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Outrage over Kathua, Unnao rape cases

Women activists protest against Kathua and Unnao Student leaders protest in Srinagar demanding justice for gang rapes in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI) Kathua rape victim. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, APR 12 (AGENCIES): Eight-yearold Asifa was grazing the cattle owned by her nomadic Muslim herder family when she was kidnapped.

A week later, her raped and mutilated body was found in the woods of Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir. Since the incident came to light less than two days ago, the country has been reeling from shock and outrage.

Anger is also building over inaction against the accused in the Unnao rape case, with the Allahabad high court reprimanding the state government for ‘collapse of law and order’ and the Centre ordering CBI

4-lane works: JD (U) asks company to follow norms DIMAPUR, APR 12 (NPN): Nagaland JD (U) unit has urged the ECI Engineering and Construction Company Ltd, engaged in executing a portion of Dimapur-Kohima four-lane project, to fully comply with the laid down norms while executing allotted contract.

In a press release, JD(U) media secretary, Mhademo Shitiri, said the party supported Medziphema Town Youth Organisation, which had accused ECI Company of causing dust pollution in Medziphema area.

Expressing the view the NHAI allotted the contract work after having been examined the reputation and integrity of the company, the JD(U) said it was, therefore, now upon the company to uphold the commitment with integrity and comply with the terms and condition.

Stating that the company had obligation to address health issues caused due to dust pollution, JD(U) said ECI should therefore follow all national, state and local environmental laws.

Further, expressing concern over the plight of the people, the party appealed to ECI to take up corporate social responsibility activities that would benefit the people of the affected areas.

This is it!

“While recommending one officer, it so happened that the other didn’t get good reviews.”

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to take over the case. People from all walks of life have spoken out on the horrific crimes and demanded strict action against the culprits.

Asifa was kidnapped from near her home on January 10, 2018, kept sedated and gang-raped repeatedly for days by a group that included police officers before being killed. She was drugged and not given food the entire time.

Just before her head was bashed in with a rock, one of the police officers asked the killer to wait so he could rape the child one more time, according to the charge-sheet. One of the rapists is a student who

travelled all the way from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh after being invited to “satisfy his lust”. The child’s mutilated body was found in the forests on January 17.

We have failed as humans: VK Singh

government to talk about justice for little Asifa. His colleague Jitendra Singh, who represents a part of Kathua in parliament, had last month appeared to back the accused when he said, “those who have not done anything wrong should be given justice”, and backed the demand of local BJP leaders for a CBI inquiry.

The comment of VK Singh contrasts with the sight of two state BJP ministers attending a rally organised in support of the accused.

Union Minister VK Singh Thursday added his voice to the spiralling outrage over the gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, which has jolted India. “We have failed Asifa as humans. But she will not Unnao case: Allahabad be denied justice,” the junior HC pulls up UP govt foreign minister tweeted.

He is the first minisAmid mounting outrage ter in the BJP-led central over the alleged gangrape of

a minor girl over a year ago, the Allahabad High Court Thursday castigated UP government for delay in arrest of the accused BJP MLA, Kuldeep Singh Sengar despite an FIR against him, warning it may be forced to observe that “law and order has collapsed in the state”.

FIR itself came days after the Unnao girl tried to selfimmolate in front of UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s house on Sunday accusing authorities of inaction, and death of her father in custody the next day allegedly after being beaten up by the politician’s brother and their henchmen in front of policemen.

As the public outcry raged amid growing demands by political parties and civil society for the legislator’s arrest, protests were also held outside Adityanath’s house while the police put the onus on the CBI to arrest the MLA, who has remained defiant and has dubbed allegations as a political conspiracy.

FIR was registered against Sengar hours before the high court was to hear the matter, and so was the UP government’s decision on transferring the case to the CBI late last night.

Governor moots setting up cancer care centre in Nagaland

Acharya with state govt. officials and representatives from Tata Trust on Thursday.

DIMAPUR, APR 12 (NPN): At the initiative of Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya, a meeting for setting up a cancer care centre in Nagaland by Tata Trust was held between representatives from Tata trust and chief secretary and Health & Family Welfare (H&FW) department officials at Raj Bhavan on Thursday.

Principal secretary to governor Piyush Goyal said Acharya had convened the meeting with the objective to hold interaction with H&FW department officials and representatives from Tata Trust to work out a modality to take the idea forward.

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from Tata Trust explained that the idea was to structure the system in such a way that the treatment for cancer reached doorsteps of the patients so that people need not go out of their States for cancer treatment and their livelihood was not disturbed.

He added that 70% to 90% cancer care could be handled by doctors and nurses after training, while super specialists were required only for treatment planning and complicated surgeries.

He stated that the project was not about building a new cancer hospital, but to address the issue of cancer care in the entire length and breadth of Nagaland in

partnership with the H&FW department.

Earlier, Acharya had written a letter to Ratan Tata for setting up an advanced cancer care centre in Nagaland. Stating that cancer cases were on the increase, Achrya invited Tata Trust to consider setting up an advanced cancer care unit in the State.

Acharya also discussed the issue, along with other public welfare issues, with chief minister Neiphiu Rio during their meeting at Raj Bhavan later. Rio expressed his happiness at the governor’s initiative on the matter, a press note issued by PRO to the governor stated.

ECI directs suspension NDPP like a group of Ind MLAs: Yitachu NPF accuses PDA govt of of Tening RO, observer misusing MGNREGA fund Correspondent

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KOHIMA, APR 12 (NPN): Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the State government to suspend Peren’s additional deputy commissioner (ADC) and 6-Tening A/C returning officer (RO) and general observer, besides ordering initiation of disciplinary action against the duo, over the issue of overturned poll verdict on March 3 that led to a controversy.

Chief electoral officer (CEO) Abhijit Sinha informed that the ECI directive to the State government came in the last week of March to suspend ADC & RO Tening A/C, Warren Hollohon Yepthomi and general observer Rajkumar Beniwal. Sinha explained that certain procedures were required to be carried out for initiating disciplinary action

against the erring officials, and hence the ECI order was released only now.

NPF candidate N.R Zeliang was declared winner from 6 Tening A/C in Peren district on March 3, having said to have defeated his nearest rival by a margin of 32 votes. Zeliang was even issued the winning certificate. However, on the same evening, the result was overturned and NDPP candidate Namri Nchang was declared a winner (by 168 votes). The RO had cited “tabulation error” as the reason for the confusion, Sinha said.

Subsequently, the issue was forwarded to ECI and the latter directed cancellation of the “declaration of wrong result issued in favour of NPF candidate” and confirmed Nchang as the winner. NPF then registered a complaint against the RO, objecting to the verdict.

KOHIMA, APR 12 (NPN): Claiming that there are chinks within the PDA coalition government, former minister and NPF legislator Yitachu said that the newly floated NDPP though registered is not yet a recognized party and therefore, its MLAs are like independents.

Yitachu said this made the PDA coalition government unstable and that was why the coalition partner BJP felt insecure.

Speaking to Nagaland Post, Yitachu said under the Representation of the People Act, NDPP can apply for recognition to Election Commission of India (ECI) only in 2023 on the basis of the votes it had polled in the recently held 2018 Assembly Election Yitachu further pointed out that while filing nomination papers, each NDPP candidate had to submit

proposals from ten persons like in the case of any independent candidate. He said though all NDPP candidates chose a similar symbol yet they had to contest like a group of individuals and not from a recognized political party.

While not ruling out the possibility of NPF again taking over the government, Yitachu however added that NPF was not desperate for power and would rather prefer to let PDA meet its own fate.

On Naga political issue, he said so long as BJP was the backseat driver in the PDA coalition, solution cannot be achieved.

He explained that the PDA government will not be able to sincerely push for early solution since Naga issue was not in the BJP’s national agenda. Taking a dig at the PDA, Yitachu said it was in reality a BJP-led PDA government and that

Statewide mega mock drill of NEPEX on Apr 26

(2nd from L) Abhishek Singh and others during NEPEx review meeting on Thursday (NP).

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KOHIMA, APR 12 (NPN): Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), home department, would be conducting a state wide mega mock drill of Nagaland Emergency Preparedness Exercise (NEPEx) on April 26, 2018 to test the capability of the government of Nagaland to respond to and manage disaster. The drill would be conducted in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

In this regard, a review meeting on NEPEx was held at ATI Kohima on Wednesday organized by Home department in collaboration with NDMA. Delivering the keynote address at the review meeting, Home commissioner, Abhishek Singh, said the natural calamity was beyond anybody’s control, adding that everyone had to be prepared and play their own role.

Nagaland being under Zone V of earthquake prone areas, Singh said the State needed to be prepared.

He said disaster alone did not cause loss of life and property but the prime reason was because of how unprepared the people were and also because of how poorly the buildings were constructed.

Citing an example, Singh said due to the rampant expansion in Kohima district it was difficult for the rescue teams to reach the victims. He, therefore, said that the only way to prevent and reduce the loss of life and property was to conduct mock drills and impart basic awareness to everyone.

Singh said that disaster management should not be confined to the departments and offices alone, but must be available on websites and should be accessible to everyone. He suggested that short videos on prevention of earthquakes, fire, flood etc. should be created and shared on channels like youtube and whastapp.

NDMA with the support of the Nagaland government and the media could work together in reaching out to the citizens, Singh said and expressed hope that the proposed mock drill would be a success in preventing future disasters.

In his opening remark, joint advisor (ops) NDMA, Dhirendra Singh Sindhu, said that the main objective of the mega mock exercise was to test the adequacy and efficacy of the emergency response plans of the state and district against disasters.

Neiphiu Rio was made the chief minister only to fool the Nagas. To buttress his claims, Yitachu pointed out that BJP got the lion’s share of six cabinet berths and portfolios, while Rio could not say anything more about the Naga political issue.

Yitachu claimed that national parties were never keen on talking about the Naga political issue and therefore, since his hands were tied, Rio could not take up the issue seriously. “This is the major fundamental difference between NPF and NDPP-BJP,” he added.

On ECI’s directive for suspension of the Returning Office and General Observer of 6 Tening constituency Yitachu said it was not the law to invalidate a result after it was declared by the RO after counting and recounting after which certificate was issued to NR Zeliang on March 3.

DIMAPUR, APR 12 (NPN): NPF has accused the PDA government of misusing Central fund by deducting high percentage, instead of disbursing it to village development boards (VDBs) for development.

In a statement issued through its press bureau, NPF said it was dismayed with the “brazen favouritism” of PDA government and vehemently condemned the “shameless act” of depriving villagers their due share of funds.

The statement claimed that then NPF-led DAN government led by former chief minister T.R. Zeliang had ensured release of Rs 285 crore under MGNREGA

by Government of India, but the same could not be released to the VDBs due to election model code of conduct coming into effect (Cont’d on p-11) in the State. NPF also alleged

that new Rural Development (RD) principal secretary Abeio Kire was implementing MNREGA at his own whim and fancies due to which the department and VDBs were facing difficulties. It further alleged that out of the total amount of Rs 285 crore, the PDA government had released only Rs 140 crore to the VDBs recently.

According to NPF, Dimapur district was allocated Rs 13,24,11,351, out of which the normal total allocation for Nagarjan (Kuda) VDB was Rs 10,73,800 for implementation of village development schemes under MGNREGA. But the principal secretary allegedly allocated an additional amount of Rs 1,45,00,000 as per his discretion to his own village Nagarjan (Kuda) village, taking the total amount to Rs 1,55,71,800, NPF stated. (Cont’d on p-11)

Scientists uncover cancer risk associated with epigenetic changes

NEW DELHI, APR 12 (AGENCIES): New science of Epigenetics has enabled us to track, how our lifestyle and surroundings affect the behavior of genes in our body, without altering the underlying DNA sequence (commonly called ‘mutations’).

According to India Science Wire, these epigenetic changes may stop aged cells and damaged cells from forming any new cells–akin to forced retirement, scientifically known as senescence, thereby preventing chances of cancer.

However, unusual epigenetic changes might help rogue cells to escape senescence and steer towards formation of tumors.

Now, to be able to predict aging-related cancer risks, researchers are trying to identify those genes (Cont’d on p-11) which undergo the most

epigenetic changes during normal aging and in early tumor development.

In a collaborative study, a team of researchers from India and USA (Dr. Subhojit Sen of University of Mumbai and Dr. Hariharan Easwaran of John Hopkins University, USA) have identified two sets of genes: one that may help human cancer cells to progress by rejecting forced retirement or senescence due to unusual DNA methylation, while a different set which might be responsible for cancers from normally aging cells.

The results of this study have been published in the Journal ‘Cancer Cell’.

In this study, researchers have performed experiments on mice and cells from human skin samples.

To analyze e pigenetic changes, they observed patterns of DNA methylation,

a process by which cells add tiny methyl chemical groups to a beginning region of a gene’s DNA sequence, thereby dictating how that gene is used.

“Some groups have suggested that epigenetic changes may promote tumour formation. It was puzzling us...Hence we investigated the differences in epigenetic changes that occur in both events,” said Dr. Easwaran.

The authors observed that although the process of DNA methylation appeared similar for both senescent and tumours cells, the genes that got methylated and the way it occurred were different between the two. They found that DNA methylation in senescent cells occurred in metabolic process related genes and appeared to be programmed and reproducible.

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Zunheboto A stray morning thundershower 20 11

Tourism & Art Culture Advisor H. Khehovi inaugurated the new building of T-Island Government High School on Tuesday morning. (NP) Correspondent

KHUMISHI, APR 12 (NPN): Advisor Tourism and Art & Culture H. Khehovi inaugurated the new building of T-Island Government High School on Tuesday morning.

Speaking at the function Khehovi recalled his schooling days at the school. “It is God’s will that after decades, I have come here as an MLA to

inaugurate this upgraded school,” he remarked.

He urged the teachers and the student community to utilise the facilities provided by the Government and also appealed to the villagers to treat these facilities as their own asset.

He lauded the PDA Government for doing away with VIP culture and said that he personally did not appreciate VIP culture

NEISSR conducts trg on CV writing and mock interview

AKHAKHU VILLAGE: A thanks giving prayer service for Advisor Tourism and Art & Culture H. Khehovi was held at his native village Akhakhu under Asuto block on Tuesday in the presence of his supporters, Church leaders, GBs and elders.

Addressing the gathering, Khehovi attributed his victory to God and thanked the electorates of Suruhuto and Asuto area for enabling him to win a comprehensive victory. He lauded the elders and youth of the area for ushering in a change in electioneering process in Suruhuto area and expressed hope that this trend would continue in future elections as well.

He said that the people of Suruhuto area had gone to the polls with the slogan “Change in system, change in leadership” and said that this was in line with the PDA government’s “Change is coming.” He however said that this change could not be brought about by a single individual but it needed the participation of the entire populace.

Maintaining that transparency and accountability would be his leadership’s sole priority, the BJP legislator said that he had set a goal of “Vision 2023” and that all developmental works to be undertaken in the area would be undertaken phase-wise. Khehovi said that a “think-tank” of bureaucrats, intellectuals and public leaders would be formed to assist in various developmental works.

Rev. Kughato Chophy, pastor, Satakha Town Baptist Church invoked God’s blessings for the newly elected legislator of Suruhuto-Asuto Assembly Constituency.

DEO Dimapur informs schools DIMAPUR: District Education Officer (DEO) Dimapur, R. Amongla Jamir, has reminded all central and private schools under Dimapur District to collect and submit the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) and student data capture format on or before April 16.

LKK, LBC fellowship prog Resource person, Rozelle Mero with participants of the training programme.

DIMAPUR: NEISSR conducted a training programme on résumé writing and also conducted mock interviews on April 11 at Peace Channel conference hall with director of The People’s Channel, Rozelle Mero, as resource person.

A press release from NEISSR stated that Mero highlighted the general disregard of employees in the governmental, private and non-governmental organizations, that the employees tends to overlook themselves as working for other people

or other’s businesses. She urged the trainees to be proactive and responsible in any job and consider the job or task as one’s own business.

A drawback in the work culture is that most people cannot identify the difference between a ‘job’ and a ‘career’, she stated. Mero said we should clearly understand that a job is a shortterm work one does for life’s sustenance; however, a ‘career’ is a life-time passion and commitment one follows for life. She further suggested that the trainees

look forward to what they could contribute to the field rather than, salaries or how much one can learn.

Practical sessions on professional etiquettes, grooming, presentation in interview and mock-interviews were also conducted.

The training programme also discussed Curriculum Vitae (CVs), Résumés and bio-data writing.

The programme was chaired by Nepuni Paul Kolakhe while vote of thanks was delivered by Julie Litsase.

Legal resource persons interacting with the students. (NP)

MOKOKCHUNG, APR 10 (NPN): The inaugural programme of ‘Workshop on Legal Literacy Clubs in Schools’, was organized by the Mokokchung District Legal Services Authorithy (MDLSA) on Thursday, at ADC Conference Hall, under the aegis of Nagaland State Legal K

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Services Authority (NSLSA).

While delivering the keynote address, MDLSA Chairman, Khape Koza, stated that justice was the corner stone and fundamental goal of every civilized nation. He said that the chief purpose of law was justice which it reflects in an orderly advancement of a given society. He add-

ed that the lack of knowledge and sheer ignorance of their basic legal rights and civil liberties leads to social problems of child labour, human trafficking, etc. Therefore, he said that it was absolutely necessary to create legal awareness amongst the people.

Khape Koza stated that that was where the importance of Legal Lit-

news in Brief AH&VS interactive meeting: Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services (AH&VS) will organise an interactive meeting with the Advisor for AH & Veterinary Services and Women Resource Development, R. Khing at the Conference Hall, Directorate of AH & Veterinary Services on April 13, 11 a.m.

WSTH programme: Western Sumi Totimi (WSTH) will be holding its handing and taking over programme on April 14, 10 a.m at its office in Chekiye. The hoho requests all its executives to attend without fail as there will be a meeting after the programme. The outgoing office bearers are invited to attend the programme. The new team will be led by Jolly Zhimomi and Holi chophy as president and general secretary, respectively.

ASUS golden jubilee: Angami Students’ Union Shillong (ASUS) will celebrate its golden jubilee on April 14 at U Soso Tham auditorium, Shillong under the theme “Rise and Lead”. Dignitaries and alumni from Nagaland as well as Meghalaya will attend the celebration.

