April 22, 2019

Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXIX No. 134

DIMAPUR, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2019 Pages 12 ` 5.00

No changes in CAB if Clause 6 implemented, says Sonowal

Juventus down Fiorentina to clinch Serie A title

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sports, Page 12

international, Page 9

Terror attacks: Bloody Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka

C O LO M B O, A P R 2 1 (AGENCIES): A string of eight devastating blasts, including suicide attacks, struck Churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 215 people and shattering a decade of peace in the island nation since the end of the brutal civil war with the LTTE. Around 500 people, including Indians, were also injured in the attacks.

The blasts— one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s history— targeted St Anthony’s Church in Colombo, St Sebastian’s Church in the western coastal town of Negombo and Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa around 8.45 am (local time) as the Easter Sunday mass were in progress, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Explosions were reported from three five-star hotels — the Shangri-La, the Cinnamon Grand and the Kingsbury in Colombo.

Director of the National Hospital Dr. Anil Jasinghe identified 11 of the 27 foreign nationals killed in the coordinated attacks believed to be carried out by a single group. They foreign

MCCI takes up ‘demand notice’ issue DIMAPUR, APR 21 (NPN): Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Sunday said that the business body has taken cognizance of the demand notice issued to a particular section of the business community in Mokokchung by a Naga Political Group (NPG).

According to MCCI president Tsukti Longkumer and general secretary Limalenden Longkumer the NPG had issued a demand notice to “contribute” a sum of Rs.10,00,000 to its chaplee ministry against “dealership/shop/various business establishment” on or before April 30, 2019.

Taking note of this, MCCI held an executive council meeting on April 19, 2019 and strongly resolved that, as reiterated earlier on multiple occasions, “illegal taxations shall not be allowed in Mokokchung and that the said demand shall not be entertained under any circumstances, whatsoever.” MCCI viewed the latest demand notice as a serious violation and infringement on the rights of the business community, and asserted that MCCI shall never compromise with it.

This is it!

“As people’s representatives, we are always loyal to the government, no matter which party is in power.”

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215 killed, around 500 injured as blasts hit churches, luxury hotels SL police arrest 13 suspects

Special forces raid a house suspected to be a hideout of the terrorists.

Dead bodies of victims lie inside St. Sebastian’s Church damaged in the A Sri Lankan Police officer inspects the blast spot at the Shangri-la hotel blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday. (AP/PTI) in Colombo on Sunday. (AP/PTI)

nationals include three Indians, three British nationals, two Chinese and one each from Poland, Denmark, Japan, Pakistan, America, Morocco and Bangladesh perished in the mayhem.

India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, quoting official reports from Colombo, identified the Indians as Lokashini, Narayan Chandrashekhar and Ramesh.

No group has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s

attacks so far. Suicide bombers were involved in at least two of the deadly blasts that ripped through churches and hotels, according to police and hotel officials.

Briefing reporters, Gunasekera said the police was not able to confirm at the moment if they were all suicide attacks. He, however, said that one of the blasts at the Katuwapitiya (Negombo) church had signs of being what looked like a suicide attack.

An unnamed official said a suicide bomber blew himself up at the restaurant of the Cinnamon Grand hotel. Later in the day, a powerful blast in the capital’s southern suburb near the Colombo Zoo killed two persons, Gunasekera said.

When a police team entered a house in the Colombo north suburb of Orugodawatta to conduct a search, a suicide bomber blew himself up causing a concrete floor of a two-

storey building to crash on them, killing three policemen in the eighth blast, police said.

Soon after the eighth blast, the government imposed curfew with immediate effect. The curfew will be in force indefinitely until further notice, officials said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe termed the blasts as “cowardly attacks” and said his government was working to “contain the situation.” “I call upon all Sri

Lankans during this tragic time to remain united and strong... The government is taking immediate steps to contain this situation,” he tweeted.

President Maithripala Sirisena has appealed for calm. “I have been shocked by these totally unexpected incidents. The security forces have been asked to take all action necessary,” Sirisena said.

(World leaders condemn Sri Lanka attacks, see on p-7)

Sri Lanka Police spokesperson has said that 13 suspects were arrested in connection with the attacks. Ten of those detained have been handed over to the CID. Earlier in the day, state Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene said several persons were arrested in connection with the blasts.

Discussing the attackers, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said: “So far the names that have come up are local.” However, he said that authorities will also investigate whether the attackers had “overseas links.”

Meanwhile, Wickremesinghe admitted that they were aware of the explo-

sions but didn’t take adequate precautions. He had also informed earlier that eight people were arrested in connection with the blasts.

Wellawatte police also seized and apprehended a van and a driver believed to have been used to transport the suspects that carried out the bombings in Colombo today. In addition, Police also uncovered details regarding a house in the Panadura Nort Police division which is believed to have been used by several suspects as a temporary shelter. Investigations are continuing.

Sri Lankan authorities have blocked most social media services in the country following attacks

Sunrise Service marks Easter Sunday in Kohima Islamist extremists blamed for SL attacks: report

The annual Easter Sunday Sunrise Service in progress at World War-II cemetery, Kohima. (NP)

Correspondent

KOHIMA, APR 21 (NPN): To mark the beginning of Easter Sunday, Kohima Baptist Pastors’ Fellowship (KBPF) organised the annual Easter Sunday Sunrise Service at the World WarII cemetery here at 5 am on Sunday. Hundreds of people, including those from other dominations, gathered at the historic war cemetery to celebrate the resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ.

In his Easter message, Asia Pacific Baptist Fed-

eration general secretary Rev Vesekhoyi Tetseo said Christ had triumphed over death and resurrection was available for all those who repent. He remarked, “We must acknowledges our shortcomings and seek God’s mercy today.”

Quoting biblical verse from Romans 3:10-12, he stated “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one

who does good, not even one.”

While reminding the gathering that Christ’s crucification was not because of the crime like that of the two thieves who were cursed, but it was love that crucified Him. He also urged the people to go out and spread the word of Christ, even as he reminded the congregation that despite the increase of Christianity in Asia, there are millions in Asia and the world who need the gospel. “It is you, me who

must spread the gospel,” he exhorted.

In his message, Kohima Village Council chairman Dr Neiphi Kire said Easter was a time for celebration, a celebration for resurrection of Jesus Christ.

He added that Christians all over the world celebrate the rising of Christ on this day.

Commenting on the location of the service, Kire said a place like this was meaningful as the area witnessed thousands of people who had sacrificed their lives during the fierce battle of Kohima.

He said people in Nagaland enjoy freedom of religion unlike some other countries. “We should be grateful to God that we are free to worship God as we like,” he added.

Earlier, the service was led by KBPF president Dr Kevichalie Metha, scripture reading and prayer by pastor Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo, Tiatoshi Longkumer, Nagamese Baptist Churches, Kohima Area (Youth) and Kohima Town Baptist Women Union presented special songs on the occasion.

C olombo, A pr 2 1 (IANS): Islamist extremists carried out the first six major suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, The Daily Mirror reported.

Investigators said that two terrorists had on Saturday checked into Room 616 of The Shangri-La hotel, one

of the three Colombo hotels where blasts took place in quick succession, the English language daily reported.

CCTV footage revealed that the suspects detonated the bombs in the cafeteria and on the corridor of the hotel, it said. Investigators suspect that C-4 explosives

weighing 25 kg were used for the bombings at the hotel.

A suicide bomber, identified as Mohamed Azzam Mohamed, waited patiently in a queue for the Easter Sunday breakfast buffet at Sri Lanka’s Cinnamon Grand hotel before setting off explosives strapped to his back.

YAA resolves to inspect institutes and works DIMAPUR, APR 21 (NPN): To ensure quality education and quality workmanship in Yimchungrü’s territory, Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA) will be conducting an extensive inspection tour under the theme “Reaching out to revamp”.

The frontal students’ organisation of the Yimchungrü tribe explained that this has been necessitated to assess the overall developmental activities, lapses in various welfare funds under the Central and State schemes and check the regularity of teachers within its jurisdiction.

In a press release, YAA president S Yansomong and general secretary Achung Jangleh explained that taking serious note of the prevailing poor performance of schools, the association has resolved to show “zero tolerance” towards proxy/substitute teachers and shall strictly enforce “no work, no pay” policy on teachers who are found

absent without prior permission from the authorities.

In case of study leave granted by the department, a substitute teacher should be arranged as per the directive of the department. Such arrangement should be made in advance with an official communication to school managing committee (SMC) with a copy to the concerned students’ union, it demanded.

In this regard, all its federating units have been directed to ensure that composition and functioning of SMCs are in sync with the Communitisation Act Handbook/guidelines.

Being the stakeholders, the federating units have been asked to report to YAA office in the event of any lapses detected in Mid Day Meal, distribution of uniforms, textbooks and other related issues pertaining to students’ welfare for onward submission to the department concerned. Referring to

rampant transfer and posting of government employees, thereby causing undue hardships to both the employees and the public, YAA said there are instances wherein the employees were transferred out without any reliever either through political favouritism or due to some extraneous consideration.

The association asserted that it would strictly monitor and would not hesitate to forward those erring employees to the department concerned for appropriate action.

Furthermore, all contractors/ firms operating within the Yimchungrü’s territory have also been asked to ensure “quality workmanship” and complete their work within the stipulated time. In this regard, YAA said it will remain vigilant and assured to extend all possible support and cooperation to the contractors/firms for work execution as per specification/ (Cont’d on p-7) DPR. K Y M C

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Easter Sunday celebrated across Nagaland

Parishioners with candles during the Easter Vigil mass at CTKC Kohima.

Children Chorus perform a special number during Easter Sunday Service at Chakhesang Baptist Church Kohima on April 21. Chikhungo Puro and Kethovino Rhakho were the speakers for the service and they spoke on the topics ‘Alive LBC women department presenting a song at the in Christ’ and ‘Hope in the resurrection’ respectively. (CBCK) Easter Sunday service.

of Easter was a joy in the life of every Christian and believer, he said it was the celebration of the Lord’s resurrection, the saviour Jesus Christ.

Referring to the Bible, the priest narrated how the disciples encountered real experiences of the risen Christ.

Fr. Linus stated that Jesus restored the human relationship with God by dying and rising from death.

The homily of the cel-

ebrant was translated into Tenyidie by Ruokuovituo Robert Rutsa, catechist of the parish.

Earlier, Easter vigil celebration began with blessing of the “Fire and Paschal Candle” by the priest with the Church lights all turned off.

Led by altar servers and a priest holding the new Paschal Candle, the congregation followed singing hymns and proceeded into the Church with each person carrying their own candles.

During the Eucharistic celebration, six persons were baptised by Fr. Linus administering to them the “baptismal of promise”.

Dziisekieii Catherine, Krielabeinuo Cornelia, Azenuo Concepta and Neisevituo Ferdinand read from Scripture. Prayer of the faithful and the service was led by Asatuoii Christiana and Medozhazo Mathew respectively.

LBC Kohima celebrates Easter Sunday: Liangmai Baptist Church (LBC) Kohima celebrated Easter Sunday, the resurrection of Christ on April 21.

The Easter message was delivered by Liangmail Baptist Association (LBA) president and LBC pastor, N. Silubo Zeliang.

A press release from LBC media cell stated that Zeliang based his message on the verses Corinthians 15:3 to 4, and explained that resurrection day is celebrated every year to show the firm faith of Christians and their walk with God. The pastor said that through the celebration of Easter, believers gain greater confidence of salvation.

He also said that Easter meant that Christians have the identity of Christ, adding that “we were once dead but we are alive in Him”. Zeling also pointed out that the resurrection of Jesus transforms the way people live and die.

LBCD observes Easter Sunday: With the rest of the world, Lotha Baptist Church Diphupar (LBCD) observed Easter Sunday,

marking the resurrection of the Lord.

The Depratment of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), in a press release, stated that LBCD pastor Limhathung Lotha, who was the speaker of the day, said that believers worship God because they have faith in the word of God. “Easter reminds us that hope should never be lost,” he stated and reminded the congregation to live according to the will of God so that they may attain the hope of eternal life.

A special song was presented by members of Agri colony Diphupar.

Sunday school students of LBCD and Longaro also enthralled the congregation with special songs.

SXCC Kidima celebrates Easter 2019: St Xavier Catholic Church (SXCC) Kidima, diocese of Kohima, celebrated Holy Week 2019 at its Church premises which culminated with the Easter Sunday service on April 21.

A press release from SXCC Kidima media cell stated that, Maundy Thursday was observed on April 18, with Rev. Fr. Siby John, parish priest.

Rev. Fr. Joy Thomas, in-charge of St Joseph’s Post Graduate College Jakhama was the main celebrant of the Easter Vigil.Rev. Fr. Raymond D’Souza, director of Eden Garden and Children’s Home, Khuzama also offered special thanksgivings to God for completion of his 49 years of gospel mission to Nagaland.

The Way of the Cross, veneration of the cross, baptism, renewal of baptism, confession, washing of Apostles feet by the priest, enchanting of Gloria, Easter vigil procession, reading of the word of God, lighting of paschal candle with new fire, blessing of water, sprinkling of holy water on the faithful, Eucharist were highlights of the Holy Week celebrations.

ANCSU reiterates demand for recruitment through NPSC

UCTE enacts play titled ‘The Champion’

Swachhata MGM HSS PTA meet, music fest Pakhwada fortnight

A group of young girls present a song at the LBCD Easter Sunday service. (DIPR)

Fr Siby John washing the feet of the faithful at SXCC Kidima on April 18.

DIMAPUR: Easter Sunday, or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. The day is celebrated by Christians across the world with special services. Following are some reports of its celebrations from across Nagaland.

Easter Vigil at CTKC Kohima village: Christ The King Church (CTKC) celebrated Easter vigil mass with parish priest Rev. Fr. Linus Lonuo, SFS, as the

DIMAPUR: The All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) has once again reiterated that it stands firm on its earlier demand that the 110 sanctioned posts under the Higher Education department be recruited through the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC).

Pointing out that the sanctioned posts were recommended after rationalisation by the department, ANCSU president Katho P Awomi and general secretary Vimeyiekho Vitso in a statement demanded that these posts be immediately sent to NPSC in toto for fair competition and recruitment.

