October 5, 2016

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Vol XXVI No. 299

NU teachers to go on mass casual leave DIMAPUR, OCT 4 (NPN): Central Executive Council Nagaland University Teachers’ Association (CEC-NUTA) of the three campuses of the Nagaland University have unanimously resolved to endorse the decision of the Federation of Central University Teachers’ Associations (FEDCUTA) and All India Federation of University & College Teachers’ Organisations (AIFUCTO) to observe International Teachers Day by taking mass casual leave. In a press release, CECNUTA president, Prof. Sangyu Yaden, and secretary general, Dr. Tovishe Phucho, stated that NUTA members from all the three campuses would go on mass casual leave October 5, 2016 and display banner in support of the FEDCUTA. The protest is against service conditions in terms of denial of regular promotions, pension and public funding of education by increasing budget cuts and privatization and commercialization of education.

Among others, the demands include university autonomy, democratic structures of governance and democratic space for dissent, discussion and debate.

ENCSU phaseIII stir begins

DIMAPUR, OCT 4 (NPN): Eastern Nagaland College Students’ Union (ENCSU) has affirmed that its proposed phase-III agitation would begin on October 5, 2016 and stated that agitation would continue till the demand for allocation of four MBBS seats to BT candidates was fulfilled. In a press release, ENCSU chairman Longre Chang and joint secretary Nokchem Angth warned that if any unwanted situations arose in the course of its ensuing phases of agitation, the government would be held solely responsible.

Meanwhile, ENCSU said all the emergency services, security forces, magistrate on duty and the students appearing end semester exam were exempted from the preview of the agitation. (Full text on p6)

INP reacts to media reports

DIMAPUR, OCT 4 (NPN): Intanki National Park (INP), field director, has reacted to the news items “Intanki National Park - Haven for illegal logging”, “community effort to save Intanki National Park” and “Forest Department for protection of Intanki National Park”, which appeared in sections of the media on May 18, 2016 and May 19, 2016. In a press release, INP field director, sought to clarity “factual ground realities” and stated that the allegations published in the newspapers were thoroughly investigated into and were found to be “incorrect, unfavoured and unsubstantiated by facts on the ground.” The field officer said the department has submitted comprehensive proposal for development of the INP in the similar line as other National Parks of the country. The officer further said the department was committed to protection of the INP with active support of the local communities.

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Row erupts over surgical strikes Sanjay Nirupam

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, OCT 4 (PTI): A political slugfest today erupted over India’s surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC with Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam calling it “fake”, provoking stinging criticism from BJP even as his own party said it “totally dissociates” from his remarks.

“Every Indian wants surgical strikes against Pakistan but not a fake one to extract just political benefit by BJP. Politics over national interest (sic),” Nirupam tweeted, kicking up a row over the emotive issue. The Congress leader went on to demand “some evidence” to prove the surgical strikes did take place and accused the Centre’s ruling BJP of indulging in politics over the issue.

With patriotic sentiments running high amid soaring tensions with Pakistan, Union Minister Uma Bharti said leaders who cast “doubt over the army’s surgical strike should take Pakistani citizenship”.

“Those leaders who say that if Pakistan is demanding evidence about surgical strike,

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they should be given the evidence, such people should take the citizenship of Pakistan,” Bharti told reporters in Pune.

The Congress had yesterday asked the government to put forth “credible” evidence of last week’s surgical strikes, carried out by the Army across the LoC, to “expose” Pakistan which has denied any such action. Congress senior spokesman Anand Sharma had also sought to dismiss the claim that the surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads was the first such retaliation by the Indian Army, insisting that it had responded earlier too “as per the need or provocation”.

“Around a week ago when the DGMO on behalf of the government announced that a surgical strike has been carried out against the Pak terror camps in PoK, we all supported. Honourable Sonia Gandhi supported, Rahul Gandhi supported, even I personally supported it.

But the way BJP has put banners all over the country, the way surgical strike is being politicised, used for political benefit and simultaneously

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from all over the world questions are being raised on the reality of the surgical strike, we have the questions to ask the government,” he said.

Nirupam said the government will “have to come with some evidence” without compromising national security to give reply to the whole world.

As the row erupted, Congress dissociated itself from Sanjay Nirupam’s remarks, saying it had taken a serious note of those.

“Congress dissociates itself from Nirupam’s remarks and has taken a serious note.

It’s time for the government to expose Pakistan’s malicious propaganda. The evidence should be made public,” said party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was also in line of BJP fire for his remarks “seeking proof ” of the antiterror surgical strike in PoK with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asking him not to belittle the armed forces by getting influenced by Pakistani “propaganda”.

At a press conference in

Delhi, Prasad said the AAP leader should answer whether he believed in the Indian Army or not. Kejriwal should not “belittle the great leadership, courage and sacrifice of armed forces under the garb of seeking proof,” Prasad said, and alleged that he had given Pakistan a chance to question the army’s assertion. “It was most painful and unfortunate that the AAP leader was in Pakistani media headlines today as his remarks yesterday gave it a chance to question Indian army’s claim,” the BJP leader said, wondering why he was being swayed by Pakistani propaganda.

India has been successful in isolating Pakistan politically and diplomatically but Kejriwal is being guided by Pakistani media reports, Prasad said. Prasad also questioned former Union home minister P Chidambaram, saying why was he (P Chidambaram) joining the bandwagon of those who were doubting the capacity of Indian jawans in conducting surgical strikes. He asked Congress to come clean on Chidambaram’s comments.

In a televised speech yesterday, Kejriwal had “saluted” Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ordering the surgical strike but also referred to some international media reports and an UN group observations, both of which appeared to question its authenticity, as he asked the Prime Minister to “unmask the Pakistani propaganda”.

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NPCC exposes report card of DAN govt.

Dimapur, Oct 4 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee(NPCC) has pointed out several alleged corrupt practices and burning issues confronting the state and concluded, that these were a consequence of loss of political accountability of the DAN government in Nagaland.

In a hard hitting statement, NPCC president K.Therie revealed that the NPCC had passed a resolution to the effect at its general session on September 30,2016 in Kohima. NPCC slammed the state assembly for losing its freedom to raise questions and discuss issues. It said that members of the house assemble “ for 15 minutes to fulfil constitutional requirements, to enable them to withdraw public funds”. Slamming the members, NPCC said “ we are experiencing an oppositionless government with absolute power to absolutely corrupt”.

Among the resolution, NPCC said the state budget of Rs.14000 crore vanished into thin air and all CSS funds misappropriated. The party also alleged that during July 2016, MGNREGA funds to the tune of Rs.470 crore were released sufficient to enable payment of 70 man day wages but instead, the money had been “snatched from the hands of helpless villagers.”

NPCC alleged that the MLAs “pocketed Rs.1 crore each” from the above fund.

Therie also disclosed that the party had submitted a memorandum to the Governor for

appointment of an impartial commission headed by a retired justice of a high court.

However, NPCC said though the Governor had been issuing statement against corruption, “ he has not acted on our memorandum.” “Development had come to a halt” said NPCC by pointing to roads that “look more like river streams” and taking the state backward to the 19th century while other states were moving forward with four-lane, six-lane, flyovers, metro railways and better air connectivity.

NPCC also pointed to the erratic power supply and interruptions and people in foothill areas still depending solely on private ring wells when hundreds and thousands of crore of rupees supposedly spent for augmentation of drinking water. The party also slammed the government for not paying salaries and still continuing with backdoor employment.

NPCC also hit out at the DAN government for failing to respond to the “distress call of the people” and leaving them defenceless because the government has avoided making decisions. It cited the incidents in Tuensang and Kiphire districts, the February 6.2016 incident at Yayi river under Rurur village where properties were destroyed in daylight. NPCC blamed the government of failing to anticipate and control the situation and failing yet to compensate and rehabilitate victims. The party also hit out at the NPF for having an alliance with “ a political party

which has open agenda of Hinduism” despite knowing that Christians continue to be persecuted in parts of India under the “cloud of BJP”. NPCC asserted that “NPF alliance with BJP is a challenge to Christian faith” and saw no reason why “Christians should promote anti-Christians”. NPCC said the inability of NPF to control greed identify them as “morally low class people” who were sacrificing even their faith for lust of money. NPCC said power has gone to the heads of “opportunists, political turncoats and leaders” who have no concern for people but claim that they had “come together for political solution” and instead, lacking “political will and courage to initiate”.

NPCC said the members have sweet tongues but no vision and only united to rob the development and welfare funds and also bonded by antidefection law. However, NPCC claimed there was serious trust deficit among the government and that the walls would collapse before 2018 elections.

It said people are currently crushed between squabbles for power where corruption and nepotism overrode justice, equality and rights. These, said NPCC were the failures and predicaments that lead to conclusion that the “main obstacle to peace and development is the NPF-led BJP-DAN government”. NPCC therefore, appealed to all like minded citizens to join hands with Congress to remove “corrupt NPF-BJP government”.

NSSATA 7-day ultimatum on govt Gov greets Pochury, Khiamniungan communities DIMAPUR, OCT 4 (NPN): Nagaland Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers Association (NSSATA) has served a seven-day ultimatum on the state government to fulfil its fourpoint demand, failing which the association would take up phase wise agitation.

In a press release, NSSATA president Aliba Sangtam and general secretary Thungchamo Lotha stated that the ultimatum would come into effect from October 5, 2016.

The association has demanded payment of pending salaries for five months.

Claiming that they were appointed as regular state government employees through proper channel, the NSSATA demanded that the salaries of SSA teachers (2010-13) be made from the Non-Plan revenue expenditure.

Further, NSSATA demanded that the state government strictly adhere to the National Mission (SSA)/ MHRD, rules/guidelines, funding procedure to avoid instalment lapses and delays

has also served a seven-day ultimatum on the state government over three-month pending salary.

In a press release, unit president Bakon Phom, general secretary Hanvang Phom and information secretary Metngan Phom said three months (April, May and June 2016) pending salaries of RMSA teachers 2016 had been credited to all the DEOs account on September 20.

However, they said the RMSA teachers under Longleng districts were yet to receive the salary though it has been two weeks.

The unit stated that ultimatum was served following consensus decision made at September 30 meeting.

They said it was unanimously resolved to go for indefinite classes boycott starting from October 11 and continue till all pending salaries were credited to their respective School Accounts by October 10.

NRMSATA Longleng unit N a g a l a n d R M S A said the ultimatum would T e a c h e r s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n immediately come into force (NRMSATA) Longleng Unit from the date of submission. in the payment of salaries.

Lastly, it demanded that arrangements be made to pay them regularly from the State Fund and retrieve the said amount on release of fund by the centre.

The NSSATA said the question of delay in releasing fund from MHRD did not arise.

According to NSSATA, it has been repeatedly meeting concerned officials, submitting appeal letters, representations since the inception of the association in 2013 but the same trend has been continuing without any improvement and action.

As such, it said the SSA teachers without getting salaries for five months (MaySeptember, 2016) have been undergoing untold miseries to the point of starvation and were not in a position to attend their duties anymore.

NRMSATA Longleng unit 7-day ultimatum

DIMAPUR, OCT 4 (NPN): Nagaland governor, PB Acharya, has extended his warm greetings to the Pochury community on the occasion of Yemshe festival and the Khiamniungan community on the occasion of Tsokum festival.

In his message, Acharya said both the festivals were “great harvest festival” of the Pochury and Khiamniungan community of Nagaland. He said most of the rural population in Nagaland were dependent on agricultural product, adding that men and women were working in the fields “to meet our food requirements.”

He said the state should focus on more welfare project/schemes for the welfare of farmers by reaching out to them and motivating them to go for Kisan Credit Card, Kisan Soil Card etc. of Central Government Welfare Projects and Jhan Dhan Yojna, Re. 1 insurance. Acharya also called for taking up initiative for development of irrigation infrastructure, including canals from rivers, groundwater well-based sys-

AYO campaign for environment today Dimapur, Oct 4 (NPN): Angami Youth Organization (AYO), which has called for “a moment of solidarity to enable our environment” in Kohima on October 5, 2106, beginning from 6am to 6pm within the jurisdiction of Kohima district, on Tuesday reiterated that the call was “in the conviction of our duty of solidarity for humanity, for the coming generations, and to campaign for an environment that will enhance and be suitable to sustain and support lives”.

In a press release, AYO president Medo Yhokha and general secretary Rokoketou Sechü, said environment/climate issues have become too imperative to be ignored, adding that the issues cannot be left to the next generation to address this implacable fact.

AYO asserted that environment was in an unprecedented point of vulnerability and that the damage and the threat to human existence had become too important to be left unattended. It further said if the present generation

did not react sensibly now and accept the responsibility in the current situation and act upon it for the welfare for the future generation.

The release said, “We need to act to repair what can be repaired, conserve what can be conserved to prepare a future for ourselves and for posterity.”

Angami Youth Organization (AYO) said the initiative was called to stir the mind of the present generation and to help them change their attitude and behaviour towards Mother Nature and the environment which would in turn create a world that would enable a decent and convenient living for the coming generation.

In exercise of its initiatives, AYO has appealed to the citizens of the district to follow a few guidelines: 1. All vehicles to remain off the road for the day.

2. All mills, crushers, print, fabricating houses, workshops, cafes, constructing agents using planners and other power driven equip-

ments, etc, to down, cease their power driven machinery, activity for the day.

3. Minimal and judicious usage of power on home appliances such as TVs, refrigerators, PCs etc.

4. All vehicle owners, drivers to cease engines even at home or garage.

Angami Youth Organization (AYO) has specifically clarified that the initiative was not a bandh and that there will not be any restriction on human movement or other activities except on the engagement or usage of the above highlighted medium(s).

The organization has urged all government offices, corporate houses, establishments etc to maintain compulsory attendance on the day.

The release further said that business establishments, institutions, offices, schools, etc. were expected to remain open and fully functional similar to all other working days.

Angami Youth Organization (AYO) appealed to

all the concerned citizens, “to take a walk to work, do a work with human driven energy, feel a day with nature – a day without dependence on fossil fuel energy related life, to take a walk for a healthy and better life, a day to enable our environment to recoup its vitality for human sustenance.”

The following listed people and institutions are being exempted within the purview of the call on October 5.

1. District administration/ police/ paramilitary forces on duty 2. First responders of the district. (Media persons, doctors and nurses, fire services, etc).

3. People on emergency and on important engagements.

4. Schools/ students/ faculties on scheduled duty.

5. People attending wedding, festivals and funerals.

6. Government officials, head of departments (HoDs/ Administrative head of departments (AHoDs) and departmental buses.

tems, tanks, other rainwater harvesting projects and Solar Energy wherever feasible for agricultural activities.

At the same time, the governor said high yielding varieties seeds should be provided to the farmers to increase the productivity. “With the improvements in irrigation infrastructure will improve food security, reduce dependence on monsoons, improve agricultural productivity and create rural job opportunities,” he said.

Further, the governor emphasised that the NGOs, Hohos, social organisations, church leaders and student and youth organisations should be the nodal agents to reach the kisans [farmers] and involve them in CVS welfare projects.

Pointing out that much of the welfare projects were not known to the farmers, Acharya said the youths and various organisations have a duty to reach them. “As we celebrate, let us thank Almighty God and pray for plentiful harvest along with good health, and prosperity. On this day we respect our ‘Kisans’ and pray for their

welfare,” he said. The governor bring peace, unity and wellness also prayed that this festival to each and every household.

CCoFA lauds orgns for support

Aadhaar must for LPG subsidy after November

DIMAPUR, OCT 4 (NPN): Co-Ordination Committee on Fuel Adulteration (CCoFA) has appreciated all the All Nagalad Taxi Association (ANTA) units, Dimapur District Truck Drivers’ Welfare Trade Union, Dimapur District Truck Owners’ Association, and the Pick-up associations for voicing solidarity with the September 10, 2016 public resolution demanding CBI enquiry into the “interstate fuel adulteration mess.”

It said that all the ANTA units and commercial vehicles staying off the road was an indication that common citizens have had enough of all the corruption in the state.

While reminding that the state government has the authority and power to institute Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the issue, CCoFA warned, “and yet, if the CCoFA is forced to implement highway bandh in the state as per the 10th September public resolution, the government is to be squarely blamed.”

Governor calls for protecting animals

On the occasion of the World Animal Day, which was celebrated on October 4, the state governor, PB Acharya, has appealed to all the stakeholders, government, NGOs, village councils, student bodies, civil society groups etc. to come together to preserve the birds and animal and its natural habitat from extinction.

In his message, the governor said though Nagaland was blessed with rich habitats for animal kingdom, every day “our natural resources are being misused, our forests are being destroyed randomly, and habitats are being fragmented for roadways, illegal wildlife trade and poaching are wiping out entire populations of animals and birds.”

He said the Blyth’s tragopan, which was one of the most beautiful birds among the Pheasants found in India and also a state bird, was hardly seen in the wild anymore and was on the verge

NEW DELHI, OCT 4 (PTI): The government has made Aadhaar mandatory for availing cooking gas (LPG) subsidies but has given two months grace period for citizens to get the unique identification number.

Government currently gives 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg each at subsidised rates per household in a year. The subsidy on every cylinder is transfered in advance directly into bank accounts of individuals, who then buy the cooking fuel at market rates.

“Individual desirous of availing LPG subsidies are hereby required to furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar or undergo Aadhaar authentication,” an Oil Ministry order said.

For those not yet having Aadhaar, it gave time till November 30, 2016 to make application for enrolment for the unique identification number.

Oil marketing companies have been asked to facili-

of extinction. The governor said that the Mithun, a state animal, was also seen only in those few breeding places.

Acharya said, “We can create a world where animals are always recognised as sentient beings and full regard is paid to their welfare” through increased awareness and education and the concerted efforts of all. Further, he said it was the responsibility of all to help protect the animals so their future generations can grow and thrive, and, in turn, “our future generations can be blessed with the joy of sharing their lives with them too.”

Stressing on preserving environment, trees, greenery, hills etc. for all animal world, Acharya said disturbing nature was inviting national calamity like floods, landslide, change of river course, erosion, change of climate etc. “Let us live and let live our birds, animals for our happiness and safe life,” he asserted.

tate enrolments.

Till the time Aadhaar is assigned, LPG subsidy would be transferred based on bank photo passbook and Aadhaar enrolment ID slip or his voter ID card or ration card or kisan photo passbook or passport of driver license along with copy of request for Aadhaar enrolment.

Also, an undertaking in a set format has to be given that the individual is not availing LPG subsidy under some other consumer number of an oil marketing company, the order said.

“This notification shall take effect immediately in all states except Assam, Meghalaya and Jammu & Kashmir,” the order said.

The Ministry said use of Aadhaar as identifier for delivery of services/benefits/ subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, bring in transparency and efficiency, and enables beneficiaries to get their entitlements directly to them.

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Churches still struggle with undesirable elements: NBCC

(L-R): Rev. Z. Keyho, Elias T Lotha and Eyingbeni Nienu at Kohima Tuesday (NPN)

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KOHIMA, OCT 4 (NPN): General secretary, Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) Rev. Zelhou Keyho said Christianity has brought transformation in the society, some of which were very positive. He said even so, the churches still struggle with many undesirable elements and forces in the given context. He said instead of minimizing the problems, these forces were giving birth to more problems.

The general secretary was addressing the Morung lecture on “Role of Religion in Promoting Inter-Tribe Harmony among Nagas”, initiated by The Morung for Indigenous Affairs and Just Peace and the Morung express at Jubilee Memorial Centre KABA, Lerie Kohima on Tuesday.

Keyho said church was

not the only institution but in a Christian majority society, church had a greater role to play. He said that in order to see changes in the society, church could play a positive role in her teaching, preaching and education.

He informed that each tribe had its own distinctive culture and practices yet there were many similarities as well. Thereby he said, rather than dwelling on the differences, Nagas must learn the art to forge ahead where similarities were found.

Keyho said tribalism was killing and pulling Nagas apart and questioned whether it was because of inequality in various aspects.

He pondered as to whether it was because Nagas had nothing to do and fragment “ourselves” into groups or perhaps there were too many leaders spoiling the curry, each wanting to protect

themselves and do things their way.

He also insisted that Church should come out strong on corruption and clean her corrupt practices that were not Biblical and must make positive influence to the society and not be influenced by the society.

President Nagaland Catholic Association (CAN) Elias T Lotha, said Naga social front presented a gloomy picture where Nagas have tribal divides, fractured into TPO, ENPO, CNTC, NTC and Naga Hoho, UNC etc while on the political front, he said, Naga fratricidal history continues though much less in scale.

Lotha said evil was allowed to control and take much pride in rushing into violent action and said there was an urgent need to transform “our own selves”.

He said the journey of the

Church does not end in establishing inter tribe harmony alone but on harmony amongst the tribes towards a new journey. He said much was needed to be pursued and accomplished by members of the Naga tribes and members of the Christian community.

Senior lecturer, Clark Theological College Dr. Eyingbeni Humtsoe Nienu said there was a need for a shift in understanding of land from property oriented to peopleoriented theology, from materialism to cosmic relationship and from progeny to divinity.

She insisted that people in the community should be taken into confidence as they lived with the consequence of either peace or violence and their stories and viewpoints were essential to building and keeping peace.

Further she opined on Institution of Peace Committees/Departments under every Church Association to promote, sustain and safeguard peaceful existence among Naga tribes.

Nienu said “Mission as Peace Work” was achievable when every Christian and every local church, collectively and individually, engaged in the ministry of reconciliation by viewing it as a joyful duty to God and to each other.

Church leaders, human rights activists and others attended the lecture. The lecture session was followed by interactions.

