April 29, 2018 by Nagaland Post

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Modi, Xi want quiet border To guide respective armies on averting another Doklam W u h an ( C h ina ) , April 28 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping on Saturday pledged to keep the India-China border quiet and personally guide their respective armies to avert Doklam-like military standoff in future as the two wrapped up their two-day informal summit in the Chinese city of Wuhan. India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said the icebreaking meetings between Modi and Xi will have a “positive impact” on a number of thorny issues that have bogged down the two uneasy Asian neighbours. “The two leaders underscored that it is important to maintain peace along India-China border region and decided that they will issue strategic guidance to their respective militaries to strengthen communications and to build trust and understanding,” Gokhale said briefing the media on the

Cops bust ISIsponsored hacker group NEW DELHI, APR 28 (AGENCIES): In the first operation of its kind, the special cell of Delhi Police has busted an ISI-sponsored hacker group that had been defacing government websites and promoting hatred on social networking sites. Two Kashmiri youths have been arrested and raids are on to apprehend other suspects, a TOI report stated. Police have filed a case of sedition under Section124A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66 of the IT Act as well as criminal conspiracy under IPC Section 120 B. Of the arrested pair, Shahid Malla is a BTech student and Aadil Hussain a BCA student in a Punjabbased university. The two were apparently part of an “antinational hacking group” called Team Hackers Third Eye and had allegedly broken into over 500 Indian websites, including that of J&K Bank in January this year, police said. They are being grilled on the identity of their associates in Pakistan and India. Police also claimed they were linked with operatives of Pakistan’s InterServices Intelligence spy agency.

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“We’ve been drinking tea as part of diplomacy. If that doesn’t work, we might be as good as tea tasters.” K Y M C

Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping

six rounds of talks between Modi and Xi in two days They also decided to strengthen existing institutional mechanisms to prevent and manage situations in the border areas. Gokhale said Modi and Xi were of the view that Special Representatives on border talks from both countries will have to intensify their efforts to seek a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement. Gokhale said the two leaders reviewed developments in India-China relations from the strategic and long-term perspective and decided to implement various confidence-building measures which had already been agreed upon by the two sides. “They also agreed that both sides have the maturity and wisdom to handle the differences through peace-

ful discussion within the context of the overall relationship, bearing in mind the importance of respecting each other’s sensitivities, concerns and aspirations,” Gokhale said. However, Gokhale did not reveal if irritants in SinoIndia relations like China’s Belt and Road initiative and its opposition to New Delhi’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group came up in the six rounds of talks between Modi and Xi in two days. Meanwhile, sources said India and China have decided to work on a joint economic project in Afghanistan, a move that could upset Beijing’s “all-weather ally” and New Delhi’s archrival Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan. India and China went to war in 1962 over their border and still carry the

baggage of 3,500 km long disputed boundary. The two Asian giants almost came to blows in 2017 when their armies faced off each other near their border in Doklam over building of a border road by the Chinese. The alreadystrained ties went further south after that. Beijing’s opposition to New Delhi’s entry into the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group and its application at the UN to declare Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar are other sticking points between the two. Beijing also fears India might join the Quad -- an emerging bloc of the US, Japan and Australia to counter it in the Indo-Pacific region. Asked about China’s growing influence in the South Asia which is considered India’s sphere of influence, Gokhale said: “The two leaders were very clear that we have converging interests. We have our respective visions of domestic and foreign policy that we will work together and use strategic communication to ensure that we are able to improve the situation regionally, internationally.”

2655 candidates to contest K’taka assembly polls BENGALURU, APR 28 (AGENCIES): Karnataka goes to polls in about a fortnight and will see 2655 candidates, including 219 women in the poll fray for securing one of the 224 seats up for grabs after the final withdrawal of nominations. Polling takes place on May 12 and results will be declared on May 15. ANI report stated that data provided by Chief Electoral Office in Karnataka indicated that the BJP will contest all 224 seats, while the Congress will contest 222 seats. The H.D. Devegowda-led JD (S) will contest 201 seats. Mulbagal constituency in Kolar district will field the highest number of 39 candidates, while Challakere in Chitradurga district will field the least at four. 2436 males and 219 women will be contesting the 2018 Assembly elections out of which 1155 will be contesting as independent candidates. There are also 800 registered candidates from unrecognized political parties contesting the polls.

Governor asks students to work for betterment of environment DIMAPUR, APR 28 (NPN): Nagaland Governor, PB Acharya, has called upon students to work and advocate for betterment of the environment, saying global warming was a reality and a threat to the world. Addressing the Annual Flower Show of Don Bosco Higher Secondary School in Kohima on Saturday, the governor congratulated the school for conducting the annual flower show for the past many years. He said organising such events would enhance student’s appreciation of ecological conservation and love for nature. Asserting that education was one of the most important instruments for men and women, Acharya said “empowerment through education should lead us to work for the welfare and development of the society and to build an environment friendly Nagaland.” He opined that climatic condition of Nagaland was favourable for production of flower crops in protected environments. In this regard, the governor stated that the state

Acharya and his wife during the Annual Flower Show at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Kohima.

could make use of the potential for flower and orchid trade. Governor said since he was from Mumbai it was a very rare for him to witness so many beautiful flowers. Further, the governor also called upon the students not to be self centred, but to give back to their school once they passed out. “It should be your social responsibility to make sure that your school improves on all fields and you should play a role in strengthening the society,” Acharya said. Also, emphasising on the importance of the preserving ones culture and traditions, the governor said

the mother tongue was one’s identity, and that one should not forget it. At the event, the governor also handed away the prizes to the winners of the Annual Flower Show. Governor and his wife also took a tour of the exhibition and appreciated the flowers displayed at the flower show. Earlier, DBHHS principal, Rev Fr KC Vincent, delivered the welcome address. Rachel Menehonu spoke on the importance of the environment and the effects of climate change. Special songs were presented by Elizabeth of class 12 (Arts) and classes IX and X students.

Petrol pump dealers stir continues in NE braces for a rainy week Paiwang Konyak seeks Central assistance for coffee sector 4 districts; state-wide strike threat looms Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, APR 28 (NPN): Strike by Petrol pump dealers across four districts-- Mokokchung, Zunheboto, Longleng and Tuensang - entered the third consecutive day Saturday since there was no information about the whereabouts of the oil tanker driver and helper kidnapped by miscreants on April 22 near new Helipong village under Tuensang district. On April 27, Kohima Petroleum Dealers Association (KPDA), Dimapur Petroleum Dealers Association (DPDA), Nagaland Tanker Transport Association (NTTA) and Oil Tanker Drivers’ Union (OTDU) issued a 48-hour deadline to the deputy commissioner (DC) Tuensang to ensure safe release of the abducted members-- Tula Ram Bura Gohain (driver) and Adman Surin (helper). When contacted some of

the petroleum dealers said they will wait till Sunday and if there was no positive response, then the unions would be compelled to call for a state-wide bandh from Monday. On Saturday morning, fuel outlets in Kohima ran out of stock. However, sources said that around 500kl had reached Kohima by Saturday evening. More tankers were expected to reach Kohima by Sunday, sources added. Once the oil tankers go on a chakka bandh, the whole state will be affected. ENPO appeals: Eastern Nagaland Peoples Organisation (ENPO) has requested the KPDA, DPDA, NTTA and OTDU to extend the 48hour deadline served on DC Tuensang district to rescue the abducted members. In a press note, ENPO general secretary Manlang Phom said that the appeal was made

taking into consideration the convenience of the public. Manlang said ENPO members will be meeting the Tuensang district administration and police on Sunday to discuss the matter. “DC Tuensang has requested the involvement of ENPO as the incident falls under our jurisdiction,” he said. ENPO has therefore requested the unions to extend the deadline served in the interest of the public. TCCI appeals: Tuensang Chamber of Commerce & Industries (TCCI) gas expressed deep concern over the April 22 incident In a statement, TCCI president Dorothy Chang appealed to the abductors to release the two persons on humanitarian grounds, so as not to disturb the peaceful environment of Tuensang and the Nagas in general.

NEW DELHI, APR 28 (AGENCIES): Skymet Weather report on Saturday is forecasting a rainy week for almost the entire stretch of the North Eastern region. According to Skymet Weather, a cyclonic circulation lies over Bihar and adjoining West Bengal. A trough from this system is also extending up to Manipur across Bangladesh. In addition to this, Western Disturbance is also moving along north of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal towards further East. In addition to this, a cyclonic circulation is also seen over South Andaman Sea. This feature may signify and become a low-pressure area in the next 24 hours. This system may further intensify into a well-marked low-pressure area in the next 4-5 days. This system may enter the Myanmar region as it is very close to Bangladesh and Arakan Coast, the report stated. After entering Myanmar mainland, the system would weaken. However, this would send a fresh pulse of southerly winds over the North Eastern states and would trigger good amount of rains. The rain intensity would be more over Assam and Meghalaya region for the week, the report added. Additionally, NMMT region may also brace for some good pre-Monsoon showers between April 30 and May 1, though the intensity would be more over the northern half of NMMT that is much more over Nagaland and Manipur in comparison with the other two states.

Paiwang with Suresh Prabhu and others in New Delhi.

DIMAPUR, APR 28 (NPN): State Transport and Civil aviation, Railways and Land Resources minister, P. Paiwang Konyak has appealed to the Centre for a one-time special package of Rs. 30 crore for development of coffee sector in the state for three years at the rate of Rs. 10 crore per year. During his meeting with the union minister for Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, Paiwang informed the latter that such assistance would help in setting

up nurseries, maintenance of plantation to wean away farmers from jhuming, establishment of infrastructure such as construction of water harvesting structures, training and exposure visits, PRO Nagaland House New Delhi stated in a press note. PRO said Prabhu assured Paiwang of sanctioning a package in the current financial year for promotion of coffee plantation in Nagaland. Paiwang was accompanied by chairman MARCOFED, Dr. M Chuba Ao.

Peren: Mobile lab detects toxic dyes in chilli powder FNR holds ‘open public interaction’ in Kma DIMAPUR, APR 28 (NPN): Mobile food testing team –– food safety on wheels –– from the State Public Health Laboratory (SPHL) while conducting food testing at Peren town on Friday detected toxic dyes, Rhodamine B and Sudan, in chilli powders that were sold in the local market. The same substance was also detected in Dimapur market. In a press release, chief medical office (CMO) and food safety officer (FSO) Peren stated that the Rhodamine B dye breaks down red blood cells and adversely causes growth retardation and damages the liver and kidney while Sudan dye was highly toxic to liver. The team consisting of technicians from SPHL assisted by the FSO and sanitary inspector Peren conducted tests on spices, local water, fruit juice and drinks, milk etc collected

Food and water samples being tested by the Food Safety team.

from shops in the town. CMO & FSO Peren said that products such as chilli powder were consumed daily by the public without knowing the harm it could cause the body. “Therefore, it is our concern that higher authorities exercise immediate steps towards this kind of rampant selling of health deterio-

rating substances found in common place we find and eat,” the officer said. Further, the local waters and other liquid products tested were found to be within the permissible range. The food safety on wheels also held a brief awareness programme in the evening for the students

at the town hall. ADC Peren visited the team in the morning. Security was provided by the SP for assisting the team. Besides, volunteers helped the team in successfully performing the work. On April 28, the team also conducted food testing at Jalukie town, where similar testing for common spices like chilli powder and local turmeric powder were done. On testing, 70-80 % of the local water samples were found to be dirty and not within the permissible range for human consumption. There was presence of ammonical nitrigen in the water which indicated presence of some animal faecal waste and other human waste. The water pH level also was beyond the permissible range. Similar findings were found on testing the chilli powder and turmeric powder which were all dyed with non-permitted colorants.

Correspondent

KOHIMA, APR 28 (NPN): Continuing with its “Walking the Naga Day” dialogue, Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) , a civil society group, pursuing reconciliation among Nagas, held an open public interaction on “Reasoning Together” at The Heritage, Old DC Bungalow Saturday. Around fifty attended which included some senior prominent citizens and several youths, the latter of who were largely unaware of the around six decade-old vexatious and complicated Naga issue. Convenor of FNR Rev. Dr.Wati Aier gave a brief outline about the Forum and its objective and reiterated that it was not inclined to any particular group, to dispel misgivings that it (FNR) was working in tandem with one faction. Dr.Wati reasserted that the

one objective of FNR was to pursue reconciliation among various Naga groups and also build bridges within the Nagas. Dr.Wati also maintained that statehood and the various political agreements was not accepted by sections of Nagas because of which bloodshed followed, thereby one must ensure that the same mistake was not repeated. Another prominent member of the FNR, Akum Longchari, recalled that initially the forum had to face a difficult situation dictated by the process it sought to pursue as it had to respond to the crisis defined by violence and bloodshed between rival groups. On the reconciliation journey, Longchari opined that there was a need to go beyond big meetings to discuss with one another, to identify issues that need to be addressed, share the

hope and dreams, to be able to define the fear as it was the biggest hurdle as it only brought mistrust. Longchari expounded that the goal for unity cannot be done by FNR alone without the active support of the people in order to move towards healing and forgiveness which required the efforts of every individual. He also informed that as part of “Walking the Naga Day”, FNR will travel to Delhi and meet different Naga personalities and organizations and then to different parts of Nagaland. Asked about progress of reconciliation process, the response of Naga national groups and whether FNR met any hurdles from national groups, Longchari said despite the challenges, FNR continued to push with determination to create a sense of oneness and peaceful coexistence among people. (Cont’d on p-7) K Y M C

Longleng observes Gram Shakti Abhiyan

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D I M A P U R : T h e S S A ter by May 1. For further Teachers (2010-2013) under queries, one may contact Peren district has extended 9612432258/9612432243. full support to the decision Likewise, NSSATA of NSSATA central team. Longleng unit in a press A press release by NS- note by general secretary, H. SATA Peren unit president, Daushak Phom cautioned Huzengluibo and general that on failure of the departsecretary, Kelidau stated ment to meet the demand that NSSATA central has of NSSATA, the Longleng served three-point ultima- unit would comply by any tum on April 23 to the state directives given by central government. It therefore NSSATA. Kohima Sarva appealed all its members to Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers’ be mentally and physically Association (KSSATA) has prepared in the eventuality also extended its full support of expiry of the seven-day for the three point ultimatum ultimatum. issued by the Nagaland SSA NSSATA Tuensang Teachers Association. In a unit has also extended its press release issued by presisupport to the central team’s dent KSSATA Thejangulie seven-day ultimatum to Kirha and KSSATA general Officials, participants and attendees at the Gram Shakti Abhiyan programme. (DIPR) the state government. NS- secretary Melhouvonuo it SATA Tuensang unit has asked its members to be DIMAPUR: The depart- and also to stay updated on meeting & training of all asked all executives and mentally and physically prement of Rural Development the schemes implemented the village council chairman office bearers to be pres- pared for any action as and and Power department un- for them. Short speeches and VDB secretary was also ent at Tuensang headquar- when required. der Longleng district ob- were also delivered by BDO, imparted at DCs’ conferserved Gram Shakti Abhi- Tamlu and president of ence hall on April 27 where yan on April 28 at MIS Hall, VCC/VDB while keynote the nodal officers in charge DRDA Longleng. DIPR and welcome address was of Longleng district briefed DIMAPUR: Assam Rifles, on Saturday, has refuted the reports that the programme delivered by APO, DRDA. the village functionaries on allegations made by NSCN (I-M) in connection with the was initiated for creating A presentation on strict implementation of arrests of its two members -- Leacy from Kohima and awareness regarding im- MGNREGA & PMAY government schemes in the a cadre from Khekiho village near Doyapur, saying the plemented of government (G) under RD department district. The village function- apprehended individuals were “indulging in extortion, schemes and programmes and SAUBHAGYA under aries shared the grievances vitiating peace and were in possession of incriminating among the general masses. Power department program faced by the general public documents and weapons.” Longleng EAC, Vi- was presented by SDO Pow- in opening bank accounts In a press release, PRO IGAR (N) claimed that some toka speaking on behalf er Department, Longleng to avail facilities provided members of NSCN (I-M) have been violating the Cease of district administration, while vote of thanks was by the government. Fire Ground Rules. PRO said that Assam Rifles conducts encouraged the masses to delivered by BDO, Sakshi. Apart from staffs of all operations with police representatives upholding human be well aware of government The programme was chaired Rural Development and rights. Further, PRO stated that aspersions cast against Asschemes and projects for by BDO, Longleng. Power, the VDBs and VCCs sam Rifles of threatening, torture and harassment during their proper implementation Under the same Gram under Longleng district also conduct of operations was “false, baseless and a deliberate and benefit of the people Shakti Abhiya program a attended the programme. attempt to malign the image of Assam Rifles.”

