November 7, 2016

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Vol XXVI No. 331

DIMAPUR, monday, november 7, 2016

Scientists must help battle hunger: Modi national, Page 5

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AFC Cup: Iraq’s AFC beat Bengaluru FC

Iraqi PM warns IS fighting in Mosul

Sports, Page 12

international, Page 9

Govt. defends ban on TV channels CENTRE SAYS ‘EMERGENCY SITUATION’; SCHOOLS ASKED TO SHUTDOWN Delhi smog situation worsens

ity, encouraging violence, Venkaiah asked electronic media and cinema should seriously think about how to avoid vulgarity, obscenity and violence.

He said, “The important thing in media is credibility... which is very important...but now credibility is missing in most of the media, which is unfortunate.

We must always work for credibility.”

Emphasising that news and views should never be combined, Naidu said “But it is now happening in the country. People are trying to combine news and views, which should never be mixed.”

The minister further said information along with confirmation is the “best ammunition”.

“Information can fight corruption, inequality, discrimination, oppression.

Information can give you entitlement. Through information people will be empowered,” he said.

“First give the news and then have the debate.

But what is happening is, even TV debates try to mix both the things and then they argue and try to teach us also,” he said.

Opposition parties hit out at Centre

HYDERABAD, NOV 6 (AGENCIES): With opposition and media slamming action against NDTV India, terming the action as ‘second emergency’, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the NDA government is committed to freedom of press but media should use it keeping in mind the interests of the nation and the people.

Centre also ordered an Assam-based television news channel to remain off air for a day next week.

An inter-ministerial committee set up by the Union information and broadcasting ministry also accused News Time Assam of two other violations .

Naidu said the wellbeing of the country and society should be kept in mind before broadcasting or publishing any news, and stressed that news and views should not be mixed.

“A big discussion is going on in the country that there should be freedom of press. It should compulsorily be there and the government is committed to this. But, there is a need to think. We are citizens first and then the journalists. That’s my view,” he said.

“Our government believes in freedom of press and wants the media to truly appreciate the value of such freedom so that it is best used in the interest of the country and the people,” Naidu said addressing a programme for Urdu journalists here. He said while giving/broadcasting news, one should keep in mind the interests of society and nation first.

Journalists should remember that freedom of expression is best utilised only when the value of such freedom is fully appreciated, he said, adding that when this freedom is not exercised judiciously, our existing laws provide for necessary interventions. He advised that journalists must always look for information, but must run the news only after confirmation.

“Be nearer to truth and keep away from sensationalism. But what is happening in the electronic media is sensationalism,” he said.

Stating that there are some regulations that media should not preach, something which is anti-national; not propagate against the interest of the country aspects like obscenity, vulgar-

NSCN (I-M) demands release of four persons

TVCU opposes 33% quota Shutdowns and blockades for women in civic polls continue to cripple Manipur

D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): NSCN (I-M) has demanded the immediate release of four persons without any condition, who were arrested by Manipur police on October 27, stating that the four have no connection with NSCN whatsoever.

NSCN (I-M) MIP in a press note said that the four-- Ningkhangam Muivah, Ramthem Muivah, Chonreisem Phungshok and Vivian Ruivah from Imphal were arrested without any rhyme or reason.

MIP said the four have been confirmed as law abiding citizens of Somdal village.

MIP said branding them as over ground workers of NSCN (I-M), simply on the basis of person belonging to a particular community and falsely implicating them and framing charges is an heinous act.

Further, NSCN (I-M) cautioned the “communal Manipur government” to desist from indulging in such activities so that such incident does not reoccur compromising the safety and security of the Nagas.

It may be noted that the Imphal East district police commandos arrested four persons, claiming that they were linkmen/over-ground workers of the NSCN (I-M).

This is it!

“Whatsapp has freed us from computers and papers and sending daks. Now office orders on mobiles.”

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TUENSANG, NOV 6 (NPN): Tuensang Village Citizens Union (TVCU) on Sunday made its stand clear that it was against the decision of the state government to hold civic polls with 33% reservation for women. This was unanimously resolved by the union, it added.

In a press note TVCU president H. Wongto and joint secretar y Imlong Zanchu while clarifying that the decision of the union had “no motive against the women folk or their rights”, said it was done so to protect the aged old respectable customs and traditions of the Nagas.

TVCU however pointed out that the implementation of reservation was “a serious and crucial issue which in long term would definitely hamper the respectable positions and

norms which has been descended down to us by our forefathers.” Such move was destructive for the Nagas, the union added.

TVCU further stated that “Article 371 (A) clearly affirms the right to maintain the traditional procedures and practices of the Nagas and this move of the Naga Mothers Association (NMA) stepping against Naga customs is an extreme disrespect and is something which Naga society cannot adhere to the stand”.

The union said it welcomes the decision to hold the civic polls, but was completely against implementation of 33 % women reservation.

TVCU said the union would have no problem if any capable women are nominated or contest openly in the civic polls without any reservations.

Slamming the Central government, the opposition parties said the government’s proposed move would lead to “a second Emergency”.

JD(U) president and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said in a statement in Patna: “The central government’s decision to ban NDTV India is condemnable. The decision tantamounts to controlling the freedom of media. It is necessary to have a free and impartial media in a country like India.”

The Centre’s decision was an “insult to right to free speech”, he said. In Lucknow, Kumar’s senior party colleague Sharad Yadav said the government’s action recalled the days of the Emergency, when the media was gagged. “I want to advise all BJP men to be cautious. You have attacked media and this will be taken seriously,” Yadav said.

BSP leader Mayawati told a news conference: “If the central government continues with such activities, it will lead to a second Emergency.”

Former minister and

Cong ress spokesperson Manish Tewari said, “It is a message to the entire media of the country that either you work according to our views or we would not allow you to run.” India, In Chennai, DMK president M Karunanidhi said: “The Prime Minister must intervene and come forward to give a guarantee that there will be no threat to freedom of expression. Else, the accusation across the country that the BJP government is implementing authoritarianism under the garb of democracy will be construed as true.”

The CPI (M) politburo said in a statement: “This is a brazen attack on media freedom and an attempt to gag freedom of expression.

It reveals the increasingly authoritarian attitude of the Modi government.

RJD president Lalu Prasad said in Lucknow that the government action was “an attack on democracy”, and that “Narendra Modi, the BJP and the RSS are taking the country towards dictatorship”. “The country”, Lalu said, “has been facing an Emergency-like situation”.

IMPHAL/GUWAHATI, NOV 6 (IANS/AGENCIES): Normal life in Manipur continued to be affected on Sunday in the wake of multiple strikes and blockades since October 30, with essential commodities either in short supply or available at inflated prices.

The state government failed to provide foolproof security to escort over 1,500 loaded trucks and oil tankers stranded on the Nagaland-Manipur highway due to these strikes.

Truck driver Rakesh Taorem said keys of their vehicles have been snatched by activists of the United Naga Council.

“A handful of policemen cannot provide ironcast safety to us since the number of stranded vehicles is over 1,500. In the past, vehicles that broke down on the way were torched by protesters. The government should give us meaningful protection,” he said.

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (AGENCIES): Cases of severe breathlessness, asthma and allergy have sharply risen in Delhi as the city remains blanketed in thick layer of toxic air due to the worst smog in 17 years.

Delhi is facing its worst smog in last 17 years, prompting the high court to observe that it was akin to “living in a gas chamber”.

The Centre has termed it an “emergency situation” and called a meeting of environment ministers of all neighbouring states on Monday to curb stubble burning by farmers.

The Delhi government on Sunday unveiled a slew of steps, including closure of all schools for three days, to battle unprecedented smog levels that have drastically cut visibility and turned the national capital into a virtual gas chamber.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also banned construction and demolition work for five days and the use of diesel-run generator sets for 10 days in a desperate bid to control a crisis that has choked Delhi. The school closure is aimed at preventing children from getting affected by the dangerous pollution levels which have forced people to use surgical masks while travelling in the city.

But Kejriwal maintained that this was a larger problem involving neighbouring states, where farmers are said to be burning crop stubble in a wide area, and sought the central government’s intervention. “This is the time to set aside politics

A group of citizens protest against air pollution at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday. (PTI)

and find a solution (to the problem),” Kejriwal said after presiding over an emergency meeting of his cabinet.

“The base level of pollution was already very high.

We have consulted experts and we are taking some emergency measures,” the Aam Aadmi Party leader told reporters.

Kejriwal said the coalbased thermal power plant at Badarpur in south Delhi, which generates fly ash, would be shut for 10 days.

Water would be sprinkled on the fly ash scattered within the plant. With high levels of PM 2.5, the pollution crisis in Delhi continues to be classified as “severe”, with a blanket of smog covering the entire city as well as neighbouring states.

Delhi’s pollution levels worsened after Diwali on October 30.

Meanwhile, Doctors and experts say that besides spike in fresh cases, health complications have aggravated in people having a history of asthma, allergy or other related ailments. “Earlier 15-20% pollution-related

ailment cases were reported at our hospital. But now these have gone up to 60%.

“The most common problem is related to respiration. But this time we are seeing a rather large number of cases of severe breathlessness, coughing and sneezing and bronchiolitis due to the smog,” says Dr S P Byotra, senior consultant and chairman of the department of medicine at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH).

Bronchiolitis is inflammation of the bronchioles, the smallest air passages of the lungs.

“Children and elderly are the most vulnerable to infections and allergies due to smog and pollution. So, they should take extra care, and try not to venture during early morning and at dusk when the toxic level is highest,” Byotra says.

According to experts, it is estimated that over 20 per cent of the world’s population suffers from allergic diseases such as allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis, atopic eczema and anaphylaxis.

OIL loses Rs 50-60 cr due to bandhs, blockades

Oil India Ltd incurs an annual loss of Rs 50-60 crore in oil and gas production in Assam due to disturbances caused by bandhs and road blockades, OIL CMD Utpal Bora said today. Last year, 2,000 tonnes of oil & gas worth Rs 45 crore was lost due to these two reasons, Bora told reporters here.

The oil fields produce 100 kilolitres of oil per day and if the production is stopped, they cannot be restarted easily, he said.

“We are committed to the development of the Northeast and we need the support of the people,” he added. Over 100 tonnes of oil is also lost when miscreants close the oil wells by turning off the knobs in remote areas, steal their condensers and cut oil pipelines, he said.

Nagaland, others fail to implement anti-infanticide law Spl. Correspondent

NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (NPN): Nagaland is among 23 states/UTs in India that has not implemented the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act, 1994.

This was stated in the latest report released by the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR)-- “The State of the PC&PNDT Act: India’s losing battle against female foeticide” The Act has not been implemented 23 States/ UTs, even as 1.3 million girls are found to be “missing” every year, the report 290page report stated.

Out of the 23 states Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry had not registered a single case

under the PC&PNDT Act since 1994.

It further pointed out that the states and UTs which had not secured a single conviction under the PC&PNDT Act since 1994 are Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka , Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal and Union Territories of Chandigarh.

Expressing regret that “the Child Sex Ratio (CSR) is all set to fall further from 919 as per 2011 census to below 900 as per the current sex ratio at birth being registered by the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report”, the report criticizes governments for under-reporting “actual number of missing girls due

to sex selection.” “More cases of infanticide under Indian Penal Code were registered than cases under the PC&PNDT Act during 1994-2014, and this exposes abysmal implementation of the PC&PNDT Act,” ACHR observed.

Pointing out that “India registered 2,266 cases of infanticide under Section 315 and Section 316 of the Indian Penal Code against 2,021 cases under the PC&PNDT Act during 1994-2014.”, the report says, “During 1991 to 2011, a total of 25.5 million girls, i.e. 1.3 million girls per year, went missing primarily because of the sex selection.”

“As only 2,021 court and police cases were filed from 1994 to 2014 under the PC&PNDT Act, it implies that on an average only one court case was filed approximately for 12,614 cases of sex selection:, the report notes, adding, “As conviction was secured only in 206

cases during 1994-2014, it also implies that only one conviction was secured per 1,23,755 cases of sex selection.”

The report further says, “As many as 17 out of 29 States and six out of seven Union Territories (UTs) had either not registered any case or failed to secure any conviction under the PC&PNDT Act as on date”, adding, “All these states are covered under the Beti Bachao Beti Padao scheme, the flagship programme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrest the falling Child Sex Ratio (CSR) under the age of 0-6 years.”

ACHR stated that it had taken strong exception to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s proposed amendments to the PC&PNDT Act in March 2016, which seeks to “weaken the Act further at the insistence of the medical (Cont’d on p-7) lobby.”

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State celebrates ‘World Sunday School’

(L-R): Children and congregation honouring graduating students in song during 2016 World Sunday School Day-cum-graduation day at CBCMHK on November 6. Resouce person at Kids Worship Centre. Graduating students at MTABC. Children of Christian Education Department of Police Baptist Church performing.

DIMAPUR: Along with the rest of the world, the Chakhesang Baptist Church Minister’s Hill, Kohima (CBCMHK) observed World Sunday school daycum-graduation day today here at the church premises under the theme, “I am the child of God” –John: 1:12, with Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao, sr. pastor, CBCMHK as the speaker of the observation.

Stressing on the need to educate the children of

JDHS celebrates parents’ day Correspondent

MOKOKCHUNG, NOV 5 (NPN): Students of John Douglas High School (JDHS), Yimyu ward, hosted a special parents day programme, Saturday, at the school campus.

Delivering a speech, on behalf of the parents, Sashi Kichu said teaching was the noblest of all profession, for teachers were responsible in moulding the future generation.

He lauded the commendable job that the teaching staff of the school has achieved in producing meritorious students, along the years. “Motivate, promote and sharpen the skills of our children”, he added.

While speaking on behalf of the school, the headmaster Chubakumba acknowledged the tremendous close co-operation rendered by the parents and also requested for their selfless support in the days to come.

The event began with the invocation by Watienla, followed by “we are the world” from the students of Class-B, a song by Katimenla, a choreography from Class-II, a “God’s creation” display by tiny toddlers of Class-A, puppet and musical shows, etc.

Teacher, Akumnungsang presented a song.

who they really were, Phesao maintained that, ‘I am the child of God” should be instilled in the minds of children as priority of leading children in the field of children ministry. He said that future of society lay in children and best efforts must be made to mould the children as agent of change for a better world.

According to the Sunday school department sources, 1205 students were

enrolled for the year 2016 comprising of 14 classes.

46 students from Knight Templars were conferred graduated under the aegis of the Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC) Children Ministry and promoted to Christian Youth Endeavours 2016.

The day long programme included, class wise presentation, presentation of the yearly awards, love feast, praise and wor-

ship, distributing of certificates to the graduating students’ by Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao etc.

Earlier, the function was led by Akhrole Nagchu, SS, superintendent, pastoral prayer by pastor Wepre Mero, benefit of children ministry was delivered by Zhovelu Dzudo, offertory prayer was invoked by Kuzuvelu Chotso and brief report of children ministry was delivered by

Legal awareness cum sensitization prog at NU, Lumami

DIMAPUR: One-day legal awareness cum sensitization program on “gender equality and women’s right with special focus on sexual harassment at the workplace” was held at Nagaland University, Hq Lumami on November 4, organized and sponsored

by Zunheboto District Legal Service Authority (ZDLSA) in collaboration with Cell for Elimination of Sexual Harassment, Nagaland University, Lumami.

According to DIPR report, vice-chancellor, Nagaland University, Prof.

N.S. Jamir said that one of the most important issues in today’s modern society was Gender Equality and that progress in society could be

measured by the wellness and status of women. “Gender inequality is one of the factors why India continues to remain backward,” the vice-chancellor stated.

District and sessions judge (D&SJ), Zunheboto, Niechochiyi Suyie in his keynote address said that women’s right was fundamental and basic human rights. He also spoke on many legislations/acts passed by Indian parliament and state legislature for the protection of women’s right like the Sexual Harassment of women at Workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) 2013. Convenor, Cell for Elimination of Sexual Harassment and

Gender Club, NU, Prof. B. Kilangla Jamir said “gender equality is the core objective of un and no society can develop without providing equal opportunities to both men and women.” On the topic “gender equality and women’s right” resource person, Legal Aid Counsel cum Trainer, NSLSA, Esther K. Aye commented that discrimination of women started even before a girl child was born and that, our state being a patriarchal society, discrimination started from family itself. Limasenla Longkumer, Legal Aid Counsel cum Trainer , NSLSA spoke on “sexual harassment at the workplace” where she lamented

Vigilance awareness week observed in Mkg

DIMAPUR: In observance of vigilance week under the theme “public participation in promoting integrity and eradicating corruption” a student level debate competition on the topic “public vigilance alone can stem corruption” was held on November 4 at ADC, planning conference hall, organized by district administration, Mokokchung, sponsored by State Bank of India.