According to the duo, the delay in recruitment to these posts has resulted in “many unwanted situations” which has affected students.

The ANCSU stated that having thoroughly understood the contract appointment matter, it demands that K Y M C

main celebrant and Rev. Fr. Rajeesh Devasia as concelebrant on April 20 at Kohima village.

A press release from CTKC Kohima stated that extending warm Easter greetings to parishioners, Fr. Linus said “we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection as we celebrate vigil”. He said that the resurrection of Christ was a historical reality and a fact which took place two thousand years ago.

Asserting that the feast

the State government not regularise contract lecturers under any circumstances.

Acknowledging the service and contribution of various faculty, the union appealed to the State government to immediately remove the assistant professors appointed on contractual basis and who do not meet required qualification criterion as in the University Grant Commission (UGC) guideline and department service rules.

It also urged the government to also ensure that those in service with required qualification enjoy maximum benefits as per the UGC rules and also asked the government to implement/maintain the “maximum UGC guideline and norms.”

Demanding for no reservation for the 110 sanctioned posts, the union said recruitment should be made purely on a merit basis.

Thereafter, the contractual

lecturers who do not clear NPSC should be given prior information before termination, it added.

And should the need arise for contractual appointments even after recruitment for the 110 sanctioned posts though NPSC, ANSCU demanded that such appointments should be made entirely based on UGC guidelines. During such time of service, the contractual lecturers should also give maximum service to their respective colleges, the union pointed out adding that the department should recommend extension of contract service only on a need basis.

The union further cautioned the authority concerned that paying no heed to its appeal could invite “ugly retaliation”, adding that no individual or party should risk defying its positive approach that was purely for the wellbeing of colleges.

DIMAPUR: Students of Unity College of Teacher Education (UCTE), Dimapur enacted a play “The Champion”, directed by V. Uto Chishi, on April 16 at Dimapur Town Hall.

The event was graced by School of Engineering and Technology, Nagaland University Dimapur dean, professor SK Sharma, as the special guest.

A press release from UCTE Dimapur principal, Dr. T. Yolila Sangtam stated that “The Champion” is adapted from the life of Mahatma Gandhi. The play depicts Gandhiji’s philosophy of education, his practice and teaching. The theme of the play manifested the search for truth and happiness, which is freedom. The play was a 30-day workshop production by the National School of Drama in collaboration with Unity College of Teacher Education and Zoe Theatre School of Ministry.

Union Baptist Church (UBC) Kohima celebrated Easter Sunday with an ‘Easter Cantata’, a choral presentation by Sanctuary Choir and Teens’ Choir, where various songs consisting of contemporary, hymnal and choral genres were performed as part of the weeklong Passion Interface. (Menuoseo Max Khieya)

MGOS Church, Midland, Dimapur, celebrated Easter Sunday with midnight prayers, morning prayers, Easter proclamation, Easter procession and Holy Communion. (MGOS Church Media Cell)

The story of Jesus’ resurrection being reenacted in Impur, Mokokchung on Easter Sunday. (Social Media)

observed in Wokha

Parents of MGM HSS students at the PTA meeting and music competition held on April 17 at the school auditorium.

DIMAPUR: MGM Higher Secondary School (MGM HSS) Midland, Dimapur, organized its second PTA Meeting & Music Competition on April 17 at the school auditorium.

A press release issued by the school’s Media Cell stated that the meeting started with an invocation prayer by teacher Inatoli followed a welcome speech by teacher Erenbeni.

Principal Rev. Fr. Dr. PS Varghese in his speech stated that parents should create a friendly environment for their children at home. He also

highlighted the importance of co-curricular activities for all round development of a child. He also requested the parents to guide their children in a positive way, provide them necessary things and not follow the tuition culture. The principal further spoke about remedial classes the school is giving slow learners and also its care of gifted students to train them to reach their maximum potential. Headmaster B. Paul also addressed the gathering and advised the parents to give first priority to their children’s education and not

neglect them while they are studying but to acknowledge their success.

The parents also express their views and opinions. Teachers from Tarang Music Academy also performed during the meeting.

A music competition was held for classes 5 to 8 in which the students took part actively. Many students participated in the light music competition. Teacher trainees of Unity B. Ed College and Bosco B. Ed college were judges for the event.

Teacher N Singh proposed a vote of thanks.

DIMAPUR: A Swachhata Pakhwada fortnight was observed by all health centres under Wokha district from April 1 to 15, by conducting cleanliness drives in health centres aided by ASHAs & VHSNC members.

A press release from NHM district media officer, Wokha, Mhonbeni Ezung stated that training on sanitation and hygiene, bio-medical waste management, spill management, disinfection and sterilization methods, infection control practices and work management was held at district hospital, Sanis CHC, & Wozhuro PHC with Dr. Thungchanbeni Patton DPM (Quality Assurance) as the resource person.

A Swachhata pledge was taken to maintain cleanliness in hospitals and all other health centres.

ASHAs were also sensitized to sanitation and hygiene as part of the Swachhata Pakhwada activities.

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MHSU social awakening campaign CYCMUNC conference in Zunheboto HIGHLIGHTS SHoRTCOMINGS IN EDUCATION AND HEALTH SECTORS

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The press release added that besides the inspections, the union also spread awareness regarding the girl child in collaboration with the “Beti bachao Beti Padhao� government campaign.

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DIMAPUR: The Cor nerstone Youth Conclave Model United Nations Club (CYCMUNC) conducted a Pre-Conference & Workshop Program at Cornerstone, Zunheboto, on April 20.

A press release from CYCMUNC, information and media HoD, Bombo Y. Yeptho stated that the conference, organized to promote Model United Na-

tions in Zunheboto, was attended by four schools -- Cornerstone, Olympic, Merry Hill and Step by Step. Akivito Chishi, president, CYCMUNC, spoke on the importance of effective public speaking followed

by Ahupeka Assumi, who highlighted MUN and the UN for the participants.

There were altogether 37 students and six teachers who attended the interac-

tion-based program, where discussions were held on several topics and the participants gave encouraging feedback.

Earlier, the program started with an invocation said by Kaboli Aye; a welcome speech by Philip Hansen, vice principal, Cornerstone, special songs from Three Little Birds. The benediction prayer was offered by Lika K. Rochill.

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WEATHER FORECAST April 22

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Agartala Hazy sun; hot

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Guwahati Partly sunny; a stray t-storm Imphal

Hazy sun

Itanagar A t-storm around in the a.m.

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Shillong A p.m. thunderstorm in spots 22 11 Kohima

Hazy sun, a shower or t-storm 25 12

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Tuensang Hazy sun

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Members of Mopong Hongkong Students’ Union during their social awakening campaign conducted from April 14 to 18.

DIMAPUR: A social awakening campaign, organized by the Mopong Hongkong Students’ Union (MHSU), which commenced at Mopong headquarter on April 14 ended in Kenchenshu village on April 18.

MHSU president L. Kholee, in a press release stated that the campaign team consisted of two groups, group A and group B, each covering four villages.

During their visits, the union researched social inter-relationship, stigmas and studied the structure of various communitized departments and their implementation.

The union stated

that it found loopholes and anomalies in the use of government funds and functioning of committees, due to which it warned the erring persons and suggested remedial measures for welfare of the general public.

During inspection of educational institutions, including private schools, the union noted that infrastructure in some Government Primary Schools were pitiable and pathetic. “Some schools are running classes from PP to class V with only 3 teachers� the union stated. In some cases, teachers of government schools are sponsored by the village council, Church

Mission Board and VECs due to shortages of teachers. It was also found that Government High School (GHS) Yonghong had no government teachers during the inspection.

Also under the slogan “Health is Wealth,� the union inspected health facilities and found that not a single nurse was at their posting place during the visit.

Taking serious note of these shortcomings, the union warned all government employees under its jurisdiction to discharge their assign duties sincerely. “The MHSU will take direct action upon the defaulters if found repeating in the

Amra Ka-jan organizes NE cultural competition

(L&C) Two little girls presenting dance numbers. (R) A group of girls presenting a special song at the competition.

DIMAPUR: Amra Kajan, a cultural organization, held its three-day North East (NE) cultural competition from April 19 to 21, in Dimapur.

A press release from Amra Ka-jan, stated that various participants from parts of North East India participated in the com-

petition.

Swami Chinmayandaji Maharaj, secretary of Bharat Sevashram Sangha Dimapur branch and Karbi Aanglong, in his address, stated that the event was a remarkable initiative providing a platform to showcase talents through which people will learn

about the talents people possess.

Such positive exposure, he stated, will immensely develop enthusiasm.

The Swami also lauded the judges from Rabindra Bharati Univeristy, Kolkata for taking the effort to grace the occasion

Training for medical officers at NHAK

The training for medical officers on population based NCD screening and management in progress at NHAK.

All individuals above age 30 to be screened for NCDs DIMAPUR: A threeday training for medical officers on population based Non Communicable

Legal Awareness Program in Wokha

DIMAPUR: The Nagaland State Legal Services Authority, in collaboration with the Nagaland Bar Association, will conduct a Legal Awareness Program at Wokha District VDB Hall in Wokha Town, on April 24, 10 am.

All DBs, GBs and VCCs of Wokha district have been requested by the Wokha DC to attend the program without fail.

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Diseases (NCDs) screening and management was conducted at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) DBT Conference Hall from April 16 to 18.

A press release from state NCD cell (NPCDCS) stated that this training

was an initiative of the Government of India for prevention, control and screening of common NCDs, such as hypertension, diabetes and common cancer.

Under the NPCDCS, NHM, all individuals above the age of 30 years will be screened for non communicable diseases.

This will be implemented in all the districts to provide comprehensive primary health care services.

The resource persons for the training were Dr. Imotemsu (senior specialist, O&G), Dr. S. Neiphrezo (senior specialist, medicine) and Dr. Pitibo (dental surgeon).

with their presence.

Amra Ka-jan was started by a group of people in the year 2011 with an aim to provide a platform to talented children, youth and performers.

Amra Ka-jan is now the official cultural wing of Bharat Sevashram Sangha Dimapur. / 2 0 -3

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No changes in CAB if Clause 6 implemented, says Sonowal

Guwahati, Apr 21 (PTI): The citizenship bill does not require any changes if Clause 6 of the Assam Accord is implemented properly, says Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal about the proposed legislation which the top BJP leadership has vowed to bring back if voted back to power.

In an interview to PTI, the student leader-turned politician said the bill will be brought after arriving at a consensus with all stakeholders. “It (amending the Act) is not a new thing as amendments were taken up nine times before this also. This is a continuous process since 1950,” he said, adding the BJP will ensure constitutional safeguards to Northeast’s political, cultural, social and linguistic identity.

When asked if the Assam government will request the Centre to make necessary changes in the existing bill to allay apprehensions of the people here, Sonowal said that is not needed if the Clause 6 of the Assam Accord is implemented properly.

The Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, which was signed in 1985 after the Assam Agitation of 1979-85,

Sarbananda Sonowal (File)

envisages that appropriate constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, should be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the people of Assam.

“If Clause 6 is implemented in letter and spirit, then the indigenous people of Assam are well guarded and protected. That was the agenda ought to be taken up on priority by earlier governments, but it was never seriously considered,” Sonowal said.

“Now the prime minister has taken up the matter with sincerity, commitment and dedication. So, I believe once it is implemented, we have nothing to worry. If Clause 6 is implemented, we have no issue with the

citizenship bill, even if it comes in the current form,” he added.

Several groups and parties have opposed the bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on January 8 but was not tabled in Rajya Sabha and seeks to provide Indian citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of residence in India even if they do not possess any document.

Interestingly, though the BJP top brass has been talking about the citizenship bill in poll rallies, the state leaders have not raised the issue in their meetings and speeches.

State minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had earlier said that the citizenship bill was a non-issue in the state and the people are more concerned about national issues.

Sonowal also took a dig at the proposed ‘mahagathbandhan’ of opposition parties saying the ambitious grouping is dreaming of dethroning Prime Minister Narendra Modi but will “collapse soon” as it does not have any policy on patriotism, integration and service to the nation.

He claimed the constituents of this ‘grand alliance’ are together during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections only for their vested interests.

“They do not have any policy of integration, service to nation and patriotism. The ‘mahagathbandhan’ is mainly just to get power. They are all with vested interest,” he said.

The members usually stay different, but sometimes they come on the same platform but with different self interests, he added. “So, there is no national interest in it. I have not seen any national interest within themselves.

That is why, I firmly believe that it will collapse soon,” he asserted.

Sonowal was once president of the influential All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), which has been at the forefront of the protests against the citizenship bill across the Northeast in the past several months.

When told out that the concerns raised by people of Assam and the Northeast were not taken into account while drafting the bill, he disagreed and said the Clause 6 has been taken at the highest level for the first time in the history.

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Mass rally in Manipur to protest against SC verdict on adultery Correspondent

IMPHAL, Apr 21: A mass rally was carried out on the streets of Manipur’s Thoubal district to register a strong protest against Supreme Court verdict declaring that adultery is not a crime.

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on September 27, 2018 ruled that adultery is not a criminal offence, thus striking down a century-old law which was introduced during the time of the British.

Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code said that adultery is defined as a person having sex with a man’s wife without taking prior consent from the husband.

The law only applies to men – women can neither be charged with adultery, nor can they be the complainant.

The protest rally carried out under the aegis of Women Against Crime (WAC), Manipur was participated by hundreds of women and students of some schools.

Placards with various slogans denouncing the Supreme Court verdict like “Married woman eloping to other should also be punished,” “Women with adultery charge should also be punished,” “Don’t suppress rights of children” etc. were displayed during the rally.

Protest rally against scrapping of adultery law by Supreme Court in Thoubal district on Sunday.

The rally kick-started from KM Blooming School, Khangabok and concluded with a public discussion at W Mani College, Thoubal.

Talking on the sidelines of the rally, WAC secretary, A Robita said that they were strongly against the verdict of the Supreme Court, while questioning how adultery which is against the social norm was not a criminal offence. She said that WAC totally disagrees with the Supreme Court judgement on adultery and that it was anti-women.

