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‘Won’t hesitate to cross borders...’: Rajnath talks tough to terrorists

Rio stresses on need for water conservation

Rajnath Singh (PTI)

GUWAHATI, APR 23 (PTI/AGENCIES): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asserted that India would not hesitate to act against terrorists who target the country from across the border. Speaking at a programme, where Assambased veterans of 1971 India-Pakistan War were felicitated, Singh said the government was working to wipe out terrorism from the country. “India has been successful in giving out the message that terrorism will be strongly dealt with. We will not hesitate to cross borders if the country is targeted from outside,” he maintained. Singh also said that the eastern boundary of the country is currently experiencing more peace and stability compared to the western frontier. “The problem of infiltration has almost ended. There is peace and stability at the border (in the eastern frontier) now,” he said. On the recent withdrawal of AFSPA from different parts of northeast, Singh said the government did so whenever the situation in a place improved. Maintaining that there was a “public misconception” that the Army always wanted AFSPA to remain in force, Singh said “It is the situation that is responsible for imposition of AFSPA, not the Army.” He said AFSPA was lifted from 23 districts of Assam and 15 police stations of Nagaland and Manipur due to huge role played by chief minister North-eastern states.

NNC, FGN to observe Phizo’s 32nd death anniv

DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Naga National Council (NNC) and the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) informed that it would be observing the 32th death anniversary of AZ Phizo, former president of NNC and “father of the Naga Nation”, on April 30, at 7 a.m. at Phizo Hill, Kohima, along with NBCC leaders and Naga dignitaries. FGN through its Rali Wali ministry has requested all fellow Nagas to participate on the occasion.

Rio with his colleagues and officials after the inauguration of HPCC on Saturday. (NP)

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Describing land and water as the “most valuable natural resources”, state chief minister Neiphiu Rio Saturday urged upon the people to adopt better practices in utilization of water, which caters to the needs of all. Rio said this during the inauguration of the Hydrology Project Convention Centre (HPCC) at EE Investigation call, 4th Mile, here besides commissioning of Automatic Weather Station (AWS) and Peizometer, constructed under National Hydrology Project (NHP). While stressing on water management, Rio said “mother Earth” provided human needs but not greed and that people should take care of the environment that helps sustain life of all living beings. Citing the example of states having water disputes with their neighbours during dry seasons, the chief minister opined that Nagaland could also face the same scenario if citizens fail to conserve water. He also expressed grave concern over shrinking and drying streams, rivers and traditional wells due to excessive usage of water.

Taking the example of Israel, which is renowned for skills in management of water, Rio urged upon the people to practise conservation of water. He said over 70% of the state population were engaged in agriculture and allied sectors. Rio expressed hope that the newly inaugurated HPCC would meet the needs of all. Rio also expressed hope that the facility would go a long way in helping the state improve management of water and its uses in farming and industrial sector, including domestic sector. He also acknowledged the department for putting up hard work and dedication. Meanwhile, advisor water resources, Namri Nchang, informed that HPCC was constructed under the NHP. He said that the ministry of water resources, river development and ganga rejuvenation was coordinating the implementation of NHP as a central sector scheme with World Bank assistance. Nchang said approval of the union cabinet for implementation of NHP was conveyed on June 23, 2016 for duration of eight years. He said that under the project, the department was able to establish hydrometeorological observation

networks and Real Time Data Acquisition Systems (RTDAS). “RTDAS consists of a telemetric network of automated rainfall stations, automated weather stations and water level recording stations along the major rivers,” Nchang stated. He said it was imperative to check the quality and constituents of water, be it for domestic, industrial or farming purposes. “I presume that with these initiatives, days are not far when the state of Nagaland will be at par with all the leading mainland states in the areas of water resources management,” he stated. Short speech was also delivered by chief engineer, WRD and nodal officer (NHP), Er Hotovi Ayemi, while welcome address and technical report delivered by executive engineer and project manager, HPCC (NHP), WRD, Er Keduvizo Sophie and vote of thanks proposed by superintending engineer and deputy nodal officer (NHP), WRD, Er Chubasashi Chang. Earlier, the programme was chaired by secretary, project coordinator (NHP), WRD, Kevisa Kense and invocation was offered SBC Diphupar deacon, Azhebo Shohe.

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Naga political solution in the court of stakeholders, says Rio Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Nagaland chief Neiphiu Rio on Saturday said that the Government of India was serious to resolve the vexed Naga political issue. Talking to media persons on the sidelines of the inaugural of Hydrology Project Convention Centre (HPCC) and commissioning of Automatic Weather Station (AWS) and Peizometer, Rio said when he along with UDA chairman TR Zeliang and deputy CM Y. Patton had recently met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah in Delhi, both Modi and Shah were serious and eager to resolve the Naga issue. In this regard, he said

the Centre had sent Government of India’s representative for Naga talks AK Mishra to Nagaland in order to stay here for at least a week and to hold thorough discussion with all stakeholders till they find a meeting point to have a settlement. Rio said that the ball was now in the court of all stakeholders to push for early solution. “The ball is in the court of all the stakeholders. Public support is required whether we want peace or not, whether we want settlement or not and whether the issues that are making a road block… should find a way for coming together to find the solution,” Rio said. When asked whether the Core Committee on Naga Political Issue had

recently met Mishra, Rio said the members had been meeting him regularly and that Mishra has been given free hand to hold parleys with those engaged in negotiations with the Centre. On fuel adulteration: Meanwhile, when asked about the fuel adulteration racket busted by the Rising People’s Party and the latter accusing the government of turning blind eye to such issue, Rio said blaming it on the government for everything was unfair. He said the public should report on such matters so that the government could take necessary action, adding that the “government cannot watch everybody’s kitchen”. Rio, however, assured that the government will do what is possible.

Mishra holds 3rd round of talks with NSCN (I-M)

DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Government of India’s representative for Naga talks, AK Mishra on Saturday held the third round of close-door meeting with NSCN (I-M) led by ato kilonser and chief negotiator Th. Muivah at Police complex, Chümoukedima. Besides Muivah, who is camping at the Police complex, the 35-member delegation included NSCN (I-M) chairman Q. Tuccu, vice chairman Tongmeth

Wangnao and other senior leaders. Mishra is scheduled to hold another round of closed-door meeting with Th. Muivah before he returns to Delhi on Monday. When asked about the meeting, a senior NSCN (I-M) leader who was part of the delegation said that they held a fruitful threadbare discussion. No further details were made known about the meeting. PTI adds: NSCN (I-M) home kilonser M Daniel

Lotha said that Mishra assured the group that the final solution to the vexed Naga political issue will be based on the Framework Agreement of 2015. The assurance was given by Mishra to Th Muivah, Daniel Lotha told PTI. Asked if any major decision was taken, he said “The talks for a final solution will continue between NSCN (IM) and the Government of India based on the Framework Agreement”.

NH appeals NPGs to let good sense prevail DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Naga Hoho delegation met the Government of India’s representative for Naga talks, AK Mishra, at Police Complex Chümoukedima on Saturday. NH said that Mishra apprised the team about the ongoing talks with the Naga political groups and assured that solution would

be honourable and acceptable to all the Nagas. NH expressed appreciation to Mishra for the “painstaking efforts” to come to Nagaland to carry forward the peace negotiation and understand the sentiments of the people by taking into confidence the voices of the Nagas. Stating that every Naga soul was yearning for peace-

ful solution, NH appealed to all Naga political groups to let good sense prevail and avoid provocative statements against each other as Nagas anticipate a common solution for all Nagas across borders. The six-member Naga Hoho team was led by its president HK Zhimomi and general secretary K Elu Ndang.

PM to hold meeting with CMs on Covid

Narendra Modi (File)

NEW DELHI, APR 23 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with chief ministers on the emerging COVID-19 situation in the country on Wednesday through video conference, official sources said on Saturday. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will make a presentation on the matter, they said. With 2,527 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of cases rose to 4,30,54,952, while active cases have increased to 15,079, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,22,149 with 33 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.75 per cent, the health ministry said. An increase of 838 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 0.50 per cent, while the daily positivity rate has reported considerable rise at 0.60 per cent, as per the Health Ministry report on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 187.65 crore on Saturday. More than 17 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 p.m. on Saturday, as per the Health Ministry report.

Rio effects minor reshuffle: Patton divested of R&B Youth bodies undertake joint verification of FHR

Correspondent

KOHIMA, APR 23 (NPN): Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday carried out a minor reshuffle of portfolio as deputy chief minister Y. Patton, who holds charge of Home and Road & Bridges department, was divested of R&B. Informing this in partial modification of the February 9, 2022 notification, cabinet secretary J. Alam said the chief minister has re-assigned portfolios of two advisors—H. Chuba Chang and KT Sukhalu. Adviser H. Chuba Chang, who was holding charge of Justice & Law and

Y. Patton (NP File)

SCERT, has been relieved from both departments and assigned the department of Road and Bridges. Adviser School Education, KT Sukhalu has been given additional charge of SCERT. When contacted, deputy chief minister Y. Patton informed Nagaland Post that it was the prerogative of the chief minister to decide on

portfolio allocation and did not wish to comment on it. With reports doing the rounds that the change in portfolio allocation was in connection with the Rajya Sabha seat that was given to the BJP, Patton said the present development had nothing to do with it. Patton clarified that it was a commitment made by NDPP in 2018 to support a BJP Rajya Sabha candidate in return for support extended to the NDPP candidate for the Lok Sabha. This commitment was made in the presence of central BJP leaders, chief minister Neiphiu Rio and cabinet ministers in Del-

hi where NDPP had also agreed upon, Patton said. It was learnt that Patton was in Guwahati, the nerve centre of the BJP in the North East, to meet Assam chief minister and NEDA chairman Himanta Biswa Sarma and other BJP leaders. It was not known whether his trip to Guwahati was in connection with the recent development. Meanwhile, NDPP p r e s i d e n t C h i n g wa n g Konyak informed this Correspondent that the changes were made after due consultation with all concerned and leaders of the two parties including the State BJP president (Cont’d on p-8)

DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Three youth bodies—Dimapur Ao Youth Organization (DAYO), Lotha Youth Organization Dimapur (LYOD) and Western Sumi Youth Front (WSYF)— on Saturday undertook a joint physical verification of the foothill road connectivity from Niuland to Doyang bridge. WSYF through its media cell stated that the three bodies, after observing the progress of the works including the ongoing Doyang bridge construction, resolved that workmanship should not be compromised. They said that works should be carried out as per the

DAYO, LYOD and WSYF during the joint physical verification.

DPR and should be completed within the specified timeframe. The three youth bodies affirmed not to remain a mere spectator if the same was not adhered to. After the inspection, the three organizations had a meeting at Hovukhu village council hall and resolved to

appeal to the Naga political groups to exempt upcoming local entrepreneurs from taxation so they could compete with others in the market. At the prog ramme hosted by WSYF, three organizations expressed gratitude to Hozukhe village for extending support.

This is it! Fuel adulteration: UDA govt silence is admission of guilt: RPP Gov, CM, DyCM extend Tsukhenye greetings DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Nagaland governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi has

“Don’t know whether the car broke down due to mechanical or petrochemical problem.” K Y M C

DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Rising People’s Party (RPP) has hit out at the UDA government for its “deafening silence” on the multi crore fuel adulteration scam, alleging that it was “nothing but an admission that the Food and Civil Supplies department is directly involved in the racketeering through diversion of Kerosene to the fuel racketeers.” While asking the government and the advisor for Food and Civil Supplies “to show some guts and stop running scared on the issue”, RPP demanded to know as to how

many litres of kerosene the State of Nagaland receives each month? and how many agencies across Nagaland are allotted the same? While pointing out that the name of the accused (the same person involved in the previous adulteration case) was clearly mentioned in the video by those at the adulteration site, RPP said that the authorities man-hunting for some Ashok was akin to ignoring the elephant in the room. Reacts to IOCL clarification: Further, RPP said it was also surprised to note the clari-

fication made by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) deputy general manager Huwuto Sema that their tankers were at the adulteration site for repairing works on the night of April 21. RPP said there was no question of the trucks being there for repairing as the video evidence clearly showed IOCL tankers being connected to the motor pumps used for fuel adulteration. “Very importantly, unless one is stupid, no fully loaded tanker drivers will enter workshops where gas or electric

works are carried out,” the party said. With regard to GPS live tracking being fitted into the oil tankers, RPP said that the IOCL depot in Dimapur was very much aware of fuel adulteration racket that was taking place in that particular area. The Rising People’s Party alleged that the active participation of the local IOCL in the racket could not be ruled out. It my be recalled that the RPP on Thursday exposed a fuel adulteration racket that was being run at Gorapatti ward No 2 area in Dimapur.

extended greetings to the members of the Chakhesang community and to the people of Nagaland on the occasion of Tsukhenye festival. In his message, Prof. Mukhi said Tsukhenye, which marks the end of a successful harvest year and the preparation for the arrival of spring, was also a time for seeking God’s blessings to replenish with good health and strength. He said it was a time to revive and rejuvenate before heading to the toiling work for the next seasonal harvest. On the occasion, governor wished all with good health, peace and happy celebrations. CM: Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio and deputy CM, Y. Patton extended greetings to the Chakhesang community on the occasion of Tsükhenye festival. In his message, Rio wished that God Almighty bless the Chakhesang community with good health, happiness and a blessed and fruitful year ahead. Dy.CM: Deputy CM, Y Patton also wished the community a fruitful year with abundance of crops, vegetables and livestock. Patton also urged upon the people to celebrate with the traditional touch associated with it. K Y M C

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STATE

Kronu graces Tsükhenyie festival

ARSU asks state govt to depute teachers DIMAPUR: Expressing dismay over the transfer o f f o u r t e a c h e r s ( t wo m a t h e m a t i c s a n d t wo science teachers) on public domain for years, Atoizu Range Students’ Union (ARSU) has asked the state government and responsible department “to immediately restore the vacancy within 10 days.” In a press release, ARSU president Iketo and education secretary Hukiye Chishi has informed that the Atoizu High School has been experiencing hardships due to transfer of mathematics and science teacher without any relievers. Expressing dismay over the “apathy shown by the government”, the union questioned under what circumstances the action was initiated which has undermined one of the best performing high school under Atoizu. Reminding the state government and department t h a t ove r a l l q u a l i f i e d percentage of HSLC Atoizu High for the past four year was above 80%, it pointed out that transferring four teachers without any relievers was uncalled for and would hamper the academic year. ARSU appealed to the state government to “be truthful and righteous towards the welfare of the public and students” and warned that action that hampers prog ress pf students would not be tolerated. It also warned that failure to deliver justice would compel the union to take action and ARSU would not be held responsible for any outward incidents.

Correspondent

Kronu speaking at Tsükhenyie-cum-PYO 73rd youth day at Pfutseromi village. (NP)

address, PYO president Kope Mero said today, P YO wa s c e l e b r a t i n g 73rd youth day because of the farsighted vision of past leaders and elders for the youth and future generations which were passed down to the youth. M e r o s a i d P YO youth day coincided with Tsiikhenyie which was set aside for the youth to celebrate a vibrant youth life, ador ning oneself in traditional attire and celebrating with songs,

dances and sports. Pfutseromi Village Council chairman Lhiwepelo Ritse delivered greetings on the occasion while Neiwou-ü Mero and Mhechie-ü Kapfo presented folk tunes and Elika Mero presented a special number. The programme was chaired by PYO advisor Zekozo Mero, vote of thanks was proposed by PYO vice president Dietsho Ritse while KCBCK senior pastor Rev. Neikko Mero and CBCMK pastor Rev.

We p r e M e r o o f f e r e d invocation and benediction respectively. The programme would culminate on April 27. It may be mentioned that Tsükhenyie is a festival celebrated at a time when nature renews itself with new leaves adorning the trees while plants and vegetables sprout from the soil and the sons and daughters of the soil get ready for a new season of plantation.

Mon police seize heroin; arrest 2 DIMAPUR: Mon police ar rested two persons— Daniel Kipger (31), Kanpokpi district and Goukam Kuki (56) of Mothpung Village, Kanpokpi district on charges of possessing heroin on April 22. According to Mon police PRO, the duty party while conducting routine checking of vehicles at interstate Tizit police check gate intercepted an unregistered Maruti Gypsy and on frisking the vehicle recovered the suspected heroin neatly packed in 40 soap cases. PRO informed that the personnel seized 539 grams (approx) of suspected heroin (locally called sunflower) and the two individuals were booked under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 Accordingly, a case was registered with Tizit Police Station for further Arrested individuals along with the seized heroin. investigation.

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KO H I M A , A P R 2 3 (NPN): The 12th triennial convention of the Angami Catholic Union (ACU) entered second day as thousands gathered at Christ the King Church, here on Saturday. The speaker for the afternoon session, ACU advisor, R Rocus Chasie spoke on the topic “History of the Catholic Church”. The topic was segmented in two major point—differences between Catholics & Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholic Christians. H e g ave d e t a i l e d insight into the tumultuous history of the Catholic church and hopes for a reconciliation between the major sects. Later in the evening session, Angami Catholic Union ecclesiastical & Parish Priest, Rev Dr Fr Solomon Visosieo Vizo spoke on the topic “Eucharist the Source and Summit of Christian Life”. He said all blessings came through the Eucharist

which begins from the day of baptism in the life of a Catholic. If we are to live the life God intends us to live then we have to follow the sacraments taught to us by Jesus, he stated. As Catholics, we need to fully understand the real meaning of the Eucharist according to the way it was intended for us, Fr Solomon said. Choirs from Angami Catholic Youth Association and Chakhro Angami Catholic Union presented special numbers during the services. The afternoon service was led by Nor ther n Angami Catholic Union ( NAC U ) p r e s i d e n t , Viyie Peter while the evening session was led by Kohima Town Region ACU president, Meyacalie Marcus. The three-day triennial conference would culminate with a Eucharist, with Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, bishop of Kohima Diocese as main celebrant, 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.