According to DIPR, district & sessions Judge Mokokchung principal Khape Kosa in his keynote address observed that corruption came out of an indi-

vidual intention while performing any duty or work; it could only be eradicated through integrity, transparency and accountability in all walks of life. Public participation played an integral role in combating corruption in our society, he added.

SBI, RBO Mokokchung AGM L. Hanshing maintained that corruption was a serious unethical practice that undermined trust and confidence and it could only be gained by integrity in governance.

The competition was judged by Dr. Toshimenla Jamir, I. Temsu Jamir, and

Limalenden. Speaking for the motion, Akumsunep Longchar, Jubilee Memorial College bagged the first prize while Imtitula of FAC bagged the second prize.

Speaking against the motion, Tongpangchang Sanglir of Jubilee Memorial College bagged the first prize and Shingnyoh Khiam of FAC bagged the second prize. SDO (C) Mokokchung Lemlila Sangtam administered the vigilance pledge. Earlier the programme was chaired by EAC (P) Rozy Sangtam while the closing remark was delivered by EAC (P) Pichano Kikon.

AYO celebrates day-two of silver jubilee

(L-R): Angami women folk presenting a cultural item on the second day of AYO 25th anniversary celebrations at Kigwema village on November 5. Angami men folk taking part in a war dance on the second day of AYO 25th anniversary celebrations at Kigwema village on November 5.

DIMAPUR: Angami Public Organisation (APO) president, Dr. Vilhusa Seleyi on Saturday implored the youths of Angami community to take leadership responsibility towards delivering a better future for the coming generation Speaking at the valedictory function of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) at Kigwema village, Seleyi urged the AYO leaders to provide leadership at their own level in confronting the issues bothering the present generation.

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KWC: Kids Worship Centre (KWC) organised a three-day Sunday school teachers’ training from November 3 to 5 at Kids Worship Centre, Ana-Ki building. Altogether 34 Sunday school teachers and pre-school teachers registered for the training.

The two resource persons were advocate for Children at Risk, Barbara

some of the chanllenges, Seleyi reminded the youth body about its role in promoting and maintaining friendly relationship with the neighbours.

Stating that AYO holds an important position as a frontal organisation under APO, Dr. Seleyi said the Angami community would rely a lot on the leadership of AYO. Recalling the efforts of some of the Angami leaders who, during their times, had given their best to bring the Nagas together, the APO president echoed the words of Lok Sabha MP Neiphiu Rio in advising the youths

not to involve in activities that would spoil the image of the Angami community.

“With this celebration, let us also take a pledge to hold the pride of the Angamis. That is, by not spoiling the image of the Angamis. Let us also take the pledge to protect our environment,” Dr. Vilhusa said.

APO president also lauded the Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) for its continuous effort in curbing anti social elements within the jurisdiction of the community, while he told the AYO leaders to take a renewed pledge to fight

against anti social elements.

Meanwhile, a new team of AYO executive council for the tenure 20162019, has been elected led

by Neinguvotuo Krose as the president.

Day-two of AYO 25th anniversary celebrations also featured cultural competitions, wherein, the four Angami ranges including Chakhroma Youth Organisation (CYO), Northern Angami Youth Organisation NAYO), Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) and Western Angami Youth Organisation took part in the competition.

that most of the legislation passed by the parliament remained only on paper.

During interaction with faculties and students asst. prof. Monalisa Tase and retainer lawyer, Tovi Yeptho moderated the event. Many doubts and queries raised by the participants were clarified by judicial magistrate, Atoka Achumi who also chaired the program. The resource person asst. prof.

Neizhanuo Golmei gave the concluding remarks.

Registrar, Prof. Lanusosang, finance officer, M.K Sinha, HODs, teaching and nonteaching faculties, research scholars, ZDLSA officials and students of NU attended the function.

Niuland departmental coordination meet

Reugger and Britta Aonok, a trained Montessori teacher. They are also part of the King’s Kids International (YWAM). Thetraining stressed on topics such as child growth and development, attachment disorder, social development of children, understanding and dealing with child abuse and creative story telling/teaching. Director and founder of KWC, Robert Longkumer men-

tioned that there would be a follow-up programme next year in the month of April 2017 where more practical demonstration on creative teachings and kids praise & worship would be focused.

MTABC: Medziphema Town Ao Baptist Church (MTABC) celebrated world Sunday school day cum graduation day.

Six students of intermediate third year had gradu-

ated after 12 years of their Sunday school journey, namely Tialemla, Nungsanglemla, Temjenjungla, Ayimyala, Metemshila and Myisenla.

CEDPBC: Christian Education Department of Police Baptist Church, 9th NAP BN IR Saijang celebrated World Sunday School Day on Nov 6 under the theme “I am my brother/sister keeper,” Genesis 4:1-10 .

news in brief ANSTA Tsg unit informs: Annual executive session of All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (ANSTA) Tuensang unit would be held on November 10 at 10:30 a.m in the treasurer’s residence. All the office bearers/executives of the sub-unit and executive members along with one teacher representative from schools at district hqs have been requested to attend positively.

CUD annual general meeting: Chang Union Dimapur (CUD) annual general meeting would be held on November 14 at 10 a.m in the residence of treasurer, Residency Colony Dimapur. All the members under CUD have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

KJFC to organize revival & healing crusade: King Jesus Family Church (KJFC) would be organizing revival and healing crusade with the theme “it is finished” John 19:30 from November 25 to 27 at IMC, Dimapur with senior pastor KJFC, D.James Ngullie, missionary KJFC & director Bethesda prayer home, Mendang Amri. The revival & healing crusade on November 25 will be held at 4 p.m.

DDADU informs: Dimapur District Autorickshaw Drivers Union (DDADU) vice president Tito Yeptho has informed auto rickshaw drivers to renew/register their union identity card on or before November 30.

NPF CEC meeting: President, Naga People’s Front (NPF) Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, has convened the Central Executive Council (CEC) meeting on November

29. All the concern members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

This was informed through a press note by secretary general NPF, K.G. Kenye.

WVVU meeting: Western Viyixe Village Union (WVVU) has informed all the executive members, office bearers, and advisors of WVVU Dimapur that there would be an “important meeting” on November 12 at 8 a.m at the residence of its banker Hukavi Yeptho, 4th Mile Dimapur. All have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

New LJP office inaugurated: Nagaland unit LJP new office was inaugurated on November 5, located at N.K commercial building, 1st floor, Zion hospital road junction purana bazaar. The building was officially dedicated by united Baptist Church, Lahorijan pastor Renchum Kikon.

TYGO bans: Tapu Yeti Ghakhu Organisation (TYGO) (Doyang Valley) has banned any type of fishing, hunting, excavating boulders/ sand gravels and possession of arms within its jurisdiction and penalty will be imposed against defaulters of this order. The main objective of TYGO is to conserve the flora and fauna under its jurisdiction under the banner “awareness and conservation of wildlife.”

NSCN/GPRN informs bar/lounge: CAO UT-1 NSCN/GPRN, Rangkamong Anar has directed all the bars and lounges in and around Dimapur to be closed by 10 p.m with immediate effect. CAO has directed all the owners to comply with this order.

DIMAPUR: Monthly subdivisional departmental coordination meeting under Niuland sub-division has been convened on November 9 at 12 noon in the office chamber of the additional deputy commissioner, Niuland. The departmental presentation will be given by PHED Niuland. All the head of offices/departments under Niuland sub-division have Correspondent been requested to attend MOKOKCHUNG, NOV the meeting.

5 (NPN): A co-ordination meeting (merger of Congress with NPF) of Sangtemla ward, Ungma village and Kubza village units of Aonglenden assembly constituency was held SaturDIMAPUR: Nagaland day at Aonglenden, Ungma Pradesh Congress Com- village, in the presence of mittee (NPCC) attacked deputy speaker & represenstate government on non- tative of Aonglenden A/C, Members at the coordination meet. payment of salaries to the Imtikumzuk.

SSA teachers, stating that Speaking on the occa- (NPF) there was no doubt of and the Naga leaders. Oath by blaming Government of sion, Imtikumzuk said that winning in the next assembly taking of the new members India for non-release as the the members of the Con- election. Imtikumzuk added was also conducted. While reason for non-payment of gress Aonglenden A/C were that the main purpose of the delivering a short speech, salaries would not cover the proud to merge with NPF Congress merger with the the president of NPF Aonfailure of the state govern- under the dynamic presi- NPF led DAN government glenden A/C, Nungsang ment. dentship of Dr. Shurhozelie was to usher in the Naga po- Longkumer shared whole Instead, NPCC media and the chief minister, T. R litical solution, at the earliest hearted candidature of the cell in a press statement al- Zeliang. He said, since the 2 with the total faith in prime present MLA in the next leged that it was misuse and parties have now become 1 minister Narendra Modi election. mismanagement by the state government that the teachers were not paid for the last six months. Rather than this, the government of India has DIMAPUR: K. Station village situated at that more led bulb and led street light would no plan to withhold the sala- National Highway-61 the last village under be installed before the festive season to save ries for six months, media Kohima district of Tseminyu sub-division energy and uninterrupted electricity supply. cell said. Further, media cell has been declared as one among the first The village council and VDB has apurged the state government village under Tseminyu sub-division to preciated the initiative of district administo show some respect to the implement Unnat Jyoti by Affordable tration Kohima under the chairmanship of teachers. It cited examples LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme which was deputy commissioner Kohima for enabling on how teachers were treat- implemented by Energy Efficiency Services the rural community to access this afforded in a professional manner limited (EESL) a joint venture of ministry able scheme to the grassroot for power efevent by vacating seats for of Power. ficiency programme. teachers in buses, trains and With the launching of Energy Efficient The council and VDB also extended courts in other nations for Nagaland by the government of Nagaland its gratitude to ADC Tseminyu, Vikhweno, their noble services. on October 21, the K.Station Village dis- EAC Shelly Kathiry and BDO Chunlikha NPCC therefore said tributed 9w 500 LED bulbs to the villagers block, Kupto Achumi for making all efforts it did not like to see such where 98 houses were now fixed with 9w for the scheme and making the village one excuses but want that the LED bulbs. With the increase in demand among the first to introduce LED affordable teachers were paid on time. the village development board has ensured light in the state.

Coordination meeting at Sangtemla ward

NPCC attacks govt on non-payment of salaries to teachers

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(L-R) Member of the winning team of the song competition receiving an award. Participants singing at the programme. (NP) recognized by the Hoho.

For the benefit of the younger generation, she also demonstrated on how particular attire was worn and on what occasion.

Different traditional jewelleries and head gears and its significance were also displayed for the benefit of the community.

Altogether, 359 women divided into ten groups of various colonies of Dimapur namely Nagarjan, Burma camp/ veterinary, Duncan/cour t, Lotha oriental and Kashiram, Kyo n g / H M C, P W D / supply/ riverbelt/ signal, t ow n / N o t u n / D u d u /

balijan/ Longki, Rilan/ Mon basti, Senjumyan and Borlengri took part in the competition.

The competition was tough between the groups echoing the same song in various styles of presentation. All the participants wore different colourful Lotha traditional attires.

The competition was adjudged by Abeny Ezung, Elizabeth Merry, Zubeno Mozhü, Renthunglo Shitiri and Avoni Odyuo.

Later, the competition adjudged Duncan/ Court colony, Lotha Oriental and Kashiram Colony and Burma Camp/ Veterinary

St Paul Phesama celebrates parents’ day

MCTE celebrates national unity day

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Staff Reporter D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): For the upliftment of culture and traditions of the Lotha community, to encourage the women community and as part of Tokhu Emong festival, Lotha Eloe Ekhüng Dimapur (LEED) organized cultural song competition for the women community Sunday, at badminton stadium, Dimapur.

At the competition, Abeny Ezung spoke on the importance of the different colours used in Lotha traditional attire and their names which have been

Children performing at the parents day.

DIMAPUR: St Paul School, Phesama celebrated parent’s day with creative items to show their love and appreciation to parents.

B r i g. H . S. C h e e m a Commandant 44 Mountain Brigade, Zakhama as the chief guest appreciated the students for their creative and disciplined performance. He also stressed on education which should develop skills along with knowledge. He advised the students to become resourceful to the state and to the nation. He recalled his own

childhood days and shared to the students the things that changed his thinking and life.

Earlier speaking on behalf of the parents Dr. Kekhrieseno Christina thanked the school and the teaching staff for shouldering the responsibility to mould the future generation.

She highlighted the responsibilities of the parents in guiding and molding the children. She also challenged the students to make best use of the facilities provided by the school and

design their future accordingly. She thanked the students for showing their love and appreciation through the programmes.

Earlier, programme began with prayer dance, followed by the welcome address from the principal. The school report was read by the headmistress highlighting the various activities, achievements and struggles of the school. The best student of each class was recognized and awarded. Vote of thanks was given by the chief organizer Zhapuvino.

DIMAPUR: Mokokchung College of Teacher Education (MCTE) celebrated a campaign on national unity day on November 5 at the conference hall of the institute at 10 hours under the theme “all for one and one for all”.

The programme was attended by the principal, accompanied by all the teaching and non-teaching faculties and the 1st and 3rd B.Ed. teacher trainees.

Ten minutes video clip on the biography of Sardar Vallabhai Patel was shown which was followed by solidarity greetings, delivered

by Bendang 1st semester trainee.

Suchemshe and group presented a song titled- “we are unity”. A wonderful one act play titled “Four sons and a father”, “if we unite nobody falls” was performed by the trainees of 1st semester.

Meyijungla chaired the programme, while vote of thanks and benediction was delivered by Roselin and Yimsurenla.

LFHSS organises 2nd Nagaland chapter of IIMUN

Student participants from various schools at the IIMUN. DIMAPUR: The 2nd Nagaland Chapter of the Indian International Model United Nations (IIMUN) 2016 was held at Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur from November 4 to 5, with student delegates from 6 schools of Nagaland including Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School (LFHSS) participating in it.

This year’s Chapter of IIMUN Nagaland was formally declared open by vice president of IIMUN, Hriday Bhatia, secretary general of this year’s IIMUN Chapter of Nagaland on November 4.

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Public School, St. Mary’s Montessori & Hr. Sec. School, S.D. Jain Hr. Sec. School and Ram Janaki Hr. sec. School participated in debate sessions across the two days under four different Committees of IIMUN Nagaland Chapter.

The students had hands on experience on the working of world bodies like the UN Security Council and also the legislative proceedings as carried out in the Lok Sabha. A special team of Executive Body members had come from Guwahati and Numaligarh to look after and chair the proceedings of the committees.

The two-day event of the IIMUN Nagaland Chapter finally came to

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a close on November 5 with the closing ceremony led by Hriday Bhatia where the special guest, Ani Yepthomi, director of Junior High, Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School expressed her deepest gratitude to all the delegates from various schools for participating in such an event which would enhance their skills in every perspective and lead to both intellectual and personality growth. Presentation of medals and certificates by the chairpersons of different committees were given to the awardees of best delegate, high commendation and special mention awards of individual committees. This year’s best delegation award was won

by The Maple Tree School, Dimapur.

The other highlights of the inaugural programme were welcome speech presented by academic principal of LFHSS, Prabhat Mandal, singing of the national anthem, special video show of IIMUN and key note address by Hriday Bhatia.

Special team consisted of Sundaram Goswami, chairperson of UNSC from Delhi Public School Numaligarh, Debraj Bora, chairperson of WHO from G.D. Goenka Public School Guwahati, Darshana Deka, chairperson of Lok Sabha from Maria’s Public School Guwahati and Ramanuj Kashyap, charperson of World Bank from Don Bosco Guwahati.

Colony in the first, second and third positions respectively. The best attire worn on the day went to the town/ Notun/Dudu/ Balijan/ Longki colonies.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was chaired by Renbeni Kithan, invocation prayer was pronounced

by Good Shepherd Seminary, Dimapur Reverend Fr. Yanpvuthung Philip, welcome address was delivered by LEED president Sungsabeni Jamio, benediction pronounced by AG, women leader Chanchano Ngullie and vote of thanks was delivered by LEED secretary Zujano Patton.

