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KOHIMA, SEP 20 (NPN):

The first day of the Twelfth Session of the Thirteenth Nagaland Legislative As sembly (NLA) began on Sep tember 20 with chief minister Neiphiu Rio making obituary references to the passing away of former Nagaland governor K. Sankaranarayanan while NPF Legislature Party lead er, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu made obituary reference on the passing away of former legislator Vejoyi Vero. The House observed a minute si lence and paid homage to the former Governor and MLA.

Govt to review res ervation policy: Leader of the house and chief minister Neiphiu Rio informed the house that the cabinet has decided to review the job reservation policy after the completion of the census and bring in a new policy.

He was replying to a starred question by NDPP

LOUDHPS cancelultimatum7-daytotenders

DIMAPUR, SEP 20 (NPN):

Land Owners’ Union, Doy ang Hydro Power Station (LOUDHPS) has served a seven-day ultimatum on the Doyang Hydro Power Sta tion to cancel the tenders for various projects that were recently floated.

In a press note, the union’s president Rhan bemo Odyuo and general secretary P. Roland Ezung accused DHPS authorities of violating the agreement and policies.Inthis regard, the union has demanded im mediate cancellation of the tender floated for the supply of vehicles, cancellation of September 15 NIT for repair of quarter No.PD-07(A&B) by providing steel roof struc ture, steel window and ven tilators etc. at Permanent Colony and cancellation of tender for repairing and renovation of NEEPCO IB guest house kitchen.

Prof. Patnaik new VC of NU

DIMAPUR, SEP 20

(NPN): President of India

Draupadi Murmur, in her capacity as the Visitor of Nagaland University, has appointed Prof. Jagadish Kumar Patnaik as the ViceChancellor of Nagaland University on September 15.

Prior to his new ap pointment, Prof. Patnaik was the pro-vice chancellor of Mizoram University, PRO Nagaland University Peter Ki stated. session

Backward Tribes were against the 80% of the Gazetted/ TechnicalOtherposts.than the techni cal posts, 37 percent of job reservation was given to the backward tribes in the state.

Airport land encroach ment: Minister for Transport, Civil Aviation, Railways & Land Resources, P. Paiwang Konyak on Tuesday high lighted the land encroach ment issue that has stalled ex pansion of Dimapur airport.

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KOHIMA, SEP 20 (NPN):

use of golden liquid was ex pected to drastically come down by 2035 throughout the world, including India, and use of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas would completely stop as per pro jections for 2050.

legislator Yitachu had sought information on Technical posts which do not provide backward reservation for recruitment.Rioinformed the house that the Cabinet had decided to review the reservation poli cy since some areas and tribes needed to be added, while some had to be removed and also decrease or increase the quota Rio,accordingly.whois also the

minister in-charge of Person nel & Administrative Reforms (P&AR) department, said that “under the standing policy of the State government vide order No. APPT-18/6/67 dated 06.07.1973, 20% of

Gazetted/Technical posts were unreserved where reser vation for any category were not provided for recruitment.

He said reservation for both the Indigenous Inhabit a nts of Nagaland and the

Replying to a starred question by NPF legisla ture party leader, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu on whether there were any land en croachment problems at the Dimapur airport, Paiwang Konyak said there were such issues and the district admin istration had issued eviction order in December 21, 2019 to 22 individuals from Dag No 38 & 40 of Diphupar Village i.e, land falling within the Dimapur Airport.

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NPF Legislature party lead er, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu has cautioned the state that unless it resumes oil and gas explorations urgently, these natural resources would eventually become economicallyInitiatingredundant.thediscus sion on matters of urgent public importance under Rule-54 during the 12th ses sion of 13th Nagaland Leg islative Assembly (NLA) on its first sitting here Tuesday, Azo drew the attention of the members to gradual sub stitution from oil towards production of cleaner and sustainable and renewable energy. He said even oil companies like Oil India Ltd (OIL) and ONGC Ltd, were moving towards clean energy and it was therefore time for the state govern ment to wake up and take concrete steps to resume oil and gas exploration and production before the “golden liquid became re dundant” and lose its utility and market value.

He urged the State government to formulate policies having a participat ing interest (PI) of 10% to 15% in the already existing oilfields like Changpang and Tssori. Azo also re called that the special status granted to Nagaland under Article 371(A) had led to conflicts among landown ers, civil societies, the State government, oil companies and even the Central gov ernment over oil and gas exploration, causing undue interferences and delays.

He said the PIL be tween the State govern ment and Lotha Hoho was resolved with the signing of an MoU. However, the Gauhati High Court Kohi ma Bench filed a suo moto case regarding NP&NGRR in November 2018, thereby putting to end all hope of oil ang gas exploration and production activities in the State.In order to find a way out, Azo said the Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas initiated a bipartite agreement with the State government and an MoU was expected to be finalised and signed very soon.Also taking part in the discussion, minister of Soil & Water Conserva tion, Geology& Mining Kashiho Sangtam updated the House recalled that an MoU was signed between Lotha Hoho and NPNG Board for withdrawal of the former’s PILbut the prin cipal bench subsequently registered a suo moto case.

of chief minister till the is sue was resolved. He also said the chief minister and chief secretary informed Government of India that no permission would be granted for pe troleum and natural gas ac tivities in Nagaland till the issue was resolved between the Centre and the State.

DIMAPUR, SEP 20 (NPN): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empower ment, Pratima Bhoumik on Tuesday said that Anganwadi centers should be learning cen ters with well trained workers.

Reviewing the various development projects and schemes implemented under

DIMAPUR, SEP 20 (NPN): Naga Hoho (NH) and the Tangkhul Union Dimapur (TUD) has welcomed the signing of the “September Joint Accordant” between the NSCN (I-M) and the Working Committee NNPGs.

NH president KH Zhi momi and general secretary lauded the efforts of the Fo rum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR), saying it was the need of the hour for the Naga people to unify and consoli date its position during these difficult times. “It is the cry of every Naga soul for unity and reconciliation in true spirit and therefore, the September Accordant has given another ray of hope and confidence to the people,” NH stated.

“Aspirational District” pro gramme at Kiphire, Bhoumik stressed on the importance of Anganwadi centers, say ing without good Angan wadi centers, there will be no good products in schools and universities, a DIPR report stated.The minister also asked

the district administration to submit a proposal for setting up of a District Disable reha bilitation center in Kiphire.

During the interaction with the heads of offices, Bhoumik expressed satisfac tion over the implementa tion of various government schemes and projects by various agencies and further asked them to work harder so that more beneficiaries were benefited.Shealso directed bank officials to make various schemes more accessible to the people as there were vari ous bank loans and social welfare schemes implemented by the government.

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Azo remarked that electric vehicles were ex pected to replace existing petrol/diesel-run vehicles in the coming decades and

He said the Nagaland Petroleum &Natural Gas Rules and camethattutionaltheCentralNagaland.forexpressionState2012passed(NP&NGRR),Regulations2012wasbytheAssemblyinandsubsequentlythegovernmentissuedofinterest(EOI)11oilandgasblocksinHowever,hesaidthegovernmenttermedNP&NGas“unconstiandinvalid”,citingtheoilandgassectorundertheUnionList.

While the issue was pending, Sangtam men tioned that the centre’s decision to auction two oil blocks, viz, Chümouke dima and Tenyiphe, were put on hold at the request

While urging all Naga political groups to stand by its commitment in letter and spirit, NH said the political settlement can only come about “if and only if we ear nestly pursue together with mutual respect and under standing.” The hoho hoped that the ‘September Joint Accordant’ bring about last ing peace and understanding amongst the Naga family.

TUD: Tangkhul Union Dimapur conveyed its deep appreciation to the initiative that culminated in the sign ing of the ‘September Joint Accordant’ between NSCN (I-M) and the NNPGs, with active facilitation of FNR.

In a press note, TUD president Ayo Vashum said

FNR has been valiantly sol diering on and this is an un mistakable testament of its remarkably strong character and noble objectives. “We are fortunate to have such a forum in our midst,” TUD stated.

While expressing joy for the reconciliation effort, TUD, however, remind all that it will be reduced to another drab and mundane exercise in the absence of any concrete ac tion from the groups involved. It, therefore, appealed to all involved that they put their hearts and minds to what they have agreed. “May this serve as the ideal trigger to reactivate the points of reconciliation that was agreed upon in the Covenant of Reconciliation of 2009,” TUD said.

Subsequent upon a series of meetings with the ministry concerned, the Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas had in 2021 suggested the State government and the ministry to come up with a bipartite MoU to facilitate resumption of exploration and production of petro leum and natural gas pend ing resolution of the matter in highSangtamcourt. clarified that the draft bipartite MoU was an alternative arrange ment outside the court and did not infringe on Article 371(A) and nor was within the purview of PNG Rules, 1959. He said the ministry had shared the draft MoU and the State government had accordingly incorpo rated the suggestions and views in the draft and sent to advocate general of Na galand, whose reply was awaited. an nounced public walk athon all administrative across Eastern from October 7.

This was resolved during an emergency Federal Assem bly convened at Anatongre village in on Tuesday in Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation’s August 26, 2022 the Keyoung

khum Yimkhiung said the federation and tribunals with seven federating units held a lengthy deliberation over the ENPO resolution and decided to organise mass public walk athons as the first phase of agitation. The Assembly en

dorsed seven tribal federating units of ENSF– CWS, KSU (Konyak), KSU (Khiamniun gan), PSC, TSU, USSC and YAA– to amalgamate village level clusters in respective trib al jurisdictions to embark the movement.

ENSF office bearers and others after the Federal Assembly.

Pratima Bhoumik addressing the officials at Kiphire. (DIPR)

First day of the 12th session of the 13th NLA, Tuesday. (DIPR)

DIM APUR: A “Rash

triya Poshan Abhiyaan programme on the theme, foods woman children in tribal was held on Tuesday, at Kuda Youth Hall, Kuda Village, Di mapur.According to a DIPR report, Child Develop ment Officer (CDPO) Di

mapur (U), Renchano Odyuo in a brief address, said the campaign has been functioning for the past five years and that the focus of “abhiyaan” was to emphasise the nutri tional status of adolescent girls, pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children from 0-6 years of age.

She added that Poshan 2.0 seeks to ad dress the challenges of malnutrition in children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers through a strate gic shift in nutrition con tent and delivery and by the creation of a conver gent ecosystem to develop and promote practices that

NPGN NNC terminates advisor & finance ‘kilonser’

DIMAPUR: National People’s Government of Nagaland (NPGN) Naga National Council (NNC) has terminated its advisor, Vizheto Chishi and incum bent finance “kilonser”, Dr.Shikato (Carlos) from “active national service with immediate effect”.

In a press release, NPGN NNC MIP stat ed that Vizheto and Dr. Shikato was terminated in the “interest of NPGN NNC government” and for “their betrayal and disloy alty by hatching the plot to dislodge and hijack the legitimate government of NPGN NNC government headed by ato kilonser and co-convenor Working Com

mittee NNPGs Hozheto Z Chophi”.MIP said that in spite of their “nefarious activities of sedition and breach of yehzabo”, GPRN/NSCN ato kilonser and convenor WC NNPGs, N Kitovi Zhimomi “summoned the dissenters” and held a joint meeting on September 4, whereby Vizheto and Dr. Shikato “firmly decided” to uphold the principles of unity and integrity of NPGN NNC as well as WC NNPGs in particular and Nagas in However,general.MIP said that Vizheto and Dr. Shika to “wilfully ignored to re spect and honour the con tents of the joint meeting”

nurture health, wellness, and immunity.Odyuothen urged the people to take more local food as it gives more nutrition and helps im prove health and also to promote more local tradi tionalInfood.ashort speech, SDO (C), Development Dimapur, L. Samuel urged the people to consume organic food as it more nutritious and encouraged the gathering to grow their own Infood.the sensitisation of Fortified rice, programme officer, SBCC, CHRI of Food Fortification, Kakugha T. Aye said that Fortified Rice, contains FSSAI prescribed micro nutrients (Iron, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12) to normal Rice (Custom Milled Rice) in the ratio of 1:100 (Mix ing 1 Kg of FRK with 100 Kg custom milled rice).

He said that fortified rice is very identical to traditional rice in aroma, taste, and texture and the process is done in the rice mills at the time of milling of rice.Other highlights of the programme include

and chose to “defy the joint declaration by deliberately failing to respond to the call of duty by the authority of NPGN NNC government and fraudulently controlled the revenue of the govern ment”.As such, MIP said NPGN NNC leadership was left with no other op tion but to terminate their services in accordance with “yehzabo” of NNC.

Further, NPGN NNC has appealed to the Naga people in general and all “tax payers” in particular not to entertain any “out cast imposters” and cau tioned that anyone failing to comply would be doing so at their own peril.

local food shops by 12

SHGs under RD-NSRLM, on-the-spot distribution of IEC materials of fortified rice, demonstration of fortified rice, and video streaming of an online cooking competition on nutritious food for women and children.

Mon: National Ser vice Scheme (NSS) unit Wangkhao Government College (WGC) Mon on September 20 organised a rally to observe “Rashtriya Poshan Maah”.

In a press release, NSS WGC Mon informed that the rally started from Civil Hospital Junction till Local Ground Mon where students held placards which reads, “Eat Healthy Stay Healthy”, “Eat Right Future Bright”, “Health is wealth” etc. to spread awareness on “education with nutrition” (Poshan Bhi Padhaai Bhi) focusing on children under 6 years, adolescent girls, pregnant mothers and lactating mothers.The rally was also attended by NSS pro gramme officers, Man wang Konyak and Manlee Konyak.

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DC & DEO Kohima informs: Deputy Com missioner (DC) and District Election Officer (DEO) Kohima, Shanavas C has informed all the stakeholders that the draft list of polling stations in annexure 3 has been prepared in connection with the rationalization of polling stations under Kohima district and was made available for inspec tion on the notice board and also in the election branch, office of the DC & DEO Kohima. The DC & DEO any objection or suggestions should be lodge in written to the concern office on or before September 26.

DLSU informs students: Dimapur Lotha Stu dents Union has informed that the union will be felicitating all the Lotha Students within its jurisdiction who have cleared HSLC and HSSLC (Arts, Science and Commerce streams) examina tion 2022 with 90% and above. In this regard, DLSU has requested the students to submit their names, contact numbers and addresses along with photocopy of the marksheets at 9366751942, on or before September 30.

Enforcement drive on sale of tobacco at Mon Town

DIMAPUR: To strength en Section 6 (b) of Ciga rettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003, an enforcement squad under National To bacco Control Programme (NTCP) Mon, conducted

an enforcement drive on checking the sale of to bacco products near edu cational institutions on September 19, at Mon Town.In a press release, NHM Mon, media of

ficer Leeyan Chemshy stated that the team was led by district nodal of ficer NTCP Mon, Dr. I. Simon Sumi, EAC Mer ishan Ezung and district consultant NTCP Mon Nyeamying Konyak.

At the enforcement drive, a total number of 10 shops were found sell ing tobacco products near educational institutions. Later, the team seized the products and destroyed them at the dumping area.

NBSE informs

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has been convened online meeting in regard to filling up of Individual Application Form (IAF/ AF) for HSLC & HSSLC Examinations 2023 on September 23, 2 p.m., for which all heads of regis tered institutions have been asked to attend the meeting with the staff in charge of form submission. NBSE has informed that the meet ing ID and passcode shall be shared later in the dis trict WhatsApp groups.

DHS Tuensang launches 2nd round of National De-worming Day

DIMAPUR: District Health Society (DHS) Tu ensang, on September 19, launched the second round of “National De-worm ing Day (NDD)” at Gov ernment Middle School (GMS)

ApheangNHMTuensangWongtsuwong,Town.Inapressrelease,Tuensang,DMOstatedthatthe

during the launching pro gramme, MO, RBSK, Dr. Tekawapangla presented an overview of the pro gramme.She also sensitised the students on physical hygiene.Later, handwashing steps were demonstrated by ANM, RBSK, Yimsutola. At the launching pro

gramme, the team conduct ed free health screening where around 130 students were screened and Tab Al bendazole were distributed to theThestudents.team was led by Dr. Tekawapangla, who was assisted by coordina tor SHP GNM (RBSK), ANM (RBSK) and BPM sadar block.

KFD receives Malayan Night Heron

DIMAPUR: Kohima For est Division (KFD) on Tuesday, received a Ma layan Night Heron (Gor sachius melanolophus), which was rescued from the premises of RDNÜMS, Old Ministers’ Hill, Ko hima on the evening of September 19.