She alleged the judgment was similar to giving an open general license to the people of this country to be in marriages but at the same time have illegitimate relationships. At the same time, she protested the law applying to only men. “We denounced the law that ap-

plies only to men. We want a law that govern women too,” she said.

Legal experts, who spoke at the public discussion, observed that the Supreme Court verdict was discriminatory against men and would diminish the few rights that men have in the country. Earlier, a charge of adultery could attract a penalty of five years.

However, the new law has made adultery an offense only with respect to a man who has a relationship with somebody’s wife.

The wife is considered neither adulterous nor an abettor in law, while the man faces a jail term of up to five years. This is nothing but gender discriminatory, they observed. They felt that instead of decriminalising adultery, the SC should have made it gender neutral.

Pre-Monsoon rains in parts of NE for next 48 hours GUWAHATI APR 21 (AGENCIES): Since the last few rains rain and thundershower activities are going over Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur. During the last 24 hours, many parts of Northeast India recorded light to moderate rainfall activity.

Rangia recorded 18 mm of rain, followed by Shillong 17 mm, Cherrapunji 16 mm, Goalpara 15 mm, North Lakhimpur 12 mm, Guwahati 8 mm, Imphal and Pasighat 8 mm.

The reason for these weather activities has been attributed to the moving of Western Disturbances across the higher latitudes one after another in quick succession and the presence of a cyclonic circulation over South Assam and adjoining Meghalaya region.

In the wake of all these weather systems, light to moderate rain and thundershowers accompanied with strong gusty winds will continue over many places in Northeast India during the next 36 to 48 hours. Thereafter, from April 25, weather activities will start decreasing from parts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.

IGAR(N) organizes excursion Oppn parties seek fresh Manipur Congress accuses ruling for students from Manipur polls in West Tripura LS seat BJP of violating political rights

DIMAPUR, APR 21: The Inspector General Assam Rifles (IGAR) North organized an excursion for school children from Manipur to Kohima from April 20 to May 23. Students from Lyzon Friendship School, Singngat and Khongjom Standard English School, Manipur are part of the excursion group.

A press release by IGAR(N) stated that the excursion aimed to facilitate learning experience and provide opportunity to explore different environment and engage in meaningful ways with the neighbouring Naga communities. The children were hosted at the residence

Students from Manipur enjoying their excursion.

of Maj Gen Pradeep Nair, IGAR(N) where a cultural cum interaction session was organised. The itinerary

includes visit to War Cemetery, Kohima Cathedral, Charlie Hill COB and various orphanages.

Campaign ends in 5 Lok Sabha seats of NE voting in phase III GUWAHATI, APR 21 (IANS): Campaigning came to an end on Sunday for the remaining four Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam and one of Tripura’s two parliamentary seats which are going to polls as part of the third phase on Tuesday.

While Assam’s Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Barpeta Lok Sabha constituencies were slated to go to polls on April 23, the election to East Tripura constituency was shifted from April 18 to 23 by the Election Commission due to law and order problems.

Polling to Assam’s other 10 constituencies was held in the first two phases – April 11 and 18, while Tripura West saw voting in the first phase.

In Assam’s last phase, a total of 7,477,062 voters including 3,661,570 women and 157 of the third gender will seal the fate of 54 candidates in four constituencies, election officials said.

While there are 17 candidates in Guwahati, 15 are in fray in Dhubri, 13 in Barpeta and nine candidates in Kokrajhar. For the East Tripura Lok Sabha seat,

there are ten candidates in the fray but prominent among them includes CPIM’s Jitendra Choudhury, who had won the seat in 2014, Maharaj Kumari Pragya Debburman, the daughter of late Tripura king Kirit Bikram Kishore Debburman, of the Congress and Rebati Tripura of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

In Guwahati, while ruling BJP has fielded former city Mayor, Queen Oja, Congress has pitted senior party leader Bobeeta Sharma in the prestigious seat.

Manmohan Singh and his wife to cast vote from Dispur Guwahati, Apr 21 (IANS): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur will cast their votes in Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency where polls will be held on April 23 in the third phase of elections, a Congress leader said on Saturday.

Singh and his wife will vote at the Dispur Government Higher Secondary School, Leader of Opposition in Assembly Debabrata Saikia said.

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Agartala, Apr 21 (PTI): The political turmoil in Tripura shows no sign of abating with opposition parties demanding fresh polls in Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency, claiming that the April 11 election in the state was “heavily rigged” by the ruling BJP. Denying the charge, the saffron party said the allegations were “baseless and politically motivated”.

Around 77.6 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first phase of election in West Tripura.

Seeking a “thorough scrutiny” of CCTV footages collected from 1,679 polling booths of the parliamentary seat, both the Congress and the CPI(M) said Sunday they would want their party representatives to be present at the election office during the process.

Gautam Das, the state secretary of the CPI(M), told reporters that his party has submitted a memorandum to the returning officer of Tripura West, Sandeep Mahatme, on Saturday, demanding a re-poll in the seat.

He claimed that elections were rigged in 846 out of the 1,679 booths in the constituency.

“There was rampant proxy voting by the supporters and activists of the BJP. In most cases, they blocked out or disabled the CCTVS. Many voters were intimidated a day before the polls and some were forcefully driven out of the polling

stations by the goons,” Das told reporters Sunday.

The party would welcome fresh elections in the constituency, he said. “We could identify 846 booths, where polls were rigged, but the number could go higher.

The Election Commission has the machinery to find out what exactly happened in the first phase of polls.

“The party will welcome fresh elections in West Tripura. If that isn’t the case, the EC should at least make arrangements for re-polling in those 846 booths,” Das said.

The Congress, too, brought similar allegations against the BJP, contending that the state election office, in connivance with the saffron party leaders, might be trying to suppress the matter.

Congress secretar y Rahul Saha said that a delegation of his party has met Deputy Chief Election Commissioner Sudip Jain in Delhi to lodge a complaint against the BJP. “None of our party representatives was invited during the initial scrutiny of the video footages by the chief electoral officer of Tripura, Sriram Taranikanti.

“We are of the opinion that the state election office submitted the report to the poll panel with the intention of suppressing the facts related to mass-rigging. We demand a fresh poll in the West Tripura constituency,” Saha asserted.

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IMPHAL, Apr 21: The Congress and BJP in Manipur have been locked in a war of words even after polling for the two Lok Sabha seats have concluded, and while pending re-poll in some polling stations yet to be confirmed from the ECI. Addressing a press conference, Manipur Congress spokesperson and sitting legislator, K Meghachandra alleged that BJP had violated “political rights” of voters during the poll in the Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency held on April 18.

The spokesperson also demanded fresh poll in all the polling stations across the Andro Assembly segment of Inner Manipur PC where he alleged BJP workers had suppressed the political rights of the voters.

The BJP workers took control of entire polling stations across the Assembly segment and barred not only polling agents of the other candidates but also candidate themselves from entering the polling stations, he alleged. For the sake of fair poll, fresh poll should be held at all the polling stations under Andro Assembly segment, he said.

The sitting MLA further denied manhandling police personnel on poll duty which the state BJP strongly charged.

He said, he had only questioned why police

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displayed at most of the polling station which was total violation of Model Code of Conduct, he alleged.

Andro Assembly segment is the home constituency of state forest and environment minister, Th Shyamkumar. On poll day, as many as three persons including a former gram panchayat pradhan sustained injuries after a clash between BJP and Congress workers.

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He further alleged that BJP workers were station at almost all the polling stations in this Assembly segment and indulged in proxy voting by baring polling agents of other candidates from coming into the polling station.

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Jobs, farm distress main poll issues: Chidambaram

Star-studded campaign on cards for Kanhaiya during which he will also campaign for Kanhaiya, his party candidate, from April 23 to 26, the release said.

Akhtar will be in the parliamentary constituency

on April 23, the release added.

Meanwhile, criticallyacclaimed actor Prakash Raj, who has won the National Award twice and became famous in Bol-

lywood by virtue of his performances as the main antagonist in blockbusters such as “Wanted” and “Singham”, landed in the dusty mofussil town on Saturday.

Indira Jaisingh (L) and Vrinda Grover. (File) The court order said the Supreme Court had exercised its “inherent jurisdiction”.

A reading of the inhouse procedure applicable to Supreme Court and High Court judges, the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act and the guidelines formed under the Supreme Court Sexual Harassment Regulations do not contemplate a public hearing on the judicial side, that too, without due notice to the complainant.

The half-hour hearing in open court saw the CJI orally pass remarks about the woman in question, including that there were criminal complaints against her. The hearing mainly imputed that the allegations were meant to make the judiciary a “scapegoat”.

“Curiously, after the CJI had placed his own ‘defence’, and on this occasion aspersions were cast on the veracity and integrity of the complainant, he recused himself, and the judicial order does not reflect his name,” Grover pointed out.

Usually, a judge puts his signature on the order even if he has recused from the

case. Both Jaising, who was India’s first woman additional solicitor general, and Grover said there was no formal procedure to deal with sexual harassment allegations against the CJI. “This is a glaring lacuna. In the absence of a credible mechanism that would provide a forum of inquiry to the former employee complainant, she had no option but to appeal to the Justices of the Supreme Court to create a Special Inquiry Committee comprising of retired judges of the Supreme Court. The present Supreme Court Internal Complaints Committee mechanism or the 2014 judgment in Additional District and Sessions Judge ‘X’ vs Registrar General High Court of Madhya Pradesh, are inadequate for an inquiry into the alleged misconduct by the CJI himself,” Grover said.

Under the Gender Sensitisation and Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal), Regulations of 2013, it is again the CJI who sets up the Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee.

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Patna, Apr 21 (PTI): Top Left leaders – Sitaram Yechury, D Raja and Sudhakar Reddy - as well as Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar will descend on the soil of Bihar next week to campaign in Begusarai where former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar is pitted against Union minister and firebrand BJP leader Giriraj Singh.

According to a release issued by the CPI’s state headquarters here, Yechury will be addressing a rally in Begusarai on April 23 while his CPI counterpart

New Delhi, Apr 21 (AGENCIES): The participation of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on the Supreme Court Bench, which heard the “extraordinary” session on Saturday into the online publication of sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by a former apex court employee, raises two pertinent questions.

One, did the Chief Justice of India (CJI) become a judge in his own cause by being part of the Bench?

After all, the allegations directly pertain to him. Two, is there a formal procedure to deal with allegations of sexual harassment against the CJI? Senior advocate Indira Jaising said the CJI should have “absolutely not” been part of the Bench. In her response, senior lawyer Vrinda Grover said it was the “cardinal and basic rule of fair play that a person cannot be judge in his own cause”.

“In the circumstances of this case, where the charge of sexual harassment, victimisation and intimidation has been made against a person holding the highest judicial office of the country, it is imperative that for the credibility of the institution, and confidence of the people in the judiciary as well as for the right to justice of the woman complainant, no hearing presided by the CJI ought to have been held,” Grover said.

A Supreme Court notice announced the Bench would hear a “matter of great public importance touching upon the independence of the judiciary”.

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made public during the Lok Sabha elections, is meant to change the narrative on national security, Chidambaram said, “National security is an important aspect of the narrative. But to say that it is dominating the narrative is completely wrong.”

He said the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi has been speaking about jobs, farm distress and security of different sections of people everyday during campaigning.

Hooda earlier said India’s economy is doing “extremely well” and so was India doing diplomatically and thus it should assume its “rightful place in global affairs”.

Asked whether he agreed with Hooda’s remarks on the economy doing well, Chidambaram said, “Even when the coun-

Shillong, Apr 21: Eight former Director General of Police and National Security Guards on Sunday condemned Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidate from Bhopal parliamentary seat Sadhvi Pragya for her “unfortunate remarks” against late Hemant Karkare Indian Police Service, Chief of ATS, Mumbai Police. “This despicable and regrettable statement of Pragya Thakur only serves to highlight the need to publicly recognise the supreme sacrifice made by the 35,000 police personnel from all corners of India who since Independence have laid down their lives in the line of duty,” noted a statement issued by the eight retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. The eight retired IPS officers include Julio Ribeiro, DGP Punjab (Retd), Prakash Singh, DGP Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Border Security Force (Retd), P.K.H. Tharakan, DGP Kerala (Retd), Kamal Kumar, DGP National Police Academy, Hyderabad (Retd), Jacob Punoose, DGP Kerala (Retd), Sanjeev Dayal, DGP Maharashtra ( Retd), Jayanto N. Choudhury, DGP Assam and NSG (Retd) and N Ramachandran, DGP Meghalaya (Retd). “Underresourced and often working 24x7 in the most challenging conditions, these brave men and women have unflinch-

ingly answered the call of duty, even when it called for the ultimate sacrifice,” they noted. Stating that India owes Karkare a huge debt of gratitude, they said, “He would probably be alive today had he not volunteered to return to the Maharashtra cadre from a plum posting at the Centre with the specific intention of working with the Anti-Terror Squad to prevent and investigate the activities of terrorists so that the rest of us could sleep safe in our beds. The country owes him a huge debt of gratitude. Anything that detracts from this is worthy of strong condemnation.” As former DGPs from across the country, the eight retired IPS officers urged all candidates in these Lok Sabha elections to seek out and honour the families of these martyrs who live in their constituencies. “We also urge them to commit, to engaging with every effort to improve the delivery of policing services to their constituents. One way of doing this would be to adopt one Police Station each year and take up schemes under MPLAD that would make this a model police station, while ensuring required facilities for the thana staff and their families. That would be a real and meaningful tribute to the supreme sacrifices made by Hemant Karkare and thousands of other valiant police personnel,” they stated.

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try grows only at 5 per cent, the economy grows. So, what General Hooda said is we are a growing economy.

We grew it (the economy) faster under the UPA and we are growing today at a limping pace. The real growth is about 5 per cent, but we are still growing that is the point he made,” he said.

Ramesh chipped in, saying what Hooda meant was that India’s economy has done well in the last 15-20 years or last 50 years and not “just in last five years”.