NEWS IN BRIEF Inauguration of ‘Myki Store’ at Kuda village: The department of Women Resource Development has informed that be “Myki Store” would be inaugurated at Nagarjan, opposite N.N. Nagi School, Kuda Village, Dimapur on April 26, 10 a.m., to showcase and promote local women products. NPAD informs: Nagaland Pensioners Association Dimapur has informed pensioners in Dimapur, Chümoukedima and Niuland districts that in the interest of the old aged pensioners, submission of form for health care insurance for pensioners has been extended till May 31. NPAD informed that the office opens only three days a week (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday), 11 a.m-3 p.m. NPAD further informed that it was “not a government department but a voluntary welfare organisation with limited man power manning the office for the welfare of the pensioners only”. All have been requested to give full cooperation to the staff manning the office. OCK to launch silver yearlong jubilee activities: Oriental College Kohima would be launching yearlong silver jubilee celebration on April 25 at 10 a.m. at the college premise with former executive secretary of Angami Christian Revival Church Council, Rev. Dr. Putsato Naleo. NSS MCC holds interaction: NSS Cell, Mount Mary College organised a reception and interaction with regional director, NSS NER, Dipak Kumar on April 21 at MMC Hall. Kumar was accompanied by State NSS officer, Zenei Pfukha. Community hall inaugurated: A community hall at Post Office A, Tuensang was inaugurated on April 21 by contractor, P. Beshang. MGM informs: MGM College organised an oath taking of the newly elected student union members for 2022-23 with Bokato as the general secretary along with four other members.

KAST celebrates golden jubilee D I M A P U R : Ko h i m a Aliba Senso Telongjem (KAST) celebrated its golden jubilee on the theme “Sobaliba Arongtsüngshi” (Cultural Renaissance) at NPWD Rest House, Upper PWD Kohima on Saturday. According to a DIPR report, dwelling on the theme ‘Sobaliba Arongtsüngshi” (Cultural Renaissance), Talitsüngba Ao who was the main speaker, said mother tongue was an inter nationally implemented right passed by the United Nations. Stressing on the changes that taking place, he said many cultural practices and beliefs of the past have been changed since Christianity and due to positive laws passed by the government. He said today, many were confused with customary laws because t h e y we r e n o t awa r e of the special laws that protected customary law

Talitsüngba Ao releasing the KAST golden jubilee souvenir on Saturday. (DIPR)

but followed the laws passed by the government for others which clashed with customary law. Talitsüngba also stated that culture was dying with more development happening in the state. In this regard, he stated that customar y l aw s a n d p r a c t i c e s should be protected and a c k n ow l e d ge d b y t h e government. M e a n w h i l e, R t d . director of Agriculture, I. Panger Imchen said Aliba village was a rich

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and prosperous land that has produced many outstanding personalities. He described the people of the village as hardworking people with responsibilities and congratulated the KAST for attaining 50 years. Words of appreciation were also delivered by Aliba Village Council chairman, Imlinungba Jamir; Chungtia Union Ko h i m a p r e s i d e n t , I . Moa Longchar and Kinunger Union Kohima, Imkongsanen. Greetings

were also delivered by Aliba Union Mokokchung Town, Rongsensangba and Dimapur Aliba Senso Telongjem, Puroba Kitchu. E a r l i e r, w e l c o m e address was delivered by KAST president, Dr. Temjenwabang while vote of thanks was proposed by KAST vice president, Imkongchiba Pongen. A Folk song was also presented by Kosasanger Putu, Kohima Unit and poetr y recitation from Akumtila Imchen and Moasanen Pongen.

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‘If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.’ Romans 14: 8

RITSULA

IAF team visits educational institutions

IN LOVING MEMORY OF LT. SHRI. NUNGJA AIER 23/07/1958 – 24/04/2021

Sadly missed along life’s way, quietly remembered every day. No longer in our life to share, but in our hearts, you are always there. We miss you dearly. dp-1824/22

DIMAPUR: A team of Indian Air Force (IAF) led by commanding officer 11 Airmen Selection Centre Guwahati, wing commander S Shanmugam held an interactive career counselling session at Model Christian College (MCC) Kohima on April 21. The team also conducted an awareness programme on career opportunities in IAF on April 22 at Immanuel College with wing commander, S. Shanmugam as resource person, who highlighted career opportunities in IAF, role and functions of IAF and other aspects.

Angami Catholic Union convention enters day 2

Fondly remembered and deeply missed by Loving Wife, daughters, sons-in-law and grand children.

Born : 03/05/1970 – Died : 11/04/2022 The family of Late Mrs. Vizheli Chophi of Vekuho Old W/o. Mr. Kahoto Yepthomi of Yemishe Village wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us during her illness, following our sad loss. We offer our heartfelt thanks to the many friends, neighbours and well-wishers who visited us in the hospitals, attended the funeral service and burial and who provided emotional and practical support to us at this difficult time. For those who travelled long distance, sent floral tributes and messages of condolences, we are truly grateful. A special word of thanks to: 1. Shri. K. T. Sukhalu. Advisor, School Education Govt. of Nagaland. 2. Shri. Lahoto Aye, Retired, Sub Treasury Officer. 3. Doctors and Nurses of Excel Care Hospital, Guwahati. 4. Doctors and Nurses of Faith Hospital, Dimapur. 5. Doctors and Nurses of Eden Medical Centre, Dimapur. 6. Zunheboto Area Public Organisation. 7. 35 A/C NDPP (Parents, Women, Youth). 8. Managing Director, Teachers and Students of Class VIII and X of Cornerstone School. 9. Sumi Baptist Church, Diphupar. 10. Shiwoto Ghami Baptist Church. 11. Yemishe Ghami Baptist Church. 12. Vekuho Old Baptist Church. 13. Kulolau Yemishe Ghami Kuposhukulu. 14. Inalimi Kuposhukulu, Vekuho Old. 15. Amulumi Kuposhukulu (Yemishe). Zunheboto. 16. Yemishe Ghami Kiphimi Kuqhakulu. 17. Village Council and V.D.B Yemishe Village. To those who helped in any way, your contribution made our loss bearable. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude.

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KO H I M A , A P R 2 3 (NPN): A five-day long Ts ü k h e n y i e - c u m - 7 3 r d Youth Day of Pfutseromi Youth Organization (PYO) got underway at Pfutseromi village under Phek district, here, on Saturday. Speaking at the programme as guest s p e a k e r, m i n i s t e r f o r Planning & Coordination, Land Revenue & Parliamentar y Affairs, Neiba Kronu challenged the youth to work hard and never stay idle. He asserted that the youth should have a zeal to work and face the various challenges ahead. The minister urged upon the villagers to keep the village clean and beautify the surroundings since the village was one of the important tourist destinations in the state. He maintained that hospitable attitude of the villagers has drawn the attention of tourists and further encouraged the people to take up fruit tree plantations on a commercial scale to boost the rural economy. In his presidential

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022

From loving Husband, Son, Daughter and Parents

1975-2022 A loving wife, mother and a wonderful woman you’ve done all your earthly chores, carried your responsibilities sincerely and left for eternal peace. You are gone from our sight, but never from our hearts. You will continue to live in our thoughts and hearts. We the bereaved family would like to express our sincere gratitude to each and everyone who stood by us physically, financially, materially and through prayers at the sudden demise of our beloved mother on 15th April 2022. A special thanks to – 1. Yimkhiung Baptist Church Mokokchung Town 2. Yimkhiung Union Mokokchung 3. Yimkhiung Baptist Church Aghunato Town 4. Ayiponger Baptist Church Ayiponger Village 5. Huker Baptist Church, Youth Department and Women Department, Huker Village 6. Chessore Baptist Church, Women Department and Youth Department, Chessore Village 7. Chessore Village Council 8. Yimkhiung Students Union Chessore Village and Mokokchung Town. 9. Yimkhiung Baptist Church Dimapur 10. Shri. S. Keoshu, Hon’ble Advisor IPR & V.G. Govt. of Nagaland 11. Shri. R. Tohanba Ex. Parliamentary Secretary 12. Shri. H. Mukam Advocate & Ex. Candidate 13. Principal, Vice-Principal, Faculty, non Teaching Staff and Students Union MCTE 14. Shri. Visabiu Peseyie, State Coach, Youth Resources and Sports 15. Shri. T. Wati, Kohima 16. Shri. John Ato, Church Secretary YBBM 17. Shri. Meya Kichu, Khensa Village, Mokokchung 18. Shri. Kiumukam, Showuba Dimapur We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every one of you personally, but your considerate act of kindness will always be remembered. May our God in return bless you immensely. Loving Husband, sons and daughters mkc-120/22 K Y M C

Mmhonlumo graces TUD golden jubilee Mini legal camp inaugurated in Kiphire

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WEATHER FORECAST APRIL 24

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Mostly sunny, hot and humid

37 25

Partly sunny, a stray t-storm

31 20

Aizawl

Guwahati Mostly sunny and humid Imphal

32 22

Some sun with a stray t-storm 31 16

Itanagar A shower

27 19

Shillong

Mostly sunny and pleasant

26 17

Kohima

Mostly sunny and delightful

27 16

Dimapur Mostly sunny Mkg

Mostly sunny, a stray t-storm

Tuensang Sunshine Wokha

Sunny to partly cloudy

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022

Mmhonlumo Kikon along with TUD representatives after unveiling the jubilee monolith. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Advisor for IT&C, Science & Technology and NRE, Mmhonlumo Kikon graced the Tangkhul Union Dimapur (TUD) golden jubilee celebration as special guest, here, at Tangkhul Baptist Church compound, Darogajan, on Saturday. Speaking at the programme, the advisor said fear and suspicion must be defeated by warmth, resilience and friendship which according to him, were the foundation of unity. The advisor said Na-

gas were part of one family and no force could try to divide us (Nagas) on the basis of the boundaries that divided us. He stated that the differences and similarities of each other’s culture should be appreciated by humor, friendship, interaction and engagement. The advisor said unless people interacted with one another, there would always be a lurking suspicion or fear. Conveying jubilee greetings to the gathering, the advisor urged upon them to reflect on the pain and joys of TUD’s jour-

ney, as reflecting on what had passed would adduce what sort of envisioning was needed for today’s generation. The programme was chaired by Soching Luikham and Kanringla Rainam and invocation was offered by TBC Darogajan pastor, Wungreishang Khamrang. Meanwhile, greetings was delivered by Western Sumi Hoho, Zhevihe Zumi, president, Tenyimi Union, Vekhosayi Nyekha, president, Konyak Union Dimapur, A Mosa Konyak and vice president, Tangkhul Naga Long, Tuisem

IMCT assess drought situation in Mokokchung

Unity Village Ao Baptist Arogo, 5th mile, Chümoukedima on Saturday, conducted a teens seminar on “Social Evil on Addiction” with Süngküm Jamir and Moatemsu Jamir as resource persons.

Ao Senso Telongjem Dimapur (ASTD) president, Meren Longchar along with the executive members called on Aoyimkum Village Council Dimapur, at the treasurer’s residence on Saturday.

DIMAPUR: The Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) visited Mokokchung on April 22 to assess the drought situation. According to DPRO Mokokchung, the central team had a briefing and interaction session with DDMA Mokokchung which was chaired and by deputy commissioner (DC) Mokokchung, Shashank Pratap Singh, who also delivered the introductory speech delivered. During the briefing, the central team and DDMA discussed drought report and the effects of drought in the district. The briefing also included PowerPoint presentations by nodal departments veterinary (Animal Husbandry), agriculture, horticulture, PHED and meteorology department. The team also visited Longkhum village and interacted with farmers. The central team included joint director, ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Jintu Das, deputy director m/o Fisheries, AH&D, Vijay Kr. Teotai and deputy director, D/O expenditure finance commission division Mahesh Kumar.

Kamkara, while welcome address was delivered by secretary, jubilee organising committee, Worshim Kashungnao and presentation and speech by Yorla Dimapur Society (YDS), Caroline. Highlights of the programme included cultural dance by Tangkhul Students Union Dimapur, cultural presentation by Yimkhiung Surale Cultural Society, Chümoukedima and group song by YDS. Later, vote of thanks was delivered by president, TUD, Ayo Vashum and thanksgiving by Rev Candid Sareo. TUD pledges to ‘consistently work for peaceful coexistence’ Commemorating the 50 years of its existence in Dimapur and as part of “a landmark pledge”, TUD decided to consistently work for peaceful coexistence with every community in the state. Appealing the gathering to forgive the wrongs of one another, TUD president Ayo Vashum asked them to work towards peaceful coexistence with all tribal communities and read out the pledge which was followed along by the community.

Justice Songkhupchung Serto inaugurating the mini legal camp on Saturday.

DIMAPUR: Gauhati High Court Judge and executive chairman, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA), justice Songkhupchung Serto on Saturday lamented that government schools at villages were not functioning properly and teachers were not present in the place of posting. In this regard, he encouraged the villagers to address such issues so that children receive proper education. According to a press release from NSLSA PRA, he was speaking the inauguration of mini legal camp organised by District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) under the aegis of NSLSA in Kiphire district.

DIMAPUR: Livingstone Foundation International on Saturday organised its graduation day ceremony at its green lawn with minister for Higher & Technical Education and Tribal Affairs, Temjen Imna Along as chief guest. In a press release, LFI information desk informed that while speaking at the programme, Along called upon the students not only to depend on government jobs but to look beyond and try their hands at businesses and other professions. He highlighted how a major chunk of the state’s GDP was diverted outside the state as most of the students went out of the state for their educational requirements. K Y M C

The minister appreciated the efforts of schools such as LFI and educationists including LFI chairman Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema for making quality education a reality within the state. Altogether, 96 students from LFI belonging to various streams of the 2021 batch graduated their Senior Secondary School. At the convocation ceremony, the graduates were awarded with graduation certificates. LFI chairman launches book ‘3C SOS – The Final Answer’ Earlier, the minister also launched a book titled “3C SOS – The Final Answer” authored and published by

advised the people to avail legal services in the district. Pointing out that hiring lawyers was expensive, registrar, Guwahati High court, Kohima bench, Neiko Akami informed that the government was also providing free legal aid. Meanwhile, retainer lawyer Bendangwati Sangtam spoke on schemes under social welfare department, APP Kiphire Michael Ayee spoke on schemes under Health and Welfare scheme and advocate Limkushi spoke on Right to Education. At the programme, welcome address was delivered by district and sessions judge-cum-chairman DLSA Kiphire, N Lonshithung Ezung.

48th convocation service at EBC

Graduating students with the speaker, guest of honour, principal and college faculty. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Eastern Bible College (EBC) held its 48th graduation service at the Buntain Chapel in Bank Colony, here on Saturday on the theme, “Make Disciples”. Founder president of National Christian Council (NCC), Rev. Dr. Sam Paul graced the occasion as the keynote speaker while president of Northeast NCC, Rev. Nandu Gurung was the guest of honour. In his keynote message, Rev. Dr. Sam Paul dwelled on 2 Timothy 2:15—Study to show your-

self approved to God, where he encouraged graduating students to practice a disciplined Bible study; to deeply contemplate on the Bible day and night; be fervent in prayer and have an open mind to the current happenings of the world. Valedictorian Jonah Swu narrated his journey of five years as a student in the college. He acknowledged the faculty for equipping students with the knowledge and skills required for the ministry and his mother for her fervent prayers. Jonah also bagged the “Graduate of the year” and

LFI graduation: Look beyond govt jobs, says Along

Graduates after the convocation programme on Friday.

He reminded the people that the centre has taken care of basic needs of the people through various schemes and programme and that one should avail the benefits through proper channel. In this regard, he asked the government officers and village leaders if they were making sure that entitlements were reaching the people. Serto also called on the government officers to take privilege of their posting in the district and render their services sincerely. Later, he inaugurated stalls set up by various government departments. During the programme, secretary law and Justice department, Nino Iralu

“Academic Excellence’ award”. Lat Aung and Ashelo T Sangtam were awarded the “Social Life” award while Shojila T Yimchunger and Lat Aung bagged the “Christian Ministry” award. Other highlights of the programme included invocation by Rev. Dr. L Hevuto Awomi, scripture reading by lecturers Samuel Swu and Shinglong, greetings to graduates by lecturer Thujulo Demo, offertory prayer by pastor Jeyalo Rengma, choral presentation by lecturer Jeviholi Swu, conferring of degrees by principal and

faculty, prayer for graduates, announcement by lecturer David Khobung and benediction by Rev. Dr Robert Singh. E a r l i e r, t h e p r o gramme was led by pastor Lumstuo Ezung while EBC principal, Rev. Dr. TN Lotha Jr. delivered the welcome speech and felicitated the keynote speaker and guest of honour. Altogether, 41 students, both residential and distance learning were conferred with the Masters of Divinity, Bachelor of Theology, Bachelor in Christian Ministry and Master of Christian Ministry degrees.

