April 1, 2018

Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXVIII No. 113

SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018 Pages 12 ` 5.00

Why do you seek the living among the dead?

Salah strike seals late Liverpool win

No anti-incumbency against Cong govt: Moily

Sunday Post Supplement

sports, Page 12

national, Page 5

Budget 2018 proposals to be implemented

NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (AGENCIES): Various changes proposed in the Union Budget 2018-19 (presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 1), including reduced import duties on select items and reintroduction of tax on Long-Term Capital Gains (LTCG), come into effect from April 1, 2018 (Sunday), reports the TOI. Here are some of the important decisions taken in this year’s budget: Long-Term Capital Gains on equities: The Union Budget 2018 proposed 10 per cent tax on long-term capital gains (LTCG) over Rs 1 lakh. Till now, any longterm gains made on equity shares or any equity mutual fund units were exempt from tax. The government, however, extended indexation benefit for computing tax liability on sale of shares listed after January 31.

The 2018 Budget had after a gap of 14 years reintroduced 10 per cent tax on LTCG. Standard deduction: There has been no change in the Income Tax slabs this year but for salaried employees, a standard deduction of Rs 40,000 is introduced

DGAR Lt Gen Chauhan retires

Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan

DIMAPUR, MAR 31 (NPN): Director General of Assam Rifles (DGAR) Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan retired Saturday after a successful stint of 39 glorious years in the Indian Armed Forces. An alumnus of NDA, DSSC and the prestigious National Defence College, Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan was commissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles in December 1979. He took over as the 19th DGAR on December 12, 2016.

A highly decorated officer, among other successful appointments in his career, he also had the unique distinction of handling media relations for the Army in its public information unit.

According to a defence release, Gen Chauhan believed that the Assam Rifles was an elite Force assigned with the dual task of border guarding along the International Indo-Myanmar Border and tackling internal insurgency.

This is it!

“All we’re doing is selling vegetables when vegetable markets close on Sunday.”.

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by the government in lieu of transport and medical reimbursements.

Budget 2018 has also increased the cess on incomes from 3 per cent to 4 per cent, which can increase your tax bill.

Senior citizens: The exemption limit on income from interest raised by five times to Rs 50,000 per year.

No TDS will be deducted from the interest income of senior citizens. The limit of deduction for health insurance premium and medical expenditure also increased to Rs 50,000 from Rs 30,000 under Section 80D. This additional deduction of Rs 20,000 will help a taxpayer save up to Rs 6,000 per annum.

For senior and very senior citizens, the tax deduction for critical illness will be Rs 1 lakh from April 1, as against the existing limit of Rs 60,000 for senior citizens and Rs 80,000 for very senior citizens.

Corporate tax: Corporate tax on businesses with up to Rs 250 crore turnover has been reduced to 25 per cent from 30 per cent.

List of imported items that will become expensive or cheaper from April 1:

What’s going to get Costlier

10 per cent earlier.  Duty on orange fruit juice has gone up from 30 per cent to 35 per cent.  Duty on other fruit and vegetables juice have been increased to 50 per cent from 30 per cent earlier.  Crude edible vegetable oils like olive oil, ground nut oil: Custom duty hiked to 30 per cent from 12.5 per cent earlier.  Refined edible vegetable oils including oil, ground nut oil: Custom duty hiked to 35 per cent from 20 per cent earlier.  Imported gold items, including gold plated with platinum: Surcharge of 3 per cent of the aggregate duties of customs.

Former Nagaland CM TR Zeliang appears before NIA tion warrants that he be examined too,” the source added.

It may be mentioned that the NIA on March 27 issued fresh summons to former Nagaland chief minister, T.R. Zeliang and his then personal secretary, K Francis Zeliang to appear before it for questioning at its headquarters at Lodhi Road, New Delhi on March 31.

Earlier this month, Zeliang was summoned by NIA to Delhi for interrogation. However, Zeliang had personally written for deferment of the date for his cross examination because of the ongoing Assembly session, which ended on March 26.

On the other hand, the Myanmar-based NSCN (K) has questioned NIA for not probing the parallel taxation system run by NSCN (I-M).

The outfit has accused the agency of turning a blind eye on the activities of its rival group, which is currently engaged in peace process with the government.

According to TOI, the NSCN (K) reactions have come at a time when the NIA is investigating alleged siphoning of government

funds by way of extortions and illegal tax collection by the Khaplang faction and other factions like NSCN(R), FGN and NNC between 2012 and 2016.

“When has the Indian government legalised IM’s extortion and taxation activities in Nagaland state?

From the experiences gained all along, IM is one of the most arrogant, uncompromising and unforgiving group with prompt harsh Azha (order) when it comes to collection of money, commissions, extortion, fines etc upon the Nagas in Nagaland,” NSCN(K) spokesperson Isak Sumi said in a statement posted on social media.

“IM definitely burdens the Nagas of Nagaland with the highest amount of the above prescribed taxes,” Sumi, who is also named as one of the accused in NIA charge-sheet said.

M e a n w h i l e, N I A’s Special designated court, Dimapur, on Wednesday granted bail to three senior Nagaland government officials who were arrested on March 25 on charges of funding Naga rebel groups.

CBSE Pol Sc. paper leaked: whistleblower Manipur Political parties demand CM’s apology

Madhucon Ltd bags road projects worth `734.9 cr

 Completely knocked down (CKD): Custom duty increased from 10 per cent to 15 per cent.  Completely build units (CBU): Customs duty increased to 25 per cent from 20 per cent earlier.  Truck and bus radial tyres: Duty increased to 15 per cent as against 10 per cent earlier.  Imported mobile handsets: Customs duty increased from 15 per cent to 20 per cent; mobile parts and accessories will attract duty of 15 per cent.  Imported LCD/ LED/ OLED TV panels and other parts of TVs: Customs duty of 15 per cent levied.  Perfumes, toilet water and imported beauty and make up preparations: Customs duty of 20 per cent as against 10 per cent earlier.  Wrist/pocket/smart watches/ wearable devices and sunglasses: Custom duty have been doubled to 20 per cent.  Gemstones and diamonds: Custome Duty increased to 5 per cent from 2.5 per cent earlier.  Duty on imported footwear and silk fabrics has also been doubled to 20 per cent.  Customs duty on imported fruit juices has been hiked by up to 40 per cent.  Imported cranberry juice will now attract customs duty of 50 per cent from

NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (AGENCIES): Days after Economics and Maths paper leaks rocked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination, a whistleblower has come forward with the claims that Political Science paper was also made public.

Talking to ANI on the condition of anonymity, the man said, “I am 100 percent sure that Political Science question paper was also leaked.”

He had contacted the person through YouTube who was leaking the paper and informed the Central Board of Secondary Education about the paper leak on March 17 but no action was taken.

“I had managed to contact the person leaking the paper through YouTube. I alerted CBSE, Prime Minister and police on March 17, but no action was taken,” the whistleblower said.

This whistleblower has come forward but the Delhi Police has widened the search for another whistleblower in the CBSE paper leaks case, who, on three occasions, alerted the education board

What’s going to get Cheaper

 Customs duty on imported raw cashew nuts has been slashed from 5 per cent to 2.5 per cent  Solar tempered glass or solar tempered glass for manufacture of solar cells/ panels/modules reduced to nil duty from 5 per cent earlier.  Customs duty on raw materials, parts and accessories of cochlear implants has been reduced to nil from 2.5 per cent earlier.

Apart from these, people need to shell out more for driving on the national highways from April 1. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has revised its toll rates by 5 to 7 per cent. As a result, prices of essential commodities are also likely to shoot up, transporters have said.

about the leaks. Till now, the police Correspondent have come to know that the CBSE question papers were leaked on 10 IMPHAL, Mar 31: Political parties joined the chorus WhatsApp groups. demanding an apology from Manipur chief minister N. BiRe-examination of CBSE’s ren Singh over his controversial Class 12 economics paper will statement made at the inaugural be held on April 25, while the function of Madhavpur Mela Class 10 mathematics re-test, if held in Gujarat’s Porbandar on required, would be conducted only March 27.

During his recent visit to the for Delhi-NCR and Haryana in July, the government stated amid fair in Gujarat, the chief minister widespread outrage over the paper- had said the North East had been a part of India since the Dwapar leak issue.

Ruling out a nationwide re- Yug and “Manipur was made a tests for Class 10 mathematics, part of India by Lord Krishna in the HRD ministry said that a final the mythical times”.

Addressing a news conferdecision on the re-examination for Delhi-NCR and Haryana would ence at Imphal Congress Bhavan, be taken in the next 15 days fol- former state chief minister O. lowing a detailed inquiry.

Ibobi Singh and other state ConMeanwhile, six students were gress leaders condemned chief detained in Chatra district of minister for making the misleadJharkhand in connection with ing statement. the leak.

“BJP CM N. Biren must The police also questioned 10 tender an apology for his speech more people and “interacted” with which misled the people of North the CBSE controller of examina- East region and its history,” fortions over the leak. mer chief minister O. Ibobi Singh (Related news on p-7) demanded.

Class 12 re-exam on Apr 25

GUWAHATI, MAR 31 (AGENCIES): Former Nagaland chief minister, T.R. Zeliang appeared before the NIA at its New Delhi headquarters on Saturday in connection with agency’s ongoing investigation in siphoning of government funds to NSCN (K) and other Naga outfits during his tenure, Times of India report stated.

NIA had summoned him for questioning but Zeliang on Saturday submitted a legal appeal to be examined at his residence, either in New Delhi or at Kohima, citing his senior citizen status.

Time of India quoted a source saying: “He (Zeliang) has made an appeal that he has crossed 65 years of age and being a senior citizen, he wants to be questioned at his residence and not at the NIA office. Our legal cell will examine his appeal and if it is found to be justified, we will accept his plea.”

The source further said that Zeliang’s interrogation is necessary for the investigation. “It is not that we want to interrogate him for nothing. The investiga-

“Congress as well as people of the state had not expected such a controversial statement from the chief minister”, he added. “It is a matter of great concern that the chief minister could not uphold his own identity while attempting to please his political boss,” the Congress leader alleged.

Manipur People’s Party (MPP) also demanded that the chief minister tender an apology to the people of Manipur for his statement. The chief minister’s statement was “quite absurd and unwarranted,” said MPP president, Oinam Jugindro.

He also advised Biren to study the history of Manipur while pointing out that Manipur became a part of India only in 1949 after the ‘Merger Agreement’ was signed on September 21 of the same year.

“Before this, Manipur existed as a sovereign country for 3423 years”, he added.

Attacking the chief minister as a man who does not know his responsibility, the MPP president demanded for Biren to tender an

TCD conducts ‘Walk for Clean Dimapur’ DIMAPUR, MAR 31 TCD, a group of (NPN): Commemoratyoung and old people ing its first foundation alike is a purely volday, Team Clean Diuntary service for the mapur (TCD) conductpeople of Dimapur ed its “Walk for Clean city and it has installed Dimapur” in collabover 70 dustbins in oration with DMC, and around the city, from PWD junctionconducted seminars in Dhobinalla-Nyamo schools and colleges Lotha Road-Fly Over and planted around to Super Market. a thousand tree sapThe walk conductlings. ed with the aim to creThe team also ate awareness among conducts cleanliness citizens on keeping drives twice a month their sur roundings to spread awareness clean and healthy. and to instill in every Students from individual a sense of various schools and belonging and responcolleges participated sibility to the place in huge numbers with Students, civil societies and well wishers walk for a clean Dimapur, led by TCD. they live in. placards. Different civA press note from Urban Chairmen Council Forum il societies of Dimapur TCD stated that it was also participated, encouraged and (DUCCF), Muslim Council Dima- every individual’s bounden duty to pur (MCD), teacher-in-charge of keep one’s environment clean. It exhorted the gathering.

Naga Council Dimapur (NCD), Government College, Ramjanaki stated that interested persons can Naga Women Hoho Dimapur Higher Secondary School, Ebenezer connect with the team on facebook (NWHD), Dimapur District Citi- Orphanage Home were some of the and be participants in the efforts for a zens Forum (DDCF), Dimapur guest speakers on the occasion. healthier and cleaner Dimapur.

apology.

Amidst debate on his controversial statement, chief minister N. Biren on Friday claimed to have given an assurance to make a clarification during a meeting with representatives of the Manipur Students’ Federation (MSF).

While condemning the chief minister’s statement MSF said that the statement was an insult to the rich history and culture of the state.

MSF led by its general secretary Ngariyanbam Milan met the chief minister on the invitation of the latter on Friday. During the meeting the chief minister agreed to make a clarification on his statement, MSF general secretary Ng Milan said.

North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) has also condemned the statement.

In a statement, the Forum alleged that the statement of the chief minister was aimed at establishing a mythological connection between the mainland India and the North East.

NIA to probe Manipur missing arms case Correspondent

IMPHAL, MAR 31: Manipur government Saturday announced that National Investigation Agency (NIA) would probe into the missing of 56 small arms along with 58 magazines from the Arms Kote of Manipur police.

The 56 auto 9 mm 1A pistols along with 58 magazines were found missing from the well-guarded Arms Kote (PHQ pool) of state police located inside the 2nd Manipur Rifles battalion headquarters in Imphal over a period of four years.

State chief minister N Biren Singh, who is also holds home portfolio, said that government has decided to hand over the case to NIA. Addressing a press conference at CM’s Secretariat Saturday, Singh termed as “a serious threat to the Na-

tional and State security” the incident of missing of arms from the well-guarded Arms Kote of 2nd Battalion Manipur Rifles.

The incident came to light after 2nd MR Commandant P Manjit examined the current holdings of arms and ammunitions of both the unit and PHQ Pool, he added.

During the examination, it could be ascertained that out of the total 570 auto 9 mm 1A pistols received from PHQ on September 11, 2014, 56 weapons along with 58 magazines were found missing, the chief minister said.

State government has written to the NIA to probe the case which investigation had already been initiated

by Imphal police station after registering an FIR case under section 409 and 120-B of the IPC.

NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (PTI): Hyderabad based construction firm Madhucon Projects Ltd has bagged road projects worth Rs734.9 crore from National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd (NHIDCL) in Nagaland. Madhucon Projects Ltd has received Letter of Acceptance (LoA) from NHIDCL for four road projects totalling Rs734.9 crore, the company said in a BSE filing. Hyderabadbased Madhucon Group has interests across sectors like construction, granites, coal, power and sugars.

ZICPF appeals to Zeliangrong people

DIMAPUR, MAR 31 (NPN): Zeliangrong Inter-City Presidents’ Forum (ZICPF)-- comprising of the cities Bangalore, Chennai, Guwahati, Delhi, Pune and Chandigarh-- has affirmed that it stood for the united Zeliangrong and fully supported the call for a consultative meeting on April 3, 2018 at the Zeliangrong Baudi Hall, Jalukie Town, Peren.

In a press release, ZICPF appealed to all the Zeliangrong frontal organizations, social leaders, intellectuals, churches, religious leaders, village authorities and elders to extend thier full cooperation and participate in the upcoming consultative meeting called by the apex Zeliangrong Baudi. The forum stated that the proposed meeting would discuss the recognition of Zeliangrong people into separate tribes by the NSCN (I-M) during the Tatar Hoho Assembly at the Hebron Camp “without prior consultation of the Zeliangrong Apex Organizations.”

Easter sunrise service

DIMAPUR, MAR 31 (NPN): To celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Kohima Baptist Pastors’ Fellowship (KBPF) willl be holding its annual Kohima combined Easter sunrise service at Kohima war cemetery on April 1 at 5am.

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Health mela at Phellang & Lephori villages

Villagers avail of health services at the ‘Mela.’

DIMAPUR: Health checkups, awareness sittings, free medication etc. were given in ‘Health Melas’ at Phellang & Lephori villages.

Phellang Village: The One Day Health ‘Mela’ was held at Government Middle School, Phellang Village, Athibung block also covering other nearby villages on March 28.

In a press release, district media officer of Peren, stated that altogether, 278 patients availed of the free medical services.

Under the family planning services, condoms and OCP’s were distributed, total of 30 dental extractions were done, children were immunized, ANC for pregnant women and counseling were given & blood tests done for

HIV and malaria. Sputum was collected on the spot for suspected TB cases.

IEC materials- leaflets in local dialect, booklets were distributed for awareness and publicity. IPC sessions were conducted and counseling was given regarding health talks on family planning and child health immunization, maternal health and HIV/AIDS. Nutritional packages were also given to all the pregnant women and lactating mothers. Free medication was also given to all patients who came to avail of the services.

Altogether 41 patients were screened for vision tests out of which 8 children were identified to have refractive errors and were

Dr. Kolhitso Khalo, DIO, attending to the patients.

provided free spectacles.

The team was headed by CMO, Dr. Denis Hangsing, Obs & Gynae (DPO UIP/RCH), Dr Yetovi, DPO NVBDCP, Dr. Limatula, medical specialist, Dr. Thangmang, Paediatrition, Dr. Lungkeuding, MO Dungki PHC, Dr. Martha, Epidemilogist, Dr. Imnuksungba, Dental Surgeon, Dr. Gloria, nurses, ophthalmic assistant, paramedics, counselor and lab technicians, IEC personnel, surveillance worker malaria, STLS RNTCP, NHM Staff, ASHA’s took part in the health mela.

