team along with a

7.65mm pistol with two live ammunitions and one empty cartridge, a muzzle loaded gun, a chain saw and a gallon of petrol was also recovered from the area.

It is pertinent to mention that illegal logging and smuggling of valuable timber is rampant in the Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary and adjoining Nambor Reserve Forest in Golaghat district.

Notorious gang of timber smugglers feed in valuable trees in the forest which is considered as a treasure house of a diverse range of Flora and Fauna. Timber smugglers here carry firearms and sometimes challenge forest officials who patrol the forest unarmed.

Recently, a forest guard named Mohibur Hussain was brutally attacked by timber mafia inside the Nambor Reserve Forest.

IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT JUDGE KOHIMA : NAGALAND NOTICE Succession Case No. 67 of 2021

NOTICE INVITING OTHER CLAIMANTS TO REPRESENTATION TO COME FORWARD (UNDER PART-X OF SECTION 373 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) Whereas an application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession certificate for the estate of Late NEINGUSALIE @ NEINGUSALIE RUTSA has filed by Shri KEVIYIEZO constant Rutsa, S/o Dr. Ruokuohelie Rutsa, R/o Pfuchatsumia Khel, Kohima village, Kohima Nagaland to draw/operate/ close/transfer i) SBI A/c No 20053560223 ii) Service Benefits, who expired on 07-12-2021.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interests in the administration of estate of this said deceased may he/she so desired appear in this court within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of publication of notice.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this 04th Day of March 2021.

Principal District Judge Kohima : Nagaland.

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CORRECTION OF NAME & YEAR OF BIRTH Through various affidavits solemnly sworn & affirmed before the 1st Class Magistrate, Meluri, Phek, Nagaland, I, Mrs. Daham Chukhongho, w/o Late Z. Zhantha Yanwayu permanent resident of Kukegwo Village, Meluri Sub-Division, Dist.-Phek, Nagaland made corrections in my Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, sons and my names as under : * That my correct DOB shall be 25/06/1975 not 25/06/1980 vide Ref. No. 198(B) Dtd. 2/2/21. * My father-in-law's name shall be Zote not Zote Yanwayu vide Ref. No. 210(B) Dtd. 4/2/21. * My Mother-in-law's name shall be Khiayong not Kheyong vide Ref. No. 209(B) Dtd. 4/2/21. * My 1st son's name shall be Aimson Z. Yangwayu not Aimson Z. Yanwayu and his BOD shall be 08/3/2005 not 08/09/2003 vide Ref. No. 208(B) Dtd. 4/2/21. * My 2nd son's name shall be Victor Z. Yangwayu not Victor Z. Yanwuyu, his correct DOB shall be 20/3/2006 not 20/6/2005 and both Z. Zhantha Yanwayu and Zhantha Z. Yangwayu stands for his father's name only vide Ref. No. 207(B) Dtd. 4/2/21.

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complaint about the theft.

Since then, the Khatkhati police have been investigating the matter untill recently it located the stolen machine in a construction site at Zunheboto district in Nagaland.

Dear Mhasen, We love you not just because you are turning one, but coz you are truly one in a million. You will always be the rock star of our family. Happy first birthday. Baby Mhasen.

From your loving parents, grandparents, uncles, aunties n well wishers. ___________________________ Dearest Shrinu(Among), As you step into your new life, May God grant all your wishes and dreams. May you live long with good health. I wish you a happy birthday.

Yours forever: Tambu. _______________________ Dearest Menti Wishing Happy Birthday to a wonderful daughter, a sister, a wife and above all a caring mother, who has brought more smiles and joy into our lives.

Happy Birthday!

With regards from loved ones.

APOLOGY

I, Mr. Inaka Shikhu solemnly affirm to the fact that I have threaten/bullied Miss Holivi Yepthomi, International Human Rights Council, Joint Secretary on social media using the fake user name Kala Daku and calling her Bangladeshi and adopted etc. and it has totally damage her mentally and psychologically. Therefore I request Miss Holivi Yepthomi to kindly accept my sincere apology and forgive me as stated above. I promise not to repeat the same mistake again in the future. In connection with this matter if anything happen to you in the future I will be responsible.

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INAKA SHIKHU H/No. 20 Lake View Colony, Dimapur

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PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE MOKOKCHUNG : NAGALAND

NOTICE

S/C no. 24/2021

NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) Whereas an application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the Estate/Pension of Late Temjenmeren has been applied by Smti Senlitsula W/o Lt. Temjenmeren R/o H/No. 28, Akhoya Village, Mkg, Nagaland for possession of: Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of Estate/Pension benefits of the said deceased may if he/she so desired appear in this court on or before the said day of 24-03-2021.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this the 24-02-2021.

Principal District & Sessions Judge Mokokchung; Nagaland.

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IN THE COURT OF PRINCIPAL DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE MOKOKCHUNG : NAGALAND NOTICE S/C NO. 13/2021 NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CLAIMANT(S) FOR ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE UNDER PART-I OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925.

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Imsulemba Ao has been applied by Shri/Smti Temsumenla Longkumer, W/o Lt. Imsulemba Ao R/O H.No 535, Mangkotrong Sector, Ungma Village, Mokokchung, Nagaland for possession of : Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said date of 24/03/21.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this the 24/02/2021.

Principal District & Sessions Judge Mokokchung : Nagaland MKC-64

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PM Modi pitches for deepening ties with Sweden in technology change is a priority for both the countries and the two can work together on this.

“India’s culture has always stressed the importance of living in harmony with nature. we are moving ahead on our commitments made under the Paris Agreement.

“We will not just achieve these targets, but even exceed them. Amongst G20 countries, India has progressed well on its targets. In the last five years, our renewable power capacity has increased by 162 per cent,” he said.

Modi said India provided medicines and other essential items to more than 150 countries while the world was fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Till now, we have delivered Made-in-India vaccine to nearly 50 countries across the globe and in the next few days, we are committed to delivering it to several more,” he added.

No such group as G-23, all united under Sonia: Moily NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (IANS): Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily has rejected any group called G-23, saying the party is united under Sonia Gandhi’s leadership.

“The Congress is one,” he said when asked about the G-23, a group of dissenters in the party who had sought a complete revamp of Congress in a letter to interim party president Sonia Gandhi in August last year.

Incidentally, former Karnataka Chief Minister Moily was one of the signatories of the letter written to Sonia. Speaking to reporters, Moily said, “There is no such thing called G-23. The Congress is united under Sonia Gandhi who always listens to people’s grievances.” The Congress is facing a difficult time as the party seems to be divided after some prominent leaders wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi demanding sweeping reforms in the party.

Another Congress leader, Sandeep Dikshit,

said, “There is no group in the party and I am not in touch with the leaders who had assembled in Jammu recently.” Many Congress leaders have said that their only motive is to strengthen the party in the country.

The Congress, which is gearing up to face elections in five states/UT, have advised these leaders to join hands to defeat the BJP and now all eyes are on the soon to be announced list of star campaigners of the party.

Many of the Congress leaders who had signed the letter in August last year have either been adjusted in the party or have been assigned some important task, such as Pritviraj Chavan getting appointed as screening committee chairman for Assam or Moily getting appointed as election management incharge for Tamil Nadu. However, the situation is still far from normal in the party despite the Congress holding many rounds of meetings since August last year.

Farooq Abdullah challenges ED order attaching his properties S R I NAG A R , M A R 5 (PTI): National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court against an Enforcement Directorate order attaching his properties worth nearly Rs 12 crore in a case of alleged money laundering.

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister challenged the December 2020 order before the high court on Wednesday. It is scheduled to come up for hearing later Friday.

The ED has alleged that Abdullah “misused” his position as president of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) from 2001-2011 and made appointments in the sports body so Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sponsored funds could be laundered.

Abdullah said the list of properties attached by the ED in Kashmir and in Jammu were unrelated to the alleged criminal activ-

the initiation of investigation, the state of Jammu and Kashmir was governed by the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, 1956, and had special status under Article 370 of the Constitution of India.

He said the ED registered the case on December 28, 2018, under the Ranbir Penal Code (the Indian Penal Code’s substitute in the erstwhile state) without ascertaining whether it had any jurisdiction to do so.

On December 19, 2020 the ED issued a provisional order attaching the properties under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). An appeal could be filed before the adjudicating authority of the PMLA within a six-month period.

According to an ED statement, the attached properties include three residential houses -- at Gupkar Road in Srinagar, Katipora Tehsil in Tanmarg and Bhatindi in Sunjwan village of Jammu.

NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (PTI): India and Sweden can deepen their partnership in several sectors, including smart cities, e-mobility, smart grids and waste management, as also on key priority areas like the important issue of climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.

In his opening remarks at a virtual summit with Swedish premier Stefan Lofven, Modi said, “We can further our relationship in innovation, technology, investment, start-ups and research.”

The prime minister said shared values such as democracy, human rights, rule of law, equality, freedom and justice strengthen the relations and mutual cooperation between India and Sweden.

“Smart cities, water treatment, waste management, circular economy, smart grids, e-mobility, digital transformation and

several other sectors have potential where we can deepen our partnership,” he added.

The prime minister also expressed solidarity with the people of Sweden on behalf of all Indian citizens for the recent violent attacks in Sweden and wished for a speedy recovery of those injured.

He also expressed condolences for the loss of lives in Sweden due to COVID19.

Modi further said the important issue of climate

AIADMK releases list of nominees for TN elections

India expects China to work towards Farmers’ protest internal issue, for it to resolve: UK govt disengagement in remaining areas

C H E N NA I , M A R 5 , (PTI): The ruling AIADMK on Friday released its first list of six candidates for the April 6 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami would contest from Edappadi constituency in his home district of Salem and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam from Bodinayakanur in Theni district, his native place.

Senior leaders D Jayakumar (Fisheries Minister) and C Ve Shanmugam (Law Minister) have been fielded from Royapuram here and Villupuram in northern Tamil Nadu respectively.

MLAs, S P Shanmuganathan and S Thenmozhi would face the polls from Srivaigundam and Nilakottai (Reserved) segments.

NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (PTI): India on Friday said it expects China to work with it through existing bilateral consultation mechanisms between their diplomats and military commanders to ensure early completion of the disengagement process in the remaining areas in eastern Ladakh to allow both sides to consider deescalation of forces.

The statement comes days after the armies of the two countries concluded withdrawal of troops and weapons from the north and south banks of the Pangong lake.

At a weekly media briefing here, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) s p o k e s p e r s o n A nu r a g Srivastava said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had a detailed discussion with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi last week and

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agreed to set up a hotline, details of which would be worked out through diplomatic channels. “...It is our expectation that the Chinese side will work with us both through the WMCC (Working Mechanism for Consultation and Cooperation on India-China border issues) and the senior commanders’ meetings to ensure that disengagement in the remaining areas is completed at the earliest,” Srivastava said.

“This would allow both sides to consider deescalation of forces in eastern Ladakh as that alone will lead to the restoration of peace and tranquillity and provide conditions for the progress in our bilateral relationship,” he added.

During his telephonic discussion, Jaishankar had emphasised that both sides must quickly resolve the remaining issues along

the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.

At the 10th round of the senior commanders’ meeting last month, India is learnt to have insisted on a faster disengagement process in areas such as Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang to defuse tension in the region. Jaishankar had told Wang that once disengagement is completed at all friction points, then the two sides could also look at broader de-escalation of troops in the area and work towards restoration of peace and tranquillity.

The border standoff between the Indian and Chinese armies erupted on May 5 last year following a violent clash in the Pangong lake area and both sides gradually enhanced their deployment by rushing in tens of thousands of soldiers as well as heavy weaponry.

Mamata to contest from Nandigram; take BJP head on KO L K AT A , M A R 5 (IANS): After announcing Trinamool Congress’ list of 291 candidates for the high octane Assembly polls beginning this month, party supremo Mamata Banerjee made her intention clear on Friday that she will only contest from Nandigram in East Midnapore district, considered a stronghold of newly-inducted BJP leader and once close aid to the Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari.

The party has left three seats for a Gorkha party in Darjeeling.

“I will only contest from Nandigram,” Banerjee’s message was unambiguous and loud, hinting that the popular leader never shies away from a challenge and loves a head-on confrontation.

When Banerjee took everyone by surprise by declaring her intent to contest from Nandigram during a rally there two months ago, a battery of BJP leaders had ridiculed the proposed move. Some said she would contest from both her traditional constituency of Bhowanipore and Nandigram, just in case she loses the conflict-scarred East Midnapore seat.