AR refute NSCN (I-M) charges

All Nagaland District Legal Services Authorities meet

Kikheto Sema, LS Jamir and others at the 2nd All Nagaland Meet of District Legal Services Authorities in Kohima on Saturday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, APR 28 (NPN): Nagaland’s secretary for land resources and finance Y. Kikheto Sema today lauded the effort of the Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) for creating awareness among the people of their legal rights and stressed on the need to spread this awareness to the church platform as well. Speaking at the 2nd All Nagaland Meet of District Legal Services Authorities here at Hotel Cimorb organized under the auspices of NLSA in collaboration with Government of Nagaland, he encouraged the NSLSA to involve church workers and see that some part of

the matter is included in the syllabus of Sunday preaching so that people can be well aware of their rights. Kikheto, who is also the ex-officio member of NSLSA, said that while we appreciate our customary laws, this is the time we need to ascertain whether all our customary laws and practices will be viable or feasible to be continued. Justice L.S. Jamir, Judge Gauhati High Court & executive chair man NSLSA said that with the aim to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere,” the NSLSA for effective implementation of poverty alleviation launched eight schemes in 2015 which was followed with an addi-

tional two schemes in 2016 to cover a wide range of classes of people, who need legal aid, in order to secure their legal rights. The schemes of NALSA include legal services to disaster victims, victims of sexual exploitation, victims of acid attacks, victims of drug abuse, besides services to senior citizens, children, tribal, differently abled persons and workers of the unorganized sector. He said that the purpose of the legal services authority was to reform the existing system for legal representation for undertrial prisoners and convicts who are unable to engage counsels and therefore, the intent is to increase the visits

of panel lawyers to jail clinics, confer more responsibility on remand advocates and to see that the counsels who represent the cases are well prepared and have the requisite expertise. Stating that Lok Adalats settle disputes on the basis of consensus arrived at, between the parties, Jamir said “We have to adopt multi-fold and diverse strategies to make it more successful, realistic and selfevident.” NSLSA member secretary Mezivolu T Therieh said when legal services authority is focusing on a paradigm shift from awareness to empowerment, the Government of Nagaland has promptly responded to cooperate and coordinate in our flagship programme of conducting legal services camps in all the districts. The meet was also marked by the release of NSLSA’s first documentary film on “Domestic Violence” by Dreamz Unlimited, release of annual magazine, handing over compensatory grant received under Nagaland victim compensation scheme. It was followed by working session.

More mourn lt. Anyei Walliemp KUD: Konyak Union Dimapur (KUD) has mourned the demise of Anyei Walliemp, revenue officer Kohima, who passed away in GNRC on Friday after a brief illness. “The untimely demise of a promising young officer has left a big void in the hearts of the Konyaks” it said. KUD conveyed its deepest condolences to the family and offered prayers for the departed soul to rest in eternal peace. KG O U : Ko n ya k Gazetted Officers Union (KGOU) has expressed deep grief over the sudden demise of Anyei Walliemp (NCS) Revenue officer, Kohima on April 27. In a condolence note, KGOU president K. Wango Langsym stated that late Anyei was a young, dynamic and promising member of the union and his demise had created a void that would be difficult to fill for years to come. KGOU conveyed its deepest condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that Almighty God would grant solace to the family members and also prayed for the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

news in Brief Excise deptt clarifies: With regard to the news item “Excise MS seizes liquor” published on April 28, excise mobile squad has clarified that the name of the arrested person was Hunoto Chopy, S/O Hetovi Chopy, New Lotisa Akuluto. Resident of Dipuphar, 4th mile. ZKPO appeals on heavy vehicles: Zeliang Kuki Public Organization (ZKPO) has appealed to log contractors and the public to not ply heavy vehicles after April 31, within its jurisdiction i.e Kuki area and Zeliang area till New Nkio-Khelma villages, also covering Beisumpuikam. ZKPO president, Lamsei and general secretary, Rangnim Pame warned that after the expiry of the date, ZKPO would take its own course of action against defaulters. NCD general meeting: General meeting of Naga Council Dimapur has been convened on April 30, 11 a.m at Naga Council conference hall, Nyamo Lotha Road, Dimapur. All the councillors have been requested to attend the meeting without fail. Constructive agendas from bonafide councillors are welcome at the meet. Ex-servicemen rally: Directorate Sainik Welfare and Resettlement Nagaland will conduct ex-servicemen rally on May 15 and 16 at Jakhama Military Station for Kohima, Phek, Zunheboto and Wokha districts. All ex - servicemen, dependents and widows of these districts have been requested to attend the same along with copies of PPO, bank pass book and related documents. Ex-servicemen are to intimate of their attendance to respective Zila Sainik Welfare officers to facilitate necessary administrative and transport arrangement. Lost and found point launched at Chumukedima: Skill Alli - a social enterprise at Chumukedima town has launched “Lost & Found Point” for the welfare of the community. The service point is located at Skill Alli kraft junction near UCO bank. For further information, one may contact 9436636549. Free medical checkups for animals in Kohima: Chief veterinary office Kohima will be organizing a Farmers’ Welfare Programme on May 2 (Farmers’ Welfare Day) under Gram Swarai Abhiyaan at veterinary hospital Kohima. Free vaccinations and health care treatment will be made available for all livestock, poultry and pet animals from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. One day workshop on road safety awareness: Regional transport office Kohima will be organizing a district level one day workshop on road safety awareness as part of the ongoing 29th national road safety week under the theme “Road Safety –Life Safety’ on April 30, 12 noon at capital convention centre Kohima. Friends of 80 plus: The 13th foundation day of Friends of 80 plus organized by Kohima village will be held on April 30, 11 a.m at Kohima village council hall with president Tenyimia peoples’ organization as the special guest. National workshop on Archaeology methods and approaches: Department of history and Archaeology Nagaland Kohima campus will be organizing a 8-day National workshop on “Archaeology: Methods and Approaches” for college teachers from April 30-May 7. The workshop is sponsored by Indian council of historical research (ICHR) and Nagaland University. The inaugural session will be held on April 30, 12:30 p.m at ladies common room Nagaland university Kohima campus.

Households avail of Saubhagya scheme DIMAPUR: Twenty two households in Kashiram Ao (Indisen) availed of the benefits of Saubhagya scheme on Saturday. A Gram Shakti Abhiyan prog ramme was organized by RD block Chumukedima and power department, Dimapur at village council hall, Kashiram Ao (Indisen). During the short programme, resource person, EE Dimapur, Er. Imsenkaba in his speech shared about the scope of the scheme where he mentioned that the scheme will be providing last mile connectivity and electricity free of cost. He further explained how to avail the scheme where he pointed out that connections will be provided after verification of requisite information. A short speech was also delivered by DRDA, PMAYG Kilangnaro. The programme also highlighted release of BPL power connection under “Saubhagya” and an interactive session. The programme was chaired by BDO Chumukedima block, K. Yamao Konyak and later vote of thanks was delivered by Indisen village council chair-

man. Dhansiripar village: Under the Saubhagya programme, 30 families living under Below Poverty Line in Dhansiripar village were given on-spot power connection during a Gram Shakti Abhiyan programme, which is a part of Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, held at Dhansiripar Village Council Hall on Saturday. The Gram Shakti Abhiyan was organized by RD Block, Dhansiripar in collaboration with Power Department, Dimapur. Speaking at the programme, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Statistical & Programme Implementation, GoI, R.K. Boria highlighted the various schemes under the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan and urged the citizens to take advantage of the programmes. Boria who is also the General Observer for Dimapur district for implementation of the scheme said that the programme was being implemented in 21058 villages across the country. Chief Programme Manager, Rural Electrification Cooperation Limited, Bijay Kumar Mohanty said that 7.05 crore households

were yet to be electrified in the country out of which 91,000 households were from Nagaland. Stating that the procedure for getting power connection has been simplified by the Government, he encouraged the citizens to take advantage of the schemes at their doorsteps. P r o j e c t D i r e c t o r, D R DA D i m a p u r, H . Atokhe Aye thanked the General Observers of the scheme for their tireless efforts in seeing that the target is achieved. EE Chumukedima, Electrical Division, Er. Kasho Chishi also spoke about the convergence of Saubhagya with Gram Swaraj Abhiyan. During the programme, officials from the Energy Efficiency Service Ltd (EESL) also sold LED bulbs at the subsidized rate of Rs. 50 against the original rate of Rs 70. Rahul Khanna from the EESL oversaw the bulb distribution programme. Later, the 30 BPL beneficiaries were given certificates by the officials present. The Gram Shakti Abhiyan camp started on April 14 and would culminate on May 5.

BJMM Nagaland Tenyimi Youth Organisation Community forest nurseries established attends three-day in Tseminyu & Chiephobozou range national trg prog Dimapur Sunday market

nurseries were established by the community under the FDA scheme to act as seedling bases for plantation in the project site for the current planting season as well as for community conservation activities in the village. Nurseries were established in most of the project villages under Kohima, Chiefphobozou and Tseminyu Ranges during the current season with an endeavor to minimize pressure on seedling requirement from Range Nurseries so as to dodge sapling

casualty during transportation and bank time for the public. The communities promised to put in all efforts to raise and maintain the plantation and also abide by the rules of conservation in action and spirit. The department appreciated the efforts of the community for their cooperation with regard to forests and environmental conservation. The program was attended by Forest personnel of Kohima, Tseminyu & Chiephobozou Range, local functionaries, JFMC and women functionaries.

during emergency executive meeting of TYOD held on April 28. TYOD has also welcomed all those interested vegetable vendors and butchers to open their shops within its building complex as the organisation would be having weekly Sunday Dorian’s society Dimapur members during its 21st market within its building general meeting held on April 28 at the residence of its treasurer in Notun Bosti, Dimapur. complex.

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved

Late Paurangumbe Pungcui

On this day, the 29th April 2017, we never expected that God will call you from our family for your Heavenly abode to be at rest and peace with our Lord. Though death has taken you away from us, your sweet memories, love, prayer and good deeds will always be fresh in our minds. We deeply miss and always remember you with silent tears. Loving wife, children, grandchildren, in-laws and relatives

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KOHIMA: Community forest nurseries were established in 6 (six) villages under Tseminyu and Chiephobozou Ranges namely Tsonsa, New Tesephenyu, Nachama, Touphema, Chiechama and Phezha. During the inaugural program on April 27 at Tseminyu and Chiephobozou, DFO Kohima Rongsenlemla Imchen highlighted the importance of raising local species in nurseries and also stressed on sustainable maintenance of nurseries for the following years. She said that these

DIMAPUR: The Tenyimi Youth Organisation Dimapur (TYOD) has resolved not to pay tax to any organisation inside the Tenyimi building complex, near Hotel Tragopan. A press release by TYOD general secretary, Khrozote Kapfo stated that, this resolution was adopted

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Kohima Forest Officials & village community in front of a community nursery in Nachama.

DIMAPUR: BJMM Nagaland led by its president, Sanuo Ngullie, general secretaries, Phangnon Konyak and Asangla Ao, training in-charge, Rosy Yanthan and state secretary & mahila in-charge, Mhalo Yanthan attended a three-day national training programme from April 20 - 22 at Ghaziabad. A press release from BJMM Nagaland stated that the training focussed on various aspects of party activities; various programmes initiated by the government led by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi especially women centric programmes were discussed. It also discussed in detail, ways to empower women and ensure optimal growth for all sections of society. Usage of media and technology was also discussed. Many eminent party leaders, union ministers and state ministers addressed the sessions. The inaugural session was addressed by BJP general secretary, Ramlal, while the closing function was addressed by BJP president, Amit Shah.

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The organizers and others during 90th Friendship treaty anniversary held at Kohima village on Saturday. (NP)

Correspondent KOHIMA, APR 28 (NPN): With the aim to strengthen relationships, the 90th friendship treaty anniversary of Lhisemia khel (Kohima village) and 7 villages of Sopfüma (Mao) was observed at Chielatsiepfhe L. Khel Kohima with Pheluopfhelie Kesiezie and Kaisü Adani Choro as speakers on Saturday. Kaisü Adani Choro in his address said that the forefathers made the friendship treaty for better relationships and the young generations should follow up and maintain its sanctity. He said according to forefathers, the friendship or peace treaty was based on the strong vow to not harm or to war with each other and whoever broke the rules could expect severe curses from God. He reminded the gathering

that the peace or friendship treaty was the bridge to build good relationships between the two different parties. Choro opined that the friendship treaty would produce positive results even in the years to come. He expressed happiness that till date nobody from both the parties had violated the friendship treaty and urged the gathering to maintain it in future too. Pheluopfhelie Kesiezie, in his address, said even though our forefathers had lived at a time when they worshipped idols, they understood the value of establishing a bond of friendship and brotherhood to foster love, respect, trust and better understanding. Kesiezie said with the embracing of Christianity by society, belief and faith was little different from what was in the past and during

the time of our forefathers. Quoting from the Bible verse Philippians 2:3-4, he said “do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves and let each of you look not only to his own interest, but also to the interest of others”, we must bless each other along these lines, he added. He reminded the gathering that they had 90 years of friendship and would celebrate its centenary soon, and urged all to continue upholding the treaty with conviction and strength. He also shared the brief background of friendship treaty between L. Khel (Kohima village) and four villages from the Mao tribe. On the occasion, fact documents were exchanged between L. Khel and 7 vil-

lages of Sopfüma represented by Tseivilie Miachieo convenor and A. Daili coconvenor respectively. All the persons who were 90 years and above were presented with special gifts to both the L. Khel and 7 villages of Sopfüma (Mao) members. Convenor core committee, Tseivilie Miachieo chaired the programme, invocation prayer was said by pastor Ebenezer Baptist church Rev. Keviyiekielie Linyü, welcome address delivered by chair man Lhisemia council Kekhriesetuo Kelio, folk songs were presented by Lhisemia group and Ebvemei, A. Ashohrü proposed vote of thanks while parish priest Christ King church Rev. Fr. (Dr.) Peter Salew said the benedictory prayer. Ketouvizo Tseikha and D. Neli Koso were the comperes for the programme with P. Sani as the translator. Hundreds of people coming from 7 villages of Sopfüma, Kohima Mao members and L. Khel members attended the program. It may be mentioned that the friendship treaty between Lhisemia Khel (Kohima village) and 7 villages of Sopfüma began in 1928 through inter feasting (kekinyi).