Lephori Village: The One Day Health ‘Mela’ was conducted at Lephori village under Meluri block on March 29 organized by Dis-

trict Health Society Phek.

A press release said the health mela provided free Multispecialty health care services raising health awareness on different health issues.

Different health awareness sessions such as Interpersonal CommunicationOne on One and group discussions with pregnant women, lactating mothers, menfolk etc was carried out by district program manager, Sede, district community mobilize, Azenuo and Dr.Vibino. These involved topics on the importance of Ante-Natal check up (ANC), immunization and family planning.

During the program nutritional packages were also distributed.

For awareness on different health issues leaflets and posters printed in local dialects and English was given to the participants.

Films on mater nal health, child health, malaria and vector borne diseases etc. was also shown. Altogether 270 patients availed the free services.

The health mela was attended by District Immunization officer Phek, Dr.Kolhitso Khalo, Medical Officer Meluri CHC, Dr.John, MO Weziho, Dr.Rukuwe, Dr.Lhishelo T s u h a h , D r. V i b i n o , Dr.Limatoshi IDSP, Sede DPM, Martenzuk DAM, Chibenthung BAM, Wilfred Kithan BPM, Azenuo DCM, pharmacist and district media officer Phek.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018

news in Brief NTC Meeting: Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) Executives and Advisors Meeting will be held on April 2, 11 a.m at NTC office, Kohima. NTC general secretary, Nribemo Ngullie has requested all members to attend the meeting without fail.

NRMSATA joint executive meeting: Nagaland RMSA Teachers’ Association (NRMSATA) 2016 central executives has convened a joint executive meeting on April 2, 11.30 a.m at LCS building near Ao Baptist Church, Kohima. All district convenors along with their representative have been requested to attend the meeting.

ANTAGT general meeting: All Nagaland Ad-hoc Teacher Group Tuensang Unit (ANTAGT) who appeared for the suitability test on May 20, 2017 has convened a general meeting on April 13, 10 a.m at CKS hall, Tuensang near DC office Tuensang. All the concerned teachers have been requested to attend the meeting.

WDAU general meeting: Wokha District Auto Union (WDAU) has convened a general meeting on April 2, 10 a.m at public ground, Wokha. All auto owners and drivers have been requested to attend the meeting. Auto drivers have also been directed to fully adhere the rules laid down by the authority like fixing of iron bar on the right side of the auto, carry union ID card and government driving license while driving etc. It also thanked all members and the public for their cooperation towards the ban of new auto registration. The union regretted the ban still stands as the matter has still kept pending by the authority.

DPU greets: Dimapur Phom Union (DPU) has extended warm Phom

Monyu greetings to all the Phoms and residents of Dimapur. The festival is celebrated from April 1-6. The union has also requested all head of departments and educational institutions to grant restricted holiday to Phoms as declared by the state government.

CVC informs: Chümoukedima Village Council (CVC) has informed all concerned that work for road widening and digging of drainage will be carried out on April 6. The council has asked all plot holders attached to the road from Chümoukedima village junction to Khuova River road junction via Etta Batta to extend their cooperation.

Rotary scholarships: Rotary of Dimapur has announced its “Rotary Peace and Conflict Resolution Scholarships’ for the Rotary year 2018-19. Interested persons have been asked to visit https: //www. rotary.org/en/peace-fellowships and submit the dully filled application form

by April 14 after downloading the same.

Applicants have been asked to contact Rtn RS Panesar at 9436004919; Rtn Vijay Sharma at 9436003523; Rtn Pradip Jain at 9436012376 and Rtn NRC Nair at 9435701216.

TPDU Community Fishing: TsungikiPhilimi Doyang Union (TPDU) has informed all concerned that the union’s community fishing will be on April 3, 2018. TPDU chairman Tsenyimthung Kikon cautioned all concerned to not bring alcohol and/or drugs to the community fishing area. Checking for the same will be conducted by Tsungiki Village Council under Wokha district in their jurisdiction and by Philimi Village Council under Zunheboto district in their own jurisdiction.

NPF condole Chikroveyi & Hanghu demise Registration for

On March 30, Dimapur Bengali Students’ Union distributed books, exercise copies and other stationeries among students of the affected families of the fire that broke out at Y. Zhimo Colony, Dimapur on March 23.

Hukato V. Achumi, President, Hazi Park Businessmen Welfare Committee, Dimapur addressing the fire victims of Y. Zhimo Colony before distributing relief materials on March 30.

I&C deptt holds felicitation

DIMAPUR: Industries and Commerce (I&C) department organised a “felicitation programme” for advisor I&C, Imnatiba, MLA, on March 27 at the conference hall of the directorate of I&C, Kohima.

A press release by I&C department stated that in his address, the advisor appreciated the contributions of the department towards the welfare of the state.

Imnatiba also called upon the officers and staff

of the department to renew their effort to make the department the driving force for economic growth of the state.

The programme was chaired by principal secretary I&C, Menukhol John; director I&C, I Bendangliba gave a brief report on the department and its activities through a power-point presentation while the vote of thanks was delivered by additional director, Er. S Temsulong Jamir.

DIMAPUR: Naga People’s Front (NPF) president, Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu, his team of central office bearers, rank and file of the party has expressed grief on learning about the deaths of late Chikroveyi Venyo late March 30 night at Dimapur, and late PB Hanghu Konyak on March 31 morning at Sonari (Assam) while on his way to Mon. A condolence note issued by NPF central headquarters Kohima, press bureau stated that both were general secretaries at the NPF central office and their deaths had come as a huge blow to the party. It described late Chikroveyi Venyo (fondly called CV by his friends) as a born leader who showed astute leadership qualities since his college days. He rose to prominence and caught the attention of political circles in the region during his tenure as the president of the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) during 1987-

89. He was honest, upright and blessed with uncanny oratorical skills, and minced no words against what he perceived were wrong doings by politicians and bureaucrats alike, the note said.

The party also stated that late BP Hanghu Konyak’s contributions to the NPF party were most remarkable and pronounced when he made the supreme sacrifice of renouncing membership of his erstwhile national political party and supported the NPF candidate in 2003 at Aboi Assembly Constituency. It also said that Hanghu was fearless in his beliefs and was ever-ready to take on the might of the powerful to ensure that truth and justice prevailed in the society. His absence shall be sorely missed, it added.

The party extended its heartfelt condolences to the grieving family members of both the leaders and prayed to the Almighty to grant solace and comfort to all their near and dear ones. It further

prayed the departed souls to rest in eternal peace.

NPF Phek condoles Chokriveyi’s demise: NPF Phek division has expressed grief over the untimely demise of late Chokriveyi Venyo.

A condolence note from NPF Phek president, Chivotso Nienu and general secretary, Wepe Mekrisuh stated that the late Chokriveyi was “a true public leader” who was “a man of dignity always ready to extend his life at the cost of social cause”. “He was former NSF president and was serving as general secretary NPF central. His untimely dead has caused a huge vacuum in our society”, the release stated.

Further, NPF Phek division said that it will remain grateful to him for the invaluable services he rendered to society. It conveyed its deepest condolences to the wife, children and bereaved family members and prayed that his soul may rest in peace.

Khonoma Women Union condemns murder

DIMAPUR: Khonoma Women Union (KWU) has vehemently condemned the brutal murder of Pezano Mor of Khonoma village by unidentified person(s) and whose body was recovered on March 28 from a water tank near British Bungalow at the outskirts of the village. Condemning the act, KWU president, Lorheno Mor and sec-

retary, Prükieü Pier, stated that the heinous murder of a hapless woman was unimaginable and had no place in Naga society.

The union, while stating that such an act should be condemned by all right thinking citizens, has appealed to the concerned authority to find the murderer(s) and punish the guilty according to the law of the land.

Army recruitment in Tuensang

DIMAPUR: ARO Rangapahar has informed Indian Army aspirants that the last date for online registration is April 1 and that admit card will be generated on April 2 for all candidates who have applied online for the Nagaland rally at Tuensang.

In a press release, PRO (Defence) Col. C. Konwer, has informed those desirous to join to login at www.joinindianarmy.nic.in at the earliest.

Recr uitment rally dates, district wise. are: April 12 for Dimapur, Kohima and Phek; April 13 for Peren, Zunheboto, Wokha and Mon; April 14 for Mokokchung, Kiphire, Longleng and Tuensang.

A RO h a s f u r t h e r informed candidates to bring their online registration admit cards along with two photocopies each of class 8 mark sheet and elementary certificate, class 10 admit card and mark sheet and class 12 mark sheet, PRC, indigenous, tribe/caste certificate, NCC and sports certificates (if applicable) and 10 coloured passport size photographs.

Minister Soil & Water Conservation and Geology & Mining, Government of Nagaland, Kashiho Sangtam calling upon Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh at New Delhi on Wednesday where he apprised the union minster on the urgent need for improvement in the agriculture sector in Nagaland.

N. Bongkhao Konyak, advisor DUDA visited the directorate of underdeveloped areas on March 28.

OFFICE OF THE LONGSA MONGKA SEMCHIR TELONGJEM

Gorkha Hindu Milan Sewa Sangh, Dimapur on March 27 donated food items and cash to fire victims of Y. Zhimo Colony, Dimapur.

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Bengali Youth Generation of Dimapur, on March 28, extended their help to Y. Zhimo Colony fire victims, Dimapur by providing fans for the families.

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H.Q: - Longsa Village, Mokokchung: Nagaland NOTE OF APPRECIATION Through this column, the Longsa Mongka Semchir Telongjem, would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Piyongtemjen Jamir, Principal, Rashtrabhasha Hindi Shiksha Sansthan, Padum Pukhuri (Dimapur), on receiving one of the highest civilian awards of the country, the Padma Shree Award, in the field of “Literature & Education” from the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, on 20th March 2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

We are, indeed, immensely glad to him for bringing laurels, crown and pride to the Semchir Telongjem.

The Telongjem would like to wish him great success in his entire endeavour.

On behalf of the Mongka Semchir Telongjem, 1. Maputemjen. 2. Noklenrenba DC-708

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head the proposed Fe d e ra l Fro n t f o r 2019 ?  Mamata  Chandrababu Naidu  Rahul Gandhi

WEATHER FORECAST April 1

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala Partly sunny and hot

36 20

Partly sunny

31 15

Guwahati Mostly sunny

34 18

Aizawl Imphal

A t-storm late in the p.m.

31 12

Itanagar Partly sunny and beautiful

30 14

Shillong Partly sunny

22 11

Kohima

A t-storm late in the p.m.

25 12

Dimapur Mostly sunny and comfortable 32 16 Mkg

A t-storm late in the p.m.

Tuensang Cooler; an afternoon t-storm

28 11 18 9

A t-storm late in the p.m.

25 15

Zunheboto A t-storm late in the p.m.

25 9

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Farmers at the Milk processing Plant at DIMUL in Dimapur.

DIMAPUR: A two-day Farmers’ Exposure Tour was conducted under National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) on March 28 and 29.

Altogether 15 progressive livestock farmers from Thipuzumi, Rikuzumi and Phusachadu villages of Phek District participated in the programme. The farmers were led by Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Phek Subject Matter Specialist (Animal Science) Dr. Debojyoti Borkotoky.

The farmers visited various livestock units of ICAR Research Complex for NEHR, Nagaland Centre, Medziphema.

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given demonstrations on Artificial Insemination (AI) of pigs for better production and income. The farmers also visited the poultry farms, hatchery unit and witnessed the livestock waste management system in the farm. The farmers also visited intensive Mithun farms under ICAR –NRC on Mithun, Medziphema.

The participants also took a trip to the Dimapur District Milk Producers Union (DIMUL) Ltd., Dimapur and lear ned about the cooperative model. Er. Meyieu Mero, Manager (P&QC) Dimul gave the farmers a tour though the milk plant and

explained hygienic milk production and value addition. Dr. Mhasizokho, CEO, DIMUL Dimapur encouraged the farmers to adopt the cooperative model in livestock and high value crops that contributes towards socio-economic development, particularly their impact on poverty reduction, job creation, and social integration. The farmers, on their part, expressed their gratitude to director ICAR-NRC on Mithun and Sr. Scientist & Head KVK-Phek for bringing them the opportunity to witness the scientific, advanced and farmer oriented technologies in livestock production.

LBCD observes Good Friday DIMAPUR: Joining the rest of the world, Lotha Baptist Church Diphupar (LBCD) also observed Good Friday to mark the occasion.

According to DIPR, Pastor of LBCD, Limhathung Lotha, who was the main speaker of the day, exhorted the congregation on the merits and virtue of a forgiving heart. “Jesus died on the cross to forgive your sins so if you do not have a heart to forgive others the cross is not yours” he said.

Marking the day, special songs were presented

by School Colony and Ajano and friends, Daisy Shitio read scripture while associate pastor Wopansao Ovung chaired the programme.

On the occasion, 24 youngsters were baptized and they became members of the church.

LBCD associate pastor, Yimtsu Lotha handed over the baptism recognition certificates to the baptized.

The church service wa s f o l l owe d b y t h e Lord’s Supper led by Pastor Limhathung, wherein all the church members including the newly baptized members took part, remembering the last supper of Christ with His disciples.

41 Tizit holds Thanksgiving

Paiwang addressing the gathering at the thanksgiving programme. (NP)

Correspondent MON, MAR 31 (NPN): A Thanksgiving program for P. Paiwang Konyak, minister for Transport, CA, Railways and Land Resource, being re-elected in the recently concluded election, was organised by the general public of 41 Tizit A/C, at BJP office, Tizit Village.

Thanking party workers, supporters and the people of the area, Paiwang assured the people that he would work for their welfare and create job opportunities by taking up and implementing schemes and projects.

While crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi

for successful formation of the PDA government, he also thanked Ram Madav, Kiren Rijiju, Visasoulie, Thangwang MLA (Arunachal Pradesh) and Gabriel Denngam MLA (Arunachal Pradesh) for their help and support during the campaign.

He also congratulated the DEO, and RO’s of the district for the successful completion of election.

He also appealed to the law enforcing authorities to take stringent actions against the perpetrators responsible for the bomb blast at polling station 20 under 41 tizit A/C. T h e p r o g r a m wa s chaired by A Nahngam Konyak, the invocation was

said by Bennang Konyak, Pastor KBCT, the welcome address was given by Z Ahon, president BJP 41 A/C Tizit, a special number was presented by Nangtan BJP youth, a special song

by Loakho BJP youth, the thanksgiving prayer was said

by Rev. L Angwan Konyak LLBC and the benediction was pronounced by Pastor TVBC. Short speeches were also delivered by Nyawang Konyak, president BJP Mon district, Liwang Angh, Wangla village, Pohwang Angh Tizit Village, Tokhao Angh Loakho Village, T Bujat Konyak, NW Nokthak wangsa, Penkhum Konyak and Wangkum Konyak.

DDLSA and DTP conduct Mobile Eco-Club of ICD & DMC launches cleaning drive Lok Adalat/MVCP in Dimapur

DDLSA members and Dimapur Traffic Police at Golaghat Junction, Dimapur, conducting the Lok Adalat/MVCP.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA), in collaboration with Dimapur Traffic Police (DTP), conducted a mobile Lok Adalat/Motor Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) at Dimapur on March 31.

A press release from Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA), Kohima, stated that the

Lok Adalat/MVCP was conducted at three strategic points in Dimapur city- DC Court, Golaghat Road and Chumukedima Junction. Ajongba Imchen, chief judicial magistrate and secretary DDLSA, retainer lawyer, panel lawyers and officers of Dimapur Traffic Police manned the three locations to identify defaulters and impose

fines under the Motor Vehicle Act- 2017. They also spread legal awareness among the citizens of Dimapur through distribution of pamphlets and legal counseling.

Around 1500 beneficiaries through legal awareness and defaulters under the Motor Vehicle Act, 2017 were recorded during the Mobile Lok Adalat.

DIMAPUR: A cleanliness drive launching programme was organised by Eco-Club (EC), Immanuel College Dimapur (ICD) in collaboration with Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) on March 26 at the college conference hall.

A press release from Immanuel College media cell convenor, Akutu Poireng stated that the objective of the programme was to increase public support and cooperation for improving the city’s living environment. It also focused on the importance of community cooperation for a cleaner and better Dimapur.

The programme was chaired by Wangphoa, president Eco-Club, Immanuel College, the invocation

come the first secular college to collaborate with DMC for the cleanliness and beautification of the city by adopting the road from DC Court Junction to Fellowship Colony Junction. The launching programme was followed by a cleanliness drive along the adopted road by the students of Immanuel College.

Students pick up rubbish and plant litter during the drive.

was said by Vepu assistant professor of Botany, the introductory speech was delivered by Sharatchandra Singh, principal Immanuel College and a speech was delivered by Moa Sangtam, administrator DMC. The programme concluded with the signing of

an MoU by Moa Sangtam DMC administrator and Sharatchandra Singh, principal Immanuel College in the presence of Eco-Club convenor, Temsutola assistant professor of Botany, DMC representatives, faculty members and students.