Chidambaram said Hooda’s report is a broad outline of how to approach the issue of national security. “We have taken several features of Lieutenant General D S Hooda’s plan (in the manifesto). These ideas will be implemented when we form our government.”

Chidambaram said while Hooda’s report has been made public, the party has also brought out a twopage summary for its approach to the problem.

The former home minister said, “We have spent many, many hours reflecting on the subject. We have developed several ideas and these ideas will be implemented when we are in government.”

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New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI): The Congress Sunday said national security is an important issue but the issues dominating the narrative in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections were unemployment and farm distress.

Unveiling a report on national security by a task force headed by Lieutenant General (retd) D S Hooda, the Congress said it would be “completely wrong” to say that national security was dominating the poll narrative, though it is an important issue.

The Congress unveiled the report in the presence of senior Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh and said that its approach towards national security is “not ad hoc and not impulsive”.

“As far as the election narrative is concerned, the number one issue remains unemployment. The number two issue is farm distress and the number three issue is security of various sections of the people, women, Dalits, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, forest dwellers, journalists, academicians and NGOs,” Chidambaram told reporters.

When asked whether this report, which has been

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serious crisis looms large over the Naga People’s Front (NPF) party which is plagued by rebellion within its ranks when seven NPF legislators defied the party and pledged support to the rival candidate of the ruling PDA. Worse was in store for the NPF when its candidate for the byelection to the 26 Aonglenden assembly constituency also withdrew from the contest and pledged support to the rival candidate of the PDA coalition. Of course, for the NPF the rebellion by its seven MLAs will be politically most damaging. What happens next to the seven NPF legislators who have been suspended from the membership of the party, will be known perhaps after the Lok Sabha election results are declared and which could shed further light on their fates. NPF president Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsü suspended all the seven MLAs after recommendation from the party Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC).The seven legislators represent constituencies spread out in Mon, Longleng and Tuensang districts. Their joint statement in March 24 in which, they announced support for the ruling PDA coalition candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat from the state was undoubtedly an open defiance against their party, which had decided to back the Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha seat. The NPF also had to face another major embarrassment a few days later when on March 28, the party candidate for the byelection to the 26 Aonglenden assembly, withdrew from the contest and backed the NDPP candidate.

Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsü, in his suspension order stated that the suspended MLAs will still be bound by the whip while voting in the house and claimed judgement of the Supreme Court in support of the rider.

That means that the MLAs cannot vote against the party whip since they are not expelled from the party and cannot be given the status of independents. It is a downslide of fortune for the NPF which had won 26 seats as the single largest party in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly after the February 2018 assembly election. With seven MLAs placed under suspension, the party will now be reduced to 19 in a house of 59 (with result of a by-election still awaited.) In its around seventeen years of existence, the Naga People’s Front (NPF) has exhibited a series of divergence / dissidence/rebellion within under the plea of leadership issue. Though the party won the highest number of seats-26 to be the single largest party as against the ruling NDPP’s 17; yet it (NPF) failed to form an alliance and so had to sit in the opposition. The NPF had experienced at least five dissidences within the party since 2005 till 2017-18. The twisting fortunes of the NPF have been triggered by the rivalry between three of its leaders who all occupied the seat of the chief minister one time or the other. As a regional party the NPF was a natural ally of the non-Congress governments at the Centre. After BJP came to power in 2014 the NPF-led DAN coalition comprising of BJP, got the big boost. The break between NPF and BJP was over the NPF party president’s stand over communalism. If the Lok Sabha election results go the other way, then the shadows of uncertainty would be lifted from the NPF but it would be a worst-case scenario if the BJP returns to power at the Centre.

The Damocles sword hanging over the seven NPF legislators will have to await the verdict.

DailyDevotion Don’t Hurt the Lord Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? —John 14:9 Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us— astounded at how “un-simple” we are. It is our own opinions that make us dense and slow to understand, but when we are simple we are never dense; we have discernment all the time. Philip expected the future revelation of a tremendous mystery, but not in Jesus, the Person he thought he already knew. The mystery of God is not in what is going to be— it is now, though we look for it to be revealed in the future in some overwhelming, momentous event. We have no reluctance to obey Jesus, but it is highly probable that we are hurting Him by what we ask— “Lord, show us the Father…” (John 14:8). His response immediately comes back to us as He says, “Can’t you see Him? He is always right here or He is nowhere to be found.” We look for God to exhibit Himself to His children, but God only exhibits Himself in His children. And while others see the evidence, the child of God does not. We want to be fully aware of what God is doing in us, but we cannot have complete awareness and expect to remain reasonable or balanced in our expectations of Him. If all we are asking God to give us is experiences, and the awareness of those experiences is blocking our way, we hurt the Lord.

The very questions we ask hurt Jesus, because they are not the questions of a child.

“Let not your heart be troubled…” (14:1, 27).

Am I then hurting Jesus by allowing my heart to be troubled? If I believe in Jesus and His attributes, am I living up to my belief? Am I allowing anything to disturb my heart, or am I allowing any questions to come in which are unsound or unbalanced? I have to get to the point of the absolute and unquestionable relationship that takes everything exactly as it comes from Him. God never guides us at some time in the future, but always here and now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate

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he election is leading to new thinking and a new economy. The road to it looks competitive for placating the voters with direct sops. The Congress has opened up Indira Gandhi’s socialist wonder box. Others may be trying to outwit.

The issue is not who delivers and who makes it possible. The campaign is attempted to be pitched between Rs 6,000 a year to kisan that BJP promised in the central budget and Rs 6,000 a year to poor by the Congress – garibi par var, bahattar hazaar – war on poverty, Rs 72000 – to 20 percent poorest households.

Everything can be delivered. The poor need it too.

It costs a mere Rs 3.6 lakh crore according to Congress and some experts say it is Rs 18 lakh crore – more than the revenue earned. Even that may be possible!

But its answer can be found in Odisha’s KAALIA scheme for farmers and labourers. Today Odisha is facing severe labour shortage as locals do not go to work, complacent with the dole. The state is importing labour from West Bengal and Jharkhand. It has pushed the state in debt.

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Back to Indira’s socialism

poverty removal is costing the nation in many other ways. The MNREGA also has made people lazy and many get work for cuts despite bank transfer of the “wages”. Its positive is reversal of migration of labour. But it has caused labour shortage in rural areas too.

The gram sabhas and urban local bodies to “employ” youth for regenerating water bodies, the manifesto says. The funds again would obviously go from the centre.

The economists who have worked out such freebies are motivated by the concept of distributing wealth. That’s laudable. But a country where economy is slowing down as the ADB has pointed out in its latest report, how would such programmes sustain it particularly as banks are in a tizzy.

The manifesto does not speak for the bank health or the roadmap for creating jobs though asserts it would give jobs. Miracle may happen or not, the new slogan ties to match Modi hai to mumkin hai. His bag is yet to be opened.

It has gone back to 1950s in announcing that it would create ministry of employment and one crore

jobs in villages. The Nehru government had set up employment exchanges (EE) under central government in the first plan and before the second plan transferred it to state governments. The EE remained non-functional.

Nice to promise 33 percent jobs to women, but in a scenario where the economy is in a tizzy, doing that is not easy. The route suggested is to employ 22 lakh persons in government jobs.

If it can be done, it may change a narrative Shivaji and it should also be seen as a failure of Manmohanomics, which had promoted privatization.

The Congress is smart. It has pushed the NDA government to follow its economic policies and forced it to face jobless low-growth syndrome. The private industries except some large ones are gasping.

The new back to government policy, if it can enchant the young voters, can change the electoral dynamics. Will the BJP also attempt a similar move?

That means the Left may be diminishing in political scenario, their socialist ideals followed by Indira Gandhi are back.

It also means the major political parties are in a

quandary. Is India unsure of the path?

The welfare has become a major plank – be it rashtriya suraksha bima, ayushman bharat or now the Congress doubling of government spending on healthcare rather than insurance. So will the government be able to do that? Theoretically, it is fine but again how to work out the logistics.

The manifesto has brought education at centrestage through investment of 6 percent Sarkar of GDP and free education upto class 12.

The roadmap to higher education that is crumbling due to lack of social funding is not clear. The Congress and the BJP are at an even plain.

But some of the sensible decisions are in replacing electoral bonds with national election fund, restoring Planning Commission, withdraw citizenship bill, scrap Angel tax, fee for government examinations and posts, law on sedition and ending AFSPA that gives draconian powers to the uniformed forces.

Simply put, it is keen on deviating from the debate on nationalism-rashtravad. The sedition law – Sec 124A- is a colonial law and should

have been scrapped long back and whether AFSPA has helped or harmed nobody is sure.

The bonds are stated to be opaque. Whether it’s so or not, how the new poll fund would be different has also to be explained.

The restriction of Aadhar to welfare schemes may help many people whose bank accounts have been swindled. It may end the confusion that prevails in banking and many other sectors. It is not clear how restoration of special category status to NE would make a difference except for political rhetoric.

There is a great disappoint. The Congress manifesto does not speak a word about high income-tax, atrocious levels of highway and other tolls and bank charges.

If Congress and BJP have the same policy, it would be a wonder that the voter would choose the Congress.

The Congress has promised a one-rate GST including on fuels. That is a way to lure the business class who stood by the BJP even after demonetization.

But there are hints that since all these promises, if the party wants to implement in sincerity may be

a disaster for the economy and the common man’s pocket. The revenue kitty is small. New taxes and levies would inevitable to bridge the gap.

Congress experts are hinting at that too. So the Left-leaning budget has to gain capital and the obvious way is to burden the people with more levies. Despite some disillusionment with the BJP, this can benefit the Congress rival, which has cut income tax and post-poll is likely to redo the tax arithmetic for higher slabs.

The biggest question is whether this would make difference to the Congress fortune. But the latest ED charges on the Agusta middleman may also have repercussion on the party.

Would the gains of the manifesto be shadowed

by Agusta? Graft remains an issue for the past few years. It may not be an easy job for the Congress but it would like to come out of it charging that these are political manipulations by the government.

The voter would have the final laugh. That apart the manifesto does not unfold the map for rejuvenating the economy. Sops may charm voters but if economy does not move up it can end up in disillusionment.

Post-mortem Solution or illusion A tale of two countries

he United States of America shares a 1,954 mile (3,145 Km) border with Mexico along a variety of terrains, including deserts and urban areas. For many years now the country has been facing the problem of illegal immigration from countries of Latin American coming through the US-Mexico Border. According to a US based think-thank group, The Pew Research Center, there were about 12.0 million Mexican immigrants living in the country out of which 45% were illegal immigrants in 2016. This made up roughly 26% of the total illegal immigrants living in the country. There are illegal immigrants who come to the country from places like the Middle-East, Africa, Latin America and East Asia. According to another news outlet, the Washington Post, in May of 2018 Border Patrol agents arrested over 50,000 illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central America at Ports of Entry along the Mexico border.

Countries like Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala are some of the key countries where these migrants come from as they flee gang violence, persecution, low economic & social stability, political asylum etc. Due to the high influx of illegal immigrants trying to enter the US, this has created a pathway for drug smugglers, human sextraffickers and violent gangmembers to take advantage of the system and enter the US to carry out their illegal activities which has hurt the country’s economy in many ways.

The issue of illegal immigration has been a hot contentious issue during the US 2016 Presidential elections and even today where President Donald Trump has vowed to build a solid barrier of concrete wall along the border to curb this problem once and for all with an estimate cost ranging from $8.7 Billion to $80 Billion according to various. Although the US House of Congress has recently rejected the proposal for the funding necessary to build the border wall, Trump has called a National Emergency to get the funds he needs to build the wall.

The reasons for the failure to control the influx of

illegal immigration along the US-Mexico border is due to many factors but some important ones are due to - 1. Bad/ineffective Government Legislation 2.

Insufficient funding for US border agents to carry out their works 3. The US Welfare System which attracts a lot of migrants seeking to get a better life 4.Creation of Sanctuary cities of major urban areas which has increased the number of illegal immigrants coming into the country 5. Not enough border agents/police to man the border 6.

Political disagreements between the Democrats and the Republicans (the two major political parties) on how best to tackle this issue 6. The non-existence of a solid border wall. American tax-payers are losing money and revenue in tune of billions of dollars every year due to this problem.

In a similar context of our region i.e. the Northeastern part of India, we share a boundary with Bangladesh which covers 4,156 Km (2,582 miles) and has been facing with the similar problem of illegal immigration from Bangladesh post 1947 during the partition period and the 1971 Liberation of Bangladesh, till the present day. Bangladesh has been the major source of people coming into the country illegally with estimates ranging in the millions from states like Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and West Bengal although there are no official figures to check the influx of these migrants annually. Political parties have been using this same issue to serve their own selfish interests of vote bank politics, identity politics, creating intersectional division based on religious lines and fear mongering with the Congress party using this tactic for decades now and more recently with the BJP. This persistent problem of illegal immigration into the region has created tension, fear, suspicion and violence across the region due to the threat to the indigenous population and their demography, similar to the outcome of Tripura which has dramatically changed its demographic indigenous population from unchecked illegal immigration. With the recent CAB issue, which the BJP Government had

rolled out in 2016, making the hot topic of discussion in the news and in social media, the people of the region have grown more weary and distrustful of the Government and may even lead to more civil unrest if the Bill gets passed in the Parliament which the BJP has promised to do so. Even if it goes without saying that it is purely unconstitutional and sure to cause religious division in the country in the coming years.

In proposing solutions to this issue, it is of utmost importance to the people of this region that the State and the Central Government should come together and propose legislation to secure the border by deploying more border police to the Indo-Bangladesh border, building more barriers of electrical fencing and having more bi-lateral talks and discussions with the Bangladeshi Government instead of allowing large swaths of undocumented immigrants direct citizenship in the country through a Bill which is basically communal in nature and causing large untold economic and social misery to its citizens.

Also instead of focusing on the problems for the people coming from different neighboring countries, the Government should focus on solving the issues of its own citizens (of this region) first, who are facing with everyday problems of unemployment, low infrastructure, low connectivity, low large scale private and low economic trade and market exposure.