NSSATA Mkg general meeting: NSSATA Mokokchung has convened its general meeting on April 14, 10 a.m at Penli ward community hall, Mokokchung. All members have been requested to bring membership fee of Rs. 400. Fine will be imposed on absentees.

Kma DPDB meet & felicitation: Kohima District Planning and Development Board

(DPDB) will hold its meeting for the month of April including a felicitation programme for newly elected members of Kohima District on April 16 at 11:00 a.m in the DPDB’s Conference Hall, Kohima. The Deputy Commissioner and Vice Chairman DPDB Kohima has therefore informed all the concerned DPDB members to take note and attend the meeting without fail. (DIPR) WSH meeting: Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) has called for a meeting of its executive and office bearers on April 13 at 9 a.m. at its Dimapur office. In this regard, all the executive and office bearers have been asked to attend the meeting.

DPE meeting: Dimapur Pangti Ekhung (DPE) general meeting will be held on April 14 at 9 a.m. at the residence of its chairman, I. Wochamo Odyuo, BorLengiri, Dimapur. All members have been asked to attend the meeting and absentees will be dealt with as per the provision of DPE constitution.

DOEE: Dimapur Okotsoe Eloe Ekhung Dimapur general meeting will be held on April 14 at 10 a.m. at the chairperson, Lireni Shitiri’s residence in Supply Colony.

All members have been asked to attend the meeting.

PWD prayer fellowship: The monthly prayer fellowship of Philimi Welfare Dimapur (PWD) will be held on April 14 at 6:30 a.m. at the residence of Khekiho Assumi, Thahekhu village. All members have been asked to attend the fellowship.

NECU inform contractors to submit licenses

KO H I M A : N a g a l a n d Electrical Contractors’ Union (NECU) has informed all electrical contractors to submit their licenses along with supervisor’s and workmen’s undertaking duly signed by the identity card holder

by him/herself with challans to Nagaland Electrical Contractors’ Union head office at Kohima on before April 25 for renewal.

The union said that incomplete document shall not be forwarded to the chief electrical inspector

for renewal and also appealed to the chief electrical inspector Nagaland to not receive licenses which were not verified and forward by the union so as to prevent double engagements, bogus undertakings etc.

K.G Kenye graces PACS cultural festival

DIMAPUR: Phokhungri Area Cultural Society held its 7th cultural festival from April 10 to 12 at Shilloi Lake under the theme “Our culture, Our Identity” with M.P. Rajya Sabha and secretary general NPF, K.G Kenye as the chief guest.

According to DIPR, Kenye, in his inaugural speech, on April 11 reminisced that in 1991 when he was the chairman of Phek DPDB board and the DPDB meeting was held at Shilloi Lake, the area had only 11 households and today it had become a tourist destination. He also acknowledged G. Kaito Aye for initiating the setting up a tourist spot at Shilloi Lake when he was the minister in-charge of Tourism.

Exhorting the gathering, Kenye

DIMAPUR: Lumithsami Kughuko Kuqhakulu (LKK) and Lumithsami Baptist Church (LBC) will be jointly organising a fellowship programme on April 14, 8:30 a.m. at DSBC prayer fellowship, Sematilla Dimapur. All members and in-laws have DIMAPUR: District Planbeen requested to attend the ning and Development programme.

Boards (DPDBs) of Zunheboto and Phek and Tseminyu Sub-Division Planning and Development Boards (SDPDB).

DIMAPUR: Dimapur Tseminyu: SDPDB District Ao Pensrioners’ Tseminyu deliberated on Union (DDAPU) will be various departmental acorganising a free medical tivities in its meeting held camp sponsored by Rotary at DBs Customary Court on Club Dimapur on April 14, April 10. Advisor for Vety 9 a.m. at Dimapur Mission & AH, & Chairman of the Higher Secondary School, SDPDB Tseminyu, R. KhKhermahal Dimapur. ing chaired the meeting.

According to DIPR, Dr. Tinenlo James SMO of CHC Tseminyu highlighted the activities of the health eracy clubs in schools and care sector and also raised colleges played a vital part the issue of shortage of docin imparting help to stren- tors which, he said, needed then the capacity of youth to be addressed. R. Khing to effectively advocate for informed the house that the human rights and access he would initiate the matter to justice for a vulnerable with the concerned departpopulation. The resource ment for overall improvepersons of the workshop ment of the CHC Tsemiwere, NSLSA Project-in- nyu. The activities of Public incharge, Legal Literacy Distribution System by the Club(LLC), Temsu Wall- Deptt of F&CS was highing who spoke on the top- lighted in the meeting by ics of ‘Introduction on Inspector Food & Civil SupLLC’, ‘Structure of LLC’ ply, Tseminyu, Sashilemla & ‘Functions and activi- Pongen. R. Khing asked ties of LLC’ while NSLSA also the concern departProject Assistant, LLC, ment to streamline distribuKeithovelu Resu, deliv- tion of kerosene oil. SDEO ered a motivational speech Tseminyu, Ramdi Thou and presented records and highlighted the management register maintenance with system of the mid-day meal suggestions to be carried for school children. Reviewout by the Legal Literacy ing the last meeting minutes, Clubs.

ADC and Vice Chairman The workshop was SDPDB Tseminyu Theomoderated by PLV Tali- dore reminded the members moa. Altogether, students about adoption of villages of 4 schools, namely in the Sub-Division. The QMHSS, IHSS, MHSS and matter was discussed and Children School, attended accordingly Ramishinyu the workshop, out of the Village was adopted for the 5 targeted schools, in the year 2018. district headquarter.

The meeting also dis-

said that when culture was lost identities were also lost and he called upon the gathering to preserve their rich culture.

He also said that Nagas had the highest traditional self-governance (ownership of land) and urged the people to follow the legacy of their ancestors like honesty, friendliness, hard work, kindness and being trustworthy which, according to Kenye, were diminishing in our society. Kenye assured the people gathered that a VIP guest house would be constructed at Shilloi lake and the helipad would be renovated.

Pastor Liitsam Baptist Church invoked God’s blessing, a welcome note was delivered by K. Tsathvii, folk tune was presented by Siitsii women folk,

a presidential address was delivered

by Thimu Feethu, solidarity note was given by Krutu Thur, president PAPO and a greeting was presented by Tiipin, president PCO. Cultural troupes from New Thewati, Siitsii, Laluri, Zhiipu, Phokhungri, Old Thewati and Latsam performed folk songs.

Later, after the cultural program the MP, along with government officials, visited the International Trade Centre and Helipad at Avakhung.

The MP was accompanied by Benjamin Phom SDO(C) Meluri, Adeno Project Director DRDA Phek, government officials from Transport, PWD and Industries & Commerce and IPR departments. NPF central office bearers and NPF Meluri division also attended the program.

Districts and Sub-division hold PDB meetings

DDAPU free medical camp

MDLSA organizes legal literacy workshop

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their problems and grievances not as a VIP but as a father, brother, or a friend. He challenged the students by announcing cash rewards for anyone securing a position in the top 20 from the school.

Khehovi also thanked the contractor Hekiye Chophy for quality workmanship in his execution of the building construction.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018

Vety & AH Advisor & Chairman of SDPDB Tseminyu, R. Khing at the meeting in Tseminyu. (DIPR) cussed the proposed celebrations for the completion of 50 years of Tseminyu SubDivision to be held this year.

Deputy CVO Kohima, Dr. Joseph M. Angami who also attended the meeting, shared the activities of his department and spoke about its importance to Animals and Human beings.

The meeting was conducted by ADC and Vice Chairman SDPDB Tseminyu, Theodore Yanthan.

Phek: DPDB Phek, held its monthly meeting for the month of April 10 its conference hall under the chairmanship of Phek, DC & Vice Chairman DPDB, Shanavas C (IAS). Dr. Tiala Longkumer M.S (D.H), a new member, introduced herself to the Board. According to DIPR, the chairman welcomed all the members present in the meeting. He informed the house about the appointment of Neiba Kronu, MLA 16th A/C (Pfutsero) as Chairman DPDB, Phek.

He also highlighted monsoon preparedness and the subject was deliberated in the meeting. The chairman invited five departments viz, i) Executive Engineer

PWD, R&B ii) Executive Engineer, Power iii) Executive Engineer, PHED iv) DSCO and v) Executive Engineer, Irrigation & Flood Control, to submit their comments, views and ideas for the monsoon season and identify and give special attention to vulnerable portions and pockets. The administrative officers were asked to be extra vigilant and take measures against possible calamities.

PWD Executive Engineer, Abija Khing was of the opinion and that his department, together with PWD Mechanical Department, was ready for such occurrences as the latter had enough machinery at their disposal.

On the subject of water, the chairman suggested harvesting rain water during dry/lean seasons. Er. T. Imtiakum however said that rain water harvesting was not feasible as there was no regular funding provided.

The DSCO was requested for proposals to be sent on rooftop water harvesting as well as constructing ring wells. Shanavas also brought up the issue of frequent power cuts during

the monsoons and sought rectification measures. Er. Aron Sema explained that power was being fed from Meluri sub-division which had to come through many obstacles and landslides which disturb the regular supply of electricity and secondly, the outdated insulators break down. Due to these problems, quick restoration of power was not possible in spite of the efforts made by his department. The department has, thus, been requested to send a proposal for early remedy, with the recommendation of DPDB. Forest Department & CMO medical department also gave power point presentations of their respective department.

Zunheboto: DPDB Zunheboto held its monthly meeting for the month of April on April 12 at DC’s Conference Hall.

A DIPR report said that the meeting was held under the chairmanship of ADC Hq. Vekhoyi Chakhesang. The Chairman thanked all the departments and individuals who were directly or indirectly involved in the successful conduct of the Assembly Elections in the district. In the business hour, the house reviewed minutes of the previous meeting. SDO(C), Ajit Ranjan (IAS) appraised the members on the action plan and projects to be taken up in the district on Protection of Girl Child (Beti Bachao).

Later a PowerPoint presentation on the status of HIV/AIDS was presented

by Supervisor of NSACS Zunheboto unit, Hokishe Chophy.

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BAN elects new office bearers

DIMAPUR: Business Association of Nagas (BAN) held its farewell for outgoing office bearers-cum-induction of new office bearers at Hotel Seb Tower conference hall, Dimapur on April 11.

A press release from BAN general secretary, Dr. Lanusangla Tzudir stated that the newly inducted BAN office bearers are led by president Vitho Zao and general secretary Dr. Lanusangla Tzudir along with two others.

Earlier in his speech, the outgoing president of BAN, Thungbemo Murry highlighted the challenges faced by BAN since its inception on August 1, 2013.

Murry said that in spite of their grievances of taxation on the Naga business community by NPGs, BAN grew strength by strength and gradually collaborated with DCCI, EDBA and Dimapur district administration in organizing NITEX 2017, which received both

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national and international recognition. Murry also urged BAN members to stick together and nurture BAN with their collective wisdom and expertise. The new president Vitho Zao, while giving credit to the outgoing office bearers for the pioneering work they had done, acknowledged the tireless and sacrificial services rendered for the growth of BAN. Vitho Zao pledged to endeavour to streamline the interests of BAN and uphold transparency, pursue the vision of BAN with integrity and take the association to the next level.

Short speeches were given by the outgoing treasurer Mongkum Jamir, general secretary Dr. Kheguha Murru and vice president Akum Jamir. The program was chaired by Tiatemsu Lonchar and a special number was presented by Achen Imchen. Pastor Wabang Lonchari said the dedicatory prayer.

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Coal mining: Meghalaya to take up issue with Centre

SHILLONG, APR 12 (AGENCIES): The State Cabinet on Thursday decided to pursue a resolution passed by the Meghalaya State Legislative Assembly to get Meghalaya exempted from central laws related to mining by knocking at the Centre’s door so that the ongoing ban on mining in the State is lifted at the earliest.

Meghalaya Cabinet Minister Prestone Tynsong told media persons after the Cabinet meeting that as a follow-up of the resolution on coal mining already passed by the Meghalaya State Assembly, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma would lead a team comprising ministers to New Delhi on Friday.

The State team would discuss with the Centre on how to find a way out regarding the ban on coal mining in the State, and the need to urge the Centre to invoke Para 12 A (b) of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution to exempt Meghalaya from the provisions of Central laws on mining.

Tynsong, however, maintained, “Getting Meghalaya exempted from the applicability of Central laws on mining does not mean that the State has to compromise with issues concerning the environment.”

Labourers load a truck with coal at depot in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. (File) Tynsong recalled that the ninth Meghalaya Assembly had unanimously adopted a resolution in 2015 to urge upon the Central government to invoke Para 12 A (b) of the Sixth Schedule through a presidential notification to exempt Meghalaya from the Central laws related to mining which include the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulations) Act, and the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act. The Cabinet Minister also said that after the meeting with the Centre, the Meghalaya CM will present a statement in the Assembly in the ongoing Budget session of the tenth Assembly.

The ongoing Budget session will conclude on April 20.

“During the Cabinet meeting, we discussed how to move forward and make sure that ban on coal mining in the state is lifted as it has affected the economy of the state and the people,” Tynsong said, adding that the State’s newly-appointed Advocate General Amit Kumar was also present since there are matters related to mining which are pending in courts – Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal.

The National Green Tribunal has banned coal mining in Meghalaya since April 17, 2014 and the ban would complete four years on April 17 this year.

103 HPC-D militants to surrender today A i z awl , A pr 1 2 (IANS): Over 100 militants of Hmar People’s Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) will surrenders with their weapons in Mizoram on Friday in line with a peace pact signed last week with the state government, an official said on Thursday.

“A t o t a l o f 1 0 3 HPC-D members would surrender and deposit their 48 sophisticated arms and ammunition,” a Mizoram Home Department official said.

The “home coming ceremony” would be held at Central Training Institute in Mizoram Home Guard headquarters at Sesawng village, 39 km northeast of Aizawl.

Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and Home minister R. Lalzirliana are expected to attend the function.

The gover nment signed a peace agreement with the Manipur-based outfit on April 2 in Aizawl to end the three-decadeold violence in the northeastern state.

The Hmar tribal people have been living in Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam.

Mizoram is the only state in India which received Rs 182.45 crore from the Centre in 200001 as “Peace Bonus” for maintaining peace after decades of insurgency.

Manipur BJP unit join nationwide fast

Leaders and workers of Manipur BJP during the day-long nationwide fast in Imphal on Thursday.

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IMPHAL, Apr 12: As part of BJP’s nationwide day-long fast to protest against the recent parliament washout, Manipur BJP also staged the protest in front of party’s head office in Imphal. Taking part in the protest, state BJP president and MP Rajya Sabha Ksh Babananda alleged that the National

Sports University Bill, 2017 could not be passed due to disturbances by the opposition Congress.

The bill for establishment of the National Sports University in Manipur was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 10, 2017. However, the same was yet to be passed for discussion.

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AGP not to allow Centre to grant citizenship to B’deshi Hindus Guwahati, Apr 12 (PTI): The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an alliance partner of the BJPled Assam government, Thursday said it would not allow the central government to grant citizenships to Hindu Bangladeshis.

Addressing a press meet here, AGP President and Agriculture Minister Atul Bora said, “The Centre wants to bring Hindu Bangladeshis to India and grant them citizenship.

We do not support the idea as it violates the historic Assam Accord, 1985.”

All illegal foreigners should be deported from Assam, irrespective of their religion, Bora said.

“The Assamese society is a secular one. We will never allow the segregation of illegal foreigners on the basis of religion,” he explained.

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shad leaders have met the Prime Minister to express their reservation on the matter, he said.

“We won’t hesitate to give up our ministerial posts in the state government if Assam’s interest is affected.”

The regional party would always be sensitive to the needs of the local people, Bora said.

“The Asom Gana Parishad will also ensure that no illegal foreigner’s name is included in the updated National Register of Citizens in Assam and no genuine Indian citizen’s name is left out,” he said.

Asked about reports of simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assam assembly polls next year, the Asom Gana Parishad president said, “Discussions have to be first held before anything is decided on the matter.”

the permanent campus of the university was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

State BJP president claimed that the Parliament was all set for discussion for passing the bill.

However, it could not be passed due to disturbances given in the proceedings of the Parliament by the opposition Congress.

“It is a very unfortu-

nate for the state of Manipur,” he said.

Asserting that the entire 23 days session has been washout due to undemocratic attitude of the Congress, the MP alleged Congress of throttling democracy.

BJP national general secretary (Manipur in-charge) Prahlad Singh Patel who took part in the protest said that the washout of Parliament session by the Congress tantamount to throttling democracy.

“Congress did not let parliament work for a single day. They throttled democracy and we are observing the fast to let the people know it. We have to save democracy from handful of people who tried to throttle it”, he said.

Vice president of BJP Manipur Pradesh, M Asnikumar Singh said that the recent continued disruption in the parliament by the Congress was a clear indication for derailment to the functioning of India’s parliamentary democracy.

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Mnp minister appeals TFO to revoke ban Correspondent

I M P H A L , A pr 1 2 : Manipur forest and environment minister Th Shyamkumar, who had been banned from entering Tangkhul inhabitant areas in Ukhrul and Kamjong districts, has appealed to the Tangkhul Frontal Organization (TFO) to revoke his ban from entering Tangkhul-inhabited areas.

On April 10, Tangkhul Frontal Organization (TFO) comprising TNL, TMNL, TSL, TKS, TMNL, four zonal chairmen and AHTA banned

the minister from entering Tangkhul-inhabited areas, particularly Ukhrul and Kamjong districts, for seizure of timbers worth crores of rupees.

The Tangkhul bodies claimed that the minister has no right to seize timber as the tribal lands are not covered by Forest Act and Manipur Land Revenue Act among others.

They therefore, demanded that the seized timbers be released immediately without any condition. Meanwhile, the forest minister termed the ban as “unfortunate and surprising” and clarified

that the duty of the forest department was to protect the environment and wildlife of the state.

He further said that forest department has not imposed ban on the use of forest products including for commercial purpose by while felling tree legal procedure framed by Indian Forest Act and Manipur Forest Act has to be followed so that the environment was not disturbed.

He said that the timbers seized by his department’s official were transported illegally by violating the rules and guidelines.

Missing youth radicalised in Philippines

GUWAHATI, Apr 12 (Agencies): Qamer Uzzaman, a missing man from Assam who is suspected to have joined the Hizbul Mujahideen, was radicalised in Philippines according to the state police.