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AR attends Good Friday celebrations

DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles troops of Jalukie battalion, under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North), joined the local populace to celebrate Good Friday at Songhlu

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Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Ar unachal Pradesh, Tripura and Sikkim, participated in the workshop.

Eminent Kala Gurus of different art fields like dance, drama, painting, music and Paridhanam (fashion) put in their efforts towards polishing the art and skill of Kala Sadhak to enhance their devotion and potential in art and culture.

village, Peren on March 30.

According to PRO, Assam Rifles troops were invited to the event by the church and local vil-

lagers.

Assam Rifles troops attended the programme and arranged for refreshments for all attendees on the occasion.

Free treatment for cleft lip & palate

DIMAPUR: A team of Smile Train Shija Cleft Project led by Dr. Kh. Palin, smile train partnered surgeon, will be available for a Smile Train Shija Cleft Project – Mission Nagaland 33rd phase from April 6 to April 8 at Oking Hospital and Research Clinic, Kohima.

In a press release, Oking Hospital and Research Clinic, Kohima, managing

director, Dr. Vikethonyu Kesiezie, has requested all local representatives, social workers, church leaders and teachers to disseminate information about the surgery camp.

For further information and advance registration one can contact Oking Hospital, Kohima at 0370-2290080, 9436000484 or Shija Hospitals at 9436234221, 7629076763.

YKSS officials and participants of the five-day orientation and workshop seen with PHED minister, Jacob Zhimomi.

DIMAPUR: A five-day orientation and workshop for youth on cultural integration and peace in Northeast was conducted

by Yuva Kala Sadhna Shivir which concluded on March 30.

T h e va l e d i c t o r y function was graced by Minister of PHED, Jacob Zhimomi, as chief guest.

Others including Amir Chandra, All India Organizing Secretary Sanskar Bharati Poorvattor , Dr. Dananjay Kushre ,Shetra Pramukh, K Y M C

Pranjal Saikia and Jiten Sharma senior most artist from Assam, attended the programme as special guest.

The programme highlights were cultural presentation by Nagaland participants, later joined by all the resource persons and participants of the workshop with Naga traditional dance and folksong.

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4 lakh Tripura families to get free LPG

Agartala, Mar 31 (IANS): Over four lakh poor families in Tripura will be provided free cooking gas connections under the PMUY to ensure clean energy access to all and to protect the health of rural women, an IOC official said on Friday.

“Our target is to provide free Liquefied Petroleum Gas connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to over 400,000 poor families in Tripura,” state-run Indian Oil Corp Chief General Manager Uttiya Bhattacharyya told the media here.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday flagged off 50 mobile publicity vans to help PMUY benefits to reach across Tripura.

Deb said the state government was committed to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of smoke-free India a reality.

“Within 100 days, as many as 100,000 LPG connections under the PMUY will be handed out to poor families with IOC support,” he added.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister Manoj Kanti Deb and Revenue Minister Narendra Chandra Debbarma were present on the occasion. The PMUY was launched in May 2016, under which cash assistance is given to beneficiaries to get deposit-free LPG connections.

Indian army personnel carry out drills at Kibithu close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday. (PTI) India’s border with Tibetan region.

The official said the Army has been enhancing its Long Range Patrols (LRPs) where troops in small groups go for patrols for 15-30 days as part of an overall approach to maintain the sanctity of the Line of Actual Control, the defacto border between India and China.

Troops of India and China were locked in a

73-day standoff in Doklam from June 16 last year after the Indian side stopped building of a road in the disputed area by the Chinese army. The face-off ended on August 28.

“We have increased our deployment of troops while focusing on all the strategically important areas including a tri-junction among India, China and Myanmar,” said the official who wished not to be quot-

Gangtok, Mar 31 (Agencies): The Sikkim government’s decision to prohibit sale of some non-organic vegetables and fruits in the state from Sunday has drawn the ire of traders, who fear the move, apart from affecting their businesses, will also lead to “food crisis.”

Sikkim was declared an organic state in January 2016 after it made the use of chemical pesticides a criminal offence. To give a further push to its organicfarming experiment, the state government headed by five-time chief minister Pawan Chamling had earlier announced a blanket ban on entry of selected non-organic vegetables and fruits into the state from

April 1.

Later, it modified the decision saying it would not prevent entry of the non-organic items into the state, but would not allow their sale.

“We will not check consignments and confiscate non-organic products entering Sikkim, but we will not allow their sale in our markets from April 1,” said secretary of Sikkim’s horticulture department Khorlo Bhutia.

With the ban coming into effect in another 24 hours, traders in the state are in a defiant mood.

“We will continue to bring non-organic farm produce and sell them. Since the government failed to understand our problems,

we will continue to do what we have been doing for decades,” said vice president of the All Sikkim Traders Association (ASTA) Lakpa Sherpa.

“Sikkim’s farmers cannot meet the total local demand for fruits and vegetables. This demand goes up during tourist seasons.

More than 95% of fruits and vegetables consumed in Sikkim comes from Siliguri in West Bengal,” said Sherpa.

“The ban can only lead to a crisis,” he added.

A wholesaler of fruits, associated with the Lall Bazaar Traders Association in Gangtok said, “The state capital alone requires 35,000 kilos of potato and 50000 kilos of banana each day.

Local farmers simply cannot

meet the demand.”

Traders in Sikkim feel that most vegetables will soon be in short supply. Only organic cabbage, cauliflower and beans may meet the local demand since these are produced in large quantity in the state.

“But the difference in price is huge. Organic cauliflower is being sold at Rs 120 a kilo against Rs 20-25 for the non-organic variant,” said a trader at Gangtok’s Lall Bazaar.

Sikkim government, however, said there would be no shortage. “We have adequate supply of organic fruits and vegetables in our state. We are promoting our farmers and the move is not meant to affect anyone,” Bhutia pointed out.

Documents of 98,683 married women to be verified

Hailakandi, Mar 31 (Agencies): Documents of 98,683 married women will be verified in connection with the Supreme Court monitored exercise to update the 1951 National Register of Citizens, in Hailakandi district of Assam from April 2.

Addressing a press meet, Deputy Commissioner, Hailakandi, Adil Khan said the panchayat certificates submitted by married women as proof of citizenship will be verified. The Gauhati High Court in its judgement had ruled the panchayat certificate as having no statutory sanctity. But the Supreme Court set aside the verdict in December last year and said the certificate could be used to claim inclusion in the NRC subject to verification.

“The authenticity of the docu-

Members from national and regional parties including BJP, Congress, from both the hill districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao autonomous districts came here to raise our voice for implementation of Article 244 (A) of the Constitution of India,” said Biren Sing Engti.

“Our districts were continuously neglected and deprived by the government in term development, infrastructure and budget allocation. There’s a huge fund for tribal states like Nagaland, Arunachal and Mizoram but our hill districts remain neglected. The population of our hill districts is more than the entire population of state like Sikkim and yet central government allocates more than Rs. 1000 crores while our districts only receive a meagre amount of Rs. 100300 crore,” Engti stated.

ments will be cross-checked with the married women given the opportunity to present their case,” quipped Khan.

Each married woman would be called to the gram panchayat from where she had obtained her domicile certificate.

For completion of the entire process, 110 special verification officers will be engaged. The Gaon Panchayat Secretaries as issuing authority will also be present. 40 venues have been selected for this purpose.

Expressing his gratitude to the people of Hailakandi district for their support and cooperation in the NRC updation exercise, Deputy Commissioner Khan said, “I appeal to them for their continued cooperation for paving the way for an error free NRC within specified time frame.”

Khan also requested the media to dispel any apprehension regarding the NRC updation exercise.

Terming the whole exercise as fair and transparent, Khan said the genuine Indian citizens need not have to worry at all regarding the verification process.

The Deputy Commissioner said as the NRC updation process is being directly supervised and monitored by the apex court, any false propaganda or adverse comments against it may lead to contempt of court.

Khan said his administration is holding community level meetings to create awareness to ensure mass participation in the massive exercise.

Adequate security arrangement has been made to prevent any untoward incident, he added.

AOYIMKUM LANUR TELONGJEM AOYIMKUM VILLAGE DIMAPUR - 797112 : NAGALAND

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It is resolved by the Aoyimkum Village Council and Aoyimkum Lanur Telongjem, that no door to door Business like Scrap Dealers, Street Vendors/Hawkers and Goldsmith will not be allowed to enter within the Aoyimkum village jurisdiction w.e.f, Dated 02.04.18.

Trespasser will be punished.

Secretary Aoyimkum Lanur Telongjem Imnatoshi

Secretary Aoyimkum Village Telongjem Moasunep

New delhi, Mar 31 (Agencies): The two-day meeting of the central committee of CPI (M) in New Delhi which ended on Friday, accused RSS and BJP of carrying out ‘unabated’ violence against its cadres in Tripura after the state election last month.

The committee appealed to the state authorities to uphold the law of the land and check the harassment.

In a statement, CPM stated, “The post-poll violence in Tripura by RSS/ BJP continues unabated against CPM and the Left Front. Nearly a thousand Left cadres have been physically targeted, 1,699 houses have been ransacked and looted, over 450 shops burned, over 800 party offices attacked, looted and some burned down.”

It added, “The central committee expressed its solidarity with the Tripura unit heroically facing these attacks and called for a nationwide solidarity against the RSS/BJP attacks on CPM. The central committee called upon the concerned authorities to uphold the law of the land instead of harassing and intimidating Left supporters.”

Tripura to set up crime wing of state police

Agartala, Mar 31 (PTI): The Tripura government has decided to set up a “well-equipped” crime branch under the state police to deal with unlawful activities such as drug and narcotics peddling.

The new wing will be modeled after Delhi Police’s crime branch, Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath told reporters Friday.

“The state cabinet has cleared a proposal to form a well-equipped police wing to arrest crime in the state and restore the rule of land, as was promised in the BJP’s election manifesto,” he said.

Anybody found having links with drug peddlers or mafia gangs will be punished, Nath said. “We will seek expert opinion from Delhi and Mumbai to build the unit,” he said.

The two-hour-long cabinet meeting yesterday also sought a crackdown on illegal constructions across Tripura. The ruling dispensation has sought a report on government land allotment to political party offices in the state, Nath said.

“All district magistrates and superintendents of police have been asked to submit details within 15 days for necessary action,” he explained, adding that a separate report on land allotment to different NGOs or institutions during the Left rule will be sought for examination.

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Regd. No. 445/2018 Date : 31.03.2018 AFFIDAVIT I, Smti. Thungchanbeni Odyuo, D/o. Orenthung Odyuo, Resident of H. No. 42, J. Khel, Diphupar Village, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as under:1. That, I am a bonafide citizen of lndia and presently residing at aforesaid address.

2. That, the correct official name of me and my father is "Thungchanbeni Odyuo" and "Orenthung Odyuo" respectively, which is entered and recorded in my academic certificates, official documents and records including AADHAAR Card bearing No. 916005671967 and PAN Card bearing No. APLPL5259A. 3. That, the name of me and my father are inadvertently entered and recorded as "Thungchanbeni Lotha"and "Orenthung Lotha" in my bank account of SBI-Dimapur Main Branch vide No. 36033461231.

4. That, the names, "Thungchanbeni Odyuo" and "Thungchanbeni Lotha" refers to the name of one and the same person, i.e., my name only and likewise "Orenthung Odyuo" and "Orenthung Lotha" is also the name of one and same person, i.e., the name of my father only.

5. That, I have sworn this affidavit to declare the true and correct official name of me and my father as "Thungchanbeni Odyuo" and "Orenthung Odyuo" respectively and henceforth I shall use the same in all my future correspondence and records and further to rectify the same in my aforesaid bank account.

6. That, the statements made in para 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and nothing is concealed therein.

And I have signed this affidavit on this 31st day of March '2018 at Dimapur, Nagaland.

Deponent Sworn before me by the Deponent NOTARY PUBLIC

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Diphu, Mar 31: Thousands of activists representing different parties, student’s organizations, civil societies staged a protest at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital demanding implementation of Article 244 (A) of the Indian Constitution.

Congress Member of Parliament from autonomous regions of Assam, Biren Sing Engti attended the rally and demanded early solution to the long pending demand of the people of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts. The demand for statehood is led by Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills Autonomous State Demand Committee (KANCHASDCOM) with the support of other political parties and tribal organizations. “We are united on the demand for statehood unlike the Gorkhaland movement.

very important from operational point of view, as the only road connecting the East bank of Lohit river with West bank remains closed due to landslides for most part of the year.

However, a senior official of the Border Roads Organisation said a number of roads including one to connect the Dibang Valley with Lohit Valley has been finalised which will improve the inter-valley connectivity in Arunachal.

China has been laying new roads and improving its overall infrastructure along the nearly 4,000 km long border with India.

Earlier this month, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said China has undertaken construction of helipads, sentry posts and trenches for its army personnel near Doklam. Sources said China has been keeping its troops in north Doklam and significantly ramping up its infrastructure in the disputed area.

In Januar y, Ar my Chief Gen Bipin Rawat had said the time had come for India to shift its focus from borders with Pakistan to the frontier with China, indicating the seriousness of the situation.

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ed as he is not authorised to speak to the media.

The official said China has been ramping up its infrastructure development along India’s border, particularly in the Tibetan region and there was a need for India to enhance its road network for quick movements of troops.

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K I B I T H U, mar 3 1 (AGencies): India has deployed more troops and significantly increased patrolling in the mountainous terrains of Dibang, Dau-Delai and Lohit valleys along the borders with China in the Tibetan region in Arunachal sector following the Doklam face-off, the most tense military confrontations between the two countries in decades.

Military officials said India is also strengthening its surveillance mechanism to keep an eye on Chinese activities along the borders in the strategically sensitive Tibetan region and has even been regularly deploying choppers to carry out recce.

They said India has been focusing on dominating the treacherous terrains which include snow-clad mountains at an altitude of over 17,000 feet, and river passes, as part of a strategy to counter China’s rising assertiveness along the border in Dibang, Dau-Delai and Lohit valleys.

“Post Doklam, we have increased our activities manifold. We are fully prepared to deal with any challenge,” said an army officer posted in Kibithu, the eastern most village on

BJP guilty of attacks on our cadres: CPM

The Office of the Akuluto Range Students' Union (ARSU) extends our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Kazheto Kinimi, MLA, on being appointed as Advisor in the Department of Skill Development, Labour & Employment and Civil Administrative Works Division (CAWD) on the recently concluded 13th NLA Election, 2018.

Laudation on your triumph and prayers for your future endeavours. God bless more heights of achievement and progress under your leadership.

Bothuka Kinimi President Regd. No. 594

Ninoto Chophi Secretary General

Dated : 27.03.2018 AFFIDAVIT I, Shri. Tongpangmeren Phom, permanent resident of Yachem Village in the District of Longleng, State : Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and declare as follows :1. That I am a citizen of India by birth and resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That in all my documents my name has been recorded and reflected as Tongpangmeren Phom whereas due to ignorance and clerical mistake my name has been entered and recorded as H. Tongpang Phom in my SBI Account Passbook and Aadhaar card.

3. That, this affidavit is made to declare that the name Tongpangmeren Phom and H. Tongpang Phom refers to same and one person only that is me.

4. That, this affidavit is made to declare that when the name Tongpangmeren Phom and H. Tongpang Phom appears it should be read corrected and understood as Tongpangmeren Phom.

5. That, the statements made in para 1 to 4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing immaterial has been made or concealed therein.

And I sign this affidavit on this the 27th day of March 2018 at Longleng, Nagaland.

Deponent Solemnly sworn in and declare before me by the above named deponent on this th the 27 day of March 2018 at Longleng, Nagaland.

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Dearest Imtipokyim B. Jamir You are a blessing and our greatest gift, thank you for all the joy that you bring to our hearts each day. May God shower his blessings on you always, happiest B’Day wishes on your 8th B’day today.

From:- Bro, Akum, Oja & Oba. ____________________________ Dearest Laxman Rai, On this special day, I wish you all the very best, all the joy you can ever have and may you be blessed abundantly today, tomorrow and the days to come! May you have a fantastic birthday and many more to come.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

From Rama Rai, Gyanti Devi, Akash, Rakesh, Manisha, Anita Devi, Srishti and all loving ones.

3 killed in separate incidents in Assam Morigaon, Mar 31 (PTI): Three persons were killed in two separate road accidents on National Highway-37 in Assam’s Morigaon district, police said Saturday.

One person was killed after he was hit by a car at Bangaldhara point near Dharamtul at 6 am today, the police said, adding that the incident happened when the man was on his way to his chicken farm from home

near NH-37. In another accident, two bikers who were travelling from Morigaon to Dharamtul, were killed after their motorcycle skidded off the road and plunged into a pond adjacent to the road, the police said, adding that the incident happened at Naramari point at around 9.30 pm yesterday.

The bodies were recovered by police and sent for post-mortem examination, a police officer said.

M’laya govt to work on climate adaptation policy, says Conrad Correspondent

Shillong, Mar 31: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday said that his government will start working on climate change adaptation policy to reduce risks posed by the consequences of climatic changes.