(L-R) R. Amongla Jamir addressing the gathering during the inaugural programme of ATL at CHSS, Dimapur on Saturday. A student presenting a special number during the inaugural programme of ATL at CHSS, Dimapur on Saturday. (NP)

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, APR 28 (NPN): Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL), an initiative of NITI Aayog under the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) was inaugurated at Christian Higher Secondary School (CHSS), Dimapur here on Saturday by District Education Officer (DEO), Dimapur, R. Amongla Jamir. In her speech, Amongla congratulated the school for being amongst the few selected schools in Nagaland to install the laboratory and hoped that ATL would be an asset for the school. She was also optimistic that by utilising the laboratory, the students would be empowered further and would come up with innovative ideas. The DEO then called upon the school to continue

to produce talented, responsible and knowledgeable citizens for the society. Briefing the gathering on ATL, resource person, S.K Imran Ali said ATL is one of the flagship schemes of AIM which aims to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. He said through ATL, government of India aims to create an environment of scientific temperament, innovation, creativity among students across the country. Ali said ATL provides a workspace for young minds (Class 6 to Class 12) where they can sharpen their ideas through the “hands-on doit-yourself mode” and learn innovation skills. He stated that ATL would acquaint students with state-of-the-art equipments such as 3D printers, robotics and electronics

development tools, IoT & sensors etc. Highlighting the importance of ATL in schools, Ali said, “The laboratory is very important for students because we need a start-up for children to be innovative”. In the inaugural programme, invocation and dedicational prayer was pronounced by CHSS chaplain, Vezachilü Sakhrie, welcome address by CHSS principal, S Moatemsu Walling, special number by Liishinai Nishofi Taleta, vote of thanks by CHSS vice principal, Patricia Zhimomi and benediction by Razouno Miario.

Basic Journalism course ANATG Dimapur appeals to government on regularisation conducted at SCHE

DIMAPUR: A Basic Journalism Course was conducted at Salesian College of Higher Education (SCHE) by Bosco communication in-charge sdb, Fr. Jonas Kerketta for the BA second semester students from April 24 to 26. A press release from SCHE assistant professor and media club coordinator, Daisinlung Sebastian Kamsuan stated that Fr. Jonas in his presentation pointed out that a wellcrafted story should have five Ws (What, Who, When, Where and Why)

and one H (How) in the lead of the news. The course focused on how to write news, article, and reports for newspapers and magazines. As part of the assignment, the five groups created their own mock newspapers. Rector SCHE sdb, Fr. Tom Karthik exhorted the students to develop and cultivate the art of news and report writing. He also said that writing was one of the means to bring about change in the society and promote good will among the people.

DIMAPUR: All Nagaland Ad-hoc Teacher’s Group (ANATG) 2015 Batch, Dimapur Unit has appealed to the government of Nagaland to look into the matter of their regularization on top priority. A press release from ANATG, Dimapur Unit president, Surhota Yhobu and general secretary, Kughalu Swu pointed out that they had been silent and patient for all these years but they might protest or agitate against the government if their grievance was not addressed. It said they had been had been in the teaching service for eight plus years with the nomenclature, ‘Ad-hoc Teacher’ with a fixed pay of

Rs 6700 for primary teachers and Rs. 8400 for graduate teachers. According to the release, the teachers completed the government criteria for service regularization and also took the suitability test on May 20, 2017. Highlighting their plight, it said that teachers had to take loans in order to sustain their families. “Even after the implementation of the 7th ROP the Adhoc teacher’s plight have gone unheard. The fixed pay is still continuing, depriving us of all the benefit” it stated. It said that 2018 new ad-hoc teacher appointees were given the scale pay, while “there has been no interven-

tion from the Government side at all for us.” According to the release, they had made numerous appeals to the government, but the matter had been deferred. It was learnt that the reason for the deferment of their

matter was due to the case filed by PSAN and ACAUT, but, it said, “our case does not fall under PSAN and ACAUT’s purview.” The release questioned “So why we are being victimized by the Government of Na-

galand?” In spite of growing frustration and unrest, it vowed to give their best for the welfare of students, school and the district. “We demand equal pay for equal work” it concluded.

Three Naga women win NE women entrepreneur award

( L - R ) K a r e n Ye p t h o m i , J e s m i n a Z e l i a n g a n d Temsusenla.

DIMAPUR: Three Naga women entrepreneurs were awarded the ‘Vasundhara NE Woman Entrepreneur of the Year’ from among various women entrepreneurs of the region. The recipients were-- Karen Yepthomi of Dzukou Kitchen, who bagged the Vasundhara Women Entrepreneur Award for 2015-16 from Nagaland, Temsusenla of Fusion Store bagged the Vasundhara Women Entrepreneur Award for 2016-17 from Nagaland. Meanwhile, the Vasundhara Hall of Fame award was given to Jesmina Zeliang of Nagaland for promoting handicraft items. Apart from the 17 State awardees, five exceptionally successful women entrepreneurs from the North Eastern region were inducted into the Vasundhara Hall of Fame and honoured on April 26 at New Delhi. The event, which is the first of its kind, was organised by Guwahati-based Sreemanta Sankar Mission in partnership with PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry and supported by minster of DoNER and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. The event was graced by IGP, Robin Hibu as chief guest. K Y M C

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Arunachal will never accept Chakma-Hajong refugees: AAPSU

ITANAGAR, Apr 28 (Agencies): All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) has said the indigenous people of the state will never accept granting of citizenship rights to Chakma and Hajong refugees in Ar unachal Pradesh. After its members attended the 5th Joint High Powered Committee meeting on the refugee issue, the union on Friday issued a press statement in which it also demanded that there should be no fresh enrollment of Chakma and Hajong in the electoral rolls. The meeting had been convened under the chairmanship of MHA Joint Secretary (NE) Satyendra Garg. “We demand immediate deletion of all the names of Chakma and Hajong refugees enrolled in elec-

Police seize stolen cigarette and guthka Rangia, Apr 28 (PTI): Police seized stolen cigarette and guthka valued at Rs 1.2 crore and Rs 20 lakh in cash from a house at Mirza in Kamrup district. Acting on a tip off, police launched an operation and seized the cigarette, guthka and the money from the house of one Mani Talukder yesterday, the police said. The seized goods were transported in a Agartalabound truck, but it was hijacked from Guwahati by some miscreants recently. On a complaint, the police launched an operation and found the goods at Mirza, they said. T h e h o u s e ow n e r Mani Talukder and one Aidur Rahman were arrested.

toral rolls, since the Chakma and Hajong in Arunachal Pradesh are not citizens of India. Fresh enrollment should not be allowed till the matter of granting citizenship rights to them is not resolved,” the union stated in the release. AAPSU president Hawa Bagang cited the legal provisions of the country that protect the people of the state. Highlighting the criminal activities of the refugees, the union said that, as per the latest records, there are 493 cases registered against Chakma and Hajong refugees, adding that from 2011 to 2017, the number of cases registered against Chakma and Hajong has increased manifold, especially in reserved forest areas. “The central government, in consultation with the Arunachal Pradesh gov-

ernment, must identify and verify the applicants who submitted applications for citizenship, as well as put on record all cases of criminal activities carried out by Chakma and Hajong refugees,” it said. AAPSU said the government should issue clearcut instructions to the authorities of the districts concerned to not issue any kind of official document (PRC, TRC, LPC, birth certificate, etc) to Chakma and Hajong “without the prior approval of the state government,” adding that the government should “identify the original 57 Chakma families and identify who are Hajongs. “Since the application for granting of citizenship is under consideration, the government must issue strict instructions to Chakma and Hajong to settle only in the designated refugee camp,”

it said. “ T h e g o ve r n m e n t should immediately constitute a committee for hearing and verifying migrants with refugee cards who entered the state between 1964 and 1969, and who should be kept in designated camps/ areas. The illegal migrants should be sent out of the state,” it said. AAPSU also demanded to know from the Centre whether the Chakma and Hajong are refugees, displaced people, or illegal migrants. The union also said Chakma and Hajong students have formed an underground insurgent group – the Arunachal Pradesh Deprived People Forum – to terrorize the local indigenous people. “Such groups should be banned and action should be initiated against them,” it said.

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2018

Meghalaya CS to write to Assam for border talks S H I L LO NG, A p r 2 8 (Agencies): Chief Secretary Y Tsering will write to his Assam counterpart to resume border talks. The neighbouring state is yet to respond to Meghalaya’s requests for dialogue to solve the deadlock. An official source said since Assam had responded in the past citing paucity of time, the state chief secretary will write again for the chief secretary level talks. “With the new chief secretary assuming office in Assam, the state chief secretary wants to start fresh communication,” the source added. The issue of border dispute with Assam had figured in the just concluded Budget session of the Assembly. Though Meghalaya had submitted sufficient documents to Assam regarding the 12 areas of difference, the neighbouring state had not responded. There has been no progress on the border talks for the last few years.

Threats to family of rape victim in Mnp Correspondent

IMPHAL, Apr 28: Family of a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly gang-raped by four youths in Manipur’s Bishnupur district in February this year were receiving threats from the alleged accused besides harassment from the police. Taking strong exception to the continuous threats and harassment, Youth’s Forum for Protection of Human Rights (YFPHR) campaigning for justice to the rape victims in the state drew the attention of state chief minister on Saturday. The family received fresh harassment on Friday night (April 27) when the victim, who was staying at a juvenile care centre, returned to her native home for the first time after the incident. A police team from Keibul police station of Bishnupur district handling the case allegedly entered the residence of the vic-

Assam citizens’ registry M’laya police bust human trafficking gang exercise is flawed: Cong

Guwahati, Apr 28 (Agencies): The Congress has alleged that people of Assam were being issued notices on flimsy grounds and “at very short notice” asking them to appear for verification of their documents for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that is being updated. A delegation led by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora on Friday met NRC State coordinator Prateek Hajela and submitted a memorandum for “checking harassment of people in the name of verification of documents” in preparation of the Supreme Court-monitored NRC. The Congress alleged that citizens, primarily from remote rural areas and low on literacy, were

being harassed, and that the entire exercise was being executed in haste. “There seems to be a never-ending issuance of notices and circulars to citizens in various districts to appear in remote corners of the State for verification of their documents,” the memorandum said. “The system put in place by the State Coordinator of NRC is fundamentally flawed,” it said. The nine-point memorandum also sought appointment of sensitised personnel at the verification centres to guide poor and illiterate people. The Registrar General of India, Sailesh, said the final NRC draft would be published by May 31. The first draft, recognising 1.9 crore of the 3.29 crore applicants, was published in December.

Tura, Apr 28 (Agencies): In a major breakthrough, Meghalaya police on Saturday managed to bust a gang of traffickers and arrested two of the gang members. Acting on a tip off from NGOs of a possible trafficking gang, North Garo Hills police immediately swung into action and attested these two people this afternoon. The arrest of the duo was made after one Khagrak Marak was lured to Mendipathar with the promise of supplying a 12 year old girl. His name was provided to the NGOs by another trafficker, Icilina B Sangma after she was caught by the NGOs. “The woman had yesterday gone to Kharkutta and entered a house on the pretext of charging her phone. A 12 year old child was staying at a rented accommodation in the same house and she apparently took a liking for her. She told

the child that she would take her to a better location as the house they were staying in was not fit for them,” said activist Jaynie N Sangma. Icilina, this morning at about 4 am went to the girl’s house once again and took the girl with her. The trafficker’s sister also lived in the same village. “When the house owner woke up in the morning and found the girl missing, she suspected something was wrong and immediately called up the trafficker asking if the 12 year old was with her. She initially refused but when the woman threatened to call the police, she admitted to the fact and also said she was in Dudhnoi. We were alerted immediately after,” said Jaynie. The trafficker, when caught by the NGOs and the people, confessed that she had been involved in the trafficking of two more girls, one of who had died

in an accident. “She also gave the name of Rajen, who had taken the two girls previously,” she added. Later, the woman was brought to Mendipathar where the police asked her to call Rajen to Mendipathar to take the girl. “She told us that she only gets Rs 1000 per trafficked girl though we don’t believe it,” added Jaynie. Both the girls trafficked earlier were into their early teens with one being from Williamnagar. Rajen came to the town of Mendipathar where a trap was laid for him by the police. He was immediately arrested after being identified. “We have ar rested them both. Of the two girls they trafficked earlier, one was sent to Mumbai and another to New Delhi. The girl from New Delhi has died according to them and we are verifying the facts,” said superintendent of police, NGH, Dalton P Marak.

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the Tripura High Court in 2015 to probe cases related to chit funds and non-banking financial companies. SIT head and Inspector-General of Police K.V. Srijesh said, “We have almost completed our investigation. Only seven to eight cases are pending. Now the State government has recommended all the cases to be taken up by the CBI. There is nothing much (to say) from our side.” Former Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath and ex-Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury were questioned by the CBI on Wednesday and Thursday respectively in the connection with the chit fund scam.

College student commits suicide

GUWAHATI, Apr 28 (Agencies): In a tragic incident, a student from Pandu College committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house. The young boy was identified as Abhinash Das Abhinash is a resident of Pandu Sadilapur, Assam which is under Jhalukbari outpost. Family members of the decease have suspected that the reasons for his suicide can be due to relationship problems. K

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We the members of Komrem Baptist Church Dimapur heartily congratulate Rev. Dr. Ashong Serto on his promotion to Principal in United College of Theology and Missions (UCTM) 5th Mile Dimapur. We express our profound joy and happiness. Wishing him success for his new responsibility. May God use him and his family. DP-3310

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DECLARATION OF ACTUAL NAME

I, Smti. G. Iliho Sema, D/o Ghokishe Sema resident of Lochomi Village, Dist. Zunheboto, Nagaland and presently residing at Khuwaboto Colony, Zunheboto, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That my actual name is G. Iliho Sema in my service book & Class X documents, but due to the ignorance my name is inadvertently recorded as Iliho Sema in my SBI passbook bearing A/C No. 11736666687, service ID Card and PAN Card bearing no. FOJPS8645B, Aadhaar Card bearing no. 8070 6865 1391, G. Iliho in my Appointment Order bearing No. ED/EL/T/1/2000-01(PT-III), Dated Kohima the 26th Feb' 2001, G. Iliho Swu in my Class XII and BA documents. 3. That the above mentioned names G. Iliho Sema, Iliho Sema, G. Iliho & G. Iliho Swu are one and same person which is referred to me. 4. That, from the date of this declarations I shall use my name as G. Iliho Sema in all official purpose and legal proceedings and at times and occasions. 5. That the statements made in para 1-4 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge & belief and nothing material is concealed therein. Deponent Solemnly affirm and declared before me by the deponent on this ..... day of ..... 2018 at Zunheboto : Nagaland. Regd. No. 366, Date : 25/04/18 Notary Public DP-3341

DECLARATION OF ACTUAL NAME

I, Smti. Tovili Sema, D/o Late Lukhezu Sema resident of Atoizu Town, Dist. Zunheboto, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows : 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India, resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That my actual name is Tovili Sema which is recorded in my documents, but due to the ignorance my name is inadvertently recorded as Tovili in my SBI Passbook Bearing No. 11736665152 & PAN Card bearing no BACPT2065B, Tovili Sumi in my Aadhaar Card bearing no. 9217 8197 4901. 3. That the above mentioned names Tovili Sema, Tovili & Tovili Sumi are one and same person which is referred to me. 4. That, from the date of this declaration, I shall use my name as Tovili Sema in all official purpose and legal proceedings and at all times and occasions. 5. That the statements made in Para 1-4 are correct to the best of my knowledge & belief and nothing material is concealed therein. Deponent Solemnly affirm and declare before me by the deponent on this ...... day of ..... 2018 at Zunheboto : Nagaland. Notary Public Regd. No. 360, Date 23/04/18 DP-3311

Love baby vanya,sis & bro. ________________________ Happy born day Baby girl (Oli). Giving our love and support in all that you do. You are always loved baby.Continue to be a blessing. From Apu Aza, aghibo,afo avy, afo ashey,liho and ighu.