Others like former lieutenant turned BJP national vice-president Mukul Roy had that predicted Banerjee will “quietly slip back” to her comfort zone in Bhowanipore. Suvendu Adhikari, once confidante turned BJP leader, has challenged Banerjee to fight from Nandigram ‘only if she was prepared to lose by a margin of atleast ‘50,000 votes’.

Banerjee has now accepted

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the challenge, proving Mukul Roy wrong by fielding another trusted lieutenant Sovandeb Chatterjee from Bhowanipore.

Why did she take such a risk? “Lorai e bhoy pai na bhai, Loraier math theke ami palai na, (I am not afraid of a fight, I never run away from the battlefield),” she said.

Analysts, however, dismissed suggestions that Banerjee’s move is hasty, taken on the spur-of-the-moment.

“This is a calculated move. Her margin in Bhowanipore has come down over the years as the large non-Bengali electorate in the area has increasingly turned to the BJP. By fighting from Nandigram, she wants to revive the memory of the epic land struggle and deny that legacy to the Adhikari clan.

That may swing East and West Midnapore towards Trinamul and limit the damage caused by Adhikari’s defection,” said political commentator Sukhoranjan Dasgupta.

Adhikari’s defection had rattled Mamata Banerjee and raised the spectre of a BJP surge in the two Midnapore districts which have 35 seats in the 294-strong

state Assembly.

“Banerjee fighting from Nandigram can limit the damage in the Midnapore region. She is the only one in the party who can counter the Adhikari factor. So it is a desperate throw of the dice she had to resort to,” said another analyst, Ashis Biswas.

He said Banerjee has made a huge gender statement by contesting a tough battle like Nandigram to swing Bengal’s huge women vote towards her party by projecting a David versus Goliath contest against a male dominated BJP faction, sort of “Ma Kali taking on the demons.”

As many as 35 per cent of Nandigram’s voters are Muslims, while many are from the backward castes and rural poor. So Trinamool think-tanks, including Prashant Kishor, reckon they are likely to support Banerjee rather than welloff Marwaris, Gujaratis and Punjabis or even white collar Bengalis who think her Singur and Nandigram agitations only denied Bengal a tyrst with prospective future industrialisation.

And since the BJP may be forced to field Adhikari from Nandigram now, a victory there may finish the Adhikari stronghold in Midnapore.

With so much at stake , Banerjee has decided to lead from the front, all guns blazing -- a calculated image projection based as much on Banerjee’s ‘gut feeling’ and on calculations of her chief political consultant, Kishor.

Banerjee has also lived up to her penchant for star value. Cricketer Manoj Tewari will contest from the

prestigious Singur constituency in Hooghly district, singer Aditi Munshi from Rajarhat in Kolkata, filmmaker Raj Chakraborty from Barrackpore and tribal actor Birbaha Hansda from Jhargram.

In Behala East, the party is fielding Ratna Chatterjee, the wife of former Bengal minister and Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who had joined the BJP last year with his girlfriend Baisakhi Banerji.

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NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (PTI): With UK’s MPs set to debate next week the safety of farmer protesters, the British government on Friday said what happens in India has ripples in the United Kingdom and gets debated as there is a large Indian diaspora, but asserted that the farmers’ protest was India’s “internal issue” and it was for it to resolve.

British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition which had crossed the 1,00,000-signature threshold required for such a debate, the House of Commons Petitions Committee had confirmed earlier this week.

Asked how he looks at the concerns in the UK over the farmers’ protest and if it could impact ties, the new British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis, said, “Your verb is the correct one. I look at it. This is an internal issue for India.”

“I think the foreign secretary (Dominic Raab) said it when he was here ‘your politics is our politics’ in other words things that happen in India have ripples in the UK partly because you have such a big diaspora community in the UK, so these things get debated.

Our prime minister (Boris Johnson) was asked about it actually in the Prime Minister’s Question Time,” he said at a media interaction with journalists here.

“This is something we look at but it is something

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ity mentioned in the Final Report/FIR and termed it a “continuing violation of his fundamental rights”.

According to party MP Hasnain Masoodi, the properties were either ancestral or acquired before the alleged offence took place and were therefore not involved in any money-laundering or related criminal activity.

Abdullah raised the validity of the ED in the case. He said in his petition that on the date of the registration of the ECIR (Enforcement Commission Information Report) and

Farmers raise slogans as they prepare to march towards the Delhi border to join the sit-in protest, Friday. (PTI)

for India to resolve,” said Ellis, a British strategic expert, who presented his credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind in February to take formal charge as the new UK High Commissioner to India.

Asked about the debate in the UK Parliament on Monday and if the issue has been raised by India with the UK side, the British High Commissioner said the reason these things get discussed is because of the process of petition to which if there are a sufficient number of signatures, an issue can be debated in Parliament and issues related to India are quite regularly debated.

“This is something that is done by Parliament, the government has to participate, it has to answer but it is the parliamentarians, as you expect, raising issues that are a concern to them in their constituencies,” the UK envoy here said.

“Coming back to the point about your politics is our politics to an extent. My

observation more generally is that as the Indian diaspora grows and is very successful in many countries of the world you are going to see more of this. I think that as India grows and becomes more international and ever more significant in the world, there will be more debate about Indian issues,” he said.

Ellis, however, asserted that the UK government’s view on something like the

farmers’ protest is that it is an internal matter of India and “we observe it, but it is for India to resolve”.

Specifically asked if the Indian side has raised this issue with the UK, he did not give a direct answer and said if the UK would be debated in the Indian Parliament, “I would be interested in it”.

“So If the Indian government is interested in issues like farmers’ protest being discussed in the UK Parliament, I am not surprised if there is an interest,” he said.

The 90-minute debate on Monday will be held at the Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament complex in London and will be opened by Scottish National Party (SNP) MP and member of the Petitions Committee Martyn Day, and a minister will be deputed to respond on behalf of the UK government.

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Tamil political recipe

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amil Nadu politics in the run up to the election on April 6 appears to hold out surprises with the biggest being VK Sasikala’s sudden announcement to stay away from politics, barely a month after reaching Chennai .Sasikala saw herself as the heirapparent to J. Jayalalitha but imprisonment changed all that.After she had placed O. Paneerselvam as chief minister against Edappadi K Palaniswami ,Sasikala hoped to reap the political benefit once she was released from jail. However was big surprise was in store when both O. Paneerselvam and E.P. Palaniswami joined hands and the latter became the chief minister. Worse for Sasikala, both OPS and EPS joined hands to give an unexpected twist in Tamil Nadu politics when they expelled Sasikala’s nephew TTV Dinakaran and ‘chinamma’ herself.

TTV Dinakaran then formed the AMMK with his aunt’s blessings to fight back the AIADMK. Though AIADMK leaders were earlier hesitant to comment to Sasikala’s arrival and the scenario that would follow, later Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami made it clear that there was absolutely no possibility of her re-induction into the party or a possibility of an alliance. When Sasikala was released from prison, she received a grand welcome from AIADMK cadres and this had led speculations about where she would pitch her political tent. However, Sasikala’s sudden announcement to quit politics has taken her nephew and AMMK General Secretary TTV Dinakaran by total surprise. His aunt’s sudden decision has left Dinakaran shell shocked. Certainly Dinakaran has much to lose since he would be on the other side of the AIADMK. Sasikala called for unity to jointly defeat the “common foe” and announced her intention to back anti-AIADMK foes. The BJP which is like the backseat driver of AIADMK is keen to rope in Sasikala. Aside from the clout she once enjoyed within the party, Sasikala also hails from an influential community, which has its strongholds in Southern Tamil Nadu.

Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam also belongs to the same community. The BJP, which is in an alliance with the All India AIADMK in Tamil Nadu feels that TTV Dhinakaran, leader of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) too will eventually have to stand in support of “AIADMK family”. Notwithtanding the public posture, Dinakaran will have to fall in line with his aunt Sasikala and join the AIADMK. There are also other factors that are important in Tamil Nadu and which is the role of Tamil actors. Politics in Tamil Nadu has always been wedded to filmdom. Presently actor-turned politician Kamal Hasan has pitched his political tent against AIADMK and BJP. The other actor Rajnikanth has called it a day and preferred to let his political ambitions end prematurely. The DMK which is tipped to win the election and form the next government, has issues with the Congress over seat allocations. Congress has demanded more than it could chew and DMK is unwilling to repeat the lesson of 2016 when Congress could win only eight of the 41 seats it contested that deprived DMK of coming to power. The BJP is hell bent on doing the impossible in Tamil Nadu and has therefore urged all pro-AIADMK forces to come together and get both Sasikala and Dinakaran on board. However the voters will ultimately decide and confirm where the wind would blow.

DailyDevotion Is He Really My Lord?

…so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus…

—Acts 20:24 Joy comes from seeing the complete fulfillment of the specific purpose for which I was created and born again, not from successfully doing something of my own choosing. The joy our Lord experienced came from doing what the Father sent Him to do.

And He says to us, “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you” (John 20:21). Have you received a ministry from the Lord? If so, you must be faithful to it— to consider your life valuable only for the purpose of fulfilling that ministry. Knowing that you have done what Jesus sent you to do, think how satisfying it will be to hear Him say to you, “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:21). We each have to find a niche in life, and spiritually we find it when we receive a ministry from the Lord. To do this we must have close fellowship with Jesus and must know Him as more than our personal Savior. And we must be willing to experience the full impact of Acts 9:16 — “I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

“Do you love Me?” Then, “Feed My sheep” (John 21:17). He is not offering us a choice of how we can serve Him; He is asking for absolute loyalty to His commission, a faithfulness to what we discern when we are in the closest possible fellowship with God. If you have received a ministry from the Lord Jesus, you will know that the need is not the same as the call— the need is the opportunity to exercise the call.

The call is to be faithful to the ministry you received when you were in true fellowship with Him. This does not imply that there is a whole series of differing ministries marked out for you. It does mean that you must be sensitive to what God has called you to do, and this may sometimes require ignoring demands for service in other areas.

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It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. ~ Benjamin Franklin

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ne should not be surprised that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 uses terms such as home language, mother tongue, local language, regional language with slashes and succumbs to hedges such as “preferably” or “wherever possible” in the context of using it.

Not that the previous policy documents have done any better in this respect. It is a persistent refusal to confront reality, outline clear objectives and propose appropriate curricular and pedagogical hints that we falter again and again on the language front — therefore in education in general. As policy makers, we delight in wearing “fly-masks” with slogans of “mother tongue” on one side and the “three language formula” on the other. They sound good and please people. But nothing worthwhile has been achieved in the past 50 years since the Kothari Commission — nothing worthwhile is likely to happen in the next 100 years if we persist with such recommendations.

You don’t need to quote UNESCO’s 1953 declara-

tion on the use of mother tongue for the conceptual clarity and cognitive growth of students, it’s a matter of common sense. If you use the languages of learners, they would indeed learn better. But the issue is that we are not dealing with “a language” in any context.

One should not be surprised that all committees and commissions since the colonial times, including the often critiqued Elphinstone’s Minute of 1824, Macaulay’s Minute of 1835 and Wood’s Despatch of 1854 recognised the importance of using the mother tongue in education, always noting though that there was no way they could dream of teaching a nation as big as India in English.

However, they did misunderstand and minimise the importance of “vernaculars” and laid the foundations of English medium western education for the elite. Our own documents, including say NEP 1986 along with plan of action 1992, NCF 2005, RTE 2009 and the draft NEP 2020 reiterated the significance of mother tongue education without making any dent in the gulf that separates the elite

English-medium schools from the non-English medium schools meant for the masses.

We have consistently failed to recognise two facts: One, no classroom is monolingual and two, people learn only those languages they need to learn for instrumental or integrative reasons. The three language formula, born out of a consensus among chief ministers of different states, has been a failure because it does not pay any attention to the second fact. Many people from south India do learn Hindi when they see jobs or increments coming their way. Students in North India invariably choose Sanskrit as the third language — it ensures high marks without much work. There will be very few school graduates in North India who can use Sanskrit with any significant level of proficiency.

All classrooms are multilingual in the sense that children arrive in schools not with “a language” but with a “verbal repertoire”.

Students in any class will have overlapping verbal repertoire, but each has some distinct properties.