“We stumbled upon evidence which suggest that Uzzaman was radicalised in Philippines,” Additional director general of Assam Police (special branch) Pallab Bhattacharya told ET. “The radicalisation took place while he went missing. We are still waiting for confirmation from Jammu and Kashmir police on whether Uzzaman is associated with the terror outfit or not,” Bhattacharya said. The

young man from Hojai district in Assam was running a small business in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar. A photograph of him holding an automatic assault rifle has gone viral on social media with the caption that suggests he is now a member of Hizbul Mujahideen. The caption says, “Org: Hizbul Mujahideen; Name: Qamer Uzzaman; S/O Ibrahim Zaman; R/O: Assam India; Code: Dr Hurairah; Qul: MA English.”

On recognising him in the photograph, his mother said the government should shoot him dead for being a traitor. “Yes, he is my son Qamer. If he has joined the militant organisation, the government should shoot him

dead as he is an enemy of the country. His body should be fed to animals.

I don’t need such a son.

Such a person should not be living,” she told reporters at her home. Qamer has a masters in English and worked in the US from 2008 to 2012. Family members have not been able to contact him since July 2017. His wife and three-year old son were with him till he returned to drop them 10 months ago at Jamunamukh where he was constructing a house, his brother Mufidul said.

“I now don’t consider him as my brother. He should be killed as he is a traitor. We won’t allow even his body to be brought inside our house,” Mufidul said.

Mother, infant killed in road mishap

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Imphal, Apr 12: A mother and her nine-month old son were killed after an auto-rickshaw carrying the dead body of her husband was hit by a truck ((MN/01/3934)). Two other family members, who were also travelling along with the woman sustained injuries and treated at a private hospital in Imphal, reports said. The tragic accident occurred yesterday (Wednesday) at Tengdongyang along Imphal-Dimapur section of NH-2 under Sekmai police station.

They were taking the dead body of their father, who succumbed to his illness at RIMS hospital Wednesday morning, when the mishap took place.

The infant died on the spot while the 35-yearold mother identified as Huirom Kanao Devi was declared brought dead at Raj Medicity hospital. She was rushed along with her 15-year-old daughter and brother in-law.

The conditions of the daughter and brother-inlaw were stated to be in critical condition. Meanwhile, large number of residents of Sekmai and its surrounding area blocked the NH-2 and demanded that the truck driver be booked and awarded befitting punishment, who was reportedly at large after the incident.

PM Modi asks Tripura MLAs to Mass protest in KA on April 24 work for state’s development Correspondent

Agartala, Apr 12 (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke to all the ministers and legislators of Tripura in a tele-conference and advised them to work for the development of the state on the occasion of completion of the first month of the BJP-led government.

According to TNN, BJP legislator Sushanta Choudhury said that the PM reiterated the schemes and programs of the central government meant for different sections of society.

“We were informed earlier that the PM may call us on our mobile and we were prepared for it. When the call got connected, he started praising the performance of the government and legislators of the state,” he added.

The PM mentioned about Fasal Bima Yojana, Mudra Yojana, Jeevan Jyoti Yojana, Suraksha Bima Yojana, Krishi Sinchai Yojana and Kushal Vikash Yojana and sought cooperation form all the MLAs to implement these in the state successfully. He also sought sugges-

tions from the MLAs how to usher in development in the state.

“The Prime Minister will talk to MPs and MLAs of the country periodically and the next interaction is scheduled on April 26. We can interact with him on PM App to be downloaded on the mobile. The PM said MPs and MLAs can talk to him over any problem they face in their respective areas,” said govt chief whip Kalayani Roy. Choudhur y added, “After getting elected, the CM, on several occasions, has advised us to have interactions at least twice in a week in our respective constituencies. We have learnt about the schemes and programs from the CM and he has asked us to keep track of implementation of central schemes and listen to people. We are trying to interact with each and every citizen of the constituency and send regular feedback to the CM,” he said.

Diphu, Apr 12: A conglomeration of 24 organizations representing both West Karbi Anglong and Karbi Anglong autonomous district will stage mass a demonstration on April 24 at Diphu.

The organization demand was deletion of illegal non-tribal voters from Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council’s voter’s lists and to new voter’s list by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council under proviso mentioned in paragraph 2 sub-para 7 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India and Revocation of Assam Land & Revenue Regulation Act, 1886 and re-establishment of Karbi Customary Law.

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oliticians may have axes to grind but the rise in atrocities on women in recent years appear to belie the expectation that good governance under the Modi government can be accepted as fait accompli. Since atrocities against minority communities and women are issues which any government cannot be absolved of responsibility, there is no escaping the fact that when the Modi government grabs every opportunity to claim credit, it should also not shirk away from accepting discredit. The gradual meandering of events away from the promises that were clearly spelt out soon after he came to power, has given way to deep disappointment with the prime minister, considered as a man of action. Two gruesome rapes among various atrocities and worse even more a horrific ‘cover up’ have crossed the limits. One in Jammu in the month of January this year and the other in August last year in Uttar Pradesh. In both instances the manner in which muscle power and clout is used to block investigation is visible, and yet there is barely a whisper from the organised opposition and the women’s groups on the ultimate travesty of justice.

The 16-year old rape victim of Unnao, tried to kill herself in front of the residence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath because an MLA of his party, the BJP, Kuldip Singh Sengar who raped her hasn’t been arrested. The UP Police chief in a bizarre explanation, said that no action was taken in order to protect the image of the accused rapist MLA. However, UP police found fit to take the victim’s 50-year old father Pappu Singh into custody where he was beaten mercilessly, and died in police custody on April 9,2018. In another shocking incident, an eight year-old girl from a nomadic tribe in Jammu, was kidnapped, kept confined in a temple, sedated, tortured and raped by several mean for days before she was finally killed. In the Jammu rape case some lawyers went to the extent of trying to prevent the law from exercising its responsibility.

Investigation led to the arrest of a former revenue official alleged to be the mastermind -Sanji Ram and his son Vishal- arrested from Meerut in UP. Three policemen that included SPO Deepak Khajuria and two others were arrested. Interestingly Sanji Ram had participated in a demonstration organised by the Hindu Ekta manch earlier protesting against the arrest of the police officers. Modi has always been quick to comment on twitter or use such incidents to make impassioned speeches. Most importantly what about the BJP’s women leaders – external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharati, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Women and Child Development minister Mrs Maneka Gandhi and MoS I&B minister Smriti Irani? Their silence over these horrendous crimes is shocking, dreadful and deafening. They are highly intelligent and regarded as women leaders of the country but it is sad they chose not to speak out at such a time against the perpetrators. The crimes cannot be blamed on anyone in the government but certainly a lot is still expected from those in power to send the right signals both in words and deeds.

DailyDevotion Complete and Effective Dominion Death no longer has dominion over Him.…the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God… —Romans 6:9-11 Co-Eternal Life. Eternal life is the life which Jesus Christ exhibited on the human level. And it is this same life, not simply a copy of it, which is made evident in our mortal flesh when we are born again. Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift of God. The energy and the power which was so very evident in Jesus will be exhibited in us by an act of the absolute sovereign grace of God, once we have made that complete and effective decision about sin.

“You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…” (Acts 1:8)— not power as a gift from the Holy Spirit; the power is the Holy Spirit, not something that He gives us. The life that was in Jesus becomes ours because of His Cross, once we make the decision to be identified with Him. If it is difficult to get right with God, it is because we refuse to make this moral decision about sin. But once we do decide, the full life of God comes in immediately. Jesus came to give us an endless supply of life— “…that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:19). Eternal life has nothing to do with time. It is the life which Jesus lived when He was down here, and the only Source of life is the Lord Jesus Christ.

Even the weakest saint can experience the power of the deity of the Son of God, when he is willing to “let go.” But any effort to “hang on” to the least bit of our own power will only diminish the life of Jesus in us. We have to keep letting go, and slowly, but surely, the great full life of God will invade us, penetrating every part.

Then Jesus will have complete and effective dominion in us, and people will take notice that we have been with Him.

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Humans have produced a whopping 9 billion tons of plastic

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just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics.”

This famous line from the 1967 classic film “The Graduate” was meant as advice for Dustin Hoffman’s character, Benjamin Braddock, but in retrospect, it should have been a warning.

A new study, which is the first global analysis of all mass-produced plastics ever made, finds that since large-scale manufacturing of plastics took off in the 1950s and until 2015, humans have produced approximately 9 billion tons (8.3 billion metric tons) of plastic. [In Photos: World’s 10 Most Polluted Places] To put that in perspective, all that plastic would be equivalent to 85,567 aircraft “supercarriers” like the USS Gerald R. Ford, which weighs 107,000 tons (97,000 metric tons), according the U.S. Navy.

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half was made in the last 13 years, said Roland Geyer, an associate professor of industrial ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and lead author of the new study, which was published online today (July 19) in the journal Science Advances.

“You could say, ‘What a phenomenal success story,’ but I do think it will come with some heavy environmental collateral damage,” he told Live Science.

As of 2015, about 7 billion tons (6.3 billion metric tons) of plastic have been disposed of as waste, with only 9 percent of it recycled, 12 percent incinerated, and a whopping 79 percent finding its way into landfills, the researchers report.

If this doesn’t change, 13.2 billion tons (12 billion metric tons) of plastic waste will be disposed of in landfills by 2050, Geyer and his colleagues wrote in the study.

As an industrial ecolo-

gist, Geyer studies society’s “It’s a lot, but it’s only a use of materials and energy. fraction of the total amount For years, he focused on we’re making,” he said. how societies used metCurrently, the world als like steel and copper, produces 440 million tons but about 10 years ago, he (400 million metric tons) anshifted to studying plastic, nually, he said. The amount he told Live Science. He in the ocean is about 1 or ended up working as part 2 percent of that total. [In of a group to estimate how Images: The Great Pacific much plastic is polluting Garbage Patch] the oceans. The team calTo arrive at their findculated that ing, Geyer between 5 Tracy Staedter a n d h i s million and colleagues 14 million tons (4.8 million pulled data, available publicand 12.7 million metric ly and privately, from several tons) of plastic entered the different industry associaplanet’s oceans in 2010. tions describing production These results were pub- of high-density polyethylene lished in 2015 in the journal (PE), low-density and linear Science. low-density PE, polypropylThose were really stun- ene (PP), polystyrene (PS), ning numbers at the time, polyvinylchloride (PVC), Geyer said, and he was polyethylene terephthalate compelled to get a more (PET) and PUR resins; comprehensive view of and polyester, polyamide society’s plastic use and and acrylic (PP&A) fibers. management. But now that The study did not include he knows the big picture, bio-based or biodegradable Geyer said he’s no longer plastics, which account for surprised by the amount of 4.4 tons (4 metric tons) anplastic marine debris. nually.

Originally, the researchers compiled numbers for plastics that people use in everyday situations, such as packaging, household items, car parts, electronics and other common products. But then, Geyer said the researchers decided to include plastic fibers used in textiles, such as in fleece and polyester, which are used to make clothing, carpets, curtains and furniture.

“I was really surprised by how big the production numbers were,” he said.

In 2015, 66 million tons (60 million metric tons) of synthetic fibers were manufactured, about as much as the amount of aluminum that was made in that same year, he said.

When the scientists looked at the life cycle of plastics, they found that 60 percent of all plastics produced has been discarded into landfills or some other part of the environment. Plastics, which are

made from fossil fuels, do not biodegrade. Instead, they break down into tinier “micro-plastics,” which have been shown to infiltrate marine and freshwater sources where their impact is still largely unknown, Geyer said.

Geyer is convinced that dealing with the plastic waste problem requires a solution that goes beyond recycling. “It’s not up to the job,” he said.

Rather, he said the problem needs to be tackled with the entire tool kit of sustainable materials management, which includes not only recycling but also substitution, reducing the amount of materials required to make a product or construct a building, and perhaps creating energy through incineration.

“Hopefully, everyone who reads this article will come away with the same idea, that we need to change the way we make use of and manage plastics,” he said.

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healthy parliament works on three ‘D’ i.e. debate, dissent and discussion.

But the fourth ‘D’ Disruption has crept into the Indian parliament and has become a bone of contention not only for parliamentary functioning but also for the people of India. The current washout of the Parliamentary session throws open larger questions about the role and relevance of the institution.

Disruptions have become an endemic feature of the functioning of the Indian Parliament Not doing debate and discussion produced a mockery of democracy.

Taxes collected from the people being spent by the government in an arbitrary manner — without discussion in Parliament The Budget session of Parliament which concluded on Friday, was a complete washout, marking the end of a session in which 127 hours of work were lost to protests over varied issues. The Rajya Sabha saw 120 working hours being wasted. As the government and opposition have continued to level charges at one other, the institution of Parliament has emerged as the biggest victim, as near-negligible business has been conducting.

The second leg of the Budget Session ended in a washout on Friday as both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine dine, bringing to a close a month of pandemonium and repeated disruptions that saw a total of nearly 250 working hours wasted. In the session that began on March 5, the Lok Sabha lost 127 hours and 45 minutes while the Rajya Sabha lost more than 121 hours. Looking at the data for the

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overall session, Lok Sabha spent 1% of its productive time on legislative business, while Rajya Sabha spent 6%. this session witnessed the poorest performance of Question Hour in Lok Sabha since 2014. Question Hour in Lok Sabha functioned for 12% of its scheduled time and for 4% in Rajya Sabha. This has been a terrible time for our Parliament not because one or another issue could not be debated, but because depraved parliamentary practice was on view “our parliamentarians cannot be allowed to hold the nation to ransom while the nation pays 1•5 crore per hour to run the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.”

There already is a dearth of time to acknowledge the needs of an 125 crore population by a handful of men and upon it there comes the burden of these flippant conversations, also known as ‘disruptions’. The citizens have paid enough to watch this tomfoolery with the future of the nation. The most populous democracy in the world has become the worst, going by the behaviour of the MPs, especially those stalling legislation on a daily basis in the Parliament.

Disrupting Parliament reflects badly on these leaders, especially when it involves the non-passing of bills which benefit the poor.

We live in one of the most stable democracy of the world and patience and tolerance are the pillars on which it stands.

Considering stability a boon, the politicians must not swerve from their pledge to serve the nation and its people. The people have voted for the MP; that MP is supposed to respond to their

needs and also to her/his conscience. Not according to her/ his party boss or high commands because s/he is a people’s representative.

According to PRS Legislative Research, “this was the least productive Budget session for both Houses since 2000”.

During the session on an average, Lok Sabha worked for 21 per cent of its scheduled time, while Rajya Sabha worked for 27 per cent, it said. According to data provided by Parliamentary Affairs minister Ananth Kumar, the productivity of the Lok Sabha(LS) was 134 per cent, and that of the Rajya Sabha(RS) around 96 per cent during the brief first part of the session. The first part had seven LS and eight RS sittings. But the second part of the session saw productivity taking a nose dive due to daily disruptions and adjournments.

The productivity of the LS was four per cent and that of the RS eight per cent, the minister said. “The productivity of the complete Budget session was 23 per cent for the LS and 28 per cent for the RS,” he said.

Frequent disruptions have been weakening Parliamentary democracy. We are all losers.

This includes the opposition, the ruling party, the government and most importantly, the people and the nation”. Forgetting the notions of disagreements outside the Parliament, the parliamentarians should present a better picture of the Indian democracy.

Prof Mithilesh Kumar Sinha, Finance Officer, Nagaland University, Lumami

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any if not all must be familiar with the anecdote, “Barking Deer and the Couple”. Anecdotes are nothing but a short amusing story, blend of wit and satire with comic strokes that comes to mirror certain social realities. Many of the anecdotes told and re-told around the hearth since time immemorial still seems to be very much relevant even in today’s context.It continues to get popular because of the indelible value that one can inculcate in them.

The story of the Barking Deer and the couple goes like this; one day a couple went to the paddy field for a regular agricultural activity. As they walked into the deep forest, they heard a deer barking. On hearing, the husband said, hmmmm I will kill the deer and distribute the meat to my neighbors but the wife refuted the idea and said; no, I would sale the meat and buy dress for myself. The couple continued to fight over their own interest and as they continued to fight the deer suddenly stops barking! As the deer stops barking, the fight of the couple also comes to an end ultimately.

We can relate the above anecdote to different life situations or prevailing social milieu of different times. The ongoing Indo- Naga peace talks can be taken as one classic example. For, speculations wrapped through different media on the possible outcome of ‘honorable solution’ anytime soon. On the count of which many individuals/groups engaged themselves into wishful thinking and started fighting among themselves, trying to push their own interest like that of the couple who fought, on hearing the sound of the barking deer. In-fact the couple should have firstwork on how to catch the deer rather than fighting over their own interest. Likewise, even the Nagas should first work collectively on how to achieve the

long cherished dream to live as free people instead of fighting over their own interest.I am afraid, if the fight within continues; the so called ‘honorable solution’ might vanish into thin air like the sound of that barking deer vanished. In today’s context certain information circulating in the social media, especially the unwarranted ones can be dangerous like the sound of that barking deer which can bring a lot of commotion to the families and society at large.

Other perspective that one can relate is the image of women projected in the story. In conscious study of such stories which project women in a negative role has enormous impact in our society even today. It is such story that helps in stereotyping society’s thinking about women and further legitimates certain stigma that exist society. Relegating women into such role can be viewed as another way of projecting women as evil and typecast her as naturally bad. A myth is created through such narratives, that women arenaturally bad whereas men are projected as kind and generous. I think it is important to be sensitive towards such construct while trying to extract the good things from such anecdotes.

What we can draw or conclude from the above inferences is that through such narratives, social etiquettes of the past are reflectedwherein both animal and human characters were employed to exposed human wit and follies.

Such culturally grounded story also gives a glimpse of the rich cultural past, particularly the shades of agrarian society and interestingly such anecdotestill hasa great potential to serve as an agent of negotiating social realities even in the present context.

P Wungnaongam, Research Fellow University of Delhi, (naongampao@gmail.com)

Scientists have a wild plan to throw salt into the atmosphere

prinkling large amounts of salt into the atmosphere could stave off climate change, a group of researchers has proposed.

They’ve suggested that, because salt is highly reflective, it could potentially reflect sunlight back into outer space, helping to cool the Earth, they wrote in a report presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas on March 21.