YUK holds 28th general session

DIMAPUR: Yimkhiung Union Kohima (YUK) held its 28th general session with advisor for IPR and Village Guards, S. Keoshu Yimkhiung as special guest at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, on Saturday. According to a DIPR report, the special guest in his speech said tribal union was formed with an objective to help one another and to maintain cordial relationship without “isms”. He appealed to the Yimkhiungrüs residing within Kohima district to keep away from evil practices. The advisor stated that such practices would not only be unpleasAlong launching the book written by LFI chairman Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema. ant to the society but also bring shame to the community. LFI chairman, Dr. Andrew distress and an emergency LFI, Ani Yepthomi. Ahoto Sema. reaction to the effects of the Highlights of the proDuring a short talk on 3 Cs representing Climate gramme included special the essence and synopsis Change, COVID-19 and Cur- number by Alobo Naga, of the book, Dr. Andrew riculum. speeches on behalf of out- DIMAPUR: Close to three weeks informed that the book was The cover of the book going graduates and present after suspending the proposed sit-in non-fiction and covered his was released on August 15, batch of grade-XII students demonstration, the Joint Co-ordinajourney to Mt. Everest in 2020 by advisor for School and special number from one Nepal and seeks to bring a Education, K.T Sukhalu of the outgoing graduates, tion Committee of Villages (JCCV) for Dimapur district Saturday conwide-scale transformation in while the book was released Renemmenla. education and environmental by chief minister of MeghaMeanwhile, the gather- vened a meeting to discuss “further concerns. laya and national president, ing also witnessed a perfor- course of action against the arbitrary The book also sheds National People’s Par ty mance from Pranshu Arora merger” of some fifty villages under insights into the COVID-19 (NPP), Conrad K. Sangma from “Inspire the Nation”, an Dhansiripar sub-division and Urra pandemic and aims to open at Shillong on November initiative of travelling more area with the newly created district a new horizon of revolution 14, 2020. than 20,000 Kms by road to of Chumoukedima. In a press release, JCCV conin the society and educational During the programme, around 60 cities in 100 days to curriculum of the country invocation was offered by The play music and inspire people venor LK Swu and co-convenor Tsithrongshe Sangtam stated that the for the benefit of the genera- Kingdom Church senior pas- to pursue music. tion without any political or tor Rev. Saprhulie Solo, welOn his Nagaland leg of meeting would be held at Dhansiripar partisan colour. come address by Dr. Andrew journey, he visited LFI and village community hall at 10am on It may be mentioned that Ahoto Sema and closing note shared some of his moments April 25, 2022 and requested all GB/ SOS is the key acronym for and benediction by director of with the gathering. chairman of the villages under JCCV

He encouraged YUK to work hard for the upliftment of community without any favouritism as a guardian for its members and to have be united for a better future. The programme was chaired by YUK art and culture secretary, T. Pusukhong, invocation was said by YBCK pastor Wongtokiu, welcome address by YUK president, John Tochingmong and special number by YSUK. Meanwhile, WYH vice president Kejingkhum and YTC secretary, Yinkiu also exhorted the gathering. Later, folk song was presented by Shophu and group while vote of thanks was proposed by YUK vice president, Akumba.

JCCV to discuss ‘further course of action’

to attend the crucial meeting. Despite setting up a committee and meeting the aggrieved party, JVCC said “there has not been any outcome as yet to resolve the issue.” The committee said that sufficient time has been given to the government to come up with the solution, but there has been a complete silence on the issue. Appreciating the state government and civil society groups for their untiring efforts to facilitate Naga political solution, JCCV, however, said that its demand should not be overlooked on the pretext of attending to the priority of Naga political issue. K Y M C

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Cong continues stir over Jigensh Mevani’s arrest

Jigensh Mewani arrested by Assam police.

magistrate’s court, which remanded him in three days’ police custody. Two Congress MLAs, Bharat Narah and Wazed Ali Choudhury, led a sit-in here organised by the Assam Pradesh Youth Congress. On Friday, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) working president and MLA Jakir Hussain Sikdar had steered the protest. An APCC release said the state party chief Bhupen Borah, three MLAs and members of its legal cell would leave for Kokrajhar on Sunday morning as Mevani would be produced in the court again at the end of his police remand. The release added that the party had been lending all assistance to Mevani to ensure that he was represented by the best lawyers. D u r i n g t h e d a y, two AIUDF legislators Karimuddin Barbhuyan and Ashraful Hussain met Mevani at the police station.

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Ripun Bora appointed as president of TMC’s Assam Unit

Ripun Bora with Abhishek Banerjee

GUWAHATI, APR 23 (AGENCIES): The former president of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), Ripun Bora was announced as the president of the All India Trinamool Congress Assam unit, reports The Sentinel Assam. “The Chairperson is pleased to appoint Shri Ripun Bora (Ex-MP, Rajya Sabha & former Minister, Govt. of Assam) as the State President of AITC Assam unit with immediate effect,” the letter added. Notably, the TMC’s national secretary Abhishek Banerjee had stated that party supremo Mamata Banerjee had a vision for the people of Assam with TMC at the forefront. The

veteran Congress leader left the party recently to join the Trinamool Congress on April 17. Earlier, Bora had written in a letter addressed to the president of All India Congress Committee Sonia Gandhi, “Instead of fighting aggressively and unitedly to prevent BJP at this critical juncture of the country, the leader of this grand old Congress party at different levels are fighting each other for their vested interest.” He had also alleged that a section of senior leaders from the party’s state unit had colluded with the principle opposition BJP and maintained secret understanding with the chief minister.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022

Assam gave logistical support to Mukti Bahini, shelter during 1971 War: CM

GUWAHATI, APR 23 (PTI): Noting that the state’s armed forces had played a crucial role in the Indo-Pak War of 1971, both on and off the battlefield, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the sacrifices made by the people of the state, especially the soldiers, continued to inspire generations. Sarma also recalled how the armed personnel had provided logistical assistance to the members of Mukti Bahini (liberation army) of Bangladesh. Speaking at a programme, where 1971 war veterans from the state were felicitated, he said, “The role of Assam in the IndoPak war was not confined to the battlefield alone. Many police officials of the state had trained the Mukti Bahini members, besides serving through various other means.” Recounting the events that had unfolded during the war, which led to the birth of Bangladesh, Sarma said civil societies of the state had given shelter to refugees

from then East Pakistan. “Civil societies, especially those from the Barak Valley of the state, had provided shelter to the refugees and logistical support to the freedom fighters. “Besides help and cooperation from the government, what the people of Assam did (for East Pakistan refugees) was also phenomenal,” he maintained. Sarma said the 1971 War left an indelible mark on Assam’s history. “The sacrifices made by people, especially the soldiers from the state, continue to inspire generations. We are bound by responsibility to stand by our bravehearts and their families,” the CM added as the armed forces personnel who had participated in the 1971 War were felicitated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Later in a tweet, Sarma said that nine war widows were honoured with Rs 10 lakh each, eight personnel who had suffered injuries with Rs 5 lakh each and two ex-prisoners of war with Rs 2.5 lakh each.

India, B’desh should work together : Bangla liberation war veteran

A veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War on Saturday expressed gratitude to the Indian armed forces for their role in that country’s freedom struggle and called on both countries to work together. Bangladesh and India should work together with the same spirit with which they had collaborated for the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, Lt Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir (retd) said at a programme to honour veterans of India-Pakistan War of 1971 from Assam. “There are very few countries in the world where armies have fought for liberation of a country and the Indian army is one of them ... We are always grateful to the Indian armed forces for it,” he said. He also appreciated the people of India for providing shelter and support to the refugees from Bangladesh during the Liberation War.

KOKRAJHAR (ASSAM), APR 23 (PTI): The Congress on Saturday continued its protest outside Kokrajhar Police Station here, where Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was being held for his purported Tweet against the prime minister. A delegation of the AIUDF, another opposition party of Assam, also visited Mevani at the police station on the last day of his threeday police remand. Mevani, an Independent MLA supported by the Congress, was apprehended

by the Assam Police from Palanpur town in Gujarat on Wednesday night after a First Information Report (FIR) under various sections of the IPC and the IT Act was filed in Kokrajhar over the tweet. According to the FIR, he had purportedly posted a tweet, claiming Prime Minister Narendra Modi “considered Godse as God”. The legislator was flown to Guwahati from Gujarat on Thursday morning and then taken to Kokrajhar by road, where he was produced at the chief judicial

Mega bike rally to mark 125 years of Sikkim Police

M’laya receives ‘large excess’ rainfall as Mnp remembers heroes of last war of independence neighbours Tripura, Mizoram deficient Correspondent

IMPHAL, APR 23: Manipur on Saturday paid rich homage to the heroes of last war of independence fought between warriors of the then kingdom of Manipur and the mighty British Army at Kheba Hill in Thoubal district on this day in 1891. Remembering the day which marked the beginning of British rule in the erstwhile kingdom, the state has been observed as Khongjom Day every year. Manipur Governor La Ganesan and chief minister N Biren Singh led people, including ministers, MLAs and civil and police officers of the state in paying homage to soldiers of the erstwhile kingdom who sacrificed their lives for the cause of Manipur’s freedom in the Anglo-Manipur War. A ceremonial offering of tarpan (offering flowers in the water body) was also held at the bank of the Khongjom River which runs near the Kheba Ching (hill) where Khongjom War Memorial complex is located. Floral tributes were also paid to the statue of major general Paona Braja-

NEW DELHI, APRIL 23 (IANS): Even when the entire northeast India has been experiencing heavy to very heavy rainfall for the last few days, the spatial variability due to various reasons has meant that Meghalaya has received ‘large excess’ rainfall while Tripura has received ‘deficient’ and Mizoram ‘large deficient’ rainfall since March 1 till Saturday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) data has shown that for the period between March 1 and April 23, the quantum of rainfall received by Meghalaya is 473.8 mm, which is 99 per cent more than the normal rainfall 237.5 mm for this duration; Tripura received 98.8 mm rainfall, minus 58 per cent of 234.1 mm normal for the duration and Mizoram received 64.4 mm rainfall, minus 66 per cent of 187.3 mm normal for the duration. In IMD parlance, 60 per cent or more rainfall is termed as large excess; 20 per cent to 59 per cent is excess; rainfall that is be-

tween minus 19 per cent to plus 19 per cent is normal; minus 20 per cent to minus 59 per cent is deficient while minus 60 till minus 99 is termed as large deficient. Other states in the northeast received normal or excess rainfall. For the same duration of March 1-April 23, Manipur received 150.4 mm (against the normal of 149.4 mm); Nagaland received 137.8 (against the normal of 148.6 mm) and Arunachal Pradesh received 420.9 mm (against 403.5 mm normal) while two states, Sikkim with 417.4 mm against 276.0 mm normal (51 per cent more) and Assam with 321.1 mm against 202.3 mm normal (59 per cent more) received excess rainfall. Explaining the phenomenon, senior scientist from IMD, K.S. Hosalikar, said the orography of the region and wind direction played a major role. “The windward orography of Meghalaya and the hilly terrain further north is a major factor. Plus, this time round, the wind direction

is from southwest to northeast direction. Therefore, there was more rain in the northern part of the NE region while Tripura and Mizoram in the southern parts remained dry.” Hosalikar also pointed out the lack of favourable low pressure system in the northern Bay of Bengal in this season for the missing heavy rainfall over Tripura and Mizoram. Incidentally, Mizoram has recovered lost ground this week and showed normal rainfall while Tripura went from deficient to large deficient. For the duration between April 14-20, Tripura received 20.4 mm rainfall against the normal of 55.3 mm normal (minus 63 per cent) while Mizoram received 29.5 mm rainfall against the normal of 31.5 mm (minus six per cent). The IMD has further predicted widespread rainfall and thunderstorms over the region for next few days under the influence of strong southwesterly winds from Bay of Bengal to northeastern states at lower tropospheric levels.

Former Meghalaya CM laid to rest with full state honours

Drug peddler injured in police firing in Assam

Two Ukrainians arrested in Assam part of int’l gang: Police

GANGTOK, APR 23 (PTI): A thousand motorcycles roared into state capital Gangtok on Saturday afternoon to mark the 125th-anniversary celebrations of the Sikkim Police. Sikkim Police completed 125 years of establishment on November 27, 2021 and are celebrating it with various programmes for a year. This is for the first time that such a mega bike rally was organised in the state. The event also marked the concluding day of the road safety week organised by the traffic police. The participating bikers had gathered from different parts of the Himalayan state. Motorcycle clubs and different organisations took part in the programme, apart from the police. There were a significant number of woman riders who took part in the event. The 50 km bike rally started at Rangpo and ended at the Sikkim Armed Police camp in Pangthang.

Jing Dringwell Rymbai

Correspondent SHILLONG, APR 23: The mortal remains of former Chief Minister Jing Dringwell Rymbai, who passed away here on Thursday due to old age, was laid to rest here at the Presbyterian Church cemetery with full state honours on Saturday afternoon. Rymbai was given a 21-gun salute.The state had earlier declared three days of state mourning from. Thursday with the Tricolour flying at half mast. A host of leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong, Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh, Home Minister, Lahkmen Rymbui, ministers, Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar and Hamletson Dohling, Leader of Opposition Dr. Mukul Sangma, MLAs and MDCs among others, attended the funeral to pay homage and bid adieu to the departed leader, who

passed away on April 21. Paying his tributes, Tynsong recalled the services of the late leader and various positions he had held while serving the state as elected representative. He said Rymbai, who hailed from a humble background, had worked hard to rise to prominence by being elected as legislator, besides holding the post of Deputy Speaker, Speaker, cabinet minister and later as Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The Speaker, Metbah Lyngdoh and Jirang legislator, Sostheness Sohtun also spoke and paid their tributes to the late veteran leader. Rymbai was sworn in as Chief Minister on June 15, 2006 and he held the post for eight months till March 10, 2007. He replaced his loyalist Donwa Dethwelson Lapang. However, Rymbai was ousted of power after few of his loyalists backstabbed him in support of Lapang who again returned as Chief Minister. Rymbai was elected to the 60-member Meghalaya Legislative Assembly where he represented Jirang Assembly constituency from 1988 to 2013. After leaving the Congress, he successfully contested on United Democratic Party (UDP) ticket in the 2008 Assembly elections.

GUWAHATI, APR 23 (PTI): An alleged drug peddler was injured when police fired upon him as he purportedly attacked them and tried to escape from custody in Assam’s Nagaon district, an officer said on Saturday. The injured accused has been admitted to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital with bullet injuries on both legs, the police officer said. “We had arrested the person on Friday and at night, we had taken him to his residence in Juria in Nagaon district in search of hidden drugs or any incriminating documents,” he said. “Suddenly, he attacked our team with a dagger and tried to flee. Our officer had to fire to ensure that he doesn’t escape,” he added. One police personnel was injured in the dagger attack, while the accused sustained bullet injuries on both legs, the officer said. “Both were taken to Nagaon Civil Hospital and the accused has been sent to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital for further treatment,” he added. The accused was arrested from the Koliabor area of the district on Friday and 762 gms of suspected heroin, Rs 59,700 in cash and one vehicle were seized from him.

Trischoiyanoski Voldimir and Narjari Vojniuk

KARIMGANJ (ASSAM), APR 23 (PTI): Two Ukrainian nationals, who were arrested in Assam for travelling without valid documents, are members of an international gang that was convicted by a Bangladeshi court for ATM frauds, police said on Saturday. Trischoiyanoski Voldimir and Narjari Vojniuk were apprehended on board the Tripura Sundari Express at Badarpur railway station on Thursday night for not being able to produce any valid document, they said. They were sent to seven days of police custody by a court in Karimganj on Friday, police said. “The two initially pretended not to know English, and claimed their passports were lost. During interrogation after we got their custody, we found that they

can speak English,” a police officer said. “They also revealed that they were part of a six-member gang of international criminals who were convicted in Bangladesh for ATM frauds, and had served two-and-a-half-year jail term in that country,” he said. The information provided by the duo was verified with Bangladeshi officials, the officer said. The duo sneaked into India through Tripura and were on the way to Delhi, he said. “We have contacted the Ukraine embassy in Delhi, but they have no information on the passports of these two persons,” he said. A team from Delhi will be coming here for further questioning of the two foreigners to find the details about the other members of their gang, the officer said.

Manipur CM N Biren Singh paying floral tribute to the memorial of heroes of last war of Manipur’s independence as the state observed Khongjom Day on Saturday

bashi, who led the Manipuri warriors in the battle. Hundreds of common people took part in offering floral tributes and tarpan ceremony. Addressing the observation function, Governor La Ganesan maintained that “life is sacrifice, sacrifice is life” asserting that the sacrifices made by the forefathers must always be remembered and honoured. “We should follow their footsteps and their dignity should remain protected,” he said. He said that in the bat-

tle of Khongjom, the Manipuris showed to the world their indomitable courage and spirit of patriotism. The Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891 was of great historical significance for the people of Manipur as it changed the course of history of the state, he added. Chief minister N Biren Singh recalled the sacrifices made by the forefathers fighting against the mighty British soldiers to save the freedom and sovereignty of the motherland. To live with freedom was the main concern for

every human and nation. This was the reason for lives sacrificed by thousands for the cause of freedom, he said. The brave hearts sacrificed their lives fighting for the dignity and sovereignty of Manipur in the 1891 Manipur-Anglo War, he added “Their valour and nationalism will be fondly remembered and inspire the generations to come. In memory of our forefathers’ undying love and sacrifice for Manipur, I salute them today and every day,” Singh said.