A press release by KFD stated that the bird was handed over to the division by Vesato Theluo and released in the pres ence of the Range Forest Officer (RFO), Kohima range, Pezaneinuo Chielie and the range staff.

RFO informed that this was the third case in a span of three years, the first reported case was on November 18, 2020 and the second on October 6, 2021. RFO said this spe cies was found in Southern and eastern Asia including India.Though the popu

27.10.1978 – 12.09.2022

With sincere gratitude, we the bereaved family members of Lt. IMTISANEN (Merangkong) would like to acknowledge and express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, relatives, friends, neighbours, churches, unions and wellwishers who stood by us physically, emotionally, financially and through prayers during his illness and sad demise.

We deeply regret to thank each and everyone of you personally but your considerate act of kindness will always be remembered. It is our earnest prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving Wife, Children & Loved Onesdp-4553/22 dc-1101/22

07.08.1975 | 12.09.2022.

We, the bereaved family of Late Akaito K. Yeptho would like to express our profound gratitude to each and every individual, friends, relatives, churches, unions and well-wishers near and far who stood by us physically, spiritually, emotionally, financially and materially at the time of our sorrow and grief.

Special thanks to :

1. Dr. Kipito Awomi, MO and Staff, CHC Aghunato.

2. Doctors and Nurses DH Zunheboto.

3. Shri. Pukhayi Assumi, Advisor FCS, Govt of Nagaland.

4. Shri. Tokheho Yepthomi, MP Lok Sabha.

5. Officers and Staff, R.D Dept Tokiye Block.

6. NDPP Office Bearers Aghunato Constituency.

7. Relatives, Friends from Kohima, Dimapur, Neighboring Towns and Villages.

8. Khetoi Village Union Zunheboto.

9. GBs of Khetoi Village.

10. Khetoi Village Baptist Church.

11. Khetoi Village Students' Union. We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every one of you individually, but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all immensely.

Loving Wife, Childrenk-2238/22

Mentoring & Remedial Committee in collaboration with Research Documentation & Career Guidance Committee of Wangkhao Government College, Mon, organised a counselling session on Monday with clinical psychologist, District Hospital Mon, Linokali Sumi as resource person, wherein, she spoke on the topic “women and mental health: The unseen challenges”.

lation trend was not yet known, RFO said it lies between 2000 and 20,000 and its classification status by IUCN was under Least Concern (LC).

The Malayan Night Heron.

The medical team along with teachers and students at GMS Wongsuwong. Abhiyaan’ held in Dimapur, Mon

SDO (C), Development Dimapur, L. Samuel visiting the local food show at Kuda village, Dimapur. (DIPR)

Execute your assignments with sincerity: Tokheho

He urged upon agri and al lied departments to give up the old system of implementation of schemes and projects.

The MP stressed that the allied departments need to give more focus on planning and implementation of schemes to gether so that there should not be debilitation of works.

MP Rajya Sabha, Phangnon Konyak said the government was introducing a various schemes to improve the living standard of people.Sheinformed that the prime minister’s aim was that every deserving person should be ben efitted from the central schemes.

The MP also stressed that accessibility and implementation of schemes largely depended on officers and departments oversee ing the projects.

12th session of thirteenth Nagaland Legislative Assembly begins

DIMAPUR: The 12th session of the thirteenth Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) commenced in Kohima on Tuesday, where various reports were tabled, including assent to bills by NLA secretary in-charge; laying of reports/rules/regulations by chief minster Neiphiu Rio and deputy chief minister, Y. Patton, and assembly committee reports by Y. Vikheho Swu MLA.

Reporting on assent to bills: NLA secretary-in- charge reported on the assent of the Governor of Nagaland to the following Bills: The Nagaland Appropriation Bill No. 1 (Supplementary Demand for Grants) for the year 2021-2022.

The Nagaland Appropriation Bill No. 2 (Demand for Grants) for the year 2022-2023.The Nagaland Village and Tribal Councils (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2022.

He also tabled the Audit Report by the Accountant General (Audit) Nagaland on the Accounts of Na galand Khadi & Village Industries Board for the year 2015-2016 to 2019-2020, Nagaland Staff Selection Board Regulations – 2020 and Na galand State Lotteries (Regulation) Rules,Deputy2022.

chief minister (Home), Y. Patton laid a copy each of the following The Private Security Agen cies (Nagaland) Rules, 2022 and The Private Security Agencies (Private Security to Cash Transportation Activities) Nagaland Rules, 2022.

Minister for Transport, Paiwang Konyak laid The Nagaland Motor Vehicles Department Service Rules (First Amendment) 2022.

DIMAPUR: Member of parliament (MP) Lok Sabha, Tokheho Yepthomi on Tuesday, asked the of ficers present at the Wokha District Development Co ordination and Monitor ing Committee (DISHA) meeting, to execute their assignments with sincer ity and give more effort in serving the

Accordingpeople.toa DIPR report, the meeting was held in the conference hall of the deputy commis sioner (DC) Wokha, to oversee and monitor the progress of different works under centrally sponsored schemes.Inhis address, Tokhe

FCI Mkg highlights functions of Food Storage Depot

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MOKOKCHUNG, SEP 20 (NPN): Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown Mokokchung, depot incharge Rongsentemjen and FCI Mokokchung, technical assistant Durgesh highlighted the functioning of Mokokchung FCI Food Storage Depot (FSD), here, on Tuesday.

Addressing the media, Rong sentemjen said FCI Nagaland divi sion office was based in Dimapur with five godowns in five districts under the division.

The FCI godown at Mokokc hung has a storage capacity of 3132 metric tons with around 6500070000 bags of rice with 86% utili sation capacity and it currently has a stock of 2681metric tons of rice, he informed.Rongsentemjen also stated that around 150-200 truckloads of rice reach Mokokchung godown monthly, however, he said the channel of distribution was routed through PDS system of Food &

Civil Supplies (F&CS) department, and the FCI does not issue directly to theWhilepublic.informing that FCI was currently implementing three schemes of the central government through National Food Security Act, the depot in-charge stated that FCI also channelled the food grains (fortified rice) towards mid-day meal scheme quarterly, including Longleng district.

On quality control of rice, Durgesh disclosed that the godown had no uniformed guards deployed, however, they had three guards from the landowners appointed by the deputy commissioner (DC) Mokokchung.Itmaybe mentioned that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) is a central government agency that oversees the distribution of food grains across the country.

The main objective of FCI is to ensure food security of the nation and also oversees the public distribu tion system.

ho said there would be some changes in the fund allotment and system of functioning and that the states have been asked to release 10% share of schemes and projects.

Only then, he said, the centre would release its remaining 90% share within 21 days.

In this regard, she urged upon them to effectively carry out theFoodprojects.&Civil Supplies, PWD (R&B), E.E. National High way, District Agriculture Officer, DHO (Horticulture), DPO Land Resources, PHED and E.E Wa ter Resources presented central sponsored schemes implemented under respective departments.

ICAR-NRC on Mithun celebrates ‘Hindi Week’

DIM APUR: A week-long “Hindi Week” celebration by the Indian Coun cil of Agricultural Research (ICAR)National Research Centre (NRC) on Mithun culminated on September 20.

In a press release, ICAR-NCR on Mithun stated that during the closing ceremony, chief guest, Sainik School Punglwa, principal, Gp Capt R. K. Yadav appreciated the efforts made by the institute for converting all the name boards, sign boards, registers, and seals into bilingual language and using Hindi in day-to-day work.

Yadav also motivated the children to enrich their skills and to take up higher studies and added that schools irrespective of their positioning should give Hindi the importance it needs.

Earlier, director of the institute, Dr. M. H. Khan highlighted the institute’s process in the use of Rajbhasa Hindi and urged all the staff members to use Hindi in their official works.

Further, the institute informed that a total of 11 various Hindi competitions were organised for staff members and students during the week-long celebra tion

NU botany celebratesdeptt25thanniversary

DIMAPUR : In commemora tion of the 25th anniversary of Nagaland University (NU), Lumami, Botany department, an international conference on “bio resources and economy” was held in collaboration with Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP), department of Environmental Forest and Cli mate Change at IIhoshe Kinimi Hall on Monday.

In a press release, Nagaland University Lumami informed that keynote speaker, former advisor, department of Biotechnology and consultant, DBT, North East Region-Bio Technol ogy Programme Management Cell (NER-BPMC) Prof. Mohd Aslam challenged the partici pants to interact with each other and to come out with a viable outcome.Heurged upon them, to convince the department with vi able project and ideas, especially on converting bio resources into economy.Atthe programme, chief conservator of Forests, Supong nukshi spoke on Nagaland Forest Management Project while NU vice-chancellor, Prof. Jagadish Kumar Patnaik delivered wel come

Theaddress.inaugural programme was graced by former NU former chancellors Prof. K Kannan and Prof. BK Konwar as guests of honour.Participants at the pro gramme included professors, former faculties, professors from school of science, research schol ars and two participants from Indonesia and Bangladesh.

Laying of reports/rules/regu lations: Leader of the house and chief minister, Neiphiu Rio laid on the Table a copy each of the mission.the(AprilCommission;2020)ReportService31,nualfollowingReports/Rules/RegulationsAnnualoftheDepartments:53rdAnReport(April1,2018-March2019)oftheNagalandPublicCommission;54thAnnual(April1,2019-March31,oftheNagalandPublicService55thAnnualReport1,2020-March31,2021)ofNagalandPublicServiceCom

Assembly committee reports: Chairman of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2022-2023), Y. Vikheho Swu presented a copy each of the following Seventy-Eighth Report on Action Taken by the Gov ernment on the 71st Report on the Rules for regulating the procedure for Deputation and Absorption of the Central and State government of ficers, including officers from the Au tonomous Bodies and their Service Conditions under the Government of Nagaland, 2016 and Seventy-Ninth Report on Action Taken by the Gov ernment on the 66th Report on the Nagaland Shops and Establishment Rules, 2015.

Nagaland participates at national project competition

DIMAPUR: Nagaland state, along with 702 dis tricts of the country partic ipated in the 9th National Level Exhibition and Proj ect Competition (NLEPC) of the INSPIRE MANAK at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from September 14-16.In a press release, SCERT Nagaland asso ciate professor and nod al officer for INSPIRE MANAK scheme, Daniel Thong Seb stated that from Nagaland, Temsujungla

Jamir from MGHSS under Mokokchung district, was among the top 60 innova tors who ideated the me chanical cassava grinding machine.Atthe valedictory programme, union minis ter of Science and Tech nology, minister of state (independent charge), Dr. Jitendra Singh presented mementos and certificates to the top 60 award re cipients.Inhis speech, Dr. Ji tendra Singh said during

the year 2020-21, while the country was battling with the impact of COVID-19, the annual districtsandityalleledschemenovations6.53receivedKnowledge)Nationallionawards-MANAKINSPIRE(MilMindsAugmentingAspirationandcompetitionanunprecedentedlakhideasandinfromallstates.Hestatedthatthetouchedanunparlevelofinclusivbyrepresentingideasinnovationsof702ofthecountry.It

may be mentioned that the award is instituted by the ministry of Science and Technology, department of Science and Technology and National theandMANAKininalsotorSCERTingFoundation-India.InnovationWhilecongratulatTemsujunglaJamir,Nagaland,direcChumchanbeniKikonrequestedallschoolsNagalandtoregistertheINSPIREAwards-schemeportalnominatestudentsforaward.

Tokheho Yepthomi and Phangnon Konyak addressing the DISHA meeting on Tuesday. (DIPR)

CMs of Assam, Mizoram to meet today for border talks

AIZAWL, SEP 20 (PTI):

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma would meet in New Delhi on Wednesday to find a solution for resolving the long-standing border dispute between the two Northeast ern states, an official said on Tuesday.Zoramthanga and Sarma would meet at As sam House in New Delhi at 1 pm, the official of the Mizoram Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) nextmentMizoramMinisterpresencemetlastbordertwosuchfromSarmahadscheduledthecompanyRammawiBoardMizoramsaid.Planningvice-chairmanHislikelytoacZoramthangatomeeting,shesaid.ThemeetingwasonMondaybuttobepostponedasreturnedtohisstatethenationalcapital.Thiswillbethesecondmeetingbetweenthechiefministersontheissue.InNovemberyear,thetwoleadersinNewDelhiintheofUnionHomeAmitShah.AnofficialoftheHomeDepartsaidthedatefortheroundofminister-level

talks between the two states, scheduled to be held in Gu wahati next month, is yet to be fixed. “The date for the next round of talks with the Assam delegation is yet to be decided. The matter has not been discussed as Home Minister Lalchamliana is now on leave due to illness. It will be discussed once he joins office,” the official told PTI. A delegation of Mizoram led by Lalcham liana, and that of Assam headed by Border Protection and Development Minister Atul Bora had met in Aizawl on August 9 to find a lasting solution to the vexed border dispute. Prior to this, they had met in August 2021.

At the last meeting, both sides agreed to main tain peace along the border and decided to meet again at Guwahati in MizoramOctober.shares a 164.6-km-long border with Assam. The border dis pute between the two states is a long-standing issue.

Mizoram was part of As sam until 1972, when it was carved out as a Union Territory, and it became a state in The1987.border dispute mainly relates to two colo nial notifications -- the inner line reserved forest notified under the Bengal Eastern

Manipur Cabinet decides to lift prohibition

IMPHAL, SEP 20 (AGENCIES): The Ma nipur cabinet on Tuesday resolved to regulate selling and brewing of liquor in Manipur as consumption of unregulated liquor has gone beyond control and has become the main fac tor leading to health issues such as liver cirrhosis and kidney failure cases in the state, IFP report

Highlightingstated.afewof the important decisions taken by the Tuesday’s cabinet, state Tribal Affairs and Hills Minister Letpao Haokip informed media persons that the decision to lift the prohibition on sale of liquor was taken up considering the health is sues caused by consuming unregulated liquor apart from income generation.

According to Letpao, regulating liquor will give Manipur a minimum rev enue of Rs 600 crore per annum according to pro jections.The minister ex plained that selling liquor at military cantonment, police battalions cannot be banned despite Manipur being a dry state and many are consuming unregulated liquor leading to various health

Theissues.normal range of alcohol present in liquor should be below 40 per cent and while testing the local liquor brew at Sekmai during the MLAs visit to Goa, it was found to contain 41.9 per cent of alcohol, he said, adding that as per experts, the Sekmai local liquor will be

While reviewing the extension of declaration of the “disturbed area” status in the state, the cabinet had decided to maintain the status quo for a period of one-year, informed Letpao.

He further informed that considering the need of SDO in every sub-division during the upcoming ADC election and also the SDC, the cabinet had given one

much better than vodka if it is regulated.Asperthe cabinet decision, the sale of liquor will be confined only at some specific locations which include district headquarters, tourists’ spots, security camps, and hotels which have at least 20 bedded lodging facili ties, he said adding, “no one will be allowed to carry liquor in other places withoutInformingreceipt.”that the Manipur Liquor Prohibi tion Act 1991 was amend ed in 2002 and has already regulated the sales of li quor, the minister sought the support of the public and organisations in the decision taken by the cabi net in the interest of the health of all.

year relaxation for promotion of MCS, MPS and MFS officers from the five years as per the rule.

The cabinet had also decided to re quest the governor to prorogue the recently concluded Monsoon Assembly session which was adjourned sine die and had also approved the new Manipur Industrial and Investment Policy, he stated.

Arunachal police arrest five for APSSC question paper leak

ITANAGAR, SEP 20 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh police has arrested five per sons in connection with the alleged leak of the ques tion paper for the assistant engineers (civil) mains ex amination conducted by Arunachal Pradesh State Public Service Commis sion (APSPSC) in August, a senior police official said here on TheTuesday.arrested are the deputy secretary and deputy controller of the examina tion, a teacher of a coaching institute, a candidate for the examination, his father who is a head assistant at the of fice of the deputy director of school education in Siang district and a middleman, Capital superintendent of police Jimmy Chiram said.

The initial probe re vealed that the candidate’s father had approached the middleman in 2021 to find a link to procure the ques tion paper for the mains examination for his son.

The middleman had bribed the deputy controller of examination and the ques tion papers were procured illegally and given to the candidate before the test was held, he said.

During the investi gation, it was found that the sealed question paper was copied by the deputy controller of examination and sent to the candidate through the middleman.

The candidate had reportedly consulted the teacher for solution to the procured question paper. The teacher had allegedly revealed the questions to another student, who filed a written complaint on the alleged question paper leak to the police on August 29 - two days after the examina tion, Chiram said.