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The DSKK (Diphupar Sumi Students' Union), with immense pride and glory, extends our heartiest congratulations to Miss. Ditolyn Sumi, D/o K. Hekishe Sumi for being the Topper in M.Sc (Agriculture) Exam of Central Agriculatural University (CAU), Imphal. Your toil and labour have brought laurels to the Union for which we are grateful. Furthermore, we wish you abundant blessings from our Almighty God. Kawoto Achumi General Secretary

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NCHUKHUM JUBILEE TSUNGON MUNGYANCHI, 05-05-2018 JI OYAMOE JO LHINSUNG MMHOM KHITAV TSUKONA METHAKTHAKA.YUTA- ENGO 11:00 EKHOLO KHIALA. HOJI TSUKONA YANPOE EVAN TOPVUNA TSUNGON/ YUTA SHI NCHUMCHETA RANDANO THENHYATALE TO JONJIALA. STBC WOKHA, NAGALAND

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With utmost joy and pride, we the Dimapur Surumi Community express our heartiest congratulations Er. Hutoi Sema E.E. O/o Chief Engineer, Irrigation & Floor Control Kohima, on being promoted and posted to Superintending Engineer. SE Circle-1 Dimapur, Nagaland. The Community takes immense pride in your achievement and wishes the best in your endeavour. (Nitokhu Awomi) Chairman (Hetovi Awomi) General Secretary Dimapur Surumi Community Dimapur Surumi Community

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Regd. No. 340, Dated 18/04/2018

I, Shri. K. Kiyeho Sumi, S/o Khashito resident of Natha Old Village, Dist. Zunheboto, Nagaland solemnly declare that my name is inadvertently entered as K. Kiyeho Yeptho in my Service I.D Card & Kiyeho Sumi in SBI Account Book instead of K. Kiyeho Sumi and this refer to one and same person. From today my name shall be known as K. Kiyeho Sumi in all my official documents. DP-3317 Regd. No. 265/18

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The Chakhesang Colony Council lauds and appreciates OC Amit Nigam, IPS (PRO), UBI Bendangwati Ao, ASI Zhokhuto Tsuto and police personnels of East Police Station for arresting all the four culprits within 24 hours involved in an assault case on 25th April' 18 night against a prominent citizen of the colony. The Council assures full co-operation to the law enforcing agencies in curbing anti-social elements and also request the concerned authority to deploy police patrolling during the night in the colony area for public safety. (W. Kholie Kapfo) GB, Chakhesang Colony

The Watsü Unit Chuchuyimlang would like to congratulate Gandhian Mrs. Lentina. Thakkar, W/o. Shri. Natwar Thakkar on being awarded the prestigious Padma Shree Award for her outstanding work towards serving the people. May God continue to bless you and your family. (WT.LIPOKMENLA) (WT. T AZUNGLA) President General Secretary Watsu Unit Chuchuyimlang Watsu Unit Chuchuyimlang

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Agartala, Apr 28 (PTI): The Tripura government has decided to hand over to the CBI all 74 cases of chit fund scams which are now under investigation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), an official release said. The CBI had prayed before the Tripura High Court earlier this year to take over 11 cases out of the total 74 related to chit fund scams. The release said the State government has no objection if the CBI takes over the 11 cases for investigation, and, moreover, it has decided to handover the remaining 63 cases also to the central probe agency. A SIT was formed by

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Dear Azi.. May God Give You The Desire Of Your Heart And Make All Your Plans Succeed. Happy Birthday. God bless you.

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minister to take up necessary action to stop mental harassing of the victim and her family members, has also called for transfer of both the officer-in-charge (OC) and investigation officer (IO) of the case. Meanwhile civil society organizations based in Thanga area of Bishnupur district have also alleged politicians of interfering to the proceeding of investigation since the very beginning. A politically influential person from Thanga area has been allegedly interfering in the case by pressuring Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Bishnupur police dealing with the case and members of Juvenile Justice Board, Bishnupur against the arrest of any of his relatives. The person taking advantage his position has even threatened to transfer/suspend police personnel if they arrest any of his relatives, the bodies alleged.

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MoS for Home Kiren Rijiju (R) and CM Pema Khandu (L) arrive to inaugurate 36th Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya at Chayang Tajo on Saturday. (PTI)

Congratulations to Dr Mhonyani Sangma, daughter of Daniel Sangma, Pastor, and Tsensali Ezung, Women Leader, Garo Baptist Church, New Market, Kohima, on being conferred with Doctoral Degree on the topic, “Clothing, Beauty and Culture: A study of the Nagas” under the Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad. She is also Gold Medalist in M.A. Anthropology from the same University. Sd/Dr Wopanthung Ezung & family K-1193

tim on Friday night and searched the house. The police reportedly told the victim’s family that they were searching for some people who were involved in an attack on the house of an accused on February 14, a day after the minor girl was gang-raped. “The male police entered the victim residence on the first day of her return at her house after the incident took place and also threatened the family members of the victim,” YFPHR alleged in a memorandum submitted to the chief minister Saturday. In the memorandum, YFPHR further alleged that on April 25 too, some persons had indirectly threatened the victim girl showing a gun inside the Bishnupur court premises when she came to record her statement under section 164 of CrPC before a magistrate. The right body, while requesting the chief

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(Neiwehi K Tara) Chairman, Chakhesang Colony

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Date : 26/4/2018

I,Smti. Vitseinuo Kense, aged about 42 years, W/o Imkongnukshi, resident of H/No - 171, Signal Angami Village, in the district of Dimapur, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly swear and affirm on oath as follows :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That I have remarried on 23rd April 2014 with Shri. Imkongnukshi and solemnized at Signal Ao Baptist Church, Dimapur, Nagaland. 3. That out of my previous wedlock I am blessed with 2 (Two) Children namely : (a) Miss Sentisangla Aier, D/o Late Nungshiyanger Aier, aged about 13 years and, (b) Master Temjenwati Aier, S/o Late Nungshiyanger Aier, aged about 10 years. 4. That henceforth in all my children's educational documents and correspondences their father's name shall be written and recorded as Shri. Imkongnukshi. 5. That this affidavit is made for the purpose to declare that henceforth in all my children's educational documents and correspondences their father's name shall be written and recorded as Shri. Imkongnukshi. 6. That the statements made from para 1 to 5 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material has been concealed therein. Deponent Solemnly sworn and affirmed by the deponent before me on this 26th day of April' 2018. Chief Judicial Magistrate First Class DP-3261 K

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AIDWA wants protection for survivor in Asaram case

Asaram Bapu

PUNE, Apr 28 (AGENCIES): Members of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) have demanded that the survivor in Asaram Bapu rape case should continue to get protection as the godman’s supporters are still accusing her and her family of conspiracy. The members also demanded continued protection for her family members and witnesses in the case and efforts should also be taken to rehabilitate the girl and her kin so that they can lead a normal life. AIDWA is an independent left-oriented women’s organisation committed to democracy, equality and

women’s emancipation. In a statement, AIDWA members said that it is noteworthy that the trial court in Jodhpur found Asaram guilty on many counts, including the heinous crime of having raped a minor in his ashram, and awarded the maximum punishment available under the POCSO Act. Two other accused have received sentences of 20 years each. The verdict comes at the end of a long drawn out fight for justice by the survivor and her family. Over the past five years, since the 16-year-old girl filed the case against the self-styled godman in August 2013, the entire family has been

MP Governor tells BJP leaders ‘how to get votes’ Bhopal, Apr 28 (IANS): A controversial video of Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel has surfaced in social media, in which she is seen giving “vote mantra” to a BJP woman leader, advising her to take up the cause of malnourished children herself, instead of depending on government officers. “These officers do not need votes, but we do,” she tells the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader pointing to the officers in the video. The video is believed to have been shot during Patel’s visit to Satna district of the state on Thursday, when she was talking to BJP leaders in the area at the local airport. She also advises the woman leader -- Satna Mayor Mamta Pandey -- and other party leaders to adopt poor and malnourished kids in the area if they want to get votes in the upcoming polls. “Eradicating malnourishment is our responsibility. Engage councilors to achieve it. You don’t get votes just like that. You have to ensure people get what

TN: Pastors manhandled, verbally abused Kanyakumari, Apr 28 (AGENCIES): In a shocking incident, two pastors were allegedly physically and verbally abused inside Arulmigu Mutharamman Temple at Kanyakumari town in Tamil Nadu. A video has gone viral showing miscreants forcefully smearing pastors with holy ash and vermillion. The incident occurred on April 22, when the pastors were found distributing pamphlets. Kanyakumari is the constituency of Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan. The video shows the pastors sitting in the temple with their faces covered in ash while one of the miscreants is seen chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. While the freedom was being quashed by hate, ‘thugs’ called it a ‘punishment’. The video of the incident in the Union minister’s turf is doing the rounds on the social media. As per news agency ANI, police have not registered any case as the dispute was settled by both the parties amicably.

Anandiben Patel

they want. The government is providing Rs 500 every month for each child... The children should get its benefit. Only then the dream of Narendra (Modi) Bhai will be fulfilled,” says Patel. Patel, a former Gujarat Chief Minister, tells Pandey to “visit poor people and adopt their kids” to get their votes. The Governor’s video has left a section of the people red-faced, who have now tweeted the video to President Ram Nath Kovind, saying she is misusing her post and demanding action against her.

subjected to threats and coercion of every kind. The girl has been forced to live under police protection, fearing for her life. Her siblings have suffered severe educational setbacks as well. Asaram applied for bail 12 times, but his application was rejected each time, added the members. Kiran Moghe from Maharashtra AIDWA stated that witnesses in the case have been attacked, and three of them were killed in a cold-blooded attempt to destroy evidence and intimidate the complainant and witnesses. “AIDWA lauds the determination and courage displayed by the girl, her family, and their supporters, despite the trauma and suffering that they have undergone”. Members from AIDWA Uttar Pradesh state committee were associated with the case from the beginning and has been in regular contact with the victim and her family. Members stated that they assisted the complainant in filing appropriate applications and contesting Asaram’s bail application in the Supreme Court.

Up to 98% hike in Jarhand’s electric tariff Ranchi, Apr 28 (IANS): Jharkhand has hiked the electricity tariff for domestic consumers up to 98 per cent and slightly reduced the tariff for commercial industries, the State Regulatory Board said on Saturday. As per the new rates, domestic consumers will have to pay Rs 5.50 per unit for 200 units as compared to earlier Rs 3 per unit, while the tariff has been reduced to Rs 6 from the existing RS 6.80 per unit for the commercial industries. Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that new tariffs were being imposed to improve the state’s power system. He said that the poor workers, farmers and small traders would be provided subsidy by the state government and an announcement in this regard would be made soon. In rural areas, the new tariff has been set at Rs 4.40 from the existing 1.25 per unit. The farmers too have to foot more bills as Rs 5 per unit will be charged for irrigation from existing 70 paise-Rs 1.25 per unit.

Congress to hold ‘Jan Akrosh’ rally in Delhi today

Randeep Singh Surjewala and Ashok Gehlot.

New Delhi, Apr 28 (IANS): The Congress will hold a “Jan Akrosh Rally” here on Sunday to showcase what it called the “public outrage” over the failures and corruption of the Modi government. Congress President Rahul Gandhi and other prominent party leaders will address the rally at the Ramlila Maidan. Party Spokespersons Randeep Singh Surjewala and Ashok Gehlot said that the key issues related to farmers, women, national security, and “impropriety” of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh, CBSE paper leaks and mining issues would be raised at the rally to be held at the Ramleela

Maidan. The party’s former President Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and other leaders will address the rally. “We are holding this rally to represent the emotions and turmoil that every citizen of the country is going through,” said Gehlot, a former Rajasthan Chief Minister. “The rally will aim to bring overall change and awakening in the country... it will represent the outrage of the farmers, price rise, women security, and corruption occuring right under the nose of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Surjewala said.

Tejas carries out successful test-firing of BVR missile New Delhi, Apr 28 (AGENCIES): In a major milestone, indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has successfully fired an airto-air beyond visual (BVR) range missile, demonstrating its overall capability as an effective combat jet, and inched closer to receive final operational clearance. Defence ministry officials said the test firing of the missile from a Tejas jet was carried out on Saturday off the Goa coast and it met all operational requirements. Earlier, Tejas was given clearance for deployment of armaments and other missiles. The Indian Air Force (IAF) had ordered 40 Tejas Mark-1 version and a request for proposal (RFP) was issued to HAL by the IAF in December for procurement of another batch of 83 Tejas at a cost of around Rs 50,000 crore. Officials said the successful launch of the BVR missile will expedite issuance of the Final Operational Clearance (FOC) to the aircraft developed by state-run aerospace be-

Dalmia Bharat group ‘adopts’ Red Fort; Cong questions govt New Delhi, Apr 28 (AGENCIES): The Congress on Saturday questioned how a private entity was given the mandate to maintain the iconic Red Fort, days after a corporate house signed an agreement with the tourism ministry under its ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project. The Dalmia Bharat group, under the memorandum of understanding, would maintain the monument and build basic infrastructure around it and has committed a sum of Rs 25 crore for the purpose over a period spanning five years. “They are handing over the iconic monument to a private business. What is your commitment to the idea of India, to the history of India? We know you have no commitment, but we still want to ask you,” Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera told reporters here. “Do you have dearth of funds. Why funds for the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) lapse, why do they lapse. See

the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) reports. If they have paucity of funds, then why do they lapse,” he asked. IndiGo Airlines and the GMR group were also in the race to bag the project. The Dalmia Bharat group has agreed to provide certain basic amenities at the 17th century monument within six months. These include providing drinking water kiosks, street furniture-like benches and signages to guide the visitors, according to the ministry. The entity has also agreed to put up within a year tactile maps, upgrade

toilets, light up the pathways and bollards, carry out restoration work and landscaping and build a 1,000 sq ft visitor facility centre. It will also provide a 3-D projection mapping of the fort’s interior and exterior, battery-operated vehicles and charging stations for such vehicles and a thematic cafeteria. Responding to Khera’s remarks, Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons said under the scheme started last year, the ministry is looking at public participation to develop heritage monuments.

Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas.

hemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). “The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) successfully fired Derby air-to-air BVR Range missile to expand the firing envelope as well as to demonstrate safe operation of the aircraft,” the defence ministry said in a statement. It said the missile was launched from the LCA piloted by Wing Commander Siddharth Singh yesterday from the firing range off the Goa coast after exhaustive study of the missile separation characteristics. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman complimented the DRDO and other agencies involved in

making Tejas a world-class aircraft. DRDO Chair man S Christopher said with this firing, the Tejas has achieved another major milestone towards FOC certification. “Integration of Derby, a BVR class missile, is one of the major objectives of Final Operational Clearance (FOC) of LCA Tejas,” said the ministry. T h e a i r c r a f t wa s tracked by two other Tejas aircraft in close formation to capture the firing event in the specially instrumented high speed cameras for detailed analysis of the test launch of the missile. The entire planning, practice sorties and final firing was carried out by ADA and its National Flight Test Centre (NFTC).