Sangma made this statement after more than 50 villages in four districts of the state were hit by hailstones and strong winds accompanied by heavy rain on Friday.

“As climate change is a reality. We need to sit down and discuss on this issue and come up with an aggressive adaptation policy. So we need to have mitigation policy and adaptation policy,” Sangma told journalists after chairing an emergency meeting to take stock of the natural calamity.

“Adaptation and mitigation are two policies that the government required to focus on in view of climate

change,” he said. Sangma said the mitigation addresses the root causes by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation seeks to bring down risks posed by the consequences of climatic changes.

Moreover, he said that the government would soon sign an agreement with the World Bank for funding to the tune of over Rs 100 crore to protect and preserve catchment areas in the state.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister said that the government was trying its best to provide immediate temporary relief to the affected families and people.

“A detailed assessment on the extent of damages to houses, crops, livestock and other properties is being carried out. Our primary focus is to provide maximum help to the people,” he said.

He said all concerned departments have been asked to attend to the needs of the people.

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CHÜMOUKEDIMA VILLAGE COUNCIL

H.Q CHÜMOUKEDIMA Dimapur District : Nagaland Information for Registration/Renewal of land under Chümoukedima Village and Chümoukedima 'A' Village.

Registration/renewal of land under Chumoukedima Village will commence from 10/04/2018 to 21/04/2018 at Chümoukedima Village Youth Society Hall, Chümoukedima Village, time 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Therefore, all plot holders under Chümoukedima Village and Chümoukedima 'A' Village are asked to register/ renew their land within the specified period.

After completion of the registration drive, no person/s or party shall be entertain for registration of land. Therefore all are asked to do the needful during the specified date.

Documents required 1. For Fresh Registration : (i) 2 colour passport. (ii) Sale deed/Gift deed duly verified. (iii) Old Registration Patta Document. (iv) Original document only should be presented.

2. Renewal: (i) Land Registration Patta. (ii) Sale deed/Gift deed. (iii) Original document only should be presented.

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WOKHA DISTRICT SENIOR CITIZENS’ FORUM WOKHA - 797111 : NAGALAND

Regd. No. ED/GSS/RS/1/95/(PT) 28-08-1995

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With immense pride and joy, the Senior Citizens’ Forum of Wokha District takes this pleasure to extend our heartfelt congratulation to all the four elected members of Wokha District, Shri. Y. Patton 37th Tyui A/C, Dr.Chumben Murry 38th Wokha A/C, Shri. Mhathung Yanthan 39th Sanis A/C and Shri.

Mmhonlumo Kikon 40th Bhandari A/C for being successfully elected to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

We also extend our gratitude to Shri. Neiphiu Rio, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland and leader of People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) for allotting Shri. Y. Patton the post of Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Home & National Highway, Shri. Mhathung Yanthan Advisor to Horticulture Department, Shri. Mmhonlumo Kikon Advisor to Information Technology, Science & Technology, New & Renewable Energy Departments.

The Senior Citizens’ Forum of Wokha District further wishes all the elected candidates for good health and wisdom to lead the people in the days to come.

Sd/Sd/Rhonbemo Murry Thechamo Tsanglao Chairman, WDSCF General Secy. WDSCF

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Centre seeks time on Cauvery; TN for contempt against centre

NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (IANS): In a bid to buy time, the Central government on Saturday moved the Supreme Court filing a clarification petition and asking for three months for implementing its judgment in view of the May assembly elections in Karnataka while the Tamil Nadu government sought contempt proceedings against the Centre for its failure to constitute Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) as directed by the top court.

The top court by its February 16 judgment had directed the Centre to constitute within six weeks the Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee for the implementation of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Award for which the deadline expired on Friday. The Centre felt that constitution of a scheme under Section 6(A) of the Inter-state River Waters Disputes Act and notification during the assembly election process would lead to massive public outrage, vitiate election process and cause serious law and order problems. But Tamil Nadu

Three killed in UP dust storm LUCKNOW, MAR 31 (IANS): Three people were killed after a dust storm hit Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

One person was killed after a wooden shaft collapsed on him in Gonda while two labourers died in Azamgarh when the roof of an under-construction building fell on them.

The deaths took place on Friday night, police sources said.

Reports of damages to crops and houses were reported from Lucknow, Sitapur, Amethi, Rae Bareli, Sultanpur, Ambedkaranagar, Balrampur, Lakhimpur Barabanki and Hardoi.

The weather on Saturday was normal at most places but in some parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, it was cloudy and the Met department has predicted thunder showers.

The official chopper of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya was also caught in the dust storm on Friday night, leading to an emergency landing in Amethi.

Cauvery river file photo.

said the Central government was deliberately delaying the implementation of the court order and contempt proceedings should be initiated against it.

“Initiate contempt proceedings against respondents (the central government) for willful disobedience in carrying out clear mandate set out in para 403 of the judgment passed by the honourable court dated 1602-2018,” the Tamil Nadu contempt plea said.

The central government in its affidavit filed a day after the six-week deadline ended on Friday said due to divergent views expressed by four governments, including Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, on the “framing of the scehme”,

it is felt that if any scheme was framed by the Central government by itself the states may again approach the court.

Citing the stands of Kerala and Karnataka governments that any scheme proposed under the interstate water disputes act should first be shared with them before its notification, the Centre said: “To avoid further litigation by the states in the constitution and functions of the board, it is felt that clarification from the honourable Supreme Court is considered necessary.” Referring to the announcement of polls by the Election Commission, it said: “Cauvery is a very emotive issue in Karnataka and in the past, the issue

had led to serious law and order situation, leading to avoidable loss of human lives and property.”

It also wanted to know whether the Central government had the flexibility to modify the composition of the board to a mixture of administrative and technical body and not purely a technical body for effective conduct of the business of the board and considering overall sensitivity of the issues involved.

Another clarification it wanted was whether the board framed under 6(A) of the act can have functions different from the ones recommended for Cauvery Management Board by the tribunal.

The Centre said in compliance of the February 6 order of the court and in spirit of true federalism, it convened a meeting of the Chief Secretaries of the four states and other officials and initiated consultations for arriving at a consensus.

It said divergent views were expressed by the states.

Tamil Nadu indicated that the scheme as mentioned by the Supreme Court has been defined in Section 6 which is to implement the final order of the tribunal.

2 Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP

The Ambedkar statue with its head chopped off was found by residents at a park in Allahabad’s Trivenipuram locality on March 31.

LUCKNOW, MAR 31 (IANS): Two statues of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar have been vandalised in different parts of the state, police said on Saturday.

In wake of the incidents, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed all District Magistrates and district police chiefs to ensure that there was no repeat of such incidents. Of the two incidents in the past 24 hours, one took place

at Trivenipuram locality of Jhusi in Allahabad where a statue’s head was chopped off while the other was reported at Siddharthnagar’s Gohaniya where the hand of a statue was found broken.

Locals staged a demonstration against the vandalism in Siddharthanagar, demanding immediate arrest of the miscreants.

Police officials told IANS that a case has been registered in both inci-

dents.

In a missive to all district officials, routed through the Home Department, the Chief Minister said all efforts should be made to ensure that communal peace and harmony was not disrupted.

He also asked officials to involve public representatives and influential people of the areas in their efforts to ensure such incidents do not take place.

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SPO shot dead in J&K, another injured SRINAGAR, MAR 31 (IANS): Militants shot and killed a special police officer (SPO) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday evening after critically injuring an SPO in Anantnag district earlier in the day, police said.

Police said militants fired from close range at SPO Muhammad Ashraf in Muran Chowk, injuring him critically.

“He was shifted to hospital where he succumbed to critical injuries,” police said. Earlier on Saturday, militants had fired at another SPO, Trilok Singh in Khanabal area of Anantnag.

Singh was shifted to hospital for treatment while the security forces laid a cordon at both places to trace the militants.

Another SPO had been shot dead by militants in Anantnag district on Thursday.

According to a police officer, a group of militants entered the house of Mushtaq Ahmed Sheikh in Bijbehara area of Anantnag in the evening and opened fire at him. While Sheikh was killed on the spot, his wife was critically injured.

Engaged on a fixed monthly wage, SPOs are not regular policemen, but were recruited in the 1990s to fight insurgency.

Bihar communal violence: Shashwat denied bail PATNA, MAR 31 (IANS): A Bihar court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Union Minister Ashwini Choubey’s son Arijit Shashwat, accused of inciting communal violence in the state’s Bhagalpur district, a government lawyer said.

After hearing both sides, the Bhagalpur district court declined to grant bail to Shashwat. Last week, a case was lodged against Shashwat -- a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader -- on charges of taking out a procession without prior permission, inciting communal sentiments and roaming with arms on the streets of Bhagalpur. Shashwat, who has been evading arrest, had moved the bail plea in the civil court, following which the court on Tuesday sought the case diary from the police to ascertain his role in the communal flareup on March 17. Afther that, acting on an application from the district police, the court issued an arrest warrant against Shashwat.

India hosted people facing rough times: Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav

DHARAMSALA, MAR 31 (IANS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Madhav on Saturday said India has always hosted people in difficult times with an open heart.

Speaking here at an inaugural event to mark the 60th anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s arrival in India, he said: “We know the life of a refugee is very tough...we hosted many people in trouble.

India always welcomes with open arms and with an open heart those in difficulty.”

Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma and members of Parliament -- Shanta Kumar of BJP and Satyavrat Chaturvedi of Congress -- were also present at the event along with Nobel Peace Laureate the Dalai Lama and functionalities of the Central Tibetan Admin-

istration (CTA), comprising its President Lobsang Sangay.

Addressing the Tibetan administration-in-exile based here, Madhav said: “Friends we don’t want to use the word refugee (for you). This is your land.

At the most, you are in exile and Tibet is waiting for you.”

He said India also gave shelter to the Jews and Parsi communities.

“India has always played an affectionate and endearing host to all those who chose its lands as temporary home and spiritual abode. Jews came, Parsis came and many others too landed in India seeking refuge. India has welcomed them with open arms and with an open heart.”

“We can understand the life of a refugee with the loss of livelihood and the life is in struggle. But thanks to His Holiness and the people who came here (in 1959),” the BJP leader said.

Linking the bondage the Tibetans have from India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to the present incumbent Narendra Modi, he said: “Right from Nehru to Modi, the successive governments in India have followed One China Policy at political level.”

Church slams Kerala govt for poor Ockhi relief THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, MAR 31 (IANS): The Thiruvanathapuram Latin Diocese on Saturday slammed the the state’s Pinarayi Vijayan government for not doing a proper rehabilitation programme in wake of Cyclone Ockhi, while complimenting the Tamil Nadu government for rising to the occasion.

Addressing repor te r s h e r e, A r c h b i s h o p M.Susaipakiam said they were told that the political leadership is busy with their party Congress and other things. “While the total dead in Kerala on account of Ockhi was 146, the compensation has been handed over to just 49. But in Tamil Nadu, the compensation has been given to 146 dead,” he said. The Church leadership also demanded that a social audit should be conducted in the way the funds for Ockhi relief and rehabilitation have been spent. Even as the Church says that the total dead is 146, according to the Kerala government figures, 52 people were killed and 91 remain missing. Cyclone Ockhi struck Kerala’s southern districts on November 30 last year and the worst affected were two fishing villages in the state capital and a huge majority of the affected belonged to the Latin archdiocese.

No anti-incumbency against Cong govt: Moily BENGALURU, MAR 31 (IANS): There is no antiincumbency against the ruling Congress government in Karnataka, senior party leader and former Union Minister M. Veerappa Moily said on Saturday.

“The Congress does not face anti-incumbency in the ensuing poll as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has inspired regional pride in the state,” Moily said at an India Today conclave here.

Siddaramaiah has led the state for five years with political, social and economic stability, he asserted.

He (Siddaramaiah) inspired the regional pride in the southern state through the decision of having a separate symbolic identity for the state through a flag, which is awaiting an approval from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Moily reiterated.

“Even with all the populist programmes, the state’s finances never crossed fiscal responsibilities and every programme announced has been implemented,” said Moily, the Lok Sabha lawmaker from Chikballapur constituency in the state.

M. Veerappa Moily

Anti-incumbency occurs when the welfare programmes announced for the people are not implemented, the Congressman stressed.

The state government has also decided to accord the recognition of a separate religion status on March 19 to Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats, who follow the principles of 12th century social reformer Basava, Moily said.

“Basava was a great revolutionary who gave identity to each community in Karnataka’s society,” he said.

Responding to a question on why then UPA government had in 2013 rejected the state government’s

proposal to grant religious minority status to Lingayats, Moily sternly said: “It was only deferred for want of more details in the proposal but never rejected.”

The state’s Social Welfare Department had on March 23 issued a notification, amid protests from several communities, terming followers of Basava philosophy as a religious minority, which awaits approval from the central government.

Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats, who worship Shiva as the universal god, together constitute the largest community (17 per cent) in the southern state, whose votes could influence the outcome of the ensuing state assembly poll.

ED attaches properties in topper scam Kerala student moves SC on CBSE’s decision

Baccha Rai

valued at Rs 1.05 crore located in Langanj, Mahua, Bhagawanpur and Hajipur.

Beside plots, the ED also attached one twostoreyed house at Hajipur worth Rs 18 lakh, one flat in Patna worth Rs 20 lakh, Rs 14.61 lakh, Rs 1.30 lakh, Rs 1.33 lakh in bank accounts maintained with Bank of India, Canara Bank and Punjab National Bank respectively.

The agency said the proceeds of crime were laundered through a trust run by his family member.

“Most of the properties were purchased by them in cash only against which no corresponding

withdrawal has been made from their bank accounts,” it added.

According to the investigating agency, Bachcha Rai and his wife manipulated their Income Tax Returns to launder the proceeds of crime.

The ED has registered a case on the basis of chargesheet filed by Bihar Police wherein he along with former Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Chairman Lalkeshewar Singh and others were charged for manipulating and managing the results of students of Vishnu Rai College.

The state government had ordered an SIT probe after the scam rocked Bihar in May last year when a video featuring Class 12 topper in humanities stream Ruby Rai and science topper Saurabh Shreshth went viral where the students of Vishnu Rai College were seen giving “ridiculous” answers to basic questions regarding their subjects.

The sting suggested that the ‘toppers’ might have indulged in fraud to achieve their top ranks.

NEW DELHI, MAR 31 the exam”. based on unconfirmed ap(IANS): Kerala student Questioning the CBSE prehension that the question moved the Supreme Court decision to cancel the exam paper has been leaked in (SC) on Saturday seeking and re-conduct it “merely Delhi”, he said. quashing of the CBSE decision to re-conduct Class 10 mathematics examination after reports that the paper A STORE MANAGER for had been leaked in Delhi.

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Mathew said a special high For more details, Call 8787447177/7005934603 powered committee should An Enterprise of Saloni Agency DP-2587(A) be set up to inquire into the “facts and circumstances” GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND leading to the re-exam deciOFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER sion. The student, representLONGLENG : NAGALAND Dated Longleng the 27th March '2018 ed by his father Santhosh No. LLG/JUD/SUC/2009-10/838 OBJECTION NOTICE Mathew - a practicing lawWhereas, Smti. Amongla Phom of Orangkong Village/town has applied yer of Kerala High Court, for issue of Succession Certificate to operate/draw/transfer/withdraw the also sought stringent action debts & securities in respect of Late Shri. S. Tongshau Phom, who expired against the erring officers of on 02-12-2017.

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NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said that it has attached properties worth Rs 4.53 crore of former principal of Vishnu Rai college Bachcha Rai in connection with the 2016 Bihar toppers scam.

“The ED has attached properties worth Rs 4.53 crore of Bachcha Rai, his wife Sangeeta and his daughter Shalini under the sections of money laundering act,” the financial probe agency said in a statement.

This is the first attachment in the Bihar topper scam by the ED. The agency has attached 16 plots worth Rs 1.99 crore located in Langanj, Mahua, Bhagawanpur and Hajipur of Bihar, bank balances worth Rs 13.46 lakh in three accounts of Bank of India, Rs 20.80 lakh in one bank account with the Canara bank, Rs 19.66 lakh in bank account maintained with Punjab National Bank of Bachcha Rai. The agency also attached 13 plots on the name of his wife Sangeeta Rai

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Nagaland Post Vol. XXVIII NO. 113 Dimapur, SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018

Celebrating Resurrection

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s Nagaland celebrates Resurrection Sunday the day that the entombed Christ rose from the death on the third day after his crucifixion; what could be the most profound message on the occasion is not about Christ’s triumph over death but what it means for the message of the Gospel of salvation. When Christ rose from the dead on the third day, it was Resurrection Sunday( first day of the week) and not Easter Sunday. However, till today most churches still call it Easter even though it was an incorrect translation in the Old King James Version. There is no mention of Easter in the later version of the New King James Version.

Easter Sunday is celebrated with pagan symbolsBunny rabbit chocolates and Easter eggs- which have nothing to do with Christ. By continuing to call it Easter Sunday and celebrating it with bunny rabbits and coloured eggs; the deceptively subtle means to introduce paganism is disturbing for the discerning and confusing to the ignorant. Be that as it may, Resurrection Sunday is celebrating Christ because He is risen and not among the dead. According to the Bible, after Jesus rose from death, He went into a show-and-tell mode. He presented proof of who He is and what He came to do; He told His followers to go and tell the Good News to others. His resurrection meant He overcame His dead body and was transformed back to life.