FLCC conducted at Naga United Village DIMAPUR: Financial Literacy & Credit Consultancy (FLCC) camp supported and managed by NABARD was held on September 28 at Naga United Village council hall.

Sr. branch manager N. Pichano Patton opined that banking services needed to cover all the unbanked, therefore FLCC were being conducted. She encouraged the participants to open bank accounts, cultivate saving habits and maintain good relationship with the bank so as to avail various banking facilities provided by Nagaland State Co-operative Bank (NSCB) Ltd. She also reminded that loanees should timely recover their dues.

Resource person branch manager Joshua Swu, briefed the participants about the overall banking system. He explained in detail various types of saving deposit, term deposits, insurance scheme viz PMJJBY & PMSBY and all types of loan products offered

by NSCB. He requested the village leaders to guide the villagers in maintaining good linkage with the banks. He advised them to be cautious while issuing NoCs, PRCs and land valuation certificates. Churches and NGOs must take extra initiative to inculcate savings and recovery ethics to its members for the welfare of the society at large. He added that to satisfy fast changing customer needs, the bank has introduced Core Banking system and facilities such as NEFT, RTGS and ATMs in recent times. Earlier invocation was delivered by home evangelist Dutsonyi while vote of thanks was shared by the village council chairman Kuthokuo Shijoh.

DNSU supports CCoFA PRN appeals to Naga Mothers’ Association

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) has expressed its resentment at the government of Nagaland for turning a deaf ear to the cry of the public and civil societies in regard to fuel adulteration.

A press note by Dimapur Naga Students’ Union

secretary debate & symposium, Akuto Yepthomi and secretary information & publicity, Mteisuding stated that it firmly stand and supports the co-ordination committee on fuel adulteration (CCoFA)for CBI enquiry immediately in the interest of the public.

DIMAPUR: People’s Republic of Nagaland has appealed to Naga mothers Association and its units to be more concerned in flesh trade/prostitution widely and openly run in and around Dimapur district with the help of local people.

Ministry of Information & Publicity (MIP), People’s

Republic of Nagaland (PRN) stated that since Nagaland was a 99% Christian state, it was shameful to see non-locals prostitution on street at the rate of Rs. 500-1000/-. MIP, PRN stated that it was seriously concerned for the next generation and appealed to responsible leaders to be aware and save

“our” people and its land from human destruction, while also directing to the commands within district of Dimapur to note the area, person’s name, building, owners/manager’s etc. MIP, PRN further appealed to all right thinking citizens to join hands to flush out prostitution from Nagaland.

BLOs trained on special summary revision 2017 at Wka

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WOKHA, OCT 4 (NPN): Training of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) of 37 Tyui and 38 Wokha assembly constituencies for the Special Summary Revision 2017 was conducted at conference hall of District Planning Machinery Cell, Wokha on October 3.

Master trainer and EAC Wokha Athrong dwelt at length on the various procedures to be followed in the course of the Special Summary Revision including identification of eligible voters, filling of correct forms, deletion of dead voters and purging of multiple entries. Assistant Election Officer (AEO) Wokha, Toshimongba Longchar, dwelling on the legal aspects of the process, also reminded the BLOs that the main purpose of the Special Summary Revision was to ensure that no voter

who has attained the eligible age was left out in the Electoral Rolls.

The Draft Electoral Rolls were also handed out to the BLOs and political parties during the training. In this regard, the election department informed that the schedule for Special Summary Revision 2017 was as follows: filing of claims and objections – October 1 to 31; special campaign dates with Booth Level Agents (BLAs) of political parties for receiving claims and objection – October 8 and 22; updating of database, merging of photographs, updating the control tables and preparation and printing of supplementary list – December 24; and final publication of Electoral Rolls – January 10, 2017.

KOHIMA: Training for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) of 8-Western Angami and 11-Northern Angami-II was

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held at DC’s conference hall Kohima on September 4, with ADC and AERO Chiephobozou, Linda Solo and SDO (C) and AERO Sechu/Zubza, T. LanusenlaLongkumer as the resource persons.

According to DIPR report, resource person, T. Lanusenla Longkumer emphasized to the BLOs that the BLA (Booth Level Agent) was a representative of recognized political party appointed by the authorized party official, where one BLA was to be appointed in each polling station and the BLA should have his/her name enrolled in the electoral roll of the same polling station. She urged them to co-ordinate each other while receiving claim and objection forms and scrutinized each and every form together and also to guide the applicants in filling the forms. Linda solo, who also spoke as a resource

person, said, the most important activity of the scheduled of revision was the reading of relevant party or section of photo electoral rolls in Gram Sabha or Local bodies, RWA meeting etc. and verification of names. She also informed that Special Campaign dates for receiving claims and objections would be held on October 8 and October 22.

M O KO KC H U N G : Training was held at town Hall, Mokokchung where supervisors and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from 25 Mongoya, 26 Aonglenden, 27 Mokokchung town and 28 Koridang Assembly constituencies attended the training.

According to DIPR report, Sub-Divisional Officer (C) Lemlila Sangtam while welcoming the BLOs urged them

to be very sincere while carrying out their duties on Electoral Roll such as deletion of double entry and addition of eligible citizens, to ensure an error-free Electoral Roll as desired by the Electoral Commission of India.

JALUKIE: Training was held at Jalukie town hall on September 28 on summary revision of photo E/Roll with regard to January 1, 2017 as qualifying date for Jalukie, Ahthibung, and Ngwalwa circles. The newly appointed supervisors were introduced

by SDO (C) Jalukie, namely Rampaukai Mpom and Namhuheing. The BLOs were trained on the various aspects of the revision of photo E/ Roll as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Nagaland Post, Dimapur Wednesday, October 5, 2016

news in brief RTI week to be observed at Kohima: them to the office. Those who have not yet

Kohima district would be observing Right to Information (RTI) week from October 5 to 12, as directed by the Nagaland Information Commission, Nagaland. District Administration would be conducting a one-day workshop/seminar for NGOs and CSOs including press meet at Kohima DC’s conference hall on October 12 at 11 a.m under the theme “RTI Act and role of NGOs and CSOs”.

submitted have been reminded to do so urgently. A briefing session has been scheduled on October 6 at zonal council hall at 11 a.m with copy of ‘Role of SVEEP Cell’ enclosed for ready reference and discussion. All the AHODs and HODs of have been asked to attend the programme personally or depute their nodal officers for the same, if already nominated, positively.

Rubber Board Regional Office Dimapur NU English deptt to organize orientainforms: Rubber growers applied/availing tion program: Department of English, subsidy, have to submit their Aadhar seeded bank account with photocopy of Aadhar to the nearest field station or regional office of Rubber Board before October 20, as a part of implementation of DBT scheme. Subsidy would be disbursed on getting Aadhar seeded bank accounts and all are requested to cooperate.

Pughoboto SDPDB meeting: SDPDB Pughoboto meeting for the month of October would be held at ADC office on October 6 at 11 a.m. Clean village award convenor & SDO (C) Namang Chang has further informed the Clean Pughoboto members that the tour for neighbouring remaining villages would be done on the same day after the meeting.

DC & FAA Dimapur informs: Deputy

commissioner & FAA Dimapur has informed all the NGOs and CSOs to attend the celebration of RTI week under the theme “RTI and role of NGOs and CSOs” on October 12 at 12 noon in the conference hall of deputy commissioner, Dimapur. It further informed Childline, Naga Women Hoho, Naga Council Dimapur, DNSU Dimapur, Lions Club Dimapur, Rotary Club Dimapur, Dimapur District Concern Citizen Forum, GBs Federation and GB Union Dimapur to attend the celebration.

YBBAWR conducts youth fellowship:

Yimchungrü Western Range (YBBAWR) conducted youth fellowship from September 30 to October 2, at Tokishe Baptist Borü with Kihoto Theological College principal, Wongtokiu, as main speaker. Altogether 330 delegates from 11 Western churches took part in the event. The programme highlighted worship services, sports activities, short play competition and talent hunt.

NPF 37 A/C Tiyi co-ordination meeting: Naga People Front’s 37th A/C Tiyi has convened a co-ordination meeting on October 8 at 9:30 a.m in the conference hall of NPF Wokha division office. All Women Wing, Youth Wing and representatives of 37 A/C Tiyi CEC members, presidents and general secretaries of all 37th A/C Tiyi village/units have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

Briefing for AHODs/HODs on SVEEP:

All the AHODs and HODs of the state government including central government establishments in Nagaland have been directed to nominate respective nodal officers with detailed particulars as per format and submit

Nagaland University Kohima Campus in collaboration with the National Institute for Hearing and Disabilities Mumbai, Ministry of Social Justice and Environment would organize one-day orientation training program for University students, lawyers, special education teachers, researchers on October 5 at the University Meriema Campus. HoD English department NU Dr. N. Das in a release said faculty from the national institute would be the resource persons at the day long program on Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities, which begins at 10.30 am. It has informed interested persons to attend the training by contacting the department and said certificates will be given for the same.

DC Tuensang notifies: Interview for all categories of posts under DLRJB 2016 in respect of district administration Tuensang has been tentatively re-scheduled: October 20 screening test to be conducted for DBs/ Driver and Grade –IV; October 29 written interview for LDA cum computer assistant; October 31screening test last date for submission of the report for DBs/ drivers and Grade IV; November 7 oral interviews for DBs; November 15 oral interview for drivers; November 17 oral interview for grade IV staffs; November 21 practical and oral test for LDA cum computer assistant. The admit card for all categories would be issued from October 5 to 15 during office hours. Fresh candidates for screening test for DBs, Grade-IV and drivers would start from October 20. The screening test for DBs would be conducted tribe wise at the respective ADC sub- divisions namely Sangtam (Longkhim)/Chang (Tuensang HQ) Yimchunger, (Shamator) and Khiamniungan (Noklak). Screening test for Driver and Gr-IV would be conducted at Tuensang HQ. The in service candidates for all the categories would be called for oral interview only. All those selected/rejected candidates can be viewed on the office notice board.

Lost and found: NSCN/GPRN Kyong region secretary, P. Renthungo Odyuo has informed that a stolen unregistered blue Bajaj Pulsar 180 cc bearing engine No-DJZCDK63808 and chassis NoMD2A12D220Ck63675 has been recovered on October 4 at Wokha town. Rightful owner has been informed to claim the said vehicle by producing the original documents to the office of the central administrative officer Kyong region within 7 days. For more information one may contact 9612563041.

STH/GBs and others seize IMFL

Correspondent

ZUNHEBOTO, OCT 04 (NPN): A joint team of Sumi Totimi Hoho (STH) belonging to Khitsakita and Phuye Old, Kukami/GBs of Phuye old and Khitsakita committee members seized and destroyed huge consignment of IMFL at Khitsakita village Tuesday.

As per the reports, the assorted consignment numbering at least 175 cases of Mc Rum and canned beers were reportedly destroyed in STH members along with the seized consignment. broad daylight.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY Lt. Mongba Khiam

D.O.B : 15/10/1974 – D.O.D : 26/09/2016

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1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved father

Late MUKHAPRU SWURO 02.03.1963 to 05-10-2015

It’s been a year since you passed away. Although our live’s journey have bid us to be apart you are always in our hearts.

We still think about you everyday.

We love you and miss you beyond measure.

Loving Wife & children

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DIMAPUR: Kohima police personnel from Tseminyu Police Station on October 3 arrested one person for smuggling IMFL. According to a press release issued by PRO, police personnel from Tseminyu police station while on routine patrolling, spotted a vehicle parked alongside the road on NH-2. On checking, the police team detected 720 bottles of MC Rum from the vehicle.

The arrested person has been identified as Khiboto Assumi of Phishumi village and presently residing at Khushiabill, Dimapur.

During interrogation, the arrested accused revealed that the consignment was being transported from Assam to be disposed off at Zunheboto. In this connection, a regular case under NLTP Act was registered against him for conducting further investigation.

A year has passed away so fast without your presence in our midst.

Yet not a day goes by without a thought of you. Your memory so rich and inalienable. We are glad that you are at peace in the hands of our Eternal Father in Heaven. We love you and miss you deeply. Till we meet again.

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We, the bereaved family members express our profound gratitude to everyone who stood by us through prayers and supported us physically, materially, financially and spiritually during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved father Late. Y. Wangba.

Words are inadequate to express our gratitude for the solace that you have shown in this hour of grief. We regret our inability to thank each and everyone personally, but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

We convey our special thanks to : 1. Doctors, nurses and staff, 16. Tenyimia Prayer Fellowship, NST Colony.

Civil Hospital Dimapur 17. Town Area Fellowship, DSBC 2. Doctors, nurses and staff, 18. Konyak Union, Dimapur.

Eden Medical Centre.

19. Moka Range Union, Dimapur.

3. EE. Pangteang, Hon’ble Parliamentary Secy. 20. Ukha Union, Dimapur.

4. Nyamnyei, Ex- Minister.

21. Jakphang Union, Dimapur.

5. K. Kiko, Ex- Minister.

22. Tobu Area Union, Dimapur.

6. Neangbah, Class-I Contractor 23. Tobu Moka Union, Tizit 7. D. Yongnyak Konyak, Veterinary Colony, 24. Mopong Hongkhong staff, Tizit.

Chairman Burma Camp.

25. 48th Moka Community, Tizit Town 8. Yangba, S.P. Mon. 26. NST staff, Mon 9. O. Elhibemo Yanthan, G.M. NST, Dimapur.

27. Moka Union, Mon 10. Atovi Kiba, Additional Chief Engineer, NST, 28. Ukha Union, Mon Dimapur.

29. Angphang Union, Mon 11. NST Central Workshop Welfare Committee 30. Angphang Village Council. and Staffs, Dimapur.

31. Ukha Lampong Baptist Fellowship.

12. NST Colony Welfare Committee, Dimapur.

32. Changkhong Baptist Fellowship 13. NST Colony, Dimapur.

33. Ukha Baptist Bumeinok 14. Konyak Baptist Church, Dimapur 34. Ukha Employees’ Association.

15. Konyak Christian Revival, Borlengri, K/A Assam.

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Yitachu with teachers of Jo Foundation at Kohima, Tuesday (NP)

ahead. He also informed that there were many things to learn from the special children and for that, he said, children needed to be empowered with quality education. Yitachu regretted that many schools were opened not to empower students with education but to gain employment. He said that society would grow only when love and care was given to the special children.

Stressing on the need to create space for special children, Yitachu asked the chairman of the Jo Foundation to look for a plot and said he was prepared to give all importance for the infrastructural development. He also expressed his happiness to the Jo Foundation School for choosing the right target to encourage and propagate

the development, productivity and dignity of children at large with special needs, particularly with holistic approach based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.

He also appealed the parents who have special children not to be discouraged but to take it positively and also asked them to be resolute through Jo Foundation. In this regard he said that Jo Foundation would become an asset for the society.

Chairman Jo Foundation, Daniel thong Seb highlighted the background of the school.

On the occasion, the minister also launched the school website. Students of various standards and teachers presented songs on the occasion.

KMC conducts anti-rabies vaccination

Free dental camp conducted at Khezhakeno village

WEATHER FORECAST October 5

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Cloudy with a thunderstorm

33 26

Cloudy with a thunderstorm

28 19

Aizawl

Guwahati A thunderstorm in spots

35 25

A thunderstorm in spots

30 18

Imphal

Itanagar A thunderstorm in the area

33 20

Shillong Cloudy, a t-storm in spots

23 15

Kohima

25 16

A thunderstorm in the area

Dimapur Some sun, a t-storm in spots 34 22 Mkg

Clouds and sun with a t-storm 28 17

Tuensang A thunderstorm in spots Wokha

25 12

Some sun, a t-storm in spots 29 21

Zunheboto A thunderstorm in the area

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Correspondent

KOHIMA, OCT 4 (NPN): Minister of School Education and SCERT, Yitachu expressed pain over the diversion of fund under CSS for disabled children on one’s interest stating that now, the scheme had gone defunct.

Addressing on the occasion of parents day celebration of Jo Foundation at its school premise this morning, Yitachu expressed that when the state was already lacking institution for special children, the instances of fund diversion was most painful affair. It may be mentioned that there were 15 special children in the school out of the 110 students.

The minister appealed the parents to learn from such instances and take the society

KMC officials and others at the vaccination camp.

DIMAPUR: As part of the dog control program initiated by Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) in September 2015, a weeklong anti rabies vaccination was carried out in all 19 wards of Kohima in colloboration with SAWAB-N and department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services launched on September 28, 2016 to coincide with World Rabies Day and culminated on October 4, the World Animal Day, at Kohima Municipal office.

A press note by administrator KMC, Kovi Meyase

stated that altogether 1334 number of dogs were vaccinated. KMC also expressed its gratitude to the concerned council, public and department for the co-operation.

ZUNHEBOTO: Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) office establishment, Zunheboto in commemoration of “World Rabies Day” and “World Animal Day” from September 28 till October 4, organized a week long free anti rabies vaccination campaigns in different villages & towns of the district.

During the week long

programme, a total of 480 numbers of dogs have been immunized against the dreaded virus.

A c c o r d i n g t o C VO Zunheboto, the occasion places covered were Lumami, Askhuto, Aizuto, Lukobomi, Mukalimi, Lazami, Natsumi, Mishilimi, Pughoboto & Zunheboto of the district.

He thanked all the officers & staff, all the village council chairmen, G.Bs. & public for their co-operation & support rendered for the successful implementation of the campaign.

National Level Monitoring team visits DRDA Longleng

Six villages under Peren reaffirm to ban hunting

Dr. Ambuj Mohapatra with village officials.

DIMAPUR: National Level Monitoring (NLM) team from Ministry of Rural Development (MORD), New Delhi, led by Dr. Ambuj Mohapatra successfully concluded the inspection of the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) Longleng.

The central team inspected the various schemes implemented under MGNREGA, IAY, NRLM, PMGSY, IWMP-PMKSY, NRDWP, NSAP and SBM (G) at Longleng and Tamlu block.

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During the visit the team leader had an interaction session with the deputy commissioner Longleng along with the officers and staff of central sponsored scheme departments on September 22, followed by field visit from September 26 to 30 basing on the selection of 10 villages by MORD. The team proceeded to Tuensang to celebrate Gram Panchayat Day (GPD) on October 2 at DRDA Tuensang.

DIMAPUR: Youth organization of six villages under Peren district held a consultative meeting on September 24, at Peren town, hosted by Peren Youth Federation towards protection of the flora and fauna in the district.

In its joint statement, six youth organizations namely, Peren Youth Federation, Peletkie, Jalukie, Tamphung, Puilwa, Mpai Youth Association lamented that majority of the villages solely depended on forest and its resources for their livelihood. It expressed dismay that rampant encroachment and destruction of natural habitats for commercial purpose mostly from outside the village had caused imbalance and insecurity to the environment. In this regard, the house reaffirmed to ban hunting, fishing and extraction of natural resources within its own village jurisdiction.

The village youth organizations sternly warned that any individual or group found violating the ban order would be penalized heavily and dealt with as per the resolution of its own village youth organizations. In this regard, it also stated that it would not be held responsible for any untoward incident. The next consultative meeting has been scheduled to be held tentatively in the month of March 2017.

DIMAPUR: One-day free dental camp at Zhipfhemi community building, Khezahkeno village was conducted

by Chüketshe Society (CKS), Khezhakeno in collaboration with Advanced Dental Aesthetic & Implant Clinic, Kohima on October 1, wherein a total of 152 patients registered for the dental camp. A press note by CKS president, Medovelo Koza and secretary press and media, Lhouvetsho Koza stated that the dental team was led by periodentist & oral implantologist Dr. Pfokrolo Koza and president, Indian Dental Association, Nagaland State Branch (IDANSB); prothodentist Dr. Nungotso Vero; dental surgeon Dr. Venyiteü Nuh and support staff nurses N. Moie Phom and Tsenbeni Lotha. Patients availed free dental treatment, free medicines, toothbrush, toothpastes and mouthwash from the visiting dental team.

Earlier, the dental camp began with an invocation by pastor, Khezhakeno Baptist Church (KBC) Khupo Koza followed by short speeches from the president, Chüketshe Society (CKS) Medovelo Koza and Dr. Pfokrolo Koza, who shared on various issues related to dental health.

DIMAPUR: Mass social work and an awareness programme under Swachh Bharat Mission involving all government employees would be conducted at Mokokchung town on October 7. Mass social work in six selected public places in the town would be conducted from 6:00 to 8:00 AM with an awareness programme at Imlong place where deputy commissioner & chairman, District Level Review and Monitoring Committee, (DLRMC) Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel and brand ambassador, SBM, Mokokchung, Supongmeren would address the gathering. The programme would be chaired by EAC, HQ, R. Daniel Angami.

On the occasion, major cleanliness drive would be carried out in MMC Shopping Complex, Hospital Area/Parking lot, Salangtem Market, Sewak Gate, Police Point and Old Town Hall/Vegetable Market. Work distribution has been made to ensure that all the employees from various departments are evenly engaged in all the six public places. All controlling officers have been directed to instruct their respective employees to come with spades, shovels daos etc. PHE, RD and Urban Development would co-sponsor the requirements of broom, juice and banner.

The staff of MMC and Imkongliba Memorial Hospital have also been informed to participate in the social work in their respective premises.

MMC has also informed all the shopkeepers to clean their shop location on the occasion.

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NEZCC conducts workshop on women skill development

Participants at the skilled development workshop held at Mezoma village.

DIMAPUR: Five-day women skill development workshop was held on October 3, at Mezoma village, organized

by North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) Dimapur in association with Culture Guard. The workshop would conclude on October 7.