No individual or person of race, color, ethnicity, religion or place of origin should be discriminated against to come into the country by legal means if they wish to do so but it also goes without saying that no individual should come into the country un-vetted or undocumented or illegally and take advantage of the system to cause economic or social hardship to the citizens of the country. If we were to secure the border properly and if the Government is serious enough to tackle this issue then it would be a huge benefit and relief to the people of this region who want to solve this decades old issue once and for all.

Mongsentong Longkumer, Agri Colony, Kohima

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agalim imbroglio has live passed more than two generation now, but when we look back in time we see a wrinkled face and shaking hands seeking the same age old question viz ‘Where is the Solution?’ to which I look around and sadly have to say ‘Nowhere’.

So here comes the real question, have we travelled so long and so far that we lost our way in between? Have we lost focus on aim we started with? And finally is this a solution or an illusion.

The whole state and society has been so engrossed and obsessed with the process of working and waiting for the elusive solution that it cannot see the reality closer to them. There have been occasions over six decades when the solution seemed very close but due to some reasons could not be materialized. The journey started with one strong ideology to seek one solution but somewhere down the line the focus dwindled and the thirst of power led to creation of new groups and the ideology witnessed splits within. Now there are number of stakeholder with diverse aim. But can they do so at the expense of the general aspirations of the people of Nagaland. The common man is saturated to the brim waiting for the endless talks to finally culminate into peace.

The common man of Nagaland wants to break free from the constant fear of ‘The Unknown. He wants early solution on Naga Peace Agreement in a definitive timeframe without picking sides and more importantly, he wants peace to prevail over anything else in Nagaland.

A common man wants to see his state developing, flourishing, rising and making a mark worldwide.

The stakes are high and the reputation of Nagaland is at risk. The tussle between the government authorities and Negotiating parties of Nagaland peace agreement is adversely affecting the development of the state. Corruption has become a way of life. Nagas have

long witnessed infestation of its society and institutions by corruption. No big investors are ready to invest in the state, due to which the common people of Nagaland are deprived of basic facilities like education, medical etc. Central funds and schemes that come to Nagaland are deducted from top to bottom. It exists from Pension to Scholarship, Mid-Day meal to VDB funds, MGNREGA to the Funds meant for Differently Abled Persons.

Extortion, or ‘taxes’ as it is said in local parlance, that a number of NPGs indulge in has not benefitted Nagaland in any ways. Illegal taxation and collection is a multi-crore business and the most profitable industry in Nagaland.

The annual turnover of the illegal taxation and collection activities in Dimapur comes to staggering Rs 400-500 crores.

Every commodity is taxed multiple times, right from transportation to storage to the point of sale. The burden of taxation is added to the price of every product that a common man buys. So who are the victims? They are the common Nagas groaning under the weight of multiple and illegal taxations. Almost every employed or semi-employed Naga, whether working for the State Government or the private organisations, has to lose almost 50 per cent of their income to these outfits, though they have been exempted by the Union Government from paying any income tax. Even Government departments reportedly pay the extortionists on a regular basis.

So the question still remains, do we not need a ‘solution’ to overcome these.

Are we living as a society under illusion that corruption will go once ‘solution’ comes? It’s time we realised our follies and stand up as a society against these.

While we constantly use the phrase ‘outsiders’ it time the insiders stop the menace of corruption and taxation which will eventually destroy us and our dreams of ‘solution’.

M. Philip Pienyu, Kohima

Reader’s Post Sir,

To be worthy

Good Friday and Easter Sunday has come and gone as a yearly observance across the world. Nagaland is a Christian state where Christian principles and values ought to be the main guiding factor in our lives. However, this is not the case when we look around at the state of affairs within Nagaland and how people have become so very greedy and power hungry. The ones who are supposed to be leading by example hardly make an appearance in church except on Good Friday or Easter Sunday service. It is indeed very sad that we have lost all the humanistic principles of Christianity as taught by Jesus Christ. Most of our children are more interested in the Easter egg hunt, a tradition which is actually pagan and has nothing to do with Christ’s resurrection, rather than on the aspect that Son of God had died on the cross for sinners of the world. Is it not time that each one of us introspect and try to connect with God in the right direction so that our children too are drawn into the real values of Christian charity, faith, love and kindness. The church and parents need to reach out more towards winning young souls for the Kingdom of God rather than creating a society of lost hope and values. Every individual need to ponder and pray more on this so Nagaland is worthy to be called a Christian state.

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

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India’s nuclear weapons World leaders condemn Sri Lanka attacks not for ‘Diwali’, says Modi Barmer, Apr 21 (IANS); Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India is no longer afraid of Pakistan’s nuclear threats as today it is among the world powers with capability to carry out nuclear attacks across land, water, and air.

Addressing a poll rally here, he said: “The NDA government has instilled fear in the minds and hearts of terrorists. We hit terrorists getting right into their homes. Now India is no more afraid of Pakistan threats.”

“There was a time when Pakistan used to threaten India every second day saying ‘We have the nuclear button, we have the nuclear button’, which was also reported by our media.

“Then what do we have? Is it (India’s nuclear arsenal) for Diwali?” he asked as the crowd applauded and started chanting his name.

Narendra Modi (File)

Attacking the Congress and other opposition parties, he said: “We forced Pakistan to beg around the world. You think that I did what was right, but Congress and its allies think it was not right.

“They think terrorism and national security is just not the issue to discuss. They think that Modi should not talk of Indian honour and valour.

Why? Am I here to attend a Bhajan Mandali (hymn singing session)?”

Citing his gover n-

ment’s record on terrorism, particularly the Balakot air strike following the Pulwama attack on February 14 that left 40 CRPF men dead, he mocked the opposition’s response.

“We went into their (terrorists’) homes to attack them and they (Congress) are asking for proof. As we the hit terrorists, pains were felt in their hearts.”

Modi also accused the Congress of losing the upper hand after the 1971 war with Pakistan by surrendering the opportunity at the Shimla Round Table Conference and giving back the land it had won as well returning 90,000 captured Pakistanis soldiers.

“At that time, the Kashmir problem could have been discussed and resolved. However, the Congress government bowed to the world pressure and did not discuss anything significant.

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Referring to poor infrastructure and inadequate staff in various health units, the students’ body pointed out that many poor patients from rural areas are deprived from their fair share of accessing basic health amenities. In this regard, it urged the department concerned to upgrade the existing health units and deploy adequate staff.

In this regard, YAA said it would interact and collect detailed information from various departments during the inspection period. Therefore, all government employees posted at various towns and villages within its jurisdiction have been asked to remain in station for data collection. The students’ body sought cooperation from all stakeholders, including the government employees, for fulfilment of its mission.

N E W D E L H I / LO N DON/DIMAPUR, APR 21 (AGENCIES/NPN): Countries from across the globe, including India, US, UK, Russia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh expressed shock and condemnation over the deadly blasts at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday that left over 200 people dead.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up the president and the premier of Sri Lanka and conveyed heartfelt condolences over the loss of over 200 lives in terrorist attacks in the island nation on Sunday.

Modi condemned the serial terrorist attacks in the strongest terms, perpetrated at sites including religious places and during a religious festival, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.

Describing the attacks as “cold-blooded and preplanned barbaric acts”, Modi said these attacks were another grim reminder of the most serious challenge posed to the entire humanity by terrorism in our region and the entire world.

President of India Ram Nath Kovind in a tweet said, “Such senseless violence, aimed at innocent people, has no place in a civilised society. We stand in complete solidarity with Sri Lanka”.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday offered “heartfelt condolences” to the people of Sri Lanka.

“Hear tfelt condolences from the people of

the United States to the people of Sri Lanka on the horrible terrorist attacks on churches and hotels...

We stand ready to help!,” Trump tweeted.

British Prime Minister Theresa May described the attacks as “truly appalling”. “The acts of violence against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka are truly appalling, and my deepest sympathies go out to all of those affected at this tragic time,” she tweeted.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia was thinking of those killed in a “horrific terrorist attack”. “To the beautiful people of Sri Lanka, Australia sends its heartfelt sympathies and our prayers and our support - and our offer to do whatever we can to support you in this terrible time of need,” he said in a statement.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the attack as “devastating”. “New Zealand condemns all acts of terrorism, and our resolve has only been strengthened by the attack on our soil on the 15th of March.

To see an attack in Sri Lanka while people were in churches and at hotels is devastating”.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan also strongly condemned the barbaric attacks. “Strongly condemn the horrific terrorist attack in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday resulting in precious lives lost & hundreds injured. My profound condolences go to our Sri Lankan breth-

ren. Pakistan stands in complete solidarity with Sri Lanka in their hour of grief,” he tweeted.

Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also condemned and expressed deep concern over the explosions which took place on Sunday morning.

European leaders-German President FrankWalter Steinmeier also expressed horror at the attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, German Chancellor Angel Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, all condemned the attacks.

Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates all issued statements via their foreign ministries condemning the attack.

The UN leadership also strongly condemned the string of attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday that killed over 200 people, with chief of the world body Antonio Guterres saying he was “outraged” by the devastating blasts.

In a statement issued by his spokesman Stephane Dujarric, UN SecretaryGeneral Guterres said he was “outraged by the terrorist attacks” on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, which is a “sacred day” for Christians around the world.

UN’s Resident Co-

ordinator for the Indian Ocean island Hanaa Singer, President of the UN General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa also condemned the dastardly attack also expressed her “deep sadness” over the blasts.

Pope Francis, in his Easter Address outside St Peter’s in Rome, expressed his “affectionate closeness” for the Christian community in Sri Lanka which had been struck while gathering for one of its biggest celebrations of the year, and said his thoughts were with “all the victims of such cruel violence”.

Meanwhile, the Presbyterian Church of India (PCI) conveyed heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the bereaved and also prayed to Almighty for comfort and strength, healing and recovery of the injured.

PCI Senior administrative secretary, G.S. Lyttan also urged upon the Sri Lankan government to do its very best to stop further heinous and dastardly acts and that it should not escalate and spread like a contagious disease.

CM, NNC condemn

CM: Nagaland chief minister Sunday vehemently condemned attack on churches and hotels killing innocent lives in Sri Lanka. “I am shocked and saddened by news of bombings in hotels and churches in #SriLanka.

I condemn this heinous

act of mindless violence, targeting innocent people and worshippers attending #EasterSunday service.

My thoughts and prayers for all those affected,” Rio tweeted.

NNC: Naga National Council (Parent Body) also condemned the blasts in Churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on the most significance day of “our Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection for Christianity in the entire world.”

NNC information & publicity wing termed it as an attack on the whole of Christianity across the world, particularly on the most important and meaningful Sunday for the entire people of the world.

“This dastardly and cowardly attack of Christianity is at the highest degree of wickedness in the world,” it stated.

NCC called upon the people across the world to condemn such wicked attack on Christianity and the entire believers in particular. Taking note of similar attacks in different parts of the world, the council maintained that Christians across the globe “must not remain silent now, but stand unitedly to defend and protect Christianity.”

Conveying deepest condolences and prayer to the bereaved families and prayer of recovery to the injured people, NNC prayed that “our living God bless and strengthen His Church and believers in the world.”

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New Delhi, Apr 21 (IANS): Airfares on domestic routes, especially those connecting nonmetro cities, remain high with suspension of Jet Airways flights. The average ticket prices have gone up in the range of 10-15 per cent across various sectors even as airlines like SpiceJet and IndiGo have mounted additional capacity.

“The average fare level is higher... in the range of 10-15 per cent,” an Air India executive said.

Ankur Bhatia, executive director at diversified travel and hospitality major Bird Group, said that the airfares had risen more in case of short-haul routes such as Delhi-Dehradun on long weekends.

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Faced with severe liquidity crisis, Jet Airways this week suspended its entire operations causing massive reduction of capacity.

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Sharat Dhall, COO (B2C), Yatra.com, said that with Jet Airways discontinuing ser vice temporarily, the Indian civil aviation industry has taken a big blow as Jet has been a carrier with a large fleet and the preferred choice for many travellers over many years.

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The market capitalisation (m-cap) of TCS zoomed from Rs 49,437.67 crore to Rs 8,05,074.14 crore.

Shares of TCS have been on a gaining spree after the company reported 17.7 per cent growth in consolidated net profit for the March 2019 quarter.

RIL’s m-cap jumped Rs 25,957.18 crore to Rs 8,76,585.81 crore and that of HDFC Bank advanced Rs 6,808.26 crore to Rs 6,23,678.06 crore. The valuation of ICICI Bank climbed Rs 6,739.51 crore to Rs Mahindra Bank gained Rs 2,62,789.40 crore. HUL’s 2,61,018.37 crore and Kotak 5,966.44 crore to reach Rs m-cap rose by Rs 3,593.41

New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI): Overseas investors have pumped in a net sum of Rs 11,012 crore into the Indian capital markets in April so far amid easing liquidity conditions globally.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) were net buyers for the previous two months as well, infusing a net amount of Rs 11,182 crore in February and Rs 45,981 crore in March 2019.

Prior to that, FPIs had pulled out a net Rs 5,360 crore from the capital markets (both equity and debt) in January.

FPIs invested a net amount of Rs 14,300.22 crore in equities during April 1-16, while pulling out a net Rs 3,288.12 crore from the debt market, taking the total net investment to Rs 11,012.10 crore for this month so far, depositories data showed.

Foreign investors have been on a buying spree in the Indian markets since February due to improvement in global liquidity which was triggered by a shift in stance on monetary policy outlook by various central banks globally, experts said.

On the domestic front, “the investors are looking bullish on the Indian markets, given the positive prospects of a stable government” post elections, said Harsh Jain, COO at Groww.

have been issued the Rupay debit cards.

The Pradhan Mant r i Ja n D h a n Yo j a n a (PMJDY) was launched on August 28, 2014 with an aim to provide universal access to banking facilities to all households in the country.

Enthused by the success of the scheme, the government enhanced the accident insurance cover to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1 lakh for new accounts opened after August 28, 2018.

The overdraft limit was also doubled to Rs 10,000.

The government also shifted the focus on accounts from ‘every household’ to ‘every unbanked adult’.