Resurrection was not a “coming back” from the dead. It was a going beyond death. It was not a coming back to mortal existence (as was true for Lazarus). It was nothing less than Jesus’ entrance into the life of God. Christians believe that the risen Christ can never die as He entered into an entirely new kind of existence: an immortal existence that robbed the grave of its victim, not temporarily, but eternally. If Christ had not resurrected on the third day, Christians would be hopeless and still searching for redemption from sins! What does the Resurrection mean to Christians? To them Christ’s agony and death have been turned into victory. It means life, and hope. To them, resurrection proves Jesus’ case, His teachings and claims that the Lord that Christians follow, is who He says He is. Without the resurrection, there would have been no Christian faith and neither salvation by faith through grace, no connection with God, no remission from sins, no purpose for life, no hope, no reason for living, and no reason to for evangelism, discipleship, or missions or any other kind of ministry-all would be futile and meaningless. There are serious and grave issues that the people are being confronted with today. This desire for progress and to see a better tomorrow is exciting and this is where the vision to see and realize the promises comes from.

The state of mind therefore, plays a critical part in the entire perspective. The message is renewal through spiritual rebirth by which social transformation can bring changes to see drastic reduction of crime, violence, spread of HIV/AIDS, addiction and corruption at all levels. The message is like a barometer of society- if the death and resurrection of Christ has made any change to the lives of those who profess to follow His teachings.

DailyDevotion Heedfulness or Hypocrisy in Ourselves?

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death.

—1 John 5:16 If we are not heedful and pay no attention to the way the Spirit of God works in us, we will become spiritual hypocrites. We see where other people are failing, and then we take our discernment and turn it into comments of ridicule and criticism, instead of turning it into intercession on their behalf. God reveals this truth about others to us not through the sharpness of our minds but through the direct penetration of His Spirit. If we are not attentive, we will be completely unaware of the source of the discernment God has given us, becoming critical of others and forgetting that God says, “…he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death.” Be careful that you don’t become a hypocrite by spending all your time trying to get others right with God before you worship Him yourself.

One of the most subtle and illusive burdens God ever places on us as saints is this burden of discernment concerning others. He gives us discernment so that we may accept the responsibility for those souls before Him and form the mind of Christ about them (see Philippians 2:5). We should intercede in accordance with what God says He will give us, namely, “life for those who commit sin not leading to death.” It is not that we are able to bring God into contact with our minds, but that we awaken ourselves to the point where God is able to convey His mind to us regarding the people for whom we intercede.

Can Jesus Christ see the agony of His soul in us? He can’t unless we are so closely identified with Him that we have His view concerning the people for whom we pray.

May we learn to intercede so wholeheartedly that Jesus Christ will be completely and overwhelmingly satisfied with us as intercessors.

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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. ~ John D. Rockefeller

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018

Post-mortem

Easter: The Triumph of Truth and Life Loving Jesus at Easter and beyond

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hristianity was born in the grave. A seed that sprouts in the fire does not fade in the sunlight; and that which is born in the tomb does not disintegrate at death. Easter powerfully proclaims: “you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.”

The day of the resurrection is the birthday of our Christian faith.

It is the celebration of the death of death, the beginning of life eternal. Easter is the good news, which has forever changed the course of history and provided inspiration for countless millions throughout the world. It is the conquest of the ultimate enemy of life: death. Victory over ultimate annihilation, the resurrection is a mystery of faith, which speaks of another far more wonderful mystery - that of the love of God incarnated in the mystery of Jesus.

If Christmas is the gift of love, Easter is the gift of life. The feast of Christmas did not even exist for the first two centuries of the Christian history! But Christianity is inconceivable without Easter. Easter is a divine act that has happened in human history, in space and time. The birth of Christ inaugurated a new history while his rising from the dead installed a new hope. Resurrection is beyond the calculation of all reason and knowledge, beyond the boundary of reality. It belongs at once to the realm of the spirit and matter, superseding all human reason and imagination.

Neither a Da Vinci Code nor a dozen of Dan Browns can ever fade the fact of this truth - the truth of this faith. Churches may be destroyed, crucifixes may be removed, and Christians may be tortured or even be martyred and trampled upon: but Christianity triumphs through defeat, the very defeat it has suffered! The true faith of the Christians can never be shattered or shaken by anything that is earthly, neither by a ‘mother of all bombs’ nor by an ideology of all destructions…for it is a faith born of having been shaken – like the faith of Moses, Abraham, Job, Peter, Paul, and the like…

The resurrection is supposed to renew the whole world. However, this doesn’t ‘seem’ to be the case often. Ours is a wounded history and we live in difficult times. We have only to watch the news on any given evening or read it at any morning. If there is an all-knowing, all powerful, all loving God who is the Lord of this universe, his renewing presence isn’t very evident on the

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hile a thousand eyes were closed, a thousand hands raised and 500 voices were singing one of the most powerful songs by Mark Pendergrass - “The greatest thing in all my life is knowing You” - one felt it was definitely one of the best things to do in life!

The Apostle Paul, while in prison, all alone, made a profound statement in his letter to the Philippians, “I ...count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ.... that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection.” When he says “I count them” - it implies he has taken into consideration his own worth and heritage - “Circumcised on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.”

Paul had left the prestige of being in Jerusalem and in the temple in exchange for dangerous Rome and harsh imprisonment. He gave himself no freedom to travel or to live as he pleased - “Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have discarded everything else, counting

evening news and the morning newspapers. There is violence all over, fuelled on every side by selfrighteous ideologies that sanction hatred and bloodshed – death and destruction – along cultural, racial, ethnic and religious lines.

Life seems to be threatened from every side. It is fair and reflective to wonder: Are we becoming more afraid of life than death?

Where is the resurrection in all these? Why is God seemingly so inactive, so silent? Where is the vindication of Easter Sunday?

These are important questions, even if they aren’t particularly deep or new. They are the echoes of the very questions used on first Good Friday to taunt Jesus on the cross: “If you are the Son of God, come down off that cross! If you are God, prove it at once! Act now!”

From time immemorial, we cry and crave for natural evidences of the supernatural, and physical evidences of the metaphysical.

Then and now, it seems, we have never figured out why salvation can’t work like a normal movie where at the end, a morally superior violence kills off or avenges all that is evil.

Except God doesn’t work like a Hollywood or Bollywood movie and never has. The God of our faith is truly a God of surprises! God, as revealed in the death and resurrection of Jesus, doesn’t meet our expectations even as he infinitely exceeds them. What the resurrection teaches is that God doesn’t forcibly intervene to stop tragedy and death. Instead he redeems tragedy and vindicates the death.

God rids the world of evil not by using force to blot it out, but by vindicating what’s good in the eyes of evil so that eventually the good is all that’s left. Evil has to forever “look upon the one whom it has pierced!” until it understands what it has done and lets itself be transformed.

How does this come about?

What the resurrection of Jesus reveals is that there is a deep moral structure to the universe, that the contours of the universe are love, goodness and truth and that this structure, anchored at its centre by Ultimate Love and Supremacy, is non-negotiable: You live life its way or it simply won’t come out right. More importantly, the reverse is also true: If you respect the structure and live life its way, what is good and true and loving will eventually triumph, always, despite everything.

If this is true, and it is, then we don’t have to escape suffering and death to achieve victory, we have

only to remain faithful, good, and true inside of them.

However, part of what is revealed here is that we need a great patience, an endurance called hope. God’s day will come, but God, it seems, is not in any hurry!

Good and truth will always triumph, but this triumph must be waited-for, not because God wants us to endure pain as some kind of test, but because God, unlike ourselves, doesn’t use coercion or violence to achieve an aim. God uses only love, truth and goodness, and God uses these by, structurally and non-negotiably, embedding them into the universe itself, like a giant moral immunesystem that eventually, always, brings the body back to health.

God doesn’t need to intervene like a super-hero at the end of a Hollywood movie and use a morally superior violence to wipe out the bad ones so that the good are spared pain and death and the evil ones are avenged. God lets the universe replenish itself the way a body does when it is attacked by a virus. The immune system eventually does its work, even if, in the short term, there is pain and even death. But always in the end, the universe rights itself.

Simply put: whenever we do anything wrong, anything at all, it won’t turn out right. It can’t. The structure of the universe won’t receive it and it comes back to us, one way or the other. Conversely, whenever we do something right, anything that’s true, good, loving, and beautiful, the universe vindicates that. It judges our every act and its judgment allows no exceptions.

Perhaps that judgment doesn’t seem to be immediate; it can seem a long time in coming and thus, for a time, we can be confused and ask the question: “Why doesn’t God, truth and goodness, come down off the cross?” Gandhi’s own words might be encouraging at such trying times: “When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it, always.” It was Gandhi’s adamantine faith that without a single exception, always, evil is shamed and good triumphs. The resurrection works – gently, but definitely, in its own way, and in its own time! Let the Easter festival give us the courage to carry on, in goodness and truth.

Fr. T. C. Joseph Sdb, Bosco B.Ed. College, Dimapur

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arth’s saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart”-Susan Coolidge.

It is that significant time of the year again. The maudlin solemn ‘Good Friday’ and the unblemished divine ‘Easter Sunday’. Will the weekend be just another Christian holiday annually set on the calendar of 2018?Or will the salient three days spiritually elevate your life? As ardent believers, truly passionate for the Lord Jesus Christ. Good Friday{Crucufixion of Christ} and, Easter Sunday{Resurrection of Christ}should not only be a time for the accustomed prayer and fasting, church attendance, holy communion, water baptism, family feast and the assortment of the fascinating decorative elements.

But rather, most crucially, a deep search into one’s devoted relationship with Christ. The favoured key to a truthful and fruitful life.

The time has come, my friends, when the divine three-day fellowship with believers, must be more than what meets the eye. The naked human eyes can see only what it has been designed to see.

Come then, the fruit has ripened, soon to fall off the tree. It is time to open our spiritual eyes. This spiritual eye can only be opened from having forged a pure friendship with God. It is important to view from a spiritual perspective, introspect your innermost being. Is Christ the ‘Prime’ of your life? Will you humbly kneel down before the indomitable cross? To be a channel of spontaneous blessing, the ‘Self ’ needs to be blessed first.

Will the remarkable three days break forth a new dawn in your life? Will you walk straight in spirit and in flesh on Monday?

Even after the blessed Easter Sunday culminates, and the clock gongs to midnight. Will the sweet melody of the devotional hymns still linger upon your lips and heart long after the lyrics have been sung? The old egocentric and dubious self must be buried to give birth to a new beautiful being, together with the risen Christ.

And that newness, that beauty, that conviction must remain to edify thine brethren and thy church.

Never must it crumble.

“He was put to death in the body but made alive by the spirit”.

The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ{as recorded in the New Testament books, known as the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John}are the two most important events in human history.

Because of Jesus’s death, the human race has the opportunity for eternal salvation. Jesus understood that his life would be required as a sacrifice for the sins of man. After

generations of sin, failure, and finally exile. One had come who would bear the punishment for his people and fulfill the ancient promises. The people would be restored to God. This was the One about whom the entire Old Testament spoke{Luke 24:27,44}The events of that grave day{Good Friday preceding Easter Sunday}should be deeply etched in our hearts and minds because the death of Christ on the cross, along with his bodily resurrection-is the paramount event of the Christian faith, the central focus of Christianity.

“Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time”-Martin Luther.

‘Easter’, which celebrates Jesus Christ’s Resurrection from the dead is an important Christian holiday. It has been called a moveable feast because It does not fall on a set date every year, as most holidays do. Easter, also called ‘Pascha’{Greek,Latin} or Resurrection Sunday is a festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c.30 AD.It is the culmination of the passion of Jesus, preceded by the Great L ent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer and penance. After the divine resurrection, Jesus tells his disciples that they are his witnesses and that, “Repentence and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations”{Luke 24:47}This global mandate to preach the gospel to all nations will be empowered and begun when the disciples are “clothed with power from on high.”{Luke 24:49} The grand tomb, the majestic cross, the priceless blood, the thorned-twisted crown, purple robe, the, thrusted nails, piercing spear and the afflicted wounds have all become noteworthy because of the indelible divine mark of Jesus Christ. The then Roman crucifixion was designed to be as gruesome, humiliating a death as possible. Anne Catherine Emmerich wrote ’With His flesh torn into on either side, He must have lost a lot of blood before even getting near the cross.’ Jesus suffered excruciating pain and shame. And yet, lovely Jesus humbly, silently endured through it all. Oh! Can we be like Jesus? Can we live like Jesus? Let not the blood He shed for us sinners be in vain. Faithfully love Jesus at Easter and beyond, long after the rising and setting of the Easter sun.

Aboli T. Wotsa, principal New Life Academy, Purana Bazar Dimapur

Know, Love and Serve - in His Strength! it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ ...I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised Him from the dead.

I want to suffer with Him, sharing in His death.”

Philippians 3:8–10 • The greatest thing in all my life is knowing you: At one time Paul wanted to rid the earth of Christianity and its followers. He had asked the priest for letters to the synagogues in Damascus.

He wanted to find men and women who belonged to The Way of Jesus. The letters would allow him to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. (Acts 9) The believers were becoming more and more afraid because they had heard that Paul (known then as Saul) was on his way.

But God had other plans. Paul met Jesus on the way. His first question was, “Who are you, Lord?” And ever since he has wanted to know Him and has continued this pursuit all his life. Every prized possession of his life Paul felt as “rubbish” compared to knowing Christ. Rubbish is the word “skubalon” in Greek and it literally means, ‘dung or excrement.’

RESURRECTION: Paul devotes 58 verses to the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15 and says

it is of prime importance that Christ died for our sins, was buried and on the third day was raised again - all according to the Scriptures. “And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain ... your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.” (I Cor. 15) Paul makes it crystal clear that the resurrection is absolutely essential for one’s salvation.

For Paul the resurrection confirmed the divinity of Christ. “He was shown to be the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. He is Jesus Christ our Lord.” In Rom.1:4 he says: “He appeared to Cephas... Then He appeared to James… Last of all...

He appeared also to me” (1 Cor. 15:3-8).

TRANSFORMATION: Three times Peter had denied knowing Jesus with statements like: “Woman, I do not know Him” or “Man, I am not” [one of Jesus’ companions] or “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” (Lk. 22, MSG) But soon after the resurrection the same Peter may have sung, “No guilt in life, no fear in death, This is the power of Christ in me.” He boldly proclaimed about Jesus “whom God raised from the dead. To this we

are witnesses” (Acts 3).

He even did miracles in Christ’s name: “Then Peter said, ‘Silver or gold I do not have... In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’”The resurrection transform-ed Peter from being a coward to being a bold witness.

• THE GREATEST THING in all my life is loving you: Along with the crowd we love to sing, “I love you, Lord and I lift my voice, To worship You; Oh, my soul, rejoice! Take joy my King...” But easier sung than done! Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes in his book, Costly Grace, Being Alone; Being Together: “Let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will only do harm to himself and to the community. Alone you stood before God when God called you. Alone you had to answer the call. Alone you had to struggle, and pray, and alone you will die and give an account to God. You cannot avoid yourself, for it is precisely God who has called you out.”

COSTLY LOVE: “If you love me, keep my commands,” said Jesus.

(John 14:15) By faith Abraham obeyed. By faith Noah built an ark. Daniel, Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego, the Apostle Paul, and many others,

all chose to love and obey God no matter what. When once asked what the secret of his success was, Pastor Yonggi Cho, founder of the world’s largest church in South Korea, replied: “I pray and I obey.”

• The greatest thing in all my life is serving you: Missionaries like Hudson Taylor, William Carey, Adoniram Judson, David Livingstone, Amy Carmichael, Nate Saint and Mother Teresa are some of the many thousands who have laid down their lives for Jesus. Billy Graham conducted 417 crusades in 185 countries, reaching more than 210 million people. Jim Elliot, one of the many missionaries

killed while serving in Ecuador, once said: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”

Along with the Apostle Paul, all these and many more could say, “Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.” Know, Love and Serve in God’s power was their life-long motto.

Knowing our God leads to loving Him; loving Him leads to obeying and serving Him; and, serving Him can be the greatest thing in all our lives. What is our response to the One who gave His all on Calvary?

Jose, (josetnithi@gmail.com)

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March 30 editorial ‘Love of God’ Sir,

Wowww and wowww. It’s one of the most meaningful Good Friday Message I have come across.

‘His Crucifixion was a triumph of faith over feeling’.

Thumbs up.

Facts, figures, historical background, meaning of cross and so many, in a small column. Big kudos to the editorial team. Fan of NP editorial. Keep it up.

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Around 3 pm, they attempted to proceed towards Parliament. As they were stopped by the police, the protesters started marching towards Connaught Place, he added.

The protesters held up traffic in Lutyens’ Delhi for over an hour. The police managed to disperse them and around 200 protesters were detained.

They were currently under detention at various police stations, the officer added.

The SSC conducts the examinations for recruitment to the lower categories of posts in the central government.