But other climate scientists aren’t so sure. This idea falls into the category of geoengineering — a deliberate, large-scale attempt to change the environment as a means to counteract climate change. [Top 10 Craziest Environmental Ideas] “It’s an interesting idea,” Michael Mann, a distinguished professor of meteorology at Penn State, told Live Science. But “most of these [geoengineering] schemes,though potentially appealing at the surface, are seen to be fraught with potential unintended consequences when you look at them in more detail.”

Salty idea The salty proposal is more of a last-ditch effort that

could be used to offset climate change, in case humans fail to significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions, such as those of carbon dioxide, that are contributing to Earth’s rising temperatures, Science magazine reported. The idea is to seed salt into the upper troposphere, the atmospheric layer most commercial airplanes fly over because of its weather conditions and clouds.

The idea was put forward, in part, by Robert Nelson, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, a nonprofit whose scientists study planetary systems, including the solar system.

Their proposal is hardly the first geoengineering idea out there. Other scientists have considered injecting tiny particles known as aerosols into the stratosphere, the region above the troposphere, as a way to cool the planet, Science magazine reported.

In effect, these particles — whether aerosols or kitchen table salt — could act like natural aerosols that cool the planet after a volcanic eruption. For instance, a series of stupendous eruptions from the Icelandic volcano Eldgjá

from A.D. 939 to 940 led to one of the coldest summers the Northern Hemisphere had experienced in 1,500 years, Live Science previously reported.

H oweve r, m a n y o f the aerosols scientists have suggested using, such as diamond dust or alumina, are harmful to the ozone (a layer that protects the Earth’s surface from some of the sun’s ultraviolet rays) and human health. But in 2015, while studying evaporated salts on the surfaces of solar system bodies, such as the dwarf planet Ceres, Nelson realized that table salt was a possibility. It’s more reflective than alumina and harmless to humans. In addition, if it were ground up into small particles and released into the upper troposphere, the salt would not block infrared heat released by Earth, which also helps the planet cool, he said.

But this proposal is still in its early stages, scientists told Live Science.

“It is hard to emphasize enough just how much further research would be needed to verify its applicability,” said Kelly McCusker, a climate

scientist at Rhodium Group, an independent research firm in New York City.

For starters, salt (NaCl) contains chlorine, “which is a constituent of ozonedepleting CFCs [chlorofluorocarbons] — so this could actually worsen ozone depletion,” Mann said. While ozone depletion does not cause climate change, it’s harmful to human health because it lets ultraviolet radiation into Earth, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Simone Tilmes, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, added that salt often includes iodine, a reactive element that could not just impact ozone chemistry in the troposphere but also affect chemical reactions in the stratosphere.

Moreover, “the salt’s reflectance has thus far been measured in a laboratory setting, and we don’t know how its properties would change upon delivery (through a nozzle or some other device),” McCusker told Live Science in an email.

It’s also unclear “how much [salt] would be needed

to be deployed to reduce surface temperature, or how it would interact with water vapor, clouds and the atmosphere in general, to name just a few unknowns,” McCusker said. [Doomsday: 9 Real Ways Earth Could End] McCusker and Mann agreed that the best way to fight human-caused climate change is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

“The only safe way to tackle climate change is to address the root cause — our continued reliance on the burning of fossil fuels,” Mann said.

Nelson couldn’t be reached for comment, but told Science magazine that he plans to further study salt’s properties to see how feasible the project is. What’s more, he would like to engage with the public before implementing the salty mission, he said.

But Nelson also acknowledged that salt can’t solve Earth’s long-term climate change challenges.

“This is a palliative, not a solution, somewhat analogous to the application of morphine in a medical situation,” he and his colleagues wrote in the report.

Laura Geggel

Reader’s Post Sir,

Give some time

Before the government has even settled down to proper functioning, there is already a lot of hue and cry in social media etc. On top of that, important official documents are just being bantered around like ordinary everyday gossip pieces. It is only fair to give time for the government to execute its governance smoothly.

Christina S. Angami, AG Colony, Kohima Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Modi & Shah lead fast of BJP MPs against Parliament disruption

Narendra Modi and Amit shah.

the ruling party (BJP) was ready to discuss every issue but the opposition was shying away from discussion.

Bharatiya Janata Party MPs observed fast in thier constituencies while Rajya Sabha MPs protested at various places.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was present at the DefExpo, also observed a fast.

In Delhi, all seven

BJP MPs -- Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, who represents Chandani Chowk constituency, East Delhi MP Maheish Girri, New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi, West Delhi MP Pravesh Verma, North West Delhi MP Udit Raj, South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri and North East Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari -- observed fast, which will end at 5 p.m.

Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu joined them. Tiwari, also the Delhi BJP President, said he will continue his “indefinite hunger strike” to protest against the continuous neglect of developmental works in his constituency by the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi.

The Budget session started on January 29 and went into a break on February 9. The two houses of Parliament met for the second half of the session on March 5, which concluded on Friday.

While the first half of the session -- January 31 to February 9 -- recorded 134 per cent productivity in the Lok Sabha and 96 per cent in the Rajya Sabha, in the second-half, from March 5 to April 6, the lower house recorded just four per cent productivity and the upper house eight per cent.

Telangana students selected for NASA conference

H y derabad, A pr 12 (IANS): Six students of Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS) have been selected to attend the 2018 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) International Space Development Conference to be held in the US. The chair of Executive Committee of National Space Society have selected the students of government-run TMREIS schools for submission of “TMREIS Fusion L5” project. This project was selected in association with Planetary Society of India and got an invitation from the National Space Society to attend the 2018 International Space Development Conference (ISDC) to be held from May 24 to May 27 at Los Angeles, California, according to a statement from the office of Telangana Chief Minister on Thursday.

Dalit bodies want SC/ST Act restored through ordinance NEW DELHI, APR 12 (IANS): A number of Dalit organisations on Thursday asked the Narendra Modi government to “restore” through an ordinance the SC/ST Act that has been “diluted” by a Supreme Court order and withdrawal of cases filed against Dalit activists during the countrywide shutdown on April 2.

Addressing a press conference here, they also announced to obser ve April 14 -- the birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar -- as “Protect Constitution” day across the country.

Those addressing the press meet included Ashok Bharti, advisor to the National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organisations; Ramesh Nathan of National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights; Anand Rao of All India Dalit Rights Federation; Srinivasa Rao of Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch; and

Stay on Max hospital licence cancellation extended

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IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT HEADQUARTER CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP : DIMAPUR : NAGALAND. NOTICE

Dated, Dimapur the 11

th

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Notice is hereby given that Shri. Hiralal Das -Vrs- Smti. Kaniho Yepthomi resident of Kiyezu 'B' Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 of Assam Land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below:The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any & should be submitted to this Court in writing on or before 11/5/18.

SCHEDULE OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder : Shri. Hiralal Das Village /Town Block No. : 9, Patta No. : 1402, Dag No. : 83/1562, Area : 00B-01K-00Ls. North : Khesheli, South : Hiralal Das, East : Hiralal Das, West : Ngang Sangma.

Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland.

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IN THE COURT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIMAPUR DISTRICT HEADQUARTER CHUMUKEDIMA, CAMP : DIMAPUR : NAGALAND. NOTICE

Dated, Dimapur the 11th

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Notice is hereby given that Shri. Hiralal Das -Vrs- Mrs. Qhesheli Sumi resident of Kiyezu 'B' Town/Village in the District of Dimapur, Nagaland under Rule 50 & 51 of Assam Land Revenue Regulation 1886 have applied for Mutation of land described in the schedule below:The undersigned under Rule 52 of the said Rules do hereby invites claims/objections concerning to the said land, if any & should be submitted to this Court in writing on or before 11/5/18.

SCHEDULE OF LAND AND BOUNDARY Name of Patta Holder : Shri. Hiralal Das Village /Town Block No. : 9, Patta No. : 1402, Dag No. : 83/1562, Area : 00B-01K-07Ls. North : Nallah, South : Kaniho, East : Hiralal Das, West : Ngang Sangma.

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ing those from the economically weaker sections of the society,” the group claimed.

Also, the Delhi Medical Council (DMC), which had sent the Max hospital twins case to its disciplinary committee, has held a couple of hearings in the matter last month, a senior DMC official said.

Deputy Commissioner Dimapur : Nagaland.

IN THE COURT OF SHRI. VICTO SEMA PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, TUENSANG : NAGALAND

NO.PD&SJ.TSG/SUCC-1/2002-03/2

Dated Tuensang the 5th March' 2018

NOTICE CALLING OBJECTION FOR THE ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE. Where as Smti. Lithrongla Sangtam District Tuensang has applied for

the issue of Succession Certificate declaring that Her, Husband Late Temsumeren Sangtam has expired on 30-01-2018.

It is hereby, notified that if no objection to issue this certificate is received from anyone within 30 (Thirty) days wef 5-3/2018 onward.

The date of publication in press the certificate shall be issue and no further complaint will be entertained for issue of the same.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

(P. Imchameren) President

(S. Wati Imchen) Secretary

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER NAGINIMORA : NAGALAND NO.JUDL-8/2017-18 Dated, Naginimora 27th March 2018 NOTICE Whereas in application has been submitted by Miss Moijai K, D/o P. Shantan with a prayer for issue of succession certificate in respect of Shantan to this office.

Therefore objections are hereby invited from any persons having any objection or claims to the claims made by the applicant within 30 (thirty) days from the date of issue of this notification. no petition will be entertained after the expiry of the given period.

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

Dt, Wokha the 6 April 2018

Dt, Wokha the 10th April 2018

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No. Judl-47/2017-18/ / Whereas, Shri. L. Moyithung Kikon, brother of Late Shri. L. Chumben Kikon, a permanent resident of Wokha Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable him to draw NEEPCO defined contribution supernnuation scheme in favour of his deceased brother Late Shri. L. Chumben Kikon, who expired on 04/11/2011.

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

(Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon) IAS Deputy Commissioner, Wokha : Nagaland DC-807 GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

NOTICE

No. Judl-47/2017-18/ / Whereas, Smti. Nokshila, wife of Late Shri. Sacheo Lotha, a permanent resident of Tsungiki Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw family pension pertaining to PPO No. PEN/COM-6955/NL/S/10526 and AC No. 11766534270 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri. Sacheo Lotha, who expired on 04/04/2018.

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

(Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon) IAS Deputy Commissioner, Wokha : Nagaland DC-805 GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

Dt, Wokha the 10 April 2018

Dt, Wokha the 16th March 2018

WOKHA : NAGALAND

WOKHA : NAGALAND

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No. Judl-47/2017-18/ / Whereas, Smti. Lozano Yanthan, wife of Late Shri. Rhamomo Lotha, a permanent resident of Lakhuti Village has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw family pension pertaining to PPO No. 16105 and AC No. 11766533935 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri.

Rhamomo Lotha, who expired on 10/03/2018.

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

(Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon) IAS Deputy Commissioner, Wokha : Nagaland DC-806

Janata Party (BJP)-led government could not use the past Congress governments’ inaction or deliberate unwillingness to give the Dalits their due as an alibi to deny them their rights now.

The Supreme Court in an order on March 20 said that an accused cannot be mandatorily arrested under the Scheduled Castes and Schedules Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act without an initial probe.

VACANCY

With immense pride and honor, the Dimapur Japukong Senso Teintet Rogo (Association of Senior Citizen) take this opportunity to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Temjen Imna Along who is elected from the 30th Alongtaki Assembly constituency in the recently concluded Assembly Election.

The Association also acknowledges the wisdom of Shri. Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister, Govt. of Nagaland for appointing Shri. Imna Along as Cabinet Minister, Higher and Technical Education. We have great hope and pray that with his caliber he will fulfill the aspiration of the people of the constituency in particular and Nagaland in general.

I, Imtiakum (Old Name) should be henceforth known as Imtiakum Pongen (New Name) for all purposes by Affidavit No. 2765/2017 dated 29/12/2017.

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Shalimar Bagh, earlier will continue, as the next date of hearing is fixed for April 17.” Following the initial stay order, the Max hospital had resumed its operation on December 20.

“Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, continues to serve over 15,000 patients in its OPD, 3,000 patients in IPD per month includ-

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for taking action are the lapses on part of the hospital, involving the EWS (extremely weaker section) quota patients and dengue fever beds. And, we had sent notices to Max for these cases, even before the twin baby case was reported in the media,” the Director General in the DGHS, Kirti Bhushan, had said.

The alleged medical negligence in the twin baby case was over and above those two grounds, he had said. Meanwhile, the Max Healthcare group, in a statement today, said, “The relief granted to Max Hospital,

Nirmal of Bharat Khet Mazdoor Union. “The government must bring an ordinance to protect the sanctity of the SC/ST Act. Also, the cases against the Dalit activists who were implicated during the Bharat Bandh on April 2 must be withdrawn,” said Bharti.

Accusing the Narendra Modi government of not being “honest” visa-vis Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar, the Dalit leaders said that the Bharatiya

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GHAZIABAD, APR 12 (IANS): Over 200 journalists on Thursday took out a procession against the attack on television journalist Anuj Chaudhary and demanded the suspension of a Station House Office (SHO). Staging a protest at the office of the Senior Superintendent of Police, the journalists demanded suspension of Kavi Nagar SHO Samarjit Singh for failing to provide security to the journalist.

in the Financial Commissioner’s court, which stayed the order. “The Max hospital side has raised certain objections to some of the questions raised by our side (DGHS). So, the court has asked us to file a written reply,” a top official of the Directorate General of Health Services told PTI. The DGHS had on February 8, when the last hearing was held, said that the Delhi government would emphasise on two other factors as major grounds for cancellation of its licence.

“From our (DGHS) side, now the main grounds

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declared stillborn by the hospital, one of them wrongly, and handed over to the family allegedly in a polythene bag. While the family was on its way to perform the final rites, they found that one of them (a baby boy) was still alive.

The case triggered an outrage, prompting the AAP government’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to cancel the hospital’s licence on December 8 for alleged medical negligence. The upscale hospital group on December 13 had filed an appeal against the cancellation of the licence

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NEW DELHI, APR 12 (PTI): An appellate body hearing the Max hospital twin baby death case today extended by a month the stay on a Delhi government order cancelling its licence in December, authorities said. The stay will be in effect till May 17, the next date of hearing, they said.

Today’s hearing was the third in the case by the Financial Commissioner’s court, Delhi. The licence cancellation case pertains to the birth of premature twins at the hospital in Shalimar Bagh on November 30 last year. Both the babies were

Dalit activist and supporters hold placards and raise slogans during a protest march.

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NEW DELHI, APR 12 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah along with BJP MPs fasted on Thursday across the country to protest against the washout of the second half of Parliament’s Budget session for which the BJP blamed on the Congress.

Modi observed the fast even as he continued with his official work, including inaugurating the 10th edition of Defence Expo at Thiruvidanthai near Chennai.

Shah undertook the hunger strike at Dharwad in election-bound Karnataka along with party’s Chief Ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa and other MPs. Shah hit out at the Congress for “disrupting” Parliament, saying it happened for the first in independent India’s history that

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018

NOTICE

No. Judl-47/2017-18/ / Whereas, Smti. Yilobeni Humtsoe, wife of Late Shri. Tsenzamo Humtsoe, a permanent resident of Wokha Town has applied for issue of Succession Certificate to enable her to draw all dues and benefits/family pension pertaining to PPO No. NL/2337 and to operate AC No. 11766535922 in favour of her deceased husband Late Shri. Tsenzamo Humtsoe, who expired on 11/01/2018.

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

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S i m i l a r ly, c a p i t a l goods output rose by a robust 20 per cent in the month under review as against a contraction of 2.4 per cent earlier.

Consumer durables too grew at 7.9 per cent as against a contraction of 4.6 per cent in February 2017.

Electricity generation also grew by 4.5 per cent compared to 1.2 per cent.

However, mining output declined by 0.3 per cent against a growth 4.6 per cent earlier.

As per use-based classification, the growth rates in February 2018 over February 2017 are 3.7 per cent in primary goods, 3.3 per cent in intermediate goods and 12.6 per cent in infrastructure/construction goods. The consumer nondurables sector recorded a growth of 7.4 per cent.

In terms of industries, 15 out of the 23 industry groups in the manufacturing sector have shown positive growth during February 2018.

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Industrial production grows 7.1 pc in Feb tion grew at 7.1 per cent in February, mainly driven by robust performance of the manufacturing sector coupled with higher offtake of capital goods and consumer durables.

Factory output measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had grown by 1.2 per cent in February 2017, as per data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today.

The IIP recorded a growth of 8.54 per cent in November, 7.1 per cent in December and 7.4 per cent in January, as per the revised data.

During April-February, IIP growth has slowed to 4.3 per cent from 4.7 per cent in the same period last fiscal.

Manufacturing sector, which constitutes over 77 per cent of the index, grew at 8.7 per cent in February as compared to almost flat growth of 0.7 per cent in New Delhi, Apr 12 growth for the fourth month the same month a year (PTI): Maintaining high in a row, industrial produc- ago.

and not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers.

For FY16, IDBI Bank had under-reported Rs 6,186 crore of bad loans, which were subsequently identified by the RBI. The central bank’s rules require that lenders make public the divergence if the defaults identified by the RBI are more than 15% of what is reported by the lender. Around a fourth of IDBI Bank’s loans have

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New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI): Retail inf lation slowed to 4.28 per cent in March, the third consecutive month of decline, mainly on account of easing food prices including vegetables, government data showed Thursday.

The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key data factored in by the RBI to arrive at interest rate, was 4.44 per cent in February.

However, the March 2018 inflation is higher than 3.89 per cent recorded in the same month last year.

As per data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), inflation in the vegetables segment cooled to 11.7 per cent in March from 17.57 per cent in the previous month.

The rate of price rise in the protein rich items like eggs, milk and other products too moderated in March as against the previous month.

per cent of the currency value was “not a good idea”.

“I didn’t ever say that I wasn’t consulted (on demonetisation). In fact, I have made it quite clear that we were consulted and we didn’t think it was a good idea,” said Rajan who is currently the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

He said demonetisation “was not a well-planned, well thought-out, useful

the money that was demonetised coming back into the system, the exercise did not have the direct effect that was sought.

While the longer term impact of demonetisation is yet to be seen, its negative economic impact included people not having currency, not being able to pay and economic activity plummeting especially in the informal sector.