Nagaland Muslim students’ felicitation programme Staff Reporter D I M A P U R , N OV 6 (NPN): Muslim Council Dimapur (MCD) organised the 14th annual Nagaland Muslim students’ felicitation programme here at Christian Higher Secondary School Dimapur on Sunday with MLA& Advisor Urban Development, S.I. Jamir as chief guest and Vigilance Commissioner Nagaland, K.T. Sukhalu as guest of honour.

Speaking on the occasion, Jamir congratulated the successful students and the MCD for honouring them.

“It is encouraging for all communities to see MCD doing yeoman’s service towards the society and its students,” Jamir said.

He remarked that, Dimapur despite being a melting pot of different religions, race and ethnicity, there was no conflict adding there will be no conflict as long as we are one.

“We should show the world that different communities can coexist as brothers and sisters in Dimapur,” Jamir stated.

Jamir also suggested

the MCD to establish a world class institution managed by MCD which, he stated, would be befitting for the students of not just the Muslim community but for the whole of Nagaland.

The chief guest along with other dignitaries released the MCD magazine ’15 years and beyond.’

Also speaking on the occasion, guest of honour Sukhalu asserted that for peace to prosper and to move forward, we should be united and accept each other.

He stated that students should be given the liberty to live their dreams.

“Let them live their dreams and let them contribute,” the vigilance commissioner said.

In his advice to the parents, Sukhalu stated “no amount of lecture will change your child; you need to change first.”

He also exhorted the students that there are numerous avenues and opportunities in our state and beyond and further urged them not to confine themselves to one place but to explore the world.

Short speeches were delivered by bBasu Damani, DCCI president

Hokivi Chishi, DNSU president, Dimapur Naga Women Hoho representative, director NICSE Dimapur Suman Saha, and other community leaders.

During the function, MCD also conferred the ‘Communal Har mony Award’ to Fr. C.P. Anto of Peace Channel Dimapur.

Fr. C.P. Anto dedicated his award to all the people of Nagaland and those people striving for peace.

E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme commenced with dua by Mauland Illias Ahmed. Muslim students sung the National Anthem. Welcome speech was delivered by president MCD A. Hannan Tapadar.

Working president MCD, A. Rahaman, chairman of the function, delivered and vote of thanks.

The chief guest and speakers handed over awards to the meritorious students of HSLC and HSSLC. Altogether, 55 meritorious students were felicitated in the programme.

Fur ther, MCD informed they would be forming a sub-comittee on education to look into scholarships and other student related issues.

Launching of communitisation of ICDS DIMAPUR: Department of Social Welfare officially launched the communitisation of ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) on November 3 in Tuensang district in collaboration with Eleutheros Christian Society (ECS) and it would be carried out in 20 villages of Tuensang district in the initial phase.

Secretray, Social Welfare Dellirose M. Sakhrie as the chief guest emphasized that, ICDS was a comprehensive scheme to cater to 6 basis services for children between the age of 0-6 years and lactating mothers. She further encouraged the community to be aware about their entitlements and make ICDS function effectively in their respective District.

Director, Social Welfare, Merang T. Aier said that department would be handicapped without the support of the community and he further stressed that ICDS scheme could be successfully implemented in the state only if the community leaders and stakeholders were willing to actively par-

Social welfare officials along with public. ticipate and make it their own.

Rev. Dr. Chingmak, secretary, ECS shared about the initiatives undertaken under ICDS and gave a power point presentation on the status of children and their development indicators in the Anganwadi centres.

Deputy commissioner, Tuensang Alemjongshi expressed his appreciation that ECS was a well-established society among the thousands who have proved their commitment to genuinely serve the people and hoped that more NGO’s will work like ECS to make Nagaland

a better State. Chairperson, Nagaland State Social Welfare Board (NSSWB), Bano Vinito Chishi as the guest of honour, exhorted the gathering and encouraged the community leaders, mothers and SHGs to come together and work for the wellbeing of the children in their respective villages.

State Coordinator, State Resource Centre for Women, Gracy Ayee shared about Women helpline (181), 24x7 helpline toll free number and One Stop Centre which catered to women affected by violence.

She also gave information

about schemes for girl childBetiBachaoBetiPadhao and SukanyaSamriddhi Account scheme Yojana.

Project manager, NSSWB Asalie Alex Kruse shared about Microfinance and Self Help Groups and the benefits that could be availed under the National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation.

The Social welfare Department officials later travelled to Hakchang and Maksha villages and visited the Anganwadi Centres being implemented by the ECS as communitiasation project of ICDS.

Zonal level peace club leaders trg DIMAPUR: Zonal level peace club leaders training was organized by Peace Channel at its training hall on November 5.

PC project coordinator, Janthuiyang RK John as resource person said, “leaders are not born but develop with experience.” Real leaders are those who help the members to grow and lead, he added.

He also explained to the participants’ the different types of leadership like autocratic, democratic and how true leaders could inculcate different qualities in their leadership skills.

Thousands of people from Bihari community and other Hindu communities began their two-day Chhath festival on the banks of River Dhansiri in Dimapur fasting for two days and paying obeisance to the Sun God and Chhath Maiya.

The Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj had made elaborate arrangements for the Chhath Vratis to perform puja on the river banks. The vratis would end their fast Monday morning worshiping the rising sun.

Amur Falcon ‘Enenum’ released in Pangti village

DIMAPUR: One male Amur falcon named “Enenum” was successfully satellite tagged on Thursday by a team of scientists and experts from Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun and MME/Birdlife Hungary in partnership with ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change, Department of Environment Forest & Climate Change, Nagaland, and the coordinating unit of UNEP-CMS (Raptors

MoU). 62 other birds were also ringed and released after data collection by the scientists.

In 2013, three birds named “Naga”, “Pangti” and “Wokha” were tagged and succeeded in putting Pangti and especially the state of Nagaland on the global map. Of the three, now only “Naga” is active and is at present still in China.

Apart from all the awards that the Pangti Vil-

lage Council (PVC) received in the past three years, this year, a framed letter of appreciation from the China Birdwatching Society, Beijing, and Wildchild Children’s Society, also Beijing, was handed over to the people of Pangti

by Dr. Suresh Kumar on their behalf. The Amur falcons of Pangti have also found their way in a BBC documentary titled “The Hunt” narrated by the famous naturalist David At-

tenborough, which focuses on prey-predator relationships.

Every year, starting from the last week of October till the third week of November, the roosting site at Pangti receives the largest congregation of Amur falcons in the world. For those who want to visit, they can contact Pangti Village Council chairman9862326196 and Zanthungo (president AFRAU)8414953472.

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Formulate policy to help people to quit smoking: scientists

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Shillong, Nov 6: Two top Indian scientists have asked the central government to formulate a policy that can help people to quit smoking by providing them significantly safer options.

The two scientists -R.N. Sharan of the Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), and M. Siddiqi, Chairman of Cancer Foundation of India -- have sent a missive to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda ahead of the 7th Conference of Parties meeting of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC), which will kick start tomorrow in New Delhi.

In their letter, Sharan and Siddqi urged him to favour policies that are facilitary rather than obstructive to smoking cessation environment by providing high quality and safe options to smokers in their effort to quit smoking.

The two scientists said countries like Britain, the US, France, and Malaysia, where e-cigarette are relatively freely available, the number of cigarette smokers has declined.

Enabling access to such less harmful products in India would likely support

public health objectives and reduce the burden of smoking-related health issues.

Sharan and Siddqi also believed that stopping the use of harmful tobacco products can be achieved in India with a combination of approaches since India has huge diversity of cultures and traditions.

“Thus, in India we need to apply, as a policy, nicotine replacement therapy supported by advocacy and where possible, psychological support, for it to work effectively,” Siddqi and Sharan said in their letter to Nadda.

“The Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), more popularly known as e-cigarettes, offer a safer and effective way of meeting the physiological demands of nicotine to smokers to help quit or cut down smoking significantly,” they added.

The 7th Conference of Parties, which is being held for the first time in India, will bring together the WHO FCTC’s 180 Parties -- which include almost every country in the world, as well as regional economic integration organisations like the European Union.

It is the first occasion that a Conference of Parties meeting is being held in India and signals a strong and generous commitment

of the Indian government to increase international co-operation and awareness of the WHO FCTC globally and especially in the WHO South-East Asia Region.

The Conference of Parties meetings, jointly organised by the Indian government and the Convention Secretariat, will take place at the India Expo Centre & Mart in Delhi.

COP7 will be held from November 7 to 12.

According to the WHO, some one billion people smoke, resulting in about six million deaths annually.

More than one million Indians reportedly die annually because of smoking, making it the fourth leading cause of death due to non-communicable diseases (NCD) in the country.

“It is well documented that India is severely affected by an epidemic of tobacco associated cancers due to the use of a variety tobacco products (cigarettes, bidis, hukkas, gutkas) and their equally dangerous alternatives containing areca nuts,” the two scientists stated in their letter.

“Our systematic metaanalysis of published literature compares the health and safety aspects of vaping using ENDS with smoking conventional cigarettes.

We find that ENDS have minimum health and safety

NE, J&K asked to compete in unequal environment: Sarma

concerns compared to the high risks associated with conventional cigarettes,” said Sharan, Professor at NEHU. “Although some gaps remain to be filled by further research, our study conclusively establishes that ENDS offers smokers a far safer alternative way to consume nicotine, which itself is relatively harmless,” he added.

“Using a multi-criteria risk analysis approach with conservative criteria weighting, we find that ENDS are an effective option to quit conventional cigarette smoking,” Sharan noted.

The Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products is an international treaty to address the increasing illegal trade in tobacco products. Based on Article 15 of the FCTC, it was adopted in November 2012 and currently has 13 Parties. FCTC, the first international treaty to be agreed under the WHO’s auspices, entered into force in 2005.

It has successfully helped to co-ordinate and energise the global struggle against tobacco.

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the Convention’s governing body and is comprised of all 180 Parties. It regularly reviews the implementation of the Convention and takes action to promote its effectiveness.

Grenade attack in Imphal; no casualty Correspondent

31 brick kilns closed in Tripura AG A RTA L A , N ov 6 (Agencies): Following directions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Tripura State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) recently issued closure notices to 31 brick kilns in the state for non-compliance with environmental norms.

MK Das, scientist at the TSPCB, said the kilns had been operating without valid clearances from the board. In the inspection, it was discovered that they were flouting environmental mandates. District magistrates have been asked to ensure their closure.

After a complaint was lodged against brick kilns in the state for violating environmental norms and causing pollution, NGT had issued notices to 348 brick kilns. NGT also instructed the board to file an inspection report. Inspection revealed that five kilns had been running without the board’s consent and 126 had taken consent for operations long ago but had not renewed these.

“Some brick kilns operate very close to human habitation, not following the statutory environmental mandates,” Das said.

Two months ago, NGT had slapped fines of Rs 1 lakh against each of the 126 noncompliant kilns. For those which are operating without any permission whatsoever, a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh was levied. However, 31 kilns did not deposit the fine within the stipulated period.

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I M P H A L , N ov 6 : Meeyamgi Thougalloi Manipiur (MTM), a recently floated political party in the poll-bound Manipur Sunday criticised the ruling Congress and BJP for “doing politics” over the proposed National Sports University (NSU).

After the Union minister of state (independent charge) for youth affairs and sports Vijay Goel, the bond of contention between ruling Congress and state BJP over the selection of site for construction of permanent campus of the proposed university has become clearer.

Manipur BJP leaders are not in favour of construction of NSU campus at Yaithibi Loukon in Thoubal district where Ibobi led Congress government has already allotted land there more than a year ago.

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HBC exhibition relives traditional Tangkhul wood crafts

INAS Nepal Film Awards to be held in Sikkim

Himanta Biswa Sarma

“How I am going to explain them that 30 per cent of my geographical area is not accessible even for a normal police constable, forget about doctors because of total geographical disconnection.

“How I will explain that in some villages in Arunchal Pradesh people still rely on air-dropping of normal food and they can’t have access to normal food unless it is air-dropped weekly or fortnightly,” Sarma asked.

He said when the people of Assam go to states

like Karnataka and Gujarat, they ask when the government is going to introduce metro rail in their state.

“Our people don’t understand that the finance minister of Karnataka has access to Rs 40,000 crore of state revenue of its own and your finance minister has access to Rs 4,000 crore.”

“What is a crime of an Assamese person? What is the crime of a Naga? What is the crime of Arunachal Pradesh? Why can’t they ride on a Metro when people of Karnataka and Delhi can? These questions, we need to answer,” he said.

Sarma said unless the country is able to revoke the internal disparity which is very prevalent, it will be difficult for the north-eastern states to attain the yardsticks of economic growth.

“The time has come where every citizen of India can access equitable share of development,” he said.

Visitors during the exhibition cum sales of myriad woodwork items.

UKHRUL, NOV 6: Reliving the beauty of traditional Tangkhul wood crafting arts, the Hunphun Baptist Church (HBC) kicked off a grand exhibition cum sales of myriad woodwork items during an inaugural ceremony held at its campus here on Saturday.

Organized as part of HBC’s fundraising project in connection with its upcoming Diamond Jubilee celebration to be held on 25-28 February 2017, the exhibition drew a large

crowd of visitors and buyers from different walks of life.

Attending the inaugural function as chief guest, executive member ADC Ukhrul Admund Chiphang lauded the HBC’s venture, while describing the team as industrious and talented.

He also said that the woodcrafts are at par with world class standard and added that the items could fetch a huge amount if exported to internation-

al market. The exhibited items included unique coffee tables, decorative racks, single and double table with root legs, solid wood family dining table, flower stand, solid raw chair with table, solid wood dining chair etc with prices ranging from Rs.2999 to Rs. 49,999.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the event, Diamond Jubilee committee secretary Tungsa Ragui said that it took eight months for the team

to complete the project and added that they put in the best their efforts and workmanship for the crafts.

Asserting that all the items were made by collecting stumps and roots of indigenous dead alder trees (Ngavaithing) from the forests and fields, Ragui said that not a single live tree was felled in the course of the entire craft project.

“Hence, it did not cause any damage to the environment and ecology in any manner.”

On the day first, the exhibition achieved a total turnover of Rs. 3.5 lakhs.

“As of now, we provide home delivery service of all the items within the town and we are planning to make them available online shortly on our official Facebook account: hbcdiamondjubilee2017,” Ragui added.

Ukhrul ADC members V Paothing, Kapangpam Zimik, Church elders, DLOs, Hunphun VA members, CO 41 AR, Deputy CO, well wishers and public members attended the inaugural function.

JDDC imposes eco blockade Stranded trucks on NH-2 escorted back to Imphal Correspondent

IMPHAL, Nov 6: Even as UNC sponsored economic blockade is continuing in full swing, Jiribam District Demand Committee (JDDC) has also announced another five-day economic blockade on Imphal-Jiribam section of NH-37.

The stir of the JDDC will commence on Sunday night till midnight of November 11. The committee gave the economic blockade call on NH-37 decrying delay in the declaration of Jiribam as full-fledged revenue district of Manipur even as state government had assured on many occasions.

While announcing the economic blockade, JDDC threatened for intense form of agitations if no positive response comes up even after the five-day strike.

The stir of the JDDC has come at a time when the indefinite economic blockade on the national highways in Manipur imposed by the United Naga Council (UNC) is also going on in full swing.

The UNC has been imposing the blockade from October 31 midnight against the proposed declaration of Sadar Hills of Senapati and Jiribam of Imphal East as full-fledged revenue districts of the state. While declaring their firm stand against the creation of two districts, the UNC is pressing the state government to clarify its stand on the issues.

Besides the economic blockade, UNC is also banning implementation of all national projects including railway construction in Tamenglong district.

Meanwhile, around 300 Imphal-bound loaded trucks stranded at Mao and nearby areas along the stretch of the NH-2 since commencement of the economic blockade were escorted back to Imphal late Saturday night.

Many of these stranded drivers and their assistants were heading for Imphal to celebrate Ningol Chakkouba festival (November 1) but they missed the festival as they were stranded on the highway. Economic blockade imposed by ANSAM, ATSUM and KSO in connection with the reservation row in Manipur University has been lifted after they held a meeting with Chief Minister O Ibobi this afternoon. However the economic blockade called by the UNC is still in force.

There were reports of vehicle keys collected by blockade supporters from the stranded truckers before the vehicles were escorted back. However, the keys were given back after ATSUM lifted its stir (economic blockade) following a talk with government Saturday evening. The loaded vehicles reached Imphal around Saturday midnight without any untoward incident while passing through the Naga dominated hill areas along the stretch of the highway.