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New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI): The combined market capitalisation of six of the 10 most valued Indian firms swelled by Rs 98,502.47 crore last week, with IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) emerging as the biggest gainer.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), HDFC Bank, HUL, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ICICI Bank were the other gainers, while ITC, HDFC, Infosys and SBI suffered losses in their market valuation for the week ended Thursday. Stock markets were closed Wednesday and Friday on account of ‘Mahavir Jayanti’ and ‘Good Friday’, respectively.

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N ew D elhi , A p r 21 (PTI): The total deposits in bank accounts opened under the Jan Dhan scheme, which was launched about five years ago by the Modi-government, are set to cross Rs 1 lakh crore soon.

The total balance in the Jan Dhan accounts, which has been steadily rising, was at Rs 97,665.66 crore as on April 3, as per the latest government data.

The total number of Jan Dhan accounts have crossed 35.39 crore.

The deposits stood at Rs 96,107.35 crore on March 27 and Rs 95,382.14 crore in the week before.

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The airline owes over Rs. 8,000 crore to its lenders.

At present, lenders are keen to complete the stake sale process in a timebound manner.

“We have some serious and interested bidders.

We expect to receive the binding bids by May 10.

There is no talk of lenders taking a haircut or a minimum threshold level that will be accepted,” another source said.

On Jet’s temporarily grounded status and re-allocation of its lucrative time slots at the airport, sources in Delhi said: “These reallocations are just for three months. This is an interim arrangement. By the end of this re-allocation period, the whole stake sale process would also be completed.”

“Even if the slots are re-allocated for three months, the value of the company will not diminish. It will still remain a very attractive buying opportunity.”

“Aircraft are being sub-leased through the airline only and the banks are just trying to facilitate the

Tata Motors and Mahindra are also actively pursuing EV segment in the country.

Kim said government support is critical to support growth of EVs in the personal mobility space.

“In many countries where the EVs are sold to private customers, they are supported by the government in terms of subsidies ... if OEMs need to push EV mobility, government push is critical, so we are expecting some more support,” he added.

Under the FAME-II scheme with an outlay of Rs 10,000 crore, the government is primarily focusing on electrification of public transport.

When asked about launching hybrid vehicles in the country, Kim said the company will take a decision after further policy clarity on the segment from the government.

“Once the hybrid policy and its framework is readied by the government we will also plan our activity accordingly,” he said.

On establishing a new factory, Kim said the installed capacity at the company’s Chennai plant is currently enough to take care of the demand.

The company has added an additional capacity of 50,000 units, taking the total installed capacity at the plant to 7.5 lakh units per annum, he added.

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NEW DELHI, Apr 21 (IANS): Even as Jet Airways’ lenders are confident of selling their stake in the temporarily grounded airline, they have prepared a contingency plan which includes taking the company to Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), sources said.

Industry insiders told IANS in Mumbai that all efforts are on to see that the stake sale process goes through as planned and is successfully implemented, however, DRT remains as “the last option”.

“Going to the DRT remains as a last option. This is the natural progression of recovery, if the stake sale process fails,” a senior banking industry source told IANS. “The company owns 16 aircraft and some assets which have already been pledged.”

The DRT facilitates the recovery of debt involving banks and other financial institutions with their customers. Approaching the DRT, as a last option is a major departure from the earlier speculation that the airline will be taken to the NCLT (National Company

process, so that some funds can be made available to the airline and that under the wet-lease formula, a few pilots and cabin crew are retained.”

Last Thursday, briefing the media, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said that “280 slots in Mumbai and more than 160 slots in Delhi” are left vacant after Jet’s temporarily grounding.

These slots will be reallocated by a committee comprising airport operators, Airport Authority of India and Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

In addition, banking insiders rebutted allegations that bankers are reluctant to provide further funding to the airline.

“Banks have tried their best to support the airline, but any interim funding would have met with a legal challenge as the account had turned into an NPA and they would have come back again to ask for more funding as the airline has no fund at all,” sources said.

On April 17, around 20,000 employees and passengers were hit hard as Jet Airways announced temporary suspension of all flight services as it failed to secure interim funding from lenders to maintain even bare minimum operations.

New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI): South Korean auto major Hyundai is looking at various options for sourcing electric vehicle (EV) components in India, including local manufacturing of battery parts, a top company official said.

The automaker, which is present in India through its wholly-owned subsidiary Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), said it is also looking for further clarity in government policy to drive in hybrid models in the country.

“We are studying various options, not only us (HMIL) in India, but even Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) procurement division is looking at it,” HMIL MD and CEO S S Kim told PTI when asked if the company plans to locally manufacture batteries for EVs. The company’s parent HMC is even contacting suppliers in India for battery components, he added.

Hyundai plans to drive in its first EV in a complete knock-down (CKD) form in the country this year. The vehicle would be assembled at Hyundai’s Chennai-based manufacturing plant.

With the government pushing for local sourcing of EV components, Suzuki Motor Corp along with its partners is already in the process of constructing an automotive lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant at Hansalpur in Gujarat.

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Alert on SL attack issued 10 days ago Thirteen suspects arrested so far COLOMBO, APR 21 (AGENCIES): Sri Lanka’s police chief warned of potential suicide bombing plots on ‘prominent churches’ from Islamic extremists ten days before today’s attacks which killed 207 people, according to reports.

Thirteen suspects have been arrested so far after the blasts hit high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, injuring as many as 500 people.

The cause was not immediately clear, and there have been no claims of responsibility so far, though the country remains deeply scarred by its 1983-2009 civil war, when Tamil rebels fought to create an independent homeland.

Recently a religious divide has taken hold in the country, which is 70 percent are Buddhist, 13 per cent Hindu, 10 per cent Muslim, and seven per cent Christian, according to the country’s 2012 census.

Documents seen by news agency AFP reveal that Sri Lanka’s police

A Sri Lankan police commando enters a house suspected to be a hideout of militants following a shoot out in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sunday.(AP/PTI)

chief Pujuth Jayasundara issued an intelligence alert to top officers 10 days ago, warning that suicide bombers planned to hit ‘prominent churches’.

‘A foreign intelligence agency has reported that the NTJ (National Thowheeth Jama’ath) is planning to carry out suicide attacks targeting prominent churches as well as the Indian high commission in Colombo,’ the alert said.

The NTJ is a radical Muslim group in Sri Lanka that was linked last year to the vandalisation of Buddhist statues.

The first blast was reported at St Anthony’s Shrine, a well-known Catholic church in the capital

Colombo.

A second deadly explosion was then confirmed at St Sebastian’s, a church in the town of Negombo, north of the capital.

Soon after, police confirmed that a third church in the town of Batticaloa had been hit, along with three high-end hotels in the capital.

Hospital sources said British, Dutch and American citizens were among the dead, with Britons and Japanese among those injured in the attacks.

The Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka are the latest flashpoint amid ongoing religious tensions in the island nation.

Tear gas used against Paris’ ‘yellow vest’ protesters PARIS, APR 21 (IANS): Riot police unleashed tear gas at the so-called “yellow vest” protesters who took the streets of the French capital against economic injustice for the 23rd consecutive weekend, the media reported.

On Saturday, Paris was the scene of chaos as police confronted protesters, who set off small fires. Video showed heavy black smoke in the air. Police also used water cannons to disperse the crowds, CNN reported.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said 182 “yellow vest” protesters were placed in police custody.

This is the first demonstration since the devastating fire on April 15 at the Notre Dame Cathedral.

The Interior Ministry said some 27,900 people demonstrated across France, including 9,000 in Paris.

More than 60,000 police were deployed across the country to deal with the protests.

The protesters, who chanted, sang and played musical instruments as they marched, have said that the

Yellow Vest protesters burn barriers on the ChampsElysees Avenue in Paris.

hundreds of millions of dollars in donations to rebuild Notre Dame is a glaring sign of the inequalities in the country.

“Everything for Notre Dame, Nothing for the ‘miserables’,” read a sign on one yellow vest, referring to French author Victor Hugo’s novel “Les Miserables”.

“We are all cathedrals,” read another sign.

Besides Paris, protests also took place in the cities of Bordeaux, Toulouse,

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Sushma Swaraj (File)

New Delhi, Apr 21 (IANS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that she was in touch with the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo as six explosions hit churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, killing at least 20 people.

“Colombo - I am in constant touch with Indian High Commissioner in Colombo. We are keeping a close watch on the situation,” the Minister said in a tweet.

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also “closely monitoring the situation”.

It also provided helpline numbers for “Indian citizens in need of assistance or help and for seeking clarification”.

The explosions were reported as hundreds of worshipers gathered at the St. Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade, Kotahena, St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya in Katana, and a third one in Batticaloa to commemorate Easter Sunday. Blasts were also reported at the ShangriLa, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury five-star hotels in Colombo.

Marseille and Lille.

The “gilets jaunes”, or yellow vest, protests began as a campaign against a gas tax hike, but have morphed into a broader rally against President Emmanuel Macron’s government.

His scheduled address to the nation over the protests was to take place on April 15, but was cancelled due to the Notre Dame blaze. He is slated to make another address sometime next week.

Sri Lanka has long been divided between the majority Sinhalese, who are overwhelmingly Buddhist, and minority Tamils who are Hindu, Muslim and Christian.

A Christian group said there had been 86 cases of discrimination, threats and violence against followers of Jesus last year, with another 26 so far this year.

The U.S. State Department warned in a 2018 report that Christians had been pressured to close places of worship after they were deemed ‘unauthorised gatherings’.

The report also said Buddhist monks regularly tried to close down Christian and Muslim places of worship.

There have also been attacks on Muslims, with the government forced to declare a state of emergency amid a spate of antiMuslim rioting.

Hard-line Buddhist groups accuse Muslims of forcing people to convert and destroying sacred Buddhist sites.

One radical Muslim group, the NTJ, has been linked to the vandalisation of Buddhist statues and has also reportedly plotted to attack Christian churches.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon test runs into problems Miami, Apr 21 (IANS): Thick plumes of smoke rose over a SpaceX facility in Florida during a test fire of a Crew Dragon spacecraft and the issue was serious, it could derail plans to fly astronauts aboard the capsule later this year, the media reported. SpaceX, which was founded by billionaire businessman Elon Musk in 2002, said the craft was undergoing a “series of engine tests” at a facility in Cape Canaveral on Saturday, and something went wrong during the final stretch, CNN reported. SpaceX will work with NASA to determine what caused the issue. No injuries were reported. “Ensuring that our systems meet rigorous safety standards and detecting (issues) like this prior to flight are the main reasons why we test,” SpaceX said in a statement.

Crew Dragon is already overdue and more delays could make things tricky for NASA. It was scheduled to conduct a key test of its emergency abort system in June. And its first crewed mission, which will carry astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, was slated for July, though NASA recently said that timeline was under review.

US to clean up toxic Vietnam War air base WASHINGTON, APR 21 (IANS): The US has launched a multi-million dollar clean-up operation at an air base in Vietnam it used to store the notorious chemical Agent Orange.

T h e t e n - ye a r p r o gramme, unveiled more than four decades after the end of the Vietnam War, will cost $183 million, the BBC reported on Saturday.

The site at Bien Hoa airport, outside Ho Chi Minh City, is considered the most contaminated in the country.

Agent Orange was a defoliant sprayed by US forces to destroy jungles and uncover the enemy’s hiding places.

It contained dioxin, which is one of the most toxic chemicals known to man and has been linked to increased rates of cancers and birth defects.

Vietnam says several million people have been affected by Agent Orange, including 150,000 children born with severe birth defects.

At Bien Hoa the chemical has contaminated the soil and seeped into nearby

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We conveyed our special thanks to: 1. Phek Town Baptist Church (PTBC) 2. Children Ministry (PTBC) 3. Women Dept. (PTBC) 4. Christian Mission Higher Secondary School, Phek 5. Doctors, Nurses & Staff of Govt. Hospital, Phek 6. Kohima Civil Hospital 7. C.I.H.S.R, Dimapur 8. G.M.C, Assam 9. Tenyimia Church, Tuensang 10. Women Dept. DEF Phek 11. Kami Baptist Church 12. Kami Employees & Entrepreneur Union 13. Kami Union, Phek 14. Kuzhami Welfare Organisation, Phek 15. Hebron 1 Colony Youth & Parent Body, Phek 16. Phek Area Mother's Association 17. District Statistical officer & Staff, Phek 18. Phek Town Chakhesang Student's Union & 19. Khape Clan.

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The amount of dioxin in the area is four times higher than that found at Danang airport where a similar operation was completed in November.

A statement from the US development agency USAID, which is behind the clean-up, described the site as the “largest remaining hotspot” of dioxin in Vietnam.

“The fact that two former foes are now partnering on such a complex task is nothing short of historic,” US ambassador to Vietnam, Daniel Kritenbrink, said at Saturday’s programme launch.

More than 80 million litres of Agent Orange are estimated to have been sprayed by US forces over South Vietnam between 1962 and 1971.

From the 1960s, doctors in Vietnam began to see a sharp rise in birth defects, cancers and other illnesses linked to exposure to the chemical. The US compensates its veterans exposed to the defoliant, but does not compensate Vietnamese nationals.

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Indian, US navies hold anti -submarine warfare exercise NEW YORK, APR 21 (IANS): Indian and the US Navies have held a joint submarine-hunting exercise in the Indian Ocean, aiming to lay the groundwork for coordinating maritime patrol and reconnaissance, according to the US Navy.

Indian and the US’ P-8 anti-submarine aircraft, along with the USS Spruance, a guided-missile destroyer, participated in the anti-submarine warfare training on April 15, a US 7th Fleet press statement issued from Diego Garcia said.

The Indian P-8I Neptune aircraft from the Naval Air Squadron 312 based at Naval Station Rajali in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, joined the US P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Patrol Squadron VP-8 “Fighting Tigers”, based in Jacksonville, Florida, in the exercise, the statement said.

“We look forward to developing useful lessons through this engagement and laying the groundwork for future integration efforts between our Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Forces,” the statement quoted Commander Zachary Stang, the commanding officer of the VP-8, as saying.