It is this phenomenon that constitutes the theoretical foundations of construing language as multilinguality that forms the essence of being human. One is often told that this may be true of urban metropolises like Delhi or Kolkata but not of small towns or remote villages. But Udaipur, for example, a small town, in addition to having Hindi has Mewari, Marwari, Wagdi, Gujarati and there is constant inter-language fluidity among others. What some call egg-plant or aubergine, others may call here baingan or ringnaa; pumpkin may be called with equal felicity kadduu or kolaa and bottle gourd’ could be laukii or aal. And note that variability is not just lexical; the Mewari “l” is closer to that of Gujarati and Marathi than to Hindi. In spite of all the Indian languages involved being verb-final, there may be variations of style, idiom and folk songs and stories that are often socio-culturally rooted.

We may go still further into a remote village of the tribal region in Rajasthan.

Tidi is a small village in the Girwa Tehsil of Udaipur. It

has a population of 2,400. In the government girls school, there are 94 students in Class 10. The languages that are used among them include at least Wagdi, Mewari, Hindi, some words and expressions of English, all often with a tinge of Gujarati. Languages travel freely across each other — fluid multilinguality is the language of these students.

The true performative nature of language is multilinguality however homogeneous and rule-governed it may be towards its universal grammar or towards the idealised chunk a linguist explores to write grammars.

We need to recognise that multilinguality constitutes the backbone of what we call “mother tongue” and the education enterprise cannot be successful unless we allow the voice of every child to find a space in classroom processes. Fortunately, today in the theory and practice of multilinguality, we do have options that deserve a fair chance of being tried out. We do need to walk out of the nearly frozen paradigm of “a teacher, a class, a textbook and a language” where the voice of

the teacher reigns supreme with an occasional question from the front benchers.

Multilinguality can also be used as a classroom resource to invite students to engage in scientific inquiry.

Consider the example of a five-year old playing antakshari with his mother.

Mother says: Kabutar and the son says “rat”; and the dialogue between the two goes on: Tamatar (tomato), “run”; nal (tap), ladki (girl); kiil (nail), “late”;the son is not sure which “late” he is suggesting. So, he says, ‘Mamaa, there are two “lates”.

One when I get late to the school and the other when I lie down.’

In the new classroom where pedagogy is rooted in multilinguality, the teacher steps back and the textbook is replaced by the multiplicity of voices of the learners.

Rama Kant Agnihotri The writer retired from Delhi University and is currently Professor Emeritus, Vidya Bhawan Society, Udaipur (This article first appeared in the print edition of Indian Express on March 4, 2021).

Women Empowerment: Catalyst for Nation’s growth

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he world need strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved. Women who live bravely, both tender and fierce.

Women of indomitable will.” – Amy Tenney.

In Indian culture and civilization, women receive high recognition and respect. The rivers, which are the lifeline of the people’s life, have been termed as the mother and even our country is called “Bharat Mata”. Our most of the festivals are based on adoration of Goddesses in various forms. A Dharmashatra reveals “Yatra Naryastu Pujyante, Ramante Tatra Devta; Yatraitastu Na Pujyante, Sarvastatra Falla Kriya”; meaning where women are honoured, dignity blossoms and where ever women are dishonoured, all actions no matter how novel it may be, remains unfruitful.

Unfortunately, with span of time, the position of women gradually deteriorated globally and practices of Sati Pratha, infanticide, child marriages, dowry, taboo on women remarriages, Triple talaq, Nikah halala and various other discriminations prevailed in the society. Numerous reformers, in the country as well as abroad, has struggled for change in such

stereotypes and to some extent changes in society have reflected.

Mother of Indian feminism and first female teacher of India Savitri Bai Phule started several schools for women as well care centre for pregnant rape victims in order to break free from shackles of socially-constructed discriminatory practices.

Our constitution provides equal rights to women including equality, dignity and free from discrimination.Various legislations and policies notably Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019, National Policy for Empowerment of Women 2001, Integrated Child Protection Scheme 2009, National Education Policy 2020 etc. have been enforced against social malpractices to cope up the grimed situation.

Earlier girl’s dreams, with just nice groom and fine home, were faced with a life confined within the four walls of their houses. After globalisation and advent of education, they intended to break the barriers & boundaries of four walls, bridge the gaps between their dreams & reality and

realized that outside world is so charming and they should fulfill their aspiration to go ahead.

Once the women were considered only for child care and household works. Their domestic works have always been undervalued and under-reported. Now the time has changed and they are being considered part of mainstream workforce. They are playing pivotal role in every sector, whether it be business, politics, social functions, journalism, government jobs etc. Their contribution is the reflection of gender equality.

Target-5 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of United Nations has been specially designed for Gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls by year 2030. Empowerment of women means increasing the strength of the woman socially, educationally, economically politically and psychologically. There are 3 Ls of women empowerment which includes Learning, Labour and Leadership. Learning helps woman to get limitless knowledge leading to broaden their thoughts & overcome adversities.

Empowering women by imparting quality education and providing relevant opportunities will lead to their holistic growth

& development and disapproving gender bias. There is saying, “Sanskrita Stree Parashakti” meaning an enlightened woman is a source of infinite strength. In education sector, special emphasis have been given to girls education through various central as well as state educational schemes namely BEP, Lok Jumbish, APPEP, DPEP, SSA, RMSA, SS, NPEGEL, KGBV, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao etc. According to Mahatma Gandhi, “If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate an entire family.” There is a famous African adage: “If you educate a boy, you train a man. If you educate a girl, you train a village.”

In social sector, 50% reservation in Panchayat & local body elections, 50% reservation in teachers’ recruitment and 35% reservation in government jobs to women in Bihar has led the political and social revolution in the State. Presently, most of the states in India have provided reservations to women in Panchayati Raj Institutions to consciously empower them as decision makers at grass root level. These initiatives have acted as a catalyst for social change.

Gover nments have also launched several schemes for women emancipation and to make them self-reliant.“Vocal for local” campaign will be possible only when women will heartily participate. Similarly, women have to provide systematic skill training, opportunity and support for Atmanirbhar Bharat.

The day to day happening of heinous crimes like gang rape, sexual abuse, acid attacks and domestic violence are stigma on our society. Despite strenuous efforts, such inhuman incidents are occurring frequently; and there is need of stringent punishment to culprits through fast courts. No doubt, the women, as a mother, sister, and wife have sacrificed a lot for our success. But unfortunately, there are some women who are engaged in suppression and discrimination of their female members.

The women’s day is very apt day to think, analyse and act globally on all those issues, which are responsible for transforming women into a capable human capital through political, social, administrative and economic empowerment.

Er. Prabhat Kishore (The author is a technocrat & academician)

GNF welcomes 4-point NLA Growth positive despite divergent recovery resolution on Naga issue I

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ndia has exited technical recession as growth finally returned to positive territory in Q3 FY 2021 on easing lockdown restrictions, leading to a rebound in activity. Yet, the recovery is uneven, with the informal sector lagging. The recent rise in Covid19 cases could pose downside risks to growth forecasts if it becomes widespread or leads to renewed strict lockdowns. Monetary policy will likely stay accommodative to aid the nascent recovery, although higher oil prices pose upside risk to inflation, which could limit policy space. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the quarter ended December 2020 (Q3 FY 2021) turned positive after two quarters of contraction, but undershot market expectations. The recovery was helped by a boost in government spending and the reopening of an economy that is mainly driven by domestic consumption.

Agriculture growth stayed solid and industry growth has turned positive. Services continue to contract, albeit at a milder pace, dragged by trade, hotels, transport, and communication (-7.7 per cent y/y). Despite listed companies posting strong profits, manufacturing growth was subdued at 1.6 per cent y/y, pointing to weakness in smaller companies and the informal sector. Both government and private consumption remained in negative territory, but picked up sharply from Q2 FY 2021.

The National Statistics Office has cut its GDP growth forecast for FY 2021 to -8.0 per cent y/y, from -7.8 per cent. This implies expected GDP contraction of 1.1 per cent y/y in Q4 FY 2021, in contrary to most of the Q3 FY 2021 high frequency data pointing to an improvement. The mismatch is largely due to a larger subsidy bill, in particular food subsidies. The gross value added

(GVA) forecast, which excludes these subsidies, was revised to -6.5 per cent y/y from -7.2 per cent. India’s government bonds have been under pressure owing to poorer sentiment amid higher oil prices, spike in US treasury yields, and bond supply concerns.

India’s sovereign rating overhang remains with Moody’s and Fitch’s negative outlook. Given India’s net oil importer status, the world’s number three oil importer, rising oil prices threaten to push up inflation. While the government has pushed for a looser inflation target in favour of growth, the central bank recommended to retain the current inflation target last Friday. The government could roll back earlier fuel tax hikes to help slow the pace of inflation, but rising fuel consumption as the economic recovery intensifies would impact government revenue at a time when finances are already strained.

Source: IANS

he Global Naga Forum in Delhi, so as to bring amicable (GNF) expresses apprecia- political settlement at the earliest. tion of the members of 6th Side by side, the collective efforts Nagaland Legislative Assembly of the sixty NLA members may for the four-point resolution they be the only way forward to bring adopted, including their reaffir- unity among various Naga civil somation of past resolutions with cieties and Naga national political regard to Indo-Naga political groups at this time. As mandated issues. The reaffirmation covers leaders in such a divisive and one of the landmark resolutions troubled time as Nagas are in now, for integration of contiguous Naga we trust they will show exemplary homelands, which has been con- leadership and foresight. sistently upheld by the successive On a related point, because, Nagaland Legislative Assemblies as we said, an integrated homeland across party lines. It is a univer- is an existential issue for Nagas as sally recognized basic human a people, GNF is perturbed by a right of every indigenous peoples statement made by Eno Temjen throughout the world to live in Imna Along, Hon’ble Minister & one administrative umbrella. GNF President of BP, Nagaland state. appreciates the current NLA’s He categorically stated on the recognition of this human right floor of the House that “Modi of the Nagas. and Shah had made their stand It is an existential issue for clear and also conveyed the same our people -- with grave his- to the State leaders that flag and torical significance and future constitution would not happen.” consequences. It should not be He further said that integrity of politicized by any party or indi- the nation (India) too had to vidual. It needs to be addressed be respected. We are convinced in the highest level through the that the stature of Eno Temjen concerted and discerning efforts Imna Along in the eyes of Delhi Sir, Vendors have been selling their local vegetable produce by the side of the road, along the of the sixty members. cannot be underestimated. He We fervently appeal to the might have spoken the minds of footpaths for the longest period of time without the colony councils not paying much heed toHon’ble members of NLA under Hon’ble Prime Minister and Home wards their welfare. Vegetables lie strewn on the dusty footpath from morning to evening and the conscientious leadership of Minister of India. Nagas deserve regardless of how fresh they might look, buying from them becomes a serious issue where our Eno Neiphiu Rio, Hon’ble Chief to know the authenticity of Eno health’s concerned. Therefore, with this letter, I would like to appeal the council boards of every Minister, to put their heads to- Temjen Imna Along’s statement. colony to atleast provide a makeshift or a shed with proper stalls so that the sellers as well as the buyers can both benefit from it. gether and lobby the Central leadGlobal Naga Forum Mughato Swu, Dimapur ers and various political parties Oking - Kohima 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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Over 1.8 cr vax doses administered in India Rahul targets govt over price rise issue

NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (PTI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 1.8 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

These include 68,53,083 healthcare workers (HCWs) who were administered the 1st dose, 31,41,371 HCWs who were given the 2nd dose, 60,90,931 frontline workers (FLWs) who were given the 1st dose and 67,297 FLWs (2nd dose), 2,35,901 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1st dose) and 16,16,920 beneficiaries aged more than 60 years.

Nearly 14 lakh (13,88,170) vaccine doses were given on Thursday, Day-48 of the vaccination drive (March 4) The ministr y said 10,56,808 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 16,081 sessions for 1st dose (HCWs and FLWs) and

3,31,362 HCWs and FLWs received 2nd dose of vaccine.

The 10,56,808 beneficiaries include 6,15,903 people aged over 60 and 92,109 individuals aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1st dose) Six sates, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, MP and Delhi, have reported high daily new cases in a span of 24 hours, the ministry said underlining 84.44 per cent of the new cases reported in a span of

24 hours (16,838) are from these six states.

Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 8,998. It is followed by Kerala with 2,616 while Punjab reported 1,071 new cases.

Eight states are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases, the ministry highlighted.

India’s total active caseload stands at 1.76 lakh (1,76,319) which comprises 1.58 per cent of India total infections.

The ministry said that

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have shown a reduction in the active cases in a span of 24 hours.

Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Gujarat display a rise in the active cases during the same time period.

Showing the change in number of active cases for states in the last one month, the ministry said Kerala, UP, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu are the top 5 states showing a decline in active cases in the last one month, while Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi are the top 5 states showing a rise in active cases.

The ministry said 20 states and UTs have less than 1000 active cases. Arunachal Pradesh reported only 2 active cases.

The Cumulative Positivity Rate of the country shows a continuous decline

and stands at 5.08 per cent.

Eight states display a weekly positivity rate higher than the national average (2.09%). Among them, Maharashtra stands out with a weekly positivity rate of 10.38 per cent.

The ministry said 113 deaths were reported in a day.

Six states account for 88.5 per cent of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (60). Punjab follows with 15 daily deaths. Kerala reported 14 deaths.

Eighteen states and UTs have not reported any COVID-19 deaths in a span of 24 hours. These are A&N Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu, Dadara and Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh (UT), Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand.

NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (PTI): The Congress on Friday launched a ‘Speak Up Against Price Rise’ online campaign with former party chief Rahul Gandhi accusing the central government of pushing people in the swamp of price rise just to earn taxes.

The Congress, from its official Twitter handle, urged people to participate in the online campaign by speaking out against price rise.

“BJP = Burden the Janta, Party; the sooner we speak up against their loot, the better for the nation.

Come, join our movement.

Come, #SpeakUpAgainstPriceRise,” the party said.

In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said, “Price rise is a curse. The central government is pushing people in the swamp of price rise just to earn taxes.”

“Raise your voice against the destruction of the country,” he said, using the hashtag ‘SpeakUpA-

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gainstPriceRise’. He also tagged a video on rising prices of essential commodities such as petroleum, diesel and cooking gas.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also posted a video, speaking out against price rise, and said every single step that the Modi government has taken has been to empty the pockets of the common

citizen to fill its coffers.

“India will not tolerate this anymore.India will rise up, India will #SpeakUpAgainstPriceRise,” he said.

The Congress has been attacking the government over the rise in fuel and gas prices and has demanded that the prices be brought back to the level at which they existed at the time of the UPA government.

Rajnath Singh discusses AAP again exposed on farm laws issue, says Punjab CM formation of theatre commands

NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (IANS): Going forward with the modernisation process of the armed forces, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday discussed the creation of integrated theatre commands and infusion of modern technology at the Combined Commanders Conference in Gujarat.

The three-day Combined Commanders Conference 2021 started on Thursday at Kevadia. It is a key brain-storming event of the Military Commanders from all three services -- army, navy, and air force.

The conference have the combined apex-level military leadership of the country reviewing the security situation and defence preparedness, and deliberating pertinent organisational issues for evolving a joint military vision for the future.

The Defence Minister took off sometime to visit the Statue of Unity to pay

his homage to Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, after he arrived on Friday.

Delivering the inaugural address, Singh dwelled on a wide spectrum of issues affecting the defence and security of the nation.

He spoke at length on the emerging nature of military threats, the critical role of the Armed Forces in meeting these threats and the anticipated changes in the nature of warfare in future.

He expressed his heartfelt appreciation and respect to the selfless courage displayed by the soldiers during the Eastern Ladakh standoff with People’s Liberation Army Secretaries of Department of Defence, Defence Production, Department of Research and Development and Financial Advisor Defence Services also shared their thoughts on various relevant aspects with the Combined Commanders.

Opposition did politics over COVID vaccine: BJP

Sambit Patra

NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (PTI): Keeping up its attack on the Opposition over the COVID-19 vaccine issue, the BJP on Friday said all that its rivals, especially the Congress, have contributed to the matter is “politics and confusion”.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra noted that opposition leaders had questioned the efficacy of Covaxin, developed indigenously by Bharat Biotech. Oppositionruled states like Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, West Bengal and Jharkhand had also expressed their doubts, he said. “I want to ask do you not trust scientists and doctors of your country?

Over 40 countries have placed order for Covaxin.

But in India, we have people doing politics over it for their selfish political interests,”

Patra told reporters here.

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine, whose emergency use approval before finishing final stage testing had triggered a row, has shown an 81 per cent efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 disease in an interim analysis of the advanced clinical trial, the company said on Wednesday, boosting prospects of its usage.

Patra alleged that opposition leaders would tease the government by asking why doesn’t Prime Minister Narendra Modi prove its efficacy by opting for its jab.

Modi did it when his turn came, by following all protocols, he said, noting that President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu also opted for Covaxin.

There were two ‘Vivechana Sessions’ held over the day in the presence of the Defence Minister, some part of them were held behind closed doors.

These deliberations addressed the ongoing modernisation of Armed Forces especially focussing on creation of integrated theatre commands and infusion of modern technology.

Issues like morale and motivation and promotion of spirit of innovation in the Armed Forces witnessed enthusiastic participation with useful feedback and suggestions from the soldiers and younger officers of the three Services.

In a major change from the past, the scope of the conference this year has been expanded to make it a multi-layered, interactive, informal and informed event with the added participation of about 30 officers and soldiers of various ranks from the three Services.

Amarinder Singh

the Centre on agricultural reforms and hence party to the decision on the farm laws.

Even though the Chief Minister himself made it clear that he was not present at any meeting of the committee, where his

minister Manpreet Badal had attended one meeting while another was participated by an officer and Manpreet also categorically stated that the state government was not aware of the Ordinances, the AAP chose to create a ruckus in

the House on the issue.

It was evident, Amarinder Singh said later, that the AAP was not interested in the truth but wanted to continue with its malicious agenda of spreading misinformation on the issue.

As pointed out by Manpreet Singh in the House, the Chief Minister said that all the minutes of the committee meetings were available as the state government had placed them in the House.

Further, at both the meetings held after Punjab was included in the committee following his letter to the Centre, his government had categorically cautioned the Centre against tinkering with the minimum support price (MSP) in any way, he added.

Pol’ storm after Bihar minister’s brother inaugurates govt event PATNA, MAR 5 (IANS): Opposition leaders created a furore in the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Friday after Minister for Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department Mukesh Sahani’s brother Santosh Sahani participated in a government programme at Hajipur in Bihar’s Vaishali district and handed over the keys of vehicles under a state government scheme to the beneficiaries.

Opposition RJD leader Bhai Virendra slammed VIP supremo Mukesh Sahani, who had sent his brother

Will campaign for party in poll-bound states, says Azad

NEW DELHI, MAR 5 (IANS): Amid strife in the Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad, an important leader of the G-23 group of dissenting leaders, said on Friday that he’ll campaign for the party wherever he is called since the assembly elections are important for the party.

Azad, whose Rajya Sabha term ended recently, said,”We will campaign wherever the party or individual will call for it because the victory of the party is most important for us.”

The Congress is yet to release the list of its star campaigners for the assembly polls in which Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are likely to be included. Now all eyes are on the names of the leaders led by Azad. If leaders such as Manish Tewari, Anand Sharma, Kapil Sibal, Bhupinder Singh Hooda make it to the list of the Congress’s star campaigners, it would imply that the party has tried to make peace with the group of dissenters. The Congress has asked the dissenting leaders to join hands with the party to combat the BJP.

against the agitating farmers.

Amarinder Singh, who had earlier in the House shown to the members a copy of the Delhi gazette notification implementing one of the three farm laws, reiterated that the party was cheating the farmers with its false propaganda in their support.

The fact is that they have repeatedly backstabbed the farmers, and have done so ago, he said, recalling AAP’s earlier Uturns also on the issue in Punjab.

In the House earlier, AAP members had rushed into the well before staging a walk-out, alleging that the Chief Minister was a member of the high-powered committee set up by

on his behalf for attending a government programme and demanded that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar take cognizance of the matter.

The opposition created a ruckus over this issue in the Assembly.

Nitish was himself surprised after this matter came to light and termed it a serious issue. How can it happen that a minister’s brother inaugurates a government programme? The CM said a report has been sought in the matter and assured that action would be taken against whosoever is found guilty.

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In a statement issued here, the Chief Minister said that the party had never been truly concerned about protecting the farmers or their interests, and its leadership again proved itself to be an agent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with whom AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was colluding

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High fuel prices burden on consumers: FM

New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday acknowledged that consumers have a case for petrol and diesel prices to be brought down but said a reduction in taxes to make that happen should be a joint call of the central and state governments.

As much as 60 per cent of the retail price of petrol, which has shot above Rs 100-mark in some places in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and is at an all-time high elsewhere in the country, is made up of central and state taxes. Taxes make up for about 56 per cent of the record high diesel rates.

Sitharaman, who had increased central excise duty on petrol and diesel by a record margin last year to mop up gains arising from international oil prices plunging to a two-decade low, remained non-committal on taking the first step to cut central taxes to

Nirmala Sitharaman give relief to consumers.

For consumers, “there is enough case to say that prices should be down, its a burden,” she said while interacting with journalists at IWPC. While the burden on the consumers is “understood”, the pricing is a vexatious issue, she said.

“That’s where I use the word ‘dharamsankat’,” she said. “It is a question which I would like states and the Centre to talk about because it’s not

just the Centre which has duties on petroleum products, it also has the states charging.”

Stating that both states and the Centre draw revenue out of taxes levied on petrol and diesel, she said 41 per cent of the tax collections made by the Centre go to the states.

“So there is an issue which is layered and as a result that has to be a matter ideally for the Centre and the states to talk about,” she added.

On the issue of bringing petrol and diesel under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, which will end the cascading impact of taxes and bring uniformity, the finance minister said the call has to be taken by the GST Council, the apex decision making body of the indirect tax regime.

Currently, the central government levies a fixed rate of excise duty while states levy different rates of VAT. Under the GST, the two would merge and bring uniformity, solving the problem of fuel rates being higher in states with higher VAT. “Whenever the GST Council decides to take up this issue, they are well within their interest to take it up and discuss. It’s a call which the Council has to take,” she said.

Asked if the Centre will take such a proposal to the Council in the next meeting likely this month,

Handloom expo underway in Dimapur

Managing Director, NHHDC Ltd., Zakabo V Rotokha inaugurating the National Handloom Expo, at urban Haat, Dimapur, on Friday. (NP) Staff reporter

DIMAPUR, MAR 5 (NPN): National Handloom Expo (NHE), organised by Directorate of Handloom and Textiles, Government of Assam, sponsored by De-

velopment Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of textile, government of India, New Delhi, officially commenced on Friday, here at Urban Haat, Dimapur.

Addressing media fraternity after the inaugural

Panel formed to review reservation policy (From p-1) Kronu remarked that the committee would go deeper into all these before coming out with any suggestion.

Commenting on Naga Hoho not attending the meeting, chief secretary J Alam, who chaired the meeting, said the attendees of the consultative meeting were decided by the cabinet and accordingly seven organisations were invited, who responded positively.

He said findings of the committee would be submitted to cabinet subcommittee, after which the recommendations would go to the cabinet for a final decision. Earlier, in his opening remark, Kronu told the meeting that the reservation policy for backward tribes was in existence since 1977 and had undergone several changes in the past

44 years. He recalled that reservation in government services was deliberated by various committees in the past like Banuo Jamir Committee, Kevichusa Committee, Temjen Toy Committee, etc, while reservation for indigenous Nagas was introduced in 1967.

He acknowledged that no policy was perfect and needed to evolve with time and, accordingly, he said the government decided to review the existing reservation policy.

Kronu also recalled that reservation for backward tribes in Nagaland began in 1977 with implementation of 25% reservation in non-technical and non-gazetted posts for seven tribes that were identified as educationally and economically backward and also had insignificant representation in the services in the State

for a period of 10 years.

More tribes were included and the quantum of reservation was increased to 37%, with 25% earmarked for six eastern Naga backward tribes and 12% for other four backward tribes.

The roster system was introduced in 2001 to ensure equitable distribution of reservation among the backward tribes.

Kronu explained that the consultative meeting of all stakeholders was convened with the intention of arriving at some consensus regarding the functioning of NSSB and the reservation policy.

In his concluding remark, Patton thanked all the stakeholders for their response and exuded confidence that a meaningful solution would be found on the State’s reservation policy would be reached.

she said a call will be taken “closer to the date of the Council meeting.”

Sitharaman raised excise duty by Rs 13 and Rs 16 per litre on petrol and diesel, respectively, between March 2020 and May 2020 and it now accounts for more than onethird of the Rs 91.17 a litre price of petrol in Delhi and 40 per cent of Rs 81.47 per litre rate of diesel.