“There may be some longer term impact that people think that if this sort of thing happens then the government is serious about collecting taxes. There may be greater tax payments but we still have to see strong evidence that that is true,” he said.

Rajan also expressed concern that a lot of people probably lost their jobs due to demonetisation but that has not been counted well as it would be mostly in the informal sector.

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exercise and I told the government that when the idea was first mooted.”

He added that any macro-economist would say that if 87.5 per cent of the currency is being demonetised, then it better be made sure that a similar amount of currency is printed and ready to be put back in circulation.

“India went into it without having done that.

It had a negative economic impact but also the idea was that somehow people who had money stored in their basements without having paid taxes on it would overnight see reason and come to the government and say ‘sorry we were hiding this stuff, let me pay taxes on it’,” Rajan said, calling it a “naive view”.

“Anybody who knows India, knows that ver y quickly we find ways around the system,” he said, adding that with “essentially” all

MUMBAI, Apr 12 (Agencies): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a Rs 3-crore penalty on IDBI Bank for failing to report bad loans in line with the central bank’s guidelines. In a statement issued here, the central bank said that the fine was for “for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on Income Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC) norms”.

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New York, Apr 12 (PTI): RBI’s former governor Raghuram Rajan has said that he had made it quite clear to the government that the demonetisation was “not a good idea” and that its implementation was “not well-planned” since 87.5 per cent of the currency was being demonetised.

On November 8, 2016, the Centre banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes to curtail the shadow economy and crack down on the use of illicit and counterfeit cash to fund illegal activities and terrorism.

Speaking at the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge yesterday, 55-year-old Rajan rejected the claim that the Reserve Bank of India had not been consulted by the government before it went ahead with the demonetisation.

He, however, reiterated that the move to cancel 87.5

New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI): Gold soared by Rs 300 to trade at Rs 32,150 per ten gram at the bullion market Thursday on positive global cues amid continued buying by local jewellers Silver also reclaimed the Rs 40,000-level per kg by gaining Rs 240, backed by an increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

Marketmen said apart from a firm trend overseas, brisk buying by local jewellers to meet retailer demand in the domestic spot market pushed up gold prices.

Globally, gold rose 1.02 per cent to USD 1,352.80 an ounce and silver by 0.60 per cent to USD 16.65 an ounce in New York in yesterday’s trade. Besides, a depreciated rupee against the dollar made imports of the metal costlier, thus fuelling the uptrend, experts said.

In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity climbed

by Rs 300 each to Rs 32,150 and Rs 32,000 per ten gram, respectively.

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Chemical watchdog confirms novichok poisoned

A tent is secured over the bench in Salisbury where Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found critically ill.

chemical was “high purity” with a complete absence of contaminants. Foreign secretary Boris Johnson called the results “conclusive.”

“There can be no doubt what was used and there remains no alternative explanation about who was responsible – only Russia has the means, motive and record,” he said.

The tests were carried out by four independent laboratories affiliated with OPCW and samples were transported under a “full chain of custody”, the report said.

It did not name novichok directly but said: “The results of the analysis by the OPCW designated laboratories of environ-

mental and biomedical samples collected by the OPCW team confirms the findings of the United Kingdom relating to the identity of the toxic chemical that was used in Salisbury and severely injured three people.”

Tests by military experts at the Porton Down laboratories in Wiltshire found that novichok, one of a group of deadly chemical compounds developed by the Soviet government in the 1970s and 1980s, was responsible for the poisoning.

Russia has strongly denied involvement in the Skripal’s poisoning and challenged the UK assessment that novichok was to blame. The OPCW was tasked with identifying the chemical, not with attributing its origin or ascertaining blame for the poisoning.

China remains world’s top executioner: Amnesty Int’l L on d on , A p r 1 2 (IANS): China has remained the world’s top executioner amid a decline in global executions, Amnesty International’s annual report on capital punishment said on Thursday.

Amnesty International recorded at least 993 executions in 23 countries in 2017, down by 4 per cent from 2016 (1,032 executions) and 39 per cent from 2015 when the Londonbased organisation reported 1,634 executions, the highest number since 1989.

Besides China, 84 per cent of all reported executions took place in just four countries -- Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.

Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and the United Arab

Emirates (UAE) resumed executions in 2017, the report said.

Executions noticeably fell in Belarus (by 50 per cent) and Egypt (20 per cent). However, it increased in Palestine from three in 2016 to six in 2017; in Singapore from four to eight; and in Somalia from 14 to 24.

In 2017, Guinea and Mongolia abolished the death penalty in law for all crimes.

While Kenya abolished the mandatory death penalty for murder, Burkina Faso and Chad also took steps to repeal this punishment with new or proposed laws.

“The progress in subSaharan Africa reinforced its position as a beacon of

hope for abolition... It is high time that the rest of the world follows their lead and consigns this abhorrent punishment to the history books,” said Amnesty’s Secretary General Salil Shetty.

The report also showed Amnesty International recorded commutations or pardons of death sentences in 21 countries including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the US.

They were eventually granted the embryos, but it wasn’t long until the next problem occurred. The embryos could only be taken from the Nanjing hospital if there was proof that another hospital would store them.

But given the legal uncertainty around untransplanted embryos, it was hard to find another medical institution in China willing to get involved.

And with surrogacy illegal in China, the only realistic option was to look beyond the country’s borders. Eventually, the future grandparents worked with a surrogacy agency and decided on Laos, where commercial surrogacy was legal.

As no airline was willing to accept a thermos-sized bottle of liquid nitrogen, the precious cargo had to be transported by car.

In Laos, the embryo was implanted into the womb of the surrogate mother and in December 2017 the boy was born.

Citizenship of the child, named Tiantian, was another problem though and so he was born not in Laos but in China - with the surrogate travelling there on a simple tourist visa.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron says he has “proof ” that the Syrian government attacked the town of Douma with chemical weapons last weekend.

He said he would decide “in due course” whether to strike Syria. Western states are thought to be preparing for missile strikes in response to the alleged attack. In Russia, Syria’s main military ally, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov urged against “any steps which could lead to an escalation of tensions”.

US President Donald Trump, who said on Wednesday that missiles were “coming”, has now tweeted that he “never said when”. It “could be very soon or not so soon at all”, said the president, who has cancelled a planned trip to stay in the US with his defence secretary, and who has been canvassing support for strikes from the leaders of other countries including the UK and France.

The French leader previously said any strikes would target the Syrian government’s “chemical

capabilities”.

He did not give the source of his information but said: “We have proof that last week chemical weapons, at least chlorine, were used by the regime of Bashar al-Assad.”

Asked in a TV interview whether France would join strikes on Syria, he said: “We will need to take decisions in due course, when we judge it most useful and effective. “France will not allow any escalation that could harm the stability of the region as a whole but we can’t let regimes that think they can do everything they want, including the worst things that violate international law, to act.”

Myanmar asked to release detained reporters

Bangladesh ends reservation in govt jobs after furious protests

Geneva, Apr 12 (IANS): Two independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on Myanmar to release two Reuters reporters who were arrested while investigating the killing of Rohingya Muslims and to drop the charges against them. Special rapporteurs on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and on human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee, reacted in a statement to a Wednesday decision by a Myanmar court to reject the dismissal of the case against Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. “We urge the prosecution to drop the charges against Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and we urge the government to release both journalists immediately,” the experts were cited as saying by Efe news.

DHAKA, Apr 12 (Agencies): In the face of nationwide protests by thousands of students, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday announced abolishment of the decades-old quota system for recruiting government officials through an annual civil service exam.

According t o T h e Wire, Hasina declared in Parliament that “there is no need for quota system in the public service” asking the protesters to “Go back home” as the “quota system will be scrapped as the students do not want it”.

The protesting students, meanwhile, postponed their agitation “for now” and said they would scrutinise Hasina’s announcement of “abolishing the quota completely.” Rashed Khan, joint

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convener of the Council to Protect Bangladesh’s General Students Right —a platform for quotareform protesters—said, “We wanted quota reform, not abolishment.”

At present, 56% posts in the annual civil service examination are reserved under various quotas.

Among those, the largest chunk—30%—is reserved for children of freedom fighters, which the protestors are opposing as they believe it destroys the level playing field in exams.

In 2010, the government in a circular had said if able candidates were not found under the freedom fighters’ quota, the posts would lie vacant.

According to data of the Bangladesh Public Service Commissions (BPSC) – which conducts the Ban-

gladesh Civil Service (BCS) Exam—in the 31st and the 35th exam, the last completed civil service examination, out of 648 positions under the freedom fighters quota, 521 remained vacant.

This has been going on for decades. Ten years ago, in the 25th BCS exam, out of 709 positions reserved under the freedom fighters’ quota, 637 remained vacant.

In January this year, Syed Ashraful Islam, the public administration minister told the national Parliament that over 3.59 lakh government posts were lying vacant in different ministries and divisions.

“We want a change in that. The government should give more emphasis to merit-based exams and reduce the reserved quota to under 10%,” said Sajedul Karim, a protestor.

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L on d on , A p r 1 2 (Agencies): A baby has been born in China to a surrogate mother four years after his parents died in a car crash, Chinese media reported.

The couple, who died in 2013, had frozen several embryos hoping to have a child through IVF. After the accident, their parents fought a protracted legal battle to be allowed to use the embryos.

The boy was born in December to a surrogate from Laos and The Beijing News first reported the case this week.

The newspaper explained how the lack of precedent for a case of this kind had forced the deceased couple’s parents through a legal minefield before the surrogacy could proceed.

At the time of the accident, the embryos were stored safely in a Nanjing hospital, frozen at minus 196 degrees in a liquid nitrogen tank.

A court battle gave the four grandparents-to-be the right over the fertilised eggs.

There was no precedent as to whether they could inherit their children’s frozen embryos, according to reports.

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L on d on, A p r 1 2 (Agencies): Independent chemical weapons scientists have confirmed that “high purity” novichok was used in the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

Tests carried out by experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) showed the nerve agent was found in environmental samples collected in Salisbury, according to Sky News.

Blood tests also revealed that the chemical was found in blood samples taken from the Skripals and Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, the police officer who first attended the scene. Read also Yulia Skripal discharged from hospital, taken to secure location – media The report from the OPCW says the

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lows the pattern of a previous punitive strike on Syria last year, it will begin with a salvo of cruise missiles fired from US warships in the Mediterranean, as Trump implied when he tweeted they would be “nice, new and ‘smart.’”

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis as well as CIA director Mike Pompeo met at the White House on Wednesday to discuss options, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.

With the UN Security Council failing thus far to find a diplomatic solution, Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that time was running out. “Today, I called the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the Security Council to reiterate my deep concern about the

continued to deny their side’s latest victory came after Assad launched a chemical attack on the last rebel-held pocket of the enclave in the Damascus suburbs, instead accusing the White Helmets civil defense organization of staging the supposed gas assault.

Trump’s spokeswoman dismissed this idea, and pointedly refused to say that concern about the risks of a direct confrontation with Russia would hold the US military back.

“The intelligence provided certainly paints a different picture,” Sanders said. “The president holds Syria and Russia responsible for this chemical weapons attack.”

But while the Russian president’s lieutenants continued to up the ante with threats and allegations, Vladimir Putin himself adopted a more statesmanlike tone, in remarks to new ambassadors presenting their credentials at the Kremlin.

“The situation in the world is becoming more and more chaotic but all the same we hope that common sense will finally prevail and international relations will take a constructive path,” he said.

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risks of the current impasse and stressed the need to avoid the situation spiraling out of control,” he said, referring to the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain.

Moscow and Washington have so far vetoed each other’s motions to set up an international investigation into chemical weapons use.

Meanwhile, the Russian defense ministry said the Syrian regime flag was flying in Douma — the target of Saturday’s attack — which it said indicated government forces have taken full control over the formerly rebel-held district of Eastern Ghouta.

“The raising of a regime flag over a building in the town of Douma signified control over this town and consequently over Eastern Ghouta as a whole,” Major General Yury Yevtushenko was quoted as saying Thursday by the Interfax news agency.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the remaining rebels in Eastern Ghouta surrendered their heavy weapons to Russian military police and their leader left the enclave for the north.

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WASHINGTON, Apr 12 (Agencies): The United Nations warned world powers against letting the crisis over an alleged chemical attack against civilians in Syria from “spiraling out of control” after US President Donald Trump said “missiles will be coming.”

As tensions mounted over a face-off with Damascus-ally Russia, opponents of unilateral US action called an emergency closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council for Thursday. Britain also scheduled an emergency cabinet meeting.

With punitive US military action seemingly imminent, Russia scrambled to deflect blame from Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and, according to a monitor group, regime forces evacuated key defense buildings in Damascus.

Tr u m p ’s b e l l i c o s e tweets came in response to a warning from Russia’s ambassador to Beirut, who took to a television network run by the armed group Hezbollah to declare that any US missiles would be shot down “as well as the sources they were fired from.”

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Justice Chelameswar refuses to hear PIL on allocating cases to SC benches

Indian rocket successfully puts into orbit navigation satellite SRIHARIKOTA (ANDHRA PRADESH), APR 12 (IANS): India early on Thursday put into orbit navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, a part of Indian satellite navigation system NavIC in copy-book style.

The 1,425 kg satellite was carried into space by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket’s ‘XL’ variant.

Simply put, NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation, earlier the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System or IRNSS) is the Indian ‘GPS’.

After the successful launch, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Sivan said:”I am extremely happy to announce that the PSLV has precisely injected the navigation satellite in the targetted orbit.”

He said ISRO is moving towards to get the rocket and satellite through industry. Sivan said over the next eight months, ISRO has planned nine launch missions including the moon mission towards the end of the year.

At 4.04 a.m., the four stage/engine PSLV-XL rocket, standing 44.4 metres tall and weighing 321 tonnes, blasted off from the first launch pad. Just over 19 minutes into the flight, the rocket slung IRNSS-1I into the orbit from where

Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C41), lifts off at the Satish Dawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. (PTI)

the satellite will be taken up to its final position at geo synchronous orbit at a height of 36,000 km.

The Rs 1,420 crore Indian satellite navigation system NavIC consists of nine satellites -- seven in orbit and two as substitutes.

The fully operational system is expected to provide accurate position information service to users across the country and the region,

extending up to an area of 1,500 km.

One of the substitutes was the IRNSS-1H as the in IRNSS-1A’s rubidium atomic clocks, important for giving accurate positional data, had failed.

However, the IRNSS-1H satellite launch mission ended in a failure on August 31 last year.

The 1,425 kg IRNSS1I was the second satellite

sent up as replacement for IRNSS-1A and the ninth of the IRNSS satellite series.

Each satellite has three rubidium atomic clocks and a total of 27 clocks for the navigation satellite system (including the standby satellites) were supplied by the same vendor.

Like its other IRNSS predecessors, IRNSS-1I also carries two types of payloads for navigation and ranging.

The navigation payload, operating in L5-band and S-band, will transmit navigation service signals to the users, while the ranging payload consists of a C-band transponder, which facilitates accurate determination of the range of the satellite. IRNSS-1I also carries Corner Cube Retro Reflectors for laser ranging.

NavIC provides two types of services -- standard positioning service and restricted service. The former is for all users while the latter is an encrypted service for only authorised users.

According to ISRO, NavIC is useful for fishermen to reach potential fishing areas. The fishermen can also get alert messages relating to bad weather, high waves or when they approach the international maritime boundary line.

These services are provided through a software application on a smart phone.

(From p-1) He said the RO and officials after six hours of declaration of result, went back to office to recount and then invalidated the result. Yitachu said such can only be done by a higher court.

He said such an instance was never witnessed anywhere in the country or world.

On the controversy over fiscal deficit figures of 2013-14 and 2014-15 during the recently-concluded budget session, Yitachu said the Assembly speaker cannot allow voting without replying to queries raised by members. He said opposition members only asked for the figures confirmed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Accountant General (AG) as Rs 950.09 crore projected in Rio’s budget speech was only an estimated figure.

Yitachu said the RBI and AG would have confirmed that deficit figures of 2013-14 and 2014-15 must be with the finance department. He asked why the government could not provide the figures to the people?

Yitachu reiterated that the Speaker should not have allowed the budget to be steamrolled by voice vote without having the leader of the house reply to queries raised by members.

NEW DELHI, APR 12 (IANS): Justice J. Chelameswar, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, on Thursday refused to hear a case filed by former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan questioning the authority of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) as master of the roster, saying “why should I, let this country decide its own course”.

Soon after, advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for his petitioner father, mentioned the plea before a bench headed Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and it agreed to look into the issue.

Bhushan, mentioning the plea before Justice Chelameswar, requested the bench to take up the case seeking allocation of work to be done by a Collegium and argued that he had filed the plea last week but apex court registry was yet to list it.

Justice Chelameswar, refusing to interfere, said: “I would not like to deal with this matter... let this country decide its own course.”

Justice Chelameswar said “someone is running a relentless tirade against me that I am up to grab something”, adding that two months before (retirement), he doesn’t want to hear that he was waiting to grab some office.

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earlier issue where he ordered setting up of bench that was reversed by the CJI’s bench),” Justice Chelameswar added.

When Bhushan told the bench that the petition was filed last week and despite several follow ups, it has not been numbered yet, Justice Chelameswar said “ (for) reasons too obvious in the history of the country I would not deal with this matter”.

In an unprecedented move, on January 12, four senior Supreme Court judges, including Justice Chelameswar, had called a press conference to express their displeasure with the CJI Dipak Mishra and with the way he was assigning cases.

During the mentioning of the case, Bhushan further said that he has written a letter to the court’s Secretary General asking that the PIL be placed before three seniormost judges after the CJI to obtain their instruction on its listing but nothing has been done.

“It’s an extraordinary circumstance; I am mentioning an extraordinary petition regarding the master of the roster. This petition should be listed...,” Bhushan maintained.

After repeated requests from Bhushan to hear the plea, Justice Chelameswar said: “Let it take its own course of action.

It’s not my problem anymore. Sorry, I am not taking it up.”

Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, sitting on the bench with Justice Chelameswar also asked Bhushan not to urge him to hear the case as “its not fair” for Justice Chelameswar.

On Wednesday, CJI Misra’s bench had dismissed another PIL by advocate Asok Pande seeking framing of rules for regulating the constitution of benches and allocation of cases.