The preliminary en quiry was conducted on receipt of the complaint and the report was submitted to the SP’s office on September 10. The case was registered subsequently.“During investigation it was found that the middle man was paid Rs 43 lakh in cash by the candidate’s father in 2021 to procure the question paper of the mains examination. The middle man had given Rs 15 lakh to the deputy controller of examination and kept the rest with him. The two had invested the money for property,” the SP said.

Frontier Regulation (BEFR) in 1875, and the boundary indicated in the Survey of India’s Map in 1933.

While Mizoram claimed the 509 square miles stretch of the inner line reserved forest as its actual boundary, Assam said the 1933 boundary is its constitutional boundary.

The border dispute be tween the two neighbour ing states turned violent in July last year, leading to the death of six policemen and a civilian from Assam when police forces of the two states exchanged fire on the disputed area near Vai rengte village on National Highway-306. Around 60 people had also been injured in the violent clash, which was followed by a blockade organised by residents of Assam’s Lailapur village in Cachar district on NH-306, the lifeline of Mizoram, for nearly a Themonth.tension was de fused as the Centre inter vened, bringing both sides to the table. Sarma’s gov ernment in Assam is also working with Meghalaya, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh to resolve border disputes.

NIA MaoistarrestsfromWBinAssamcase

GUWAHATI, SEP 20 (IANS): National Investi gation Agency (NIA) has arrested one Maoist from West Bengal in connection with a case in Assam, of ficials informed on Tuesday.

An NIA spokesperson in Guwahati informed that the activist identified as Samrat Chakraborty alias Nilkamal Sikdar was arrest ed in West Bengal’s Mahis pata area near the Kalyani expressway on Monday. The agency was searching for him in a case pertaining to setting up Maoist units in Assam.As per the investigative agency, Chakraborty hailing from the Howrah district in Bengal. Bhattacharjee was believed to be working to ex pand Maoist base in Assam and the Northeast. He was arrested a few months ago in the Cachar district of As sam. The NIA spokesperson claimed that Chakraborty was a linkman between the top hierarchy of CPI (Mao ist) and Arun Bhattacharjee.

The spokesperson fur ther said that Chakraborty is believed to have visited various districts of Assam in the past on several occasions and assisted Bhattacharjee in his task to expand the footprint of the outlawed group in the state.

Villagers protest against BJYM activists for firing at youth

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IMPHAL, SEP 20: A pro test was held at a village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi dis trict on Tuesday demand ing the arrest of BJYM activists involved in firing that injured a youth.

Activists of Bharati ya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Manipur Pradesh had allegedly opened fire during a drive against ille gal drugs in Leikot village of Kangpokpi district on September 16.

In the firing, a youth

identified as Mangminsei Kipgen sustained injuries in hisLodgingleg. a complaint to the police, villagers have been demanding arrest of the BJYM activists in volved in the activists.nabfailureaciationonLeikotYouthtiativevillageWomenfolkfiring.ofLeikotunderthejointinioftheLeikotAreaOrganizationandAreaChiefs’AssoTuesdaystagedsit-in-protestagainsttheofstatepolicetothegun-totingBJYM

“Is BJYM above the law,” read one of the plac ards displayed at the protest site.

“Is BJYM a govern ment armed agency”, “We are not against war on drugs but we are against gun culture”, “Nab the gun toting BJYM activists,” etc. read the other placards.

The protesters also raised various slogans demanding legal action against the activists in volved in the gun firing and injury of a youth in Leikot village.

River cruise service between UP and Assam next year: Sonowal

DIBRUGARH (ASSAM), SEP 20 (PTI): India’s “lon gest river cruise service” will begin early next year between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Bogibeel in Assam, traversing a distance of more than 4,000 km, Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said.

The route will connect rivers Ganga and Brahma putra via Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBRP), the minister of ports, shipping and waterways (MoPSW) stated.The service will usher in a novel opportunity for the people of Assam to use inland waterways for pro moting their trade, tourism and for cargo transporta tion, he said on Monday, launching multiple projects for the development of the area in and around the Bo gibeel bridge in Dibrugarh district.The Union minister laid the foundation stone for the construction of float ing jetties at Bogibeel and Guijan, besides inaugurat ing the Bogibeel Riverfront Passenger Jetty which has been built by the Northeast

Frontier Railways (NFR) as part of the development initiatives near the bridge.

Sonowal, on the occa sion, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to harness the potential of an economic and ecologically sound logistics avenue of inland waterways is being realised through the Gati Shakti National Master plan.“The Gati Shakti plan is exactly the key to unlock the huge potential of in land water transportation in Assam using National Waterways 2 on our river Brahmaputra. We must tap this opportunity and build an economic advantage which will power the whole of Northeast India as the New Engine of growth for India,” he said.

The BJP government is also identifying avenues to promote inland navigation, river cruise tourism, and construct suitable terminals across the Brahmaputra, he maintained.Thetwo floating jetties at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district and Guijan in Tin sukia will be constructed as

state-of-art terminals at an estimated cost of Rs 8.25 crore, using advanced and updatedThetechnology.projectis sched uled to be completed by February, 2023, the minister said.

Plans are also afoot to build an open platform, a restaurant, eight bio-toilets and six awnings as part of the riverfront development initiatives near the bridge, he added.The Union minister of state for petroleum and

1. Welfare Department.

2. Ms P. Baulen Phom , D/o Shri Phongshak and Mrs. Lungla for securing the post of Assistant Programmer under Election Department.

3. Shri Chahpong Phom on his promotion to Junior Engineer Class-II gazetted under the Department of Rural Development. The Union further wishes them a very bright future endeavours.

(SHAHLONG BUCHEM) ( BANGJUM Phom) President, TBUK Secretary, TBUK -2236/22K

WOKHA TOWN KIKON EKHÜNG

WOKHA : NAGALAND

The Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, Phek, Nagaland will be organizing a One Day YUVA UTSAV on 24th September 2022 under the banner of Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav with expanded Macro-Outreach by integrating 6 youth Centric programmes. This initiative aims to rekindle the spirit of patriotism and values of India’s freedom struggle by engaging youths in various events progressing from District level to State level and National Level. Young Artist, Writers, Photographers, Orators, Practitioners of Traditional Art forms and active Club members shall lead this programme from grass root level to the National level, bringing the rich heritage, culture and values of our nation to the Central stage of public discourse.

Felicitation

Wokha Town Kikon Ekhüng (WTKE) heartily congratulates the following members for clearing the NPSC (CTSE) 2021 Examinations:

1. Er. Limhachan O Kikon, Junior Engineer (Civil Engg.) under Works and Housing Department

2. Er. O Eshanthung Kikon, Junior Engineer (Electrical Engg.) under Power Department

They are both sons of Mr. & Mrs. Orhyumomo Kikon, natives of Longla Village and residents of Forest Colony, WokhaWTKETown.further wishes them success in all their future endeavours.

K. Simon Kikon Jomio Kikon Chairman, WTKE General Secretary, WTKE -216/22WC

AffidAvit

Regd. No. : 0329/2021 Date 27/09/2021

I, Mr. Keneinguzo Medoze , S/o Lt. Sedevipra Medoze, resident of Chumoukedima Village, PO & PS-Chumoukedima, District -Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under :-

1. That I am bonafide citizen of India, belong to Angami (Naga).

2. That, I was appointed as Khalasis under the Project Engineer Police, Chumukedima, Nagaland vide Order No. PE/PP/E6/92-93/224-29, Dt. Chumukedima, the 30th April’ 92.

The same event will be held on 08th October at Zunheboto District and 15th October at Kiphire District Nagaland.

OFFICE OF THE LASuMI STuDENTS’ KOHIMA

With a deep sense of pride, the Vemunyi c lub extend our heartiest congratulations to Mrs. Vedülü rose, W/o Mr Vecipa Rose, presently serving as Assistant Professor, State College of Teacher Education Nagaland, Kohima for being conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in the discipline of Education on the Topic - "A study on emotional intelligence and attitude of B.Ed students towards teaching profession in Nagaland" May you continue to excel in all your future endeavors.

FElIcItatION K-2233/22

Vemünyi

And whereas inspite of notice served to you to report before the undersigned vide this order you have failed to report.

1. No. 6BN (RO-10) 2022-23/864 Dated 27-07-2022.

2. No. 6BN (RO-10) 2022-23/993 Dated 17-08-2022.

3. No. 6BN (RO-10) 2022-23/1031 Dated 25-08-2022.

4. No. 6BN (RO-10) 2022-23/1013 Dated 02-09-2022. You are asked to report for duty within 7 (seven) days from the receipt of this calling letter. Failing which you will be declared as deserter as per the law and legal action will be taken by the authority against you.

Commandant 6th NAP Battalion, Tizit NagalandDP-4557/22

Solemnly sworn before me at Dimapur. DP-4552/22 have been found absent from bonafide Government duty with effect from 25-06-2022 without any prior permission from the competent authority and remain absent till date.

3. That, in my Appointment Order and Service book my name has been recorded as Mr. Keneinguzo Seikha whereas in other as Mr. Keneinguzo Medoze

4. That, Mr. Keneinguzo Seikha and Mr. Keneinguzo Medoze refers to same and one person. Henceforth, this Affidavit has been made for purpose to correct my name as Mr. KENEINGUZO MEDOZE in my service book from concern authority.

5. That, the statements made from para 1 to 4 are made by me which are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and nothing stated false therein.

DEPONENT

With immense pride and honour, the LSU conveys its heartiest congratulations to Mr. Kulo Kromi, S/o Mr. Weprenyi Kromi & Mrs. Meseu Kromi for successfully passing the NPSC CTSE examination and securing the post of Assistant Programme Officer (Class-II Gazetted) under Rural Development Department The Union also wishes you growth and bright success in your future endeavours.

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File photo of Himanta Biswa Sarma with Zoramthanga

Womenfolk in a village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district protesting on Tuesday against the recent firing by BJYM activists in the village

natural Gas and labour, Rameswar Teli and the General Manager of NF Railways Anshul Gupta were among those present on the occasion.

File photo of a river cruise boat in Guwahati.

PM inaugurates National Mayors’ Conference

SAYS CITIES CANNOT BE DEVELOPED WITH ELECTION-CENTRIC APPROACH

GANDHINAGAR, SEP 20 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked mayors of BJP-ruled urban bodies to plan a holis tic development of cities and said the elected representa tives should not think just in terms of winning polls as cities cannot be developed with an election-centric ap proach.He also urged the may ors to focus on urban plan ning, creation of satellite towns and development of Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities to ease the burden on large cities.Modi was speaking after virtually inaugurating an all India conference of mayors of BJP-ruled cit ies held in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar.Asmany 118 mayors and deputy mayors of BJPruled urban local bodies from 18 states and Union Territories are participating in the two-day event.

The PM also urged mayors and other local elect ed representatives to spend

time with the poor ben eficiaries (of government schemes) to understand their issues and also work on the beautification of their respective cities.

“The elected represen tatives should not think just in terms of winning elec tions. You cannot develop your city with an electioncentric approach. Many times, decisions which could prove beneficial for the cities are not taken just out of the fear that such decisions can result in election loss,” the PM said at the inaugural ses sion of the conference.

He said states should take the lead in urban plan ning instead of just depend ing on the RecallingCentre.his days as Gujarat chief minister, Modi said the state was ahead of other states in adopting the latest urban transport systems and utili ties, such as the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, app based auto-rickshaw ser vices and multi-modal trans port systems

He said the Metro rail network in different cities of India was less than 250 kilometres in 2014 and has now increased to more than 750 km, while work is going on for another 1,000 km.

“Today, we are devel oping 100 smart cities across the country and so far, we have completed projects worth Rs 75,000 crore. Ur ban housing is a major chal lenge for cities. Under our PM Awas Yojna (urban), we have so far allotted 1.25 crore houses to the poor,” the PMThesaid.budget for housing projects has been increased from Rs 20,0 00 crore in

2014 to Rs 2,00,000 crore today, he “Thissaid.shows our com mitment towards the urban poor population,” Modi said.

“Do you (mayors) sit with them and discuss their issues? We only assume that since it has been published in newspapers, the work must have been done. The more you meet the poor and work for them, they will return it with a bonus. I urge you to finish projects in time and without any com promise on quality,” he said.

The prime minister also appealed to mayors to ensure registration and training of all street vendors so that they can avail loans under the PM Svanidhi scheme.He also urged the may ors to focus on urban plan ning and creation of satellite towns as well as developing Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities to ease the burden on large cities.“You all need to think about the future. Urban

planning should not be adhoc. We can standardise urban planning through for mulating policies. This will also eliminate grey areas,” he said.The PM also stressed on increasing people’s par ticipation in maintaining public assets, such as gar dens.“Not everything can be achieved by spending mon ey. People’s participation is also necessary. People’s participation is necessary for development. We have to change their habits like throwing garbage in the open and wasting water,” he said.He stressed on the “beautification of cities”, which can be achieved by organising competitions among wards as to which one is cleaner and more beautiful than the other.

The prime minister also urged mayors to think of setting up a “city mu seum” to showcase the heri tage, history and what is unique to the city.

PCCs passing resolution seeking Rahul to head Cong not binding, says Jairam

ALAPPUZHA (KER), SEP 20 (PTI): With the Pradesh Congress com mittees passing resolution seeking Rahul Gandhi at the helm of AICC, party General Secretary, Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said such measures have no bind ing effect.Amid indication that Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will contest in the party’s presidential polls, Ramesh, also said any per son could contest for the post, but he personally pre ferred to evolve a consensus around a menMinisterparty,toresolutionsaboutmanner.presidentPCCgothenconsensusBharatduringSpeakingcandidate.toreportersthebreaktimeoftheJodoYatra,hesaidifwasnotpossible,thepartywasreadytoforanelectionand9,000delegateswillelecttheinademocraticReactingtoaquerysevenPCCspassingaskingGandhibethePresidentofthetheformerUnionsaidCongressareenthusiasticas

Jairam Ramesh

they have been watching Gandhi walking for the past 13 days.“But nobody asked anyone to pass any resolu tion. The congress party workers are enthusiastic. Rahul Gandhi has not asked anyone to pass any resolu tion. the Congress President has not asked anyone. They have been watching Gandhi walking for the past 13 days. They know the pain he is undergoing everyday. They all can relate to him. It’s natural that they pass the resolution. But the resolu tion has no binding effect,” Ramesh said.

He added that whether Gandhi will contest or not will be known between 24

12th session of 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly underway

(Fromp-1) Before eviction could be carried out, the Gauhati High Court principal bench ordered to maintain status quo. However, the order was later modified vide order dated December 4, 2020.

In this regard, the dep uty commissioner issued an order on December 11, 2020 directed the 22 persons to va cate the land covered by Dag No. 38 & 40 of Diphupar Village (Dimapur Airport) on or before December 17, 2020, Paiwang stated. Since a case has been filed by the individuals, the state government had also moved a petition for revision int the High Court and the matter was yet to be disposedPaiwangoff. said that if the ruling was in favour of the government, the eviction would be carried out and the land would be handed over to the Airport Authority of India (AAI) for expansion of DimapurFurther,airport.alsoinformed that the state government has put a concerted effort to complete the formalities of handing over the land occupied by Assam Rifles (AR) and C.R.P.F. to Air ports Authority (AAI), so as to enable them, to take up the airport development in timebound manner.

After a series of meet ing held between the stake holders, the AR and CRPF authorities, had agreed in principle to hand over the land to the AAI and the final meeting for handing and taking over of the land would be carried out upon the submission of the final joint survey report from the respectiveSupplementingauthority. this, chief minister Neiphiu Rio said the encroachment to the airport was posing a great danger to all those people who travel by air as there was only 2.3 km of runway space.

He said the danger level rises when it rained making the runway slippery and unsafe for planes to land. Rio, however, said that the matter was now in the court and that the govern ment was hopeful that the case would be settled soon.

Four-lane project struggling to complete: Re sponding to a starred ques tion by legislators Chotisuh Sazo and Kuzholuzo Ni enu, chief minister Neiphiu Rio said the four-lane road project announced by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in October 2003 was still “struggling to be completed even after a span of 12 years although it was the first four-lane road in the Northeast.Hefurther mentioned that the reason behind the State government keeping projects in cold storage was due to land acquisition problems and demand for high compensation from landowners.Healso attributed

the delay of work under package-III to unprecedent ed rains, extreme adverse weather conditions, land slides due to frequent rains, working constraints due to disturbance of locals, land issues, hindrances and CO VID 19 Riorestrictions.remarked that the answers provided by the de partment were not convinc ing and that the department had to be more responsible as the reasons stated were not the way answers were supposed to be laid.