Earlier this week, economists at SBI in a report stated that petrol price can go down to Rs 75 a litre across the country if it is brought under the ambit of GST. Diesel will come at Rs 68 a litre and the revenue loss for the Centre and states will be only Rs 1 lakh crore or 0.4 per cent of GDP, according to the calculation by the economists made under the assumption of global crude prices at USD 60 a barrel overall progress. Therefore, even if a job and exchange rate at Rs 73 (From p-1) Clarifying that NSF had no mala-fide was reserved, he said there should be no per dollar. intention against any group or organisation compromise on educational qualification. or against job reservation, he, however, He also insisted that there should be stressed that based on these facts and cir- a minimum cut-off mark even on reserved cumstances, the federation was against any quota to avoid qualification only by virtue policy decision that would defeat reason- of being a single candidate from a particular able balance in the society. tribe or pocket under a given rooster.

Awomi observed that the reservation He explained that this was required policy categorised certain tribes as back- to ensure that the right candidate was (From p-1) They said that the move ward and others as forward, though not all employed for a particular job despite the was “rather deemed unreal- people could be categorised as backward reservation policy because, whoever aspired istic at the hour” because or forward. Hence, he said a blanket clas- to be a government employee should be able of fluctuations in network sification of a particular tribe as backward to make a difference to the people.

Awomi said NSF hoped that the govconnectivity, which has af- or forward should be scrapped and area or fected the teaching-learning pocket-wise reservation policy should be ernment would take a decision with due adopted. regard to the opinions and suggestions of process.

He alleged that the reservation policy various stakeholders, while also appealing Fur ther, the M.Ed student-teachers stated that was being misused as most of reserved seats to the stakeholders to be practical and reathey were not mentally and were grabbed by children of well-to-do par- sonable in their viewpoints.

CCoRoRP reaffirms 6-pt demand: physically prepared to ap- ents or those occupying higher posts in the government.

Hence, to ensure that genuine During its presentation, CCoRoRP reafpear for offline examinacandidates benefited from the reservation firmed its six-point charter of demands and tion. policy, he demanded that creamy layer insisted that all advertisement on appointThey also asserted that should be excluded. ments should be completely stopped till the the same yardstick should be The NSF president further suggested reservation policy was revised. applied to all, irrespective of that there should be equal criteria on eduThe organisation appealed to the the semesters, since all the cational qualification for all jobs because, if working group of cabinet sub-committee on student-teachers of each se- relaxation was given on educational quali- reservation policy to conduct an academic mester attended equivalent fication for employment, that would only study on the matter at the earliest to see how mode of learning—online yield mediocrity and hamper the State’s it was affecting the targeted people. mode.

The student-teachers of M.Ed 2019-2021 batch have, therefore, requested the responsible authority (From p-1) maining silent on the issue asserted that the demands to consider their grievances On ENSF’s demand was not a solution. of ENSF were valid poand conduct online exami- for 45% reservation, YimOn the other hand, litically and historically nation. chunger remarked that this ENSF president Sepili justified. was justified. However, if Sangtam mentioned that Claiming that eastern the government was not in eastern Nagaland was deNagas had sacrificed and Across a position to meet the de- prived in all sectors because contributed a lot for the 1. Dog lead (5) mand, he suggested that the of which the federation State, Sangtam reiterated 6. Stops (5) government should sit with came up with its demand ENSF’s demand and cauthe federation and sort out for 45% job reservation.

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He maintained that the

expo aimed to promote handloom products, providing platforms to weavers, who don’t have much marketing platforms.

Speaking on theme pavilion, he stated that the project aims to display items which have been developed in their office, which were not for sale. He further added that Weaver Service Centre has been registered for research and developmental work in the sector of handloom, whereby, weavers can approach the centre to get thorough knowledge of how to improve their products.

He further informed that altogether 40 stalls from three states, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur, will be participating in the expo- five from Assam, four from Manipur and remaining from Nagaland.

The expo will continue for a period of 15 days, culminating on February 18.

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Myanmar: crack down may get worse

Tokyo, Mar 5 (AP): Myanmar’s security forces have killed scores of demonstrators protesting a coup.

The new junta has jailed journalists — and anyone else capable of exposing the violence. It has done away with even limited legal protections. The outside world has responded so far with tough words, a smattering of sanctions and little else.

The slide from a nascent democracy to yet another coup, as rapid as it has been brutal, opens up a grim possibility: As bad as it looks in Myanmar now, if the country’s long history of violent military rule is any guide, things could get worse.

Protesters have continued to fill the streets despite violence that left 38 people dead one day this week — though in smaller numbers than the weeks right after the February 1 coup.

They have used smartphones to capture the brutality. Recent videos show security forces shooting a person at point-blank

Protesters clash with security forces and police.

range and chasing down and savagely beating demonstrators.

The military, however, has the clear upper hand, with sophisticated weapons, a large network of spies, the ability to cut telecoms, and decades of fighting experience from civil conflicts in the country’s borderlands.

“We are at a crisis point,” Bill Richardson, a former US ambassador to the United Nations with long experience working with Myanmar, told The Associated Press, pointing to the arrests of journalists, including AP’s Thein Zaw, and the indiscriminate kill-

ing of protesters.

“The international community needs to respond much more forcefully, or this situation will degenerate into complete anarchy and violence.” So, will it?

Governments around the world, including the United States, have condemned the coup, which reversed years of slow progress toward democracy.

Before that opening up began, Myanmar had languished under a strict military rule for five decades that led to international isolation and crippling sanctions. As the generals

loosened their grip in the past decade, the international community lifted most sanctions and poured in investment.

Despite the flurry of recent global criticism, however, there’s not much hope that pressure from outside will change the course of events inside the country.

For one thing, coordinated action at the UN — like a global arms embargo that the world body’s independent expert on human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, called for — is unlikely. Russia and China, Myanmar’s most powerful supporter, are still selling arms to the military — and they each have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and thus could veto any such measure. The Security Council will take up the crisis in Myanmar on Friday.

Myanmar’s neighbors, the countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, are generally loathe to “interfere” in one another’s affairs — a

YouTube cancels Myanmar junta’s UN envoy steps down Myanmar military-

policy that means they are unlikely to do anything more than call for talks between the junta and the ousted government of Aung San Suu Kyi. That leaves sanctions from the United States and other Western countries.

Washington imposed sanctions on Myanmar’s top military leaders after the Feb. 1 coup. More pressure came after a U.N. envoy said security forces killed 38 people on Wednesday.

Britain imposed sanctions on three generals and six members of the junta in response to the coup and the crackdown. The European Union is drawing up measures to respond to the coup.

But even tough sanctions from those countries are unlikely to yield anything, though they may weigh heavily on ordinary people. Myanmar has ridden out decades of such measures before, and the military is already talking about plans for “selfreliance.”

Ko l k at a , M a r 5 (IANS): In a huge embarrassment to Myanmar’s military junta, an Ambassador to the UN hurriedly appointed by them has resigned.

Myanmar’s militarybacked State Administration Council (SAC) had appointed Tin Maung Naing as the country’s UN envoy after firing his predecessor Kyaw Moe Tun on February 27.

The development came a day after Kyaw Moe Tun took the UN by storm when he pleaded with the General Assembly for help restore democracy in Myanmar.

The generals appointed his deputy, Tin Maung Naing, in his place.

But in a statement on Thursday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that Myanmar’s mission had sent a communication informing the body that Tin Maung Naing “has submitted his letter of resignation ... recalling that yaw Moe Tun remains the permanent representative of Myanmar

to the UN”.

This came after a bitter exchange between Kyaw Moe Tun and the SAC back in Myanmar after which the envoy wrote to the president of the UN General Assembly on Monday insisting the Council was “unlawful” and had no authority to remove him.

“I wish therefore to confirm to you that I remain Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the UN,” Kyaw insisted.

On Tuesday, Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry sent a note verbale to the UN, claiming Kyaw Moe Tun had been removed.

Dujarric then said the UN was looking at both letters that “appeared contradictory”, asserting that the UN Accreditation and Protocol Committees were trying to resolve an unusual situation.

A French diplomat at the UN told this writer that the matter could ultimately be referred it to the General Assembly for a simple majority vote.

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Bangkok, Mar 5 (AP): YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its community guidelines and terms of service.

The company said Friday that it terminated channels of broadcasters Myawaddy Media, MRTV, WD Online Broadcasting, MWD Variety and MWD Myanmar. The decision follows a February 1 military coup that ousted the country’s elected government, provoking massive public protests.

“We have terminated a number of channels and removed several videos from YouTube in accordance with our community guidelines and applicable laws,” YouTube said in an emailed statement.

The company said it was monitoring the situation for any content that might violate its rules. YouTube said it had terminated around 20 channels and removed over 160 videos in the past couple months.

China to build important ‘passageway’ Japan extends virus emergency United Nations concerned for 2 weeks for Tokyo area to South Asia through Tibet: report over violent situation in Yemen

Beijing, Mar 5 (PTI): China has included building of an important “passageway” connecting Tibet with South Asia in the 14th Five Year plan which is due to commence from this year, the official media reported on Friday.

China will support Tibet in building the passageway to South Asia, staterun Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the 14th Plan document which was submitted to the National People’s Congress, (NPC), China’s Parliament.

The annual session of the NPC began here on Friday. “China’s Tibet Autonomous Region will be

90 dead in Afghanistan Kabul, Mar 5 (IANS): At least 90 people were killed in clashes and terrorist attacks in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, an independent war monitoring group said on Friday.

“Over the past 24 hours, our team has documented 90 deaths, including eight civilians, five Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) members, and 77 Taliban militants,” Reduction in Violence (RiV) confirmed on its Twitter account.

The group said 33 people -- 31 Taliban and two civilians -- were also injured in the same period, reports Xinhua news agency.

supported to build an important passageway opening to South Asia,” state-run Xinhua news agency reported briefly.

The draft outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for national economic and social development and the long-range objectives through the year 2035, which were cleared by the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) have been submitted to the NPC for formal approval.

Though the Xinhua report has not mentioned, China has been planning for a long time to build the Trans-Himalayan MultiDimensional Connectivity

Network through Tibet and Nepal. It was regarded as a part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation between China and Nepal.

Nepal under the present government of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has moved closer to China, firming up especially the trans-Himalayan connectivity network.

In 2019, China and Nepal signed a protocol to operationalise their 2016 Transit Transport Treaty which provided access for the landlocked Himalayan country to use Chinese ports for its foreign trade, reducing the dependence on Indian ports.

Tokyo, Mar 5 (AP): Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that his government is extending a state of emergency in the Tokyo region for another two weeks because its medical systems are still strained

by COVID-19 patients.

At a government coronavirus taskforce meeting Friday night, Suga said the emergency will be extended through March 21 for Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures, where the ongoing measure was to end Sunday. He said medical systems in the region were still burdened with COVID-19 patients and more hospital beds have to be freed.

Pope arrives in Iraq to rally Christians despite pandemic

A red carpet was rolled out in Baghdad’s international airport with PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi on hand to greet him.

Baghdad, Mar 5 (AP): Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country

after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his first-ever papal visit.

The pope, who wore a

facemask during the flight, kept it on as he descended the stairs to the tarmac and was greeted by two masked children in traditional dress.

But health measures appeared lax inside the airport despite the country’s worsening coronavirus outbreak.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said Iraqis were eager to welcome Francis’ “message of peace and tolerance” and described the visit as a historic meeting between the “minaret and the bells.” Among the highlights of the three-day visit is Francis’ private meeting Saturday with the country’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a revered figure in Iraq and beyond.

Israel upgrading contingency plans for Iran attack Tel Aviv, Mar 5 (AP): Israel’s defense minister said his country is upgrading contingency plans to strike Iranian targets if Tehran shows signs of nuclear escalation, the latest sign of rising tensions between the two archenemies.

Benny Gantz told the American cable network Fox News that Israel is still working on its plans, but that “we have them in our hands of course.”

His comments came as President Joe Biden considers re-joining a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers to limit Iran’s nuclear program, with some changes to toughen curbs on Tehran’s activities.

Former President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the atomic accord in 2018 and imposed a so-called campaign of maximum pressure, including sanctions, on Tehran.

Since then, Iran has stepped up uranium enrichment.