Gracing the programme, department of forest, environment & climate change, ACF T. Husie Kuotsu, who is also one of the ‘Kikrakrü’ in the village asked the gathering to maintain one’s identity through preservation of culture and tradition.

Expressing his concern on practice of transfer of agedold items beyond the village, he said that “we” needed to develop ideas and combined with the standard passed down to the generation to enrich/ promote the culture.

He also pointed that women should have the skill to develop one’s own needs.

He felt that there was a great need to organize similar event for the men folk also which would go a long way in preservation of culture.

Village council chairman, Thepfükuolie also spoke on the

occasion and appealed the participants to avail maximum advantage from the workshop.

He also expressed gratitude to the NEZCC Dimapur under ministry of culture for organizing this rare activity in the village.

Altogether 33 participants attended the workshop. Earlier, the program was chaired by chairman Culture Guard, Rajuselie Lhousa, invocation prayer was pronounced by Rüülhoukho Khawakhrie and vote of thanks delivered by senior artist, Kuosevo Casavi.

GHS Sungro past pupils inform

Dimapur: Past pupils of Govt. High School Sungro (GHS) Sungro are informed that school authority has been making arrangement to host the school golden jubilee function sometime in December 2016. In this regard, Dimapur based past pupils have formed alumni association on September 30, towards extending all

possible help and solidarity to the school. Past pupils based in Dimapur have been requested to contact 9856084027/9436012959/8413041 083 or c.m.lotha@gmail.com for membership registration with the following details: name in full; batch (year of passing out HSLC) and mobile number/whatsapp.

‘Wildlife week’ celebrated at Mon

Officials of Forest department along with participants at the wildlife week.

DIMAPUR: Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change conducted a program on October 4 at St John’s School in Mon district with the theme of “working together for wildlife” as part of the ongoing “wildlife week” celebration in the country from October 2 to 8.

ACF Mon division, Suman Sivachar IFS as the

speaker, engaged the students with trivia on animal facts.

The students were informed about the success of Amur Falcon conservation that had been brought about in Nagaland with the collaborative efforts of various departments, NGOs, people and communities working closely hand-in-hand.

Awareness was given on

the conservation and breeding efforts of the state bird, Blyths Tragopan. The participants at the program were urged to discourage hunting, create awareness amongst family & friends about wildlife conservation and to plant trees in and around their homes.

The students also took a pledge and principal of St John’s school, Jose, addressed

the gathering and stressed on the importance of protecting the beautiful creations of nature together.

Range officer, Mon, W. Wangshak chaired the event.

KBCM leaders Nyamjo, women leader and youth director Manai Konyak, school staff and the Mon Forest department staff graced the program.

Observation of NVBD day held at GHSS, Phek

DIMAPUR: National Voluntary Blood Donation (NVBD) day was held on October 1 at Government Higher Secondary School, Phek organized by blood bank district hospital Phek and DAPCU. Addressing the gathering, senior specialist DH, Phek, Dr. wethselo Tsuhah encouraged the students to be

an agent of change in removing the myth and misconception of donating blood.

He urged the participants to donate blood to save lives. He also adviced the students to create awareness to friends and relatives to donate blood, emphasize the importance of blood donation and show humanitarian

service to the needy and the poor. He explained the aims and objectives of blood donation and basic facts of blood donation.

While exhorting the students, principal of the school, YP Singh said frequently that there was emergency need of blood during accidents, operation, delivery, wherein

blood supply was not enough to meet the requirements.

Free blood grouping and HIV screening were also carried out. IEC materials such as posters, pamphlets’ and booklets were also distributed and displayed. Documentary film on blood donation was also screened to mark the day.

Earlier, the program was chaired by DIS, Heirhotho, welcome address delivered

by DPO DAPCU, Kuduvo Kezo, while AM&E, Velato Nienu enthralled the gathering with special number.

Vote of thanks was proposed

by DPA, Ketshuselie Kire.

Around 350 students attended the programme.

Mhankai Okho for cleaner Bhandari KLC to conduct ‘Moot Court’ on October 5

Youth members of Mhankai Okho cleaning the street.

DIMAPUR: In an effort to keep the town clean, a nongovernmental organization called Mhankai Okho of Bhandari town comprising of educated youths have taken up

a mission by cleaning the town every Saturday at the cost and expenses of the members.

The group of twenty members were on a mission to achieve the best and the

cleanest town in Nagaland.

The group has been cleaning the town, providing dustbins, repairing public property in an around the town and planting trees etc.

DIMAPUR: As per the Practical & Training syllabus given by the Bar Council of India (BCI), the Kohima Law College (KLC) would be conducting ‘Moot Court’ on October 5 at its own Moot Court Room from 9 a.m onwards.

Professor-in-c harge of BCI, Practical & Training, Kezhokhoto Savi has asked the students of LL.B IVth Semester to come prepared with three different “Moot Problem” consisting of criminal and civil cases based on rarest of rare case and National Moot Court Competition 2016 and an international case before the International Criminal Court at the Haque where each student has to take part in all the three Moot Problems.

M e a n w h i l e, a s t h e Angami Youth Organisa-

tion (AYO) has called for “a moment of solidarity to enable our environment” on the same day beginning 6 a.m – 6 p.m in Kohima, Savi has requested his students to “come walking without any complaint.”

In this regard, Savi, who is also the president of Nagaland Voluntar y Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO), said every citizen has a moral duty towards environment protection, for without environment, life itself was not possible.

Savi further stated that one of the Fundamental Duties under Article 51(g) of the Constitution of India provides “it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forest, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures.”

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Govt committed to ensure sufficient power supply: Ibobi struct another 400 KV substation at Yurembam in Imphal West, the chief minister informed.

The Thoubal sub-station would be able to transmit power to Imphal East, Ukhrul, Thoubal and Chandel while the Yurembam sub-station will supply power to Imphal West, Senapati, Tamenglong, Bishnupur and Churachandpur.

There was the need for early completion of these projects for an uninterrupted power supply in the state, the chief minister said.

At the same time, he expressed his unhappiness over the slow progress in the implementation of these projects while wishing for transfer of the projects to the state government. “I wish that the projects be transferred to state government,” he said reminding that the construction of 400KV sub-station in Thoubal is being targeted to complete within a record time of one year.

The chief minister, who is also chairman of NERPC, further said that government was targeting to provide 3.5 lakh prepaid meters to the power consumers of the state

by December 2016. The prepaid meter system has now been switched across the four

valley districts and district headquarters and sub-divisional headquarters of hill districts of Manipur.

Ibobi who is also incharge of power department said that the present peak demand of power in the state was 140 MW. With the commissioning the two 400 KV substations around 1000 MW capacity, power will be available in the state which would be enough for the state’s power requirement for the next 20/30 years.

Asserting that in addition to the already commissioned 400 KV line from Silchar to Imphal, the state government has already proposed another 400 KV line from Misa (Assam) via New Kohima and Mariani(Assam) to make a loop for sustained power supply.

The meeting was attended SD Dubey, chairman of Central Electricity Authority, PK Mishra, member secretary of NERPC, S Ganguly, managing director of OTPC, N Sarat Singh, MD MSPCL and chairman of TCC. Officials from seven Northeast states and stakeholders like Power Grid, NEEPCO and NHPC etc also attended the meeting which is held annually to discuss and solve the issues in the power sector in the region.

Miscreants set 5 MU buildings on fire

‘Tripura govt disobeyed High Court order’

Correspondent IMPHAL, Oct 4: Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh Tuesday reiterated his government’s commitment to ensure sufficient power supply in the state for the next 50 years.

Addressing as chairman of the North Eastern Regional Power Committee (NERPC) at the 17th Technical Coordination Committee Meeting held in Imphal’s Hotel Classic Grande, Singh drew the attention of Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) in realising the government commitment.

Recently, Ibobi asserted that the state government was working overtime to ensure that there was sufficient power supply in the state for the next 50 years.

Towards this end, there was the need for expediting the infrastructure development works, he said and urged the Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) to pay due attention to completion of construction of power substations being taken up by the company in the state.

PGCIL is currently engaging in the construction of a 400 KV sub-station under the Ministry of DoNER in Thoubal district among others.

Plans were afoot to con-

Imphal, Oct 4 (PTI): Unidentified miscreants last night set ablaze five buildings within Manipur University campus at Canchipur in Imphal West district, the police said. The incident occurred around 10 PM, the police said adding the fire, which spread quickly, was finally put under control withing 30 minutes by the combined effort of Fire Brigade, state police forces and others residing within the campus. The police said computers, photocopy machines, hard copies of thesis of University researchers and other study materials were burnt in the incident. Investigation was on to find out the reason and those responsible behind the incident, the police added.

4 children drown in flash flood

Aizawl, Oct 4 (PTI): Four children including three girls drowned today in a turbulent stream near Electric Veng locality in Aizawl, the police said. Lalpekhlui (10), Linda Lalhlimpuii (9), Lalpekkimi (4) and Danny Lalhriatpuia (11) were drowned by a flash flood during heavy downpour this evening while playing in a stream called ‘Theihailui’, the police said. Danny Lalhriatpuia, the elder brother of Lalpekkimi was rescued from the swirling waters, the police said, adding the body of Linda Lalhlimpuii was recovered downstream, while a search was on to recover the bodies of other three children.

Vigil intensified along Indo-Bangla border

Agartala, Oct 4 (PTI): Security forces intensified vigil along the 856 km long Indo-Bangla International border in Tripura after the surgical strike by the army inside PoK, but no threat perception prevails, a top police officer said here today. “We do not see any threat perception as such in the border here. However, stringent surveillance along the border is being maintained and BSF has also been alerted”, DGP K Nagraj told reporters. A quantum of central paramilitary force like BSF, CRPF and Assam Rifles were shifted to Kashmir recently from the state, he said. “The shifting of forces will not affect anything here,” he added.

Gov flags off first flight of Spicejet in Mizoram

Aizawl, Oct 4 (PTI): Mizoram Governor Lt General Nirbhay Sharma today said more flights in the northeastern sector will be helpful in the implementation of the Centre’s Look-Act East policy. Sharma flagged off the first flight of Spicejet Airlines at the lone Lengpui Airport near Aizawl and hoped that the airlines would start morning flights for people flying to Delhi. With the entry of Spicejet, three airlines are now operating flights connecting Lengpui Airport. The other two are Air India and Jet Airlines.

Spicejet Airlines officials told PTI that a 78-seater Q400 aircraft will fly on the Kolkata-Aizawl-Guwahati route on a daily basis from today.

NRL pays highest-ever annual dividend to Assam government

Guwahati, Oct 4 (PTI): Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has paid the highest-ever annual dividend of Rs 63.6 crore to the Assam government, which holds 12.5 per cent stake in the company, for the financial year 2015-16. The final dividend cheque of Rs 31.79 crore was handed over to the Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal by NRL Managing Director P Padmanabhan last evening, NRL said in release here today. This is in addition to the interim dividend of an equivalent amount handed over to the state government in March this year. The chief minister while acknowledging the contribution said that NRL was an invaluable asset of the state and the government will continue to support this Assam Accord Refinery in all its endeavors towards growth and progress. Among others present on the occasion were NRL Director (Technical ) S R Medhi, Director (Finance) S K Barua and Principal Secretary to the govt of Assam, Industries and Commerce Department Ravi Capoor.

Include four zones in power grid project: Khandu Itanagar, Oct 4 (PTI): The Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has urged the union Power Minister Piyush Goel to include four left out zones in the 132 kv transmission grid project.

The zones are Khup-Tawang, Rupai-Namsai, Bomdila-Kalaktang and Likabali-Basar.

Khandu also pitched for consideration of a proposal for 89 mw solar park at Tezu.

The chief minister also requested the union ministry to consider for reopening of the Namchik-Namphuk coal field, it said.

AGARTALA, Oct 4 (Agencies): Applicants to the MBBS course at the Agartala Govt Medical College have accused the government of disobeying the high court order to fill up vacant seats from the state entrance test merit list. The court had on September 29 ordered the government to cancel its selection of candidates from the list of national entrance and eligibility test.

According to reports, 12 candidates out of 15 central quota candidates at AGMC had not turned up for admission within the stipulated time for the current session. As per the Supreme Court’s guidelines, vacant seats in MBBS courses can be filled up from the state entrance merit list or the NEET list for this year only. Consequently, the state government conducted a state-level entrance test but opted for NEET candidates to fill up the 12 vacant seats. Protesting candidates said all 12 seats could have been filled by candidates from Tripura, had the government opted for the state merit list.

“Just to accommodate the daughter of Dr Hiranmoy De, a leading figure of a proCPM doctors’ association, the government gave preference to the NEET merit list and denied the interest of the students of Tripura,” Subhankar Sarkar, a guardian of an aspirant, said.

Counsel of state entrance candidates Arun Kanti Bhowmik argued that the state has to prioritize students who passed the state entrance exam when central quota seats come back under the state’s domain. He said De’s daughter was being favoured as she had achieved a low rank in NEET and was allotted an expensive private medical college. Now the state government’s effort is to rescue De from the huge expenditure by awarding his daughter a seat at the low-cost AGMC, he added.

The aspirants have moved the high court seeking admission. The HC division bench has directed the state to fill up the seats with candidates qualified in the state entrance test as the seats have become the state’s property.

northeast Bureaucratic reshuffle in Arunachal Itanagar, Oct 4 (PTI): In a major reshuffle, the Centre has transferred 23 IAS and 14 IPS officers of the AGMUT Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre.

While Arunachal Pradesh DGP S Nithiyanandam has been transferred to Delhi, Capital DC Sandeep Kumar Singh has been transferred to Daman & Diu along with Pooja Jain another IAS officer posted in the state.

The states have been asked to relieve the officers within October 15.

Three IAS officers Ravi Dhawan, Ruchika Katyal and Brij Mohan Mishra have been transferred from Arunachal Pradesh tothe Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).

Similarly, Ravi Jha and Isha Khosla have been transferred from the state to Goa. Five IAS officers Nitika Pawar, Azimul Haque, SK Jain, Madhu Rani Teotia and GS Meena have been transferred from GNCTD to Arunachal Pradesh.

IPS officer Anto Alphonse has been transferred from Itanagar to Delhi while Sandeep Goel has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. Belatee Pertin has been transferred from the state to Mizoram, an official release said here today.

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Indo-Myanmar cross border trade remains suspended Correspondent IMPHAL, Oct 4: Cross border trade between India and Myanmar in Manipur’s Moreh sector remained suspended for the second day on Tuesday after Myanmar authority shielded its border Monday.

Myanmar authority shielded the border since Monday morning after a blast on Indian side at Moreh on Sunday night, around 8 pm.

Before the blast, a leader of a Manipur based militant group was shot at by suspected rivals at Namphalong on Myanmar side. Even though Myanmar authority closed the gate on its side, the gate on Indian side remained opened through-out the day on Monday as well as Tuesday, an official report from Moreh said.

However, Myanmar authority continued to keep its gate closed. Owing to this, cross border trade activities was put on a complete halt.

Sources in Indian side believed that Myanmar authority has closed the gate to freeze cross border trade activities to review security measures to be taken up on its territory in the wake of a shootout on its territory coupled with blast near the border.

Myanmar authority is seriously taking shootout in-

should stop buying any product which has ‘Made in China’ marked on them. A former Congressman who joined the BJP ahead of the last assembly elections in Assam earlier this year, Sarma is an influential politician and is widely believed to have played a pivotal role in the BJP’s thumping victory.

Each year between Durga Puja and Diwali, Chinese products including decorative lights and lamps, gift items and firecrackers worth hundreds of crores of rupees are sold across India. Last month, leaders from the Assam unit of Hindu Yuva Chatra Parishad had appealed to people in the state to stop buying Chinese goods in order to hurt the neighbouring country economically.

Soon after the appeal, ULFA-I issued a statement asking the group and its leaders to stop its campaign seeking boycott of Chinese products. It said consumers have the right to buy goods which are cheap.

“Besides, neighbour China has age-old friendly ties with Assam and provides an alternative to Indian traders who have only profit in mind,” the statement read.

Guwahati, Oct 4 (PTI): The Centre today said the proposed new Consumer Protection Bill will be introduced in the coming Winter Session of Parliament for its passage to replace the existing 30-yearold law.

“We will introduce the new Bill in the next session of Parliament and it should be passed then. The Standing Committee had already passed it and submitted its recommendation,” Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Pas-

THILIXU VILLAGE BAPTIST CHURCH CONDUCTS RETREAT FOR OLDER PERSONS

Thilixu Village Baptist Church, Women Department organised retreat on 1st October 2016 for older persons under the theme "Responsibility of older person". The Retreat was attended by 52 older persons of 70 years and above". Rev. Dr. Yehevi Kimomi, Sr. Pastor, spoke on the topic responsibility of older person towards the church. He encouraged them to be active both spiritually and physically and to follow a healthy lifestyle. Associate Pastor, Mrs. Honi B. Jimomi, spoke on responsibilities of older people towards the children, in-laws and grand children encouraging them to not be bias but to treat all the family members equally.

While, Dr. Hotoli Sema (Chishi), Associate Pastor Women shared on older persons being the instrument of God. She encouraged them to always have positive attitude towards growing old and should be proud of it as old age is a gift from God and that they can be God's co-worker even from their sick bed.

The highlights of the remaining part of the programme were in debate competition extempore speech, presentation of gift and concluded with cost free shopping of various items by the participants from a makeshift stall set up by the church.

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10. The four-member state government delegation led by Additional Secretary for Home Lalbiakzama, comprised of Joint Secretary for Home Lalhriatpuia, SP, CID (SB) Rodingliana Chawngthu and OSD (Home) David H Lalthangliana. Lalthalien had earlier told PTI that the talks would mainly centre around the demands of

the Hmar militant outfit seeking greater autonomy and more power to the Sinlung Hills Development Council (SHDC).

Both the sides would deliberate on making the SHDC better suited for the people of the area, maybe even better than an autonomous district council under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, he had said.

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Dated, Wokha the 3rd Sept 2016

NOTICE Whereas, Smti. Oponlumi, wife of Late Shri. E. Nyimtsemo, a resident of Meshanpen Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits including family pension pertaining to PPO No. Pen/Com/29908/NL/S/28046 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri. E. Nyimtsemo, who expired on 25/09/2016.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/objection, if any within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after the cutoff date and Succession Certificate shall be issued.

Hotolu Swu Addl. Dy. Commissioner, Wokha : Nagaland

IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT, HEADQUARTER CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP : DIMAPUR : NAGALAND. NO. M-824/16/8369-70

NOTICE

Dated, Dimapur the 27/9/16

Notice is hereby given that Shri. Basu Damani -Vrs- Shri. Sandeep Sharma resident of Midland Colony Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 of Assam Land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below:The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any & should be submitted to this Court in writing on or before 27/10/16.

SCHEDULE OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder : Shri Basu Damani Block No. : 9, Patta No. : 1749, Dag No. : 1372/1910 & 1372/2095, Area : 00B-00K-08Ls. North : Colony Road, South : Rongsenkala, East : Rongsenkala, West : Asangla.

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7 dead, 13 injured in accidents Haflong, Oct 4: In a two separate road accidents, seven persons were killed and ten other passengers were injured today in Dima Hasao district. The incident took place near APTF camp between Manderdisa and Lumding around 2:30 pm when a truck coming from the opposite direction collided with a passenger van killing seven passengers on board including one minor girl; namely Pirush Thaosen, Amrit Malakar (driver), Bijuni Rajiyung (minor girl), Sebon Dey, Anil Dey, Manuwa Shaw and Chineu Shaw. Three others who were seriously injured have been shifted to Lumding Hospital for treatment.In another accident, ten people were injured when a truck collide with a passenger bus at Tinkilo area on Tuesday morning at about 5:30am. The injured passengers were shifted to Umrangshu Civil hospital. (Correspondent)

wan said at a press conference here. The government would soon prepare a cabinet note regarding the Bill, he said.

“This will be a completely new Act and will replace the existing Consumer Protection Act, 1986. After passage by the Parliament, the new legislation will be known as Consumer Protection Act 2016,” he said.

Listing out some important features of the proposed Bill, Paswan said punitive action has been suggested against celebrities for misleading adver-

Dimapur, Oct 4 (NPN): Reacting to United Committee Manipur (UCM) statement published in local news papers on October 2, GPRN/NSCN has Tuesday stated that it was unfortunate that UCM is reacting and intimidating public uprising against the released of three NSCN cadres detained by the 35th Assam Riffle at Senapati on September 28.

In a press release, NSCN (I-M) though MIP stated that the three Naga armies were detained under wild allegations and were released as they were proved innocent. “It is irony that UCM which always voices against the removal of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) from the so called Manipur State, on the one hand totally oppose the ceasefire between NSCN and GoI thereby propagating continuous killing and shooting between the NSCN and the Indian Armies,” the MIP statement read.

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tisements, adulteration of food items and setting up of a Consumer Protection Authority.

The Centre in August last year had introduced the Consumer Protection Bill, 2015 in the Lok Sabha to repeal the existing 30-year-old law and a Parliamentary Standing Committee submitted its report in April this year. The minister also informed that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured 53,087 tonnes of paddy this year from Assam against its target of 55,000 tonnes.

NSCN (I-M) reacts to UCM statement

Peace talks between HPC(D), Mizo Govt

Aizawl, Oct 4 (PTI): A delegation of the Hmar People’s Convention (Democratic) arrived in Aizawl today for the second round of peace talks with the state government here tomorrow, a senior home department official said.