The bench said it was the “prerogative” of the Chief Justice of India - a high constitutional functionary - to form the benches and allocate cases and that authority can’t be regulated on the mere apprehension of it being exercised arbitrarily. “... such an entrustment of functions is necessary for the efficient transaction of the administrative and judicial work of the court,” bench has said, adding: “There cannot be a presumption of mistrust.

The oath of office demands nothing less.”

Statewide mega mock drill of NEPEX on Apr 26 Not only F-16 fighters, Lockheed ready to make Javelin missiles in India

He also highlighted the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders at the State and District level as per IRS. Sindhu asserted that the exercise was to enhance coordination and synergize efforts of various emergency support functions of the state and district and to find gaps in the resources, manpower, equipment, communication and systems.

On the scope of the mock exercise, he said it would be restricted to planning and response at the state and district level with additional assistance from central government resources.

Further, he informed that a multi-State mock drill exercise on earthquake disaster would be held simultaneously in all districts of Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram involving all stakeholders. He stated that the state level mock exercise would be staged from the scenario of Shillong Earthquake of 1897.

In his address, OSD NDMA, Johnny Ruangmei, shared some of the key objections with review and debriefing of NEPEx 2017.

He said that during mock drill, conducted last year, the siren could be heard in many places creating confusion for many officials and participants. In this regard,

Johnny suggested placing proper and permanent sirens in the form of loud speaker in strategic locations in future for early warning even in times of actual disaster.

DGP Nagaland, Rupin Sharma, also highlighted the roles of different section of Incident Response System (IRS).

ATI deputy director, Dr. Hovital Sothu, gave an insight on the structure of Incident Response System (IRS). The programme was chaired by dy. commandant general (Home Guards & Civil Defence) Nagaland, Medozhalie Pienyu. The discussion and demobilization was moderated by Khrolou Lohe, STCBO NSADMA.

T H I RU V I DA N T H A I (TAMIL NADU), APR 12 (IANS): With the Indian Air Force beginning the process of buying 110 fighter jets, in a deal that could be worth more than $15 billion, Lockheed Martin has expressed its readiness to shift its F-16 fighter aircraft manufacturing unit to India -- and the US government, according to the manufacturer, will allow it to do that.

That apart, the American global aerospace and defence major is also prepared to transfer the technology of its third gen-

eration anti-armour Javelin guided missile system to India for its future manufacture.

At least two Lockheed officials at the DefExpo 18 told IANS that if the defence procurement deals were signed with the company that is all geared to bid for the world’s biggest fighter jet order, it would walk the extra mile and transfer technology to local partners for sophisticated parts of defence products.

“We are offering a deal that is completely compatible with ‘Make in India’ -- offering a stand-up

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production line in India,” said Randall L. Howard, who heads International Business Development for aircraft at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.

He said more than 4,000 F-16s have been sold to countries across the world. “We are offering to shift the manufacturing base and produce all of our F-16s in India; not just for India, but for the whole world -- across South East Asia, across South Ameri-

ca, across Middle East.”

Asked if the Trump administration would allow it to do so, Howard said the company had “full support of the US government”.

He said the single-engine supersonic multi-role fighter aircraft that has seen action in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars was currently being built around the world, and setting up facilities in India would not impact jobs in the US.

“So whenever we have a situation, we will be able to build the entire aircraft in India. But we will continue to have parts that come from the US. That will continue to create jobs in the US. This absolutely supports American jobs,” he said, adding Lockheed was also looking at the possibility of setting up the entire ecosystem, including one with a runway, to produce the fighters in flyaway condition.

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NEW DELHI, APR 12 (IANS): India has requested Hong Kong to arrest fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi and is awaiting for a response from the authorities there, a senior official said here on Thursday.

“We have requested the authorities in Hong Kong to surrender Nirav Modi,” External Affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said at a media briefing here. “There is an agreement between India and Hong Kong about surrender of fugitive offenders,” he said.. “We are still awaiting a response.” Kumar also informed that, according to the Indian mission there, the Department of Justice is examining India’s request for provisional order for Modi’s arrest. Diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi have been accused of defrauding the Punjab National Bank (PNB) of Rs 12,600 crore, with Rs 1,300 crore being added to the fraud kitty on February 26.

No. NU/ENGG/LUM-227/Pt-I/2018-16

Dated: 16th April 2018

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We express our heartfelt gratitude to all who have rendered timely help and services- physically, financially, materially and through your love and prayers during the unfortunate tragic fire incident that befell us on 4/04/18 at Diphupar.

Special thanks to :1. Diphupar Village Council 2. Ao Senso Telongjem, Diphupar 3. Ao Baptist Church, Diphupar 4. Ao Students' Union, Diphupar 5. Teens Leaders, Ao Baptist Church, Diphupar 6. Traffic Control Zone I & II, Dimapur 7. Dimapur Changki Senso Telongjem 8. Longchar Kidong (Changki), Dimapur & Kohima 9. Changki Fellowship, Diphupar 10. Sungdakba Changki Union, Dimapur 11. Kitami Inalimi Kuposhukulu, Dimapur 12. Changkian Police Welfare Club 13. Jangpetkong Senso Telongjem, Diphupar 14. Asetkong Senso Telongjem, Diphupar 15. SD Jain Higher Secondary School, Dimapur 16. Unity Higher Secondary School, Diphupar 17. Rincho Academy, 5th Mile, Dimapur 18. Good Shepherd Ministry, Padumpukhuri, Dimapur 19. Dept. of Laboratory Sciences, CIHSR 20. JANMONI Group, Diphupar.

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EASTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE PADUMPUKHURI, DIMAPUR Alumni Association

GENERAL MEETING NOTICE

This is to inform all the alumni of Eastern Christian College (ECC) that there will be a general meeting on 14th April 2018 i.e, Saturday, at 10:00 AM at the College Auditorium. Therefore all the alumni of ECC are invited to attend the program. For more information, Please contact the given Nos. below : Contact : 9862824532, 9862229096, 9856310421.

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(From p-1) The party asserted that as per information received from officials of RD department, no officer dared to question the principal secretary lest they face unwanted consequences.

Wondering who had delegated financial power to Abeio Kire to allocate such huge amount to a single village, the regional party questioned if so much amount was given to a single village, what would be the fate of more than 200 villages in Dimapur district. NPF also questioned whether this was not a clear-cut case of favoritism, nepotism and corruption and whether this was the “change” the PDA government was bringing to Nagaland.

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Sea of black as Modi visits Chennai Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and other states.

DMK leader M.K. Stalin, who was on a padayatra of the Cauvery delta areas, wore black shirt and trousers as he protested along with state Congress President Thirunavukkarasar and CPI-M state unit chief Mutharasan.

“The Prime Minister may be flying in the air

today but he has to come down when the elections come,” he said taking a dig at Modi.

A black flag was hoisted at DMK chief M. Karunanidhi’s residence. The ailing leader wore a black shirt.

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva and leaders of DMK allies wore black dress and marched on the road near the Chennai airport.

UPA’s incompetence, hidden motives damaged India’s defence, says Modi

Members of Tamil outfits display placards during a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit near the airport in Chennai on Thursday.

to constitute the CMB despite a Supreme Court order.

Black flags were hoisted on homes and business establishments across the state.

In a bid to avoid protesters, Modi, who arrived here by a special aircraft in the morning, chose a helicopter to reach Tiruvidanthai, in neighbouring Kanchipuram district where he opened the 10th DefExpo organised by the Defence Ministry. From there he took another chopper to come to IIT Madras, in the heart of the city.

From there, he took a one-kilometre ride by car to the neighbouring Adyar Cancer Institute for an event.

The Prime Minister walked a few steps from the heli-

copter to the car that ferried him to the Cancer Institute.

As he did so, he encountered some 30 students from IIT Madras who stood silently but held posters demanding a Cauvery Management Board as ordered by the Supreme Court -- an issue which has whipped up emotions in Tamil Nadu.

Modi then left by helicopter to the airport before returning to Delhi. #Go back Modi trended on top as netizens took to the cyberspace to register their protest against the Central government’s failure to set up the CMB as directed by the Supreme Court to ensure proper sharing of Cauvery waters between

People have lost trust in Rajasthan BJP govt: Gehlot

Cong attacks PM for ‘silence’ over Unnao rape case

C HE N NA I / T HI RU VIDANTHAI (TAMIL NADU), APR 12 (IANS): Black flags and balloons and activists in black shirts and trousers greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he paid a whirlwind visit to Chennai with helicopter as the chosen mode of transport in the wake of statewide agitation demanding constitution of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB).

Protests were also held with black flags and placards throughout Tamil Nadu in cities like Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Coimbatore and Tuticorin against the Prime Minister’s brief visit to the state and the Centre’s failure

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JAIPUR, APR 12 (IANS): The people of Rajasthan have lost faith in the BJP government, Congress General Secretary Ashok Gehlot said on Thursday.

“Whenever BJP men try to reach out to the people in rural areas, they have to face public ire,” Gehlot told the media.

The Congress leader also accused the Rajasthan government of failing to check widespread violence during the April 2 ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by

Dalit groups. He said that if the government had taken appropriate measures, there would have not been so much violence.

“Surprisingly the government did not suspend Internet services and also failed to clamp prohibitory orders in sensitive cities and towns,” he said.

“If the government could suspend the Internet on April 10 (when an antireservation shutdown was called) and clamp Section 144 (of IPC), why did it not take similar preventive measures on April 2?”

The former Chief Minister also accused the police of not performing its duty faithfully under the Bharatiya Janata Party rule.

Despite so-called strict vigilance in Hindaun city, the house of an ex-MLA was torched by a mob, Gehlot pointed out.

3, including woman held in CBSE paper leak case NEW DELHI, APR 12 (PTI): Three persons, including a woman, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in leaking the CBSE Class 10 mathematics paper in connivance with a teacher arrested earlier from Himachal Pradesh, Delhi Police said today.

Last week, Rakesh Kumar, Amit Sharma and Ashok Kumar, all employees of DAV Centenary Public School in Una town, were arrested by the crime branch. The three men were arrested in connection with the economics paper leak case.

Today, the police said two men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the leak of the mathematics paper.

The woman, from Ferozepur in Punjab, was allegedly sent a copy of the leaked paper by Rakesh Kumar, the police said.

More details about the three arrests were awaited.

The police said Rakesh Kumar, who had been teaching at the DAV school as a PGT economics teacher for eight years, was also found involved with the leaking of the mathematics paper before the scheduled date of the examination on March 28. During questioning, he confessed about his involvement in leaking the papers,

the police said.

The economics paper was leaked on March 23, three days before the examination date in Una town, and was shared on social networking application WhatsApp by at least 40 groups.

Rakesh Kumar was the centre superintendent of Jawahar Navodaya Public School in Una, where the CBSE exams were being held.

Amit Sharma and Ashok Kumar worked at the DAV school as a clerk and a peon.

The economics paper leak was exposed after an envelope containing four images of a hand-written copy of the question paper was delivered to the CBSE headquarters in Delhi on the evening of March 26, the day of the exam.

On March 30, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced it would re-conduct the Class 12 economics exam throughout the country on April 25.

The police has registered two cases in connection with the matter. The first case relating to the leak of the economics paper was filed on March 27, while the other on the mathematics paper leak was registered on March 28.

New Delhi, APR 12 (IANS): The Congress today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged silence over the Unnao rape case and questioned why the accused BJP MLA was yet to be arrested.

Speaking to reporters here, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal also alleged that Modi was “not serious” about the crime against women across the country.

Sibal also asked the Prime Minister to observe fast over rape incidents and register his protest against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the Unnao rape case. The BJP is holding a country-wide fast today to corner opposition over the recent washout of the Budget session of Parliament. Sibal, referring to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report for 2016, also said that the BJP-ruled states have the highest crime rate against women.

The Uttar Pradesh police today registered an FIR against ruling BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the alleged gangrape of a minor girl in Unnao, hours after the government said it would hand over the investigation into the case to the CBI.“The victim did not name him (the MLA) because she was afraid. Why then was he not arrested? We charge he would never be arrested,” said Sibal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his “bold action” in meeting the country’s critical military requirements were contrary to the Congress-led UPA government’s “laziness, incompetence or perhaps some hidden motives” that damaged India’s defence.

Inaugurating the DefExpo 2018 on East Coast Road near Chennai, he blasted the UPA over stalled defence projects and commended his own government for finalising the procurement of bulletproof jackets for soldiers and setting in a new process to procure 110 fighter planes for the Indian Air Force. “There was a time when the critical issue of defence preparedness was hampered by policy paralysis.

We have seen the damage such laziness, incompetence or perhaps some hidden motives can cause to the nation.

“Not now. Not anymore. Never again,” Modi said in a 30-minute speech at the defence trade fair that projects India as one of the major defence manufacturing hubs in the world.

“You would have seen how the issue of providing bulletproof jackets to Indian soldiers was kept hanging for years. You would have also seen that we have brought the process to a successful conclusion with a contract that will provide a boost to defence manufacturing in India,” the Prime Minister told his audience of international delegates, foreign industry captains and domestic manufacturers. He was referring to a major defence contract for the procurement of 1.86 lakh bulletproof jackets signed earlier this week after the successful conduct of field evaluation trials.

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Shah attacks Congress, says it has no ‘internal democracy’ DHARWAD (KARNATAKA), APR 12 (IANS): BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday lambasted the Congress for the washout of the second half of the Budget Session of Parliament, saying a party which lacks “internal democracy” cannot protect democracy in the country.

Accusing the Congress and its President Rahul Gandhi of promoting “divisive politics” in the name of caste and religion, he said the people of Karnataka will see through their tactics and give them a befitting reply in the upcoming polls.

The Bharatiya Janata Party chief, who undertook the party’s day-long hunger strike here along with party’s Chief Ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa and other MPs, said what happened in Parliament in March and April was “unprecedented”.

“Parliament could not function due to the stand taken by Rahul Gandhi.

Since independence it has always been the ruling party that avoids discussion but it was for the first time that the party in power was ready for debate while the opposition lacked courage,” Shah told the gathering.

He said the govern-

Naidu calls for affordable healthcare in rural India

BENGALURU, APR 12 (IANS): Anguished over the acute shortage of doctors and lack of proper healthcare facilities in rural areas, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday called for public-private partnership (PPP) to provide affordable treatment to the needy and poor in the countryside.

“We cannot have two Indias, with cities having state-of-the art facilities and rural areas lagging behind.

We need a collaborative public-private partnership to remedy the situation on priority,” said Naidu in his address at the 20th convocation of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) here.

Regretting that a country of 130-crore people had one doctor for every 1,000 population, Naidu said the rural areas were much less covered by affordable treatment. “The urban-rural divide in healthcare needs urgent attention and action,” said Naidu.

The healthcare sector calls for participation of all stakeholders and use of innovation to bridge intent and execution, he added.

“No single entity in the sector can achieve the health outcomes and deliver results. However, the private sector health facilities must not only be accessible to the needy and poor, but must

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also be affordable,” Naidu said. Healthcare delivery in India was poised to undergo a change at all its stages -- prevention, diagnosis and treatment, said the Vice President.

The Central government will be soon rolling out the Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission (NHPM), touted to be the world’s largest public funded health insurance scheme, expected to benefit over 50 crore poor people in the country.

Noting that the number of people in the country living in poverty had reduced by half over the last 20 years, Naidu pointed that a rise in communicable diseases and lifestyle-related diseases still persisted and needed to be addressed.

With nearly 140 million Indians going to enter higher education institutions in the

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ment was ready to discuss all issues including the multi-thousand crore Punjab National Bank fraud and special status demand for Andhra Pradesh but it was the Congress that used the smaller parties to disrupt the proceedings.

“We were even ready to discuss the bank fraud case. Not a single BJP leader or minister is involved in it. But if a list of corrupt Congress leaders was to be drawn, the entire party could be found in the roll call,” he said.

“Post-independence if there was any government that carried out the maximum developmental work in Andhra Pradesh, it was the Narendra Modi-led NDA government.

“Modiji, Madam Speaker (Sumitra Mahajan) and Chairman (M. Venkaiah Naidu) tried their best to persuade the opposition to allow the Budget session

to be fruitful, but all went in vein.

“The Congress does not believe in democracy.

Rahul Baba, don’t preach us on democracy. You have forgotten that your grandmother (Indira Gandhi) imposed Emergency and muzzled people’s voices.

“It is you who put democracy in shackles at your home. Nehruji, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and now Rahul Gandhi... I don’t know who will be the next Gandhi...

“Congress cannot save democracy in the country as it has no internal democracy,” Shah said.

The BJP chief also accused the Congress of promoting divisive politics in their lust for power.

“It has been the Congress nature to promote divisive politics in the name of caste and religion. The people of this country understand all these tactics.

“After winning the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, we won elections in Maharastra, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. Now it’s Karnataka’s turn.”

country by 2030, there was also a need to improve the quality of higher education, Naidu said. “One in every four graduates in the world will most likely be the product of Indian education system. If we can improve the quality of higher education, we can leverage the demographic dividend for the benefit of the society.”

NEW DELHI, APR 12 (PTI): The Delhi High Court today refused to stay the release of movie ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’, scheduled to hit the theatres from tomorrow, saying the petition was motivated after the Supreme Court refused to grant any relief.

The High Court said it was unbelievable that the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC), which has filed the petition challenging the no objection certificate issued by the Censor Board, was not aware of the making of film till now.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the “release of the film cannot be interdicted”.

The court directed the Centre to ensure maintenance of law and order and made it clear that it was not granting any ex-parte relief

to DSGMC without hearing the film producer.

The petition challenged the release of the movie saying it has characterised the family members of Guru Nank Dev with humans/ actors which is against the principles of Sikh religion.

Earlier, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today made two unsuccessful attempts in the Supreme Court to stall the film’s release tomorrow.

The SGPC made two pleas, one in the morning and then in the afternoon, before the apex court which rejected both of them.

The top court had on April 10 criticised the SGPC, the apex religious body of the Sikhs, for imposing restrictions on the film ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’ and cleared the decks for its nationwide release scheduled on April 13.

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Dt. Kohima, the 12th April. 2018.

NO. DTE/ ESTT-2/ 2/ 2018: Interested candidates are hereby informed to collect the Prescribed application forms for the Nagaland State Entrance Examination (NSEE) 2018 for Para-Medical/ Agri and Allied Degree courses from the Directorate of Technical Education, Kohima (Below New Secretariat Complex) on payment of ` 200/- (Rupees two hundred, only) per set with effect from 16th April, 2018 to 30th April, 2018 during office hours on all working days. The form may also be downloaded from the website www.dtenagaland.org.in in which case the fee should be paid while submitting the form printed in white paper (A4 size).