The U.N. atomic watchdog agency said earlier this

Suga declared a month long emergency on Jan. 7 for Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba that was later extended through March 7. An emergency that applied to other urban prefectures was lifted last week, underscoring the government’s eagerness to allow businesses to return to normal as soon as possible. The state of emergency, which is a non-binding request, centers around asking restaurants, bars and other businesses to voluntarily close at 8 pm Japan has never had a mandatory lockdown, but has managed to keep infections relatively low with social distancing and such voluntary measures.

week that Iran nearly tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium since November in violation of its deal with world powers.

Iran and the Biden administration are deadlocked over how to revive the deal, with Tehran demanding an immediate lifting of sanctions and the U.S. calling on Iran to first return to full compliance with the restrictions of the nuclear agreement.

Israel has vehemently opposed the nuclear deal.

At the same time, tensions have been rising between arch foes Israel and Iran.

Last week, an Israeli-owned cargo ship, the MS Helios Ray, was damaged by a mysterious explosion in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of attacking the vessel. Iran denied the charge.

In the interview with Fox News on Thursday, Gantz was asked about the ongoing uranium enrich-

ment and whether Israel was completing preparations to strike Iranian targets if needed.

“We have them (plans) in our hands of course but we will continue constantly improving them,” Gantz said. “The Iranian nuclear escalation must be stalled.

If the world stops them before, it’s very much good.

But if not, we must stand independently and we must defend ourselves by ourselves.”

Iran denies it is pursuing nuclear weapons, and says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

In the Fox interview, Gantz also showed a map of Lebanon that he said includes ground forces, missiles and launching sites set up by the militant Hezbollah group, a proxy for Iran.

“This is a target map.

Each one of them has been checked legally, operationally, intelligence-wise and we are ready to fight,” Gantz said.

Previously, Israel’s

military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, warned that in future conflicts, Israel would use heavy force in residential areas where Hebollah rockets are stored and launched. He has said Israeli troops would warn civilians to evacuate their homes before launching such strikes.

Francis’ plane touched down at Baghdad’s airport just before 2 p.m. local time (1100 GMT). A red carpet was rolled out on the tarmac in Baghdad’s international airport with Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on hand to greet him. Francis was visibly limping in a sign his sciatica, which has flared and forced him to cancel events recently, was possibly bothering him.

United Nations, Mar 5 (IANS): UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres has expressed concerns over the widespread escalation of violence in Yemen that has already triggered the displacement of thousands of people, his spokesman said.

“These actions undermine prospects for peace and regional stability and are detrimental to the ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the conflict,” Xinhua news agency quoted the UN chief ’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric as saying on Thursday.

“We call on all parties to refrain from further fanning the flames of conflict and remain committed to advancing the political process to reach a comprehensive negotiated settlement.”

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that significant displacement has been reported in the conflict-hit Marib Governorate, especially in Sirwah district, as fighting has continued along several frontlines.

More than 14,000 people have been displaced.

Aid agencies warn that

LOTHA BAPTIST CHURCHES ASSOCIATION HQ: Vankhosüng, Wokha, Nagaland.

CALL LETTER In order to deliberate on the ongoing issue within Lotha Baptist Churches Association, an emergency meeting of LBCA delegates has been convened on March 16, 2021 at 11:00 am at Mission Centre, Vankhosüng.

Therefore all executive committee members along with only one pastor from each church are requested to attend the emergency meeting positively.

as many as 385,000 men, women and children could be forced to flee due to the offensive, OCHA said.

Many of them may have to go to crowded displacement sites where services are overly stretched.

“We, along with our partners, continue to respond and have reached more than 11,000 people with food baskets, emergency shelter kits and other forms of urgent life-saving assistance,” said Dujarric.

He added that there is more concern over a wide increase in action by all parties to the Yemen conflict, including airstrikes.

“We are deeply concerned by the recent reports of increased Houthi crossborder attacks against Saudi Arabia.

“We are aware of reports of an alleged Houthi (who also call themselves Ansar Allah) attack earlier today (Thursday) against a Saudi Aramco facility in Jeddah.”

While unable to comment on the veracity of the claims, the spokesman said: “We reiterate our condemnation of all attacks targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, which are in violation of international humanitarian law.”

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PRISON NAGALAND : KOHIMA NO.PRI/HQ/Ration-32/12(Pt.I)/906 Dated Kohima, the 04th March' 2021 TENDER NOTICE

Sealed tenders are hereby invited for supply of Ration and Allied articles of various groups to Jails in Nagaland during 2021-2022. The last date for submission of the tenders is 07th April’ 2021. The tenders will be opened on the same day at 1.00 pm at Prison Head Quarter.

Tender documents may be collected from the Office of the Prison Head Quarter from 17th of March 2021 during Office hour on payment of Rs. 500/-.

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Sd/(RENCHAMO P. KIKON) IPS Addl. Director General of Prison Nagaland, Kohima.

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(Rev. O. THUNGBEN KIKON) President, LBCA.

PRESS NOTE

TUENSANG BJP REAFFIRMS SUPPORT AND FAITH IN TEMJEN IMNA ALONG’S LEADERSHIP AS STATE BJP PRESIDENT

A joint meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Tuensang District comprising District Office Bearers (DOB), all the five District Morchas office bearers and five Mandals office bearers was held at District office Tuensang on 2nd March 2021. Keeping the running affairs of its District office, thorough discussions ensued in the house regarding the current party malady in the state. The District party found no reason on the question of changing the incumbent Hon’ble BJP President of the State.

Shri. Temjen Imna Along and his Leadership magnanimity was the sole reason that the party is steadily gaining ground in the State. Nagaland is a fertile ground for prosperity and growth of the BJP as long as he remains as president of the state.

As such, citing all the above reasons, the BJP Tuensang District unanimously and strongly reaffirmed our faith and trust on the leadership of Shri. Temjen Imna Alongji State President and Shri Y. Changsang Chang President BJP Tuensang District. It was also resolved that any individual or group trying to bring divisive forces within the District will be viewed seriously.

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Aid agencies warn that as many as 385,000 men, women and children could be forced to flee due to the offensive.

Sd/Sepongchem Sangtam Gen. Secretary (Org) BJP Tuensang

CHINGTOK : LONGLENG NO.12BN(IR)/RO-10/2020-21/ Dt. Chingtok, the th March ’2021.

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SHOW CAUSE NOTICE

Regt. No 12321 Rank C/N Name LANUSUSU Son of Shri NOKLENTEMJEN Village : CHAKPA P.O : MOKOKCHUNG P.S : MOKOKCHUNG Dist : MOKOKCHUNG State : NAGALAND Whereas, you have been found absent from bonafide Govt. duty with effect from 23/02/2021 without any leave or permission from the competent authority till date. And whereas, Calling Notices was issued to you through concern P.S vide order No.12BN(IR)/RO10/2020-21/953 Dt. 24/02/2021.

Regt. No. 12321 C/N(GD) LANUSUSU, is hereby directed to report to the undersigned within 7 (seven) days from the date of publication of this notice, failing which he will be declared as deserter without further notice.

Commandant, 12th NAP Bn (India Reserve) Chingtok, Longleng.

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UNICEF renews commitment with BTS’ LoveMyself campaign

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NICEF officially tweeted on Friday that they will renew commitment with the #BTSLoveMyself campaign championed by the Korean superpop band BTS. The band had started this campaign with UNICEF a few years back.

The UN body wrote about how the campaign has helped “give hope” to people during the pandemic.

Their post reads: “@ BTS_twt’s messages of solidarity have given hope to children and young people around the world during

COVID-19. Today, we are proud to announce that we are renewing our joint commitment to creating a kinder, safer and more connected world. Are you with us? #BTSLoveMys”lf.”

The campaign was started as a sponsor to UNICEF global campaign #ENDviolence to support UNICEF in ending violence and neglect, as well as promoting self-esteem and well-being.

BTS star ted Love Myself, an anti-violence campaign, in 2017. They partnered with the Korean and Japanese Commit-

tee of the Unicef for the project.

According to the terms of the deal, BTS and Big Hit Entertainment would support Unicef ’s global campaign to raise a voice against violence against children through t h e # E N D v i o l e n c e, through the LOVE MYSELF campaign. They will also donate some of the proceeds from the sales of the LOVE MYSELF products and LOVE YOURSELF album. According to a report on unicef.org, band member RM (Kim Nam-joon or Rap Monster)

Miley Cyrus ‘signs new deal’ with Columbia Records

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iley Cyrus has reportedly se- Cyrus team up with the likes of Billy cured a major new record deal Idol and Joan Jett at a pre-Superbowl after signing with Columbia show in Tampa, Florida.

Records.

During her set, Cyrus played a According to Billboard, Columseries of covers including Blondbia CEO and chairman Ron Perry ie’s ‘Heart Of Glass’, Dolly personally sought the deal with Parton’s ‘Jolene’, Bikini Cyrus after her three-album Kill’s ‘Rebel Girl’ and deal with RCA – which is also Nine Inch Nails‘ ‘Head part of Sony Music – was Like A Hole’. (NME) coming to an end.

Perry is said to be friends with Cyrus, and previously teamed up with the singer to cover Nirvana‘s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ at the 40th birthday party of her manager Adam Lebel in 2017.

Miley joins a Columbia roster that also includes the likes of BTS, Harry Styles, Beyoncé, and Mariah Carey.

Miley’s last release on RCA came with 2020’s ‘Plastic Hearts‘, which received a fourstar review from NME upon release.

“Overall, though, ‘Plastic Hearts’ finds the pop-starturned-rock-star going hell for leather – and when Miley Cyrus is at full throttle, it’s an absolute blast. Life has imitated art, and she’s become her very own Ashley O,” our official verdict stated.

Last month also saw

said in a commemorative video: “We are extremely moved and thankful that our LOVE MYSELF campaign, which began with small steps, is now being elevated to an even bigger partnership. We also strived to LOVE MYSELF ourselves, and I think we as a team and as individuals g”ew as well.”

Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore said, “Through their music and messages, BTS has said to their global audience, ‘You are not alone. This is a difficult time for all of us. And together, with love

and kindness, we will get through it.

“As our partnership moves into a new stage, together we are committed to reimagining a kinder, safer and more connected world.”

The Grammy-nominated group recommitted with $1 million donation and message of love and togetherness as pandemicrelated social distancing enters second year. The report also stated that since 2017, the campaign has raised $2.98 million globally.

As UNICEF supporters, BTS has addressed heads of state and world leaders at the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, and released an exclusive music video that support UNICEF’s campaign to encourage love and kindness online and in real life.

Dedicated booths at their concert venues worldwide have provided information on how individuals should protect themselves and each other from violence and bullying.

UNICEF and its partners work to ensure that every child benefits from loving, nurturing, safe and supportive relationships in the home, school and community, and quality mental health and psychosocial support services. (IANS)

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to talented youths with disabilities.

The cultural event aimed at providing a wide and unique platform to showcase the potential of persons with disabilities in the field of performing arts, music, folk dance, yoga and martial arts, etc.

The event was or-

ganised by the departments of Social Justice and Empowerment and Tribal Affairs (SJETA), WCD and Health, in collaboration with the Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research, Cuttack, Odisha under DEPWD, ministry of Social Justice

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ariah Carey‘s older brother is suing the singer for defamation and emotional distress which he alleges was caused by her recent memoir, The Meaning Of Mariah Carey.

Morgan Carey is seeking unspecified damages against the pop icon and claims that the book, which was released in September 2020, falsely suggests he was violent.

Carey claims to have suffered “extreme

mental anguish” and “serious damage to his reputation” as a result of the book.

Morgan claims that the offending passage focuses on an alleged “vicious fight” with his father that occurred when Mariah was a child.

The singer alleged that it took “12 cops to pull my brother and father apart” – but Morgan alleges the incident was “fictional”.

Morgan has also sued over passages that, he alleges, imply he tried to extort money from Mariah after she became a global star, and that he had been “in the [criminal justice] system”. “[Morgan] brings this action more in sorrow and disappointment in his sister’s betrayals and malicious falsehoods than in anger at them,” papers filed in court claim.

The suit, which has been filed in Manhattan, also names the book’s co-author Michaela Angela Davis, its publisher Macmillan, and the imprint Andy Cohen Books as co-defendants.

The case follows a month on from Mariah’s sister suing the singer for $1.25 million (£900,000) over the memoir.

Alison Carey said that Mariah had aimed to “humiliate and embarrass her” by writing passages which claimed that she gave Valium to the singer when she was just 12, tried to pimp her out and threw boiling tea on her.

Carey, nor her co-defendants, are yet to respond to the legal action.