Rio lamented that de spite the intervention by Union Minister of Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Naga land governors over the years, the four-lane road was still not completed.

He commented that at this rate, Kohima bypass road was also bound to fail as land had not been given to National Highways and Infrastructure Development Ltd (NHIDCL).Hetherefore urged civil society organisations (CSOs), tionresponse“poorly”.theNHIDCLthewas5%,far,Cobeenworthtenancewaswithhischeduledthecontractorachieved28.06%Septembertoalmostwhileage-IIIworkKronuinsons(GPL)torbeforeKohimaressage-II.been96.76%fromPackage-I,works.againststreetsanditministernue&developmentalissuesfindingcontractorsorganisationsnon-governmental(NGOs)andtohaveameetwithlandownersandawaytoresolvethewhichwouldhelpinactivities.Meanwhile,PlanningCoordination,LandReve&ParliamentaryAffairsNeibaKronusaidwastimeforlegislatorsthepeopletotaketothetoraisetheirvoicenon-completionofHementionedthatwhichstartedDimapur,hadachievedwhile97.28%hadcompletedunderPackSimilarly,workprogunderPackage-IIInearwasonly72.72%thepreviouscontracGayatriProjectsLimitedwereterminated.Althoughvariousreawerecitedforthedelaycompletionofthework,questionedwhytheprogressunderPackcouldnotbeachievedtheothertwowerecompleted.WiththeworkallottedOasisProjectsLtdon1,2021,hesaidprogresshadbeensofar.Butasthehadabandonedproject,NHIDCLhadameetinginDelonTuesday,coincidingtheAssemblysession.ConstructionhowevergoingonandmainandrepairworkRs8.21crorehadallottedtoTTachu&onAugust29,2022.Sotheworkprogresswasheadded.HeremarkedthatittimeforalltogotostreetsandnotalloworotherstotreatpeopleofNagalandMeanwhile,inawrittentoastarredquesfromDrChotisuhSazo

and Kuzholuzo Nienu on whether any MoU had been signed between the State government and the andadverseunprecedentedthe15.09.2019.uledonwithM/sandworkproject,deroforderonofresponsiblethatoftractorandoftractortainedthatmaintained,Onnochiefofingforpany/NHIDCL/contractorcommaintenanceofexistroadtillthecompletionthefour-laneroad,theministerclarifiedthatsuchMoUwassigned.whytheroadswerenotheexplainedtheroadwasmainbymaintenanceconattheriskandcostengineering,procurementconstruction(EPC)conaspertheprovisionscontractagreementandEPCcontractorwasformaintenancetheexistingroad.Rioalsoshareddatathetotalamountofworkalongwiththenamethecontractor(s):unpackage-IoftheroadtotalamountoforderwasRs387croreEPCwasallottedtoRamky-ECI(JV)theappointeddate16.09.2016andschedcompletiondateonTheEOTforpackagewasduetotherain,extremeweatherconditionsCOVIDrestrictions.

For package-II, the total amount of work order was Rs 339.55 crore allot ted to Ramky-ECI (JV) with the appointed date on 03.08.2016 and sched uled completion date on 02.08.2019. EOT-II for the package was given as un precedented rain, extreme adverse weather conditions and non-shifting of HT towers.As for Package-III, the total amount of work order was Rs 111.19 crore and the work was allotted to M/s Oasis Projects Lim ited with the appointed date on 01.09.2012 and sched uled completion date on 31.08.2022. EoT for Pack age-III had not been granted yet to the EPC contractor, he added.For the maintenance of vehicular traffic while the road was under con struction, he said the EPC contractor in coordination with district administration was responsible for the same.

Kohima rail connectiv ity by 2026: State Transport, Civil Aviation & Railways minister P Paiwang Konyak on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that state capital Kohima would be

connected with the railway network by 2026.

He was responding to a starred question by NDDP MLA Yitachu on the status of State Capital Kohima RailwayPaiwangline. said that the Dim apur-Dhansiripar to Kohima-Sechu Broad Gauge rail line was being taken up in three phasesPhase - I (from 0 to 17 Km) 100% progress; Phase- 2 (from 17 to 44%): 65% prog ress and Phase- 3 (from 44 to 82.50 %): 12% progress.

Altogether, 48 per cent works have been complet ed, hePaiwangsaid. said that the delay in acquisition of land, heavy and long monsoon season and short working season, non-existence of approach road to the proj ect site, and the COVID-19 lockdown had caused delay in the completion of the works. He also informed that the state government has proposed extension of passenger train services from Dimapur railway sta tion to Tuli in Mokokchung district and Naginimora in Mon district.

Forest land: Mean while, responding to another

query by Kuzholuzo on whether any private land had come under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, Environment, Forests & Climate Change minister YM Yollow in a written reply said as per Supreme Court order of December 12, 1996, the Forest (Conser vation) Act was applicable to not only “Forest Land” as per section 2 of the Act but also included “Forest” as understood in the diction ary meaning. Subsequently, it had been clarified that any area recorded in any gov ernment record irrespective of ownership would invite applicability of the Forest (Conservation) Act. He said the State gov

and the 30th. Currently, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Maharashtra and Jammu Kashmir units of the party have passed the resolution.

Ramesh said at present the focus of the Congress party was on the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ led by Gandhi.“However, in the elec tion, anybody is free to con test. It is an open process. You don’t need to get per mission from Rahul Gandhi or Sonia Gandhi. If you have the support of 10 PCC delegates, you can file the nomination papers and the election will be held on Oc tober 17,” Ramesh said.

The senior Congress leader also added that if there are no nominations and a consensus has reached on the candidate, then the new president will be an nounced on October 1.

“I would prefer a con sensus to evolve around a candidate and if that is not possible then let’s go for election. 9,000 delegates will elect the president,” he said.

i. The advertised posts are purely on contractual basis for a period of one year, which can be extended based on the performance and approval by the GoI.

ii. Interested candidates may collect the Form from 22nd of September 2022 at room number 307, NHM, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima.

iii. Last date of submission of Form – 30th of September 2022 Display of shortlisted candidates on NHM Website and Notice Board- 6th October 2022 Date of Interview, Shortlist and Interview result will be displayed NHM Notice Board and NHM Website – nhmnagaland.in

vi. Incomplete documents/not fulfilling the requisite qualification criteria will be summarily rejected.

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ernment had on July 3, 1986 extended the Forest (Conser vation) Act to government reserved forests and such other forests and Wildlife Sanctuaries under the con trol of the State government.

On whether the govern ment occupied land came under the Forest (Conserva tion) Act, Yollow said as per the State government’s notification of July 3, 1986, forests under the control of the State government came under the Forest (Conserva tion) Act, 1986.

On what was the de partment’s future plan for land port development, Pat ton said at present there were no such plans. However, there was a proposal for set ting up a land custom station at Avangkhu, Phek from the Industries & Commerce De partment, which was pend ing with the Centre.

Ladn port: Deputy chief minister Y Patton, in a written reply to Yita chu’s query on whether any land was identified for land port development, said no place had been identified for the purpose so far for development of the same, in the manner functional on international borders in certain States and created, maintained and managed by Land Ports Authority of India, a statutory body working under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govern ment of India.

Narendra Modi

Magical solution

There has been a clamour for imposition of President’s Rule in Nagaland by various politi cal parties including CSOs on various counts. Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) and Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) based their demands on the necessity of ensuring removal of impediments to early solution to the Naga political issue under the current ruling oppositionless United Democratic Alliance(UDA). The parties believed that under PR, a neutral authority will be in place to ensure speedier move towards Naga political solution. Another political party, the Rising Political Party(RPP) on the other hand maintained that owing to financial crisis due to alleged misman agement by the ruling UDA, coupled with failure on all fronts, the situation in Nagaland called for imposition of PR. Various other organisations have alleged that the opposition-less UDA government has been using the plea of being facilitator for Naga political solution as a cover while in reality, the UDA leaders including the Core Committee On Naga Political Issue (CCoNPI) are merely in motion but without any headway. Since 2003, various regional party –led governments(NPF to NDPP) in coalition with the BJP, have been projecting and pushing themselves to centre stage as facilitator for secur ing early solution to the Naga political issue but having no direct role to play in the negotiations. The government of India after Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014, had made a serious attempt to clear the deck by having agreements signed with the two Naga political groups-NSCN(I-M) on August 3,2015(Framework Agreement) and WC,NNPGs on November 17,2017(Agreed Position). The political parties and CSOs (including NGBF, CNSA, NPAC) have only sounded the need to secure final agree ment since there has been prolonged and unending negotiations for the past 25 years. These organisa tions have only spoken of the fact that this is per haps, the longest ever negotiation in recent memory which has reached a conclusive stage(as per the statements of the various organisations as well as the government of India) but has yet to see the light of day. The stage appears set for holding elections and this brings to mind various slogans associated with it. Earlier in 1998 Nagaland Post coined the slogan ‘Solution Not Election’ based merely on the assumption, that there was nothing to lose in post poning polls but much to gain by securing solution. Nothing happened even after change of guard which came to power on the promise of solution within three months in 2003. Then came the BJP slogan ‘Election for Solution’, purportedly coined by its then national general secretary in-charge of North east, Ram Madhav in 2018. The demands for president’s rule presently, has added the slogan ‘President’s Rule For Solution.’ However, there is another slogan that has also found mention in recent times – ‘No Solution Is Solution’. Anyway, the demand for presi dent’s rule in Nagaland cannot override various fac tors. One crucial and very unfortunate aspect is that elected members feel like fish out of water without power. Even voters and supporters don’t relish the idea of their elected members being in opposition. That is why there is an opposition-less government that enables power without responsibility. Since BJP is part and parcel of UDA, there is no way in which the Centre (read home ministry) will commit a politi cal hara-kiri. Therefore, the Suspension of Opera tion for Solution or SoS in Nagaland has more to do with political power and less with political principle.

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The Divine Commandment of Lif

…be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. — Matthew 5:48

Our Lord’s exhortation to us in Matthew 5:38-48 is to be generous in our behavior toward everyone. Beware of liv ing according to your natural affections in your spiritual life. Everyone has natural affections— some people we like and others we don’t like. Yet we must never let those likes and dislikes rule our Christian life. “If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another” (1 John 1:7), even those toward whom we have no affection.

The example our Lord gave us here is not that of a good person, or even of a good Christian, but of God Himself. “… be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” In other words, simply show to the other person what God has shown to you. And God will give you plenty of real life opportunities to prove whether or not you are “perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Being a disciple means deliberately identifying yourself with God’s interests in other people. Jesus says, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35).

The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing, but in God-likeness. If the Spirit of God has trans formed you within, you will exhibit divine characteristics in your life, not just good human characteristics. God’s life in us expresses itself as God’s life, not as human life trying to be godly. The secret of a Christian’s life is that the supernatural becomes natural in him as a result of the grace of God, and the experience of this becomes evident in the practical, eve ryday details of life, not in times of intimate fellowship with God. And when we come in contact with things that create confusion and a flurry of activity, we find to our own amaze ment that we have the power to stay wonderfully poised even in the center of it all.

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Post-mortem

Indian performance at Samarkand

During the last fort night, India has asserted itself dip lomatically by refusing to join an important pillar of the U.S.-led IPEF, and at the same time PM Modi in Sa markand has demonstrated his government’s resolve to act glocally and resolutely in interactions with regional leaders.The 22nd summit of the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) took place in Uzbeki stan’s capital Samarkand, last week. The summit was held amid the growing geopolitical turmoil set-off by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and China’s ag gressive military posturing in the Taiwan Straits.

China which initiated this regional grouping as Shanghai Five in 1996, has transformed the forum into an influential grouping of 8 nations, with many more like Iran to join as a perma nent member and diverse countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkiye, Belarus and Mongolia being given Ob server status, which shows its transformation into an influential regional forum, besides challenging to other western regional alliances.

In his address at the summit, PM Modi obdu rately touched every rel

evant aspect of the cur rent geo-political situation.

He urged SCO to strive to develop reliable, resil ient and diversified supply chains in the region. For this, better connectivity will be required, besides giv ing full rights of transit to each other, he asserted, in a veiled reference to Pakistan.

He also batted for making India a regional manufac turing hub. On tackling the challenges of food security, he spoke of India’s efforts to popularise millets as an al ternative and cheap option.

In a speech that was otherwise free from refer ences to India’s regional issues on terrorism with Pakistan and on territorial sovereignty with China, Mr. Modi called for greater cooperation in the Eurasian region. He also focused on initiatives on manufacturing that India is willing to pilot in the next year, when India assumes the chair of the SCO and hosts the Summit in mid-2023.

Modi-Xi Jinping meeting

The most important meeting from India’s stand point was a possible meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese Presi dent Jinping. Everyone wondered whether road blocks have been cleared

and temperaments cooled after the recent success of commander level talks be tween two countries on the issues of Chinese ag gression in Indian Ladakh region in May 2020. But, officially the MEA men tioned no such meetings. In fact, Samarkand offered the perfect opportunity for two leaders to reset the ties. But there seemed little willing ness from the two sides, to compromise. In fact, if the reports are to be believed, the exchange between the two leaders, reminded one of the cold treatment meted out by Mr Modi to former Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif at the 2014 SAARC summit, though it eventually ended with a handshake at the last mo ment, but nothing such hap pened in Samarkand. But the moot question here is whether China is in a mood to mend ties with India?

Well, it seems no, not at the moment perhaps. Modi and Xi have met twice earlier but that is not enough to read each other’s thoughts and also make a convincing and principled case, though both the countries stand to gain much economically, if ties areForeignimproved.Secretary Vi nay Kwatra, when asked about a meeting that never

happened said that he did not “think there is anything more to read into that”.

Modi-Putin meeting PM Modi’s bilateral meeting with Russian Presi dent Putin at the summit also received a lot of atten tion. The two leaders shared the customary diplomatic greetings, with Modi spe cifically emphasising that the modern era was not a time of war. According to reports, Putin acknowl edged India’s position on the Ukrainian conflict and reaffirmed his commitment to a speedy resolution. India and Chinese leaders expressing their concerns directly with the Russian leader about the war in Ukraine is reflective of global concerns about the effects of its aggression, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last Friday.

The mainstream American media on Fri day praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for telling Russian President Vladimir Putin that this is “not the time for war” in Ukraine. It was the lead story on the webpages of both The Washington Post and The New York Times, and was widely carried by the main stream American media.

Modi-Erdogan bon homie

Among other im promptu meetings was the one important one between PM Modi and Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which was held unannounced on Friday. After the meeting, Modi un derlined that the focus was on economic ties between the twoThecountries.MEA,in a state ment, described the meeting as a review of current IndiaTurkiye relations. While noting the increase in recent years in economic relations, particularly bilateral trade, it acknowledged the potential for further enhancement of economic and commercial partnerships. Erdogan last visited India in 2017.

While India-Turkiye’s economic and commercial cooperation constitutes an important dimension of the bilateral relationship, diplomatic ties have been adversely impacted over Turkiye’s public criticism of the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the February 2020 riots in north-east Delhi.

Modi-Raisi meeting, looking ahead Another important meeting at Samarkand was between PM Modi and Iranian President Ebra him Raisi. Both the lead ers took the opportunity

to discuss boosting ties in areas like energy, commerce and connectivity. They also reviewed progress of the Shahid Behesti terminal at Chabahar Port and there are indications that the Iranian president also discussed a new mechanism to supply crude oil to India on rupee payment basis, instead of American dollars. This may bring the two countries closer on the trade and economic fronts.

The manner in which Mr Modi and his diplomatic team carried the business at Samarkand shows the maturity and coming of age of the Indian diplomacy under PM Modi. India will be hosting the next SCO Summit in 2023, and this will offer Mr Modi an op portunity to develop the organisation into a more meaningful and cohesive organisation. A fact evident by the number of countries, which are desirous of join ing it, due to its regional potential.

Asad Mirza is a politi cal commentator based in New Delhi. He was also associated with BBC Urdu Service and Khaleej Times of Dubai. He writes on Indian Mus lims, educational, inter national affairs, inter faith and current affairs.

like the first-quarter GDP data had less than a fortnight ago. Headline retail inflation, 7 percent year-onyear in August, did not deviate as much from the consensus, 6.9 percent, as the 13.5 percent real GDP growth did, missing forecasts including the central bank’s, by 2.5-3 percentage points. Concerns about the growth deficit have also been compounded by July’s industrial output that rose a bare 2.4 percent year-on-year.