The HPC(D) delegation led by Lalthalien, Imphal-based prominent church leader, comprised of former president of Hmar Inpui (Hmar Supreme House) Dr John Pulamte, president of Hmar Students’ Association (HSA) Lalthlamuana Hmar, general secretary of Hmar Inpui Francis Songate, former chairman of the Sinlung Hills Development Council (SHDC) Lalmalsawma Darngawn and Thanglianchhunga.

D a r n g aw n r e p l a c e d Rohringa who was one of the delegate members in the first round of talks held on August

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Assam minister asks public to shun Chinese goods Guwahati, Oct 4 (Agencies): Ahead of Durga Puja and Diwali celebrations in the state, a senior minister in the Assam government has appealed to the masses to avoid buying Chinese products.

Himanta Biswa Sarma’s statement comes days after the banned militant group United Liberation Front of AssamIndependent (ULFA-I) warned a Hindu group for seeking a boycott of Chinese goods.

“This Durga Puja people should avoid buying products made in China. Instead they should buy lamps, decorative lights and household utensils made in India,” he told journalists here on Monday.

Significantly, the minister’s appeal also follows Beijing’s declaration last Saturday that it has blocked a tributary of the Brahmaputra, to construct a dam for a major hydro-electric project in Tibet. It is not known if blocking the tributary will affect the volume of the Brahmaputra which flows across the length of Assam.

Sarma, who handles finance, health, education portfolios, clarified that it was his personal opinion that Indians

cident involving Indian militant group inside its territory which was followed by the blast on Sunday night at the “No Man’s Land’ zone of the Indo-Myanmar border.

A report reaching here said that in the aftermath of the violent incidents, Myanmar authority has proposed a meeting with its Indian counterpart in Myanmar’s Tamu town tomorrow (Wednesday).

Chandel DC, Moreh ADC, ASP and custom authority is scheduled to attend the proposed meeting from Indian side, the source added.

Besides halting the cross border trade activity, normal vehicular movement along NH-102 (Imphal-Moreh section of Trans-Asia highway) was disturbed today owing to a snap bandh imposed by a group of villagers at Thamnapokpi in Chandel district.

Villagers imposed the bandh all off a sudden this morning, in connection with the death of a motorcyclist and injuring one woman after they were mowed down by passenger bus yesterday along the highway.

Reports said that many passenger service vehicles and heavy truck were forced to strand beyond Thamnapokpi village on both sides.

The villagers were demanding immediate police action against the bus involved in the accident.

Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur : Nagaland.

The statement further questioned, “What logic is it? Certainly UCM is house of contradiction. At one point they speak that there is no ceasefire and on the other hand they talk about violation of ceasefire ground rules by the NSCN in Manipur.”

“Definitely with all Naga Army spread across their land to defend their rights and its people. It has nothing to do with the Meitei.

UCM should not panic that we do not ask the land of Meiteis but ask Nagas ancestral land,” read the MIP statement. It also reminded UCM that Indo-Naga ceasefire is a bilateral ceasefire agreed upon between the Government of India (GoI) and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN). “The so called Manipur State being part of India, you are also part of India whether you like it or not. The issue is between India and Nagas,” it added.

OFFICE OF THE

KASHIRAM VILLAGE COUNCIL Dimapur - 797112, Nagaland

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Kashiram Village Council would like to express our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Yan Murry, (Director; Pinnacle Skills), Shri. Imnawapang Jamir (President; Kashiram Youth Organisation) and Asian Paints, for taking initiative and reaching out to the residents and youths of Kashiram village in imparting them with necessary skills and training (Classic Painters Course) for 14 days Dated 15.09.2016 to 28.09.2016.

We thank them for their invaluable and selfless contribution towards the residents and youths of Kashiram village.

It is our humble prayer to our Almighty God to bless you all abundantly.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WOKHA : NAGALAND.

No. Judl-47/2015-16

Dated, Wokha the 27th Sept 2016

NOTICE

Whereas, Smti. Nkhyinglo, W/o Late Shri. Yanasao Kikon, a resident of Baghty has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits including family pension pertaining to PPO No. NL/4446 and to operate A/C No. 32494364073 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri.

Yanasao Kikon, who expired on 9/09/2016.

Now, therefore, public and relatives are hereby asked to file claims/objection, if any within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notice. No claims/objections will be entertained after the cutoff date and Succession Certificate shall be issued.

Hotolu Swu Addl. Dy. Commissioner, Wokha : Nagaland DC-2229 GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER Medziphema Dist : Dimapur, Nagaland

NO.JUD/SUC-3/2014/274

Dt. Medz. the 3rd Oct. 2016

NOTICE Whereas, Shri. Ngulkholun Thangsing, nephew of Late Akhup Thangsing of Maova Village under Medziphema Sub Division has applied for issue of Succession Certificate, who expired on 23rd Sept. 2016.

Public are hereby asked to file claims/objections if any within 30 days of issue of this notice.

Description of properties.

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Centre politicising Cauvery issue, alleges AIADMK

New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu today accused the Centre of politicising the Cauvery water sharing issue and asked it to withdraw the petition submitted yesterday seeking modification in the Supreme Court order.

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MPs, led by Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha M Thambidurai, took out a protest march from Parliament House to the Prime Minister’s Office in South Block after the 49-member contingent was allegedly denied permission to meet the PM. “The central government is engaged a political game. They want to politicise the issue,” Thambidurai told reporters after the march was stopped by the security personnel in front of the PMO. “We want them to withdraw the modification petition submitted in the apex court yesterday and constitute the Cauvery Management Board (CMB). The Centre is duty bound to uphold the majesty of law, decision of Supreme Court and final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal,” the Dy Speaker said.

A seven-member team of MPs, later, met the PMO officials and submitted a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister seeking his intervention in constituting the CMB. The AIADMK MPs, in their memorandum, accused the Centre taking a stand against Tamil Nadu and its farming community. “We were shocked to hear that the

M Thambidurai Government of India has filed an Interlocutory Application on October 3, 2016, inter alia praying that the directions of the Supreme Court to set up a Cauvery Management Board be reviewed and recalled. “This is a total shock and a complete reversal of the stand that the Government of India has been taking thus far.... The stand taken by the Government of India is against the State of Tamil Nadu and its farming community,” it said. The memorandum to the Prime Minister also accused certain Union Ministers of taking pro-Karnataka stand in the Cauvery issue.

“The central Ministers belonging to Karnataka have been vociferously supporting the stand of the Karnataka Government to not release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.

“This is against the constitutional obligation cast on them to be neutral in any dispute between two states, as they are Union Ministers for the whole country. This action of the Union Ministers amounts to a

Govt nominates actor Roopa for RS seat vacated by Sidhu

west bengal, Oct 4 (Agenices): Actor and BJP leader Roopa Ganguly, who had played the role of Draupadi in the hit mythological television series Mahabharat, was nominated to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Ganguly, who had unsuccessfully contested the West Bengal Assembly elections this year on BJP ticket, was nominated by President Pranab Mukherjee to the seat vacated by cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned recently following differences with the BJP leadership.

The 49-year-old actor came into limelight with the 1988 mythological serial Mahabharat, in which she played the role of Draupadi. She has also acted in a few Hindi and Bengali films in the 1990s and the 2000s.

She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015. In April, the government had nominated Subramanian Swamy, Narendra Jadhav, Navjot Singh Sidhu,

Roopa Ganguly Suresh Gopi, Swapan Dasgupta and Mary Kom as the new Rajya Sabha members. The government had also nominated Pranav Pandya, head of All World Gayatri Pariwar, as Rajya Sabha member in May but he declined it. In his place, the government then nominated Sambhaji Raje, a descendant of Shivaji, to the Rajya Sabha in June. Sidhu had resigned from the Rajya Sabha in July, about three months after his nomination, and had formed a new front Aawaaz-e-Punjab.

grave injustice to the people of Tamil Nadu,” it said.

The submission also urged the Prime Minister to direct the Water Resource ministry to withdraw the modification petition. All 49 MPs of AIADMK including 37 from Lok Sabha and 12 from Rajya Sabha participated in the protest march.

The Supreme Court had yesterday asked the Karnataka government to apprise it by today whether it has released water to Tamil Nadu as directed by it on September 30.

The Centre had yesterday moved the apex court seeking modification of its earlier order asking it to constitute the Board

by Tuesday. On September 30, SC had directed Karnataka to discharge 6,000 cusecs water from October 1-6, warning it that no one would know when the “wrath of the law” would fall on it. The apex court had also directed the Centre to establish the Board, saying once it was constituted, its team would visit the sites to take a prima facie view of the ground reality and submit a report.

On October 1, Karnataka had moved a review petition in the apex court against its three orders on Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu and direction to the Centre to create the Board.

In its review petition, Karnataka said “grave miscarriage of justice” has been caused to it pursuant to the three apex court orders of September 20, 27 and 30, by which it was directed to release 6000 cusecs of water till October 6 and the Centre was to constitute the Board by October 4.

Media can’t be obstructed says Kerala CM T h i ru v anan thapuram, Oct 4 (PTI): The Kerala government today said any “hindrance” to free and fearless media activities will not be allowed, days after media personnel were prevented by a section of lawyers from covering the High Court proceedings.

Taking a tough stand on the continued action by a section of lawyers preventing legal reporters from covering courts, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, “Media personnel have the freedom to go to courts for covering legal proceedings and this cannot be obstructed.

It will not be accepted.”

“Any action that creates obstruction for free and fearless media activities cannot be allowed,” he said in a statement after a meeting with editors of various media organisations here. The meeting was called against the background of a section of lawyers preventing media persons from covering the High Court in Kochi recently.

The lawyers should understand that their behaviour was “inappropriate” and they should stop indulging in such actions, Vijayan said. The continuing media-lawyers standoff was affecting the state’s reputation and will catch the attention of the national and international communities, he said. “It will not be good for the state to be known as a place where there is no freedom of expression,” he said. Representatives of media organisations led by Mathrubhumi Managing Editor P V Chandran, Malayala Manorama Editorial Director Thomas Jacob and Asianet News channel chief editor M G Radhakrishnan were among those who met the Chief Minister.

to face any SC asks Arvind Kejriwal, Jung to hold Ready inquiry: AMU VC meeting on dengue, chikungunya New Delhi, Oct 4 (Agencies): Warning Delhi government against playing any blame game, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and health minister Satyendra Jain to hold a meeting with Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung by Wednesday to chalk out a strategy for curbing vector-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya in the national capital.

“There is no question of playing any blame game. You have the responsibility to look after the people of Delhi. You may be great but you have to do something to maintain that stature. Nothing digging of the past should happen. You have to look at the future,” a bench of justices M B Lokur and L Nageswara Rao said.

It refused to go into the allegations and counter- allegations over power tussle between the LG and Kejriwalled government and said “no

Arvind Kejriwal substitute” should attend the meeting with LG, except whose names have been proposed.

The court also asked Union health secretary P K Mishra, chief secretary K K Sharma, commissioners of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and New Delhi Municipal Council, CEO

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Valley remained shut for the 88th consecutive day on Tuesday and life remained paralyzed as authorities made heavy deployments of security forces here and other areas.

Officials said sufficient deployments of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and state police were made here as well as all district headquarters to maintain peace.

Separatists had called for protests by women across the valley on Tuesday.

Women were asked to assemble and occupy city squares, market places and traffic inter-sections to register peaceful protests.

Separatists had been issuing weekly protest calendars calling for shutdowns, rallies and marches since July 9, a day after top militant Burhan Wani was killed in a gunfight with the security forces.

Schools, colleges and universities remain closed

in the valley for the last 88 days. Main markets, public transport and other businesses were also largely shut during this period.

Train services between the valley and Bannihal town in the Jammu region were also suspended for the 88th day.

Security was beefed up for Jammu and Kashmir education minister, Naeem Akhtar, who was warned by the Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit to refrain from opening the educational institutions after

Srinagar, Oct 4 (PTI): PDP today expelled its Leh district chief Tashi Gyalson from its basic membership for signing a memorandum submitted to the Union Home Minister demanding Union Territory status for Ladakh, saying that under no circumstances will it endorse any move to divide the state.

The head of PDP’s Disciplinary Committee Abdul Rehman Veeri expelled Gyalson for violating the party’s whip, a party spokesman said in a

statement. “Gyalson signed the memorandum demanding Union Territory status for Ladakh which is against the policies of PDP,” he said.

The spokesman said PDP believes in unity and any move aimed at dividing the state on regional or religious lines will only be an unfortunate development, and under no circumstances will the party endorse any such divisive move.

“People of different faiths, ethnicity and languages live cordially in J&K since ages.

he tried to do so.

Around 90 people have died and over 12,000 injured during the ongoing unrest in the valley -- worst after the 2010 violence in Kashmir.

In the last one week, however, the intensity of violence during protests decreased. More than 300 youths were rounded up by the security forces whom they call -- “habitual stone-pelters, who incite mobs to violence and then watch from the flanks”.

MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION NOTICE ATTENTION MINORITY STUDENTS

The last date for receipt of online applications from minority students for Per-matric for Class I to X and Post-matric for Class XI and XII through National Scholarship Portal (NSP 2.0) has been further extended upto 31st October, 2016.

Deputy Secretary (SS)

PDP believes in taking everyone together to find a lasting solution to our problems,” he said.

The spokesman said people are still suffering the fallout of the partition and any further division of Jammu and Kashmir will only add to the problems of the state and region. Opposition National Conference has also issued a show cause notice to its district president for Leh Sonam Wangdus for signing the memorandum which was submitted to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

Aligarh (UP), Oct 4 (PTI): The Vice Chancellor (VC) of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) today said he was “prepared to face any inquiry”, a day after reports emerged that the HRD ministry is mulling high-level probe into alleged financial and administrative irregularities committed by him.

“The allegations of financial and administrative irregularities are untrue and have been designed to sully my image by vested interests”, VC, AMU, Lt Gen (retired) Zameer Uddin Shah told PTI. “I am however fully prepared to face any such inquiry if and when it is instituted,” he added. When asked whether the NDA government was targeting him for championing the cause of the university’s minority character against the policies of the Modi government, the VC denied it.

Petrol price up by 14p/ltr, diesel by 10p NEW DELHI, OCT 4 (PTI): The price of petrol was today hiked by 14 paise per litre and that of diesel by 10 paise a litre, following increase in commission paid to dealers.

Petrol will now cost Rs 64.72 a litre in Delhi from midnight tonight as against Rs 64.58 per litre currently.

Diesel will cost Rs 52.61 per litre as against Rs 52.51 a litre at present.

The hike comes on the back of a 37 paise increase in petrol rate effected on October 1. Diesel price on that day was cut by 8 paise a litre.

PUBLIC NOTICE “A public hearing on the problems and grievances of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall be held at Kohima on 25th November, 2016. Those persons belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes who have a complaint of atrocity committed by a public servant or of negligence by a public servant in prevention of atrocity may send their complaints to the Commission by Registered Post or by Speed Post at the following address: Registrar, National Human Rights Commission, Manav Adhikar Bhawan, Block-C, GPO Complex, INA, New Delhi-110023

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of Delhi Cantonment Board to attend the meeting with LG. Apart from the officials and office bearers of civic bodies, the court also asked Amicus Curiae Colin Gonsalves, Chairman of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and General Manager of Northern Railway and Vice Chairman of Delhi Development Authority to attend the meeting to discuss the steps to be taken to check the menace in the city.

The bench expressed annoyance after senior advocate Chirag Uday Singh appearing for Delhi government and health minister Satyender Jain alleged that officials are not reporting to the minister and not coming to the meetings.

“There cannot be two Delhi governments. Officials are not reporting to us they are not coming to the meeting.

We should know with whom we should sit and talk,” Singh said.

PDP expels Leh dist chief for demanding UT status for Ladakh

Kashmir shut for 88th consecutive day

Maha CM announces Rs 49,248 crore devp plan for Marathwada

The complaints should reach the Commission latest by 20th October, 2016.

Such complaints as are deemed fit for enquiry shall be taken up at the public hearings. The parties shall be informed in due course about the date and venue of public hearing".

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Aurangabad, OCT 4 (Agencies): Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday announced a Rs 49,248 crore development ‘package’ for Marathwada region, under which important projects, including irrigation and infrastructure, will be completed in a time-bound manner. “Funds have been allocated for these projects and these will be completed within four years,” Fadnavis said, after a meeting of the state cabinet in Aurangabad. This is the first time in eight years that the state cabinet meeting was held at Aurangabad. The region, which was reeling under acute drought till recently, has witnessed heavy rains in the last few days, leading to crop damage and loss of life and property. Under the plan announced by the chief minister, Rs 9,291 crore will be spent on irrigation, Rs 5,326 crore on railway network in the region, Rs 3,000 crore for road projects, Rs 250 crore for airport expansion, Rs 450 crore for micro-irrigation, and Rs 1,885 for water conservation works. Funds for these projects will be raised through bonds, Fadnavis said. He assured people of Marathwada region that train service to Beed will commence in 2018. A Bal Thackeray memorial will be set up in Aurangabad. A rural development institute, named after late Gopinath Munde, former Union rural development minister, will be set up in Aurangabad, Fadnavis said, adding efforts will be made to get UNESCO heritage tag for the historic Aurangabad city.

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVI NO. 299 Dimapur, Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Power plays truant again

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hile Nagaland continues to reel under long duration of load shedding ranging from six or even to 12 hours; there seems to be no end in sight to the woes faced by power consumers even as incidents of shutting down of offices and recently, the much publicised road blockade in Dimapur, only serve to confirm that people are being deprived of power by those they elected to power (during the past ten years). On November 5,2016 the Department of Power(DoP) will complete 52 years of service to the people and the record tells the story of the role played by the department for the newly created state. Nagaland was fortunate that since statehood, the erstwhile electricity department was manned by a team of thoroughly dedicated professionals. Indeed the credit for whatever is evident today, should go to the pioneers of the department who had laid a solid foundation that had withstood the vicissitudes of time. The department had officers who would brook no political pressure or interference from any quarter. This clear stand and demarcation of powers between the executive and legislature was possible because ministers of those days( till the mid-80s) respected the professionalism and performances of the department. It was due to the free hand given to the department that it achieved cent percent electrification during the late 70s besides construction of the 75 MW Doyang Hydro Electric dam through NEEPCO during the 80s and the 24 MW Likhimro Hydro project.

The two projects bear testimony to the efficiency of power engineers during the 70s to 80s. However, from the late 80s the department’s focus had undergone gradual change. It had to strike a balance in ‘power sharing’ with the politicians in power and also could not address the ever rising demand from consumers. However, the department slipped when it came to streamlining its system that was getting as old as the machineries and equipments purchased during the early seventies. The department suffered due to the gnawing gap between purchase price and sale price of power. In the past several years, it was almost a regular feature of the department to announce loss amounting to around of over Rs.100 crore annually which was blamed on supposed theft and pilferage. The accumulated total loss from all these has been pegged at around 55% to 60% which is equivalent to 30MW to 40MW out of the total power that the state receives. The other factor, as pointed out by the Association of Power Engineers Nagaland(APEN) was that power transmission, distribution and maintenance in Nagaland has reached a critical stage and could virtually collapse in the coming summer months.

APEN admitted that the DoP faces deficiency in allocation of fund under Plan and Non-Plan which would adversely affect the elements of power, such as - generation, transmission, distribution, revenue, housing and communication. Whether it be shortage of field staff, money to purchase store materials like fuse wires, fuse boxes etc or under billing etc, the department has a lot to overcome.

These problems were foreseen even during the mid-90s by the engineers but those in power, cared little except to fatten their pockets( as mandated by their electorate from whom they had purchased votes).It is a shame that political leaders and their blue eyed bureaucrats talk about vision when their eyes suffer from aberration.

DailyDevotion The Vision and The Reality …to those who are…called to be saints…

—1 Corinthians 1:2 Thank God for being able to see all that you have not yet been. You have had the vision, but you are not yet to the reality of it by any means. It is when we are in the valley, where we prove whether we will be the choice ones, that most of us turn back. We are not quite prepared for the bumps and bruises that must come if we are going to be turned into the shape of the vision. We have seen what we are not, and what God wants us to be, but are we willing to be battered into the shape of the vision to be used by God? The beatings will always come in the most common, everyday ways and through common, everyday people.

There are times when we do know what God’s purpose is; whether we will let the vision be turned into actual character depends on us, not on God. If we prefer to relax on the mountaintop and live in the memory of the vision, then we will be of no real use in the ordinary things of which human life is made. We have to learn to live in reliance upon what we saw in the vision, not simply live in ecstatic delight and conscious reflection upon God. This means living the realities of our lives in the light of the vision until the truth of the vision is actually realized in us. Every bit of our training is in that direction. Learn to thank God for making His demands known.

Our little “I am” always sulks and pouts when God says do. Let your little “I am” be shriveled up in God’s wrath and indignation— “I AM WHO I AM…has sent me to you” (Exodus 3:14). He must dominate. Isn’t it piercing to realize that God not only knows where we live, but also knows the gutters into which we crawl! He will hunt us down as fast as a flash of lightning. No human being knows human beings as God does.

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur Wednesday, October 5, 2016

What the media did not reveal about black money scheme N

ote: This piece is similar to the one I wrote yesterday. It’s just a much better way of expressing the same thing. Ideally, this is the piece I should have written yesterday. But sometimes one does end up taking a longer route to arrive at the same destination.

Human beings have a habit of looking at absolute values and ignoring the denominator. Economists refer to this tendency as the denominator neglect.

The denominator neglect has been at full show in case of the Income Declaration Scheme which came to a close on September 30, 2016. The scheme had been in operation since June 1,2016. It offered people who had black money within the country to declare it to the government, pay a tax of 45 per cent on it and become a part of the system.