Cong, BJP ‘doing politics’ over NSU: MTM

IMPHAL, Nov 6: Suspected militants Sunday lobbed a hand grenade at shop in Imphal. No injury was reported in the explosion.

A police source said that the hand grenade was lobbed at a shop on the side of Uripok-Kangchup road this morning around 5 am.

The shop was yet to be opened for the day while the miscreants exploded the hand grenade. A pit was created in front of the shop where the grenade went-off.

The shop belongs to one RK Bishobhanu Devi.

Even though police suspect the attack was related with monetary demand, none of the militant groups so far has owned the responsibility. Denouncing the blast, residents of the Uripok staged a sit-in-protest in front of the very shop today.

G U WA H AT I , NOV 6 (AGENCIES): Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that the states of north east as well as Jammu and Kashmir are competing in an unequal environment but are often questioned for failing to produce the desired results.

“Aspirations of people of India are the same but the kind of competitive federalism we are in today, people of Assam, north east and Jammu and Kashmir have been asked to compete in an unequal environment.

We are asked to produce results,” Sarma said participating in the ongoing India Ideas Conclave organised by NGO India Foundation in south Goa. He said sometimes in meetings called by the Centre these states are told that their infant mortality is more and are asked to take examples from Maharashtra, Kerala etc.

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Gangtok, Nov 6 (PTI): Sikkim is all set to host the 4th edition of INAS Nepali Film Awards 2016 from November 9.

Over 200 delegates from across 65 countries will be present at the event organised by the Sikkim chapter of International Nepalese Artists Society (INAS) in association with the state government. The event will see over 200 Nepali film artists representing the Nepali Film Industry competing for the prestigious 16 categories while there will be delegates from 65 countries as participants.

The Governor of Sikkim will be attending this event as the chief guest, while the Chief Minister will be the guest of honour. The special guest at the function is Surendra Kumar Karki, Minister for Information and Public Relations, Government of Nepal. Veteran Bollywood actor and son of the hills Danny Denzongpa will be conferred with the ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ for his contribution to films in Indian Film Industry.

Manipur,” a statement of the party said Sunday and warned that National Sports University, which was allotted to Manipur, is not a gift to BJP or Congress.

NSU is not a personal property of any politicians or political party, so, leaders of Congress and BJP should stop politicizing the issue immediately, it demanded.

“It was achieved by the hard work and performance of sportsperson of the state.

By delaying the establishment of NSU in Manipur, both parties are disrespecting people of Manipur,” the MTM alleged.

When the time was perfect to enroll students in the NSU, the visiting minister of state for YAS Vijay Goel’s remark that Yaithibi Loukol was unfavourable for setting up NSU campus was a mockery to his own government, the party stated.

Ever since the NSU was included in the Union budget in July 2014, series

of inspection team and ministers have been visiting the site and they were the one to finalise this location, MTM statement read.

“Now, as election is around the corner, both Congress and BJP were doing politics with the site selection for the campus.

There were no protests from people against the official visit by ministers or secretaries before. The agitation against the establishment of NSU in Yaithibi Loukon was orchestrated by state BJP leaders”, the party alleged.

Similarly, the people of Manipur have reasons to believe that the bandh called by residents of Khongjom to establish the NSU is also orchestrated by Congress, it alleged.

“Both parties should stop blame game. MTM welcomes NSU to be established anywhere in Manipur, in the interest of sportsperson as early as possible,” the statement added.

Kohli lashes out at Cong’ approach towards minorities

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Shillong, Nov 6: Senior BJP leader Nalin Kohli on Sunday lashed out at the opposition Congress’ approach of attracting religious minority communities to its fold as “communal agenda”.

“The move of Congress to attract Christians, Muslims, and other communities on the basis of religion or comments made

by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s political guru, Digvijaya Singh on the escape of eight members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) from jail has only confirmed that the Congress has “communal agenda, and ours (BJP) is development agenda,”Kohli told journalists here in Meghalaya.

He said : “when eight members of SIMI were killed in an encounter within 12 hoursafter escaping from Bhopal Central jail, Digvijaya Singh while demanding for a thorough investigation into the killing, said that there was a conspiracy behind the whole incident and wondered “why only Muslims break out of prison and not Hindus.”

Kohli described Singh’s comment was aimed at to divide the fight against terror on communal lines and Hindu-Muslim identity.

Tripura on cyclone alert, drizzling on for 72 hours Agartala, Nov 6 (Agencies): The Meteorological (MeT) department on Sunday issued cyclone alert in Tripura as neighbouring Bangladesh is likely to receive cyclone in the next two days after a depression has been formed in the Bay of Bengal.

Normal life has already been hampered since the last three days as the city is facing heavy rainfall and continuous drizzling.

Several parts of Tripura have been receiving heavy rainfall and the Meteorological department has also issued a warning of heavy rainfall at isolated places over Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura.

Along with the capital city Agartala, many parts of Tripura are also likely to get strong winds.

The rain is likely to continue for at least two more days.

Rs 50 cr OIL Start-Up fund for new ideas

Guwahati, Nov 6 (PTI): Oil India Limited (OIL) has set up an OIL Start-Up fund of Rs 50 crore to encourage new “out of the box” ideas related to the oil and gas sector, particularly in the Northeast.

The oil exploration major’s chairman-cummanaging director Utpal Bora today said in a press conference that the initiative was in line with the Centre’s ‘Start-up India’

initiative.

“The OIL Start-Up fund is to encourage students, young entrepreneurs and institutions to come out with out of the box ideas for the benefit of the oil and gas sector that is contributing enormously to the growth of the economy,” Bora said.

The initiative was to create an ecosystem that was conducive for growth of start-ups in the oil and gas sector, which has a

huge scope for application of technology-enabled ideas, he said.

“Currently the sector faces various critical challenges and new ideas are required to negotiate those challenges. OIL will be partnering with institutes of excellence in the Northeast like IIT-Guwahati to take this initiative forward, wherein the institutes will facilitate ‘idea incubation’ for carrying out studies and experiments,” Bora said.

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New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked scientists to find solutions for hunger and malnutrition while conserving the bio-diversity.

“Today, millions of people are struggling with hunger, poverty and malnutrition. Science and technology has an important role in fighting these challenges,” Modi said at the first International Agrobiodiversity Congress (IAC) here.

“We need to ensure that while finding solutions for these challenges, we don’t ignore other aspects like sustainable development and conservation of bio-diversity,” he said.

Ruing the loss of global bio-diversity, Modi said that in spite of the acceptance of the Biological Diversity Convention, 1992, everyday, around 50 to 150 species are getting extinct, and in coming years, there is danger of loosing every eighth bird and every fourth animal species.

He asked the international, national and private organisations to form a pool of resources and technology to increase chances

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New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI): The India Meteorological Department’s climate forecast system was ill-equipped to gauge crucial oceanic phenomena, as a result of which it had to revise its prediction for rainfall from the Southwest Monsoon from “above normal” to “normal”, a top official said.

The IMD will now make necessary amendments to its existing climate models for better prediction in the future, M Rajeevan, Secretary, the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said.

It, at present, uses the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2), procured from the US, to understand oceanic patterns.

The system was modified to suit IMD’S requirements.

As per IMD’s initial forecast, rainfall from the Southwest Monsoon was expected to be “above normal”. September was expected to receive “excess” rainfall, but that did not happen.

This was primarily due to La Nina, an oceanic phenomenon linked to cooling of Pacific waters resulting in better monsoon in the Indian sub-continent. The IMD had expected a “fullblown” La Nina, which did not occur.

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of success and also to make efforts to formulate a shared vision in this direction.

Citing the rich biodiversity of India, he said it was a very geo-diverse nation and its varied topography and different climatic zones were the reasons.

India has 2.5 per cent of earth’s land mass but it sustains 17 per cent human population, 18 per cent of animal population six and half per cent of global biodiversity.

Highlighting the awareness about nature conservation in Indian civilisational milieu, Modi said the concept of consciousness of nature is part of the Ishvapyasopnishad, an ancient philosophical text. Modi however noted

that for conservation of biodiversity, it is important to be ready for the local environmental challenges. “We will have to test genes in the farms under environmental conditions so that they can adapt to the climatic conditions,” he said.

He also called for harmonisation of laws on agrobiodiversity, so that they do not become hindrance in the growth of farmers and agriculture in developing countries.

Calling for farmers to be come part of the research work, he suggested a mechanism where a farmer can test a desirable gene in his farms and should be compensated for it.

Recommending practice of maintaining a register of various practices from across the globe in the field of agrobiodiversity, he said that subsequently a scientific study could be carried to see which practices can be promoted.

The Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources (ISPGR) and Bioversity International are organising the November 6-9 event in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

AAP MLA Rituraj Govind arrested NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party MLA Rituraj Govind has been arrested on charges of apprehension of breach of peace in Outer Delhi’s Kirari area before Chhath Pooja, making him the 15th party legislator to be apprehended.

Confirming the arrest, DCP (Outer) M N Tiwari on said, “He was arrested last night on charges of apprehension of breach of peace in the area before Chhath Pooja.”

Police said section 144 of the CrPC (prohibiting assembly of more than four people) was imposed in ghat area, which is a heritage property, from yesterday morning in view of the Chhath puja and the MLA had allegedly violated the order.

Rituraj said on Friday that he was trying to build a ghat at Nithari Talaab near the expressway on the occasion of Chhath puja along the river bank in Kirari which is his constituency.

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His move was objected to by the local villagers even as he said the construction of the ghat was funded by the Delhi government.

Fifteen party MLAs have been arrested so far.

On October 16, party’s Gujarat affairs in-charge Gulab Singh surrendered before Surat Police and was arrested by Delhi Police after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him in connection with an extortion case.

Parl panel to look into debit card data breach New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI): Concerned over the biggest-ever breach of debit card data, a parliamentary panel will examine various security issues related to payments in the banking sector and has asked government officials and representatives of some banks to appear before it.

As many as 32.14 lakh debit cards data was compromised and 641 customers across 19 banks were duped of Rs 1.3 crore using stolen debit card data.

The Parliamentar y Standing Committee on Finance, which is scheduled to meet later this week, has asked officials from the Finance Ministry, the Corporate Affairs Ministry and various banks to appear before it. The panel is headed

by Congress MP Veerappa Moily. Representatives of State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Yes Bank have been asked to brief the panel on “securityrelated issues concerning payments in the banking sector”, according to a Lok Sabha secretariat notice.

The notice said the panel will also be briefed by representatives of the Department of Financial Services from the Finance Ministry and the Corporate Affairs Ministry.

J&K DGP says situation still extremely fragile SRINAGAR/AWANTIPORA, NOV 6 (Agencies): Describing the situation in Jammu & Kashmir as “extremely fragile”, state DGP K Rajendra has said around 300 terrorists are active in the state and that continuing infiltration along the Line of Control (LoC) is a cause of worry.

“The continuing infiltration along the border is a cause of worry which can change the whole game,” the Director General of Police (DGP) told a meeting of top civil and police officials of the state, chaired by chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, here on Saturday.

Referring to the situation in Kashmir where the unrest triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani in July completed four months, Rajendra said even though the intensity and spread of the situation has come down, it continued to be “extremely fragile”.

“While the intensity and spread of situation has come down, the situation is extremely fragile. At present, 250-300 militants are active. Given the present situation, we need to have a road map for next twothree months,” he said.

The DGP said at least

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70 buildings have been set ablaze by miscreants during the ongoing unrest in the valley.

“53 of these 70 buildings have been damaged totally,” the police chief said.

He said the restoration of normalcy will remain the top priority for the forces in coming days.

“While a semblance of normalcy has been restored, there is no scope for complacency. Police will continue its drive against miscreants,” he said.

At the meeting, deputy commissioners and SSPs of Kashmir division made detailed presentations on the ongoing development works, some of which have been affected due to the situation.

They also provided figures on the number of cases filed over the last four months and the arrests made in those cases.

After ‘Operation Calm down’ in South Kashmir, Army is now focussing on another operation -‘School Chalo’, under which it identifies areas and provides students with free coaching and make them participate in extracurricular activities.

“We know we have to deal situation on the internal front and we are doing that with desired results.

But simultaneously during my interaction with locals, I felt they were worried about the studies of their children, but at the same time anxious about their security. That is where I asked my boys to work out a plan for providing education to students,” says Major General Ashok Narula, General-Officerin-Command of ‘Victor Force’.

The army had launched Operation ‘Calm Down’ in August- September to clear different parts of the Valley of militants and protesters using minimum force.

With educational institutions remaining closed for about five months now and over 30 schools being burnt down over the past weeks, Gen Narula’s directions under the ‘School Chalo’ programme is increasingly becoming popular in the

Inland waterways to hire disaster management consultant

K o l kata , N o v 6 (IANS): Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has planned to engage a global consultant to prepare a disaster management plan for the development of National Waterways one (NW1) on the Ganga river under the Jal Marg Vikas project, a top official said on Sunday.

“Large number of vessels will move up and down on the Ganga river when the project gets ready. The authority has to take care of the risk associated with development of the waterways,” the authority’s Vice Chairman Pravir Pandey, who is also Project Director of Jal Marg Vikas, told IANS. “We are going to engage a consultant agency through a worldwide procurement process. The agency will prepare the disaster management plan,” Pandey said.

The idea is to gauge what could be the disaster

that may occur in future and what would be the best response to tackle such problem, he said.

“The terms of reference are being prepared.

The tender will be floated in two months time,” Pandey said.

The government is developing National Waterway 1 (NW-1) under the Jal Marg Vikas Project,

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with assistance from the World Bank. The estimated project cost has been revised upward to Rs 5,369 crore from the initial estimation of Rs 4,200 crore.

With its objective of providing safe, environment friendly and economical mode of transportation through NW-1, the authority signed a contract with Germany-based vessel

design company -- DST, Germany, to design vessels, especially suited to navigate the 1,620 km stretch of NW-1 (Ganga-BhagirathiHooghly stretch).

He said along with the cargo vessels, there was a huge demand too for passenger transportation.

Based on the demand, the authority has analysed ferry services linking the

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“Besides being an army officer, I am a father of two children. So here I approached the issue as a father and not as an Army officer and ensured that these children should hold books in their hands, rather than a stone,” Narula said.

Using a local slogan ‘Chyem ne zaroorat Daulat-o-Rubab, Faqat Gochum School te Kitab (I don’t need money and fame, I need books and school)’, the army offcers and men now perform a different kind of task -- to convince the parents to send their wards to make-shift dwellings to study.

Army officers cited the performance of 292 students who were studying in the Army Goodwill School at Pahalgam who were being taught by well qualified teachers.

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Wrestling politics

ndia’s largest state –UP- will go to the polls in 2017 where three major political parties will fight the mother of all battles to win majority of the 403 seat to capture power in the run up to the 2019 parliamentary elections. Principally, three major players will fight the mother of all battlesruling Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and BJP- where caste and communal factors play a very crucial part. The election is a referendum on the Samajwadi Party led by youthful chief minister Akhilesh Yadav the son of SP strongman Mulayam Singh Yadav. However, the recent family feud within the Yadav family has seriously dented the image of the party which today has two almost irreconcilable factions– one led by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and the other led by his uncle Shivpal Yadav (with the blessings of the father Mulayam Singh Yadav). It is in this context that the Samajwadi Party which is battling antiincumbency is also saddled with inner divisions that have added to its woes. When UP goes to the polls in 2017, firstly, a rainbow coalition is the need of the hour not only for SP, but for smaller players like Congress, Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Dal (RJD) and Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JDU) who need a foothold beyond their area of influence.

SP had won 224 of the 403 seats in 2012 and even if they decide to contest 300-350 seats, they can still strike a balance between accommodating party aspirants and hammering a seat sharing agreement with other parties. However, the SP is certainly not going to come anywhere near the striking distance because of the infightings which have come out in the open. The SP is desperately seeking alliance partners because it is down in the dumps and the only way it might have some chance to regain its second position is through a grand pre-poll alliance of “like minded parties”.

The SP roots for such an alliance but with two warring factions, other political parties may not be very warm to the proposal. The BSP is going to be a major player to vie for power the factionalism within the SP has added to its advantage. Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has rehabilitated Amar Singh back to the party, still harbours the undying ambition of becoming the prime minister of India.