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Unjustified context

t was a sad day for the judiciary in India, that the centre rejected the recommendation of th4e Supreme Court Collegium for promoting chief justice of the Uttarakhand High Court K.M. Joseph as judge of the Supreme. While rejecting the recommendation for Justice Joseph, the Modi government accepted the Collegium’s other recommendation with respect to promoting senior woman advocate Indu Malhotra as judge in the Supreme Court. Both Joseph and Malhotra were recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium but the government sat over the files since January despite having maintained that there was urgent need to appoint more judges to the courts. This particular case again highlights the double standard being followed by the government at the Centre. The government may have scored a brownie point in appointing the first woman judge of the Supreme Court but it did great disservice to judicial independence when it rejected the promotion of Justice K.M. Joseph. While trying to cover itself with legalities the government made invalid arguments in the matter. Its invalid argument was bizarre as it went to another level where the law ministry repeated the very same point noted by the Supreme Court Collegium about the fact that though there were other chief justices of high courts senior to Justice Joseph but that the latter was considered more deserving. There are 31 judges for the Supreme Court and after the appointment of Indu Malhotra, there will be 26.If the government is a stickler for seniority then why had it superseded many serving senior officers in favour of its chosen candidates to various government posts? In this regard, was seniority an issue only with respect to Justice Joseph? Former Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha also spoke against the government’s action which he described as amounting to alleged “interference in the judiciary”. Justice (Retired) Lodha criticized the incumbent CJI Dipak Misra’s role in the situation. Another former chief justice, TS Thakur, described the government’s rejection of the Supreme Court collegium’s nomination of Justice KM Joseph as unfortunate. Legal community and Opposition parties, including the Congress and Communist Party of India (Marxist) have also expressed shock and resentment. According to a newspaper report, the case highlights the Modi government’s response to anyone opposing it. It may be recalled that Justice KM Joseph had quashed the Centre’s controversial decision to impose President’s Rule in Uttarakhand in 2016 that was meant to facilitate BJP coming to power through backdoor. Joseph headed the three-judge Uttarakhand High Court bench in 2016. Several reports have linked that decision to the government blocking his transfer to Andhra Pradesh and his elevation to the Supreme Court. Like the hierarchy in the Army, which has affected the promotions of two senior-most lieutenant generals and subsequent succession of various commanders; the alleged “interference in the judiciary” only exposed how conventions have been steam rolled. Former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Justice AP Shah said the collegium’s authority was being compromised. He expressed surprise over the remark of CJI Dipak Misra that there was “nothing wrong in the government returning the file” of Justice Joseph. In fact, recent impeachment moves against CJI Misra stems from him being close with the government of the day. Now that the ball is with the Collegium, it will be interesting to watch whether the judiciary will view it as contempt of court and take the government to task?

DailyDevotion What You Will Get I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go. —Jeremiah 45:5 This is the firm and immovable secret of the Lord to those who trust Him– “I will give your life to you….” What more does a man want than his life? It is the essential thing. “…your life…as a prize…” means that wherever you may go, even if it is into hell, you will come out with your life and nothing can harm it. So many of us are caught up in exhibiting things for others to see, not showing off property and possessions, but our blessings. All these things that we so proudly show have to go. But there is something greater that can never go– the life that “is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3). Are you prepared to let God take you into total oneness with Himself, paying no more attention to what you call the great things of life? Are you prepared to surrender totally and let go? The true test of abandonment or surrender is in refusing to say, “Well, what about this?” Beware of your own ideas and speculations. The moment you allow yourself to think, “What about this?” you show that you have not surrendered and that you do not really trust God. But once you do surrender, you will no longer think about what God is going to do. Abandonment means to refuse yourself the luxury of asking any questions. If you totally abandon yourself to God, He immediately says to you, “I will give your life to you as a prize….” The reason people are tired of life is that God has not given them anything— they have not been given their life “as a prize.” The way to get out of that condition is to abandon yourself to God. And once you do get to the point of total surrender to Him, you will be the most surprised and delighted person on earth. God will have you absolutely, without any limitations, and He will have given you your life. If you are not there, it is either because of disobedience in your life or your refusal to be simple enough.

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Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

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Post-mortem

EVM is a threat to vibrant democracy

ith by-election to Lok Sabha for Nagaland Parliament constituency already announced for May 28, 2018, the issue of tampering Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) comes alive again. In India, the Parliament passed an enabling law in 1988 making the use of EVMs as constitutionally valid. The Election Commission of India (ECI) commissioned EVM in 1989. ECI first used EVM in 1999. Now, EVM is used country wide in all elections. India’s choice for EVM was primarily on cost cutting on paper ballot printing and faster counting. The fact that EVM’s shelf-life 15 years only and its cost per unit escalated to Rs.12,000 or US$180 in 2017 belied cost cutting benefit. The fact that the process of either electronic counting or paper ballot counting took whole day proved nothing but the height of stupidity and absurdity on faster counting alibi. Since its first use, there were claims of EVM tampering and its security related issues. Technical experts alleged and even demonstrated live, that EVM being essentially a computer with a clock, it could be manipulated with malware, rigging devices and software programs. Experts also said that the software and hardware in the EVM is vulnerable to tampering during manufacturing, transport, storage and at the booth. Somebody challenged the use of EVM in present form. After the rulings of the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court and demands from various political parties, ECI introduced EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system in 2014. ECI introduced VVPAT as if all problems to EVM will be over with VVPAT. Experts said, “VVPAT provides essentially no security unless they are used to check the machines”. VVPATS attached to Indian EVMs

provide facility, primarily to verify a vote cast only. ECI gave long list of technical and administrative arguments to buttress that Indian EVM is tamper-proof. Interestingly, ECI admitted two things, consciously or unconsciously – (1) That, it would require pretty high-tech skills to tamper EVM (2) That, for tampering of the EVMs to occur, one will need physical access to EVMs and that, it would be very difficult even to get hold of a machine to tamper with it”. These are not only weak arguments but also went on to prove that ECI too supported and validated the theory that EVMs could be tampered with, if given physical access to high-tech skills. None can deny that there are no dearths of hightech skills across the world, including India. As far as physical access is concerned, there are human handlers of the machine at different levels. First is at the manufacturing level (designers and manufacturers), second at ECI level (ECI’s EVM engineers and administration), third at the district returning officer (DRO)’s level (EVM engineers/technicians and administration) and lastly, at the Presiding Officer’s level in the polling booth. Even if ECI’s claim of EVM’s invincibility is accepted in principle, there still remains the ‘Human Error’ factor. Any mishandling/ corruption at any of those levels reflects human error. There can be no mechanism to eliminate this human error completely. This is so, because the handlers of the machine (administrative and technical) are not immune to temptations that others are susceptible. All human beings are equally vulnerable. Nobody can guarantee that the handlers are completely insulated. If allegations of tampering were proved right, the fates of many candidates would be decided by a han-

dler, particularly the EVM engineer/technician, just by the click of a mouse. I said engineer/technician because he is the last person with the software code at the time of installation at DRO level. The franchise right of hundreds and thousands of voters may be compromised or violated. At the booth level, past experiences had shown that in a case of booth capture, the Presiding Officer and security personnel were completely over-powered. A single voter could press the ballot button in which, the Presiding Officer genuinely had no choice or in other cases, he was in connivance to allow such malpractices. In democracy, power lies in the hands of electors. Elector’s power is in his vote. It comes in a package of election. That power in election does not end with voting but with counting of votes. The fact that EVM is vulnerable to manipulation during manufacture, transportation and storage, raises the benefit of doubt on VVPAT. That is because, as of now, ECI has not mandated simultaneous parallel counting of votes in the EVM and VVPAT slips of all the polling booths. (In last assembly election, ECI mandated counting of VVPAT slips in one polling booth only, in a constituency). In paper ballot system, the voter can rest assure that the physical form of his vote will remain intact and crosschecked if required, during or after counting. In electronic system, the voter cannot see his/her vote in physical form. His/her vote may be manipulated at any stage from voting to counting. An ideal VVPAT should have twin objectives – one, to enable the voter verify the vote he/she had cast and two, to check the machine’s reliability. Since ECI has not mandated parallel counting of votes in EVM and VVPAT slips simultaneously for all polling booths, the second objective remains defeated. In a scenario where the voter

Dressing modestly

ummer is at hand and I am writing something that many will not like at all and may even call me narrow minded, old fashioned and not contemporary. But it is something I truly believe and purely from Christian point of view. Weeks back I went to my previous college to take recommendation from Vice Principal, from whom I have learnt much. As I walk in his office and took a sit he look at me in my eyes, which he calls it “eye to eye” (I bet you will tremble) and gave a very honest comment to me and I took it positively. He said “lietho mia dojii ha mhie ya mo, no hai tuo sie themia puo rei n se liethomia lho” “servant of God can’t be like this, no one will recognize you as servant of God if you dresses like this.” Keeping aside our profession and genders, everyone who genuinely follows Christ should dress decently, AT LEAST to Church. Coming to the Bible: I Corinthian 6:19-20 “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” You will get a similar verses in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (1 Timothy 2:9-10). Many people say they have every right to do whatever they want with their bodies. Although they think that this is freedom, they are really enslaved to their own worldly desire. God look into our heart of worship and not outward appearance, does not gives us freedom to dress as we like. From the moment we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, we no longer own our body but we were bought with a price and it is a holy place where Holy Spirit lives in. 2 Corinthians 6:14- 17 also says “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord.Paul urge the believers not to be like the unbelievers for it weakens our integrity, standard

and commitment, he does not mean to isolate ourselves from the unbelievers. Paul wants us to be an active witnesses for Christ to the unbelievers in life and conduct. Therefore we owe to treat our body as temple of God. I am not saying women should cover up their body from head to toe. Many girls dress are very indecent that exposes their body parts too much that their precious body became cheap and common which every passerby can see, putting herself and others on slippery ground, at the feet of Satan. Ephesians 4:18 says “They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.” Many girls are so ignorant of how much a man can be tempted when he sees a girl indecently dress because they are not man. Many dress so indecently that exposes too much of their secretness and so their beauty is revealed to everyone that comes in their way. They say, it is because of hot weather but if someone else can bear why not them? I think it must be some other kind of heat. With the age of modernization and its influences, our generation has upgraded so much mentally too that it is so appealing to go like the world but that shouldn’t affect our moral code of conduct being a Christian. In Matthew5:28-29 Jesus said, “I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” If a Righteous God would punish a man to hell for lusting over a woman who dresses indecently, a justice God will surely weight the same punishment to that woman for making that man to lust after her. We have freedom and decency is a choice, one should be taking care of the choices they made keeping in mind that it does not pollute their freedom and mislead anybody. It is not a problem to you at all but it is much better modestly and decently that everyone will admire. So even if few didn’t see your dress attractive but you will not regret when you see Jesus one day. Surhozo Sakhamo, Grace Prayer Center, Hebron Road, Jalukie Zandi

has no opportunity to guarantee safe passage of his/ her vote that was cast, until the end of election process, his/her democratic adult franchise power is actually rendered powerless. The fact that one person or group(s) of persons may manipulate votes at any stage of election process is a dangerous precedent for democracy. A day may be here that elections may become just an affair of a single person and the machines (EVM) that he is assigned to operate. It may take away democratic adult suffrage/franchise rights of the people. Power has already gone into the hands of corrupt people. Absolute power will go into the hands of those corrupt who can afford to buy the equally corrupt handlers of the machines. Together, they will steal the rights of the people. The human error in machine’s handlers and administrators will beget despotic leaders, giving rise to absolutism that will replace finally democracy. In true democratic set up, the adult suffrage/franchise’ right of the people should not be placed at the mercy of the devil’s box. Neither, should it be at the mercy of administrative controllers and technical operators of the machine. It should lie in people’s own hands. The best way to safeguard democracy is to use paper ballots that voters can see at the time of voting as well as counting. In many developed democratic countries, people lost confidence in electronic voting machines because it threatened their democracy. They reverted to paper ballot system. Will India take a queue? If not, there is no more hope for vibrant democracy in India because excessively relying on a machine will dehumanize elections. (This is a personal opinion and in no way reflect the views of the political party this writer belongs). Dr. K. Hoshi

Nagas and the new right

ndia was once known as the land that was home to no majority, but to a million minorities. However, today, we have a new majoritarian Right that has risen in the land. Here, one is not talking about just the rise of the BJP or the coming to power of the BJP under Narendra Modi. The party had already tasted power once under AB Vajpayee, and had been ruling off and on for several years in several states. Rightist forces had also been active from much earlier in the polity, showing both its progressive and regressive colors, allying and parting ways with other parties in the large Indian democratic setup. They have exhibited regressive traits campaigning for religious and dangerous communal causes in the 1990s. They have also played remarkably progressive roles, championing the cause of civil rights and political freedom during the 1970s. They have allied with the Centrists and even with the Left during and after the Emergency to fight the forces of political tyranny, and thereby, upheld the true spirit of parliamentarism. They, along with the Left, championed the cause of political moral integrity, especially during the Bofors campaign and the 2G, Commonwealth Games and coal auction scams. On almost all these occasions, when they fought for a cause or changed their course, the Indian Right spelt out a clear ideology and their terms of political engagement. The New Right under the control of Narendra Modi today, however, is different. They have little or nothing to do with the legacy of any of the tall Rightist leaders of the past. Theirs is not just the politi-

cal Rightism or economic Rightism of past leaders, not the politico-cultural Rightism of LK Advani, and not at all the free-spirited parliamentary Rightism of AB Vajpayee. Narendra Modi’s is a New Rightism that includes elements of all the above and much more which includes brashly pragmatic Rightism with an unapologetic contempt for political philosophies and a disdain towards all ideologies, even of the traditional Rightist kind. This is the reality and it is with this New Rightist policy of Narendra Modi that Nagas have to deal with. This is not to say that the New Rightist force in India today is a negative force. History has shown that even such forces, lacking in ideology and steeped in point-blank pragmatism can play progressive roles in nation building. Take the case of Ronald Regan as an example. He was just a second grade reellife cowboy who actually acted like a real cowboy once he became the President of America. Bereft of any idealism or ideology, he simply made use of America’s technological superiority, military might and political will to win the Cold War. The rise of the New Right in India under Narendra Modi, too, has taken place without the offer of any sort of a new ideology. Modi has simply focused on the issue of governance, or the lack of governance, while at the same time being critical of too much of government. During election campaigns, and which happens literally at all times of the year somewhere or the other in India, Prime Minister Modi is never found raising any substantial issue of policy, let alone ideology. (To be concluded) Benito Z. Swu