Black money or unaccounted or hidden wealth, is essentially income that has been earned over the years,

but on which taxes have not been paid.

The government of India got declarations of Rs 65,250 crore of black money under the scheme This money will be taxed at the rate of 45 per cent. It means collections of Rs 29,362 crore for the government. The scheme has been declared to be a huge success by the government as well as the media. The government press release announcing the black money declarations said that there has been “a tremendous response from the general public, especially in the last two months”.

The media led by The Times of India went to town saying that the collections had been three times bigger than the collections of the Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme (VDIS) of 1997, the last black money declaration scheme that the government had launched.

The total amount of black money declared in VDIS 1997 had stood at Rs 33,000 crore.

The corporates had to pay a 1997 amounted to around Rs tax of 35 per cent on the black 10,000 crore. This was 0.77 per money declared whereas others cent of the GDP. (primarily individuals) had to The nominal GDP at pay a tax of 30 per cent. This current prices in 2015-2016 led to a collection of around (the financial year before the Rs 10,000 crore for the gov- Income Declaration Scheme of ernment.

2016) was Rs 135.76 lakh crore.

The collections in the This is 10.4 times more than the Income Declaration Scheme of GDP in 1996-1997. Hence, the 2016 are expected size of the to be Rs29,362 economy Vivek Kaul crore or around is 10.4 Rs 30,000 crore. This is three times bigger, though the tax times bigger than the 1997 collected has grown only three number or so the media seems times. The tax the government to have concluded. expects to collect from the InThe trouble is this is come Declaration Scheme of wrong. What the media hasn’t 2016, is Rs 29,362 crore. This taken into account is the de- amounts to 0.22 per cent of the nominator or the size of the 2015-2016 GDP. Indian economy, which has This is significantly lower grown significantly bigger in the than the tax collected in VDIS last two decades. The nominal 1997. The media obviously did gross domestic product (GDP) not take the size of the Indian at current prices, a measure economy into account before of the size of the economy, going to town about the success in 1996-1997 (the financial of the scheme. The denominayear before the VDIS 1997 tor neglect was at play. scheme) was Rs 13.02 lakh One reason for lower crore. The total tax collected collections in the 2016 scheme by the government in VDIS lies in the fact that the rate of

tax to be paid is 45 per cent.

In the VDIS of 1997, it was 30 per cent or 35 per cent.

Of course, more people are likely to declare black money at a lower rate of tax. But even after taking this into account, the difference between 0.77 per cent of the GDP and 0.22 per cent of the GDP, is fairly significant.

In fact, if the idea was to ignore the size of the Indian economy, then the media could have come up with an even better result. Instead of taking the VDIS of 1997 and saying that the tax collected in the Income Declaration Scheme of 2016, will be three times bigger, it could have taken the Voluntary Disclosure Scheme of 1975.

The total black money disclosure in case of this scheme was Rs 738 crore and the total tax collected stood at Rs 241 crore. The total tax expected to be collected under the Income Declaration Scheme of 2016 is Rs 29,362 crore, which is 122 times bigger.

The point being that even though the government has managed to collect some reasonable amount of tax under the Income Declaration Scheme of 2016, it is nowhere as significant as it is being made out to be.

Postscript: The Business Standard reports only 15% of black money declarants came in on their own. If the remaining 85% were forced to declare black money, why is there the need for amnesty schemes like the Income Declaration Scheme?

This also tells us that the IT department knows who the black money wallahsare.

Business Standard reports that the IT department sent letters to 7 lakh possible evaders asking them to avail of the Income Disclosure Scheme.

Why is there a need for amnesty schemes to do something like this? Why can’t such things be done during the normal course of things? Of course, this is benefit of hindsight. But there are lessons to be learnt here.

Post-mortem

Open questions to prime minister of India’s statement of Oct 2, 2016

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hereas, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi stated on Oct. 2, 2016 at the inauguration of the Pravasi Bharatya Kendra in Delhi that: “India had never coveted any territory or (had) never attacked any country,” I, as President of the Federal Government of Nagaland, (FGN) wish to bring the following counter facts to the notice of India and the whole world: To begin with, our country Nagaland, declared her independence on 14th August 1947, as compared to India being granted her independence by the British on 15th August 1947. Information about this declaration of our independence was conveyed to the leaders of the then Indian National Congress and the UNO on the same date. Records of these facts will be found in your own national archives as well as the international archives of the UN. 1. As for Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Indian nation, this was what he stated when the Naga National Council (NNC) leaders met him at Bhangi Colony in Delhi on July 19, 1947: “If you say that you are not Indians and your country does not belong to India, then the matter ends there.

Nobody will force you to join the Indian Union.”

2. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of Indian, also clearly stated the following words in connection with the Naga territories on August 19,1946: “The tribal areas are defined as those long frontiers of India which are neither part of India nor of Burma, nor of Indian states nor of any foreign powers.” (Statement of Nehru on Aug.19, 1946 in connection with the British Coupland Plan) 3. As for the British who had ruled over India for over two

hundred years, their records bear clear witness to our territories in the following words: “No written treaties or agreements have been made with any of the Naga tribes.” (C.V. Aitchison, Treaties Engagements and Sanads, Vol. XII P 91, 1931).

4. Lastly, following the request of the Nagas to the Simon Commission Memorandum of 1929 to remain sovereign, the British, in their Indian Constitution Act of 1935, kept the Naga areas as “Excluded Areas” from the rest of India.

However, in contravention of all these political and historical facts, India coveting our territories attacked Nagaland from the early 1950’s onwards. In connection with these blatant attacks, B.N. Mullik, the then Director of the India Intelligence Bureau stated the following words in his book “My Years with Nehru”: “Troops moved into Tuensang by October 1955 and the war with the Nagas started from then” (B.N. Mullik, My Years with Nehru, 1948-1964. p. 308).

This above mentioned, Indian protracted war of invasion has been continuing till date.

The war left over six hundred Naga villages burnt to ashes by the Indian troops between1955 to 1957. It has also resulted in the deaths of over one hundred thousand Naga civilian lives. But the continued illegal occupation of our country by Indian troops still continues to date.

In the light of all these facts, how can Narendra Modi, the present Prime Minister of India, claim that: “INDIA HAS NEVER COVETED ANY TERRITORY OR ATTACKED ANOTHER COUNTRY?” Gen. (Retd.) Viyalie Metha, President, Federal Government of Nagaland

Make women reservation a reality

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omen reservation should not be treated as out of choice but an agent of change and progress.” In a tribal society like ours many people both men and women till today tend to be more conservative and think of that women should limit their activity as a respect to the customs and tradition. While taking the customary laws into an account, I believe the state of Nagaland can put this 33% women reservation in the Local Urban Bodies (LUB) under consideration and draw some lines that favours the progress of the society.

Just say, you and I go to the villagers and tell them, that miss or mistress “X,Y,Z” are contesting an election it is pretty sure that more people even the literate one would be shocked and like, OMG! even the girls contest election? Like the guys! which sounds little unbelievable but such is the perceived notion of many people in this patriarchal society. Such is the idea and mindset that has been in existence long time back. The patriarchal mindset, traditional belief have make our outlook of the world more different and that have make our society more difficult to decide whether to unchain ourselves from all those traditions and bondage and to go along with progress or to run behind it with the same old belief and fear. Without much delay one thing we all could do is that, our approached towards change and progress should be re-examined by being adaptable and outspoken to the modern laws and principles. We need to be broader in our observation and more receptive. Our view of the world should not be narrow but have to reached those societies where the women are shaping their families, communities, societies with the opportunities (socio-political rights) that are being granted to them.

Some people still think that women should cook daily for the family not because the family finds the taste of the curry different but as a role, they are not supposed to talk about politics and so on. Believe it or not, for many who still feel that social custom and tradition as the purest and holy law of the society in this 21st century, the implementation of

33% women reservation in Local Unban Bodies could be a personal as well as societal challenge. This also could a mental harassment to especially those group of people whose social world are governed by the concept men are the bread winner and decision maker and women as the homemakers.

For those traditionalists, granting the women all rights and freedom equally to men would be highly frustrated and moreover it would be again a worst nightmare and big disgraced to those older aged group because of the very fact that during those days the practiced of head hunting was their good experienced and in the mean time many restrictions were imposed on the women by customs and tradition. Such as, power and authority, who would be the head of the family, who would attend the political and social gathering, who would take part in the organisation or government, who would prepare the meal and dinner and so on. All those were decided or taken in hands by the men folk. Equal role, equal participation was never considered because of the fact that the visibility of the women in the village organisation and political affairs was treated and considered as taboo. What is again beyond the imagination is that the social custom has been dragging the women behind from the line of equality and justice (their political rights). While many women are preparing to move forward with the opportunities that are passing through our male dominated society has once again make their dream and interest half reality and half fake.

Let this not be another tragedy by doing through an open participation but make it reality by through reservation.

Furthermore, from the patriarchal point of view it may give the men folk a good reason to win over the argument on the women involvement in the decision making, playing the dual role (home maker and bread winner) in the society.

But the same argument cannot make women the loser in a society which is governed by the democratic principles.

Talking about the Naga women it is of an undeniable truth that such ill-treatment like, Sati, Burdah, etc. had not imposed

ENCSU over allocation of MBBS seats

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he ENCSU would like to highlight some of the events that have taken place so far in regard to its demand for allocation of 4 MBBS seats reserved for BTs to the BT candidates.

1. The ENCSU submitted Memorandum to the Director, Technical Education on 20th July 2016. Since he failed to address the grievance, an Ultimatum was submitted to the Chief Secretary on 26th July, 2016 giving 7 days time to the Government and the Department to fulfill the ENCSU’s demand. The Government failed to reply to our Ultimatum even after the lapse of due date.

However, it was only after the ENCSU decided to launch First Phase of Agitation at Kohima on 12th August 2016, the Personal Secretary to the Secretary, Higher and Technical Education rang up the ENCSU Official on 11th August 2016 and asked to claim the reply of the Government. To our surprise, the reply was just a meeting minute held on 30th July 2016 under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary.

2. On the day of the Agitation, the Department issued a “Press Release” which misguided many good citizens of the state. Some of them started to go against the stand of the ENCSU without knowing the other side of the story.

3. When the ENCSU Officials met the Department on the day of First Counseling, the Department allowed even the Parents of the selected candidates to the official meeting. As desired by the Department, some Parents threatened the ENCSU Officials and warned not to press for their demand.

4. The Secretary, Higher and Technical Education and the Director, Technical Education failed to attend the joint meeting of the Department Officials and the ENCSU convened by the Chief Secretary in his Conference Hall. Only a low ranking Official attended who could not respond properly

to queries from the Chief Secretary and the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister.

5. Prior to Second Phase of Agitation, an invitation was received from the Secretary, Higher and Technical Education for a meeting. In this meeting, the Secretary asked the ENCSU Official Team if we were sleeping till then. However, as far as the ENCSU is concerned, we took up the issue right after the entrance test result was declared. The Secretary also asked the Union to point out the irregularities of the Department, to which the Union asked the Secretary to first reply to all the allegations that were published in the media from day one since the ENCSU took up the issue. The Department could not come up with to the point reply till today.

6. On the day of Agitation on 6th September 2016 in the Directorate of Technical Education, the ENCSU waited for the outcome of the emergency meeting of the Department under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary. However, the Department Officials instead of conveying the outcome of the meeting to the ENCSU, took a back door to enter their Office and were sitting comfortably forgetting the thousand of students who were waiting for their response.

7. It was only after the protestors started shouting demanding the outcome of the meeting, the Department requested the ENCSU Officials to meet the Director. The Protestors opposed the request. However, at the request and in respect of our apex organization, the ENCSU Officials met the Director. In the course of the meeting and in the presence of District Administration and Police, the Department again allowed the Parents and some non ENCSU Student Leaders to the meeting who threatened the ENCSU Team this time also.

8. The ENCSU suspended the agitation on that day at the request of the Government with the assurance that 4 MBBS seats would not be filled up till the Cabinet decided on it.

9. The Department Officials campaigned to the Cabinet Ministers visiting door to door to justify themselves before the Cabinet meeting. If the entrance test result and the selection process are fair, they needed no campaigning. The Department therefore, has to come out openly and admit their mistakes instead of trying to cover up by unjustified reasons.

10. The ENCSU is also miffed by the action of the Government and the Department for failing to communicate officially with the ENCSU the outcome of the Cabinet meeting held on 26th September 2016 where the decision was taken to allocate 4 BDS seats in place of MBBS seats. The ENCSU has every right now to term the present Government as a failed Government for failing to rectify the misdeeds of the Department and also for failing to even communicate the decision.

11. Because of the circumstances as stated, The ENCSU has called for further phases of agitation with effect from 5th October 2016 and will continue till the demand is fulfill.

12. The ENCSU hereby warn that if any unwanted situations arise in the course of the ensuing phases of agitation, the Government will be held solely responsible for it has failed so far to redress the genuine demand of the Union.

13. The agitation will resume at 00:00 hour on 5th Oct’ 2016. However, all the emergency services, security forces, magistrate on duty and the students appearing end semester exam are exempted from the prohibition.

Longre Chang, Chairman, ENCSU & Nokchem Angth, Jt. Secy, ENCSU

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on them and for that reason our women were and are also considered the most luckiest and privileged one among those others (who are free from that evil laws and practices) on one hand, but life on the other side, their political world were not free from discrimination and inequality.

What could be it’s impact? The kind of prediction may not favour everybody but my perspectives here is that, it would improve and uplift their position and status in the society. It would give the society the picture of their quality and capability where gender based violence or crime have the possibility to come down as this would make the society accept them as equal to men.

It would minimise the wrong notion “who is she? what girls can do?” in a male dominated society like ours and specially in the rural areas this would really bring a lot of improvement in their socio-economic position. Their presence and voice in the house would really make the laws more effective, it would help the government more easy to catch up the social issues related to them. Their dedication and quality of management as compared to our men folk would help the government and departments smooth in functioning.

Nevertheless, it is of my opinion and view that let us not bring them down by our patriarchal attitude but rather give them a chance through reservation and fulfill their dreams. For many decades our society has denied the political rights to our women considering their role and participation in politics as exiguous and ineffective in bringing any reform in the social arena. The half rotten society like ours today have more expectation from our women who knows how to nurse their sick babies, who could easily make out whether her husband is just acting normal or already drunk, who are expert in handling and managing the family budget headed by the drunkard husband.

Will be happier seeing our women enjoying their reservation seats in the upcoming 2018 General Election. (Comments and feedback can be dropped through wochasathong@gmail.com) Asa-thong Woch

Rongmei Issue

t is unnecessary to recognise every Naga tribe separately as a Scheduled Tribe because Nagas are already recognised as a scheduled tribe under the Constitution of India. Further all must understand that the original NNC talk of Nagas as a whole and had accordingly, entered into agreement with the Govt. of India on condition of amalgamation of all the Naga inhabited area (Naga Tribes) under one administrative unit in the sixth point of the 9 joints agreement of 1947 which was reiterated by the NPC in the twelfth and thirteenth point of the 16 points Memorandum in 1959. Therefore, had the GOI took timely steps to amalgamate all the Naga inhabited area under one administrative unit, there will be no necessity to recognise individual tribe including the Rongmei tribe in Nagaland. Needless to say, this is what should be the foremost in the mind of the State Government of Nagaland, instead of getting embroiled in the present Rongmei issue, Government of Nagaland has to also keep in mind

the ongoing civil suit filed by the Assam govt. suit no .2 of 1988 in the supreme court, otherwise the Rongmei issue will be used by our adversaries as amber to set fire to the united house of Nagaland.

The reason why Nagas are living in different States is because of the failure of GOI to fulfil its commitment made to the Naga People in 1947. Moreover, even the ongoing Indo-Naga conflict is the resultant outcome of the failure of GOI to fulfil its commitment. The Infallible historical evidences shows that the GOI instead of bringing the undivided Nagas into India as a whole is more interested to divide and rule Nagas, and that too if necessary by use of force. Therefore, it is not only logical but encumbering for the State Govt. of Nagaland to take all the steps to force the GOI to fulfil its commitment instead of being deceived by bits of baits sent by GOI from time to time to divert our attention from the historical truth.

Theja Sekhose, Burma Camp

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Let Nagas also work

This is to notify to the various contractors and the public that during the 4 lane project which is scheduled to begin work from 15th Oct onwards that let this time be the first where even Nagas are hired as labours instead of just non-locals scattered across the road earning wages. It is high time we Nagas start doing our own chores to pass on the skills to the future Naga generations.

Ihcis Hikt, writer and social worker, 7th mile, Dimapur

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

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mami VHC, Lazami village, Mishilimi village and Pughoboto veterinary dispensary of the district. He also informed that the vaccination would culminate on October 4, further he requested the dog owners to avail the vaccination for their dogs. The vaccination camp was attended by elders & G.Bs and dog lovers of Zunheboto.

Career guidance DC Peren notifies on arms license DC Peren, Za- 31, 2017. In this regard, arms counseling held DIMAPUR: renthung Ezung has notified license holders who have not

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Awareness camp on immunization

NUN, Kripa foundation conducts workshop

Arms License holders of Peren district are has been notified by DC Peren, Zarenthung Ezung that the Ministry of Home affair has launched National Database of Arms License (NDAL), which was an online web category of arms license.

The data is required to be fed online each time a license was issued or renewed, generating a Unique Identification Number (UIN) for each license holder which would be subsequently pasted on the license and in office record. It informed that the target date for completion of the exercise has been extended to March

renewed have been directed to renew and update it before the last date; those who have renewed and have not submitted for sticker paste have been directed to deposit the license to the office for the same and those who have deposited and have not collected have been directed to come along with two passport photos to the license holders.

DC warned that failure to comply with the directives, the authority would not entertain any complain and queries after the last date and the license shall stand invalid as per the implementation of NDAL.

BJYM Wokha conducts social work DIMAPUR: 37 A/C Wokha Bharatya Janata Yuva Morcha in association with 38 AC BJYM initiated the social work in repairing the road of Wokha hospital starting from daily market till the district hospital .The road was left in a pitiable condition for a long time, causing immense inconvenience to the people. Advisor Treasuries & Accounts, Relief & Rehabilitation Dr. T. M Lotha, BJP Nagaland central executive member Chupathung Odyuo, state executive council BJP Renponthung Ezung also participated in the social work.

CWSN orientation prog held DIMAPUR: Orientation program on ‘Children With Special Needs (CWSN)’ was held from September 23-29 in four blocks-Peren, Jalukie, Tening and Athibung with resource persons MS District Hospital Peren, Dr. Atsungla, MO Community Health Centre Jalukie Dr. Lungkieding, MO Public Health Centre Tening, Dr. Chamzai Newmai and Dr. Vezokholu Khamo, Community Health Centre Athibung. The program was organised under IEDSS (RMSA) for parents of CWSN and teachers of different GHSS and GHS.

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dence of the dreadful disease causing loss of precious lives due ignorance. He also said that its prevention and control & responsibilities of a citizen in taking participation for the success of eliminating/ minimizing its occurrence.

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DIMAPUR: In compliance with the direction of Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Official Language the closing ceremony of Hindi Fortnight was celebrated in the office premises of Accountant General, Kohima, Nagaland on September 30 with the Heads of Department and members of Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC) .

Commencing the function, ‘Saraswati Vandana’ was presented by students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kohima.

Welcome Speech was given

by Athikho Chalai, Chairman, TOLIC, Kohima and the message of Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, on the occasion of Hindi Diwas was read out by asst. dy. director of SIB, Kohima, Rajendra Kumar. Prizes were distributed to the winners of various completions held in various Central Government Offices during the Hindi Fortnight from September 16 to 27 and special numbers were presented by various staff of the central government departments. On the occasion of Hindi Fortnight Celebration, 14th Annual Hindi Magazine “NAGANCHAL” was jointly released by the Heads of Department.

Later, vote of thanks was proposed by ar.AO, 15 BRIE, Kohima, R.P. Shrivastava. The function concluded with Vande Mataram presented by students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kohima.

Various central government departments participated in the function.

Participants with their pet dogs at the ARV programme.

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Culmination of Hindi Pakhwada

Rangwam Zeliang, speech on the importance of Hindi Day

by Thunbui Zeliang.

Short speeches were also delivered by president (ANHTU) and SDEO Peren.

Students of GHSS Jalukie presented dance and a solo was presented by Deihimrai from Mokokchung district.

Vote of thanks was delivered

by Ramjenang Zeliang.

On September 26 a debate competition was held at GHSS hall Jalukie on the topic “advantages and disadvantages of internet” and the winners were Amos Pradhan (GHSS Jalukie) 2nd Keyirenialule (Christian school Jalukie) 3rd Keyizaisaple and Jeevan Prathan (Christian school, GHSS Jalukie). The winners of essay competition on the topic “pollution” were 1st Rupkia (GHSS Jalukie) 2nd Nadir Uddin (GHSS Jalukie) and 3rd Ashia Parmeen (GHSS Jalukie).

DIMAPUR: Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) office, Zunheboto organized Anti shared his testimony of how Rabies Vaccine (ARV) with he struggled to become an the theme “educate, protect officer. He said that nothing & eliminate” on September could be substituted for hard 28 at Veterinary hospital, work and emphasised on the Zunheboto. importance of knowing and In a brief programme, accepting oneself and work CVO Znbt, Dr.Meyatoshi whole heartedly towards the DIMAPUR: The Kohima District Truck Owners and Drivers’ explained on the meaning dream.

Union (KDTODU) has extended its fullest support to the of the day’s celebration, inciAdvisor Mothers’ AsAngami Youth Organization’s (AYO) call for ‘A moment of sociation, Chumukedima, solidarity to enable our environment’ on October 5.