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ctor-filmmaker John Krasinski took to Twitter to announce that the sequel to his 2018 hit, A Quiet Place, will release on May 31. The film stars Krasinskis wife Emily Blunt, and also brings back the actor-director in flashback sequences.

“They always say good things come to those who wait. Well... I think we’ve waited long enough. A QUIET PLACE PART II. MEMORIAL DAY,” the 41year-old Krasinski wrote on Twitter.

The film’ theatrical release has been pushed by a year due to pandemic, and will hit the OTT streaming service, Paramount+, after 45 days of its theatrical release.

Last year, during the film’s premiere, Krasinski recalled that he didn’t want to make the film for the heck of it. “I did not even want to do a sequel unless it was as organic and personal as the first one.

This one feels as much, if not more so,” he had said then.

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‘A Quiet Place Part II’ to release on May 31

New OTT rules lack teeth, ‘mere guidelines’, says SC

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he Supreme Court on Friday said the governments new rules for OTT platforms have “no teeth, as there is no provision for prosecution of those who do not abide by these rules”.

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said: “These rules are only guidelines... no mechanism to control (the content on OTT platforms).

“Without legislation cannot control it.”

The observation was made by the top court during the anticipatory bail plea hearing of Amazon Prime Video India head Aparna Purohit against Allahabad High Court order, which declined to entertain her anticipatory bail in connection with the FIRs lodged against her over web series ‘Tandav’.

The top court observed that “uncontrolled and unscreened” viewing of films on OTT platforms is an is-

Nagaland participates at NE Divya Kala Shakti cultural programme

agaland differently abled artistes participated at the first North East “Divya Kala Shakti” (Ability in Disability) culturalprogrammeat the Dorjee Khandu Convention Center on March 4 which was held with the objective of promoting and providing a platform

Mariah Carey’s brother sues her for ‘emotional distress’ by her autobiography

and Empowerment, GoI. Around 55 youths with disabilities from all the North East states participated in the regional cultural event with invitees from Delhi, Odisha and West Bengal.

Indigenous Music and Folk-Art School of Indigenous Cultural Society

Dimapur, differently abled artistes represented Nagaland state at the event.

Nagaland artists comprised of four deaf and dumb and one intellect led by children folkdance guru Kili H. Chishi and Atuna H. Chishi as coach and assistant coach, and escorts.

The team performed a choreography of Sümi Naga folkdance and a traditional cotton spinning, synchronized with antique folk song and indigenous music.

The occasion was graced by Brig,(Dr.), B D.Mishra (Retd.) as the chief guest whileminister Social Justice & Empowerment GoI, Dr. Thaawarchand Gehlot, chief minister Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu, minister Social Justice and Empowerment and Tribal Affairs, WCD & Health, Alo Libang, and secretary DEPwD, GoI, Shakuntala D. Gamlin were the guest of honours.

sue. The bench stressed that a law should be framed to put in place a mechanism to control the content on these online platforms. “The rules are more of guidelines in nature with no effective measure of either screening or taking effective action against those who do not follow,” said the top court.

The bench also granted protection from arrest to Purohit, who moved the top court apprehending arrest.

(IANS)

The Sopranos’ star Edie Falco to play Hillary Clinton

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hree-time Emmy award winning actress Edie Falco, of “The Sopranos” fame, will play former US First Lady Hillary Clinton in the upcoming series, “Impeachment: American Crime Story”.

The third season of the popular series, created

by Ryan Murphy, will focus on the impeachment of former American President Bill Clinton, following the affair between him and the then White House intern, Monica Lewinsky in the nineties. British actor Clive Owen will portray the role of Clinton, while actress Beanie Feldstein will play the role of Monica Lewinsky. Sarah Paulson will play the role of US Civil servant, Linda Tripp, who worked with Lewinsky at Pentagon and recorded phone conversations with her, which were later submitted as evidence.

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Chelsea beat Liverpool to go 4th in EPL table

Mason Mount scored a brilliant winner for Chelsea who took three points against Liverpool.

London, Mar 5 (AFP): Mason Mount fired Chelsea into fourth place in the Premier League as the midfielder’s superb strike clinched a 1-0 win against troubled Liverpool, while Everton boosted their top four bid with a 1-0 victory at West Brom on Thursday. Mount’s first half goal was enough to see off lacklustre Liverpool

and extended Chelsea’s impressive renaissance under new boss Thomas Tuchel.

Chelsea are unbeaten in 10 games in all competitions since the former Paris Saint Germain boss replaced the sacked Frank Lampard in January.

The Blues sit one point clear of fifth placed Everton, who have a game in hand on

Rijiju bats for hosting Olympics

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New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI): Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday pitched for hosting the Summer Olympics in the future, saying the Olympic movement is not complete till India hosts an edition of the quadrennial sporting extravaganza.

During a virtual conference organised by the Conference of Indian Industry, the 6th CII Scorecard, Rijiju complimented United Kingdom for hosting the Olympics on three occasions. He said to establish itself as a sporting powerhouse, India has to host the Olympics in

future.

“India hasn’t claimed its rightful place in sports.

The Olympics is the biggest event in sports. London has hosted three Olympics, Tokyo has already hosted an Olympics in 1964 before the one scheduled for this year.

“The Olympic movement is not complete till India hosts an Olympic Games. We are taking this very seriously,” the Minister said during his keynote address. On the occasion, Rijiju also highlighted his ministry’s two big initiatives -- the Khelo India and Fit India programmes.

the west Londoners. While Chelsea are on the up, injury-hit Liverpool crashed to a fifth successive home defeat for the first time in their illustrious history, leaving the spluttering champions without a win at Anfield since before Christmas.

Jurgen Klopp’s team are languishing in seventh place, four points behind

Chelsea after losing five of their last six league matches.

After Chelsea’s Timo Werner was denied by the narrowest of offside decisions, Liverpool’s Sadio Mane missed a sitter.

Chelsea took the lead in the 42nd minute when N’Golo Kante launched a high pass towards Mount and the England midfielder cut in from the left, leaving Fabinho trailing in his wake before curling a superb finish into the bottom corner.

Liverpool didn’t have an effort on target until the 85th minute as Klopp surprisingly hauled off leading scorer Mohamed Salah.

Everton made it three consecutive victories thanks to the in-form Richarlison, while their improving defence recorded a third successive clean-sheet. Richarlison headed home from Gylfi Sigurdsson’s 65th minute cross as the Brazilian netted for the fourth time in as many games after scoring just twice in the league this season before that run.

Second bottom Albion, who had a late Mbaye Diagne effort disallowed for offside, remain nine points adrift of safety as they slide towards relegation.Dele Alli delivered in his first league start since the opening day of the season as Tottenham won 1-0 at Fulham. Alli was not credited with his first league goal for just short of a year as his effort deflected off Tosin Adarabioyo into his own net. Fulham’s Josh Maja saw his effort harshly disallowed for a handball by Mario Lemina, but eighth placed Tottenham held on to move within five points of the top four with a game in hand.

EPL TOP 10 Team P GD Pts Man City 27 39 65 Man Utd 27 21 51 Leicester 27 15 50 Chelsea 27 17 47 Everton 26 6 46 West Ham 26 9 45 Liverpool 27 12 43 Tottenham 26 15 42 Aston Villa 25 11 39 Arsenal 26 7 37

Ko lk at a , M a r 5 (IANS): Fredsan Marshall’s strike in injury time at the end of the second half helped Churchill Brothers seal a 2-1 win over Real Kashmir FC in the I-League at the VYBK stadium in Kolkata on Friday.

Churchill took the lead in injury time of the first half through Luka Majcen (45+1 minutes) after which Lukman Adefemi (67 minutes) equalised for Real Kashmir. Just as it looked like the two teams may split two points between them, Marshall took a shot from a distance to win the match for Churchill.

Churchill Brothers were explosive in the first half, restricting Real Kashmir FC mostly in their own half, and could have led by at least three goals to nil.

Real Kashmir failed to make even a single goal-scoring opportunity in the half.

Wellington, Mar 5 (IANS): Captain Aaron Finch’s unbeaten 79 and a brilliant effort from the spinners helped Australia beat New Zealand by 50 runs in the 4th T20I at the Westpac Stadium on Friday. Finch led Australia to 156/6 after which New Zealand were bowled out for a meagre 106 runs in 18.5 overs.

Australia have thus come from 2-0 down to level the five-match series 2-2.

While fast bowler Kane Richardson cleaned up the tail to end the match with three wickets for 19 runs, spinners Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell starved the New Zealand batsmen of runs. The three players took two wickets each with Agar giving just 11 runs in his four overs. All-rounder Kyle Jamieson’s 30 off 18 balls pushed a lacklustre New Zealand past the 100-run mark.

Finch hit five fours and four sixes in his knock. He smashed 38 out of 42 runs in an unbeaten seventh wicket stand with Jhye Richardson that pushed Australia over the 150-run mark.

Churchill could have taken the lead as early as the second minute when Clayvin Zuniga combined with Majcen to go clear onto goal. Zuniga, however, failed to make the most of his chance and slotted wide of the goal as the opposition goalkeeper rushed out to narrow the angle.

Zuniga came close again in the 20th minute when his shot from close range lacked power and was easily saved. With Churchill dominating possession and the tempo of the play, Real Kashmir relied on their solid defending and rarely moved forward through counters and long balls. The attacking duo of Zuniga and Majcen upfront gradually gave the Snow Leopards defence a lot of trouble. In the 35th minute, Zuniga went on a solo run and dribbled past two challenges, only to force the goalkeeper into mak-

ing a good save. All the attacking momentum reaped dividends for Churchill Brothers right at the stroke of half-time. A long ball by Vinil Poojary that took a heavy deflection led Haroon Amiri to make an error as he failed to clear the ball. It fell comfortably for Majcen who was clear on goal and slotted it home.

If the first half belonged to Churchill, the second belonged to Real Kashmir.

The Snow Leopards started quick off the block, spurred by conceding late in the first half. A Chesterpaul Lyngdoh goal was denied in the 54th minute courtesy of the referee flagging the play for an earlier foul. In the 57th minute, Churchill goalkeeper Shilton Paul made a good save to deny Mason Robertson’s header from close range after the lanky Robertson was found by a well-timed cross by Pratesh

Tsitsipas beats Hurkacz to reach Rotterdam quarters ROTTERDAM, Mar 5 (AP): Stefanos Tsitsipas held off a stubborn challenge from Hubert Hurkacz to reach the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win on Thursday. Hurkacz saved a match point 5-4 in the decider and then came within two points of forcing a tiebreaker.

Tsitsipas will next face Russian player Karen Khachanov, who spent Thursday playing doubles after beating Cameron

Norrie in the second round on Wednesday.

Qualifier Jeremy Chardy upset sixth-seeded David Goffin 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) to progress to his third tour quarterfinal this season.

That’s a big improvement for the French player after Chardy went all of 2020 without recording back-toback wins on tour in a 3-7 season.

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and in Japan who have concerns about the games in Tokyo this summer. I’d like to share my thoughts and alleviate some of those concerns.”

She also needs to ease fears about the torch relay, which is set to begin on March 25 from the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima. The relay involves 10,000 runners and goes to every corner of Japan.

The Olympics open on

Swiss Open: Jayaram, Sindhu in QFs Basel, Mar 5 (IANS): India’s Ajay Jayaram on Thursday stunned Swiss third seed Rasmus Gemke to reach the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament. Later in the day, B Sai Praneeth, too, entered the quarter-finals. Jayaram, who currently has a world ranking of 60, beat the 12th ranked Gemke 2118, 17-21, 21-13 to set up a match against Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn. Sai Praneeth got the better of Spain’s Pablo Abian 21-12, 21-17 to enter the last-eight stage. Reigning women’s world champion P.V. Sindhu cruised into the lasteight stage with a straight games win over USA’s Iris Wang. Second seed Sindhu saw off the 40th-ranked Iris 21-13, 21-14 in a match that lasted 35 minutes.

Sindhu earlier beat Turkish world No. 29 Neslihan Yigit in straight games and now faces a tricky match-up with Thai fifth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the quarter-finals.

In a late evening

match, world’s 10th ranked Satwik SaiRaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Indonesia’s Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan 21-17 20-22 21-17 to advance to the quarterfinals.

In a mixed doubles second-round match, also played in the evening, Satwik SaiRaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa beat Indonesian pair Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari 21-18 21-16.