The latest data continue the doubt if the current inflation epi sode has concluded. This picked up compared to July’s 6.7 percent, while there are no convincing signs of a stabilising recovery. Which side of the equation will the cen tral bank prioritise at its review meeting this month end is compli cated by macro stability consider ations? There are no easy choices. The weaker-than-expected growth in the April-June quarter showed a sequential contraction of -1.4 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms that, according to the OECD, was the second-worst amongst G20 na tions (overall contraction of -0.4 percent) and lagged only China’s

A surprisedrisehigher-than-anticipatedinpriceslastmonthanalysts,much-2.6 percent.Netexports pulled down the most; this drag could accentuate from a further slowing of the world economy ahead. Supply-side weaknesses showed up in sequen tial declines in manufacturing, construction, trade, hospitality, transport, and communication services’ segments. In fact, the shrinkage in the trade, hospitality, transport category is considerable over April-June 2019, whose level it trailed at 84.5 percent with con struction rising 1.2 percent.

Progress in industrial output is also best compared to AprilJuly 2019 due to distortions in Q1:FY21 and Q1:FY22. In this year’s first quarter, industrial production has risen 5 percent above Q1:FY20, slowing to 2.1 percent in July. The use-based production data is a good gauge of consumer demand strength. Here, signs are disappointing: Consumer durables’ output contracted -7.9 percent over April-June 2019, or at 92.1 percent of its level then; nondurables’ output, which proxies lower-end consumption demand more closely, still lagged at 98.8 percent of its size in the quarter three years ago; while capital goods contracted -4.4 percent.

No visible improvements were seen in July 2022 over 2019 — durables contracted -6.8 percent, non-durables -2.5 percent, and capital goods output growth of 6.5 percent was upon a -7 percent yearon-year contraction in July 2019.

Many questions surface about the recovered demand strength, if the recovery is exhausting itself even before complete restora tion, of an uncertain and uneven revival as substantial parts of the services’ economy lag behind, to cite some. The growth deficit in the trade, hospitality, transport category, and weak growth of construction is significant from the standpoint of aggregate demand — these are comparably informal economic segments employing large numbers of un- and semiskilled persons; diminishment over a three-year period could reflect permanent damage or lowered potential output. In this context, the strong persistence of infla tion, elevated unemployment and anecdotal evidences of K-shaped recovery, create uncertainty about the size of the output gap.

The August inflation data shows fairly broad-based price pressures, not restricted to food prices subject to much intervention

and manipulation. Retail food and beverages inflation accelerated to 7.6 percent annually, that in cere als jumped to 8.6 percent from 6.8 percent in both categories in July; the impact of lower acreage, insuf ficient buffer stocks to influence prices, and incentives needs to be seen. Core inflation is unmoving around 6 percent, prices of both goods and services components rose in August, the sequential momentum in different coreinflation measures was either firm or rose, services’ inflation shows signs of comeback pressures, while firms continued to pass-on costs and ease their burdened margin. Wholesale inflation data released on September 14 showed it moderating to 12.41 percent in August 2022 compared to 11.64 percent one year ago, from 13.93 percent in July and 16.23 percent in June. It remains high and in double-digit nonetheless; coupled with pipeline pressures, prospec tive passthroughs of costs to retail levels with the inception of festival demand this quarter and beyond cannot be ruled out.

The feeling that inflation is under a firm grip owes a lot to the passed peak of 8.3 percent in April that hasn’t resurfaced. But

that does not diminish the fact that 7 percent inflation is way above target, that it looks neither low nor stable; and that inflation surprises, in both directions, can not be ruled out. This doubts if the present inflation incident is durablyTheover.trade-off is more com plicated because the external envi ronment has turned much riskier. The US central bank is expected reacting aggressively as US infla tion and demand both remain strong; a 75-basis point increase is expected at the FOMC meeting on September 20-21. Preserving macroeconomic stability at a time of extraordinary and fundamental realignments assumes impor tance, especially for the currency. Although supporting a recovery may have precedence, a growing divergence in monetary policy, negative real rates, would not be easy to sustain in a hazardous en vironment of unknown duration. Most expect the RBI, which will also revise its growth forecast the second time this year, to adjust the repo rate by 35-50 basis point this month. We should know soon.

Renu Kohli is a New Delhibased macroeconomist (As published in moneycontrol)

Reforming the civil services to make it people-friendly and result-oriented has been on the agenda of various governments since the be ginning of independence.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also been reiter atingTheit. Indian civil service system is one of the oldest administrative systems in the world. In India, it had its origin in the Mauryan period. Kautilya’s Artha shastra laid down the basic principles for the selection of civil servants, the meth ods of their performance evaluation, and the code of conduct to be followed by them.During the medieval period, Akbar expanded the ambit of the civil service. The Mughals expanded their civil service system centered on the management of land revenue etc. The British civil service was a late entrant. It arrived on the Indian scene only after the takeover of the East India Company, by the British government in the 1860s. On the recommenda tions of Macaulay’s report, in 1854, the Civil Services Commission was set up to recruit civil servants. The British government set up the Indian Civil Service in

1911, primarily with the objective of strengthening the British administration. From 1922 onwards, the examination was conducted in India as well, first in Al lahabad and then in Delhi, with the setting up of the Federal Public Service Com mission. The Indian civil service differed from other imperial services- primar ily manning top civil posts under a rigid hierarchy of a bureaucratic system that for mer British Prime Minister Lloyd George had dubbed the “Steel Frame” of the BritishAfterRaj. independence, our leaders decided to con tinue with the “steel frame” and renamed it the Indian Administrative Service. Nat urally, the culture of ICS continued within the IAS. However, in the new demo cratic ecosystem, the IAS was envisaged as becoming subservient to the people and eschewing its autocratic tradition. But habits die hard and for our omnipotent civil servants, it was harder. It took some time to adopt to the culture of democracy with our written constitu tion mandating the people’s elected representatives to be the tativesdecision-makers.Thepeople’srepresenandthemembersof

the bureaucracy are a part of the same society- they cannot behave like Rajas lording over a hapless praja. The aura of invincibility ex uded by the powerful Rajas in our country and by the “brown sahibs” has had a deep-rooted impact on our deferential janta – who even after decades of inde pendence, looks towards the ruling classes as their “Maibaap” and pays obeisance to them.They have not enforced accountability of the rul ing classes, and have still not recognized them as their servants/sewaks, as the nomenclature Public servants demanded, but on the contrary, continue the colonial legacy of treating them as their masters. This has created an overinflated and distorted ego in the bu reaucratic-politico class, the deleterious effects of which are still evident. Whereas the political class desires to rule as per their whimsical selfish agendas and not as per the rule of law mandated by our constitution, the civil servants also delude them selves that they are there to’ rule’, instead of serving the masses.For this culture to change irrevocably, both the political class and civil

servants have to shun their old mindset and come to terms with the democratic ethos. Both of them cur rently are public servants in name only- their conduct and behavior display, in every way, their autocratic mindset. Several committees and commissions have been set up from time to time to reform the bureaucracy and make it honest, efficient and people-centric. The two Administrative Reforms Commissions, the Sarkaria Commission, and various other committees have made a plethora of recommenda tions to transform the civil services and to make them accountable to the people and result-oriented, but not much progress has been made.Undoubtedly politics is also responsible to a large extent for the mess that we are in today. However, the bureaucracy and par ticularly the civil servants occupying senior positions must shoulder a large part of the blame. Even if the inept politicians are busy playing nefarious politics of caste, religion, language, and region and are mired in corruption, it is incum bent upon the permanent bureaucracy -which has the bounden duty towards the

nation and the people, to do their best to ensure that the rule of law prevails. For this to happen, they need to introspect and cleanse the rot created by the corrupt and self-serving elements within.Acountry cannot boast of having a Just “Rule of Law” regime when people serving in the premier ser vices like Indian Adminis trative Service are allowed to be inefficient and corrupt.

The larger blame for this malaise has to be put on the IAS service itself, whose officers man the im portant positions in the administrative structures. These are the people who are supposed to ensure that nobody-irrespective of their rank/position, including the political class, is allowed to violate the “Rule of Law” with impunity, and those violating it are not allowed to remain in public service.

The members of these services should have striven to ensure that the country remained steadfast on the path of virtue and rule of law instead of protecting the errant and the corrupt.

Public services are the key pillars of any gover nance structure and unless they develop and inculcate the virtue of integrity and

selfless service towards the people, the nation can never attain its full potential. The political class must become aware of the incessant de generation of the system because of their myopic and selfish behavior over the past severalThedecades.rulershave created an intimidatory ecosystem. Loyalty to the reigning pow ers is the sine qua non of governance. Honesty, integ rity, impartiality, service to the people, and justice -the very essence of administra tion, are all regarded as troublesome vices by every reigningThisdispensation.mustchange. For India to prosper and march on the path designated by the “rule of law”, errant behavior displayed by mem bers of the highest civil services must be corrected stringently. They have to become accountable to the public and fearlessly serve to promote sabka vikas. When they have made the choice to serve the public, public service, then they have to dedicatedly serve the public, not themselves.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Vijay Shankar Pandey retired from the Indian Administrative Service (As published in India Narrative)

Rahul, Kejriwal vow to restore old pension scheme

VADODARA/NEW DEL

HI, SEP 20 (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday promised to restore the old pension scheme for govern ment employees if voted to power in Gujarat, amid a renewed focus on the issue in the recent state elections.

Security environment in neighbourhood far from ideal: IAF chief Chaudhari

Gandhi said the old pension scheme (OPS) has been reintroduced in partyruled states of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and it will now be done in Gujarat too.

“By abolishing the old pension, the BJP has made the elderly dependent from self-reliant,” he said in a tweet in “TheHindi.government em ployees who strengthen the country have a right: The old pension.“Werestored the old pension in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh. Now the Con gress government will come in Gujarat and will bring the old pension,” Gandhi also said, using the hashtag implementationanBhagwantPunjabpaigningmenttheratimplementedsaidinOPSannouncedisterductiontestsGujaratgovernment#CongressDegiOldPension.Thousandsofretiredemployeesinrecentlyheldprodemandingthere-introofthescheme.RajasthanChiefMinAshokGehlot,whotherevivaloftheinthebudgetspeechFebruary,onTuesdaythattheschemewillbeinbothGujaandHimachalPradeshifCongressformsgovernthere.Kejriwal,whoiscaminGujarat,saidChiefMinisterMannhasissuedorderconsideringtheoftheold

pension scheme in the AAPruled state. “Government employees in Gujarat have taken to the streets in large numbers. Their main de mand is the implementation of the old pension scheme. I guarantee them that when AAP forms a government, we will implement the OPS in Gujarat,” Kejriwal told reporters. The old pension scheme was discontinued on April 1, 2004 and replaced by the National Pension SchemeUnder(NPS).the old scheme, the employee used to get the Dearness Allowance-linked pension. In this scheme, the pensioners used to get the benefit of enhanced

Four labourers dead as housing society wall collapses in Noida

Nagar. He directed senior officials to rush to the spot and conduct relief work on a war footing,” the Chief Minister’s Office said in a tweet in Hindi.

He also directed the of ficials to ensure proper treat ment of the injured, it said.

pension every six months due to the periodic hike in dearness relief. However, this DA-liked pension was discontinued for all govern ment employees who joined service on or after April 1, 2004, effectively reducing the burden of the pension bill on the state exchequer. These employees were cov ered under the SamajwadiNPS.Party presi dent Akhilesh Yadav had in January announced the res toration of the old pension scheme as a poll plank in Uttar Pradesh, while attack ing the BJP for scrapping the scheme in 2004.

It was dubbed as a game changer by some poll observers who predicted an increase in the Samajwadi Party’s support among the state government employ ees. Though the SP failed to dislodge the BJP, its perfor manceBSPimproved.president May awati, while addressing an election meeting in Auraiya, too had promised the OPS.

According to the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Karmchari Sanyukt Parishad, there are about 10 lakh teachers and employees who are not get ting the benefits of the old pensionGehlotscheme.had announced the revival of the old pen sion scheme for the state employees during the state budget 2022-23 presented in February.More than three lakh state government employ ees, who were appointed on or after 1 January 2004 will be covered under the old pensionChhattisgarhscheme. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced the reinstate ment of the OPS in his budget speech in March this year.

Jharkhand, where the Congress is part of the rul ing alliance, also reintro duced the OPS this month.

Assembly elections in the BJP-ruled Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are due in the next few months.

NEW DELHI, SEP 20 (PTI): The security environ ment in our neighbourhood remains far from ideal, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari said on Tuesday, stressing upon the need to complement India’s eco nomic progress with a mir roring trajectory of home grown military capabilities.

Noting that the country is faced with a wide variety of threats, the Air Chief Marshal said the distinct challenge lies in the conver gence into hybrid wars and the country must prepare for such a “Thewarfare.impact of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is being felt the world over. The world is staring at an economic recession, with many smaller countries al ready facing the brunt of political and economic in stability caused by hyperin flation. In this environment, India continues to be an outlier as our economy has shown a robust recovery,”

he said at the India Defence Conclave here. “The se curity environment in our neighbourhood remains far from ideal. Therefore, our economic progress needs to be complemented by a mir roring trajectory of home grown military capabilities.

Rapid economic growth has allowed countries to invest heavily into military technology and associated research and development,”

he added.The Air Chief Mar shal noted that there have been attempts by various power centres to enhance their outreach in vulnerable

and vacated spaces in eco nomic, technological, and military domains. “India, as a responsible power, is committed to enhancing cooperation and collabora tion with the objectives of sustainability, inclusiveness, economic growth and se curity,” he said. Chaudhari stressed that given the politi cal scenario prevalent today, it is important for the Indian Air Force to enhance its ca pabilities across the conven tional, sub-conventional and non-conventional domains.

“As we speak, new technologies, platforms, weapons, systems, and forms of warfare are being conceptualised, which have the potential of making the existing inventory less rele vant or even redundant. Our adversaries have developed full spectrum capabilities across multiple domains, which can be brought to bear upon us in case of any escalation, or even in a no war no peace situation.

Pained at any adverse comment against India: Dhankhar

NAGPUR, SEP 20 (PTI):

NOIDA, SEP 20 (PTI):

A portion of a housing society’s boundary wall collapsed here on Tuesday morning, killing four con struction workers and injur ing eight, police said.

All 12 who had been buried under the rubble while repairing a drain ad joining it at the Jal Vayu Vihar in Sector 21 around 10 am were labourers, they said. A team of Sector 20 police station later detained a sub-contractor, Gul Mo hammad, who supplied labourers for the job, an of ficial

Multiplesaid.

JCBs were deployed to clear the debris of the collapsed stretch of the wall that was located adjacent to a drain, officials said as police and fire de partment personnel swung into action for immediate rescue and relief measures.

“A total of 12 labourers

were pulled out of the rub ble. Four of them died while others suffered injuries in the episode,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Ashutosh Dwivedi told PTI.

The deceased have been identified as Push pendra Singh (25), Panna Lal (25) and Amit (18), all from Budaun district in Ut tar Pradesh, and Dharam Veer from Sambhal district, police

Thesaid.injured was identi fied as Pappu Singh (25) of Budaun. He is undergoing treatment at the district hos pital, they Uttaradded.Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath condoled the loss of lives in the incident, his office said.

“Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the loss of lives in the wall collapse incident in Gautam Budh

Police Commissioner Alok Singh, Joint Com missioner Love Kumar and Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari reached the spot. Fire service officials, including its chief Arun Kumar Singh, are also there to oversee the relief work, the officialsMaheshwarisaid. said re pair work was being carried out on the drain when the accident“Theoccurred.JalVayu Vihar society is an old-construc tion society. The boundary wall was also constructed by the society itself and looked weak,” she said. The work on the drain outside the society was being car ried out on its request by a Noida Authority contractor through a tender, she said.

Former political strategist Prashant Kishor on Tues day said that Congress’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ should have started from Gujarat or any other BJP-ruled state.He was speaking on the sidelines of a program where he met local leaders and activists supporting the cause of the separate Vidarbha state.

“It would have been better had the Congress started its Bharat Jodo Yatra from Gujarat where elections are due later this year, or other BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh,” Kishor told PTI when asked about the ongoing cam paign.The Yatra, led by Ra hul Gandhi, began from TamilNotably,Nadu. there was a buzz earlier this year about Kishor joining the Con gress, but he later said that he declined the offer to head its election strategy.

NEW DELHI, SEP 20 (PTI): Vice President Jag deep Dhankhar on Tuesday said he was pained by any adverse comment against India that is totally discon nected from the ground reality and is picked up by the media in high decibel.