Tripura unveils revamped industrial scheme to draw investors

AGARTALA, APR 23(PTI): The Tripura government has made “massive changes” in its industrial scheme to attract investments and pave the way for faster economic growth in the state. Taking to Twitter, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Saturday that the upper limit to avail state subsidy on MSME investments has been increased to Rs 1 crore. Earlier, the cap for subsidy was Rs 60 lakh. “Massive changes have been made in Tripura Industrial Investment Promotion Scheme (TIIPIS)-2022 to increase investment in the state. To avail state subsidy for MSME, the upper limit has been increased to Rs 1 crore,” Deb said in a tweet on Saturday. The CM also said that the state, in its bid to boost the manufacturing sector, will give a “50% subsidy on movement of secondary raw materials (to the state) from outside”. The transport subsidy for bringing raw materials to the state from elsewhere was 10 per cent thus far. Deb announced that fees charged for certifications such as ISO and BIS would be reimbursed by the state, as his government

sought to bolster the ‘Made in Tripura’ initiative. “It will help the state march ahead on the path of Atmanirbharta (self-dependence) and will open new avenues of economic development, ‘’ he said. A senior official of Industries & Commerce department said on Saturday that various subsidies can be availed by cooperatives and self-help groups for setting up industries in the state, under the new industrial scheme. He also said that rubber, bamboo, tea, gas, horticulture, tourism, healthcare services and waste management will be placed

under priority sector when it comes to doling out incentives. Incentives for investments in the state have been substantially increased to attract businessmen and create employment generation, the official said. “The priority sectors will get a 40 percent subsidy on capital investment while the non-thrust sectors a healthy 30 percent subsidy. Also, for setting up industries in sectors such as horticulture, real estate, logistic hub infrastructure development on a 30-acre land, a capital subsidy to the tune of Rs 5 lakh shall be available,” he maintained.

IN THE COURT OF

DISTRICT & SESSION JUDGE ZUNHEBOTO : NAGALAND

No.JUD/SUCC-34/2020-21/150

Date Zbto. the 20/A/2022

Notice Calling Objection for the issue of Succession Certificate

Whereas application has received from Shri Kahoto K Yepthomi U/S 372 of the Indian Succession Act, Resident of Yemishe Village for the succession of SBI Account number -11736633083 pension benefits, debts and securities of H Vizheli Sema. Notice is hereby issued for filing objections to all who has interest in the same claim(s) within 30(thirty) days from the date of publication of this notice. dp-1821/22(b)

District and Session Judge Zunheboto : Nagaland

Shah failed to Avoid scandalous headlines: Govt protect Delhi from to TV channels on Ukraine, Delhi riots violence: Pawar NEW DELHI, APR 23 (PTI): Taking exception to television coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the Delhi riots, the government on Saturday issued a strong advisory to news channels asking them to abide by the programme code laid down by the relevant laws. The government cited specific instances of “hyberbolic” statements by news anchors and “scandalous headlines/taglines” while reporting on the Ukraine-Russia conflict and disrupting the investigation process into the incidents in northwest Delhi by airing unverified CCTV footage. It also said that certain debates on television channels on the incidents in northwest Delhi had unparliamentary, provocative and socially unacceptable language. Last week, clashes broke out between two communities in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.

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The govt cited specific instances of ‘hyberbolic’ statements by news anchors and ‘scandalous headlines and taglines’.

The government expresses serious concern about the manner in which television channels have gone about their operations in the manner of transmitting content, read the advisory issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. It strongly advised the channels to immediately refrain from publishing and transmitting any content which is violative of the provisions of the Cable Television Networks (Reg-

ulation) Act 1995 and the rules thereunder. Section 6 of the Programme Code under the Act states that “no programme should be carried in the cable service which offends against good taste or decency; contains criticism of friendly countries; contains attack on religions or communities or visuals or words contemptuous of religious groups or which promote communal attitudes; contains anything, obscene, defamatory, de-

liberate, false and suggestive innuendos and half truths”. The advisor y said that while reporting on the Russia-Ukraine conflict it has been observed that channels have been making false claims and frequently misquoting international agencies or actors, and using “scandalous headlines or taglines” completely unrelated to the news. It also observed that many journalists and news anchors of these channels made “fabricated and hyperbolic” statements intending to incite the audience. The advisory also cited instances of use of taglines or headlines such as ‘Parmanu Putin se pareshan Zelenski (Zelenski worried about nuclear Putin), ‘Parmanu action ki chinta se Zelenski ko depression’ (Zelenski goes into depression over nuclear action), and making of “unverified claims misquoting” international agencies that the third world war has already started.

MUMBAI, APR 23 (PTI): NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah could not protect Delhi from communal riots. Speaking at a rally of the Nationalist Congress Party at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, Pawar referred to violence that broke out in Jahangirpuri area of Delhi during Hanuman Jayanti processions. “Few days back, Delhi was burning due to communal tensions. The state of Delhi is controlled by (chief minister) Arvind Kejriwal, but its police comes under the Union Home Ministry handled by Amit Shah. Shah failed to protect the city from communal riots,” he said. “If anything happens in Delhi, the message goes out to the world. The world would imagine that there is unrest in Delhi. You have power, but you can not handle Delhi,” Pawar further said. He also targeted the BJP government in Karnataka over riots in Hooghly.

Modi has set target to make UP considering UCC India number one by 2047: Shah implementation: Dy CM Maurya

Amit Shah holds a sword during Veer Kunwar Singh Vijayotsav at Jagdishpur, in Bhojpur district, Saturday. (PTI)

JAGDISHPUR (BIHAR), APR 23 (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a target of making India number one in the world by 2047, when the nation celebrates the centenary of its Independence. Shah was here to attend a function held in the memory of Revolt of 1857 hero Veer Kunwar Singh, which was marked by more than 77,000 BJP workers waving the tricolour, together, for five minutes. The feat went down in the annals of history as

the previous record, set in Lahore, Pakistan, where about 56,000 people had waved their national flags, got shattered. Shah delivered an unusually short speech wherein he touched upon the Modi government’s efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, including the vaccination drive and free monthly ration to the poor. He also spoke about the role of RSS ideologue V D Savarkar in highlighting the Revolt of 1857, which the latter had called “India’s first war of Independence” in an eponymous book.

LU C K N OW, A P R 2 3 (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh government is thinking seriously in the direction of the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said on Saturday. Maurya made the revelation while favouring the expeditious implementation of the UCC both in the country and the state. Terming the constitutionally-envisaged measure an “important step” for the realisation of the governance ‘mantra’ of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” (inclusive growth), he said it should be welcomed by everybody. “One law for all in one country is the need of the hour. It is required that we should get out of the system of one law for one person and another for others. We are in favour of a common civil code,” Maurya said while talking to newspersons here. “The Uttar Pradesh government is thinking in this direction seriously,” the deputy CM said.

Kishor flags biggest worry: Senior Pol parties in J-K call for restoration of statehood ahead of PM visit Cong decision makers barely fight polls

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Kishor has said. Within the country’s digital consciousness, the BJP and its leaders currently score vastly above the Congress, he pointed out. Wi t h a t h e m e o f “India Deserves Better”, Kishor has suggested to the Congress to build a unified platform to provide strategic support and resources

BJP high command to decide on cabinet expansion: Karnataka CM

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DAVANGERE (KTK), APR 23 (PTI): Amid speculations over whether it will be cabinet expansion or rejig in Karnataka, ahead of assembly polls next year, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday maintained that he would get to know about it only after discussing with the BJP high command. He had recently said that BJP national Presi-

dent J P Nadda will hold a special meeting on Karnataka in New Delhi, and thereafter Bommai will be called to the national capital to decide on the cabinet exercise. “I will get to know about it only after discussion with the party high command,” Bommai told reporters in response to a question whether it will be cabinet expansion or reshuffle this time. Asked whether new faces will be given a chance in the cabinet, he said it will be known when the announcement is made. There is pressure mounting on the CM to expand or rejig his cabinet soon, after the Assembly elections in five states recently.

to non-political influencers and mount a sustained campaign against the ruling dispensation. In his presentation, Kishor said his “Reincarnation of Congress” is about “preserving the soul, creating a new body”. The inspiration of the campaign is the symbols of Nataraja namely Creation, Protection, Liberation, Destruction, Concealment and Connect. The resolves include the creation of a new Congress which will be a political platform of choice for the masses. Destroy a sense of entitlement, lack of accountability and sycophancy, Kishor said in the presentation.

and downgraded. We are also deprived of a democratically elected government since June 2018,” Sharma told reporters here. He said the morcha held a discussion last week

NIA chief visits Jammu encounter site, reviews security at venue of PM’s rally NIA at the spot of encounter between security forces and militants, at Sunjawan area in Jammu district, Friday. (PTI)

ers of the morcha, including Congress chief spokesperson and former legislator Ravinder Sharma, former MP Sheikh Abdul Rehman and former minister Ram Paul of the National Conference, observed a two-minute silence to pay tributes to the CISF officer who died in an attack by terrorists on a

Prime accused Mohammed Ansar Sheikh.

issued non bail able warrants (NBWs) against accused Sanwar Kalia, Saddam Khan, Anwar, Chand and Salman after police said they were absconding. “Eight days PC (police custody) remand of ac-

bus in the Sunjwan area of Jammu. Two Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide squad members were also killed in the subsequent encounter lasting over five hours. “Jammu and Kashmir is passing through a crucial phase as our historic state was brutally dismembered

JAMMU, APR 23 (PTI): NIA chief Kuldiep Singh on Saturday visited Jammu’s Sunjwan area where two suicide bombers of banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces ahead of the prime minister’s visit, officials said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief, who reached Jammu on Friday evening, was accompanied by Inspector General of CRPF, Jammu

sector, P S Ranpise. Singh, who is also the director general of the Central Reserve Police Force, was briefed about the gun battle by CRPF officers, including Commandant of 38th Battalion Dhirendra Verma, the officials said. The NIA director general also visited the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally at Palli panchayat in Samba district and reviewed the security situation, they said.

BJP scared of AAP, announcing sops in Himachal, says Kejriwal DHARAMSALA (HP), APR 23 (PTI): Taking a jibe at Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur for announcing 125 units of free electricity, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his Himachal Pradesh counterpart was forced to make the offer as he was “scared” of the AAP. I n h i s 2 0 - m i nu t e speech at Chambi near Dharamsala, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener also said he had been informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to advance the Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh – scheduled to be held in December – but his party was ready and upbeat about

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winning it. “ T h a k u r r e c e n t ly announced that his government will provide 125 units of electricity free to Himachalis. After this, he got snubbed by PM Modi, who instructed him not to repeat such offers,” Kejriwal said addressing the public at Chambi Maidan in Shahpur Assembly con-

stituency here. “If the BJP is really serious about providing such relief to the public, then they should make such announcements in other BJP-ruled states such as Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat,” the Delhi chief minister added. Presiding over the 75th state level Himachal Day function at Chowgan in Chamba recently, Thakur had also announced a 50 per cent relaxation in fare in HRTC buses for women and no water bill in rural areas, in addition to free power to all up to 125 units. This was Kejriwal’s second visit to the state in a month. He had earlier visited Mandi, Thakur’s home district.

Jahangirpuri clashes: Delhi court extends custody of 5 accused NEW DELHI, APR 23 (PTI): A Delhi court on Saturday extended by eight days the custodial interrogation of five persons, booked under the stringent National Security Act in connection with the April 16 Jahangirpuri violence. Metropolitan Magistrate Mayank Goel sent Ansar, the alleged “main conspirator” behind the violence; Sonu, who was seen in a video opening fire during the clashes Salim, Ahir and Dilshad to further police custody after they were produced before the court on expiry of their earlier custody. The court, meanwhile,

and has decided to come together and remind the prime minister, who is coming to Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, of his promise to the people about the restoration of statehood.

cused is granted. Accused be produced on May 1 through VC,” the court said. During the arguments, police told the court that all five arrested accused were required for further interrogation and to confront all the co-accused persons with each other. The police said the accused were required for linking the chain of incident, to ascertain the role of each and every one of them, to find out the source of illegal weapons which were used in the alleged offence and for tracing the other accused persons involved in the case.

ED lodges PMLA case against Jahangirpuri violence prime accused

NEW DELHI, APRIL 23 (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday initiated a money laundering probe against Jahangirpuri violence prime accused Mohammed Ansar Sheikh. On Friday, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana had written to ED director to probe Ansar under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Delhi Police claimed that Ansar has acquired huge wealth through illgotten means and that all the real estates he owns is

nothing but the proceeds of crime. The probe agency has lodged an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), which is like an FIR against Ansar. Sources said that the case has been filed on the request of the Delhi police. A team of elite officials of the ED is likely to approach the Rohini court seeking his custodial remand. The Delhi Police has already given the FIRs lodged against Ansar and others to the ED along with several other incriminating documents.

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NEW DELHI, APR 23 (IANS): In his presentation to the Congress top brass, electoral strategist Prashant Kishor flagged that the biggest worry is that members of decisionmaking bodies in the party are all nominated, not necessarily connected at the grassroots and barely fight elections. For the 2024 general elections, Kishor has suggested a “a pan-India avant-garde campaign to reach, connect and mobilise all of India for a mega movement leading to reincarnation of Congress and election of a transformational government”. To win, 45 per cent of votes are required which means a target of 30 crore,

JAMMU, APR 23 (PTI): A day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, a Jammu-based morcha of mainstream political parties and social organisations, including the Congress and the National Conference, on Saturday advocated the immediate restoration of statehood and democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. The All Parties United Morcha (APUM), which also includes the CPI(M), CPM, Dogra Sadar Sabha, United Peace Alliance and the Internationalist Democratic Party, sought the prime minister’s intervention in addressing the shortcomings in the draft proposal prepared by the delimitation commission for J&K. Addressing a joint press conference here, lead-

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Mediation on superannuation

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overnment doctors under the banner of Nagaland In-service Doctors Association (NIDA) have resolved to resign en masse on receipt of the list of all government medical doctors by April 25. The reason behind the NIDA’s demand is a 2016 statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the retirement age of doctors under central government would be enhanced to 65 years considering their shortage. Just months after Modi’s statement, NIDA had submitted a memorandum to the state government to raise the retirement age. The government reciprocated by forming a cabinet sub-committee to look into the issue but thereafter, it did not take any steps. So, on October 27, 2020, the association had submitted another memorandum demanding that the retirement age be raised to 62 years for administrative posts and 65 years for clinical posts. However, NIDA subsequently trimmed it down to 62 years in 2022 and which remained as the main demand. According to NIDA the government had given a written assurance of responding to the demand within a period not extending beyond one year on April 17, 2021. However, as the matter passed ten months, NIDA decided to activate itself in order to have the government take a decision before April 17, 2022. It announced a three-day mass casual leave from April 18. Fearing a crisis in the public health services during the first wave of the pandemic when the NIDA was planning to launch an agitation, the state government had made a written commitment to resolve the matter within a year (April 2022). Since the Disaster Management Act, 2005, is still in force and the health services are an essential service under the Nagaland Essential Services (Maintenance Act, 1978) the government warned that such disruptive action will be deemed illegal. Despite this, NIDA went ahead with its threeday mass casual leave. To counter the move, the government formed a state level control room at Kohima headed by the principal director DHFW and district level control centres headed by MS. However the agitation was suspended after the government assured that the cabinet would take up the issue on April 21. However, NIDA resolved to take the step after the cabinet at its meeting on April 21, 2022 did not raise the superannuation but decided to provide a leeway but on the basis of automatic reemployment till 62 years on superannuation at 60. The demand by NIDA can be discussed on merit but what comes out prominently is that the state government was taking its own time to decided. If NIDA had made clear about its intention when it submitted its representation to the government even in 2020? After reminding the government of their demand, the government acknowledged it and in April 17, 2021 assured that the sub-committee form would come up with its report within one year, before April 17, 2022. Now the issue has gone beyond what could have been averted. One thing is clear, if a sizeable number of around 300 plus doctors resign en masse, it would disrupt the entire health service in government hospitals Nagaland. Probably patients in a few urban towns may not be badly affected as those who depend wholly on health care provided through government hospitals. It is only hoped that the government and NIDA will resolve the stalemate through a give-and-take agreement. To achieve this, it would require some well meaning organisation to play the role of mediator.

DailyDevotion Do You Worship The Work?