A motion for the impeachment of chief justice: for scoring cheap political points

ndia’s opposition parties launched an unprecedented bid to impeach the country’s top judge on 20th April, submitting a motion accusing him of failing to protect the independence of the judiciary from executive interference among other charges. Opposition’s CJI impeachment move against Chief Justice of India is just a try to bring judiciary under a political cloud and for scoring cheap political points. Impeachment of a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court cannot be done lightly. Unless there are instances of proven misbehavior or misuse of office, such a move is ill-advised and will likely backfire. It also raises grave questions on the separation of powers in democracy. This move is the outcome of bitter competitive race for the 2019 Lok Sabha Election. There are two reasons why the impeachment motion is the nadir. One, the notice for motion lacking requisite number in Parliament to impeach the CJI speaks of hidden political agenda. Two,the malaise of institutional breakdown

under the ruling BJP government has become so grave that a drastic measure like impeachment of CJI is being justified. The moot question is whether this best-laid plan will succeed. The answer is “No” because “A Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the President passed after an address by each House of Parliament supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of that House present and voting has been presented to the President in the same session for such removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity,” reads Article 124(4) of Constitution. This strength, the opposition has not in the Parliament. This move is a childish move and entirely political motivated to question the country’s first judicial figure. The objective of the opposition is to undermine the constitution through this move. This entirely politically mo-

tivated move to question the country’s first judicial figure will only add more toxicity to both judicial and parliamentary waters It is a bid to politicise the highest seat of Indian judiciary and a cynical ploy to influence the outcome of a few politically sensitive cases. What makes this stratagem particularly devious is the way the discord within Supreme Court is being harnessed to meet political ends. In the run-up to the 2019 elections, the die is cast for the country to experience one low after another with institutions such as Parliament, judiciary and Election Commission being repeatedly dragged into it. Opposition’s CJI impeachment move is plain, bad politics What the Congress might not realise (or care about) at this stage is that in its attempt to subvert judiciary for political ends, it may not just weaken Indian democracy but perhaps irrevocably damage its position as a national party that seeks power at the Centre. Prof Mithilesh Kumar Sinha, Finance Officer, NU Lumami

Reader’s Post Sir,

Proper traffic rules

With the recent conduct of road safety measures for public welfare, it is hoped that such awareness are given every now and then by volunteers. The more public are given awareness, the fewer problems would be faced by traffic police. The reasons why there are so many accidents, apart from drunken driving are all due to negligence of following proper traffic rules. Christina Solo, 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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Cong accuses Goyal of ‘gross impropriety’; BJP calls it baseless

New Delhi, Apr 28 (IANS): The Congress on Saturday called Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal’s alleged sale of shares held in a privatelyheld company at nearly 1,000 times the face value as a “murky saga” of “gratification, gross impropriety and conflict of interest”. The Bhartiya Janata Party quickly came to the defence of its minister saying it was an attempt by the Congress party to attack Goyal based on “baseless, malicious and incorrect” accusations. The Congress party has sought Goyal’s removal and a “comprehensive, independent investigation” into the matter. Citing a detailed story by a news website, the Congress alleged the BJP leader had sold, in September 2014, the entire stock of the privately-held company he and his wife owned, at nearly 1,000 times the face value to a group firm owned by Ajay Piramal, without informing the Prime Minister’s Office then or later. The transaction took place four months after Goyal became a minister. IANS

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has sent an email to the Piramal group for a reaction, but it did not receive any response till the time this story was released. The BJP said in a statement that “in the last month, the Congress party made Piyush Goyal a target by hurling malicious allegations against Goyal’s bonafide business dealings to insinuate wrongdoings and irregularity.” Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera earlier told reporters that the deal “directly exposed” one of the seniormost cabinet ministers of the Modi government. The article in the news website, The Wire, alleged Goyal’s ownership of the company -- Flashnet Info

Solutions (India) Private Limited -- nor its subsequent sale were disclosed in the mandatory statement of assets and liabilities he made to the Prime Minister’s Office in 2014 and 2015. The BJP said: “The sale of Flashnet shares took place in July 2014 before the declaration of assets and liabilities was submitted on July 25, 2014 and not on Sep 29, 2014 as falsely alleged by the Congress. This sale was made at full market value as per third party, independent, expert valuation and the entire sale value was received in the bank before submitting the declaration and was fully reflected in the value of assets submitted.” Khera alleged that Goyal and his wife, who owned 50,070 shares of Flashnet Info priced at Rs 10, sold the entire stock at a premium of 1,000 per cent to a group company of Piramal Estates Private Limited. He held the Power & Renewable Energy portfolio in the Union Cabinet for four months at the time.

He said that the board resolution of Piramal Enterprises on June 12, 2014, authorised the purchase of the entire stock of 50,070 shares in Flashnet Info held by Goyal and his wife “for a consideration not exceeding Rs 10,000 per share”. The BJP said that the “modus operandi of the attack has been to gain cheap political mileage by indulging in a baseless campaign against Goyal with no sound facts to back them but with the only intention of creating false controversies. The falsehoods spread by Congress reflect their desperation since they have nothing to attack the Modi government.” Goyal served as director of Flashnet from November 25, 2004, to May 26, 2014 -- the day he was sworn in as Minister for Power and Renewable Energy. Seema Goyal was a director from April 2009 till May 26, 2014. The couple, however, continued to own almost 99 per cent of the company even after resigning as directors, the website alleged.

Politics has lost its meaning in present times: Rajnath LUCKNOW, Apr 28 (AGENCIES): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said politics has always been a part of India with legends indulging in it, but the same has now lost its essence and meaning. Addressing a seminar organised by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in his parliamentary constituency here, he said Lord Rama and Lord Krishna had indulged in politics for ‘Ram Rajya’ and ‘dharma’. “Politics has been done since long in India...Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, freedom fight-

ers Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose have all done politics... the difference in their politics was of character and dedication to values...,” he said. “There has been a fast change in the past 30 years in the opinion of people towards those doing politics... telling lies, betraying people, stabbing people in the back, leg pulling is what is today considered as politics...politics has lost its meaning,” he said. The senior BJP leader also went down to explain the different

contexts of politics. “The objective of politics done by Lord Ram was to establish Ram Rajya...when it went into the hands of Ram, it became ‘bhakti’ (devotion), in Krishna’s hands it became ‘yukti’ (skill), it became ‘shakti’ (power) in Gandhi’s hands, and in Azad and Ashfaqullah’s hands it became a medium of ‘mukti’ (freedom), in the hands of corrupt leaders it became ‘sampatti’ (property) and in the hands of anti-socials it became ‘vipatti” (misery)...politics is what you make of it,” Singh added.

Yak fur to keep soldiers warm in high altitudes GUWAHATI, Apr 28 (AGENCIES): Long coats made of Yak fur may soon help soldiers serving in the high altitude areas of the country to fight the freezing winter. The Kolkata-based National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology (NIRJAFT) in association with the National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) has successfully tested the garment and said that it can withstand freezing temperature at an altitude of 12,000 feet above sea level in Arunachal Pradesh. NIRJAFT director (incharge) AN Roy told TOI that the garment is made of 50% mix of both Yak fur and jute. “We has given long coats made of Yak fur to the Army in Arunachal Pradesh for trial in January this year. After getting positive feedback, we have now started working on further developing the product by incorporating some inputs from the Army,” Roy said. Director of NRCY, based in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dirang, P Chakravarty said the long coats have successfully met most of the parameters given by the Army including the vital one - fighting the freezing temperatures at high altitude. Roy said NIRJAFT is planning to provide longcoats in large quantity to the army during AugustSeptember this year.

FNR holds ‘open public interaction’ in Kma (From p-1) Many of the participants particularly the senior citizens advised the FNR to play positive role, in bringing the factions together and make them frankly and openly take responsibility for the wrongs done. Former NPSC chairman, K Puroh, asked “why are Nagas cheating ourselves” by saying that settlement was ready except over the issue of separate Naga flag, when the government of India clearly said it could give anything under the Indian constitution except sovereignty and Naga integration? Puroh also said the government of India would like to have a broad-based solution involving all sections of Nagas unlike the mistakes of past accords and agreements. He threw a question on FNR as to whether it realised that reconciliation could take much longer? He also said Nagas must also admit their mistakes and urged FNR to play a positive role in its pursuit but not to give false hopes to Nagas. Prominent peace activist, Niketu Iralu, shared

his view that FNR was attempting to achieve a very important goal for all Nagas, adding “we must start what was not done long time”. He also reiterated that while trying to make a Naga nation, history will show that Nagas are not anti-nationalists nor antiIndia but that “we are who we are.” Iralu said the Naga struggle ought to be examined honestly and correctly at regular times, so that Nagas were up to date in the response to the changing world and credited FNR for doing that. Some of the participants also spoke out about FNR and advising it against committing any mistake of being used as a tool by any section etc. They also pointed out to the poor attendance to the first Naga Day held in Kohima in January and urged FNR to be more accommodative. Dr. Wait replied that pathos of Nagas began with suspicion and that hiccups were from within the Nagas. He said it was “our” own faction who stopped the Nagas from attending the Naga Day programme. To queries on past atrocities against

Nagas, Niketu Iralu said government of India will not acknowledge or apologise. He said Nagas, therefore, have the right to make the government of India acknowledge these atrocities committed against the Naga people. FNR was also reminded about the biblical basis of reconciliation that was preceded by confession of wrongdoing and seeking forgiveness from victims and vow never to repeat the same. A participant asked FNR whether the underground groups will acknowledge their mistakes of killing their own brothers here in Nagaland, outside Nagaland or in the eastern part of the state? The participant threw a challenge on FNR to take the initiative of reaching out to the different factions to honestly and openly admit their mistakes as until that was done, any future settlement will only lead to bloodshed. To t h i s , A k u m Longchari said unless people feel safe, they will not speak the truth and this was what FNR was working on how to create collective safe space. The interaction lasted for over three hours.

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market. Globally, gold rose 0.48 per cent to USD 1,322.60 an ounce in New York yesterday. In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity rebounded by Rs 110 each to Rs 32,320 and Rs 32,170 per ten grams, respectively. It had lost Rs 240 in the previous two days. Sovereign, however, held steady at Rs 24,800 per piece of eight grams.

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NEW DELHI, Apr 28 (PTI): Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar expects India’s economy to grow by at least 7.5 per cent in 2018-19 on the back of improvement in investment cycle and capacity utilisation. The government should now concentrate on consolidating the reform initiatives undertaken in the last 47 months, he added.

Kolkata, Apr 28 (PTI): China Saturday said that a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India would facilitate more commerce between the two countries. “I hear... that there are certain barriers to trade and investments in both the countries. A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will help facilitate more commercial exchanges between the two countries,” Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu said here. He was speaking at an interactive session organised by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce. The 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held in October 2017 promised more opening up of the Chinese economy to the outside world, and also increased imports from other countries, he said. “We are keen to import more from India, mostly from the eastern Indian states,” the diplomat said. He said that educational exchanges between India and China was another area where the two countries could work upon. “Many Chinese universities want to have tie-ups with Indian universities. For the first time, there will an expo of Chinese universities to be held in Kolkata in early May,” Ma said.

tional investors purchased stocks worth Rs 2,649.61 crore during the week. Figures from the National Securities Depository (NSDL) revealed that foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) divested equities worth Rs 1,028.83 crore, or $155.20 million, during April 23-27. Sector-wise, on the benchmark indices, the top sectoral gainers for the week were banking, realty and pharmaceuticals, while the top losers for the week were infrastructure and oil and gas sectors, Deepak Jasani, Head, Retail Research, HDFC Securities told IANS. Scrip-wise, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) achieved a major landmark during the week as it become the first Indian listed techonology company to cross the $100-billion mark in terms of market capitalisation on Monday due to its robust quarterly earnings. “It (TCS) also entered the list of top 100 global companies by market capitalisation,” Rahul Sharma said, adding that, “Reliance Industries was also seen heading towards the $100 billion market cap mark, as the stock rose over seven percent in the last five days.”

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“The economic environment is extremely positive and optimistic. The investment cycle has certainly turned upwards. The capacity utilisation has risen to 74 per cent. The inflation is still well under the target. “Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is increasing and I expect rate of growth to be at least 7.5 per cent in 201819,” Kumar told PTI. The economy is expected to grow at 6.6 per cent in 2017-18. Asked what reform measures Modi government should take in the next one year, Kumar said,”The government has taken so many reforms and so many initiatives that I think it is now time to to consolidate rather than plan for new initiatives.”

to ignore major on-going concerns like rising crude oil prices, rising bond yields and weaker rupee.” According to D.K. Aggarwal, Chairman and MD of SMC Investments and Advisors, the stock markets remained volatile amid corporate earnings and ahead of its expiry of April futures and options contracts. “As expected, the European Central Bank left interest rates and its bondbuying program unchanged after a meeting Thursday. Keeping inflation target at close to two percent, Bank of Japan (BoJ) left monetary policy unchanged,” Aggarwal told IANS. On the currency front, the rupee weakened by 54 paise to close at 66.67 against the dollar from its previous week’s close at 66.13. Aggarwal further said: “Domestic currency continued to get hammered, and is headed for its third straight week of losses as outflows increase from stock market and bonds amid rising US yields.” On the investment front, provisional figures from the stock exchanges showed that foreign institutional investors sold scrips worth Rs 3,060.41 crore, while the domestic institu-

Mumbai, Apr 28 (IANS): Healthy earnings in the fourth quarter of 201718 lifted the benchmark equity indices during the week ended Friday. Indices logged gains in four of the five trading sessions as both - the S&P BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 - settled at their highest closing levels in over three months. On a weekly basis, the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE rose by 554.12 points or 1.61 per cent to close at 34,969.70 points. The wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed trade at 10,692.30 points -- up 128.25 points or 1.21 per cent from its previous week’s close. “Markets surged higher extending winning streak to fifth consecutive week on positive sentiment...,” said Prateek Jain, Director, Hem Securities. “Good roll-over of long-position in the May Series of derivative contract, continuous buying by domestic institutional investors also boosted sentiment,” Jain told IANS. Rahul Sharma, Senior Research Analyst at Equity99 said: “Better than expected quarterly earnings led the rally in the April series. Traders preferred

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regulatory headwinds for aggravating the industry’s financial stress. “The Trai led regulation changes including reduction of domestic Mobile Termination Charge from 14 paisa to 6 paisa per minute and ‘International mobile termination’ settlement charges from 53 paisa to 30 paisa per minute further aggravated the financial stress for the existing industry operators,” Idea Cellular said in a post-earnings statement. Despite increase in voice and data traffic on its network, Idea recorded 26 per cent dip in average revenue per user to Rs 105 in the reported quarter from Rs 142 a year ago. Idea registered rise in voice usage per subscriber to 577 minutes, broadband data usage per subscriber to 7 GB from 1.4 GB on year-on-year basis. The company saw record wireless broadband data subscriber

addition of 15.1 million in 2017-18. The net debt of the company as on March 31, 2018 stood at Rs 52,330 crore. The company expects the debt to reduce significantly with monetisation of its stake in Indus Towers and completion of sale of its standalone mobile towers to America Tower Corporations. Giving an update on its merger with Vodafone, Idea Cellular said the process is in the final stages and is expected to be completed by June 2018. “The merger of Idea and Vodafone India is in the final leg of regulatory approvals and is expected to complete in H1CY18,” it said. Established operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular are in the midst of a bruising tariff war following the entry of Reliance Jio backed by India’s richest businessman Mukesh Ambani. Reliance Jio’s free voice and dirt-cheap data offering have dented the financial metrics of incumbent operators, deepening the impact of regulatory decisions like cut in termination charges.

New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI): Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu will hold bilateral consultations with his South African counterpart Sunday on ways to further boost trade and investment between the countries. Prabhu is leading a high level business delegation to Johannesburg to participate in the two day India-South Africa Business Summit, beginning tomorrow. The summit has the tag line “United by Legacy, Unified for Prosperity” and seeks to maximise the potential of the economic and commercial partnership between the countries, a commerce ministry official said. Issues, which would be discussed during the business event, include increasing cooperation in areas such as startups, automobiles, healthcare, pharma, mining and agro processing. Besides, Prabhu will hold discussions with Southern African Development Community (SADC) to strengthen economic ties. This bloc includes Tanzania, Kenya, Mauritius and Seychelles. With declining exports in the recent months, India is looking at increasing shipments in this region.