CBI registers PE against Chanda’s husband in loan case

Lost trust in CBSE, say protesting students

Chanda Kochhar and husband Deepak Kochhar. (File photo)

NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (IANS): The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry against Deepak Kochhar, husband of ICICI bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar, officials of the Videocon group and others to determine whether any wrongdoing was involved in the sanctioning of a Rs 3,250 crore loan to the Videocon Group by the ICICI Bank Ltd as part of a consortium of banks in 2012.

CBI sources said that Chanda Kochhar, against whom conflict of interest questions have been raised, has not been named in the PE as of now.

They said that Deepak Kochhar will soon be called for questioning along with some bank officials. These officials are also likely to include from the banks which were part of the consortium that lent money to the Videocon group.

The CBI action comes in the wake of the news

reports raising questions about Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot allegedly providing crores of rupees to a firm promoted

by Deepak Kochhar and two relatives six months after his group got the Rs 3,250 crore loan from ICICI Bank.

The said amount was part of a loan of RS 40,000 crores which Videocon received from a consortium of 20 banks led by State Bank of India (SBI).

A PE is conducted to determine if there is enough evidence of wrongdoing for a case to be taken up for detailed investigation. If sufficient evidence suggests that a cognizable offence has been committed, then the PE is converted into a regular case or First Information Report (FIR).

The source said that the agency has collected documents related to the loan given to Videocon group in 2012.

NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (IANS): Expressing their anger over the paper leak incident, students held protests here at the CBSE office, contending that they have “lost trust” in the board.

R a i s i n g s l o g a n s, around 50-70 students, protesting since 7 a.m., blocked the road outside the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officer for a brief period till police came and forced them to disperse.

“We just need to be assured that the subsequent papers will not be leaked.

We have heard from several students that question papers of Hindi and Political Science (to be held next week) have also been leaked and are circulating on WhatsApp,” Aman, a class 12 student from Rohini, told IANS. “We have lost trust in the CBSE completely and we want the chairperson to conduct a meeting with the students and assure them of absolute guarantee against the paper leak,” he said.

After the students blocked the traffic during their protest, officials of Delhi Police also counseled some of them and tried to calm their temper.

Unorganised and leaderless, the students took their protest to Jantar Mantar in the afternoon.

transmission of papers and they are being probed.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), comprising two deputy commissioners of police, four assistant commissioners of police and five inspectors, that was looking into the matter has been strengthened with the addition of two more assistant commissioners of police and their teams.

CBSE chair person Anita Karwal had received an e-mail a day before the Class 10 mathematics exam, which was held on March 28, informing her about the paper being leaked.

The sender of the email had stated that the mathematics paper was leaked on WhatsApp and that the exam should be cancelled. The mail also contained 12 images of the handwritten mathematics paper allegedly leaked on WhatsApp. In order to identify the sender of the e-mail, the police had written to Google, asking it to share the details of the e-mail ID. The Delhi Police had registered separate cases on March 27 and March 28 to probe the leak of the Class 12 economics paper and Class 10 mathematics paper, following a complaint by the regional director of the CBSE. The cases were registered on charges of criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal conspiracy.

The Class 12 economics and Class 10 mathematics exams were held on March 26 and March 28 respectively.

West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Saturday visited the strifetorn areas of Raniganj and Asansol in West Bardhaman district and urged people to maintain peace and harmony.

Tripathi held a meeting with police officers and the local administration and took stock of the current situation in the area that was hit by communal tension earlier this week.

“I had plans to visit Asansol and Raniganj two days earlier, but for certain reasons the visit did not materalise. I have come here with the message of peace. Peace should be paramount. I appeal to all the people belonging to all castes and communities to live in harmony,” Tripathi told reporters here.

The Governor said he has been briefed by senior administrative officials about how the unrest took place and the evasive measures taken up to keep the situation under control.

Meanwhile, a Congress delegation led by party’s state president Adhir Chowdhury was stopped by police from entering Asansol.

The Congress activists held a sit-in on the national highway, demanding an answer from the Trinamool Congress and the BJP on why the clashes took place.

“How can the administration impose CrPC 144 on a national highway?

We did not enter any lo-

Shah ‘heckled’ over remarks by Hegde MYSURU (KARNATAKA), MAR 31 (IANS): BJP National President Amit Shah on Friday was ‘heckled’ by angry protesters who raised slogans against anti-Dalit remarks

by Union Minister Ananth Ku m a r H e g d e a f e w months ago.

Shah, who is on a two-day visit to the old Mysuru region in the pollbound Karnataka, sought to pacify the Dalit leaders by distancing from Hegde’s controversial remarks and for which the latter had apologized too. “Neither the BJP nor me has any-

Amit Shah and Ananth Kumar Hegde. (File photo)

thing to do with Hegde’s statements. We don’t endorse such remarks,” Shah told the Dalit leaders at a meeting here where he sought their support for the party’s victory in the May 12 assembly poll.

Accusing the media of “twisting” his speech at Ballari in the state’s northwest district in December, Hegde had then tweeted that he would apologise if his remarks had hurt the feelings of the people.

West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi during his visit to the strife-torn areas of Raniganj and Asansol in West Bardhaman district.

cality. What is the Bengal government so scared of that they have to stop the peace-loving people twothree kilometres away from the area of unrest?” Chowdhury asked.

He also claimed that the state administration’s lack of alertness was responsible for the current situation in the area.

A person was allegedly hacked to death while a Deputy Commissioner of Police lost a hand after getting hit by a bomb during the clash between two groups centring on a Ram Navami procession organised by the sangh affiliates in Raniganj on Monday.

Several others including police personnel were also injured and several shops and houses vandalised and set ablaze during the clashes.

The communal tension spilled onto other parts of Asansol forcing the administration to impose prohibitory orders in the area and suspend internet services. Nineteen people were arrested for fo-

menting trouble and local MP and BJP leader Babul Supriyo stopped from visiting the area.

A four-member committee formed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah is scheduled to visit the trouble hit areas on Sunday and submit a report.

The Home Ministry has also sought a report from the state government on incidents of arson and violence during the processions.

However, the Trinamool Congress government denied knowledge of any such directive from the Central government and blamed the BJP for the unrest.

The BJP, which is trying to pitchfork itself as the main challenger to the Trinamool in the state, has been using the Ram Navami celebrations since last year to appeal to the majority Hindu population.

Sensing the BJP’s motive, the Trinamool also resorted to celebrate the occasion on its own this year.

another gold seize at airport B hubaneswar , March 31 (IANS): In the fifth seizure of gold at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here this week, the Customs Department on Saturday seized over 300 gm of the precious metal worth Rs 9.53 lakh from a passenger returning from

abroad, a statement said.

The customs’s Air Intelligence Unit officials intercepted a passenger hailing from Bengaluru who arrived from Bangkok on Saturday and seized the gold, weighing 304.960 gram, which was to be smuggled into India.

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The protesters had given time till 3 pm to the authorities concerned for a written assurance on their demands and said they would march towards the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) office.

A large number of police and security personnel were deployed in the area and when the protesters attempted to march towards the DoPT office, they were detained by the police.

According to a senior police officer, around 3,000 SSC aspirants were protesting near the Parliament Street police station.

NEW DELHI, MAR (AGENCIES): Thousands of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) candidates took a street and held a demonstration in the heart of Delhi today to protest against the alleged SSC paper leak, leading to a scuffle with police.

The SSC aspirants, demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI, staged a protest at Jantar Mantar and accused the government of failing to prevent the alleged paper leak.

The protesters also demanded adequate jobs for the educated youth of

NEW DELHI, MAR 31 (AGENCIES): Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has got a reply from Google on the details it had sought pertaining to the e-mail address from where the CBSE chairperson was sent a mail about the Class 10 mathematics paper being leaked, an official privy to the probe said.

Special Commissioner of Police (crime) RP Upadhyay said they have received details of the e-mail address and the sender of the mail has been identified.

The police said that a Class 10 student had received the mathematics paper on WhatsApp and he had used his father’s e-mail ID to send the mail to the CBSE chairperson. The student and his father are also being questioned, they said.

The police had also asked the board to compile the list of complaints that it had received pertaining to the paper leak.

The CBSE has shared some of the complaints that it had received through emails and letters.

Meanwhile, the police continued their quest to trace the origin of the papers leak as they visited the schools and coaching centres in outer Delhi that had come under their scanner.

More than 60 people, including 53 students and seven teachers have been questioned till now, but the officer said there was “no breakthrough” in the case so far. Police have zeroed in on six WhatsApp groups that figured in the trail of

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CHE N NAI , M a r 3 1 (Agencies): When it comes to global internet traffic, India sees the heaviest data carried on its network after the country’s data usage grew five times in the last one year. The country’s network carries 2.1 exabytes of data per month (1 exabyte = 1 million terabytes) — way ahead of North America, European Union, Latin America (Latam), China, Eastern Europe and Middle East & Africa.

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Rajkot, Mar 31 (PTI): The Indian real estate market is on a recovery path and is witnessing investments by HNIs with further improvement in the sector likely in 2020, said a report by IKON Marketing Consultants.

The key sector, which has been sluggish in the last few years, will get a boost in 2020, while demand will grow in the luxury segment after 2020, it said.

“The Indian real estate market, which was at its lowest level in the past four to five years, has witnessed a recovery in 2018 with more transparency and greater consolidation,” said the report released today.

The report is based on a pan-India study conducted by the Ahmedabadbased marketing consulting firm.

The study revealed HNIs (High Networth In-

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More foreign investments are likely due to the government’s decision to allow 100 per cent FDI (foreign direct investment) in the sector, the report said.

However, the residential sector can become more about space than size going forward, the firm said.

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The amendment contemplates a scenario where, despite failure of the resolution process, the corporate debtor continues as a going concern. The liquidator then has the option to sell it as such, rather than in parcels, if he/she feels that selling the company as a going concern will fetch a better value than in bits and pieces.

Ravichandran said, “This amendment brings to the fore the need to preserve, if possible, the status of the undertaking as a going concern, which will bring more value rather than selling assets of a closed undertaking. This method of sale will protect contracts and arrangements that are under way and employees and stakeholders will benefit from the continued operations of the undertaking.”

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“The prices are 42 per cent to 64 per cent lower for various grades of coal for CIL,” Singh said.

To retain its market leadership status, the priority of the CIL would be to sell coal at a lower price than the private players which could be only attained by increasing productivity and efficiency which would lead to falling cost of production, he said.

Also there was ample scope for controlling expenditure, he said.

The various labour unions opposed the government decision saying the move would gradually ruin Coal India as private players would not do mining ethically.

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Insolvency graph However, the lack of a fixed time frame for identifying resolution professionals (RPs) was only one of the several factors behind the stretched bankruptcy resolution processes. Recent weeks have seen legal challenges dragging the outcome in some of the prominent cases.

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Ko l k ata , M a r 3 1 (PTI): Coal India Limited (CIL), the single largest producer in the world enjoying a monopolistic status, said the recent government announcement of opening up of the coal mining sector to private players was an opportunity and not a threat.

This was not the first time that the coal sector was being thrown open to the private sector, as 200 captive blocks were offered ealier to them but the exercise had been a failure, the PSU said.

“We see the opening up of the coal mining sector as a challenge and an opportunity for CIL which had been always sneered at for being a monopoly. It is not a threat for CIL”, its CMD Gopal Singh said here today.

He said the CIL had been selling the cheapest

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New Delhi, Mar 31 (Agencies): The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has amended the IBBI (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2018 to fix a time frame for identifying resolution applicants.

As the amended regulation makes it mandatory to identify the applicants by the 105th day, experts say the resolution process can be completed in a timely manner within the stipulated 180 days.

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snags to its name in this list, SpiceJet chairman Ajay Singh, Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube and Vistara CEO Leslie Thng wrote a jointly signed letter to the aviation ministry saying: “It seems apparent that the number of technical snags being reported by various airlines is inaccurate. This discrepancy or misreporting of data is leading to a false illusion of the relative safety of some airlines over others.”

An IndiGo spokesman said: “We have not seen this letter and therefore cannot comment on it. IndiGo strictly complies at all times with all reporting obligations as enshrined in the DGCA CARs (civil aviation requirements or rules).”

The joint Jet-SpiceJetVistara letter dated March 28 says: “Reporting of snags and defects is mandatory in India and accurate reporting of such snags is in interest of passengers and aviation safety. We request you to get this matter investigated

by DGCA so that accurate information may be made available to Parliament of India and the travelling public,”

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Gold recovers marginally on jewellers’ buying New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI): Reversing yesterday’s slide, gold prices ticked higher by Rs 50 to Rs 31,350 per 10 grams at the bullion market today on mild buying by local jewellers.

Silver followed suit and edged up by Rs 50 to Rs 39,200 per kg due to increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

Traders attributed the recovery in gold prices to some buying by local jewellers and retailers at the domestic spot market.

In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity rebounded by Rs 50 each to Rs 31,350 and Rs 31,200 per 10 grams, respectively. The precious metal had lost Rs 650 yesterday.

Sovereign, however, remained flat at Rs 24,800 per piece of eight grams.

capacity of its Panipat refinery in Haryana to 25 MTPA from current 15 MTPA, while Koyali refinery in Gujarat would be expanded to 18 MTPA from 13.7 MTPA. While 3 MT will be added in IOC’s Barauni refinery in Bihar, a 1.2-MTPA capacity addition is planned for Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura refinery to take its capacity to 9.2 MTPA. The official said IOC is also looking at adding a 9 MTPA capacity to its subsidiary Chennai Petroleum (CPCL).

He said IOC, BPCL, and HPCL are together setting up a new 60 MPTA refinery on the west coast in Maharashtra.

Talking of growth drivers, he said IOC is setting up a new unit at its Panipat refinery to manufacture ethanol from refinery offgases. Ethanol so produced will be used for blending in petrol.

I n d i a i s t a r ge t i n g blending of up to 10 per cent ethanol in petrol to cut reliance on imports to meet oil needs.

NEW DELHI, Mar 31 (Agencies): At a time when air travellers are worried by the surge in engine troubles that led to grounding of certain planes in India, a bitter battle has broken out among airlines over their relative safety.

This war started after the government gave data on the snags suffered by different airlines last year. Three of India’s biggest airlines — Jet Airways, SpiceJet and Vistara — have questioned the basis of snag reporting as they say the number of faults reported by some (read IndiGo) is not commensurate with the number of planes in their fleets.

On March 13, the aviation ministry gave a written Parliamentary reply saying 9 airlines had reported 24,791 snags in 2017 — 9,689 by Jet; 4,903 by SpiceJet ; 4,563

by Air India Group (including Alliance Air and AI Express); 1,888 by GoAir; 1,367 by AirAsia;1,225 by Vistara; 793 by Blue Dart; 340 by IndiGo and 23 by Zoom Air. Questioning the system of reporting snags as India’s largest airline IndiGo had second lowest number of

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Besides, the company is investing Rs 15,600 crore in expansion of petrochemical projects and another Rs 74,600 crore in raising the capacity of its existing refineries.

He said another Rs 36,500 crore wor th of projects are in pipeline but haven’t been approved by the company board as yet.

These include expansion of its recently-commissioned 15-MTPA Paradip refinery in Odisha to 18 MTPA as also the expansion of Bongaigaon unit.

India’s current refining capacity of 247.6 MTPA exceeds consumption but with demand growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 3.5-4%, it will need to add more capacity to meet the rising fuel needs.

While the Energy Information Agency of US projects India’s demand to reach 434 MT by 2040 from 194 MT currently, IEA puts the number between 450 and 492 MT. IOC plans to raise the

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NEW DELHI, Mar 31 (PTI): India’s biggest oil firm IOC today said it plans to invest about Rs 1.43 lakh crore to nearly double its oil refining capacity to 150 million tonnes and boost petrochemical production by 2030.

While Indian Oil Corp (IOC) is expanding refining capacity to meet fuel demand, which is expected to nearly double by 2040, it does not want to remain “a refining company alone and is thus venturing into petrochemicals and alternative fuels as well,” company’s Director (Refineries) B V Rama Gopal told reporters here.

The company currently owns and operates 11 out of the country’s 23 refineries.

Its refineries have a total capacity of 80.7 million tonnes per annum.

IOC is investing Rs 16,628 crore in upgrading its refineries to produce Euro-VI emission norm compliant petrol and diesel as against Euro-IV fuel being produced now. This investment cycle would

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16 Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli troops

IGAZA, MAR 31 (IANS): Sixteen Palestinian protesters were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces along the Gaza border as residents marked Land Day, a Health Ministry spokesman said here. The spokesman told Efe news that about 2,000 other Palestinians were injured during the protests called by Hamas in observance of Land Day on Friday, which symbolises the demand of Palestinian refugees and their descendants to be allowed to return to their homeland.

More than half of Gaza’s 2 million people are refugees or their descendants, according to the UN. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that “17,000 Palestinians are rioting in five locations along the Gaza Strip security fence”.

“The rioters are rolling burning tires and hurling firebombs and rocks at the security fence and IDF troops, who are responding with riot dispersal means and firing towards main instigators,” the statement added. Israel announced earlier this week that 100

A wounded Palestinian is evacuated during clashes with Israeli troops near the Gaza-Israel border.

snipers would be posted along the Gaza border.