Post-mortem

Diversity, not majority is the strength of India M ark Twain rightly said; “India is the cradle of the human race, the birth place of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.” In many aspects, India is one of the most diverse Nations in the World and one of them is the number of languages spoken in India. It is such diversity that makes India the quintessence of Democracy. Any non Hindi speaking citizens cannot be adjudged any lesser Indian than Hindi speaking citizens. We do not need a particular language to prove our nationality. In fact, it will place at a stark disadvantage for the non-Hindi speakers on the

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Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it. ~ Thomas Jefferson

ground that language has the feasible to divide as much as to unite. India is a Union of State having diverse linguistic Cultures and such linguistic diversity is the epitome of our cultural heritage. The Constitution of India under Article 343 has incorporated the official language of the Union to be English and Hindi. Article 345 provides for the State Legislature to adopt anyone or more language or languages or Hindi as the language or languages to be used for all or any of the official purpose of that State. Article 29 further protects the interest of minority by engraving the right of the citizens to conserve their distinct language, script or culture of its own. Article 30(1) also provides that all minorities, based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish

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and administer educational institutions of their choice. This implies the right of a minority community to impart education or instruction to the children of its own community in the institution run by it and its own language and if such right is infringed, an institution run by the c o m mu n i t y m ay s e e k relief for violation of any fundamental right. It is also reiterated that as per Article 343, Hindi is not a National language, it is an official language. As such, One language, One religion or One dress code in no way signifies unity. India is a Democratic Republic Nation and so it should always strive for its unity with the ideology of democracy for all the religion and language and not otherwise. Although, Article 351 of the Constitution lays down

the duty upon the Union to promote the spread of Hindi language to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India, it is also imperative to note that no expressive provision stating Hindi as the National language can be sourced. Only 22 official languages have been recognised in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India whereas India is home to more than thousand mother tongues. Therefore, any attempt to impose compulsor y Hindi all over India where the inclusiveness is represented by our vast cultural, customary and linguistic diversity is an imminent threat to the very fabric of existence. Be it Hindi, English or any other language, any

restriction in the choice of a particular language will give rise to fissiparous. To learn and acquire a particular language is the discretion of an individual and system of knowledge. Therefore, when someone has the necessity to learn a particular language, no force can deny him/her that right. As for instance, I am a proud Naga and I am proud to speak in my own language. Nobody can dictate me to speak Hindi, English or any other language. The rest is my necessity. W h i l e a c k n ow l e d g i n g the importance of Hindi language, it will be absurd and diminishing to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking citizens. Therefore, imposing Hindi for the purpose of integration requires utmost care and tact. Instead, it is encouraged that State

should constantly take the necessary steps to integrate and safeguard the language of the linguistic minorities into the education system as State is equally responsible to create equal opportunity for everyone regardless of Class, Caste, Creed, Colour, Religion and Language. Hence, “diversity and not majority is the strength of India”. Therefore, in the light of the above, Coercion or Compulsory to speak Hindi or any particular language in any manner is itself an invective to that language. C. Talimoa President, Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (2019-2021) President, Mokokchung Law College Students’ Union (20142018) Para Legal Volunteer, Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority (20152018)

SAYO on land dispute at Kezoltsa

o put the record in perspective, the issue of land dispute at Kezoltsa between Southern Angami with any neighboring village or tribe at Kezoltsa did not arise prior to the year 2000 until the destruction of JAPO rest house at Kezoltsa on 23-11-2000 by Songsong village under Mao Council (Then referred to as, Memai Council of Mao). Consequent upon the perpetration of destructing the JAPO rest house, it ultimately resulted in flaring up tension and dispute in the region and subsequently, the Tenyimia Central Union had to intervene. The Tenyimia Central Union after having examined the incident on the 14-02-2001, directed the Songsong Village through Memai Council of Mao to re-construct the JAPO rest house within 20 days period, w.e.f 15th February, 2001. Mention may be made in reference to the Mao Council Memorandum submitted to Manipur Chief Minister on 23rd April 2015, where the Mao Council sought the immediate intervention of the State Government on t h e Ke z o l t s a i s s u e c i t i n g, “MASSIVE ENCROACHMENT by the Southern Angami People’s Organisation (SAPO) taking place deep into Manipur State’s Political Boundary in the DzükoKozüri Area”. Consequent upon the Mao Council submission of Memorandum to the Chief Minister of Manipur, the Naga Hoho intervened to bring an amicable settlement between t h e t wo N a g a b r o t h e r s a s

We are God’s fellow workers… —1 Corinthians 3:9

Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God. This will mean that all the other boundaries of life, whether they are mental, moral, or spiritual limits, are completely free with the freedom God gives His child; that is, a worshiping child, not a wayward one. A worker who lacks this serious controlling emphasis of concentration on God is apt to become overly burdened by his work. He is a slave to his own limits, having no freedom of his body, mind, or spirit. Consequently, he becomes burned out and defeated. There is no freedom and no delight in life at all. His nerves, mind, and heart are so overwhelmed that God’s blessing cannot rest on him. But the opposite case is equally true– once our concentration is on God, all the limits of our life are free and under the control and mastery of God alone. There is no longer any responsibility on you for the work. The only responsibility you have is to stay in living constant touch with God, and to see that you allow nothing to hinder your cooperation with Him. The freedom that comes after sanctification is the freedom of a child, and the things that used to hold your life down are gone. But be careful to remember that you have been freed for only one thing– to be absolutely devoted to your co-Worker. We have no right to decide where we should be placed, or to have preconceived ideas as to what God is preparing us to do. God engineers everything; and wherever He places us, our one supreme goal should be to pour out our lives in wholehearted devotion to Him in that particular work. “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might…” (Ecclesiastes 9:10).

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per customary usages of our forefathers and on 3rd June, 2015 at Mozhuw Prayer Centre, Mao Gate in a meeting with the officials of Mao Council in the presence of United Naga Council (UNC) and Naga People’s organization (NPO), the Naga Hoho along with UNC and NPO made fervent appeal to Mao Council to withdraw its Memorandam. The Mao Council failed to respond positively to the appeal for withdrawing of the Memorandum. Hence, the Naga Hoho directed the Mao Council on two consecutive occasions, i.e, 5th and 10th June 2015 to immediately withdraw its Memorandum, in view of the fact that, the Naga Hoho was unable to move forward till the Memorandum was withdrawn but the Mao Council continued with its stand not to withdraw. Yet, the Naga Hoho in its attempt to further intervene into the impasse of the SAPO and Mao Council, convened a consultative meeting on the 1st July, 2015 at The Heritage, Kohima and resolved to direct the Mao Council to withdraw its Memorandum within five days. After the expiry of the five day period and the Mao Council having failed to withdraw the Memorandum, on the 6th July 2015, the Naga Hoho in its executive meeting unanimously resolved to suspend Mao Council as, it was fully convinced that, the Memorandum submitted by the Mao Council to the Government of Manipur was detrimental to

the wishes and aspiration of the Nagas and the very involvement of the communal Government for solving the issues among Nagas is uncalled for. The Kezoltsa issue which in nature being explicitly on basis of ancestral land ownership since time immemorial, on the 1612-17 the President of Southern Angami Public Organisation, the Chief of Maram Khullen Village and the President of Mao Council appended an Arbitration Undertaking in the presence of the President, TPO and Convenor, Board of Arbitrators (BOA) constituted by TPO while, fully concurring that, the land belong to the people and not to any State or Government and have agreed to resolve the dispute based on Naga Customary Laws and its usages (Tenyimi) and not to resort to approach any other Court(s). The signatories had committed to co-operate, abide and strictly implement the decision given by Board of Arbitrators (BOA) and also agreed not to destroy the forest (flora and fauna), collect forest produce, permit hunting and allow any road connectivity to the forest. To this effect, the existing road(s) shall also be cut-off. However, the Mao Council in contravention to the principles of the Arbitration Undertaking had defied the agreement; few instances are mentioned below: • The Mao Council had twice undertaken the construction of approach roads through PMGSY and Agri-link road

projects. • On 29th December, 2020 during the jungle inferno, the Manipur Government on the pretext of dosing the fire had undertaken forest clearing and constructed roads. • On the pretext and allegations of protecting its people and land, the Mao Council approached the Government of Manipur and subsequently, armed personnel were deployed, concrete buildings were constructed and 144 Cr.PC was promulgated through the District Magistrate, Senapati. • Under the patronage of Mao Council, Manipur Government has carried out massive development activities within the disputed area, which is under the custodian of the Hon’ble TPO Customary Court. The above cited instances of defying the standing Arbitration Agreement of the TPO had resulted in illegal activities by acts of aggression in the form of land encroachment, destruction of environment and exploitation of natural resources in large scale. Fr o m t h e t i m e o f o u r forefathers and till date, the Southern Angami and the Mao have shared common traditional land and its resources based on the Naga traditional values and customary practices. An instance can be of Okhro-Ikhro village, where the Manipur Government annually organizes its Cherry Blossom Festival without any objection from SAPO though, the particular location of the festival

falls within the Nagaland State Political Boundary. The Southern Angami in honouring the aged old Naga traditions and customs of land ownership have not oppose to any development works, setting up of Educational institutions and construction of settlements and buildings which were undertaken by the Mao. Since the inception of the dispute at Kezoltsa the Southern Angami has been rendered at the receiving end as a consequence of the continued unpleasant incidents and malicious activities, which were engineered to create disunity, manipulation of facts, arbitrary imposition of State sponsored forces and repeated attempts to stage fake claims over its land. However, the Southern Angami people in particular has unwaveringly stood to uphold the integrity and fraternity amongst all the Naga tribes and had firm conviction to maintain its age old relationship. Through this statement, the Southern Angami reiterates to render and continue all out efforts and co-operation to the Tenyimi Public Organization and Board of Arbitrators (BOA), TPO in an affirmative anticipation of a timely verdict. It is also however, imperative on the part of the stake holders and signatories of the Arbitration Agreement to commit sincerely to the undertaking so, as to enable in delivering a befitting conclusion to the issue. Media Cell Southern Angami Youth Organization (SAYO)

Sobering lessons from Sri Lanka’s economic crisis

he economic crisis in resilience in terms of a an atmosphere of nepotism and country-wide daily Sri Lanka has been low and manageable fiscal like this? Dissent and power outage of 13 hours. in the making for deficit, comfortable forex disagreement are essential The path to raising forex several years. Hence all of reserves, or low inflation elements of democratic by floating sovereign dollar it cannot be blamed purely and moderate taxation, discourse, and when that bonds is seductive but can on the pandemic or the war t h e n t h e s l i g h t e s t o f is suppressed one can be quickly turn ugly. Sri Lanka in Ukraine. shocks, whether external sure of a decline. is not the first country to These two factors were or internal, can lead to an Sri Lanka’s fiscal experience being left in external to the Sri Lankan economic crisis. recklessness had begun the lurch by foreign bond economy and certainly T h e d e c l i n e i n even earlier. It has had investors. It might turn out had an impact. But they economic resilience has to declare a default on a to be as bad as Argentina’s are only a convenient been caused mainly by whopping 51-billion-dollar foreign exchange crisis. political alibi. While it is populist economic policies foreign debt, with a base It is a cautionary tale for true that the pandemic a n d c o m p l a c e n c y b y GDP size of about 80 India’s own plans to float caused tourism revenue to one and all ignoring the billion. In relative terms, a sovereign dollar bond. drop to nearly zero. Even worsening macroeconomic this is a huge default If you are borrowing in the inward remittances parameters. For instance, a and will surely dent its someone else’s currency, declined sharply, as Sri wider fiscal deficit during country’s rating, and future you don’t have the freedom L a n k a n n o n - r e s i d e n t normal growth times is debt raising capacity. The to repudiate nor to print workers from elsewhere lost ignored by justifying it as a default is being justified as yourself out of the debt their jobs and incomes and growth-inducing necessity. interim while Sri Lanka hole. were unable to maintain Such a fiscal deficit can n e g o t i a t e s e m e r ge n c y While Sri Lanka is in the pace of an annual be caused by either an funding from the IMF. Sri dire straits, with food and inflow of nearly 8 billion increase in expenditure Lanka had chosen the risky forex shortages, countrydollars. With a double or by reducing taxes. And path of floating a sovereign wide unrest, with the whammy from tourism and this is what the Rajapaska dollar bond and since 2007 entire cabinet resigning, remittances, the economy government did in 2019. The accumulated a bond debt and now dependence on was badly hit. The spike in newly elected government of more than 12 billion aid from donors like India, oil prices on an economy i n 2 0 1 9 a n n o u n c e d a dollars. Of this amount, the situation in Pakistan t o t a l ly d e p e n d e n t o n series of populist tax cuts, 4.5 billion is due to be paid is equally instructive. The imported oil has been more reducing value-added tax this year (i.e. redeemed) historic ouster of Imran than the proverbial last by half and eliminating but the country’s foreign Khan’s government was straw. But the devastation capital gains tax. The exchange reserves are down mainly the culmination and chaos that we see governance at the top was to just 2 billion. Under of spendthrift policies, now was in the making very unusual, to say the normal conditions, the economic mismanagement, for several years. These least. Four brothers became country would have been h i g h i n f l a t i o n o f 1 5 external macro shocks were the President, the Prime able to raise new debt to percent, and unsustainable able to derail the economy Minister, Ministers for pay old debt. But no foreign debt accumulation. The because of the inherent Finance and Agriculture, lender today will touch Sri charges and countercharges s t e a dy d e c l i n e i n t h e and a fifth minister for Lanka willingly, given its o f a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l resilience of the economy sports was a nephew. How twin deficits (fiscal and conspiracy are additional over many years. If the can one expect sound current account), inflation smoke and mirrors. The economy has not developed democratic governance in of more than 19 percent, p o p u l a r m a n d a t e o f Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this

Khan unfortunately led to populist policies. An opposition party member of parliament Nafisa Shah accused Khan of having “destroyed political culture, weakened parliament, and institutions.” In a perceptive piece, journalist Marvi Sirmed warns that it would be foolish to conclude that democracy has prevailed in Pakistan and Imran Khan’s ouster is proof of that. She asserts that it is mostly the army’s doing and it will take quite some time for political parties to become truly independent of the army’s influence. The fact remains that unlike neighbouring India or also Bangladesh, Pakistan has suffered economic mismanagement and the high inflation is but one manifestation of that. Excessive dependence on debt, whether from the IMF or China is also a factor. Populism and fiscal recklessness have no happy ending. India’s 1991 crisis itself was the culmination of profligate fiscal policies tipped over by the Gulf War of 1990, high oil prices leading to a full-fledged currency crisis. Thankfully since then, despite many external macro shocks such as the East Asian crisis of newspaper nor that of the

1997, the dot com bust and 9/11, the Lehman crash, or presently the pandemic and Ukraine, India’s macro has been resilient and hence crises have been avoided. But that should be no reason for complacency. Some of the debt and deficit policies pursued by individual state gover nments are becoming unsustainable if not outright crisisprone. Punjab’s debt to state GDP ratio is already at 53 percent as against the 20 recommended by fiscal responsibility norms. The Centre’s debt to GDP ratio declined steadily from 63.9 per cent in 2006 to 47 per cent just before the pandemic i.e. in 2019. Since then it has risen steeply and is now at 61.7 per cent. Interest payments are 45 per cent of revenue receipts in 2021. Some states want to discard the national pension scheme in favour of fiscally irresponsible “defined benefits” schemes. Populism and large welfare spending are rising. We can’t ignore what happens to economic resilience when fiscal caution is thrown to the winds. Dr. Ajit Ranade is a noted economist (As published in The Free Press Journal) Editor in any manner.

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Mathematics, IIT-Madras, said it would be too early to declare an onset of another wave. “We can only say right now that every person is affecting two others.... but we need to wait a bit to declare onset...we don’t know about the immunity status and whether the people who got affected during the third wave in January are getting affected or not again,” he told PTI. For other metro cities -- Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, Jha said the number of cases are too low to ascertain a trend. Delhi is witnessing an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases. The city logged 1,042 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate

of 4.64 per cent on Friday. The Omicron sublineage BA.2.12 has been detected in a majority of the samples sequenced from Delhi in the first fortnight of April and it could be behind the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the city, sources said on Thursday. However, an Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) source has claimed that Omicron variant derivative BA.2.12.1 has also been found in a few samples in Delhi which is said to be contributing to the recent rise in cases in the US. But officials have not confirmed that it indeed was found in some samples in Delhi.

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MOHALI, APR 23 (PTI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday underscored the need for developing indigenous anti-drone technology to effectively check the crossborder smuggling of drugs and weapons through unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the first drone hub here at a private university, the chief minister said Punjab must be equipped with such ultra-modern technology as it is a border state, according to an official release. Anti-drone technology, Mann said, will help curb the cross-border smuggling of drugs and weapons through drones. Technology has transformed the world into a global village, he said, adding that new innovations and advancements must be

made for the well-being of humanity. Mann said unemployment is the root cause of all the social maladies, including the problem of drugs. He promised the Punjabi youths working abroad that his government will provide better job opportunities in the state and bring them back to their motherland. He said the Punjabi youths have huge potential but due to the “regressive policies” of previous governments, they have been forced to work abroad. Mann said his government will soon approach the industrial giants from across the globe for investment in the state so that new employment opportunities can be offered to the youth. Vowing to restore Punjab’s glory, he said the state has seen many ups and downs but it only emerged stronger every time. Punjabis gave a huge mandate to the Aam Aadmi Party and it will not sit idle until all the aspirations of people are fulfilled, he said. Mann said the state government is duty-bound to make Punjab a progressive, prosperous and frontrunner state in the country.

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LAKHIMPUR KHERI (UP), APR 22 (PTI): Around 24 students of the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya at Behjam in Lakhimpur Kheri district were allegedly locked on the roof of the school by two teachers to pressure the district authorities into cancelling their transfer orders, officials said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday night. Officials and the local police managed to bring back the girls to their hostel after several hours. “The teachers resorted to such tactics to put pressure on the district authorities to cancel an order of transfer to other Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya on disciplinary grounds,” Laxmikant Pandey, the basic education officer of Lakhimpur Kheri, told PTI on Friday. Pandey and District Coordinator of Girl Education Renu Srivastav were informed about the incident by hostel warden Lalit Kumari. They rushed to the school and camped there for several hours. Women staffers of the local police were also called in and the matter was resolved, Pandey said.

Covid wave beginning in Karnataka in three to four weeks, and the BA.2 variant might be responsible for the surge. However, if a fourth wave hits the state, the number of people getting admitted to hospitals will be lesser than before though the infection will spread rapidly, Manjunath stated. “There are no restrictions in place in the state now and all activities have resumed just like in the pre-Covid period. This is going to result in a spike in Covid cases in another two weeks. People need to be cautious,” he warned. Those with comorbidities need to be cautious, while wearing masks should again be made mandatory, Manjunath said. He also advised people not to neglect symptoms of fever, cough and cold and get tested at the earliest. Earlier, Kar nataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar had said that some studies have shown that the fourth wave of Covid-19 may start in June-July and last till September, and the state is prepared to face it.