He is will do business with anyone or any party in order to achieve that ambition. Mulayam refused to join the Mahagathbandhan (grand coalition) in Bihar against the BJP because he was not given an important position and neither was his party able to get a many seats as demanded. Now that Mulayam Singh needs parties like the Congress, it is difficult to foresee anything happening on this front. Had it been only Akhilesh Yadav then there could have been better prospects of all coming together. In 2012 assembly elections, the SP had polled 29.13% votes while BSP and BJP had polled 25.91% and 15% votes respectively.

However in 2014 the BJP battered all by increasing its vote share to 42.63% and winning 71 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats. The BJP and SP will be willing to spend while BSP has to play the Dalit card and the one who makes the right combination will win.

DailyDevotion Intimate Theology Do you believe this? —John 11:26 Martha believed in the power available to Jesus Christ; she believed that if He had been there He could have healed her brother; she also believed that Jesus had a special intimacy with God, and that whatever He asked of God, God would do. But— she needed a closer personal intimacy with Jesus. Martha’s theology had its fulfillment in the future. But Jesus continued to attract and draw her in until her belief became an intimate possession. It then slowly emerged into a personal inheritance— “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ…” (John 11:27).

Is the Lord dealing with you in the same way? Is Jesus teaching you to have a personal intimacy with Himself? Allow Him to drive His question home to you— “Do you believe this?” Are you facing an area of doubt in your life? Have you come, like Martha, to a crossroads of overwhelming circumstances where your theology is about to become a very personal belief? This happens only when a personal problem brings the awareness of our personal need.

To believe is to commit. In the area of intellectual learning I commit myself mentally, and reject anything not related to that belief. In the realm of personal belief I commit myself morally to my convictions and refuse to compromise. But in intimate personal belief I commit myself spiritually to Jesus Christ and make a determination to be dominated by Him alone.

Then, when I stand face to face with Jesus Christ and He says to me, “Do you believe this?” I find that faith is as natural as breathing. And I am staggered when I think how foolish I have been in not trusting Him earlier.

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Forgive, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. ~ Author unknown

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id the change in the House of Tatas happen suddenly?

Most probably not. It was brewing for quite some time. Perhaps it started even before Cyrus Mistry – a non-Tata - was appointed the chairman of the group.

The decision came as a surprise also for the reason that the entire Tata board appreciated the work of Mistry two months back.

Mistry was on the board of directors with Tatas since 2006. He was appointed chairman on December 28, 2012. Two amendments were made to the Articles of Association Tata Sons 22 days before on December 6, 2012.

It helped the Tata trusts consolidate power at the holding company of the conglomerate. This now helped in the removal of Cyrus Mistry.

The Article 118 of the Articles of Association of Tata Sons, which deals with the appointment and removal of the chairman by constituting the “Selection Committee”, was changed on December 6, 2012 and concentrated power in the hands of directors of the board nominated by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Sir Ratan Tata Trust.

Prior to the amend-

Days before Mistry named chief

ment, the committee of five consisted of two trustnominated directors, two other directors from the board, and one independent, board-appointed external member.

The ar ticle was amended mandating that the committee be comprised of three trust nominated directors, one director from the board, and one independent. The strategic move was apparently to ensure that the majority of the selection committee was constituted by members from the Tata trusts.

Do these indicate that for whatever reasons Mistry was appointed, there was a discomfort in the house?

There is nothing obvious.

However, nothing also explains why Ratan Tata, appointed interim chairman, wrote a letter to the prime minister on October 24, 2016 informing him of the change of guard.

He also wrote a letter to the employees announcing the changes.

One can understand that.

The employees need to be told about changes in the corporate structure.

But no company usually considers it necessary to inform the prime minister of such decisions. Tata’s letter is significant as it also informed that he was

Do not misuse your precious life

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ow precious your life is! How precious your time is!

Life on this earth is short and span of life is uncertain. So choose the right path and walk on it. Many people were thoughtless and careless in choosing their ways and perished for nothing.

The Nagas have their national politics. Once all of the workers of the national politics were recognized, respected, loved and supported by the general public. If one of the national workers suffered or died, he or she was mourned as the loss of a worker for the nation. But after the division of the national workers into several factions and fratricidal war took place among themselves, the attitude of the people was changed and instead of helping the national workers, they were hated because of intimidation and heavy taxation. The different political organizations are no longer formed by the people but each Government is formed by themselves. Now there is no Government formed by the people for the people.

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What a sad thing it is! Is it the fate of the Nagas?

There are many leaders who are misleading the innocent people. Many people are being misled by some unscrupulous leaders. How many Nagas were killed by the Nagas themselves? All are professed believers of Jesus Christ but the practice is anti-Christianity and anti-Christianity is not the way of bringing about sovereignty. Repentance is the need of the day for the Nagas.

All of our people are professed believers of God but our way of life is a denial of God. Truly knowing God is the solution to all human problems.

Truly knowing God will avoid self-destruction and destroying others. For instance; fake employees and pensioners never know God. They are destroying themselves and others as well. Truly knowing God cannot mislead the people and such people cannot be misled by others. So the solution to all problems is truly knowing God and fearing Him. Rev.L.Suohie Mhasi

taking up as “interim” chairman.

The law does not mandate a company to inform the prime minister about internal changes.

It is also stated that Mistry had a meeting with the prime minister in the last week of October. A few days later Tata had also called on him.

Since 1991 reforms, the corporate are not seen to lobby with the government much.

In the 1980s, Shivaji HP Nanda and Bharat Ram sought government intervention as their companies were under threat of takeover from London-based Swraj Paul. The lobbying did help ward off the threat.

Similarly, the Modi group scions including Dayawati Modi, widow of Gujarmal Modi and her sons met then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as the scions fought a bitter internecine battle. The government stayed away from the Modi family dispute, but the state-owned financial institutions did play a key role by forcing a resolution, thanks to their stake in the many group companies.

Tata possibly sensed that the decision to become interim chairman could become controversial. Mistry’s mail to Tata Sons

board members raising controversial corporate governance issues indicate that the issue is not going to settle soon.

Mistry warned that the Tatas will have to write off $18 billion. He indicated that this was due to takeover of Corus steel plant and emotional launch of Nano.

But is it so personal?

Partly it may be so but there are indications that Ratan Tata Sarkar w a s n o t happy with a number of developments since Mistry took over.

Growth in Tata Sons has slowed under Mistry’s leadership, with turnover slipping 4.6 percent to $103 billion last fiscal year from $108 billion the previous year, because of lacklustre performances at several companies including Tata Motors, Tata Power and Tata Steel.

Global economic uncertainty, a crash in commodity prices and volatility in currencies have hurt Tata revenue, according to Bloomberg News.

It is said that six in ten rupees deployed by Tata are in businesses yielding returns below its cost of funding. Eight years ago it was three in ten rupees, according to The Economist.

Was Mistry responsible for it? Technically it was so. Though insiders say that almost four years prior to his taking over the reins the Tatas were bleeding. The CEO of KR Choksey Shares, Deven Choksey indicates that there were some problems in restructuring some of the assets. Mistry made decisions for some of the companies that may have sparked conflict but he had not fared badly. Markets were not disappointed with what Mistry did.

Mistry became MD of his family’s Shapoorji Pallonji Group in 1991, which has interests in construction, real estate, infrastructure and textiles.

He is credited for expanding it into a multi-billion dollar business through diversification. Was that a clash of interest?

Tata Motors and Tata Steel are making huge losses. Tata Docomo wasn’t doing well. The Corus acquisition was bleeding the Tata revenues. Tata Power was no better. The Indian Hotel was debt-ridden due its acquisitions and the Orient Express bid. Only TCS and Jaguar Land Rover were generating margins.

Mistry wanted to sell off some of these.

There are problems also in Air Asia, Vistara

Post-mortem

Why a corrupt politician is worse than an immoral one

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he U.S. is now days from electing its next president. Besides being among the most controversial the U.S. has probably ever seen, this political season has also eroded the faith of Americans in their government.

In September, Gallup published the results of a study on the trust American’s have in their political leaders. The results were just a further confirmation of what most people have already publicly expressed: only 42 percent of Americans have some level of trust at all in political leaders. This represented a new historical low and a drop of more than 20 percentage points since 2000.

At the heart of this dissatisfaction is one candidate’s clear track-record of immoral behavior and the other candidate’s eversurfacing links to questionable business dealings and political favors. Speaking objectively, neither of these qualities are positive. Both are destructive and even — in some respects — related to each other. Yet, in terms of electing a president, accusations of corruption carry greater consequences than accusations of immorality.

The reason for this conclusion is quite straightforward: while immorality destroys the reputation of an individual, corruption not only erodes the individual, but the governing system as a whole.

John Kennedy was accused of at least a dozen extra-marital encounters before and during his presidency. Franklin Roosevelt had a well-known affair that spanned decades. And Chester Arthur, though having lost his wife to pneumonia before taking office, was rumored to have had a mistress. All in all, 14 U.S. presidents — practically a third of all commanders in chief in U.S. history — have been accused, in varying degrees, of moral misconduct.

As a spiritual leader, I cannot condone this behavior for it harms individuals andfamilies and does not model an ideal leader.

Yet it does not erase the remarkable service these men gave to the U.S. at critical moments in its history.

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fect Saint Who Struggled With Doubt Kennedy, who was tragically deprived of serving a full term in office, played a role in half-a-dozen of the most important events of the 20th century, including theCuban Missile Crisis and the Civil RightsMovement. Franklin Roosevelt remains as one of the most respected figures of the 20th century and is credited with seeing America through the Great Depression and World War II. AndChester Arthur, though often overlooked in the annals of history, signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which clearly stated that positions in the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit and not party membership. He is perhaps the most tangible example of a president who failed morally yet stood resolutely against corruption.

But when it comes to corruption, the record stands clear that America will not tolerate a man — or potentially, a woman — who will use authority for personal gain. Richard Nixon, the paragon of political folly and deception who barely escaped impeachment, stands as the

Whom are you voting next?

ext time you vote, whom are you voting for? Are you thinking, you have voted the wrong people to power? Have you put your trust to the wrong people? Have you given your rights to the wrong people? Well, keep the answers to yourselves. Everything has its time and general election is once again just around the corner.

I assume, by the end of 2017, you will have your clear answer whom to vote for in the 2018 general election. We cannot help but we are going to end up having a bad five years of governance. Presently, we cannot really do anything because we have “sold our votes”. What we can really do is learn from our mistakes and wait patiently for the next election ‘not to sale our votes’ but cast a democratic vote for five years plan and not for few thousand rupees. Simple answer to the change we are seeking now lies in the coming election. So, chose the right person to represent your rights, your voices and who can stand for your injustices and exploitations.

partnership, 2 G and some other deals. Some even refer to the Radia tapes to suggest that things are not above board in the Bombay House.

Mistry in one of his interviews said “Our individual companies need to earn the right to grow.

At the group level, we are focused on helping our companies earn this right by building strong operational cash flows and looking at their capital structures.” It is stated that this sent a scare among the CEOs of the group.

Did Mistr y’s style clash with the values of the Tata Group? Or was it the remote control management of Ratan Tata? It is also being asked whether a chairman needs approval from the board for any capital expenditure above Rs 500 crore?

The clash of personalities was definitely there.

Mistry did not appear to have free hand. The shots were being called by someone else. In such a situation no corporate can function in an objective manner.

The events are unfolding. The mystery of the Tata house may take some time to resolve. Will a new chairman solve the puzzle or would the personal legacies choke the 147-year-old house?

I was wondering, how could our leaders cheat and fool the people so much, than my Scripture showed me in 1 Timothy 6:10, ‘the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil’ so my calculation came to a simple conclusion that since they desire and lust for more and more wealth and money they have all kinds of evil ways to cheat the people. Dear representatives, I have no personal grudges and enmity with anyone but as a concern citizen it pains my heart looking at the present scenario of our state. With this pace and governance the general innocent public are going nowhere. So dear leaders “change or be changed”, if you do not change yourselves, you will be changed very soon. Sorry my dear good leaders, I do not condemn you but I condemn the evils that are eating u up and making you blind which you are not conscious of.

Your innocent voters are suffering yet you do not see them. It is true that though one can see, they can still be blind, as the old proverbs goes, “A true blind person is not one who

cannot see but one who chooses not to- Unknown”.

Dear voters, you are the victims today, so will not the next election a time to show our resentment and annoyance over the injustices done to us? Will not the next election a time to show the change we need?

Will not the next election a time to show that we need a better, sincere and truthful people to lead us? We are late indeed but never too late to start afresh something worthwhile.

We are been looted, our wealth drained, our voices unheard, our sufferings and pains unseen, we are exploited and our today is shattered yet, we live for tomorrow, so next time you vote, vote to elect your representatives and not a dictator.

Vote for a five years development and good governance and not for money.

Otherwise our children tomorrow will suffer worst than us. “Either way we die so better stand for right than to die silent”. God bless Nagaland.

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best example of how corruption seeps through the echelons of governmental power and, consequently, paves the way for outright criminal action. Yet, today, Richard Nixon’s actions would not have received the same scrutiny and outrage.

I live and serve in India — a country known for some ver y corr upt politicians. One main reason our current Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is in power is precisely because he ran on an anticorruption platform, and he has done a commendable job at it. What strikes me the most about what’s being reported in America today is that political “corruption” is the issue, but Americans will not use the word.

Trust me, we Indians know how corruption in high places corrodes society as a whole and hinders progress. And while it is not for me to say how Americans should vote, there’s no denying that each vote they cast will determine where America goes from here.

Dr. Joseph D’Souza, president of the Dalit Freedom Network and of the All India Christian Council

Reader’s Post

The helping hand of a little boy Sir,

It is not often that one comes across a scene where a young school boy is seen helping an elderly gentleman cross the road. When I enquired from the boy if the old man was his grandfather, the reply came in the negative.

He told me that he did it because he saw the old man struggling to cross the road but with the traffic flow he could not do so. It was a very touching scene. The boy was attired in the LFHSS uniform and he surely has some values stored in him. His parents and teachers are surely bringing him up well.

However, on the other hand, it is disheartening to see vehicles just trying to overtake each other in these pathetic roads without even a thought for older citizens who might be crossing the road. Many elderly people in the past have been mortally knocked down by speeding vehicles. Just as the little school boy with good values, drivers of various vehicles need to watch the road while driving.

Zubeno Humtsoe, Railway Colony Dimapur

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

Nagaland Post, Dimapur monday, nOVEMBER 7, 2016

Pranab promises action on JNU student

capital. Kejriwal added that it was a shame that students struggling to trace their missing friend faced police action and an insensitive JNU administration.

“Since ABVP students are involved, there is a general perception that Delhi Police is not acting effectively.

Even more problematic has been the role played by the Vice Chancellor of the University.”

He accused the Vice Chancellor of not acting against the ABVP students who attacked Ahmed.

And as police cracked down a JNU student protest at the India Gate memorial in the heart of the capital, Kejriwal urged the government not to turn Delhi into a police state.

The Chief Minister added sarcastically that if half the number of policemen deployed on Sunday had been utilized to trace Najeeb, he would have been found by now.

Chennai, Nov 6 (PTI) : In simultaneous operations in different cities in Tamil Nadu, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a gold smuggling syndicate and recovered nearly six kg of the precious metal.

DRI said that it has “busted” a “smuggling syndicate,” recovering 5.9 kg of gold bars and jewellery smuggled in from Dubai and Singapore, and valued at Rs 1.80 crore.

Four persons have been arrested in connection with the smuggling, DRI said in a statement.

Based on intelligence, special teams of DRI officers were deployed at airports in Chennai, Tiruchirappally and Madurai, besides on a National Highway, DRI said.

On Friday morning, officials intercepted a car at Chenglepet near here, and its occupants revealed that gold bars were concealed under the front seat of the vehicle.

200 JNU students detained in Delhi before protest

Around 200 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students as well as missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmad’s mother were detained here on Sunday while they were proceeding to stage a protest near India Gate against police inaction in the case.

thereunder’,” the report says.

“Once the proposed amendment is allowed, the irregularities in record keeping as per Form F which are part and parcel of sex selective tests would escape the rigours of the existing Section 23 as the prosecutors shall have to prove indulgence in or assistance or aiding sex determination/selection or for conducting pre-natal diagnostic techniques by the accused medical professionals or diagnostic centers/clinics, ” the report stated.

LU C K N OW, N ov 6 (Agencies): Amid the raging debate over ‘triple talaq’, All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) today crticised the signature campaign launched by the AIMPLB, dubbing it as a move to “mislead” women from the community.

“The campaign is not to empower Muslim women but to mislead them,” AIMWPLB President Shaista Amber told PTI here.