Indian and the US Navies held a joint submarinehunting exercise

The Spr uance and VP-8 are operating with the 7th Fleet, which is the largest forward deployed fleet of the US and operates in the Indo-Pacific region, which is the focus of India-US strategic cooperation.

“We were greatly impressed by the professionalism and competency of their (Indian) MPRA (Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft),” Commander Matthew Smidt, the commanding officer of the Spruance, was quoted in the statement as saying.

“The exercise was a wonderful experience and opportunity from which we learned and honed our skills”.

India acquired the first of its Boeing-manufactured P-8Is in 2012 and has eight of them, with four more expected to join the squadron next year.

The exercise was the latest in efforts to develop military coordination between the two countries with an eye on the IndoPacific, where China is projecting its naval strength to the consternation of other countries in the region.

India, the US and Japan conducted Operation Malabar off the Guam coast last June. Started in 1992 as an India-US exercise, Japan joined it in 2015 turning it into a trilateral cooperation.

Ukrainians vote in 2nd round of presidential election Kiev, Apr 21 (IANS): Ukrainians voted on Sunday in the second round of the country’s presidential election, with incumbent leader Petro Poroshenko seeking re-election, while TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is making his foray into mainstream politics for the first time.

Polling stations opened 8 a.m. and will close 12 hours later, the BBC reported.

S u n d ay ’s e l e c t i o n comes after the two candidates on Friday appeared at Kiev’s Olympic stadium to debate for the first time.

Zelensky, 41, who is best known for starring in a political satirical drama called “Ser vant of the People” where he plays a teacher who accidentally becomes the Ukrainian President, won the first round on March 31 with more than 30 per cent of the vote, almost double what Poroshenko got when he finished in second place with 15.95 per cent.

With no previous political experience, Zelensky’s campaign has focused on his difference to others rather

Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy to run for president of Ukraine.

than on any concrete policy ideas.

The 53-year-old incumbent president, one of Ukraine’s wealthiest oligarchs, was elected in a snap vote after former pro-

Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was toppled in the February 2014 Maidan Revolution, which was followed by Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and insurgency in eastern Ukraine.

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Bollywood celebrities condemn SL mayhem

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fter a string of serial blasts rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday killing 185 people, Bollywood celebrities like Jacqueline Fer nandez, Shekhar Kapur and Vivek Anand Oberoi condemned the bloodbath as an act of cowardice.

Here what they tweeted: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who is from Sri Lanka, wrote: “Extremely sad. It’s unfortunate that one is not able to see that violence is like a chain reaction. This has to stop!”

Shekhar Kapur: It was a well coordinated attack at Easter... Terrorism remains our number one global enemy. No one, nowhere is safe.

Arjun Kapoor: Really

disturbed to hear about the monstrous attack in Sri Lanka on such an auspicious day.

Huma Qureshi: What a sad day! To attack families and children going to church on Easter Sunday.

This is terrible. what is happening to our world.

Madhur Bhandarkar: It’s a extremely shameful act of terrorism to attack innocent civilians.

My heartfelt condolences to the ones who lost their lives and praying for the safety of everyone affected in Sri Lanka.

Vivek Anand Oberoi: Dee ply saddened and shocked by the tragic and terrible attacks in Sri Lanka. An act of cowardice on a day of prayer, shame on these terrorists.

Adnan Sami: I’m horrified and extremely saddened by the disgusting and barbaric terror attack in Colombo... For the love of God, please stop this!

Kunal Kohli: Heart goes out to the people of Sri Lanka. Another cowardly terrorist attack.

Boman Irani: Shocked to hear the extremely disturbing news coming in from Sri Lanka. Had stayed at the hotels and it‘s heartbreaking to even imagine the situation.

Soha Ali Khan: Cannot wrap my head around the fact that people plan and execute the mass murder of innocent men women and children. It is a sad Easter Day and my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones.

Siddharth: What a tragic Easter Sunday. The devil knows no mercy. To attack families and children when they are most vulnerable... This is beyond comprehension.

Daisy Shah: Thoughts and prayers with the people of Sri Lanka. Terrifying to see where the world is headed! When will these brutal acts of inhumanity stop.

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Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 93rd birthday

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The queen is marking Easter by attending a service with other senior royals at St. George’s Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, west of London.

She was joined by Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, whose wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is expecting their first child in the coming weeks and did not attend.

Harry and Meghan did post a birthday greeting for the queen on their Instagram page: “Happy Birthday Your Majesty, Ma’am, Granny. Wishing you the most wonderful day! Harry & Meghan.”

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is marked this year by an unusual sunny spell that has sent flowers blooming on the extensive castle grounds.

Sunday is the first of two birthday celebrations each year for the queen. She marks her official birthday in June with the Trooping the Color parade.

The two-birthday tradition dates back more than 250 years, when it was instituted by King George II..

Elizabeth is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She still maintains an active schedule, although she does not travel as often as she used to.

Her 97-year-old husband, Prince Philip, has retired from public duties and did not attend the service.

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lack Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi says that he has “found” about 500 riffs while recently spending time with Queen’s Brian May. Iommi made the revelation while captioning a new Instagram photo, in which he can be seen hanging out with the Queen guitarist, who is holding a small boombox. “Hard at work! In search of riffs — and finding about 500,” Tony wrote.

Back in 2013, Iommi told the Birmingham Mail that he was discussing a possible collaboration with May. The idea of working together came about when Iommi and May met up shortly after the Black Sabbath guitarist was diagnosed with cancer.

“When I was first ill, Brian May came to visit me at my house in Lapworth,” Iommi said. “I played him some of my stuff, rock riffs that I’d never quite got round to developing, or decided not to use. He said I ought to do something with them.

“It’s early days yet, and all my attention in on Sabbath for the foreseeable future, but we may well find some way of working together on them, and mak-

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ing them available in some shape or form.

“One of the ideas we had is that we could make the riffs available, get fans to use them in songs of their own, and see what they come up with. That way they’d effectively be recording with Brian and myself.”

May elaborated on the idea: “I heard some of the hours of unreleased guitar jams Tony has on tapes and hard drives. I thought it would be great to make a compilation out of them.

“The idea was to put all these riffs out in some form so that people could build their own songs from them.

You could make your own music with Tony Iommi on guitar. How great is that?”

Sabbath completed its

last major tour in February 2017 with two shows in Birmingham, closing out the quartet’s groundbreaking 49-year career.

The trek was the band’s last because Iommi, who was diagnosed with cancer in late 2011 and is currently in remission, can no longer travel for extended amounts of time. But he has said he would not rule out special events or one-off shows.

Last year, Iommi spent time in the studio remixing Black Sabbath’s 1995 album “Forbidden” for a 2019 release. The LP, which features singer Tony Martin, drummer Cozy Powell and bassist Neil Murray, is often regarded as the band’s worst studio recording.

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Steven Tyler joins BSB on stage in Las Vegas Millions using ‘123456’ as password: Security study

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teven Tyler joined Backstreet Boys (BSB) on stage in Las Vegas this past Friday night.

The Aerosmith singer made an appearance after the Backstreet Boys presented a female fan with a rose, as they usually do, while performing the song “Shape Of My Heart”. This time, the fan turned out to be Aimee Ann Preston, Tyler’s girlfriend.

“This is rock royalty,” Backstreet Boys’ Kevin Richardson told the crowd.

Bandmate Howie Dorough added: “It doesn’t get doper than this man right here.”

Tyler, who is in the middle of doing a Vegas residency with Aerosmith,

in December. The band also has multiple-night “Deuces Are Wild” engagements booked at MGM properties in National Harbor, Maryland; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Springfield, Massachusetts.

In addition to the “Deuces Are Wild” shows, Aerosmith is scheduled to make two festival appearances this summer.

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illions of people are using easy-toguess passwords on sensitive accounts, with “123456” being the most widely-used on breached accounts, suggests a security study.

The study by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) helped to uncover the gaps in cyberknowledge that could leave people in danger of being

exploited, the BBC reported on Sunday.

For its first cybersurvey, the NCSC analysed public databases of breached accounts to see which words, phrases and strings people used.

Top of the list was “123456”, appearing in more than 23 million passwords. The secondmost popular string, “123456789”, was not

much harder to crack, while others in the top five included “qwerty”, “password” and “1111111”.

The most common name to be used in passwo r d s wa s “A s h l e y ” , followed by “Michael”, “Daniel”, “Jessica” and “Charlie”.

When it comes to Premier League football teams in passwords, “Liverpool” came first and

“Chelsea” second. “Blink182” topped the charts of music acts. People who use well-known words or names for a password put themselves people at risk of being hacked, said Ian Levy, technical director of the NCSC. “Nobody should protect sensitive data with something that can be guessed, like their first name, local football team or

favourite band,” he said.

Security expert Troy Hunt, who maintains a database of hacked account data, said picking a good password was the “single biggest control” people had over their online security.

“We typically haven’t done a very good job of that either as individuals or as the organisations asking us to register with them.”

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later tweet a video of him on stage with Backstreet Boys, along with the caption: “Hey I Thought I was only doing 3 shows a week Vegas. Took this one to see the @backstreetboys Concert My Way!” Preston, 31, met Tyler, 71, when she took a job as his assistant in 2012. Two years later, dating rumors surfaced. Aerosmith kicked off its “Deuces Are Wild” Las Vegas residency on April 6. The band is scheduled to play 29 more shows in Las Vegas dates before the end of the year — three in April, five in June, four in July, four in August, four in September, four in October, seven in November, and two

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mazon’s online shoppers are being fooled by fake review factories running on multiple Facebook groups. The scam is supported by several large and small companies as well as by entrepreneurs who depend on Facebook to spread positive reviews about their products listed on Amazon to its 2.6 billion users globally.

Fake reviewers, backed by Amazon sellers, post details about the products on Facebook Groups to influence consumers, the Guardian reported on Saturday.

Since the reviewers have to really pay for the items, Amazon is fooled into believing that the buyer is genuine but after leaving a glowing review, the product manufacturing company refunds the purchase price and sometimes also pays an extra fee. “Which?”, a brand name used by UK-based Consumers’ Association, said that “nearly all” of the Facebook groups it uncovered last autumn were still active, the report said. Earlier this week “Which?” claimed that Amazon’s system was being undermined by a flood of fake five-star reviews for unfamiliar brands.

“Researchers analysed listings of hundreds of popular tech products and found top-rated items were dominated by brands with names such as Itshiny, Vogek and Aitalk, many with thousands of unverified reviews,” the report added. In October 2018, “Which?” said two large Facebook groups, plus some smaller groups, may between them have up to 87,000 members potentially engaged in writing fake reviews. “We don’t allow people to facilitate or encourage the trade of fake user reviews. The groups brought to our attention have now been removed for violating our policies,” the report quoted Facebook as telling “Which?”

“We urge people to continue to use our reporting tools to flag content they think breaks our rules.” On the other hand, Amazon claimed it invests “significant resources” to protect the integrity of reviews on its site, the report said.“We have clear participation guidelines for both reviewers and selling partners, and we suspend, ban and take legal action on those who violate our policies,” the report quoted Amazon as saying.

(IANS)

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Barca close in on La Liga title

BARCELONA, Apr 21 (Agencies): Barcelona closed in on the La Liga title on Saturday after earning a hard-fought 2-1 win over Real Sociedad at the Nou Camp, with goals from defenders Clement Lenglet and Jordi Alba restoring their nine-point lead at the top of the table.

Barca lead the standings on 77 points after 33 games, comfortably clear of nearest challengers Atletico Madrid who won 1-0 at Eibar earlier in the day.

French centre back Lenglet scored his first league goal for the Catalans to break the deadlock against the stubborn visitors right at the end of the first half with a crashing header from Ousmane Dembele’s corner.

Sociedad were rewarded for their intelligent display when forward Juanmi equalised in the 62nd minute, sliding in to meet an incisive pass from Mikel Merino and diverting it past Barca’s MarcAndre ter Stegen.

But Barca hit back almost immediately when Lionel Messi picked out Alba, who did his best impression of the Argentine by cutting in from the left wing and producing a magnificent curling finish into the top corner.

The Catalans will be

Barcelona players celebrate after scoring a goal during their La Liga match against Real Sociedad at Nou Camp.

ing from their exploits.

Sociedad had given Barca an early fright in the corresponding fixture back in September before losing out and the Basques again held their own in the first half here. They stifled Barca by sitting deep and outnumbering them in midfield and they should have taken the lead when Juanmi got a clear sight of goal, but he was denied by Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Willian Jose ballooned the rebound over the bar.

Barca became bolder as halftime approached and almost found a breakthrough through Luis Suarez, who was thwarted by an outstanding save from Sociedad’s Geronimo Rulli.

The Argentine keeper was powerless to stop Lenglet’s thumping header though, and there was also little he could do to prevent Alba putting Barca back in front so soon after Juanmi had deservedly pulled the visitors level.

Khan suffers sixth-round TKO defeat

Shadab ruled out of Eng tour

New York, Apr 21 (Agencies): Amir Khan endured a painful stoppage loss, just moments after a low blow, as the injured British fighter was halted

by WBO champion Terence Crawford at New York’s Madison Square Garden in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Khan was left doubled over by a low blow, but with the Briton hampered by an arm injury, trainer Virgil Hunter mercifully called a halt to the one-sided fight.

After consulting with Hunter, referee David Fields waved off the fight and declared Crawford the winner

by TKO after 47 seconds of the sixth round.

“I now realise why he’s one of the best pound-forpound fighters in the world.

I’m a good boxer but he was showcasing great skill, great movement,” said Khan.

“I was caught with a shot right below the belt and I could feel it. I was in pain. I could feel it in my stomach, and my legs kind of seized.

I couldn’t continue, I could not continue. I’m not one to

crowned champions for the 26th time if they beat Alaves on Tuesday and Levante next Saturday. They could clinch the title as soon as Wednesday if they win against Alaves and Atletico lose to Valencia.

Coach Ernesto Valverde had named three changes to the team that outclassed Manchester United 3-0 on Tuesday to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League and in the early stages it looked as if his side were still recover-

Amir Khan and Terence Crawford in action during their bout in New York’s Madison Square Garden.

give up any fight. I’ll fight to the end, you have to knock me out to get me to give up you know. I was hit with a hard shot below the belt.”