MUMBAI, APR 23 (PTI): Mumbai Police on Saturday evening arrested MLA Ravi Rana and his wife, MP Navneet Rana for allegedly “creating enmity between different groups” after escorting them out of their house in suburban Khar here amid high drama. T h e d e ve l o p m e n t came hours after the couple cancelled their plan to recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s private residence `Matoshree’ here. The Ranas were booked under IPC section 153 (A) (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to mainte-

nance of harmony), and section 135 of the Mumbai Police Act (violation of prohibitory orders of police), said an official of the Khar police station in western Mumbai. BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, speaking in Nagpur, said the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government’s way of handling the entire episode was “very childish”. The state government tries to hide its failures by terming the situations it can’t handle as BJP-sponsored, the former chief minister said. “If allowed, the Rana couple would have gone there (Matoshree), recited Hanuman Chalisa and returned without creating any news. I don’t understand

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has conveyed his opinion to the party high command, and that he hopes it will take a decision keeping the interest of the people of the state in mind. “We will have to acknowledge that recent political decisions taken by the BJP show that it has a better political decision-making capacity. I believe that without praising it, we can at least acknowledge the truth. If Congress wants to become strong, it will have to improve its decision-making capacity,” said Patel, who had joined Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election. He, however, maintained that there is no question of him quitting the Congress (or joining the

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CBSE drops chapters on Islamic empires, Cold War, verses of Faiz from syllabus NEW DELHI, APR 22 (PTI): The CBSE has dropped chapters about the Non-Aligned Movement, the Cold War era, the rise of Islamic empires in AfroAsian territories, the chronicles of Mughal courts and the industrial revolution from the history and political science syllabi of classes 11 and 12. Similarly, in the class 10 syllabus, the topic “impact of globalisation on agriculture” from a chapter on ‘Food Security’ has been dropped. The translated excerpts from two poems in Urdu by Faiz Ahmed Faiz in the ‘Religion, Communalism and Politics — Communalism, Secular State’ section have also been excluded this year. The CBSE has also dropped from the course content chapters on ‘democracy and diversity’. Asked about the rationale behind the choice of topics or chapters being dropped, officials maintained that the changes are part of rationalisation of syllabus and are in alignment with recommendations by the National Council of Educational Research and

AHMEDABAD, APR 23 (PTI): Days after criticising his own party, Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel has praised the ruling BJP for its “decision-making capacity”, which he said is lacking in the leadership of the opposition party’s state unit. Stating that he was “proud to be a Hindu”, Patel, who is working president of the Congress’s state unit, denied speculation that he was joining the BJP, and said that if at all he needs to take such a decision, he would take the matter before people “with an open heart”. Assembly elections in Gujarat are due in December this year. The Congress’s plan to rope in Patidar leader Naresh Patel ahead of the state polls has apparently angered Hardik, who believes that his clout as the community leader will be over if the former joins the Congress. Talking to the media persons on Friday, nearly a week after criticising the state Congress’ “style of functioning”, Patel said he

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Suzuki also said that it will hike prices of cars across models due to the rise in input costs. It added that the weighted average increase across models is at 1.3 per cent- ex-showroom prices (Delhi), according to an exchange filing. The hike came into effect on April 18. Maruti Suzuki had announced earlier this month that it will increase prices of its entire range of vehicles since the sector continues to be impacted by rise in several input costs. “Therefore, it has become imperative for the company to pass on some impact of the above additional costs to customers through a price hike. We have planned this price rise in April 2022.

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debt stress. In particular, the World Bank needs to pay special attention to Sri Lanka, which is facing an unprecedented economic situation,” she said. Sri Lanka, a neighbouring nation of India, is grappling with its worstever economic crisis compounded by forex shortages and a balance of payments crisis. The country’s economic crisis is caused in part by a lack of foreign currency, which has meant that the country cannot afford to pay for imports

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view thereof, the subject scheme of arrangement cannot be implemented,” said RIL, while updating on the scheme of arrangement for the transfer of retail and wholesale business and the logistics and warehousing business of Future Group to its subsidiary Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) and Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle Ltd (RRFLL). The Future Group companies had called meetings of their shareholders, secured and unsecured creditors this week to get the approval of the scheme of amalgamation and sale of assets as per the deal announced with Reliance Retail. However, secured creditors, which mainly include banks and financial institutions, of listed enti-

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of staple foods and fuel, leading to acute shortages and very high prices. The island nation is witnessing large-scale protests against the government’s handling of the debt-ridden economy – the worst-ever economic crisis in Sri Lanka’s history. During the meeting, the Finance Minister stated that India’s pandemic response has focused on the twin goals of saving lives and livelihoods. India has been successfully r unning the world’s second largest vaccination programme, administering more than 1.85 billion doses of vaccine, she said. She also discussed the impact of the RussiaUkraine conflict on the world economy and India in particular; economy and role of the World Bank Group; Single Borrower Limit and exploring the possibility of Guarantees from other nations and India’s G20 Presidency.

Niti Aayog in August 2017 after the then VC Arvind Panagariya’s resignation to return to academics. According to the order, Kumar’s resignation has been accepted and he would be relieved from the post with effect from April 30. Kumar played a key role in Niti Aayog’s policymaking, with focus on agriculture, asset monetisation, disinvestment, aspirational districts programme and electric vehicles, among others. Kumar holds a DPhil in economics from Oxford University and a PhD from Lucknow University. He was also a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR). Bery had earlier served as Director-General (Chief Executive) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi. He was also a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, Statistical Commission and the Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy.

NEW DELHI, APR 23 (PTI): Almost 21 months after signing an agreement for a Rs 24,713-crore deal with Kishore Biyani-led Future Group to acquire its retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing assets, Reliance Industries Ltd on Saturday said the transaction cannot go ahead as secured creditors of the latter have voted against it. In a regulatory filing, Reliance said Future Group companies comprising Future Retail Limited (FRL) and other listed companies involved in the scheme have intimated the results of the voting on the scheme of arrangement by their shareholders and creditors at their respective meetings. “... The secured creditors of FRL have voted against the scheme. In

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NEW DELHI, APR 23 (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has underlined the need to rescue countries facing debt stress due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic and the recent geo-political developments. During a meeting with World Bank Group President David Malpass on Friday, Sitharaman said India remains concerned about the risks to global recovery due to rising uncertainty amidst enhanced geopolitical tensions. The Finance Minister, who is visiting the US to attend IMF-WB Spring Meetings 2022, suggested that multilateralism has become more critical as the world is undergoing a phase of exceptional uncertainty, a finance ministry statement said.” On account of the pandemic and the recent geo-political developments, there is a need for the World Bank to come to the rescue of countries facing

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Russia renews assault on Mariupol

Service members of pro-Russian troops stand in front of the destroyed administration building of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine on April 21. (Reuters)

with the troops at the Azovstal plant, according to Ukrainian authorities. read more Russian forces besieged and bombarded Mariupol - home to more than 400,000 people before the war - for weeks, leaving a city in ruins. Ukraine estimates tens of thousands of civilians have died and says 100,000 civilians are still there. The United Nations and Red Cross say the civilian toll is at least in

Global Covid caseload tops 508.6 mn

WASHINGTON, APR 23 (IANS): The global coronavirus caseload has topped 508.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.21 million and vaccinations to over 11.22 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday mor ning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 508,675,438 and 6,215,433, respectively, while the total

number of vaccine doses administered increased to 11,223,233,693. The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 80,952,268 and 991,166, respectively, according to the CSSE. India accounts for the second highest caseload at 43,052,425. The other countries with over 10 million cases are Brazil (30,338,697) France (28,354,529), Germany (24,141,333), the UK (22,106,300), Russia (17,855,661), South

Korea (16,830,469), Italy ( 1 6 , 0 0 8 , 1 8 1 ) , Tu r k e y (15,013,616), Spain (11,736,893) and Vietnam (10,544,324). The nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Brazil (662,802), India (522,116), Russia (367,036), Mexico (324,033), Peru (212,704), the UK (173,984), Italy (162,466), Indonesia (156,040), France (145,982), Iran (140,919), Colombia (139,759), Germany (134,155), Argentina (128,344), Poland (115,926), Spain (103,721) and South Africa (100,286).

the thousands. Maxar Technologies, a U.S. company, said on Friday that satellite imagery from near Mariupol showed a second cemetery had been expanded in late March and early April at Vynohradne, with long new trenches likely to become new grave sites. The company had said on Thursday its imagery had located a separate burial site in another location near the city with more than 200

Sri Lanka is struggling to pay for essential imports of food and fuel, leading to huge shortages [File /Reuters]

dollars as a credit line. India has already agreed to defer USD 1.5 billion in import payments that Sri Lanka needs to make to the Asian Clearing Union. On Friday, New Delhi has also extended the tenure of a USD 400 million swap given in Januar y this year, the Indian High Commission said. Sabry

is currently in Washington to negotiate a programme with the Inter national Monetary Fund (IMF). The finance minister said that talks have begun on an Extended Fund Facility, but the finer details of the programme are yet to be finalised. Sri Lanka needs at least USD 4 billion to

French accuse Russian mercenaries of staging a massacre in Mali O UA G A D O U G O U, BURKINA FASO, APR 23 (AGENCIES): The French military has released videos appearing to show Russian mercenaries burying bodies near an ar my base in northern Mali, which it says is part of a smear campaign against France who handed the base to Malian forces earlier this week. Aerial sur veillance images taken by the French m i l i t a r y o n T h u r s d ay mor ning and provided to The Associated Press show what appear to be 10 Caucasian soldiers covering approximately a dozen Malian bodies with sand 4 kilometres east of the Gossi military base in the country’s north, according to a French officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press on the matter.

In the video one of the soldiers appears to be filming the scene. The Caucasian soldiers in the video are believed to be members of the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary force, the officer said. Several tweets with pictures of the bodies have been posted on accounts that support Russia or fake accounts created by Wagner, the officer said. The tweets blame the French for the killings and the burials, according to the French officer. One tweet from an account called Dia Diarra, allegedly created by Wagner, said: “This is what the French left behind when they left base at #Gossi. These are excerpts from a video that was taken after they left! We cannot keep silent about this!” T h e Fr e n c h a r my transfer red control of

the Gossi base to Malian s o l d i e r s o n Tu e s d ay, in what the French said was a safe, orderly and transparent manner. Later that day a “French sensor observed a dozen Caucasian individuals, most likely belonging to the Wagner Group,” and a detachment from the Malian army arrive at the Gossi site and unload equipment, said the French military in a confidential report that was seen by AP. Mali’s army spokesman Colonel Souleymane Dembele said a team had been dispatched to Gossi to investigate, adding “it is still early for us to react on this case”. The French military said the move to discredit French forces operating in northern Mali was part of a coordinated campaign of multiple information attacks on them that has been going on for months.

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The invasion ordered by Putin is also a personal betrayal of Guterres who had said till the conflict began on February 24 that a war was unlikely. After the Moscow trip was announced on Friday morning, Guterres’s associate spokesperson Eri Kaneko told reporters: “He wants to discuss with the leadership, what steps can be taken right now in order to silence the guns in order to help the people and in order to allow the people who need to get out to get out and have safe passage.” Guterres had written to both Russia and Ukraine asking to visit their countries in an effort to end the conflict after various diplomatic initiatives by international leaders proved

unsuccessful. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed during phone calls with Putin and Zelensky to negotiate an end to the conflict. Representatives of Russia and Ukraine have been holding talks in Belarus and Turkey and online but have failed to make headway. Russian news service TA S S q u o t e d Fo r e i g n Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Friday that there was “slow progress in the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations”. Guterres cancelled a planned trip to Nigeria next week to visit Russia and Ukraine. His visits to the two adversaries come as Russia has intensified its assault in the face of stiff resistance by Ukraine. The UN chief ’s call for an Easter ceasefire this weekend has been rejected by Moscow. Some of the Orthodox Christian churches celebrate Easter on Sunday as they follow a separate calendar from the Western churches which observed the feast last Sunday.

France braces for Macron-Le Pen showdown

PA R I S, A P R 2 3 (AGENCIES): France on Sunday will vote in the second round of the presidential polls where president Emmanuel Macron will go head-tohead against Marine Le Pen. If Rassemblement National’s Le Pen wins this will be the first time a far-right candidate and a woman will be chosen to lead France. On the other hand, Emmanuel Macron’s win will see for the first time in two decades an incumbent president being reelected.

India extends additional $500M credit line to SL

NEW DELHI, APR 23 (PTI): India has agreed to extend an additional USD 500 million credit line to help Sri Lanka import fuel, Finance Minister Ali Sabry said, amid delays in chalking out a bailout package with the IMF to mitigate the dire financial crisis facing the island nation. Sri Lanka has been struggling to pay for imports after its foreign exchange reserves plummeted sharply in recent times, causing a devaluation of its currency and spiralling inflation. “India has agreed to provide an additional USD 500 million for our fuel imports,” Sabry said on Friday, while adding that he was hopeful that New Delhi would consider handing out another USD 1 billion

UNITED NATIONS, APR 23 (IANS): As peace efforts to end the intensifying Ukraine war have stalled, UN Secretar y-General Antonio Guterres will ramp up his mediation efforts through direct meetings with the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, respectively, next week, according to the world body. G u t e r r e s ’ s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric announced on Friday that the UN chief will “be received by” Putin and Zelensky in their countries and will have working meetings with their Foreign Ministers. Guterres will first go to Moscow on April 25 and then to Ukraine on April 28. The announcement of the meetings with Zelensky a n d Fo r e i g n M i n i s t e r Dmytro Kuleba did not say where the meetings will take place. Powe r l e s s t o a c t against the Russian invasion of Ukraine because of Moscow’s veto powers in the Security Council, the UN as an institution is facing one of its gravest crises.

tide over its mounting economic woes, and Sabry has been holding talks with international institutions such as the World Bank as well as countries like China and Japan for financial assistance. “It will be a difficult period in the next nine months. During that time there is a need to bring in more investments in US dollars into the central bank. We are talking with several countries. If these efforts are successful, and if investment of about USD 2 billion comes to the central bank, it will help stop the depreciation and stabilise the rupee,” Sabry said. On April 12, Sri Lanka suspended its debt servicing for the first time in its history.

H o w e ve r, d e s p i t e opinion polls predicting that Macron will win there are chances that Le Pen could emerge victorious. The opinion polls suggest that it will be a close race with Macron bagging 51% of the votes and his competitor bagging 49% of the votes. The decider among them could be the voters from the far-left and far-right who voted for JeanLuc Melenchon and Eric Zemmour. The far-left candidate has urged his supporters to not vote for Marine Le

thinks may not vote in the final round of the polls. He invoked Brexit and Donald Trump’s win in 2016 during an interview. Meanwhile his opponent Le Pen urged the public to choose between France and Macron. Le Pen, who changed the name of her party to move away from its association with its anti-Islam and anti-immigrant roots from Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron National Front to National Pen but also refused to push fear that it may increase the Rally, has not gone into them towards Macron. abstention rate. controversial topics like Analysts speaking to the M a c r o n c h o s e t o immigration and focused on BBC and the Telegraph appeal to voters who he the spiralling cost of living.

Imran accuses Sharif of hatching conspiracy to topple PTI govt ISLAMABAD, APR 23 (IANS): In his maiden press conference after being ousted as prime minister, PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday accused PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif of hatching a conspiracy to dislodge his government through vote of no-confidence, the media reported. “Supreme Court should hold an open hearing on the threat letter... we will not accept any in-camera hearing,” he remarked. The PTI chief also claimed that Pak Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari colluded with “foreign conspirators” to remove him from power,

Express Tribune reported. “No prime minister would be able to hold out against foreign conspiracies in future if no investigation wa s c a r r i e d o u t ( i n t o alleged threat letter),” he said while urging the state institutions to take a stand against alleged foreign plot to protect the country’s sovereignty. Commenting on the diplomatic cipher, Imran said the language used by the US diplomat against his government was ‘unprecedented’ and ‘threatening’. He also lashed out at the opponents for terming the telegram as a routine m a t t e r, c a l l i n g t h e m “shameless”.