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‘triple talaq’. AIMPLB could also punish those who utter ‘talaq’ thrice in one go, she suggested.

Amber said the affidavit before the apex court smacked of votebank politics and efforts to disintegrate the society. “On the pretext of the issue, the government was trying to push the agenda implementing Uniform Civil Code,” she said.

Implementation of a common code is part of the BJP’s election manifesto.

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These capsules were made of polythene. The weight of contraband was 525 grams. The capsules were opened and it was found containing heroin.

The total value of the heroin recovered is estimated to be about two crores in the international market.

Meanwhile, efforts are being made to unearth the whole syndicate and track the other co-passenger of the accused.

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information and publicity cell, said that womenfolk were considered equal to male counterpart and that they have excelled in all fields even without reservation. But in politics they still remain to be seen actively involved especially in policy bodies”, said NPRAAF. It further appealed to the civil societies and political parties not to go against the policy of the government but to extend support.

Also, taking up the bad road condition in the state, NPRAAF appealed to the state government not to just apply “cosmetic” on the roads during Hornbill Festival for the tourist to travel smoothly but make sincere effort in providing better road to the people.

reasons for his state of health.

He had arrived in India on medical VISA in October but had not visited any hospital for treatment since then.

He was sent to AIIMS Hospital through CATs ambulance. The doctors were consulted and they were advised to examine and assess whether the passenger had swallowed some contraband to escape the eyes of law.

The patient was admitted to the hospital. The police watch was constantly maintained upon him and the suspicion turned into reality when during treatment, it was established

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DIMAPUR: While the issue on 33% reservation for women in civic polls received mixed response from various organizations, the Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) on Sunday issued a statement in support of the state government’s decision, stating that reservation will encourage the intellectual and capability of women folk in decision making to lead the Nagas.

NPRAAF viewed that state government decision to implement reservation policy was not to look down women as weaker section, since there has never been discrimination against women in any way in the Naga society.

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NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (AGENCIES): Heroin worth Rs. two crores have been seized from the IGI Airport here in the national capital. The heroin was seized from two Afghan nationals, who were going to Afghanistan by Kam Air on November 3.

One of them namely Ghulam Rabani, 43, became unwell at the airport.

He was offloaded by the airlines and this came to the notice of the local police.

Accordingly, the police staff assessed the situation and circumstances.

The condition of the passenger was such that it raised suspicion regarding

Triple talaq: Muslim women body slams AIMPLB’s move

DRI busts gold smuggling syndicate

Nagaland, others fail to implement...

(From p-1) “The proposed amendment seeks to restrict the scope and operation of Section 23 (1) only to cases where the accused medical professional ‘indulges in or assists or aids sex determination/selection or for conducting pre-natal diagnostic techniques on any person for the purposes other than those specified in sub-section (2) of Section 4’, while the existing provision of Section 23 (1) covers contravention of ‘any of the provisions of this Act or Rules made

which was more than the number recorded during the time of pandemic, said Ahuja. A total of 75 cases with 13 deaths were reported in Odisha in 2015 while in the year 2016, only one case has been reported so far, she added. In another letter, the Health Secretary asked the CDMOs to take steps to eliminate vector-borne disease dengue. “The state experienced an explosive outbreak of dengue during monsoon period, particularly in industrial and urban areas of the state. Though it is a fact that the incidence has declined considerably, sporadic cases are still being reported from rural areas of different districts,” Ahuja said.

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Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

The ABVP has denied any involvement in his disappearance. In a letter to the President, Kejriwal expressed shock that police did not question the students who allegedly attacked Najeeb until November 4. “I request you to urgently intervene in the turn of events in JNU, in your capacity as the Visitor of this premier university,” he said.

“I also request you to immediately direct the central government to expedite the investigation process to find Najeeb. We are at a juncture where every single moment counts.”

The AAP leader said the fact that Delhi Police had not been able to trace Najeeb raised serious concerns about the law and order situation in the national

Bhubaneswar, Nov 6 (IANS): The Odisha government has asked its Chief District Medical Officers (CDMOs) to remain prepared to deal with the H1N1 influenza in the state, said an official on Sunday.

“In view of the coming transmission season and behaviour of Influenza A H1N1 in recent past, the health administration needs to remain prepared in terms of infrastructure, logistics and trained personnel,” said Health Secretary Arti Ahuja in a letter to the CDMOs. During the year 2015, it was observed that a large number of death cases were reported across the country due to seasonal influenza

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New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS): President Pranab Mukher jee on Sunday promised action after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged him to direct the Modi government to step up efforts to trace a JNU student missing for over three weeks.

After meeting Mukherjee, Kejriwal said the President had promised to seek a report from the Home Ministry and the Jawaharlal Nehru University. “He (President) assured all support,” the Aam Aadmi Party leader tweeted.

The Chief Minister sought the President’s intervention regarding Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing from the Jawaharlal Nehru University on October 15 after a tiff with alleged members of the BJP-affiliated Akhil

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The Cabinet Secretariat said a Financial Sector Regulatory Appointment Search Committee (FSRASC) has been constituted with the approval of the Appointments Committee of Cabinet, which is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for recommending the names for appointment of chairperson and members of financial sector regulatory bodies including those of Gover nor and Deputy Governor of RBI.

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The Section bars disclosure of Cabinet papers including records of deliberations of the council of ministers, secretaries and other officers.

“Provided that the decisions of council of ministers, the reasons thereof, and the material on the basis of which the decisions were taken shall be made public after the decision has been taken, and the matter is complete, or over,” the Section reads.

Patel was on August 20 named as RBI’s governor

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As per the survey, 59 per cent of the respondents have quoted this as an impediment in the growth prospects compared to 64 per cent in the previous quarter.

The report is prepared on the basis of a quarterly conducted global business survey of 2,500 businesses across 36 economies.

Meanwhile, in terms of revenue expectations, India slipped to third position from top in the previous quarter.

In spite of the downturn, India is much ahead of China where only 30 per cent respondents expect an increase in revenue, whereas in India, 85 per cent respondents have voted in favour of increasing revenue.

The sur vey further noted that 68 per cent of respondents have voted for an upsurge in selling prices. On this parameter too, China lags India with only 10 per cent of respondents expecting an upsurge in selling prices. The global average is 19 per cent.

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appears that most of the items in the CPI basket will be taxed at a rate which is very close to their current levels.”

According to Citigroup, even if some of the ‘services’ move to 18 per cent tax bracket (from 15 per cent), it is not likely to stroke inflationary consequences if the tax pass-through is smooth.

On the other hand, given that tax rates will be mostly unchanged, the positive growth impact will be felt only through better tax efficiency, the report added.

The report noted that the non-inflationary bias drove the GST rate consensus and bodes well for the introduction of new GST rates from April 1, 2017.

“An early consensus over this complex issue opens up the possibility of further GST legislations being passed in the winter session of parliament and introduction of new GST rates from April 1, 2017,” Citigroup said.

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New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI): New Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure is likely to be “noninflationary” as most of the items in the Consumer Price Index basket will be taxed at a rate which is very close to their current levels, says a Citigroup report.

The GST Council has agreed on a four-tier GST tax structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, with lower rates for essential items and the highest for luxury and de-merits goods that would also attract an additional cess.

According to the global financial services major, almost 50 per cent of the CPI basket including food grains will continue to be out of the tax net (0 per cent tax), while four ‘sin’ goods (tobacco, pan masala, aerated drinks and luxury cars) will be taxed at their present rates which are much higher than 28 per cent.

“New GST structure likely to be non-inflationary,” Citigroup said in a research note, adding, “It

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI): The Centre has declined to share details on appointment of RBI Governor Urjit Patel and other candidates shortlisted for the top post in the central bank saying these are “cabinet papers” and cannot be made public.

Replying to an RTI query, the Cabinet Secretariat denied to share copy of minutes of the meetings of the search committee for selecting the RBI Governor, details of the candidates considered by it and its recommendations.

“Information sought is exempted from disclosure under Section 8 (1) (i) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act,” the Cabinet Secretariat said

NEW DELHI, Nov 6 (PTI): India improved its ranking by one spot in a global index of business optimism, with policy reforms and Goods and Services tax (GST) expected to become a reality soon, says a survey.

According to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report, India was ranked second on the optimism index during the third quarter (JulySeptember 2016).

Indonesia took the top spot, with the Philippines coming in third.

India was ranked third during the April-June period after being on top for two consecutive quarters.

“The improvement in the optimism ranking in the recent past clearly reflects that the reform agenda of the government and its efforts on improving the climate for doing business are having an impact,” Grant Thornton India LLP Partner - India Leadership Team Harish H V said.

High business optimism was also complimented by the rise of employment expectations. India regained its top position on this parameter, from second position in the April-June period, while profitability expectations also moved up. “...all the programs and initiatives of the government as well as its focus on building relationships with all major economic powers has made India a bright spot in the global economy,” Harish said, add-

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New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI): US-based iPhone maker Apple has sought incentives from the government to set up a manufacturing unit in the country.

In a communication to the government, the Cupertino-based technology major has asked for incentives related to the Department of Revenue and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeITY), an official told PTI. “They are doing their due diligence from quite some time. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) will write to both the departments regarding this communication for their views,” the official added.

At present, to boost electronic manufacturing in the country, the government provides benefits under Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (MSIPS).

The scheme provides financial incentives to offset disability and attract investments in the electronics hardware segment. It also gives subsidy for investments in Special Economic Zones, among other benefits.

Cur rently, Apple’s products are manufactured in six countries including Korea, Japan and the US. Apple’s communication regarding setting up of a manufacturing unit assumes significance as the Finance Ministry in May had rejected relaxing the 30 per cent domestic sourcing norms, as sought by the iPhone and iPad maker as a pre-condition for bringing in FDI to set up single-brand retail stores in the country.

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inflation is also showing signs of dampening in the latter part of the second quarter. However, fuel inflation may revive. Although urban demand is predicted to remain strong, external demand continues to be volatile,” NCAER said in statement.

Its estimates show that the output of kharif foodgrains is expected to reflect an increase of 10 per cent to 11 per cent over last year’s output of 124 million tonnes.

It further said that India’s fiscal position remained under stress during first half of the current fiscal.

Despite healthy growth in tax revenues, the combination of rising expenditure and lowerthan-expected non-tax revenues is likely to “test the government’s resolve” to abide by the fiscal deficit target set out in Budget 2016-17, NCAER added.

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6 per cent,” she said.

It can be noted that under Patel’s predecessor Raghuram Rajan, the RBI had said it would be targeting to get inflation down to 4 per cent by March 2018 through a medium-term glide path.

Bhandari said even though the RBI has got it down to 5 per cent levels as of now, it is a “big task” to further reduce it to 4 per cent.

She said to achieve the 4 per cent target, it is essential to work on factors beyond the successfully tamed food inflation and pointed out to price rise on the services front, especially health and education, which are difficult to control.

Both the services components, which constitute nearly 12 per cent of the CPI basket, will require a lot of work from the government side as well, she said.

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI): Economic thinktank NCAER has pegged India’s GDP growth at 7.6 per cent for the current fiscal on back of pick-up in rural demand and “positive signals” on the manufacturing front.

India’s economy had expanded at 7.6 per cent in 2015-16.

On one hand, it said the anticipated improvement in the agricultural sector and the associated increase in rural demand will give an upward push to economic growth.

The manufacturing sector is also giving positive signals with Purchasers’ Managers Index, Index of Industrial Production for core sectors and auto sales going up.

The domestic aviation sector growth continues to be robust.

“However, other service index indicators continue to be muted. Food

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rates further in the near to medium term.

At its maiden rate review, which was also the first review by Governor Urjit Patel, the six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) surprised all by its unanimous rate cut call amid mixed expectations among analysts.

The commentary after the review, coupled with the minutes of MPC meeting released by RBI, has increased expectations of one more round of cut as inflation is expected to go down further but there are differing views on what stance it takes after that. Bhandari said the rate stance after the December policy hinges a lot on RBI’s internal targets on inflation.

“The crucial question is whether RBI is keen to get all the way to 4 per cent

by March 2018 or is it fine as long as inflation is under

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Mumbai, Nov 6 (PTI): Reserve Bank will go for another round of rate cut in its December review, keeping in line with its dovish stance in the last policy, which might be followed by a pause in the medium term, according to foreign brokerage HSBC. “After the unanimous rate cut call in the MPC and going through minutes of the meeting, we feel the RBI will go for another 25 bps rate cut in the December review. However, we are not expecting for more cuts after December,” HSBC India Chief Economist Pranjul Bhandari told PTI. She said inflation-inducing factors like house rent allowances arising from the seventh pay commission awards, implementation of Goods and Services Tax and also a likely review of fiscal deficit targets will prevent the RBI from cutting

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AFFIDAVIT

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(Correction of self name, father's name and Date of Birth) I, Shri. TEMPHONG KONYAK, S/o, D/o Late PHONGSHONG permnent resident of Leangha Village district-Mon, Nagaland and presently residing at AG, (Lower) Colony Kohima, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare.

1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That my actual/correct my name is TEMPHONG KONYAK, my father's correct name is PHONGSHONG and my actual date of birth is 05.04.1985 (5th April 1985) however, in some of my important documents including Service Record my name has been inadvertently recorded as PHELEM, my father's name as WANGMAN and my year of birth as 25.04.1980 (25th April 1980) hence, the above stated name TEMPHONG KONYAK and PHELEM represents the same person having single entity i.e myself.

AND PHONGSHONG and WANGMAN represent my father.

3. That henceforth, I herewith rectified and corrected the same and my name will be TEMPHONG KONYAK, my father's correct name is PHONGSHONG and my actual birth 05.04.1985 (5th April 1985) for all official references.

4. That the above statements made are true to the best of my knowledge and no material facts has been concealed herein and I signed this affidavit before the competent authority on 5th Nov. 2016.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent above mentioned name on this day th 5 Nov. 2016 at Kohima.

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Obama campaigning full-time for Clinton: Donald Trump

WASHINGTON, NOV 6 (Agencies/IANS): In a sharp attack on Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said US President Barack Obama is campaigning full-time for her as the Democratic nominee’s rallies do not attract many people.

“This guy is campaigning full-time,” Trump told his supporters in Tampa, Florida, a theme he repeated in his other rallies during the rest of the day on Friday.

“She can’t campaign for herself. Nobody shows up to her meetings. The only way she gets them to show up is when she has a star come. That’s the only way. Otherwise, she gets 500 people, 400 people, and by the way, the cameras never shows that,” Trump said.

Obama is on an electioneering blitz for the last few days, crisscrossing some of the key battle-

cancel all federal funding of sanctuary cities,” he added.

Early this week, Tr ump had described Obama as Campaignerin-Chief.

Over half of US voters think media in favour of Clinton

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

ground States including Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.

In all these rallies, Obama has been drawing thousands of his supporters many of whom stand in line for several hours to listen to his speech.

Trump alleged that Clinton is taking the help of Obama as her rallies do not attract that many people.

“Can you imagine if I had a small crowd? There would be headlines all over the world, ‘Trump is not

South Korea arrests two former presidential aide

South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologised over the scandal in a televised address.

Seoul, NOV 6 (Agencies): South Korean prosecutors arrested two former top presidential aides as an influence-peddling scandal that has seen protesters call for the resignation of President Park Geun-Hye deepened.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators at a rally on Saturday in central Seoul demanded Park step down over the crisis involving an old friend, Choi Soonsil, who is alleged to have abused her closeness to the president.

Choi has been arrested for fraud and also stands accused of meddling in state affairs - including government appointments and policy decisions - despite holding no official position.

Ahn Jong-beom, a for-

mer senior advisor to Park, was formally arrested early on Sunday on charges of abuse of power and attempted coercion, the Yonhap news agency reported.

He is suspected of helping Choi collect millions of dollars in donations from conglomerates like Samsung to two dubious nonprofit foundations which Choi set up and allegedly used for personal gain.

Prosecutors also arrested Jeong Ho-Seong, another former presidential aide, over allegations that he leaked classified information.

The 47-year-old Jeong, who was known as Park’s right hand man and has worked with her since 1998, is suspected of passing presidential speeches and official documents to Choi.

-- you know, is not doing it,’ right? But she has these little crowds show up. It’s a big problem. Look, she can’t do more than one or two a day because she has no energy, but she can’t do it because they can’t get any people,” he said.

“But Obama goes and campaigns for her. He ought to spend time in the Oval Office getting jobs, defeating ISIS, strengthening up our border,” he said.