The last date for receiving the filled application forms whether by hand or post is 30th April, 2018. Students who have appeared and are waiting their 10+2 result are also eligible to apply.

However their selection will be subjected to obtaining the requisite percentage of marks prescribed for the courses.

The routine/centre and date for conduct of Nagaland State Entrance Examination (NSEE) 2018 will be fixed by the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) and notified through local dailies. No individual call letters will be issued.

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Noke Wangnao with elders and officials at the inauguration of Tammong Village. (NP) Correspondent

MON, APR 12 (NPN): Advisor Social Welfare, Home Guards & Civil Defence, M. Noke Wangnao inaugurated Tammong Village under Mon district on April 12.

Speaking at the inaugural function, Wangnao stated that “Tammong village should be a model village for all neighbouring” and he urged the villagers to maintain a neat and clean environment. Noke stated that the development of the village solely depended upon the denizens of the village. Even if the government grants schemes and developmental activities, villagers are responsible for their proper implementation, he said.

“Unity among the villagers is very important for all round development of the village and without unity, a village cannot go forward”, he stated. He asked all officers to be sincere and work hard for the upliftment of the people. Deputy Commissioner, Mon, K. Thavaseelan (IAS), in his short speech said that April 12 will be a ‘red letter day’ for Tammong village.

The recognition of the village was necessary for proper development of the village, the DC said.

Thavaseelan promised the district administration’s full support in implementation of all schemes for development of the village. Chief Angh of Mon village and Y. Tingyeih, BDO also spoke

at the function.

The programme was chaired by T. Nokyam and a welcome address was delivered by N. Monao, chairman of Tammong Village Council. Men and women cultural troupe of Mon village performed cultural displays.

The chief guest was accompanied by Advisor, Fire & Emergency Services, SIRD, Relief & Rehabilitation, P. Pohwang, DC Mon, K. Thavaseelan, ENPO president, Khoiwang Wangsha, dignitaries, invitees and a host of government officials. Earlier, the chief guest unveiled the monolith where a dedicatory prayer was offered by executive secretary KBBB, Mon, Rev. Chemyuh Konyak.

State ATMA units conduct exposure tours DIMAPUR: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Longleng and Peren units conducted exposure tours for farmers to expand their experience and train them on modern methods of farming.

ATMA Longleng: Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Longleng organised a within state farmers training from March 26 to 28 at Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH) Medziphema and Molvim village respectively. Interstate exposure tour of farmers to Central MugaEri Research and Training Institute at Lahdoigarh, Jorhat district of Assam was organised

by ATMA Longleng from March 28 to 31.

Altogether 12 progressive farmers from four different villages attended for both the within state and interstate exposure tour.

The far mers were trained on production technology of horticultural crops like strawberry, guava, banana, citrus as well as floriculture crops at CIH, Medziphema.

Farmers were also taken to Molvom village on one of progressive farmer named Mangpi, Pineapple farm where farmer to farmer, on field training and interaction were conducted.

At Lahdoigarh Jorhat,

DC Kma informs educational institutions BJP Wokha slams NPF DIMAPUR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) and chairman DMA, SSA, Kohima, Rajesh Soundararajan, has informed all government, private allegation against Patton and central schools of classes PP to 12, to fill forms for Unified District Information System of Education (UDISE).

In a press release, DC and chairman, Rajesh stated that the Department of School Education (DoSE) Nagaland with the rest of the country will be compiling UDISE through Data Capture Format (DCF) and Students Database Management Information System (SDMIS) through Student Data Capture Format (SDCF) as on September 30 annually which has been made mandatory for all government, private and central schools of classes PP to 12. In this regard, all education institutions have been directed come with all the relevant document and records as on September 30, 2017 to fill-up the format at the scheduled date, venue and time under their respective blocks as follows: EBRC Sechu Zubza on April 16, 10 a.m. at EBRC Sechu Zubza Hall; EBRC Viswema on April 17, 10 a.m. at EBRC Viswema Hall; EBRC Chiephobozou on April 18, 10 a.m. at EBRC Chiephobozuo Hall; EBRC Tseminyu on April 19, 10 a.m. at EBRC Tseminyu Hall and EBRC L.Khel Kohima on April 20, 10 a.m. at EBRC L.Khel Hall. The DC and chairman further said that the same fill-up format of U-DISE (DCF) & SDMIS (SDCF) should be submitted to respective EBRCs Office on or before April 25 and EBRCs to District Mission Authority, SSA office on April 27 for onward submission to the State. Schools defaulting on this shall be viewed seriously, it warned and that the DC and chairman office shall not be responsible for the non submission of the data.

REMEMBERING LT. AJUNG WALLING ON HIS 3rd DEATH ANNIVERSARY

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Today is full of memories of a Son/Brother laid to rest, A limb cut off from the Family Tree.

But every single memory is filled with happiness; For you were someone special, always such a joy to know.

And there was so much pain when it was time to let you go, That is why this special message is sent to Heaven above For the angels to take care of you and give you all our love.

Deeply Missed.

Dad & family

ATMA Longleng, inter-state exposure tour.

ATMA Peren farmers’ exposure tour.

farmers visited Central mugaeri research and training institute with the objective to popularise sericulture farming, increase the production of coccon, production of yarn by motorised

spinning and to train the farmers in muga silk farming.

The farmers were also2 given classroom training by the Institute scientist on rearing of eri and muga,

its management of disease, pests of eri host plants and silkworm.

ATMA Peren farmers’ exposure tour: Farmers of Peren district went on an interstate farmers exposure tour to Jorhat from April 2 to 6.

During the tour the farmers visited progressive farmer’s field and Assam Agriculture University (AAU) research plot where the farm technical staff demonstrated for the farmers, Air layering of litchi, Assam lemon, and Guava.

The scientist from AICRP on vegetables highlighted tomato seed extractions and also explained nursery preparation and cultivation of chilli, carrot, brinjal, etc.

Farmers were also

trained on cultivation on bell pepper, nursery raising and ornamental plants cultivation of king chilly.

Mango tree banding with polythene, coconut plantation and multi storeyed, integrated farming were also shown to the farmers. They also learnt about hybrid papaya cultivation and its economics from the Farm Technical staff.

The farmers also visited the livestock farm where turkey, vanaraja, layers, piggery, rabbit, buffalo and duckery were being successfully maintained. The farmers were also taken to a tea garden and processing unit and off season field crops farms. The touring team was led by two deputy project directors.

28th convocation of SBC & 18th convocation of FTPNEI

Divinity (M. Div) degrees were awarded academic and 25 with Bachelor of excellence, namely SubTheology (B. Th) degrees. ongtsungba Longkumer Academic excellences were (DBC), Thengiu (EBC) awarded to Khekto A. Chi- and Khekto A. Chishi shi (M. Div) and P. Naomi (SBC).

KHM (B. Th) and N. I. The programme was Jamir award was given a joint venture of three colto Likokrenla. The total leges, namely Discipleship Students with faculty at the 28th convocation of SBC number of graduate stu- Bible College (DBC), Eastdents under FTPNEI was ern Bible College (EBC) & 18th convocation of FTPNEI. 61, wherein three gradu- and Servanthood Bible DIMAPUR: 28th convo- by assistant regional sec- ates from each college College (SBC). cation of Servanthood Bi- retary, Asia Theological ble College (SBC), together Association (India), Rev. with the 18th convocation J. Uday Kumar while the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Federal Theological felicitation was given by Programme of North East retired Chief Secretary of India (FTPNEI) was held Nagaland, Alemtemshi at SBC campus on April Jamir.

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Altogether, 44 stuA press release by dents graduated from SBC, SBC stated that the convo- out of which 19 students cation address was given were conferred Master of

We the bereaved family of Late Ngulkhosei (Ngulla) of Medziphema Town, acknowledge our gratitude to each and every individual, relatives, friends, neighbours, churches, councils and organizations for supporting us materially, physically and prayerfully during his illness and at the 1926 – 2018 sad demise on 22-03-2018.

May God bless you all abundantly.

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08/10/1951 – 07/04/2018 In remembrance of our beloved father, Lt. Shri Pawan Kumar Gupta. We miss you so much and love you always.

We pray to God to award you a place in heaven.

From your family, Loving Smt. Bula Gupta (Wife), Manoj K Gupta (Son) and Dr. Pankaj K Gupta (Son).

We heartily thank the society, friends & well wishers who stood with us in this hard time of our lives.

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Loving family members

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Mr. Chingkup and family would like to sincerely thank, friends and neighbours for all the care, help and generous support given to us during the very difficult time and at the sudden demise of our much loved and treasured daughter C. Chaiying Nahteih Konyak. All visits and messages are greatly appreciated.

A special thanks to the paramedics, doctors and nursing staff of Zion Hospital Dimapur for their excellent care and everyone at Gethsemana prayer home Dimapur.

We also convey our special thanks to: 1). Shri. Yamao BDO and family.

2). Shri. C.L. John, Honorable MLA and family.

3). Shri. Wangyuh, Ex- MP and family 4). Chenomho Village Nokden Union Born : 08/03/2013 Mon Town.

Died : 06/04/2018 5). New Site Fellowship Church, Mon Town.

6). Konyak Baptist Church Dimapur.

7). Shri. Manlip, (KU) President and family.

8). Shri. Chingkai and family, Burma Camp Dimapur.

9). Mrs. Khangtholiu, Burma Camp Dimapur.

10). Mr. Manyao Dimapur 11). Wagiam Ward Mon Town.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individuals, but it is our sincere prayer that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

Loving dad, mom, brothers and relatives

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DIMAPUR: BJP Wokha district unit has termed as “unwarranted” the NPF party holding deputy chief minister and BJP legislature party leader, Y Patton, responsible for the move to replace incumbent DGP. In a press release, BJP Wokha district general secretary, N Nchumbemo Jami, slammed the NPF for “defaming” Patton and “trying to tarnish” his good image.

BJP Wokha sought to remind the NPF and “section of social media bloggers” that the issue of replacement of DGP began during the regime of NPF government. The party stated that it never expected major regional party NPF to desperately attempt to politicise the issue and put the entire blame on its leader, adding that it was “totally biased.”

Further, BJP Wokha said documentary proof showed that Patton was the last person to write to the centre as a responsible leader in charge of home, adding he was discharging his official duties.

ATMA Longleng, within state exposure tour.

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The family and relatives of Late Kiyekhu L. Awomi (Sürümi/Toluvi) wish to express our profound and heartfelt gratitude to every individual, friends, relatives, churches, communities, organizations, medical fraternity and well wishers who stood by us morally, physically, spiritually and comforted us with immense kindness and compassion during the time of illness and at the demise on 10th April 2018.

We are deeply moved by the love that was bestowed on us at our grievous hour of bereavement. We regret our inability to thank everyone personally, but it is our humble prayer that the good Lord bless you in abundance.

Loving wife, children and relatives.

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‘Hunger Games’ concert Priyanka Chopra has ‘insightful’ Bollywood demands justice Atour is coming to the UK conversation with PM Modi in Unnao, Kathua rape cases

omedienne and actress Amy Schumer says singer Adele played a key role in her decision to marry her beau Chris Fischer in February.

The actress revealed that her friend Jennifer Lawrence, also an actress, introduced her to Adele and they immediately started planning an impromptu wedding, reports dailymail.co.uk.

Schumer said: “I was staying in Los Angeles in a house near Jennifer, who lives right by Adele and they are really good friends and I’d never met her before, so we hung out a little bit that week.

“Then we were real drunk one night and talking about how we wanted to get married and Adele was like, ‘Well, I can marry you’, and we were like, ‘Okay, cool’.

We were making a whole

plan, like Tuesday at noon, because she takes care of her kid.”

However, Adele, subsequently performed a U-turn, but that didn’t stop Schumer from going through with her wedding plan.

The actress recalled: “Then the next day, she is like, ‘Hey, we are not really friends’. She got ordained to marry her good friend, so I think she was like, ‘They will be annoyed if I just start marrying random basic b***hes’.

“So, then we were like, ‘Should we still get married on Tuesday?’ and decided, ‘Yeah, who cares, let’s do it, so there’s no drama. No planning. When you see your friend go through planning a wedding, it just seems like it s**ks, so I just texted people.

(IANS)

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ press tour kicks off in UK

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ell, we are just under 2 weeks away from ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ coming out and the press tours and fan events have started. This film is doing something different though. No one is seeing the full film until the premiere.

The level of secrecy in this film is above no other.

Sure the film series giant is doing a global press tour that kicks off in the UK, but fans there will only be shown a 30-minute video of the film. The directors the Russo Brothers have even sent out a personal note asking people not to spoil the movie with the appropriate hashtag #ThanosDemandsYourSilence.

So stars at the press tours are kind of limited on what they can say, but that’s pretty much normal.

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ollywood actress and Unicef goodwill ambassador Priyanka Chopra met Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an “insightful” and “positive” conversation on making healthcare accessible for women, children and adolescents in the country.

Priyanka on Wednesday tweeted a photograph of herself with Modi, Health Minister J.P. Nadda and former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet.

She sought Modi’s support for being a patron for

the Partners’ Forum, to be held in the capital in December.

“The aim is very important - the improvement and transformation of access to quality healthcare at at every life stage for women, children and adolescents, in an effort to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in 2030,” she wrote on Instagram, referring to the Partners’ Forum, which will be attended by over 1,200 delegates from more than 92 countries.

Of her discussion with

Brad Pitt checks out Moneyball team at Dodgers game

Arjun blasts website for making derogatory remarks against Janhvi

B At the first stop on the press tour all UK Avengers assembled to tell us what they can say. Tom Hiddleston explains why they can only screen a brief film for fans and why its more special that way, The Russo brothers talk about the huge star power and working with them, newcomer Letitia Wright is still mind

blown by Marvel, Elizabeth Olsen shares her love for the Marvel family, Benedict Cumberbatch come cleans about being nervous working with all of the actors, while Tom Holland doesn’t feel left out being so young. And Sebastian Stan doesn’t want the party to end. (hollywood.com)

rad Pitt was all smiles as he checked out a baseball game solo in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (10Apr18).

The movie star, who is reportedly dating Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Neri Oxman, was spotted in the crowd as the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the Oakland Athletics at Dodger Stadium.

It wasn’t clear who the actor was cheering for as he’s a longtime Angeleno, who portrayed Athletics’ general manager Billy Beane in 2011’s Moneyball, but he was a good luck charm for the home team the Dodgers won 4-0. (hollywood.com)

Pregnant Khloe ‘Wants to Get the Hell Out of Demi Lovato responds to fan who Cleveland’ amid Thompson cheating scandal questioned her 6-year Sobriety

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alabasas is calling Khloé Kardashian’s name. A source tells Us Weeklyexclusively that the pregnant reality star, 33, wants to leave the Cleveland, Ohio, home she shares with her boyfriend, Tristan Thompson, after finding out that he allegedly cheated on her with multiple women.

“Khloé shipped everything to Cleveland. She was fully moved in there,” the insider says. “She was planning on raising the baby there full-time and making that her and her daughter’s home. Now she just wants to get the hell out of Cleveland, but she can’t fly.”

As previously reported, the Daily Mail published photos and a video that appeared to show the Cleveland Cavaliers player, 27, kissing another woman at a club in New York City on Saturday, April 7. The Shade Room then posted snaps of Thompson and the woman entering a hotel, while TMZ released surveillance footage of him getting physical with two other women at a hookah lounge near Washington, D.C., in October.

Kardashian, who is due to give birth to the couple’s daughter any day now, is struggling to cope with the news. “All her friends just feel so awful for her,” the source tells Us. “She hasn’t spoken to many friends. Everyone is letting the dust settle before they reach out to her.”

Neither the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star nor her boyfriend of 19 months have publicly commented on the allegations.

Despite Kardashian’s wishes, Us previously revealed that she will give birth to her daughter in Cleveland. “It’s too late in the pregnancy for Khloé to fly back to L.A. right now,” a source told Us exclusively. “Even with a private jet with a doctor on board.”

Us broke the news in September that Kardashian and Thompson are expecting their first child together. He also shares son Prince, 15 months, with his ex-girlfriend Jordan Craig. (usmagazine)

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Modi, Priyanka wrote: “It was an insightful, positive conversation which was very heartening and inspiring because of the personal commitment of everyone at the meeting. We covered a lot of ground from the various efforts being taken by individual countries and partners to building a collective environment that could help propel the change we seek for a better world.”

She is looking forward to what is being set in motion.

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emi Lovato is putting any and all speculation to rest.

Just last week, the

“Sorry Not Sorry” singer enjoyed an evening out in Hollywood to celebrate Hayley Kiyoko’s new al-

bum being released.

Joined by fellow Disney Channel stars Cole Sprouse, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Debby Ryan and Alyson Stoner, the reunion quickly went viral with fans celebrating the Hollywood actors all together again.

Soon after, however, some began to examine the reunion photos with some questioning what Demi was holding—and drinking—during the celebration.

In screenshots first obtained by BuzzFeed, one follower started asking what was really in Demi’s glass. (eonline)

Nise Meruno conducted the “Lyric Opera Ensemble” at the India Habitat Centre, Delhi on Tuesday. The performers comprised of artistes from Russia, UK, France and India. (Fom L-R) Nise Meruno, Soprano Situ Singh Buehler, dancer, Natalia Kosyuk and Flautist Mikhail Ushinin both from Russia.

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ctor Arjun Kapoor has slammed an entertainment web portal for making derogatory remarks against his stepsister, Janhvi Kapoor.

A website shared clickbaity link of Janhvi’s photographs on Twitter, which were allegedly clicked when she had visited Arjun, along with their father, producer Boney Kapoor and her sister Khushi.

The portal had posted the article in commenting on the clothes worn by Jahnvi, calling them “sexy” and “revealing” in nature.

A livid Arjun called out the website for its “shameful” gaze on women.

“You know what, f**k you man, f**k you as a website for highlighting or bringing it to anyone’s attention... And it’s shameful that your eye would go searching for something like this, shame on you... This is how our country looks at young women. Yet another shining example... Ashamed by this...” he wrote.

The site has now deleted the tweet.