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5th Kikon Shentsüta Ekhüng General Meet Cum Installation of New Office Bearers Date Time Venue Guest of Honour

: April 30, 2022 : 10: 00 AM : Town Hall, Wokha : Shri. Mmhonlumo Kikon, National Spokesperson, BJP, Prabhari (Incharge), Mizoram State, MLA & Adviser, Information Technology & Communication, Science & Technology, and New & Renewable Energy, Government of Nagaland Special Guest : Shri. Renchamo P. Kikon, IPS, Additional Director General of Police (Admn), Government of Nagaland

General Information

1. Registration for the programme will start at 09: 00 am on April 30, 2022 2. It is mandatory for all programme participants to wear masks 3. Due to the ongoing worldwide pandemic, participation to the programme has to be restricted. Therefore, Kikons from respective villages/Ekhüngs are requested to deliberate within themselves and attend the programme according to the representation figure worked out below: a. Villages Having Kikon Inhabitants - 5 per village b. Wokha Town Kikon Ekhüng - 50 c. Kohima Kikon Ekhüng - 20 d. Dimapur Kikon Ekhüng - 20 e. Wokha Village - 10 f. Longsa Village - 10 g. All Kikon Officers, both retired and serving, and intellectuals are requested to attend the programme 4. Programme participants are requested to deliberate village/Ekhüng wise and bring along the Kikon membership fee @ Rs. 2/- per head (both male and female) WC-73/22

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through” rather than try to storm it. “There’s no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities” Putin said on television. Arestovych said Ukrainian troops in the Azovstal complex were still holding out “despite the very difficult situation” and were attempting counterattacks. More than 1,000 civilians are holed up

graves. Russia has said the invasion it launched on Feb. 24 is a “special military operation” to demilitarise Ukraine and liberate its population from dangerous nationalists. Moscow has denied targetting civilians. Ukraine and its Wester n allies call the invasion an unjustified war of aggression. On Saturday Luhansk governor Serhiy Gaidai said Ukrainian forces were pulling back from some settlements to new defensive lines to preserve their units in the face of an intensifying barrage on all cities in the region. “It’s unpleasant they’re leaving our settlements, but it is no catastrophe,” Gaidai added. Ru s s i a ’s c u r r e n t offensive is focused on the Donbas, where Moscowbacked separatists have for years held parts of its constituent Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The governor of Kharkiv, a heavily bombarded city northwest of Donbas, said Russian forces had carried out over 50 artillery or rocket attacks in the area over the past day, killing two people and wounding 19.

UN chief Guterres to meet Putin, Zelensky in mediation effort

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The Office of the Wameken Senso Mongdang would like to congratulate Smti. Bendangla Imsong, D/o Mr. & Mrs. Tiakaba Imsong on being conferred Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) on the thesis "Genetics of Brinjal (Solanum Melongena L) for Adaptation in Summer Season" from Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam and also for bringing laurels for the all citizens of Wameken Village. May God's blessings be upon her in her future endeavors and in her life too. Sd/(T. Bendangtoshi) President WSM

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KYIV/MARIUPOL, APR 23 (REUTERS): Russia resumed its assault on the last Ukrainian defenders holed up in a giant steel works in Mariupol, a Ukrainian official said on Saturday, days after Moscow declared victory in the southern port city and said its forces did not need to take the factory. Russian forces were hitting the Azovstal complex with air strikes and trying to storm it, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said, adding “the enemy is trying to strangle the final resistance of Mariupol’s defenders”. The biggest battle of the conflict has raged for weeks as Russia seeks to capture a city seen as crucial to its attempts to link the easter n Donbas region with Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow seized in 2014. Ru s s i a ’s d e f e n c e ministry said on Friday the remaining fighters had been “securely blockaded” at the steel plant. On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin had declared the city “liberated” and ordered his defence minister to block off the Azovstal complex “so not even a fly can get

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All ranks and files of the 41 Tizit Mandal, Bharatiya Janata Party would like to convey our congratulations to Smti. S. PHANGNON KONYAK, on being elected as the first woman, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the state of Nagaland. The 41 Tizit Mandal would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Central Leadership headed by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi, BJP National President Shri. J.P.Nadda and Nagaland State President Shri. Temjen Imna Along for nominating Smti.S.Phangnon Konyak to represent the Bharatiya Janata Party in the lone Rajya Sabha seat. We wish Smti. S. Phangnon Konyak the best in her future endeavours. May the Almighty give you the strength as you embark on a new journey in the service of the people.

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Logan Jeke Tamim wins C Mr. Model Patkai title

Winner and runners-up along with judges and special guest.

Talent: Logan Jeke Tamin (Contestant no 4), Mr. Best personality: Husaru Vero(Contestant no 6), The four judges for Mr. Model Pataki (Season 1) 2022 were Thritong Sangtam, founder and president Meraki Entertainment Nagaland, Mr. Dimapur and Mr. Kohima; Munulu Chizo, Miss Phek Runner up 2019, Nagaland Diva 2021; Tonoto Zhimomi, Mr. Northeast India 2021 first runner up, Mr. Global Nagaland 2021. The event was organised by Mr Roshan Prasad in association with Meraki Entertainment Nagaland and in Collaboration with the Students Union Patkai Christian College Wetshete Thopi, dean

of students Patkai Christian College, was the guest of honour while Opang Jamir, fashion model and former Mr.India International 2012, was the special guest. Other highlights of event included song and dance performances. Earlier, Rev. Dr. Vichukho Ngukha Chaplain, Patkai Christian College gave invocation followed by a special presentation by Megorieno Sesa. The event was compèred by Zarenthung Yanthan, vote of thanks was proposed by Students Union Patkai Christian College (SUPCC) president Luyi Chiswute and closing prayer by assistant professor, dept. of English, Zulusenla Jamir.

Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change

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witter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change, echoing a policy already in place at Google. “Ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about the climate crisis,” the company said in a statement outlining its new policy Friday. There was no indication that the change would affect what users post on the social media site, which along with Facebook has been targeted by groups

seeking to promote misleading claims about climate change. The announcement coinciding with Earth Day came hours before the European Union agreed upon a deal requiring big tech companies to vet their sites more closely for hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content. Twitter said it would provide more information in the coming months on how it plans to provide “reliable, authoritative context to the climate conversations” its users engage in, including from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The U.N.-backed science panel’s reports on the causes and effects of climate change provide the basis for international negotiations to curb climate change. The company already has a dedicated climate topic on its site and offered what it described as “pre-bunks” during last year’s U.N. climate conference to counter misinformation surrounding climate change. (AP)

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at data from 268,000 cases of people with CVD and compared it to a control group with healthy hearts. In addition to vitamin D levels, blood pressure and cardiac imaging were also tracked. They found that more than 150,000 of the participants with heart disease had vitamin D levels that were low or critically low... Doubling their heart attack risk. This backs up earlier research. In one study, 95% of patients with acute coronary syndrome had low vitamin D levels. In another study of 10,170 patients, low vitamin D levels were found to be associated with an increased risk of ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, and early death during nine years of follow-up.7 Vitamin D helps your heart in many ways. Eliminating a deficiency can: • Reduce arterial stiffness, a key predictor of heart attacks • Increase nitric oxide production to relax blood vessels and improve blood circulation • Prevent oxidative stress • Support healthy

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ohnny Depp, and exwife Amber Heard have been squaring off in a bombshell civil trial that opened in Virginia 12 days ago, accusing each other of physical and emotional abuse. Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 36, for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she penned for The Washington Post, alleging that she was a victim of domestic abuse. The piece did not specifically name Depp. Attor neys for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star say her false allegations derailed his career and turned him into a pariah in Hollywood. Heard countersued for $100 million accusing him and his former attorney of conspiring to “destroy and

defame” her. The couple’s brief marriage detonated in 2016 when Heard, sporting a bruised face, filed for a restraining order at a Los Angeles courthouse as a gaggle of reporters and photographers swarmed. The divorce was finalized in 2017, with Heard receiving a whopping $7 million payout for the 15-month union. But the mutual mudslinging has continued in full force, with both actors becoming better known for their toxic marriage than their movie roles. The civil trial left off Thursday with Depp wrapping up his third day on the stand in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia. The “Black

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clinical psychologist. After another blowup with Heard on her 30th Birthday in April 2016, Depp said he fled their Los Angeles home.

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With utmost pride, the Japu Students’ Union is pleased to extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Tiamenba Longshir, S/o Lt. Tongtiyangba Longshir on being appointed to the post of Assistant Hydrogeologist in Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. The union further wishes him great success in all his future endeavours. Lolentsuba Tolamenla President General Secretary Japu Students’ Union Japu Students’ Union

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- Dr. Neisatuo Mero

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- Pfütseromi Village - Mr. Ayie Yhome - Mr. Lhiwepelo Ritse - Lhisemia Thinuo - Pfütseromi Village - Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu - Mr. Zekotso Mero - Pfütseromi Youth - Lhisemiapfü Mechü Krotho - Mr. Mengukhrietuo Marcus Dzüvichü

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Principal, MIGSM Dimapur

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Secretary, Core Committee

Words of Gratitude

- Mr. Tseivilie Miachieo - Mr. Wepretso Mero - Mr. Neisalie Yhome

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Mass” actor’s cross-examination is expected to continue Monday. But he isn’t the only A-lister who could testify. Heard’s legal team may call her ex-lover, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and her “Pineapple Express” co-star James Franco, according to a witness list. In a stunning escalation, Heard claimed publicly for the first time that Depp had sexually assaulted her during their brief marriage. Heard’s attorney, Ben Rottenborn, said that Depp violated the actress during a threeday drug-induced blackout in Australia in 2015. The couple abused each other during their vicious quarrels, a marriage counselor testified in

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blood pressure levels • Lower biomarkers of inflammation, such as C-reactive protein Most doctors will tell you that levels below 30 nmol/L are considered deficient. I don’t agree... While helpful, 30 ng/mL is on the lower end of where I want you to be. I tell my patients that I want them somewhere between 60 ng/mL and 80 ng/mL. As one of the first doctors in the country to test vitamin D levels, many of my patients were surprised by how low their vitamin D levels were. Fortunately, they live in a place where it’s easy to bring levels up quickly and easily.

the game. This means peeling down and getting a good area of your skin exposed. Roll up your sleeves and pant legs. But do wear a hat. Your face gets enough natural sunlight exposure every day. 3. Pay attention to the time. Get out in the sun when your shadow is shorter than you are. Typically, that’s between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. That’s when the sun is highest and rays are strongest so you can get good exposure over a short time. Just 10 minutes in the midday sun can give you 10,000 IU of vitamin D. I understand, not everyone can get outside as often as they want. In that case, look for a full spectrum lamp. You can find these lightboxes online. Look for one that gives off 2,500 to 10,000 lux of light to mimic the sun. It’s also a good idea to supplement. I recommend vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol. That’s the type of vitamin D made by your own body. Take 5,000 IUs a day or more. And combine it with 45-90 mcg of vitamin K and 600 to 1,000 mg of magnesium to increase absorption. Al Sears MD

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ontestant no. 4, L o g a n Je k e Ta min, bagged the Mr. Model Patkai season 1 title held at Bundrock hall Patkai Christian College on April 23. Logan also took away two subtitles. C o n t e s t a n t n o. 7 Alongba Phom and contestant no. 8 Hikano K were adjudged first and second runner-ups respectively. The pageant included introductory and ethnic rounds, casual round, formal and question round. Five subtitles winners included Mr. Best ramp walk: Logan Jeke Tamin (Contestant no 4), Mr. Multimedia: Alongba Phom (Contestant no 7), Mr. Popular: Husaru Vero (Contestant no 6), Mr.

onventional medicine still believes high cholesterol doubles your risk of having a heart attack.If you’re a regular reader, you know that this is flat-out fake news... But doctors continue to buy into this bad advice and prescribe cholesterollowering statins. It’s what they were taught at medical school. And it’s what they continue to be taught in the Continuing Medical Education courses they are required to take to maintain their medical license. And because Big Pharma helps fund the costs of these programs this $23 billion-a-year statin scam isn’t going away any time soon. We know cholesterol doesn’t double your chance of having a heart attack, but a common nutrient deficiency does... I’m talking about vitamin D. A large new metaanalysis published in the European Heart Journal looked into the relations between vitamin D levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The researchers looked

The Dimapur Nkonjan Ovung Ekhüng convey our warmest congratulations to Dr. Aben Ovung, S/o. Rev. R. Y. Ovung and Mrs. Nyamüngi Ovung, Seithekima for successfully completing his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) from the National Institute of Technology, Nagaland, Department of Chemistry on the title "A Biophysical Insight into binding interactions involving sulphonamide drugs and proteins" under the supervision of Dr. Jhimli Bhattacharya, Asstt. Prof. NIT, Nagaland. The Ekhüng is immensely proud of his achievement and wishes him good health and more success in his future endeavours. Vansanpvüi, DNOE dp-1813/22 K Y M C

Santosh Trophy: Manipur blank K’taka 3-0; enter SFs

Lunminlen Haokip, No. 9. gives his best version of a Cristiano Ronaldo celebration after scoring for Manipur. (Twitter/@IndianFootball)

MALAPPURAM, APR 23 (AGENCIES): A ruthless Manipur blanked Karnataka 3-0 to enter the semifinals of the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship at the Kottappadi Stadium in Malappuram on Saturday. According to Starsports, striker Lunminlen Haokip struck a brace (18 & 42) while Somishon

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Shirak (44) scored the other goal as Manipur completed its league engagements with nine points from four matches. Karnataka paid the price for some tardy defending in the first half. From the start, the Karnataka defence looked susceptible to swift counters from the Manipur side. The opening goal came through a fast break when

Somishon Shirak moved up through the right flank and easily warded off the challenge from Darshan to arrow in a pass to Lunminlen who scored from close. Manipur held the aces and translated its dominance when Luminlen broke free from the left and rounded off a couple of defenders to score his second goal in the 42nd minute.

Pujara hits TENNIS: Djokovic in final; Alcaraz stuns Tsitsipas hundred against Worcestershire Serbia Open: Djokovic beats Khachanov Barcelona Open: Alcaraz enters semis L O N D O N, A P R 2 3 (AGENCIES): Cheteshwar Pujara, playing for Sussex, scored a 184-ball 101 against Worcestershire on Day 3 of a County Championship, Division 2 game on Saturday. According to Sportstar, Pujara reached his ton by pulling a short ball from Joe Leach for the 14th four of his innings. He was eventually dismissed for a 206-ball 109. He had earlier scored an unbeaten double against Derbyshire. Pujara became only the second Indian to score a double-century in the County Championship. Mohammad Azharuddin was the first, having scored 212 against Leicestershire in 1991 and 205 against Durham in 1994, both for Derbyshire. The veteran batter has been suffering a lean patch of late. While his last international century came against Australia in January 2019 in Sydney, he managed just 124 runs in six innings in his most recent Test series against South Africa with an average of 20.66. His poor form led to his exclusion from India’s Test squad for the Sri Lanka series.

Novak Djokovic

BELGRADE, APR 23 (AGENCIES): World number one Novak Djokovic came back from a set down to beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov to reach Serbia Open final on Saturday, his first this year. Djokovic lost the first set 4-6 but then bounced back to win the second 6-1 before clinching the decider 6-2 to seal the victory in the semifinal that lasted one hour 59 minutes. Due to him not taking the vaccine against Covid-19, Djokovic was barred from playing at the Australian Open and the warm-up events leading up to it.

His first appearance on tour this year was at the ATP500 event in Dubai in February where Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely stunned him 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the quarterfinals, which took away the number one ranking from the Serbian. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev became the new world number one but Djokovic soon got the top ranking back courtesy of the Russian’s poor performances. Djokovic then played at Monte Carlo Masters where he received a bye in the opening round but lost to eventual runner-up Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in three sets.

Carlos Alcaraz

BARCELONA, APR 23 (AP): Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz thrilled the home crowd by beating topseeded Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open. Alcaraz won the quarterfinal 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 after breaking the fifth-ranked Greek five times on the outdoor clay court named for Rafael Nadal. The 18-year-old Alcaraz is aiming for his third title of the season after he won at Rio de Janeiro in February and in Miami this month. Alcaraz called it his biggest win on clay. “Unbelievable game that I played, an unbelievable atmosphere

that I lived today on court. It was unbelievable everything,” the precocious talent who is drawing comparisons to a young Nadal said. “The atmosphere here, the crowd, the level that I played, the level of the match. It was incredible.” All of the players who reached the quarterfinals had already played thirdround matches earlier on Friday that had been pushed back from Thursday due to rain delays. Before facing Alcaraz, Tsitsipas needed just over an hour to beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-4. Alcaraz similarly eased past fellow countryman Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-3.

Mumbai City crashes out of AFC Champions League Pant fined 100% match fee; 1-match ban NEW DELHI, APR 23 (PTI): Indian Super League side Mumbai City FC were eliminated from the AFC Champions League after suffering a 0-6 drubbing at the hands of Al Shabab of Saudi Arabia in a group B match here. It was Hattan Bahebri’s hat-trick which confirmed Al Shabab as the winners of group B on Friday night. The Saudi side took the lead in the 19th minute when former Al Hilal duo of Nawaf Al and Hattan Bahebri combined with the club captain feeding his teammate with a fine through pass that Bahebri finished with aplomb from inside the box. An unfortunate moment for Mumbai City captain Mourtada Fall then allowed Al Shabab to double their lead 10 minutes before the break. The Senegalese defender desperately attempted to clear Carlos Junior’s finish from the goal

AFC Champions League: Mumbai City crash out after 0-6 defeat to Al Shabab (@ MumbaiCityFC Photo)

line but ended up sending it into the roof of the net. Coach Marius Sumudica’s men started the second half with the same drive of the first, and within seven minutes, they had extended

their lead through Abdullah Al Joui. Al Joui latched on to Muteb Al Harbi’s pass down the left and cut inside on his right before applying the finish from inside the area.

Another Al Joui run from the left saw him dance around the Islanders’ defenders and find Al Abid, who fed Bahebri inside the box and the latter added his second of the night in the

64th minute. Unbeaten in five and with 13 points to their name, Al Shabab march into the next round, joining city rivals Al Hilal and Qatar’s Al Duhail SC in the Round of 16. They conclude their group stage on Tuesday against Al Jazira, while Mumbai City have been officially eliminated and will look to improve their place on the table when they face Air Force Club. A mere minute later, Bahebri completed his hattrick with the pick of the goals, controlling Khalid Al Ghamdi’s pass from the right, maneuvering around Rahul Bheke before striking on the half-volley to make it 5-0. With nine minutes left on the clock, the hat-trick hero turned provider, advancing down the right and squaring for Junior who beat Fall for the ball, squeezing home his side’s sixth of the night.