“A Trump administration will end this nightmare of violence. We will protect American lives. We will

Banners in Pak urge army chief to contest election ISLAMABAD, NOV 6 (Agencies): Mysterious banners in Pakistan with pictures of the army chief General Raheel Sharif are once again surfacing in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. But this time the message urges the army general to “participate” in the next general election due in 2018. The banners in bold English, urge the army chief - who is due to retire on November 29+ to participate in the next general election in 2018.

The text of the posters urges Parliament to amend a law which bars army officials from taking part in political activities for at least two years after retirement, reports the Express News. This is not the first time banners relating to the popular army chief have cropped up in major cities in Pakistan. In July, banners with pictures of Gen Sharif+ were on display in major cities across Pakistan, urging him to impose martial law and take control of the country.

Over half of registered US voters, or 52 per cent, believe the US media is biased in favour of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a newly-released Gallup poll.

The findings are based on Gallup Daily tracking data collected October 2728, reports Xinhua news agency.

Voters’ perceptions of media bias in 2016 are closely related to their underlying opinions of Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump.

Among voters who have a favourable opinion of Trump, 90 per cent say the media is biased in favour of Clinton.

Dhaka, Nov 6 (IANS): Bangladesh police have stepped up security and arrested scores of men days after a violent mob vandalised dozens of Hindu temples and homes over alleged blasphemy, a police official has said.

A police official, insisting on anonymity, told Xinhua news agency on Sunday that “53 persons have so far been arrested in connection with the attacks” and security has been beefed up in the violence-ridden areas of the Brahmanbaria district, 109 km northeast of Dhaka.

The situation now is completely under control, he said. On October 30, an angry mob ransacked at least 15 temples and attacked more than a hundred properties of Hindus after a Facebook post appeared allegedly mocking one of Islam’s holiest sites Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A local Hindu, Rasraj Das, was said to have posted an edited photo on social media of a Hindu deity inside the black cube-shaped Kaaba.

May warns British MPs against blocking Brexit LONDON, NOV 6 (Agencies): British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Sunday not to block Brexit, after the High Court ruled that she cannot start the process of leaving the European Union without parliament’s approval.

The Conservative government has said it will appeal Thursday’s court decision and May told EU leaders on Friday that she believes she has a strong case.

But in a statement published ahead of a trade mission to India, May cautioned members of parliament against using the ruling to undermine the result of the June referendum.

“The result was clear.

It was legitimate. MPs and peers who regret the referendum result need to accept what the people decided,” she said. Supporters of Brexit responded angrily to the court’s decision, amid speculation that pro-European lawmakers would seek to water down the break with the EU and derail May’s plans to begin formal exit

talks by the end of March.

“Now we need to turn our minds to how we get the best outcome for our country,” the prime minister said.

“That means sticking to our plan and timetable, getting on with the work of developing our negotiating strategy and not putting all our cards on the table.

“That is not in our national interest and it won’t help us get the best deal for Britain.”

The High Court ruled that the government does not have the power to trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, which would set off a two-year countdown to leaving the bloc, without the prior approval of parliament. Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he will not seek to reverse the referendum result.

But he told the Sunday Mirror tabloid that he would vote against Article 50 unless May agreed to press for continued access to the European single market and guarantee EU workplace rights after Brexit.

Iraqi PM warns IS fighting in Mosul B agh da d, N ov 6 (IANS): The Iraqi Prime Minister has warned the Islamic State militants fighting in the besieged Mosul city to lay down their weapons if they want to live, state media reported on Sunday.

Speaking on a visit to the front line to the east of the city, Haider al-Abadi said government-led forces “will not retreat and will not be broken,” BBC qouted him as saying.

He said his message to the people of Mosul was “we will liberate you soon”.

The city has been under the IS control for more than two years.

“My message to IS, if they want to save their lives, they should lay down their weapons now,” the Prime Minister told media.

Government forces on Saturday also gained control of Hammam alAlil, about 15 km south of Mosul on the Tigris river, despite fierce resistance, the army said.

Lt. Gen. Raed Shakir Jawdat said security forces

Tikrit (Iraq), Nov 6 (IANS): At least 43 persons were killed and 40 injured on Sunday in two bombings and a gunfire attack in Iraq’s Salahudin province, officials here said.

A barrel filled with explosives detonated near a bridge on early Sunday in provincial capital city of Tikrit in Shishin area, some 170 km from Baghdad, killing 15 persons and injuring 35 others, a source told Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity.

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With immense joy and honour the Yachem Students' Union convey our heartfelt congratulations to Shri. M. Shayung Phom, s/o Late Metchei Phom on being promoted to the post of Joint Secretary Govt. of Nagaland and to Shri. B Pangchai Phom, s/o. Late Baue Phom on his promotion to the post of Sr. HA DC Office, Longleng.

The Union wholeheartedly wishes them success in every future endeavour and it is our sincere prayer that Almighty God will bestow his divine blessings abundantly even in days to come.

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With honour and immense pleasure the Dimapur Yachem Students' Unit would like to convey our heartfelt congratulations to Shri. M. Shayung Phom, s/o Late Metchei Phom on his promotion to the post of Joint Secretary Govt. of Nagaland and to Shri. B Pangchai Phom, s/o Late Baue Phom to the post of Sr. HA DC Office Longleng.

The Union further wishes them success in every future endeavour and sincerely pray that Almighty God will bestow his divine blessing even in days to come.

The NSSATA Mokokchung Unit is deeply indebted to its members for standing firm in support of NSSATA's goals.

Your priceless sacrifice in various capacities have brought about a concerted achievement in a very big way.

The NSSATA Mokokchung Unit also wholeheartedly thanks all who have always stood by us like a shield especially NSF, Kohima Village Council, AKM, Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem, ANGPTA Mkg Unit, Media personnel, families and many other groups. We acknowledge your financial help, sound wisdom and encouraging presence in many ways.

May God's continuous blessing be upon all.

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New York, Nov 6 (IANS): US scientists have developed a new gene therapy that can help reduce the development of cancer cells that are an infrequent but dangerous by-product of gene therapies.

Gene therapy holds potential for treating genetic diseases by replacing defective genes with repaired ones. It has shown promise in clinical trials but has also been set back by difficulties in delivering genes, getting them to work for a long time and safety issues.

The findings were converted into a stem cell gene therapy to target a life-threatening immune deficiency in newborns called Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCIDX1), also known as ‘Boy in the Bubble Syndrome’ -- a genetic disorder which results in an extreme vulnerability to infectious diseases.

“Our goal is to develop a safe and effective therapy for SCID-X patients and their families,” said Grant Trobridge, Associate Professor at Washington State University.

43 persons were killed and 40 injured on Sunday in two bombings and a gunfire attack in Iraq’s Salahudin province.

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were in control of the centre of the town, but did not say whether the IS militants had been pushed out completely.

The operation to take back control of Mosul continued as government forces tried to clear the eastern districts, including al-Zahra, which they entered on Friday.

Satellite images of Mosul reveal how IS fighters constructed multiple barricades across key routes into the northern Iraqi city.

Concrete barricades and rubble can be seen blocking key streets, while buildings near de-facto capital airport were levelled for line-of-sight reasons.

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In another incident, an explosive-laden car went off at a parking lot in Iraq’s Samarra city, 120 km from Baghdad, leaving 12 persons killed and 23 others injured, the source said.

The blast set fire to several nearby cars and caused damages to many others at the scene, the source added.

Early in the day, gunmen, believed to be affiliated to Islamic State (IS) militant group, broke into the house of a tribal leader in Tulul alBaj area, some 50 km north

of Tikrit, and opened fire and killed 16 persons in the house, the source said.

Terrorist acts, violence and armed conflicts killed 1,792 Iraqis and injured 1,358 others in October across Iraq, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq said.

Many blame the current chronic instability, cycle of violence, and the emergence of extremist groups, such as the IS, on the US, which invaded and occupied Iraq in March 2003.

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haroni Khuvung was crowned Miss Tokhu during an event organized by Lotha Youth Organization at Chumukedima Town Hall, on Sunday.

D u r i n g t h e eve n t Zachano Kikon and Rebecca Merry adjudged as the first and second runners-up respectively.

Other subtitle holders included-Miss congeniality Lithungbeni Yanthan. Miss Photogenic- Achumbeni, Miss Beautiful Skin - Ajano Kikon, Miss Perfect 10Susan Humtsoe and Best Evening Gown - Zanbeni Tsopoe.

The event also featured authentic Lotha cuisines, folk songs, tradiMiss Tokhu Mhayani Khuvung (centre) along with tional shows, fashion show, the two runners-up during the beauty pagent at food stalls, music and game stalls.

Chumukedima Town Hall, Dimapur, Sunday.

You Got The Voice to begin on Nov 9

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rganizers of the reality singing show You Got The Voice season 2 has informed that the first round of the show will be held on November 2. Contestants from different districts and neighbouring Assam will be taking part in the event, the organizers have informed.

Tiger Shroff shakes it like Michael Jackson

VoN choir gets selected in ‘Dil Hain Hindustani’

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oice of Nagaland choir made it through the auditions for the national TV show ‘Dil Hain Hindustani’ which will be held in Mumbai.

Judges for the show included Karan Johar, Shekar Rajivani, Badshah and Shalmali Kholgade.

The show is a production of the Star Network

and will be telecasted on StarPlus channel. The judges were all praises for the choir’s performance during the audition and also said their performance was the best performance of that day. The show was opened to all types of singers and also includes solo, duet, trio and groups from all parts of the country.

iger Shroff who is known for his gravity defying dance moves, was spotted rehearsing for a dance number for his upcoming film ‘Munna Michael’.The young actor is paying tribute to the King of Dance, Michael Jackson, in his forthcoming film ‘Munna Michael’. The movie is based on the story of a slum kid who idolizes Michael Jackson.

This special song that the actor was seen shooting for will be the opening track of the movie. ‘Munna Michael’, which also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and newcomer Nidhhi Agerwal, will release on July 7, 2017.

Green Day blame rise of Trump on white people

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reen Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has blamed the rise of Donald Trump on “uneducated white working-class people”.

The pop-punk band released their twelfth studio album ‘Revolution Radio’ in October, their first record since 2012. Speaking to NME in this week’s magazine, available nationwide now, Armstrong compared billionaire TV personalityturned-Republican candidate Trump to Hitler and bemoaned the current state of US politics.

Describing those backing Trump as “uneducated white working-class people”, Armstrong added: “That’s the problem right there.

Contestants of Miss Sumi 2016 during a grooming session at hotel Acacia.

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he 17 contestants of Miss Sumi 2016 were given a counselling session at Hotel Acacia on Medical, Legal, Spiritual and Social aspects by Dimapur hospital consultant surgeon-Dr. Nikishe Awomi, NSLSA legal counsellor cum trainer-Esther K. Aye, Aloino Centre, Chekiye, director-Anshely

Sumi, and Zhekheli Zhimo respectively.

The contestants were also got a visit from members of the Nagaland State Disability Forum where the held healthy interactions.

During the interaction, the NSDF expressed gratitude to the organizers for giving them an opportunity to meet with the contestants.

They said it was the first time for them interacting with the contestants of a beauty pageant. Later in the evening, Parliamentary Secretary-Jacob Zhimomi hosted an entertainment session and dinner for the contestants and organizers at Bambusa, Dimapur.

On Sunday the contestants had a devotional

prayer service at Dimapur Sumi Baptist Akukuhou.

While later in the evening, an entertainment session and dinner was hosted by DCCI President, Hokivi Chishi at Hotel Acacia.

In his speech, Hokivi encouraged the contestants to be sincere in their endeavours and use their beauty and talents to glorify God.

‘Deadpool 2’: Who is Fan-Favourite Domino, Ryan Reynolds’ Co-Star In The Sequel?

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eadpool is arguably the big surprise film hit of 2016, but the sequel already seems to be in trouble. Director Tim Miller dropped out last month over rumoured creative differences with Ryan Reynolds, and now composer Junxie XL has announced he won’t be returning for the sequel too. Still, we can all take solace in the news that fan-favourite Domino is joining Deadpool for the sequel – here’s why it’s so exciting.

Domino aka Neena Thurman is a mutant who made her Marvel comics debut in March 1992. Broadlyspeaking, she possesses the ability to bend luck to her will, meaning she always had an edge when squaring up to an adversary. She started out as a mercenary but is now a member of the X-Men and uses her awesome athletic abilities and formidable skills as a markswoman for good.

Students of a blind school performs at Living Word Fellowship, Dimapur on the occasion of ‘World Sunday School Day’ on November 6.

She’s also known for having a sharp and witty sense of humour, which will obviously come in useful in a Deadpool movie.

Domino has yet to be cast officially, but recent rumours suggest at least 10 actresses have tested for the role. These include Sienna Miller, Lizzy Caplan, Orange Is The New Black‘s Ruby Rose, Kingsman‘s Sofia Boutella and Black Mirror‘s Mackenzie Davis.

Also believed in the running, apparently, are Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World‘s

Marry Elizabeth Winstead, new Baywatch actress Kelly Rohrbach, Spectre‘s Stephanie Sigman and rising star Sylvia Hoeks.

The original Deadpool movie had a pair of badass female characters – Gina Carano’s Angel Dust and Brianna Hildebrand’s Negasonic Teenage Warhead.

Morena Baccarin’s Vanessa was no two-dimensional love interest type either; in one especially subversive scene, we see her penetrating Reynolds’ title character with a strap-on.

Mrs Bibha’s Kitchen treats foodies

ing. Mrs Bibha also shared copies of her recipes to the enthusiastic crowd.

The demonstration lasted for about an hour and half, after which the audience were treated to the mouth-watering delicacies. For recipes subscribe to Bibha’s Kitchen on Youtube, click on link https://youtube.com>bibhaskitchen.

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hibited her culinary skills by preparing four select dishes, chicken chickpea salad, pineapple gateau, mutton masala curry and the crowd favouritekeema stuffedplait bread.

During the interactive session the audience were given special tips and insights often overlooked but crucial to successful cook-

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n a special evening programme, Naithu group provided the opportunity for food lovers to learn from Mrs Bibha Krishna, Top 30 Finalist Master Chef IndiaSeason 4.

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Mousa Dembele (left) jostles for the ball with Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil (right) during the first half at the Emirates.

tripped in the Gunners area.

Both sides had chances to win it but neither could find the requisite quality in the final third.

Arsenal sit third, and Spurs fifth, in the table following the clash.

Spurs had a major chance before the half hour. Eriksson looped a low cross into the Gunners box where Kane stopped to head towards the nets with his effort whistling just wide.

Arsenal finally got a first chance of their own

ten minutes before the break with Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil combining to release Alex Iwobi on the left of the area. His shot from 15 yards well saved by Hugo Lloris in nets.

But the game turned on that chance as Arsenal took the lead three minutes before the break. Ozil whipped a free-kick into the Spurs area where Wimmer attempted to clear and instead headed the ball into his own net.

Spurs scarcely deserved to be behind at the break and they got their de-

served equaliser six minutes after the restart. Dembele burst into the Gunners area where Laurent Koscielny clearly tripped him and up stepped Kane to bury the spot kick down the middle to level matters.

And the visitors should have been ahead minutes later. Eriksson claimed a loose ball 12 yards out and fired low and left with Peter Cech getting down instinctively to push away.

With just over five minutes left of normal time Spurs almost nicked it against the run of play.

Erkisson whipped in a free from wide left and the ball ran across the face of goal untouched before hitting the woodwork and bouncing out.

The last major chance to break the deadlock came to Arsenal. Sanchez lifted a ball into the Spurs area and Olivier Giroud got a head to it only to direct straight at Lloris.

Match results Manchester City 1 – 1 Middlesbrough West Ham 1 – 1 Stoke City Burnley FC 3 – 2 Crystal Palace Bournemouth 1 – 2 Sunderland Chelsea 5 – 0 Everton Hull City 2 – 1 Southampton Liverpool 6 - 1 Watford

Bale double helps Real see off Leganes

Gareth Bale is mobbed by his team-mates after breaking the deadlock at the Bernabeu on Sunday afternoon.

M a d r i d, N ov 6 (Agencies): A firsthalf double from Gareth Bale helped Real Madrid cement their position at the top of La Liga with a 3-0 win at home to Leganes on Sunday.

Reeling from a chaotic midweek 3-3 draw at Legia Warsaw in the Champions

League, Real got off to a slow start against neighbours Leganes, but Bale put them in charge in the 37th minute.