Neibuno Khro reminded In a press note, president KDTODU Khriesalie üsou, that aspiring entrepreneurial appreciated the AYO’s efforts to combat climate changes and youth cannot compromise to enable sustainability for the future and the present. vision, sincerity and hard In this regard KDTODU has directed all its members work. Khro also inspired the to cease plying in Kohima on October 5 to reduce its carbon DIMAPUR: YouthNet and the participants by sharing her emissions. Further, KDTODU requested all its members to government of Nagaland focustestimony how she struggled adhere and cooperate with the AYO. ing on entrepreneurship, skill to establish four shops in building and employment held a programme in partnership with Quest Alliance, Accenture and ‘I love my Mon town’ at council hall and district executive conference hall on October 4 with director YouthNet, Lezo Putsure and his team.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland According to DIPR reUniversity Students’ Union port, career guidance counsel(NUSU) Kohima Campus, ling was held for the students Meriema in collaboration of Govt. Higher Secondary with the Family Planning School D and at district execuAssociation of India (FPAI), tive conference hall a session Nagaland Branch observed on entrepreneurship was held World Contraception Day for students of Govt. Higher on September 26, at NIELIT Secondary School, Konjong Higher Secondary School and Hall.

At the programme, M also Govt. Higher Secondary & E officer, Caroline Nisa, School D. The program was Sr. To, Wokha, N. Kithan inaugurating the waiting shed for the pensioners at Treasury spoke on the understanding initiated by the mission ‘I office compound (DPRO) of contraceptive while pro- love my Mon town’ for the gramme officer Rokoneinuo students of higher secondary DIMAPUR: Senior Trea- shed and also urged all the livered by STO Wokha and Zecho, briefly highlighted level to help them realize their sury Officer (STO) Wokha, pensioners to have the sense Baghty. potential and choose the right The waiting shed was about FPAI. N. Kithan inaugurated the of ownership and use it jucareer in their life.

A talk show “It’s your constructed with the conwaiting shed for pensioners diciously. life: It’s your responsibility” President Pensioner As- tribution from Wokha and at treasury office compound, sociation, Wokha, Yihamo Baghty treasury officers and was delivered by counsellor, Wokha.

According to DIPR re- who spoke on behalf of the staff. The STO also thanked Vilie Rhetso.

Dr. Dietho Koza demport, unveiling the memorial pensioners, thanked the TO DC Wokha, WezopeKenye DIMAPUR: Health Sub-Censtone, the Sr.TO thanked all and the staff for fulfilling the and project director, DRDA onstrated contraceptive meth- tre Management Committee of ods by showcasing kits. the staff for the co-operation long felt need and making Wokha for donating CGI Mhainamtsi, Jalukie Block unEarlier the programme der Nagaland Health Project and contribution towards the their aspiration into reality. sheet towards the construcwas chaired by (NUSU) KC held an awareness Camp on construction of the waiting Short speech was also de- tion of the waiting shed. assistant general secretary immunization at Community Sebastian Roy and later vote Hall, Mhainamtsi on Septemof thanks was delivered by ber 29. The resource person NUSU, KC women coordina- of the programme was (DIO) Peren, Dr. Khreilasanuo.

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Us- briefed the participants on the Renbonthung, highlighted tor, Isatoli Aye. ers’ Network (NUN) in part- basics of TB, pulmonary and about NUN, its objectives, nership with Kripa founda- extra pulmonary, MDRTB, its activities and why NUN tion supported by treatment XDRTB, latent TB infection, exists as a network for the action group conducted a HIV and TB co infection people who use drugs in the consultation workshop with and the various diagnostics state. some churches of Kohima available and required for NUN member Ketholeon September 30, at LCS TB testing. lie, facilitated the consultaEmphasis was given tion of how the church can building.

During the workshop, on IPT and the different be involved and what major brief overview of the state regimens used, which can role it could play in bringing tuberculosis prevalence was also make the treatment com- about quality in the existing highlighted by assistant pro- plicated in case treatment government programs gram officer for the state adherence is not maintained, K-3700 and the various side effects of RNTCP Dr. Apichetla.

District tuberculosis the treatment drugs.

NUN, advocacy officer, officer,Kohima, Dr. Asuno,

(L) EAC, chumukedima and section of the participants.

DIMAPUR: One-day orientation programme on Youth Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (YEDI) for the most vulnerable group of youth in and around Chumukedima was held on September 6 at CPO hall Dimapur by Pro Rural, in collaboration with Quest Alliance and Accenture.

EAC, Chumukedima, Thungbemo Patton as the special guest of the program extended great appreciation to Pro Rural for taking up such an important project for vulnerable youth in the Dimapur city. Patton in his speech

Chumukedima.

Resource person director, Youthnet, Lezo Putsure said business was like building a house, if the basic foundation was strong storeys could be build up. While doing exercise he found Chumukedima area as having great potential to start different kind of businesses.

While highlighting the project, Adahe Neli said that, Dimapur being the only commercial city for Nagas, each year hundreds and thousands of young people were continuously migrating to explore economic, and job opportunities. According to a survey conducted by Pro Rural-Peace Coalition Northeast India on youth related issues in Dimapur, many of the youth violence in Dimapur were centred around economic opportunities.

Earlier, Athilu khrasi extended welcome address and introduced Pro Rural and its activities. While highlighting the traits in the project, Athilu said, series of orientation program would be conducted in different localities which would be followed by training. Kikrupanuo Hama chaired the session and L. Kamo proposed the vote of thanks.

DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Hindi Teachers Union Peren organized the 23rd Hindi Day celebration on September 27 at Jalukie St. Xavier Higher Secondary School auditorium with additional secretary School Education, G. Kivishe Phuchu as chief guest.

DIPR reported that addressing the gathering, the chief guest stressed on the importance of Hindi and said that “we” all should learn Hindi and urged the Hindi teachers to promote Hindi in the state.

Guest of honour, DEO Peren, Toshimenla Imchen said that teachers play an important role and need to encourage the students on the importance of Hindi.

Other highlights of the day included opening song and folk dance by HerakaVidya Bharti School B Jalukie, welcome speech by president ANHTU Peren,

Nagaland Post, Dimapur business wednesday, october 5, 2016 Start-ups can India’s GDP growth to remain strong: WB India, Singapore raise $3 mn via Washington, Oct 4 health, nutrition, education from 7.1 percent in 2016, the to set up Finance Describing South Asia and gender,” said the bian- report added. On India, the Dialogue ECBs annually (PTI): as a global growth hotspot, the nual report. report said economic growth

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New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI): India and Singapore today decided to set up a Finance Dialogue, to be co-chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Singapore, to further strengthen bilateral trade and economic ties.

After comprehensive talks with his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi here, Lee Hsien Loong said the two sides discussed furthering Singapore and India’s strong economic ties, for instance, by setting up a Finance Dialogue between the finance ministries of the two countries.

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remained robust, which, as in the past, is expected to support continued poverty reduction.

“This year is expected to see some convergence in rural and urban economies, supported by stimulating policies, such as passage of GST and civil pay revisions, along with good monsoons,” the report said.

Re-balancing of growth drivers will in turn support the sustainability and inclusiveness of GDP and household income growth going forward, it said.

“Optimism on the growth front needs to be balanced with caution when translating to broad-based poverty reduction. Despite the recent success in poverty reduction, gains have been uneven, with greater progress in states and social groups that were already better-off,” the report said.

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According to the report, South Asia remains a global growth hotspot and has proven resilient to external headwinds such as China’s slowdown, uncertainty around stimulus policy in advanced economies, and slowing remittances.

The main challenges remain domestic, and include policy uncertainty as well as fiscal and financial vulnerabilities. In Pakistan, economic activity is projected to gradually accelerate over the medium term reaching 5.0 percent in 2017 and 5.4 percent in 2018, building upon 4.7 percent GDP growth at factor cost in 2016 (5.7 percent at market prices).

Growth in Bangladesh has remained robust despite internal and external headwinds, it said. Growth will be sustained at 6.8 percent in 2017, coming slightly down

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World Bank has said India’s GDP growth will remain strong at 7.6 percent in 2016 and 7.7 percent in 2017.

“In India, GDP growth will remain strong at 7.6 percent in 2016 and 7.7 percent in 2017, supported by expectations of a rebound in agriculture, civil service pay reforms supporting consumption, increasingly positive contributions from exports and a recovery of private investment in the medium term,” the World Bank said in its latest report on South Asia Economic Focus released yesterday.

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Mumbai, Oct 4 (PTI): Rising for the third straight session, the rupee today gained 13 paise to end at 66.46 after the RBI surprisingly cut key interest rates by 0.25 per cent.

Heavy dollar selling by banks and exporters alongside debt-related inflows largely supported the rupee momentum despite buoyant greenback overseas. In the first monetary policy review under RBI Governor Urjit Patel, the repo rate was slashed by 0.25 per cent to 6.25 per cent in a unanimous decision by the new rate-setting panel, or MPC. But the central bank warned of risks to growth next year due to muted private investments and weak global demand coupled with geopolitical risks.

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quarters of the year.

The central bank is basing its optimism to the improved household expectation on prices. In the September round of inflation expectation survey of the RBI which has found it to be 9.5 per cent in Q3 against 11.4 per cent a year ago. By contrast, producers’ inflation expectations appear to be more forward-looking.

The September round of RBI’s industrial outlook survey reveals an increase in the proportion of respondents expecting higher input prices in Q3. The survey also indicates a decline in their expectations of higher selling prices. The September round of the professional forecasters’ survey also indicates a greater degree of anchoring of their inflation expectations, relative to other agents, around the RBI’s inflation targets.

They expect inflation to ease to 4.7 per cent in Q4 of this fiscal year and to 4.4 per cent by Q2 of 2017-18.

RBI said these projections incorporate the 7th pay commission award relating to salaries and pensions which will work through aggregate demand and expectations effects to add around 10 bps to the baseline path from Q4 of 2016-17.

Furthermore, the projections also factor in costpush effects of the proposed increase in minimum wages which would add 5 bps to baseline inflation within two months of implementation.

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has warned however of risks to growth next year given the muted private investments and weak global demand coupled with geopolitical risks but is optimistic on meeting the Parliament-mandated inflation target of 2-6 per cent this financial year.

“The inflation outlook for 2016-17 has improved, but close vigilance is required to achieve the prospects of reaching 4 per cent. Robust consumption brightens the outlook for real gross value added growth in 2016-17, but muted private investment and weak global demand may restrain the pace of growth in 2017-18,” the central bank said in the Monetary Policy Report ahead of the policy review decision.

Despite this warning, RBI has pegged the GVA growth of 7.6 per cent for the current fiscal and 7.9 per cent the year after.

Daily prices of sensitive items under pulses, fruits, vegetables and cereals suggest that the seasonal surge in food prices may have peaked in July, it said.

RBI expressed optimism that the trend may continue given the subdued momentum in food inflation in Q3 and the usual seasonal softening of food prices in early Q4, notwithstanding a reversal of base effects in March 2017, which in effect improves the near-term outlook for inflation considerably.

It also expects the commodity prices to remain under check during the remaining

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Mumbai, Oct 4 (PTI): In the first monetary policy review under RBI Governor Urjit Patel, the interest rate was today cut by 0.25 per cent to six-year low of 6.25 per cent in a unanimous decision by the new rate-setting panel MPC. The cut, first in six months, came amidst big clamour for easing rates especially after the departure of former Governor Raghuram Rajan, who was often accused of stifling growth by keeping rates too high.

The 6-member Monetar y Policy Committee, headed by Patel, reduced repo rate or the short term rate at which central bank lends to banks, to 6.25 per cent. Consequently, the reverse repo rate has also come down by a similar percentage point to 5.75 per cent.

The move will lead to reduction of lending rate by banks leading to lower EMI for housing, car loan and corporate borrowers.

“The decision of the MPC is consistent with an accommodative stance of monetary policy in consonance with the objective of achieving consumer price index (CPI) inflation at 5 per cent by Q4 of 2016-17 and the medium-term target of 4 per cent within a band of +/- 2 per cent, while supporting growth,” RBI said in the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy review.

All the six members voted in favour of the rate cut decision. The Reserve Bank

Mumbai, Oct 4 (PTI): With a view to boosting innovation and promoting job creation, the Reserve Bank today said startups can raise external commercial borrowings (ECBs) of up to 3 million in a financial year.

They will be permitted raise the overseas funds in rupees as well as in foreign currency.

India has the third-largest number of start-ups globally.

In January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled a slew of incentives for them including tax holiday, inspector raj-free regime, capital gains tax exemption and Rs 10,000 crore corpus to provide funds.

Government has also relaxed procurement norms for them.

Statement on developmental and regulatory policies announced by RBI said startups have the potential to play a significant role in economic growth and job creation by spurring innovation and injecting competition.

“Taking into account the available funding channels from overseas for start-ups, the RBI, in consultation with the Government of India, will allow such entities to raise ECB up to USD 3 million or equivalent per financial year either in INR or in any convertible foreign currency or a combination of both,” it said.

It will issue guidelines in this regard by month-end.

A National Credit Guarantee Trust Company is being envisaged with a budgetary allocation of Rs 500 crore per year for the next four years.

The statement further said that RBI will review guidelines for Pre-paid Payment Instruments (PPI).

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur wednesday, october 5, 2016

Nobel Physics Prize: trio US based scientists split

(L-R) David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz.

twisted and reshaped into a donut -- for topologists the two shapes are indistinguishable, though to the rest of us they are completely different.

In practical terms, these properties of matter may one day lead to the reshaping of common materials into “topological states” that can transport energy and information in very small spaces without overheating.

The trio’s pioneering work “boosted frontline research in condensed matter physics, not least because of the hope that topological materials could be used in new generations of electronics and superconductors, or in future quantum computers,” said the Nobel jury.

In the early 1970s, Kosterlitz and Thouless overturned the theory that superconductivity or suprafluidity could not occur in very thin layers of material.

Superconductivity is when electricity flows through a material without experiencing any resistance or losing energy as heat, while suprafluidity is when a fluid flows without any friction.

For his part, Haldane discovered how topological concepts applied to chains of small magnets in certain materials.

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international

Hurricane Matthew: Category 4 storm pounds Haiti Les Cayes, OCT 4 (Agencies): One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent years has hit Haiti, bringing 145mph (230km/h) winds, heavy rain and dangerous storm surges.

Hurricane Matthew, a Category Four storm, made landfall at the south-western tip at about 11:00 GMT. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Haiti was “getting everything a major hurricane can throw at them”.

Haiti’s Interim President Jocelerme Privert said a number of people had been killed so far.

“We’ve already seen deaths. People who were out at sea. There are people who are missing. They are people who didn’t respect the alerts.

They’ve lost their lives,” he said.

Matthew is expected to bring up to 40in (102cm) of rain to some parts.

Haiti is one of the world’s poorest countries and many of its residents live in wooden or corrugated steel shacks in areas prone to flooding.

The NHC said the hurricane had already caused extensive damage and flooding in Haiti’s south-west and was moving north at about 15km/h.

Social media footage from the southern coastal town of Les Cayes showed palm trees being bent sideways and buildings with dam-

Iraqi woman is a scourge of ISIS Dubai, Oct 4 (AGENCIES): An Iraqi woman is fast turning out to be an individual most dreaded by the Islamic State group — also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) — because she is paying them back in their own coin in her quest to exact revenge on them.

The 39-year-old woman, named Wahida Mohamed Al Jumaily, has had several of her close relatives, including father, husband and three brothers, killed by Isis over the past couple of years. In fact, her husband was killed earlier this year, which seems to be trigger for her current action against Isis members.

Jumaily, who seems to be better known as Um Hanadi among those who have come in contact with her, has already been compared to “Iraq’s Rambo” Abu Azrael, because of the similarities in their efforts to push Isis out of Iraq and regain the country for its residents.

Jumaily leads a militia group of 70-odd people against Isis, and has reportedly not only decapitated members of the terrorist organisation but also cooked their heads, in a show of strength that is matched by what Isis itself does to many of its prisoners. She has even posted these photos on social media platforms.

S to c k h o l m , O c t 4 (AFP): The study of “strange states” of matter, which may one day yield superfast and small computers, earned British scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz the Nobel Physics Prize today.

The trio, all based in the US working in the highly- specialised mathematics field of “topology”, studied unusual phases or states of matter.

“This year’s laureates opened the door on an unknown world where matter can assume strange states,” the Nobel jury said.

“Thanks to their pioneering work, the hunt is now on for new and exotic phases of matter.”

The jury said there were

hopes that their discoveries would have future uses in the fields of materials science and electronics, especially at the super-small quantum scale.

For now, the scientists’ discoveries remain in the realm of research. Thouless won half of the eight million Swedish kronor (around USD 931,000) prize, while Haldane and Kosterlitz share the other half.

Topology is a branch of mathematics that investigates the physical properties of matter and space - shape in essence - that remain unchanged under certain deforming forces.

These include stretching, compressing and bending, but not piercing, tearing or gluing.

An often-used example is a rubber coffee cup being bent,

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WA S HI NGTON, OCT 4 (AGENCIES): The US, which has US $20 trillion in debt, over US $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities and a massive trade deficit of almost US $800 billion a year, is “broke,” and the world’s biggest economy can no longer create “high-paying jobs,” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

“Our country is broke,” Trump, 70, told a well-attended election rally in Colorado.

“We owe US $20 trillion in debt, but that’s only part of the story - we have over US $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities, and we have a budget that’s out of control with annual deficits,” the real estate tycoon said.

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All Nagaland Shaolin Temple Arts Kung-Fu Association would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Sensei.

Thsathriba Sangtam for qualifying and becoming the first Asian Karate Coach from Nagaland.

The Association pray and wishes him greater achievements in the future ahead.

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We the community, has elected the following new office bearers on 26/08/2016 : 1. Chairman : Wilson Achumi 2. Vice Chairman : Khuyivi Achumi 3. General Secretary : Akato Aye 4. Joint Secretary : Vihuto Aye 5. Treasurer : Atovi Achumi 6. Banker : Khuhevi Aye, DC Hill Panel Members 1. Izekhu Achumi 2. Khuhevi Aye 3. Kuputo Aye (Wilson Achumi) Chairman

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24TH ANGETYONGPANG ACCC & UNIT PARTY WORKERS RESIGNS We the following Congress (I) party leaders of 24th Angetyongpang ACCC and Unit Office bearers would like to tender our resignation from the party w.e.f. 30 th Sept. 2016 and would like to declare our support to the abled and dynamic leadership of Shri. S. Chuba Longkumer Parliamentary Secretary Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Service for the forth coming 2018 election.

1. 24TH ANGETYONGPANG ACCC OFFICE BEARERS 1. Mr. Nyampongtuba : Vice President 2. Mr. Lanumeren : Vice President 3. Mr. Imnalemba : Asst. Gen. Secretary 4. Mr. Imtimar : Asst. Joint Secretary 5. Mr. N. Wati Jamir : Exe. Member 6. Mr. Yapoksang : Exe. Member

2. LONGKONG CONGRESS (I) UNIT OFFICE BEARERS. 1. Moa Jamir

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2. Mr. Opangyanger 3. Mr. Talimoa

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With great pride and honour, the Sumi Aphuyemi Totimi Hoho Congratulates 1. Miss Alovika, Dy. S.P (NPSC) Daughter of Mr. Inavi Swu and Mrs. Lhovili Swu 2. Miss Vilini, JEE (NPSC) Daughter of Mr. Qhutovi Wotsa Mrs. Hosheli Wotsa 3. Miss. Rebecca, SDO (NPSC) Daughter of Mr. Kikhevi Achumi and Mrs. Hosheli Achumi 4. Miss Omegali, Daguhter of Mr. Inashe Sheqi and Mrs Xutoli Sheqi who got 3 Gold medals from the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore.

We appreciate your hard work and efforts for bringing laurels to the Totimi in general and the Sumi Aphuyemi Totimi in particular.

Wishing the best and more success to you all even in the days to come.

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not want to sell missiles and other weapons, but Russia and China had told him they could provide them easily. “Although it may sound shit to you, it is my sacred duty to keep the integrity of this republic and the people healthy,” Duterte said in his second of two televised speeches on Tuesday. “If you don’t want to sell arms, I’ll go to Russia. I sent the generals to Russia and Russia said ‘do not worry we have everything you need, we’ll give it to you’.

“And as for China, they said ‘just come over and sign and everything will be delivered’.” His comments were the latest in a near-daily avalanche of hostility towards the United States, during which Duterte

3. CHAKPA CONGRESS (I) UNIT OFFICE BEARERS

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T h e C h u c h u y i m l a n g S e n s o Te l o n g j e m Mokokchung would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Smti. Sentirenla Lkr, W/o Shri Sentimeren Pongener on being promoted to Additional Director, Department of Food & Civil Supply, Govt of Nagaland.

Further the CSTM wishes greater success in her future endeavour.

Sd/Sd/L. Meren Pongener Imtitozüng President CSTM Secretary CSTM

PITHITSAH: Sumi Hoho Executive Members kukuputsa Ghileqhi 11, ayi 11 lo Sumi Hoho Ki, Zunheboto lono kuputsa kepu akhoto anike ghenguno Executive Members kumtssu vezumono akuputsa hipau lo ighitsu penike ghutu ani.

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Sd/- (TONIHO YEPTHOMI) Sd/- (VIHUTO ASUMI) President, Sumi Hoho General Secretary, Sumi Hoho

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MANILA, OCT 4 (AGENCIES): Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday told U.S. President Barack Obama to “go to hell” and said the United States had refused to sell some weapons to his country but he did not care because Russia and China were willing suppliers.