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New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI): Telecom operator Idea Cellular continued to bleed in the sixth straight quarter as its consolidated loss widened to Rs 930.6 crore in the three-month period ended March 31, mainly on account of continued hyper competition and regulatory headwinds. The company had posted a loss of Rs 325.6 crore in the same period previous fiscal. Idea had reported first ever consolidated loss of Rs 383.87 crore in the OctoberDecember 2016 period. The operating revenue dropped 24.47 per cent to Rs 6,137.3 crore in the March quarter of FY18. The performance of the company, however, improved on sequential quarter basis. Idea registered a loss of Rs 1,285.6 crore in October-December 2017. The loss for the full fiscal swelled to Rs 4,139.9 crore from Rs 404 crore in 2016-17. Revenue from operations came in at Rs 28,278.9 crore in 2017-18 from Rs 36,676.8 crore in the previous fiscal. The company blamed hyper competition and high

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leader had traveled to the South to meet with Moon, on Saturday covered the summit in full, including reporting on the denuclearization of the regime. State-owned KCNA agency published the declaration which discussed the common goal of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

The agency hailed the “historic” summit for launching a new era of reconciliation, peace and prosperity between the two countries which have technically been at war since 1950. Denuclearization being reported in the North Korean media is unprecedented due to the official

propaganda which has always presented the country’s nuclear program as a matter of national pride and fundamental to the survival of the regime. Even though denuclearization was one of the key issues in the joint declaration on Friday, no concrete steps in achieving it were mentioned.

NASA junks first-ever robotic mission to Moon

The Verge on Friday, NASA pulled the plug on Resource Prospector that aimed to be the first mining expedition on another world. “There are no other (NASA) missions being planned to go to the surface of the Moon,” Phil Metzger, Planetary Physicist at University of Central Florida who is part of the team for

water, hydrogen and other volatiles,” the US space agency had said. After The Verge put out the story, NASA issued a statement, saying that “some of the instruments from the Resource Prospector mission would be used in other missions that would land on the moon later”. “We’re committed to lunar exploration. Resource Prospector instruments will go forward in an expanded lunar surface campaign. More landers. More science. More exploration,” new NASA chief Jim Bridenstine tweeted on Saturday. In a letter to Bridenstine, the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group has called for the mission to be reinstated and scheduled to launch in 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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U N I T E D NAT I O N S, APR 28 (IANS): Members of the UN Security Council have left for Bangladesh and Myanmar to study the Rohingya crisis. The 15-member panel made a stopover in Kuwait on Friday before flying to Bangladesh where they will visit capital Dhaka and refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar area, officials said. After visiting the camps in Bangladesh over the weekend the members will arrive in the Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, reports Xinhua news agency. They will also visit areas in Rakhine state that were affected by the violence beginning last August and from where most of the refugees fled. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the overall population of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh is currently estimated to be over 1 million. Some 670,000 of them

arrived in Bangladesh after Rohingya militants launched a deadly attack on Myanmar government forces in Rakhine on August 25, 2017. Some 8,000 new refugees have arrived since January, Chief UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here on Friday. “The government and people of Bangladesh have displayed extraordinary generosity toward Rohingya refugees, with support by the international community,” he said. “The latest round of food distribution reached over 470,000 people. Over

JERUSALEM, APR 28 (IANS): The Israeli military fighter jets have targeted six military targets belonging to Hamas’s naval force in the northern Gaza Strip, said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The IDF said the strike on Friday night came in response to “terror activity and mass attempt to infiltrate into Israeli territory earlier in the day”, Xinhua news agency reported. The Israeli army said in a statement issued on Friday overnight that Hamas led hundreds of rioters in a violent mass infiltration attempt towards Israeli territory, during which they “hurled explosive devices, hand grenades and firebombs at IDF troops and attempted to set the security fence on fire.” Israeli media cited Palestinian media as reporting that four people were injured in strikes on a position belonging to Hamas at a port in Gaza City in the northern Strip.

Pak shifts Dr. who aided Osama hunt to ‘safe location’

Bill Gates urges US to lead fight against lethal pandemic

ISLAMABAD, APR 28 (IANS): Shakil Afridi, a doctor who helped the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track down Osama bin Laden, has been moved out of a prison in Peshawar to an undisclosed ‘safe location’ in another city, the media reported. Afridi had been imprisoned in the Central Prison Peshawar for almost seven years after he ran a phoney vaccination campaign in Abbottabad city to help the CIA track down and kill the former Al Qaeda chief in a controversial raid on May 2, 2011. A year later, Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison for involvement in anti-state activities by a tribal court.

WASHINGTON, APR 28 (IANS): Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates has said that the US government is falling short in preparing itself and the world for the “significant probability of a large and lethal modern-day pandemic occurring in our lifetimes”. Gates, in an interview earlier this week, said that he raised the issue of pandemic preparedness with President Donald Trump since the 2016 presidential election, the Washington Post reported. Gates said he laid out the increasing risk of a bioterrorism attack and stressed the importance of US funding for advanced research on

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Resource Prospector, was quoted as saying. Building on the findings of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) missions that proved the existence of water on the Moon, Resource Prospector planned to take the next step and harvest resources. According to an earlier NASA statement, the agency planed to launch Resource Prospector in the 2020s. “After a three-day journey from the Earth to the moon, the lander will set down on the lunar surface and deploy a rover carrying the “in-situ resource utilisation” (ISRU) instruments. “As the rover traverses the lunar surface, it will use prospecting tools to search for sub-surface

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PYONGYANG, APR 28 (IANS): Media reports in North Korea on Saturday hailed its leader’s historic summit with the South Korean President at which both sides committed to the denuclearise the peninsula. Rodong Sinmun, the country’s main newspaper, featured 15 photographs from different moments of Friday’s summit on its front page, and another 20 on the second, reports Efe news. Three photos showed Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in holding hands, the moment when the North Korean leader crossed over to the South, and the symbolic tree planting ceremony, among others. The newspaper also published the full text of the Panmunjom Declaration, which Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in signed on Friday. The media in Pyongyang, which on Friday had only mentioned that their

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fter a week of controversial Twitter postings, Kanye West has defended his political views in a new song. The track Ye vs. The People sees the star trading lyrics with fellow-rapper T.I., who takes him to task over his support of Donald Trump. “ Yo u r e p r e s e n t i n’ dudes who seem crude and cold-hearted,” argues T.I., adding that West is emboldening “white supremacy”. But the star stands his ground, insisting that he’s “fighting for the people”. Alluding to a photo he posted of himself wearing Donald Trump’s famous Make America Great Again

baseball cap, West raps: “Wearing the hat will show people that we are equal.” “You gotta see the vantage point of the people,” spits back T.I. “What makes you feel equal makes them feel evil.” West won’t be swayed, however. “Make America Great Again had a negative perception,” he says. “I took it, wore it, rocked it, gave it a new direction/ Added empathy, caring, love and affection/ And y’all simply questioning my methods.” West - a mercurial and contrary performer at the best of times - has courted controversy with his support for President Trump and

conservative commentators like Scott Adams and Candace Owens, who has spoken out against the Black Lives Matter movement. He first suggested an affinity with Trump during his 2016 US tour, praising the president-elect’s communication style while noting he had not voted. Speaking on his reactivated Twitter feed earlier this week, West called Trump “my brother” and said they shared the same “dragon energy”. But he later added: “I don’t agree with everything Trump does. I don’t agree 100% with anyone but myself.” “I love Hillary too,” he added in another post. Nonetheless, the president has seized upon this rare, A-list endorsement and tweeted his approval. “Kanye West has performed a great service to the black community,” he wrote on Friday. “Big things are happening and eyes are being opened for the first time in decades - Legacy stuff!” “Kind of a big deal,” added his son, Donald Trump Jr, on Instagram.

“Seems like a cultural turning point.” However, West has come in for criticism from fellow musicians, including his friend and former protégé John Legend. Legend pleaded with the rapper not let his support for Trump tarnish his “legacy” in a private text message, which West later posted online. “Think freely,” he advised West. “Think with empathy and context too. Your words and actions have consequences.” Fe l l ow C h i c a g o a n Chance The Rapper initially defended West, saying “Black people don’t have to be democrats”. But after President Trump praised his comments, the star issued a clarification. “I’d never support anyone who has made a career out of hatred, racism and discrimination,” he wrote. “Unfortunately, my attempt to support Kanye is being used to discredit my brothers and sisters in the movement and I can’t sit by and let that happen.” (BBC)

vengers: Infinity War is breaking box office records, making it Marvels’s most successful opening night in terms of ticket sales. The film was released on Thursday (April 26), taking $39 million (about £28.3 million) in tickets sales on that night alone. Avengers: Age of Ultron took $27.6 million on its opening night while the recent recording-breaking Black Panther managed $25.2 million, making Avengers: Infinity War Marvel’s most successful debut. Internationally, Avengers: Infinity War has earned $95 million in its first two days. Despite these big numbers, it doesn’t look like the Marvel movie will beat the overall biggest Thursday opening preview ever – 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which took an impressive $57 million. The official synopsis for Avengers: Infinity War reads: “As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to col-

lect all six Infinity Stones, artefacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. “Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment – the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more

uncertain.” Writer, director and comic book geek Kevin Smith was among the first to Tweet his thoughts on ‘Infinity War’ after the first screening. Read more: Infinity War’s post-credits scene: what it tells us about the future of Marvel films

“I am overwhelmed,” he wrote. “The movie is epic beyond compare. LOVED it. My legs are still shaking. It’s a gigantic Marvel masterpiece. So much to say but I’ll stay Silent Bob ’til Monday so as not to slip in spoilers. (NME)

Painting competition held at Wokha ambassador for road safety and when you go to schools spread this message to your friends and neighbour where he also stated that this should not only be a one day affair but this should be a lifelong commitment for safer roads and by that way you can become a good citizens of our nation. Wokha, SDPO and organizing committee SP, Wokha along with the participants (L). (R) some of the award winning paintings. (DIPR) chairman, K Soriso, chaired the prize distribution cers part of the Road DBHSS and Bidemo Kikon painting competition which dents and community. Markad also appealed emony. Safety Week, super- of Little Angle School were is a part of awareness cre(DIPR) intendent of police, awarded the first, second ation to sensitize the stu- all participants to be an Wokha, Bharat Laxman and third respectively. Markad, IPS organised a In the junior category, painting competition at the Shatipong Jamir of Perenoffice of the SP office Con- nial Montessori, Emilo T ference hall, Wokha on Humtsoe and Senkathung April 28, 2018. S Patton were adjudged The competition was the first, second and third held on the theme, “Your respectively. The winners Safety Security your Family- were awarded with cash Be cautious on Road”. Al- prize of Rs.5000, Rs.3000 together 38 students from and Rs.2000 according to 10 schools took part in the their positions along with competition which was held sketch book and citation in two categories Junior (Cl- certificates. Sketch books 2-7) and senior (8-10). and certificate of participaPanel of judges for the tion were also given to all competition were Thungbe- the participants. mo Murry, Zuben DPRO ofWokha, SP, Bharat fice, Wokha traffic in-charge Laxman Markad in a speech Anito and Lotha Students’ during the prize distribution Union vice president Yen- ceremony, said around 1.5 rothung Odyuo. lakhs people die every year The competition was in road accidents which not judged on interpretation, only result in loss of life but clarity on the theme, creativ- loss of property and materiity, originality of the depict- als, where he opined that ed theme, quality of artistic with proper awareness and composition and overall sensitization is required so design on the theme. that such kind of tragedies In the senior category could be reduced and with Rhondeno P Yanthan of this objective the Police DBHSS, Kideno S Odyuo of department organising the

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Musu angling competition held

Winners with the guest of honour S.Vihuto Yeptho and his wife at Musu Angling Club on April 28. (DIPR)

Mayer to retire after US Open Berlin, Apr 28 (IANS): German tennis player Florian Mayer will retire from his professional career of 17 years after the US Open. In an interview with the Bavarian Tennis Association on Friday, Mayer said, “This will be my last BMW Open, my last year on the tour. After the US Open it is definitely over.” The 34-year-old announced his retirement ahead of the BMW Open in Munich, and he will leave the ATP World tour after the US Open at the beginning of September. The Bavarian turned professional in 2001 and clinched ever since two career titles. He lifted his first title in Bucharest on clay in 2011 and five years later on home soil in Halle on grass. Seventeen years on the tour left its marks as Mayer struggled with injuries and surgeries. He underwent a surgery on his left index finger in 2008 and missed seven months.

Maradona quits as coach of second division UAE team

Rs30000 and Rs.20,000 respectively with citations. The biggest catch prize was bagged by Limajungshi (5.007kgs) while the first catch of the day went to Abdul M. More than 150 anglers from West Bengal and Assam besides participants from Dimapur, Mokokchung and other districts of Nagaland participated in the competition. Head GB of S.Vihuto village, S.Vihuto Yeptho,

who is also the president of Western Sumi Kukani Hoho graced the anglers meet as the guest of honour and gave away the prizes to the winners. Speaking at the event, Yeptho described angling as a peaceful game and appealed the association to work collectively for promoting angling in the State. He also urged the association to appeal the people not to use bleaching powder and other chemi-

cals so that fishes can be conserved. Chief of Hoito village, Khevovi Chopi who is the proprietor of Musu Angling Club said that the objective of organising the angling competition was not for profit motive but to promote the anglers and also to encourage the youth. He remarked that he derives pleasure seeing participants from all communities coming together as one family and enjoying angling. Secretary, Dimapur District Anglers Association, Pilato observed that angling promotes tourism in a big way as many anglers from other states and other countries also participate during such competitions. At the same time, we also create awareness on conservation, he maintained. Angling as a sport is progressing in the State with participation of all age groups including female participants, he added. Apart from competitive events being held, angling at Musu club is a daily affair with nominal fees.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We the family members would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, friends, relatives, neighbours, churches, unions & well wishers who stood by us & supported us through prayers, morally, physically, financially, materially and also sacrificing your precious time during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved Late I. Lukhuvi Ayemi on 20-042018. We were moved beyond words by the love and comfort that you bestowed upon us at our darkest hour of bereavement. Special thanks to : Dr. Manong Chohwanglim (Nephrologist Zion Hospital)  Dialysis Unit Sisters, Nikos Hospital  Dt. Avitoli Yeptho, Consultant Dietitian (Physionique)  Medanta Hospital Gurugram, Haryana  Max Hospital Gurugram, Haryana  The Pentecostal Mission, Gurugram  Pastor Kaboto Kinimi Sumi Fellowship Delhi  Mrs & Mr. John Martin (Ghutoli) Gurugram  Mr. Akato Yeptho, Mr Tokuto & Mr. Elithung (Delhi)  Mrs & Mr Akato Kinimi (Delhi)  Rev. S. Vitoshe Swu, Sr. Pastor & Church staff Members, DSBC.  Women Ministry, DSBC  Children Ministry, DSBC  Notun Bosti/River Belt Fellowship  Mr Tovihoto Ayemi, Hon’ble MLA & Advisor Power, Govt. of Nagaland  Mrs & Mr. Doshishe Yeptho, Ex-Minister  Mr. S. Vihuto Yeptho, President WSKH  Mrs & Mr A. Zhetovi Aye, Er. Mechanical

boxers Sangwan, Zareen enter finals in Belgrade NEW DELHI, Apr 28 (PTI): Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) were among the eight Indian boxers to make the finals, while five others settled for bronze medals in the 56th Belgrade International Tournament in Serbia. Sumit defeated Greece’s Vagkan Nanitzanian after his opponent threw in the towel in the third round of the bout on Friday night. The India Open bronzemedallist, making a comeback from a wrist injury, will square off against Ecuador’s Castilo Torres in the final. Nikhat out-punched Serbia’s Nina Radovanovic for a unanimous 3-0 win. The national bronze-medallist will be up against Greece’s Aikaterini Koutsogeorgopulou of Greece in her summit clash. Also advancing to the finals were Himanshu Sharma (49kg), Laldinmawia (52kg), Varinder Singh (56kg), Pawan Kumar (69kg), Jamuna Boro (54kg), and Ralte Lalfakmawii (+81kg).