The Wales international, who netted a sensational half volley against Legia, raced onto a through ball from Isco that split the visiting defence and

Tevez deserves Argentina recall, says Maradona Buenos Aires, Nov 6 (IANS): Diego Maradona has urged Argentina coach Edgardo Bauza to hand Carlos Tevez an international recall to kick-start the team’s ailing World Cup qualifying campaign.

Tevez has not represented the Albiceleste since their World Cup qualifier against Paraguay in Asuncion 13 months ago, which ended in a 0-0 draw,reports Xinhua on Saturday. “I ask people not to give him a hard time, that they should just let him play. He has what it

takes to do well for Boca [Juniors], the national team and whichever other side he plays for,” Maradona told the Clarin newspaper. Tevez has struggled for form in the recent weeks, scoring just once in five appearances for Boca Juniors in the current Primera Division season.

But 1986 World Cup winner Maradona said the 32-year-old still has plenty to offer the national team after spells with Corinthians, West Ham United, Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus.

rounded goalkeeper Jon Serantes to tuck the ball inside the near post from a tight angle.

Bale then cashed in on poor defending from a free kick to hit the second on the stroke of halftime, just beating Serantes to the loose ball from close range.

Real’s Spain striker Alvaro Morata, standing in for the injured Karim Benzema, rounded off the win in the 76th minute.

Real talisman Cristiano Ronaldo had a quiet game and frequently strayed offside, but nearly set up a third for Bale, who was denied by Serantes, who leapt to his left to claw away the Welshman’s header.

Midfield maestro Luka Modric received a rapturous reception from the Bernabeu crowd when he came on in the second half to mark his return from injury after more than a month out.

Morata further delighted supporters by latching onto a Toni Kroos pass to score the third, moving ahead of Bale and Ronaldo as Real’s top scorer this season on eight goals in all competitions. Real top the standings on 27 points, five clear of champions Barcelona.

10th Death Anniversary

LATE ALONG LONGKUMER (01/08/82 – 07/11/16)

Its been long since you left us for your heavenly abode. But still we miss your presence. The void you left is still afresh in our hearts.

The memories of you; we still treasure; short it might have been but we still remember it like it was but only yesterday.

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Former Ukraine star to feature in PWL New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS): Former Ukraine grappler Andrei Stadnik, who had defeated Sushil Kumar at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is set for another tryst with Indian wrestling -- this time as a coach in the Pro Wrestling League (PWL).

Stadnik had defeated Sushil in the first round of the now disbanded men’s 66 kilogram freestyle category before the Indian wrestler went on to defeat all his opponents in the repechage round and claim the bronze medal. Andrei had finished with the silver.

“Andrei is still involved with wrestling. He is giving coaching at a wrestling centre in Azerbaijan where she is also undergoing training under him,” Andrei’s wife Mariya was quoted as saying in a statement on Sunday.

Andrei`s sister Yana Rattigan represented Punjab Royals in the first season of the PWL. Mariya, a Ukrainian who represents Azerbaijan, got a bronze at the Beijing Olympics in the women’s freestyle 48kg category. She had taken silver medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics in London and Rio de Janeiro respectively. Both times, she lost to Japanese wrestlers.

19th ANPSA sports meet 2016 concludes

Winners receiving their medals during the closing ceremony on Saturday.

D i m a p u r , N ov 6 (NPN): The 19th Annual Sports Meet 2016 of the All Nagaland Private Schools Association (ANPSA), Dimapur Unit came to a spectacular close on November 5 at Carmel Higher Secondary School, 4th Mile, Dimapur.

All together 18 member schools participated in the sports meet. The two-day sports meet which was organized under the theme “Excellence through Sports” showcased various sporting events including field and track events.

The inaugural function was graced by Watienla Jamir, Director of Department of Horticulture as the chief guest. The closing function was marked by distribution of prizes in various categories and events.

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Secondary School won the best boy and girl athletes in the higher secondary section. The best boy and girl athletes in the High School Section were Widambow of Greenwood Higher Secondary School and Hamsaindi of Little Daffodils School respectively.

The programme came to a grand close with the bringing down of the flag by Leo David, convenor of the 19th ANPSA Annual Sports Meet 2016 and the flag march by the NCC cadets.

During the occasion certificates of appreciation were presented to all the member schools, team leaders and teachers-in-charge

by Andrew Ahoto, president of ANPSA Dimapur Unit.

The vote of thanks was proposed by the convenor, Leo David who formally declared the 19th ANPSA Sports Meet 2016 closed.

Remembering our dearest father

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London, Nov 6 (Agencies): Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has been ruled out for “a few weeks” after suffering a knee injury in training. Alli played 90 minutes of Wednesday’s Champions League defeat to Bayer Leverkusen at Wembley, but picked up the injury on Saturday ahead of Sunday’s derby clash with Arsenal at the Emirates.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino confirmed the news ahead of that game and said Alli would be further assessed over the next 48 hours to discover the full extent of the problem. “It was bad luck yesterday in the training session, he twisted his knee. We need to assess him today and tomorrow,” Pochettino said.

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29TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our father

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25 years has gone since you left us to be with the Lord, though physically you are not with us your memories always reminds us of your love and affection that you have laid behind. Though your passing left a gaping hole within our family, we will continue to remember you as the ages role on.

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It has been two years, but not a day gone by that we don’t feel an irreplaceable void in our lives.

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1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF LT. SOTILO TEP

Tokhu Emong Trophy Dmu final today D IMAPUR , N ov 6 (NPN): The final match of the late Nyamo Lotha and late Daniel Lotha cum Tokhu Emong Trophy will be played between Kyong Colony Youth Club and Lotha Colony FC on November 7 at 2 pm at state stadium, Dimapur.

The closing ceremony will be graced by general manager, Nagaland State Transport O.Elhibemo Yanthan.

principals, headmasters and headmistresses of various member schools from all over Dimapur.

Greenwood Higher Secondar y School and Carmel Higher Secondary School were declared as the overall champion and runners-up in the higher secondary Section while in the high school section, Little Daffodils School and Greenwood Higher Secondary School were adjudged the overall champion and the runners-up respectively.

In the march past event, Eden Higher Secondary School, Thilixu got the 1st position while Greenwood Higher Secondary School and Carmel Higher Secondary School got 2nd and 3rd positions respectively.

Apeto K. Sumi of Greenwood Higher Secondary School and Rhondeno of Carmel Higher

Alli ruled out for few weeks

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Arsenal, Tottenham share derby spoils

L o nd o n , N o v 6 (Agencies): Arsenal and Tottenham have settled for a share of the spoils after an entertaining and absorbing 1-1 Premier League north-London derby at The Emirates.

The Gunners somewhat undeservedly took the lead just prior to half-time when Kevin Wimmer’s first league appearance of the season saw him head into his own net.

But Spurs levelled after the break when Harry Kane put home a spot kick after Mousa Dembele was

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07-11-2015 Its been a year since you have passed away but your memories are still fresh in our hearts. And though we are learning to live without you we still miss you so much. No matter how many years go by the pain of your death will never diminish.

“We miss you so much daddy”.

Loving wife and children K-4087

Loving wife, children, grandchildren, in-laws & family members.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LATE LUNGYANGCHUBA 1970 18th May – 2016 10th Oct.

We the family members are deeply moved by the immense support and the love given by all friends and well wishers at the time of the demise of our beloved Late Lungyangchuba, s/o Mr. and Mrs Lt. Chingmak Chang (Ex-Minister).

No words would ever express our sincere appreciation for the love and support you have shown to us we are deeply grateful. Thank you for your thoughtfulness.

Your generosity and support during this difficult time is greatly appreciated. We regret our inability to thank each and everyone of you personally for the thoughtfulness presented to us and love we have been given during our time of bereavement but our sincerest prayer is that our Almighty God bless you all.

We wish to convey our special thanks to : 1. Doctors and nurses of Oking Hospital Kohima.

2. Chang Union Kohima 3. Chang Baptist Church Kohima 4. Lotha Union Kohima.

5. Mr and Mrs Tsukjemtiba Ao Kohima 6. Yungkuk Baptist Lashong Tuensang 7. Tuensang Town Chang Baptist Church 8. Chang Baptist Lashong Thangjam Tuensang 9. Litem Bukmet Setsahng, Litem Village 10. Litem Village Council 11. Litem Union Tuensang Town.

12. Litem Thangjam Kohima 13. Chang Gazetted Officers Association 14. Sao Chang College faculty 15. Sao Chang College Students' Union 16. Sangtam Students' Union Sao Chang College 17. Chang Khulei Setshang (CKS) 18. Helipong Village Council 19. Chendang Village Council 20. Sipongsang Citizen Tuensang Town.

21. Lotha Hoho Tuensang.

22. Women Department Lotha Baptist Church Tuensang 23. Lotha Baptist Church Tuensang 24. Khaimnungan Baptist Church Tuensang 25. Tuensang Treasury Office staff 26. Local Entrepreneur Association Tuensang 27. Jail Colony Baptist Youth Fellowship Tuensang 28. Yungphang Sector Union Tuensang.

29. Sangtam Youth Baptist Fellowship Tuensang 30. All heads of Private Schools, Tuensang.

The service you performed offered inspiration and comfort to all of us. We thank you all greatly for your help and support during this difficult time.

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AFC Cup: Iraq’s AFC beat Bengaluru FC

Iraq’s Air Force Club celebrate after winning the AFC Cup 2016 on Saturday.

Doha, Nov 5 (IANS): Bengaluru FC failed to do the jugular as they lost to Iraq’s Air Force Club 0-1 in the AFC Cup final here at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium on Saturday.

The tournament’s topscorer Hammadi Ahmed scored off Amjed Radhi’s spadework in the 71st minute to give his side their first continental title and deny Bengaluru a chance to become the first club from India to win the tourney.

The scoreline was fairly representative of the course of the game, as the Iraqis seemed superior, especially in the livelier second session, when they had greater ball possession, and took more shots at goal, with Hammadi and Amied striking up a fine rhythm on the upfront to keep the

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Bengaluru defenders on the tenterhooks.

Watched by hundreds of Bengaluru supporters, many of whom had travelled all the way from India, the Sunil Chhetri-led team, however, went all out in a desperate bid to restore parity in the dying minutes, but failed to leave any mark on the goalsheet.

Bengaluru coach Albert Roca made just one change to the team which started against Johor Darul Ta’zim with Lalthuamawia Ralte replacing Amrinder Singh in goal.

For the Air Force Club, 20-year-old explosive left winger Humam Tareq was named on the starting lineup after recovering on time from his injury.

But the Iraqi side missed veteran defender

Samal Saeed and 19-year old midfled dynamo Resan Booniyan due to suspensions. Ahmed Kadhim and Emad Majeed replaced the duo.

Air Force got a break in the 17th minute when Hammadi Ahmed was put through by Radhi down the right hand channel but some good defending by Cameron Watson thwarted the danger.

The blue shirts were dealt a blow in the 26th minute with influential player Humam Tareq failing to continue after picking up a knock, being replaced by Osama Ali. Bengalur u created more chances in the first half but two good opportunities fell to Air Force.

Hammadi played a part on both occasions, first

heading wide from the inside the box, then setting up Amjed Radhi who beat the offside trap but failed to find Emad with Ralte doing well to smother the ball.

B e n g a l u r u ’s o n l y chance was headed wide by Eugeneson Lyngdoh from a Alwyn George cross.

Radhi got the best chance of the game five minutes into the second period but the forward fired over the bar after receiving the ball well first time.

At the other end, Chhetri found acres of space on the left and squared the ball to Eugeneson on the edge of the box but the latter’s attempt was blocked.

The India captain had another chance to rattle the back of the net from a corner but found the back of a defender as he wrapped his foot around the ball.

Roca made twin substitutions, injecting pace in the form of nippy players Seminlen Doungel and Udanta Singh with Nishu Kumar and George making way.

But the changes went up in smoke as minutes later, Air Force took the lead after a barrage of attacks.

Radhi did all the good work near the box to set up Hammadi who scored his 16th goal of the competition by sliding it into the net.

Kvitova wins WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, Nov 6 (Agencies): Petra Kvitova overcame a poor start to win the season-ending WTA Elite Trophy with a 6-4 6-2 victory over Elina Svitolina in China on Sunday.

Kvitova began slowly and trailed 4-1 in the opening set after struggling to hold serve and making a string of unforced errors.

The big-hitting Czech, however, eventually found her range with her first serve and cranked up the aggression to win the next five games in quick succession and wrap up the opening set.

Kvitova carried her momentum into the second, sweeping aside her Ukrainian opponent to secure victory in one hour and 10 minutes.

“She played a little bit more aggressively than me in the beginning of the match. So I was trying to get the rhythm to play a little bit more aggressively,” Kvitova said after wrapping up a sixth straight win over Svitolina. The WTA Elite trophy is a year-end event involving the 12 highest ranked women who did not qualify to play at the WTA Finals in Singapore last week. Kvitova, who has never been higher than two in the world rankings, said she had been inspired by Angelique Kerber’s rise to the top, and also congratulated newly-crowned men’s number one Andy Murray.

Pune beat Atletico de Kolkata 2-1

FC Pune City players celebrate after scoring a goal during their ISL match on Sunday.

Pune, Nov 6 (Agencies): FC Pune City held off Atletico de Kolkata to record a 2-1 victory at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Sunday. Kolkata would have gone to the top of the table had they won, but it was Pune who walked away the happier team, moving up to seventh spot in the standings.

For Pune’s head coach

Antonio Habas, the victory was sweet as he was facing his former team. Pune drew first blood with Eduardo Ferreira who scored with a splendid header to make it 1-0, four minutes before halftime. Anibal Zudro made it 2-0 in the 56th minute, scoring from the spot after Pritam Kotal was booked for handball.

Kolkata fought back

and were soon awarded a penalty as Helder Postiga was brought down by Mohammed Sissoko. Iain Hume stepped up for Kolkata and his initial effort was saved by Edel Bete but Hume slammed it home on the rebound to make it 2-1 in the 69th minute. However, it was a little too late for Kolkata as Pune won the game with ease in the end.

Pacquiao reclaims WBO welterweight title

Manny Pacquiao celebrates after defeating Jessie Vargas in their WBO welterweight title boxing match. (AP/PTI)

LAS VEGAS, Nov 6 (Agencies): Filipino star Manny Pacquiao reclaimed the World Boxing Organization welterweight title for the third time with a unanimous decision victory over former champion Jesse Vargas in his comeback fight on Saturday.

The 37-year-old Pacquiao, who announced his retirement seven months ago after beating Timothy Bradley, knocked Vargas

down in the second round en route to a decisive victory at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Pacquiao, 59-6 with two drawn and 38 knockouts, showed he still has a lot left in the tank but failed to get the knockout victory that has eluded him for the past seven years.

All three judges scored the bout for Pacquiao, two of them by 118-109 and the other by 114-113.

Pacquiao won the WBO title for the first time in 2010 when he beat Miguel Cotto. He lost it two years later to Bradley, then got it back by winning the rematch with Bradley in 2014. He then lost it last year to the now-retired Floyd Mayweather, who had a front row seat for Saturday’s bout.

Pacquiao looked impressive in stopping Bradley, showing that he has recovered from a shoulder injury which hampered him in his fight against Mayweather in May 2015.

Both fighters felt each other out as very few punches were thrown in the first round.

Pacquiao was the quicker of the two to size up the opponent as the Filipino southpaw learned early on that he could counter Vargas’ left jab with a right to the face.

That’s what happened in the second round when Manny Pacquiao connected on a counterpunch that sent Vargas stumbling backwards and onto the canvas.

Zhabeiu wins invitational snooker championship

Winners of 2nd Invitational Snooker Championship along with valedictory guest Ruokuobeilie.

Kohima, Nov 6 (NPN): Zhabeiu Kuolie emerged as the champion of the 2nd Invitational Snooker Championship organized

by Q-Lounge Club at QLounge, Kohima on November 4 and 5.

Alezo Kire bagged the second position while Kapani Krichena and Ruokuongulie Kire took the third and fourth place respectively. With 23 points, Ruokuongulie Kire won the highest break point.

The champion re-

ceived a cash prize of Rs.10, 000 along with citation and memento. The runner-up received Rs.8,000 while the third and fourth received Rs 5,000 and Rs 3,000 respectively. Highest break point winner received Rs 2,000.

The tournament commenced on November 4 with Khedi Baptist Church associate pastor Kezhachütuo pronouncing the invocation. Managing director of Lozi Hyundai Ruokuoneilie gave away the prizes to the winners.

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