Earlier, Kidambi Srikanth beat France’s Thomas Rouxel in three games to enter the quarterfinals. Srikanth beat Rouxel 21-10, 14-21, 21-14 in 52 minutes. He will now face Thai sixth seed Kantaphon Wangcharoen, who beat the Netherlands’ Mark Caljouw 21-9, 21-16.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also eased into the quarter-finals in the mixed doubles category after beating Indonesia’s Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari 21-18, 21-16. Rankireddy and Ponnappa had earlier stunned Indonesian second seeds Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in their first round tie on the first day of the tournament on Wednesday.

I-League: Injury-time goal helps Churchill beat Kashmir 2-1

4th T20: Finch, spinners help Australia level series 2-2

Tokyo, Mar 5 (AP): The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee has begun holding weekly news conferences hoping to win over a doubting Japanese public with the postponed games opening in just under five months.

Seiko Hashimoto is trying to assure everyone that the Olympics will be safe and secure, a phrase she repeated a dozen times on Friday in her inaugural news conference.

Polls show about 80% of Japanese think the games should be postponed again or cancelled amid the pandemic.

“The situation around coronavirus doesn’t go easy on us,” Hashimoto said.

“I understand there are a lot of people in Tokyo

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July 23, followed by the Paralympics on Aug. 24. They will include 11,000 Olympians, 4,400 Paralympic athletes and tens of thousands of judges, officials, sponsors, volunteers, VIPs, media and broadcasters.

“People need to start to build confidence in the safety of the games,” Hashimoto said. “It will be very difficult without that.”

Hashimoto said she has appointed CEO Toshiro

Muto to head the relay effort. The Olympics were postponed a year ago just as the torch relay opened. If the relay falters with crowding, cheering spectators and unprepared local authorities, the Olympics could go down with it.

Early conjecture hinted at calling off the relay, but it is heavily sponsored

by Coca-Cola and Toyota.

Sponsors and the sale of broadcast rights account for 91% of the International Olympic Committee’s income.

Hashimoto has promised to make a decision on admitting fans from abroad

by March 25, or at least by the end of the month.

The Mainichi newspaper reported this week, citing an unnamed government source, that foreign fans

will not be allowed. IOC president Thomas Bach also hinted at the decision going that way. Hashimoto has not confirmed it.

“Welcoming everyone globally and having a full audience is something we wish we could do,” she said.

“But health-care conditions in Japan have to be well prepared. Otherwise, some people may come as spectators and cause harm.”

Hashimoto took over two weeks ago after the former president of the organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, was forced to resign following derogatory comments about women.

Hashimoto almost immediately appointed 12 women to the executive board, bringing the total to 19 out of 45, or 42%. It had been 20%.

Action in the match between Churchill Brothers and Real Kashmir.

Shirodkar. Five minutes later, Danish Farooq’s volley from inside the box was cleared by substitute Richard Costa as Real Kashmir pushed aggressively for the equalizer.

In the 67th minute, Adefemi produced a stunner to level the score. The Nigerian

edged past Joseph Clemente and with his outside of the boot connected to a cross from the right flank. The volley went crashing into Shilton Paul’s net and the scoreline read 1-1.

However, Churchill substitute Marshall ended up returning the lead back

to his team. In stoppage time, the midfielder ran on towards goal with the opposition defence backing out from tackling. He took a shot from a vdistance and the ball crashed into the bottom right corner of the goal.

Bilbao beat Levante 2-1; face Barca in Copa del Rey final

Raul Garcia equalised from the spot after being wrestled to the ground by Oscar

Va l e n c i a ( Spa i n ) Mar 5 (IANS): Athletic Bilbao booked their place to play FC Barcelona in the final of this season’s Copa del Rey after winning the return leg of their semifinal 2-1 away to Levante.

Levante have never played a cup final, but went into the game with a slight advantage after a 1-1 draw in Bilbao three weeks ago.

A 0-0 would have seen them through. The visitors knew that too and quickly went on the attack against a Levante side that was reasonably happy to sit deep and soak up pressure on Thursday, Xinhua news reports.

Raul Garcia fired Athletic’s first chance just wide after good work from Oscar de Marcos before Roger Marti put Levante ahead by turning and squeezing off a shot from the edge of the six-yard box.

Iker Muniain headed

wide for Bilbao when he should have hit the target, but the visitors were level just before the half hour when Oscar Duarte hauled down Garcia, who drilled a powerful penalty high into the corner of the net.

Bilbao kept up the pressure with Yuri Berchiche missing a good chance to cross for Raul, while Muniain shot tamely at Aitor Fernandez when well placed.

The second half began with Unai Lopez stinging Aitor’s hands with a powerful drive, but Levante brought on Enis Bardhi to try and secure possession.

Although the home side did press higher up they still failed to create any clear chances while Bilbao, despite having more problems bringing the ball out of defence, continued to control the game, although all too often the final pass went astray as the game

moved on to extra time. Bilbao manager Marcelino had kept his substitutions for the extra half hour and his side continued to threaten more as the game got stretched, although Unai Simon was called on to make a fine save from Bardhi’s free kick.

The entry of Jon Morcillo produced space for Alex Berenguer with eight minutes remaining and the winger advanced 40 yards before shooting. It should have been comfortable for Aitor but the ball took a big deflection off a backpeddling defender to wrongfoot him and book Athletic’s place in the final.

The Basque side will now play last season’s final (postponed due to the pandemic) against Real Sociedad on April 3rd, before facing Barcelona in this season’s final two weeks later in what surely must be an historic achievement.

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4th Test: Pant’s 101 hands India 89-run lead Boxam Intl: Vikas enters semifinals

Ahmedabad, Mar 5 (PTI/ well for India as they lost IANS): Rishabh Pant changed his Cheteshwar game-plan and in turn India’s forPujara -– falltunes with a magnificent century, ing fourth time helping the side snatch control to Jack Leach in from England’s grip to finish the the series, skipsecond day at a robust 294 for 7 in per Virat Kohli, the final Test here on Friday. and Ajinkya RaEngland dominated the first hane in the first two sessions and India looked in all session. sorts of trouble before Pant (101 Sharma and off 118 balls) suddenly decided Pant added 41 beto catch the opposition by the fore the former was scruff of their necks, effortdismissed leg-belessly changing gears in fore by a Ben company of Washington Stokes delivSundar (60, 117 balls, ery that came 8x4). i n s h a r p ly.

The duo added 113 Stokes had runs in 26 overs but more earlier got importantly, landed an rid of Kohli exquisite ‘left-hook’ on as well with a England’s hopes of turndelivery that ing party-poopers, having rose sharply. already conceded a first inAshwin folnings lead of 89 runs. lowed soon after.

At stumps, Washington Then was still at the crease with P a n t Axar Patel (11) with a lead opened of 89 runs and still have three u p , wickets in hand. England had Rishabh Pant raises his bat takmade 205 in first innings. after scoring century. (PTI) i n g Things hadn’t begun

Neeraj sets ntl record in javelin

Patiala, Mar 5 (IANS): Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra began the 2021 season with an outstanding performance and a new national mark -- of 88.07 metres -- in the third leg of the one-day Indian Grand Prix meet at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports on Friday.

The 23-year-old athlete from Panipat hurled the javelin to the record distance in his fifth attempt to improve his previous best of 88.06m recorded on his way to winning the 2018 Asian Games gold in Indonesia. The Olympic hopeful had last participated in January 2020 in a local athletics meet in South African city of Potchefstroom. Chopra had recorded a throw of 87.86m, which was better than the Tokyo Olympic qualification standard of 85m. Chopra, who also set a junior world record (86.48m) in 2016, had to log much of his training indoors since the Potchefstroom event due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown imposed in India.

the bowlers apart. Off-spinner Dom Bess, who was more of a liability, proved to be the most expensive.

Even Ben Stokes wasn’t spared.

The right-arm pace bowling allrounder had bowled very tightly up until then. While Pant took 82 balls to reach his first 50, he required 33 balls to reach his second fifty, enroute to his third century.

The partnership between the India wicketkeeper-batsman and Sundar was worth 113 runs in 26 overs.

The first 50 of their partnership took 100 balls whereas the second fifty of the stand took just 46 balls.

Even Stokes wasn’t spared. England, who played just three specialist bowlers in James Anderson, Leach and Bess as well as all-rounder Stokes, were tired and had no bowling options.

Out of desperation, skipper Joe Root too was forced to bowl 14 overs, conceding 46 runs.

Brief scores England 205 all out (Ben Stokes 55, Dan Lawrence 46; Axar Patel 4/68, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/47) India 294/7 wkts (Rishabh Pant 101, Washington Sundar 60 batting; James Anderson 3/40)

New Delhi, Mar 5 (Agencies): Vikas Kris- Games gold-medallist Gabriel Escobar. Among the han beat Vicenzo Mangiacapre 3-2, who had won women, six-time world champion M C Mary the bronze medal at 2012 London Olympic, to Ko m (51kg), Asian champion Pooja book his place in the semi-finals of the men’s Rani (75kg), Simran69kg category at the Boxam International jit Kaur (60kg) and Tournament in Castellon, Spain. debutant Jasmine Earlier, Olympic-bound Indian boxers (57kg) are in the Satish Kumar (+91kg) and Ashish Kumar last-four stage. Box(75kg) entered the semifinals of the 35th ers from 17 counBoxam International Tournament in Castries, including Rustellon, Spain with impressive victories. sia, USA, Italy, and Also advancing to the last-four round Kazakhstan are was Sumit Sangwan (81kg) after a participat4-1 triumph over Mohor El Ziad of ing in the Belgium. event.

Satish, the first super heavyweight from the country to qualify for the Olympics, defeated Denmark’s Givskov Nielsen 5-0 in his last-eight bout late on Thursday.

Asian silver-winner Ashish, on the other hand, got the better of Italy’s Remo Salvatti in a split 4-1 verdict to make the medal rounds.

With this the Indian representation in the semifinals touched 10 — six men and four women. Earlier on Thursday, Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) and the Tokyo-bound duo of Manish Kaushik (63kg) advanced to the medal rounds with impressive victories.

However, world number one Amit Panghal (52kg) bowed out with a stunning loss to European

Mumbai, Goa play out 2-2 draw in semi-final 1st Leg New Delhi, Mar 5 (Agencies): FC Goa missed the chance to enter the second leg of their Indian Super League semifinals with an advantage as they squandered a lead twice in their 2-2 draw against Mumbai City FC at the Fatorda Stadium on Friday.

Goa broke the deadlock through Igor Angulo’s penalty (20’) before his goal was cancelled out by Hugo Boumous (38’). Goa took the lead again through Saviour Gama (59’) but Mourtada Fall (62’) soon netted a vital equaliser to help the Islanders escape with a vital point.

The first-half proved to be an entertaining affair with both sides keeping each other on their toes.

Goa dominated the first half and fashioned better chances but Mumbai clawed their way back to keep the scoreline level at the break.

Mumbai keeper Am-

rinder Singh was called into action early on, making a routine save in the fifth minute. Jorge Ortiz’s cutback found Gama whose effort was parried away for a corner.

But, just moments after being denied a penalty, Goa were awarded one when Mandar Rao Dessai clipped Ortiz in the box. Angulo stepped up to take the spot-kick and sent Amrinder the wrong way to notch his 13th goal of the season.

Goa were forced to make a substitution soon after the half-hour mark when Seriton Fernandes was stretchered off, replaced by youngster Leander D’Cunha, who made his first ISL appearance.

The side to concede the most goals from setpieces, Goa’s weakness was exposed again as Boumous came back to haunt his former team.

Ahmed Jahouh took a quick free-kick and re-

leased Boumous, who attempted a pass on the right.

The ball fell back into his path following a deflection off Gama and the Frenchman drilled his volley into the bottom corner to mark his return, after a fourgame ban, in style.

Mumbai dominated the proceedings after the break but it was Goa who scored against the run of play around the hour mark, after a stunning solo goal from Gama.

The full-back made a marauding run at the heart of Mumbai defence before unleashing a long-range shot that found the bottom corner.

But their lead lasted for three minutes as Fall, the man who scored the Igor Angulo on his way to score from the penalty spot. (ISL) winner to hand Mumbai the League Winners back of the net with ease. sides struggling to fashion means both teams will The closing stages clear-cut chances. How- have all to play for in the Shield against ATK Mohun Bagan, found the net were scrappy with both ever, a draw, in the end, second leg. again.

Saturday’s match (Semifinal 1st leg) Jahouh’s cross found an unmarked Fall, who NorthEast United Vs ATK Mohun Bagan 7:30 pm placed his header into the

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