Open basketball tourney: Team Orca defeat Netters 69-58 DIMAPUR, APR 23 (NPN): Team Orca defeated Team Netters 69-58 to lift the first open basketball tournament trophy organized by JV foundation in partnership with Nagaland Basketball Association, Dimapur District Basketball Association and Team Elite. The winning team took home a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh while the runners up had to be contented with Rs. 50,000. The semifinalists also took away Rs. 25,000 each. The Most Valuable

the best disciplined team was awarded to RBCC team. Earlier, director of JV Foundation, Vikaito Yepthomi in his opening speech emphasised on youth empowerment, which is also the motto of the JV Foundation. The tournament was held from April 19 to April 20 where 14 teams took Winners with their trophy and medals. part—comprising seven teams from Kohima, four Player of the tournament finals match. was bagged by James Tale Vikuo Israil of Team from Dimapur and one each of Orca who scored 30 Taurus won the 3-point from Peren, Jalukie and Tupoints with 4 assists on the shooting competition while ensang districts.

MUMBAI, APR 23 (AGENCIES): The Women’s T20 Challenge will be held in Lucknow from May 24-28, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly told Sportstar on Saturday. Earlier, Pune was shortlisted as the venue but the Board decided to host the tournament at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. The confirmation comes a month after the BCCI revealed that it is mulling over a six-team ‘full-fledged’ Women’s Indian Premier League starting in 2023 which will involve Indian and overseas players. K Y M C

1st Death anniversary of Late Dr Moatemjen Jamir

If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:8

Born: 29th April 1975 – Died: 24th April 2021 One year has passed since you left for eternity. We thank the Lord Almighty for the life you have lived. Your love and all the beautiful memories continues to be our guide. You are missed beyond words and loved beyond measures, until we meet again. Loving wife, children, siblings and relatives. mkc-119/22

MUMBAI, APR 23 (AGENCIES): Delhi Capitals assistant coach Pravin Amre has been suspended for a match. Along with captain Rishabh Pant and allrounder Shardul Thakur, Amre has also been sanctioned monetarily for violating Code of Conduct during Friday night’s Indian Premier League (IPL) fixture against Rajasthan Royals at Wankhede Stadium, Sportstar reported. According to a statement issued by IPL on Saturday morning, Pant and Amre have been fined 100 per cent of match-fees for the game while Thakur was fined 50 per cent of his match-fees for the game. The statement added that each of the trio “admitted to the offence… and accepted the sanction” imposed on them after the match officials charged them with various charges for their

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inappropriate behaviour. During the last over of the chase, Rovman Powell heaved a hip-high full toss by Obed McCoy into the midwicket stands for his third consecutive six to bring down a six-ball 36-run target at the start of the over to 18 required off three balls. The full-toss prompted demand of a no-ball above waist height by Powell and

his partner Kuldeep Yadav. With umpires Nitin Menon and Nikhil Patwardhan standing firm on their ground, the Capitals dug-out made gestures asking the umpires to refer it to television umpire. With the rules having no such provision, Menon, India’s only umpire in world cricket’s elite panel, turned down the request.

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A deep hush has strolled over our hearts since we lost you last season, Apuo! No wisdom or heritage could compensate the vacuum you left behind. We had experienced the darkest hours of life! We utterly miss your warm personality, cheerfulness, humor, insight and loving company; but we are glad that you have soared high into the bosom of our Father. It’s truly difficult to accept the fact that you are gone; yet you will live in our hearts forever. Our inheritance combined the values of kindness, friendship, optimism, hard-working, integrity and trust in Christ Jesus, which you propounded and lived for. We love you honestly. Wife, Children, In-laws and Grandchildren k-830/22

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DR. T. AO INTER DISTRICT FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Dimapur, Niuland and Phek enter quarterfinals

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MOKOKCHUNG, APR 23 (NPN): Dimapur District Football A s s o c i a t i o n ( D D FA ) registered their third consecutive win by defeating Chümoukedima District Football Association (CDFA) 1-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the 22nd Inter District Dr. T. Ao Football Trophy played at Mokokchung on Saturday. With today’s win, Dimapur topped Group A and has not conceded a single goal in the tournament so far. To k a ’ s s t u n n i n g long-range goal in the first minute was enough to secure a victory for Dimapur team. It was a must win for Chumou team but they failed to live up to the expectation. With 2 loses and a draw, Chumou failed to advance to the next round. The best chance for Chumou came in the 60th minute when their forward Limakumzuk penalty was saved by Dimapur goalkeeper Homuka. Benrithung of Dimapur and M Lenpan Konyak of Chumoukedima

Action in the contest between players of Dimapur (Orange) and Chumoukedima.

were cautioned with a yellow card each. Debutant Niuland advance Debutant Niuland District Football A s s o c i a t i o n ( N D FA ) shocked Tuensang District Fo o t b a l l A s s o c i a t i o n (TDFA) 2-0 to progress into the quarterfinal in Group B. Goals from Mughapu in the 26th minute and Hevika in the 44th minute registered a comprehensive win for Niuland team. Tonaka the goalkeeper

of Niuland was the man of the match, making some crucial saves which proved to be decisive for the team. Tuensang team had their mammoth share to equalize but luck wasn’t on their side as they failed to beat the opponent custodian. Niuland have now registered back to back victories to register six points which is enough for the qualifications. In a one side match, Mon started aggressively and the team opened the

scoring in the 18th minute through Shamba Samson, Tingyek Konyak added a second in 19th minute through a long range kick. The second half saw Panteih Konyak scoring in the 37th minute and Eshong Konyak added the fourth in 62th minute. A consolation goal was scored by Clement in the 67th minute for Kiphire team but it was all over for the team. Phek 2-0 Wokha Football Association Phek District defeated

Kohli gets another duck as SRH thrash RCB

MUMBAI, APR 23 ( P T I ) : Vi r a t Ko h l i ’s continued woeful form was a sign of things to come as Royal Challengers Bangalore were literally walloped by Sunrisers Hyderabad who cantered to an easy nine-wicket victory in Saturday’s onesided IPL match here. Kohli was once again dismissed outside the offstump off the very first delivery he faced as RCB were shot out for a meagre 68 in just 16.1 overs. This was the sixth lowest total in the history of IPL. The Sunrisers pace attack led by Marco Jansen (3/25 in 4 overs) and ably supported by Umran Malik (1/19 in 4 overs) and T Natarajan (3/10 in 3 overs) left the star-studded RCB line-up rattled with pace, swing and seam. In reply, it took SRH only eight overs as Abhishek Sharma butchered an already def lated RCB attack to score 47 off 28 balls in company of Kane Williamson (16 not out). The win also took

Marco Jansen celebrates the wicket of Virat Kohli. (PTI)

SRH to second place with 10 points while RCB, who are still placed third, will like to forget this game as a bad dream. But one

would wonder if Kohli can do the same as it’s only getting worse for one of the contemporary greats in world cricket.

There couldn’t have been a quicker end to a contest as Jansen removed Faf du Plessis (5), Kohli (0) and Anuj Rawat (0) off second, third and final delivery of the second over to make it 8 for 3. In between, leftarm spinner Jagadeesha Suchith (2/12) was also unrelenting as RCB never got elbow room to get some momentum going their way. It soon became 20 for 4 when Natarajan got Glenn Maxwell (12) caught brilliantly by skipper Kane Williamson at mid-off. The other player to reach double figure was Suyash Prabhudesai (15). B u t , i t i s Ko h l i ’s d i s m i s s a l t h a t wo u l d certainly deflate his legion of fans as his problems outside the off-stump seems to have resurfaced. There was not much resistance from the other batters and once Dinesh Karthik (7) was caught down leg-side off Suchith trying to sweep, it was all over for RCB.

Wokha District Football Association 2-0 in the third match. In a high pressure match, with both teams needing a win to progress gave it all but the match belonged to defending champion Phek. It was their captain, K h we t e l h i T h o p i w h o scored the much needed goal in the 14th minute of the match to bring much relieve for the team. Substitute, Muluyi Medeo made an impact for the team by scoring his first goal in 58th minute. Phek needing to win by a better goal margin to qualify fought tooth and nail to get more goals but couldn’t break through as the match ended 2-0. With today’s defeat, Wokha team bowed out of the tournament with a win and two defeats. Phek will now enter the quarterfinal of the tournament as the runners up from Group A. MONDAYS MATCHES Mokokchung Vs Zunheboto @ 9am Kohima Vs Tseminyu @ 11am Peren Vs Longleng @ 1: 30pm Noklak Vs Shamator Chumoukedima @ 3:30pm

Asian Wrestling Championships: Ravi grabs gold, Bajrang settles for silver ULAANBAATAR (MONGOLIA), APR 23 (IANS): Indian wrestler R av i K u m a r D a h i y a clinched the gold medal while Bajrang Punia and Gourav Baliyan settled for silvers at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships, here on Saturday. Ravi, who had bagged silver at Tokyo Olympics, won his third straight Asian Championships title with a comprehensive 12-2 technical superiority win against Rakhat Kalzhan of Kazakhstan in the 57kg men’s freestyle final. He began his title defence with a win over Rikuto Arai of Japan and followed it up with a semi-final victory over Mongolia’s Zanabazar Zanadanbud. Meanwhile, Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Bajrang Punia went down to junior world champion Rahman Mousa Amouzadkhalili of Iran 1-3 in the men’s 65kg freestyle final. Rahman had come through the qualification round to defeat the topseeded Bajrang Punia. Punia, a two-time Asian champion, hardly broke a sweat in his run-up to the final but struggled with his attacks in the

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summit clash. He defeated U z b e k i s t a n’ s A b b o s R a k h m o n ov a n d H a j i Mohamad Ali of Bahrain to book his place in the final. L a t e r i n t h e d ay, Gourav Baliyan also won a silver in the 79kg, losing to Ali Bakhtiar Savadkouhi of Iran in the final. Gourav was down 0-8 in the final but produced a terrific comeback to make it 9-9 right at the end of the bout. But a bigger scoring move (four-pointer) from the Iranian meant the Indian grappler had to settle with the silver medal. It is Gourav’s second silver medal at the Asian Championships after finishing runner-up in 2020 as well. Meanwhile, men’s 70kg freestyle wrestler Naveen pinned Temuulen Enkhtuya of Mongolia

to add another bronze to India’s tally. The Indian had lost in the quarter-finals but fought for third place through the repechage rules. Satywar t Kadian picked the final medal of the day for India, winning the 97kg men’s freestyle bronze. The heavyweight Indian wrestler defeated Zyyamuhammet Saparov of Turkmenistan by technical superiority to win his four th bronze medal at the continental competition. With five more medals on Saturday, India’s medal tally at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 has risen to 15 medals -- one gold, four silvers and 10 bronze. World silver medallist Deepak Punia will be next in action on Sunday, which is the last day of the meet.

Gujarat snatch 8-run win over KKR

MUMBAI, APR 23 (IANS): Gujarat Titans’ bowling attack successfully defended 156 to defeat Kolkata Knight Riders by eight runs at DY Patil Stadium on Saturday. Despite losing seven wickets in the last five overs after Hardik Pandya’s 67 to end at 156/9, Gujarat’s bowling attack clicked in unison, taking four wickets in the first seven overs. They were also aided by fielders taking some stunning catches to restrict Kolkata to 148/8 in 20 overs. The result means that Gujarat are now on top of the points table. With a new opening combination in Sam Billings and Sunil Narine, Ko l k a t a ’s h o p e s o f a blistering start began well when the former brought out a glorious straight drive against Mohammed Shami. But Shami had the last laugh as Billings top-edged a pull to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha. Shami then setup Narine with two short balls on body and then slipped one on hips,

Hardik Pandya plays a shot. (PTI)

which the batter pulled uncomfortably to a diving short fine leg. Nitish Rana fell cheaply, forced to poke at a Lockie Ferguson delivery and took a healthy edge behind to Saha as Gujarat successfully overturned not out decision. Shreyas Iyer had begun to look comfortable at the crease but was undone by over the wicket angle from Yash Dayal and nicked behind to Saha. Rinku Singh found the boundary rope five

times in his stay of 35 and shared a 45-run stand with Venkatesh Iyer. But in an attempt to smash Yash Dayal over mid-wicket, Rinku could only manage a bottom edge going behind to Saha. Venkatesh tried to slog-sweep Rashid Khan but Abhinav Manohar took a stunning catch just in front of deep mid-wicket boundary rope. In between, Andre Russell got his first boundary with a thickish edge off Dayal over Saha’s head.

Russell smacked a Ferguson full toss over longoff. Khan got out Shivam Mavi and almost had Umesh Yadav lbw with the googly but replays showed ball missing the stumps. With 45 needed off 24 balls, Russell upper cut Shami over backward point for six. Umesh cleared his front leg to swat Ferguson over deep mid-wicket for six more. Russell hit a six down the ground off Dayal but could manage five runs off rest of the over for the equation to read as 18 off the final over. On the first ball, Russell smashed an Alzarri Joseph full toss over long-on for a huge six. But Joseph had the last laugh as Russell mistimed a pull to fine leg immediately. Brief Scores: Gujarat Titans 156/9 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 67, David Miller 27; Andre Russell 4/5, Tim Southee 3/24) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 148/8 in 20 overs (Andre Russell 48, Rinku Singh 35; Mohammed Shami 2/20, Rashid Khan 2/22) by eight runs

Arsenal dents Man Utd’s top-four hopes with 3-1 win Archery World Cup: Indian men’s compound team clinches gold

LO N D O N, A P R 2 3 (REUTERS): Arsenal dealt a blow to Manchester United’s hopes of a topfour Premier League finish as Nuno Tavares, Bukayo Saka and Granit Xhaka struck in a 3-1 win on Saturday that revived the home side’s chances of Champions League football next season. Arsenal was rewarded for its blistering early pace as Tavares tapped home in the third minute after United goalkeeper David de Gea pushed away a curling effort by Saka, f o l l ow i n g s o m e p o o r defending by the visitor at The Emirates. Saka doubled the Gunners’ lead from the penalty spot after a foul on the winger in the build-up to a strike by Eddie Nketiah that went in but was ruled Nuno Tavares and teammates celebrate after scoring out as offside by the Video United on Sunday. Assistant Referee (VAR). U n i t e d ’s s l u g g i s h RONALDO COMPLETES 100 d i s p l ay ove r s h a d owe d Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 100th goal in the fleeting moments in which it threatened and was another Premier League in the 33rd minute smashing Nemanja reminder of the challenge Matic’s cross away to get one back. The 37-year-old had facing incoming manager scored seven of United’s last eight goals. Ronaldo has Erik ten Hag, though the come a long way since his first Premier League goal visitor got one back as which was 18 years and 173 days ago, back in November Cristiano Ronaldo swept in 2003.

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Nemanja Matic’s cross. The Por tuguese forward’s 100th Premier League goal came after a traumatic week personally after the death of one of his newborn twin babies. In a show of support, Arsenal f a n s g ave t h e U n i t e d

number seven a long round of applause in the seventh minute, as Liverpool fans had done in their midweek fixture which Liverpool win 4-0. United improved in the second half but its woes deepened as skipper Bruno Fernandes hit the post with a poor effort from the penalty spot following Tavares’ handball, before a 70th-minute thunderbolt from Xhaka sealed the win for the Gunners. That came after a brilliant save by Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale to push Diogo Dalot’s shot on to the post - the second time in the game the player hit the woodwork, on a frustrating day for United, which also had a Ronaldo strike ruled out for offside. The win lifted Arsenal to fourth place on 60 points, three ahead of fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur which takes on Brentford later on Saturday. United is sixth, with interim boss Ralf Rangnick facing a tough task in his final four games. RESULTS Leicester 0-0 Aston Villa Man City 5-1 Watford Norwich 0-3 Newcastle

ANTALYA (TURKEY), APR 23 (IANS): Indian men’s compound team of Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini and Rajat Chauhan defeated France 232-230 in the final to win the gold medal at the 2022 Archery World Cup Stage 1, here on Saturday. The trio of Abhishek, Aman and Rajat were trailing by three points in the second set but produced a perfect score of 60 in the third to close the gap and shot 59 in the final set to snatch the victory. This was India’s first medal at the ongoing meet. Later in the day, India’s mixed compound team of Abhishek Verma and Muskan Kirar narrowly missed out on the bronze medal, going down to Croatia 156-157. Apart from these two events, Indian archers have gone through a challenging campaign at the first stage of the Archery World Cup. In the men’s individual recurve, only London 2012 Olympian Jayanta Talukdar could make the top eight.

Indian compound archers with their gold medals.

Tokyo Olympian Tarundeep Rai lost in the round of 32, Sachin Gupta crashed out in the round of 64 while Neeraj Chauhan was eliminated in the opening contest. M e a n w h i l e, t h e women’s individual recurve saw Ridhi reaching the round of 16. Komalika Bari lost in the round of 32 while Anikta Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur could not go past the first round. The compound archers also struggled, with only Rajat Chauhan and

Priya Gurjar making the top eight in the men’s and women’s individual events, respectively. Asian Games gold medallist Abhishek Verma was ousted in the round of 32. The recur ve teams (men and women) and women’s compound team could also not reach the medal rounds. However, the recurve mixed team, featuring Tarundeep Rai and Ridhi will play for the gold against Great Britain on Sunday.

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