Winners with their trophies, medals and certificates at IG Stadium on Saturday. Galilee emerged as the overall champions (men and women) of 3rd ACYA Sports Meet while Mt. Tabor finished runners-up. Bethany took third place and Jerusalem bagged the fourth place. The two-day meet, organised by Angami Catholic Youth Association (ACYA), St.Francis de Sales (SFS), Parish Kohima, was held under the theme, “I have fought a good fight. I have run the race.”

Sumi Hoho football, volleyball & badminton trophy Dimapur, Apr 28 (NPN): The 10th Sumi Hoho Football, Volleyball and Badminton Trophy got underway Friday at DSCZ ground, Zunheboto with ADC Zunheboto, Vekhoyi Chakesang as the chief guest. The games is being organised by Sumi Games and Sports Association (SGSA) and hosted by Zunheboto Area Sports Association (ZASA). Altogether 7 unitsZunheboto, Satakha, Aku-

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luto, Atoizu, Aqahuto, Niuland and Kuhuboto are participating in the meet. In the first football match, Zunheboto beat

Mr. Iniyat Ali (Friend) Mr. Kaito Z. Chophi Zuheshe, Ghami Baptist Church K. Hetoi Baptist Church Sapotimi Kughuko Union Dimapur (SKUD) Auction Union All India Sumi Council, Notun Bosti Dimapur Sumi Totimi Hoho Lhothemi Youth Fellowship Loka Notun Bosti/ River Belt DSBC Fellowship (12Units) DSBC Youth (12 Units)

Born on : 10th February, 1991 (Diphu) Died on : 29th April, 2014 (New Delhi) It’s been four years since you left us, And everyday sweet memories of yours comes our way. Since you’ll never be forgotten. We pledge to you today, The hollowed place within our hearts is where you’ll always stay. We still love you and deeply miss you though you are gone. Today on 29th April 2018, the day of your 4TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY we all pray for eternal peace of your soul. Bereaved family members Dr. Motilal Nunisa (Father) Smt. Meena Nunisa (Mother) Mainodi (Babli) (Elder Sister) Ponaxi (Lolo) (Younger Sister) Uncles, Aunts and Cousins DC-931

We, the bereaved family members of Lt. N. Abemo Lotha, extend our profound gratitude to each and everyone from the depth of our hearts who have rendered their invaluable love and concern support in prayer, cash and kind which you have showered during the illness and at his demise. We sincere convey our 25th April, 2018 heartfelt gratitude to : 1. Metro Hospital, Doctors & staff 2. 7 N.A.P Battalion 3. Longki Bosti, K/A 4. Lotha Baptist Church, Dimapur 5. Rhenthanyan Baptist Church. 6. Yanmhon Area 7. Pastors from various Villages 8. 7 N.A.P F Company, Liphayan 9. Notun Bosti Lotha Union We deeply regret our inability to acknowledge each and everyone individually but we are deeply indebted for your presence, generously and support. We pray that the Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Dimapur: The first mega angling competition of the year with a total cash prize of more than Rs.2 lakh was held at Musu Angling Center Hoito Village on April 28. Temsu, whose catch weight was 5.240kgs, emerged as the winner while Lanu Jungshi with 5.007kgs and Ben Longkumer with 4.532kgs took the second and third place respectively. They received a cash prize of Rs.50,000,

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BUENOS AIRES, Apr 28 (Agencies): Diego Maradona resigned as coach of United Arab Emirates second division club Al Fujairah on Friday after his team failed to gain promotion, his lawyer Matias Morla announced. Argentine legend Maradona, a former World Cup winner and one of football’s most divisive figures, said he was stepping down after a 1-1 draw against Khorfakkan. “After today’s match, and having failed to achieve the objective of promotion, Diego Maradona will no longer be the coach of the team,” tweeted Moria. The lawyer insisted that the decision “had been a mutual agreement” with the club and that he wished Al Fujairah “the best”. Maradona, 57, was appointed coach in May last year with the task of getting Al Fujairah back into the top flight after a two-year absence. However, Friday’s result meant that the team cannot finish any higher than third in the table. K Y M C

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Liverpool held goalless by Stoke

Liverpool’s leading goalscorer Mohamed Salah raced clear in the opening minutes but dinked his shot wide of the target.

L o n d o n, A p r 2 8 ( Ag e n c i e s ) : S t o k e kept alive their slim hopes of Premier League survival with a 0-0 draw at an unusually lacklustre Liverpool on Saturday lunchtime. Despite picking a strong side that included Mohamed Salah, Jurgen Klopp’s men seemed to have one eye on their midweek Champions League trip to Roma as they mustered just two shots on target at Anfield. Klopp’s men had averaged a goal every 39 minutes at home this season but could only really point

to a glaring one-on-one miss from Salah and a disallowed Danny Ings strike as clear-cut chances. The result takes Stoke to within three points of safety, although Swansea - who host Chelsea in the late game on Saturday have two games in hand. Stoke will only be able to reach a points total (36) that has - at best - guaranteed survival 50 per cent of the time over the past 10 Premier League seasons. Liver pool remain the only unbeaten side at home this season in England’s top four tiers and if they avoid defeat against

Brighton at Anfield in their final game, then it would be only the second time in 30 seasons that the Reds have gone an entire league season unbeaten at home. There was a real collectors’ item for Liverpool fans in the opening minutes as Salah raced through, one-on-one with Jack Butland, but lifted an effort wide of the post when he looked certain to score. Salah then tur ned provider for Trent Alexander-Arnold, who only had Butland to beat from 10 yards but could not turn the ball home.

Inter-club softball tourney held

Winners of the 1st Inter-Club Softball Tournament with their trophy on Saturday.

Dimapur, Apt 28 (NPN): The 1st InterClub Softball Tournament, organised by Dimapur District Softball Association (DDSA), was held at DDSC stadium, Dimapur on April 28. Prodigys emerged as the champion

of the meet and was awarded trophy and cash prize of Rs.10,000. Runners-up Black Feather Sports Club received a cash prize of Rs.5000 and trophy while Rising Juniors was named the best discipline team. In Individual cate-

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NEW DELHI, Apr 28 (PTI): Tennis player Ankita Raina, who has displayed good form this season both in the Fed Cup and the professional circuit, was included in the government’s Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme. “Wishing you all the best for your future endeavours, Ankita! Hope you continue making the nation proud. Many congratulations @ankita_champ ! #TOPSAthlete #SAI,” the Sports Authority of India wrote on its Twitter handle. Ankita recently broke

into the top-200, reaching a career-best 197 in the WTA rankings released earlier this month. She also became only the third Indian to breach the top-200 mark in women’s singles, jumping 15 places to reach 197. The 25-year-old Ankita, who trains with Hemant Bendrey when she is in the country, is the first player to achieve the feat since Sania Mirza. Before Sania, Nirupama Vaidyanathan had made it to the top-200. Ankita’s next target is to break into the top-150.

gory, Rajesh Rai of team Prodigys was named the best pitcher while Mark Angami and Nagaho of team Prodigys were named the best players. Lanumoa of team Esa Warriors was named the upcoming player of the tournament.

Stoke countered and almost broke the deadlock as a ball played right across the face of goal only just evaded a finishing touch from Mame Biram Diouf or Peter Crouch. Meanwhile, Ings had the ball in the net on the stroke of half-time but it was ruled out for offside. Liverpool maintained their stranglehold of possession in the second period but Stoke - with Darren Fletcher added to their midfield, replacing Crouch - were well organised and rarely troubled. For a team that have scored 128 goals across all competitions this season, Liverpool looked short on ideas, although they had a good shout for a handball inside the area by Erik Pieters, which was turned down. The visitors saw out the final stages very comfortably. Stoke, who could have nicked it late on through Ryan Shawcross, have still never won a toptier fixture away at Liverpool in 55 attempts (D12 L43) but this could be a season-saving result. Match results Crystal Palace 5-0 Leicester City Huddersfield 0-2 Everton Burnley FC 0-0 Brighton Newcastle 0-1 West Brom Southampton 2-1 Bournemouth

No shooting in 2022 CWG, clarifies CGF NEW DELHI, Apr 28 (Agencies): In the backdrop of the sports ministry writing to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and national shooting (NRAI) chief Raninder Singh issuing a boycott threat, the CGF on Thursday reiterated that the sport of shooting will not be included in the 22nd edition of the CWG in Birmingham. In an email response to TOI, a CGF spokesperson said it is fundamentally important for the Games hosts to propose a sports programme which works best for them. “We (CGF) believe it is fundamentally important for the Games hosts to propose a sports programme that complies with our agreed rules but also works best for them,” the spokesperson said. “We understand that there will be disappointment.”

Neymar to be back for WC RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 28 (Agencies): Neymar is working hard to recover from the foot injury that sidelined him in February and will be back in action by this summer’s World Cup, the Brazil team doctor who operated on him promised Friday. “Neymar is recovering the best way possible,” Rodrigo Lasmar told GloboEsporte. “He is working hard and the expectation is that he will arrive well-prepared so he can take part in excellent World Cup training,” Lasmar said. Neymar who is recuperating in a Rio de Janeiro coastal mansion, said last week he would not return to the pitch until at least May 17 - the date of his final medical exam following his surgery in Belo Horizonte on March 3. That pretty much puts a lid on his season with Paris Saint-Germain - whose last fixture is scheduled against Caen on May 19 - but he remains on track to play in the World Cup in Russia from June 14 to July 15. Brazil’s players will attend a training camp from May 21 to 27 in Teresopolis, but Lasmar acknowledged that Neymar’s time off the pitch means he’ll at first need a tailored fitness program in the run-up to the World Cup.

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CAGSA archery coaching camp held at Chetheba

Participants along with coach at Chetheba local ground on Saturday.

Dimapur, Apr 28 (NPN): Archery coaching camp, organised by Chokri Area Games & Sports Association (CAGSA), at Chetheba Town concluded on Saturday. The camp which began on Monday attracted an

overwhelming number of amateur for the basic training programme. The training was conducted by State coach Hunezo and assisted by Vekhruzo. Hunezo advised and encouraged the young archers to work hard and

maintain discipline in life to be a successful sports person. Meanwhile, Chokri Area Games & Sports Association has informed that archery will be included as one of the main event in the forthcoming CAGSA meet at K. Basa village in 2019.

2nd edition of Super 6 tourney

Dimapur, Apr 28 (NPN): The 2nd edition of Super 6 tourney, organized by Naya Jeevan Baptist Church Youth Department, will be held from May 10 to 12 at Rüzhükhrie GHSS Ground, Kohima. The winning teams will

receive a cash prize of Rs 12,000 while the runnersup will pocket Rs. 6,000. The highest run scorer and highest wicket taker will also be awarded. The two losing semi-finalists will be refunded 50% of the registration fee.

The entry fee is Rs 1000. Interested teams can collect the entry forms from Quality Pharma, Razhü Point and K Yhome Digital Studio. For more information, contact 9856262619, 9774796308 or 9774627276.

Prannoy, Saina lose in Asia Badminton semis Wuhan, Apr 28 (IANS): Indian singles stars Saina Nehwal and H.S. Prannoy settled for bronze medals after losing in the semifinals of the Badminton Asia Championships here on Saturday. London Olympic bronze medallist Saina lost to Chinese Taipei top seed Tai Tzu Ying 25-27, 19-21 in 45 minutes. It was Saina’s third bronze medal in the Asia Championships. Following her ninth consecutive win against Saina, Tai has taken a 11-5 lead in head-to-head record against the veteran Indian. In the final, world No.2 Tai will meet Chinese sixth seed Chen Yufei, who eased past South Korean seventh seed Sung Ji Hyun 21-12, 21-13 in 37 minutes. The 20-year-old Yufei booked a spot in the final without dropping one game in four matches. “Tai is keeping good form this year. I haven’t beat her for a long time, so she is really a tough rival for me to play,” Yufei was quoted

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as saying by Xinhua news agency. “But I will try to give out my best to challenge her.” In a men’s singles semifinal, Prannoy was defeated by Reigning Olympic champion and Chinese third seed Chen Long, who won 21-16, 21-18 in 52 minutes. World No.10 Prannoy bagged his first medal at the continental meet. It was India’s first medal since Anup Sridhar’s bronze medal in 2007. In the final, former world champion and home

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favourite Chen will meet unseeded Japanese Kento Momota, who stunned fifth seed and Malaysian veteran Lee Chong Wei with a 21-19, 21-14 victory in 55 minutes. The men’s doubles final will be fought between the Chinese top-seeded pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yucheng and Japanese pair Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda. Junhui and Yucheng were one match away from defending the title when they overcame compatriots Huang Kaixiang and Wang

Yilyu 21-17, 14-21, 21-10, while Kamura and Sonoda went past home duo of Zhang Nan and Liu Cheng 14-21, 21-12, 25-23. In the women’s doubles final, Japanese third seeds Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota will meet second seeded comnpatriots Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi. The mixed doubles final will be a battle between Indonesian top seeded Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir and Chinese second seeds Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping.

Aus honours ‘Black Power’ hero Norman S Y DNE Y, A p r 2 8 (Agencies): The Australian Olympic Committee on Saturday awarded a posthumous Order of Merit to Peter Norman, a record-holding sprinter who supported two Americans in their famous Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. At the Games Norman split US track stars Tommie Smith and John Carlos to snatch silver in a 20.06 seconds, setting a national record for the 200metre sprint that still stands after 50 years. The AOC said it was Norman’s decision to stand in solidarity with Smith and Carlos during their silent civil rights protest on the medal dais that further etched him into Australian Olympic folklore. During the award ceremony, Smith and Carlos both put a black-gloved fist in the air. Norman backed their gesture, wearing an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge in support, but was then frozen out of future Games selection and airbrushed from

In this October 16, 1968 file photo, Peter Norman (left) stands on the podium as America’s Tommie Smith, (C) and John Carlos raise their gloved fists in a human rights protest.

Australian Olympic history until recently. “This is an overdue award there is no doubt. The respect for Peter and his actions is still enormous to this day,” AOC President

John Coates told the AGM in Sydney on Saturday. “He believed in human rights throughout his life. We lost Peter in 2006 but we should never lose sight of his brave stand

that day and further as a five-time national champion, his Australian 200metres record set in Mexico has never been matched. His athletic achievement should never be underestimated.” In 2012, Canberra passed a motion of apology to Norman “for the treatment he received upon his return to Australia, and the failure to fully recognise his inspirational role before his untimely death in 2006”. Australian Olympic officials deny Norman was ever blacklisted or shunned, and was only cautioned at the time to be careful about his public statements. Coates also awarded Orders of Merit to Olympic greats Raelene Boyle, Cathy Freeman, Shane Gould and Ian Thorpe. An Order of Merit is awarded to a person who in the opinion of the AOC Executive has achieved remarkable merit in the sporting world, either through personal achievement or contribution to the development of sport.

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