Addressing the All In dia Management Associa tion’s (AIMA) 49th National Management Convention, Dhankhar recounted the government’s achievements in dealing with the CO VID-19 pandemic, ease of doing business, economic reforms and the upcoming G-20 presidency of India.

“The executive leader ship has attained on ground what we never imagined ear lier,” the Vice President said.

Dhankhar said the pan demic made everyone aware of the strength the country possessed and it was re flected in every facet of life when people came forward to alleviate the suffering of those in need of help.

“It pains my heart sometimes when anywhere from the globe there will be a voice totally disconnected from the ground reality of

this country saying some thing adverse and that is picked by the media in high decibel,” the Vice President said. Dhankhar said such remarks were an affront to industry leaders attending the convention, who pos sessed much more maturity than the “gentleman speak ing from“Thatanywhere”.kindofpolitics has to be contained and that containment can take place only in the peer group which

is before me. I wouldnt re flect more on this,” the vice presidentDhankharsaid. also lauded the government’s efforts in vaccination against Covid in spite of the great hurdles generated without any ratio nale or “Thosepremise.who did that challenge were unaware that they were distancing themselves from the genius of the Indian mind and were not sharing India’s growth story,” the vice president said, referring to his tenure as the Governor of West Bengal. The Vice President noted that the government had taken great efforts on account of ease of gover nance, an area that used to give industry leaders “sleep less nights”.“Itisa matter of time that the optimisation that is taking place will fructify in a more soothing ecosystem.

The response is amazing,” Dhankhar said.

He said India has never received the attention glob ally as it does now.

“It is a matter of pride that the image the Indian prime minister has, the im age the Indian foreign min ister has, the image every Indian has abroad is very different. We are a nation on the rise, and why not, centuries ago we were lead ers in every sphere of human activity and we need to take pride in this,” Dhankhar said. The Vice President said India was assuming the presidency of G-20 later this year, which would give the country an opportunity to shape the global economic and political Dhankharagenda.also called upon business and industry leaders to take a proactive role in India’s mission to become self-reliant.

Jodo Yatra should have started from Gujarat: Prashant

NDRF personnel during a rescue operation after a portion of a boundary wall of a housing society collapsed. (PTI)

Vivek Ram Chaudhari

Jagdeep Dhankhar

Rahul Gandhi Arvind Kejriwal

India poised to grow at 7% this year: CEA

NEW DELHI, SEP 20

(AGENCIES): India’s economy is well poised to grow at a sustained rate of seven per cent “as we go into 2023” and for the rest of the decade, chief economic advisor V Anantha Nag eswaran said on Tuesday. His projections are lower than the estimate of 8-8.5 per cent GDP growth in the current financial year pro vided in the government’s Economic Survey in Janu ary 2022, Business Standard reported.“India recently sur passed the United Kingdom to become the world’s fifth largest economy in abso lute terms. While that is a creditable achievement, it is not exactly a surprise,” Nageswaran said in a virtual address at the Global Fin tech Fest in Mumbai.

“I think this decade-whether we call it a decade or something more than that--India looks at the mo ment well poised to repeat a sustained growth rate of around seven per cent for

the remainder of the decade as we go into 2023 and be yond,” he said.

The Reserve Bank of India’s forecast for GDP growth in the current fi nancial year is 7.2 per cent. Many analysts, however, expect the central bank to lower its GDP forecasts as the growth in the first quar ter of the year far undershot projections.India’s GDP grew 13.5 per cent in April-June, lower than the RBI’s projection of 16.2 per cent.

For the previous finan cial year as a whole, GDP growth was at 8.7 per cent, according to the govern ment’sSpeakingestimate. about the future scope of financial

technology in India, Nag eswaran said a shift was now being observed from the creation of the infrastruc ture to the creation of the “superstructure”.“Thenextphase that happened even as the pan demic was raging was about increasing access to finan cial services. Credit, insur ance, investment (have been) driven by digital platforms and also propelled by fin techs in banking innova tion,” he said.

The chief economic ad visor stressed upon the cru cial need for interoperability in the financial technology space and said India and Singapore would be work ing to smoothen processes related to remittances and bring down costs.

“…we are going to en able interoperability with Singapore’s e-nets platform so that our workers living in Singapore can remit money back to India instantaneous ly. This has been facilitated with the UAE as well be cause remittances from In

dian workers overseas is an important component for their families back home,” he said.While acknowledging the vast scope of financial technology in furthering financial inclusion, Nag eswaran however, flagged risks, particularly for those with a low level of financial literacy.“We’re talking about credit guarantee funds for MSMEs (which) are also cash-flow based lending without any collateral and that is what is both a plus and minus because non-col lateral based lending can be done through digital apps. It has also created abuse of the system,” he “Theresaid.isa need to make sure that cash-flow based lending apps do not exploit borrowers especially if they are financially illit erate. That is why making these things available in the local language is critical in bridging the financial divide and the digital divide,” he said.

India to see record smartphone sales worth Rs 61,000 cr this festive season

NEW DELHI, SEP 20 (IANS): India is likely to witness record sales of smartphones this festive season, at around $7.7 billion (over $61,000 crore), and 1 out of every 3 smartphones sold during the fes tive season will be 5G enabled, a report showed on E-commerceTuesday.channels are expected to capture 61 per cent of the overall sales, down from 66 per cent last year, according to Counterpoint Research.

The smartphone retail aver age selling price (ASP) during the festive season will grow 12 per cent to reach its highest ever at $242, although the unit sales may decline by 9 per cent (on-year).

India’s smartphone market is entering this festive season with the highest ever channel inventory of over 10 weeks, the report noted.

“The festive season has been the highlight of India’s smart phone market where almost 20 per cent of the annual sales happen over four-five weeks. Hence, this

festive period is important for all the players in the value chain,” said senior analyst Prachir Singh. This year, the sales will start on September 23 with Amazon’s Great India Festival and Flipkart’s Big Billion“AccordingDays. to our forecast, the festive season smartphone sales will account for around $7.7 bil lion, the highest ever. However, we estimate a 9 per cent YoY decline in terms of shipments. We have seen a similar trend in China’s 618 festival this year, where shipments declined 10 per cent YoY,” Singh noted.The festive shopping season will end with the Diwali sale.

According to Research Direc tor Tarun Pathak, the retail ASP (average selling price), similar to the total value, will be the highest ever and may record 12-15 per cent YoY

Thegrowth.consumer demand is likely to be high, especially in the mid-tier and premium segments.

The various promotions and offers targeting the Rs 15,000 segments have already been announced by the brands and channels on social media.“The increasing affordability of these devices due to promotions and offers will drive their sales. This will be further supported by the 4G-to-5G migration. Accord ing to our estimates, one out of every three smartphones sold dur ing the festive season will be a 5G smartphone,” said Pathak.

In terms of channels, the of fline market players are pushing promotions and offers that are on par with their online counterparts.

“The entry-tier and budget segments have witnessed a consid erable decline in recent quarters. However, we expect these seg ments to grow during the festive season, though the growth may be limited as the consumers in these segments have been under pressure due to macroeconomic headwinds,” Pathak added.

RBI takes Central Bank of India out of PCA framework

NEW DELHI, SEP 20 (AGENCIES): RBI an nounced that Central Bank of India has been taken out of PCA framework. “The performance of the Central Bank of India, currently under the Prompt Corrective Action Framework of RBI, was reviewed by the Board for Financial Supervision. It was noted that as per the assessed figures of the bank for the year ended March 31, 2022, the bank is not in the breach of the PCA param eters,” said the central bank in a statement. According to Business Standard, Central Bank of India has provided a written commitment that it would comply with the norms of Minimum Regula tory Capital, Net NPA and Leverage ratio on an ongo ing basis and apprised RBI of the structural and system ic improvements that it has put in place which would help the bank in continuing to meet these commitments, added RBI.

Anganwadis as learning centres: Bhoumik

(From p-1)

The minister said that she had come to Kiphire to listen and share the concerns about ‘Kiphire Aspira tionalPowerPointDistrict’. presentations were also made by the departments of Social Welfare, Agriculture, Skill Development, bank and DRDA. As per the Social Welfare department records, Kiphire has 21 differently abled persons for which the minis ter appealed to the department to carry out extensive surveys across the district in order to identify if there were more differently abled persons.Later, the Bhoumik also vis ited Kiphire district hospital and interacted with the doctors and staff.

The minister was accompanied by officials from Delhi and Kohima.

During the interaction with the heads of offices and the district administration at DC’s conference hall, deputy commissioner Kiphire, T Wati Aier highlighted the aspira tion delta ranking and informed that the district currently ranks 10th.

SpiceJet sends 80 pilots on leave without pay for 3 mths to prune costs

NEW DELHI, SEP 20 (AGENCIES): SpiceJet has sent approximately 80 pilots on leave without pay for three months in order to rationalise its

B737lowingmoresaidforpilotsmatelyaircrafthasais90-oddwakeAviationDirectorateing50currentlyfourbeenStandard,Accordingcosts.toBusinesstheairlinehasmakinglossesthepastyears.Moreover,itisoperatinglessthanpercentflights,followtheJuly27orderoftheGeneralofCivil(DGCA)intheofaspateofincidents.Whiletheairlinehasplanesinitsfleet,itcurrentlyusingaround50daytooperateflights.SourcessaidtheairlinesentaroundfortyB737pilotsandapproxifortyQ400aircraftonleavewithoutpaythreemonths.Inastatement,SpiceJetithadin2019inductedthan30aircraftfolthegroundingoftheMAXaircraft.“Theairlinehadcon

tinued with its planned pilot induction program in the hope that the MAX would be back in service soon.

However, the prolonged grounding of the MAX fleet resulted in a large number of excess pilots at SpiceJet,” it noted.In a temporary mea sure to rationalise cost, the airline has decided to place certain pilots on leave with out pay for a period of three months, it mentioned.

“This measure, which is in line with SpiceJet’s policy of not retrenching any employee which the airline steadfastly followed even during the peak of the Covid pandemic, will help

rationalise the pilot strength vis-à-vis the aircraft fleet,” it said.The financially-belea guered airline said it will be inducting more MAX aircraft shortly and these pilots will be back in service as the induction begins.

SpiceJet incurred net losses of Rs 316 crore, Rs 934 crore, Rs 998 crore and Rs 1,725 crore in FY19, FY20, FY21 and FY22, respectively.Thecarrier’s Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh had, on August 31 this year, said that the airline will shortly be engag ing with investment bankers to raise up to $200 million.

ENSF announces ‘mass public walkathon’

(From p-1)

During the walkathons, the back ground and genesis of Frontier Nagaland statehood demand would be expounded in respective tribal languages.

The Assembly further warned that in the backdrop of Frontier Nagaland Statehood demand, if any organisation or individual from any frontal organisation tried to jeopardise the demand for Frontier Nagaland, ENSF would initiate a stringent action against Meanwhile,them.former ENSF president Hawang T Wangsha enlightened the congregation about the chronology of the demand for Frontier Nagaland and encour

aged the federation to remain steadfast in pursuit of August 26 ENPO resolution.

In his presidential address, ENSF president Chingmak Kumchuba Chang acknowledged the seven federating units for their consistent support and appealed for robust implementation of the resolution.

He asked them to remain vigil and be prepared for further course of actions to be initiated by the federation.

The programme began with invoca tion prayer from Anatongre Baptist Church pastor YL Tsinthong, followed by welcome address by ENSF general secretary Khamo P Khaim. Words of gratitude were deliv ered by Tikhir Students’ Union president Temong.

LOUDHPS cancelultimatum7-daytotenders

(From p-1)

After the cancellation, the union proposed for a coordination meeting between the two parties to chalk out further course of action for the smooth functioning of the project.Theunion warned of initiating own course of action if DHPS failed to comply with the ultimatum and said that DHPS would be held responsible in the event of any untoward situ ation that may arise.

Gold gains Rs 24; silver drops Rs 222

NEW DELHI, SEP 20 (PTI): Gold prices rose by Rs 24 to Rs 49,766 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday, according to HDFC Securities.

In the previous trade, the precious metal settled at Rs 49,742 per 10 grams.

Silver, in contrast, declined by Rs 222 to Rs 57,192 per kg from Rs 57,414 per kg in the previous trade.

In the international market, gold was trading lower at USD 1,669 per ounce and silver was trading flat at USD 19.27 per “Goldounce.prices traded lower with spot gold prices at COMEX trading 0.43 per cent down at USD 1,669 per ounce. Gold prices traded lower ahead of US FOMC meet,” Tapan Patel, Senior Analyst (Commodities) at HDFC Securities, said.

V Anantha Nageswaran

47 arrested after Hindu-Muslims clashes in UK

LONDON, SEP 20 (PTI):

The UK police said on Tues day that they have made 47 arrests as part of an ongoing operation to deter further disorder in the eastern Eng land city of Leicester, which saw scenes of violence over the inhewasflective“overwhelmingwasingCourtattheingofpleadedmonthshassaidprotectioncommunityviolencestatementissuedCommissioncomesweekend.ThedevelopmentastheIndianHighinLondonastronglywordedcondemningtheagainsttheIndianandcalledforforthoseaffected.LeicestershirePolicea20-year-oldmanbeensentencedto10inprisonafterheguiltytopossessionanoffensiveweapondurclashesinthecity.AmosNoronha,fromlocalarea,appearedLeicesterMagistrates’afterhisarrestdurSaturday’sincidentandquicklychargedduetoevidence”.“Thesentenceisreofthefactthatthisaseriousoffenceandhasendedupwithtimeprison,”saidRobNixon,

Temporary Chief Constable at Leicestershire Police.

“We will not stand for this unrest in our city. There is an extensive policing op eration ongoing, acting on information and reports of gatherings and offering community reassurance. Be reassured: we are working to keep you safe and to arrest and bring to justice those that are causing harm in our communities,” he said.

It follows a weekend of what the police termed as “serious disorder” and “significant aggression” as Hindu and Muslim groups clashed in the wake of the India-Pakistan Asia Cup

Putin willing to end war in Ukraine, claims Erdogan

LONDON, SEP 20 ( IANS)

: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he believes the Rus sian President is seeking an end to the war he began in Ukraine, and that a “sig nificant step” will be made, media reports said.

Erdogan said his im pression from his recent talks with Vladimir Putin is that the Russian leader wants to “end this as soon as possible”, BBC reported.

With Ukraine recap turing swathes of its terri tory this month, the Turkish leader indicated that things are “quite problematic” for Russia. Erdogan spoke of having “very extensive

discussions” with Putin at a summit in Uzbekistan last week. In an interview, the Turkish leader said he gained the impression that the Russian President wants a speedy end to the war.

“He is actually show ing me that he’s willing to end this as soon as possible,” Erdogan said, adding, “That was my impression, because the way things are going right now are quite problem atic,” BBC reported.

He also said 200 “hos tages” would soon be ex changed between the two sides. Erdogan gave no fur ther detail of who all would be included in such a pris oner swap.

cricket match in Dubai at the end of last month.

“A policing operation to deter further disorder con tinued in east Leicester… In total, 47 people have been arrested for offences in rela tion to the unrest in the east of the city. Some of those arrested were from out of the city, including some people from andoverunit,cludingbouringfrombeLeicestershireBirmingham,”Policesaid.Theforcesaidithadtosupportedbyresourcesanumberofneighpoliceforces,inthemountedpoliceastheclashesescalatedtheweekend.Dispersalstopandsearchpowers

have been used repeatedly to restore calm. There were so cial media videos circulating showing a temple flag being ripped out and glass bottles beingThehurled.Indian High Com mission said in its statement on Monday: “We strongly condemn the violence per petrated against the Indian community in Leicester and vandalisation of premises and symbols of Hindu re ligion.“We have strongly tak en up this matter with the UK authorities and have sought immediate action against those involved in these attacks. We call on the authorities to provide protection to the affected people.”Diaspora group Insight UK has claimed that much of the violence was the result of “misinformation” and fake news circulating on social media. Leicester city mayor Peter Soulsby agreed, saying “very, very, very distorting” events were being shared on social me dia and blamed outsiders for coming into the city to stoke

violence.“We condemn damag es to Hindu temples which are a place of worship and should not be disrespected,” Hindu Council UK said in a statement. “We call upon the Hindu community to work with the authorities to bring calm and peace as Leicester is renowned for its cultural diversity, unity and community cohesion,” the UK-wide community or ganisation said, adding that it is working on developing strategies to bring about stronger inter-community relations in the city.

Leicester, in the East Midlands region of Eng land, is known as the city with a large chunk of popu lation of South Asian de scent. The city’s Belgrave Road is famous as the Gold en Mile, packed with Indianorigin jewellery, food and other businesses, and also a statue of Mahatma Gandhi.