In his latest salvo, Duterte said he had lost respect for the United States and railed at its concerns about his bloody war on drugs , calling his critics “fools” who could not stop him carrying out a campaign that has killed more than 3,400 people in just over three months. In a tangential, at times profane speech in Manila, Duterte said the United States did

called on the government to evacuate some 150,000 people whose homes are threatened.

Haitian officials say that about 1,300 emergency shelters have been built, enough to accommodate 340,000 people. Both airports in Haiti are closed.

But some Haitians have refused to go to shelters, fearful of having their possessions stolen.

One local in Port-auPrince, however, said the community would unite in the face of the storm’s danger.

“We are communicating amongst ourselves thanks to our own means. We will tell the people how the situation

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An NHC statement said: “On the forecast track, the eye of Matthew will move near eastern Cuba later [on Tuesday], and move near or over portions of the southeastern and central Bahamas [on Tuesday night] and Wednesday, and approach the north-western Bahamas on Wednesday night.”

About 13,000 people were evacuated from highrisk areas in neighbouring Dominican Republic, which is also expected to get battered by rains and winds, according to the country’s civil defence chief.

has started to contrast the former colonial power with its geopolitical rivals Russia and China. On Sunday, he said he had got support from Russia and China when he complained to them about the United States.

He also said he would review a U.S.-Philippines Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement.

The deal, signed in 2014, grants U.S. troops some access to Philippine bases, and allows them to set up storage facilities for maritime security and humanitarian and disaster response operations.

He said the United States should have supported the Philippines in tackling its chronic drugs problems but instead criticised him for the high

death toll, as did the European Union. “Instead of helping us, the first to hit was the State Department. So you can go to hell, Mr Obama, you can go to hell,” he said.

“EU, better choose purgatory. Hell is full already. Why should I be afraid of you?” According to some US officials, Washington has been doing its best to ignore Duterte’s rhetoric and not provide him with a pretext for more outbursts.

While an open break with Manila would create problems in a region where China’s influence has grown, there were no serious discussions about taking punitive steps such as cutting aid to the Philippines, two U.S. officials said on Monday.

Atsala: 8/10/2016 Ado: 9:30 Inaqhe, A-a:N.B.C.

Natsümi Christian Centinary Jubilee 2019 lo kuho niakeu ghenguno planning board eno amqo jeli kütüta lo kihi mpemi shi kishe süpuakemiqo kümtsü, hukuthu kighini eno püghükütha ghenguno küputsani ani tighenguno vezümono kümtsü aküküpütsa lo ighitsü penike pithi vetsü ani.

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Hillary Clinton. It will be worse,” he said. Trump said while Americans have lost their jobs and employment opportunities, his Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton has raked in cash from her contributors.

“She and Bill have made US $150 million in speeches to special interests. They gave 39 speeches to big banks and took US $2 million in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs.

“The Clintons received another US $2 million from a Swiss Bank after Hillary negotiated a favorable settlement for them as Secretary of State,” he alleged.

Trump alleged that to hide her corruption, Clinton put her emails on an illegal secret server open to foreign hacking.

“Then she deleted and bleached 33,000 emails - after a congressional subpoena - to hide them from the public.

“She lies to Congress, under oath, and her ringleaders took the fifth amendment and got immunity deals. It’s worse than Watergate,” he said.

aged roofs.

“Part of the problem in Haiti is it’s quite mountainous and Matthew is a slowmoving hurricane so it could deliver large amounts of rain,” the NHC’s John Cangialos told the BBC. “Best advice for anyone in Haiti is hopefully get somewhere, the safest place you can be, to ride this out.”

Authorities in Haiti have urged people to stock up on food and water and secure their homes. Thousands are still living in tents following a huge earthquake in 2010.

The mayor of Haiti’s largest slum in the capital Portau-Prince, Frederic Hislain,

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Kiyelho Kiho Secretary Centinary Planning Board N.B.C

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NAGA PEOPLES FRONT 52 A/C LONGKHIM-CHARE TUENSANG : NAGALAND

REJOINDER Apropos to the news item published on 27th Sep 2016 in the local dailies under the caption suspension order of Shri. Chopongse President and Shri. Tongpangchuba Working President of NPF Party 52 A/C Longkhim-Chare.

The party along with all the frontal organizations had a meeting on 1st Oct 2016 at Council Hall, Chare Town. The meeting had a thorough deliberation and is constraint to give this rejoinder. That the suspension order imposed on the President and Working President under the directive of Mr. Lisechem CEC Member as totally misguided calling just a handful of members, thus creating confusion and chaos within the party for his individual convenience and benefits. Where the quorum was not fulfilled, therefore the party declare the press statement as null and void.

Moreover, it would be indispensable to remind the misguided party workers who happen to be new comers to the party fold that the party existed since 2007 and stood firmly united and confident during the trials and tribulation of the party. To uphold the party principal under the able and dynamic leadership of Dr. Shurhozelie, President NPF Nagaland and Shri. T.R. Zeliang, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Nagaland.

In view of the above stated facts and circumstances, the meeting unanimously decided to take disciplinary action and withdraw Mr. Lisechem from the CEC Member as per the resolution adopted by the Area Party with effect from the date of publication of this rejoinder, taking into consideration the confusion he has created among the party and bringing disgrace to the party for his vested interest and his self styled action. The meeting also stated that in no way the party shall not allow any individual to apply hidden agendas at the cost of the party.

1. Chopongse President 2. Tongpangchuba Working President 3. Shinganmeren V/President 4. Atsamong V/President 5. Thsadongse V/President 6. Tiaba Advisor 7. Sekyulong Advisor 8. Yolongthsa Advisor 9. W. Ngangshi Correspondence Secy.

YOUTH WING 1. Thsachemse President 2. N. Aliba V/President 3. Thsapongchen Gen. Secy.

4. Likumpi Asst. Gen. Secy.

WOMEN WING 1. Thritingla President 2. Atula V/President 3. S. Alongla V/President 4. Relongla Asst.Gen. Secy.

5. Theribila Asst. Gen. Secy Tongpangchuba Working President 52 A/C Longkhim-Chare

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DUBAI, OCT 4 (AGENCIES): ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and three of his top aides were seriously ill after being poisoned during a lunchtime feast and have been shifted to an unknown location under strict measures, media reports claimed on Monday.

Meals prepared for Baghdadi and three other ISIS leaders were allegedly poisoned in Nineveh’s Be’aaj district in Iraq, several Arabiclanguage and Iranian news sites reported. Citing a source, Iraqi news agency WAA said the four are suffering from “severe poisoning” and “have been transferred to an unknown location under strict measures.” After the incident, ISIS militants were conducting several arrests in order to determine who was behind it.

Baghdadi, who has reportedly been wounded multiple times, carries a $10 million bounty on his head. News of Baghdadi’s poisoning came as Iraqi media claimed some top ISIS commanders were among 16 militants killed when one of the leaders’ explosive belt exploded during a meeting.

“In addition, because of the incompetence of our leaders, we run massive trade deficits on an annual basis, now almost US $800 billion a year,” he added.

The US, he said, has a decaying infrastructure, failing schools, rising crime, a depleted military, an open border, and an economy that can’t create full-time highpaying jobs.

“We are a divided nation, and each week it seems we are getting more and more divided, with race riots in our streets on a monthly basis,” he said.

“This is not the America that was handed down to us, and it’s not the America we want for our children. And it’s certainly not the America we want to pass down to our grandchildren. But this is the America we will have if we don’t turn things around starting today,” he said.

“What I say is not lost on the American people, because 70 per cent of you believe our country is headed in the wrong direction. We cannot have another four years of Barack Obama and

A woman protects herself from the rain in Port-au-Prince as Hurricane Matthew.

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Native Trax invites entries for 8th Music Awards Nagaland 2016

Native Trax Society members (L-R) Tia, Naro, Mengu and MAN host and rapper Imli Lee during the press conference at Cinescope, Duncan Basti, Dimapur, Tuesday. (NP) a song would garner through online portals like YouTube and MAN FB page.

He added that the rest of the awards would be judged by a panel of judges and that no member of the society would be included in that panel in order to maintain transparency and fairness in determining the award winners.

Forms and rules for participation can be downloaded from Music Awards of Nagaland Facebook page.

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Westworld: Series premiere draws 3.3m viewers to HBO

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estworld has become HBO’s most-watched series premiere for almost three years, attracting 3.3 million viewers.

The futuristic epic based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie debuted in the US on Sunday evening.

The figures, reported

by Variety, take into account those watching live TV as well as people viewing on HBO’s streaming platforms.

It makes Westworld HBO’s most successful drama series premiere since True Detective nearly three years ago.

The crime drama attracted 2.3 million viewers across all platforms when it was first broadcast in January 2014.

Westworld also beat the 2011 series premiere of

Dimapur Each entr y must include: i. A duly signed and filled up entry form. ii. An Audio song or music video (or the audio/ video link) (either or both) iii. Lyrics (Entries in Hindi/ local dialect should include an English subtitle) iv. Artist/ Band profile with clear and high pixel photograph.

Last date for submission of entries will be October 31. In case of any queries regarding the awards or entry conditions one may contact 9856-20-1694, 8014-26-3251 or 9089-40-9715.

It may be mentioned here that Native Trax Society, instituted in the year 2009 has been organizing MAN through which it has been honoring local musicians/artistes each year for their artistry and originality by rewarding excellence in music of different genres.

Over the last eight years, the Music Awards of Nagaland has put the spotlight on some truly remarkable homegrown talents. It has showcased musicians and others involved in the local music industry and helped them win recognition and fame.

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complaint was on Tuesday filed against actor Om Puri for allegedly disrespecting Indian soldiers in a recent television show.

The complaint was filed by the president of a local organisation in Andhri police station, police said.

A TV channel had called Puri to join a debate about the Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association’s (IMPPA) indefinite ban on Pakistani artistes from working in Indian projects after the Uri attack.

The complaint alleged that during the discussion, Puri said, “Who had asked soldiers to join the army?

Who told them to pick the weapons?,” police said.

The complainant also alleged that the actor had insulted the Indian Army and the nation and demanded to register an FIR against him for sedition under section 124 (A) of the IPC, police said.

Dennis The Menace to get new makeover

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in the series called Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed.

The 52-part series of 11-minute episodes will see the 10-year-old Dennis given a 21st Century makeover.

The first pictures of the new series to be released show Dennis in his trademark outfit and spiky hair, but without his catapult.

Emma Scott, chief executive of Beano Studios, said the new series “will see us bring Dennis to life and bang up to date in CGI for the next generation of Beano fans”.

ennis The Menace will receive a CGI the hugely popular Game of makeover for a new Thrones, which attracted 2.2 CBBC series which will air million TV viewers on the from next year. evening it debuted.

The character’s faithful However, the most recent dog Gnasher will also appear season of Game of Thrones attracted an average of 23.3 million viewers across all platFELICITATION forms, according to data HBO supplied to USA Today in With immense pride and joy, June. we the S.99 Society HQ Sovima The number of viewers who watched Westworld makes Village would like to congratulate the show a success for the pay Miss. Asonuo Kezie-o, D/o K. TV channel, although the figure Kezie-o, our member who has would be considered low for been selected as Senior Grade the same timeslot on a major of Indian Information Service, rival channel.

Westworld’s ensemble Ministry of I&B in 2016 UPSC. cast includes Evan Rachel We pray that God will bless her in her future Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie endeavour.

Newton, Luke Hemsworth, (Mengutuo Riipre-o) (Jasahie Riipre-o) Anthony Hopkins and Borgen’s Secretary Chairman Sidse Babett Knudsen.

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Bendang Walling’s film ‘Blissful’ selected by DIFF

Previous BBC TV series starring Dennis and Gnasher, the last of which aired in 2013, showed the pair only in cartoon animation form.

Cheryl Taylor, controller of CBBC, said: “Dennis and Gnasher have been unleashing their own particular brand of mischief on CBBC for many years.

“Their ardent fans will be delighted by this wonderful new series from two of the UK’s most notorious rascals.”

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endang Walling has been selected as Film Fellow by the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) to be held in November 2016. Bendang Walling’s submission film for the fellowship is his very first short film ‘Blissful.’

The DIFF Film Fellowship is for budding young filmmakers across the Himalayan belt of India which will be held during the festival in November 2016. The fellowship was started in 2014 with the aim of encouraging filmmaking talent by bringing five selected filmmakers to attend DIFF and providing them with the opportunity to receive mentorship from established filmmakers. This year‘s mentors are filmmakers Anupama Srinivasan and Umesh Kulkarni.

Bendang Walling is a freelance theatre and film artist from Nagaland. Inspired

by Kim Ki-Duk and Majid Majidi, Bendang dreams of becoming an auteur (a film director who influences their films so much that they rank as their author) and develop his own cinematic language.

He wishes to explore the hills of Nagaland for the treasure troves of folklores, myths and tales. The others selected

included Tourangbam Andy a budding photographer from Imphal, Manipur and Vishal Langthasa a Mumbai-based video producer and photographer from Assam.

D i r e c t o r ’s n o t e o n ‘BLISSFUL’: “A thing of beauty is a joy forever” - John Keats.

Happiness is within, and cannot be measured through any materialistic value. What are we struggling and working so hard for?

Isn’t it for some happiness in life? On these questions, my thought and belief is that the quest for happiness is the most significant and interesting journey of any being, and of society as a whole.

An individual’s happiness contributes to the harmony of all humanity.

Many people in this day are spending crores and crores of rupees in search of happiness. However, there are also people who are content and happy with the ‘small’ things that they own or experience.

This is not a comparison between the so called ‘class systems’. To put it in a simple way, happiness is within and satisfaction decides the amount of it.

About the film and team

Bendang Walling’s film “Blissful” is a story of a child’s wish and dream to own a bicycle of his own like many of his school friends.

Despite the child’s dreams and desire, his mother is unable to buy one. However, one day the poverty stricken single-parent mother promises to buy a bicycle. The child finally gets his bicycle but with a twist in the story.

The role of the child is beautifully acted by Lakshing Phom. Even though, the film was his debut in acting for the screen, Lakshing performed like an established actor. The mother’s role was played by the talented Asenla Pongen.

The film directed by Bendang Walling has been ably assisted by Anungla.

The director of photography is Akee Sorokhaibam assisted by cinematographers - Aakum Den and Temsukumba while colour grading is done by Imcha Jamir, sound mixing by Nokrang Longkumer, music by Anungla and Kevi Neibulie Kiso, subtitle by Susan Waten, production manager - Sennang Longchar, costume design Naro Ajung, story boardLimanungdang, sound assistants Kikameren,Tsukjem and Kilang Imsong.

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ative Trax Society, the organizers of Music Awards of Nagaland (MAN) has invited entries for its eighth edition of the awards to be held this year tentatively in the first week of December.

Announcing this during a press conference at Cinescope, Duncan Basti, Dimapur, Tuesday, head of the society Mengu said unlike the previous years where the Song of the Year Awards were based voting cards, this year the award will be based on likes and shares

producers or their respective representatives are invited to submit entries. Original compositions recorded within Nagaland and released anytime after 1st November 2015 are eligible for consideration and entry. But songs which have already been entered in the last awards screening would not be eligible.

Some major changes in the rules that has come into effect this year includes: • There will be no entry fees • For Song of the Year, there will be no voting card system. The award of ‘Song of the Year’ will go to the nomination which secures the highest points based on ‘Likes’ and ‘Shares’ on the MAN Facebook page and number of views on the MAN Youtube channel.

• A new award category viz. Best Songwriter/ Lyricist is also being introduced this year.

• All entries are to be submitted either by email to musicanagaland@gmail.com or via Whatsapp on 9089-409715. However, those willing submit in person can do so at the office of Native Trax at NST Colony, Circular Road,

Complaint against Om Puri for ‘insulting’ Army jawans

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obbie Williams is being honoured with the Brit Awards’ prestigious Icon Award - following in the footsteps of Sir Elton John and David Bowie as only the third artist to ever get the award.

It’s the highest accolade handed out by the Brits and in the words of organisers: “It is only presented to artists whose writing, recording and performances have set them apart as having made a lasting impact on British culture, recognising the very highest level of achievement in music.”

Robbie already has a whopping 17 Brit Awards to prove it, more than any other artist.

The singer - whose new album The Heavy Entertainment Show is due on 4 November called it “a real honour”.

He added: “The Brit Awards are very special to me, and I’m humbled to be receiving the 18th of my career next month.”

Robbie will play a special one-off show at London’s Troxy on 7 November to celebrate, which will be aired on ITV in December. Tickets go on sale on Monday 10 October.

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Murray, slicing a backhand facing Seppi, is targeting Novak Djokovic’s No 1 ranking.

Beijing, Oct 4 (Agencies): Top seed Andy Murray started his title challenge at the China Open with a straight sets win over Andreas Seppi in the first round.

The British No 1 is favourite for the trophy following Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal with an elbow injury, and he overcame a brief spell of resistance from Seppi in the second set to seal a 6-2 7-5

win in Beijing. Murray made a dominant start to the match, twice breaking the Italian as he secured the first set in just over half an hour.

There was a spirited response from Seppi in the second, with the world No 94 forging ahead on a break, but Murray hit back instantly in the next game as he aggressively attacked his opponent’s serve. Murray was gifted vic-

Interpol, WADA launch joint prog to combat doping abuse Paris, Oct 4 (IANS): Interpol has launched a new programme jointly with the World Andi-Doping Agency (WADA), named Project Energia, to combat doping abuse in sports, according to a statement by the global police organisation.

“Supported by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the School of Criminal Science at the University of Lausanne (UNIL), Project Energia will focus on substances used with the exclusive aim of improving physical fitness and athletic performance,” the statement said on Monday.

“These include anabolic steroids, growth hormones, peptides and erythropoietin (EPO).”

Commenting on the newly launched initiative, WADA Director General Olivier Niggli said on Monday: “The Energia project is a key component in the global fight against doping. By joining

forces, WADA and INTERPOL are better able to share intelligence on trafficking methods and on those who manufacture and distribute dangerous substances to athletes seeking an edge.”

“In gaining such intelligence, we are better able to support efforts to cut off the supply of performance enhancing drugs at the source, before they manage to get into the hands of athletes.

Along with the behavioral research stemming from the University of Lausanne, we are confident that the project will contribute significantly to protecting clean sport,” Niggly added.

WADA, which will be financing the new program, has been co-operating with Interpol since 2009 and their new initiative “aims to help member countries understand and combat the trafficking of performance-enhancing drugs through targeted criminal analysis”.

tory when Seppi sent down a match-ending double fault and he will next face either Andrey Kuznetsov or Konstantin Kravchuk.

Also, Spanish tennis maestro Rafael Nadal kicked off his campaign at the China Open with a dominant straight-sets victory over Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi in the men’s singles event on Tuesday.

Nadal produced a rich vein of form to register a crushing 6-1, 6-1 win over his 35th-ranked Italian opponent in the opening round contest that lasted for an hour.

The 14-time Grand Slam champion will next lock horns with either Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas or Adrian Mannarino of France for a place in the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, fifth-seeded David Ferrer also progressed through to the pre-quarters of the tournament after registering a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) win over Argentina’s Pablo Cuevas.

Motor rally on October 6

Dimapur, Oct 4 (NPN): In commemoration of the Wild Life Week, a motor cycle/ vehicle rally is being organized

by Kohima and Dimapur Forest Division on October 6. The rally would be participated by Nagaland Motor Cycle Club and Western Angami Students Organisation. The rally would commence from Dimapur at 9:00 am and would culminate at Kohima around1:00 pm. The rally aims to create awareness against hunting and sale of wild life meat amongst the villages located along the National Highway-2. Deputy commissioner, Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor has requested all stakeholders to co-operate with it.

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BCCI threatens to call off NZ series; Lodha clarifies New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI): With the BCCI threatening to call off the ongoing series between India and New Zealand, the Justice R M Lodha led panel today clarified that they didn’t direct the banks to freeze the accounts of the Board and it carry on with its routine expenses. Fuming at the defiance of its recommendations, the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha panel had “directed” banks, where BCCI holds accounts, not to disburse “large” funds to the state associations, a decision taken by the Board at its Special General Meeting on September 30. However, Lodha clarified: “We have not frozen the accounts of BCCI, we have directed the BCCI to not disburse funds to the state association. Day to day affairs, routine expenditure, matches, games, that should go on. There is absolutely no prohibition.”

The BCCI, however, argued that state associations were depended on the parent body for organising matches and they were unable to carry on their functioning in the wake of the latest directive from the Lodha panel, affecting their preparations for the upcoming games in the ongoing series against New Zealand.

“The members are pained at the treatment meted out to them. They are depended on BCCI’s funds for organising matches. So far seven associations have communicated their inability to host games in the home season while nine of them have inquired about the matter. If things are the way they are, the series (against New Zealand) could called off by today evening,” a senior BCCI official told PTI. “There is too much interference at the moment. People need to realise India has become a cricketing

super power under BCCI’s administration. We are the only sports body which has not taken a single penny from anyone including the government. We have created all the infrastructure on our own,” the senior Board functionary added. The all out war between Lodha panel and BCCI took an uglier turn after the panel, in its letter yesterday, told the banks to block BCCI’s payments to the state bodies. “It has come to the notice of this Committee that certain decisions have been taken at the ‘Emergent Working Committee’ meeting of the BCCI on 30th September 2016 to disburse large funds to the various member associations,” the panel had written.

“You are also aware that the BCCI has chosen to breach the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court as well as the first set of Timelines set out by this Committee which includes the Fund Disbursement policy to be framed by 30.9.2016.