(PTI)

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Adele persuaded Amy Schumer to get married

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The Hunger Games is one of several themes to be featured in a new Lionsgate theme park. Set over 1.3 million square feet in South Korea, Lionsgate Movie World will form part of the larger Jeju Shinhwa World park and feature seven themed worlds based around the franchise, Now You See Me, Divergent, Saw, The Cabin In The Woods, the upcoming film Robin Hood, and The Twilight Saga.

(NME)

COURSES Baking Desert

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Personalities such as Sania Mirza, Akshay Kumar, Farhan Akhtar and Abhishek Bachchan took to social media to condemn the two brutal incidents that have shocked the nation.

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Hunger Games concert tour is coming to the UK this summer.

The show follows previous set-ups where movies like La La Land and Jurassic Park were scored live by an orchestra.

The first movie in The Hunger Games franchise will get the same treatment on this tour, as Jennifer Lawrence’s exploits in the fictional world of Panem will be soundtracked by a 60-piece orchestra and the OST’s composer, Oscar nominee James Newtown Howard.

The tour, which will begin in Manchester on July

AQAHUTO TOKUKUJO SUMI TOTIMI HOHO

With immense joy and pride we Aqahuto Tokukujo Sumi Totimi Hoho would like to convey out heartiest congratulations to Mr. Azheto Zhimomi on being elected to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly from III Dimapur A/C from NPF Ticket.

The ATSTH also wishes him and prays that Almighty God bless him with sound health and wisdom for the upliftment of our society.

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nhuman, disgusting and chilling is how the Indian film industry described the Kathua and Unnao rapes and demanded the government to act swiftly against the perpetrators.

Celebrities such as Sonam Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey and Richa Chadha criticised the politicisation of the crimes in the name of religion.

In Unnao, a teen rape survivor claimed BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar had raped her and her father had died in police custody.

The Yogi Adityanathled Uttar Pradesh government today filed a first information report (FIR) against Sengar, following public outrage.

In Kathua, eight-yearold Asifa was allegedly gangraped by six men who had held her in captivity in a small temple village for a week in January. She was drugged so that she could be sexually assaulted again before being bludgeoned to death.

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Real Madrid reach CL semi-final

Real missed several chances to take the lead in the tie through Isco, Varane and Ronaldo, before the late drama to cap off a quite unbelievable game of football.

Ronaldo leapt highest to head the ball down for Vazquez in the area, before the substitute was pushed in the back by Benatia. Referee Oliver waited, before pointing to the spot; cue pandemonium among Real players and anger from Juve in equal measure.

Buffon was shown a straight red for his protests, and they continued for another four minutes before Ronaldo struck into the top corner past Szczesny to win it for the hosts.

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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with team-mates after scoring his sides first goal during the UEFA Champions League quarter final second leg against Juventus.

M a d r i d, A p r 1 2 (Agencies): Cristiano Ronaldo’s 97th-minute penalty sent Real Madrid to the Champions League last four in memorable fashion, going through 4-3 on aggregate against Juventus after a dramatic 3-1 loss on the night.

English referee Michael Oliver awarded Real a penalty with the game seemingly heading for extra-time as Medhi Benatia brought down Lucas Vazquez, with Gianluigi Buffon sent off for protesting on his last Champions League appearance.

Ronaldo stepped up to lash past Wojciech Szczesny, leaving Juventus devastated after a remarkable fightback to get to 3-3 after their 3-0 first-leg loss.

In a scintillating first half, Mario Mandzukic had scored with two far-post headers from right-wing crosses as Juventus looked to become the second Italian side in consecutive nights to overturn a threegoal deficit, following Roma’s dramatic comeback against Barcelona.

Blaise Matuidi brought Juventus level in the tie after capitalising on Keylor Navas’ horrific error in the 61st minute, before the late drama at the Bernabeu.

Juventus came out desperate for the opener in a pulsating opening 45 minutes, and got the goal they craved after just two minutes as Mandzukic headed home at the far post from Sami Khedira’s deft cross.

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Isco had a goal correctly disallowed for offside soon after as Real pushed for a killer fourth goal in the tie, with Buffon blocking well at his near post from Isco soon before Juventus’ second.

It came through Mandzukic with eight minutes of the half remaining, again nodding in at the far post as substitute Stephan Lichtsteiner found him from deep.

Real nearly made it 4-2 on aggregate before the break through Raphael Varane, but his header thundered off the bar, while after the interval Matuidi made the most of Navas’ fumble from close range to bundle the ball over the line for an unprecedented leveller.

Bayer n Munich booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League, securing a 0-0 draw against Sevilla at the Allianz Arena to complete a 2-1 aggregate victory.

Leading 2-1 from the first leg in Seville, Bayern were in pole position at the start of the night with Sevilla needing to score at least twice to have any chance of progression. Vincenzo Montella’s side had their chances in the first half with Joaquin Correa and Sergio Escudero both failing to convert.

They continued to trouble Bayern, who had won their last seven successive Champions League games, with Correa’s header hitting the crossbar and Ever Banega’s long-range effort flashing wide.

However, it all ended in frustration for the Spanish side, who lost Correa late on to a straight red card, as Bayern held on to book their place alongside Real Madrid, Liverpool and Roma in Friday’s semifinal draw.

Woodstock School sports meet held Dimapur, Apr 12 (NPN): The annual sports meet of Woodstock School, Dimapur was held from April 7-10 with K Marina Lhingnie, Manager, United Bank of India as the chief guest.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, the chief guest exhorted the students to be brave to embrace new challenges. While urging the students to display true sportsmanship, Lhingnie said, “sports is one of the most important thing of the day and there are many people who take up sports as a career.” The chief guest also inspected the contingents and took the salute during the march past.

Te n n y s o n h o u s e emerged as the champions of the meet while Blake, Keats and Milton houses vame second, third and fourth respectively.

Srikanth rises to World No. 1 in BWF ranking

Kidambi Srikanth

New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI): Kidambi Srikanth became the first Indian male shuttler to achieve the world number one ranking in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) chart released Thursday. Legendary Prakash Padukone was revered as the world number one player during his hey days before the modern day computerised ranking system was introduced.

Srikanth thus became only

BSA, FC Yoangyimsen, SAI in quarterfinals Staff Reporter

DI M AP U R , APR 1 2 (NPN): Balipathar Sports Association (BSA), United FC Yoangyimsen and SAI Dimapur stormed into the quarterfinals of the 1st Open Football Tournament at DDSC Stadium, here on Thursday.

While BSA and United FC Yoangyimsen won their respective matches comfortably, SAI Dimapur had to face a tough contest against Hills United before winning the match 2-1.

In the Group A encounter, BSA beat 110 FC 3-0. Tenson Teeso scored two goals while substitute Dipson Terang netted the third. Both sides started on a positive note and played a defensive game for the first half and hour of the play.

But in the 30th minute, 110 FC custodian, Imnakumzuk

committed a grave error, when he overstepped out of the danger area, and the referee awarded a free kick to BSA. Tenson, who stepped forward to take the shot made no mistake and gave the visitors the lead.

The first session ended with BSA leading 1-0. After the interval, BSA scored two more goals. Tenson

added his second in the 54th minute. Right after five minutes, Dipson Terang who replaced Rockyson Engleng scored the third goal to steer the visitors into the quarterfinals.

In the berth for semifinal, BSA will meet the winner of the match between Real Sporting Club and Johnite FC. United FC Yoangyimsen, which comprises of play-

DIMAPUR, APR 12 (NPN): Former Dimapur District Badminton Association (DDBA) president and senior vice president, Nagaland Badminton Association (NBA), Dr. Watizulu has been appointed as joint secretary of Badminton Association of India (BAI) during its annual general body meeting and election held in Goa. DDBA congratulated Dr. Watizulu on his appointment and hoped that his experience would help the parent body in the national level in achieving greater heights.

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For Dimapur, Akavi took 4 wickets, Chiranjeevi claimed 2 wickets while Nagaho, Imlikaba and Tahmeed took a wicket each.

In a rain curtailed match, Zunheboto defeated Peren by 10 runs.

Zunheboto elected to bat after winning the toss and scored 59 runs in 8 overs.

Harsh scored 21 runs while Bokuto scored 12 runs. For Peren, Anuj, Raja and Haichanu claimed a wicket each.

Chasing the target, Peren scored 49 losing 4 wickets in the allotted 8 overs. Mayank scored 19 runs for the team.

For Zunheboto, Shubam claimed 2 wickets.

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Born on: 6.12.1958

Er. Neikha lauds Kivi Zhimomi

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again to make it 3-0 in the 38th minute.

The score remained 3-0 in favour of United FC at the end of the first session. After the break, Rainbow Club comprised mostly upcoming youngsters put in their best effort but without much success as they lacked on their attack front. Their hopes of

a comeback into the match received a jolt when Ato, from United FC, found the back of the net in the 48th minute to make the score 4-0. With the match already won, Ato scored again in the 63rd minute to complete the scoring. United FC Yoangyimsen will now take on SAI Dimapur in the quarterfinals on April 14.

The tournament is organized by Dimapur District Football Referee Association (DDFRA) with support from likeminded people.

The final will be played on April 18.

FRIDAY’S MATCHES 12 noon: Real Sporting Club Vs Johnite FC 1:30 pm: Bronco Club Vs Chanan FC 2:30 pm: Naga Feathers Vs Brother Club Dimapur

On this day, the13th April 2013, we never expected that God will call you from our family for your Heavenly abode to be at rest and peace with our Lord.

Though death has taken you away from us, your sweet memories, love, prayer and good deeds will always remain fresh in our minds. We deeply miss and always remember with silent tears.

K-1016 Loving wife, children, grandchildren, in-laws and relatives.

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Peter Blaise Khare Memorial Service to be held at Holy Cross Church Date 14 April, 2018, Time 8:00 AM

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Kohima, Apr 12 (NPN): Er. Zale Neikha, advisor, youth resource & Sports Nagaland Thursday lauded Kivi Zhimomi who has recently signed with NorthEast United FC for Indian Super League (ISL).

Er. Neikha in his congratulatory note stated, “Amidst the reminiscence of late Dr. T. Ao, your achievement which brings out the masterstroke attitude has yet again won another laurel to Nagaland football and inspires others to dream beyond,” “Keep your aim high and make a plan to build many milestones in your professional career,” he stated.

Also wishing Zhimomi all success in all future endeavours, Er. Neikha hoped that “as a rising star you would continue to dream big, lead the life of a true sportsman and bring many more laurels to Nagaland football.”

ers mostly from Nagaland Police, thrashed Rainbow Club 5-0 in the group B encounter. The match was expected to be a tough contest but it went easily in favour of United FC. United FC took an early lead through Onenkaba’s strike in the 10th minute.

Roto doubled the lead in the 31st minute. He scored

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DDBA president Watizulu appointed BAI jt secretary

Dimapur, Apr 12 (NPN): Dimapur beat Mon by 158 runs at the ongoing U23 inter district cricket tournament at NCA stadium, Sovima on Thursday. The tournament is organised by Nagaland Cricket Association.

After winning the toss, Dimapur elected to bat and scored 210 runs losing 5wickets in 25 overs.

Sedezalie top scored the inning with 54 runs, Puchu scored 44 runs while Tahmeed and Nagaho contributed 28 and 22 runs respectively.

For Mon, Ating and Phakayu took 2 wickets each.

Chasing the target, Mon players were bowled out for just 52 runs in 16.5

the second Indian after Saina Nehwal, who had occupied the women’s top spot in 2015, to achieve the feat, following his consistent run last year, when he won four titles to be also bestowed with the Padma Shri award.

“I’m definitely delighted to have achieved the World No. 1 ranking for the first time, and to become the first Indian man after Prakash sir to achieve this,”

said Srikanth, who trains at the Gopichand Academy.

“It’s a testament to the hard work of Gopi sir, my family, my other coaches and support staff, my team GoSports Foundation, my sponsors, and everyone else who has believed in me over the years.”

Srikanth’s meteoric rise coincided with world champion Viktor Axelsen’s injury lay-off as the Danish star, forced to spend time off the court, slipped one place to second spot after failing to defend his Malaysia Open title that he had clinched in April last year.

Among other Indians, Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu, who was sporadically ranked number two, is currently at third spot, while Saina is currently at the 12th place.

H S Prannoy, meanwhile, improved a place to occupy 11th spot.

Dear Peter, You are not forgotten, tho’ on earth you are no more, still in memory you are with us as you always were before. You’ve gone ahead of us, it is hard to say Goodbye. And in our grief and sorrow we are tempted to ask why? But you have found that Peace and Joy this world really never gives; and in Gods Heavenly home it’s YOU, not we, who truly lives.

Forever in our hearts, Maria, Yvonne, Elizabeth, Cajetan, Terance, nephews, nieces & grand nephews & nieces

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CWG: Sushil, Aware strike gold; Babita settles for silver

Seema, Navjeet win silver, bronze in discuss throw

(L-R) India’s Sushil Kumar, Rahul Aware and Babita Kumari with their medals on Thursday. (PTI)

Gold Coast, Apr 12 (PTI): Double-Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar (74kg) and event debutant Rahul Aware (57kg) provided the golden touch as India snared an impressive four medals on the opening day of the 21st Commonwealth Games’ wrestling competition here.

Defending champion Sushil barely spent any time on the mat, his final lasting just a minute and 20 seconds, and claimed easy victories to claim his third successive gold at the Games, a love affair that began in 2010 Delhi edition. However, another defending champion Babita phogat (53kg) settled for a silver, while debutant Kiran happily flaunted a hard-earned bronze.

Kiran defeated Mauritian Katouskia Pariadhaven by fall in the repechage of the 76kg category for her first major medal at the international level.

Sushil took very little

time to defeat Johannes Botha of South Africa on technical superiority. The South African came into the bout struggling with a leg injury and that just about ended any chance of him getting an upset win over the former world champion Indian.

Prior to the final, Sushil scored easy technical superiority victories over Canada’s Jevon Balfour and Pakistan’s Muhammad Asad Butt before scoring a victory by fall over Australia’s Connor Evans.

The celebrated wrestler, however, doggedly avoided the media after his triumph, refusing to take questions despite repeated requests from even the Games news service volunteers.

Aware, on the other hand, prevailed 15-7 over Canada’s Steven Takahashi in an exciting contest during which the Indian was troubled by a groin niggle but chose to carry

on with more than a minute left on the clock.

Awa r e ’s t r i u m p h opened India’s gold medal account in the three-day wrestling competition at the Games. He also had a smooth passage into the final with comprehensive wins over England’s George Ramm, Australia’s Thomas Cicchini and Pakistan’s Muhammad Bilal.

“I have been waiting for this medal for the last 10 years. I can’t describe how it feels to claim it. I missed out on 2010, even in 2014, the team was sent without trials. So, I am very happy that I could finally fulfill this dream,” said the 26-year-old, who is also the reigning Commonwealth championships gold-medallist.

However, Babita settled for silver after being outmanuevered by Canada’s Diana Weicker in the summit clash. Babita, who claimed a silver in the 2010 edition before a

gold in Glasgow, failed to break through her rival’s defences, going down 2-5 in the contest.

“I think my weakness today was my attack, I should have been more aggressive but I gave my 100 per cent. I am satisfied with the intensity I put in but obviously I could not get the result I wanted,” she said.

“I had a bit of a problem in my knees too but injuries are a wrestler’s ornaments. We live with niggles, there is nothing there,” she added.

While Babita’s bout lacked spark, Aware’s showdown with Takahashi was thoroughly engaging.

The Indian trailed 6-7 at one stage but claimed points on takedown to recover and keep himself ahead.

Babita made the final after notching wins over Nigeria’s Samuel Bose, Sri Lanka’s Deepika Dilhani, and Australia’s Carissa Holland.

Seema Punia and Navjeet Dhillon clinched the silver and bronze medal respectively in the women’s discuss throw on Thursday.

In the first attempt, Seema successfully got past the 60 metre-mark with her best throw of 60.41m to bag silver. This is her fourth successive podium finish in this event at the Games, following silver in both 2006 and 2014, and a bronze at home in Delhi in 2010.

Her compatriot Navjeet managed to throw her best 57.43m in her sixth attempt to sit at the third place.

Australia’s Dani Stevens set a new Games record with a Herculean throw of 68.26m to clinch gold.

After throwing 60.41m in the medal clinching attempt, the second attempt saw Seema Punia throw-

Navjeet Dhillon and Seema Punia celebrate after winning bronze and silver medals respectively on Thursday.

ing 59.57. But in the third attempt, Seema fouled and in the fourth she only managed to throw 58.54, managing to stay in the top three.

Her fifth attempt was disqualified.

Navjeet, on the other hand, was out of top three from the start, clearing 55.61 in first attempt and 56.22, 54.09 in the fourth and fifth attempt respectively. She was behind Sositina Hakeai of

claim her six CWG medal.

Young Anjum Moudgil, the other Indian shooter in the fray, finished a lowly 16th with 602.2. Singapore’s rifle ace Martina Lindsay Veloso won the gold medal with a Games record 621.0, while Seonaid Mcintosh of Scotland bagged the bronze with 618.1 at the Belmont Shooting centre here.

The 37-year-old former world champion was placed second after four series even as Moudgil faced elimination. She maintained her position at the end of the fifth series and ensured another medal for India with a final-series score of 104.6, her best effort of the day.

Medals Tally Australia 63 46 England 28 32 India 14 7 Canada 11 28 South Africa 11 9 New Zealand 10 12 Scotland 7 13 Wales 7 8 Cyprus 6 0 Jamaica 4 6 Nigeria 4 5 Malaysia 3 3 Samoa 2 2 Singapore 2 1 Botswana 2 1 Trinidad And Tobago 2 1 Uganda 2 0 Kenya 1 3 Bahamas 1 2 Papua New Guinea 1 2

Tejaswini bags silver in women’s 50m rifle prone

Tejaswini Sawant

The seasoned Tejaswini Sawant brought her years of experience into play en route to claiming the silver medal in the women’s 50m rifle prone event.

Tejaswini shot 102.1, 102.4, 103.3, 102.8, 103.7, 104.6 for a cumulative score of 618.9 over six series to

New Zealand till then but the final attempt saw her throwing her best 57.43m which helped him to move at the third place, replacing the New Zealander. Hakeai (57.16m) best throw came in his third attempt.

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156 87 31 58 32 31 35 25 8 15 10 13 4 4 3 3 3 7 3 3

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