The city’s former In dian-origin member of Par liament, the first of South Asian heritage, took to so cial media to appeal for calm.

Unseen photo of Q.Elizabeth

released by UK Royal Family

LONDON, SEP 20 (PTI):

The UK’s Royal Family has released a previous ly unseen photograph of Queen Elizabeth II after she was laid to rest in a privateTheburial.Queen, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, was laid to rest alongside her late husband Prince Philip in a private burial at St George’s Chapel on Monday after the pomp and pageantry of a majestic state funeral at Westmin ster Abbey.Before the burial, some 800 guests attended a committal service in St George’s, which concluded with the crown, orb and sceptre - symbols of the Queen’s power and gov ernance - being removed from the coffin and placed on theThealtar.image released by the Royal Family on Mon day after the funeral was taken at Balmoral in 1971, with the caption often bor rowed from Shakespeare’s Hamle t: “May flights of

India, Egypt sign MoU to further defence cooperation

CAIRO, SEP 20 (PTI): In dia and Egypt have signed an MoU to further boost bi lateral defence cooperation and reached a consensus on enhancing joint exer cises, as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held wideranging discussions with his Egyptian counterpart General Mohamed Zaki.

Singh arrived here on Sunday on a three-day visit to the strategically impor tant Arab ments,”bilateraltivescussionsWeMohamedfencemeeting“Hadcountry.anexcellentwithEgypt’sDeMinister,GeneralZakiinCairo.hadwide-rangingdisonseveralinitiatofurtherexpandDefenceengageSinghtweeted

along with some photos of the meeting on Monday.

During the meeting, both sides discussed steps to strengthen defence ties and reached a consensus to enhance the conduct of joint exercises and ex

change of personnel for training, especially in the field of counter-insurgency, the Defence Ministry said in a stateme nt after the

meeting on Monday. The two Ministers also agreed to identify proposals for expanding cooperation between the defence industries of India and Egypt in a time-bound manner.They also exchanged views on regional secu rity and acknowledged the contribution of India and Egypt to peace & stability in theBothworld.sides expressed happiness at the intensi fied defence engagement and exchanges over the last year, despite the COV ID-19 pandemic, the state ment said.

Angels sing thee to thy rest.”King Charles III ref erenced the line during a televised address following his mother’s death, the BBC“Inreported.loving memory of Her Majesty The Queen.

1926The2022.”photo shows the Queen, walking stick in hand, traversing moorland. She is wearing a headscarf and sunglasses and has a coat draped over her arm.

The Royal Family will

observe another week of mourning for the Queen after the funeral, the Sky News

Thereported.family is not ex pected to carry out official engagements, and flags at royal residences will re main at half-mast until 8am after the final day of royal mourning.However, flags on non-royal buildings were slowly being returned to full-mast on Tuesday fol lowing the end of the pe riod of national mourning.

Dhaka briefs ASEAN on tension along B’desh-Myanmar border

DHAKA, SEP 20 (IANS): Authorities in Dhaka have informed envoys of the ASEAN member nations on the ongoing tense situa tion along the BangladeshMyanmar border, seeking their cooperation to stop the violence that may de stabilise the whole region.

The development comes after a Rohingya man was killed on Septem ber 17 as mortar shells fired from the Myanmar side hit the no-man’s land, Five others were also injured in the incident.Inasimilar incident

on August 28, two mortar shells from Myanmar also landed in Bangladeshi ter ritory. “We told them that Myanmar should not be allowed to destabilise the whole region and create obstacles for the Rohingya repatriation,” acting For eign Secretary Admiral (Retd) Khurshed Alam said after a briefing on Tuesday morning. He said Bangladesh has asked the envoys to take actions so that the falling of mortar shells and bullets from Myanmar side does not happen anymore.

OFFICE OF THE P.O. Noklak, Noklak, 798612

FELICITATION

The office of the Kingniu Students’ Union with immense honour extends our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Sune. M , S/o Musho of Kingniu Village for securing the post of Assistant Geologist (Class I Gazetted) under Geology & Mining Department in the recently declared Combined Technical Services Examination result conducted by NPSC.

The Union is incredibly proud of your success. We wish you the very best in your future endeavours. Sd/- Sd/(P. MUSHIU KHIAMNIUNGAN) (JONGLIU) President, KSU General Secretary, KSU -2239/22K

oFFice oF the KIKRUMA GAZETTED OFFICERS’ FORUM Phek : nagaland

Felicitation

With much happiness, the Kikruma Gazetted Officers’ Forum extends heartiest congratulations to the following individuals who had successfully cleared the recently conducted NPSC Examination.

1. Mr. nuveyo Vero S/o Sovetso Assistant Geologist, Geology Mining Department.

2. Ms. Mutsilu Sahingoyo Housing

3. Mr. Kuthonu

4. Ms. anelu Puro DehÜ Water Resources

5. Ms. nocholu tunyi, D/o Hutsoyo Tunyi P.G.T. History The Forum wishes you all the best in your future endeavors. ( Dr. Vesapra tinyi) General Secretary, KGOFK-2235/22

FELICITATION immense pride and honour, we, the Metonger Village Students' Union and Joint Citizen of Metonger & Ditanvong Village convey heartfelt congratulations to Mr. James K Ramchem, son of Shri. Khumong C of Metonger Village, for securing the post of Junior Engineer (Electrical Engg.) Class II Gazetted, under Power Department, in recently declared NPSC-CTSE Exam. The Union prays and wishes great success in his future endeavour!

AppreciAtion

The iV/ LRc council has expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Advisor of Urban development and Municipal Affairs and to the dimapur Municipal Council (dMC) for the construction of the approach road at IV/ LRC Colony. The Council would specially like to thank dMC Administrator, Shri. Albert ezung for the efforts extended towards the construction and completion of the road.

The Council would also like to express our thanks to the contractor for the timely completion of the road.

Chairman General Secretary H Kashiho Chishi Y Mhonimo Ngullie -4550/22Pd

OFFICE OF THE BHUMNYU UNION DIMAPUR DIMAPUR : NAGALAND FELICITATION

feLicitAtiON

With utmost thankfulness and honour to the Almighty God, the Bhumnyu Union Dimapur would like to express our sincere congratulations and appreciation to Dr. M Athai Phom D/o K. Molim Phom and Wanchu Phom for securing the post of Class-1 Gazetted Medical Officer under Health & Family Welfare Dept., Govt. of Nagaland in the recently declared NPSC-1/CTSE 2021.

The Union further wishes her good health and success in her new career.

Sd/- Sd/President General Secretary H Sunep Phom M Lungpo Phom

Office Of the PUGHOBOTO PHUGHI KIPHIMI KÜQHAKULU (PPKK)

PUGhOBOtO : NAGALAND feLicitAtiON

The Pughoboto Phughi Kiphimi Küqhakulu (PPKK) is honored to felicitate the following for successfully clearing the recent NPSC (CTSE) 2021 and bringing laurels to the people of Pughoboto 1.Town.

er. Nikavi K. tsuipu, S/o Late Kivixe Tsuipu and Mrs Athe Tsuipu for securing the post of SdO (Civil Engg.) (Class-I Gazetted) in 12th Rank under Works & Housing department.

2. er. Ghunavi, S/o Mr. Ghuhashe Kinimi and Mrs. Hosheli Kinimi for securing the post of SdO (Agri/ Civil Engg.) (Class-I Gazetted) in 2nd Rank under Water Resources department.

Your success is an inspiration to all the aspirants and the students of today.

The Union further wishes them the best in their new assignments and prays that the God Almighty guide them and bless them furthermore. Sd/- Sd/(MUGhAShe AchUMi) (hUKAShe chiShi) President, PPKK General Secretary, PPKK -2242/22K

FELICITATI O N

The Office of the Sumi Hoho would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to all the successful Sumi candidates of the recently declared Combined Technical Services Examination (CTSE) conducted by the Nagaland Public

OFFICE KROTHO appreciate your achievements and convey our best wishes for your good health and wisdom in discharging your assigned duties.Sd/- Sd/DNTE

Police in Leicester try to prevent tension and violence from further escalating.

Unseen photo of Queen Elizabeth taken at Balmoral which was one of Queen’s favourite places.(Twitter)

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Egyptian counterpart General Mohamed Zaki in Cairo. (PTI)

The office of the JAPUKONG KAKETSHIR MUNGDANG takes pride to convey its heartiest congratulations to Mr. Tinuwati Longkumer, son of Er. Chuba Longkumer & Mrs. Asangla Imchen and Mr. Wapangtoshi, son of Mr. Rongsen Longkumer & Mrs. Akumla Imchen from Nokpu Village for successfully clearing the Combined Technical Services Exams 2022 conducted by NPSC, for the post of SDO (Class-1 Gazetted) & Assistant Programmer (Class-3 Non Gazetted) under Works Housing Department GoN & Election Department

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Kashmir gets first multiplex, brings back cinema after three decades

J &K Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Tues day inaugurated Kash mir’s first multiplex cinema marking the revival of the silver screen in the Valley.

Sinha said at the inau gural function that the days of violence and fear were over and the inauguration of the multiplex in Srinagar city was the biggest proof of this.He said more such avenues of entertainment for the youth and others will come up soon to end the dark days of fear in Kashmir.Aamir Khan’s ‘Lal Singh Chaddha’ was screened on the inaugural day where entry was free as the multiplex will start commercially functioning on September 23.

Food courts and stalls served free food to those who came to attend the inauguration.About150 people attended the inaugural screening at the multiplex

Security personnel deployed outside the INOX multiplex cinema during its inauguration ceremony, in Srinagar. (PTI)

on Tuesday.Bigscreen has re turned to Srinagar city after a gap of 33 years since militant violence started here in early 1990s when radical militant group, ‘Al lah Tigers’ banned cin ema halls, beauty parlours, video parlours, etc.

The first multiplex in Kashmir has three movie theatres with a total ca pacity of 520 seats. The premises has food courts

aimed at promoting local cuisine.Dhar Vijay, owner of the multiplex is the son of J&K’s prominent politi cian, late D.P. Dhar.

Vijay owned the ‘Broadway theatre’ in Sri nagar which got gutted in a blaze during 1990s. (IANS)

NTS calls for entries to 14th Music Awards of Nagaland

The Native Trax So ciety (NTS) has an nounced that it will be organizing the 14th edi tion of the Music Awards of Nagaland (MAN) 2022 and invited artists, record ing studios, producers or their representatives to sub mit original compositions recorded within Nagaland and released after Septem ber 1, 2021 till date.

In a press release is sued by Native Trax So ciety informed that the annual Music Awards of Nagaland (MAN) is held to showcase, honour and show its appreciation and support towards the musi cians and those working within the local music in dustry.It has informed that artistes/bands who wish to enter more than one song or category will have to submit separate entry forms for each entry. How ever, there will be a limit of a maximum of three entries

per artiste/band.Entryforms and rules can be downloaded from Music Awards of Naga land Facebook page 8837005953.contactentryregardingtobermissionatextbandtranslation;shouldindocumentinaudio/videosong/musicupclude:togmail.comtosubmittedcom/https://www.facebook.atmusicanagaland.Allentriesaretobeeitherbyemailmusicanagaland@orWhatsapp8118915560.EachentrymustinAsignedandfilledentryform;Anaudiovideo(orthelink);LyricsMicroSoftwordortextformat.EntriesHindi/localdialectsincludeEnglishandartist/profile(MSwordordocumentformat)withphotograph.ThedeadlineforsubofentriesisOc15.Foranyqueriestheawardsorconditions,onemayat9856201694or

Gujarati film ‘Chhello Show’ isIndia’s official entry for Oscars

Gujarati coming-ofage drama “Chhel lo Show” is India’s official entry for the 95th Academy Awards, the Film Federation of India (FFI) announced on Tuesday.

Titled “Last Film Show” in English, the mov ie, directed by Pan Nalin, will release in theatres countrywide on October 14.

“’Chhello Show’ is India’s official entry for Oscars 2023,” FFI Secre tary General Supran Sen told PTI.The film, which will represent the country in the best international feature film category at the Oscars, is produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur’s banner Roy Kapur Films, Jugaad Mo tion Pictures, Monsoon Films, Chhello Show LLP, and Marc Duale.

The story is inspired by Nalin’s own memories of falling in love with movies

as a child in rural Gujarat. Set in a remote rural village of Saurashtra, the film follows the story of a nine-year-old boy who begins a lifelong love affair with cinema when he bribes his way into a rundown movie palace and spends a summer watching movies from the projection booth.

“Chhello Show”, which features Bhavin Rabari, Bhavesh Shrimali, Richa Meena, Dipen Raval and Paresh Mehta, had its world premiere as the open

ing film at the Tribeca Film Festival in June last year.

It won multiple awards during its festival run, in cluding the Golden Spike at the 66th Valladolid Film Festival in Spain where it also enjoyed commercial success during its theatri cal run.Last year, Tamil drama “Koozhangal” (“Pebbles”), directed by filmmaker Vi nothraj PS, was India’s of ficial entry at the Oscars but didn’t make the shortlist.

The last Indian film that made it to the final five was Aamir Khan-led “Lagaan” in “Mother2001.India” (1958) and “Salaam Bombay” (1989) are the other two Indian movies to have made it to the top five.

The 95th Academy Awards are scheduled to take place on March 12, 2023 in Los Angeles. (PTI)

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Can orgainses annual Adolescent sports meet

DUBAI, SEP 20 (IANS):

India opener Smriti Man dhana, following her re cent performance in the three-match series against England, has taken the No. 2 spot in the ICC T20I rankings for batters, push ing Australian stalwart Meg Lanning to the third spot while also having the top spot -- currently held by another Australian Beth Mooney -- in her sights.

AIFF official trashes Bhutia’s allegations

NEW DELHI, SEP 20 (IANS): A senior All In dia Football Federation (AIFF) official has trashed former India star player Bhaichung Bhutia’s al legations that he was not allowed to speak on the ap pointment of Shaji Prabha karan as secretary-general of the football governing body during the Execu tive Committee meeting despite making a prior request to the federation.

after Monday’s meeting, “is far from the truth.”

DIMAPUR, SEP 20

(NPN): Can Youth under its Project Development 4 Adolescent organized a one day Adolescent Sports meet on the theme “Ig nite the team Spirit” at Hazadisa village, Dhansi ripar on September 17. The meet was graced by Phiju Langthasa, head GB Doyapur-cum-Dimasa GB Union president and Ranesh Langthasa, council

chairman, Hazadisa village as special guest and guest of honour respectively. A total of seven ado lescent clubs from Haza disa village, Darogajan Village, Doyapur village, Ganeshnagar village, Mun glumukh village, Khekiho village and Neisatuo Colo ny, Dimapur

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about the organization and its mission, vision and objective.The meet was con ducted in two events- foot ball for boys and girls and athletics.The overall champi on of one day adolescent sports was bagged by Haza disa village followed by Doyapur village and Nei satuo colony, Dimapur as first and second runners up.

Mooney is leading the T20I batters’ table with 743 points, while Mandhana is second with 731 and Lan ning third with 725 points in the latest ICC rankings released on MandhanaTuesday.scored 111 runs during the three-match series and that helped the 26-year-old rise two spots to second overall on the latest list for T20I batters. New Zealand counterpart Sophie Devine (715) also lost a place to the in-form India batter. India’s young opener Shafali Verma is sixth with 666 points.

Bhutia, the former India captain and ace for ward, had said on Monday following the AIFF Execu tive Committee meeting -- to which he is a co-opted member -- he was not al lowed to speak about the appointment of Prabha karan as AIFF secretarygeneral for which he had made a request much be fore schedule. Bhutia also said he was keeping the legal option open.

An AIFF official, close to the development, told IANS that no doubt Bhutia was a great player but whatever the former India captain told reporters

The AIFF official said that Monday’s meet ing started with the note, “Confirmation of the min utes of the previous meet ing.” In the earlier meeting on September 3, held at Football House, Prabha karan was appointed the AIFF secretary general.

“When this point was raised, which included Prabhakaran’s appoint ment as secretary-general, nobody raised any objec tion, so we passed it unani mously. Why didn’t Bhutia raise any question?,” the official

“Inasked.fact, when the U-17 Women’s World Cup issue, the Padma awards and National Sports

awards were discussed, Bhutia did speak and gave his views,” the official said.

“Not only that, even one of his suggestions was ac cepted by the committee,” the official further said.

The last point on the agenda of Monday’s meet ing was, “Any other matter to be discussed with the permission of the chair.”