Youths hurled stones at soldiers, who fired tear gas in order to disperse the thousands of men, women and children gathered in the area, witnesses told Efe news. The witnesses estimated the number of participants at around 40,000.

Other Palestinian factions have joined Hamas in promoting the “Great Return March”, which envisions maintaining a presence of hundreds of protesters along the Gaza border between now and May 15,

when Palestinians commemorate what they call the Nakba (Catastrophe), referring to the exile and dispossession of Arabs that accompanied the founding of Israel in 1948.

Earlier on Friday, a Palestinian was killed and another injured by Israeli tank fire in southern Gaza.

“Two suspects approached the Southern Gaza Strip border in the morning in a suspicious manner. In response, the army tank fired at them,” an IDF spokesman told Efe news. The Land Day tradition was spurred

Russia complains airplane search in UK

A general view of Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport near London, Britain.

LO N D O N, M A R 3 1 (IANS): The Russian Embassy in London on Saturday accused the UK of “improperly” searching a Russian airplane that had landed at the British capital and said it constituted a “provocation and a violation of international rules”.

An Embassy spokesperson said that UK Border Forces and customs officials had searched an Aeroflot plane after it landed at London’s Heathrow Airport without specifying the legal reasons for doing so, although he implied it was related to the March 4 nerve agent attack on

former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury.

“Today, we have witnessed another blatant provocation by the British authorities,” said a statement from the Embassy’s press office. “This kind of event is extraordinary.”

According to Efe news, the spokesperson added that British officials at first had attempted to search the aircraft without the crew being present, which he said contravened international regulations.

“Our attempts to get in touch with the Foreign Office in order to clarify the reasons for the inap-

propriate behaviour of British officials did not bring fruit,” said the statement.

“The Embassy has sent a diplomatic note demanding the British side to provide explanations of the incident.”

The mission said it had no other explanation other than the incident being connected with what it called the “hostile policy” the UK was conducting with regard to Russia.

London’s Metropolitan Police, that is coordinating the investigation into the Skripal case, denied having taken part in the aircraft’s search.

by the events of March 30, 1976, when Israeli forces fatally shot six Palestinian protesters.

UN chief calls for Gaza violence probe

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent and transparent investigation into the violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in Gaza killing 16 protesters.

The UN chief on Friday appealed to those concerned to refrain from any act that could lead to

Trump designates April ‘Second Chance Month’ WASHINGTON, MAR 31 (IANS): US President Donald Trump designated April 2018 as the “Second Chance Month” in an effort to help those with criminal records become productive members of society, the media reported.

A presidential proclamation issued on Friday stated that during the month of April, the US will emphasise the need “to provide opportunities for people with criminal records to earn an honest second chance”, reports CNN. “Affording those who have been held accountable for their crimes an opportunity to become contributing members of society is a critical element of criminal justice that can reduce our crime rates and prison populations, decrease burdens to the American taxpayer, and make America safer,” Trump said in his proclamation. The President has urged the implementation of “evidence-based programmes” in prison systems at the federal, state and local level that focus on job training, mentoring and treatment for drug and mental health issues.

further casualties and, in particular, any measures that could place civilians in harm’s way, Guterres’ deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said in a statement.

This tragedy underlines the urgency of revitalising the peace process aimed at creating the conditions for a return to meaningful negotiations for a solution that will allow Palestinians and Israelis to live side by side peacefully and in security, Xinhua news quoted the UN chief as saying. Hundreds were injured in Friday’s clashes on the border fence in Gaza.

Thousands of Palestinians started the first day of the Great March of Return, a month-long sit-in staged along the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel to demand the return of Palestinian refugees who were forced to leave their cities during the Arab-Israeli war in 1948.

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that around “17,000 Palestinians were rioting in five locations along the Gaza Strip security fence”, reports Efe news.

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Malala Yousafzai visits Pakistani home town where she was shot

Malala Yousafzai her family members at her native home.

ISLAMABAD, MAR 31 (IANS): Nobel peace laureate and young education activist Malala Yousafzai visited her home in Swat Valley, more than five years after she was shot in the head there by the Taliban.

Malala Yousafzai, 20, along with her parents, State Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and others landed near her family home in Mingora in the morning amid tight security, the Pakistani media reported.

In October 2012, Malala Yousafzai -- then 15 years old -- was attacked

when she was returning from her school. She was later flown to London for medical treatment.

The activist, who is on four-day visit to Pakistan, met her friends and family before visiting the Swat Cadet College Guli Bagh, some 15 km outside of Mingora.

Yousafzai arrived in Pakistan early Thursday.

She later delivered an emotional speech at the Prime Minister’s Office in Islamabad saying it had been her dream to return “without any fear”.

“Always it has been

my dream that I should go to Pakistan and there, in peace and without any fear, I can move on streets, I can meet people, I can talk to people.

“And I think that it’s my old home again... so it is actually happening, and I am grateful to all of you,” an emotional Yousafzai said on her return.

Due to security reasons, her entire itinerary had been kept tightly under wraps.

Meanwhile, in a televised interview with Geo TV aired on Friday, the activist said she plans to return to Pakistan permanently once her studies are completed.

“It is my plan to return to Pakistan after completing my education because it is my country and I have equal rights on it like any other Pakistani.”

The Oxford University student, who had said that she wanted to run for Prime Minister, said there was “definitely a difference between the Pakistan of today and in 2012”.

“Things are becoming better, people are uniting and a campaign for better Pakistan is ongoing, people are active which is very good.”

Chabahar port not rival project of CPEC: Kharazi

K A R AC H I , M A R 3 1 (IANS): Former Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi has said that the perception in Pakistan that Iran’s Chabahar Port project, that connects India to Afghanistan, Central Asia and Eastern Europe, is a “rival project of the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)”, is not correct.

“The Chabahar Port project is aimed at connecting Iran with Central Asia, and the ultimate goal is to uplift the Iranian economy,” Kharazi said at an event here. The project was under deliberation for a long time, therefore, it was not correct to link its launch with that of the CPEC, he was cited as saying by Dawn online on Saturday.

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Kamal Kharazi ghanistan signed a trilateral agreement in 2016 to jointly develop the Chabahar Port, opening a new strategic transit route between the three nations and other Central Asian nations, bypassing Pakistan. On the other hand, the CPEC connects China’s Kashgar in Xinjiang province with Pakistan’s Gwadar port in Balochistan through

a network of roads, railways and highways. India strongly objects to the route of the CPEC corridor, which goes through Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Kharazi, Iran’s Foreign Minister from 1997 to 2005, said that though it was true that India had massively invested in the Chabahar project, it was an open platform for all regional countries to participate in.

“While we are engaging with India on the economic front and India is investing in Chabahar, we have not given exclusive rights on the project to them,” he said.

Ta l k i n g a b o u t t h e Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, Kharazi said that Iran had “urged India a number of times to resolve the dispute in a

peaceful and justly manner” and that Tehran was even willing to mediate between the two sides.

“But if we talk about economic partnerships, then Pakistan also has relations with the US which has put a number of sanctions on us, but (Iran) doesn’t mind it,” he said.

He pointed out that bilateral trade between Iran and Pakistan suffered over reluctance of Pakistani banks to do business with Iranian entities due to a fear of US sanctions.

Kharazi said that another issue that had negatively impacted the bilateral trade was the “lack of political will from Pakistani side due to intense pressure from Washington and middleeastern countries”.

SpaceX launches 10 satellites, $6 mn nose cone crashes

WASHINGTON, MAR 31 (IANS): SpaceX has confirmed successful deployment of all 10 communications satellites to lowEarth orbit after their launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, but the company reported a glitch in landing the $6 million nose cone into a giant seaborne net.

As the nose cone -- also

called a fairing -- fell back toward Earth, the parafoils that were supposed to slow its decent became tangled, CNNMoney reported citing SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s tweet.

The Iridium-NEXT satellites were launched for McLean, Virginia-based satellite operator Iridium Communications.

The Iridium-5 NEXT Mission marked the fifth set of 10 satellites that Musk’s SpaceX has launched for its customer’s Iridium NEXT global satellite constellation.

“Successful deployment of all 10 @IridiumComm NEXT satellites to low-Earth orbit confirmed,” SpaceX said in a tweet after

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the launch.

Musk revealed in a tweet that his company was attempting the recovery of the fairing with a ship, named Mr Steven.

“It’s a giant steel and webbing catcher’s mitt superstructure on a high-speed ocean ship. Godspeed, Mr. S �,” Musk said.

SpaceX is well known for landing and reusing rocket boosters to bring down the price of its rockets, but this was one of the rare occasions Musk has acknowledged his rocket startup’s attempts to recover the fairing after launch, the CNNMoney report said.

The fairing rests on the top of the rocket, and it acts as a shield for the satellites during launch. Once the rocket is in space, it splits into two and falls away.

Typically, it’s left to plummet back to Earth where the ocean becomes its graveyard.

But SpaceX wanted to recover the fairing. However, the attempt did not bring the expected result.

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Sir David Attenborough shares Dimapur music institute inaugurated Schwarzenegger stable details of next BBC documentary D after heart surgery S A ctor Arnold Schwarzenegger is in stable condition after undergoing heart surgery here.

“I’m back,” Schwarzenegger said immediately after awakening from the procedure, according to his spokesman, Daniel Ketchell, reports tmz.com.

The former governor of California underwent emergency open-hear t surgery on Thursday but Ketchell released a statement on Twitter that the procedure was planned. “ U p d a t e : Schwarzenegger is awake and his first words were actually ‘I’m back,’ so he is in good spirits,” Ketchell tweeted.

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went to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to replace a pulmonic valve that was originally changed in 1997 due to a congenital heart defect.

“That 1997 replacement valve was never meant to be permanent, and has outlived its life expectancy, so he chose to replace it yesterday through a less-invasive catheter valve replacement,” Ketch-

ell said.

Ketchell added that an open-heart surgery team was on hand as part of standard procedure, but was not needed.

“They frequently are in these circumstances, in case the catheter procedure was unable to be performed,” Ketchell said.

“Governor Schwarzenegger’s pulmonic valve was successfully replaced and he is currently recovering from the surgery and is in stable condition.”

Schwarzenegger, who served as governor of California from 2003-2011, is set to return to the “Terminator” franchise for the sixth film in the series, which is scheduled for release next year.

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ir David Attenborough has teased some details of his next BBC documentary series, and if it’s anything like... well, anything Sir David Attenborough has ever done, then we are in for a treat.

His new project will follow different creatures across a three year time period, reports The Mirror.

“The BBC Natural History Unit has started following families of animals – cave hunting dogs, lions, chimpanzees,” the veteran broadcaster said.

“We don’t know what is going to happen but whatever does, we will be there to show it to you.

“I am not going to go into detail but I can tell you there will be some fairly dark moments and we wont tidy it up.

“This is a new concept and I am privileged to have been be asked to write some of the commentary.”

The recent Blue Planet II similarly refused to shy away from uncomfortable moments. The show’s coverage of what plastic waste is doing to our oceans or how humans have damaged the coral reefs may not have made for easy viewing, but they are important topics to shed a light on.

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imapur music institute, Purana Bazaar was inaugurated on March 31. The event was graced by Rev. Hisenlo Kath and guest of honour Nise Meruno, who imparted and inspired the faculty and guests.

Speaking at the inauguration programme, proprietor Imsanger Longkumer and administrator Among Jinger shared their vision and reason behind the institute. The institute offers a comprehensive system of music study with assessments from beginners to advanced levels and focuses on nurturing creativity and developing self-confidence, while allowing students to work at their own pace.

Among Jinger said that the aims and objectives of the institute was to teach music and nurture talents as well as to promote and

manage an institution for instruction in every kind of instrument, theory of music, voice production, recitation, performance lab and provide opportunity to promote themselves and become a part of the social media and YouTube recordings. It hoped that the pupils will bring music to a wider community through events of the school and demonstrated skill in writing about music.

It may be noted that the courses offered are electric guitar, classical guitar, drums, bass guitar, violin,

choir and DJ, with dance and taekwondo under “art’.

A press note from the institution stated that the syllabus have been carefully designed to help students receive the best education required to prosper in the industry of music and art.

Further, it mentioned that it offers an innovative approach to the study of music and presents standard and value. The faculty are professionals in the music industry with years of experience and a skilled knowledge in the field of music.

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ctors Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who starred in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Adventure” 30 years ago, have hinted at a sequel.

The two stars said in an interview that they are closer than ever to making a third film titled “Bill & Ted Face the Music”, reports ew.com.

The script is written by original screenwriters Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson. Reeves said that they have been trying to work on the script for 10 years. “Chris and Ed pitched us an idea in 2007. It sounded great,” he said.

The plot for the sequel itself will take place after the end of “Excellent Adventure”, when futuristic mentor Rutus (George Calin) told Bill and Ted they would write music that would turn the world into utopia. But that has yet to happen.

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Kerala, Bengal in Santosh Trophy final

Kolkata, Mar 31 (IANS): Five-time champions Kerala edged out Mizoram 1-0 in the semi-final to book their berth in the final of the 72nd edition of the national championship for the Santosh Trophy at the Mohun Bagan Ground here on Friday.

Kerala will face 32time winners and hosts Bengal in the summit clash on Sunday. Bengal beat Karnataka in the other semis clash. Substitute Afdal VK netted the winner in the 54th minute thus causing an upset of sorts with Mizoram playing the better football on the day.

Kerala, riding the slender victory, reached their first final since the 2012/13 edition. Satheevan Balan made four changes from their 1-0 win over Bengal.

Goalkeeper Midhun V and striker Sajith Poulose made a comeback alongside Jithin MS and Jithin Gopalan.

Mizoram, without coach Lalsangzuala Hmar, who was sent off to the stands in the last game and was serving a onegame suspension, altered their formation to play a 4-1-4-1. Lalnuntluanga was the defensive screen and F.Lalrinpuia played a bit withdrawn with Lal Remruata the sole striker.

Given the nature of the tie,

Afdal VK (C) of Kerala celebrates after scoring against Mizoram in the Santosh Trophy semifinal in Kolkata.

his four goals in the tournament when he swivelled from around 17 yards as Midhun V made an outstretched save, diving to his right after the quarter hour mark.

Mizoram had a golden opportunity in the 33rd minute to get the lead but Romawia missed from close range. Lalrinpuia’s shot forced Midhun to fist the ball out but the northeastern side could not take advantage from the goal-

mouth melee.

Kerala’s only bright chance in the first half was Rahul KP’s miss from the edge of the box on the volley. Such incompetence in the first half prompted Balan to usher in striker Afdal VK for an ineffective Sajith Poulose just before the whistle.

That substitution paid immense dividends nine minutes after the change of ends. Collecting the ball from a diagonal pass,

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both sides started off cautiously. However, Mizoram showed much more promise especially Lalbiakhlua who managed to get the game going from the right flank.

Within ten minutes, Mizoram were winning all sorts of set-pieces but Lalnuntluanga’s free-kick ricocheted off the wall and even Hming Thanmawia hit the ball over the bar in the ninth minute. Lal Romawia could not add to

Players of Loyem Memorial High School with the trophy and certificate.

Dimapur, Mar 31 (NPN): Loyem Memorial High School (LMHS) lifted the 4th Inter School (Under-16) Cricket trophy after defeating Akum Imlong School in the final.

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School, St. Josephs School, Akum Imlong School, St. Xaviers School and Loyem Memorial High Schoolparticipated in the tournament which was played at Tuensang Parade Ground.

In the final match, Akum Imlong School won

the toss and elected to field first.

In the first inning, LMHS set a target of 225 Runs for the opponent team. Rajesh Das, who was named the man of the match and man of the series, scored 124 runs.

Rome, Mar 31 (IANS): The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has announced that it had sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee to present bids for Milan and Turin for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

CONI said the letter officially showed its commitment to the dialogue it started with the IOC during the last few months over the two cities’ bids, reports Efe. “Due to the need to comply with the formal due date specified by the IOC and following numerous meetings and communications with the heads of the International Olympic Committee, CONI expressed this intention in a letter, declaring the candidatures of the City of Milan/Turin,” CONI said in a statement.

Jithin MS made a darting run from the right and cut in to dodge past two men. Rahul KP shot from his square pass but keeper Laltanpuia Ralte parried it off.

Afdal VK, unmarked, took his chance and slotted the ball home to give Kerala the lead against the run of play.

The setback caused some panic amongst the Mizoram ranks but they had no one to look to for inspiration in the dugout with their coach absent from the touchline.

Both strikers, Lal Rammawia and Malsawmzuala MC were brought on and the former champions came closest in the 81st minute.

With seven bodies inside the opposition half, Mizoram could not penetrate past a solid Kerala defence as Vibin Thomas and Rahul V Raj proved to be almost impenetrable.

Rammawia, Romawia and Biakhlua all tried their luck from continuous blocks and rebounds but their luck did not shine.

Meanwhile in the other semi-final match, Bengal moved past Karnataka 2-0.