Khan was dropped by an overhand right in the first round after over-reaching with a left jab and after making it to his feet was caught again before the bell.

The 32-year-old landed a decent right hand in the second and opened the third with a sharp right as the American switched stances and pondered his next move.

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ishing body shots but the challenger replied with a right hand just before the end of the round.

Crawford began to land regularly in the fifth to both the body and the head, Khan took the shots well and responded again with a decent right to finish the round.

The former unified light-welterweight champion had begun to struggle with what appeared to be an injured right arm and was taking regular punishment before the premature ending in the sixth round when he was withdrawn following Crawford’s low blow.

KARACHI, Apr 21 (Agencies): Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan faces a race against time to be fit for the Cricket World Cup after he was ruled out of the limited-overs series in England with an illness.

The 20-year-old has played 34 one-day internationals for Pakistan and was included in their 15-man squad for the May 30-July 14 World Cup in England and Wales. The 1992 champions will play a lone Twenty20 international and five ODIs on their tour of England, which begins on May 5.

Pakistan Cricket Board said it would set up appointments with specialists in England to help Shadab, who is also a useful lowerorder batsman, recover in time for Pakistan’s World Cup opener against West Indies on May 31.

All teams are allowed to make changes to their World Cup squads until May 23. Pakistan selectors have already put batsman Asif Ali and seamer Mohammad Amir on standby should they have to make changes to their squad.

PFA player of the year nominees announced

L on d on , A p r 2 1 (Agencies): Liverpool and Manchester City have dominated nominations for the PFA Player of the Year award, with Virgil van Dijk and Raheem Sterling seen as the frontrunners to triumph.

Reds duo Van Dijk and Sadio Mane are joined by three City stars - Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva and Sterling - among the six players in the running, with Chelsea forward Eden Hazard the only man outside the Premier League’s top two sides to make the shortlist.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah won last year’s award, but has not made the six-man list of nominations this year despite having 19 league goals to his name.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Harry Kane are among the other prolific strikers to miss out.

The Reds could see a player win the award for a second straight season, with defender Van Dijk emerging as favourite after his magnificent displays at the back helped Jurgen Klopp’s side launch a serious Premier League title challenge.

Stiff competition comes in the form of exLiverpool star Sterling, who has recorded 17 goals and nine assists in the top flight for City so far this season.

Hazard won the accolade, which is voted for by players, in 2014-15, while the other five men nominated are chasing their first victory.

Sterling and Silva were also nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award, along with Declan Rice, David Brooks, Marcus Rashford and Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Barty guides Aus into Fed Cup final

Stosur and Barty celebrate after winning the deciding doubles match against Belarus.

B r i s bane , A p r 2 1 (Agencies): World number nine Ashleigh Barty continued her recent strong run of form and guided Australia to their first Fed Cup final since 1993 with a 3-2 victory over Belarus in Brisbane on Sunday.

Barty, who won both her singles matches in the semi-final tie, and veteran Samantha Stosur beat Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in the deciding doubles to set up a final against either France or Romania in November.

Australia, who have not won the title since 1974, will host the final against the winner of the second semifinal, which was locked at 1-1 in Rouen.

“It’s super exciting to be in a Fed Cup final,” Stosur said. “We all work so hard all year and we’re such a tight team. We’re going to be giving it our best shot here in November.” Barty had earlier given Australia a

2-1 lead after a superb mixture of tactics, scrambling defence and a powerful service game to beat Sabalenka 6-2, 6-2.

It was her second singles win of the tie after she beat Azarenka on Saturday and her success came on the back of winning her first WTA Premier level tournament in Miami last month.

Azarenka was originally not listed to play the doubles but after she dismantled Stosur 6-1, 6-1 in 59 minutes to send the tie to the decider, she quickly had her racquets restrung and joined the 20-year-old in the doubles.

The tie had been locked at 1-1 after the opening day’s singles before Barty produced a high level of intensity to beat Sabalenka in Sunday’s first match. Despite the lop-sided scoreline, Barty was made to work hard by her fellow top-10 player Sabalenka, who lost

control of the match in the fifth game of the first set when she served four double faults.

Barty, who was forced to produce big serves to neutralise breakpoint opportunities in both the second and fourth games of the second set, broke Sabalenka and ended the Belarusian’s resistance when she served her eighth double fault.

Azarenka sent the tie into the decider when she produced some of the high quality tennis that had propelled her to two Australian Open titles.

The 29-year-old is making her way back up the rankings after she had a child and then faced a custody battle that restricted her travel.

Even during the rallies the 35-year-old Stosur controlled, Azarenka chased the ball down and forced her opponent to keep making shots that resulted in the Australian making 35 errors.

Liverpool see off Cardiff to go top

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Liverpool’s Mane and Cardiff’s Morrison battle for the ball during their match. (AP/PTI)

the Cardiff goal to keep the Reds at bay, racing off his line to smother Salah’s shot after he spun away from Bruno Ecuele Manga.

Liverpool maintained the pressure on the Cardiff goal after the interval, Mane whipped a fierce shot on the roof of the net on 51 minutes before AlexanderArnold flashed a shot wide from distance, but that pressure soon told.

Wijnaldum peeled away to the edge of the area to meet Alexander-Arnold’s

corner and produced a devastating finish to round off a brilliantly-executed set-piece move and hand Liverpool the lead on 57 minutes.

Jordan Henderson should have doubled Liverpool lead shortly after the hour, but the Reds captain blazed after Mane’s cutback found him unmarked six yards out.

But that miss paled into insignificance when Morrison somehow failed to find the target after Bennett’s in-swinging cross

flashed through Alisson hands and found the Cardiff skipper three yards out, the ball cannoning off his back and behind for a goal kick.

And things went from bad to worse for Morrison as he hauled Salah to ground in the area, presenting Milner with the chance to seal the victory from the penalty spot with nine minutes remaining.

Match results Everton 4 – 0 Man United Arsenal 2 – 3 Crystal Palace

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L on d on , A p r 2 1 (Agencies): Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with a hardfought 2-0 victory away at relegation-threatened Cardiff on Sunday.

Georginio Wijnaldum’s goal (57) and James Milner penalty (81) sealed a ninth-consecutive victory as they restore twopoint lead over Manchester City.

Liverpool dominated the ball, but that clinical edge in front of goal evaded them, Roberto Firmino ballooning over the bar on 22 minutes after Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane had combined on the edge of the area to release the Brazilian.

The pace of Nathaniel Mendez-Laing posed a real threat down Liverpool’s right but, having been left trailing in the winger’s wake, Trent AlexanderArnold responded with his own foray forward, crossing to the near post 31 minutes when Mane deflected over from close range.

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Bangalore pip Chennai by 1 run in thriller Jeremy smashes youth world record Asian Weightlifting Championship

RCB bowler Dale Styn celebrates with team mates after taking the wicket of CSK batsman Suresh Raina at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday. (PTI)

Bangalore, Apr 21 (Agencies): Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni (84 n.o) played a gem of a knock, but all went in vain as Royal Challengers Bangalore pulled off a thrilling one-run win in their IPL encounter here, Sunday.

Needing 26 off the final over, bowled by Umesh Yadav, Dhoni scored 24 off first five deliveries. With two runs to win off the final ball, Dhoni tried to find a quick single after failed to connect and Parthiv Patel

hit the stumps with a direct throw to change the game in favour of RCB. Chasing a descent but challenging 162 runs to win, CSK suffered a double blow when Dale Steyn dismissed Shane Watson and Suresh Raina in successive balls in the first over to reduce the visitors to 6/2.

Umesh Yadav then struck twice – Faf du Plessis and Kedar Jadhav — in his successive overs as CSK came down to 28/4 at the end of powerplay. Howev-

er, MS Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu (29) added 55 runs for the fifth wicket to give Chennai some hope.

Earlier, Parthiv’s (53) attacking half century and Moeen Ali’s (26) final flourish wasn’t enough as RCB put up a sub-par 161/7.

Parthiv didn’t get a lot of support from the other end until Moeen used the long handle at the death as AB de Villiers (25) and Akshdeep Nath (24) delivered little after promising a lot.

Deepak Chahar (2/25)

was impressive as usual while Ravindra Jadeja’s (2/29) twin breakthrough during partnership was also important in the context of the innings. Dwayne Bravo (2/34) also chipped in with a couple of wickets in the end.

After the early departure of skipper Virat Kohli, Parthiv and De Villiers added 47 runs in only 4.2 overs with the former South African skipper looking in fine touch.

Having picked 16 runs off the final powerplay over, RCB looked in control before Jadeja induced De Villiers to go for a big shot only to be holed by Faf du Plessis at long-off.

Parthiv was joined by the burly Akshdeep as the duo added 41 runs before the latter being caught by

Du Plessis at long-off Jadeja’s bowling at the stroke of team’s 100-run mark.

The baby-faced Parthiv, whose form has been inconsistent during the tournament so far, was ready to punish the loose balls on the day as he sent a Jadeja half tracker soaring into the stands for his third six and hit Imran Tahir for a fourth one.

He reached his half century by pulling Bravo in-front of square but was out off the very next ball.

Just when 150 was looking a bit dicey, Moeen hit five boundaries to take RCB past 160-run mark.

Brief scores: RCB- 161/7 (P Patel 53, Moeen Ali 26; Deepak Chahar 2/26) beat CSK160/8 (MS Dhoni 84*; D Steyn 2/29) by 1 run.

IPL 2019 Points Table Team P W Chennai Super Kings 10 7 Mumbai Indians 10 6 Delhi Capitals 10 6 Sunrisers Hyderabad 9 5 Kings XI Punjab 10 5 Kolkata Knight Riders 10 4 Rajasthan Royals 9 3 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10 3

L 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 7

NRR 0.087 0.357 0.160 0.737 -0.044 -0.013 -0.474 -0.836

NINGBO, APR 21 (PTI): Youth Olympics gold medallist Jeremy Lalrinnunga went on a record-smashing spree, claiming three world marks in a power-packed performance, to secure second place in his group at the Asian Weightlifting Championship in Ningbo on Sunday.

In a remarkable performance, the 16-year-old Jeremy, who is competing in group B of the 67Kg men’s event, smashed the Youth World and Asian records in snatch, clean and jerk and total lift with an effort of 297kg (134kg+163kg) to be placed second in his group behind Pakistan’s Talha Talib, who lifted 304kg (140kg+164kg).

The final standings for the men’s 67kg event will be known after group A com-

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petition on Monday.

Jeremy, in fact, broke 15 records in total, combining national and international marks. He smashed six international records — three youth world and three youth Asian — and nine national records — three youth national, three junior national and three senior national.

The Mizoram weightlifter pulled off clean lifts in two of his three attempts in snatch (130kg, 134kg) to set

a new youth world record.

The earlier youth world record was also in Jeremy’s name when he had lifted 131kg in the EGAT Cup in Thailand in February.

Jeremy then lifted more than double his body weight (157kg, 163kg) in two successful attempts in the clean and jerk, and in the process obliterated Kazakhstan weightlifter Saikhan Taisuyev’s youth world record of 161kg.

It was Jeremy’s personal best and 9kg more than his 288kg youth world record effort in the EGAT cup, where he won the silver medal. It was his only second international competition in 67kg after the international federation added this weight category last year for the Olympic Games and other events.

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fined for Juventus down Fiorentina to clinch Serie A title Ashwin slow over-rate

Juventus players celebrate after clinching the eighth Serie A title in a row.

TURIN, Apr 21 (Agencies): Juventus overcame their European blues when they fought back to beat Fiorentina 2-1 at home on Saturday and claim the Serie A title for a remarkable eighth season in a row.

Juventus fell behind to a Nikola Milenkovic goal in the sixth minute and survived two Federico Chiesa shots against the woodwork before halftime.

But an Alex Sandro header and a German Pez-

zella own goal either side of the break wrapped up a record-extending 35th scudetto crown.

Juve’s 28th win in 33 league games this season left them with 87 points, 20 more than second-placed Napoli who have six games to play. They are the first team to win any of Europe’s top five leagues, England, Spain, France, Italy and Germany, eight times in a row.

“To win the champi-

onship with five matches to spare is testimony to the great season we have had,” said coach Massimiliano Allegri.

Juventus have won Europe’s premier club competition twice, compared to seven times for AC Milan and Inter Milan’s three.

Fiorentina were without a win in their previous eight Serie A games but Milenkovic put them ahead, firing into the roof of the net from close range after goal-

keeper Wojciech Szczesny diverted Chiesa’s cross into his path.

Chiesa curled a shot against the post as Juventus continued to struggle before Sandro came to the rescue as he got away from the Fiorentina defence to score with a low near-post header from a corner in the 37th minute.

Juventus had another escape before halftime as Chiesa rattled the underside of the crossbar with a rasping drive. But a moment of brilliance from Ronaldo ended Juve’s suffering as the Portuguese forward produced a devastating burst of speed to reach the byline and his low cross was turned into his own goal by Fiorentina defender Pezzella.

Juve’s total of 35 Serie A titles is nearly double the number won by nearest rivals AC Milan and Inter Milan who have 18 apiece.

Juventus claim to have lifted the trophy 37 times, refusing to recognise the decision to strip them of the 2004-05 and 2005-06 titles following the so-called Calciopoli match-fixing scandal. That also saw them relegated and they bounced back at the first attempt.

New Delhi, Apr 21 (IANS): Kings XI Punjab captain R. Ashwin was fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their five-wicket loss to Delhi Capitals in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Saturday.

As it was his team’s first offence of the season, Ashwin was fined Rs 12 lakh.

Saturday’s game saw Punjab face their third loss in their last four games. Put in to bat first, KXIP posted 163/7 in their stipulated quota of 20 overs before the Capitals chased it down with two balls to spare, riding on the half-centuries from Shikhar Dhawan (56) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (58*).

The game, though, ended just seven minutes before midnight.

Mumbai Indian’s Rohit Sharma, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli and Rajasthan Royals’ recently-sacked captain Ajinkya Rahane are the other captains who have been fined for similar offence earlier.

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