“When it was asked if anyone wants to say some thing, else we will end the meeting here- even then Bhutia did not raise the issue he wanted to discuss and for which he had writ ten a letter asking the Ex ecutive Committee to add it in the Ajitagenda.”Banerjee, the president of the Indian Football Association (IFA)

-- a special invitee to the meeting as it was being held in Kolkata - took the opportunity to speak about the problems being faced while arranging the local league and to prepare the domestic calendar in a proper manner. “Bhutia, who was sitting just a few chairs away from Banerjee, didn’t speak even then and now he is crying foul,” the officialBhutiaconcluded.had earlier written to the AIFF ques tioning

NEW DELHI, SEP 20 (AGENCIES): India an nounced the final list of 23 players who will be travel ling to Vietnam to take part in the Hung Thinh Friendly Football Tournament. Sunil Chhetri, who recently won the Durand Cup with Ben galuru FC, will be leading the attack along with Ishan Pandita, Sportstar reported.

Lallianzuala Chhangte gets a call-up by Igor Sti mac courtesy of his stellar performance in the Durand Cup where he finished as the tournament top-scorer with seven goals. Chhangte will be joined by the likes of Lis ton Colaco and Ashique Ku runiyan on the flanks while the likes of Anirudh Thapa and Brandon Fernandes will control the midfield. India’s defence has a good mixture of experience and youthSandesh Jhingan and Har manjot Singh Khabra bring in the necessary expertise. Roshan Singh, Anwar Ali, Akash Mishra and Chingle sana Singh are the up-andcoming heart of the Indian defence.

India’s final 23-man squad: Goalkeepers: Gur preet Singh Sandhu, Dheer aj Singh Moirangthem, Am rinder Singh

Defenders: Sandesh Jhingan, Roshan Singh Naorem, Anwar Ali, Akash Mishra, Chinglesana Singh Konsham, Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Narender.

Midfielders: Liston Colaco, Ashique Kuruniyan, Vikram Partap Singh, Udan ta Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Brandon Fernandes, Yasir Mohammad, Jeakson Singh, Sahal Abdul Samad, Rahul KP, Lallianzuala Chhangte. Forwards: Sunil Chhe tri, Ishan Pandita.

NEW DELHI, SEP 20 (PTI): Senior India quartermiler and Asian Games medallist MR Poovamma has been handed a two-year ban for flunking a dope test last year as the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) of the NADA overturned a disciplinary panel decision to hand her a three-month suspension. The 32-year-old Poovamma’s dope sample collected on February 18 last year, during the Indian Grand Prix I in Patiala, had

returned positive for stimu lant methylhexaneamine, a specified substance under World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code. The AntiDoping Disciplinary Panel in a June order had handed

her just three months sus pension.On appeal by the Na tional Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) against the disci plinary panel decision, the ADAP handed Poovamma a two-year ban. “We set aside the impugned order dated 16.06.2022 as passed by Anti-Doping Disciplin ary Panel and allow the appeal of NADA and con sequently impose a sanction of 02 years under Article 10.2.2 ineligibility upon the

Athlete,” the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel headed by Abhinav Mukerji said in its order dated September 16. “We also direct that under Article 10.10 all other competitive results obtained

by the athlete from the date of sample collection i.e., 18.02.2021 shall be disquali fied and all resulting conse quences including forfeiture of medals, points and prizes shall follow.”

5. Mr. Konathung Murry, S/o Lt. Rev. N.T Murry & Mrs. Loreni Murry for securing the post of Senior Technical Officer under Law & Justice, Govt. of Nagaland believers acknowledge your hard labour and success. It is our sincere prayer that OF THE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL : FELICITATION

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The Midland Youth Organisation immense pride honour would heartiest congratulations to Dr. Wothungo L. Jami, S/o Mr. Y. Limomo Lotha, NCS (Rtd) for securing the post of Medical Officer (Class-I Gazetted) under Health & Family Welfare Department in the recently declared NPSC CTSE 2021 and for bringing laurels and achievements through hard work and dedication.

The Organisation further wishes him the best of luck in his future endeavours.

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With immense pride and joy, we extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. tumpenthung Y Humtsoe , S/o Mr. Yanbemo Humtsoe & Mrs. Mhonchumi Humtsoe securing the post of Economics and Statistical Officer (Class -1 Gazetted) under Economics & Statistics Department, Govt. of Nagaland.Prayers and best wishes to your good health and more success in your future endeavours.

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OFFICE OF THE Bhumnyu StudentS' union dimapur Felicitation

With immense pride and joy, the Bhumnyu Students' Union Dimapur extends our heartiest congratulations to Miss M. Athai Phom, for securing the post of Medical Officer (Class-1 Gazetted) under Health and Family Welfare Department, in the recently declared NPSC (CTSE ), 2021 result.

The Union further wishes her good health and invoke God's blessings upon her future endeavours.

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T Tingshen Lungnyei MON : NAGALAND WOKHA TOWN Miss Chideno Shitiri D/o Mr. Ronjamo Shitiri successfully qualifying the post of Assistant Professor in Education under Higher Education NPSC, CESE Exam, 2022. to and shine all your endeavours.

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OFFICE OF THE TIKHIR STUDENTS’ UNION KOHIMA : FELICITATIONNAGALAND

The Tikhir Students’ Union, Kohima with immense pride and honour extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. JAMES. K. RAMCHEM, S/o Mr. C. Khumong for successfully clearing the NPSC (CTSE) Examination, 2021 securing the post of Junior Engineer under Power Department, Government of Nagaland.

The Union further wishes him the best in his future endeavours.

JOSEPH TSUTANSHI. K President, TSUK General Secretary, TSUK -2230/22k

With immense pride and honour, the TSU is proud to extend its heartiest congratulations to Er. David Konyak, son of Shri.L. Tongna Konyak for securing post of Junior Engineer (Class-II Gazetted) under the Works and Housing Department, Nagaland in the recently conducted NPSC Combined Technical Services Exam 2021.

The TSU wishes him the best in his future endeavours and may our Almighty God continue to bless him.

President, TSU General Secy

Girls football in action at the sports meet. Er. Thungchibeni Z Murry Renpithung Z Murry Lichamo Kithan for securing the post of Assistant Professor in Political Science under Higher Education Department

Bhaichung Bhutia

MOHALI, SEP 20 (PTI):

India’s frailties with the ball were laid bare as Australia gunned down a formidable 209-run target rather com fortably for a four-wicket win in the first T20I here on Tuesday.KLRahul (55 off 35 balls) and Hardik Pandya (71 not out off 30) helped India post a daunting 208 for six after Australia put the hosts in to bat.

Australia were dom inant in the run chase, romping home in 19.2 overs. Last year’s World Cup hero Matthew Wade (45 not out off 21) and Cameron Green (61 off 30) played special knocks to make short work of a stiff target.Opening for the first time in international crick et, Green was in a menac ing mood as he hammered comeback man Umesh Yadav for four successive boundaries in his first T20 since February 2019.

There wasn’t heavy dew but no swing was on offer for both Umesh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The batters were able to hit through the line, making the Indian attack look very ordinary.The stand out bowler for India, Axar Patel, re moved opposition skipper Aaron Finch to get a much-

DRS calls, which sent Smith and Glenn Maxwell back in the hut.

With five wickets in hand, Australia needed 55 off the last 24 whichsmasheditystatementhomeandBhuvneshwarpleteinencedcompanydebutantHowever,balls.AustraliaTimDavidintheoftheexperiWadewentballisticthedeathoverstocomafinerunchase.Twobigoversinwhichleaked15Harshal22sealedtheteam’sfate.Earlier,Rahulmadeawithahigh-qualknockbeforeHardikanunbeaten71,includedfivesixes.SuryakumarYadav

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also played some breath taking strokes in his 46 off 25 balls.Expecting dew, Aus tralia opted to bowl.

Jasprit Bumrah, who was picked for the series af ter recovering from a back injury, was surprisingly not selected for the series open er. Dinesh Karthik was picked ahead of Rishabh Pant.After Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli fell cheap ly, Rahul and Suryakumar shared a 68-run stand off 42 balls. It was raining sixes when they were in the middle.Rahul’s walk across the stumps to dispatch

Josh Hazlewood over the cow corner made his intent clear before he whipped Cameron Green for a mas sive six over deep square leg. Suryakumar’s style of play is often awe-inspiring and the Mohali crowd got to see him at his lethal best.

Of his four sixes, his swat over fine leg off a good length ball from Cummins stood out.

India were able to maintain their tempo in the middle overs as Suryaku mar picked up leggie Adam Zampa for two successive sixes over long on and deep midwicket.Hardik then took over and pushed India past 200. He was quick to punish anything short from the pacers and his pick-up shot off Pat Cummins in the 18th over was the highlight of his entertaining knock.

He smashed three consecutive sixes off Green in the 20th over including a flat one in the mid wicket region. The last five overs yielded 67 runs.

BRIEF SCORES: Aus tralia: 211/6 in 19.2 over (Cameron Green 61, Mat thew Wade 45 not out; Axar Patel 3/17) beat India 208/6 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 71 not out, KL Ra hul 55; Nathan Elis 3/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/39) by 4 wickets.

Aus beat India by 4 wkts in 1st T20 needed Rohittwowithbeforeningovers,theirSmithIndiaandhalslogfromwhiletoyedlia’siswasHowever,breakthrough.morecarnageinstoreasGreen,whonotevenpartofAustraT20WorldCupsquad,withthebowlingSteveSmithenjoyedtheotherend.Intheeighthover,hesweptYuzvendraChaforacoupleofsixesafourfora19-runover.droppingGreenandalsodidnothelpcause.At109foronein10AustraliawererunawaywiththecontestIndiafoughtbackthreequickwickets,ofthosecomingviaSharma’sbrilliant

Julius Baer Cup Chess: Erigaisi leads, Pragg in second spot

NEW YORK, SEP 20 (PTI): India’s Grandmas ter Arjun Erigaisi jumped to the top position with 17 points after eight rounds, while his compatriot R Praggnanandhaa is in sec ond place with 15 points at the Julius Baer Cup in New WojtaszekdrawstartedCroatia.honoursonethe67-movegnanandhaabetweenonNiemanndaypoints).championgnanandhaatwoonliminaryofmatches.earliertheTheeightCarlsenPraggnanandhaa-MagnusTheYork.much-awaitedclashinroundendedinadraw.IndianhadbeatenNorwegianacetwicethisseasoninonlineAftertheconclusiontheseconddayofprematchesearlyTuesday,ErigaisiispointsclearofPragandworldCarlsen(15ErigaisistartedthewithawinoverHans(USA)andwenttobeatLevonAronian.Theall-IndianclashErigaisiandPragendedinadraw.Laterineighthround,thefinaloftheday,hesharedwithIvanSaricofPraggnanandhaathedaywithaagainstRadoslawinthefifth

round before taming the highly-rated German Vin cent Keymer in the next game.The 17-year old In dian chess star then held Carlsen to a draw in 67 moves.Meanwhile, Carlsen resigned from his game against Niemann after just two moves.Theworld champion came into the sixth round encounter after a defeat at the hands of the 19-year old American in Sinque field Cup in St Louis, fol lowing which he alleged his opponent of cheating and pulled out of the tour nament.Carlsen subsequently scored a win over Aronian

in round seven before shar ing honours with Prag gnanandhaa.Baskaran Adhiban, the third Indian in the fray, is languishing in the last place in the 16-player event with three points,. He faces Praggnanandhaa in the ninthVeteranround. Ukraine play er Vasyl Ivanchuk contin ued to impress and is in fourth place with 13 points. The 53-year old did not have a profitable time on day two as he had on the opening day but man aged to end it with a win over Keymer. He had lost in two previous rounds to American teenager Chris topher Yoo and Poland’s Wojtaszek.

UP: Kabaddi players served food stored in toilet; official suspended

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Kabaddi players at a state-level tournament in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharan pur were allegedly served food that was stored in a toilet, prompting the authorities to suspend the district sports officer for laxity and blacklisting the caterer.The incident drew criticism, with ruling BJP’s Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi asking if Indian sports should be cleansed of poli ticians and their represen tatives to reach its zenith.

20 (NPN): The 15th Im chaba Master Memorial Nagaland open volleyball trophy 2022 got underway at the multi-purpose sports complex, Mokokchung on Tuesday.The trophy is orga nized by Mokokchung District Volleyball Asso ciation.18 teams are taking part in the tournament.

The inaugural pro gramme was graced by assistant director, F&CS Mokokchung, N. Jamon ger

Ao.In his speech, he ap preciated the organizers for their effort in organizing the trophy and called upon the players to grab the mo ment.Noting that many of the majority of youngsters were glued to their smart phones without much pro ductivity, he urged them

ICC imposes permanent ban on use of saliva to shine the ball

DUBAI, SEP 20 (IANS):

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday made the ban on the use of saliva to polsih the ball a permanent affair, while also introducing a clause whereby any “unfair” and “deliberate movement” while the bowler is running in to bowl could now result in the umpire awarding five penalty runs to the batting side, in addition to a call of ‘deadTheball’.ICC has an nounced several changes to its ‘playing conditions’ after the Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) ratified the recommendations from the Sourav Ganguly-led Men’s Cricket Committee.

The main changes to the playing conditions come into effect from Oc tober 1, 2022, which means they will be applicable in the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia from October 16.

In a statement on the use of saliva to polish the ball, ICC said, “This pro hibition has been in place for over two years in inter national cricket as a Covidrelated temporary measure and it is considered ap propriate for the ban to be

made permanent.” On the issue of unfair movement by the fielding side, the new ICC rule says, “Any unfair and deliberate movement while the bowler is running in to bowl could now result in the umpire awarding five penalty runs to the batting side, in addition to a call of ‘deadTheball’.”other rule chang es that will come into effect from October 1, 2022 are:

Batters returning when caught: When a bat ter is out caught, the new batter will come in at the end the striker was, regard less of whether the batters crossed prior to the catch beingIncomingtaken. batter ready to face the ball: An incom ing batter will now be re quired to be ready to take strike within two minutes in Tests and ODIs, while the current threshold of ninety seconds in T20Is remains unchanged.

to involve in this kinds of activities.Inthe opening match, Kumlong Sporting Asso ciation A beat Shipu Sport ing Club Sungkomen ward 25-19, 25-17. In the second match Tuensang District Volleyball Association beat Friends United Chakpa 2527, 25-16, 25-16.

In the third match, Volleyball for Peace Long sa B beat Waromong Sports Association Jangjanglong Club 23-25, 25-17, 25-17.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal too took a swipe at the incident, ask ing how Indian sportsper sons would win gold at the Olympics if they are treated this way.

A purported video of surfaced on social media. It showed the athletes who took part in the sub-junior girls’ kabaddi tournament at Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Stadium in Saharanpur be ing served rice and “poori”

stored in the toilet. The tournament was host ed from September 16 to 18 in which over 300 players from 16 divisions of the state took Additionalpart.

Chief Sec retary (Sports) Navneet Sehgal told PTI that Sa haranpur District Sports

Officer Animesh Saxena was suspended on Monday. In a statement on Tuesday, Sehgal said, “The probe into the matter has been handed over to the district magistrate of Saha ranpur. The cook and the caterer providing food to the players has been black

listed. Instructions have been issued not to give any work to them in future.”

Special adverse entry will be made against the staff who was engaged in serving food, he said.

Apart from this, in structions have been issued to all district sports officers

that any type of laxity in providing facilities to play ers will not be tolerated, he said in the

trictgetThewhilespreaded.storedoverengagedandswimmingfoodistration’salsosaid.insideplayerssocialvideo,weremitconductRajnish(FinanceditionalAkhileshDistrictstatement.MagistrateSinghsaidAdDistrictMagistrateandRevenue)KumarMishrawilltheprobeandsubareportinthreedays.“Thericeand‘pooris’keptinatoilet.Thewhichwentviralonmedia,showedthetakingthefoodkeptthetoilet,”SinghHeaddedthatithadcometotheadminnoticethatthewascookedonthepoolpremisesonlytwocooksweretoprepareitfor300people.Thefoodwastheninthetoilet,headdThe“pooris”wereonapieceofpaperricewashalf-cooked.playerscouldnotevenadequatefood,thedismagistratesaid.

Food, that was allegedly stored in a toilet, being served to Kabaddi players at a state-level tournament, in Saharanpur. (PTI)

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Participants at the oath taking ceremony.

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Australian batsmen Mathew Wade (2nd L) and Patrick Cummins celebrate their victory in the first T-20 match against India, at IS Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali, Tuesday. (PTI)