Skipper Jiten Murmu and Tirthankar Sarkar scored in the 57th and 90+2nd minute respectively for the hosts.

NZ fight back after Eng shred top order C HRI S T C HUR C H , Mar 31 (Agencies): BJ Watling continued to defy England as he combined with Colin de Grandhomme to resurrect New Zealand’s innings and lead them to 192 for six as the second day of the second Test at Hagley Oval ended about 30 minutes early due to bad light.

Watling was 77 not out after he and de Grandhomme had come together at 36 for five and then combined for 142 runs for the sixth wicket to drag the hosts back into the match after Stuart Broad and James Anderson had blasted the top off the innings.

Tim Southee was 13 not out after de Grandhomme had been dismissed for 72 about an hour before the scheduled end of play.

England had been dismissed for 307 early on Saturday at Hagley Oval after Jonny Bairstow was the last man out for a welldeserved 101. Bairstow had rescued England’s innings from 94 for five to marshal a stubborn rearguard action with the bowlers as they scored 156 runs for the final four wickets - 95 of those coming in an eighthwicket partnership with Mark Wood (52).

Broad and Anderson then followed up Bairstow’s fifth Test century with four quick wickets to put England in charge as they reduced the hosts to

Johannesburg, Mar 31 (IANS): Former Australian cricket vice captain David Warner has apologised for his role in the ball-tampering crisis that saw him suspended from the sport for 12 months.

Speaking publicly for the first time since the scandal emerged, Warner told reporters on Saturday that he has betrayed the trust of those who supported his cricket career, reports Xinhua news agency.

“To the fans and the lovers of the game, who have supported and inspired me on my journey as a cricketer, I want to sincerely apologise for betraying your trust in me,” Warner said.

“I have let you down badly. I hope in time I can find a way to repay for all you have given me and possibly earn your respect again.” In an emotional

coach knew of the plan to use sandpaper to affect the condition of the ball.

Warner received a 12month suspension and a lifetime ban from leadership positions in the Australian

Dimapur, Mar 31 (NPN): The 9th edition of Phom Monyiü open volleyball, organised by Longleng Town Students’ Union, will be held from April 17-20 at local ground, Longleng under the theme “Grit, Guts, Glory.”

The champion team will receive a cash prize of Rs. 50,000, 1st runner up will pocket Rs. 25,000, 2nd runner up will get Rs.15,000 while the best discipline team will receive Rs. 3,000.

The registration fee is Rs. 4000 and the last date for registration is on April 16.

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press conference, Warner, 31, said he was taking “full responsibility for my part” in the scandal.

“We let our country down. We made a bad decision. I played my part in that,” Warner said.

“As I said it’s going to take a long time to earn that respect back from the Australian public.”

However, the dynamic opening batsman refused to answer questions about whether any other player or

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Words are not adequate enough to sincerely thank each and everyone from the depth of our hearts who have rendered their invaluable love and concern & support in prayers, cash and kind which you have showered on our beloved father Late Pisamo Tungoe during his old age of 98 years who expired on 26.03.2018 in Wokha Town. He was bles s ed w ith 65 years of Pension benefit from 1953-2018 (Assam Police LATE PISAMO TUNGOE Pensioner) for which we Born : 28.12.1920 – Died : 26.03.2018 are so much grateful to our Almighty God. And for your wonderful deed of kindness we pray that our living God Almighty bless each and every one of you abundantly in your lives.

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cricket team after a Cricket Australia (CA) investigation found that he initiated a plan to tamper with the ball on the third day of the third Test match in South Africa earlier in March.

Two long years have passed without you but your voice still echoes in our hearts. Mom... till your last breath you taught us how to love God, so precious and priceless. We can't stop missing you. So painful to be human being, born to die. To fit into your footprints will always be our everyday challenge.

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to fight back. De Grandhomme, who had started his innings in typically quick fashion, slowed considerably after he reached his third Test half century from 75 balls as England adopted defensive tactics and bowled to a stacked off side field.

New Zealand scored just nine runs in the 10 overs before de Grandhomme slashed at a wide delivery from Broad and was caught by Bairstow.

England need a win to stop New Zealand from clinching their first series against them since 1999.

The hosts won the first Test at Eden Park in Auckland by an innings and 49 runs.

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32 for four at lunch. The hosts lost Kane Williamson shortly after the break for 22, the home captain becoming Bairstow’s third catch.

The 28-year-old had already caught Tom Latham for a duck and Jeet Raval for five before lunch as Broad and Anderson ran riot with the new ball.

Broad took three of the first four wickets to fall, also capturing Ross Taylor for two and trapping first Test centurion Henry Nicolls in front for a duck.

Anderson and Broad, however, were less effective after lunch as the ball softened and de Grandhomme and Watling were able

Warner sorry for role in cheating scandal

Starc ruled out of IPL with injury 1st Death Anniversary Johannesburg, Mar 31 (IANS): In a big blow to two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ahead of IPL, pace spearhead Mitchell Starc was ruled out of IPL due to a tibial bone stress fracture in his right leg. Starc was roped in for a whopping sum of Rs 9.4 crore by KKR and was tipped to lead the franchise’s bowling attack. Sans the 28-year old fast bowler, KKR will now depend more on compatriot Mitchell Johnson. It is understood that in accordance with the Player Regulations, KKR will now be allowed to choose a replacement from the Registered and Available Player Pool (RAPP).

New Zealand’s BJ Watling reacts as he is hit in the helmet by the ball while batting during play on day two of the second cricket test against England at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, March 31, 2018. (AP/PTI)

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Born : 24.5.1975 – Died : 26.3.2018 The family members of Late Aosunep Longkumer express sincere gratitude to the neighbours, friends, relatives, Molungyimsen villagers and well wishers who helped us through their prayers, physical presence and financial support during his illness and his demise. Special thanks to Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo, Chumukedima Mopungchuket Fellowship, Molungyimsen Senso Telongjem, Dimapur and the 6th NAP Battalion, Tizit.

We deeply regret our inability to mention each and every individual but it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God blesses each one of you abundantly.

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Salah strike seals late Liverpool win

L o n d o n, M a r 3 1 (Agencies): Mohamed Salah scored his 29th league goal as Liverpool came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park in Jurgen Klopp’s 100th Premier League game in charge.

Roy Hodgson’s side took through captain Luka Milivojevic’s 13th-minute penalty, which was given after Loris Karius brought down Wilfried Zaha.

The visitors were back on level terms just after the break through Sadio Mane (49) before Christian Benteke missed two glorious chances to restore Palace’s lead.

It was left to Salah (84) to seal all three points for the Reds, who moved back up to second in the table, with his 29th league goal, equalling the record for the number of matches (21) scored in during a 38game season set by Cristiano Ronaldo (2007/08) and Robin van Persie (2012/13).

Karius was in the thick of the action in the opening stages, reacting well to turn Zaha’s shot behind.

However, minutes later, the German raced off his line and took down Zaha just inside the penalty area.

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah celebrates after his late impressive comeback against Crystal Palace.

Referee Neil Swarbrick pointed to the spot before brandishing a yellow card to Karius. Milivojevic sent the goalkeeper to wrong way to score his seventh penalty of the campaign.

Liverpool appealed for a penalty of their own

in the 24th minute when Mane went down under a challenge from James McArthur, but Swarbrick adjudged the Senegal forward to have gone down easily and booked him for simulation.

There was more frus-

Silver Cup: Hornbills, Valour CC in semi-finals Correspondent

Kohima, Mar 31 (NPN): Kohima Hor nbills and Valour Cricket Club have entered into the semi-finals of the ongoing 9th edition of Silver Cup T-20 Cricket tournament organized by Youth Department of Nepali Baptist Church Kohima.

Playing the third quarter final match, Kohima Hornbills defeated Woodland Cricket Club by 6 wickets.

Winning the toss, Woodland CC elected to bat but were unable to stand till the last and were bundled out for 88 runs in 16.5 overs.

Meren was the only double digit scorer with 19 runs while Hornbills bowler Dieto claimed three wickets supported by Moa and Tali two wickets each.For Hornbills, Heiketo scored 47 runs while Moa scored 21 runs to help the team book the semi-final berth. Heiketo was adjudged man of the match.

Playing a closely contested last quarter final match, Valour CC defeated Bokajan CC by a solitary run to book their semi-final berth. Valour won the toss

Heiketo of Kohima Hornbills receiving man of the match award of third quarter final.

and elected to bat setting a minimal target of 85 runs in 20 overs losing 9 wickets.

Bashir contributed 15 runs.

Babu Deka claimed three wickets while Siddharth Choubey and Siddharth Bey took two wickets each.

After the dismal batting, Valour performed better with the ball. Bokajan CC were bowled out for 83 runs in 19.5 overs. Amit

scored highest for Bokajan with 14 runs while Valour bowlers Anil took three wickets supported by Bashir and Bittu took two wickets each.

Anil Sharma was declared man of the match.

Monday’s matches 8:30 am: Esa Warriors vs Valour CC 12:00 noon: Diphu XI vs Kohima Hornbills

close range.

Mane’s luck changed after the restart as he flicked Milner’s low cross in at the near post for his ninth goal of the season.

The hosts should have been back in front as Benteke missed two clearcut chances within the space of a minute, missing the target with only Karius to beat on both occasions.

Mane, who was later substituted by Klopp, was then lucky to avoid picking up a second yellow card for an intentional handball on the edge of the area and Karius kept out the resultant free-kick from Patrick van Aanholt.

Palace kept on pushing for a winner but in the end, they were punished by Salah, who was in the right place at the right time to control Andrew Roberton’s driven shot before calmly placing the ball past the goal completed his side’s diving Hennessey to secure a dramatic late victory for tration for Mane, who had his side. the ball in the net in the Match results 30th minute.

West Brom 1–2 Burnley FC Roberto Firmino rose Man United 2–0 Swansea highest to head the ball on Brighton 0–2 Leicester City from a corner, but Mane Newcastle 1–0 Huddersfield was correctly flagged offWatford 2–2 Bournemouth side before nodding past Wayne Hennessey from West Ham 3-0 Southampton

Raj adjudged ‘Sportsperson of the Year’

HYDERABAD, Mar 31 (PTI): Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj was adjudged ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ while ace shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and P V Sindhu bagged the best senior male and female athletes at the Telangana Sports Journalists Association annual awards for 2017 here today. Mithali Raj was not present to receive the award and her parents received it on her behalf from B V Papa Rao, Advisor to the Telangana government.

Former BCCI president N Shivlal Yadav gave away the ‘best senior male athlete’ award to Srikanth while tennis star Sania Mirza presented the ‘best senior female athlete’ award to Sindhu. Former Indian cricketer V V S Laxman presented ‘best coach of the year’ award to Gopichand, who received this award for second time in a row, an Association release said.

Triple Olympian and former national hockey player N Mukesh Kumar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the event.

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Isner stuns Del Potro to reach Miami final

M IA M I , M a r 3 1 (Agencies): John Isner ended Juan Martin del Potro’s hopes of a Sunshine Double as the American powered his way into the Miami Open final.

The world No 17 arrived in Florida with a mere two wins so far this season but extended his run at Crandon Park with a 6-1 7-6 (7-2) victory to become the first American into the Miami showpiece since 2010 champion Andy Roddick.

He will play German fourth seed Alexander Zverev, who beat Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 later on Friday.

Del Potro, who had won consecutive titles in Acapulco and at Indian Wells, led the head-to-head 6-3 but struggled to cope with Isner’s big serving and aggressive baseline strategy as the 32-year-old prevailed in 83 minutes.

“I played extremely well. This is a level of play I know I am capable of, it is just much easier said than done to go out on the court and perform that way,” Isner told Sky Sports.

“I think I might have discovered something this week and certainly something that I can build on for the future. I love the way that I am playing. Playing like this, I am a very tough

John Isner saw off Martin del Potro to reach the Miami Open final with a 6-1 7-6 victory.

out, so I just want to keep it going.”

Isner raced through the first set in 26 minutes with an authoritative allcourt display as the bigserving American mixed 19 winners with six aces to secure two breaks against an out of sorts Del Potro.

The Argentinian began the second set with a winner - something he hadn’t managed at all in the opener - and showed why he came into the encounter on a 15-match winning streak, as both players held their serve to force a tiebreak.

Isner secured the early mini-break and celebrated victory on his first match point with another winner at the net to reach his fourth Masters 1000 final.

After a first set which followed serve, Zverev immediately lost serve as Carreno Busta took the advantage but the German held strong winning the last three points, two against serve, to take the set.

The second was a shorter affair, the world No 5 breaking for 2-1 and 5-2 before serving to love for the match.

“I didn’t feel I was playing my best in the beginning of the first set, a lot of errors.” Zverev said in an on-court interview.

“I was down in the tiebreak and I was like, I’m losing anyway I might as well be aggressive. So that’s what I did, I hit a few winners, very fortunate to win the first set and then found my game in the second.”

CWG 2018: Indians face scrutiny over syringes in rooms BENGALURU, Mar 31 (Agencies): The Indian contingent in Gold Coast for the Commonwealth Games 2018 could be in for some close scrutiny from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority officials after reported findings on Friday of needles and syringes from some rooms occupied by the Indian contingent.

According to sources, the syringes were found by the local officials, though it was not immediately clear whether they were found during surprise checks or by the housekeeping staff.

“The syringes were found from some team members’ rooms. This could mean that the Indian athletes across disciplines could be asked to undergo surprise targeted dope tests even in the run-up to the Games during the next few days,” sources told TOI. Sources in the IOA said they were not surprised by the development and recalled similar episodes during the Rio Olympics and at the last CWG in Glasgow.

“At the 2014 Games, India

even got an official warning from the CGF for inappropriate disposal of needles by the athletes. Two years later at the Rio Olympics, syringes were again found from the players’ rooms,” they said.

“During the pre-departure briefing for Gold Coast, we had told all the athletes very clearly about the dos and don’ts relating to antidoping rule violations. If there is a need for a genuine use of a syringe, they have to take permission, otherwise they will be in trouble,” they added.

Starting from the Glasgow Games, the CGF has enforced a ‘needle free’ policy, except for those who need to use needles for treatment. The CGF is planning to implement the rules more strictly in Gold Coast.

Meanwhile, an Indian official on Saturday denied any wrongdoing after syringes were found near their accommodation at the Commonwealth Games Village here, prompting the authorities to probe the matter.

M U M B AI , M a r 3 1 (PTI): Skipper Meg Lann i n g ’s b l a z i n g k n o c k helped Australia reach a record total before Megan Schutt led a brilliant bowling performance to beat arch-rivals England by 57 runs in the title clash of the women’s T20 tri-series here on Saturday.

Australia rode on a stunning display by Lanning (88*) and Elyse Villani (51 of 30 balls) as they amassed 209/4, the highest-ever total in a women’s T20 International, surpassing the previous best of 204/1 posted by South Africa against Netherlands in 2010.

The Southern Stars then performed with the ball by restricting England to 152/9, winning the game with ease.

England had a bad start and were teetering at 14/2 with Breynoy Smith and Tamsin Beaumont falling for ducks on a placid track at the Brabourne Stadium.

But Opener Danielle Wyatt (34 off 17 balls)

Mumbai: Australian players pose with the winning trophy after defeating England in the Tri-Nation Women’s T20I Series final match, in Mumbai on Saturday. (PTI)

made her intentions clear by hitting three boundaries in the very first over.

Wyatt was going well and was poised for a big score, but after two consecutive boundaries she failed to get the elevation and gave a sitter to Lanning at cover off Delissa Kimmince, with England struggling at 47/3.

Natalie Sciver (50 off 42 balls) waged a lone battle but that was not enough as the target was well out of

their reach.

Wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals as Australian bowlers did not allow the English batters to settle. Amy Jones (30), Fran Wilson (14), Alice Davidson Richards (1), Sophie Ecclestone (2) fell cheaply as England were never in the game.

For the Aussies Schutt (3/14) was the pick of bowlers, claiming two wickets in the 18th over.

She was superbly aided by

Ashleigh Gardner (2/20), Delissa Kimmince (2/35) and Ellyse Perry (1/35).

Earlier, asked to bat, Australia had a shaky start with opener Beth Mooney (0) falling early. But then Alyssa Healy (33 off 24 balls) and Gardener (33 off 20 balls) steered the team out of trouble in their 61run second wicket stand.

The Aussies raced to 62/1 in seven overs.

Veteran Jenny Gunn bought England back into

the game removing both Gardner and Healy in the eighth over with Australia suddenly in a spot of bother at 66/3.

However, then began the carnage as Lanning and Villani stitched a 139-run stand for the fourth wicket in just 73 balls, putting the Aussies back on the track.

Initially, Lanning was the more aggressive batter as she hit four boundaries in the 12th over off Davidson-Richards. And in the very next over, she continued the onslaught by hitting three boundaries off Natasha Farrant.

Villani then joined the party hitting three boundaries in the 14th over. It was raining boundaries as the two Australian batters brutally punished a listless English attack. The Aussies amassed 129 runs in the last 10 overs and the poor fielding by the England fielders only aided them.

Lanning str uck 16 boundaries and a six while Villani hit eight fours during her knock. Aussies hit 32 fours and five sixes in their innings.

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