“As the status report is to be taken up for directions by the Hon’ble Court on Thursday, 6.10.2016, you are hereby directed not to take any steps towards financial disbursement of the amounts as resolved/approved after the direction dated 31.8.2016. Any violation of this direction will be placed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court for appropriate directions,” it added.

Keane earns England call-up London, Oct 4 (Agencies): Michael Keane has been handed his first international call-up after Glen Johnson withdrew from the England squad through injury.

The Burnley defender will report to St. George’s Park on Tuesday to join up with the rest of the England squad ahead of Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against Malta. Interim manager Gareth Southgate, who was placed in charge following Sam Allardyce’s departure last week, turned to Keane after Stoke City’s Johnson was ruled out of both Malta’s visit to Wembley and Tuesday’s trip to Slovenia due to an unspecified injury.

For mer Manchester United trainee Keane steps up to the senior squad after making 16 appearances for the U21s under Southgate.

Johnson was a surprise inclusion in Southgate’s 23man squad having not featured for his country since the 2014 World Cup. Southgate hinted on Monday the decision to bring in Johnson in the absence of Nathaniel Clyne was to help balance what is an unusually youthful group.

“I think the squad over the last two years has gone young, young, young and I’m not sure you can keep doing that,” Southgate said.

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Tyson Fury makes U-turn; says he is ‘here to stay’ London, Oct 4 (Agencies): World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he is “here to stay” after earlier suggesting he had retired from boxing.

The British fighter, who withdrew from his 29 October rematch with Wladimir Klitschko because of reported mental health issues, had tweeted: “I’m the greatest, and I’m also retired.”

But three hours later, Fury, 28, was back on social media to suggest his earlier claim had been a joke.

“Hahahaha, you think you will get rid of the Gypsy King that easy?” he said. “ I ’ m h e r e t o s t a y. #TheGreatest. Just shows you what the media are like. Tut tut. Soon as I get better I’ll be defending what’s mine - the heavyweight throne.”

In a subsequent tweet, he added: “Good news is I’m getting the right help and I’ll be back even stronger than before, try and stop me!” Fury had been scheduled to earn the biggest purse of his career for his second fight with Klitschko at Manchester Arena this month.

He postponed the original rematch against the Ukrainian, which was scheduled for July, after injuring an ankle in training. He was then given 10 days by the World Boxing Organisation to provide detailed reasons

Tyson Fury for his second withdrawal.

Fury, who holds the WBA and WBO titles, also faces a hearing in November into a charge for an alleged doping violation. He was charged by the UK Anti-Doping Agency (Ukad) in June, after traces of a banned substance were allegedly found in a urine sample.

The fighter has denied allegations of doping. However, it has also been alleged he refused to give a sample when visited by a Ukad official. An athlete who refuses to take a test can be banned for four years.

It is almost a year since Fury beat Klitschko on points to gain the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles. It was the 40-year-old Klitschko’s first loss since 2004.

Within two weeks, Fury was stripped of the IBF title because he was unable to fight mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov. That belt is now held by rival British heavyweight Anthony Joshua.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Died: 23-09-2016 We the bereaved family members would like to sincerely convey our heartfelt gratitude to all individuals, well-wishers, churches and different organization who stood by us in prayer and supported us physically, morally, materially and financially during the illness and at the sad demise of our beloved mother Late Puduhole Puyo.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual by name but your love, support and kindness will always remain in our hearts and we pray the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Loving children, grandchildren, family members and relatives.

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BORN : 1938 – DIED : 29-09-2016 We the bereaved family members of LT. LHOUTSÜBINO CHALIEU would like to extend our most profound heartfelt gratitude to one and all who stood by us physically, materially, spiritually, mentally, financially and in prayers support at the sudden demise of our beloved.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Upper Chandmari Panchayat and Youth, Kohima.

2. Neighbours and well-wishers, Upper Chandmari and Tsiepama Union; Kohima.

3. AEBS family, Keyake; Kohima.

4. Doctor & nurses of Health Centre, N.U, SASRD; Medziphema.

5. NCRCYF, ACRYA, ACRTA and CCRCM. Loving husband, children, grandchildren and relatives.

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Romans 14:8 “For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.”

Born : 1956 – Died : 01-10-2016

We the bereaved family of Lt. RÜGUOLHOULIE RÜPREO would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to all the individuals, families, who supported and stood by us morally, physically, materially, financially and through prayers during his illness and even on the day of his demise on 1st Oct’2016.

We convey our special thanks to ; 1) Chiechama Village Council 2) Yorubami Village Council 3) Baptist Church Chiechama 4) Kerüleiki Prayer Centre (Seikhazou) We, deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individuals for your support but it is our prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Loving wife, children, grand children & relatives.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 15-03-1931 to 29-09-2016

All your waves and billows have gone over us And floods of sorrows pour over us Like a thundering cataract Yet day by day The Lord also pours out His steadfast love Upon us And through the night We sing His songs and pray to God Who gives us life.

Through this column, we the bereaved family members and relatives would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and every individuals who stood by us and supported us physically, materially, financially and in prayer at the sad demise of our beloved Late Ruth Tajen Retired Headmistress, wife of Late Tajenyuba, Ex MLA at Yimyu Ward, Mokokchung on 29th September 2016.

We convey our special thanks to: 1. Shri T.R. Zeliang, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Nagaland 2. Shri Imkong L Imchen Hon’ble MLA 3. Dr. Longri Hon’ble MLA 4. Shri Temjen Toy Principal Secretary Govt of Nagaland 5. Shri Neisatou Keditsu 6. Shri Bendangangshi Ex MLA 7. Yimyu Baptist Arogo 8. Yimyu Youth Department 9. Yimyu Baptist Arogo Women Department 10. Dibuia Fellowship Mokokchung 11. Dibuiatsur Telongjem Mokokchung 12. Dibuia Union Mokokchung 13. Dibuia Compound Baptist Church 14. Dibuia Baptist Arogo 15. Dibuia Baptist Arogo Women Department 16. Dibuia Village Council 17. Dibuia Students Union 18. Mangmetong Senso Telongjem Mokokchung 19. Village Council Mangmetong 20. Nongnangpong Kidong Mangmetong 21. Mangmetongtsur Telongjem Mokokchung 22. Watsu Mungdang 23. Mekuli Village Council 24. District Pensioners Association Mokokchung We regret our inability to mention each and every individual but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly for your kind deeds.

Loving family members and in-laws.

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Though words alone are simply not enough, through this column, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and every individual and well wishers who stood by us in prayer and supported us physically and financially at the sad demise of our beloved Mr. Kumlipongsang Longkumer (Waromung). We regret our inability to thank each and every one personally but it is our fervent prayer our Almighty God bestow His blessings to you all for your act of love.

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KENILO SEB (Born on 18.02. 1975- died on 29.09.2016) We the bereaved family members would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and everyone who stood by us physically, emotionally, financially, materially and spiritually at the sudden demise of Late Kenilo Seb on September 29, 2016.

We would like to convey our special thanks to 1. Longwesunyu Baptist Church (LBC) 2. Longwesunyu Village Council (LVC) 3. ABC NAC, CEN Department 4. Northern Angami Youth Walford.

5. Northern Angami Council (NAC) 6. Women Society Northern Angami Walford.

7. Chogijun Prayer Fellowship Dimapur 8. Chogi Sebunyu Union, Dimapur 9. Tuophe Kuda union Dimapur 10. Tuophe Seyie Krotho Dimapur 11. Prayer Fellowship Rengma Colony, Dimapur 12. Bethesda Hr. Sec. School 13. Herbert Spencer School 14. Butcher Union Dimapur 15. Khermahal Church, Dimapur (RBC) 16. Kuda Tens Society 17. Kentsin Logwa Logwesunyu 18. Butcher Union, Chumukedima 19. 2012 Society We regret our inability to mention and thank every individual.

We will forever remain indebted for the act of kindness you all have shown us. It is our sincere prayer that our Almighty God bless you abundantly.

Loving wife, children and family members.

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With profound gratitude, we the bereaved family members express our appreciation to every individuals and groups who stood by us physically, materially, financially and through prayers during the prolonged illness and at the demise of our beloved father Late Chubamanen, who left us for his eternal abode on 28/09/16. We pray that Almighty God shower His abundant blessing upon you.

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10.10.1981 – 29-09-2016 We the family bereaved family members would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and everyone who stood by us and supported us morally, physically and spiritually at the sudden demise of our most beloved father, son and my husband LT. ARO KEZO on 29th Sept’ 2016.

We convey our special thanks to:1. Dr. Vikethonyü Kesiezie, Director Oking Hospital 2. Doctors and Staffs of Oking Hospital 3. Poumai Baptist Church, Kohima 4. Chakhesang Baptist Church, Kohima 5. Manipur Christian Revival Church, Kohima 6. Poterlane (Dzüvürü) Colony Kohima 7. Mr. & Mrs Neiba Kronu, Parliamentary Secretary 8. Poumai Youth Society 9. Khaikho Sumai Village 10. Saranamai Village 11. Kikruma Village 12. Kohima and Dimapur Kezo Union.

We deeply regret our inability to mention each and every individual but your expression of sympathy will never be forgotten and pray that Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving wife, daughter, son, brother and in-laws.

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Born on:05.12.1980 – Died on:24.09.2016 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith 2 Timothy 4 : 7 We the family members express our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, churches, neighbours, in-laws, relatives, friends and well wishers who stood by and support us physically, materially, financially and through prayers during the brief illness and at the sudden demise of our beloved Lt. Kheleno Sale on 24th Sept’2016.

Though we are not able to thank each of you personally, it is our sincere prayer that our Almighty God shower abundant blessings to you all.

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NUFC register 2nd straight home win

Players of Northeast United FC (in white jersey) and FC Goa (in blue jersey) vie for the ball during their ISL match at Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday. (PTI) Guwahati, Oct 4 (PTI): Uruguayan striker Emiliano Alfaro struck twice, including one via a horrendous error by rival goalkeeper, as NorthEast United FC beat FC Goa 2-0 to register their second consecutive win in the Indian Super League football here today.

FC Goa goalkeeper Laxmikanth Kattimani handed NorthEast United the lead on a platter in the 20th minute thanks to a howler when his desperate clearance deflected from Emiliano Alfaro onto his own goal.

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game away from FC Goa’s reach at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here.

NorthEast United had beaten Kerala Blaster in their campaign opener at the same venue on October 1.

Both the teams were cagey at the start and took time to ascertain each other’s strength and weakness.

The first chance of the day went to NorthEast United in the 12th minute. A fine cross from Koffi Christian saw Katsumi Yusa going for a shot but Kattimani made a diving safe.

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not have to wait for too long for the opening goal which was a gift from the FC Goa goalkeeper.

Captain Lucio’s backpass for the Goa goalkeeper should have been routine clearance but instead Kattimani waited on the ball, and when he tried to clear, the ball struck Alfaro and deflected into the goal much to the joy of the home crowd.

FC Goa tried to fight their way back and created two good chances towards the closing stages of the first half.

In the 38th minute, Mandar Rao Desai got past two de-

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fenders on the left and pulled the ball back for Jofre Gonzalez whose shot was blocked by NorthEast goalkeeper Subrata Paul.

Just a minute before halftime, NorthEast survived again.

This time it was from a Jofre free-kick which an unmarked Lucio squared it across the goal but before it reached the dangerous Rafael Coelho, the ball hit Robin Gurung and fell safely into the hands of the goalkeeper.

In the second session, FC Goa continued to attack and the NorthEast goalkeeper had to make a double save. Mandar was the first to test Paul from close range and then a long ranger from Trindade Goncalves was again parried away by the goalkeeper.

NorthEast increased their lead in the 62nd minute with some brilliant play. A through ball from just beyond the half-way mark was flicked into Alfaro’s path by Holicharan Narzary and the Uruguayan striker did well to beat Kattimani from a narrow angle. The ball went through Kattiman’s legs into the net.

A l fa r o sh o ul d have scored his hat-trick in the 79th minute when he was within handshaking distance of the goal but his shot was saved on the line by Raju Gaekwad.

Today’s match Time: 7:00 pm Kerala Blasters vs Atletico de Kolkata

FIFA sanctions federations for fans misconducts Madrid, Oct 4 (IANS): The world’s apex football body FIFA on Tuesday imposed a series of sanctions against 11 national federations for unsporting and discriminatory conduct by their fans during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

The 11 national federations are Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Italy and Albania.

“Following match reports and additional evidence generated by the Anti-Discrimination Monitoring System, FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against associations of Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Italy and Albania,” FIFA said in a statement.

Since Chile had committed another infringement during the probation period imposed in May 2016, a ban on playing at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez Pradanos in Santiago for a further match will be applied, the world body added.

The stadium ban will be served at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Chile and Venezuela on March 28 next year, reports Efe. Additionally, the Chilean FA was fined a total of almost 60,000 euros ($66,000) for the two cases.

Moreover, Honduras, Albania, El Salvador, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, Canada and Brazil were also fined for individual cases.

24th MDFA trophy underway OCYU draw Moanungsang Memorial SC in inaugural match

Players being introduced to the chief guest before the inaugural match on Tuesday.

Correspondent Mokokchung, Oct 4 (NPN): Underdogs, OCYU and Moanungsang Memorial Sporting Club today kicked off the first match of the MDFA Trophy 2016 here today at Imkongmeren Sports Complex which was witnessed by hundreds of school students, officials from the Department of Youth Resources & Sports, the MDFA officials and others.

OCYU and Moanunang Sporting Club are the few among the twenty one teams competing for the prestigious annual MDFA Trophy.

The match was equally balanced. The MMSC and OCYU tried their best to make a score and take a notch at the 2016 MDFA Trophy. However, the match ended 0-0.

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12) of Moanungsang Memorial Sporting Club was awarded a yellow card for unfair play in the first half of the match.

Earlier, the opening ceremony was graced by C. Apok Jamir, parliamentary secretary for tourism as the chief guest.

He also inaugurated the newly constructed rostrum at the sports complex.

Speaking at the program, C. Apok Jamir said that Naga youths have no dearth of talents be it in sports, music or any field. He expressed his hopes that the youths would judiciously utilize their talents and make the society proud.

He further said that sports can bring unity among different section and strata of people and that sports is a universal acceptance to peace and progress. He also reminded the players that sports, today, is

FIFA chief suggests 48-team World Cup BOGOTA, Oct 4 (Agencies): FIFA president Gianni Infantino, whose election promises included expanding the World Cup finals to 40 countries, on Monday proposed an even larger tournament involving 48 teams.

However, he suggested that 16 of those teams would go home after just one knockout match, and the remainder of the tournament would be played, as now, with a 32-team group stage, followed by a knockout phase.

Infantino, speaking during an event at Bogota’s Sergio

Arboleda university, said a final decision would be taken by the FIFA Council in January, Colombian media reported. A FIFA spokesperson confirmed that the reports were accurate.

“These are ideas to find the best solution, we will debate them this month and we will decide everything by 2017,” Infantino was quoted as saying.

“They are ideas which we put forward to see which one is the best.” Infantino said his suggestion was to have a preliminary knockout round involving 32 teams played in the host country, with the 16 winners reach-

ing the group stage. A further 16 seeded teams would get a bye into the group stage, he said.

“The idea is that 16 teams would qualify directly to the group stage and the other 32 would play in a preliminary phase, in the country where the World Cup is being played - they would play for the remaining 16 places,” he said. “It means we continue with a normal World Cup for 32 teams, but 48 teams go to the party. “FIFA’s idea is to develop football in the whole world, and the World Cup is the biggest event there is,” he added.

“It’s more than a competition,

it’s a social event.” Infantino was elected FIFA chief on Feb. 26 to replace Sepp Blatter, who received a six-year ban for ethics violations. A key point of Infantino’s election platform was to increase the tournament to 40 teams, although critics say this number creates difficulties in finding a suitable and simple format.

Germany coach Joachim Loew said on Sunday that a larger tournament would “dilute” its sporting value, while European clubs have strongly opposed an increase in the number of teams.

no more an entertainment but that it has moved on to a professional level. The chief guest said that it is through sports that one imbibes discipline, hard-work and concentration and thus helps further in one’s future careers.

Short speeches were also delivered by Asangla Imti, director, youth resource and sports and Sushi Kumar Patel IAS deputy commissioner, Mokokchung and president Mokokchung district sports council.

Today’s matches Time: 9 AM Elation SA vs Stardom United FC Youngstar SA vs Tepenjem Rujo Mokokchung Shitilong SA vs Sports Society Soyim Dilong YA vs Arikodong Club

ANKA to take part in NE karate c’ship Dimapur, Oct 4 (NPN): The All Nagaland KarateDo Association (ANKA) would be participating in the 4th North-East State Karate Championship to be held at Gangtok, Sikkim from October 14-16.

The 13 players (10 male and 3 female) would be led by Thsathriba Sangtam as coach, Temsunungsang Sangtam as assistant coach and Poungam and team manager.

Sharapova’s doping ban reduced to 15 months Match between P. Vizheto FC and Tsosinyu SU in progress on Tuesday. (NP)

Correspondent Kohima, Oct 4 (NPN): NU Kohima campus, Ziekezou SC, P. Viheto FC and Nagaland police (blue) registered win after defeating their respective rival on Tuesday matches in the ongoing 17th NSF Martyrs’ memorial trophy played at Kohima local ground.

NU Kohima campus beat Dahou United by 2-0 to move to the 3rd round of the tournament in the first match.

Both the goals were scored by Keyiculeung (10) in 25th and 70th minutes respectively.

In second match, Ziekezou SC defeated Pfosemei FC by 4-2 via tie break after the match ended with 1-1

draw. Elow Asakho (10) of Pfosemei FC opened the account in 12th minute however Aniengo (14) equalized the goal in 19th minute. Nietho (13) was booked for unsporting behaviour.

In third match, P. Vizheto FC humiliated Tsosinyu SU by 5-0. A. Lalrintluanga (9) scored a hat-trick in the match.

His goals came in the 18th, 34th, and 66th minutes respectively. He also became the 7th person to score a hat-trick in this tournament. Kaqhevi (15) and Agangpu (12) scored one goal each in 27th and 35th minutes respectively.

In the last match of the day, Nagaland police (blue) blanked PK United FC Viswema 5-0. Ruokozhazo Key-

ho (14) scored the first goal in 2nd minute, Muluvotuo Rhakho and Insumanen Jami (11) scored one goal each and Lamphong Aomeshu (9) scored two goals.

There will be no match on Wednesday on account of Angami Youth organization (AYO) ‘A moment of solidarity to enable our environment’ programme.

October 6 Matches 1st match: 9:30 am Tsiekedi vs Arkca FC 2nd match: 11:00 am Asufii Christian Institute vs Veracious FC Zapami 3rd match: 12:30 pm Zodiac FC Tiekhuba vs Chedema FC 4th match: 2:00 pm Barak FC vs WASU

Lausanne, Oct 4 (IANS): The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday reduced Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova’s two-year suspension over doping to 15 months.

She can return to the sport starting April 26 next year, President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Shamil Tarpishchev said, reports Tass.

“It is good that the suspension term has been reduced,” Tarpishchev said.

“They (CAS) decided to uphold our appeal since Sharapova is a clean athlete.”

“It will depend completely on her whether she will be able to return to her previous level of playing,” the RTF chief said. “However, we want her to play for the national team and win the next Olympic Games.”

Sharapova filed an appeal with the CAS on June 9 against

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the two-year suspension, which was imposed on June 8 by the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) tribunal over antidoping violations.

Due to the imposed ban, the former No.1 had to miss the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In early March, Sharapova announced that her doping tests revealed the presence of performance enhancing

drug Meldonium in the body system.

Following the announcement, she was provisionally suspended from all tennisrelated activities.

The drug Meldonium was included in the list of preparations banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from January 1, 2016.

The presence of the Meldonium in the athlete’s blood during and between competitions then became a violation of anti-doping rules.

The substance belongs to S4 class on the WADA blacklist (hormones and metabolic modulators).

WADA announced on April 13 that the concentration of less than one microgram of Meldonium in the body system of an athlete, whose doping tests were conducted before March 1, was acceptable.

Amsterdam, Oct 4 (Agencies): Cristiano Ronaldo may have the edge in this year’s Ballon d’Or race given the trophies he has won, according to former Barcelona star Xavi.

The Real Madrid forward is expected to be at least among the final three nominees to defend the trophy he last won in 2014, having fired his side to Champions League glory before captaining Portugal to a shock triumph at Euro 2016.

Xavi claimed last month that “anybody who likes football” would consider Lionel Messi to be better than Ronaldo, prompting an angry response from the 31-yearold, in which he scorned the former Spain internati onal for having never won a Ballon d’Or. But the 36-year-old has now admitted that Ronaldo could be the favourite to claim football’s top individual prize for a fourth time - although he warned that he will face stern competition.

“Cristiano has the num-

bers to win this year’s Ballon d’Or, having won the Champions League and the Euros,” he said at the Aspire4Sports event in Amsterdam. But I also think that it’ll be very competitive, because Messi will be there, of course.”

Barca suffered a shock 4-3 defeat to Celta Vigo on Sunday, a result that leaves them two points behind Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the table, but Xavi sees no reason to panic over their form.

“I wasn’t able to watch the game, but it looks like there were a lot of individual mistakes,” he said.

“But Barca are on another level and that’s something you see most of all when you leave the club. The idea is a good one: to be dominant and to have the ball.

They also have the best in every position and I’m proud to watch them play.”

“With Luis Enrique, they’re working very well, but sometimes the result is misleading based on what you see on the pitch.”

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